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They are now certain that this guy is indeed His Majesty Tiamat's illegitimate son, and a very favored one at that.

After all, apart from the Five-Colored Dragon Queen and the Rainbow Dragon, no other true dragon has ever been known to have this level of elemental control ability, not even those so-called divinely favored dragons.

The wicked dragon queen has given birth to offspring in this era; what earth-shattering scheme is she plotting?

Chapter 292 Two Ways to Eat

Thor noticed the shock and fear that flashed in the eyes of the two metal dragons, Aristanta and Zelisos, but he was already fully grown and didn't care at all.

He casually shook the Balor Flame Demon he was holding in his paws and asked.

"I caught a little mouse that wandered in from outside. Do you have any ideas on how to imprison it and prevent it from committing suicide?"

The three metal dragons exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing an expression of "I knew it."

There was nothing to hesitate about. Demons, these chaotic and evil creatures, are also mortal enemies of metal dragons. Dealing with them would not be a burden in the slightest.

The three-headed metal dragon carefully observed the Balor Flame Demon for a while, and quickly came up with a solution: by using precious metals such as gold essence and mithril, mixed with flame iron, to forge chains for binding, and then engraving corresponding magic runes, the magic power inside the Balor Flame Demon could be suppressed to a certain extent.

This way, it can neither escape nor accumulate enough energy to launch a self-destruction.

So Thor summoned a large number of grey dwarves and glacier dwarves, and personally began smelting metals. Piles of ore were brought before him, and under the scorching heat of the dragon flames, they instantly turned into molten iron.

A long chain was quickly forged, its entire body gleaming with a reddish-gold luster. After being enchanted by the metal dragons, its surface was constantly shimmering with silvery-white stardust.

Marglos, who witnessed the whole thing, seemed to have a premonition of his doom. He screamed and struggled madly, but was still forced to wear the collar that symbolized humiliation.

Chains wrapped around its limbs and neck, and then Thor chained the Balor Fire Demon to the thick pillar beneath the Crimson Flame Palace in a spread-eagle position.

The taut chains and runes that hinder the accumulation of magic make it extremely difficult to even move its limbs, while the rich fire and earth elements in the volcano ensure a continuous supply of energy.

Driven by its physical instincts and the laws of nature, the elements of lightning and fire, symbolizing destruction, along with various metallic substances from the magma, began to spontaneously converge into its body, vaguely forming the phantoms of a decapitation sword and a flaming whip in its hand.

It shouldn't be long before these two innate weapons are formed again, and then they'll be ready for Thor to harvest.

Marglos was clearly aware of this, but he was powerless to stop it.

Because these two weapons are like some kind of organ on the Balrog, or like the ability of a true dragon to modify the environment. They are products of its own existence and the interaction with the rules of the world, and it is difficult to reverse them by its own will.

This made Marglos feel even more humiliated and angry. He wanted to curse loudly, but his mouth was already bound with an iron band, so he could only make muffled sounds.

A torrent of extreme emotions erupted like a volcano, rushing straight into the Crimson Flame Palace above, where they were absorbed by the giant rotating wheel in Thor's mind, causing his essence balance to fluctuate continuously.

In this way, Thor can not only regularly acquire two decent magical weapons, but also obtain a continuous supply of spiritual essence, making it a win-win situation.

This made him eager to capture more Balrogs, even thousands or tens of thousands, which was far better than painstakingly developing his territory.

However, when Thor summoned the two demon warlocks and asked them to perform the summoning again, he was met only with two trembling, bitter faces.

High-ranking demons like Balrog are all named beings and cannot be summoned at will like ordinary low-ranking demons.

To summon them, one must first spend a large amount of offerings to attract their attention, and after receiving a response, one must sign a harsh contract.

Currently, these two demon warlocks can only summon this one high-level demon, and even in the signed contract, they are in a subordinate position.

In other words, they only have the right to summon, but not the right to command. Whether the other party responds to the summons, is willing to fight, or wants to leave is entirely up to the demon.

To summon a new high-ranking demon, one must first prepare a massive amount of offerings, and what one will ultimately summon depends on luck.

Upon hearing this, Solton was immediately disappointed and remained silent for a moment.

Seeing the red dragon's gloomy face, the two demon warlocks were immediately terrified, fearing that he might crush them like ants if he was displeased. They quickly spoke up.

“Great Red Dragon, although we cannot summon other high-ranking demons for the time being, low-ranking demons are unaffected.”

"They are demons too, and they can certainly be of help to you."

Thor realized this, which is why he didn't kill the two guys.

Although he no longer cares about the little essence brought by low-level demons, even a mosquito's leg is meat, and it's always good to have some extra benefits.

He simply found a hollowed-out part of a mountain and locked the two demon warlocks inside, letting them perform their summoning there.

As for the necessary sacrifices, let's use death row inmates who violated the rules within the territory. After all, their previous fate was to have their souls drained and their bodies used to fertilize the fields.

Offering it directly to the abyss in exchange for greater rewards is a way of making the most of waste.

After the two demon warlocks were taken away by his men, it was quite some time before a kobold from the Dragonvein came to report that the two red dragons, Sistana and Kalp, were requesting an audience at the foot of Mount Doom.

The thought of his two blood relatives made Thor furious.

These two useless things were so frightened by a group of lowly evil spellcasters that they fled in disarray without even daring to fight back. They have utterly disgraced the Red Dragon. And now they dare to shamelessly come back.

If it weren't for the fact that they shared the same blood as him, he would have liked to slap them to death. But he could escape the death penalty, but he couldn't escape punishment. So Thor immediately growled in a low voice.

"Tell those two good-for-nothings that their lord's childish game is over. Tell them to get to the dwarf's forge. I don't need to say anything more."

The dragon-blood kobold who delivered the order went off to carry it out. Not long after, Sistanar and Kalp received their orders and could only walk dejectedly toward the dwarf settlement.

They thought they could play the family card this time, get their cheap brother to avenge them, and maybe even get some benefits in the process, but they never expected that damned Thor would be so ruthless.

They really lost out big time. They not only spent a lot of energy to build up that autonomous territory, but also gained a lot of benefits.

There was certainly no substantial money involved, but a huge amount of debt was incurred due to various promises and loans.

Even with the long lifespan of a true dragon, it would still be a long way off before it could pay off all the debts.

Chapter 293 Reclaiming the Canal

After the first batch of death row inmates were sent deep into the hollowed-out mountain, the passage from the abyss reopened, and all sorts of low-level demons, like flies attracted by a stench, began to swarm out in droves.

It was still the lowest-ranking Primal Demon charging at the forefront. As the most numerous beings in the Abyss, they could always detect and arrive at the passage immediately, no matter where it opened.

As the primal demon glared with its chaotic eyes, eager to unleash its destructive and bloodthirsty rampage, a towering figure suddenly came into view, extending a dark red, scale-covered hand towards it.

This Primal Demon, which was only about a meter tall, looked like a tiny mouse in front of the Dark Elf, who was six or seven meters tall. The Dark Elf grabbed it and casually tossed it into the prison cart made of fine steel behind it.

The demons that followed from the passage were all captured without exception. The Darkin guarding the entrance to the passage, like workers on an assembly line, caught them all without missing a single one.

Even though some mid-level demons like horned demons, fanged demons, and berserker demons appeared during this time, they didn't cause any trouble and were quickly defeated and bound tightly with chains mixed with sparrow stones.

The entire abyss passage lasted for several minutes, and several hundred demons emerged from it.

Next, they will be categorized according to size, strength, and special abilities.

Those enormous, powerful, and enduring demons will be used as laborers and sent to various construction sites to perform the most basic digging and destruction work.

Demons possessing special abilities such as bewitching, seduction, deception, and mind control will be temporarily collected.

Thor plans to build a city of sin within his territory, specifically to house evil and depraved creatures, and to sell desires and all sorts of contraband.

At that time, all these demons will be thrown into the City of Sin, and some demons will be captured from the Hell of Bathor, and drow elves will be introduced from the Underdark. They will fight each other and be eliminated, like raising poisonous insects.

At that time, this place will surely generate a huge amount of extreme emotions, which can serve as a means to attract evil talents and also bring in high tax revenue.

As for the remaining demons who had no special skills and could not perform long-term hard labor, they were all brought before Thor and burned to ashes by his dragon breath, their souls becoming a driving force for Thor's growth.

In this way, the little episode caused by those evil spellcasters came to a complete end. Overall, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks, and Thor gained quite a bit of advantage.

The development within the entire territory was not disrupted as a result; in fact, some of the more developed autonomous territories, managed by the metal dragons, have even begun to produce output.

Thus, a large caravan was born, mainly composed of kobolds, boarmen, and a small number of darkborn as guards.

The airship blueprints we had previously obtained came in handy at this moment.

Although the complex technology from that other world couldn't be fully mastered in a short time, Thor's dwarves still used it as a basis to create a wagon with a certain degree of levitation capability.

This truck uses a core of celestial stone and the main material of cloud-shaped wood, which is even tougher than steel. It is also covered with a certain metal structure and magic patterns, which can greatly reduce the weight of the items inside the truck.

When the freight cars are strung together end to end, and pulled by a dozen giant wild boars, each seven or eight meters long and affected by the curse of the mad dragon, a freight train from another world is assembled.

It travels between various autonomous territories built on gravel roads, responsible for purchasing and selling goods and replenishing the population.

The acquired raw materials are transported to a building resembling a giant treasure trove for sorting and processing. After being crafted into goods by artisans, they are sold to inhabited areas.

Once the entire wilderness became Thor's territory, his first order was to prohibit all private trade. As a result, those merchants who previously traveled through the wilderness lost their livelihood and could no longer acquire the wilderness's specialties.

Today, Sol has monopolized all the high-quality furs and animal materials, and the prices have naturally increased several times over.

The days of trading an iron pot for a ram or several hides are over; the price of everything is now determined by Thor.

Furthermore, Thor would mark each item he sold with his own unique mark in order to further enhance his reputation.

He has even started minting currency with his own image on it, since no creature can please everyone, but money can.

As currency bearing his image circulates through transactions, it will eventually make his name known throughout the continent and even the world.

Just as everything within the territory was proceeding smoothly, Thor's Darkin forces successfully opened a route to the coast.

The route meanders through the gaps between city-states, avoiding most of the treacherous terrain.

The next step is to excavate this channel to allow seawater to flow in, forming a canal port that extends deep inland.

This was no easy task, because to allow large cargo ships to pass through, the canal had to be wide and deep enough, which was undoubtedly an extremely large undertaking.

Even in Thor's previous life, this would have required the combined efforts of the entire nation, spanning centuries and generations, to complete.

Fortunately, this is a world where magic exists, and the strong possess the power to change the world.

When the powerful red dragon Thor took control of the earth and personally intervened, the hard soil and sand suddenly began to writhe violently as if they were alive, spontaneously retreating to the left, right, and downwards.

First, a semi-circular, bowl-shaped depression formed at Thor's feet, then rapidly expanded outwards, gradually becoming a huge sinkhole.

As Thor moved, one end of the sinkhole also moved, creating a deep indentation in the earth.

This process is not fast, but it is definitely not slow either, because it requires squeezing and moving a large amount of soil.

The river, hundreds of meters wide, stretches forward continuously, sometimes even faster than an average person can walk.

In just over a year, Thor was able to complete this enormous and miraculous project all by himself.

But Honglong has always lacked patience, and it's absolutely impossible for him to waste so much time on such tedious work.

So, after working for less than two hours, he simply stopped what he was doing.

Those molten gold pupils gleamed as they began to ponder whether there were any suitable laborers they could utilize.

The followers of the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess may know some earth magic, but it is all too rudimentary. It is fine for cultivating fields and paving roads, but it is not enough for digging waterways.

He needs creatures that are closer to the essence of the earth, such as earth elemental life forms.

Chapter 294 Earth Elemental Life

Thor remembered that earth elemental life existed in the wilderness, and those stone heads had previously joined forces with the blue dragon to besiege him.

In his rage, he apparently annihilated the vast majority of creatures on the spot, leaving no known survivors.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, his enormous wings suddenly spread open, and crimson dragon energy surged forth, transforming into a shooting star that hurtled straight toward the gathering place of those earth elemental beings.

At speeds exceeding Mach 10, the vast wilderness appeared to Thor as nothing more than a small town to an ordinary person, and he could reach almost anywhere with a simple step.

As the daytime meteor streaked across the sky, it soon arrived in this desert known as Star Eye Rock.

Huge, exposed rocks are everywhere, densely distributed on the loess sand. The land is arid and barren, and apart from a few scattered shrubs and mosses, there are hardly any traces of life.

Whether it was a trace left by a great battle in ancient times or a special natural environment, Thor could sense that the space here was relatively thin, and there was even a thin astral matter seeping out from the astral plane.

The silvery-white energy fell to the earth and merged with the earth and stone elements, forming a unique black gemstone with a cross-shaped pattern—the Star Eye Stone.

Aside from being somewhat aesthetically pleasing, this gemstone has little practical use; a good one can only fetch around 100 gold coins.

However, the small amount of astral matter it contains is a delicacy for earth elemental life forms, thus attracting these elemental beings to settle here.

The surging storm transformed into pale blue ribbons, supporting Thor's massive body and allowing him to silently survey the area below in an almost levitating manner.

On the surface, this place seems to be just a messy stone forest, with nothing unusual except for the abundance of boulders.

However, Thor has a keen sense of the elements, which allows him to see through the surface to the large and small gathering points of elements below, as well as the elemental fluctuations that are like breathing.

The good news is that the outburst during the battle with the blue dragon did not completely wipe out these elemental life forms; the bad news is that not many survived, which may not be enough to satisfy his demands.