The Seventh Princess' target, the Blackskull Clan, was a medium-sized Troll tribe with a population of about thirty to forty thousand. The core of the tribe was located in the ruins left behind by the Troll Empire.
In the process of investigating the Feathered Serpents, Feng Chou unexpectedly discovered that the Troll in the Southern Continent were completely different from their cousins in the Northern Continent.
The difference between them was almost as big as the difference between humans and chimpanzees.
The Troll in the Northern Continent had very low intelligence, not much smarter than chimpanzees. In this tribe, only a few individuals had the intelligence of a normal human. However, this tribe's perception was very good, much better than that of humans. That was why the more intelligent individuals in the Troll tribe in the Northern Continent were able to inherit the two professions of Troll Hunter and Witch Doctor.
The Troll in the Southern Continent were completely different. The Troll here had intelligence comparable to humans and had once created a brilliant civilization. They had once built a powerful empire with the fertile Northern Plateau as their core.
The Southern Continent's Central Plateau was high in the middle and low in the surroundings. The highest point was the Central Plateau, which was located in the Southern Plateau. In the Northern Plateau, there was a large plateau that was much lower than the Central Plateau. It was about three to four thousand meters above sea level and had a relatively moderate climate.
A large number of rivers from the central and southern mountainous regions of the plateau converged towards the northern part of the plateau. The abundant water source, coupled with the moderate climate, made this place a rich and fertile land.
The Troll Empire, which was famous for a time, drove out the giant dragons and occupied this blessed land. They built a powerful empire and built majestic temples and altars. They were the true overlords of the Southern Continent.
No one knew why the powerful Troll Empire collapsed. People only knew that a thousand years before the Arcane Empire appeared, this great empire had completely disappeared. Even the gods that were worshipped by them had all fallen, leaving behind only the ruins of some majestic buildings and some Troll tribes that had retreated to the Amazon rainforest and struggled to survive.
Two thousand years had caused the once powerful Troll society to degenerate into a primitive tribe. The history of the Troll Empire had been completely submerged in the river of time.
Although the Troll was a natural level six creature, they were still at the bottom of the food chain in the Amazon rainforest where the giant dragons lived. Especially after retreating to the rainforest, the Troll civilization's inheritance was very broken. They lacked high-level powerhouses and the protection of the gods. It was very difficult for them to survive in the dangerous Amazon rainforest.
Fortunately, they still had the Feathered Serpents.
According to the research of the goblin archaeologists, the feathered serpents were cousins with the Wind Serpents that lived in the Northern Plateau.
Archaeologists speculated that in ancient times, because the Wind Snake could control the weather to a certain extent within a small area, it was worshipped as a totem beast by some troll tribes living on the northern edge of the central plateau.
After years of worship, one of the Wind Serpents actually passed through the layers of traps and successfully ascended to godhood. This was one of the guardian gods of the Giant Demon Clan, the Feathered Serpent God.
The Feathered Serpent God was regarded as the God of Harvest and Retribution by the Troll because he could control the weather and release lightning.
Although the Feathered Serpent God had successfully become a god, the instinctive desire to reproduce did not disappear. Therefore, the God of Harvest and Retribution of the Troll left behind many descendants.
After thousands of years of reproduction, the descendants of the Feathered Serpent God finally formed a new species, the legendary feathered serpents of today.
The Feathered Serpent God had long disappeared in the river of history with the Troll Empire. However, his descendants, the new legendary species, the feathered serpents, had successfully reproduced.
Because of the bloodline of the gods, the feathered serpents could easily absorb the power of faith and condense divinity of the weather, storms, and lightning.
Of course, this was relatively easy.
If ordinary creatures had a one in a thousand chance of condensing divinity under the worship of intelligent creatures, then the feathered serpents had a one in a hundred chance.
Even if they did not condense divinity, the feathered serpents would still advance to the legendary level when they grew up. They would obtain the domain of lightning and storms.
As descendants of the Troll God, the feathered serpents still maintained a companion relationship with the Troll to this day.
The Troll supported and worshipped the feathered serpents, providing them with the power of faith, and the feathered serpents protected the Troll.
In fact, for the feathered serpents and the Troll, the protection was mutual.
Compared to the foolish beast-like cousins of the Northern Continent who were even reared as thugs by the goblins, the Troll of the Southern Continent had always been known for their cunning and ferocity. Troll hunters were the most basic profession inheritance in the Troll tribe of the Southern Continent. Just like the warriors among humans, almost every Troll was qualified to become a Troll hunter.
In addition to the Troll hunters and witch doctors, which were the two legacies shared with their Northern Continent cousins, the Southern Continent Troll also inherited professions such as berserkers, shamans, druids, voodoo hunters, and so on.
The Troll had excellent perception talent and was quite sensitive to the soul, life, and nature. They were very suitable to become Troll hunters, shamans, druids, and other perception-type professions.
Troll, like orcs, were born with the ability to go berserk. But unlike orcs, the Troll's wild appearance hid an extremely cold soul. Thus, the Troll would not completely lose their rationality even in a berserk state. This characteristic, coupled with the ability to regenerate, made the Troll a natural berserker and also the most terrifying berserker.
Voodoo hunters were a high-level profession change unique to Troll. It was said that this was the only profession left behind from the Troll Empire.
All of this was information related to the Troll and the feathered serpents that Feng Chou had bought from the goblins at a high price.
This information was enough for Feng Chou to have a rough understanding of the Troll and the feathered serpents and make some basic judgments.
But of course, Feng Chou wouldn't jump into a war just based on some first-hand information. He needed first-hand information to support his future judgment in the war.
At Feng Chou's request, the seventh princess sent a green dragon scout to lead Feng Chou to the Blackskull Clan to investigate.
The Blackskull Clan's territory was on the opposite bank of the Amazon River from the temporary Amazon camp. About 200 kilometers upstream, there was an Amazon tributary that was similar to the river beside the temporary camp. About 600 kilometers upstream along this tributary, there was a highland that was a few hundred kilometers wide that was rarely seen in tropical rainforests.
The Blackskull Clan's territory was centered on this highland.
The green dragon scout brought Feng Chou to the edge of the highland and stopped. He told Feng Chou that Troll hunters were the best scouts in the rainforest. If he continued to go deeper, he would be easily discovered by the Troll hunters.
Feng Chou sent away the green dragonkin scout and went deeper into the forest alone.