Red Dragon Emperor

Five years later.

Triangle Plain.

On the endless flat land, a city rose from the ground. The four or five-story city walls were covered with thorns. On the towers were giant crossbows to deal with air attacks from large creatures. Fat boar soldiers were fully armed to guard the towers.

This is the expanded Thorn City!

Five years ago, after the war ended, Moduo Peak Forest digested and absorbed the fruits of victory, and the territory developed rapidly.

Thorn City, as a traffic hub and a commercial center, has developed even more rapidly, attracting a large number of chambers of commerce from the Kingdom of Odyssey, Sunsail Port, and the Kingdom of Dana.

Prosperous commercial trade contributed considerable taxes, and also attracted a large number of grassland natives to make a living here.

Today, Thorn City is already a medium-sized civilized city with a permanent population of more than 50,000. If the floating population is included, the population will exceed 100,000, reaching the standard of a large city.

As the city grows, various institutions also settle in, such as the Adventurer's Guild.

Boom~.

With a muffled sound, a wanted warrant with portraits was pierced by a dagger and pinned to the taskbar.

"Yo~! Wanted warrant!"

"There's a new mission!"

"Look! It's the one who is not afraid of death!"

"..."

In the guild, adventurers who were drinking, chatting, and bragging immediately surrounded the task bar full of various task lists.

Fortunately, the designers of the taskbar have already considered similar situations and hung the taskbar on the wall so that even people behind it can see it clearly.

"Leader of the Fang Raiders - Ted Leslie."

"Strength: high-level fighter."

"Bounty: 500 gold coins."

"Mission certificate: head or other evidence."

"Mission brief introduction: Once the son of a nobleman in the Kingdom of Dana, he defected to the prairie five years ago and established the Fang Fang Bandit Group. They all escaped smoothly..."

After reading the reward information, all the solo adventurers shook their heads and returned to their seats. They were adventurers, not looking for the dead.

The leader of the bandit group must have many younger brothers. If there is no reliable team, ordinary adventurers will go up to deliver food.

"What's wrong with the world, there are human arrest warrants hanging in the monster city," a young human with a long sword on his back read the arrest warrants and couldn't help muttering.

In Thorn Town, the adventurers in the guild are naturally not only humans, but there are many humanoid monsters among them, such as orcs, wild boars, gnolls and so on.

Hearing the young man's muttering, the humanoid monster glared at him, and a grumpy orc even clacked his knuckles and strode forward.

On the side, a middle-aged man with a big beard knew something bad was going to happen when he heard his companion muttering, so he kicked the young man on the ass.

"Ouch! Captain! Why are you kicking me..." Noticing the malicious orc around him, the young man immediately reacted, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

The middle-aged man smiled apologetically at the orc, turned around and slapped the young man on the head: "You idiot!"

After returning to their seats, everyone continued to chat, but the discussion about the Fang Fang Bandit Group continued.

"You guys just came to Thorn City, and you haven't found a mission yet. Are you interested in making a big deal?" A big barbarian approached the younger group.

The bearded man was wary: "Are you?"

"Muda Frostspear! Our adventure team wants to eat the bounty from the Fang Bandits, but we are not strong enough, so we want to cooperate with you."

The young man asked curiously, "How do you know that we just came to Thorn City without a mission?"

The barbarian laughed and said, "If you have been in Thorn City for two days, you rookie,

He wouldn't say what he said just now, this city of thorns is not an ordinary city. "

As he spoke, the barbarian pouted at the portrait on the wall beside him.

The eyes of everyone were also looking at the wall. There were three paintings specially framed with wooden frames. The paintings were not common giants, not even human beings, but three dragons of five colors.

Red, green and white three dragons.

Seeing the portraits of the three dragons, all human adventurers feel a little uncomfortable.

The five-color dragons were supposed to be wanted and rewarded, but here, they are the kings who rule everything. This makes everyone feel like a tiger is sitting in an office while humans are hunting in the wild.

Although it felt weird, no one felt that there was anything wrong.

Over the years, for the development of the territory, the Red Dragon has sent troops many times to encircle and suppress grassland bandits, and has also built commercial roads and built post stations to serve merchants.

All this made the merchants much safer, and more merchants were willing to come to the Triangle Plain.

With more competition, the prices of commodities have also fallen. Among the many commodities, the decline in food is the largest, which has benefited countless indigenous tribes in the middle of the prairie.

This also caused a change in the attitude of the grassland natives towards the red dragon, from forced acceptance and fear to active support and awe.

A series of behaviors of the red dragon also made organizations like the Adventurer's Guild define it as a neutral and lawful camp, which led to a series of events such as the Adventurer's Guild's entry into Thorn City, and the current scene.

The young man had no intention of participating in the cooperation discussion between the captain and the barbarian, so he looked at the task bar.

At the top of the task bar is a row of wanted notices nailed with daggers, the weakest of which is also a mid-level professional, while the strongest are three masters, an extremely fat wild boar, and a centaur with a broken arm , and a barbarian with scars all over his face.

………………………

Moduo Peak Forest.

In the Molten Core deep underground, Jose was lying on the much higher golden mountain, listening to the news from the family members below.

"Master, Thorn City paid 4,851 gold coins in taxes in March, and Sands City..."

While Ergou was reporting, a group of strong kobolds pushed a cart into the Molten Core, and placed the wooden box on the cart in front of the golden mountain in the Molten Core.

Several kobolds opened the lid of the wooden box and poured out the gold coins in the box like running water. The newly imported gold coins hit the gold mountain and made a tinkling sound, further enriching the treasure of the red dragon.

On the golden mountain, Jose yawned.

"The financial aspect is like this. In terms of external threats, there are only a few sporadic bandit groups. In addition, according to the latest news, the Hydra Centaur chief is still alive."

Jose raised his spirits a little bit, feeling a little annoyed: "That guy's life is really hard, where did he escape to?"

"Fleeing to the junction of the great glacier in the north, Chief Graeme has already rushed over."

"The bitter cold tundra beyond the great glacier is indeed a good place," Jose seemed to be replying to his family members, and also seemed to be muttering to himself.

In the extreme north of Taidanuoer - the Great Glacier, wind, snow and ice are the eternal themes there, and it is called the forbidden zone of life by mortals.

For mortals, the Great Glacier is indeed a restricted area of ​​life. The temperature is below zero all year round, and there is a lack of food and drinking water. Only ice-type extraordinary species and semi-elemental creatures can adapt to the harsh environment.

The junction of the great glacier and the prairie is a tundra, known as the bitter cold tundra, where the environment is relatively better, at least there are some ice field reindeer and northern yaks living there.

The Hydra Centaur chief hid in the bitter cold tundra, where the land is sparsely populated, and there are winter wolves that can threaten the legendary strong. It is very dangerous, but it is much better than the prairie full of enemies.

Ergou said: "Being able to drive the enemy to the bitter cold tundra shows that our method is correct."

"The method is correct, and I am a little worried that he will break through and stand up."

Jose waved his paws: "Is there any news about that dead fat pig?"

You Gou shook his head, since five years ago, Bertha Sha hadn't appeared again.

"Maybe he escaped from the prairie, or he lost weight successfully."

"It's possible, forget it, don't care about them, they don't pose much threat to us, as long as we don't have any problems, it doesn't matter if they break through the legend."

Today, Jose is indeed qualified to say this.

Five years ago, after the news that the red dragon had seized the legendary equipment was spread, it attracted a wild legend to the Triangle Plain, planning to slay the dragon and seize the treasure.

As a result, the legendary warrior was led into the underground passage of Moduo Peak Forest, surrounded by an army of 100,000 monsters.

When the head of the legendary strongman appeared on the tower of Thorn Town, no one dared to think about Modo Peak Forest anymore.

In the face of a large-scale army, even the legendary powerhouse has to back away.

Thanks to the legendary fighter's "experimental experience", Sanlong's development plan has also gone much smoother.

Today, a medium-sized city with a permanent population of more than 50,000, a small city with a permanent population of more than 10,000 - Jinsha City, eight towns, and countless indigenous villages have been established on the Triangle Plain.

In Modo Peak Forest, the area of ​​Jose's underground kingdom has expanded a lot, more than double the size before, and it can accommodate many more monsters.

Based on the population alone, the number of monster subjects under the Red Dragon has exceeded 500,000, reaching the level of establishing a principality.

Of course, a population of 500,000 is only the passing line for the Principality.

According to mainland practice, the population of a principality is between 500,000 and 5 million, and a kingdom of more than 5 million is a kingdom. As for an empire, there must be at least 100 million.

At present, only the Pompeii Empire and the Orc Empire meet the requirements of an empire. As for the elves, the population of elves in the Misty Forest is definitely not 100 million, so they do not meet the conditions for being an emperor.

However, with the number of strong elves, the strength is definitely not much weaker than the two empires.

After dismissing Ergou who had finished his report, Jose was at ease again.

Once people are free, they will be bored, and once dragons are free, they want to find something to do.

The red dragon lay on the golden mountain and fell into deep thought.

At present, there are no threats around the Triangular Plain that can affect the rule of the three dragons, and further away are such large forces as Sunsail Port, the Holy City of the Barbarians, the Two Kingdoms, and the elves of the Mirkwood.

Yangfan Port will not intervene in the disputes in the North, nor will it rashly attack a faction. This is the consistent principle of doing business in the trading city-state, and it is also one of the fundamental guarantees for their business to spread across the mainland.

The holy city of the barbarians is facing the threat of a large glacier, and has signed an agreement with the red dragon, and will not rush to deal with the triangle plain.

The two human kingdoms with the Dulong Pass are busy vying for business on the prairie, and they can't threaten the Triangle Plain even if they check and balance each other.

As for the elves of Mirkwood, the relationship between the elves of Mirkwood and Mordor Peaks has recently made a breakthrough.

The thing came from an accident.

Half a month ago, a team of slave hunters sneaked into the dark forest to capture the elf slaves. They were discovered by the elves and surrounded by ranger troops. hunted down.

As a result, the red dragon found out about the matter, and ordered the monster army patrolling the border to cooperate with the elves to wipe out this group of people in one fell swoop, and also sent troops to hunt down their escaped leader.

Of course, Jose is not a bad dragon. He helps the elves hunt down the slave catchers for a purpose, and the purpose is to open up a trade route for the elves.

After five years of development, the commercial development in the central part of the prairie has entered the middle and late stages, and it is not as lucrative as the early stage.

But the Mirkwood is different, it is still a virgin land, valuable magic materials, artworks of elves, etc., these are the targets of Jose's peeping.

As a result, the red dragon found out about the matter, and ordered the monster army patrolling the border to cooperate with the elves to wipe out this group of people in one fell swoop, and also sent troops to hunt down their escaped leader.

Of course, Jose is not a bad dragon. He helps the elves hunt down the slave catchers for a purpose, and the purpose is to open up a trade route for the elves.

After five years of development, the commercial development in the central part of the prairie has entered the middle and late stages, and it is not as lucrative as the early stage.

But the Mirkwood is different, it is still a virgin land, valuable magic materials, artworks of elves, etc., these are the targets of Jose's peeping.

Taking advantage of the slave catcher incident, Jose sent people to initially communicate with the elves, and initially reached an agreement.

The elves of Mirkwood will open a border village for trade with Mordo Peak Forest, and the Red Dragon will pay some external supplies and support for the elves' anti-slavery operations.

This is a win-win deal!

The elves reaped external supplies and security, while the red dragon reaped a lot of commercial benefits.

You must know that the elves protect the Mirkwood very strictly, and the special magic materials of Mirkwood rarely spread to the outside world, and the handicrafts made by the elves are welcomed by human nobles, both of which are profiteering commodities.

The elves of the Dark Forest intend to use the power of the Red Dragon to help share some external pressure, and the Red Dragon is also greedy for the commercial benefits produced by the elves. Both of them intend to improve their relationship, so of course they can't fight.

"After much deliberation, the only option is to explore the Red Nest's crypt," Jose murmured.

In the past five years, Jose has sent only a small number of people to conduct a preliminary exploration of the crypt left by the Mistress of the Red Nest.

Secondly, the Mordo Peak Forest lacks a professional scouting team. After all, scouting is a technical job that not everyone can do, but this problem has been greatly improved recently.

The results of introducing a large number of professional knowledge systems have initially appeared, and the Red Dragon has a professional team of thieves under its command.

Secondly, the crypt left by the Mistress of the Red Nest is very dangerous, and there may be a large number of evil dragons remaining in it.

As it turned out, Jose was right to be concerned.

Although only a preliminary detection of the Red Nest Crypt has been conducted, some news has been obtained that there are indeed five-color dragons left in the Crypt left by the Red Nest Mistress.

And not just one, many evil dragons have formed different alliances and fought endlessly in the Underdark.