Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 15 Overview of the Monster Breeding Territory
Swamp Territory, Baron's Manor construction camp.

"The Lord is back!!!"

"Look, the lord and his wife have returned!"

When York brought Lucia back to the camp, several merchants from the Chamber of Commerce and militiamen gathered around with eager expressions!

"By the God of Truth! Lord, Madam, what exactly happened just now?"

Lawrence, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, appeared quite enthusiastic at that moment and immediately stepped forward to ask questions.

York and Lucia exchanged a glance, and then Lucia smiled and spoke:
“Mr. Lawrence, as one of the heads of the merchant guilds that travel to and from the capital, I think you should know more about this phenomenon than we do, right?”

"this?"

Lawrence hesitated upon hearing this, but asked in a tone that suggested he already knew the answer, "Could this truly be a miracle bestowed by the God of Truth?"

Before York and Lucia could answer, the guards and many craftsmen following Lawrence were already excitedly discussing the matter.

"My God! Is this truly a miracle sent down by the God of Truth?!"

"No wonder the lord and his wife left in such a hurry, without even taking a single servant or militiaman with them."

"The lord and his wife must have received some divine revelation, which is why they went out alone."

"That must be it! It must be some divine decree from the God of Truth, but such a decree is not something we ordinary believers can know. This must be something very important!"

"."

Looking at the commotion around her, Lucia smiled slightly and said:

“Mr. Lawrence, I don’t think this is a good place to talk about these things.”

"Besides, York and I have just returned and haven't even had a chance to rest yet, so why don't we go to the camp first and discuss these things there?"

"By the God of Truth, I was rude." Lawrence seemed to realize his mistake upon hearing this, and immediately smiled apologetically.

Then, the main people present began to walk quickly toward the camp in the center of the camp.

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[Player exits scene mode.]

[Players who activate the pet feature for the first time will be rewarded with an exclusive clan skill: Monster Breeding]

[Level 1 Monster Farming (1/1): 1. Giant-toothed Rat]

(Prerequisites include building a stable or having a hive containing a boss-level monster.)
(Note 1: Subordinate families can better train magical beasts, but they need to feed the magical beasts from time to time to increase their intimacy. When contracting magical beasts, there is a lower risk of avoiding the backlash of the blood pact.)

(Note 2: If the Giant Rat King (leader) dies, the Giant Rat will riot 100%.)
(Upgrade required: Player or vassal clan must tame a second type of group monster leader)

(Current buffs: Monster breeding speed +5%, Monster growth speed +5%, Monster blood pact backlash -50%)

[This feature will notify the current head of the Swamp Territory immediately after the game ends via a divine blessing.]

[Players can also create their own dialogue to inform the current head of the Swamp Territory about the benefits of monster breeding. Would you like to write dialogue? Countdown: 05:23:18]

Sitting at his computer desk, Lin Ke looked at the new scene rewards and pondered for a moment.

"Fellow monsters can only exist as tamed animals within a family, not to unlock new gameplay elements, such as cultivating a monster faction."

"It seems that the game's first tutorial mission has really defined the core gameplay and also determined the main theme of the game."

"I was originally planning to have multiple burrows, cultivating human knight families on one side and secretly cultivating magical beast forces on the other. But it seems there's no way to do that now."

"After all, the reward activated this time is called a family skill, and even the buff is generated based on the family."

However, one shouldn't be too greedy.

Therefore, Lin Ke did not dwell too much on the matter of the giant rat.

As for the oracle's message about monster breeding in the swamp territory?

They even wrote the dialogue?
forget it.

Lin Ke knew his own limitations. Rather than writing some cringeworthy pretentious lines himself, he figured it was better to let the game's system do it.

After all, when Link first guided Contract York to become his servant, he could tell that the game's built-in system was pretty reliable. Besides, he was playing the game, not the other way around, so he wasn't writing about it!
But then again.

Looking at the growth rate of the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard after 100 days of simulation, Lin Ke realized the difficulty of monster growth.

"Even with the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard possessing a magic well, it still hasn't grown by even one percent after a hundred days."

"If it grows at a normal rate, each stage of the Rock Dragon Monitor's development will likely take decades or even a century, and it will definitely become more difficult as it goes on."

Lin Ke is pondering it.

Should I find an opportunity to kill some of the monster lords in the surrounding area? That way, I can not only devour some good flesh and blood to feed the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard, but also seize more territory and find some magical plants and potions that can accelerate growth.

But after careful consideration, Lin Ke temporarily abandoned this plan.

Because York, or even his father, Baron Eric, couldn't hold onto such a large territory on his own.

Even if Linko were to acquire more territory for York to sell, it would be very difficult to actually sell it.

After all, the swamp territory is backed by the Monster Mountain Range.

If too many low-level magical beasts are eliminated, and even more humans gather there, it can easily trigger a beast tide in advance.

This is not an exaggeration, but a real event that occurred in the western border of the Silver Lion Duchy.

Moreover, a small-scale beast tide had occurred on the western border twenty-five years ago.

The beast tide wasn't large in scale, but it destroyed 95 percent of the previously cultivated human territory in the Western Frontier, leaving only two territories standing.

In the past twenty-five years, the Silver Lion Duchy has actually reclaimed more than ten territories in the wasteland.

Among them, the most famous, and the territory closest to the Swamp Territory, is the military stronghold of the Colorado Highlands.

After that, no one ventured further into the wasteland.

Because, in the eyes of many nobles, once they crossed the Colorado Highlands, humans had no geographical advantage to effectively defend against the beast tides.

Too much land reclamation can easily trigger animal tides prematurely.

In fact, if a beast tide were to occur, the wasteland outside the Colorado Highlands would be completely undefendable.

Moreover, even if they could hold out, the losses would be too great for an ordinary noble family to bear.

Therefore, the marshland of York was not actually favored by many nobles.

Even York's father, Baron Eric, the lord of Galehold, harbored deep-seated worries.

Fortunately, the third-tier magical beast barely gave Baron Eric the courage to place a bet.

After all, opportunities for a family to grow stronger are extremely rare.

Even if someone in the Smith family can advance to the mid-level Earth Knight, they still need merit to be promoted to Viscount.

First, one must achieve great merit on the battlefield; second, one must cultivate a territory that is equivalent to the rank of viscount, thereby applying to the kingdom for promotion.

There is no other way.

After all, on the continent of Auckland, the three existing human empires and kingdoms also follow the ancient declarations and covenants of the human gods.

That is, the gods and the kingdoms of the mortal world must not wage civil war, but if faced with a large-scale invasion by other gods or races, the gods and the kingdoms of the mortal world must form an alliance to jointly resist the other races.

Therefore, in the last three hundred years, with no major wars involving alien races destroying nations taking place on the entire continent of Auckland, all that humanity could do was attempt to expand its territory through land reclamation.

There are naturally many benefits to this.

After all, the human territory is only so big, and resources are limited. Long-term peace and population explosion will inevitably lead to land conflicts.

Therefore, the decree to allow the reclamation of wasteland could obviously delay this conflict, and even the small-scale inter-ethnic conflicts that break out on the borders of different regions every few decades could effectively alleviate population pressure.

Furthermore, if necessary, humanity could even form an allied army under the decrees of the three great empires to launch a large-scale war against certain alien races.

Similarly, isn't the same true for other races?

However, large-scale inter-racial wars have not occurred even once on the continent of Auckland in the past three hundred years.

Wanting to achieve great merit and be promoted to a higher rank is simply a pipe dream.

In small-scale conflicts, such as small beast tides, the minor nobles never get the biggest credit.

Therefore, York's clearing of the land was a last resort, and his father, Baron Eric's, bet was also expected.

The size of the small beast tides in the western border varies, generally occurring every thirty to fifty years.

The western border of the Silver Lion Duchy is located in a relatively remote area. The last time a beast tide occurred, only one fifth-tier and two fourth-tier mid-level magical beasts appeared.

As for low-level magical beasts, there are no more than fifty from the third to the first rank. The largest number of magical beasts are those that have not yet entered a rank, and the total number of various beast groups is close to ten thousand.

Although the beast tide caused considerable losses, it was ultimately defeated by the noble coalition of the duchy.

Therefore, having understood the specific situation of the Silver Lion Duchy where York is located, Linco is not in a hurry to expand his territory at this stage.

It's best to maintain stability in everything.

(End of this chapter)