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With a powerful jerk, he nearly pinned half of Lunaris's body to the ground. Then, he swung the spear around, sending a gust of wind mixed with flames that spread outwards in orange-red rings.

"Do you see this? This power! This is the power bestowed by the great Dragon Lord. As long as you choose to submit, you all have the possibility of receiving this blessing."

"Make your choice now! Will you follow these ignorant old fogies to the end and drift around like a rootless tumbleweed, or will you bow down at the feet of the great Dragon Lord and start a new life?"

These words caused some centaurs, who were already somewhat tempted, to waver even more.

Lunaris pushed off the ground with his feet, rising from the deep hole in the earth. The holy spear in his hand whipped up a strong wind, dispersing the oncoming flames, and he shouted loudly to the surrounding tribesmen.

"Do not believe her words! These are the whispers of a demon, the corrupting temptation of an evil red dragon. If you believe them, your souls will be devoured!"

Airola exhaled a hot breath dismissively, not in a hurry to pursue, but instead laughing loudly as she questioned:

"The entire wilderness will prostrate itself at the feet of the great Dragon Lord. Where can you, who refuse to submit, escape to?"

"The Supreme Forest? The Swamp of Death? The Endless Glacier? Or the Human Kingdoms of the East?"

"Can you guarantee that you can lead your people to survive there? And how many people are you prepared to lose in exchange for a small patch of land where they can barely survive?"

"Wake up, you fools! You have no choice but to submit to the great Dragon Lord. That is the only way to survive."

Lunaris fell silent, unsure how to refute Erora's words.

As she said, the world may be vast, but every piece of land has its owner.

No one wants new competitors to appear in their territory. If they want to find a new habitat after leaving the wilderness, they can only take it from other creatures!

In this process, death and injury are inevitable. Even in the best-case scenario, at least half of the tribe will lose their lives.

Even so, should they submit to the tyranny of the red dragon?

No! Absolutely not! Proud centaurs are like the free wind in the wilderness, and should not be bound by anything!

"Perhaps you are right, but so what? Centaurs will never be slaves! Our ancestors and the winds protect us, and even if we are in trouble for a time, we will eventually find a way out."

"Brothers and sisters, please lift your heads. No matter how difficult the road ahead may be, as long as we work together, we will surely be able to overcome the difficulties."

Overwhelmed by his emotions, Lunaris couldn't help but roar after a brief silence, and a rousing response immediately erupted from those around him.

However, when his gaze swept across the crowd, he noticed that nearly a quarter of the centaurs remained silent, and his heart sank.

This once vast tribe, which had survived in this wilderness for thousands of years, split apart at this moment.

Chapter 248 Talented Individuals Are Rare

After entering adolescence, the thing that troubled Thor the most was that his appetite had increased again.

After all, this is the stage in a dragon's long life when its metabolism is most vigorous and its growth is most rapid, so it naturally needs a lot of energy and nutrients to replenish itself.

If it were an ordinary dragon, the situation would be somewhat better. At this stage, their body length was less than 10 meters. Although their metabolism was fast, their small size meant their appetite was not too enormous.

Kosol's body length is now close to 30 meters, more than three times that of an ordinary young dragon. Due to the purification of its bloodline, it needs to consume hundreds or thousands of times more food and energy every day.

If we were to convert it into meat consumption alone, Saul would probably have to consume hundreds of tons of meat every day to meet his body's basic needs.

Even though he can replenish most of his body's needs by absorbing elemental energy from the air, the remaining portion is still a huge amount.

An ordinary young red dragon, even if it devoured all the creatures in its territory, probably still wouldn't be able to fill its stomach. Only someone like Thor, who feeds on various energy crystals, can ensure its body grows strong and healthy.

This is probably the reason why the true dragon bloodline has degenerated generation after generation; ultimately, it is due to the scarcity of resources.

This makes it easier for true dragons with lower bloodline purity and less demanding resource requirements to survive, leading to a phenomenon where bad money drives out good, which in turn lowers the overall quality of true dragons.

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Thor lay sprawled on the enormous throne, as a continuous stream of kobolds presented him with various foods, which he casually grabbed and ate with his paws.

By this time, his palace was nearing completion. This magnificent obsidian building, resembling a giant fortress, stood atop the crater, with massive stone pillars extending like roots beneath it, the fiery glow of the lava casting a dark red hue on its base.

The surrounding walls are inlaid with various gemstones, and the magnificent murals depicting dragons looking around and all races paying homage are outlined with gold and silver threads and colorful precious metals.

The roof overhead is a dazzling reddish-gold color, made of gold, copper, flame iron, and radiant dragon stone powder. On sunny days, it refracts sunlight into the shape of flames.

This lavish palace had nearly exhausted all of Saul's wealth, leaving it sparsely decorated and somewhat empty.

Next, once his territory expands and he acquires more sources of essence, he plans to fill every corner of the palace with an endless supply of energy crystals of various colors.

No need for any valuable works of art or historical artifacts!

As a red dragon, his wealth should be simple, pure, and unreasonable!

With thoughts swirling in his mind, outlining plans for the future, Thor lifted his eyelids between meals and looked down at the shadows cast by the kobolds on the smooth obsidian tiles.

In truth, with his current strength, conquering the entire wilderness and eliminating all dissenting voices would be an easy task.

But once you conquer it, how do you govern it?

With such a vast area, even birds in the sky would need a considerable amount of time to cross it. How could he guarantee that his territory would operate entirely according to his will?

Verbal loyalty is ultimately unreliable; over time, it will inevitably lead to a situation where someone outwardly complies but inwardly defies orders.

Are you expecting him to keep watch over each place one by one? Even with the incredible speed of a comet, he wouldn't be able to do anything all day; all his time would be wasted traveling.

Therefore, he needed loyal subordinates to manage his vast territory, which is why he recalled his scattered family members.

But new problems followed: Do these guys, most of whom were born in the wilderness, whose minds are full of bloodlust and killing, and who can't even read a single word, know anything about management?

You can't expect gnolls and barbarians to understand the number of people, taxes, and the ratio of output to consumption, can you?

It seems that the reason why compulsory education was born in Germany and widely spread in Britain, France and the United States in the past was entirely because the industrial environment required workers with sufficient knowledge!

Thor counted the creatures under his command that could be associated with culture and wisdom, only to sadly discover that he couldn't even count them all on one hand.

Not to mention the indigenous people in the wilderness, they live like weeds, dying in the morning and having no energy to think, surviving almost entirely on instinct.

The grey dwarves have a well-developed cultural heritage due to their long lifespan, but most of it is related to enslavement and forging, making them unsuitable for managing a territory.

Thinking about it that way, all that's left are him, Alan, and maybe Lelia can be considered half of them?

As a red dragon with ideals and ambitions, Thor felt a surge of anger when he discovered that almost all of his subordinates were illiterate.

Ordinary dragons certainly don't have this kind of trouble. After all, their territories are not large, and it's easy to patrol them. They can easily manage them with just fear and oppression, and they don't need to worry too much about the development or life and death of their subordinates.

But Thor's fundamental purpose in building his vast territory was to provide himself with more essence, which meant that all intelligent beings were a form of wealth to him.

Therefore, management should not be simplistic or crude, but rather reasonable exploitation should be carried out while ensuring their numbers are maintained.

This is undoubtedly a wonderful art, but sadly, there is not a single person under his command who can share his burdens.

Ultimately, talent is rare in any world, and after a brief moment of thought, Saul decided to "recruit with high salaries".

In this world, the vast majority of people who are proficient in reading and writing, know how to calculate, and have certain management skills are able to live relatively decent lives.

Nobles, merchants, and even mages might be unwilling to submit to a red dragon and serve it, but there is also a group of evil people who are fanatically pursuing power.

Whether they are demon sorcerers, evil magicians, or heretics, Thor accepts them all without hesitation, and he has plenty of ways to make them work for him.

If that still doesn't work, some merchants and fallen nobles might be tempted by the lure of enough gold coins.

If they don't know what's good for them, then Thor will have no choice but to go back to his job as a dragon and plunder the nearby towns.

Thus, a new message began to spread widely to the human kingdoms of the East through traveling merchants and adventurers.

The mighty red dragon—the crimson tyrant, the master of fire and lava, the new king of the wilderness—offered a generous reward, inviting all learned creatures to govern his vast territory.

The news immediately stirred up a storm in the outside world, with countless people casting their attention toward the distant wilderness.

The Red Dragon's power is undeniable, and his generosity has been proven.

Previously, the power he bestowed had already stirred up a bloodbath; how much more turmoil will it cause this time?

Chapter 249 Return

In this world, the level of education among wild animals and ordinary people is already low, and those who can perform simple reading, writing, and calculation are extremely rare.

However, considering the vast number of life forms in the world, such talents are as numerous as carp crossing a river, endless in number.

After all, golden ornamental fish may be extremely rare in the wild, but they are just the most common species in a landscape pond.

Almost the instant the news of Thor spread, a large number of beings began to be tempted.

The red dragon is indeed evil and tyrannical, and his territory is full of all kinds of monsters, making it extremely dangerous.

But he was undoubtedly generous; what was this danger compared to the potential gains?

As time went on, the news continued to spread, and before long, some people began to take action.

However, due to the vast distance between the wilderness and human towns, coupled with the inconvenient transportation in this world, it may still be some time before they actually appear before Thor.

Before that, another group of familiar visitors had already entered Thor's territory. They were uniformly tall, with dark red scales, and exuded a powerful aura; they were Thor's retinue scattered throughout the land.

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When Bren saw the towering volcano in the distance again, he found that the environment in front of him was completely different from what he remembered.

The low hills that originally ran north-south are like a noodle that has been picked up by chopsticks and spun around, with the mountain ranges on both sides contracting and encircling the middle, forming a peculiar spiral structure.

The extensive network of roads connects the low hills, some covered with various lush green crops, while others are almost hollowed out, with swarms of ant-like creatures busily moving in and out.

The unfamiliar scenery almost made him think he had gone to the wrong place.

However, when he looked up at the magnificent palace atop the volcano, which seemed to be burning with blazing flames, the sense of awe and admiration that welled up in his mind told him that he had come to the right place.

Recalling the fleeting glimpse of Blackrock Fortress, the unparalleled demeanor displayed by the Great Dragon Lord, could this be the transformation he made to his own territory after awakening?

That's really powerful!

Overwhelmed by the awe-inspiring power, which resembled a natural disaster, Bren tugged hard at the chains in his hands, eager to see the Dragon Lord for whom he was willing to give everything again.

But a tremendous force of resistance came from the other end of the chain, and no matter how he pulled, it wouldn't budge, and even seemed to be pulling him away instead.

He had no choice but to stop and turn around to look behind him.

A white dragon, 9 meters long, was raising its head in terror, its scales bristling as if it were facing a terrifying abyssal beast and refused to move forward another step.

This was the spoils that Bren had taken from that frost giant squad—a young white dragon that wasn't particularly powerful.

Because he was raised as a pet and hunting dog by frost giants from a young age, he was somewhat underdeveloped, his eyes lacked the ferocity and cruelty that a normal white dragon should have, and his intelligence was also lower.

Being bound by iron chains for a long time has almost deprived him of his ability to fly, and even the extraordinary power that a true dragon is born with has become extremely weak.

Bren tried to communicate with him, but found it was completely ineffective; this mindless beast seemed to rely more on sticks to communicate than on language.

In their previous interactions, Bren had already enabled him to understand some basic commands, but unexpectedly, as they approached the Dragon Lord's territory, he became stubborn out of fear.

Normally, he might have been more patient with the white dragon because of its race, but at this moment, his urgency made him decisively raise his greatsword and slam it down.

boom--!

The immense force caused the white dragon's head to slam down, its chin hitting the ground with a dull thud.

As a strong sense of dizziness struck, his tense body went limp and he was dragged behind Bren like a dead dog.

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In the long life of a true dragon, more than 70% of the time is spent in slumber and meditation, 10% is spent taking stock of its treasures, and the remaining 20% ​​is spent hunting and handling various affairs in its territory.

Thor's lifestyle habits from his previous life made him dislike long periods of sleep, and the abundant energy brought by the various monster templates made it even harder for him to fall asleep.

At this moment, he was flipping through the Dragon Legacy in his mind, searching for something interesting in that vast ocean of knowledge.

With the power Thor currently wields, he naturally wouldn't bother learning ordinary spells.

After all, his burning attacks, such as the Hand of Flame, are not even as effective as his instinctive control over fire.

However, besides these, there are also some spells in these inheritances that he cannot naturally control through his bloodline.

While their effects on overall strength may not be immediately apparent, they can play a significant role in certain special circumstances. Like swimming and cycling, you might never need to use them in your life, but who knows, they might come in handy someday?

Moreover, learning these minor spells is not difficult for Thor. His strong mental attributes give him a unique advantage in this area, and coupled with his photographic memory, he will definitely succeed as long as he is willing to spend some time.

Time passed quietly in the tranquil atmosphere until a series of footsteps broke the peace within the palace.

The enormous red dragon raised its head from its throne, and a dragon-blooded dog-headed man, nearly two meters tall and with wings on his back, walked in from outside the palace.

As the original kobold and the kobold from the dragon vein who stayed with Thor the longest, Tana was undoubtedly deeply affected by the curse of the mad dragon.