Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
With Green asleep, the Lava Empire made no further attempts to expand abroad. Instead, it focused on governing the Western Frontier!
First came the development of the plains. Using the Kingdom of Thebes' abundant water supply, they dug countless canals and diverted river water to the plains on either side of Aelsni, reclaiming vast stretches of farmland.
In less than a year, they had developed vast fields of fertile farmland.
Shipload after shipload of grain directly solved the Lava Clan's food shortage.
They even exported their large surplus of grain in a frenzy, trading it to other human nations for resources.
As for the other human kingdoms in the Western Region, although they were reluctant to trade with the Lava Clan in the face of its massive grain exports, they ultimately had no choice but to accept.
Merchants would find ways to buy grain at low prices and then sell it in their own countries.
If the trade were banned outright, the merchants would simply pocket all the profits.
But if the kingdoms handled it themselves, they could at least regulate it.
Under these circumstances, large amounts of Magitech from human kingdoms rapidly flowed into the Lava Empire.
The Lava Clan quickly absorbed and improved upon Magitech of human origin, making it even more powerful.
The overall level of technology even began to approach that of the Central Region of the Toril Continent.
Powerful Magitech Cannons, all kinds of personal Magitech Equipment, and even Magitech Mechanical Dolls began appearing in large quantities.
Second, as Green unleashed the full power of his Legendary Realm,
all new life born in the Lava Empire acquired a trace of Red Dragon blood.
Though it was exceedingly faint, for ordinary humans, it was still a gift