Taming Dragons
The Black Tide has brought the corpses underground back to life, and now the ground is full of living corpses, but the sky is the only pure land.
Previously, the Blue-tailed Hawk trained by the Kolman people as scouts were useful elsewhere, but in this "Karatva Basin," they became food in the eyes of another aerial overlord.
The flying pterosaur is an absolute ruler of the skies.
Regardless of the species of raptor, these dragon species consider them to be at the bottom of the food chain.
It is highly mobile, highly stealthy, and possesses outstanding combat capabilities.
Moreover, now that we know there are Steam Airship in the world outside the fog, air combat capabilities become especially important.
No one understood the true meaning of "Air Superiority" better than him, a time traveler.
Rein had previously considered the issue of flying mounts, but because the dragons have dragon blood and are born with an instinct that higher beings will not submit to lower beings, he gave up the idea.
But now, Wudo has rekindled that idea in him.
In Black Dragon City.
"Oh no, another flying dragon is coming! Everyone be careful!"
"No, there's another person on that flying dragon— Elder Wudo!"
"My God, Elder Wudo has tamed the dragon!"
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Before long, Wudo rode the Third Tier adult flying dragon and landed on the open ground outside Black Dragon City.
People in the city gathered around out of curiosity, forming a large circle of thousands, yet none dared to approach.
Surrounded by so many people, the pterosaur's scales bristled, revealing its instinctive ferocity. It let out a menacing roar that was full of warning to the crowd around it.
The sound waves made everyone's eardrums hurt, and the magical beasts riding the Kolman Warrior were even more uneasy, pacing back and forth on the ground restlessly, clearly suffering from a fear that came from their blood. Even higher-level magical beasts felt the same way.
And then, a miraculous scene unfolded!
The dragon was restless and wanted to escape.
But Wudo cradled the pterosaur's pointed head, calming its increasingly uneasy emotions.
The next second, the pterosaur, which had been extremely agitated just moments before, gradually calmed down and even affectionately nuzzled Wudo's hand as she stroked it, becoming incredibly well-behaved.
When Rein and his companions returned on their magical beasts, they happened to witness this scene and were equally incredulous.
Seeing everyone's wary stance with muskets and bows and arrows, Wudo explained, "It won't attack us anymore, so don't worry. But don't get too close; it's still a little afraid of humans."
Then she said the same thing again in Common Tongue.
Upon hearing this, everyone put down their weapons and looked at the increasingly docile dragon with curiosity.
The Kolman people are used to it; for them, animal taming is something almost everyone experiences in their lifetime.
But the people from Omar had very interesting expressions, their faces full of disbelief.
"Huh? These man-eating dragons are afraid of humans?"
"Elder Wudo can actually communicate with flying dragons?"
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Everyone became curious.
At this moment, Ymir, who was in the crowd, noticed that the dragon was somewhat afraid of humans, especially since there were many High-tier Extraordinary among them. So she said, "Everyone, let's go back to the city first. We'll leave this to Elder Wudo."
"Yes, Your Her Highness the Eldest Princess."
The crisis was over, and work had to continue. No one watched the spectacle anymore, and the officials began to call the craftsmen at their posts to go about their business.
Sure enough, the crowd dispersed, and the panic in the dragon's eyes gradually subsided. The scales that had been erect due to tension gradually shrank back and returned to normal.
Outside the city, only a few high-ranking officials, including Rein and Ymir, remained.
Everyone recognized the significant strategic importance of Wudo's move.
This is the first sub-dragon to be tamed, which means there can be a second one!
Anything that flies in the sky is fine, and anything that runs on the ground is fine too!
Compared to other magical beast mounts, the earth dragon is far superior in combat power.
Their tough scales and flesh can easily withstand ordinary artillery fire, and their roars can instill instinctive fear in people, making them incredibly powerful in combat.
Moreover, back in the Ashen Forest, the Tuster grandfather and grandson had already equipped the Kolman Warrior's magical beast mounts with armor and cannons, greatly increasing their survivability and combat power.
Compared to ordinary monsters, earth dragons have advantages in both physical strength and agility. They can carry heavier cannons and have thicker armor!
One or two might not matter, but if they become a large-scale operation, they are definitely a deadly weapon on the battlefield.
This was something Rein had envisioned before: a mechanical dinosaur army!
Rein first looked at Wudo and saw that she didn't seem to have any external injuries, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't dare get close, afraid of provoking the pterosaur, and asked from a distance, "Wudo, is this pterosaur really safe?"
"Yes."
Wudo nodded, stroking the pterosaur whose gaze remained wary of Rein and the others, and said, "But it will take some time for it to gradually learn to get used to living with humans. As long as you don't frighten it, there won't be any danger."
Rein, also curious, asked, "Wudo, how did you tame it?"
Not long ago they were shouting for war, and now they've been tamed? Although I know it might be the effect of the radiant [Myriad Beast Totem] on her body, it still feels too unbelievable.
Wudo explained, "Actually, monsters have a much simpler way of thinking than humans."
The divine power of the [Myriad Beast Totem] granted Wudo an extraordinary affinity with all beasts, which would stabilize their emotions and eliminate the instinctive hostility caused by blood ties. This allowed her to communicate normally with various magical beasts as if they were her "kin."
Despite their enormous size, Tuster has dissected many dragon carcasses and found that the brains of most of them are only about the size of a walnut, suggesting that their intelligence is about the same as that of a husky.
Their behavior is more in line with bloodline inheritance and instinct.
Rein thought that "dragon taming" would involve some mysterious Transcendent abilities. But he didn't expect that the most important element was still "bribery".
After explaining for a while, Wudo finally revealed her trump card for "persuasion to surrender," saying, "It flew a long way with me just now. I heard it was hungry, so I told it that if it followed me from now on, it would have meat to eat. It then agreed to come back with me."
As she spoke, she took out a large piece of raw meat from her Storage Ring. Like a dolphin in an aquarium that gets a small fish as a reward for being obedient, she tossed it to the pterosaur, which snatched it in its mouth and ate it with relish.
"The Language of Ten Thousand Beasts" doesn't actually involve communicating with monsters like a human, but rather sensing their emotions.
Wudo smiled and patted its head, then, after a moment of sensing, said, "It's in a good mood, probably meaning: 'If there's food, I won't leave.'"
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The onlookers, including Rein, listened with expressions of disbelief.
Are pterosaurs really that easy to fool?
Of course, they also knew that this was inseparable from Wudo's extraordinary affinity with all beasts.
At this moment, Ymir also spoke up and asked, "Elder Wudo, can you tame other pterosaurs? We captured a few injured pterosaurs alive in the territory just now. I'm thinking that if possible, we shouldn't kill them."
Wudo: "It should work, but I'm not sure if this method will definitely tame them. Not all of them are greedy. But if they don't accept it, we'll lock them up for now. We'll find another way."
Having solved the problem of their unruly bloodline, the Kolman Tribe had even more methods for taming them.
She paused, clearly understanding why Ymir had asked that, and then said, "If all else fails, just kill them. Anyway, I just went up the mountain and found a group of wyverns on the cliff edge of the snow line, and there are quite a few of them."
Upon hearing this, both Rein and Ymir's eyes lit up.
They suddenly realized what their job would be for Black Dragon City for a long time to come.
That is, capturing and taming dragons!
It's not just Ilubeck's [Dragon Blood Gene Warrior] project that needs samples. They also need a large number of earth dragon mounts to build a "Dragon Knight Legion"!
That will be the foundation of our fighting force to sweep everything away in Black Dragon City!
Wudo brought the pterosaur back to the city.
This huge creature certainly couldn't be kept with the magical beast mounts of the Kolman Warrior. Otherwise, it would be like a wolf locked in a sheepfold, its instincts causing it to prey on other magical beasts.
The soldiers set up a separate shed for the pterosaur in a secluded corner, Wudo put out large bowls of raw meat for it, which the pterosaur ate with great relish. After it had eaten its fill, it stopped flying and howling, and lay down in the shed to take a long nap.
Several pterosaurs were captured in the city; besides those that were killed, four wounded ones were tied up with steel cables.
Because they were so frightened, no amount of comforting from Wudo could make them believe in humans.
If they weren't taken prisoner, they wouldn't receive such good treatment and would have to go hungry. Although they struggled and shouted for a while, they gradually quieted down due to exhaustion.
This was just a "small-scale monster siege of level C," something the people in Black Dragon City were already used to. After the initial commotion, everyone resumed their busy construction work.
But unlike before, thanks to the brave and fearless help of the Kolman Tribe warriors, the craftsmen who had been captured by the pterosaurs were spared.
The rift between the two factions is also undergoing some subtle changes because of this incident.
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