Working Prophet.

Chapter 122 The Mission of Sending Death

During the days when he lost contact with the Dragon Hunting Team, Li Yu didn't wait around, and sent some Lizardmen into the swamp one after another, but he never found the whereabouts of the Golden Snake Knight and others.

It wasn't until three days ago that the lizard man dug out a two-handed sword in a piece of mud by relying on his keen sense of iron.

And the place where he found the sword was already quite far away from the area where the Dragon Hunting Squad was active.

Li Yu asked people to send the saber back to Teacup Castle, and after identifying it, he confirmed that it was the weapon of the retinue knight Juan.

Although this sword is not a masterwork, it is also made by a dwarf craftsman and is of high quality.

Juan inherited it from his father, but now there are no less than ten gaps in the sword body, large and small.

Apparently the sword had seen a hard fight before it left its master.

At the same time, its appearance also turned many people's previous worries into reality-the dragon hunting team with a luxurious lineup and well-equipped equipment has a high probability of encountering an accident.

Moreover, the entire army was wiped out, and no one escaped, so that no one knows what happened to them now.

Although Li Yu still wanted to try to see if he could negotiate with the obviously intelligent dragon, but at the same time he also made the worst preparations and began to prepare for possible conflicts between the two sides in the future.

Because even if Li Yu or other people in Lvye didn't provoke the dragon, it didn't mean that the dragon would stay in the swamp all the time.

According to what the lizard people said earlier, the output in the swamp is limited, and the dragon's food intake has been increasing sharply.

Before the lizard people evacuated, they packed away all the food they could collect.

Once that dragon has nothing to eat, it will definitely come out to find something to eat.

After all, the Lizardman has already been listed on the recipe.

So when he learned that Fitzwilliam would build the giant crossbow, Li Yudang decided to allocate resources and hand-craft the crossbow for him, even if it would delay part of the construction progress.

On the other side, Ilea's face was also ashen after receiving the news.

Although the lizard people had previously described the monster in the swamp as terrifying, otherwise more than 1000 of them would not have been forced to flee their homes where they had lived for thousands of years.

However, compared with the imperial people, the lizard people are not even a star behind in terms of skill level. The whole group can't find a few decent iron objects. The best weapons in their hands are actually hoes and sickles looted from ordinary households.

As for the armor, even one ethnic group can't make up a few sets.

At the same time, because they are human beings, their individual strength is not as good as that of the orc warriors. The reason why they have been able to plunder the surrounding villages for so long is because the opponents are better, and the combat effectiveness of those farmers and militiamen is not as good as them.

Secondly, because they come and go in a hurry, and there is a swamp behind them, they can get into the swamp when the situation is not good, and the army has nothing to do with them.

However, except for the two lizardman guides, the dragon-seeking team is all half-orcs armed to the teeth, and they are also the elite of the elite, led by nobles.

In Ilea's original prediction, even if these 12 people were not the opponents of the dragon, they could at least maintain a tie.

Even if there is a further step back, if there is no tie, there will always be a few people who can escape to deliver the letter, instead of a whole group of people disappearing quietly into the swamp like this.

For this reason, Miss Rabbit called together important people in the castle, and wanted to discuss the follow-up countermeasures.

Since there was Pablo's entourage knight in the dragon hunting team, he also participated in this meeting. Since being attacked by Alfred and throwing away Teacup Castle, this was the first time that the two had been together under the same roof.

Friction must be inevitable, Pablo advocated dispatching more people to continue searching for the whereabouts of the dragon, looking for opportunities to avenge the previous people.

Alfred did not agree to send another person to die.

Due to the special environment in the swamp, the army cannot play a role there, which has been confirmed by countless ancestors of the Arias family.

Even if there is a lizardman leading the way, the troops who penetrate into it will not be able to form a formation, but will expose their whereabouts prematurely.

Coupled with the maneuverability shown by the dragon earlier, it is tantamount to door-to-door delivery.

So if you want to send people, you can only send an elite team.

However, the Arias family has limited background, it is just a small and unknown family in the border of the empire. It has already experienced a civil strife and a lizardman riot before, and its vitality has been damaged.

Even if they accepted the refugees from the Weiting family despite political risks, it only made up for some of the population shortage. However, fighters, especially those who have undergone professional training and have rich combat experience, are difficult to recover once they are lost.

And even if Ilea can squeeze out more people, there is another problem she has to face, and that is whether she will send people to die.

After all, the end of the first dragon-seeking team is in sight, and no one can guarantee that the second team will be able to complete the task.

In fact, everyone can now see that this matter is more dangerous than fighting.

"We can increase the reward!" Ilea's uncle Lucio said while wiping his sweat, "If you are worried about the family's guards being injured again, you can go to Black Rock City to find some mercenaries."

"Then those mercenaries will walk around the swamp with high rewards," Fausto said.

"We can make an agreement with them to find the dragon and then pay." Ilea said.

"Those guys are smart. Unless we can really prove that there are dragons in the swamp, they won't sign such a contract with obvious loopholes."

"I can come and lead the team!" Pablo repeated the old story, "but I will not act with a group of mercenaries. I don't feel relieved to hand over my back to those guys who regard money as their life. I need soldiers, really warrior!"

"Even if you want to die, there are not so many warriors in the family who can accompany you to die." The guardian knight said lightly.

"You are a coward, Alfred, your nephew Thor is among the dead." Pablo shouted angrily.

"He knew that there would be danger before he set off, but out of his desire for honor, he still chose to join that team. He is a brave young man, but I will not send more people to die for him. "

"So you want to pretend that nothing happened, wait until the dragon grows too big for anyone to deal with, and then burn all of us to death with a mouthful of dragon flames."

"Except for those lizardmen, no one has seen that dragon with their own eyes." Alfred said calmly.

"Are you implying that the dragon does not exist, Lord Alfred?" Yago, the steward, raised his eyebrows.

"No, I'd say maybe the dragon doesn't like being disturbed and just wants to be in the swamp."

"Okay... everyone, stop arguing." Ilea said, interrupting everyone's quarrel, "Let me think about sending people. In short, let's pay the pensions to the families of those people first. Uh , Yago, you remember to give a little more, according to the standard twice, no, three times."

(End of this chapter)