Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 239 Exile and Imprisonment
The giants' attack came so quickly, but ended just as quickly.

This is what often happens on the border of the Golden Empire territory built on the wilderness. Not only Gulfstream City, but all the stable cities and towns in the central part of the empire are involved in small-scale wars with monsters of surrounding races on a daily basis.

However, the residents of Gulfstream City have become accustomed to this, even though these giants are more powerful than some monster species.

After a small-scale war ended, except for the garrison troops in the city who were still guarding their posts, the residents in the city had spontaneously walked out of the city and began to clean up the aftermath of the battlefield outside the city.

The corpses of giants beheaded by the imperial guards were scattered on the battlefield. The corpses of ogres and trolls were piled up like a mountain, making the residents of Gulfstream City look back and forth in front of the giants' huge corpses curiously.

"What a pity, these giants are so tall and strong," said a middle-aged farmer, rolling up his sleeves as he struggled to pass the rope on the cart through the arms of the hill giant.

Looking at the still bulging arm muscles of the dead hill giant, he couldn't help but sigh: "If we catch all these giants, how much wasteland will they help us plow in a day!"

"What are you thinking? These giants may look like good workers, but they must eat a lot."

Another farmer muttered, "We can't afford to keep these big guys as slaves unless they are willing to eat grass. After all, the current policy of the empire has caused the supply of slaves in our empire to exceed the demand, and the price is very high. It costs a lot of food to rent and buy them."

This is what the vast majority of the Golden Empire’s residents now think. Influenced by the empire’s policies and propaganda, the empire’s residents maintain their enthusiasm for opening up the land.

Although these farmers are dressed in ordinary, plain linen clothes, after several years of policy support and their own efforts, any diligent farmer can accumulate enough food in his family to make the nobles in other regions jealous.

Even after experiencing the consumption of support during the Orc War, most self-cultivating peasant families can still allow the most ordinary lower-class people to live a relatively affluent life.

In the hands of an increasing number of farmers, the barren lands and lush forests of the Golden Empire were turned into rough lands, planted with crops selected by the Ministry of Agriculture based on the suitability of the land, making the entire empire flourish.

It is these huge foundations that can support the consumption needed to supply the entire empire.

"I wonder if those ogres and trolls can be rented or sold at a cheap price. If the price is right, I plan to rent two big guys that are not so smelly to share some of the work for me."

"Next year, I plan to respond to the order issued by Lord Carlit of Gulfstream City and go to the swamp outside the Three Mountains to open up some land. This will also help me save some money for my kid."

The older farmers pushed the bodies of the hill giants onto wooden carts and looked eagerly at the giant subspecies and slaves who were driven by the storm giants and golem legions and were kneeling on the ground with their heads in their hands.

The current policy of the Golden Empire has stipulated that, except for some slaves in special circumstances, the vast majority of slaves have the opportunity to climb up and change their own class, so the corresponding rules have been changed.

The sovereignty of slaves no longer belonged to individuals, but to the entire empire.

However, these slaves can be rented or sold to the residents of the empire at low prices, or to outside merchants at high prices. They only have the right to control and use the slaves, but cannot have lifelong sovereignty over the slaves.

Therefore, people who buy slaves are not allowed to wantonly kill or harm these slaves rented and sold by the empire. Of course, it is obvious that these policies are not something that a five-colored dragon could come up with. Only a kind-hearted metal dragon would think so carefully.

"What a pity for these big guys. They look like they would be great for plowing the fields. Even if they eat more, I can feed them with pig bran. I think that should be ok. Those brave warriors are so careless."

The old farmer was still reluctant to leave, looking at the corpses of the giants scattered all over the ground as if he were looking at top-grade cattle and horses. The huge mountain giant lay in the center of the battlefield like a low hill, and the giant's blood had soaked the ground.

"Hush, keep your voice down. Those warriors are said to be the imperial emperor's personal guards. They usually don't take action, but when they do, they never leave anyone alive."

The people nearby instantly cast awe and admiration at the tall warriors who had rearranged themselves and lined up, holding the heads of giants and waiting for the arrival of the guiding light.

"Young people nowadays are proud to join the empire's major legions and become warriors who protect their homes and open up new territories, but the warriors of our empire's major legions are proud to join the Imperial Guards."

The old farmer couldn't help but sigh: "When I was young, I wandered to many places, but the armies of nobles in other places were just evil people gathered together, no different from those ogres. Wherever they passed, even the ground was scraped down three feet."

"Ordinary people are afraid to come into contact with these people, but no one would have thought that one day someone would consider it an honor to join the legion!"

"Although we have little power, we know who has given us a better life," a short farmer said with a smile, "They are all trustworthy forces in the empire, and they are the shields and swords given to us by the dragon lords who rule the empire and the tolerant emperor."

"Yes, thanks to those wise dragons and the virtuous emperor!"

The people around clapped their hands and praised loudly.

The ancestor red dragon did not gain the faith of the people and their families with his own direct power, but gained the admiration and respect of the vast majority of supporters with his own actions!
Gabriel, the commander of the imperial guards, who returned to the tower, suddenly smiled slightly, but then his brows slightly frowned on his beautiful face.

The angel of punishment Gabriel, who takes faith as the source of his power, mental energy as the structure, and spiritual power as the foundation of his existence, was born because of this and is also affected by this.

The more power of faith that was born, the happier Gabriel was, but the more complicated and heavy the things he had to bear on behalf of the ancestor red dragon became.

"It's a pity that the one-eyed giant would still be worth studying if you hadn't cut off his head and killed him directly. Even a dead giant can be used to make a flesh golem. The scholars in the research department have always wanted to create a golem as powerful as the ancient Titan. This is a perfect experimental subject!"

"It's a pity that you cut off his head, which made the follow-up more troublesome. At least half of his strength was lost."

A middle-aged wizard with blond hair walked over and stood side by side with the Angel of Punishment Gabriel, watching the back of the Eternal Punishment Dragon flying away in the low sky.

The severely injured adult multi-headed dragon was firmly locked up by several young dragon lords and their warriors, and has become another trophy of the Golden Empire.

"The peace of the empire lies only under our blades,"

Seeing the blond wizard coming, Gabriel's usually gentle expression turned hard. He said coldly: "Only by placing swords on the doorsteps of those heretics can the empire have true peace. So you don't have to worry about not having enough experimental subjects in the future. I will bring you more heretics."

"And this," Gabriel raised the heavy skull of the Cyclops in his hand, "is the trophy of my first battle. The first time in life always needs some commemorative significance."

The blond wizard has a high face, but he is not old-fashioned. On his simple magic robe, there is simply a badge with a dragon's eye made of red gemstone, which represents his identity.

"Suggesting to the Emperor to place a mental seal on you is just our standard procedure and precautionary measure. We are not targeting you specifically. You don't have to do this all the time!"

The blond wizard sighed.

Morvan Reid, the Grand Mage of the Sanctuary. He was once the Vice President of the Royal Magic Association of the Kingdom of Faris in the Central Continent of Ekania. He is proficient in various types of magic, especially alchemy and spell magic, and has many outstanding achievements.

But just because of some ridiculous power struggles, the powerful wizard Morvanred was exiled from the Kingdom of Faris.

The Golden Empire's Planning Department once wanted to recruit this outstanding wizard by offering him the fruit of the Tree of Life and various knowledge, but was rejected.

Finally, with the help of a letter from Bill, the Deputy Minister of the Planning Department and a former assassin of the Sanctuary, the Grand Wizard of the Sanctuary was recruited.

There was only a short sentence in the letter, which roughly meant that the Empire promised that it would never use the struggle for political power to affect the research plans and related results, as well as the magician himself. This was what touched the outstanding wizard.

This great wizard is also the person in charge of implementing the "Punish Angel" plan in the empire, the Minister of the Magic Research Department, the third-ranked high-ranking wizard among the Kings of Knowledge, and holds a high status within the empire.

But Gabriel, as the leader of the Imperial Guards, could not maintain his attitude towards this great wizard of high status. His genuine disgust and alienation were clearly revealed on his face.

"Of course I know, but my disgust for you is something that comes naturally from my heart. I can't suppress it, and I don't want to suppress it."

Gabriel said calmly: "Just as I admire my father so much, the more I appreciate what he did, the more I hate you."

"Even now, I still can't understand why my father gave me freedom instead of completely controlling my heart and mind, but I can't feel even a little bit of identification with you."

Morvan Reid finally laughed. This wizard who had lived through hundreds of years and accumulated rich life experience, after returning to youth, not only had the wisdom gained from years of trials and tribulations, but also had the vitality of youth.

He chuckled and said, "In the eyes of the emperor, there are many things in the world that even he cannot understand, but he never thinks that anything that does not conform to his ideas is wrong."

"This is also something I admire about him, because the world that magicians explore is real, and it is based on objectivity. To be honest, even I find it difficult to do this."

"The more real and objective it is, the more profound it is, and the more powerful it is," Morvan Reid said. "So when he moves forward according to his own ideas, he does not exclude people with various purposes, as long as they share the same ultimate goal as him."

"He would rather be surrounded by people who spontaneously agree with him, rather than forcibly changing other people's ideas, although he does have the ability to do so."

"On the road parallel to his, he would give others great freedom, as long as you abide by the general framework he set."

"This is also the reason why those seemingly humble farmers and hardworking warriors still closely follow the footsteps of the emperor even though they are in turmoil every day."

Morvan Reid turned around, stared at the perfect profile of the angel of punishment, and smiled, "Perhaps this is why you are willing to take the initiative to accept the influence of the emperor's thoughts and inheritance. Otherwise, with your initial setting of only the thinking ability of a child, you would not have grown so fast."

"Although we left you with almost all kinds of basic knowledge when we created you, the evolution of your thinking ability still requires a long period of growth."

The angel of punishment Gabriel turned around and said coldly: "No, you are wrong. My father did not instill any of his thoughts in me. He just let me observe on my own. During those years in the elemental pool of the Dragon Temple, I have read the dream traces of countless residents and have grown up because of this."

"But my father, as the emperor of the empire, needs to show his tolerance, but I think his approach is a bit too mild."

The angel of punishment turned his head and looked into the distance, where the Golden Empire had not yet reached and opened up a place. He said lightly: "The thoughts of some races and creatures cannot be infected and spontaneously changed by gentle means."

"They need to be completely eliminated physically and eradicated spiritually!"

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The Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam was flying high in the sky, but his mind was blind. He just relied on habit, controlling magic and wind, and traveled day and night to the prison that he desperately wanted to escape from but had to return to.

Even with the flying speed of an adult dragon, the Eternal Punishment Dragon still flew for several days and nights before reaching the towering peaks.

The Hundred Thousand Mountains only revealed a portion of this mountain range, and even the Eternal Punishment Dragon had not yet fully explored the area within it.

The peaks that used to be covered in lush ancient trees on the edge of the mountain range have been transformed into bare stone peaks by an unknown force, revealing the sculptures of gods that were once carved out of the entire mountain.

But the eyes of these sculptures of gods have been dug out, leaving only some dark holes, which look as terrifying as the nests of some ferocious monsters.

The Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam flew towards the interior of the mountain along the proven safe route. His body, which was more than 20 meters long, seemed inconspicuous among the towering peaks.

The towering mountains may be the habitat of a strange race.

A group of huge, ferocious birds covered with iron feathers stood on the thick ancient trees on the mountain and stared at the Eternal Punishment Dragon flying by.

Huge steel wings that were dozens of meters long spread out in the giant nest on the top of the mountain, revealing a pair of sharp eyes, also staring at the dragon.

The Peng birds, which are passed down from ancient bloodlines, have a ferocious temperament. Even dragons don't want to provoke these guys easily. The Peng birds that were once tamed by the storm giants are just scattered fledglings and special encounters. The Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam speeds up his flight.

The creatures in the mountains seemed particularly huge in the eyes of the dragon. The most numerous of them were the various huge elephants that roamed between the mountain valleys and plains.

Mastodons, mammoths, woolly elephants, and many other creatures that have become extinct in the outside world still live in this closed world. These omnivorous creatures are the favorite prey of many races.

The Eternal Punishment Dragon began to become more cautious, because as it stepped into the interior of the mountains, creatures of various races became more densely populated.

He passed the tribe of gray elves, these guys with silver hair and amber eyes or long light blond hair and violet eyes were quiet and didn't care about the dragon flying overhead.

The Eternal Punishment Dragon continued to fly, but he did not go above the top of the mountain. He passed the habitat of the wind-winged birds, the spider-like apes, the elephant mastiffs, and the five-headed ghosts.

Crossing the dragon eels, crossing the mountain trolls, crossing the corpse hounds, crossing the Rakshasa stone beasts, crossing the giant winged serpent dragons and other powerful and ancient races.

Only then did they finally step into the territory of giants. In this mountain range, except for individual powerful giants, such as the multi-armed giant Moges and a few of the most ferocious giants, these giant species were unable to roam freely in the mountains.

These giants, who are outstanding in their physical strength, also need to live in groups in this mountain range and survive in the form of tribes, otherwise they will become prey to other races.

The swamp area is filled with black fog and is obscured by thick ancient trees. The evil power emits a dangerous warning that even the Eternal Punishment Dragon needs to avoid it.

This is the habitat of the Death Giants. There are no deserts or sand dunes in this mountain range. During the long changes, the Death Giants settled in the swamps and occupied this area as their exclusive territory.

Although Morgayeth's power has reached the level of legend, there are still many giants in the mountains that have not yet been ruled by Morgayeth.

These death giants are among those that have not been conquered by Mogyes.

This race is extremely evil. The ancestors of the Death Giants once sold the immortal souls of their members for blasphemous power, causing the descendants of the race to inherit eternal torture and mistakes.

In order to have the power to destroy all enemies, the souls of the Death Giants are bound by a contract to the plane of negative energy. Their connection with the Realm of Blasphemy gives them spell-like abilities that are difficult for other giants to possess and powerful powers that surpass other souls.

When the Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam flew over the area, a huge head emerged from the swamp.

This is the ruler of the Death Giants, but his head is different from the other giants.

It looks skinny, with bone plates growing out of the skin to form bone armor covering both sides of the giant's cheeks, long pointed ears and dark skin.

A thin mist formed by smoke enveloped the body of the Death Giant. In the mist, there were countless human faces screaming in fear and pain.

“The Eternal Punishment Dragon? The guardian countless years ago, the slave and wild dog now.” The Death Giant’s orange eyes stared at the Eternal Punishment Dragon’s figure until it flew away and could no longer be seen, and finally sank into the swamp.

In addition to the Death Giant, there are some exceptionally powerful giants who dare to confront the multi-armed giant Moges head-on. This is also the reason why Moges wants to conquer the giants first.

Only by gathering the power of all giants can Mogyes have the power to rule this mountain range.

Only in the war against the giants would Mogyes' conquest not be easily hindered by other races.

Although these ancient races were powerful, they had formed customary rules for their respective ruling areas over the long years, and they could not imagine that Mogyes wanted to conquer all of these races. They soaked in the warm water and did not care.

Liam, the Eternal Punishment Dragon, followed the knowledge passed down by the dragon in his bloodline and avoided those ferocious giants. However, in front of a peak, he was still hit by the sudden arcane magic and divine power.

boom,
Fireworks filled the sky and bloomed on the left side of the Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam's body. This was Flame Strike, a divine spell that the evil giants liked to use to clear the field and give warnings.

Liam, the Eternal Punishment Dragon, quickly raised his flying position and saw two tall brown-haired sorcerer giants walking out of the cave on the mountain in front of him on the left side, which was filled with abundant arcane magic elemental power.

These two evil giants are like completely giantized copies of humans, the only difference is their lavender skin and the strange mysterious runes tattooed on almost every inch of their bodies.

"Get out of here, dragon. This is not the same as before. This is the territory of the evil giants. It is not a place where you can patrol freely."

The two witchcraft giants laughed loudly, mocking them to the utmost.

These evil giants are considered the longest-lived among the giants. Their average natural lifespan can even exceed three thousand years, a lifespan that even dragons find unbelievable.

Because dragons still need to face the test of time when they are extremely old, but these evil giants do not.

Equaling such a long lifespan is the extraordinary wisdom of these giants.

Unlike other rude giant species, sorcerer giants like to spend a lot of time studying spells, collecting lost magic items, or making their own magic items, using magic permanence to create all kinds of strange devices.

Moreover, the evil giants have also studied arcane magic and divine arts, and are the best spellcasters among the giants. This is also the reason why they are never afraid of Moges, the legendary multi-armed giant.

This is also one of the rare species of giants that can live alone, because there are always various powerful and strange magical means to protect them in their caves. In order to fight against Mogyes's subordinates, these evil giants have moved from a single solitary state to live together.

Not only that, these sorcerous giants who like to manipulate and bully other giants have gathered a considerable number of low-level giants, such as weaker ones like hill giants, around their lairs.

But these evil giants are not the most dangerous guys, at least for dragons and giant dragons. The more deadly guys are some giant species in the outside world who surrender to and serve the golden dragons - the cloud giants.

The cloud giants in this mountain range are as evil and vicious as the giant god they worship.

The giant god Manno, who is worshipped and worshipped by the evil giants, is the fundamental reason why the cloud giants are so evil.

This giant god even wanted to usurp the power and authority of the original main god, Annan, when he was immersed in isolation and seclusion, and rule over all things of the giant clan.

Mennor, the giant god, chose the priests of cloud giants to be his tentacles for ruling the giants, and through the priests of cloud giants he corrupted them by emphasizing their superiority and firstborn status for many centuries, and by denigrating other giant species.

As a result, the cloud giants also obtained the secret method taught by the god Mannor, which enabled them to control and drive the wyverns from the soul and will, making these evil dragon creatures the natural accomplices of the cloud giants.

Therefore, even though Liam the Eternal Punishment Dragon possessed the majesty of a superior dragon, he was still unable to scare away the huge army of wyverns gathered by the cloud giants.

When the Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam saw the flying dragons flying all over the mountains, he consciously avoided them.

The road into the mountain is not the same as the road used to hunt down the storm giants. Although this road was quite safe in the previous inheritance of the Eternal Punishment Dragon, it has changed now.

Just like the changes in the Eternal Punishment Dragon's bloodline today, it is no longer the same as before.

"Hahaha, look, that dragon, just like a wild dog, knows how to avoid us from a distance."

The cloud giants, whose pride was incomparable to that of other giant species, stood in the palace in the mountains and sneered at the adult dragon that looked a little embarrassed.

These giants look like aristocrats among giants, wearing the finest clothes and hand-crafted jewelry. In the genealogy of cloud giants, appearance symbolizes status. The more gorgeous the clothes and the more beautiful the jewelry, the higher the status of the wearer.

This is also the reason why some cloud giants are willing to submit to and serve the golden dragons, who value both beauty and wealth.

Their arrogance comes from their acquired training. Under the brainwashing propaganda of the priests, they despise all kinds of giants equally, and the storm giants are regarded as hunting targets by these cloud giants.

Even the multi-armed giant Moges, with his legendary power, was just a low-level, ugly, and inferior giant in the arrogant eyes of these cloud giants.

But Mogyes' tentacles have not yet reached here, and Mogyes' power has not yet been demonstrated. These cloud giants naturally despise Mogyes' servants.

The Eternal Punishment Dragon was already accustomed to these scenes. He crossed mountains and rivers, peaks and lakes, and finally arrived at the central area of the mountain range where the Supreme Sky Titan once settled.

This area is where the largest number of giants live. Various low-level giants and small giant tribes were conquered by Mogyes' followers and gathered here.

There are not only real giants like hill giants and stone giants, but also variants of giants like wood giants, waste giants, and sand giants.

But there are more subspecies of giants and various races oppressed by giants. Ogres, cave trolls, earth elves, etc. are the lowest among them, and are arbitrarily driven and enslaved by many giants.

In the places where these giants gathered, winged dragons, snake dragons, rocs and griffins all became food that these giants roasted over the fire.

Prey flying in the sky always seem to be favored by the giants, perhaps because their heavy weight cannot be carried by these monsters, so their anger turns into appetite.

Even an adult Eternal Punishment Dragon could feel the covetous gazes of the giants.

But Liam, the Eternal Punishment Dragon, flew silently towards the huge stone palace in the center of the mountains.

The rough palace seemed to span the entire mountain plateau. It was so huge that even if the body of the Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam fell, it would only be as thick as a rock pillar.

This is the huge palace that Moges conquered and enslaved all the scattered giants and small giant tribes nearby, and had these giants build for him.

This palace has no guards because the multi-armed giant Mogyes never allows any creature to get close to him when he is resting.

But when the Eternal Punishment Dragon approached, even though he heard the painful roar coming from the palace, he stepped in without hesitation.

Because his soul belongs to this many-armed giant, what he sees can also be seen by the many-armed giant Mogyes, and he cannot resist Mogyes's orders.

Yongfa Dragon stepped into the palace and had a clear view of the scene inside.

Two adult dragons with purple scales were pinned down by the multi-armed giant Mogyes with one hand like two petite bitches and tortured at will, but they dared not resist at all.

This is the pleasure of this multi-armed giant, who finds it a rare pleasure to torture and humiliate dragons.

It was not until a long time later that the multi-armed giant Moges stopped his actions.

The giant stood up, like a mountain, thirty-five meters tall, even in this huge palace, it seemed so tall. It was like the aura of this giant, occupying all the space he saw.

"Liam, you didn't complete my task and didn't obtain the inheritance crown of the storm giants for me. I'm very dissatisfied." The multi-armed giant leaned over like a mountain, bringing a strong sense of oppression, making the adult dragons couldn't help but dilate their pupils.

"Puff, puff, puff,"

The multi-armed giant Moges stretched out his fingers and easily pierced through the membrane wings of the Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam, which were tougher than the sails of a ship, and poked holes in the already tattered membrane wings.

"It's a pity that the idiot Acis didn't come back, otherwise I could have twisted his head off," Mogyes showed a cruel look on his face. He suddenly pinched the wings of the Eternal Punishment Dragon and broke the bones and wings of the adult dragon bit by bit.

The Eternal Punishment Dragon just lowered its head, clenched its fangs, and made no sound.

The dragon did not stop until both of its wings were crushed into broken, drooping flesh wings by the multi-armed giant.

"Go away, go away, I'm disgusted by your lack of reaction,"

Mogeyes's huge pupils leaned closer and whispered, "If I didn't see that your ability was useful to me, I would kill you like I killed your parents and make you my dinner."

“Remember, Liam, if you fail again, even if it hurts me a little, I will twist your head off!”

".yes!"

The Eternal Punishment Dragon remained silent, then squeezed out a word from between its fangs, crouched down, and slowly retreated from the palace.

Many giants laughed at the Eternal Punishment Dragon, but Liam no longer took it to heart.

He was temporarily unable to fly, so he could only use his strong body and sharp claws to climb over two mountains and reach his nest.

This is a huge and deep valley, located at the foot of the mountain range where the Supreme Titan once slept and turned into. This is also the gathering place of the Eternal Punishment Dragon's bloodline.

But now there is no trace of dragons in the valley. Only the corpses of giant dragons are lying there. There are dragons that died of old age, dragons that died in battle, and dragons that were eaten. All these signs can be clearly seen on the complete and broken dragon bones.

One of the largest skeletons was fifty meters long, winding through the valley. The bones were white and had long lost their former strength and luster, but they still lingered with the unique aura of the Eternal Punishment Dragon.

Liam dragged his heavy body to the chest of the skull and placed his head on the sternum.

His eyes revealed a rare tranquility as he looked at the two huge dragon eggs.

This was not his child, but his fellow blood relative, who was created by the elders of the Eternal Punishment Dragon clan using dragon sleep and magic to keep the growth time of the dragon egg constant.

Only when the Eternal Punishment Dragon Liam dies, his blood relatives will break out of the eggshell and inherit the responsibilities passed down from ancient times.

It was late at night and black clouds covered the valley.

Rumor has it that dragons cannot cry and rarely have emotions.

But the dragon's roar in the evening breeze was wailing.

　I clicked twice too quickly. Sorry, I'm trying to revise it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)