Chapter 774, where should we start attacking?
Beata huffed and said, "Humph, scared now? Too late, I'm telling you."
"If they catch me, you gotta plead for me, okay?"
"Oh dear, I can't!" Beata replied while eating. "Dragons can sleep for decades, and we agreed that I can leave after fifty years. As long as you keep your promise, by then this will all be over."
"What if there's an insomniac who hasn't slept that long?"
Beata knitted her brows but still said, "If you get caught, I'll speak for you, but if you catch a member of the Dragon Clan, I'll secretly let them go."
"That's blatently taking sides! There are so many from the Dragon Clan, and I'm all alone."
"Humph, can you compare? They've watched me grow up, and you haven't..."
Fang Hao waved his hand with a smile, "Alright, enough with the nonsense. You're being unreasonable."
After chatting for a while, Beata finished her dinner.
She patted her little belly and let out a breath.
She was quite satisfied with the food here.
Anyway, it was much better than what the Dragon Clan had.
Seeing that she had finished, Fang Hao continued, "That's it for tonight. Rest well, and you're still in charge of the attack on the Sea Tribe tomorrow."
Beata nodded, "Okay, I'll definitely take them down tomorrow."
With that, she hopped and skipped her way out.
...
After seeing Beata off,
Fang Hao continued to tinker with his rewards.
There were two rewards following his Divinity upgrade.
One was a Blessing Scroll, which would give his domain a 'Good Weather for Harvest' BUFF for three years.
Considering the current situation of his domain, it was not suitable to use it just yet. It would be better to wait until after settling the Dragon Clan issue.
The other reward was a map.
Fang Hao opened the map and began searching for the latest recorded location.
The map zoomed in, and Fang Hao discovered a spot to the south.
If the galleon was the center, then the marked location would be to the southwest.
The opposite direction of the Federation.
When considered...
To explore it, he would truly need to sail across the sea.
"Do I go explore the map first, or do I attack Mount Dragon Peak?" Fang Hao stroked his chin as he pondered.
Given that the map was a reward from his Divinity, the payoff was surely promising.
Facing the Dragon Clan, the only thing lacking was strength. Obtaining the reward could mean he wouldn't have to fear the Dragon Queen.
Even if he still couldn't defeat them, any improvement was good.
Therefore, exploring the map was the proper way to enhance his own power. Strength was an important bargaining chip, whether against the Dragon Clan or any other top force.
But...
On second thought, the Dragon Clan's elites were at his main city, while their lair had become an empty shell.
If he didn't strike now, he might miss the chance and not know when the next opportunity would come.
Hence, he needed to strike Mount Dragon Peak as soon as possible.
After much deliberation, Fang Hao more or less had a plan in mind.
He then stood up and headed towards the room behind him.
Leaving the hall, Fang Hao entered the bedroom in the back.
After knocking gently on the door, he pushed it open and walked in.
Inside the room, there was a faint scent of blood.
Rolana lay in bed, surrounded by bloodstains, with a bandage wrapped around her chest. She was holding a book and leaning against Anjia, looking at the content together.
You couldn't tell at all that she was injured.
When Fang Hao entered, the two women just glanced at him and then returned their attention to the book.
"Rolana, how are you feeling?" Fang Hao sat down beside her and asked softly.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Rolana uttered.
"Let me take a look."
With a slap, Rolana swatted away his hand, glanced at Anjia from the corner of her eye, and said, "What's there to look at? Will your looking speed up my recovery?"
Anjia also added, "The wound has healed; there's basically no issue."
Rolana's physique was like that.
When parts of her body were brought together to be reattached, they connected at a visibly rapid pace.
Her recovery abilities were quite terrifying.
Fang Hao placed his hand on her waist and gently caressed it a couple of times, then continued, "I have good news for you both—you're listening? I've attained godhood and now possess immortal life."
"Oh."
"Great, you're really awesome."
The two women responded without emotion, leaving Fang Hao at a loss for what to say next.
"Damn, you two are harsh." Fang Hao was about to get up but then rested his hand on her slender waist again, saying, "Rolana, can you contact your mother? I want to buy some Blood Stones."
Rolana lifted her head to look at him and replied, "Okay, I'll ask her for you."
...
The next day, at Mount Dragon Peak.
A light rain drifted down from the sky, the drizzling making the narrow winding path even more difficult to navigate.
A team pushing hand carts struggled up the mountain from its base.
The hand carts were covered with leather to keep out the rain, and beneath them were various materials and tools for repairing the Dragon Clan's buildings.
Along the way, carts would occasionally topple over, met by a burst of whipping sounds.
"Move faster, quit dragging your feet," a Dragon Clan hero stationed on the sides of the mountain urged the procession to pick up the pace.
The one whipped cried out in pain, then righted the cart and continued forward, pushing through the rain.
All heads were bowed, their focus solely on pushing the various carts up towards the peak.
Upon reaching the midpoint of the mountain was a vast square.
In the square, there were quite a few buildings.
"The Hero Altar is over there, the Dragon Clan elders' caverns, they are all near the top layers," Aerygon moved closer and whispered.
"Right, how many Dark Golds are there?"
Also cloaked in a sedge raincoat and pushing a cart, Fang Hao continued to ask.
"If we go by what you said, with two elders outside, then there's still one elder here. As for other Dark Gold Heroes, it's not very clear, but the caverns above the middle of the mountain are mostly Orange Heroes," Aerygon said.
Fang Hao nodded, "Okay, I got it."
"Do you, do you think we're sure to succeed? When the Dragon Clan seeks revenge and starts killing indiscriminately, what then?" Aerygon asked, somewhat anxiously.
He had also been motivating people from the Alliance to rebel against the Dragon Clan.
But they hadn't established a concrete plan yet, and this morning, Fang Hao suddenly showed up.
When he heard that they were going to take over Mount Dragon Peak today, Aerygon nearly peed himself from fear.
Are power struggles so casual now?
What's with this nonchalant tone, as if we're playing house? This is the Dragon Clan, not some bandits at the door.
But in the end, he was still led here by Fang Hao.
He was already on board the thief's ship, and had no choice but to do as Fang Hao said.
"The moment the battle begins, take your people down the mountain to block the road. Don't allow any person or power to pass. Don't worry about the rest," Fang Hao turned his head to look at him and spoke sternly.
This was war, do or die, with no turning back.
"Okay, alright," Aerygon still nodded and agreed.
Everyone continued to advance along the mountain path around the mountain waist.
They kept splitting off people to push carts into each cavern.
If there was a giant dragon in a cavern, they would place the cart at the entrance. If there was no giant dragon, they'd push the cart inside the cavern, completely invisible from the outside.
Fang Hao, with the few remaining people, went straight to the even higher top.
According to Aerygon, the higher the status of the Dragon Clan member, the higher their dwelling cavern would be.
The Dragon Queen's location was in the area at the mountain's peak.
Sheltered by a cloak and pushing a cart, Fang Hao walked into a cavern near the top with a gigantic dragon.
The cavern was exceptionally large, its wide center piled full of mountains made of Gold Coins and jewels.
A pale blue giant dragon was buried in the Gold Coin pile, its huge dragon head sticking out, eyes shut in deep slumber.
[Ice Forged Throat - Landslett (Dark Gold Tier 3)].
Indeed, it was a Dark Gold Hero.
And it was a Blue Dragon again.
From what he learned from Beata, dragons with colors were quite rare, but their strengths were formidable.
Like Beata, who is currently in the juvenile stage and already at Orange Tier 9.
Their power would increase with age.
Even just sleeping, their strength surged upwards.
If diligent in training, or possessing special talents, their strength would be even more formidable.
Fang Hao remembered that a Blue Dragon had attacked his main city. How come there was another Blue Dragon now?
Only, the scales of the previous Blue Dragon had been a deep blue, while the Blue Dragon before him was pale blue, almost white-blue.
As if it had faded.
The footsteps entering the cavern made the closed-eyed giant dragon open its eyes.
Fang Hao's advancing steps instantly halted, standing nervously in place.
He was ready to turn and flee at any moment.
But then, the giant dragon just glanced over and closed its eyes again, curling its body and burying its head back into the Gold Coins.
It seems that to the Dragon Clan, humans coming to repair the caverns was not a matter of concern.
Fang Hao saw the Dark Gold giant dragon close its eyes again.
He let out a sigh of relief and waved towards the entrance of the cavern.
Four figures also dressed in sedge raincoats, pushing carts, walked in.
They placed the carts aside, removed their sedge raincoats, revealing four identical-looking sisters.
Fang Hao glanced once around the cavern, seeing no movement.
He directly opened his storage space, took out four huge war hammers to give to the women, then himself pulled out an aged lantern, lit the wick, and set it on the ground.
Everything was done carefully, even maintaining a light touch to avoid loud noises.
Once all was ready,
The four, wielding their weapons, started to approach the sleeping giant dragon.
As they neared, the Blue Dragon immediately sensed something was wrong, its eyes flying open, but it was already too late.
In front of it stood four massive figures.
Before it could react,
A hammer slammed down onto its head.
Bang!
The dull impact caused the head that had just been lifted to smash back onto the ground, with Gold Coins clattering down.
Bang, bang, bang!
Following that, the four swung their hammers, ceaselessly striking on the dragon's head and body.
The giant dragon's body began to struggle violently.
Its body and tail slammed against the cave walls.
The cavern shook, stones shattering and flying.
But this was ultimately a cavern, no matter how spacious it was built, it couldn't allow the Dragon Clan to take flight.
In such confining space, it happened to suit the four sisters' fighting style perfectly.
The hammers in their hands roared through the air, relentlessly crashing down on the giant dragon.
The Blue Dragon let out one pained howl after another.
Stomping heavily, it rushed towards the cavern entrance.
But the four sisters had no intention of letting it escape.
Grabbing its tail, they dragged it back into the cavern.
And continued the relentless hammering.