Gold Tooth's Encounter

The Storm Highlands, Casting Endurance Hills.

A procession of over a thousand Kobold was slowly making its way across the hills, looking like a swarm of ants from a distance. They were the Kobold Transport Team of the Embers of the Burned Kingdom.

"Hurry up and get all the gold over there. This is something Mr. Lang Pu personally instructed us to do."

"Smack!"

Gold Tooth gripped a leather whip and lashed the ground fiercely, directing the Kobold at the mine entrance.

As dependents remaining on Storm Highlands, the Kobold continued their work of mining and transportation, tirelessly hauling gold nuggets from the mines day and night, their work surprisingly diligent. The reason was that the most outstanding performers were granted the Dragon Vein Potion, becoming the legendary Winged Kobold known as "Erde."

As the effects of the Dragon Vein Blessing deepen, Gold Tooth can now even transform into Dragonblood Kobold on his own, bestowing upon him the Bloodline Gift.

Gold Tooth now looks more and more like a real dragon. Although it still stands on two feet, it is more than four meters long from head to tail. Its head is like that of a young dragon, and a row of bone spurs grows from its back. However, the Gold Tooth in its mouth looks much smaller due to its expanded body.

Upon seeing a Kobold stumble and fall, Gold Tooth roared.

"Roar--"

"You little brats, hurry up! Don't you want to grow wings?"

Now, Gold Tooth's roar doesn't sound like a dog's bark anymore; it sounds more like the roar of a newborn dragon.

The Kobold struggled to its feet, picked up the scattered gold ore, and muttered under its breath.

"Tch, he's just lucky, what's with all the bravado?"

"He's just like Erde, I can be one too."

This Kobold is named Blacktooth because of his blackish-yellow teeth; Kobold really like this kind of naming convention.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, Blacktooth still packed up the ore in his basket, shook himself off, and caught up with the group without stopping.

"Wait for me—"

But the group had already gone quite far, and Blacktooth couldn't catch up in time.

A sudden gust of cold wind howled from behind, causing the Kobold was afraid of the cold, to shiver.

"Hiss--"

" By the Great Red Dragon above, why is it so cold at a time like this?"

The chill grew stronger, rushing in from behind and slowing Blacktooth's movements, causing a thin layer of frost to cover the surface of its scales.

Just as Blacktooth was about to cry out for help, a huge shadow enveloped him.

He slowly raised his head, and then a look of extreme fear appeared on his ugly face.

"This, this is..."

Frost Giant, over six meters tall, wearing a helmet with horns and rough armor made of animal hides and bones, was staring at him, holding a battle axe.

The Frost Giant grinned, revealing a ferocious smile.

"Ugly little thing."

"It must feel so good to crush you."

Blacktooth tried to run away, but the cold wind had already made him stiff. He looked up in horror, and the animal-skin-covered foot grew larger and larger in the Kobold's vision.

"Puff!"

All that could be heard was the sound of flesh and bone being crushed as the Kobold were trampled into meat patties by the Frost Giant.

The Frost Giant rubbed the ground with the soles of his feet, seemingly unconcerned, and said impatiently, "Why are there only these little guys along the way? They don't have anything worth stealing."

Behind him were forty Frost Giant, scouts of the Everfrost Tribe, sent by Chieftain Kasa to scout the situation at Storm Highlands.

"Tema, don't forget the chieftain's mission."

"Don't waste your time on these insignificant weaklings."

The Frost Giant spoke had a deep voice; he was the leader of this group.

This Frost Giant was unlike any other, towering over his companions by more than half a head. He wore clothing made of scales, clutched a long bone pickaxe, and wore a Longfang pendant around his neck.

Frost Giant sew clothes from animal hides and bones, carve from bones and teeth, and reuse the weapons and armor of smaller enemies—for example, sewing multiple shields together to make armor, or binding sword blades to wooden handles to make spears. Most of the equipment worn by Frost Giant is this kind of miscellaneous stuff.

But for them, the best spoils came from dragon-slaying battles, and the great Frost Giant leaders wore armor made of dragon scales and wielded weapons made of dragon bones—this Frost Giant leader was no exception.

His name is Baya Everfrost, Kasa's younger brother, and the captain of the Frost Giant Hunting Party. He also participated in the battle that killed the White Dragon.

The Frost Giant, known as "Tema," pointed ahead and said:

"Captain Baya, these Kobold are not insignificant. Look ahead, that's clearly a team."

"We can get them to talk and learn about the situation in the area, after all, we Frost Giant haven't made a large-scale southward invasion for decades."

Baya said coldly, "What you say makes a lot of sense. Then... crush them."

A cold wind howled past, and the ground rumbled.

Several Frost Giant rode Tundra Striding Dragon and charged forward, like moving hills, crushing hundreds of Kobold.

Baya charged ahead with a cold face, killing more than a dozen Kobold with a single pickaxe. Those Kobold, which were no taller than his knees, were as laughable as ants that he could crush at any moment.

"Enemy attack!"

"My God, what is that?"

"Damn it, it's Frost Giant!"

"The Frost Giant have marched south! The Frost Scourge has arrived!"

The Kobold let out howls and cries like barking dogs, and scattered and fled.

The dragon blood flowing through their veins makes the Kobold brave and fierce, but that's only true against human militia. Before the absolute power of the Frost Giant, all resistance is futile.

The situation was critical. Gold Tooth flapped his wings and flew into the air. He was also extremely panicked, but he still subconsciously tried to stabilize the situation. "Kids, hold on!"

"These are just a bunch of big, dumb humans!"

"You must hold out until the kingdom's reinforcements arrive!"

Baya was drawn to the familiar voice. He looked up at the sky, his eyes narrowed, and a hint of excitement shone through his icy blue pupils.

"This is... a fledgling dragon?"

The Frost Giant licked its lips.

Baya didn't recognize it as Kobold, but instead mistook it for a crooked baby dragon, and was thrilled by it.

"I didn't expect such an unexpected gain. This dragon's blood must taste really good, probably different from that of the White Dragon."

"It will become my greatest trophy!"

Baya flipped off the Tundra Striding Dragon, picked up a rock from the ground, and threw it directly into the air.

"Whoosh—"

The rock arced through the air, but Gold Tooth reacted quickly and dodged it.

But without giving him any extra time to prepare, Baya gripped his bone pickaxe, leaped more than ten meters high, and used the pickaxe to pull the Winged Kobold down from the air.

"Dragon, I'm going to skin you alive!"

The Frost Giant grabbed Gold Tooth's wing with his right hand and roared excitedly.