Zhou Zhou looked at the tier of Aegon's skill and was dumbfounded.
Looking up to his face, he had no words to describe his feelings.
A divine tier soldier! A freaking divine tier soldier!!
Wasting no time, he immediately led Aegon to meet Nezario.
Roar!!
As soon as Nezario laid eyes on Aegon, a ruthless roar erupted from his mouth, shaking half of the buildings of the city.
"Why so annoyed? You dragons are uselessly so proud."
More relaxed in the presence of a beast like Nezario than a human like Zhou Zhou, Aegon said with a smile.
Roar!!!
Nezario roared louder as magma spilled from its mouth.
"Even if we need you dragons more than you need us, that don't stop the usefulness of our existence."
"We, dragon knights, can make you dragons the strongest race in existence!"
"That is our pride as dragon knights!"
Aegon said boldly as he spread open his hands.
Quickly stepping in before Nezario melt the fellow out of existence, Zhou Zhou said while looking up at the dragon.
"Nezario, how would you feel if I get killed?"
Grrwl!
[I will feel bad.]
Nezario gave his answer with a growl.
"That's right. I will feel the same way."
"That's why you need the contract with Aegon, to protect yourself by becoming stronger."
"Only by being strong can you save me from my enemies and those who wish to harm me."
Zhou Zhou looked up at his pet dragon as he said.
After almost 15 seconds of silence, Nezario finally growled.
[Fine]
Having a smile on his face, Zhou Zhou looked at Aegon.
"How does the contract work?"
"I and Nezario will mix our blood together and then drink it after a couple of incantations."
Aegon said to Zhou Zhou as he took out a dagger from a sheath on his waist.
"Alright"
Zhou Zhou took a couple of steps away from the area to avoid any complication that might hurt him.
Taking out a golden bowl from his storage ring, Aegon cut open his palm before letting the blood flow into it.
After 3 seconds, his blood stopped flowing as his injury got healed.
"Come on, it won't hurt that much."
Dangling the dagger about in front of Nezario, he said to it.
Roar!
Bringing its face very close to Aegon, Nezario roared loudly, spilling magma in its wake.
Coming to a stop, it brought its right forelimb in front of Aegon.
"Tsk!"
Aegon grinned before making a cut on Nezario's forelimb.
After acquiring the required amount of blood, he mixed them together with his hands while chanting incantations.
The more the blood in the bowl was stirred, the more hot vapor escaped from it.
Ten minutes later, Aegon calmed himself before bringing the golden bowl to his mouth.
Downing half of its contents, he handed the bowl to the black dragon.
Swallowing the entire bowl and its contents, Nezario suddenly roared as its body enlarged at a visible pace.
It grew from six meters to thirty meters before coming to a stop.
As for Aegon, a single horn grew from the right side of forehead and his scales became more lustrous.
"Amazing"
The Targaryen muttered feeling the connection he had with the lava dragon.
Looking up at the huge lava dragon, Zhou Zhou's eyes glittered at the scale of its size and might.
"It's beautiful."
He mumbled as the thought of what the strengthened dragon could pull of played out in his mind.
"Oh my heavens! The guardian dragon is so powerful!"
"I can't calm my heartbeats being so close to the guardian dragon!
"We'll definitely be safer with the guardian dragon becoming stronger!
"I'm glad I was summoned by the lord!"
"Same. Being summoned by the lord was the best thing that has ever happened to me."
The workers constructing the wall around the lord's courtyard raised their heads as they looked at the lave dragon.
[Your subject, Nugushi Muwon's loyalty has increased to 88]
[....loyalty has increased to 86]
[.....loyalty has increased to 93]
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Nodding his head at the loyalty notifications, Zhou Zhou said to Aegon and Nezario.
"You both should work on your teamwork by going around the territory."
"In 40 minutes, you'll be giving I and my soldiers a ride to Kunt City located in desolate gabi region."
Accepting the order, the knight and the dragon soared into the sky before vanishing from the view of the humans below.
"Go make your preparations."
Turning to Bai Yung, Zhou Zhou said to him.
"Yes, my lord."
Bai Yung bowed before taking his leave.
'I might not be able to attack Fish Spring Town due to the backing of the Aurora Kingdom, but I might be able to retrieve information about the High Continent from them.'
Zhou Zhou had this thought as he handed the sand crystals and the origin crystals he got from the sandmen and the regional treasure chest to Elder Zhao.
Then he headed into his courtyard after receiving Zhao Changshou's promise to upgrade the monster ranch to the next level, complete the sand crystal wall and improve the buildings in the territory with the sand crystal.
'The only thing I know about the High Continent is that there are several races here and they seem to be separated into Kingdoms and Empires.'
He continued his thought process while admiring the stone tablet powering the defensive barrier he got from the Ultimate Collector.
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After receiving word that his lordship would be attacking Kunt City in desolate gabi region, Man Nao called the soldiers together and had Wu Tu explain all he knew about the green bronze-tier city.
"It's said that the city's walls are fortified using siege cannons and are operated by trained slaves that would give up their lives to fulfill a command."
Having his map wide open in the middle of the group sitting on the ground of the Hall of Truth, Wu Tu explained while pointing at the peripheral of desolate gabi region.
"Their strongest fighter was rumored to be a Green bronze-tier advance grade martial artist. That's all I know about Kunt City."
He said to the fighters.
Stopping beside the active soldiers at that moment, the cavalryman, Zhang Xiang chimed in.
"The strongest fighter is the lord of the city, lord Kunt. He's a slave trader in the lord market in Fish Spring Town."
"You seem to know a lot about him."
Bai Yung looked at the reserved soldier.
"I was almost sold to him as a slave during a defeat of my platoon."
Zhang Xiang responded, revealing a bit about his past.
"From the information he provided, there's a chance that Kunt might not be in his city during our attack."
Huang Sai said to the hearing of his fellow soldiers.
"If the territory is what his lordship is interested in rather than the lord of the territory, it wouldn't matter if Kunt is present or not."
Lu Chong said.
"I will inform the lord about our discussion, he would make the best choice."
Bai Yung looked at the soldiers as he said.
Stopping his gaze at Hui Teng, he saw him nodding at his words.
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Listening to Bai Yung, Zhou Zhou thought for a while before coming up a plan.
"You, Huang Sai and Sun Can will join me to Fish Spring Town to deal with Kunt while the other soldiers deal with his city."
He said to the commander of his army.
"Yes, my lord!"
Bai Yung agreed with a bow. The will of his lord was his will.
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20+ minutes later, the soldiers and dragon gathered around their lord, Zhou Zhou.
"You've al been briefed by Bai Yung, so I won't say much. Lu Chong, come forward."
Stepping forward, Lu Chong was contemplating the reason for his beckon.
"My lord."
He bowed.
Nodding in response to Lu Chong's greeting, Zhou Zhou took out a little bottle containing a purple liquid from his spatial ring.
"This is a gigantification potion. It gives the ability for one to turn into a 10m giant with the attack and defense of an advance tier soldier."
"The gigantification effect can be deactivated at any time, but it can last for a total of 12 hours per day."
"Make good use of it"
"Thank you, my lord!"
Lu Chong knelt in gratitude while receiving the potion.
Zhou Zhou nodded before bringing his gaze to Aegon.
"The spoils from the attack will be kept in your spatial ring after being confirmed by Hui Teng."
"Yes, my lord."
Aegon acknowledged with a bow.
"Hui Teng, you're in charge of the operation. Make sure you keep an eye out for anything that might bring harm to yourself and the others."
"With Aegon and Nezario's help, you should try entering the city from above. That might help in avoiding the mounted cannons on the city wall."
Zhou Zhou said to Hui Teng.
"I won't fail you, my lord."
Hui Teng knelt as he accepted the responsible.
"I know you won't."
Zhou Zhou said before entering the prepared mechanostriders together with Bai Yung, Huang Sai and Sun Can.
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