Red dragon: in charge of natural disasters

The snow on the high slopes of the storm accumulated and covered again and again, and melted into water again and again.

In the blink of an eye, five years have passed.

Five years, for long-lived species like giant dragons, may pass in the time it takes to sleep, but for short-lived guys like humans and goblins, this is enough to bring about earth-shaking changes in their world.

What happened during these five years?

First of all, the number of followers of the Burning Ember Nest is also growing rapidly, and its territory is also constantly expanding.

Egg-laying creatures such as kobolds and lizardmen can lay more than a dozen eggs in one clutch. The viviparous creatures such as goblins also show no sign of weakness and have extremely fast birth rates. They can give birth to seven or eight babies in a year. This is also an important factor for these weak races to survive in the wilderness.

Soon, the Valley of the Giants could no longer fully accommodate them.

The dependents had no choice but to expand outward.

Nowadays, the territory of the Burning Nest has occupied the entire Storm Slope, and many ethnic groups have been conquered and absorbed. Dozens of valleys and caves have become the residence of the dependents, and only the most elite and powerful The dependents were able to stay at the Giant Valley headquarters and receive the unconscious gift of the red dragon.

Living in the Valley of the Giants is considered an honor.

Even the name of the valley was changed to "Dragon Valley".

There are now three chimeras, forty-one wyverns, sixty-five ogres, four hundred and sixty hobgoblins, 370 lizardmen, and two hundred and four in the Ember Nest. satyrs, and—too many goblins and kobolds to count.

Conservative estimates put their number in the tens of thousands.

There are also many newly surrendered tribes such as snake people, troglodytes, orcs, etc. I will not list them one by one, because they only pay protection fees.

Secondly, the entire Storm Slope has become the "pasture" and "mining area" of the Burning Ember Nest.

The hobgoblins' beast-taming techniques have a long history. Like some more civilized races, they used cattle and horses to carry goods and weapons over long distances.

They use tamed ravens to exchange information and ferocious wolves to guard prisoners and guard hobgoblin camps, as do the hobgoblins of Embernest.

The goblin series headed by Doro includes hobgoblins, goblins, bugbears, etc.

They began to consciously raise mammoths, aurochs, giant rhinos and other large herbivores to provide sufficient meat for their families. They even began to raise tundra terrestrial dragon beasts, but there are only three of them at present. These huge creatures will become weapons for combat and transportation.

Rumple mainly controls the ogres, kobolds, lizardmen and other family members.

A large number of goblins and kobolds have now established huge mining areas crisscrossing the ground, continuously transporting metals and elemental ores into the valley.

These metals will be smelted in underground furnaces and forged into crude weapons for use by the army. The elemental ore will be stored in the red dragon's cave as an energy reserve.

It's just that these guys are difficult to control and will often run away with the money whenever they relax. Therefore, Trump deployed a considerable number of lizardmen and ogres as overseers.

During this period of time, Trump was still the steward of the Ember Nest, and all matters had to go through his approval—even those of the goblins.

Although Doro was dissatisfied with him and often made stumbling blocks and resorted to tricks in secret, the affairs he carried out had to be reported to Trump according to procedures.

They still maintained peace on the surface and ensured the most basic internal order of the Ember Nest. After all, no one wanted to anger the red dragon because of internal fighting.

They are all waiting for the other party to make a mistake, expecting to wait until the red dragon wakes up before making a report and pulling the other party down.

As for the frictions and conflicts between goblins, kobolds, ogres, etc. below, they are countless. Several cases occur almost every day, and they have gradually become normal.

"When the master wakes up, hey, he won't be able to sit in that position for long."

——This is what Doro often says to his confidants.

In addition, the Burning Nest's contact with humans has become increasingly frequent.

Skytown is the actual puppet controlled by the Burning Nest. The "Friendly Trade" caravan headed by Hart continues to provide human armor, weapons, and books to the Burning Nest through trade.

And perhaps because of the reward order, in the past five years, adventurers who dreamed of slaying dragons and overestimated their abilities rushed into the Burning Nest almost every few months.

Trump also welcomed these uninvited and rude visitors with his warm etiquette - making their heads into necklaces and hanging them at the door for decoration.

It's just that the ogre magician often complained about why the red dragon wouldn't let him eat intelligent creatures. He hadn't tasted these "small snacks" for a long time.

Rumple even captured several guys who claimed to be nobles, obtained a considerable ransom from their families, and even extorted several spell scrolls before he was willing to let them go, which greatly expanded his spell collection. .

In fact, the rapid expansion of the Burning Nest has aroused the vigilance of the northern countries and other human forces.

Not only the Dukedom of Luckman, but also the Grand Duchy of Bosque in the south and the "Harper Alliance", a righteous organization across the continent, also sent scouts to explore this place, but most of those scouts never returned.

In the absence of Cassius waking up, although Trump has a great blueprint to conquer the world, he does not dare to rashly start a war with other countries without the permission of the Red Dragon.

Therefore, despite constant small-scale frictions and conflicts, the Burning Nest has never gone to war with any large human force.

And Cassius slept like this for five full years.

When real dragons sleep, due to their own magical nature, they have a huge impact on the surrounding environment. The white dragon's sleep will make the ground covered with white frost, the blue dragon's sleep will turn the soil into yellow sand, and the black dragon's sleep will corrode the forest into a swamp. The red dragon will turn everything into lava.

Cassius did this, filling the cave with lava.

During this period, whenever the red dragon turned over or felt uncomfortable, it would make a loud noise. Hot white smoke would often come out of the cave door, lava would splash out, and several hobgoblins guarding the door would be burned.

This not only made the family members feel terrified, but also made them more in awe of the red dragon's powerful power.

At the same time, Cassius was still unconsciously releasing the "bloodline gift".

The scope of this influence is getting wider and stronger, and the influence is getting stronger. Now, almost all the dependents in the Giant Valley have turned into dragon-veined creatures, showing distinctive red dragon characteristics.

These monsters are regarded by nearby adventurers as the most dangerous ones. They have the reputation of "minions of the evil dragon" and should never be easily provoked.

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