The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Attilan spent three days with the tiefling mother and daughter and never saw the tiefling actively cultivate. Every day, she took her daughter to Qinglin Town to enjoy the flowers and play with the small animals.

He even specially brought Lulu, who was diligently observing the stars and cultivating, hoping to use starlight magic as a topic to learn about the tiefling's past, but she just silently listened to Lulu recount her cultivation experiences.

At most, she would point out the mistakes in Lulu's cultivation or suggest more suitable cultivation methods.

Regarding the tiefling's profession, level, past experiences, and employing unit, Attilan couldn't get anything out of her. The only thing he knew was that her name was Laruen.

Just hearing it, one could tell that she was a female mage skilled in using starlight magic.

But when Attilan and Lulu curiously inquired about her level, the tiefling always smiled and said nothing.

Today, the gnolls unexpectedly attacked, but he didn't expect the tiefling to actually offer to help him repel the gnolls. Attilan immediately asked curiously:

"Isn't it difficult to purify the poisonous blood?"

It wasn't easy, but it wasn't difficult either. Under the guidance of the Old Urchin, Attilan mixed various herbs, blended the Water of Life and the purifying power of Lightning Breath, and diluted it with lake water containing water elemental power to create the best purifying potion.

As long as the familiars drank a portion first, it could ensure that they wouldn't be contaminated by the poisonous blood. Then, sprinkling the potion on the contaminated land could achieve rapid purification. The fishmen and snakemen Laruen inquired about should have been contaminated with demonic aura when they went to sprinkle the potion.

Because they drank the potion, they wouldn't be affected by the poisonous blood, only leaving behind a negligible demonic aura. Ordinary people couldn't sense it at all, except for tieflings with demon bloodlines.

"That's indeed the case. In order to prevent my territory from being affected by the gnolls again, I plan to actively attack the Gnoll Kingdom. Anyway, the gnolls have been living in that land for a long time."

"I think it's already covered in demonic contamination. When I kill all the gnolls, not only can I prevent my territory from being contaminated by the gnolls, but I can also allow the contaminated land to return to the realm of nature."

The tiefling frowned slightly and asked:

"Have you scouted the situation of the Gnoll Kingdom and know the extent to which it has been contaminated by demonic power?"

Since deciding to attack the Gnoll Kingdom, Attilan and the Eagle King did fly to the desert oasis occupied by the gnolls for high-altitude reconnaissance.

In their perception, the oasis was indeed slightly decaying due to the influence of demonic power, but one thing made them feel strange: the oasis still had the conditions for plant and animal growth.

Of course, it would be a little slower than a normal environment, and a large group of gnolls actually settled in the oasis, without destroying the oasis and fleeing to the next place of vitality.

The greenery in the desert oasis was actually more abundant than the wasteland occupied by Attilan. It was obvious that someone was specially mobilizing water elements to create drinking water, and even had surplus water resources to irrigate the greenery.

"Madam Laruen, what do you think?"

"The chaotic and evil demons only know destruction. If the vitality of that oasis is still maintained at a normal level, then either the gnolls have an even more powerful force as support besides the demonic power."

"Or the gnolls have great ambitions. They have a smart and powerful Gnoll King who is restraining the stupid gnolls and using magic to increase the gnolls' intelligence."

"Or both of the above situations exist in the Gnoll Kingdom you are facing. If you rashly lead people into the land of the Gnoll Kingdom, what awaits you may very well be a crushing defeat."

"Have you estimated how many gnolls and hyenas there are in the Gnoll Kingdom?"

According to Attilan's investigation, the desert territory occupied by the gnolls has a total of three large oases and four small oases. A large oasis should house seven or eight hundred gnolls, and a small oasis also has three or four hundred.

In addition, there are those gnolls who go out to attack other oases to expand their territory and collect food. The remaining number of people in the entire Gnoll Kingdom exceeds four thousand.

Moreover, when attacking other oases, the Gnoll Kingdom can expand its territory, obtain food, and use the corpses of the killed races to hold rituals to increase the number of gnolls.

Using war to sustain war, the Gnoll Kingdom has been repeatedly defeated only in the war with the Atlantis Kingdom, and its expansion in the other three directions has been consistently successful.

Perhaps you can defeat the gnolls for the first time, but the toxins they carry will cause diseases to infect the various races in the desert. At this time, the gnolls will launch a second attack.

Guys who rely on brute force are simply not the opponents of the gnolls.

"Madam, do you mean that the Gnoll King has a problem?"

The tiefling nodded.

"He definitely has a problem. Ordinary gnolls aren't that smart, and he even dares to call himself the Gnoll King. You must know that the Gnoll King is the title of Yeenoghu."

"Either he is Yeenoghu, or he has a way to resist Yeenoghu's control and steal Yeenoghu's power. In either case, I don't think you can defeat him."

"You still need time to grow. Just use my starlight purification potion to contain the gnolls from invading your territory. I heard Bloodscar mention the situation in the desert."

"The gnolls will definitely arouse the vigilance of other forces in the desert. Compared to you, I think the one who wants the Gnoll Kingdom to be destroyed even more is that Blue Dragon Kingdom. That's a near-adult blue dragon, and it probably already regards the entire desert as its territory."

Attilan nodded in agreement, because blue dragons like to live in the desert. Attilan originally planned to take down the Gnoll Kingdom and transform this area into a forest as quickly as possible, so that the blue dragon would not be interested in this area.

But now a tiefling is telling him that the Gnoll King is not simple, and attacking the Gnoll Kingdom should be cautious and focus on defense. Attilan is indeed a little hesitant.

He can run away, but if he buries all the young druids of the forest, the bear people will break his legs.

"Madam, is there any way to lure out the Gnoll King and confirm his strength, so that we can formulate a plan to kill him?"

The tiefling pondered for a moment and then said:

"I'll make a batch of starlight purification potions and you can put them into the gnolls' oasis. The gnolls will definitely feel uncomfortable or even die because of the potions."

"As long as there are enough potions, in order to maintain the number of his gnolls, the Gnoll King will have to show himself."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Madam."

The tiefling nodded and touched Hana's head, who was grabbing a large chicken leg and silently gnawing on it.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to take care of Hana for these two days."

"No problem. Staying with me, how could Hana be mistreated! Those two little fishmen, one to play with her and one to protect her!"

She was talking about the two half-goat apprentices. Attilan had summoned them back from the side of the Leopard Woman.

They definitely couldn't control shadow energy yet. The Leopard Woman had the Old Urchin's help and could master it by leaps and bounds, but they couldn't.

The main thing was that they hadn't accumulated enough. Otherwise, letting the Leopard Woman control the shadow energy and infuse it into their bodies could directly enhance their affinity and perception of shadow energy.

The disadvantage was that it was easy to die.

The destructive power of shadow elements is far stronger than the four major elements, and careless operation can also lead to drastic changes in temperament and mental confusion.

Attilan thought that assigning the task of observing the situation of the tiefling mother and daughter to the two rogue apprentices was the most suitable, so he summoned the two of them back.

Whether it was from height or personality, they were the most suitable playmates for Hana, the two typical guards that a princess needed.

Hana is indeed a little princess, but not speaking is a big problem.

After all, they had just met, and Attilan couldn't ask. If it was easy to cure, Bloodscar and Madam Laruen wouldn't have been unable to cure it.

Laruen was also very relieved about the two little fishmen. The two simple-minded little fishmen were definitely a little lacking in strength, but it was completely enough to protect Hana in the safe Qinglin Town.

"Do you need me to have the fishmen build a potion-making room?"

"No, I plan to go directly to the Star Valley to refine them, and collect herbs from the forest along the way. Only the Star Valley can receive sufficient starlight energy, so that the potion will be more effective."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Madam. I'll go to the front line to see the situation first."

Leaving Qinglin Town, Attilan flew towards Earth Fort Town. In less than ten minutes, he realized that something was wrong and immediately took out the communication stone that the Old Urchin had given him.

"Old Urchin, I promised her to go to the forest to collect herbs. She said she would go to Star Valley by herself. I suspect she wants to secretly go find Bloodscar. What should I do now?"

"Moreover, the gnolls' sudden attack was too coincidental. She also advised me to treat the Gnoll King cautiously and took the initiative to offer help. I only realized it now."

The Old Urchin on the other side of the communication stone said lazily:

"Don't worry, she will only collect enough herbs and then appear in Star Valley. She won't be able to find Bloodscar. Don't worry and go deal with the gnolls."

"So amazing?"

Attilan widened his eyes.

"Don't underestimate the druids' control over the forest."

The Old Urchin's voice was full of confidence.

Attilan rolled his eyes. The ones who are amazing are the bear people and the vine women, after all, they are the ones who manage and maintain this forest. The Old Urchin is only responsible for eating, drinking, and having fun.

Attilan came to the front line and found that the five hundred gnolls who had appeared this time had already been wiped out by Old Blind Eye and his team.

"Amazing, Old Blind Eye, I must reward you."

Five hundred gnolls launched a surprise attack, but the scouts brought by Old Blind Eye discovered them in advance, and not a single one was missed. They accurately directed the army to wipe them all out.

"Dragon Lord, you flatter me. This is all what your subordinates should do."

"Burn all the corpses. I'm going to see what the gnolls are trying to do."

Attilan flew to the desert and found that it had changed from what he had seen a month ago.

Looking at the actions of the Gnoll King, small oases became large oases, and the three large oases were gradually connected by grass. His idea was the same as Attilan's.

It was a very smart approach, but Attilan felt very strange. Was this deeply hidden Gnoll King a demon warlock or a druid?