By then, I should have already reached the fourth level of advancement, the Silver Dragon Egg should have hatched, the Mammoth War Elephants should be arrayed, and Hangu Pass should be as solid as a rock.

No matter how big a mess the world makes, he's confident he can fix it. If even he can't fix it, then probably no one else can.

He made up his mind: thirty days it would be.

But before taking it, we need to notify the General Administration first so that they can prepare.

He glanced one last time at Severine on the throne; her golden armor gleamed warmly in the dim light, like a statue forgotten by time.

He turned around without looking back, his footsteps fading into the distance on the marble floor, growing fainter and fainter, until the stone door closed behind him again.

The hall fell completely silent, the light from the crystal chandelier still shining quietly on the figure seated on the throne.

Her face remained downcast, her eyelashes still silvery-white, like a dream from which she would never wake.

The tip of the sword rested on the ground, and the characters on the blade seemed to light up slightly as the light shifted before dimming again.

...

Fenghuo County.

The second floor of the council hall.

The core of the territory floated in the center of the room, and the golden light enveloped the four walls in a warm halo.

Lin Feng walked to the core and took out the silver-white egg from his pocket.

The eggshell surface shimmered with a flowing silver glow amidst the golden light. He held the silver dragon egg in both hands and gently placed it into the light at the core of the territory.

A system notification appeared in my mind: 【Special item detected:??? Silver Dragon Egg (Unique). Add it to the core of Beacon Fire County territory?】

Lin Feng didn't hesitate and clicked "confirm".

A pale golden halo appeared on the silvery-white eggshell surface, which then merged with the golden light of the territory's core.

The system notification popped up again: 【The Silver Dragon Egg has been added to the territory core. Current territory level detected: County. Silver Dragon Egg hatching requirements: The territory level must reach City level. Please upgrade Beacon Fire County to a City-level territory first. Hatching will proceed automatically after the upgrade is complete.】

Just as Lin Feng was about to bring up the upgrade interface, the system notification was not yet finished...

【The Silver Dragon Egg's attributes have been unlocked and are now available for viewing.】

With a slight thought, a complete panel unfolded before his eyes.

【Currently tameable mount/companion: Silver Dragon - Unnamed】

【Unit Description: An ancient dragon with silver-white scales and wings that blot out the sky, possessing both flight and frost power, making it a natural aerial overlord and strategic deterrent.】

【Level: Lv40】

【Attribute Point Allocation: Strength +13, Constitution +13, Agility +13】

【Base Attributes: Strength 60.8 (Equipment +14), Constitution 66.8 (Equipment +20), Agility 60.8 (Equipment +14)】

【HP: 7923 | Attack: 591 | Defense: 620.8 | Negative Resistance: 65%】

【Equipment: Foreclaws (purple), Hindclaws (purple), the rest are gold; activates the gold set effect】

【Accessories: None】

【Trait 1 - Bloodline (Passive): Base Health +1000, Constitution +160%, Strength +170%, Agility +160%.】

【Trait 2 - Dragon's Healing (Passive): +20% HP, restores 2% of maximum HP per second after leaving combat.】

【Trait 3 - Dragon's Might (Active, 60-second cooldown): Unleashes Dragon's Might, reducing the attack power of all enemy units within 50 meters by 20% for 10 seconds.】

【Trait 4 - Frost Breath (Active, 60-second cooldown): Sprays frost breath in a 60-degree fan-shaped area in front of the user, up to 100 meters away, dealing 100% attack power as frost damage and inflicting the "Frostbite" effect, causing the user to lose 50 health points per second for 8 seconds.】

【Trait 5 - Dragon Tail Sweep (Active, 30-second cooldown): Swings its tail hammer, dealing 120% attack damage to all enemies within 15 meters behind and to the sides, and knocking them back 5 meters.】

【Trait 6 - Aerial Dive (Active, 60-second cooldown): The silver dragon folds its wings and dives, dealing 150% attack damage to ground targets. Upon landing, it generates a shockwave that deals 50% damage to enemies within 8 meters and performs a strength check. Those who fail the check are knocked down for 1 second. The dragon is immune to control effects during the dive.】

【Trait 7 - Dragon Wing Wind Pressure (Active, 30-second cooldown): Powerfully flaps its wings, generating a fan-shaped airflow that deals 100% attack damage to all enemies within a 100-meter radius in front, and slows them by 30% for 5 seconds.】

【Trait 8 - Purify (Active, 30-second cooldown): Cleanses self or allies of all negative status effects.】

【Trait 9·???: The Silver Dragon is bound to the Beacon Tower core, and its level grows in sync with the territory level. It is currently adapted to the city level, and its level is locked at 40.】

【Trait 10:???: After a Silver Dragon devours an Ancient Builder's Heart, it can generate a unique flying barracks. This trait can only be triggered once.】

Lin Feng's gaze slowly moved across the panel, and the more he looked at it, the higher the corners of his mouth curled up.

With nearly 8,000 health points, over 600 attack power, over 600 defense power, and 65% negative resistance, this is already the top attribute panel for a level 40 rare unit.

In addition, there's a whole host of active skills: Dragon's Might, Frost Breath, Dragon Tail Sweep, Aerial Dive, and Dragon Wing Wind Pressure.

It covers multiple combat dimensions such as debuffs, area damage, dashes, and control, and is almost a complete tactical system.

But he quickly noticed the features marked with question marks.

These three characteristics should be unique to this silver dragon. The total increase of characteristic one is as high as 490%, which is equivalent to the total increase of a Lord Awakener who goes through all rare profession routes at the fourth job advancement.

This boost would be incredible for any other unit, but Silver Dragons are born with it, so they don't need to collect job change books one by one like human Awakeners.

He reviewed the ninth characteristic three times: the silver dragon is bound to the territory core, and its level grows in sync with the territory.

Ordinary silver dragons hatch at most at level ten to twenty, and then need decades or even hundreds of years to grow up.

I was born at level 40, skipping the long accumulation curve.

His gaze fell on the last characteristic, and he finally couldn't suppress a smile.

Flying units.

There are many flying monsters in the Nightmare World, but he had never heard of any territory possessing flying units.

If the Qin elites ride flying units and fire at ground targets from the air, their range advantage combined with their mobility advantage is no longer just a tactical advantage, but a devastating blow. They are attacking from the sky and the enemy has no chance to fight back.