This Giant Dragon is So Powerful!

Chapter 129 - 9: Eugenics and the 130,000 Dragon Nest Army

Burp~

Fla was feeling a bit stuffed. He had eaten a little at every house along the way, and after just one-third of today’s work, he was already full.

He was just a kobold with a small bit of Dragon Vein Mage talent, and he figured he would never achieve much in that regard in his lifetime.

As for his talent in the physical aspects of the Dragon Vein, it wasn’t strong either. Under normal circumstances, he estimated it would take at least half a year to accumulate enough to become a Level 5 Monster Warrior. But serving as an investigator had dramatically accelerated this process.

Why, you ask?

Burp~ Fla let out another comfortable burp of satisfaction.

"Praise the great Black Dragon King~" Fla prayed sincerely.

.....

In a massive, rugged palace built with black giant stones, towering over thirty meters high.

A kobold, standing 2.78 meters tall and resembling a Dragon-man about eighty percent, sat in a chair, reviewing reports one by one.

"The Green Forest Race’s population growth this quarter exceeded the planned figure by over 1,300. The Black Blood Race’s population this quarter exceeded by over 800..." Shiji furrowed his brows deeply, feeling a bit troubled.

The Mountain Stream Dragon Nest had developed rapidly over the years, expanding its territory several times. By leveraging the Higlind family, they introduced many advanced agricultural techniques, tools, and seeds from the humans, causing the monster population of the Dragon Nest clan to double or even triple.

Currently, just calculating the monster population of the Mountain Stream Dragon Nest, rough estimates reached 120,000. Adding the Dragon Nest sub-influence in the Black Blood Valley, the total population topped a terrifying 130,000.

Yes, terrifying.

130,000 big eaters, isn’t it frightening?

This is even with controlled reproduction. Without control, this number would probably multiply several times over.

"To the north is the Elf Race territory, far stronger than our Dragon Nest influence and currently not worth provoking. The south is occupied by the Centaurs and the Queen of Darkness, also enemies not to be provoked for now.

To the east lies the border cities of the Yalbit Kingdom, currently embroiled in a war with the Fishman Race...

To the west is the stronghold of demons and many hidden intelligent races. As of now, three top-level demons have been detected, along with signs of intelligent races in two locations...."

Shiji analyzed the forces surrounding the Mountain Stream Dragon Nest, his brow growing more furrowed.

The Dragon Nest influence has reached a bottleneck in its development. The land resources occupied can only support a maximum of 150,000 Monster Warriors.

This is under the premise of barely needing to supply food to the master, who besides occasionally eating some barbecue and magic ore, requires hardly any other food. This is one reason for the Dragon Nest clan’s population explosion.

"Two directions: first, expand the Dragon Nest territory; second, broaden food sources."

"For Dragon Nest territory expansion, currently, only the eastern Yalbit Kingdom and western demon territory are potential targets for attack, but this major decision needs confirmation from the master.

As for food sources... If only the black tumors that the master consumes could also be consumed by the Monster Warriors..." Shiji pondered.

Putting aside expansion, regarding food, the black tumors.....

"The master said we couldn’t digest those black tumors, we could only coexist with them and be assimilated. During this process, if one couldn’t endure, they would suffer chaotic mental shocks causing a mental breakdown, turning into irrational monsters. If they endured, after being assimilated by the black tumors in coexistence, one would degenerate into dark evil beings, but at the same time, their power would grow...." Shiji muttered to himself.

...

"Master, Shiji requests an audience."

A respectful and clear voice echoed in the empty Dragon Nest. It was Maid Chief Sofia conveying the message.

"Let him in."

The sound of footsteps approached as Udi slowly opened his eyes, looking at the visitor.

[Biological Level: Tier Ten High; Thief Level: Tier Five Middle]

"Shiji, what’s the matter?" Udi spoke slowly. He didn’t use the identification skill because there was a Servant Contract between Shiji and him, allowing him to know anything at any time.

Udi wasn’t surprised that Shiji practiced the Thief profession. Nowadays, the Dragon Nest clan is no longer as simple and impoverished as it was initially; now, they had all the basic universal profession scrolls. Any clan monster interested could apply for learning.

Caster, Thief, Warrior, Ranger.....

These scrolls bearing foundational knowledge of universal professions, except for the caster’s knowledge scrolls being relatively expensive, other scrolls like Thief, Warrior, Ranger were nothing to the Dragon Nest influence nowadays. For learning efficiency, every basic knowledge occupation scroll was purchased in ten copies from the Higlind family.

The real high-value items are those containing legendary professional information and rare, powerful special professions—these high-end goods are monopolized by major forces and powerhouses, rarely disclosed or sold. After all, these scrolls containing high transcendent knowledge often exist as single copies; once sold, they’re gone.

"Master, the Ryan Empire..... Dragon Knight..... Red Robe Mage Association..... Yalbit Kingdom nowadays..... Fishman army..... Fishman Tide Sorcerer....." Shiji reported recent events.

"How should we act, O Master?" After spending some time recounting everything, Shiji slightly lowered his head, awaiting the master’s orders.

"So much has happened?" Udi squinted slightly, listening to Shiji’s news—it seemed like the continent was in turmoil, as if about to descend into chaos. But..... what did that have to do with him?

No matter how chaotic the continent gets, with the current situation, it couldn’t affect Udi anytime soon. Even beside the Yalbit Kingdom, already in utter chaos, the kingdom’s scale was massive with tens of millions of population, at least hundreds of thousands of professional military, and a large number of advanced and master-level professionals; these fundamental forces hadn’t suffered significant losses yet.

The Fishman army might look overwhelming, with numbers reaching hundreds of thousands to millions, but most individual Fish People were weak. In water, they might have Level 1 Professional power, but beyond water, they were akin to goblins or kobolds, even ordinary peasants could fiercely battle them with hoes, with unpredictable outcomes.

Those Fishman Tide Sorcerers were similar—they looked terrifying casting magic to flood hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, but inland, without the vast water terrain’s support, they were plain low-level Water Mages with low attack power and fragile defenses, losing flexibility without water, not worth much attention.

As for the rebels on the kingdom’s borders invading other noble territories, they were mere small fry. The kingdom, once free to act, could easily quell them, killing some, then accepting the surrender of others, and redistributing the captured territories.

To truly destroy the aging yet formidable lion that the Yalbit Kingdom was, the opponent would also need to be a lion, and a ’sharp-toothed’ one at that.

What is a ’sharp-toothed’ lion? For instance—a Fishman Race with Legendary Powerhouses.

If the Fishman Race lacked Legendary Powerhouses, they could at best deplete Yalbit Kingdom’s vitality a bit, but the kingdom’s real foundation would remain unmoved.

"The Dragon Nest need not get involved for now; let’s observe how things progress." After pondering briefly, Udi responded. However, after a thought, he added,

"Recently, pay more attention to the Centaur side. I suspect they might take this opportunity to act, considering their deep resentment toward the kingdom."

"Master, I thought the same, so I dispatched several thief teams early on to keep a close watch on the Centaurs," Shiji replied respectfully.

"Hmm. Anything else?" Udi glanced at Shiji, whose face showed a conflicted expression. Curious, he asked.

He seldom saw such an expression on Shiji, usually [Determined][Respectful][Calm][Thoughtful].

"Speak if there’s something. If it’s personal, given your years of loyalty, as long as it’s not excessive, I will grant it as a reward," Udi replied lazily.

Upon hearing this, Shiji felt warmth and profound gratitude, "Thank you, Master."

Then Shiji shared his idea regarding the ’black tumors.’

"You want to use the black tumors to create a batch of Dark Evil Warriors?" Udi looked at Shiji with a strange expression.

"Shiji, do you know the origin of these black tumors?"