Chapter Seventy-Five: After the Return

"This harvest is too big......

Iroh lay on his bed of gold coins, muttering to himself.

Not long ago, he and Natalie separated and went back to their respective residences. Although I don't understand what Natalie means at all, it seems that judging by her performance, it seems that there is more than just enjoying the thrill of fighting.

But Iroh doesn't care about this, anyway, the battle with Natalie further attracted this battle mad green dragon, and also gave himself some inspiration in terms of combat skills, which can be said to be very rewarding.

Now that the change in the royal capital has completely ended, it is time to take stock of your losses and gains, and plan for the next step.

If you change to an ordinary dragon, after experiencing such a big accident, you will have to sleep for at least a few years before you think about your future actions. After all, dragons live so long that they often like to sleep to pass the boring life, so they usually don't rush to do anything unless their nest or treasure is violated.

But Iroh is completely different, and he knows very well how urgent the situation is.

Although Falkenridge was indirectly controlled by himself, Stasi's forces also intervened in the royal capital. Originally, in Ielloh's plan, Falkenridge had to become completely his own, but the plan could not keep up with the change.

Whether it is Stowe or the ten vengeful knights, they are all existences that Iroh cannot match at this moment. Even if Iroh has the power to unleash nuclear energy, he can't use it openly at this stage - otherwise, not only the metal dragons, but also humans, orcs and other races will attack him in droves because of the fear of this terrifying power.

Iroh was definitely not arrogant enough to think he could handle a situation where the world was the enemy.

So at the moment, except for a few members of the Tokamak faction, no one must be allowed to know their hidden true strength!

Similarly, Iroh, who can't show his full strength, is also unable to truly manipulate the situation in the royal capital, and can guide Stowe to kill the two dukes of Hopes and Tuttle, and help Vis create a clearer political environment has reached his limit.

In return, Falkenridge temporarily becomes a nominal vassal of Stasi, something that Ielo is powerless to change.

But......

There is a good and bad side to everything, although on the face of it, Elloh's willingness to follow the advice of the Grand Duke Jon undoubtedly caused Falkenridge to lose some of his independence. On the other hand, this is not necessarily a way to paralyze Archduke Jon and delay the actual outbreak of war between the two countries.

That's right, there is a saying among humans that says, "Don't be angry with someone who comes laughing." Since Weis, as a king, took the initiative to say in public that he was willing to listen to the opinion of Archduke Jon, then no matter how resentful Archduke Jon was, it was impossible for Archduke Jon to attack Falkenridge immediately.

Otherwise, international public opinion will immediately put him at a disadvantage!

You must know that although there are frequent disputes among countries on the western continent today, the competing interests between these countries are still separated by a fig leaf. This is not only a means for weak countries to protect themselves, but also a means for powerful countries to make their behavior appear more reasonable on a spiritual level.

Once anyone directly tears this fig leaf regardless of the appearance, then other countries will stand on the moral high ground and condemn this behavior because they are afraid that this bad will cause the situation on the mainland to collapse.

And most importantly...... The Duchy of Stasi isn't ready now.

Arloh believes that Grand Duke Jon is not a fool. A leader who can endure for more than ten years and gradually climb up from the bottom must have the same ruthless vision and deep wisdom as the wolf king, and he will definitely choose the strategy of maximizing benefits and wait for a truly suitable time.

It is true that Falkenridge is a feud with Stasi, but the resources of the two countries are about the same, and the capture of Falkenridge actually does not have much practical benefit other than to pacify the population and replenish the war attrition.

Moreover, Falkenridge is only the weakest of the Nine Kingdoms, with the ambition shown by Grand Duke Jon, it is absolutely impossible to be satisfied with conquering only one Falkenridge, he will also want Lamerdor, Anka, and even Minisk, the most powerful of the Nine Kingdoms!

As for why Iroh is so sure?

It is very clear in the memory of the inheritance that four hundred years ago, Minisk, which was still a small principality, suddenly rose like today's Stasi, defeated other principalities like divine help along the way, continued to expand, and finally became the head of the powerful nine kingdoms!

In fact, Minisk almost defeated the Havar Empire and became one of the four empires. However, in the most critical siege battle, an ancient red dragon that had been sleeping for more than a hundred years suddenly woke up, and was bought by the Havar Empire with amazing wealth, becoming the key to determining the victory.

In the end, the Haval Empire, which was originally a little weaker, had the help of the primeval dragon and directly defeated the army of Minisk.

And the Duchy of Stasi is now regarded by many people as the original Minisk, and from the perspective of the situation in all aspects, Stasi is very good, and Grand Duke Jon will definitely not give up this opportunity to go down in history.

After talking about the harvest, the loss of this royal capital accident cannot be left unmentioned.

The biggest loss of these was the total annihilation of the special security forces – which is also inaccurate, as there are two members who are exceptions.

One of them is naturally the variant Wyvern Red Flame.

If I'm not mistaken......

Ai Luo narrowed his eyes slightly, it was true that Hongyan had a flying dragon breath on his body, but he always felt that under that flying dragon breath, there seemed to be a deeper aura hidden.

It's like...... Same as yourself?

Iroh didn't think he could be mistaken, and the reason why he couldn't be sure now was because that aura was so hidden that with his current ability, he could only barely watch it.

However, if Hongyan really had some similarities with himself, then he really wouldn't die so easily.

Even if Iroh did feel that the aura of red flame disappeared in the offensive and defensive battles, he still insisted on this inference, this was his self-confidence as a dragon!

As for the other member, of course, it is Will.

Unlike Red Flame, Iroh could be sure that Will was definitely not dead.

Because in Claire's decisive battle, Will's aura first disappeared, then reappeared after a while, and then disappeared completely.

Although Will's aura that reappeared only lasted for a few seconds, it clearly exuded a dragonlike feeling. That was certain for Arlo the moment he felt it—yes, it was a metal dragon's breath that was very similar to Noellet's.

Even further guess, it is the breath of the silver dragon!

Will is the Silver Dragon?

The thought made Iroh suddenly solemnize.

Here I have to mention the organizational form of the metal dragon clan. Unlike the colored dragons, the five metal dragons are united under their respective leaders, the Venerable, and although some of them do not claim to be "subordinates", they will generally do what they can as long as the Venerable speaks.

However, the organizational structure of the metal dragon is not as simple as there are only two levels, and between the Venerable and the ordinary metal dragon, there is actually a level called "follower".

The followers can be seen as His Holiness's assistants, cronies, and successors, who are more powerful than ordinary metal dragons, and who are also more obedient to His Holiness's orders.

Besides, it would be fine if Will was another metal dragon, but he might be a silver dragon......

As the leaders of the metal dragon, there are also some obvious differences between the five venerables. For example, the Golden Dragon Leader, the Venerable of the Holy Judgment, is a figure who lives in a simple sense in the true sense, and since this generation of the Holy Judgment Venerable took office, it can be said that no one or dragon has ever seen him and his Lightwing followers appear.

Another example is the Brass Dragon Leader Zhenyue Venerable, who is the only one who does not have an entourage, and who hardly cares about the affairs of the metal dragon clan, and is said to have been guarding a secret place for many years. This has also led to the brass dragon clan becoming the metal dragon that is the least concerned about the encirclement and suppression of colored dragons.

However, the Silver Dragon Leader, the Star Shadow Venerable...... Contrary to Venerable Zhenyue, he is not only keen on encircling and suppressing the colored dragons, but also takes the maintenance of world peace and stability as his mission, even if there are no evil forces to cause chaos, he must also find the hidden evil forces, which is simply the metal dragon that the colored dragons hate the most.

What's even worse is that the prestige of the Star Shadow Venerable is also extremely high, among the other four great Venerables in the Divine Dragon City, except for the Divine Dragon Venerable who has no head and no end and the Zhenyue Venerable who has an important task, the Blue Sky Venerable of the Bronze Dragon Clan and the Divine Yan Venerable of the Red Bronze Dragon Clan usually rely on the opinions of the Star Shadow Venerable!

In other words, if Will was a silver dragon, maybe his actions would have been exposed to the eyes of the Star Shadow Venerable—and as long as the Star Shadow Venerable said a word, he would probably be under the focus of the Silver Dragon, the Bronze Dragon, and the Red Bronze Dragon!

In that case...... It's troublesome.

In addition, there are ten Heavenly Wing followers under the seat of the Star Shadow Venerable, which is the largest number of followers in the metal dragon clan.

It is mentioned in the inheritance memory that the existence that can become a follower, even if it is not an adult dragon, is enough to compete with an adult dragon. The previous battle with Natalie made it clear to Iroh about his current general strength: the average young dragon may not be able to defeat him, but there should still be a gap compared to the adult dragon that cannot be ignored.

If the Star Shadow Venerable really wants to deal with himself, in fact, he doesn't need to make a big deal at all, as long as he sends three Heavenly Wing Followers, it will be far beyond the current capacity of Ailuo!

It's just that......

Thinking of the spiritual transmission in the first battle of the royal capital, Airo felt a little confused rarely.

That voice was indeed the Star Shadow Venerable, but why did he choose an almost laissez-faire attitude when he clearly discovered his existence?

This is completely inconsistent with his style in memory.