With the Frost Giant's attribute panel as a good example, although the Red Dragon Keltulis's skill panel is powerful, it will not surprise Lann to the point of losing his composure.

In comparison, Kelturis's health is lower than that of the Frost Giant, which means that it is at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength; and although the mana of the Red Dragon is higher than that of the Frost Giant, according to the setting, the Red Dragon is not a giant dragon that is good at using magic. Lann also confirmed through questioning that the Red Dragon has little knowledge of magic. This made Lann kill his hope for the magic turret in the cradle.

The main combat method of the red dragon is to act as a mobile fortress that can fly and spit fire. The abundance of mana is more to provide Keltulis with magic resistance, and the ability to conduct magic as materials after being hunted and decomposed into alchemical materials. As for the red dragon's own spellcasting ability, don't expect it...

In terms of spellcasting ability, the red dragon is not as good as Mossak or even Triss, and is only slightly better than himself. Lann felt that this was a waste of talent, so he ordered Saskia to serve as Kertulis's magic teacher in Cintra in the future to help her become familiar with the use of her own chaotic energy.

Saskia readily agreed.

After Kelturis, Lann contracted the remaining three dragon eggs one after another. Since the dragonlets had not yet hatched, they were all poor and had no skill panels. Although no new talents or skills were obtained, the skill points spent were returned. The last three dragon eggs also hatched dragonlets after waiting for a while.

At this point, Lann obtained a red dragon that was ready for combat, four baby dragons, a new [Chaos Creatures] talent, and matched the red dragon's [Fast Metabolism] with the demon hunter's [Enhanced Metabolism], while also having three skill points in reserve.

The growth cycle of a young dragon is very long, even longer than the time it takes to train a warlock. Lann thinks that he can't expect these young dragons to play any role in decades. But they are unexpected gains, and Lann is after their mother anyway.

As for the remaining three skill points, Lann thought for a moment and was not in a hurry to add points to himself.

He is not in a hurry to increase his strength now, and most of the skills in the system are not able to bring him significant enhancement. It is better to save up and open a big skill in [Second Mutation]; or contract a few more useful followers to let them bring him more experience.

…

"Lord Lannister!"

The ice giant returned from afar with a slight earthquake, and Vavrzynek hurried to meet him, asking questions without waiting for Lan to steady himself.

"We just saw Kertulis leave. Didn't you manage to kill it?"

Lann shook his head regretfully: "After all, she has wings. If she is determined to leave, even the ice giant can't stop her."

Kelturis must go to the battlefield. She is an important weapon for Lann to close the gap in numbers between Cintra and Nilfgaard. However, Kelturis does not have the ability to transform into a human form like Saskia. For the sake of a secret weapon, Lann can only hide her and summon her when needed.

As for why he had to hide it from Wafrzynek - Lann felt that once the dwarves knew about it, the outside world would also know it quickly, so there would be no need to talk about any secret weapons.

"That's such a pity. I wonder if she will come back in the future..." Wawrzynek was very disappointed with the result.

Unable to kill the Red Dragon as the Ferencz clan wished, Vawřínek refused to provide half of the clan warriors to Cintra as previously agreed, on the grounds that the Red Dragon might come back to harass the clan again.

Lann expressed his understanding. Although he had promised that "the Red Dragon would not harass Ferencz again", it was now "empty words". Moreover, since he had already subdued the Red Dragon and had most of the Sieglin and Fuchs, he actually didn't care much about the support of the Ferencz clan.

But what belongs to Cintra must belong to Cintra. Although they failed to "slay the dragon", the Cintra people did help the Ferencz clan to surrender all the monsters. Lann negotiated with Wawrzynek again, and with the mediation of Gabor and Petrit, they finally finalized the number of reinforcements and also attracted a considerable infantry support.

From the current perspective, this is the most normal support negotiation that Lann has had after going through three clans.

The matter was over, and there was no need for the Cintra people to stay in the Ferenz clan anymore. Next, they would need to return to Carbon Mountain, pick up the Sieglin warriors who were undergoing trial procedures there, make a handover with the Great Elder, and then return home with these reinforcements.

When they returned to Cintra with this dwarven heavy infantry, they would be ready to go to war with Nilfgaard and officially prepare to recover their territory. With this thought in mind, all the people of Cintra felt a burning passion in their hearts even though they were standing in the snow and cold wind.

…

"Lord Lannister, we have another request." Just as Lann and his companions were preparing to set off, Wawrzynek approached Lann again.

Under the puzzled gaze of the Lion of Cintra, Vawřínek took a step back, revealing the Scoia'tael prisoners and the young Ferencz who was guarding them.

Wawrzynek explained, "We are preparing to escort these traitors to Carbon Mountain to be tried by the Great Elder. These guards are all young men in the clan and have little experience, so they want to go with Lord Lannister. I ask you to take good care of them."

Lann looked over and found that most of the young men responsible for escorting the Squirrel Party were the young dwarves he had brought back from the foot of the mountain.

"You guys are going to Tanshan?"

After hearing what Lann said, a dwarf youth walked out of the queue and saluted. Lann recognized him as the youth who had asked him to chase the red dragon and save the clan. He was the smartest among these dwarf youths and was also the leader of the young people at that time.

"Yes, Your Excellency. We have just returned home and want to find our place in Mahakam as soon as possible and arrange our future positions and work. Guarding these... Scoia'tael is the beginning of our work. After that, the young people who have just returned home from each clan will send representatives to meet the Great Elder to accept questioning and arrangements."

Lann suddenly understood, and he smiled meaningfully, his eyes jumping back and forth between the Ferenz youths and the Scoia'tael. Kolgrim, who was behind Lann, looked at the team escorting the Scoia'tael, and his expression became gloomy, because he found that most of the dwarf youths they had brought back were in it.

"May I have your name?"

Ferenczi bowed again: "You can call me Beatrice, Your Excellency the Duke."

"Okay, Beatrice." Lan nodded, "Do your job well and keep up with my team."

…

Returning to Mount Carbon again, even though it was not the first time they saw it, the people of Cintra were still amazed by this city that was built by hollowing out the entire mountain.

The guards of Carbon Mountain treated the Frost Giant, whom they saw for the first time, as a formidable enemy. The last time Cintra came, he did not bring this big guy with him; and this time, Lan did not transfer the Frost Giant to another place, but let the giant follow the team all the way back to Carbon Mountain.

The existence of the Ice Giant is no longer a secret, and Lann has no intention of concealing the existence of the big guy; it just so happens that one of Lann's purposes of coming to Carbon Mountain is to create a suitable set of armor for the Ice Giant, and openly displaying the Ice Giant will also facilitate subsequent communication.

However, the visual impact that this ancient behemoth gave to Tanshan was indeed too strong, and now it was difficult for Lann and his group to enter the city.

Just as Lan was waiting outside the city, looking up at the huge city, wondering whether two dragons and a giant could work together to capture the city, a familiar figure ran out from the Carbon Mountain.

Barclay Ayers, Colonel Mahakam, who had helped Lann pass on the order of the Great Elder and prevented the war between the Ziglin and Fuchs clans. At that time, he had a brief and pleasant exchange with Lann in the land of Davol, and this time he was the one who received Lann when he returned to Tanshan.

"Lord Lannister, you never told me there was such an amazing thing before." Barclay raised his head high from the ground, and marveled at the vigilance of the ice giant. "I heard about what happened in Ferenz. He drove away Kelturis, right? If you had summoned him here, Sieglin and Fuchs would never have fought!"

Lann did not respond to this, but just smiled and said, "It was not the right time before, and now I call him out to see if I can make him a suitable set of armor in Mahakam."

Barclay couldn't help but raise his head again when he heard this: "Give it an iron armor... I can't imagine the expressions of the Nilfgaardians... Please come in."

The gate of the Carbon Mountain was very high, and the Frost Giants could barely pass through it by bending over. The dwarves did not block the Frost Giants outside the city. The power contained in a capital city and a clan outside the city was two different concepts. Even if Kerturis had wings, he would not dare to attack the Carbon Mountain rashly, let alone the Frost Giants.

The Ice Giant can defeat the Red Dragon head-on, but for civilizations like humans and dwarves, the Ice Giant is much easier to deal with than the Red Dragon. Although the dwarves are wary of the Ice Giant, they don't act as if they are facing a powerful enemy.

"You came back too soon. The Great Elder hasn't returned to Tanshan yet. We have to wait until tomorrow to arrange a meeting between you and the Great Elder." Barclay explained in a low voice as he led Lan to the residence arranged for him.

"It's okay. I understand this kind of life. It just so happens that I can use this free time to deal with other things."

Lan said this and looked away.

At the end of his sight was House, who he had left at Carbon Mountain to be in charge of the negotiations. He had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw Lann appear, he strode forward:

"Your Excellency the Duke."

Barclay gave a few instructions on procedural matters at Carbon Mountain and then left. He then handed the space over to the pair of oath masters and their servants.

After handing over and arranging the guards and dwarves who followed him, Lann sat down at the table. His servants brought him wine glasses and poured wine for him.

"Tell me, House." Lann smelled the fragrance of Mahakam ale and motioned House to pour him a glass. "How was the talk with the dwarves during this time in Carbon Mountain? How much equipment did you get for us?"

"In addition to the equipment, how much intelligence did you obtain?"

A confident smile appeared on House's face.

…

At night, Mahakam Dungeon.

The guards here were still talking about the scene of the arrival of the Cintra people during the day, and marveled at the amazing power of the ice giants.

However, the amazement at outsiders soon stopped, and the dwarf guards' attention quickly shifted to their fellow prisoners in the dungeon. These new prisoners all wore squirrel tails as accessories.

"When the Sieglins caused trouble before, I thought I had seen Colonel Barclay at his angriest." The guard sighed, "But when he escorted you here, the expression on his face almost made me think we were at war with that country."

"Kids, why did you choose to learn from the elves? It's no secret that the Scoia'tael was created by the elves to fight for a gathering place. And we have Mahakam." The dwarf guard said earnestly to the Scoia'tael in the cage, "Do you know how embarrassed the Great Elder was when facing humans because of the noise you made?"

Although the Squirrel Party were imprisoned in a dungeon, their faces were still relatively neat and tidy, and it was obvious that they were being treated well.

After hearing what the guard said, the dwarf with his beard tied into three whips retorted loudly: "We don't need to compromise with humans to gain benefits. That is a humiliation! We are dwarves. We should fight for what we need with hammers and axes!"

"The era when dwarves ruled the continent has long passed. We should now wait for the right opportunity instead of being so impulsive... Forget it, it's too late to say anything to you now." The guard shook his head and no longer tried to communicate with the Scoia'tael.

Soon, footsteps were heard at the end of the road.

"Bitterk! Are you here to visit your brother?" The Squirrel Party imprisoned in the cell were all young dwarves from the Ferencz clan who had left a few years ago and never returned. While the guards felt sorry for them, they also understood the current feelings of the Ferencz dwarves.

"I'm so sorry." Beatrice gave the guard an apologetic look, as if apologizing for the trouble caused to his brother.

"What kind of bullshit is this? It's obviously... Ugh!"

The guards in the dungeon had no vigilance against these young people from Ferenczi, and were easily knocked out by them at the same time. Although these dwarves returned in disgrace after staying in human society for a period of time, they had already learned "cunning" and "sneak attack".

Beatrice was breathing heavily due to nervousness. With trembling hands, he searched for the key from the dungeon guard's body, but he failed to insert the key into the lock cylinder several times. The sound of metal collision was heard in vain.

Until two hands reached over the iron bars and grasped Beatrice's wrist. He looked up and saw the dwarf with three braids.

"When we fight for the rights of the dwarves outside and avenge them against human society, they will understand us and know that we are just." The dwarf with three braids comforted him.

Beatrice took a few more deep breaths, and his hands gradually steadied themselves.

Soon, the Scoia'tael members in the cell filed out. They skillfully stripped off the guards' armor and were about to put it on themselves, but were immediately scolded by the three-braided dwarf.

"Stop! We will just keep our disguise and let our compatriots know what we are doing in order to gain their support. This is Mahakam, and we don't need to hide our identities in Mahakam!"

After saying this, the three-braided Scoia'tael dwarf turned around and asked Beatrice, "How are the preparations for your assignment going?"