Chapter 54: Following the Dragon's Footsteps

Visible in the night's field of vision was a dragon with a body like a hill.

The whole body is covered in gray-brown scale armor, and the huge dragon head has 18 sharp horns, of which the two in the front are the most large, estimated to be 6 meters long.

It is a winged dragon that belongs to the Iron Dragon, which is the lower rank of the metal dragon in the True Dragon sequence.

Iron dragons feed on metals, and eating a certain amount of metal will secrete metallic substances to strengthen scales.

The color of the scales of the dragon in the juvenile stage should be iron gray, and it will gradually lose its luster with age, and it will metamorphose into gray-brown in old age, and degenerate into rust color in the aging stage.

The true dragon species has a long lifespan that mortals would envy, and despite its age, there is no degradation of combat power.

On the contrary, the longer each true dragon lives, the more terrifying it becomes.

The legends of dragon-slaying heroes circulating in the mortal world are basically some juvenile dragons, young dragons, and the highest is an adult dragon.

Starting with the old dragon, the real dragon has officially entered the legendary rank, does not use dragon language to cast spells, and with its strong flesh is enough to kill most of the extraordinary professions.

After the true dragon enters the aging period again, it will usher in the first aging judgment in its life.

If the judgment is passed, the life span of the true dragon will be extended again, and it will officially enter the ranks of the ancient dragon species;

However, if the judgment fails, the true dragon's lifespan will reach the end of 10 years.

Calculating the size of the iron dragon in front of him, it is estimated that it is already at the peak of old age and is about to enter the aging period.

And this is good news for many legendary professionals.

Prometheus does not have a native dragon, and the dragons that can come here are either summoned by powerful spellcasters or enter through the spatial turbulence of the outer realms of the Shattered Island.

The standard of wealth of the true dragon has always been more than three times that of the same monster, and slaying the dragon means great benefits, but looking at the deeds of this iron dragon, it seems that he is not afraid of the arrival of the dragon slayers.

The night leaned against the stone, trying to get rid of its own scent.

The iron dragon didn't stay too long, folded its wings, twisted its slender and huge body into the woods, and the vigorous dragon power was like magma, startling countless birds and beasts to flee in all directions.

After all the dragon power dissipated, Cangye completely relieved his heart, lying on the ground with his hands and gasping for breath.

It has nothing to do with the reason of will, Long Wei can bring forced pressure to people from the physical level, with his current strength, if he walks within 10 feet of the Iron Dragon, it is estimated that he will be instantly crushed by Long Wei.

The coercion disappeared, Cangye adjusted his body, looked at the deep ravine on the ground that was plowed out by the iron dragon, and immediately chased away.

A true dragon means a great fortune, and as a dragonborn, if you get it, you will have to at least double it.

Although I am not an opponent now, I can't say for sure in the future.

No matter how powerful a creature is, it is always just a prey in the eyes of the night, and the difference is only the length of time it has been hunted.

……

Coming to a completely collapsed hill, Cangye found that there was a primary iron ore buried in the mountain, which had now been eaten by the iron dragon, and there were still some primary ores left around.

The ore has jagged impressions and some have been corroded.

This is the saliva secreted by metal dragons, also known as ambergris, which has the effect of corroding extremely hard metals and promoting digestion.

That's all the information available in front of you, and Nightnight once again gets a hint of how to improve your [Tracking] skill.

Metal dragons are huge in size, far more powerful than similar dragon species, and even with wings, their flight speed is greatly limited, and their physical strength is severely depleted.

It is estimated that every 10 kilometers or so of the flight will require a stop and rest.

It is precisely for this reason that the metal dragon is very inert, and it is very rare to be able to come out of a nest once in a hundred years.

Nights didn't know the purpose of the dragon, and all he could do now was follow the true dragon's footsteps until he found the location of his lair.

For three days and three nights, Cangye continued to track more than 700 kilometers, and had entered the boundary of the outer realm.

In the sky, the huge iron dragon let out an excited roar, dragging a large bag of gold and all kinds of rare minerals on its limbs.

True dragons have an unusual collector's habit, something that is etched into instinct.

Each true dragon devotes his or her life to collecting, or plundering, gold, gems, or other precious things, and piling them up throughout the dragon's lair.

Seeing wealth as life, as soon as he saw the bright and clear gold turn back into an uncontrollable state of rage, as for the reason for collecting wealth, I am afraid that almost all the true dragons will answer:

Is there anything more enjoyable than wallowing in a pile of gold?

The purpose of the iron dragon is to plunder the wealth and bring it back to the lair, and only the passion for collecting wealth can overcome the innate inertia of the race.

Iron Dragon traveled, and a total of three city-states in the fringes were attacked, with tens of thousands of casualties, and a terrifying amount of goddess gold looted reached more than 500,000!

As a result, in addition to Cangye, there is also a mercenary group tracking the iron dragon.

Through the imminent contact, Cangye suddenly discovered that this was a large mercenary group 'Winged Angel' with evaluation B.

This mercenary group numbered more than 500 people, including more than 50 transcendent-level professionals, as well as fallen priests, orc shamans, and mages.

The Commander is a Battle Priest who defected to the 'Crown and Conqueror God of War', or should it be called the 'Crown Iron Guard', and his personal strength is even about twice as strong as that of the Demon Spider-Man.

This mercenary group is enough to be called the "Golden Regiment".

Whether it is the outer continent or the inner continent, the Golden Regiment can be regarded as one of the few elite groups.

Nightshade consciously avoids the distance from the 'Winged Angel', this is a wilderness, and people are sometimes more dangerous than monsters.

……

On the fifth day, the Iron Dragon flew over the Traveler's Canyon.

This canyon is filled with chaotic void power, and the ribbons of light floating in the air are beautiful and dangerous, and from time to time strange creatures will come out of the canyon.

On the sixth day, Nightshade found some broken scales and hairs on a completely shattered mountain.

The scales belong to the Iron Dragon, while the Fur belongs to the unknown beast, and based on the comparison of the blood, scales, and number of hairs on the ground, it is the Iron Dragon that has won.

On the eighth day, the night came to the Misty Valley, where the dragon's lair was located.

The vision of the night sees through the layers of fog and sees the whole valley.

A five-thousand-meter-high crater is where the dragon's lair is located, but there are also many nests in the surrounding mountains.

Bipedal Wyvern, One-Horned Wyvern, Poison Wyvern, Earthwalker...... There are even many lizard and half-dragon tribes living at the foot of the mountain, with a population of no less than 10,000 people.

These dragonborns built 1:1 stone carvings of iron dragons and worshipped them, judging by the scale of the sacrifice, this is a typical ancestor worship ceremony, this iron dragon seems to have ruled the Misty Valley for hundreds of thousands of years, and these dragon-blood creatures are all his descendants.

The Misty Valley is like a dragon kingdom.

As a result, even the Legend team may not be able to slay the dragon successfully.

The most reasonable way to do this is to gather more than five city-states, gather a legion of about 30,000 professionals, and at the same time use a team of legendary professionals to carry out a fierce attack to have half the chance of success.

This ensures the lowest distribution of returns, with more creating break-even and more losses.

However, the most reasonable approach does not guarantee 100% success, and the true dragon is a more intelligent race than humans, from knowing how to spread the bloodline to organize ancestor worship, and using it as a link to establish an entire dragon kingdom, its wisdom is already not to be underestimated.

Cangye conservatively estimates that the ruling science of this iron dragon is at least at or above the master level. (500 knowledge)

The Golden Regiment arrived, and then, under the surprised gaze of the night, brazenly launched an attack on the Misty Valley.