Failing to get the right to mine and sell the fire crystal mine in the Dragon Kingdom, the Shamrock King couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but the reason given by the gluttonous king was irrefutable. The cause of the turmoil in the whole world is that the Golden Shield Empire uses the fire crystal in its hands to try to challenge the position of the World Bank in international trade.

If the Emerald Forest gets the fire crystal of the Dragon Kingdom again, I really don't know what problems it will cause. The Glittering Gold People must be unhappy, and may even put the Emerald Forest on the sanctions list.

The Emerald Forest doesn't have the strength to challenge the World Bank, nor does it have a leader like Meteorite, so not touching the Fire Crystal might not be a bad thing.

Next, Luke discussed trade cooperation with Agatha and the Shamrock King.

The dragon's treasure is many, but it is finite, and even if all the treasures in the dragon's lair are collected, it is far from enough to cover a series of expenses in the future. This world confrontation is very different from ancient wars, and the resources and wealth consumed are not comparable to ancient wars.

Therefore, in the Dragon Country, it is necessary to establish a trade chain that can provide a steady stream of flowing funds.

Both the Golden Shield Empire and the Emerald Forest have completed the industrialization of their own countries, and there is a great demand for raw materials. There is no industry in the Dragon Kingdom, but the raw materials are all over the mountains, and the money comes quickly by selling resources.

After several days of negotiations, Luke, as the gluttonous king, signed a number of trade cooperation agreements with the Golden Shield Empire and the Emerald Forest. The Dragon Kingdom can provide timber, herbs, alchemy raw materials, coal, and seafood for export, and the Golden Shield Empire and the Emerald Forest need to provide industrialization assistance to the Dragon Kingdom while obtaining raw materials from the Dragon Kingdom.

In addition to the mining and transshipment of fire crystals, the Golden Shield Empire is obliged to transfer a heavy industry to Jinjing Town, and the factory is jointly held by the merchants of the Dragon Kingdom and the Golden Shield Empire, and the Dragon Kingdom has the final decision-making power.

In her own business, the left hand is down to the right hand, and Agatha certainly has no objections.

Then there is the assistance and cooperation between the Dragon Kingdom and the Emerald Forest in the field of alchemy and light industry. These are what the Emerald Forest is good at, and of course the Shamrock King has no objections.

Cooperation agreement signed.

Through the Golden Shield Empire and the Emerald Forest, the Dragon Kingdom has officially extended its tentacles into the world.

Agatha, who returned with a full load, reluctantly left King's Peak.

While the two of them are alone at night, Luke tells her that he is going to visit the underworld as the new king of the Dragon Kingdom.

Agatha didn't expect Luke to go to the underground world as soon as he became the king of the dragon kingdom, and he didn't know when he would be able to meet.

But Agatha knew...... The big picture counts.

The turmoil of the world made the Shining Gold Civilization, the Angel Civilization, the Purgatory Civilization, and the Dragon Kingdom Civilization all respond fiercely.

The shimmering gold civilization, the reorganization of the House of Elders, and the Tan Shang, who was born as a debt collector. Many of the World Bank's policies are undergoing rapid transformation, and the people of the World Bank are actively preparing for war.

Angelic civilization, the Sword of Oath staged a coup d'état, killed the previous archangel, and took office as the archangel of the chief holy judge. Sky City is ruled by fanatics and is actively preparing for war.

Purgatory civilization, now the whole hell has been beaten into a pot of porridge.

The dragon civilization has elected a new king after a thousand years.

Of the five ancient civilizations, only the Shadow Civilization did not seem to have reacted much, and after the assassination of the Elder of the Shimmering Gold People, the rulers of these underground worlds were no longer moved.

News came out of the underworld that several ShadowClans had been assassinated, and the Assassins had never been found.

The ShadowClans are all good assassins.

Being assassinated, and it is not known who did it, can be said to be a mockery of the entire Shadow Civilization.

Now all the ShadowClans are holding their breath and vowing to find this assassin.

Luke knew that Sky City was engaged in the tandem of ancient civilizations, and the Dragon Kingdom had many traces of angels, and they would definitely not let go of the Shadow Civilization.

No matter what the Shadow Civilization thinks about the future world pattern, it must know what state the Shadow Civilization is in now.

So this time the underground execution, Luke had to go.

And to go as soon as possible.

Shortly after Agatha left the Dragon Kingdom, Luke received a reply from the Shadow Civilization.

As an ally in ancient warfare, the Shadow Civilization is quite polite to the Dragon Kingdom. The letter congratulates the Gluttonous King on becoming the King of the Dragon Kingdom and invites the Gluttonous King to visit the Underworld.

When the invitation from the underworld arrives, Luke makes a detailed list of the affairs of the dragon kingdom, and then gives it to King Tyranny to perform the duties of king on his behalf.

Once everything was arranged, Luke led the Twilight Dragon and the seven-headed dragon out of the dragon kingdom and headed for the underworld.

The Underworld has a name called Gruzere, which means "Labyrinth Country" in the Underground language.

The entrance to Gruzere is located at the South Pole of the world, where there is a deep crater covered with thousands of meters of ice and snow. Passing through the crevices of the ice and entering the pit is the underworld of Gruzere. The entire underground world is a complex labyrinth, with some large caverns inhabited by a variety of underground creatures.

The chiefs of some of the underground tribes are the Shadow Clans who are parasitized by the Shadow Parasites.

Before he traveled to Gruzere, Luke had made up for his knowledge of the underworld.

The social relations of the Gruzere Underworld resemble those of ants.

The hierarchy of a tribe of underground creatures is fixed from birth and remains unchanged through the ages. The chieftain has an authority that cannot be questioned, and below is the clan chief, the samurai, the overseer, and at the bottom is the prison people.

All living beings are in their own place and do not question the upper classes.

Even if they let themselves die, they don't ask questions.

There have been players who have tried to change Gruzere's social system and spread the idea that "princes and princes will have a kind of peace...... But none of them succeeded.

There is a supreme ruler in Gruzere.

He was the original Shadow Parasite, and after the death of his host, he did not choose to change his host, but instead relied on the powerful psychic power left by his host to survive.

The future shadow parasites are, strictly speaking, his isolated iterations.

His name was Darkness.

Owner of the Gruzere Underworld.

Luke leads his horde of dragons south across the ocean to the coldest place in the world.

Antarctica is a forbidden area for life, with nothing but endless glaciers. The deep pit leading to Gruzere is just below the glacier, and some of the crevasses between the ice layers can be reached.

As a former ally, the dragon knows which rifts are safe enough to reach Gruzere quickly.

The group of dragons that arrive at the South Pole changes formation.

The black dragon Bariel flew to the front, leading the dragons to fly as the pilot dragon. The dragons lined up, with the dragons who had been to Gruzere flying in front and the twilight dragons who hadn't been to trailing last.

The dragons advanced quickly against the gale, and they climbed over a mountain range under the guidance of the black dragon Bariel, and when they reached the top, they immediately entered a swoop.

A canyon of ice appeared on the back side of the mountain.

Bingling Canyon is ten meters wide and less than one meter narrow. The black dragon Bariel led the team into the canyon, and the other dragons did not slow down and burrowed into the canyon one after the other with a whistling sound.

Once inside the canyon, the environment inside is more complex.

There were protruding ice cubes everywhere and unprepared sharp turns. The dragons maintained their speed and flew in an extremely agile manner through the crevices of the glacier, and in some narrow places they needed to fold their wings and use magic to help them pass.

Dressed in dragon armor and spreading his wings, Luke is in the middle of the dragons. Dodging obstacles at high speed gives him the feeling that he is playing a dodge flight game.

Fortunately, Luke's flying skills are quite good, and his human form is more dexterous than his dragon form, so he does not have to hit the ice.

Flying fast, Luke had just found his groove on the track when the dragons rushed through the glacier into a huge crater of unknown width.

The dragon summons a fireball for illumination, which cannot reach the edge of the crater. In this boundless darkness, even the dragon seemed extremely small.

After entering the deep pit, the dragons did not dare to fly so fast. They form a three-tiered defensive formation, maintaining a controlled, uniform descent to prevent dangerous things from escaping from the darkness.

The danger in the darkness makes the dragons cautious.

I don't know how long it flew, but the dragons finally reached the bottom of the pit. There are countless passages that lead to the underworld, most of which lead to a labyrinth with nothing and no end. Baliel, the black dragon, searched for the marker and found a passage to Gruzere.

The dragons continued to weave through the passage.

After about two more days of flying, the dragons finally reached the open underground world.

There are mountains, there are rivers. Above there is a galaxy of glowing obsidian, providing a visible glimmer to Gruzere.

In the plains between mountains and rivers, there are also farmland cultivated by underground races. Edible fungi and mosses were planted in the fields, and the prisoners worked in the fields under the watchful eye of overseers with whips.

The arrival of the dragon herd immediately attracted the attention of the underground race.

Several harpies fluttered their wings and flew closer.

The harpy has a humanoid body, with a human woman's head, arms with eagle wings, a slender waist, and feet with eagle talons. Harpies don't have hands, but their claws are as flexible as their hands.

The Harpy Banshee led by the "Dragon ......" was very nervous in the face of so many dragons, but her duty made her finish speaking: "This is the territory of the Shadow Clan's Romanchenko Chieftain. Dragons, is there anything important about your intrusion into Gruzere? ”

Eiffel in human form flew to the front, and she pulled out the invitation from the Great Dark Chieftain.

"The gluttonous king of the dragon kingdom has come to Gruzere, at the invitation of the Dark Chieftain, the ruler of Gruzere, for a friendly visit."

"Gluttonous King!"

The Harpy noticed a humanoid dragon surrounded by a group of dragons.

The news of the election of a new king in the Dragon Kingdom has spread in Gruzere. Some information about the gluttonous king is naturally known to the underground world.

The Harpy didn't read the invitation, and as an ordinary tribal warrior, she couldn't read too many words.

"Your Majesty, welcome to Gruzere." The Harpies saluted Luke together, "This is the Scarlet Banshee Tribe, the border tribe of Gruzere, and our chief is the Shadow Clan Romanchenko.

To visit Gruzere, you need to pause in the Crimson Banshee Tribe first. With the permission of the Dark Chieftain, you and your dragons can travel to the City of the Deepwells. ”

There are rules for access.

Luke replied, "We'll be on hold at the Scarlet Banshee Tribe, waiting for the Grand Chief of the Darkest to enter the country. Lead the way and meet Chief Romanchenko. ”

"Your Majesty, please come with us!"

The harpies turned around and flew towards a town at the foot of an underground mountain range.

Luke leads the dragons to follow.

The architectural style of the dungeon is slightly different depending on the main race in the city, but the overall style is similar.

A town is a monestic building with three floors inside.

The ground floor is a dungeon, and the prison dungeon is locked up when they are not working, eating, drinking, and lazing in it. If you want to go out, you must get permission from the overseer.

In the middle was the wo, in which the samurai and overseer classes lived.

On the upper floor was the palace, where chieftains and tribal chiefs lived.

The town of the Scarlet Banshee Tribe is also a structure like this, with a closed building that can protect the inhabitants from the attacks of underground beasts, and has the same effect as a human castle.

The dungeon simply built the castle into a city.

The dragons land on the upper floors of the Scarlet Banshee Tribe Town, and Luke tells the dragons to find a place to rest on their own, and he leads the Twilight Dragons into the palace.

Knowing that the king of the dragon kingdom was going to stay here for the time being, the Scarlet Banshee tribe lit up the entire palace with burning torches.

Walking in the corridors of the palace, there is a feeling of walking through a labyrinth.

Walls and roads made of stone, without ornamentation or markers. It's boxy, it's the same everywhere, and you don't know which direction you're going in when you walk in it.

The harpy leading the way walks with a leaping rhythm, shaking the feathers on her shoulders from time to time, and scratching a few paw prints on the walls, just like canines would make signs on the road.

Turning around, when I was a little dizzy, I finally came to a large hall.

A harpy, who was very special at first glance, was waiting respectfully outside the main hall in the company of a group of harpies.

"Dear Gluttonous King, welcome to the Scarlet Banshee Tribe, I am Chief Romanchenko of the Shadow Clan." Romanchenko saluted Luke, her arm not a hawk wing, but a normal human arm.

Luke stepped forward, took out the posture of the king of the dragon kingdom, and said, "Hello, Chief Romanchenko. Please send a message to Deep Well City as soon as possible, I hope to meet the Great Chief of the Darkest soon. ”

"The messenger has departed. The Harpy is good at flying, and you'll soon hear from Deep Well Castle. Romanchenko invited: "The feast is ready, please come in and dine with your dragons." ”

The Harpy warriors pushed the door open, and Luke walked inside, surrounded by the Twilight Dragon.

At the same time, he said to Chief Romanchenko: "You and your clan leaders will dine with me." I've heard something bad happening in Gruzere, maybe you can tell me something I don't know. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, it is an honor to dine with you. Your questions, I will do my best to answer. ”