I have to say, Anna's suggestion was quite "criminal" (brilliantly devious). It not only solved the problem of too few monsters in the dragon's lair but also increased biodiversity.
As more and more monsters came under the influence of the dragon's aura, the reproductive isolation between different monster species would gradually disappear.
Of course, for now, Fireflame Rabbits could only mate with other rabbit monsters like Whirlwind Rabbits to produce baby rabbits.
The lower the rank of monsters, the faster they grew and developed.
Take kobolds as an example.
A kobold only needed one month from hatching to becoming combat-ready.
Monsters like Blackwater Pythons and Fireflame Rabbits developed even faster than kobolds.
"Anna, how did you come up with this idea?" Su Nian gently stroked Anna's head with his soft dragon wing, his dragon face filled with confusion.
"Well..."
Anna's face turned red as she stole a glance at the black dragon. Her shy appearance was like a freshly ripened red apple, making the dragon want to take a bite.
Although it was somewhat embarrassing to explain, she didn't want to hide anything from the dragon she liked.
So after hesitating for a while, she finally leaned against the black dragon's ear and whispered softly:
"Because... Anna previously saw in big brother's collection of story books... there was a plot where an evil dragon stole a prince's princess at their wedding..."
"And then... then, when the prince brought his army to the dragon's lair, he found the evil dragon and the princess were doing... that thing..."
"As a result, the enraged prince couldn't defeat the evil dragon and had to flee in panic..."
"By the time the prince endured the humiliation, became a legendary knight, and returned to the dragon's lair..."
"The evil dragon and the princess already had over a hundred children..."
Good grief!
Su Nian was completely stunned.
What kind of ridiculous plot was this?
Could carbon-based life forms really write such things?
Among his chest full of story books, quite a few were taken from human soldiers, and he hadn't had time to read them yet.
If he remembered correctly, the story book Anna just mentioned was titled "On the Wedding Day, the Domineering Evil Dragon Came to Snatch the Bride."
He had only read the beginning before putting it down because it was too tacky. He never expected the plot to be even more melodramatic than he had imagined.
Seeing the black dragon stunned, Anna thought he didn't understand her meaning, so she very thoughtfully summarized:
"So, after reading that story book, Anna realized a truth!"
"Only the strong have the right to mate!"
"Anna must become stronger, then forever monopolize big brother and drive away all other female dragons!"
"If any female dragon has ulterior motives and tries to steal big brother, Anna will beat her head until it's covered in bumps!!"
So this was his little treasure's possessiveness?
Su Nian found it quite endearing.
"Did you all hear that? What do you think about Anna's idea? Do you want to go to the Silvermoon Mountains to 'date' other monster clans?" Su Nian turned his head to ask his subordinates.
This "dating" thing could be forced, of course.
But such force was only superficial.
However, Su Nian thought there shouldn't be much of a problem. After all, in these times, which monster would mind having a few more wives?
"Uh..."
Bolikri and Grey Wolf looked at each other awkwardly.
This so-called "dating" was just going to other monster clans to snatch their female monsters, wasn't it?
Indeed worthy of being their master and mistress.
So evil!
"Great Master!" Bolikri prostrated himself on the ground, wagging his tail with a fawning and delighted expression.
"Your will shines like the stars in the sky, and we shall follow you to the death!"
"However, there may not be any kobold or gnoll communities left in the Silvermoon Mountains... After all, we are humanoid monsters, and there aren't many of our kind."
"That is indeed a problem," Su Nian nodded, but he wasn't too worried about it.
After all, the Silvermoon Mountains were so vast, there might be larger kobold or gnoll communities somewhere.
Worst case scenario, they could find monster clans similar to kobolds and gnolls...
That's what you'd call exotic flavor, which would also be quite an experience.
"Don't worry, I will find monsters for you to live with," Su Nian reassured the worried-looking Bolikri, then commanded:
"Now gather all monsters together, we're preparing to enter the outer region of the Silvermoon Mountains!"
...
...
Today would be an unforgettable day for the monsters in the outer region of the Silvermoon Mountains.
On this clear night.
When all was quiet.
The evil black dragon led his subordinates quietly into the outer region of the Silvermoon Mountains.
The first to suffer were the Whirlwind Rabbit clan.
These were monsters slightly stronger than Fireflame Rabbits.
The reason they could survive in the outer region of the Silvermoon Mountains...
Was entirely because their huge rabbit ears could support their tiny bodies to glide at high speed at low altitudes.
With this ability.
They could escape from many predators.
However today, they were ambushed by a group of unreasonable Fireflame Rabbits.
"Squeak squeak squeak!"
[Hehehe... little rabbit, be good, I mean no harm, I just want to take a female back with me]
Bugs Bunny was holding a large net woven from vines, and trapped inside was a female Whirlwind Rabbit. She had been sleeping in her burrow when Bugs Bunny directly covered her with a net.
"Chirp chirp!"
The Whirlwind Rabbit let out a terrified squeal.
She recognized the monster rabbit before her as their close relative, the Fireflame Rabbit.
But she had never seen such a large, strong Fireflame Rabbit before. She was about the size of a cup compared to the Fireflame Rabbit.
Had these Fireflame Rabbits undergone some abnormal growth?!
"Hehehe..."
Bugs Bunny sneered, skillfully tied a knot around the Whirlwind Rabbit.
Then casually threw her into the basket behind him, which already contained four or five terrified female Whirlwind Rabbits.
Similar scenes were happening elsewhere. Many male Whirlwind Rabbits were still sound asleep when suddenly their arms were empty, their mates having been snatched away by muscular, furry rabbit paws!
"Squeak squeak! Chirp chirp!"
[Give me back my female rabbit]
This was a courageous male Whirlwind Rabbit. Seeing his mate being taken away by a large Fireflame Rabbit with glowing red eyes, he became extremely angry.
In this state of extreme anger.
He charged forward, flapping his huge rabbit ears, while also beginning to gather violent wind blades in his mouth.
He was very confident in his wind blade technique.
It was confidence built up from killing various predators, and this wind blade was now infused with all his anger, which would surely tear apart the enemy before him!
However, the next moment, a furry large hand reached out and directly pinched his mouth shut.
The wind blade that had just formed exploded inside his mouth.
The male Whirlwind Rabbit screamed in pain.
His rabbit mouth was a bloody mess.
Then with a loud "smack," he received a heavy slap.
The male Whirlwind Rabbit's vision spun as his weak body rolled on the ground for more than ten circles, finally crashing into a tree trunk. The intense pain caused him to let out a moan.
"Squeak..."
[Damn it, she was mine...]
Under both physical and mental blows, the male Whirlwind Rabbit could no longer hold on. His rabbit eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
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