Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 241 Eve
The empire was functioning smoothly within a system that had begun to improve, and each had its own rules.

In the early part of the last month of the year, when the annual holiday was approaching, the Central Military Council of the Golden Empire began the orderly mobilization of troops. Orders were issued one after another and reached major border towns along the communication channels established by the empire.

The war frictions in the four fields of the empire suddenly subsided, and the empire entered a state of maintaining stability and defending and consolidating the country.

Although the city defenses of Gulfstream City are sufficient to resist the invasion of wild beasts and some monsters, it is now facing the danger of another attack by giants.

The first independent regiment of the First Legion, the Crimson Mercy Regiment, which was originally stationed in the central region for recuperation, went south to guard the city of Gulfstream and maintain a stable situation.

Only after surrendering to the empire and the temporarily reorganized Troglodyte Corps were able to bring the entire Troglodyte tribe back from the remote western frontier lands to the center of the empire, settling the entire tribe in the designated area to recuperate.

The leader of the Lizardmen, Rayleigh, brought 800 Lizardmen warriors from the tribe to escort the spoils taken from various powerful beasts and monsters hunted by the tribe to the center of the empire to show their submission and respect for the empire.

Although most of the things sent by the Lizardmen were not valuable to the Empire, there were a large number of special spider silks produced by the Itters, a humanoid spider-like monster that thrived in the forest.

This spider silk is extremely tough, like thin silver ropes, and is often used by the Itters to make various weapons and devices - lassos, webs, noose, etc., which is enough to illustrate the bearing capacity and powerful effect of these spider silks.

Fafna, the private treasurer who was in charge of the expenses of the private treasury and the flow of the dragon treasury on behalf of the ancestral red dragon, and the senior clerk of the Imperial Finance Ministry, were ecstatic about this.

The spider silk of the Itmon can play an extremely important role in supplementing some of the empire's current high-end application materials. Many magic experiments require a large amount of similar materials, and they have always been in short supply.

Even if the silk of the Ite monsters was woven into fashionable clothes, the demand could not meet the supply. These spider silks were strong enough to withstand the cleavage of ordinary swords without any damage, and they also had good force transmission performance and were light enough, which was a material that many nobles also dreamed of.

In Fafner's eyes, it is also the most suitable inner armor lining for the loyal and brave warriors of the empire.

Most importantly, these lizardmen have determined that there are a large number of Itter living near the reclaimed forests, enough to form large-scale breeding farms for the empire.

Not only can these Itter monsters produce spider silk themselves, they also watch over, feed and care for the spider colonies like shepherds.

A large amount of high-quality spider silk can also be produced among the spider groups domesticated by the Itmonkeys. To the warriors of the empire, the strength of these Itmonkeys is like a sheep covered with long hair, waiting to be harvested by the empire.

This was the second biggest happy event for the giant demon who was bent on reaping wealth for the ancestral red dragon. The giant demon Fafner, who was climbing the mountain, couldn't help but smile.

As for the first big happy event, Fafna looked up and saw two huge creatures squatting in front of the steps of the palace under the towering Dragon King's Court. One of them was squatting, like an ancestral golden dragon statue carved out of gold.

The other one was a nine-headed serpent Hydra that looked even larger than the ancestral golden dragon. The head in the center was lazily lying on the ground and dozing, while the other eight heads were swaying around and looking around boredly, looking for a chance to quarrel with the golden dragon Obilash next to it to kill time.

Although the ancestral golden dragon Obilash was severely injured by the ancestral red dragon Kalon Gogmora, it was not a fatal injury to the ancestral dragon's physique, and he would get better after a short nap.

After pretending to sleep for two months, the ancestral golden dragon Obilash could no longer tolerate this self-deception and woke up.

But even though the arrogant power of this ancestral golden dragon has been extracted by Charon, it does not seem to affect the arrogance of this golden dragon.

As the most beloved dragon species of the Platinum Dragon God Bahamut, the ancestral golden dragon can get along well with the cloud giants. Perhaps it is because of its innate arrogance and self-proclaimed emperor among true dragons. Even if its attitude is gentle, it is only the favor of the emperor.

Seeing the giant demon Fafner approaching, the nine-headed snake Hydra quickly swung its tail, and the golden head in the center also opened its eyes and excitedly moved closer to the giant demon.
The nine heads asked in unison, drooling, "How is it, how is it, are you ready for the magic ceremony? I can't wait to become your soul mate."

"Damn it, even though this place looks more comfortable than my snake's nest, I don't want to stay here for even a moment."

The ogre giant avoided the saliva splashing from the nine-headed Hydra. The giant ogre's dress had become increasingly conservative, and it seemed that he was gradually moving away from the habits of the original monster species and developing habits like humans.

Fafna pretended to frown and sighed in distress, "I am just a little maid of the master. How can I gather all the materials for the magic ritual so quickly? I will probably have to wait for a while."

"But, then again," Fafna raised her eyebrows, and asked with a bit of innocent doubt on her beautiful face: "Although I have received the reward from the master and given you to me as the guardian of the soul, I am not without requests,"

Fafna looked at the dejected Hydra and said, "You don't look majestic enough now. I still like your unruly appearance in the past!"

"Pooh, pooh, pooh,"

Upon hearing this, Xudela's nine heads simultaneously spewed out colorless and non-toxic saliva, which poured down on the giant monster's head. However, it was completely blocked by the mental barrier that emerged on the surface of the giant monster Fafna's body, and could not fall on her body.

"I'm not like some idiots," Hydra said angrily, "I'm clearly a prisoner and a guard dog, but I still pretend to be arrogant and disgust others. When it comes to the source of blood, how can we Hydra be inferior to that idiot in golden scales?"

"laugh,"

The ancestral golden dragon Obilash stood proudly and glanced over with disdain evident in his eyes. Even an ordinary human being could tell the contempt on the dragon's face covered with fine scales.

"Do you know why your future master has been perfunctory with you, you are a brainless inferior?"

The body of the ancestral golden dragon is squatting or standing, unmoved by the eight winds, showing the perfect posture of the golden dragon to the fullest.

Just like the melody of the ancestral golden dragon, he raised his head high, his golden beard swaying slightly like golden ropes. The golden dragon sneered, "That's because your master is fascinated by my grace."

"Only by perfunctorily treating you and letting you stay here will she have an excuse to approach me openly," the ancestral golden dragon Obilash said arrogantly.

"Ah, he is absolutely right," the giant demon Fafna smiled and looked at the scales on the body of the ancestral golden dragon that looked like they were carved from gold. She couldn't help rubbing them gently with her slender white thumb and index finger.

This is a habit that the ogre giant developed when he was looking through financial records.

"whispering sound,"

The nine heads of the Hydra said disdainfully at the same time: "Only you males will think about things from this perspective all the time."

"Oh," the nine-headed snake Hydra said, and turned his head to look at the open hall, and said hurriedly: "Except for the great true dragon, Lord Gogmora,"

The corners of the giant monster Fafner's eyes curved into two bright moons. The performance of the nine-headed serpent Hydra reminded this giant ogre monster of his past self, who was also arrogant and led the ogre tribe to conquer the dragons and take their masters as his own soul slaves.

"As for now," the ogre giant shook her head. She could hardly remember many things about her previous time in the ogre tribe. Her brain was completely filled with the huge financial flow.

"It seems that you will be free soon, based on your outstanding performance," the ogre giant demon Fafna patted the golden head of the nine-headed snake Hydra in a comforting manner, and then turned and walked towards the depths of the corridor. Only the nine-headed snake Hydra's sad sighs were left, echoing in the deep corridor.

The covered bridge deep in the corridor leads directly to the back garden of the ancestral red dragon and is blocked by two doors.

A door is the space opened up by the Empire's Mage Corps next to the red dragon's back garden. It is considered the garden's front yard, but in addition to the flower beds where various magical flowers, plants and medicinal herbs grow, there are also several fixed portals.

These portals lead to various secondary elemental planes and small material worlds opened up by the empire, including the world channel of the Green Forest, which is a portal exclusively for the dragons.

As long as the dragons open those doors, they can enter the dragon's real back garden world.

The gate to the world plane transmission channel where the black dragon lord Rossani lost is now tightly closed. Because in the world of ice and fire, the area where the original world plane coordinates existed has become a magical desert, causing the beacon of the world channel to become invalid.

Now there are many wizards and scholars who specialize in plane magic and are maintaining the channels to the planes.

Fafnir walked into another door, which was the exclusive back garden of the ancestral red dragon.

Not many people come here often, and tranquility is the theme song of this garden.

Those blood-thirsty flowers that like to bark in the wind will not make any sound when creatures other than the ancestral red dragon arrive. Instead, they will spread out their sharp tentacles and be very vigilant.

However, the breath of the ogre giant demon is obviously quite familiar to these blood-sucking vines. As a slave of the ancestral red dragon, the giant demon Fafner can walk freely in this garden like those maids.

Passing by the garden where many precious magical plants grew, the giant demon Fafner came to the center of the garden, in front of the world tree that stood in the garden on the top of the mountain.

After being watered by the magical spring water in the Green Forest, the World Tree is thriving and growing rapidly. It is now over 40 meters tall and over 30 meters thick. Its dense crown almost covers half of the garden.

Fafna stopped in front of the quiet World Tree. The giant monsters that have entered the mature stage have strong mental power. Perhaps in the entire Golden Empire, except for the ancestral red dragons, even the great wizards of the Holy Land are only comparable to the giant monsters.

Once the giant monster uses all its strength to squeeze out her blood, her mental power will be even stronger than those of the great wizards. Talent is more important than hard work.

"Sir Ovo, I'm ready," the giant demon Fafna's mental power fluctuated, communicating with the consciousness of the world tree Ovo.

"Favna, your spiritual power is indeed pure enough. It took me three days to master that knowledge. I didn't expect that you could master it in just two months."

The boastful voice of the World Tree Ovo rang in Fafner's ears. After the two Titan Pythons left, Fafner was the second existence that could communicate with the world.

Only Pixie's Riven, who frequently visits the garden and takes the initiative to become a hard-working gardener in the Red Dragon Garden, can make the World Tree Ovo take the initiative to communicate.

However, the maids who often weeded for the World Tree Ovo were regarded as nothing by the World Tree.

"I am naturally not as noble as Lord Ovo," Fafnir bowed slightly.

"Haha, don't be modest. Dad said that modesty is a virtue, but too much modesty will only make others think you are a weak person."

World Tree Ovo said carelessly: "Fafna, are you really ready? I have to emphasize it to you again,"

"Although this is just an attempt, use your mental power as a spearhead and cooperate with me, so that I can save more energy."

"But if you have regretful thoughts and ideas along the way, and your will is not strong enough, your mental strength will fluctuate, and the best outcome at that time is that you will become a mindless idiot!"

The giant demon Fafna was silent for a while, then said softly: "It is my duty to do my best for my master."

……

Charon and the ocean dragon Naxon watched the super-giant ship starting up on the sea. The giant ship, powered by the magic furnace as its engine core, slowly turned on the calm sea.

But the shaking hull seemed to be swept by a violent storm at sea, unable to form a stable posture, as if it might lose control at any time.

"It seems that it will be difficult for this group of people to complete the assembly of the energy transmission pipeline of the magic furnace and the subsequent optimization and improvement work."

Caron shook his head. "Even starting it is a problem. How can it sail on the rough sea, let alone cope with the fierce war?"

"In this case, let's follow the previous example. There will always be brave men under a big reward. Even if the empire is far away, there will be countless talents who will bow down for wealth in front of high money."

Karon turned his head and whispered to the officer in charge of the shipyard workshop, "Post a bounty notice in the Golden City and use the Empire's external communication channels to announce the bounty."

"We are recruiting relevant talents and ideas from the Golden Empire and other regions. We are offering a large reward. If anyone can design a feasible plan based on the direction given by the Empire, they will be awarded 10,000 gold coins."

"If you can complete the design of the ship's power system and perfect and improve the Empire's ships, you will be awarded 50,000 gold. This is the Empire's promise and cannot be changed!"

hiss,
The eyes of many officials present suddenly glowed red. Even the foreign dragon Naxon felt a chill running uncontrollably between his fangs.

A reward of ten thousand gold coins is a huge amount of wealth that is difficult to earn (rob) in the eyes of a dragon. Two thousand gold coins are enough to make a silver dragon act as a personal bodyguard, and ten thousand gold coins are enough to hire five adult silver dragons.

In the Royal City, the default capital of the empire, even the Steel Dragon Midir, who had begun to drive up the prices of shops, only sold the most expensive shop for a thousand gold coins.

The lifelong dream of Steel Dragon Midir is to learn from his predecessors, buy many shops, rent them out, and make money without doing anything. This reward is enough to fulfill Steel Dragon Midir's dream.

What's more, the final reward is as high as 50,000 gold. Even if the richest dragon lords were to pay this amount of money, their private treasuries would be much emptied.

Many officials and Yanglong Naxon could already imagine the sensation this news would cause in the outside world.

Because Gogmora's promise never changes!

　Dear readers, happy National Day!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)