This Giant Dragon is So Powerful!

Chapter 225 - 42: Ever-Changing

In the operation to unify the Dark Forest, it took approximately two months to clear out the resistors.

Since then, on the surface, the Black Wing Nest has unified the Dark Forest.

The reason it’s only on the surface is that the Dark Forest covers a significant area, and to truly control it, even just the important nodes and checkpoints, cannot be completed in just a few months.

After discussion and deliberation, Shiji and his friend Wilson came up with a plan to roughly control the Dark Forest within five years.

The core of this plan is to allocate resources to the most basic and rapidly reproducing monster races to massively expand the population of the Black Wing Nest, thereby achieving a rough control over the Dark Forest.

Currently, the total population of the Black Wing Nest barely reaches two million; even with great strength, it can’t rule over the Dark Forest, which spans more than ten million square kilometers.

Even for rough control, at least five million people are needed.

"Goblins, Kobolds, and goblins are the three fastest breeding monster races. Goblins can reproduce a clutch in half a month, followed by Kobolds with one clutch per month on average, and goblins in three months per clutch.... Moreover, the young of these three monster races mature the fastest, as short as one or two months, as long as three to five months," Shiji pondered.

He then confirmed the feasibility of the plan.

That day, he went to the Black Castle to report this plan to his master and received the master’s consent.

From then on, a grand and bustling birth contest and construction contest officially began in the Black Wing Nest.

The monster young born would be assigned to monster villages scattered throughout the Dark Forest once they had enough mobility to engage in development and road construction.

.....The time goes back to two months ago.

Wind returned to the Emerald Forest at the fastest speed after reaching an alliance with the Black Wing Nest to report the news to the Elf Elders.

Since the death of the Legendary Elf King, the Emerald Forest has not elected a second king. The daily decisions of the Emerald Forest are jointly discussed by over twenty Elf Elders.

Emerald Forest, Giant Tree Palace.

Elder Council Hall.

"From Wind’s description, this Black Dragon Lord is indeed unorthodox, a rare unusual Black Dragon by nature, and also a powerful Legendary Black Dragon," the Grand Elder stroked his green beard, his eyes smiling.

The other Elf Elders also agreed and chatted cheerfully.

Even those Elf Elders who previously opposed forming an alliance with the Black Dragon didn’t say anything disappointing at this time.

After all, rationally speaking, it was lucky for them in the Emerald Forest to ally with a force possessing a Legendary Black Dragon.

Currently, the continent is in chaos, the Crimson Nest has emerged, and countless Evil Dragons are ravaging the eastern continent. Sooner or later, they will affect the western Dark Forest.

By then, with an ally like the Legendary Black Dragon, the Emerald Forest wouldn’t be totally isolated and helpless.

"Since the Black Dragon Lord is neutral, can’t we bring them into the Good Faction to fight against the Crimson Nest together?" an Elf Elder suggested.

This suggestion by the Elf Elder brightened many elders’ eyes, thinking it worth a try.

The Forest Elves’ Holy Mother’s heart to eradicate evil was stirring restlessly.

Wind, watching the elders discuss enthusiastically, frowned and said, "Wouldn’t this drag our ally into a quagmire of war?"

"Wind, what you said is wrong. How can saving the lives of the continent’s beings be considered a quagmire of war? Think about it, if the Crimson Nest ruled the entire world, wouldn’t that Black Dragon Lord be unable to maintain their neutral faction and influence?" an Elf Elder explained.

After listening, Wind’s brow remained slightly furrowed, but he could not refute it.

Indeed, as the Elf Elder said, when the world is ruled by the Crimson Nest, the Tal Plane would be dominated by Evil Dragons... No, not right, Wind immediately realized the flaw prompted by the Elf Elder,

"Even if the Crimson Nest wins, as a Legendary Black Dragon, the Mother of Deep Red could not possibly harm the Black Dragon Lord. At worst, they might expel them from this world, and, more likely, the Mother of Deep Red might turn a blind eye, allowing the Black Dragon Lord to stay on the Tal Plane, establishing ties with the Black Dragon Lord," Wind questioned.

The Mother of Deep Red isn’t a Divine Spirit, so how could she possibly see the Black Dragon Lord as an enemy just because they didn’t join her faction?

Even though Red Dragons are arrogant, they’re not foolish enough to offend powerhouses everywhere—is she afraid she won’t die fast enough?

Even for Divine Spirits, for most Divine Spirits, a Legendary Black Dragon has substantial recruitment value. Although in the Star Realm, where there are no restrictions, Divine Spirits can wipe out heaps of Legendaries with a flick of a finger. It’s precisely because there are too many Material Planes in the Star Realm, where Divine Spirits are limited in their power, that they offer olive branches to Legendary Powerhouses to become their followers and envoys, spreading faith, collecting treasures, souls, and so forth.

In any Material Realm, a Legendary Powerhouse is generally regarded as a top-level powerhouse; no Divine Spirit would likely be dissatisfied with having many Legendary Powerhouses under them.

The Elf Elder questioned smiled awkwardly, not expecting a young junior to catch a flaw in his argument.

Another Elf Elder stepped in to resolve the situation, "Wind, we are discussing whether we can bring the Black Dragon Lord to our faction. As for the outcome, doesn’t it still depend on the Black Dragon Lord’s own choice? If they aren’t willing to join the Good Faction, can we in the Emerald Forest force them? But if the Black Dragon Lord chooses to join our faction willingly, how can it be said to drag them into a quagmire of war?"