Chapter 196 Ambitions Take Root: I, Garos, Will Become the King of the Borderlands!

The fairy dragon, its tail drooping, slowly moved to Garus's side.

"I'm not going to eat you."

Red Iron Dragon bent its hind legs, squatted down, and asked, "Did anything significant happen in Dragon Valley while I was asleep?"

The fairy dragon nodded solemnly: "A lot of terrible things have happened. Dragon Valley is almost on the verge of destruction!"

Galos's gaze sharpened, and he sat up straight.

Ten years is but a fleeting moment for immortal beings, yet it is enough to stir up a storm in the mortal world.

He did indeed order the Ironforge clan to restrain their minions, but the spindle of fate never follows a predetermined path, and unexpected events may occur along the way.

"What exactly is it? Tell me."

He asked.

The fairy dragon nodded its little head and said sadly, "The spirit of the valley is dead."

The spirit of the valley?

What is it?

Garus flicked his tail, inquired carefully, and then understood what the fairy dragon meant.

In Dragon Valley, there is a cave where the fairy dragon Vera plays and shouts loudly. She sees a special echo as the response of the valley spirit.

It began in the third year of Garus's slumber.

The spirit of the valley no longer responded to her; it fell silent and 'died'.

In fact.

It's just that some changes occurred inside the cave, disrupting the echo structure.

Perhaps because it was born in the celestial wilderness where all things possess life and spirit, the fairy dragon's thought process is somewhat different from others.

After figuring out the situation.

Red Iron Dragon listened as the Fairy Dragon chattered on about one 'big thing' after another, such as her beloved clump of Stardust Grass inexplicably withering, terrible thorns growing in a hidden corner, and her scales fading slightly. Red Iron Dragon didn't speak, but his silence was deafening.

A few seconds later, he slowly shook his head, realizing that he shouldn't have asked the fairy dragon about the situation.

"Because I just woke up, my mind isn't very sharp right now, and my thinking is a bit sluggish."

Galos thought to himself.

However, judging from the fairy dragon's reaction, it can at least be confirmed that Dragon Valley has not been invaded, otherwise the things she told would not all be trivial matters.

In addition, you should ask Iron Dragon Sorog about the specific events that occurred during these times; he is more reliable.

When Garros awoke from his slumber, he did not detect the presence of the Iron Dragon Sorog. Clearly, Sorog had awakened earlier than Garros and was not currently in Dragon Valley.

The white dragon Therese and the red dragon Samantha were also absent.

This also made Garos feel a little uneasy, so he asked the unreliable fairy dragon why. If it weren't for important matters, these dragons should be guarding him in Dragon Valley, instead of just the Crimson Silver Dragon and the Fairy Dragon being here.

After licking a mouthful of fairy scale powder, Garus's sluggish mind immediately became active.

When the effects of the powder wore off and he returned to normal, his mind, stimulated by the previous stimulation, regained its clarity and he was no longer confused.

"Contact Sorog first."

Garros took out a communication stone from his spatial ring and summoned the Iron Dragon Sorog.

Soon, as the communication stone lit up faintly, Iron Dragon's joyful voice came through: "Garos? My dear brother, your dragon slumber time has exceeded the normal range, and you have finally awakened."

Ten years have passed.

The original young dragons in Dragon Valley have generally entered adolescence, including the red dragon Samantha. She fell asleep two years later than Garros, but awoke a year earlier, and her dragon slumber was shorter than Garros'.

As all three Ignas brothers became teenage dragons.

Overall, Dragon Nest's average level has improved by a notch, making it much stronger than before.

However, without Garos as the core leader, the group was leaderless and ultimately lacked confidence. Only now can Dragon Valley be considered complete.

The Ironforge clan, which had been dormant for a long time, also opened its eyes as Garros awoke.

"Did anything major happen during my dragon slumber?"

"Garos asked."

"There is one issue that we are trying to address, but we haven't been able to resolve it."

"It's hard to explain in a few words. Now that you've woken up, come here and see for yourself what happened."

Tie Long said quickly.

Where?

"Fertile Plains, the place where you killed Chieftain Bloodhoof."

After saying that, Tie Long ended the message.

Garos was puzzled. The Fertile Plains already belonged to the Ironclad Clan. Could it have been invaded or attacked by other clans?

This speculation is not unfounded.

Since defeating the Bloodhoof Clan.

The Ironforge clan basically occupied the southwestern part of the border area.

But this is just a small corner of the land, with limited and barren resources, not a very good place. In other directions, there are more fertile territories and more powerful clans.

Galos wasn't a newcomer either.

On the eve of his slumber, he had basically figured out the distribution of power in the border region.

Individually powerful and ruling their own territory, but not counting the large-scale ferocious beasts and monsters in their lands, there are a total of four most powerful intelligent creature clans in the border areas.

Given their size, they should more accurately be described as a tribe.

The current Ironforge Clan has reached the scale of a tribe, which is a larger unit than a clan and is often formed by the integration of multiple clans.

Snake people, orcs, goblins, and humans.

The four tribes in the border area are each based on these creatures.

The presence of humans here may seem strange, but it is a normal phenomenon.

Just as there is a difference between golden dragons and white dragons among dragons, the differences between humans are equally enormous.

The humans belonging to the Kingdom of Lorthen, or even the Holden Empire, and the humans in the border region are the same species, but their education from childhood, their understanding of the world, the resources they enjoy, and so on are vastly different.

In the eyes of the citizens of the human kingdom, the humans in the border area are just a kind of 'primitive people', and are two different species from them.

To get back to the main point, the four tribes were constantly embroiled in conflicts and frictions, but they also maintained a loose alliance, ruling over some of the most fertile territories in the border region.

The Fertile Plain is located in the southwestern center.

The Bloodhoof Clan originally occupied the Fertile Plains, and they attempted to use it as a base to further expand, control the entire southwest, develop into a tribe, and gradually gain the power to compete with the other four clans.

However, their attempt was thwarted by the Ironclad Clan, who had migrated from the Wilderness of Sel.

"According to what White Dragon Therese and Crimson Silver Dragon Deborah said."

"The four tribes in the border area have accumulated a wealth of experience over many years and have powerful leaders and chiefs who are comparable to young or even adult dragons."

Galos pondered to himself.

It is not a good time for Dragon Nest to confront the four major tribes now. Only when the Ignas brothers have generally become young dragons can they avoid the risks of conflict with the four major tribes.

But this is something beyond our control.

If a tribe discovers the rising Ironforge tribe and attacks it in an attempt to nip it in the bud, Garos will not sit idly by. He will not abandon his base here unless absolutely necessary.

“Things are different now than when we were in the wilderness.”

“The border tribes are not like the nations of the Lorthern Federation; they are not a community belonging to the same faction.”

"Even if we want to deal with Dragon Valley, they still have to be wary of each other and can't bet all their chips. I don't need to worry too much about the threat from the four major tribes in the border area, but I can't let my guard down."

Red Iron Dragon's eyes gleamed as he thought to himself.

At the same time, the desires that grew stronger with age and strength surged within Hong Tielong, making him feel somewhat restless, and his ambitions gradually began to sprout.

Defeat the four tribes and become the king of the border region!

This idea stirred within him.

Huff—Garos took a deep breath, but did not suppress his inner thoughts. Instead, he thought more rationally, not letting ambition affect his reason.

Because this is not impossible, and the benefits of achieving it are extremely high.

Weakness is the greatest risk.

This is a belief that Galos firmly holds.

Galos avoids anything that is both unprofitable and dangerous, and is unwilling to get involved in it.

However, in order to escape the risks of weakness, to become stronger, and to obtain more resources for growth, he is willing to take certain risks for high returns, and to take the initiative rather than passively enduring, provided that he is well prepared.

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