Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 471 - 024 Neutral City

Since the epic Twilight of the Gods war tens of thousands of years ago, though the epic has long hidden from the world, if one really probes, some traces can still be found.

Legends everywhere, prominent figures of certain eras.

As long as humans exist in the world, they will always leave some traces behind, let alone those prominent figures?

In this river of tens of thousands of years, there have been stories of certain chosen ones entering some ruins to inherit powerful legacies and then rising against destiny.

If you look carefully, you might find something.

After the cold winter passed,

the ice and snow of the outside world began to melt, and the time of new beginnings in the Kawa Great Forest started once again.

At the outskirts of Kawa Great Forest, thousands of kilometers away, the Dragon’s Nest Tribe’s pioneering stronghold began frequent activities.

During this winter,

the Dragon Nest Beastmen went out on patrols and gradually gathered some of the ’wild men’ who were struggling to survive in the icy wilderness and were fortunate enough to be found by the Dragon’s Nest Tribe, apart from accepting the batch of refugees from Lanier.

The so-called "wild men" were mostly refugees moving southward.

Either rejected by human settlements or their villages had been attacked by beastmen or monsters, barely escaping death, and surviving difficultly in the wild.

To this, the Dragon’s Nest Tribe generally treated everyone equally.

They also welcomed those wandering beastmen abandoned by tribes and struggling in the ice and snow.

In this way,

news of the Dragon’s Nest Tribe border stronghold gradually spread, causing concern among some surrounding city forces while also attracting the attention of people wandering outside.

Some refugees, desperate to survive, gritted their teeth and made the journey alone, heading to the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City in hopes of securing a meal and a chance at life.

With the example of refugees and wandering beastmen who joined earlier, the name of the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City stronghold gradually spread.

Although many found this Pioneer City’s power, which mainly consisted of various beastmen but also accepted human refugees, to be very strange.

In a place like Kawa Great Forest, is there a human village or fortress where no family members have died at the hands of beastmen? And is there a power in any wandering beastman settlement not broken by the pioneering humans?

The two have countless blood feuds between them.

Yet, in that peculiar Pioneer City, humans and beastmen races could live harmoniously side by side, truly a miracle among miracles.

But the facts are there, and one must accept this reality.

And so, it drew more attention to the Dragon’s Nest Tribe’s Pioneer City on the border.

Until the cold winter passed, the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City had taken in many wandering human refugees and beastmen, and numerous tales about the Pioneer City spread, finally attracting some merchant caravans to trade in the city.

Even though due to its pioneering power, it implemented the early military-political system of the Dragon’s Nest Tribe.

However, ordinary Dragon Nest Beastmen also held considerable wealth.

Furthermore in the Pioneer City, the pelts peeled off the prey the Dragon Nest Beastmen captured, ores they collected, and some grains they grew were quite popular.

So naturally, merchants driven by profit won’t miss the chance to make big money.

When the cold winter ended, the first merchant earned huge profits, naturally leading the second and third merchant groups to come and go in the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City.

Because the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Main City is too far from the Pioneer City located on the outskirts of the Kawa Great Forest, and the train hasn’t extended there yet, the Kawa Great Forest’s Pioneer City is largely self-sufficient.

But even so, relying on the Dragon’s Nest Tribe as a backing,

various techniques accumulated during the pioneering process and the research system still granted Dragon’s Nest Tribe’s Pioneer City many specialty products.

Such as certain flax fabrics, warm wool sweaters, some newly brewed wines from fruits, extremely clear spirits, and finely forged weapons and armor...

All these things are the specialties developed in the Dragon’s Nest Tribe’s Stronghold City found within the outskirts.

Using these specialties, the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City earned massive profits, accelerating the city’s development while gradually attracting more and more people to gather.

Even if one isn’t a traveling merchant with no trade routes,

but due to the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City being deeply located in the Kawa Great Forest, using the Pioneer City as a backing to go out and explore resources instead earned more.

For a time, adventuring teams, mercenaries, and people from all walks of life began entering this peculiar city.

Especially when a city established by beastmen, which did not limit humans from entering and welcomed everyone with an open, inclusive attitude, became widespread.

There were more people coming to the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City wanting to witness such a wonder.

In this barren lawless place, beastman tribe settlements have always been forbidden grounds for humans.

With such a strange city appearing, it naturally provoked the curiosity of countless people.

Not only were humans curious.

A large number of wild beastmen on the outskirts of Kawa Great Forest were also very curious, and after probing for some time, some beastman tribes even brought their tribe’s output to trade at the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City.

Trading salt and iron along with other necessities.

The Dragon Nest Beastmen also took the opportunity to establish a trading market, set trading rules, and dispatched soldiers to maintain order in the market.

Various facilities like taverns, arenas, and various entertainment establishments gradually began to spring up.

Because the Pioneer City set no entrance fee at all, and market transactions only extracted a small portion of tax,

Within just a few months, the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City’s population drastically increased, rapidly growing into a large city.

With more people, chaos easily ensued.

Luckily, the Dragon Nest Beastmen were powerful, and those sturdy Dragon Nest Beastman soldiers frequently patrolling the streets exerted immense pressure on others.

The Extraordinary Beastmen also possessed the ability to suppress chaos, causing people within the city — unhappy as they might be — to follow the rules nonetheless.

Bit by bit, the fame of the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City grew, gradually gaining the name "Neutral City" on the outskirts of Kawa Great Forest.

Leveraging trade and commerce, Dragon Nest Tribe’s hidden reach began to gradually spread, collecting information from various places.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of abundant human resources to develop the nearby barren lands.

With people and grains, and excellently equipped weapons,

in a short time, the strength of the Dragon’s Nest Tribe Pioneer City rapidly expanded, growing so quickly that it soon made some nearby forces feel threatened.