Windsong Plateau South, Cave Dwellers camp ruins.
Bearfolk's warriors came rolling in with butcher knives and slaughtered all Cave Dwellers in just one day. Even if there were still survivors, they fled to nowhere, and Ferrum was no longer visible.
However, Cave Dwellers was not Bearfolk's target. They left in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to count the loot. They only collected the corpses and piled them on the cart, and then hurried to Savage Bone Canyon. Cave Dwellers's material heritage was still left in various caves.
After an almost cold confrontation, in front of the Hatchling Dragons, Bearfolk finally retreated and gave up the land of South, allowing Mountain Goblin to complete the takeover of the Cave Dwellers tribe.
At this moment, the Savage Bone Tribe clansmen are cleaning up the ruins, collecting materials and belongings, and trying to rebuild the camp.
Cave Dwellers is the weakest tribe in Windsong Plateau, but perhaps because of their racial talent, their warehouses are unexpectedly large. Mountain Goblin dragged out more than a dozen bags of barley from the secret cave, as well as many prepared black bread, lentils and salted fish.
For Ferrum and his family, this can be regarded as something for nothing.
Another good news is that the area controlled by Cave Dwellers is relatively flat and can be sown and cultivated. It is midsummer now, and barley has been planted on their farm, leaving a vast expanse of green fields.
Even the ferocious Bearfolk, when massacring Cave Dwellers, regarded the farm as a valuable asset and carefully avoided trampling or burning it.
For many Lost Wilderness clans, food is sometimes more precious than gold and life.
Ferrum stood in the largest cave of Cave Dwellers, moving his body.
[Bone Growth]
In addition to being fierce and cruel in battle, and cold and deep when necessary, Ferrum is still a Hatchling Dragon after all. He maintains strong vitality in his heart. The emergence of a new ability certainly makes him feel excited and curious.
Chrome Dragon stayed in the cave, treating the rock wall as an opponent, repeatedly poking, cutting and defending.
This ability is really good. Ferrum played with himself for a long time and still enjoyed it. Although he was a little tired physically, his eyes were still bright.
"In this case, you won't have to worry about Kेलaili's scales squeezing and blood contamination."
Ferrum looked at his hand claw, which had turned into an alien shape with bone blades all over it. Then the bone knife twisted together and turned into a thick and long lance. It was thrust in like this, enough to completely penetrate Cobalt-Blue Overlord's body.
Immediately, another thought came to his mind. His bones were as hard as metal and could be used as high-end materials. So, could he take them off and take them to a lively place like Red Fort to find someone to trade gold?
Although it sounds a bit embarrassing to do this, life is not easy, and Ferrum also has Consume Gold, Absorb Iron to support. As long as he doesn't say it himself, no one will know that he is selling it.
Thinking like this, Ferrum spawned a bone cone out of thin air, and peeled it out of the body with tolerable pain.
The bone awl has a unique shape, appearing bright white like Mithril, with a metallic cold light flowing on its surface. It is ferocious and sharp, like a dagger without a handle or leather sheath.
"It's a good weapon, but it seems to be poisonous."
Ferrum held it in front of his eyes and observed it for a while, then threw it up casually. The bone awl flipped in mid-air and was caught by him again. It collided with his claws and toes, emitting a lingering buzzing sound.
Selling bones is theoretically possible, but after watching it for a while, Ferrum felt like there was an empty space in my heart.
The chromium skeleton is the embodiment of his vitality. Using Bone Growth's ability will only consume Ferrum's mental and physical strength, but if Chrome Bone is peeled out of the body, he will become weak, and it seems...
Loss of longevity.
Ferrum pressed the bone awl on the scales, watched it slowly disappear under the skin, rejoined his own bones and disappeared, and sighed softly.
Fortunately, as dragons are great immortal species, Heavy-Metal Dragon's lifespan is even longer and can last for thousands of years. Even if it loses some lifespan, it is actually nothing.
Although Chrome Bone cannot be traded as regular materials, Ferrum can still be used to take out part of Chrome Bone when necessary.
For example, after his Chrome Bone's hardness surpasses that of metal, and his powerful followers are sincerely loyal to him, Ferrum can create such a Chrome Bone weapon as a token and gift from the lord.
A week later, Nickel Dragon Bido returned from Steelspine Plains. Ferrum hunted three bison near Gray Mountain, lit a bonfire, and gathered his companions.
The fire crackled, and the whole bison was skewered on wooden stakes and grilled. Drops of butter fell into the fire, and large white smoke rose.
Moqi jumped left and right around the campfire, waiting nervously. After a while, he suddenly stepped forward, cut off a large piece of beef spine, put it aside and blew on it.
"Kaka."
The originally sizzling beef was instantly covered with a layer of finely crushed ice crystals, the oil solidified, and the meat fibers tightened.
Moqi quickly threw the meat into the stone pot, mixed it with rock salt, spicy fruits and vanilla, and stirred it violently. As he moved, the ice crystals continued to break, and the aroma of meat and grass gradually came out.
"It's done."
Moqi picked up a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice, swung his tail comfortably, piled the stone pot in front of Ferrum, and said proudly, "The famous cold meat in our heritage, authentic Chrome Dragon flavor."
Ferrum picked up the beef and ate it. The surface of the beef was crispy and raw, but the inside was roasted and tender. The butter melted slowly and seeped into the throat along with the spicy ingredients.
"Delicious." Ferrum's eyes were bright and he nodded in praise.
Moqi became even more excited and quickly started tinkering on the side again.
Kेलaili glanced at the two brothers, silently chewing the fully cooked beef. Bido squatted on the other side, holding down half of the unprocessed bison, gnawing on the raw hair and blood.
"Beef is good."
After a while of silence, Kेलaili said slowly, "However, I still miss the Kodo Beast meat in Ochre Valley. I haven't eaten it for nearly two months."
"Kodo Beast is gone, Bido brought back many Stone-Step Sheep."
Ferrum said, "You will also like the lamb on the terrace in the future."
"I went to Ash Fortress in Steelspine Plains. It was said to be a fortress, but there was a market and mill inside. There were many living people coming and going. I found the young Tungsten Dragon stationed there and said that the boss of Ferrum had sent me here, so they took me to the Sheepfolk tribe in the west of the plain."
Bido licked the blood off his face and said, "Sheepfolk is a small tribe in Steelspine Plains, but it is Tungsten Dragon Lord who follows him. Nolantel, I don't dare to play tricks over there anymore, so I made a fair deal with them. Their Stone-Step Sheep varieties are very good. Originally, I wanted to bring a few Sheepfolk back with me, but those guys were unwilling anyway, so they wrote the breeding methods and essentials on the animal hides, and I handed them over to Mountain Goblin."
"We have allocated reliable manpower to spread the lambs across the southeastern mesa, which is safer."
Yazi then said, "I think Stone-Step Sheep matures very quickly. It will be ready for sale in about three or four months. If there are no natural disasters, the lord will be able to eat mutton in half a year."
As the leader of Mountain Goblin, Yazi is also qualified to participate in the gathering of Hatchling Dragon. Ferrum asked him to cut a piece of beef, and Yazi mixed it with barley paste and lentils for dinner.
"However, there have been some bad situations recently."
After the good news, Yazi's face turned gloomy and he reported, "Bearfolk is controlling the mountains and forests. He has repeatedly broken into our territory, lit fires and shouted wildly to drive away wild animals and prevent us from hunting."
"It's time to deal with them."
Kेलaili swallowed the last piece of meat and whispered, "It's just that there is one thing I haven't figured out yet."