After the small-scale conflict with the Golden Fang Tribe started on the river bank, Iron Dragon Sorog did not end the battle personally. The main participants in the battle were the cavalry and the Wyvern group.
However, Sorog is not idle.
In the Prince passed down by Iron Dragon, there is such a sentence in the knowledge about war.
--See every texture on the enemy's shield clearly, and the sword's edge will automatically find the cracks.
The more you know about your enemy, the higher your chances of victory.
Taking advantage of its ability to soar at high altitudes, Iron Dragon Sorog tried its best to hide its whereabouts and momentum, while silently observing the movements of Goblin, and it was not limited to river bank strongholds.
During this period, he discovered something strange.
Golden Fang Tribe and Alchemy Golem are used without restraint.
They use Alchemy Golem lavishly and don't care about the huge consumption of Alchemy Golem. This thing is basically driven by Black Oil. During operation, a large amount of Black Oil will be consumed every minute and every second.
At first, Iron Dragon didn't understand the reason, but it just felt a little strange.
He continued to explore around this point, and then discovered other unusual places.
For example, Golden Fang Tribe's transportation of supplies, soldiers, raw ore, etc. is not carried out by normal tribal means, but by steam trucks like Alchemy Golem, driven by Black Oil energy. Although the style is very old, it is a genuine alchemy truck.
In comparison.
Molten Iron Tribe is quite primitive in terms of transportation. It mainly relies on Beast pulling trolleys like Armored Rhino for transportation. The faster ones are transportation by cavalry running on four legs, or Wyvern's expedited air transportation.
In fact, Molten Iron Tribe is not impossible to transport using more advanced alchemy trucks.
There are many blueprints for those old alchemy trucks, which may not be very beautiful or exquisite, but the structure is simple and intuitive, and cannot be called complicated. If you purchase the core components through the business group and build the basic components yourself, you can get them without spending a lot of money.
The key problem is that energy supply cannot keep up.
Black Oilfield is basically under the control of Lothern Federation. The Black Oil purchased by Borderlands from Southern Federation was purchased at a high premium and cannot support consumption at all.
Molten Iron Tribe is closely related to the Gem Merchants' Guild, but it is also difficult to obtain Black Oil at a low price.
Black Oilfield has abundant output, but it is a controlled resource. Unless there is a deep background in Federation, ordinary business groups will buy Black Oil at a premium.
Borderlands The situation of other tribes is similar.
In short, the behavior of using Black Oil like Flowing Water Dragon Realm, supplying Mecha Golem and a large number of other Alchemical Constructs like Golden Fang Tribe is extremely abnormal.
Other tribes are not sensitive to this because they do not have much demand for Black Oil.
But Molten Iron Tribe is different. Due to Lord of Crimson Wings's favor for Black Oil, everyone from Dragon Valley to ordinary dependents are very sensitive to Black Oil. When they hear these two words, they will immediately prick up their ears and pay special attention.
Iron Dragon Sorog is no exception.
After clearly realizing this, he calculated carefully.
Golden Fang Tribe's high-intensity expenditure is absolutely unaffordable with their existing resources.
But the current situation is that they can squander it.
Either they have channels to purchase Black Oil at low prices, but this is basically impossible. The Borderlands tribe is primitive barbarians in the eyes of Federation. Only businessmen who do anything to make money are interested in trading with the Borderlands tribe.
The stinky Borderlands wants Federation Black Oil?
Dream!
In addition, there is another possibility.
--Golden Fang Tribe has its own Black Oil storage, no need to buy it at a high premium.
In order to verify the guess, every time Iron Dragon sent soldiers to raid Goblin's stronghold, he would take advantage of Goblin's attention to be distracted and go to their airspace to carefully explore it.
After about a month.
Iron Dragon Sorog is close to the truth.
Within the territory of the Golden Fang Tribe, about a hundred miles to the east, there is a featureless plain. It is not a pass or a strategic location, but Golden Fang Tribe has stationed a considerable number of defenders here, and there is even a warning line in the air.
Iron Dragon Sorog dare not approach rashly.
He patiently observed the outside and found that with this plain as the center, there were convoys going back and forth from time to time, transporting sealed barrels of unknown substances to other strongholds.
Iron Dragon Sorog tracked the convoy heading towards the river bank.
At night, under the cover of darkness, the men and horses and the Wyvern group made a surprise attack on a certain river bank stronghold of Goblin, but were repulsed by the extremely powerful Mecha Golem and heavy artillery and crossbows.
Although a certain price was paid.
However, Iron Dragon was sure of one thing in the cheers of Goblin - Golden Fang Tribe was most likely to have unearthed a piece of Black Oilfield.
And it's definitely not something that happened recently.
It is very likely that they relied on Black Oilfield to rise.
Borderlands Other tribes are insensitive to Black Oil, have no need, and do not care about it. Lothern Federation has no troops stationed in Borderlands and lacks attention to the Borderlands tribe. The existence of Black Oilfield is also not found.
"Through the current discoveries, it can be basically concluded that Black Oilfield exists in the territory of the Golden Fang Tribe."
Iron Dragon Sorog said slowly.
Through his narration, Garos roughly understood what happened and the specific situation.
Golden Fang Tribe deployed heavy guards at Black Oilfield, and also provided warning and cover.
But perhaps for a long time, because Borderlands and other tribes have never responded, they have relaxed their vigilance and used Black Oil almost squanderingly, which made Molten Iron Tribe, who is sensitive to Black Oil, aware of something unusual.
"Sorog, you said it wrong."
Red Iron Dragon slowly stood up, the scales on his body were as dark as night, and they were like the thorns of the sword forest standing up slightly.
He said, "It's not that Golden Fang Tribe has Black Oilfield, it's that Golden Fang Tribe grew out of my Black Oilfield."
Red Iron Dragon said with sharp fangs in his mouth, "These insect-like things dare to invade my Black Oilfield and use my Black Oil so squanderingly."
Black Oilfield, even though it has been mined and used by the Golden Fang Tribe for some time, its value is still difficult to estimate.
Because it was related to his future development, Red Iron Dragon was so hot that he wanted to fly into the sky immediately, rush towards the Golden Fang Tribe, beat those Goblin to the ground and beg for mercy, and obediently offer him Black Oilfield.
Huh--he took a deep breath, suppressing his boiling greed for the time being.
Golden Fang Tribe has accumulated a lot of experience. Black Oilfield is located in their hinterland and is heavily guarded. If we really want to fly there directly, there may not be any good results.
He needs to calm down.
When dealing with the Golden Fang Tribe, you can't be too strong.
He is the absolute core, but the power of the Molten Iron Tribe also needs to be brought out.
Red Iron Dragon looked up at the cliff and asked Red-Silver Dragon who was lying on a rock slab, "The scale of the war between Deborah, Molten Iron Tribe and Golden Fang Tribe is about to escalate. Will you help me?"
Red-Silver Dragon frowned tightly, his eyes wandering.
She heard the conversation between Garos and Sorog, and felt that Garos was trying to plunder Golden Fang Tribe's Black Oil.
This is an evil act.
The principles of justice belonging to Metal Dragon caused her some embarrassment and struggle.
"Golden Fang Tribe is trying to monopolize the Estonia River riverbank adjacent to Borderlands and completely control the trade of Borderlands."
Red Iron Dragon said, "Once they succeed, with Goblin's cunning and greedy nature, they will definitely squeeze out all the value of this land and destroy Borderlands's peace."
He spoke righteously and continued, "We are attacking Golden Fang Tribe for Borderlands, for the many creatures here, and for peace and justice!"
Finally.
Garos added another sentence, saying, "When the matter is completed, I will give you ten high-quality magic gems as a reward."
Red-Silver Dragon was silent.
She originally wanted to refuse Garos. After all, a war for the purpose of plunder was not in line with Metal Dragon's principles.
But then again, Goblin is a creature of the evil camp, and fighting evil and supporting justice are what she should do as Metal Dragon.
As for the inherently evil red dragon, he is different from the son of Iron Dragon.
Under the gaze of Garos, Red-Silver Dragon nodded heavily and said, "It is my duty to fight against the evil Goblin!"
After getting Red-Silver Dragon's answer, Garos nodded inconspicuously.
[Dragon Taming Art·Copper Dragon]
[All it takes is a reason, an excuse, and a reward. The chaotic and kind-hearted Copper Dragon is happy to participate in the "unjust" war]
Red Iron Dragon is quietly perfecting his own Dragon Taming Art.