A Dragon against the Whole World-Chapter 206 - 195: Ambitions Awaken—Galos Will Become King of the Borderland!
The Elf Dragon drooped its tail and slowly moved to Galos’ side.
"I’m not going to eat you."
The Red Iron Dragon bent its hind legs and sat on the ground, asking, "During my sleep stage, did any major events happen in Dragon Valley?"
The Elf Dragon solemnly nodded, "A lot of significant things happened; Dragon Valley was almost on the brink of destruction!"
Galos’ gaze intensified, and he sat up seriously.
Ten years is merely the blink of an eye for immortals, yet it’s enough to cause tumultuous changes in the mortal world.
He had indeed once instructed the Molten Iron Clan to restrain its subordinates, but the spindle of fate never spins according to a set path; unexpected incidents may occur during the process.
"What exactly happened? Tell me."
He asked.
The Elf Dragon nodded its little head, mourning, "The Valley Spirit died."
The Valley Spirit?
What is that?
Galos flicked his tail, inquiring carefully, and only then did he understand what the Elf Dragon meant.
In Dragon Valley, inside a cave, every time the Elf Dragon Vera played and shouted loudly, a special echo would respond to her, which she regarded as the Valley Spirit’s reply.
Since the third year of Galos’ slumber,
The Valley Spirit no longer responded to her and became silent as if ’dead.’
In reality,
it was merely some changes in the cave that disrupted the echo structure.
Perhaps because she was born in the Immortal Spirit Wilderness where everything possesses spiritual life, the Elf Dragon’s thought process is somewhat different.
After understanding the situation.
The Red Iron Dragon listened to the Elf Dragon chattering about one ’big event’ after another, like how her beloved clump of Star Dust Grass withered inexplicably, terrifying thorns grew in secret corners, and some of her scales were slightly faded... The Red Iron Dragon did not speak, but his silence was deafening.
A few seconds later, he slowly shook his head, realizing that he shouldn’t have inquired about the situation from the Elf Dragon.
"Because I just woke up, my mind doesn’t seem very clear; my thinking is somewhat sluggish."
Galos thought to himself.
However, based on the Elf Dragon’s reaction, what could be determined at least was that Dragon Valley had not been invaded; otherwise, what she recounted wouldn’t have been trivial matters.
Additionally, the specifics of what happened during this time should be asked of the Iron Dragon Solrog, who is more reliable.
Upon awakening from his slumber, Galos didn’t sense the presence of Iron Dragon Solrog, evidently, he awoke earlier and is currently not in Dragon Valley.
White Dragon Trish and Red Dragon Samantha are also absent.
This is another cause of Galos’ unease, leading to his reliance on the unreliable Elf Dragon for information. If there wasn’t a significant matter to attend to, these dragons should be guarding him at Dragon Valley, not leaving only the Red Silver Dragon and the Elf Dragon here.
Licking a bit of fairy scale powder, Galos’ sluggish thoughts quickly became active.
When the effect of the scale powder subsided, returning to normal, his mind, stimulated by the powder, returned to clarity, no longer muddled.
"Contact Solrog first."
Taking the Communication Stone from the Spatial Ring, Galos called out to Iron Dragon Solrog.
Shortly, as the Communication Stone glowed softly, Iron Dragon’s joyful voice came through: "Galos? My dear brother, your Dragon Sleep time exceeded normal limits, and now you are finally awake."
Ten years have passed.
The young dragons who were originally in Dragon Valley have generally entered adolescence, including Red Dragon Samantha, who went into slumber two years after Galos but awoke a year earlier, with a shorter Dragon Sleep period than Galos.
As Ignas Brothers all become adolescent dragons,
Overall, the average level of Dragon Valley has elevated, becoming stronger than before.
However, when Galos, the backbone, hadn’t awakened, the dragons lacked confidence, and only now can Dragon Valley be considered complete.
The long-dormant Molten Iron Clan also finally opened its eyes with Galos’ awakening.
"Was there any significant event during my Dragon Sleep?"
Galos asked.
"There is one, we are trying to handle it but haven’t resolved it."
"I can’t explain it in a few words, since you’ve awakened, come here and see for yourself what happened."
Iron Dragon quickly said.
"Where?"
"The Fertile Plain, where you killed the Bloodhoof Chieftain."
With that, Iron Dragon ended the communication.
Galos was a bit puzzled. The Fertile Plain is already the territory of the Molten Iron Clan, could it be experiencing incursions or attacks from other clans?
This speculation isn’t unfounded.
Since defeating the Bloodhoof Clan.
The Molten Iron Clan has basically occupied the southwestern part of the Border Area.
But it’s merely a small corner, with limited and barren resources, not a great realm, and in other directions, there are more fertile territories and stronger clans present.
Galos is not new here.
Prior to his slumber, he had basically understood the power distribution in the Border Area.
There are four main intelligent creature clans in the Border Area, excluding powerful beasts and creatures of no large territorial scale.
In accordance with their scale, more accurately, they should be described as tribes.
The current scale of the Molten Iron Clan has also reached the threshold of a tribe, which is a larger entity often formed by the union of multiple clans.
Snakefolk, Beastmen, Goblins, Humans.
The four major tribes in the Border Area are primarily composed of these creatures.
The presence of humans here seems somewhat strange, yet it is a normal phenomenon. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Just like the variance within the Dragon Race between a Golden Dragon and a White Dragon, the gap among humans is equally vast.
Belonging to the Kingdom of Lotheren, or even the Holden Empire, the humans differ significantly from those in the Border Area in education, worldview, resources, and more, even though they are the same species.
To citizens of the Human Kingdom, humans in the Border Area are merely ’primitives,’ akin to being two distinct species.
Back to the main topic, the four major tribes have continuous conflicts and friction but also possess alliances that are somewhat distant yet intertwined, controlling some of the richest lands in the Border Area.
The Fertile Plain is located at the center of the Southwest.
The Bloodhoof Clan originally occupied the Fertile Plain, attempting to use it as a base to further expand and control the entire Southwest, developing into a tribe, and gradually gaining the power to contend with the other four tribes.
But they did not succeed, interrupted by the Molten Iron Clan that migrated and dropped from the Sel Wilderness.
"According to White Dragon Trish and Red Silver Dragon Deborah."
"The four major tribes in the Border Area have developed a profound foundation over the years, and all have formidable leaders comparable to adolescent Upper-Rank Dragons, or even adult Upper-Rank Dragons."
Galos pondered.
Facing off against the four major tribes of the Border Area now is not a favorable time for Dragon Valley; waiting until the Ignas brothers generally become adolescent dragons would mitigate potential risks.
But this isn’t something controllable.
If a tribe discovers the emerging Molten Iron Tribe and comes to attack, intending to crush it in its burgeoning stage, Galos would certainly not sit idly by; he wouldn’t abandon his foundation here unless absolutely necessary.
"Nowadays, it’s different from the wilderness."
"The tribes in the Border Area aren’t like the common entity of the Lothern Federation Countries; they aren’t part of the same united front."
"Even if they want to deal with Dragon Valley, they still need to guard against each other, making it difficult to put all their resources into play. I don’t need to overly worry about the threat of the four major tribes in the Border Area but should not relinquish vigilance either."
The Red Iron Dragon’s eyes sparkled as he thought.
Meanwhile, a strong desire due to age and growing strength was surging inside, making the Red Iron Dragon feel somewhat restless, and his ambition began to take root.
Defeat the four major tribes, becoming the King of the Borderland!
This thought resonated within him.
Hoo—taking a deep breath, Galos did not suppress this inner thought but instead considered it more rationally, ensuring that ambition didn’t override his reason.
Because it’s not an unachievable goal, and the potential gains are exceedingly high upon realization.
Weakness is the greatest risk
This is a deeply held belief for Galos.
Without benefits and in danger, Galos avoids getting involved if possible, unwilling to entangle himself.
But, to escape the risk of weakness, to become stronger, and obtain more growth resources, given the proper preparation, he dares to take on certain risks for high rewards and is willing to take the initiative rather than constantly bearing passive endurance.
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