Gurkado, motivated by the two dragon scales, wasted no ti. With expert precision, he embedded the Wrathscale into the armor.
The Earth Dragon T-shirt's stats imdiately surged.
[Earth Dragon T-shirt – Dark Gold Grade]
Defense: 300 HP: 3000 Strength: 80 Level Requirent: 20 Special Effect 1 - Buffer: Reduces physical damage taken by 20%. Special Effect 2 - Dragon's Blood: 20 to all attributes. Socket Bonus: 50 to all attributes. Active effect: Boosts damage by 100% for 30 seconds. Cooldown: 1 hour.
As expected of a Smithing Master, Gurkado had not only preserved the Wrathscale's active effect but also unlocked additional enhancents, granting extra attribute bonuses.
A flat 50 boost to all stats was no small gain.
After equipping the Earth Dragon T-shirt, Tristan retrieved the two promised dragon scales and handed them over.
But Gurkado didn't take them imdiately.
Instead, he rubbed his hands together, hesitating for a mont before asking:
"Uh… say, do you happen to have any more dragon materials?"
Seeing Tristan's raised eyebrow, Gurkado quickly explained:
"This isn't trying to squeeze more paynt out of you! I want to strike a deal. I'm willing to buy any extra materials you've got."
For dwarves, collecting high-quality smithing materials was a lifelong pursuit.
And in ExoGenesis, it wasn't just minerals that could be used for forging—monster parts were also highly valuable.
Among them, dragon parts were the absolute pinnacle of smithing materials.
The mont Tristan had taken out Wrathscale, Gurkado had known imdiately—Tristan had killed a dragon.
And if he had one dragon part, he must have more.
Two dragon scales? That was nowhere near enough.
Gurkado wanted everything he could get.
However, Tristan simply shook his head.
The light in Gurkado's eyes dimd instantly, his whole deanor turning devastated.
If he weren't so ntally strong, he might've cried on the spot.
But just as quickly, his mood skyrocketed again.
Tristan spoke casually:
"Master Gurkado, I actually have an entire Fire Dragon. If you're willing to craft so equipnt for , you can take ten percent of the materials."
He added, "You can pick what you want first, then use the rest to forge my gear."
Gurkado froze, then started doing quick ntal calculations on his fingers.
A fully grown Fire Dragon had around 500 dragon scales—ten percent ant fifty.
And that didn't even count the teeth, claws, bones, or tendons.
Put together, that was enough to form a small mountain.
The more Gurkado thought about it, the more excited he beca.
At this point, he didn't even care about the Fire Dragon race seeking revenge.
All he wanted was to forge!
The dwarf stretched out his massive hand:
"Deal!"
Tristan clasped his hand with a slight smile.
"Deal."
However, with the upcoming world event, forging would have to wait.
Tristan spoke, "Master Gurkado, let's hold off until after this battle is over."
Gurkado nodded.
"No problem. No way I could work properly while the war's going on anyway."
Tristan nodded in satisfaction.
"Then I'll see you after the fight."
With his business settled, Tristan didn't linger.
He imdiately headed back to Davi City.
There, he spotted Horreo, sweating buckets as he rushed about.
Seeing Tristan, the captain hurried over.
"Warrior! I just received word—monsters are gathering in the south and west! There are too many of them. Can you help thin them out and ease our defenses?"
[Ding! You have triggered the quest: 'Defend Davi City']
Quest Objective: Kill as many of the gathering monsters as possible. Quest Rewards: Calculated based on the number of kills.
Tristan nodded imdiately.
"Leave it to ."
Horreo bead with relief.
"It is truly Davi City's honor to have a warrior like you."
Then, as if talking to himself, he grumbled:
"I just wish I knew which reckless idiot managed to piss off the Fire Dragon King…"
Tristan kept a straight face, nodding along.
"Yeah, I wonder who could've done sothing like that."
Then, with a respectful gesture, he said:
"Horreo, I'll head outside and assess the situation."
Horreo nodded firmly.
Exiting through the west gate, Tristan found a quiet spot and summoned Shadow Dragon.
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The mont he hopped on, they soared into the sky, speeding towards the battlefield.
This was a rare opportunity—with so many monsters gathered, he could grind to his heart's content.
Even though he was currently level 30 and couldn't level up without class advancent, he could still stockpile experience points.
After the previous battles, Shadow Dragon had already reached level 35, with all its stats significantly boosted.
In re monts, they covered dozens of kiloters.
Then, the monster army ca into view.
A sea of creatures from all directions was slowly advancing toward Davi City.
Just the visible forces already numbered over 50,000.
By the ti the full swarm reached the city, the total would easily surpass 100,000.
And that was just the western front.
The southern side likely had just as many monsters.
Even with the player base assisting, Davi City's defenses would be under imnse pressure.
However, what caught Tristan's attention the most was the group at the heart of the monster army.
Hundreds of draconic humanoids stood in formation.
Their upper bodies were humanoid but covered in scales, while their lower halves were thick, muscular reptilian limbs.
They wielded various weapons—so carried massive four-ter-long greatswords, others held primitive, brutal-looking staffs.
No dragons in sight—yet.
Which made sense.
Dragons were scarce, and Takhtu's decision to launch this world event was impulsive.
There hadn't been enough ti for dragons from all over to gather.
Tristan estimated that across the twelve major cities, only five dragons at most would appear.
The real bulk of the enemy force was these dragonkin—the offspring of dragons and other races.
Not as strong as true dragons, but still carrying draconic blood, making them absolute rulers over weaker monsters.
Using dragonkin as the vanguard was a classic dragon warfare tactic.
Tristan cleared his mind and stomped his foot lightly.
Shadow Dragon instantly understood, diving straight down toward the monster horde.
Then, its mouth opened wide—
A blazing breath attack swept across the battlefield.
In a single instant, over 300 monsters were incinerated.
The pressure of its dragon aura alone sent shockwaves of fear through the enemy ranks.
After all, Shadow Dragon was a real dragon.
Compared to it, the dragonkin were re half-bloods.
Even before it attacked, many had already started panicking.
Had they not been bound by the Fire Dragon King's orders, they might have submitted outright.
Then—
"Attack!"
A dragonkin commander roared, signaling the counterattack.
From the ground, a storm of spells and ranged attacks surged toward Shadow Dragon.
But it didn't bother dodging.
It simply swooped down, its tail sweeping through the battlefield like a razor-sharp whip, carving a deep trench of blood and flesh into the ground.
"Pathetic! You're all too weak!"
Shadow Dragon's laughter bood over the battlefield.
Tristan fell silent for a mont.
…Why did it feel like they were the villains here?
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