Regarding the contract signed between Udi and Victor, both sides tacitly refrained from signing an ally contract or a ceasefire agreement.

Victor’s thoughts were of no concern to Udi.

After all, Udi had already decided that the Barbarian Royal Court would either submit or be destroyed, so it was naturally impossible to sign any ceasefire or ally contract with Victor.

As for setting up the Beastman Sword Saint, Udi never believed Victor would obediently hand over the legendary greatsword named ’Bloodthirst’ after the Beastman Sword Saint’s death. Neither side had signed any contract regarding this, nor could they, as it would violate the contract between Victor and the Beastman Sword Saint.

Udi agreed for two reasons.

One was to buy some time.

Currently, he had no confidence in capturing the Barbarian King, but that might not be the case after some time.

The second reason was his interest in the Beastman Kingdom.

The Beastman Kingdom’s territory was directly north of the Dark Forest, and the direct distance was even closer than that from the Barbarian Royal Court to the Beastman Kingdom.

However, between the Dark Forest and the Beastman Kingdom were the Dwarf Iron Castle and other medium and small forces (including humans and other intelligent races).

"Now my soul strength should have surpassed those strong in the Legendary Tier One. By then, enslaving the Beastman Sword Saint would allow me to secretly control the entire Beastman Kingdom," the Black Dragon Lord calmly thought.

Beastmen are a very good source of soldiers, and besides the death of a Beastman King, the foundation of the Beastman Kingdom hasn’t weakened much. With the Beastman King present, the Beastman Kingdom’s power ranks among the top five on the continent.

The entire kingdom’s beastman population numbers in the billions, and even though some strong ones died in the war with the Crimson Nest, the remaining master-level beastmen still number in the hundreds.

The population base is right here!

Comparing the Barbarian Royal Court with the Beastman Kingdom is like comparing a baron from the resource-scarce countryside (Northern Domain) with a baron from the Royal City (Central Domain), where the territory is rich, the warriors are strong, and the population is large—there’s no comparison.

.....After the contract was signed, Victor left without a backward glance.

The Northern Wasteland fell silent from its previous clamor.

A thick smell of blood lingered in the air, unable to dissipate for a long time.

Wars inevitably lead to death, and although Black Wing Nest won a great victory this time, the casualties were not few.

Low-level Black-winged Warriors suffered thirty thousand casualties.

Middle-level over a thousand.

Advanced several dozen.

Two master-level warriors, one perished, and one severely injured. The one who died was a Big Goblin who had just reached Level 15, unlucky to be taken down by a dying Barbarian General.

The one who was severely injured was a Level 16 Black Tiger Demon who had not long ago pledged allegiance.

And the barbarians?

Low-level barbarian casualties exceeded a hundred thousand, middle and high-level over ten thousand, and more than ten master-level barbarians perished, including two Barbarian Generals at the nineteen-level peak.

This happened even though Parker was too lazy to join the slaughter. This Old Rock Dragon disliked carnage, and if it weren’t for the Black Dragon Lord asking it to oversee things to protect Shiji and others from any unexpected incidents, it wouldn’t have awoken from its slumber.

Udi, however, had no thoughts about this.

In war, legendary powerhouses can kill beings below the legendary tier, but they cannot deliberately engage in large-scale slaughter below legendary tier; this is the generally accepted rule of the continent. If everyone failed to adhere to this rule, chaos would ensue.

Udi couldn’t constantly guard against a Legendary Second Tier powerhouse coming to his territory to cause destruction.

If the opponent killed his followers and then immediately left, he wouldn’t be able to catch them.

Eventually, it would degenerate into a pointless game of you killing my followers, and me killing your people.

Three days after the war—

Before Udi could await Victor bringing the Beastman Sword Saint, an unexpected guest arrived at the Black Wing Nest.

The Dragon Pool.

An adult female Black Dragon over twenty meters long stepped into this place.

The female dragon, gaunt and with a pair of forward-bending gray dragon horns, had dragon scales tightly adhered to her facial bones, thick bones throughout her body, and protruding bone spurs, exuding a formidable and grotesque aura.

Leanna cautiously walked the path to the center of the Dragon Pool, feeling somewhat uneasy.

Honestly, she had never expected this scene today.

Nor had she expected that meeting her offspring would make her so apprehensive.

But there was no choice; without meeting once, she couldn’t continue to stay in the wasteland.

Her mind was racing with thoughts when soon, a Black-scaled Giant Beast appeared in her vision.

In front of this Black-scaled Giant Beast, Leanna appeared so small and frail.

For a moment, the over-century-old mother dragon couldn’t help but feel breathless.

"This size, it’s not just a mutation, it’s definitely an ancestral regression! Ancestral Black Dragon!!" The mother dragon’s inner voice screamed.

It’s no wonder Leanna was so shaken. She had indeed thought her eldest son’s physique would be more robust than a few years ago, but not to such an exaggerated extent.

The gigantic black dragon, half-hidden in the mist, opened its tawny vertical pupils and slightly lowered its head, looking at the seemingly malnourished black dragon below with a grin,

"My dear mother, you look very surprised."

".....Isn’t this worth being surprised? Perhaps I should report to the Mother of Evil Dragons and let her see for herself that she has another ancestral Black Dragon offspring in the Star Realm."