Tens of thousands of years ago in Toril, it was a time when dragons and giants were fighting, and all mortal races were just their slaves.
At that time, the elves had just come to the world of Toril through the opened portal from another world, and privately named this land "Faerûn" - which means "Land of Hope" in the Elvish language.
However, even with the help of the gods behind them, the elves only obtained a small piece of land through negotiations with the dragon.
At this time, humans, kobolds, goblins and other native races of Faerûn were all used as servants and slaves of dragons and giants.
Compared to the kobold servants and stewards who are often gifted by the dragon, humans only serve as slaves and perform the most menial jobs for the dragon.
It was not until about 26,000 years ago that, as the last kingdom of the giants was conquered and most of the giants were expelled to the northernmost glaciers of the continent, the giant dragons finally completed their rule over the sky and earth of this continent!
The country has no external troubles, but the dragon's internal oppression is getting worse! The elves can't stand the humiliation and rise up to fight. Even among the lowly and worthless human race, there are actually thoughts of resistance: countless human wise men have begun to look for sources of strength to resist tyranny.
What's ridiculous is that at that time, the only way for humans to become stronger was through rewards from giant dragons. However, the weak ancestors of the human race were not even as favored by the giant dragons as the goblins!
Until the elves relied on a meteor "Kingslayer" that visited Toril every few hundred years to create the world's most powerful magic miracle "Dragon Madness Lock", overturning the rule of the continent!
The Dragon Madness Myth has a terrifying effect that plunges all dragonkind into a state of unconscious madness, an effect that even makes dragons hostile to their own descendants.
——This is the origin of "Dragon Madness". Until now, every few hundred years, the dragons on Faerûn still have to face the catastrophe of "Dragon Madness"
(Everyone can see the traces of the gods’ actions behind this)
The dragons personally destroyed the kingdoms they created. They killed each other in the sky, and the dragon corpses fell like meteor showers - this gave an opportunity to those human wise men who pursued the power of the dragons!
Countless primitive rituals were invented, including: putting on the dragon's heart, wearing the dragon's leather, bathing in the dragon's blood, eating the dragon's internal organs...
The weak nature of human beings and the long-term slaves of the dragon have led to many crazy roads being invented by humans after the death of the dragon.
However, after a long history of elimination, there are not many barbaric roads that can still be passed down, and [Behemoth Stalker] is one of them!
This also shows that the [Primitive Dragon Hunting Ritual] has its power!
And this is also the main reason why the two mage professionals, who are known for their rationality, do not object.
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As Shatara floated into the center of the ceremony under the effect of Ivan's spell, Steve also began to circle the dragon's heart with disheveled hair, stepping on the dragon's blood pattern on the ground and danced a primitive dance - the ceremony began.
Under the dance of the druid, bursts of blood-red mist emerged from the dragon's heart and surged towards Shatara lying on the node of the pattern.
The cold air on the sorceress's body instinctively tried to prevent this power from entering, but unfortunately it failed under Steve's influence.
The environment that was originally a little chilly due to the power of the silver dragon bloodline in Shatara's body suddenly appeared a hot breath.
The flames burned on the scales on the back of the sorceress's hand. Under the distortion of the silver dragon's power, they slowly stretched towards the palm with mutated claws.
The druid had stopped dancing and sat down cross-legged with eyes closed. He began to use the power of the red dragon to offset the effect of the silver dragon's blood, easing or even reversing the dragon transformation of Shatara's body. The consequence of this was that she would permanently lose part of the dragon's blood.
The physical fitness bonus brought by it.
It is not easy to maintain a balance between the lawful silver dragon and the chaotic red dragon. It would be difficult for any other professional to preside over it.
For druids, maintaining "balance" is precisely their most suitable job...
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The sun was already close to the sea level, and its red-yellow rays were burning the clouds in the sky red.
The ceremony has ended, and Shatara is still sleeping. Compared with before, her nails are just sharper and there are some red scales on her arms.
The two mages divided their work to collect the body of the red dragon. One cast a second-level necromantic spell [embalming].
It was quite interesting to see Master Yiwen stuffing the dragon corpse piece by piece into a big bag. The bag was a bit like a Xianxia storage bag, and everything would be shrunk and sucked in as soon as it reached the mouth of the bag.
It’s so convenient, I’ll get one done when I have money!
The muscular man thought secretly.
"General Ernest! Harder ran away, but we killed Bugwu!"
A griffin knight fell from the gryphon and said to the elf general. Ernest just nodded and continued to talk to Victor.
This guy is really a chatterbox, and his skill in making excuses is terrible. Before he even asked much about Victor, he told everything he knew. Even gossip about the Elf King's illegitimate son came up...
Hader is a kobold warlock under Maxima, and Bugwu is a lizard elder.
The one Victor just killed with his [big sword slash] was a monster that accepted the dragon's call and came quickly. Later, many remnants of the Red Dragon Legion came.
Although most of them ran away after hearing the news of "the dragon's fall" from the fleeing goblins and kobolds, Hader and Bugwu, as leaders of the group, had to come to confirm the situation.
Then they ran into the elven reinforcements.
In fact, when Ernest came to "receive" Victor, their battle was almost over. Without the red dragon flying in the sky, these monsters were just a mob even if they were not weak.
When the monster encountered a team of watchmen who cooperated tacitly, without the dragon to boost their morale, they really collapsed at the first touch. Even the dragon-born kobold warlock and the lizardman elder were running away. When Ernest came over first, he ordered them to chase down the remaining enemies, so this
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Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the adventurer team followed the watchers on the road back to the fortress. This section of the road in the jungle was originally easy to walk, but it was the "beast" left behind by the monsters' repeated attacks on the Nanfeng Fortress.
road"…
Still unconscious, Tia, Yorick and Shatara were placed on the back of one of the ranger's animal companions - it turned out to be a triceratops!
Although the area of Chult is famous as a paradise for primitive dinosaurs, dinosaurs are rarely seen in this section of the Misty Mountains under the protection of the Elf Mystic Lock for nearly two thousand years.
The appearance of Triceratops gave the curious baby Victor a new research object. He talked to the elf general while walking, and also used his knowledge to study the body structure of Triceratops.
Although there are dinosaurs in the Pirate World, and Victor has also studied the Triceratops and Diplodocus in the "Little Garden", the dinosaurs growing in the Magic World seem to be a little different.
According to Ernest, the Triceratops in Chult Jungle seems to be no different in habits from the Triceratops that Victor knows. They are the same herbivore, the same aggressive, and the same have no magical power.
But he found some structures in the dinosaur's subcutaneous tissue that were not found in the dinosaurs in the pirate world...
While Victor was waiting for in-depth research, Nanfeng Fortress was already in front of him.
What comes into view is a city wall that stretches from the mountains to the coastal cliffs, completely blocking the road to the north.
Unless you are willing to climb over the nearly 2,000-meter-high mountain range, or jump off a 300-meter-deep cliff to circumvent the sea route, you can only find a way to break through this nearly ten-meter-high city wall!
Even if this place is a natural pass, the city wall is still one thousand meters long.
The walls are covered with the withered bones and limbs of monsters - it is more like a pass than a fortress!
Looking at the city wall not far away, Ernest signaled the mage Ivan to take out the dragon head from the magic pocket - they wanted to use the red dragon's head to boost the morale of the watchmen in the fortress.
The morale of the watchmen, who have been harassed by Maxima and monsters for many years but cannot leave the station without permission, is not very high. The number of elves is too small, there are less than 1,000 defenders here, and the entire fortress has less than 2,000 elves including the logistics.
The entire elven kingdom is surrounded by the sea on one side and is surrounded by enemies on three sides. The green dragon, which has been eyeing the south for two hundred years, gradually lost its power and was exposed to the east in front of the dinosaurs. Two black dragons built their nests on the back...
Had it not been for the clear knowledge that Maxima was seriously injured, Ernest would not have dared to lead his troops out of the station.
These enemies continue to consume the vitality of the Mist Elves. Two hundred years ago, this was a prosperous country with a population of nearly 200,000. Now it is a declining ethnic group with a population of less than 50,000.
——Kings gave up their heavy crowns, picked up swords, and wore heavy armor to face the evil dragon's minions on the front line...
