Starting with watering the World Tree for otherworldly survival

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One of its little leaders led several third-tier snow wolves to investigate the situation and see if they could find any profit.

Unfortunately, none of them were the beautiful creatures Qin He wanted to keep. Since Qin He had little interest in dogs, he naturally turned to the wolves.

"Ugh! Qin He, are you serious? Those snow wolves are the tribe of the Snow Night Wolf King. I wouldn't dare to provoke them easily..."

Luna raised her paw first, signaling Qin He not to act impulsively. After all, even if he claimed to be a Holy Dragon, it was unrealistic for a fourth-tier dragon to fight a seventh-tier dragon plus a pack of over a thousand wolves, wasn't it?

"Indeed, our current strength is not enough to deal with the Wolf King, but I didn't say that I would provoke it personally."

These few wolf cubs are insignificant; their deaths are nothing to the wolf king. But—what if a low-ranking fifth-tier leader were to die at the hands of the red dragon?

"Come here, little ones."

In short, Qin He used the Soap Seal to completely control and enslave the fifth-tier lower-level snow wolf, along with its dozen or so third-tier minions.

The immense suppressive power of the silver seal forced the snow wolf forward, making it prostrate itself at Qin He's feet.

Such tactics naturally left the four people and the bear dumbfounded once again.

However, considering that they themselves had been subdued by Qin He with just a few words, and that he called himself the Holy Dragon, it all makes sense.

By completely paralyzing the mind through the silver seal of the soap, Qin He gained absolute control. This allowed him to search for information within the leader's head.

The Snow Night Wolf King had long been at odds with the seventh-tier red dragon that had encroached on its territory, but it was still wary of the dragon's ferocity.

On the other side, although the Red Dragon occupied a large portion of the Wolf King's territory, it was not in a hurry to expand much further, as it was also somewhat wary of the Wolf King.

The two seventh-tier magical beasts even fought each other. On that occasion, the Snow Night Wolf King, who possessed the ability to levitate, suffered a slight loss at the hands of the Red Dragon.

After that, the wolf king was no longer afraid of the red dragon. Instead, he ordered his wolf pups to cause trouble for the red dragon from time to time and destroy its newly built nest.

This is exactly what Qin He wants to see! As long as both sides are capable of mutually damaging each other, he will be the biggest beneficiary.

Chapter 22 Settling the New Wife

The dozen or so snow wolves that emerge one after another from the forest can do a lot of things.

Qin He bent down, thinking of every possible way to provoke the red dragon and make it kill the dozen or so snow wolves, and listed them one by one:

"You all go and sneak into the dragon's lair during a time when it's out hunting. Dig out all the gold, silver, jewels, and amethyst coins from inside the cave. If there's any food in the cave, eat it all, and then—"

After making some arrangements, Qin He anticipated that the Red Dragon, enraged by the ransacking of its lair and the discovery of gold coins scattered all over the ground, would slaughter the minor leader and the rest of the snow wolves.

Even if Red Dragon doesn't confront the Wolf King with the Snow Wolf's corpse, based on the information gleaned from the junior leader, the Wolf King, only slightly inferior to Red Dragon, won't let the killing of his subordinate go unpunished.

Upon receiving the order, the snow wolves all rushed to the peak where the red dragon had built its nest.

Qin He also mentioned the Shadow Saber-toothed Leopard, which was definitely dead, and prepared to pack up and head home.

“Vell… take these.”

Feigning an arrogant attitude befitting a dragon, Qin He deliberately mispronounced Vild's name.

He casually tossed out a pair of crystal daggers emitting a ghostly green light. These were safe house supplies left over from the God War era, and they were much more useful than her previous cold steel daggers.

Besides the dagger, a leather leggings-like pouch containing concealed weapons also fell down.

It contains recyclable magic crystal nails, as well as several magic crystals for charging.

The type of magical energy infused into the magic crystal nail determines its destructive effect. If you carry a magic crystal with you, you can recharge it instantly.

The power is naturally related to the technique. Qin He didn't expect her to be able to puncture the red dragon's eyes. He just hoped that her combat strength wouldn't be inferior to the other three women.

"Um... thank you, thank you, Master."

Upon receiving this gift, Wilde's voice was filled with a gentle gratitude.

After all, if an assassination attempt on a big shot fails... and the plot is exposed, the person will definitely be silenced.

Although Qin He forced her to speak through coercion, he also eliminated the barrier that would have existed between him and the three women.

"Vilde, can you tell me why you became a mercenary?"

Zhong Liuxiu quickly moved closer. As the behind-the-scenes force that was trying to promote harmony in Qin He's harem, she couldn't wait to learn about the girls' past.

If Wilde is in any trouble, she can lend a helping hand later.

"Ah... Lady Xiuxiu. Actually, I don't have any special reason for becoming a mercenary. I grew up in an orphanage, and they saw that I was quite skilled, so they recommended that I find work in a big city..."

In this world, there have never been any male creatures. Therefore, for a woman to become a mother, she must go to the birthplace blessed by Heraheim and adopt a new life born from the cycle of reincarnation.

Those children who are not selected will receive donations from society at the orphanage and be raised together.

Then, Wilde told everyone the details of her situation.

The daily grind was nothing special, but because of her talent, Wilde learned assassin techniques and how to use dual daggers.

For her first mission, she accepted a tavern commission to hunt down a berserk wild boar. The reward was a full set of silver coins and a wild boar meal.

As young Violet grows up, she gradually becomes a well-known female mercenary. At the same time, requests to hire her to commit murders also begin to appear.

Since she was an assassin herself, Vild simply accepted these deadly commissions.

During one of her attacks on thieves who stole magic crystals, she found a manual called "Shadow Concealment Battle Aura" and its accompanying movement techniques among the stolen goods.

I was surprised by the quality of the manual. It contained detailed cultivation methods for levels one through nine, and some pages were even torn out.

From then on, Vild focused on cultivating Shadow Concealment Battle Qi, and her movement techniques improved steadily. However, the resources needed for further advancement began to give her a headache.

Then the old man approached Vild and asked her to kill Mira and her two companions. He promised her ten million gold coins if she succeeded.

Having received the deposit, Vild went to the Forsaken Land intending to assassinate them. However, the difference in strength between her and Mira and the other two was significant, and she never had a chance.

Qin He frowned; he knew. Even as Vilde's reputation grew, no one would spend ten million gold coins to hire a novice girl...

Even if she manages to kill the three and return safely, she will likely be silenced in the end.

Back at the safe house, Qin He immediately assigned tasks to everyone.

He stored important supplies such as firearms and drones in his spatial scales. He then handed over the management of the various areas within the safe house to them.

The wine cellar below, along with the winemaking facilities, was handed over to Mira to start.

Fortunately, this elven lady isn't the type who can drink but not brew, and the safe house has all the necessary facilities and materials, so she can brew many different kinds of wine.

"Wow! With so many facilities, this must be at least a luxury safe house!"

Drawn by the lingering aroma of wine in the cellar, Mira immediately adopted a highly motivated attitude.

The confirmed safe houses from the God War era are divided into Imperial, Duke, and Luxury levels, as well as later, civilian safe houses.

An imperial-level safe house is a fortress built using the resources of the entire nation, and even forged by employing the power of great forces to carve out parts of the continent.

A cycle of civilization can be easily achieved, allowing people in several cities to thrive and multiply.

Many countries have moved their territories into Imperial-level safe houses during periods of war.

Aside from being smaller in size, duke-class territories still have the large-scale facilities that are expected within their domains.

This one, which basically meets all kinds of needs beyond just survival, is a luxury safe house.

This is good for Qin He. If it's too big, several people won't be able to live there, and if it's too small, there won't be enough room to move around.

Under the current circumstances, there is no problem at all for dozens of people to live here.

Besides the armory we visited earlier, the warehouse also contained a considerable amount of weapons and spare supplies. The crystal spearhead Qin He used was also in stock.

Naturally, the warehouse is now accessible only to him and Zhong Liuxiu.

Subsequently, the breeding farm and the planting farm were handed over to Inanna and Freya respectively for operation.

The cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, and other livestock in the refrigerated compartments were all in their respective positions under Inanna's supervision.

As the seed planter operated, Freya sang a prayer praising the goddess, wishing the seeds would be blessed.

As for the external monitoring room, Qin He redeployed more than a dozen drones, allowing Wilde to keep a close eye on the situation in various parts of the forest.

One of the drones flew towards the mountain where the red dragon lived. Qin He wanted to see how the red dragon would fly into a rage after its lair was destroyed.

Looking at Zhong Liuxiu, she was out searching for treasure with Luna. With Luna, the crystal snow bear, by her side, even if they encountered the Wolf King or the Red Dragon outside, they could hold out until Qin He arrived to rescue them.

……

On the cliff, in a newly opened, spacious cave, dappled light was pouring down.

There were more than a dozen snow wolves digging tirelessly inside the cave, throwing their golden treasures down the mountain.

Many of the gold coins were flattened into polymer by the weight and body temperature of the red dragon.

The treasures it laid out on its bed were so numerous that the snow wolves had to use all their strength to "sweep" them away.

Qin He felt a pang of regret at the gold and silver treasures that had fallen off the cliff.

After all, once they awakened their bloodline inheritance, these dazzling treasures were quite tempting to him and Zhong Liuxiu.

Zhong Liuxiu is now using her treasure premonition in order to bring back more treasures for small purposes such as "decorating the bedroom".

The red dragon did the same; it used gold and silver treasures as a mattress.

The cool coins felt as comfortable as a soft bed to the dragon's body.

For a greedy dragon, gold coins are something it can easily take out, but if you try to steal even a single coin from a dragon, things will likely turn out badly.

Not to mention now... within the drone's camera range, there is a furious red dragon with blood-red vertical pupils, roaring and glaring at the snow wolves inside the cave.

"Roar--!!!"

From now on, everything should proceed according to Qin He's script.

Controlling the low-ranking snow wolves under the dragon's might, Qin He instructed the little leader to seize any opportunity to escape.

Then, in a fit of rage, the red dragon opened its blood-red maw, its sharp teeth like an overlapping net of swords... almost biting the snow wolf leader in half!

With its head tilted back to the sky, an unparalleled dragon's breath, carrying with it raging flames, surged forth, incinerating the snow wolf leader in half and sending out angry signals through the air.

After seeing all this, Qin He returned to his room satisfied as night fell, intending to rest.

His bedside was piled high with glittering gold, silver and amethyst, and countless gemstones and pearls adorned the sides, a display of extreme extravagance.

Qin He should get ready to start his work for the night.

Chapter 23: Red Dragon Drops Gold Coins, Succubus Enjoys Midnight Snack

Sunset Forest, in the north.

"This is it! Luna, could you please move this huge rock here?"

"There are lots of good things inside!"

In her dragon-human form, Zhong Liuxiu's round tail trembled constantly, captivating all who saw it.

When its premonition of the treasure was answered, its tail emitted a sound similar to that of a rattlesnake. This time, the rattle was quite loud, and the shaking was particularly large.

"There might be a very powerful treasure!"

Upon hearing this, Luna immediately transformed back into her Crystal Snow Bear form and moved the large rock aside.

Then, a wide, dark passage appeared before Zhong Liuxiu.

The walls of the secret passage were painted with strange totems. Among them were depictions of a giant dragon and countless monstrous beasts fighting against something.

After some effort, Zhong Liuxiu finally recognized that the dark, indistinct things were human.

Further on, there was a red dragon that was seriously injured, with a giant sword piercing its heart.

She longed to return to her tribe, but she could no longer fly. Left with no other choice, the red dragon used its last strength to dig this burrow.

After hiding, the red dragon knew that war was about to break out outside.

So she recorded her life story on the murals, intending to spend the last moments of her life in this tomb.

Beside her were densely packed dragon script characters. Although she couldn't understand them, Zhong Liuxiu was able to decipher these last words by scanning them with her spiritual power.

The gist of the story is that the tomb's occupant was an exceptional dragon with the potential to become a holy dragon. He lamented his untimely death, unable to serve his tribe.

Zhong Liuxiu was too lazy to care about any of that. At most, she would ask Freya to help purify the dragon's bones afterward, which would be more than enough.

What she was more concerned about was how much of the spoils in the cave would be useful in the future.

A man and a bear entered the tomb. They saw that the red dragon, probably bored before it died, sorted out various treasures and stuffed them into the different tomb chambers.

Although it was called a tomb, it was actually just a series of small caves separated by a small distance. The first cave was filled with a small mountain of copper coins.

The tomb chamber was quite spacious, large enough to accommodate a nine-meter-long crystal snow bear rolling and frolicking inside. Many copper coins were deformed by Luna's weight.

"..."

Although she was a little disgusted, money is money, and Zhong Liuxiu had spatial scales on her body.