The strength of the Dragon Nest Tribe is indeed formidable, standing as a dominate force among the many small tribes. However, due to its population size, it's impossible to cover the entire area completely. They can only intensify the search or see if they can find the source of the mutation among the surrounding beastman tribes.

"It seems the plan needs to be accelerated...."

Watching Vini's departing figure, Austin thought silently to himself.

Previously, due to the lack of sufficient power and food to expand significantly, Austin had been sweeping and annexing the surrounding beastman tribes, but it was basically limited to a range within a thirty-four-mile radius, and there wasn't any sweeping eradication, leaving quite a number of beastman tribes out.

Now, as the cold winter is about to end, with the introduction of large quantities of copper tools, the speed of beastman land reclamation will undoubtedly accelerate. At that time, more kudzu roots can be produced as food, and Austin believes that next year the tribe's population could increase to ten to twenty times its current size.

"If I can gather over a hundred thousand beastmen, then in this Kawa Great Forest, there will indeed be little danger that could threaten my own existence, but the most important thing now is to complete the magic modification of the Navy Six Techniques, and there's that unknown danger, it's always felt not so simple..."

Currently, Austin has developed the prototype of the Iron Block and the Gale Wave. Although they have certain power, they are not significantly enhancing the strength of the extraordinary beastmen for now, only providing some utility.

"The Iron Block is almost perfected, and the direction of experimentation for the Gale Wave is about three-quarters complete, but to significantly enhance the strength of the Dragon Vein Attendants, there is still a need for mobility."

Immediately, Austin thought of Shave.

If Shave can be developed, with Iron Block for melee defense, Fighting Qi Sword for melee attack power, Gale Wave for long-range, and adding a swift-moving Shave, the strength of the extraordinary beastmen would definitely be significantly enhanced.

"Before the end of the cold winter, Shave must be developed!"

Austin had a vague premonition that the unknown danger might appear after the cold winter next year, and to be prepared, the development of Shave in the Six Techniques must be hastened.

Using three techniques from the magically modified Navy Six Techniques to arm the extraordinary beastmen, these fully equipped extraordinary beastmen might even give Austin some trouble to deal with.

The most proficient and powerful extraordinary beastmen might leap to possess two to three times Austin's strength. Such a power is the greatest enhancement Austin can achieve in the short term.

Moreover, with the development experience of Iron Block and Gale Wave in the Six Techniques, Austin has gained some ideas for developing Shave.

"Purely based on the Gale Foot theory, if one wants to achieve instantaneous rapid ground kicking to gain reaction force for movement, then the kicking speed must reach at least sound speed; without long-term training, it is simply impossible. But if Fighting Qi is added, gathering it at the sole to explode multiple times in a short period to mimic Shave, this stacked power might be enough to achieve Shave!"

With an idea in mind, Austin immediately set to experiment.

With the successful development experience of Iron Block and Gale Wave, this development attempt will definitely be simpler than the previous two.

As Austin was transforming the three techniques and arming the core extraordinary beastmen, the Dragon Nest Tribe began dispatching large beastman squads to seek the source of the mutation.

Meanwhile, the mercenary deputy captain Gory, who did not want to return empty-handed, suppressed his thoughts of defection and began to actively showcase himself, hoping to be noticed and enter the core of the Dragon Nest Tribe to obtain those secret techniques.

Time passed day by day, and as the cold winter approached its end, the hints that were just speculation before finally became reality.

The number of surrounding beasts and those mountain-like giant beasts and terrifying magic beasts began to increase, to the point that the expedition teams sent by the Dragon Nest Tribe nearly perished in this perilous forest.

Though not yet a beast tide, the impact of a large number of beasts mixed with occasional giant beasts led to the destruction of many small tribes surrounding the Dragon Nest Tribe, causing a large number of fleeing beastmen to seek refuge in the Dragon Nest Tribe.

This time, they had no qualifications to negotiate terms.

In the last mere month of the cold winter, the Dragon Nest Tribe's population increased by a thousand people due to this influx. Fortunately, the masses of passing beasts also brought with them a large amount of food, otherwise, the mere increase in beastmen population would have overwhelmed the Dragon Nest Tribe.

And as the days passed, the traces of beasts suggested that most of these beasts and giant beasts came from the west.

The mutation is likely originating from the west.

....

Bloody Border.

A beggar-like figure leaned on a broken, dirt-covered sword resembling a stick, gazing at the tall, grand city walls, with lifeless wooden eyes glowing brightly.

"Finally returned!"

His face was covered in dust, impossible to see his true appearance, and his cracked lips were bloodless. His hair seemed tangled with countless knots, his clothes were tattered, his arms and legs appeared fleshless, his body thin as paper, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.

He was Edward, after three whole months of struggling for life and death in the cold winter forest, had finally arrived here.

"Valen, my brother, rest assured, I will definitely cut off that damned dragon's head to avenge you all!"

The will to live that had supported him out of the forest erupted into a blazing fire of rage at that moment. Reflecting on the past three months, Edward was eager to immediately lead an army to chop that damned Blue Young Dragon into pieces.

Just then,

Wooo wooo wooo....

A massive horn sound came from afar, echoing through heaven and earth. Edward saw the originally city-bound people scrambling towards the city gates, while squads of soldiers began appearing on the walls, large amounts of military supplies were being transported up, and the gate soldiers were loudly calling for people to hurry over.

"What's going on, what's happened?"

Edward hurriedly grabbed an old man, who desperately tried to shake him off, but how could the old man's strength compare to Edward's? He could only turn his head around.

"Ah, why are you pulling me, hurry and run, those beastman brutes are here again!"

"Beastmen are attacking? What's going on, it's just past the end of the cold winter, this isn't the time for beastman attacks at all?"

Edward frowned deeply, feeling that something was very strange.

As far as he knew, beastman attacks usually happened a month before the start of the cold winter, attacking the Bloody Border to gather enough food from the Human World.

But during the cold winter, many beastmen were lost in the icy and snowy environment, and after the cold winter ended, as all things grew and prey exited their dens, the beastmen, with their significantly reduced population, had no worries about food. So why would they sacrifice themselves to attack the Bloody Border?

"That's years ago, for the past two years those damned beastmen have gone mad... Let go, if you don't leave now, it'll be too late! After entering the Border City, I'll talk to you, okay?"

The old man, helpless, could only plead bitterly.

Seeing this, Edward could only accompany the old man into the city first.

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