After some time.
Caesar returned to his territory with his gains.
He stood atop the mountain peak, observing the situation in his territory. During his sleep, his dependents were quite diligent. Centered around the Dragon Lair, an area of one hundred miles in radius is now his territory.
Caesar observed for a moment.
Suddenly, he noticed some interesting changes.
At the foot of the mountain, there were the Gnoll and Kobold tribes, as well as some Trolls. The combined dependents of the three tribes were close to exceeding five hundred. They are now unified under Xi Long's management.
As a Dragon Vein Gnoll.
Xi Long, who had broken through the racial limit, became a mid-level creature. He possessed some magic power and could cast some decent Blazefire elemental spells. Even the Troll Shaman had no objections to accepting Xi Long's management. In a Dragon's territory, besides strength, the status of a Dragonborn is clearly higher.
These three tribes usually stayed at the foot of the mountain and only dared to gather towards the mountain peak when Caesar summoned them. Therefore, besides their usual hunting, they were basically breeding.
However, with a large number, some anomalies will always appear.
After living in a Dragon's territory for a long time, some plants and animals will more or less be tainted by the Dragon's aura. Dragon are very dominant top-tier magical creatures. The closer a creature is to the Dragon Lair, the more it will be radiated by the Dragon's aura, and there is a certain probability of becoming a more powerful Dragonborn than before.
Of course.
This is different from the Dragonborn Caesar personally transformed.
The Dragonborn he personally transforms will use some of his own Dragon blood for the transformation. Once the transformation is successful, not only is the potential greatly enhanced, but the strength is also significantly improved, and they can often inherit some degraded abilities of the Dragon itself.
For example.
Besides inheriting a powerful physique, the Red Dragon's Dragon Vein dependents will also gain some Blazefire elemental spell-like abilities, while the Blue Dragon's Dragon Vein dependents can control storms and lightning to a certain extent, and the Green Dragon's Dragon Vein dependents can also gain the power to manipulate nature and command plants...
But not all creatures can bear the power of Dragon blood.
This kind of Dragon Vein Transformation.
Has a high failure rate. If they cannot withstand the power of Dragon blood, they will die directly during the transformation process. Therefore, Dragon generally only choose dependents with relatively firm willpower to increase the success rate, as this is also quite time-consuming for a Dragon.
Currently, Caesar's Dragon Vein dependents are only Qing Yu and Xi Long.
But now.
Some Dragonborn have appeared in his territory.
They were five Gnolls and three Kobolds. Each of them was quite tall, even taller than Xi Long before his Dragon Vein Transformation.
Gnolls and Kobolds are relatively common monster races in the wilderness.
Only slightly taller than Humans.
Gnolls as tall as Xi Long are very rare.
And these few Gnolls and Kobolds, each of them is close to two meters and a half tall, all muscular, and their current size is even larger than those Trolls.
The strongest is a Kobold.
Seemingly the leader of the Kobolds, its height even reached three meters, only slightly shorter than Xi Long, completely breaking through the racial limit of Kobolds.
The number of Trolls is relatively small.
There hasn't been much change at the moment.
This is the biggest reason why wilderness races yearn to follow Dragon. Staying in a Dragon's territory for a long time will be radiated by the Dragon Vein. This is like a magnetic field naturally attached to a Dragon, which can slowly transform creatures near the Dragon Lair into Dragonborn. Although these naturally transformed Dragon Vein dependents cannot inherit the degraded versions of Caesar's own abilities, their advantage lies in their large numbers.
Caesar looked down and observed these transformed Dragon Vein dependents.
Within their bodies.
There was elemental light flowing in their blood.
This elemental light is far less dense than what is within Xi Long, but it also indicates that they possess some spellcasting ability and have become magical creatures. This is a racial evolution.
"In the Dragon Heritage, this seems to be something that only happens in the territory of adult Dragon. This means my bloodline has become stronger, which is a good thing."
Caesar nodded.
If the system offers a positive mutation reward again next time, he will definitely accept it without hesitation. This is too helpful for him.
Absorbing the power from the Sun.
Is somewhat similar to the setting of a certain Superman in his past life memory, who can absorb the Sun's radiance to strengthen his power, thereby achieving various incredible things.
Caesar had a premonition.
Once he achieves one hundred percent mutation, perhaps an incredible transformation will occur...
"Xi Long."
Caesar called out, and the Gnoll leader immediately came to pay homage.
Xi Long lowered his head, his heart filled with shock. He had almost thought that a powerful Gold Dragon had appeared before him, but as Caesar's Dragon Vein dependent, he would not mistake him.
He respectfully and fanatically said, "Congratulations, Master, on awakening from your slumber. Your power has shaken your servant. Xi Long is at your command at any time."
Caesar nodded in satisfaction.
He was quite satisfied with this Dragon Vein Gnoll. Most of the time, if something could be done by himself, he wouldn't trouble his master. He was a very competent tool.
He released his claws.
"Raise these little ones well, the bigger the better. I hope you can show me a successful harvest year."
Hearing Caesar's command.
Xi Long was a little startled. These powerful magical creatures looked like they had violent tempers, but they were still in their infancy, so raising them in the short term shouldn't cause too much trouble.
He called three of his Gnoll subordinates.
These were the Gnolls who had just become Dragonborn. Each of them was very strong and carried these three little calves, planning to build a large enough enclosure for them to raise.
Caesar also put down the Little Flower Fairies.
He let these Little Flower Fairies lead the Gnolls to choose a location, so that these relatively rare Fairy creatures could raise these young Blazing Fire Yaks while cultivating plants.
During the process.
Caesar also asked Xi Long about his feelings after undergoing the Dragon Vein Transformation. As he expected, besides the change in body size, he gained some spell-like abilities to control Blazefire elements.
The naturally transformed Dragon Vein dependents.
Were much worse.
Although they had some elemental light within their bodies, casting spell-like abilities was a relatively long process, and in most cases, they still had to rely on close combat.
"Dragon Vein Transformation can allow the target to gain degraded abilities similar to those of a Dragon."
"In that case, what about the special abilities I've awakened? I wonder if the Dragon Vein dependents I transform again can acquire them. I can try next time..."
Caesar thought to himself.