Ever since the blue dragon came here and lived in the cave on the cliff below the kobolds, the kobolds hurriedly moved away from the dragon's head and made this area the sacred land of their tribe.
Here, I'll introduce the terrain around the kobold tribe. The central plateau's terrain gradually rose from the periphery to the center. The strange thing was that the elevation of the terrain here wasn't gradual. Instead, it was cliff-like, forming layers of terraces. The higher the terraces were, the more arid and barren they were.
At the outermost edge of the central plateau, the lowest level of the terraces was the most spacious. It was a vast and fertile grassland.
The kobold tribe was located at the edge of the second last level of the terraces. Under the cliff below their feet was a boundless grassland.
The kobolds had been looking at the grassland below for generations, but they never dared to enter it. They could only hide in the arid terraces and struggle at death's door.
Because kobolds were too weak, they had too many natural enemies on the fertile grasslands. Grassland wolves, ferocious badgers, ferocious weasels, low-level earth magic beasts … These small carnivorous creatures, which were the most numerous on the grasslands, were the kobolds' heaven and earth.
Although the terraces were arid and barren, it was enough for the kobolds to survive and reproduce.
At the foot of the Kramak Kobold Tribe, there was an underground river with abundant water. The underground river gushed out from the bottom of the cliff and formed a waterfall that was dozens of meters tall. The waterfall gathered at the bottom of the cliff to form a lake that was hundreds of square kilometers in size.
The servants of the adult blue dragon, the descendants of the blue dragon, occupied the most fertile lakeside.
Ever since the blue dragon's arrival, the kobolds had hoped to be recognized by the blue dragon one day and become his servants. Under his protection, they would be able to live on the grassland beside the lake.
Therefore, the kobolds had been working hard for this goal since 100 years ago. Of course, they couldn't get close to the blue dragon who was strictly guarded by the descendants of the blue dragon, so they could only target the descendants of the blue dragon.
The method these kobolds worked hard for was to pay tribute to the blue dragon descendants.
At first, the kobolds that were sent to pay tribute were kicked to death, stomped to death, or eaten as snacks.
However, the Kobolds did not give up. They continued to send tributes. After all, to the Kobolds, population was the most worthless thing. Even if they lost half of their population, they would be able to make up for it in a year.
Just like that, more than ten years passed. The Blue Dragon descendants began to get used to the existence of these cockroach-like kobolds. They no longer intentionally chased them away or killed them. Occasionally, they would accept the ores they offered as tribute and throw them a few bones.
The kobolds saw this as a great success.
After letting the Blue Dragonkin get used to their existence, the Klamak dog-headed people had attempted to move to the grasslands to live. However, they soon discovered that if they built their lairs too close to the Blue Dragonkin village, they would be wiped out by the Blue Dragonkin. If they were too far away, they would not be able to enjoy protection.
In the end, the Klamak Tribe lost half of their population and fled back to the barren upper levels. It took them three years to replenish their population.
That was why the Kobold Tribe, who called themselves the Servants of the Blue Dragon, still lived on the barren plateau to this day.
However, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the Klamak Kobold Tribe.
The leader of the kobolds, Hodge, was the Klamak emissary in charge of this tribute.
Hodge could not help but let his thoughts wander as he carried the heavy ores and moved forward with difficulty. He thought about the bones the Blue Dragonkin threw and could not help but salivate. Then, he thought about how he might be tortured by those terrifying Blue Dragonkin children and could not help but tremble.
This small group of kobolds arrived near the cliff. They dug a zigzag staircase and climbed down the cliff with difficulty.
Hodge led his subordinates and finally reached the bottom of the cliff after half a day. They followed the lakeside and arrived at the largest Blue Dragonkin village.
The scale of this village was larger than most human towns. There were tall and neat stone walls around the village. On the side of the walls facing the grasslands, there was a huge stone gatehouse. The thick stone door below the gatehouse was wide open. Through the open door, one could see that the village was filled with tall stone buildings.
The Blue Dragon was a rare dual-elemental magical creature of wind and earth. As their descendants, the Blue Dragonkin also had the talents of these two elements.
As a powerful magical creature with earth elemental talents, the Blue Dragonkin built stone buildings much easier than the huts built by humans.
The kobolds carefully came to the gate of the village and stayed far away from the road. They knelt by the side of the road and placed the baskets of tribute in front of them, quietly waiting for the Blue Dragonkin who were interested in the tribute.
Hodge's eyes widened as soon as he knelt down. He saw a group of creatures not much bigger than him walking over from afar, accompanied by a few leaders of the Blue Dragonkin.
The kobolds widened their eyes and stared at the few small creatures. They did not understand at all why these creatures were valued by the Blue Dragonkin. This was not fair!
The few small creatures were talking to the leaders of the Blue Dragonkin as they walked. They did not notice the kobolds kneeling by the side of the road, except for a red-haired one who looked like he had nothing to do.
The red-haired one looked around as he walked. He saw Hodge by the side of the road and took the opportunity to look at him. Hodge bared his teeth and gave him an extremely fierce look.
Hearing the seventh princess patiently asking the few Blue Dragonkin about the wind roc, Feng Chou walked to the edge of the group out of boredom and admired the unique scenery nearby.
This Blue Dragonkin town (Although the Blue Dragonkin called this place a village when they introduced themselves, Feng Chou still insisted that it was a town) was located at the foot of a cliff to the west of the lake. It was about seven to eight kilometers away from the waterfall that fell into the lake. The deafening sound of the waterfall was already very faint here, but the majesty of the waterfall was even more visible from this distance.
In front of him was a cliff with no end in sight, behind him was a boundless grassland, and a waterfall fell from the cliff several dozen meters above the ground. Eagles and vultures circled in the sky …
Looking at the scenery in front of him, Feng Chou could not help but feel a sense of boundless majesty surging in his heart, as if his mind had been opened up.
Just as Feng Chou was looking around, he suddenly noticed a group of kobolds kneeling about seven to eight meters away from the side of the road. Each kobold had a small basket filled with stones placed in front of them.
This comical and strange scene made Feng Chou stare at them a few more times. Unexpectedly, this stare angered one of the kobolds, and he actually bared his teeth at Feng Chou.
The amused and angry Feng Chou suddenly felt childish. He released a trace of Dragon's Aura at the kobold who bared his teeth at him.
The group of kobolds fell to the ground one by one, and the one who bared his teeth at Feng Chou was so scared that he lost control of his bladder …
The reason Feng Chou was here was, of course, to fulfill his contract with the seventh princess.