76: Chapter 76: The Calm Before the Kill 76: Chapter 76: The Calm Before the Kill Under normal circumstances, Red Dragon, Blue Dragon, and Brass Dragon would never ally together, but in this world, everything is possible.
The Brass Dragon, being a good dragon, emphasized over and over that if the caravan bought a magic pass, Leon and Tassera would be obliged to guarantee the caravan’s safety; otherwise, he would never engage in cooperation.
Actually, setting aside the Brass Dragon, Leon and Tassera could also make it happen, although the start would just be a little troubleso, with possibly fewer constraints in the future.
But Leon detested trouble the most, and as the Storage Dragon, Blue Dragon cared more about knowledge than money and did not bother to quibble over a bit of profit shared.
Brass Dragon’s foremost task was still to help Leon remodel Do Castle, firstly to recover the gemstones and money that Leon had pilfered and secondly to see if Leon would keep his promise of a reward for diligent work—a perfect opportunity to test whether Leon would honor his commitnt; otherwise, the cooperation would be off the table.
Brass Dragon was truly capable; perhaps one dragon really could match a hundred Fire Dwarfs.
In a short ti, he helped Leon refurbish Do Castle, and Leon naturally would not break his promises over such things.
During the ti Brass Dragon was modifying the castle, Leon and Tassera filled in the gaps and perfected the plan.
“Eggon, your task is very simple…”
The task of the Brass Dragon was to transform into human form and go to various gathering places nearby, proclaiming that sothing big had happened in the desert.
A Red Dragon and a Blue Dragon had joined forces, preparing to harm all caravans, and at the critical mont, a Brass Dragon bravely stepped in…
“Tassera, you are responsible for…”
The task of the Blue Dragon was equally important.
As a mage, she needed to create magic-marked passes and Plunder Certificates, as well as take ti to instruct the nearby powers, reminding those forces that the Red Dragon and Blue Dragon had set a rule.
“I’ll also talk about my task…”
In the end, if we’re going to do it, let’s do it properly.
Creatures like Gnolls, who couldn’t understand rules and only thought of slaughter, had to be eliminated cleanly… Exterminating those unstable elents was Leon’s job, and his job involved fighting and killing.
…
The territory of Tassera and Leon was not very large, combined it would be about the size of a prefecture-level city on Earth; hence, Brass Dragon only needed to visit a few Oasis Cities and so larger gathering places.
To make everyone believe, it would require a bit of persuasion, but that’s precisely what Brass Dragon didn’t mind doing.
“You wouldn’t be unaware, right?
Half a year ago a Red Dragon ca to this desert, and it chased away the Efreeti and took over Steam Lake…”
“That Red Dragon is more ferocious, terrifying, greedy, and powerful than other Red Dragons, and it reached a cooperation with a Blue Dragon that has long lurked nearby… You ask why they would cooperate?
I can only tell you they are male and female.
The rest, you figure out…”
“After their despicable alliance, their strength greatly increased, deciding to join forces with the monsters and sand bandits in the desert to strike at all caravans.
At this ti, a brave Brass Dragon descended from the heavens and fought the vile pair to a standstill and finally agreed to step back; if the caravans are willing to pay a sum of money, they are not permitted to strike at the caravans…”
“What are you saying?
How could Brass Dragon conspire with Red Dragon and Blue Dragon to trick everyone?
Think it through with that little brain of yours, tal Dragons could never really cooperate with Colorful Dragons, at most they play along begrudgingly… Ah, it seems that Brass Dragon is also helpless and is willing to court danger for everyone’s sake.”
…
The forces Tassera needed to visit weren’t many – a few bands of sand bandits hidden in the ruins of cities, a couple of Weretiger families, and a Yak People tribe.
“I’m telling you, for any caravan carrying our pass, you are not allowed to plunder them; otherwise, don’t bla us for being impolite.”
“This place can’t support so many people… so you two bands will only have one Plunder Certificate, you all figure it out for yourselves, and don’t start fighting.”
“Icaria, the Yak People’s word for the lucky Divine Chosen One, huh…
Haha, don’t think I don’t know that despite your seemingly honest appearance, you are actually the most evil, cruel, and barbaric, especially fond of enslaving outsiders who accidentally enter your territory…”
Blue Dragon was originally the master here, even if only in the wilderness, naturally, no one dared to defy.
…
“Why do you attack us, Red Dragon?
We can submit to you.” Lamias, with their beautiful humanoid upper bodies fused with the lower body and four legs of a lion, were large monstrous creatures with not a low Challenge Level.
“You are too chaotic and evil, I don’t trust you.” Leon hardly trusted Orcs, let alone Lamias who were underlings of the Demon Lord Glazter.
“Then co and kill us!”
The Gnolls Warband was nothing in front of the current Leon, but a group of Lamias living in underground tombs were still quite troubleso.
Every ti Dragon Form Leon appeared, they would hide in the underground tombs, and Leon really didn’t dare to transform into human form to venture deep into the tombs, not knowing what traps awaited him, so he had no choice but to call the Salamanders to conduct a thorough cleanup.
…
Everything seed to be going smoothly, but in reality, it was only on the surface – the undercurrents were surging.
Leon and Tassera didn’t have much experience in advance and inevitably overlooked certain aspects, not realizing how many things can trigger a chain reaction.
For example, their consideration was that many caravans, when passing through dangerous sections of the road, like the ones originally controlled by the Efreeti, would often hire guards temporarily, and then terminate the protection contract once past the dangerous stretches…
With their Plunder Certificate, there would be no need to hire guards on the fly, and everyone would definitely want to purchase the certificate.
However, they did not foresee that without the caravans hiring temporary guards, the local guards might be out of a job and without sustenance, which could lead them to do sothing drastic.
What if, at this ti, soone started to add fuel to the fire?
Right now, there was a black man in the tavern of Oasis City, inciting everyone to slay the Dragon, claiming that once all the caravans bought the Plunder Certificates, everyone would be out of work.
“If you want us to go to our deaths, just say it.”
Slaying a Dragon was no easy task; naturally, no one supported the idea.
“Don’t worry, you won’t have to confront those two dragons head-on, there are others who will take care of them.
You’ll just need to lend a hand,” the black man said, smiling.
“How so?” A rcenary stood up.
“My master, he will deal with those two dragons,” the black man smiled, “And we also have the Brass Dragon on our side.”
At the sa ti.
The Brass Dragon’s lair was well-known as he often kidnapped people to chat in his den, releasing them after having an enjoyable conversation.
With so serious inquiries, you could easily find out the Brass Dragon lived in a deserted desert canyon far from habitation.
Getting a Dragon to work diligently was impossible; slacking off two days for every three days of work was the norm.
Today, Brass Dragon was not working as usual but was dozing off at ho.
Suddenly, he heard strange noises outside his den.
Running out to look, he saw an Efreeti whose lower body was shrouded in grey smoke and embers.
The Efreeti had returned, determined to take back his territory.
Hearing that Red Dragon and Blue Dragon were causing trouble, knowing that he did not get along with that pair of dogs, even getting into a significant fight with them, he ca personally to seek collaboration.
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