Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 145 I Can Also Be Loyal
The ambitious centurion jackal Yougu, the chapter master of the Wolf Regiment, leaped down from the mountains on a bat-winged dragon and flew towards the city that was rising at the foot of the Dragon's Nest.

This city, built under the auspices of the white dragon Gmot, included the settlements and villages of all races that originally lived at the foot of the Dragon's Nest Mountain. The area was not planned to a fixed range, because in the eyes of the dragon, the bigger the city, the better.

Therefore, the current periphery of this city is simply surrounded by wooden fences, which is equivalent to a simple city wall, and this is just for the convenience of management.

As for defensiveness, these huge wooden fences are enough to block some ordinary beasts. Extraordinary beasts dare not attack the city at the core of the dragon territory.

Since the city includes all races living in the area, these races will also become the first residents of the new city.

Therefore, even though many free people who migrated to the dragon territory and slave serfs who were traded were diverted to the Gulfstream City presided over by the bronze dragon Alina, the construction speed of this city presided over by the white dragon was still much faster than that of the Gulfstream City presided over by the bronze dragon Alina.

However, there are also many goblins and ogres who do not like living in cities. They feel that the overly standardized cities are a constraint on them, so they apply to officials from the Ministry of Urban Construction to move to and settle in the forests farther away.

This was a favorable change for the development and diversification of the territory, so officials from the Ministry of Urban Construction approved the relocation applications of these dependents after listening to the advice of relevant scholars.

These migrating dependent races will also be assigned to uncultivated forests to build villages.

However, the managers of these villages and the village chiefs need to be selected and appointed by the territory officials from among the migrated ethnic families, and they need to report to the relevant responsible officials of the territory every cycle.

This is a political management system that has gradually become more complete and mature within the Dragon Territory. It has been undergoing targeted changes, improvements and adjustments in the governance of the increasing number of citizens who have joined the territory.

Because this is the will of the supreme ruler of the territory, the will conveyed by the dragon is that no system or law can be applied forever, and they can only be applied to one cycle of existence and development.

Except for the overly basic and important governance policies and territory system, which should not be changed, the remaining details of the regulations for governing the territory can be continuously modified to adapt to the development of the territory.

Either don’t do it, or do it to the best of your ability!
Therefore, regardless of their race and background, these officials who were promoted to positions because of their talents and skills all wanted to perform well and achieve outstanding results.

As we all know, the early stages of a country's establishment are the easiest time to move up one's social class, so these officials, who are considered smart among ordinary people, are seizing their opportunities.

And because there is no need to worry about city defense construction, the starting point for building a city is buildings and houses. As long as they are planned and built according to the drawings provided by human architectural scholars, the entire city can be gradually built and improved.

The original goblin camps, the Centaur tribe's camp villages, the Kobold camps, and the villages of elves and humans that were diverted to this area were also moved into the city, and these residents were the labor force that built this city.

Monster followers and residents of various races pushed loads of felled wood in and out of the wide gap in the city gate. The ogre cubs that were born two years ago have now become qualified laborers.

Although these new generation of gnolls are not yet adults, due to the influence of the dragon's breath, these new generation of gnolls are on average one head taller than the previous generation, which is equivalent to a strong human teenager.

The Centaur warriors were much more straightforward. Even the old, the weak, women and children in the Centaur tribe were still a fighting race. They had no hesitation in putting the trailer ropes around their chests and abdomens and pulling cartloads of wood and stones to the construction site.

In addition, the ogre slaves and slaves of other races such as trolls who performed well in building the Dragon Castle were also rewarded and returned to freedom.

Under long-term strict discipline, these ogre trolls have also learned to abide by the laws of the territory, and those who have not learned have become fertilizer in the dragon orchard.

As for those war treemen, the construction of Dragon Castle has been basically completed, and these treemen are no longer needed for the remaining detailed repairs, so after a short rest, these treemen were put into the work of building the city again.

Elf druids stood on the crowns of the war treemen, directing the activities of these treemen.

Although tree people can also learn the common language, some of them are not smart enough and have not been able to communicate fluently with other residents.

The tree of life originally guarded by the elves will also become a special scenic spot in the huge city in the future. It is worth mentioning that every city in the dragon territory has a tree of life planted.

This is the dragon using the advantages of the Tree of Life to cultivate the residents of its territory. Over time, the residents of the territory will become more outstanding than the previous generation.

The reason why the tree people are so hardworking and willing to work is not only because of the power of the dragon group, but also because of the promise they have received. The tree people can freely choose to settle in the dragon group's territory and receive the dragon group's protection.

So if some residents find that in the green area next to the Tree of Life in the city, many trees are missing during the day, leaving only deep pits, they will not be surprised, because these trees have to work during the day.

Many tree people also felt the birth of the World Tree and applied to the Imperial Guards to settle around Dragon Castle, but were rejected by the Imperial Guards.

However, the tree people were given another option, which was to be used as an ornamental green belt on both sides of the way to the mountain, but climbing to the top of the mountain was not allowed.

Even so, nearly half of the tree people still chose this option. Close contact with the breath of the world tree is very beneficial to these magical plant beings, so the tree people don't care about their existence as decorations.

As for the elves who originally guarded the Tree of Life, they were dispersed and integrated into various cities and settlements. The Tree of Life was no longer the exclusive treasure of the elves, but the property of the territory.

Dragons, such long-lived rulers, would also stand on the top of the mountains and watch their territories gradually grow stronger, and the time they spent might just be a short rest for the dragon group.

After calming down, Yougu drove his flying dragon to stop in front of the tall wooden fence and handed his flying dragon over to the management of the ogre guards who were guarding the gap in the city gate to maintain order in and out.

Because no cities within the dragon's territory are allowed to be flown over, even privileged people like the gnoll Yugu, who holds great power, are no exception. Only the dragon can fly over all places in the territory at will.

Yougu walked through the crowded and noisy crowd. This city, which was changing all the time, covered a vast area. Although it had not been named yet, it already had its own name in the mouths of most of the subjects—the King's Capital.

In the King's Capital, a city destined to become the largest city in the dragon territory, in an area away from the center, near the dragon's nest, there are already groups of tall buildings standing, which are more complete and rich than those in the city center.

Yu Gu's target is the building complex in this area.

The entire vast area of buildings belongs to the Magic Integration Department. Each building represents a branch of the Magic Integration Department and is currently an important part of the Dragon Territory.

Therefore, the periphery of this building complex is heavily guarded, and high walls isolate the building complex from other buildings inside the city. Two hundred ogre guards with short crossbows and poison arrows hanging on their waists guard every exit and corner of the wall.

There was also a small team of imperial guards guarding here. These imperial guards, wearing heavy iron armor that covered their entire bodies, stood silently in place.

Each of these warriors, who were able to swing a heavy sword to create a sword flower, stuck their thick broadswords, a light weapon used in daily life, on the ground, held the hilts with both hands, and scanned every creature that tried to approach.

The officer in charge of garrisoning here is a centurion of the imperial guards, a mixed-color dragon-born troll commander.

Even the gnoll Yuguru, who is a thousand-man commander and the head of the chapter, has to show his respect to this half-dragonborn, troll warlord, and centurion of the imperial guards.

Not only because the other party is the chief of the Imperial Guards and his status is naturally higher than that of other chapter leaders, the Centurion of the Imperial Guards can already compete with the Jackal Yougu.

Instead, every dragonborn brought out of the arena by the dragon is a very powerful warrior. This troll warlord used his heavy blade to smash at least eight war treemen on the battlefield of the Green Forest. He is a very important existence in the eyes of the supreme ruler of the territory, Kalon.

And although all races in the dragon territory were mixed and separated, the Dragonborn Troll Warlords actually broke away from the racial restrictions of the trolls and became a new dragonborn race.

However, the great strength and authoritative position made this dragonborn troll supported by many trolls in the territory, and a lot of power gathered around him.

"Zuga, I didn't expect you to be the ones guarding here. It seems this place is very important," Yugu greeted the other party. These extremely brave warriors knew each other and had drunk celebratory wine together after the war in the Green Forest plane. "Stop, Yugu, you are not allowed to approach this place. Even if you don't allow it, you can't get within three steps, otherwise I will kill you!"

The voice of the Half-Colored Dragonborn Troll Marshal was dull and deep. This centurion of the Imperial Guards was wearing customized heavy armor. The blood-red cloak behind him was the same color as the scales of a red dragon. His tall body and heavy weapons looked particularly oppressive.

"After all, we have known each other and drank together, but you are so strict," the werewolf Yougu was a little speechless. He still remembered the scene of drinking with the other party at the celebration banquet. The troll warlord was not like this in private.

"I have a token given by the king," Yougu handed the token to the other party without hesitation.

"The king's will cannot be violated, Yugu. I'll ask you out for a drink some other day and bring along two troll girls." The mixed-color dragonborn checked the token and nodded to the warrior behind him, indicating that it was okay.

"Forget it, I'm not interested in trolls, but drinking is fine, I welcome it." Yugu took back the token and hid it back in his chest, then said: "By the way, Zujia, how do I get to the Alchemy Department? I'm afraid it's the same inside as outside. If I take the wrong road, I'll lose my life."

“Haha, turn right and go to the first room.” The Dragonborn Troll’s deep laughter echoed through his thick mask. He said with a smile, “There’s nothing dangerous in there. There are just a group of mages and weird scholars who like to research!”

How long does it take to train a top scholar and research magician?

This is not much different from training a top scientist, which takes at least twenty years.

And by the time you have learned almost all the knowledge, but have not yet created a new school of knowledge or broken through the existing shackles, your mind and body will be restricted as your body begins to enter the weakened period of middle age.

The longer the world's civilization develops, the more knowledge there is to learn, but the peak period and lifespan of the vast majority of people, including mages, will not increase. They will not be able to make the brilliant achievements they deserve due to lifespan and physical limitations.

There are countless treasures of knowledge waiting to be opened in the mind, but they are destroyed by the short life span. Therefore, most of the civilizations in the world can only wait for those geniuses as bright as shooting stars to achieve breakthroughs in a very short time.

So Charon ordered the blue dragon Doss to start a plan - the King of Knowledge.

Every talented person who has reached the pinnacle in any field of knowledge will be listed as a candidate by the dragon territory. As long as they are willing to be loyal to the dragons, the dragons will extend their lifespan and allow them to return to the pinnacle.

The ancient magic empire had magic kings, and Kalon's future empire will have kings of knowledge.

Of course, although the fruit of the Tree of Life can achieve this effect, the annual output of the Tree of Life is limited, and these treasures are also useful to dragons, so this plan was originally difficult to achieve.

The key to the realization of this plan lies in Teach, the magic alchemist that Charon had bought from the orcs' slaves.

The magic alchemist Teach was just a low-level wizard, but he lived for two hundred years.

Almost all of his internal organs, except for his bones, skin and head, have been replaced by himself. This is why, although he looks like an old man in his sixties or seventies, his internal vitality is more vigorous than that of an eighteen-year-old teenager.

However, since the internal organs in the body came from different species, the alchemical transformation maniac was tortured to the point of being worse than death in the long conflict, and the power of the low-level mage was also exhausted in the conflict of maintaining the internal organs of the body.

So this alchemical transformation fanatic turned his research to another direction, blood transformation adaptation and ultimate blood evolution.

To this end, he secretly hunted many intelligent creatures and extracted their blood. He then went to the island continent of the Orc Kingdom to capture the descendants of the ancient orcs and extract their blood for research.

For humans, the blood of orcs is more compatible, and Teach quickly determined his goal. Of course, the most important thing is that Teach's strength is that only orcs are his choice, because this requires a large number of samples for research, and other intelligent races are quite exclusive, so he can't handle it.

Although he achieved some results, he was captured because he recruited a female orc to experiment with his new big bird but did not pay her enough.

When Caron learned the reason, he was quite amused. He could only say that talented people might have some quirks of their own, and the quirks of this alchemical transformation maniac were nothing compared to some particularly twisted quirks.

After Caron studied the results of this alchemical transformation maniac, he finally finalized the plan.

Teach will also use his research results to prove that the dragon blood potion he creates will gradually allow the transformed person to adapt to this power, improve their endurance, and also gain some diluted increases, including strength and lifespan.

If necessary, Charon can also bestow dragon blood on those loyal warriors in the future, and the success rate will be greatly increased, no longer requiring extremely strong willpower and luck as before.

So after Teach swore allegiance to the dragon and signed a contract of eternal loyalty, he received the first fruit of life sent by Charon, which healed the body of this transformation maniac, healed the conflicts and traumas of his internal organs, and restored his youth.

The jackal Yougu didn't know what kind of transformation maniac he was about to face, but when he was led into the laboratory by the assistant who was assigned here by the dragon group as an apprentice, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his chest.

Teach, who had returned to his youth, was concentrating on operating the complicated magic instrument, but Yugu's eyes were not on him, but on the countless reproductive organs of various kinds that were swollen in the potion in the laboratory.

Even though Yougu was powerful enough to once dare to challenge the young red dragon, he couldn't help but feel a chill blowing down his crotch.

The powerful warrior Yugu looked helplessly at the apprentice who quietly closed the door and walked away. He cleared his throat and stuttered to greet the scholar who looked like he was studying seriously, "Is it Master Teach... Master Teach? I am here on the orders of my king, and he has promised you what you should do!"

"Wow, the generous dragon lord finally remembered his loyal and impatient subordinates," the young man Teach raised his head excitedly, a pair of crystal glasses perched on his nose, flashing a cold light that seemed particularly cold to Yugu.

"That's great news, gnoll. You've brought me good luck. I decided to fulfill one of your requests. I heard that your gnolls' cocks are not big. How about it? Do you want me to change one for you?"

Teach had an inquiring look in his eyes, which was more aggressive than the dragon's in Yugu's opinion. He scanned Yugu's entire body, especially his crotch, with a cold look.

"I'm telling you, I've tried dozens of birds, and I found that donkeys and horses are the best. Although they are just ordinary beasts, their structures are particularly beautiful."

Tiqi rubbed his hands excitedly, then affectionately pulled the weak-legged Yougu and said with a smile: "Let's do it now. Anyway, the red beast can't escape. Finish your surgery first, and we will have enough time to go later."

The alchemical transformation maniac kept chattering, "In my opinion, that young red dragon is not worthy of being of the same species as the noble king, Lord Kalon. It is like a simple beast with a little wisdom."

"Last time, I just wanted to take a look at the structure of the dragon bird and he wanted to eat me. Damn it, why isn't he as polite as Lord Kalon!"

The gnoll Yougu was sweating profusely. He felt that his coming here might have been a wrong choice. He was worried that the young red dragon would kill him as well.

"Oh, don't worry. I have obtained the permission of Lord Kalon and have specially researched a potion for dragons. Once it is injected, even a young red dragon will become weak and allow me to touch it. Oh no, draw blood from it."

Tiqi saw Yu Gu's worry and continued to chatter, "The premise is that it has to be injected. This depends on you. First confuse him, and then give him a sudden attack. Wow, what a wonderful idea."

Yu Gu no longer wanted to stay in this laboratory, because Teach's hands had begun to become dishonest. He quickly ran out of the laboratory and shouted, "Forget it, Teach... Master Teach, let's complete the king's instructions first!"

Teach chuckled, took out a large box from behind, and chased after him carrying it.

After a long time, the soul-stirring roar of a giant dragon suddenly rang out from the mountains and valleys.

"I want to see Kalon. I, Caedilos, am also a dragon. I, Caedilos, am also a red dragon. I, Caedilos, can also be loyal!"

(End of this chapter)