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Before the operation, Mason deliberately manipulated Oreius to ask Severic and obtained accurate information about this monster from him.

It is a variant of the bone-eating fish, with a ferocious character and a preference for living in groups. Each group has one female fish, which can lay thousands of eggs at a time.

"I suggest you deal with the female fish first, otherwise the school will only increase."

Mason followed his advice and took the two men to the river.

These two people are the previous duo of No-Brain and Unhappy. Although No-Brain cannot speak as well as Brain, he is kind-hearted and is one of the most capable bloodline members among the newcomers. Unhappy has been working with him for more than ten years. The two have a tacit understanding and are knowledgeable. They have also dealt with problems caused by bone-eating fish.

Looking at the river of transparent little fish, Wu-Brain showed a toothache expression: "I have dealt with bone-eating fish before, but this number is too much, don't the nobles here clean it up?"

Unhappy gave him a familiar elbow: "If you want to go down to the river to feed the fish, just tell me, I can do it for you."

The fool shut up in grievance. The young man heard their conversation, turned around and smiled: "Viscount Cross is my parents. They were busy with my Black Mist Curse before, and Baron Ronald was in charge of all the territory affairs. The other town is far away from here, and it is difficult to take care of both."

"Dark Mist Curse!? You're still alive? How did you remove it?"

The two bloodline members cried out in surprise, and their expressions suddenly changed. Mason blinked and said, "It was a man named Canaan who suppressed it for me. He seems to be a member of the church."

Unhappy to match the name: "You must be talking about the Holy Son of the Church. Why would he help you? The relationship between the South and the North has never been good."

"Mr. Canaan came here to follow Mr. Oleus. Mr. Oleus said that I was very similar to him in the past, so he helped Cross Territory get rid of the problem of monsters."

"We met him in the camp. He is a member of the Luo family." Unhappy's scalp tingled. "What about Mr. Profligate Merchant? Why did he stay? As long as he wants, the nobles of Partington are happy to cooperate with him."

"He got to know the two men and saved Earl Yaan. The Earl agreed to give him the right to establish a chamber of commerce because the two gentlemen had been to Cross County and a new town was being rebuilt. Mr. Prodigal Merchant felt that this was in line with his requirements."

"......"

When you compare yourself to others, you get angry. The bloodline people were speechless, looking at the boy who was completely unaware of the changes in the outside world. The two looked at each other. The brainless one said dryly: "I didn't believe in good luck before, until I saw you."

Unhappy continued, "You may not understand the significance of these things. When we saw Oleus in the camp, he was with the nobles of the central region. Although the earl is the ruler of the local area, he still has to be careful in the Partington area. Moreover, he is a member of Luo. As long as he survives, he will even have the right to become one of the heads of the Twelve Round Table Council families in the future."

"As for the Holy Son Canaan, he is the top priority of the church. The wandering bloodline from the north told us that now everyone in the north knows his name. The church asked him to purify pollution, spread doctrine, and participate in various activities. It is obvious that they want to make him a spokesperson. If he can really be recognized, he will be second to none and be able to drive the entire church."

"And Mr. Profiteer..."

Unhappy took a deep breath, awe appearing in his eyes.

"I have never seen a more amazing person than him, and I can't even imagine what bloodline he is from. Many people in the camp investigated, but all ended in vain. Only one thing is certain: he is the one who can change fate. I have seen people who bought knowledge from him and were finally promoted; I have seen people who drank his potion and were purified of pollution. Do you know what this means?"

Many of those magical things have never appeared on the market, and there are countless secrets and benefits behind them.

"People who know this news will come in droves to buy what they need, and the first place they will go is the new town!"

This town under reconstruction may not look impressive, but it holds countless secrets. Sooner or later, all of these things will be realized. He can already see the fleets of goods from all directions rushing to build markets here, and wealth rushing in like a sea. Those respected families come here without hesitation, just to find a desired product.

As the seat of the Chamber of Commerce, the status of Cross Territory is bound to rise. Whether it is coincidence or other arrangements, there are so many big figures connected to each other, even if others want to take action against Cross Territory, they have to think about whether it will cause a lot of trouble.

What about ordinary people?

As long as the young master in front of him can seize the opportunity and board these big ships, he will have a bright future. As the first batch of bloodline members to join, they will also benefit.

The two were so excited that their attitudes became more respectful. Mason raised his lips slightly and pretended not to know: "Okay, I've talked too much about irrelevant things. Today we need to find the female fish and mark it for later."

The Bloodline nodded in response. The Headless took off his clothes, got on all fours and growled. Thick black hair grew on his skin. His skull deformed and his paws became thick. He turned into a ferocious and brutal black bear.

It seems that bears from other worlds can also fish, at least they are not afraid of being bitten by fish. Mason watched the black bear go into the water, the transparent water wet its fur, and a faint black color appeared in the water.

The brainless bloodline is the Dirty Bear. Unlike its cute name, it has strong defense and is full of toxins. The weak erodermis turned upside down one after another. The black bear swam slowly in the water for a while, and left the river before it could no longer hold on. He shook off the water on his fur and the small erodermis that was biting him, and reported to Mason.

"The mother isn't around."

Mutated erodermal fish eggs need clear water to develop, and if the mother fish is nearby, it will definitely rush up and bite him. Mason looked into the water and saw that the dense erodermal fish had not decreased in number at all, and were ferociously devouring the corpses of their own kind.

The water here will be used again in the future, and we can't keep using the venom of the gill bear to find the female fish. Mason recalled the information he had read in the church library before: "Let's go and take a look upstream."

They walked for a long time. The winding river was clear and the vegetation became sparser as they went higher.

The sound of the water flowed louder and louder, and finally merged into a mighty river. This river was located at the border of the territory, with turbulent waves and rushing water, lapping at both banks. The waves were white, and schools of fish could be seen swimming through from time to time. No-brained took a look and shook his head repeatedly: "There must be a lot of monsters in this river. The bone-eroding fish must have swam through here."

Thinking that the other party was an ordinary person, he explained in more detail: "This is the consensus among the wandering bloodline. The tainted beasts have a symbiotic model in the wild. They can live with ordinary creatures, but because the pollution concentration is high, ordinary creatures are prone to mutation, so the phenomenon of tainted beasts clustering will appear."

"But if you encounter this kind of symbiosis, you have to be careful, because if you intervene rashly, you may cause trouble. I guess that's why the mother fish let her offspring leave here."

Reproduction is the nature of living things, but the environment has limited carrying capacity. In order to avoid being driven away by more powerful monsters, most of the erodermis moved to the rivers in Cross's territory.

Things suddenly became a little tricky.

"I'm going to try a different plan," Mason said. "We need to build a fishing net."

It had to be fine and strong enough to withstand the attacks of the fish. The bloodline people could perform regular maintenance and harvest. Following this requirement, they went back to find the profiteer.

"I know what you want."

The black-robed merchant took out a roll of translucent silk thread. It was so delicate that it seemed to glow, and so soft that it could even split the air.

"This is the sharpest spider silk of the Night Spider. It won't dissipate even in water. Its toughness is comparable to that of a bull, but the price is..."

Even his vest would not be discounted. Mason took out the last Robbie from his pocket with a painful heart, thinking that if he couldn't succeed this time, he would lose everything.

The most skilled women in town wove spider silk into delicate fishing nets, their hands bloodied from the work. The threads were so sharp that they could cut into flesh if not handled with care. While waiting, Mason took the other bloodline members to the river mouth to do something big.

They blocked the mouth of the river with stones.

Without the water source upstream, the riverbed gradually dried up. The bone-eating fish struggled desperately, but could not escape the bloodline's brutal slaughter.

There were eleven new bloodline members, all of whom were brought in to serve as reinforcements. Two bloodline members with fire control abilities took the lead in setting fire to the river, and the air quickly filled with the aroma of roasted fish.

If someone really took a bite, it would be a disaster, these fish were full of pollution. The bloodline people who could enhance their physical fitness took the lead and jumped in, their muscles bulging or turning into monsters, piling the burnt fish and riverbed mud on both sides.

Roland planted seeds on the shore, which gave rise to living plants. Dark red flowers as tall as a person resembled pockets, swallowing up all the things.

The secretions of these plants have a strong decomposition ability and can quickly process dead fish and silt into very good fertilizer. Roland specifically went to the profiteers to exchange them for these.

The bloodline people whose abilities were not useful had other jobs. Each of them held a box, and after a section of the river was cleaned, they opened the box, took out a ball of light from it, and threw it into the river.

This is the Canaan power that Mason bought from profiteers with part of his future profits. The warm light cleansed the remaining pollution, leaving only a clean riverbed.

The people plowed the river like an excavator. The entire river was too long, and even with the amazing efficiency of the Bloodline, it took a week to complete the work.

The two-day plan had to be abandoned, and Mason reluctantly compromised. He had too many things to do, and there was only one core member of the vests, so he had to shoulder all of this by himself.

The matter in Xinzhen can only be solved by slow and steady efforts. Before that, he still needs to claim his prize.

For Mason, this is undoubtedly the best reward for his hard work during this period.

…

Outside Partington.

The light of the teleportation array flickered for a long time, and the venue was temporarily cleared.

There was a constant stream of traffic, and the head of the Garcia family was waiting at the door early, looking forward to his son's return.

When he saw a familiar figure in the crowd, he immediately went to meet him. Especially after noticing the cold faces of the people around him, the smile on the face of this family head became even brighter.

"You're finally back, Amber. Your brother missed you terribly when you were away."

Hearing his brother's name, Ai Bo's expression finally changed: "Where's Eamon?"

"He is waiting for you at home. The chef has prepared a feast for you. It is a delicious seafood dish made by a chef I hired from the West. You will definitely like it."

The head of the Garcia family kept talking, and it was not difficult to see from his flashing eyes what he really cared about. Hearing that his brother was not there, Ai Bo regained his impeccable polite smile and followed his father's footsteps very cooperatively.

Behind him, the female from the Siren Family chuckled, "It's the Jinghui who's behind this. If they want to get the grades, they only use some dirty tricks."

The tall bloodline man standing next to her looked helpless: "Who made us discover it too late? Everything is already too late."

No one cared about these wandering bloodline people, they just made sure there were no spies or contaminated people among them. For the big families, these bloodline people were just auxiliary personnel. They even cooperated with each other many times during the battle, and they thought these bloodline people had a good sense of cooperation. Who knew that these were all hidden chess pieces of the Garcia family.

Thinking of this, the woman became even angrier: "The Owen family has secured the camp, the Luo family has found out the truth, and now the Garcia family has won another game. There is no room for us to interfere."

This was also what the other families thought. After the battle, only these three families were grinning from ear to ear. If the twelve families were not ranked according to their total points based on their contributions, Sevich would not have agreed to cooperate.

With the help of Garcia, the Brainworm Family jumped to the fourth place, far surpassing the rest.

However, the head of the Garcia family was not the only one waiting here. The red-haired young man and his companions walked out of the teleportation array, and when they looked up, they saw the golden hair shining brightly in the sunlight.

The blond nobleman walked towards them, his face handsome and smiling. His eyes paused on the red-haired young man, and he reached out his hands to hug his relatives.

"I'm so glad to see you guys are back safely. We've prepared a lot of things at home, and we'll talk about the details after you've had a good rest."

"I'm glad to see you're safe, too."

Dan and Arnold hugged him in turn. Oleus was the last one to hug him. Noticing the look in his eyes, he naturally stretched out his hand and asked.

"Do you want a hug?"

Dan: “!!!”

He lowered his voice with envy and hatred: "I have never hugged my ancestors!!"

Shaken embraced Orelius openly, and a faint sound flashed past his ears.

"Do you like the surprise I gave you? Isn't it super cool? You scared everyone? What do those dragonborn people look like? Are they super jealous of you?"

Oreius looked a little confused: "What surprise?"

There were indeed dragon descendants in the expedition team, but they inherited the arrogance and strength of the dragon race and were very xenophobic. No one even came to attend the meeting.

Shaken patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, I know everything. That thing really can't be put out. Did you also put it in the team behind you?"

Oreius: “?”

The two looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, and the blond nobleman's smile could no longer be maintained.

"Uh... you don't know yet, do you?"

"Know what?"

Shaken took a deep breath and said, "Ancestors, didn't you check the supply convoy?

"If you're talking about the second convoy, they had just arrived when we came. The energy fluid brought by the Mechanical City was not enough, so I asked the convoy to take a detour and bring some."

Shaken had never expected this to happen. According to tradition, the expedition team should have stayed there for a month or two. With the help of the Land of Stars, the problem was solved very quickly this time.

Facing the gazes of the three people, he swallowed and said, "If I say I sent your dragon to the battlefield, what will you do?"

Arnold: "......"

Dan: “…”

Oreius: "......"

It was no secret to them that Oleus had somehow created a little bone dragon in the Green Dragon Canyon. Arnold did not expect that his brother would dare to do such a thing, and he felt overwhelmed.

"My dear brother, if you have a brain, you should know what the dragonborn will do when they see it. The one in Green Dragon Canyon was expelled from the dragon clan, but there are still dragonborn who believe in it. Not to mention that the dragon clan acknowledges that the bone dragon is one of them, but it just needs to be given peace to avoid its corpse being contaminated."

"Now these magical creatures have long been extinct along with the elements! Those dragonborn will definitely go crazy when they see it!"

"I just want to give Oleus a surprise. After all, its fighting ability is not weak, and it will definitely be able to help when the time comes. If it can get in touch with the dragonborn, maybe it can get some benefits."

Shaken's voice became weaker and weaker, and he said with a bitter face: "I didn't expect you guys just missed it."

East, expeditionary camp, warehouse entrance.

Thousands of goods were sent to the warehouse and placed according to type and ownership. Two workers tried to lift a huge box, but they couldn't move it no matter how hard they tried. The person in charge of statistics came over, saw this scene, waved his hand and called two more people.

The box moved a little, then returned to normal. The four men were so exhausted that their faces turned red. They finally moved the box into the warehouse. When they put it down, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. One of them asked, "Did you hear any noise just now?"

The other wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I didn't hear any sound. Did you hear it wrongly? What's in here? Why is it so heavy?"

"Let me see... This is a heavy weapon registered by the Luo family. It has great killing power and needs to be handled with care. It cannot be shaken, otherwise it will cause an explosion."

After the person in charge finished reading, the whole place fell silent. The five people tacitly stayed away from the big box, fearing that something unexpected would happen.

"Can't these people bring some safe weapons? The experiment they brought from the Mechanical City is in such bad shape that it almost exploded when it was turned on!"

"Be content. I went to support the naval battle in the west. The bloodline of the Siren family asked me why I couldn't bring the tainted beast she raised on board. Lord of all things, that was a full-grown shipwreck octopus!"

This kind of polluted beast usually lives in shallow waters. When fully grown, it can be as big as a three-masted sailing ship. It is the overlord of the shallow sea. Bringing it on board is like tap dancing face to face with the god of death. It is a challenge to your heart rate.

Several people sighed, and the person in charge said, "Let these bloodline people worry about the weapons. A batch of weapons were damaged earlier. Send them all over."

The rest of the people agreed.

The bone dragon curled up in the box heard the noise outside and dared not move. It remembered the words of its successor before entering the box: "Lord Shaken has already registered there. Unless someone opens the box, do not come out and do not let others find you."

Undead creatures do not need to breathe or eat. It followed orders obediently, and no one noticed anything wrong with the box. When the box was lifted up again, the noisy sound coming from outside the box was heard. The flames in the bone dragon's eye sockets flickered slightly.

That was the familiar smell of a battlefield.

After an unbearable wait, I finally heard voices approaching this side.

"...Is this the box? Let me see... It's a heavy weapon sent by the family... The Garcia family made a big splash not long ago, so this time we can use this to make a great comeback."

The speaker finally stopped outside the box. The bone dragon stared at the opening, expectantly watching the light shine in. It flapped its wings excitedly and leaped out, glimpsing vague figures swaying around, and all the boxes seemed to be placed in the open space.

The Bloodline who opened the box was stunned. A bone dragon as tall as two people jumped out of the box. Its bones were as shiny as jade, and it was full of dragon power. The soul fire flickered faintly in its empty eye sockets, and it let out a low dragon roar.

"Where is the evil?"

What is this... Has the family already researched this kind of weapon... And they even used it on the battlefield? Didn't the dragonborn protest? No, judging from its size, it should still be a young dragon. The dragonborn are so protective of their children, how could they not protest?

Before he could figure out what was going on, the dragon's might briefly disrupted the Bloodline's thoughts, causing him to obey the Bone Dragon's questions and raise his hand to point in the direction outside the camp.

The bone dragon landed on the ground and rushed in that direction. The dragon's flight does not rely on wings, but comes from the elements of control. Without the profiteer's suit bonus, it cannot fly, but the bones strengthened by blood are enough to provide sufficient power. Before others can react, the bone dragon rides on the dust and rushes to the battlefield with big strides.

The bloodline people on the road only felt a white shadow passing by their eyes, and saw the figure of the bone dragon going away in the distance. They were full of questions.

"Uh, brother, you may not believe it, but I just saw a dragon running past."

"You may not believe it, but I think I saw it, and it was a bone dragon."

"Haha, this must be an illusion. Should we go find a priest for purification? How can there still be dragons in this day and age?"

"Yes, yes, this hallucination is too scary. Let's go together later."

No matter what people behind him say, the Bone Dragon has only one goal: to find his contractor first and then fight against evil.

If it was Edward, the former golden dragon, he would not have done such a rash act. But the soul of the dragon has merged with this body. As we all know, bone dragons generally appear to be more innocent because of the missing body parts. Otherwise, there would not be so many bone dragons tricked by the lich into signing the contract.

No one stopped it along the way, which boosted the bone dragon's inexplicable self-confidence. It believed that these were all arranged by Shaken to pick it up, and ran all the way to the battlefield.

All humans who saw it were stunned.

Even those who were not human were stunned.

The alien bloodlines all turned their heads and looked at the most violent tribe on the battlefield. They were men and women, with dragon wings spread out behind their backs, lizard-like scales covering their skin, and all of them were in a semi-dragon state.

When they saw the bone dragon charging into the battlefield, the expressions of all the dragonborn froze.

In the era before the Black Mist, the dragonborn would be extremely disgusted by its appearance and regard it as an insult to the dragon race.

But in the era when the dragon race was annihilated and only the dragon descendants were left to survive and maintain their former glory, this bone dragon was like a thunderbolt that struck them hard on the head.

Is this real? Is this pollution? Or am I dreaming?

It's so small, it looks like a baby dragon. Oh dragon, it just charged right into the monsters! Beating them up with its claws and tail!

Even the Golden Dragonborn who hated Bone Dragons the most couldn't refuse a real dragon - the little Bone Dragon crawled out of the mithril liquid without knowing it, shook off the dirt on its bones, and looked around for its contractor.

The red lines on the bones were faintly visible, and the blood told it that the contractor was not here. The soul fire trembled blankly until a group of shadows were cast on it.

The bone dragon subconsciously lowered its head (after all, it was much taller than humans) and met a pair of eager, compassionate snake-shaped pupils. The dragonborn surrounded it and began to ask about its well-being, ignoring the size difference.

"Little guy," they asked cautiously. "What's your name and where are your family members?"

It jammed immediately.

The dragonborn asked for his real dragon name. Edward's name was considered a sacrifice and could not be used here. The contractor did not give it a new name.

At this moment, something invisible flashed by, triggering its inspiration. Fate sprouted in the dark, allowing it to come up with a response that would never go wrong.

"It's been so long that I don't remember."

The bone dragon swung its tail, its tone full of innocence.

"I come with my contractor, whose name is Aurelius. Have you seen him?"