Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 630 - 019: Secret Plot

"Considering the timing, the maneuvers at the Border Great Wall should have commenced, right? This time, the power gathered from the eight duchies bordering the Southern Domain and the Kawa Great Forest is much stronger than what we had a decade ago. Indeed, interests are compelling, and it seems the Beastman force is about to be eradicated."

A shadowy figure emerged from the darkness, peering out from the shadows, a low voice echoing softly.

What no one knew was,

the group gathered in the shadowy corners of the Blue Dragon Kingdom Main City were the true hidden puppeteers orchestrating this upheaval.

Austin was right; the outbreak of this war was not just due to the dumping of industrial and commercial products by the Blue Dragon Kingdom, which caused the greedy nobles in the southern duchies to act, but more importantly, it was due to a hidden hand pushing all this behind the scenes.

Political relations between countries have always been intricate and complex.

Alliances, rivalries, conflicts of interest, economic complementarity... Among the eight duchies of the Southern Domain in the Central Earth World, due to their political, economic, geographical, and demographic differences, such as one duchy largely being desert, its neighboring duchy being in a fertile plain, for survival interests, the desert duchy often wages war against the duchy on the plains, to seize land.

This is just one example. In the short ten years among the southern eight duchies, they have had no less than ten wars against each other.

Struggles over interest, vengeance feuds, strategic alliances... Years of war conflicts have long caused heavy tensions between nations, and even allies of today might become sworn enemies tomorrow.

Against such a backdrop, it seems impossible just because a bunch of greedy fools covet the wealth of the Beastman forces in the Southern Kawa Great Forest, to so easily gather an army of over a hundred thousand, marching together across the Great Wall to campaign against the Beastman forces in the Kawa Great Forest.

How can those who have reached the top of a nation's hierarchy, holding real power, all be fools?

The smarter a person, the more intricate their thoughts.

If it truly relied on spontaneous connections between countries to form an allied army to campaign against the southern Beastman forces, isn't it possible that some country is secretly contacting the Beastman forces, supporting them with weapons, intelligence, etc., to effectively weaken their own enemies?

Even if these eight nations really did set aside past conflicts, the wrangling over interests would inevitably take a lot of time, from strategic planning to actual deployment, the wrangling over interests would take no less than several years.

All things considered, the deployment of the Southern Eight Nations' alliance inherently betrays a slightly eerie flavor.

No one would believe there's nothing strange about it.

"Indeed, what a pity for these magnificent structures. To build such a vast complex, it seems incredible that these Beastmen forces nowadays are compared to the previously destructive, brute-minded savage Beastmen."

Another voice responded in the darkness.

"Nothing to pity. To have developed the Beastman leadership to this extent, how could there only have been a small Blue Dragon behind it? If those gentlemen weren't guessing wrong, that one might have indeed survived that battle years ago. If this operation succeeds, we can always enslave these Beastmen to work for us, rebuilding a city like this would be straightforward."

"Yes, back then the Beastman Royal Court seemed to have some features similar to that Blue Dragon's Beastman forces, perhaps in that battle over a decade ago, that one truly survived and later managed to retire into hiding, misleading those gentlemen about the situation."

The low voices conversed in the shadow.

If Austin knew their words, his nagging doubt would instantly vanish.

Everything stemmed from that battle over a decade ago.

At that time, some unknown human force urged the Beastmen to counterattack the Kawa Great Forest, invading the Beastman Royal Court, finally drawing out the fallen Beast God hidden behind the Beastman Royal Court.

Afterward, an unknown mighty warrior engaged in a grand battle at the core, where the fight concluded with the Beast God's defeat.

However, regarding this result, both the hidden figures and the survivors of that battle had suspicions, hence they dispatched a Legendary on the Border Great Wall to monitor the postwar developments in the Kawa Great Forest.

After the core Beastman Royal Court in the Kawa Great Forest was annihilated, the Forest Land plunged into endless war, human forces took the opportunity to cross the Border Great Wall, expanding into the fringes of the Kawa Great Forest and establishing Pioneer Cities.

Later,

Austin's Dragon Nest Tribe rose rapidly, with the Dragon Nest Legion winning every battle, virtually facing no rivals on the Forest Land.

Back then, the Legendary level sent to monitor the situation was about to head to the Kawa Great Forest to investigate, but at this time, changes on the Seta Continent, brought chaos that affected the legendary power behind the power they served, causing that Legendary powerhouse to be unable to further investigate and they eventually left the Border Great Wall, returning to the Central Earth World.

However, before leaving, that Legendary powerhouse ultimately left behind a backup plan.

As a result, a few years later,

This backup plan was activated by a young man named Arthur, who eventually got in touch with the powerhouse, passing the changes in the Kawa Great Forest to the ears of that Legendary, bringing these changes into the higher echelons' view.

In just a few brief years, the Dragon Nest Beastman Tribe, which once caught that Legendary powerhouse's attention, swiftly swept across more than half of the Kawa Great Forest, establishing a powerful force akin to a kingdom. All the Pioneer Cities humans had set up crossing the Border Great Wall were thoroughly raided by the Dragon Nest Legion, adding these realms to the Dragon Nest Tribe's control.

The Legendary was astonished, just as Austin returned from the Otherworld, revealing his true form on the Dolan Glacier Plateau. His formidable power caused the space within a thousand-mile radius to collapse and shatter, drawing the attention of those ancient beings slumbering in the dark.

At that time, those ancient beings, who had directed that Legendary level powerhouse to attack the Beastman Royal Court, were involved in the battle to surround and attack the Beast God.

Through various fortuitous circumstances,

ultimately, the gaze of certain beings once again turned to the Kawa Great Forest, renewing doubts about whether the resurrected Beast God truly was annihilated back then.