Chapter Fifty-Six: The Pattern of Descending Dragons
It was clear that the battle had been going on for a long time, and the mad wolf had exhausted his magic power and could no longer perform the Soul Scream, but was fighting the blood slaves with his strength and body alone.
Seeing the tragic melee scene with blood everywhere, Meng Yang's heart tightened slightly from the beginning, and soon he was relieved, this is war, maybe old Ford is right, blood slaves can only grow better by experiencing real combat tests, this mining defense battle is a growth training course for them, although this class is so cruel and bloody.
The battle circle of the blood slaves was constantly compressed, but they tightly protected the entrance of the mine in a ring, and Meng Yang was suddenly inexplicably moved.
"This is the bloody and brained blood slaves I have cultivated, they know how to protect my property, the people who protect me, I should feel gratified and proud! It seems that I am on the right path in this way. It's time for the battle to be over!"
Meng Yang decisively conveyed an idea to the head wolf, and the head wolf immediately let out an earth-shattering howl, which was transmitted directly to the mining area, and was heard by the wolves who were pressing towards the blood slaves step by step.
After a moment's hesitation, the wolves dropped hundreds of corpses and retreated away from the mine like a tide.
Colifo thrust the big sword heavily on the ground in front of him, he held the hilt of the sword with both hands, the whole person almost became a bloody man, he had actually reached the point of running out of oil, the countless wounds on his body and the damage caused by the power of the mad wolf made him even more overwhelmed, all with an unyielding will to support him to fight until now, he knew that he could not fall, so, he was dazed and hung himself on the sword, and the heavy gasp was heard by himself like a bellows even if he plugged his ears, he didn't understand why the wolves retreated。
Around Coliford, including the hundreds of magicians, after the wolves retreated for a few minutes, they felt a whirlwind, first they couldn't hold their weapons, and even had no strength to deal with their own wounds, and they fell to the ground one after another, and many magicians were even more mentally nervous because their magic power had long been exhausted, and there were not a few who fainted.
At this moment, if the wolves attack again, the fate that awaits all of them will be devoured, but there are strange smiles on their blood-soaked faces, because they have no regrets, so they have no complaints.
Ten minutes later, in an almost savage and unreasonable way, he quickly subdued the group of mad wolves that retreated, and Meng Yang rode the tall head wolf to the mining area.
Behind him were seven or eight hundred fierce mad wolves.
Coclifford tried to widen his eyes as he watched the flood of wolves come like a tidal wave, and his heart was sad, he was sad that he had tried so hard, but he still failed to save the miners in the mine, but instead took this team of blood slaves carefully built by his master, and he felt ashamed of his master.
Before Monyan could arrive, Colifo finally couldn't hold it anymore and threw himself on the great sword and fainted.
The battle of the three major earls of Longquan Forest, which lasted for seven months, finally came to an end in the form of peace talks. The three counts all lost nearly 30,000 troops, and the direct or indirect economic losses were close to 10 million gold coins.
War has always been a contest of attrition.
The final result of the peace talks unexpectedly ended with Count Amanda gaining the upper hand. It is said that Earl Bill and Earl Blanche each compensated Earl Amanda with two million gold coins, a batch of slaves, and magical equipment.
The army of 8,000 men led by Baron Iniesta achieved good results in this battle, for which Count Amanda personally awarded the title of Viscount Ebres's three sons, and rewarded them with some gold coins and magical equipment. Of course, the remnants of the army belonged to Count Amanda in perpetuity.
When the three brothers, Inesta, Ruta, and Guta, returned to the Dragon Descending Territory with the medals of warlords and a dozen retinues, they were greeted heroically by the nobles of the city.
And Viscount Ebrais also made an exception to set up a banquet in the mansion to celebrate the achievements of his three sons.
The banquet invited the lords and lords of the dragon realm, and these noble lords had clearly expressed their positions, which baron to support and which baron to ally with. So, the banquet was actually divided into three groups, headed by three barons.
But Viscount Abres doesn't seem to realise that even though he has declared his first successor to the throne as Andres Iniesta, the rivalry between his three sons does not seem to have stopped. Even the important nobles in the Dragon Descending Council were involved.
It is worth mentioning that Baron Iniesta, who has always been uncared for, now finally has seven or eight small lords who have taken the initiative to form an alliance with him, and this is only the beginning. As the banquet continued, from time to time a noble lord came to Iniesta's banquet, talked with him affectionately, and frequently raised a glass to drink.
The banquet was held for a day and a night, and Viscount Ebres only appeared for a moment, and then left the table under the pretext that he was unwell. As a result, the new aristocratic group, headed by the three barons, began to gradually take shape in the process of conclusion, disintegration, and negotiation.
During the banquet, there was a lot of unpleasantness, but the three barons still knew how to exercise restraint and did not indulge the development of the situation to the point of drawing swords and guns.
A day later, the three barons returned to their respective territories with their retinue and enviable magical equipment.
Everyone knows that the strength of these three barons with magical equipment has undoubtedly skyrocketed. Once Viscount Ebrath is dead, God knows what will happen to the Dragons.
A few days later, the three barons announced in a high-profile manner that they would recruit people of various professions with high salaries, and once hired, they would likely be qualified to use magical equipment. Moreover, the import and export tariffs of Sisang, Yanlong, and Yanlong have been greatly increased.
For this reason, it is said that the Zige Chamber of Commerce submitted a complaint of dissatisfaction to Lord Viscount, but Lord Viscount ignored it.
Because of the appearance of an unknown number of magical equipment in the Dragon Descending Domain, many professionals from other places have come one after another, they don't care about the battle between the three barons, they only care about whether they can get magic equipment and obtain cultivation resources.
In this world, there are too few people who are not mercenary, and the growth of cultivation resources and strength is the most fatal attraction for professionals.
A first-level magic weapon will be sold for as many as 300,000 gold coins in the Qige Chamber of Commerce, and it will also be coaxed by the noble lords.
No one knows what kind of magical equipment each of the three barons has received from the earl, what level, and how much, no one knows.
However, it is said that Lord Amanda's own personal guard is an elite army of 300 people with magical equipment, and all of them have magic equipment levels within the third level.
It is conceivable how much wealth and resources the Earl has gathered.
If a professional has a high-level magic equipment, his strength will skyrocket, and the high-level magic casters in this world are usually recruited and controlled by the three major guilds, and the magic equipment sold by the Sieg Chamber of Commerce is relatively cheap in the volcanic plain.
In the Tiger Mountain Plain and the Wolf Mountain Plain, the price of magic equipment is much higher.
This is due to the fact that the Sieg Chamber of Commerce controls more magicians and high-level magicians than the other two guilds.
However, the other two guilds controlled more pharmacists than the Sieg Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, the three major guilds control their respective chambers of commerce, and there are occasional large transactions between them, involving nothing more than magic crystals, concentrates, magic equipment, potions, and so on.
Yanlong City has recently recruited more than 30 professionals, and there are many fourth- and fifth-level professionals, including warriors, thieves and magicians.
In this regard, Ruta is much more efficient than his brothers.
The number of troops in Yanlong City has increased from 3,000 to 5,000, and the quality level of weaponry has also been improved, and of course, whether it is military expenses or materials, the noble lords allied with Ruta have provided strong support.
The laws of the White Dragon Empire stipulate that any lord can levy against others if there is a reason for doing so. Of course, wars between the three barons over the succession of viscounts were not uncommon in the Empire, and whenever such a battle arose, a large number of minor lords and nobles were always mobilized.
The winning side in the end will often be able to divide the territory, share a series of benefits such as the mine. Therefore, the support for the barons is, to put it bluntly, an investment in disguise.
Iniesta's Sisan led from a much lower start, but recently he had raised an army of four thousand men and recruited fifteen or sixteen professionals.
Guta is developing at a similar rate to Ruta, but it is slightly lower than Ruta in terms of army configuration.
Either way, Iniesta is still on the weakest side.
For a while, the Dragon Descending Territory was shrouded in the clouds of war, and a battle for the title seemed to be about to break out at any time.
During this period, the three barons led their respective armies and professional guards, and began to carry out a wide range of activities around their territory, mainly to let the surrounding small lords provide material support to them, once they encountered disobedience, force was the most convincing thing.
The three barons returned to the Dragon Lords to learn the news that Dragon Ruins had become an independent territory, and although no one knew what the three barons were thinking, it was clear that they were all disappointed by the decision made by the Dragon Lords Council.
The great potential shown by Meng Yang, and his amazing performance in the ring, are enough to make the three barons excited. What's more, Dragon Ruins is a very peculiar area, it is simply one of the smallest entrances to the Longquan Forest. The ambition of the three barons has never diminished, and after the battle of the three earls, they realized that the Longquan Forest is a huge treasure trove waiting to be discovered, as long as the strength is strong enough, entering the Longquan Forest from the Dragon Ruins to explore can be described as unaware, and it will not be like the three major earls, no one dares to enter rashly, but no one is allowed to profit, and even does not hesitate to resort to force to start a war.
Therefore, after a period of intense expansion of strength, the three barons converged the momentum of expansion and set their sights on Mengyang's Dragon Ruin Territory.
The reason why the three of them wanted to increase the tariff significantly was to restrict the cooperation between the Qige Chamber of Commerce and Longxu Fort. Since Monyan has turned a deaf ear to their recent actions, they are going to force him to come to the door.
Based on their knowledge and the information they obtained, Dragonruin Fort had already been almost destroyed by the Lucerne family when they left. Even if Meng Yang had mysterious financial support, bought several batches of supplies, slaves, and hired a large number of craftsmen, it would be impossible to complete the reconstruction of Longxu Fort in just a few months.
As for the checkpoint set up at the entrance of the Dragon Market, prohibiting all people from entering and leaving, they didn't think so. Therefore, the people sent by the three barons to spy on the Dragon Ruins were blocked from the level, and they did not know anything about the construction progress of the Dragon Ruins and other information.