Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 176: Abandoned Pawn or Hero
The Golden City now has four gates, two for entrance and two for exit, with heavy traffic and crowds of people.

In came rows of carriages and troops carrying military supplies, while out went residents with their families, merchants, and adventurers who were stranded here because the port was blocked.

After the declaration of foreign war was read out, news of the impending war began to spread in taverns, inns, and guilds throughout the territory, and the shadow of war enveloped all cities.

However, many fleets and visitors coming from afar were unaware of the news and still headed for the Golden Seaport, which caused great congestion.

So under the command of the foreign dragon Naxon, the war tree people who had revived from all over the place walked slowly to the Golden City and demolished the city walls facing the hinterland, so as to relieve the pressure on the city even though there was a large population outflow.

After the residents were evacuated, these war tree people, together with the elven druids, used spells and talents to drive the forest to the outside of the city, then transported the felled logs into the city and began to build a circular city wall according to the craftsmen's plan.

However, the houses and buildings in the city were not demolished in large numbers. The main bodies of these buildings could also serve as part of the defensive walls of the city wall, which saved a lot of effort and allowed the huge city wall to be built quickly.

Cylindrical cannons were mounted on the walls of the city walls and fixed there, while giant crossbows were also flashing murderous cold light on the corner chopping blocks of the city walls.

On the coast, a huge red dragon climbed on the castle built on the island reef with its limbs, looking at the newly docked large ships at the pier. Many ragged people were getting off the ships to undergo routine registration and inspection by the coast guards.

Although the Golden Land still engaged in population trade, purchasing large numbers of serfs and slaves from those noble territories, every ocean trade voyage would bring many people to the territory.

But thanks to the propaganda of the territory's propaganda department and recruited bards, the number of spontaneously migrating refugees has begun to surpass the number of purchased serfs.

The changes and actual conditions in the territory have been spread by word of mouth, and the refugees have gradually believed the news about the golden land, and they are spontaneously moving into the territory in large numbers.

In addition, many merchant ships carrying supplies such as tea, silk fabrics and various porcelain collections came to Haikou and carefully sailed into the only remaining channel in the crowded harbor.

Now the Dragon Group's territory is no longer as impoverished as it was in the past, where it has simply become a dumping ground for the products of various merchant groups and nobles. In the past, ships would come loaded with slaves, salt, food and weapons, but now the Dragon Group has begun to reverse dump the products of its own territory.

The once huge trade deficit was gradually eliminated, and now the ships from the dragon territories are loaded with gold, furs, salt, various processed ores and ironware and sold to overseas countries.

The young red dragon Caedilos climbed on the castle and looked down. Even after the port was closed, ships continued to arrive. He couldn't help but be moved by the constant influx of wealth from the dragons.

"Damned orcs, I, Caedilos, will also have a share of the wealth from now on. You dare to delay my earning of wealth, I really deserve to crush you."

The young red dragon's steel fangs were clenched and the greed in his eyes was about to burst out. If it weren't for the slavery contract on his body that allowed him to stay awake, he might have been unable to resist flying down and looting all the treasures on the ship.

"Your ships have been requisitioned. You can take all the supplies with you. The territory will compensate you for the requisitioned ships at the price. These are your terms of requisition."

The ogre captain on the shore stepped onto the newly arrived ship with his guards and spoke to the captain.

"This is Earl Kyle's caravan, you can't do this," the fleet guards around the captain picked up their weapons and surrounded them.

"You, the evil dragon's followers, have finally shown your true colors? Sail, sail, let's leave this place," the captain shouted loudly.

But the harbor was full of pierced ships, countless ships sank under the harbor, and many ships were tied together with thick ropes and floated on the sea, blocking the originally wide harbor. Ships had to be extra careful to return. "Humph, we sent flying dragons to patrol the sea route to dissuade merchant ships from coming. You are also greedy and ignored the dissuasion. You deserve your ships to be requisitioned,"

The kobold captain was not afraid of the swords of the tall guards wearing fine leather armor. He did not even draw his own weapon, but raised a small flag.

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The young red dragon Caedilos, who was climbing on the castle, flapped his wings and landed on the deck at the bow. The heavy body of the dragon caused the entire merchant ship to shake slightly.

"Get off my ship, you damned, cowardly scum, take your stuff with you, this ship is mine now!"

The young red dragon spewed sparks from its nostrils. It lowered its head, bared its fangs, and intimidated the merchants and guards.

Before these frightened people could recover from their shock, a dragon rider coming from far away in the ocean blew a loud and uplifting horn in the sky.

Woo, woo…

Everyone and the dragon looked back and saw a black dot jumping out from under the sea on the distant horizon, followed by a group of black dots forming a line.

The next moment, these black dots jumped out of the sea level. They were sails, one sail after another. The endless sails were like a forest wall on the sea, connecting the sea and the sky, occupying the entire view of the sea.

Hundreds of huge ships formed a strong wall on the sea, pressing towards the coast. The young red dragon Caedilos could see that beside the wall, in the turbulent tide, there were countless Shahua fishmen riding sharks.

The densely packed Shahua fishmen formed a shadow under the sea that was wider than the wall formed by the ships on the sea. They drove the waves higher and higher towards the harbor.

The young red dragon spread his huge wings, flew up from the boat, and let out a loud roar in mid-air.

"Roar……"

At this time, the sentry on the watchtower blew the horn to warn the enemy, and the bells of the Golden City were also rung. For a moment, the entire sky was shaken by the sound of horns and bells.

A long, thick iron chain spanning the entire harbor slowly rose from the sea and then stretched straight.

The tall orc in armor, Garen, a great noble of the Orc Kingdom, stood on his flagship and looked at the approaching coast.

The surrounding orc warriors also gathered around. The desire for battle and the excitement of plunder made these armored orcs beat their chests and roar.

"Rather than wasting these warriors in the impending civil war, it is better to let them become the orc kingdom's external blade."

Garen straightened his chest and whispered, "It depends on whether we are abandoned pawns or heroes!"

(End of this chapter)