On an isolated island surrounded by lava, a huge red dragon is lying on the Jinshan Mountain, with its head resting on its forelimbs, and its huge wings, which are enough to completely cover the badminton court, rest randomly on both sides of its body, almost covering the entire Jinshan Mountain.
Such a casual sleeping position is a manifestation of a sense of security. In the past, when Jose slept, he would curl up into a ball, roll his relatively soft abdomen inside, and sleep with his back against the wall to reduce the area under attack. The location is not far from the escape route, which is convenient for timely transfer.
Now, there are a large army of monsters from the underground kingdom guarding the outside, and there are personal guards patrolling and standing guard in the area near the dragon's nest. The red dragon personal guards are all well-equipped and well-trained professionals. , Coming to the Molten Core, you have to face a large number of salamanders. If you are caught by such a large number of salamanders, the master-level powerhouse has to kneel on the spot.
Gradually, the red dragon's breathing rhythm changed, faster, and his consciousness was awakening.
Slowly opening his eyes, Jose saw the gold nearby and the familiar long passage in the distance. The dragon's biological clock told him that he had slept for five days.
"Slept so soundly~," he yawned, then shook his head to wake him up.
"Continue to summon, I will not believe in evil, and so on."
Suddenly, he smelled a fresh and familiar breath. The source of this breath is not far below the Jinshan Mountain. .
"Er Gouzi came to look for me, but I was too sleepy to respond to him, and he didn't dare to disturb me..." Jose muttered.
The dragon can perceive the arrival of others in the dream because they are in a half-asleep state while digesting the dragon's inheritance. This time, Jose's mental power was severely consumed due to a large number of spells, and thus entered a true deep sleep state. Can sense the arrival of Ergou.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Ergou is a member of the Red Dragon and is considered to be one of his own and is not in danger. If a hostile stranger approaches, the dragon's keen sense of danger will wake up the sleeping dragon immediately .
"Yougou, what do you want from me?"
"Master, you're finally awake!" Ergou's surprised voice came through the soul connection.
"The thing is like this. Four days ago, the spies we placed in the indigenous tribe sent news that a strange human businessman came to the tribe and entered the chief's tent for a long time. At first we didn't pay much attention to it, but in the next In the past two days, the tribes on the outskirts of the Triangular Plain who had shown favor to us gradually became colder, not just one or two, but almost all of them."
"I noticed that something was wrong, and I confirmed with the spies placed in other tribes that there were also human merchants in other tribes, but they didn't report it. I investigated those merchants and found that they were all new faces... It is almost certain that, These people came after us."
"Well, you didn't act rashly, but tried your best to collect information, and at the same time ordered the spies to reduce the frequency of communication to prevent exposure. You handled this matter very well," Jose disconnected the mind connection after affirming the work of the dependents.
Sunsail Port is the home of the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce, with Buck Bruce sitting in charge, there is absolutely no way to hide any major events from him.
"If you're not from Sunsail Port, then you're from Dana Kingdom."
Originally, Jose thought that after the Frostax barbarians were defeated, the Dana Kingdom would settle down, and reluctantly accepted the reality that the giant dragon ruled the Triangular Plain, but this was not the case.
Why do they hold on to it
Jose took out the Northland map presented by the Black Dragon. This map from the Red Nest was more accurate than any map he could get so far.
Staring at the triangular plain in the south of the prairie, and at Dulong Pass in the east and Sunsail Port in the west, Jose frowned and fell into deep thought.
Gradually, he raised his dragon claw and drew a dotted line upwards with his fingers starting from the triangular plain.
This is a dividing line, one side is the area of interest of Yangfan Port, and the other is the area of interest of Dulong Pass. These two forces have divided the interest cake of the entire Northland.
Truth is within the range of a cannon, and this truth is universal in any world.
The two major forces can only really control the areas near their respective base camps, and their control over remote areas is much weaker. The Triangular Plain is the midline area, which happens to be located where the two major forces have the weakest control and is also the most competitive area.
How fierce is the competition
Even a large chamber of commerce like the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce needs the help of the gray-tailed centaur natives as a backing to dare to occasionally come to the Triangle Plain for transactions.
However, the rise of the Three Dragons and the close business relationship between the Triangle Plain and Yangfan Port broke this situation. The Yangfan Port Chamber of Commerce took advantage of the opportunity to gain the upper hand in the competition area and approached the east side of the prairie. It was intolerable, so the Frostaxe barbarian clan came to attack.
This is Jose's summary reflection on the last accident.
He also thought about the next move of Dana Kingdom, and it turned out that Dana Kingdom had nothing to do.
In the proxy war, with the lessons learned from the Frostaxe clan, no barbarian tribe would foolishly buy their lives for the Kingdom of Dana.
It is even more impossible for our own army to enter the field in person. Dana Kingdom and the barbarians have had a long-standing grudge, and only a very small number of barbarian tribes do not hate them. Dana Kingdom sent ordinary troops into the grassland, and the result may be to walk for a while, stop, and fight for a while go on.
Jose has also considered legendary combat power. Dana Kingdom has two legends. One is guarding the Odyssey Kingdom next to the border defense, and the other is protecting the king in the palace. They cannot be easily moved.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Triangular Plain poses little threat to the Dana Kingdom itself, and it is not yet necessary to use legendary combat power.
As for the backer of the Kingdom of Dana—the Northland Witch Council, the Witch Council and the Dragon Cult have an agreement, and they are afraid of each other, and they will not easily send legendary forces to deal with members of the Dragon Worship Cult.
However, the Kingdom of Dana still took action, sending people disguised as businessmen to travel around to persuade the indigenous tribes around the Triangle Plain.
The most important thing is that the indigenous tribes have been persuaded by them, as evidenced by their recent indifference.
Although the grassland natives are short-sighted and unable to see the general trend of the times, they are not stupid. The Dana people can't convince them with their mouths alone, so they must have come up with some real materials.
Jose thought for a moment and cleared his mind.
Now, there are two issues that urgently need to be clarified.
The first question is what did the Kingdom of Dana use to convince the indigenous tribes.
The second question is, to what extent are the indigenous tribes around the Triangle Plain persuaded, whether to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, or to work for the tigers.
In fact, Jose didn't pay much attention to the indigenous tribes around the Triangle Plain, even large tribes with more than 5,000 people.
After so many years of spy penetration and intelligence collection, these indigenous tribes have no secrets in his eyes. Once a war starts, he will have a hard time losing because of his superior intelligence, military quality and equipment advantages.
Therefore, the most important thing is what the Kingdom of Dana used to convince the indigenous tribes.
There are two ways to know this key information. One is to choose an indigenous tribe that has been visited, and capture their chiefs for interrogation; the other is to capture the lobbyists of the Dana Kingdom and torture them.
The first method, Jose can go out in person, which is simple, but it will inevitably leave a bad impression on the surrounding indigenous tribes, and become a bargaining chip for the Dana people to persuade the tribes to fight against the "evil dragon".
The second will take some time to figure out where the Dana lobbyist is, and then send someone to arrest him.
After thinking about it, Jose adopted the second method, not because he considered the thoughts of the grassland natives, but because the second method was better overall.
"Hulk, let your eyes look for the Dana lobbyist, and report to me as soon as you find it."
"Obey! Master!"
The eyeliner is okay to find the target, but the arrest by force requires another person to handle it, and Jose has connected with another family member—the Harpy chief.
"Master, what are your orders?"
"Luna, I need you to make a trip to catch a human and bring back the professionals in your group, ready to go at any time."
"Your will is the direction of the blood feather."
Jose disconnected his mind connection. He was more at ease with Luna Blood Feather as a follower. His strength and ability were not bad. The most important thing was that he was able to fly, whether it was a long-distance attack or escape.
In less than half a day, the spy heard about Dana's spies, and Jose immediately told the Harpy family.
Next, you only need to wait quietly, waiting for the harpies to catch him, and then put him in the net bag and bring him back.
Jose rested on the golden mountain. In order to deal with unexpected situations that may arise at any time, he did not dare to carry out magic experiments at will.
Two hours later, Luna Bloodfeather sent a communication request.
"Master! We've caught the target!" The Harpy's family didn't have any joy in their tone, and José felt a little uncomfortable.
"But as soon as the target was caught, he committed suicide by taking poison, with the poison in his mouth."
Death!
This word popped up in Jose's head unconsciously. Unlike the wild boar who was so scared that he almost bit his tongue last time, the lobbyists sent by the Kingdom of Dana are real dead soldiers. They have received professional training and are willing to pay the price of their lives to come Keep secrets.
"I see, come back."
Since the target is the dead, there is no need to continue the arrest work.
Jose stood up from the golden mountain, and he planned to personally arrest an indigenous chief for questioning.
As for arousing the fear of the natives, this can be reduced to the rhetoric of Dana lobbyists, and it can also deter those vacillating native tribes, letting them know that it is not a child's play to be an enemy of a giant dragon.
The red dragon walked through the dark and deep underground passage, with a faint tone: "Who should I choose?"
[Remarks on the shelves]:
I originally planned to get along with you as ordinary people, but what I got in exchange was estrangement, I stopped pretending, I have a showdown, I am short of money, otherwise who the hell would not rest at noon and write this brain-dead stuff.
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