an hour later.
Black Bone City became quiet, and the searched monsters walked out of the room and piled up the trophies in their hands on the street. Commander You - Gou organized people to collect the trophies and manage them centrally.
As the post-war work progressed, drow corpses were transported outside the city and burned on the spot.
Jose stood on the city wall and glanced at the Black Bone City after the war. The city wall was broken, the streets were in chaos, and the smell of blood filled the air.
He didn't pay much attention to the ordinary dwellings, and turned his head to look at the vast space outside Black Bone City, the rolling mountains and rivers, the winding rivers, and the stretch of primeval forest. The red dragon couldn't help but feel delighted.
Giant Underdark!
According to the statistics of Tidanole scholars, only one giant Underdark will be born in nearly a thousand Underdark regions. The giant Underdark region has a vast area, and a complete set of atmospheric circulation has already been formed inside.
According to his estimation, the area of this huge underdark area numbered H008 is larger than the sum of the underdark areas H001 to H007, and it is about the same as the sum of the Mordo peak forest and the triangular plain.
In other words, taking Black Bone City doubled the territory controlled by the Three Dragons.
The problem of lack of places to go for the explosive growth of the territory's population has been solved, at least temporarily, and the problem of the development of the territory has also been solved.
Jose looked at the gray distance that could not see the edge, and felt a little solemn at the same time. According to past experience, the larger the area of the Underdark, the more tunnels connecting other Underdark.
He said: "You Gou, arrange manpower to patrol the border, thoroughly explore this dark area, and make sure to find every connection. I don't want the territory I have finally conquered to be harassed by foreign enemies."
"Obey!" Ergou stood up straight with a serious face.
He also understands the value of this huge dark region to the development of power, and attaches great importance to it. He immediately recruited the wolf cavalry who are most suitable for exploration, and gathered with the wolf cavalry to discuss.
Seeing this, Jose was satisfied. Ergou had always been impeccable in his work, and the wolf cavalry team was also experienced, so he was very relieved.
Turn your sights to the center of the city, where the last trouble in Black Bone City - the Temple of Rose!
Compared with the Dark Moon City Temple with a population of 30,000, the scale of the Black Bone City Rose Temple is not much larger, but there is a sense of ancient history accumulated.
Exquisite stone carvings with a sense of history, tall and majestic stone pillars, and an airtight roof that shelters the rain are the luxury that can only be found in giant dark regions.
José flapped his wings and flew up from the city wall towards the Temple of Rose.
Before flying close, he felt the power of faith gathered around the temple, which was the product of long-term prayers by the drow of Black Bone City.
To be honest, Red Dragon was still a little worried when he got close to the Spider Queen—Rose's famous temple of evil gods.
Worried, but not scared.
On the one hand, this is a medium-sized material plane—Tedanor, and it will take a lot of trouble for the gods to descend.
On the other hand, Tiamat, the racial god of the five-color dragon clan, is also not easy to mess with. Compared with the spider queen-Rose, she is not weaker in terms of strength or reputation.
The Red Dragon's fight against Black Bone City is a struggle at the secular level. If the Spider Queen shamelessly ends in person, then Tiamat will not sit idly by. This is a matter of the face of the race god.
Of course, the premise is that the red dragon does not take the initiative to insult the statue of Rose. The majesty of the gods cannot be desecrated, at least until they have the strength to resist the punishment of the gods.
Jose descended to the front of the temple, staring at the empty temple with the door open in front of him, except for the statue of Rose, the temple had already been emptied by the monster army at this time.
Putting the dragon's claws on the stone steps of the temple, the red dragon quickly uttered the spell.
Accompanied by the vast and ancient magic spell, the earth trembled slightly, and the trembling arc became larger and larger.
In the sky, Bailong watched all this. He found that only the ground around the temple was shaking, but outside the scope of the temple, there was not much movement.
The last incantation ended, and the foundation below the Rose Temple turned into a swamp, and the Rose Temple sank section by section until it was completely submerged in the swamp.
Master level magic - Great Swamp Spell!
Satisfied, José looked at the empty swamp and recited the spell again.
Turn mud into stone!
The soft swamp changed again and became a large flat rock.
"Huh~!"
After finishing all this, Jose clapped his hands and let out a long sigh of relief.
After experiencing the incident of the temple in Darkmoon City, he specially learned the master-level magic of the Great Swamp Art, which can make the temple disappear without destroying the temple, which perfectly solves the problem of the temple restricting the control of the city.
Another hour passed, and the army of monsters finished the finishing work after the battle, brought out the fine wine, searched out the livestock raised by drow, slaughtered cattle and sheep, lit a bonfire and reveled in Black Bone City.
Celebrate the victory of the war, celebrate your own survival, and temporarily forget the comrades who unfortunately died in battle with the help of alcohol and food.
Gnolls and ogres are monsters in the eyes of ordinary people, but monsters are not completely emotionless. Everyone has feelings for the comrades who train, eat, sleep, and fight side by side.
After the death of his comrades in battle, the monster army also felt grief.
However, despite the grief, no one regretted it, because they knew that everything they did was meaningful.
Soldiers opened up territory for the Three Dragons, made military exploits, and gained a lot of benefits. Within the army, entry-level professional cultivation resources are provided free of charge, while middle-level and high-level professionals need to fight for it themselves.
The most effective and easiest way to obtain resources is to perform well, stand out from the crowd, get the attention of the superiors, and then be cultivated by the superiors.
But this part of the resources is destined to be obtained only by a small number of outstanding people, and the military exploits are different. Only if you are willing to work hard, every time you kill an enemy on the battlefield, and every time you capture a loot, you can get the corresponding military merit.
Military merit can not only be used to improve one's rank and status, but can also be used to exchange resources such as food and money. However, generally no one would exchange military merit for resources, because military merit can be exchanged for more precious things—magical weapons, high-level exercises, precious Potions, even as long as the number of military merits is enough, even the number of red dragon family members can be exchanged.
In fact, after each war ends, there will be a wave of resource exchange within the army, followed by an improvement in the overall level of the army.
In addition, the military merits of soldiers who died in battle will be automatically converted into resources such as money and distributed to their families, in addition to a large amount of compensation.
Jose did not participate in the carnival of the soldiers, but rested on the ruins of the original temple, surrounded by guards.
It wasn't that he was cold and disdainful to participate in the celebration of ordinary monsters, nor that he didn't want to participate, but that he was eager to restore the energy in his body.
First, he fought with the drow priest for nearly half an hour, and then he fought the Temod spider for more than an hour. Even though he carefully calculated and split a part of the magic power in half, the energy in his body still bottomed out at this time.
In the dark region full of dangers, it is too dangerous to be empty of magic power in the body. In order to deal with possible threats, the red dragon has to retreat to recover the magic power.
Massive fire elements drilled into the red dragon's body, forming a faint energy vortex in the air, but the red dragon's body was like a black hole, devouring everything without end.
This recovery took five days.
Even though Jose didn't stop for a moment, the energy in [Phoenix Heart] still didn't recover even half. This was related to the huge storage capacity of [Phoenix Heart] and the fact that the energy of the fire element in the dark area was far less abundant than that of the lava lake.
In addition, during these five days, through the seized drow map, the investigation of the Underdark region led by Ego was basically completed, and the situation of this Underdark region was roughly figured out, and the next Underdark region was further explored.
In order to prevent the departed Temod spider from coming back for revenge, Jose continued to stay in Black Bone City.
…………………
a month later.
In the newly built castle in the center of Black Bone City, a kobold in a red robe bowed to the dragon, and then reported to work.
"Master, the situation of the Underdark Area H008 has been fully figured out. The area of this Underdark Area is about 50,000 square kilometers."
Jose was delighted. With an area of 50,000 square kilometers, it was much larger than a prefecture-level city in Blue Star Huaxia, and the area was not small.
Er Gou continued to report: "The terrain includes mountains, forests, plains, and a small swamp."
"The mountains, rivers and forests are still in a primitive state, and there are still some supernatural beasts living in the Underdark region, but we have checked and found that these supernatural beasts are not strong. It is estimated that the drow of Black Bone City deliberately stayed here to carry out hunting and other activities. of."
"The plains are mainly distributed along the banks of the rivers. The banks of the rivers are the granaries of Black Bone City. The farmland is fertile. There are also several drow towns and some villages scattered. There are not many drows in these settlements. Their main task is to supervise Slaves produce."
"Most of these drows fled before we arrived, and some of them were hunted down by us, and some fled into the forest, and there was nothing wrong with them. And those enslaved monsters, they have sworn allegiance to you."
"As for the swamp, the area of the swamp is not large, but there are some Kuo-toa murlocs living in it. I have already communicated with Lord Cassie, and Mrs. Cassie promised to send some murloc troops to help us eradicate the Kuo-toa murlocs."
"The last is the tunnel that connects to the outside world. There are six tunnels connecting the Underdark Area H008 to other Underdark Areas. One of them is a large Underdark Area. We named it Underdark Area H011."
"According to the news detected by the spies, there is a gray dwarf ruin in the Underdark Region H011. The ruins are dilapidated and worthless. The spies found a stone tablet in the haystack. The name of the gray dwarf ruin is recorded on the stone tablet. The name is Mainstay City."
"Pillar City?" Jose was slightly taken aback, thoughts flashing through his mind.
He finally remembered that he had indeed seen the record about Black Bone City, which was seen in the information about Steelbeard Fort submitted by Dragon Worship Sect.
"In the 2,632nd year of the solar calendar, civil strife broke out in the large gray dwarf city - Mainstay City, which eventually led to a split. The losers fled with their followers to the Underdark region No. BF0672, and established Steelbeard Fortress..."
The failure of the war with Black Bone City was the direct cause of the civil strife in Mainstay City, and it was also a major reason why the ancestors of the gray dwarves of Steelbeard Castle fled.
"I see." Jose didn't think too much about this matter, and continued to listen to the report of his family members.
After the report, Ergou asked, "Master, shall we continue to explore?"
Hearing this, Jose lowered his head in thought for a moment, then raised his head, and said decisively: "Continue! Of course we must continue!"
"It's just that this time it's not an expansive exploration, but to find out the surrounding situation and ensure the safety of the territory. The territory that has been laid down so far is enough for us to digest for a long time. Before it is completely digested, there is no need for radical exploration."
"..."
A master and a servant discussed many details of the action, and finally came to a result, and Ye Gou bowed and retreated.
After going out, he passed on the Red Dragon's order to implement the Red Dragon's will.
Time flies, and three months have passed.
During these three months, Jose was sitting in Black Bone City. Since nothing happened, he studied magic, slept, and commanded every day.
Commanding the monster residents of Mordo Peak Forest to emigrate to the Underdark, planning the development of the Underdark, and commanding the monster army to clean up the extraordinary beasts, life is very comfortable.
After detecting the surrounding dark areas and confirming that there is no major risk, the red dragon built a teleportation chamber and then returned to the Molten Core.
As soon as he returned to the Molten Core, Jose felt the rich fire element in the air blowing towards his face, and he immediately felt comfortable all over, as if every scale was jumping for joy.
"The lava lake is still suitable for my Red Dragon Clan!" He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He turned his head and saw Jinshan covered with a thin layer of dust. The magic power in his body was running, and he performed a cleaning technique to sweep away the dust, and then he went to sleep on Jinshan, which he had not seen for a long time.
After sleeping and relaxing for a few days, Jose opened his eyes again. He lay on the golden mountain, looking at the bubbling lava lake, lost in thought.
This time he fought against the legendary Temode Demon Spider, he really felt the improvement of his own strength, and he had already left his once-matched partner far behind.
In other words, the fire elemental lord - Hornaster is no longer enough to be his trump card.
"I have to re-contract a summoning partner," Jose muttered to himself while lying on the golden mountain, his eyes revealing thought.
This time, he will not leave everything to luck as he did before, and the call of Kuhaha, now he has the strength to enter the plane of the fire element to find a suitable contract partner.
Regarding this point, he had thought about it a long time ago, and immediately notified the fire elemental lord, Hornasted.
The red dragon and the fire elemental lord signed a contract of allies. The red dragon can summon the fire elemental lord to assist in the battle, and the fire elemental lord can also summon the red dragon to assist in the battle.
The two sides communicated for a while and reached an agreement.
After a while, Jose felt that in a certain fiery red world, an elemental spirit with a humanoid upper body and an upside-down tornado lower body was reciting his real name.
Soon, the summoning request came, and the red dragon agreed, and then a spinning black hole appeared out of thin air, sucking the red dragon on the golden mountain into it.
(end of this chapter)