novelraw Chapter 309: Alien Planet, Giant Escape, Ancient White Dragon, Abyss Plan
Chapter 309: Alien Planet, Giant Escape, Ancient White Dragon, Abyss Plan
Year 258 of the New Calendar.
The Redwing Lord, Garoth Ignas, who had yet to truly reveal his full majesty and power, fell into a long and silent dragon sleep deep within Red Maple Valley in the convergence lands.
At this moment, he was like dark fire lurking deep within the earth's magma, having withdrawn all his sharp edges, silently accumulating power sufficient to scorch the heavens and split the earth. No one could foresee what earth-shattering waves would ripple through this world's future because of him.
Year 259 of the New Calendar.
The elven empire of Nausil, located on the Arcadian Continent, welcomed a moment significant enough to be recorded in history.
The top-tier magic exploration vessel, the Emerald Star Ship, which the empire had spent generations of effort and countless resources to build, successfully detected signs of life fluctuations from a distant alien planet in the boundless, cold, and desolate depths of space.
Not long after, the Nausil High Council solemnly announced to the world:
Planet Bernardo is not alone in the universe.
The elven vanguard diplomatic mission had already set out, beginning attempts to establish initial communication bridges with intelligent life from another planet.
That same year, the other two pillars of the Molten Iron Tribe—the iron dragon Sorog and the red dragon Samantha—also successively fell into slumber.The upper echelon power in Dragon Valley temporarily became vacant.
The tribe strictly followed Garoth's instructions before his sleep, continuing to adopt a steady and sure strategy, retracting their claws and fangs, and firmly defending their foundation.
Year 260 of the New Calendar.
The wild orc empire of Kantum, amidst the roar of war songs and horns, completely reduced the last giant stronghold on the Thalassian Continent, the Pillar of Cloud Peaks, to ruins.
They sounded the ultimate horn of conquest for the entire continent, vowing to unify all territories of Thalassia with iron and blood.
The giant race, which originally inhabited this continent in large numbers, was forced to abandon their ancestral homeland where they had lived and multiplied for generations.
They crossed over perilous mountain ranges, traversed dangerous and turbulent ocean currents, and ultimately scattered into exile to various continental corners of planet Bernardo, becoming wandering lost children.
Year 263 of the New Calendar.
Within the Lothrian Federation, long-accumulated conflicts and ambitions erupted further, like a volcano suppressed for too long.
With the tacit approval and even instigation of the behind-the-scenes superior nation, the various grand duchies tore up all peace agreements and formally declared war on each other.
The smoke of beacon fires and the flames of war almost instantly swept across the entire federation.
Countless steel legions clashed fiercely on the vast lands, with destructive magical radiance and cold weapon torrents intertwining to form an incredibly cruel yet magnificent war tapestry, completely unveiling the prelude of the federation's civil war.
That same year, the federation's control over marginal areas like the Ser Wilderness further weakened, with order on the brink of collapse.
Meanwhile, in the Molten Iron Tribe's Dragon Valley, the blue dragon Heriam and the red dragon Kahir ended their long dragon sleep, awakening one after another, their roars once again resounding through the valley.
Year 265 of the New Calendar.
A secret message, sufficient to shake the entire dragon community and cause great unease among the very few mortal powerhouses who knew the inside story, quietly spread—
Almost all metal dragons of adult age and above had returned to their respective birth dragon domains.
The root of this turmoil pointed directly to the Ancient Dragon, the Sky-Shrouding Wings.
He had been in decline for a long time, nearing extinction.
The metal dragons were attempting to gather the entire clan's strength to perform a certain powerful ritual, hoping to help this Ancient Dragon break through the final boundary of life and death, step into the realm of immortality, and extend his life.
That same year, a powerful and ferocious magical beast of unknown origin attacked Ximu Town, ultimately being torn to pieces by the dragon flock.
Year 268 of the New Calendar.
The Ancient Dragon known by the formidable title Winter's End·Myriad Laws White Dragon—Hitherfell—brazenly attacked the dragon domain where metal dragons had gathered, intending to disrupt the ritual that determined the Sky-Shrouding Wings' fate.
The intense battle process was not witnessed in its entirety by anyone.
But the aftershocks it caused shook the world.
Distant outer sea regions were completely frozen by unimaginable chilling intent, turning into a dead, boundless ice plain, before being shattered by violent energy impacts, with towering waves submerging countless coastal areas, triggering global climate anomalies and ecological disasters.
As for the final outcome of this internal dragon war, it remained shrouded in mist, with no one knowing the truth.
Year 270 of the New Calendar.
The ruler of the Permafrost Tundra—the King of the Northern Barbarians—and his generational nemesis, the Frost Giant King, both exhausted their strength and perished together in a climactic battle that decided the tundra's ultimate fate.
Due to the effects of their battle and ecological climate changes.
A destructive cold current swept southward, nearly turning the entire convergence lands into polar regions.
That same year, the drastic environmental changes triggered disturbances in deep space, leading to unstable expansion of the Abyssal Rift.
An unprecedented scale demon army surged out through the enlarged rift, causing significant losses to the Molten Iron Tribe. The half-elf centaur Elvy and the serpentfolk Sword Saint Narys led their troops in a bloody battle, desperately holding the front line, ultimately holding out until the dragon flock and other follower leader reinforcements arrived, jointly repelling the demon tide and consequently harvesting a large quantity of precious demon materials.
Year 273 of the New Calendar.
A major upheaval occurred within the Lothrian Kingdom.
The elderly king completely passed away from illness, and the second prince, who had been lurking and biding his time, launched a bloody palace coup with thunderous force. Before the cold Iron Throne, he personally killed his elder brother, the first in line for succession, paving his path to the pinnacle of power with the blood of his closest kin, seizing the throne.
This cruel act, violating human ethics and kingdom law, shocked the entire nation.
The legitimacy of the new king's power was seriously questioned by almost all social strata.
The Kingdom of Rybos, which had been silently observing from the sidelines, almost on the same day as the new king's coronation, high-profile issued a declaration of crusade—"In the name of the Holy King, in the name of rectifying the federation's order," formally declaring war on the Lothrian Kingdom.
Thus, the five kingdoms of the federation completely split into three factions.
The federation's civil war escalated entirely, entering a new phase of even greater chaos and cruelty.
That same year, due to the increasingly severe environmental changes worldwide, large numbers of animal herds in the convergence lands were forced to migrate or die off in masses, vegetation withered extensively, resources diminished daily, and the Molten Iron Tribe's development in the convergence lands almost came to a complete standstill.
Although the iron dragon Sorog and the red dragon Samantha awakened this year, they still chose to continue lying low, quietly awaiting the right opportunity.
Year 274 of the New Calendar.
The hegemon of the Atlantis Continent, the human empire of Halden.
While the elven empire explored upward into the stars and the Material Plane, the Halden Empire's leadership resolved to seek breakthroughs in power downward, toward other planes.
Disregarding the strong opposition and stern warnings from the state religion, the Dawn Church, the emperor made the final decision, passing the highly controversial Abyssal Development Plan.
The empire's various elite legions began large-scale deployment, armed to reinforce those rifts connecting to the Bottomless Abyss, attempting to further expand the rifts and excavate power from the Abyssal Plane.
That same year.
In the Molten Iron Tribe's Dragon Valley, the black dragon Seraphina and the green dragon Ludwig formally entered their Young Adult period of rapid power growth, adding new vitality to the tribe.