Chapter 15: The Dragon Slaying Plan
Although none of the Hill tribes and the Thunder Wing tribe were killed, Colonos used them in blitzkrieg, and did not take away the supplies of these two tribes at all, and now that so many people happened to come, Colonos sent a few people to lead the way for them, and led them to carry the supplies of those two tribes to the Styx tribe. Colonus took the rest of the Sandstone tribe with him and led the group back to the Styx tribe. With so many people coming at once, there was a lot of pressure on the Styx tribe, but fortunately, these people had already prepared for the march, and they brought their own tents, cooking utensils, food, etc. Once they arrived at the Styx tribe, they set up tents around the Styx tribe, set up shelves, hung clay pots, and prepared to camp there.
Slaying the dragon is easy to say, but it is very complicated to really implement, with human ability, you can't just rush to the dragon's den with a large number of people recklessly, and slash at the dragon. The first thing to do is to figure out the terrain around the dragon's den, then to find a way to keep the dragon from flying, how not to be burned by the dragon's flames, and finally how to kill it. The matter is now being discussed by the chiefs and chiefs. They vacated a shed, and Colonos was piling up maps in it, that is, using wet soil to make the general terrain around the dragon's lair, which could also be called a sand table, but they called this a map.
The map took a long time to complete, and it can be seen that the dragon's lair is in a mountain range, one of the highest peaks, and there is a cave on the mountainside, and the cave is sandwiched between the two peaks. "This mountain range is in the southeast of here, cut off by the Styx Abyss, and the dragon is at the northernmost point of the southern section, very close to the Styx Abyss. It rarely goes out and stays in its nest, but when it goes out, many animals suffer. It usually goes out once every three months, and I remember the time. Ulamus said, "What about the situation around its lair?" "As you can see, its nest is between two peaks, to the south of the mountain to the north. The valley was about three thousand paces wide, and the cave was originally weathered out of nature, and inside it was a gold mine, and the entrance to the cave was about fifteen people high and one hundred and thirty paces wide. The ground is flat and dry, and the internal situation is not clear. ”
Obies looked at the map and said, "Then how to deal with it?" Sask also said: "Yes, it can fly and breathe fire, among all of us, only the leader can fly, the archbishop's magic may allow him to attack in the sky temporarily, and your magic may also be able to hit the sky, but these are not enough." Colonus said, "It can fly, so let's make a big net and cover the whole valley so that it can't fly." As for the fire, we want to make it dare not breathe fire on the ground. Aeus asked curiously, "How can I make it not dare to breathe fire on the ground?" Colonos said, "We must prepare enough oil, pour oil on it when it comes out of the hole, and draw a net on the ground with oil, and if it breathes fire, this net will draw fire to it." Although the dragon can breathe fire and withstand high temperatures, this does not mean that it can survive in fire for a long time, and if the fire keeps burning, it will also be burned to death, so it will never dare to breathe fire easily. ”
Truon looked at the map and said to Colonos: "Finally, the question is, how to kill him, this can't be fired, otherwise it will burn itself, and it must have no scruples." "It's a problem, but I'm sure that the dragon isn't indestructible all over, it's flesh and blood, and its defense lies in its scales, but it's too big and the scales are too thick to penetrate and destroy its body." Obies said, "What if you hurt its eyes with a poisoned arrow?" Ulix shook his head, and Truion said, "The dragon is so big, how can you poison it with such a little poison, if you just blind the eyes, when the arrow shoots it, it will already be blind." ”
Koya sighed, "Alas! It would be nice if our weapons were the size of a dragon, and our strength was as strong as a dragon. Colonos suddenly had an idea: "Yes! That's it. Ordinary weapons can't do this, but bows and arrows can, and bows can bring together the strength of many people, as long as the bow is big and strong enough. Coupled with a giant arrow, using a celestial stone as an arrowhead, I don't believe in shooting the dragon's scale armor. ”
Ulamus said: "Okay, since we have a way, then plus, we use enough people and ropes to bind the dragon as much as possible, and you can seize the opportunity to shoot arrows and kill it in one fell swoop." ”
The plan to slay the dragon has been decided, and the next step is to prepare for the dragon slaying. These preparations require a lot of materials and time, and I don't know how many years it will take to be ready. Therefore, the next thing is not too urgent, everything is restored, but the Styx tribe has to station the population of Dalian for a long time. Within a few months, a new house was built, and the problem of long-term occupancy was solved first. This was followed by a large number of people going out to hunt and gather, covering the hunting grounds of the Styx tribe and the three newly annexed territories. Slaying dragons and fighting the world is not something that can be completed in a short period of time, so during this period, some people returned to their own clan, and there were also some newcomers, and many newcomers did not come to contribute at all, just to watch the excitement.
Copper smelting, forging, and casting also began to increase the number of people and tools, and copper smelting was still closed to those from other tribes who came to see the excitement, and only staff were allowed to enter and exit. Dragon slaying is more about protection, so the demand for armor has never stopped, and there are new styles of weapons. Ouranos proposed that since copper could make swords, it was natural to make spears, although copper spears were not as sharp as obsidian and not as penetrating as obsidian weapons. However, copper weapons have uniformity, everyone uses the same more shocking effect, and for the penetration of metal defenses, copper weapons are still stronger than stone tools.
Koronos got in touch with the Snow Lake tribe and asked them to help make a giant bow, saying that it would be able to shoot through the dragon's defenses. It scared Robis enough at the time, what did Colonos want this kind of thing for? Although there are so many more of them, he also understands that these people want to conquer the world, but that is against people, do they use such weapons against people? In fact, he didn't know, there really was (modern humans are), and later heard that Colonos was going to slay dragons, and he also thought that this group of people was crazy, but he also unconsciously wanted to witness it, so he agreed. In order to slay the dragon, Ulamus had to put down the expansion, otherwise he would definitely be the first to accept the Snow Lake tribe, the largest salt seller of this generation.
The dragon slaying project requires too much rope and oil, and these are all from animals, not to mention oil, they don't know that there is oil, the ropes are all twisted from animal skins, each one is as thick as a small arm. These are things that require a lot of prey to be satisfied. Copper smelting also requires a lot of wood, and the surrounding mountains and forests have been heavily cut down, but fortunately, they know how to thin, leaving half of the trees behind.
In addition to the above plans, they have done a lot of meticulous planning and a lot of new tools. Robis later contacted Ulamus, who told him that their leader had told him that if Ulamus could indeed kill the dragon, then their Snow Lake tribe would be submissive to him. This made Ulamos very happy, and the dragon slaying was indeed very useful in conquering the world.