A Dragon against the Whole World

Chapter 412 - 325: Legendary Mechanics and Ultimate Stats

Ximu Territory, council hall.

The fireplace was burning pine wood, emitting a light crackling sound, and the warm atmosphere dissipated the chill of the wilderness morning.

Galos, in the form of a black cat, lazily curled up on the cushion of a high-back chair, half-squinting his vertical pupils, his tail tip tapping lightly now and then.

"Thanks to the many regulations and laws you’ve established and strictly enforced, Ximu Territory is currently operating smoothly and orderly."

Opposite, Shire reported the overall situation of the territory: "Adventurers and large merchant groups are coming and going endlessly, and the number of intelligent creatures choosing to settle or reside here long-term is steadily increasing."

"Although deep-rooted discrimination, prejudice, and inevitable minor conflicts still exist between different races, all contradictions are currently within controlled ranges, and the overall situation is stable."

After summarizing these general conditions.

Shire paused slightly, organized more specific language, and then continued: "However, beneath the stability, there indeed have been some noteworthy anomalies."

"For instance, the swamp in the south of Ximu Territory."

"That area has always been a paradise for wetland creatures, with its own ecological balance."

"Several years ago, the creature behavior within the swamp suddenly became extremely abnormal and violent."

"A large number of creatures began fleeing the swamp area in panic, spreading outward, even forming small-scale beast tides that impacted the southern defense line of Ximu Town."

"After successfully repelling and resolving several beast tide assaults, I personally led a squad of elites deep into the swamp to investigate. Finally, I found that a group of swamp frogmen worshipping an Evil God were conducting bloody sacrifices with living creatures, holding an evil ritual, and successfully summoning an Evil Demon from the Lower Plane."

Shire’s tone carried a trace of gravity.

"I engaged in a fierce battle with the Evil Demon, initially struggling to cope, but fortunately, I had a fortuitous breakthrough during the fight, with my strength somewhat improved, and finally slew it. The accompanying elites seized the opportunity to clean up and completely annihilate that fallen group of frogmen."

Evil Demons, is a broad and dangerous appellation.

They can be demons from the Lower Realm, or devils from the Nine Prisons, or even the incarnations or offspring of some fallen Divine Spirits.

After hearing Shire’s account, Galos fell into a brief silence.

A breakthrough during battle... this scenario, seemingly existing only in heroic epics sung by Minstrels or in cheap Knight novels, had genuinely happened to this Flower Lord, proving his unfathomable potential.

For the Dragon Race, there is completely no concept of a breakthrough during battle.

Dragons’ power growth relies more on the accumulation of time and the evolution of slumber.

Yet, Galos did not feel envy towards this.

Constant refinement and rigorous training, day-by-day accumulation, that is his true source of strength.

If he were to face a formidable enemy one day, achieving a breakthrough during combat, it wouldn’t be due to mere luck but rather the inevitable result after prolonged effort, the quantity he accumulated finally reaching the critical point to trigger qualitative change.

"Continue."

Galos instinctively lifted a forepaw, extending his soft, barbed pink tongue, leisurely grooming the fur on it.

He found that after using the Transformation Technique, he would always unconsciously want to perform behaviors befitting the current race’s habits.

Shire himself is someone who loves small animals.

He couldn’t help but glance at the muscular, uniquely styled black cat beside him, struggling to suppress thoughts that might carry disrespectful implications, and quietly lowered the slightly lifted arm.

"About two years ago, in a mining pit in the east of Ximu Territory undergoing extraction, incidents of miners mysteriously disappearing started occurring successively."

"As time progressed, not only did the disappearances not decrease but gradually increased, even some golems responsible for mining were damaged."

"I personally delved into the bottom of the mining pit to investigate and discovered it was a mutated, extremely powerful Earth Giant, for unknown reasons, viewing the entire mining pit’s passage system as its new territory, exceedingly exclusive and completely non-communicable."

Shire continued speaking.

"Then, after some not-so-easy combat, I finally killed it, thoroughly resolving this hidden danger."

Having listened to the mining pit description, Galos was somewhat thoughtful.

Mining pit... the underground ruins beneath the abandoned pit rumored to hide a Legendary Artifact, with his current level of power, might have the qualification to explore it now.

"However, able to cause a city’s destruction... if the legend is true, that Legendary Artifact might be extremely dangerous."

"To be prudent, it’s better to dispatch strong enough followers to explore first."

Galos quietly planned in his heart.

Then, Shire continued his report.

He elaborately enumerated seven or eight anomalies he’d handled in recent years, mostly resolved by him properly.

But judging from the timeline of these events, their frequency is evidently increasing, indisputably confirming the trend of the Sel Wilderness becoming increasingly chaotic and dangerous.

Moreover, despite Shire’s tone consistently maintaining calm and objective, Galos still captured the underlying implication in his words.

The Flower Lord seemed to be emphasizing his meritorious service for the territory.

"You’ve done very well."

Galos’s deep voice interrupted Shire’s ongoing statements.