Chapter 1201 - 631: Resolving the Old Grudge Between Flying Tiger and Eagle, Dragon Vein Enhancement

The ten Griffins of various Tiers behind them all flapped their wings, shrinking back a little as they edged closer.

And just like that, the Flying Tiger completed the first "friendly" interaction of its tiger life with the Griffins.

Zong Shen finally nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright then, Eagle, you take the Griffins to the residential area first."

"There’s a lot of open space there. I’ll come personally to settle you in later!"

Since the conflict had already been forcibly eased for the moment, now one side naturally needed to be sent away.

Having received Zong Shen’s orders, Eagle felt as if he’d been granted amnesty.

He very humanly tapped his big beak on his head in a nod.

Then he led those Escort Griffins and flew toward the residential area.

He was flying so fast that he even left visible trails of airflow in the sky.

In the air there were suddenly only the Flying Tiger, Xiaoheizi, and Zong Shen left.

It had to be said that Xiaoheizi didn’t get along with Zong Shen in most other respects.

But when it came to teaming up for Intimidation, the two of them actually cooperated with uncanny tacit understanding.

Zong Shen stood on Xiaoheizi’s back and beckoned to the Flying Tiger.

The Flying Tiger hesitated for a moment, but still resolutely came closer, arriving four to five meters below and beside Xiaoheizi.

Only by flying in parallel at different heights would they avoid interfering with each other’s wing beats.

After all, their body sizes were roughly the same—both were gigantic creatures with wingspans over twenty meters.

Once the Flying Tiger approached, Zong Shen directly activated the Floating Technique and drifted over onto its back.

"Xiaoheizi, you head back on your own first."

"Don’t worry about me."

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"Hmph!"

Hearing that, Xiaoheizi snorted lightly, turned his head away in tsundere fashion, his wings suddenly giving a powerful beat, whipping up a violent airflow as his black body tore through the sky like a bolt.

The turbulence instantly made the Flying Tiger’s body unstable, wobbling slightly.

"That guy is always asking for a beating!"

Zong Shen shook his head helplessly and settled himself skillfully on the Flying Tiger’s neck.

"Let’s go, Flying Tiger."

"Find an open spot to land, I’ve got a good treasure for you!"

Hearing Zong Shen’s words, the Flying Tiger immediately headed toward the Agricultural and Livestock Area.

Starting today, Zong Shen was planning to arrange for a batch of Griffins and Scorpion-tailed Tigers to be stationed permanently within the Territory.

The iron cages in Sitanos Village had completely lost their purpose.

From now on the Scorpion-tailed Tigers would be settled in the Agricultural and Livestock Area, and the Griffins would be arranged around the outer edge of the residential area.

Of course, the Scorpion-tailed Tigers’ lairs and Griffins’ Nests still needed to be kept.

They could adopt a rotating garrison system, each time having the Flying Tiger and Eagle respectively bring back a batch of Scorpion-tailed Tigers and Griffins.

As for the actual settlement points, those were easy to deal with: just consume some Wood to build a single layer of wooden foundation on level ground.

Then lay some dry grass over the foundation and that would do.

From the current situation, rainfall in this area was not abundant, so there was no need to worry about rain in the short term.

These settlement points would be enough to meet the roosting needs of the Scorpion-tailed Tigers and Griffins for about a week.

One way or another, letting Scorpion-tailed Tigers and Griffins remain forever at odds like Fire and water was no long-term solution; only by having them both reside in the Territory could their full value be brought into play.

However, Zong Shen was a little worried now about whether those Scorpion-tailed Tigers and Griffins, indirectly Commanded through the Flying Tiger and Eagle, could participate in the Territory’s defense challenge.

After all, they did not occupy any Command Value.

How to define that, Zong Shen wasn’t sure.

Since the Flying Tiger was looking for a landing spot anyway, it was a good chance to ask the Guide Module.

"Can those Scorpion-tailed Tigers and Griffins participate in the Territory’s defense challenge?"

(When the challenge begins, if they are within the Territory they will be judged according to the standard for Subjects; if they are not within the Territory they will be judged as wild creatures

After the challenge begins, a scan of the Territory will be conducted, including Buildings, personnel, items, material reserves, Lord’s strength and other factors, in order to determine the attacking side’s overall strength

In addition, after the challenge begins, any increase in the Lord’s strength will also cause the attacking side’s strength to increase accordingly)

After reading the remark prompt from the Guide Module, Zong Shen immediately understood.

In short, once the defense challenge began, as long as these Griffins and Scorpion-tailed Tigers were inside the Territory, they would be classified among the Subjects.

At the same time, the intensity of the defense challenge would also be strengthened somewhat.

That meant the more thoroughly he prepared over the next few days and the more his strength improved, the higher the difficulty he would face after the challenge started.

Either way, by that time he would have to withstand the full-force assault of a foe on par with him.

That "on par" was relative.

Because Zong Shen was the defending side, he held the defensive advantage.

So Buildings, including those Defense Arrow Towers, would be counted in the overall strength calculation, and ultimately converted into offensive advantages for the attackers.

In this way, the intensity of the attacks he faced would very likely fully match the Territory’s defensive strength, perhaps even slightly surpass it. This touched on the transformation of offense–defense relations and the conversion of advantages.

"Either way it’s a headache."

"Might as well let Nature take its course!"

Zong Shen rubbed his temples, not wanting to overcomplicate the problem.

He wasn’t going to deliberately weaken his own strength or that of the Territory because of the challenge.

Doing that would be like pulling your pants down to fart.

The pre-challenge inspection would definitely be accompanied by a Time Stop state.

So actions like shifting troops and transferring items would be inadvisable.

Because the attacking side’s strength would also be dynamically adjusted.

This basically eliminated the possibility of cheating and playing tricks.

The only way to win was to face them head-on.

When facing a foe of equal strength, only the braver one wins when the road narrows!