novelraw Chapter 733 - 733 723 Expansion and Revisit
Chapter 733 - 733 723 Expansion and Revisit
Chapter 733: Chapter 723: Expansion and Revisit Chapter 733: Chapter 723: Expansion and Revisit “This place shares a destiny with me, therefore it should belong to me.” Muria set the tone directly. Although the Evil Dragon Peninsula was unowned land, it was still necessary to make a declaration of intent. After all, it was important to have a justifiable reason for this conquest, at least in name.
As Muria made her decision, Xena Pus’s policy towards the Evil Dragon Peninsula instantly changed. Originally, they simply allowed the five-colored dragons to wreak havoc, looting the local giant dragons and subjugating the weaker beastmen at will.
However, when Muria discovered this vast expanse of land was rich in resources, and protected by natural barriers against the powerful forces of the mainland, she became interested.
The instinct to expand one’s territory is inherent to every ruler. A competent ruler always seeks to expand their domain whenever the opportunity arises.
It was no longer a minor skirmish between a few hundred young dragons. Muria directly deployed the Cloud Giant Legion, veterans of a war in the Void and another in the sea. The Storm Giants, originally designated only to monitor the five-colored dragons, joined the legion.
During their extensive travels at sea, the number of Storm Giants under Muria’s command had exceeded a thousand, and more than two hundred rode on the backs of Giant Pengs. Each of them had Soul Intent Level combat power. They were the highest average power legion within Xena Pus, answering directly to Muria and couldn’t be reassigned without her order.
A cleansing operation began, centered around Xena Pus’s point of landing. It was an absolute sweep, with the Cloud Giants separated by just a hundred meters to form lines marching across the land. Wherever they passed, beasts fled and birds scattered in panic.
The beastmen subjugated by the five-colored dragons huddled in shivering fear in their villages. These beastmen, descendants of refugees, lacked profound inheritances and ample resources; they could not cultivate any major powers.
So when the Cloud Giants flew overhead, the beastmen could only hide in their houses and silently pray to the dragons that had just subjugated them. They could do nothing more.
Soon, however, these beastmen realized that the Cloud Giants had entered their villages and inspected the dragon scales left by the Dragon Lords but did not attack them. It appeared as if they acknowledged the new owners.
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“Your Majesty, in three days, the Cloud Giant Legion has swept over three million square kilometers of land. All powerful creatures exceeding the Gold Rank have been captured and sent to Xena Pus,” reported Mia in the Wind King Castle with a group of Dragonkin who were coordinating everything. Mia selected some of these Dragonkin, who demonstrated outstanding qualities, from a substantial population of humans living in Xena Pus’s Cloud Island who gave birth to Dragonkin under the influence of Muria’s aura.
“However, these are the areas previously explored by the five-colored dragons and we have relevant data on them. The truly powerful creatures have already been eliminated, so the clearing process was so fast. The remaining areas are all unknown. I suggest slowing down the advance and keep the legends ready to support, just in case” she added.
“Understood.” Muria nodded. She no longer had to worry about everything. Naturally, people helped her think about how to make Xena Pus develop better. The think-tank team would provide various plans based on what Muria wanted to do, and let her choose.
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Meanwhile, as Muria was vigorously waging her expansion campaign, two elegant ladies emerged from a space gate in the sky above Golden Dragon Castle, a place she had recently visited. One lady had high golden curls, the epitome of an elegant woman, while the other lady had flowing silver hair, and a cold aura like a goddess of ice and snow.
The moment these ladies appeared, the Cloud Giants guarding the castle bowed and greeted them one by one.
“Miss Xiwala.”
“Miss Gwen.”
Clearly, one of these radiant ladies was the owner of the castle.
“Uncle William.” The elegant Golden Dragon Lady Xierwa, who had not yet ascended to legend, immediately called for the human legend whom her grandfather had commanded. Due to the gap in power, she maintained considerable respect for this legend. “I heard that a Golden Dragon had visited our castle.”
“Yes, according to his own claims, he comes from a continent overseas, not our land of golden dragons.” William began to detail the unusual events surrounding Muria’s emergence, focusing particularly on how Muria silently breached the Cloud Giant’s defenses. He recounted how, under the guidance of a young golden dragon, they discovered the shocking truth about this visiting golden dragon.
“Your Excellency William, what do you think of his power?” The Silver Dragon Lady, surrounded by ice crystals that emitted a cold aura, asked. This sudden appearance of a powerful Golden Dragon piqued her interest. After all, this was the Evil Dragon Peninsula, where Metallic Dragons were quite rare. Quite frankly, if an Ancient Golden Dragon hadn’t chosen to settle here, she wouldn’t have come. After all, the Silver Dragon’s beauty was renowned among the Dragon Race, and there were many dragons that coveted her beauty.
“I’ve not fought against him, so I’m uncertain, but based on my estimation, he is no weaker than me. He is absolutely a legend,” William said, furrowing his brows. “However, this Golden Dragon takes on the appearance of a human youth. He gives me a different feeling from the ancient dragons I have met before. He lacks the weary and weathered aura of ancient dragons, instead, he has a youthful energy. He might not be an ancient dragon.”
“So, uncle William, where is this golden dragon now?”
“He has already left, miss,” William, who had once undergone a period of unspeakable hardship, responded. Now serving as the steward of the Golden Dragon Castle, he added, “According to him, he came to visit Lord Deron, he wanted to understand the situation of this continent, and I’ve informed him of all he wanted to know.”
“That’s all? He was just probing for information?” The golden dragon lady Xierwa was somewhat puzzled, “Didn’t he say anything else?”
Having grown up on the Evil Dragon Peninsula, the Golden Dragon lady was rather expectant. Given the harsh environment around, she was restricted by her father to stay here. She had never crossed the Broken Dragon Mountain Range to see for herself what the bustling human world mentioned in the books was like. According to her father’s demands, she could only leave after surpassing the legendary level; otherwise, she shouldn’t think about going anywhere.
“Mom, are you looking for big brother Golden Dragon?” Soon, the return of the Golden Dragon mother woke the three sleeping young dragons in the castle, “Big brother Golden Dragon gave me a crystal. He said it contains the coordinates of his home. If we want to find him, we can use the coordinates to get there.”
A blond loli with a demure look handed the crystal that Muria had left her over to her mother.
“The dwelling place of this legendary Golden Dragon?” Lofting her eyebrows in surprise, Xierwa took the crystal from her daughter, then extended her mental power into it. She immediately grasped a set of spatial coordinates that had been left inside. Drawing upon the coordinate theory she had been forced to study as a child, she quickly deduced the position of these coordinates.
“This location is in the air near the Evil Dragon Peninsula”
“Is he messing with us?” Silver Dragon Gwen took the crystal from her friend, and using her own coordinate theory skills, performed calculations on the coordinates contained within the crystal, and came to the same conclusion, “The residence this Golden Dragon speaks of is in the sky at the edge of the continent.”
“Maybe he’s not messing with us? Floating buildings in the sky aren’t uncommon. For example, the legendary Sky Cities owned by top mages. Perhaps this Golden Dragon we’re paying a visit to is a legendary mage who owns a Sky City?”
“No way!” Hearing her friend’s fanciful guess, Gwen’s face changed with surprise. To them, a Sky City was a legendary building. It was well known that even her friend’s paternal grandfather, a powerful Golden Dragon, did not have possession of such a multipurpose war building.
“Not a Sky City, but perhaps a floating building that can move around in the sky.” Xierwa felt that she might have overestimated with her Sky City imagination and started to guess smaller. The Sky City was the limit of her imagination, and she couldn’t imagine anything grander than that. As for her imagined max — she didn’t believe a sudden visiting golden dragon could control it.
“It might be a Floating Ship!” The Silver Dragon began to recall the books she had read, “No, that’s not it. If he were a legend, he wouldn’t be so petty. It could be a Floating Fortress.”
“Mom, Aunt Gwen, why guess where big brother lives? Isn’t it easier to go and see for ourselves based on the coordinates?” One of the Dragon loli interrupted her mother and aunt’s conjecturing. She couldn’t understand why her mother would want to guess such a thing. The real thing was right there, wasn’t it? Wouldn’t it be easier to go and see?
Upon hearing this, the newly matured Golden Dragon and Silver Dragon looked at each other, both alight with curiosity. These two dragons had barely ever left the Evil Dragon Peninsula, so they were extremely curious about all foreign objects. Even more so when it came to the dwelling place of this powerful member of their own race.
“Uncle William!” Xierwa’s gaze fell on the powerful legendary dragon man left behind by her grandfather to protect them.
“All right, I’ll accompany you there.” Seeing the look from his old friend’s granddaughter, the legendary Dragonkin, who had lived who knew how long, nodded indulgently. To be honest, he was also somewhat curious about the special Golden Dragon.
“Thank you, uncle!”