The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

The specific arrangements would depend on the little merman's talents.

If he had good stealth and spellcasting talents, Attilan could consider having Mape teach him to become a Trickster Rogue, bestow the name Fizz upon him, and help him find a shark spirit, making him a true Tidecaller.

Although the half-goat hadn't been a Rogue mentor before, he had been an apprentice!

He knew exactly what a Rogue apprentice needed most.

And that was agility!

Rogue, Rogue, they definitely needed to be roaming!

The main principle was: you might not be able to win, but you must be able to run!

Rogue Lesson One: Grease the soles of your feet!

Tailoring education to the individual was also important.

The two mermen had very different talents.

The would-be Fizz had bright eyes and nimble hands and feet, making him suitable for a thief skilled in spellcasting and thievery.

The other was quiet and taciturn, with a light footstep and a weak presence, making him suitable to become an assassin.

One was after the master's treasure, the other after the master's life.

The half-goat was confident in teaching the former, but as for the latter, as a cheerful half-goat, he had never assassinated anyone.

Based purely on first impressions, the half-goat actually favored the latter.

Perhaps the would-be Fizz had better talent, but talent didn't represent everything.

For example, Mape himself, his Rogue class level wasn't low, but his practical ability could only be considered that of a petty thief.

On the contrary, some assassins with lower levels than him had become famous and survived because they successfully assassinated great lords.

Almost all such assassins had become Shadowblades.

For example, the object of his former affection, a human female Shadowblade, he would never forget her flowing and smooth red hair.

It was just that as a Fey creature, the half-goat found it difficult to communicate with the Shadowfell.

Unable to obtain shadow energy, he couldn't become a Shadowblade and could only become a Trickster Rogue.

But assassins and Shadowblades had no love, they didn't believe in love, let alone having a half-goat as the object of their affection.

Watching the two apprentices in front of him practice the basic Rogue skills according to his instructions, Mape's memory returned to his youthful days when he left his hometown, the Feywild, and spent his wonderful time in the Rogue training camp.

Attilan didn't stay with them all the time, after encouraging them with a few words, he went to the old merman to count the supplies brought back by the troops.

Upon seeing Attilan, the old merman's hands trembled with excitement.

"Dragon Lord, there are a total of 7,500 pounds of wheat flour here, as well as some iron tools.

I see there are also some spearheads, are you planning to turn all the merman warriors into spearmen?"

With more than a month of ample food supply, the merman warriors' muscles had bulged out at a visible rate.

Their strength was already sufficient to support them in using three-meter-long spears to fight.

Spearmen were the easiest type of soldier to train, only needing to train in formation, teaching them to stand in a row and thrust their spears forward.

"Of course, tomorrow you select ten mermen to receive spearman training."

Those iron tools were all tools that Attilan had drawn based on woodworking tools from his previous life, and had the half-goat bring to the halfling town to find a blacksmith to customize.

To build a town, it was impossible to always use round logs as building materials.

The bearman also told Attilan that the forest area could not continue to expand indefinitely, but it was best for the druids not to do things like cutting down trees.

The pure reverence of humans provided faith power, which had a significant effect on improving the quality of the natural magic of the forest.

As for the negative factors of faith power gathering in plants and forming evil plant monsters, that was just a small problem.

The ultimate goal of the druids was to spread the faith of nature!

If you believe in a specific nature god, then go and promote the corresponding god.

Druids like the bearman who believe in the great power of nature promote that everything people come into contact with is part of nature.

Druids must revere and perceive nature, and nature will give back power to the druids.

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The giant trees were placed there, but not everyone could cut down the giant trees and leave safely.

The giant trees were more like bait, allowing those who did not revere nature to be ruthlessly devoured by the forest.

The druids didn't take action, but that didn't mean the jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards in the forest wouldn't take action.

In order to prevent the mermen from being swallowed by the forest when they entered the forest to cut down trees, it was necessary for Attilan to train them.

First, they must maintain a heart of reverence for nature, and second, the mermen needed to contribute to the forest!

All the mermen could do was water and fertilize.

Before Attilan came, the mermen didn't even have a toilet.

They would just find an open space or go into the water to relieve themselves.

They didn't even feel dirty at all, let alone know the hidden diseases.

The only facility still operating in the old district was the two toilets that Attilan had planned in the first place, which not only protected the health of the mermen, but also accumulated a lot of organic fertilizer for the town.

This organic fertilizer still needed time to ferment.

What could be used now was the wood ash obtained by burning the dead branches and leaves collected by the mermen.

When Attilan had the mermen go to the forest to collect dead branches and leaves, they would sprinkle a small handful of wood ash on the trees along the way, remembering to sprinkle with a devout heart towards nature, plus cleaning up the fallen leaves would reduce the risk of forest fires.

The mermen could be considered to have made two contributions to the forest, barely counting as their own people, so they wouldn't be easily swallowed by the thorns, plants, jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards along the way.

It was just that the forest wouldn't reject the mermen, and who would be eaten would depend on their own abilities.

The mermen would no longer enter the forest and disappear inexplicably.

Not entering the forest to hunt was the experience and lessons learned over the years.

"With these tools, I think you should have no problem with the two-story tavern I planned, right?

Use the warehouse to practice first, and try to make a rainproof warehouse as soon as possible."

"This subordinate will take people to familiarize themselves with the use of these tools and strive to make the warehouse before dawn tomorrow!"

For these grains, the old merman was going to work hard!

For a merman, the food obtained from hunting plus one pound of flour could meet his daily energy needs.

Saving on these 7,500 pounds of flour would be enough for the tribe's 60-plus mermen to eat for half a year!

How could the old merman not be excited!

If they could eat their fill this year, the tribe would be able to welcome a batch of little mermen next year.

After the old merman left, the half-goat found Attilan.

"Did the training end so quickly?"

"They are still practicing.

I came over to tell you about their talents.

One has better talent, but can't stand the boring training.

I estimate that as soon as I leave, they will start slacking off."

"Two is a little worse, but their stable emotions give them the potential to become an excellent assassin, but I'm not good at cultivating assassins."

Attilan nodded and asked:

"Regarding the manpower issue, where do you think we should recruit people?

Is it possible to recruit centaurs and halflings?"

Mape shook his head.

It wasn't that he didn't think highly of Attilan, but the conditions in Greenfin Town really couldn't attract them.

Halflings wouldn't give up the excellent conditions of their hometown to come here.

Centaurs wouldn't betray the Centaur King unless Attilan could subdue the Centaur King.

It was better to recruit from his hometown.

Although the living conditions of the half-goats were slightly better than those of the mermen, it was obvious that following a dragon didn't offer more room for improvement.

With the half-goats' penchant for joining in the fun, maybe some of them would really be attracted by the dragon's name.

"Why not recruit people from my hometown?

The Feywild is home to many Fey creatures.

Fey are close to the druids, and recruitment from a dragon druid will definitely arouse the curiosity of the little ones."

"When they come, we'll figure out how to keep them."

Attilan nodded in agreement.

The little fairies came to Greenfin Town and still wanted to leave?

Did they really think he was running a hotel?

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