The Frost Dragon Arryris still hadn't awakened, so Ryan decided to personally visit this "old friend."
"Sir Raglov, this is our first meeting."
Ryan arrived at the Frost Giant ' tribe with a large amount of supplies. This was the Frost Giant ' village, and the surrounding mountains were their yard. The towering Frost Giant reminded Ryan of the Thunder Giant from before. They looked just as tall as skyscrapers, but he wondered if there was a difference in their combat power.
"Welcome, human nobleman Ryan, but my village may not be suitable for you."
Raglov said that was true; there wouldn't be a chair the size of a human to entertain him in the Frost Giant ' territory.
"It's alright. The purpose of this trip into the Northlands is to explore the scale of the Orcs in the ice and snow of the Northlands. Human civilization has just experienced a war, and we have suffered heavy losses. We hope that war will stay away from our world."
" Baron Ryan, you will get your wish. The number of Orcs is already very small. On our way back, we saw that food was growing in many places but the Orcs did not harvest it. They will not launch a war against you for a while."
Raglov said that the period of time he was referring to was probably not short compared to the human world.
Frost Giant are clearly more willing to familiarize themselves with the world of the Northlands than Dragons, Ryan it's not surprising that the Frost Giant know about the Orcs ' movements.
As Giants, who are legendary beings with top-tier backgrounds in the extraordinary world, just like Dragons, it's quite amazing that they live in groups.
As they chatted, Ryan started talking about Dragons.
"Lord Raglov, I wonder if war will break out between you and the Dragons?"
"If, and I mean if, you encountered a Dragons, could you kill it?"
Ryan asked, Raglov looked at Ryan and said:
" Baron Ryan, do you intend to kill that Frost Dragon? It's very powerful."
"No, no, no, Lord Arryris is also my friend. It's different from other Dragons; it's not as tyrannical."
"You're right, the Frost Giant and Dragons have a bad relationship, but that Dragons is different. We haven't had a fight since it came here."
Raglov agreed, telling Ryan that he suspected the Frost Dragon Arryris had lost its mind; Dragons shouldn't be like this.
"There have been many wars between the Frost Giant and the Dragons. When I was young, I participated in a war with the Dragons. We won that time, and the Dragons meat was delicious."
Raglov said, licking his lips as a large amount of ice shards fell down, knocking down a tree.
He missed the taste of Dragons.
Raglov told Ryan that the Frost Giant' enormous bodies meant they needed to eat a lot of food, and that Frost Giant massive Dragons were a perfect fit for them. By eating one adult Dragons, they could go decades or even centuries without eating.
This relationship led to numerous wars between the two sides, but because both sides were small in number, they were rarely encountered or understood by humans.
The only regret is that the power of Dragons is undeniable. As perfect creatures at the top of the food chain, Dragons are not just a name; they always have the upper hand in wars against Frost Giant.
So, they're practically sworn enemies?
Ryan blinked and said:
"To be honest, Lord Raglov, I have recently encountered some difficulties. Dragons is threatening my people, and if it reappears, I hope that Lord Raglov can help me drive it away, or even kill it."
"Of course, if you need its carcass as food, I will give it to you."
The Frost Giant before him was as tall as the Thunder Giant he had once been, and judging from his appearance, this Raglov was even more mature; if nothing unexpected happened, he would become a Legendary.
"Of course, Baron Ryan, the Frost Giant will help you."
Raglov stated directly that the Frost Giant were not human, and once his favorability was raised enough, Raglov wouldn't make any demands.
After learning more, Ryan understood why his favorability rating had increased so quickly.
"Those damned gray Goblin raided our tribe and killed two children."
"When we gave chase, the Great Being they served stopped us, and the Goblin retreated back into their burrows."
"We only managed to retrieve the body of one child; the other was dragged underground. I could sense that the evil Deities was changing him, and it wouldn't be long before that child became a vessel for the Evil God."
" The Frost Giant will absolutely not tolerate this. When He appears, I will personally drive Him away."
You must know that the Frost Giant Tribe is already sparsely populated, and it might not be possible for a single newborn to be born for a hundred years. The death of two would be a major population earthquake.
What's more, they encountered something like desecrating a corpse.
Ryan had avenged part of the tribe's grievances.
Is Hobii still causing trouble? Ryan was surprised. It turned out that he was trying to assimilate the Frost Giant into ghouls, and he had originally planned to use Dragons skeletons as a pretext.
"In my human empire, there is a Mages who is also interested in that Evil God. Perhaps I can invite him to help you, Raglov."
Ryan said that he hadn't forgotten about Ivy Aven. If he could act as a middleman to increase the chances of killing Hobii, then his relationship with that Legendary Mage should be able to progress further afterward.
As for favorability ratings, I don't mind raising them as many times as I want.
" Mages?"
Raglov gave a look of refusal. Ryan had already won him enough favor, but other humans, not to mention any other species, would find it very difficult to communicate with the Frost Giant. Even if they came to this Frost Giant Tribe, they would have a hard time finding the Frost Giant.
Raglov did not respond, so Ryan stopped talking. He would see how things went later. Dealing with an Evil God was not something that could be done overnight.
Ryan really wanted to invite the Frost Giant to fight the Dragons.
Regarding how to conquer the Otherworld, Ryan felt that apart from mobilizing the entire empire, or even the entire human civilization of the Norris Continent, there would be few other means to fight against this world.
After all, the enemies here are all Dragons.
Frost Giant are a unit capable of fighting against Dragons.
Nidhogg and Ryan gazed at the Dragons soaring in the distant sky. Some time had passed, and once again, traces of the Dragons appeared in this land cradle.
These Dragons are different from the Dragon Monarch. The Dragons soaring in the sky is just a young Dragons with a wingspan of only a few dozen meters. Its rank is probably around the Saint Realm.
The difference lies in the fact that these pure Dragons are filled with primal savagery, destructive desires, and greed. While Dragon Monarch have limits to destroying human cities and civilizations, these Dragons bring destruction like humans pouring boiling water on an anthill, as if they want to destroy the entire ant kingdom.
At this moment, this is what the Dragons is like.
It hovered in the sky, its earth-yellow dragon breath falling, causing the earth to rumble, collapse, and crumble continuously.
Rose was fighting it, but although the human's Saint Realm and the Dragons's Saint Realm were of the same rank, their strengths were not the same. Rose had taken two extraordinary paths, was extremely powerful in the human Saint Realm, but in the battle against this young Dragons, she still seemed unable to care about anything.
The Dragons held the dominant power, but fortunately, Rose managed to draw its hatred away from it. It then charged at Rose in a frenzy, determined to kill the human.
One by one, they rushed into the Mountain Forest. The departure of the Dragons reassured the people of Blue Butterfly City, but the destroyed environment around them was difficult to repair.
" The Dragons of youth should have already left home and begun its solo journey, right?"
Ryan thought to himself, looking at the destroyed land with anger in his eyes, wanting to kill the Dragons.
However, a few days later...
The Mountain Forest collapsed, and the enormous Dragons, like a giant boulder, plowed a terrible trench in the ground. The Dragons, now stopped, roared angrily at the Mountain Forest, and the surrounding earthy yellow Magic Power gathered, carrying thousands of stones that rained down on the Mountain Forest like a storm.
The Dragons roared once more, then flew into the sky with its injured wings. It wasn't fast, but no one could catch up with it.
In the Mountain Forest, as a large number of leaves were cut down, a large number of cavalry rushed out. Watching the departing Dragons, Rose let out a low growl of resentment, and her deformed metal arm slammed into a tree.
The tree broke, and Rose calmed down.
"This Earth Dragon is too difficult to kill."
Beside him, Egil was covered in blood, and no one would doubt that he would die at any moment, but he still had the strength to speak.
"Its defense is more than ten times stronger than those of the Dragon Monarch; our giant crossbows simply cannot penetrate its Magic Power- covered Dragon Scale."
In the civilization of Dragons, there are five most powerful Dragons, each representing one of the six elements: ice, earth, water, fire, Flame Dragon, and thunder. These five dragons are the Frost Dragon, the Fire Tidal Dragon, the Tide Dragon, the Earth Dragon, and the Storm Dragon. Legend has it that these five Dragons are also the oldest and purest Dragons, and they were created directly from the Magic Power ocean by the Creator.
Further on, for example, there are dragons like the Amber Dragon, which are Dragons, but not among the top-tier Dragons species.
Because their birth involves a variety of factors, it's like they have impurities.
Of course, the fact that they are not as powerful as the five Elemental Dragons does not mean that the five elemental dragons are not powerful. On the contrary, it is because those Dragons are also powerful that the five Elemental Dragons appear even more terrifying.
The fact that a Earth Dragon, which may have just entered its youth stage, was able to easily escape from the high-end combat forces of the Frozen Earth Territory made Ryan realize how truly troublesome Dragons.
But there's more than one in this world...
Dragons are very vengeful. After being attacked and injured by humans, the Earth Dragon continued to destroy human civilization for the next few days. All humans became enemies in its eyes, and it began to use its terrifying power to bring terrible disasters to the world.
Ryan was also glad that it was an Earth Dragon, which was not very fast. Otherwise, his army would not have been able to catch up with it and would have been able to watch the Dragons destroy his territory.
"Can't they stop them?!"
Ryan asked loudly. This time, it wasn't just that few people; even Grand Mage Macken and Grand Mage Luna had been summoned by Ryan.
However, they still couldn't restrain the Earth Dragon. When it flew in the sky, their methods were greatly reduced. When it landed on the ground, not to mention the strength of its Dragon Scale, even its rocky skin made of Magic Power couldn't be broken through.
The two Grand Mage needed a long time to prepare, but the Dragons's perception of Magic Power was much stronger than that of the Mages. The Earth Dragon would leave as soon as it sensed that the intensity of the Magic Factor gathering in the void was too high.
The Mages simply couldn't set up magical traps right under the Dragons's nose.
They practically brought the Mage Tower over here.
"That's the situation, Your Excellency Raglov. I hope you can offer me some assistance."
In the Northlands, Ryan described the Earth Dragon's combat power to Raglov, who readily agreed to Ryan's request. Not long after, a Frost Giant, about thirty meters tall, emerged. This was the Frost Giant unit that Ryan had gained in the War of Favor.
" Ragrus, he will help you kill that Dragons, but..."
"Don't worry, the Dragons's corpse is yours, I only need a portion of its blood."
Raglov felt a little embarrassed, after all, this was Frost Giant's way of giving back to Ryan, not a transaction. Frost Giant never make transactions; they either help without expecting anything in return or take without expecting anything in return.
In front of the Frost Giant, Ryan put on the Dragon Emperor Crown, causing Raglov, the Frost Giant, to tense up instantly, watching as Ryan opened a huge rift.
The powerful Saint Realm Frost Giant Ragrus entered the space with hundreds of Knight Retainer. Ryan closed the spatial passage and saw Raglov's solemn expression.
"Your Excellency Raglov, rest assured, I will not allow your people to come to danger."
"No, Baron Ryan, that's not what I wanted to talk about."
Raglov looked at Ryan with an extremely solemn expression.
"Behind the spatial rift you opened, I sensed... a familiar presence."
"There are Frost Giant in there, my kind."
"Ah?"
Ryan was somewhat surprised. Nidhogg has Frost Giant? How could that be? That's a world ruled by Dragons. If there were Frost Giant there, they would probably all be dead by now.
However, Ryan didn't doubt whether the Frost Giant was mistaken, and instead said:
"I will send troops to search for that world... Frost Giant shouldn't live in the sea, right?"
" Frost Giant can create glaciers at sea. Long, long ago, before the world fell into the Northlands, Frost Giant migrated by creating glaciers on the sea to float towards new lands."
Raglov's words surprised Ryan greatly; there was such a way to say it.
He nodded.
"That could be quite troublesome..."
"My army does not have the capability to sail at sea."
Ryan had witnessed those Dragons hunting deep-sea beasts amidst the raging waves. Even if he had a ship, let alone no ship, he wouldn't survive more than a few days on the seas of Nidhogg.
One Earth Dragon was enough to force him to ask the Frost Giant for help. If he encountered other Dragons at sea, especially the Tidal Dragon, Ryan didn't know what means of retaliation he could have besides opening Planar Gate portal to escape.
"Once I've helped you kill that Earth Dragon, let Ragrus go and search for it. He will find it by following the call of the ancient Frost Giant."
Ryan hesitated, not wanting the Frost Giant to die at the hands of the Dragons and jeopardize his friendship with the Frost Giant Tribe.
"That, Lord Raglov, that world... has many Dragons."
Ryan could only tell the truth: letting the Frost Giant die was like asking the Earth Dragon Ryan come back quickly; he wouldn't let the Frost Giant stay in the Dragons World any longer.
Ryan's words made Raglov's eyes widen instantly, and he stood up, causing the surrounding Snow Mountain to tremble.
Rumble!!!
A massive icicle was flung from the sky, slamming into the Earth Dragon and causing it to fall. The snow-white Frost Giant then violently leaped, shaking the earth and pinning the Earth Dragon beneath him. He then used his fists to hammer the Earth Dragon's head deep into the ground, one punch after another.
There's no skill involved, just violence and aesthetics.
Raglov grabs the Earth Dragon by the neck and continues to swing it from side to side. The scene looks relaxed and carefree, but what if we zoom out to the point where one building is lifting another building and smashing it on the ground?
The Frost Giant, who are usually gentle, are surprisingly brutal in battle.
Dragons are incredibly resilient. Even under these circumstances, the Earth Dragon was still alive, its mouth surging with terrifying dragon breath as it tried to fight back.
Fortunately, Raglov did not hesitate. He tore open the Dragons's chest, dug out a beating heart, and threw it to Ragrus, a miniature Frost Giant, who was standing nearby watching.
Ryan watched with envy. His rapid rise to knight rank was largely due to the power of that one-tenth of the Dragons's Dragon Heart. Even if this young Dragons's Dragon Heart couldn't compare to that of Legendary Dragons, it was probably still better than one-tenth of his own.
He didn't speak, and Raglov left the Dragons's corpse behind, then looked towards the far the North of this world.
"Besides this land, the rest of the world is ocean?"
"Raglov asked curiously."
"Not entirely. I also saw some very small islands. Maybe they were too far away, but under the destruction of the Dragons, even vast lands will be destroyed little by little and swallowed by the ocean. There will be no land where Frost Giant can survive."
Having seen the Frost Giant Tribe, Ryan knew very well that such Giants Frost Giant a large territory.
In the world of Dragons, only this land beneath our feet has such a vast expanse, but there are no Frost Giant here.
"Even if they manage to survive, they can't escape the Dragons ' pursuit; after all, this is a world ruled by Dragons..."
Ryan's meaning is simple: Raglov said that Frost Giant exist in this world, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are Frost Giant.
"I already know the answer."
Raglov hadn't responded to Ryan until, after a long silence, he finally spoke:
"They're all dead..."
"They were already dead during the War of the Deities Across Planes, just like that ghoul Evil God who used my people to turn them into monsters. The Great Being of this world are doing the same thing."
Raglov's words surprised Ryan, and then something dawned on Ryan...
Dragon Essence, sacrifice, Dragonkin Warrior, Raging Dragon Nightmare.
" The Frost Giant has been sacrificed."
Ryan was shocked by this answer, yet only this answer could reasonably explain everything: the world of Dragons has enemies of Dragons? No, perhaps it is the enslavement of Dragons.