CHAPTER 1350: CHAPTER 716 THE FUTURE OF BLOOD GORGE CITY_3

She is the Destroyer of the Shoon Dynasty, the Calamity of Shoon, also famed as "Sharptooth".

Speaking of her nickname, one must mention the history of Amu, Thacel, and the Karinshan Region. There once was a powerful and unified kingdom that reigned here for thousands of years, occupying a territory larger than the three countries combined. Many things in these three countries originate from this dynasty, known as the Shoon Dynasty.

Upon hearing the nickname Sharptooth, it’s apparent she was a disaster for this dynasty, considered an unignorable reason for its destruction and decline. A thousand years ago, she fought the final battle against the last emperor of the Shoon Dynasty, Shoon VII.

In that battle, she bit off Shoon VII’s left arm and right leg, thus gaining the common nickname "Sharptooth." It’s said her teeth were indeed more developed than ordinary Blue Dragons, always bared as if with a sinister, cold smile.

It’s well known that this ancient Blue Dragon’s lair is in the Broken Tooth Mountain Range on the border of Thacel and Amu. Her Dragon’s Nest amassed wealth greater than mountains, with Gold Coins being the cheapest item there, filled with numerous gemstones, powerful Magic Equipment, and even scores of Divine Artifacts, enough to buy another kingdom. She once forced the ancient Shoon Empire to pay tribute for years, and after its downfall, looted most of its palace treasury.

But even the most foolish thieves wouldn’t dare think of targeting her.

Because her dragon servants, spies, and agents are scattered across all surrounding countries. Before you even take action, you would already be secretly captured. Even if you were lucky enough to escape a disaster and excitedly dive into the Broken Tooth Mountain Range, what awaits you might not be treasures like mountains, but the sinister, cold smile of Sharptooth playing cat and mouse.

She is an anomaly among Giant Dragons, not only interested in wealth but also possessing an extraordinary interest in power. Like a shadow, she looms over the land once ruled by the Shoon Dynasty, manipulating its affairs at will.

Though there is no evidence, whether in Amu, Thacel, or the Karinshan, many believe there are agents supported by Sharptooth among them, managing her wealth and lands during her Dragon Sleep, guarding her safety, though she doesn’t need it. However, being awakened by a little mouse from slumber is never a pleasant thing.

The changes in the situations of the three kingdoms over a millennium are inseparable from her, as each time they undergo significant changes, it coincides with the waking periods of this greedy Blue Dragon. This includes the recent half-century of turmoil in the Thacel Kingdom, rumored to be her doing, aiming to take her tributes from the Theser Royal Family’s palace treasures.

These rumors can’t be verified, but one thing is certain: at least one member of the Amm Kingdom’s Six-Person Council is her agent.

The only consolation is that most of the time, this ancient Blue Dragon is in Dragon Sleep, and each time she awakens, her active period is very short, rarely exceeding half a year.

For more than half a century, no one has seen her enormous figure roaming the Broken Tooth Mountain Range in the sky.

However, in the coming decade, she will enter a frequently active phase, beginning to create her own new history.

Because her millennia-old nemesis, Shoon VII, escaped self-seal during The Year of Upheaval events, rebirthing, initiating a millennium-long vendetta against her.

This emperor, called the greatest, wisest, and most tragic of the Shoon Dynasty, deliberately faked his death for revenge, actually transforming himself into a Demigod Lich.

Their secret war will again unfold on the old lands of the Shoon Dynasty, having profound impacts here.

The starting point of this secret war lies in Amu, where Shoon VII infiltrated the Masked Council, utilizing their masked secretive nature as an excellent opportunity.

The resurrection of Shoon VII is still an absolute secret. Or rather, Gaven still cannot confirm whether he has resurrected, only knowing that it happened this year.

So, this need not be considered for now. Their main consideration in Amu is the attitude of the Six-Person Council openly.

"That’s how I responded to them too, directly driving them away." As an outsider, Blood Claw couldn’t comprehend how deep the waters ran here, opting for the most forceful measures.

Gaven contemplated slightly, nodded, and said: "You did well. Continue doing so and see how they respond next."

The hardline stance towards the Amm Kingdom’s Six-Person Council is not only because Blood Gorge City lies deep inland, nearly a thousand kilometers from Amu’s coastal areas, beyond their reach.

Also, because in two years, at the beginning of 1361, a significant event impacted the entire West Coast of the Felen Continent—the discovery of the New Continent Maztica by Amu’s mercenary merchant Caudel and his Golden Legion.

When this news returned to the West Coast, all merchants and pirates went mad, especially in Amu, Thacel, and Karinshan, organizing enormous exploration fleets to develop the New World.

A few years later, when fleets filled with Gold and Maztica Continent specialties returned, the gold rush reached an unprecedented peak.

Everyone with a skiff wanted to go to sea, aiming for the New Continent Maztica, as if Gold there could be picked up at will and the dangers of the Sea of No Marks were nonexistent.

The past Zalanda rose with this east wind.

It’s not to say she joined this gold rush. Quite the contrary, she didn’t join in but instead frantically amassed power within the Theser Kingdom, expanding while everyone was blinded by Gold.

The shortest route from the Felen Continent to Maztica was five to six thousand kilometers, filled with countless perils. If reaching it were so easy, it wouldn’t have only just been discovered by the world.

The seekers of wealth saw only riches, without noticing the mottled bloodstains on them—of both the Maztica Continent’s natives and the gold diggers.

Only a few brought back wealth; most gold seekers perished in the Sea of No Marks.