This Giant Dragon is So Powerful!-Chapter 72 - 71: Three Years of Accumulation
After giving instructions to Kadan, Udi inquired to Shiji about the specific casualties of the clan’s warriors in the sneak attack battle.
"Master, we deployed over a thousand warriors in that battle, and in the end, less than three hundred returned. Among them, five intermediate warriors also perished." Shiji’s expression was quite heavy.
Black Blood and Green Forest, these two major monster races, clashed several times with the Brown Forest Clan of the Wild Dwarves, causing extremely heavy losses.
The original clan of over four thousand, now counting women and children, was barely over a thousand.
However, the core combat strength of the monster clan was mostly retained. Besides Shiji and the four contracted followers, the monster clan still had five intermediate warriors, two Big Goblin Warriors, one Kobold Warrior, and the Zameng and Zaku the Giant Demon Brothers.
Of course, they had just reached the threshold of the middle level, and their biological levels were basically all Tier Five Initial.
Udi nodded slightly, indicating his understanding.
In his heart, the severe casualties did not cause much turmoil.
Aside from feeling a slight regret for the five fallen intermediate monster warriors, the other deceased monster warriors could be replaced with a new batch in a few months, at most a year.
"Alright, you may leave. Continue as you did before," Udi lost interest in the discussion, signaling them to disperse and start their tasks.
The four monsters of different races and demons respectfully escorted Udi back to the Dragon Nest before dispersing.
The White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane spread its wings elegantly and flew to a cliff hundreds of meters high; she still had two children to take care of.
Kadan placed the gray-spotted spatial bag into his arms and strode towards the Green Forest Race’s living area. He had to start mining quickly; this was an urgent task arranged by the master and had to be prioritized. Studying magic and cultivating magical power had to wait.
Mondo scratched the back of his head, feeling a bit hungry, pondering whether to eat the wild goat raised in the tribe or the Jungle Giant Rabbit today?
Forget it, he hadn’t eaten mountain chicken in a long time; today, he’ll eat chicken.
Just as Mondo was about to move, Shiji’s voice came from behind,
"Wait, Mondo."
"What is it?" Mondo turned around to look down at the short Shiji. To his five-meter height, the two-plus-meter tall Shiji indeed seemed small.
Shiji looked at Mondo’s strong physique with a hint of envy. Unfortunately, this was a racial trait; Mondo was already four meters tall before receiving the Power of the Dragon Vein from the master, which could not be desired by others.
"Mondo, the tribe’s warriors have suffered heavy casualties, and you know the master’s appetite...."
"Shiji, you’re speaking too complicatedly; Mondo’s head hurts listening!" Mondo interrupted, holding his head, unable to bear Shiji’s ongoing complaints about the current difficulties of the tribe.
Shiji snorted coldly with some dissatisfaction, secretly thinking that he was indeed just a big dummy. Compared to him, the Kobold clan had its advantages, at least in brains they were far more flexible than the giants.
"To put it simply, don’t just eat and sleep all day; when you have spare time, find the female giants to mate and produce more giant demon offspring. Of course, if you don’t reproduce, then go to the Dark Forest often and bring back those lost wild giants," Shiji said plainly.
Mondo pondered for a few seconds, then nodded his head, mumbling, "Mondo understands."
Simply put, it’s to increase the giant demon population!
Seeing his advice being taken, Shiji slightly nodded, revealing a look of satisfaction.
For the master’s food and cannon fodder, the more giant demons, the better.
As for eating a lot?
That’s no problem; these big-eating giants aren’t picky at all. They can eat stinky things, rotten things, leaves, dirt, even more so than goblins and kobolds.
All four contracted followers had tasks to keep them busy, while Udi, back in the Dragon Nest, also had many things to handle.
During this war with the Brown Forest Clan, Udi witnessed many outstanding professional paths and strong individuals, realizing his current power and position.
What was once a slightly overconfident mindset was now restrained.
"An advanced Bone Blood Warrior fought desperately with me, and I still had to flee, still too weak," Udi thought calmly.
Although that advanced Bone Blood Warrior named Rosa wasn’t an ordinary high-level professional, and even had powerful weapons made of Demon Iron. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
"Next, I need to develop properly, grow, and stockpile power."
Knowing his strength was insufficient, Udi began to plan meticulously for the upcoming period.
Spells still needed learning. Though Slytherin perished at Leanna’s claw, it did not mean casters were weak.
It only proved Leanna was stronger!
Both master-level professionals, Luz, the leader of the Brown Forest Clan, faced the full-blast Leanna and fell with just one exchange.
In contrast, Udi, having watched the entire battle, had every reason to believe that the master-level Wild Dwarf caster Slytherin still had the ability to escape until the very end.
Unable to win, but able to flee. The longer a caster lives, the more mysterious their methods become, unfathomable and elusive.
Udi did not believe that Slytherin, a master-level caster who lived for hundreds of years, hadn’t mastered a master-level Teleportation Skill!
The Teleportation Skill was just a Fifth Ring Spell, after all.
For a mastery-level Teleportation Skill, the casting speed would be fast. As long as Slytherin could delay for a bit, he could escape; if he had a Returning to Truth level Teleportation Skill, it would even be instantaneous.
He didn’t use the Teleportation Skill, but rather the Any Gate Skill, simply because he made a choice between his own life and the lives of nearly two thousand warriors of the tribe. It doesn’t mean he couldn’t escape.
Udi’s goal was to quickly master a life-saving magic, then increase his skill level to mastery, even reaching the instant-cast Returning to Truth level. Only then could he say he was stable; encountering an unbeatable enemy, as long as the gap wasn’t too vast, he would have a chance to escape with a dragon’s life.
And for someone like him, with the Banquet talent and skill mastery panel as his two major cheats, as long as he could survive, the longer he lived, the stronger he would become, with absolutely no bottleneck in strength.
Although giant dragons can naturally grow stronger over time while eating and drinking, the speed is too slow. Later on, it might take decades or even a century just to advance one level.
"That special spiritual ability profession of Mother..." Udi thought again about the special profession of the Black Dragon Maiden’s transformation.
Honestly, he was extremely envious, very envious.
However, he also understood that no matter how much he begged the Black Dragon Maiden, she wouldn’t give him this special profession for nothing, even if it wouldn’t cost her anything.
"Forget it, there will be opportunities in the future." Udi suppressed his greed.
In fact, Udi also understood that pursuing two professions would consume a lot of time and energy. With that time, it would be better to specialize in the mage profession, perhaps resulting in even greater strength improvement.
But, Udi truly felt that he was very suited for the Black Dragon Maiden’s special profession.
With the ever-strengthening mighty dragon body aided by the Banquet, combined with this special profession that could significantly enhance close combat abilities, it was simply a perfect combination!
In the following days, Udi’s life returned to the rhythm from before the war started.
Every day he studied magic, and when tired, he browsed the knowledge in the Dragon’s Legacy in his mind, learning about the customs, professions, and traits of various races, understanding various equipment, especially those targeted at giant dragons.
When the Banquet’s cooldown ended, he would eat and eat until the progress bar was full and then enter sleep.
In these monotonous yet daily progressive days, time slowly passed by, rolling steadily forward.
Thus, after six months, Udi’s Biological Level broke through to Level 8.
In magic, the skill level of the Second Ring·Water Element Enhancement Technique advanced a great step within the Master Level. Additionally, through trading with humans, he successfully learned the entrance-level Any Gate Fourth Ring Magic and Shrinking Skill Third Ring Magic.
The effect of Any Gate doesn’t need much explanation. While its escape effectiveness is not as quick and convenient as the Teleportation Skill, the latter is a Fifth Ring Spell, requiring the condition of becoming a High-level Mage before it can be learned, and Udi estimates it will take a long time to become a High-level Mage, at least not within a few short years.
Moreover, the Higlind family, which trades with Udi, may not even possess the Teleportation Skill.
The quality and scale of the teams Higlind dispatches every month to the Dark Forest can vaguely reveal some of their background.
The highest combat power of this family is probably only High-level Professionals. The probability of having Master-level Professionals is nearly nonexistent.
When Udi becomes stronger, the effect of this family from a small human duchy on him is estimated to diminish significantly.
"But by then, it’s time to slaughter this fat lamb as well." In the Water Pool Dragon Nest, Udi grinned fiercely.
Trading with an Evil Dragon, while making huge profits, also means bearing certain risks, right?
The sixteenth month of accumulation and growth, which was one year and four months later.
Udi’s Biological Level broke through from Level 8 to Level 9. Level 10 is the threshold to becoming High-Level Creatures.
The development of the monster clan under his command was also very smooth. Under the transformation of Dragon Blood, these beloved warriors, infused with Udi’s bloodline, gradually broke through to the intermediate level amid slaughter and devouring.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed.....
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In the jungle.
A team of human warriors clad in full armor silently advanced, and between the thirty warriors were two casters riding black scale beasts.
The Black Scale Beast, a mature Level 5 demon, had speed and power among the upper middle level within demons of the same level. Its magic-like skill was a bewildering black mist.
Riding such demons as magic pets and mounts, it’s evident that these two casters had extraordinary statuses.
"Wit, are we almost there?"
Among the two casters, a middle-aged man with gray hair, wearing a blue magic robe, asked the purple-robed caster beside him.
Wit was precisely the Level 6 Mage who had led the team to trade materials with Shiji for many years. But two years ago, his mage level had broken through to Level 7.
Moreover, since he had always led the trading parties to the Dark Forest, his status in the family had also elevated greatly, and he had now become the third spokesperson in the Higlind family.
"About one kilometer left, Clan Leader." Wit replied with considerable respect.
The Clan Leader of Higlind, and also the strongest in the family, was none other than this middle-aged caster beside Wit.
Roy nodded slightly, feeling quite emotional in his heart.
Since Wit established a secret connection with the Queen of Darkness and began trading nearly four years ago, their Higlind family had grown increasingly prosperous. With the influx of large amounts of resources and money, the number of strong individuals in the family had multiplied. Numerous powerful mercenaries, tired of unstable lives, had been absorbed by the Higlind family, becoming family guards or warrior captains.
As for himself, during the third year after the trade began, he successfully broke through to Level 10, a prestigious and powerful High-level Mage, with the help of Spirit Secret Medicine purchased at great expense.
The entire family’s influence rapidly expanded in the subsequent year because of his breakthrough.
Initially, the influence of the Higlind family was confined to Golden Flower City, but now it extended to the capital city of the duchy.
