Working Prophet.

Chapter 82 Swamp Monster
"You said those lizardmen were actually Saturday's believers? That is to say...it was Saturday who asked them to rob me?"

Miss Rabbit was stunned by her deduction.

There is a sense of astonishment that "the murderer is among us" just after watching an episode of Conan.

She didn't expect that the mastermind behind the Arias family for hundreds of years would be found out by herself.

But she thought of something immediately, "No, didn't you say that the ancient spirit of our family has something to do with Saturday? How can a god protect us and rob us at the same time."

"The Sosokus, the incarnation of Saturday that the lizard people believed in, didn't let them plunder everywhere. They needed iron, women, and food to come out of the swamp."

Li Yu explained, "I asked their leader, and he said that their ancestors wanted to trade with the local lord at the beginning, and the lord agreed to their request, but they didn't. It didn't take long for him to turn his face. Not only did he keep raising the price of the goods, but he also asked them to pay taxes regularly like other citizens in the territory.

"The most outrageous time was when the price of a fire scythe was raised six times a day. They were unwilling to accept the increasingly harsh conditions, and they clashed with the officials in charge of trade. Then the lord ordered to kill all the lizardmen present.

In retaliation, the lizardmen also burned down a village, but the lord tricked their leader out of the swamp under the guise of negotiation and shot him to death with random arrows. The hatred between the two sides deepened.

"Of course, this is just their one-sided story. No one can know what the specific truth is. Anyway, what they lack since then is to grab it directly, because their ancestors warned them not to trust people outside the swamp, especially Those greedy nobles."

Li Yu paused, then continued, "And they are very smart, they will only mobilize a small number of tribesmen for each looting, basically not more than a hundred, because they know very well that such small disturbances are usually carried out by the local people. The lord figured out a way to solve it himself. Once the real number of ethnic groups is exposed, it is likely to attract the encirclement and suppression of the army."

Ilea's complexion was not very good-looking, and she snorted, "Are they treating the Arias family as fat sheep, and come here to squeeze them when they have nothing to do? Then why did they dispatch thousands of people this time? Don't they know that even if they take down Teacup Castle, they won't be able to become the masters of this land? The Marquis Cullen and other nobles in the western region will not sit back and watch this happen."

"Of course they knew that if they escaped, they would be close to death, but staying in the swamp is also a dead end." At this point, Li Yu's expression also became serious.

The girl noticed something strange, she waved her hand, and made all the irrelevant people around her retreat, leaving only her confidant, and then asked, "What happened in the swamp?"

"There came a dragon." Li Yu said.

"What, what did you say?" Ilea felt that she had prepared for the worst, but after hearing Li Yu's words, she still couldn't help but doubt her ears.

"Dragon." Li Yu repeated, "Although it has not been confirmed yet, according to those lizardmen, that monster is very similar to the monitor lizard they have been hunting, but it is much larger in size. With two wings, the whole body is covered with black scales, it is almost invulnerable, and it can spew out terrible flames from its mouth.

"It eats a lot, and it should be in the growth period. When those lizard people saw it for the first time, it was fishing. At that time, it was only the size of a ewe, but it swallowed a whole animal of the size and size in one gulp. He was about the same size as a big fish with his whole belly swollen.

"The lizardman took advantage of its inability to take off, and launched some tentative attacks on it. However, neither wooden spears nor iron swords could pierce the scales on its body. After being forced, it opened its mouth and spewed out a flame. Burned two lizard men, and then escaped in the chaos.

"When the lizardmen saw it again a month later, it had grown to the size of an adult bull. It had a strong tail and could sweep down a small tree with one tail. Its claws were as sharp as knives, and it could easily kill any prey. Disembowelment, not to mention the raging fire that destroyed everything.

"The dragon came back to take revenge. It took advantage of the lizardmen's surprise and killed seven people in a row, then flew away with wings, but it didn't take long for it to come back again.

"This time it came to hunt. Most of the food in the swamp was collected by those lizardmen. As the dragon grew bigger, the demand for food also increased. After not enough prey was caught, it Start hunting those lizardmen.

"The two sides experienced dozens of battles in just three months, and in the end the Lizardmen suffered heavy losses. It was difficult for the dragon to be hurt by traps or sharp blades, and as time went by, the size of the dragon It grew bigger and bigger, and when they decided to leave the swamp, the monster had grown bigger than an ordinary cottage.

"And it no longer kills wantonly now. It only goes to the residences of those lizardmen every ten days and a half months. It will leave immediately after swallowing six or seven lizardmen. It is clearly like a human being. Those lizard people were raised as livestock.

"Fear spread rapidly among the lizard people. If they stay there, they will become the food of the dragon sooner or later. In the end, those lizard people made up their minds to leave their homeland where they have lived for thousands of years."

The news was so shocking that Miss Rabbit became numb again.

She supported the wall with one hand, rubbed her temple with the other, and said wearily, "Wait for me a moment, I'll digest it first."

Not just her, everyone who heard the news had the same reaction as Ilea.

After a while, Fausto came back to his senses, widened his eyes and said, "How could it be a dragon? That kind of terrifying monster has been completely extinct from the continent of Bratis 3000 years ago. No one saw a trace of the dragon again.

"How could they appear suddenly, this... Could this be a lie from those lizardmen?"

"It's not like, if there is no dragon, they don't have to risk being wiped out by the army to leave their homeland." Jude rubbed his chin.

"Perhaps something else happened in the swamp, causing some serious problems with the food or water source of those lizard people, so they had to leave, and then they made up lies about the dragon again."

The words of the new manager, Yago, also expressed the aspirations of many people.

Compared with believing that a terrifying monster suddenly appeared in the territory where I lived, this explanation is more reassuring.

And Li Yu didn't deny it outright, but nodded and said, "Your doubts are also reasonable. How about this, you can choose a few people you can trust, and I will let those lizardmen lead them into the swamp to find the dragon."

(End of this chapter)