Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 468 - 021 Happiness

In the impression,

The orc settlement should be dirty, decadent, with sewage flowing all over the ground, mingled with the stench of excrement and a sour odor, the ragged beast hides on the fences fluttering in the wind, and the surrounding simple houses are drafty in all directions.

Even more rundown than rural corners.

Then, in the center of the clearing, a large fire burns, with a skinned body hanging from it, and a bunch of white skulls strung together, hanging on the top of the central pillar.

Those are the leftovers of the consumed food.

White skulls, black eye sockets, and the strong sour-smelling orcs around, their gazes on them were full of drooling desire, as if looking at food.

However, when Lanier saw this city still under construction with his own eyes, everything seemed so incredible.

Clean, orderly, everything seen was brand new.

To Lanier, the cities they passed during their wanderings made frontier cities look like rundown countryside towns.

Lanier and others were escorted away,

Along the way, the strange orcs they passed were curious about these few humans, but did not make too many moves, just looked curiously for a few moments and went back to their business.

Somewhat surprising.

This shows that the order in the city is very neat, and the people can fill their bellies.

Lanier could lead his team all the way from Central Earth to this area on the outskirts of the Kawa Great Forest, a feat no ordinary peasants could accomplish, working endlessly in the fields.

In fact, in his hometown village, he was a leader type figure, sent to the city as a young apprentice doing odd jobs, traveling between the town and the village from time to time, leading the group to the nearest town once a year to buy salt and other necessities for the villagers.

In the city, Lanier loved to order a glass of inferior beer at the tavern and eavesdrop on the minstrel singing those legendary tales.

Sometimes, some drunken adventurer mercenaries would often boast loudly about their past encounters when drunk.

Though the adventure boasts were exaggerated, most of them were true.

Lanier overcoming difficulties to penetrate the outskirts of the Kawa Great Forest and reaching the stronghold city set by the Dragon Nest Tribe was not unrelated to eavesdropping on those mercenary adventurers’ boasts.

He was the leader among their group of refugees.

Without Lanier, the rest of the peasants, who had never traveled outside the ten-mile radius of their village for most of their lives, would have starved to death by the roadside.

Due to his broader experience, Lanier was amazed by this city under construction.

Perhaps, their fates might not be too dire.

Sure enough, their group was led to a strange tall building in the center of the city.

Square in shape, seemingly built by some strange magic, with a very large door, and windows fitted with unknown transparent "crystals" inside the house, shining resplendently under the sun, incredibly luxurious and grand.

Occupying a vast area, much larger than their former lord’s house.

Compared to this strange tall building, the lord’s house in their hometown looked like a rural dwelling.

On the stone-bricked open space in front of the tall building, they were guarded by a group of beastmen, and then one beastman left the group to enter the strange building.

Before long, the beastman returned, leading several beastmen.

And among that group of people, the leader was surprisingly a human!

A young man in his thirties or forties, clad in golden armor, with dazzling brilliance full of authority and solemnity.

Seeing the surrounding beastmen’s respectful demeanor towards the young man, Lanier was extremely surprised.

The young man glanced at Lanier and the others.

Immediately they felt a strong pressure weighing on them, their feet went weak, and they could not help but kneel on the ground, trembling all over.

Then from the young man’s words, they learned that he was called Gory, the city lord of the city being constructed, a servant under the great His Highness Austin.

They were establishing a pioneer point nearby, needing to recruit more people to develop the surrounding area.

Now, Lanier and the others had two choices: join the stronghold city to serve the Dragon Nest Tribe, or die!

Gory’s appointment to establish a pioneer point for the Dragon Nest Tribe in this area was related to his human identity.

The reason he personally met Lanier’s group was because they were the first group of wandering refugees discovered by the Dragon Nest Beastmen, and Gory came only to settle their minds.

Once Lanier and others completed military training and transformation, participating in various jobs in the pioneer city, integrating into the Dragon Nest Tribe system.

Later on, when accepting humans, there would be no need for Gory to personally appear.

Of course, if these guys couldn’t see the situation clearly, although they wouldn’t kill these peasant refugees, they wouldn’t be able to live well in the future.

Under such threats,

Without a doubt, Lanier and others decisively chose to submit and join, being taken away by the beastmen for washing and disinfection.

After eating a warm meal of kudzu root grains, Lanier gathered the courage to request from the leading beastman to bring their families as well.

The beastman captain had no objections.

Thus, Lanier and a few other refugee farmers, along with a dozen or so old and weak in the group, joined the stronghold city established by the Dragon Nest Tribe nearby. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Speaking of which, from being rescued in the wild to joining the Dragon Nest Tribe,

Lanier’s mind was always in a daze.

But fortunately, the decision was not wrong, in fact, it was the most correct decision in Lanier’s life.

By joining this stronghold city, under the great His Highness Austin’s radiant glory, they obtained enough food to keep warm, had warm shelters, no longer fearing the approaching dreadful cold winter, or fearing dying of cold or hunger in the wilderness.

Thinking of everything experienced in the past ten days, Lanier felt like he was dreaming.

Though in the pioneer city, due to lack of training, even simple collaborative construction work was difficult to complete, leading to them being sent to strict military training by the beastmen.

The unexplained training, such as forming lines, standing at attention, and marching seemed more like a form of torture to Lanier.

But at least, in this place, in this city.

Under the great His Highness Austin’s wings, they could fill their stomachs and survive in this world.

For the refugees who survived the journey by eating grass roots and bark, nothing could be happier than this.