Chapter 229: The identity is given by oneself, the fox borrows the tiger's power
Chapter 229: The identity is given by oneself, the fox borrows the tiger's power
When the sky began to show the first light of dawn, Deborah was resting nearby while the red iron dragon was communicating with the iron dragon Sorog through the Projection Stone.
"A mature silver dragon came here?"
"That was truly dangerous. Fortunately, you were in Dragon Valley to stabilize the Metal Dragon."
After learning about yesterday's events, the iron dragon's face showed a trace of relief.
Dragon Valley had the presence of the half-mature white dragon Trixie. Though her presence wasn't particularly strong and she was almost the weakest dragon there, the iron dragon would never underestimate a mature silver dragon just because of the white dragon's weakness.
"Because of Deborah's connection, the mature silver dragon was never a problem from the beginning. Instead, he became our support."
Garoth spoke.
"Oh? You gained his support?"
The iron dragon perked up and asked.
"No."Garoth changed his tone, grinning as he said: "But making others believe we have it is enough."
As he spoke, he took out a complete silver dragon scale shimmering with biting cold energy, flipping and playing with it between his claws.
"This is?"
The iron dragon looked at the scale in Garoth's claw.
"A mature silver dragon's scale."
The red iron dragon said: "I admit he's stronger than me, but even in a brief fight with me, he couldn't avoid losing some scales."
His expression was calm and composed, as if talking about something trivial.
Sorog was left speechless.
After a long silence, the iron dragon flicked his tail and said gloomily: "You're something else."
Garoth nodded slightly, accepting the praise.
Immediately after.
The red iron dragon's expression turned serious as he said gravely: "The truth sometimes isn't important. With Frostmark's scale, we can use his reputation to shake the determination of the three major tribes to oppose us."
"And we don't need to shake all of them either."
For the tribes in the convergence lands, continuing to face familiar rivals was certainly better than dealing with a rapidly rising unfamiliar tribe. Moreover, while they competed, they also maintained certain cooperative relationships.
If the three tribes completely united, they would become quite troublesome.
The Molten Iron Tribe hadn't yet digested the fruits of victory, and although they had unified the Gold Fang Tribe, the losses from the war were equally severe. Their overall strength hadn't significantly improved compared to before.
Even if they defeated the other tribes, they would inevitably pay a high price.
Garoth wanted to defeat ten thousand enemies, but wasn't willing to lose eight thousand of his own.
He currently didn't have absolute power to sweep away all obstacles.
In this situation, he needed to use his brains.
Venomtail, Dawn, Ironblood... Among these tribes, if even one of them defected or remained neutral, the pressure on the Molten Iron Tribe would drastically decrease.
Playing with the mature silver dragon's scale, Garoth asked:
"Among the three major tribes, which one do you think would be easiest to win over?"
The iron dragon in the projection didn't answer immediately. He pondered for several seconds before slowly saying: "During this period, scouts from the three major tribes have been prowling and investigating around our territory boundaries."
"But I haven't been idle either, gathering some intelligence information about them."
Iron dragon Sorog said: "The humans of Dawn Tribe are mainly located in the northwest of the convergence lands, but they're completely different from Federation humans - primitive and savage, with their strongest members being mainly barbarians."
Barbarians - not a specific race, but a general term for a particular type of existence.
Humans, dwarves, even elves.
As long as they awakened the power of rage and became filled with battle fervor, they could potentially become barbarians.
Barbarians come from different races, but they all share the hallmark of fury: uncontrolled, unceasing, unthinking rage.
Moreover.
Their anger isn't just an emotion, but the ferocity a predator unleashes in desperate situations, a storm-like reckless assault, the ceaseless rolling waves of the ocean, a weapon and divine skill they use in combat.
"The orcs of Ironblood Tribe control territory spanning both northwest and northeast regions, with numerous warriors and the presence of high-level Shamans."
After a brief pause, iron dragon Sorog said: "The humans and orcs of the convergence lands value martial prowess, taking blood and scars as honors. They had intense conflicts initially, but gradually developed mutual recognition and now have the closest relationship."
In the eyes of the Federation's intelligent beings,
the convergence lands orcs seem like uncivilized beasts, crude and savage, and the convergence lands humans appear the same, no different from the orcs.
The situation where humans and orcs can resonate with each other only occurs in such barren and harsh regions as the convergence lands.
"The serpentfolk of Venomtail Tribe are in the northeast of the convergence lands, producing many sorceress Shamans. They previously attempted to attack Dragon Valley but were scared off by the Metal Dragon."
Iron dragon Sorog showed a thoughtful expression with subtle spiritual energy glow in his eyes, saying:
"Serpentfolk are cold and cruel, preferring to use witchcraft, curses, and other sinister methods. They're the least popular among the convergence lands tribes, with unfriendly relationships towards humans and orcs. Their level of hostile competition far exceeds occasional cooperation."
Finally, he concluded: "Venomtail Tribe should be our primary target for recruitment."
Garoth nodded slightly: "Well said. The serpentfolk saw Deborah at Dragon Valley and then wisely retreated. Plus, they have deep-seated barriers with humans and orcs, making them easy to recruit."
Recruit those who can be recruited, divide and weaken the enemy camp.
This way, in the upcoming battle for supremacy over the convergence lands, the Molten Iron Tribe can become the final winner at a smaller cost.
"Sorog, I'll leave this matter to you. I believe you can handle it well. I'll have the flying dragons deliver the silver dragon scale to you immediately."
Garoth said.
The iron dragon nodded, saying: "Leave it to me. I'll make those serpentfolk make choices favorable to us."
After speaking, the iron dragon didn't immediately disconnect the Projection Stone.
He changed the subject, saying: "Alchemical Tools like message stones and projection stones sometimes experience delays due to interference from spells, distance, elemental flows, etc., preventing immediate communication."
The spiritual energy glow in his eyes intensified as he said: "Information transmission is crucial for us. To ensure this, I've been meditating day and night, specifically excavating a corresponding mental spell from my bloodline inheritance - Bloodkin Chain."
For sorcerers, bloodline is like a slowly flowing great river.
The better the innate bloodline, the wider and more abundant the river, containing more treasures.
As the sorcerer's level grows and time passes, treasures from the river bottom gradually float to the surface, carried by the river currents to the sorcerer - meaning they naturally awaken and comprehend.
And meditation allows sorcerers to dig into deeper water layers, obtaining treasures ahead of time.
Because of their top-tier bloodline, all dragonkind are natural-born sorcerers, possessing gradually increasing sorcerer levels. Even the mastery of quasi-spell skills can actually be acquired ahead of time through meditation.
Returning to the main topic.
Mental connection has range limitations. While its range increases with the Mind Sorcerer's level, given the iron dragon's current Mind Sorcerer level, using Alchemical Tools remains more convenient.
Bloodkin Chain is different.
Its disadvantages are obvious.
It only works on specific targets.
Its advantages are equally obvious.
The Mind Sorcerer uses bloodline bonds as a conduit to transmit spiritual energy, enabling ultra-long-distance communication with bloodkin while ignoring most interference. It also allows bloodkin to establish mental-level connections with each other through the Mind Sorcerer as a relay.
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