Red Dragon, but chosen by all four gods

"Magren, Mortar, you two lead a team to inspect the famine situation within the territory."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Mortar and Maglen accepted the mission.

Their two teams of dragonborn were perfectly suited—one skilled in farming, the other in spellcasting—making them ideally matched to investigate famine and crop failure.

"Furdom, lead a team to investigate a few villages and see if there are any signs of invasive insects."

"Yes."

The dragonborn of Faldom have been training with Hill in tracking and assassination skills, and the black dragon itself is also skilled in stealth and assassination.

"Heros, what do you want me to do!" Anglu blinked his big eyes.

"Fine, you can come with me. We'll talk about it when we need to fight."

"Oh." Anglu didn't understand why he wasn't assigned a task.

But in any case, he was happy to be with Heros.

Heros summoned Tarek: "Go and meet the lord of Grayhill Island in the name of the Dragon Court's envoy."

"Yes, Dragon Lord."

Tarek was well aware of Heros's expectations.

Now that we're here, the nobles of Greyhill Island should offer their entire stockpile to the great dragon.

He temporarily handed over command of most of the dragonborn to Izek, and the number of dragonborn in Heros also expanded to more than forty, most of whom were warriors of the Galahren family.

"After you finish your investigation, come to me on the high mountain in the center of the island to report."

Heros pointed to the center of Gray Hill Island, where there were continuous mountain peaks that appeared bare due to the sparse vegetation.

"I took a look around as I flew over, and it looked really nice. From that vantage point, we could see the whole island from above."

The three young dragons, having received their mission, quickly left with the dragonborn.

After Tarek left, Heros spread his broad dragon wings and leaped into the air, with Anglu following behind him, flying towards the center of the island.

Although the dragonborn cannot fly, they can still catch up with the two dragon lords unless they fly at top speed.

On the way to the center of the island, Heros looked down at the situation on the ground.

Grey Hill Island is relatively barren compared to other territories in the Gem Islands, with its terrain mainly consisting of hills and lacking the mineral resources of White River Valley.

Because it is isolated from the main island, wild monsters are very rare.

Only some of the magical potions found in the mountains and fields are of decent quality, and some are offered as tribute to the Golden Dragon Court every year.

The inhabitants here are somewhat similar to the Galahren family, exhibiting bestial characteristics.

Unlike the Galahren family, which has a relatively stable werewolf bloodline, theirs is chaotic and bizarre.

They did not come to the Gem Islands with Seraria. Rather, over hundreds or thousands of years, many people who could not survive on the mainland chose to take a desperate gamble and cross the Sea of ​​Mist, and settled there after luckily arriving.

After Seraria established her nest on the Gem Islands, the territory was redistributed among her follower families.

According to Makaros's plan, these indigenous people were directly absorbed into the various families and gradually integrated.

Grey Hill Island was relatively barren and was not originally intended to be divided into a separate territory.

However, some of the indigenous people, dissatisfied with the rule of the followers' families or feeling marginalized, gradually gathered on Grey Hill Island, which is far from the main island.

Many who later admired the fame of the Golden Dragon drifted there and settled on Grey Hill Island.

Because of the large number of subjects, Macalos, in order to facilitate management, divided them according to their power and appointed some noble lords, forming a separate territory.

Just from the farmers and hunters that Heros saw while flying, he could see all sorts of strange and wonderful bloodline characteristics.

Some of them even made Heros feel like they were deformed.

"It might be of great research value," Heros murmured.

Deformity is not necessarily a bad thing. The more unique a limb or organ is, the greater its value when it can function stably.

Just like the special arthropod-like second layer of skin under Tarek's skin, it has extremely strong internal organ protection and a good isolation effect on internal organs that have a high demand for magic.

Heros has already listed it as a special organ that must be installed on the Dragonborn in the future.

In addition to the situation of the people under his jurisdiction, Heros also noticed the special circumstances of several villages.

Large swathes of farmland lay barren, and even several hills near some villages were completely devoid of vegetation.

This withering, seemingly centered on the village, appears from above like circular scars on the ground.

Soon, Heros and Anglu flew to the central mountain of Greyhill Island, waiting for their dragonborn to catch up.

Anglu lay listlessly at Heros's feet, playing with building houses out of small stones.

Heros was still thinking about what he had just witnessed.

"This is such an obvious move, it's like they're trying to make sure we don't know someone is targeting the village."

"These insects must have come for the mother, or for one of her dragon offspring."

"If you're not strong enough, you should create some diversionary commotion to gather intelligence or cause some sabotage, just like those liches did before."

"If we have sufficient strength, we should lie in wait without leaving any trace, and then launch a surprise attack to achieve victory."

"Such a high-profile move is practically a provocation, as if they're afraid no one will know they've made a move."

"Moreover, there are some benefits to destroying territories that are close to the dragon's nest, such as White River Valley and Weilding Plain. Gray Hill Island is far away from the dragon's nest, so even if the entire dragon's nest is destroyed, there will be no loss. What is the point of causing destruction here?"

Heros presented himself with a series of questions.

He has a somewhat obsessive-compulsive personality; he likes to get to the bottom of everything and then find the way he is most satisfied with to carry it out.

While the most difficult problem on Gray Hill Island is not hard to solve, he wants to resolve his own doubts first.

"These bugs are bad guys, so they just want to do bad things!"

After listening for a while, Anglu casually chimed in.

Heros glanced at him, a thought flashing through his mind.

Anglu's words can also be used as a conclusion to deduce the enemy's objectives.

They attacked the villages, causing widespread famine. And then what?

Do they expect a righteous golden dragon to descend upon this land and bestow upon it endless food?

Not to mention that Seraria's magical prowess is enough to challenge the realm of gods, this is not difficult for a young golden dragon.

Mortal's green dragonborn can quickly solve this problem.

To assassinate Seraria when she arrives?

These large "scars" practically scream "I have a problem" on their faces, and even Anglu couldn't ignore them.

Therefore, the trap they were preparing should have been set after the Golden Dragon Court resolved the famine.

"interesting."

As for what kind of trap it was, Heros had no intention of going along with their wishes.

No matter what the enemy wants to do, disrupting their plans is never a bad thing.