CHAPTER 40: AFTER MODIFICATION: CHAPTER 38 SECRET SURVEILLANCE

One by one, the newly joined wandering beastmen formed teams, and under the special training guidance of the elders in the Dragon Nest Tribe, they began to gradually integrate into this large collective.

Austin’s initial plan finally bore fruit. Overcoming numerous difficulties at the beginning, he personally trained the initial seven Kobolds into a genuine army, and now there is a reward.

The training knowledge and methods he established are like a seed, starting to take root and sprout with the Dragon Nest Tribe as the core, spreading and binding the entire Dragon Nest Tribe into an unprecedented cohesive whole.

Although in this Kawa Great Forest, many terrains are not suitable for group attacks, the beastmen army trained with modern concepts as the core can break down into numerous tactical squads to disperse and conduct joint attacks, and they can easily crush most beastman tribes of the same population.

Moreover, if in a defensive stage, they can form a phalanx of clustered spears in open areas, and even Beastmen with numbers several times greater cannot hope to defeat them.

A single chopstick is easy to break, but ten chopsticks gathered together are much harder.

This is the power of unity and discipline; facing those scattered beastman tribes in the Kawa Great Forest, those beastman teams that blindly charge with the tribe leader as the vanguard are utterly vulnerable before the trained beastman army of the Dragon Nest Tribe.

Training, work, beast hunting, and other busy tasks have plunged the entire Dragon Nest Tribe into a state of bustling activity.

And just as the entire Dragon Nest Tribe flourished and continued to develop.

In the midsection of a distant mountain ridge, several pairs of sharp eyes were hidden within the snowy scene, a few Jackal Wolf People were obscured under the bushes, quietly observing everything.

Before long, a figure swiftly darted under a snow-laden tree not far away and approached the Jackal Wolf People.

"Lord Hog, it’s been confirmed, the owner of this territory should be a Blue Young Dragon, with manpower roughly half of ours, maybe even less."

A few days ago, the column of white smoke rising from the mountain naturally fell into the eyes of the Jackal Wolf People watching from over ten miles away, leading Hog and his group here under Simon’s orders to gather intelligence.

They could be regarded as the elite of the Jackal Wolfman Tribe, skillfully avoiding the hunting patrols of beastmen on the outskirts and hiding nearby to spy on the recent actions of the Dragon Nest Tribe.

Regarding this beastman tribe that is still blindly messing around in the ice and snowy landscape during the cold winter, they grew increasingly puzzled.

"Less than half, huh..."

Captain Hog gazed solemnly at the distant scene of the Dragon Nest Tribe’s beastman military training akin to ants, pondering silently in his heart.

The population of the Jackal Wolfman Tribe totals over two hundred, and this Blue Dragon Tribe should be fewer than a hundred beastmen. Coupled with the natural advantage that Jackal Wolf People have as bloodthirsty warriors, this ragtag beastmen group should be no match.

The troublesome factor is that Blue Young Dragon. Young dragons are typically nurtured by adult dragons; it’s unknown if there’s an adult Blue Dragon nearby, and if there is, that’s problematic and could cause significant issues for the plan.

Hog furrowed his brow; as an absolute high-ranking member of the Jackal Wolfman Tribe, he clearly understands the significance of the tribe’s existence and some secrets. He and Simon did not appear in this remote place to establish settlements like other disgraced vagabonds being driven out; they came here with a mission.

"Continue investigating, are those beastmen using merely wooden spears? Also, assess the general capability of that Blue Young Dragon and whether there are any traces of adult Blue Dragons nearby. Everything needs to be thoroughly investigated."

Young Dragons at this age typically don’t recruit followers so early unless this Blue Young Dragon isn’t a typical Blue Young Dragon but an orphan dragon.

And if it’s merely an orphan dragon, perhaps Simon could be advised to lead people here to annex the Dragon Nest Tribe, and if they manage to slay this Young Dragon, they would become Dragon Slayer Warriors. The various precious materials left by the Young Dragon could even enable them to evolve into a Sub-dragon Species, greatly enhancing both their potential and power.

The only trouble is the strength of this Blue Young Dragon.

As for that stupid dragon recruiting a bunch of ragtag soldiers and conducting monkey training every day, he completely disregarded them.

As long as the Jackal Wolf People deploy their forces, these beastmen are bound to collapse at a single strike, and the real trouble is only that Blue Young Dragon.

"Stay here and continue gathering information about the Dragon Nest Tribe, focusing on the Blue Young Dragon. Be careful to remain hidden, and if exposed, play the part of a wandering beastman and join them. I’ll return to report to the leader."

With a decision made, Hog issued orders to his subordinates.

Although ordering them to stay here as watchful eyes, Hog knew the Jackal Wolfman Tribe would not launch a war against the Dragon Nest Tribe in the short term.

Firstly, their tribe had wiped out several small tribes before the cold winter, seizing enough food to last through the season. Secondly, after the cold winter, when herbivores awaken from hibernation, it would be the best hunting period that Leader Simon wouldn’t want to miss.

Moreover, the precise situation of the Blue Young Dragon hasn’t been clearly investigated, making Simon even less likely to move easily.

However, despite this, while there would be no war in the short term, annexing the Dragon Nest Tribe before the next cold winter is certain.

After issuing commands, Hog left the mountainside, heading towards the Jackal Wolfman Tribe.

Meanwhile, the Jackal Wolf People at the scene each discussed a little before dispersing.

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Time continuously flowed, and the Smoke Tower on the mountain kept emitting dense white smoke, constantly attracting wandering beastmen here, who would then join the Dragon Nest Tribe through unified training, slowly increasing the population to nearly a hundred.

Implementing militarized collective management maximized the efficiency of the beastmen; the settlement expanded again with newly built wooden grass-structured houses, and a wooden wall was set up on the village’s perimeter to prevent beast attacks.

Simultaneously, preparations for next year’s work were fruitful. Not only did they burn a significant amount of qualified charcoal on the mountain, but also felled nearly thirty acres of flatland by the river. Waiting for the cold winter to pass, the wild grass and trees would be burned clean to create new farmland.

Every day, every moment, the Dragon Nest Tribe grows and thrives; the footprints of beastmen began to densely surround the Dragon Nest Territory.

Soon afterward, the Fire Attribute Magic Power tides from within the Seta Continent once again overpowered the Water Attribute Magic Power tides from the ocean, causing the air temperature to rise and ice and snow to melt.

The cold winter had passed.