lord and his dragon

After having more resources and wealth, Negrim did not hesitate to invest in the celebration. This time, the birthday carnival lasted for a whole week. Except that most of the people present on the first day were humans, the next few All the residents of the marginal forest came out that day, even the elf queen who had always been reserved. Yezz and the dwarf king couldn't wait to reach Gaedon the next day. After a visit, I went back again.

Everyone was very satisfied in this carnival, and this time the celebration also announced to everyone the prosperity of Gaydon and the friendly attitude of the aliens in the marginal forest towards this city. After the celebration, they have expanded the scale of purchasing resources and injected more gold coins into Gaydon's construction. Next, they will spread Gaydon's name farther and wider to attract more people. Many businessmen.

Negrim is of course happy to see this.

Gaiden is thriving, and its relationship with the marginal forest is getting closer and closer, and because those races in the marginal forest rely on Negrim to help them formulate rules for interacting with humans, they gradually become more and more interested in Negrim. His attitude also began to change from gratitude to respect and obedience, and all forest dwellers will subconsciously obey the orders issued by Negrim, and the relationship between them has changed from equality to subordination without anyone noticing. .

In the summer, Negrim finally took the time to expand and renovate the entire castle. The garden and the training ground of the guards were reduced in size, but Negrim also repaired a bath and a building that was even bigger than the main body of the castle. , a half-submerged "cage" - at least that's what Negrim called it.

Negrim did not hide the existence of this cage, and the artisans from Gaydon and the dwarves quickly leaked this information as a talking point, and it caused a lot of discussion at the very beginning.

After all, the Dragon Lord is the one Gayden and all the creatures in the marginal forest are paying attention to. He suddenly made such a move, and of course everyone has to make a good guess.

The most exaggerated and unbelievable, but the most affirmed speculation is that it is the cage of the dragon, because it is the lord of the "dragon", he has the ambition to capture a dragon, or he actually has a dragon in captivity .

Of course, everyone knows that dragons no longer exist on the mainland, so in the end, everyone took this as a symbol and sustenance of the lord for his broad future, and praised the dragon lord for his wisdom and cleverness.

No one knew that it was indeed a cage for a dragon. Negrim told Abel that if he became disobedient one day, he would be imprisoned and live with a dragon.

Abel didn't know whether to be happy or scared. Obviously, he had both emotions in his heart. It was manifested in the fact that he secretly went to the cage to change back to the original size to try the size, and served the daily life of Negrim more earnestly and caringly.

When autumn came, along with the improvement of the quality of life of the residents of the marginal forest, a conflict broke out inevitably.

Originally, everyone was able to bear it when their lives were ordinary, but gradually, the life gap between the two factions in the orc clan became wider and wider, almost like one in the sky and the other in the ground. The herbivorous orcs watched helplessly as the carnivorous orcs took They spend their hard-earned gold coins squandering, and live a relaxed and happy life every day. They can no longer bear to pay more labor, but they can only live the same life as slaves. They hide part of the gold coins, After purchasing equipment from humans and learning to take up arms to resist for the first time, the orc tribe broke out in a riot that could almost be called a war.

This unexpected riot caused the carnivorous orcs to pay a heavy price, but more herbivorous orcs died than the carnivorous orcs, but they had no intention of retreating. This group of herbivorous orcs had been pushed to the extreme. I don't want to live that oppressed life anymore.

This situation has already been expected by Negrim. He even reminded the Beastmaster once, but he did not expect that the turmoil would come so quickly. By the time Negrim received the report from the centaur tribe, the situation had already intensified To the point of immortality.

Negrim has not yet established a command to appease the dignity of both sides. Fortunately, the orcs seem to think that this is their internal problem, and have not asked Negrim for help, otherwise they do not plan to completely stand Carnivorous orcs this time around Negrim can be tricky.

After all, the orcs are just one group, and the internal resources are not so rich. It is impossible for the two forces to fight and earn money at the same time like two countries. After decades of stalemate, it is almost winter, and the orcs will be exhausted. Almost there, both sides entered a state of fatigue, and Negrim finally found a chance to step in and settle both sides.

Of course, it is impossible for the Beastman race to restore the previous system. The previous Beastmaster was also seriously injured in the battle, and he can no longer hold the position of Beastmaster. Among the herbivorous orcs, there are also beastmen such as cattle or elephants that can pose a threat to the Beastmaster. , Although they would not be squeezed normally, they have long been unhappy with the carnivorous orcs. In this civil war, they have contributed a lot to the herbivorous orcs.

Negrim made the final decision and chose a leader from each of the two factions. Any internal affairs of the clan need to be discussed and decided by both parties.

According to Negrim, this can maintain the balance of the two forces to the greatest extent, but in fact, the herbivorous orcs and the carnivorous orcs have had a long-standing grievance, and there is almost nothing that can reach a consensus. The decision-making power for all affairs of the orc clan is left to Negrim.

The old Beastmaster may be able to see Negrim's calculations, but unfortunately he no longer has the energy and power. Although one of the new two leaders is unwilling to accept the change in the status of the herbivorous orcs, they have no way to overwhelm the opposing forces , and felt that the Lord of the Dragon had been in contact with the carnivorous orcs in the past when interacting with the orcs, and he would definitely favor them, so he reluctantly pinched his nose and agreed. As for the herbivorous orcs, it is enough to win the same power as the carnivorous orcs. It is their greatest expectation, and of course they will not refute Negrim's decision, and it is precisely because Negrim opened the gate of the marginal forest that the herbivorous orcs are what they are today, so they quite believe in this man. Lord Lord.

Negrim easily won the power to command the orcs, and all he needs to pay is a little material that the orcs need to survive the winter this winter.

Everything seems to be going in the direction Negrim wants.

This winter, no one from the capital came to "visit" Negrim.

After the fifth birthday since taking office, Negrim waited until the beginning of spring, but indeed no one came. The capital seemed to have forgotten this place and Negrim.

But Negrim knew that this was absolutely impossible. Even though Viscount Pasil shied away from the task of coming to the border, Gaydon's reputation had already been conveyed resoundingly. Negrim even received people from the Far East. The caravan specially came from the Blade Empire, and even some people in the Blade Empire knew about the prosperity and wealth of Gaiden, so it didn't make sense that the Golden Feather King didn't know the current situation here.

And with the current character of His Majesty the king, it is impossible for him not to send someone to take a look.

Unless he can't get that hand out.

Negrim went to the marginal forest specifically, and asked the centaur if His Excellency Kosson sent someone to come for divination again, but the answer he got was no.

why not?Didn't he act rashly last year without following the advice of Sagittarius?But Negrim didn't hear the news of the turmoil in the capital, they didn't do anything, and they didn't send people to divination again. It may be because Gaydon's situation has been spread and they are worried about being exposed. It may also be because they are busy with certain things and have no That's exhausting.

Negrim vaguely sensed that there was an excellent opportunity quietly approaching him.

When spring was coming to an end, Negrim handed over a letter to the capital, stating that he had been away for five years, that he missed the king and his friends in the capital very much, and wanted to go back to visit, and hoped that the king would allow him.

Negrim waited until the end of the summer for a letter from the king, and he granted it.

At the beginning of autumn, Negrim sorted out the guards and treasure gifts, and took the masters sent by the four races in the marginal forest, 68 people and ten fully loaded carriages, and set foot on the road to the royal capital.

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Negrim collapsed on Abel's body with a disheveled face, and Abel hugged his master, feeling extremely distressed.

They will be able to reach the capital in one day, but today's weather is not good, the sky has been gloomy, the rain has not come down for a long time, the air pressure is extremely low, and it is so stuffy that people can hardly breathe. Negrim itself is delicate. Weak, the carriage was bumpy enough, coupled with the difficulty of breathing, he almost fainted.

Abel opened the window first, but found that Negrim felt more uncomfortable after the outside air came in, so he had to close the window again.

Negrim persisted for a while, and finally couldn't help vomiting. Fortunately, he prepared a clay pot in advance, so that the carriage was not dirty. Abel was afraid that Negrim couldn't stand the strange smell, so he stopped the team and went down. After cleaning the pots, Negrim had to rest alone in the carriage, but after the carriage stopped, his condition improved a lot, and he was about to fall asleep from a groggy state.

At this moment, the car door was knocked suddenly, and Nigrim opened his eyes to see that there was a handsome and indistinguishable face at the car window looking at him with a smile. It was not Abel, but Accompanying Elf Furma.

Going to the capital is not a trivial matter. The elf queen is worried about the safety of Negrim, and also worried that the people in her clan do not know the rules and cause trouble, so she carefully selected Fuma who is relatively close to the rules of the human world. Come and protect Negrim.

This elf showed great interest in Negrim the first time he saw Negrim, and showed his favor to Negrim frequently, showing flattery that was not at all like a proud elf, he It was so attentive that it aroused Abel's disgust.

It was only later that Negrim learned that the human culture that Furma likes is somewhat similar to that of the elf queen, but he prefers the dreamy love in those dramas. Because he was at odds with the elves, and couldn't find someone in the same clan who could realize the plot in the play, Fuma volunteered to tell the queen that he would protect the dragon lord and go to the capital.

By the way, gain a lot of knowledge, talk about a relationship or something.

In addition, Fuma was indeed an archer with high combat effectiveness among the elves, so she was sent by the queen to protect Negrim.

Furma didn't dare to have any thoughts about the Dragon Lord, but Negrim's temperament really fits the person in his heart. He is noble and fragile, gloomy and strong. Whether it is an elf or a human, Foma has never He had never seen someone who could catch his attention at a glance like Nigrim, so even though he knew it was not good, Fuma still couldn't help but want to show courteousness to Nigrim.

Of course he was taught a lesson by Abel afterwards, but it didn't make him give up. It just changed the open courtship into secretly offering courtesy when Abel was away. No, Abel only left for a while, and he It came together right away.

Negrim glanced at him, and Fuma's eyes lit up. He held up to Negrim a bouquet of flowers that he found somewhere, but before the elf could show it, he found out that someone was coming. After it was not Abel, Negrim closed his eyes again.

The expression on the elf's face collapsed, but because of Negrim's haughty performance, he became even more addicted to him.

Fuma did not stay near the carriage for long, for soon Abel returned, and like a lion that drives away his rivals, Abel would not hesitate to attack Fuma if he saw him approaching Negrim. After being caught a few times, Furma didn't dare to be too presumptuous. As long as he found that Abel was about to return to Negrim, he would run away and hide far away.

The elf fled quickly before Abel saw him, but his smell still remained at the car door, which made Abel frowned when he opened the door.

Abel brought back clean clay pots, mint leaves, and dried prunes.

Negrim stepped softly into Abel's arms, and the mint and plum made him feel better. Even if the carriage started moving again, he didn't feel like vomiting anymore.

Abel was silent for a while, but couldn't help but said, "The elf is here again."

Negrim wanted to laugh a little, and said, "We're almost at the capital, and it's too late to return the goods to the Elf Queen."

Of course Abel knew this, but he was still unhappy. Negrim glanced at him and said with a smile, "That elf doesn't understand anything at all..."

When he said this, he felt that this explanation was too much for the current Abel. What is the relationship between Abel and him?He didn't intend to reveal that he knew Abel's thoughts, and it didn't matter whether the elves knew anything or not.

So he closed his mouth again, pinched Abel's ear, and said, "The elf has never seen the world, so he's just joining in the fun. When he gets to the capital, he won't have time to bother me."

Only then did Abel reluctantly let out a "hmm", but hugged Negrim a little tighter in his hands.

It wasn't cold yet, and Negrim was actually a bit hot, but he didn't want to push Abel away, so he just lay in his arms and looked out at the gloomy sky with his eyes open.

It was getting late, and the yellow and black clouds were layered on top of each other, and the whole sky was depressed, as if it was about to collapse.

Negrim thought of his reason for returning to the capital, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up, and he said in a low voice, "The rain is about to come...the sky is about to change."

The rain had been brewing for a long time, and it didn't finally fall until midnight.

It was a torrential rain. In the darkness, bean-sized raindrops fell one after another, hitting the ground densely, making deafening noises, and the loose soil was punched out into potholes and gradually accumulated puddles. A mass of muddy.

It was very quiet in the royal capital, not only the commoners were silent, but even the nobles who used to play music every night stopped early.

This is not the first day in the capital.

No one knows what happened, but just a few months ago, the big nobles began to restrain their subordinates, even their children. Although the small nobles who were subordinate to them were not aware of the situation, they followed suit. When the level is down, it becomes a dark and silent situation in the capital at nightfall.

But that's not all the case. Occasionally, there will be some gatherings among the big nobles, but they are quite hidden, at least the small nobles and lower commoners can't see them.

The guard in armor ran out from the back door of the palace on horseback and hurried through the rainy night. Because of the heavy rain, he could hardly see the road in front of him, but he knew where his destination was.

Soon, he arrived at Duke Pavoni's mansion. With the sound of his hasty knock on the door, the bright lights lit up, and he handed in a letter wrapped in a waterproof cloth through the crack of the door, and then He returned to his horse very quickly, and ran to the other mansion.

It rained all night, and it didn't stop suddenly until it was bright. During the day, the capital returned to its bustling state. The air was cool and the sky was clean. Besides, no one mentioned the heavy rain last night.

Most of the residents of the royal capital thought that today would be the same as many days in the past, passing by with nothing new, but this was not the case. In the afternoon, something new happened.

Under the watchful eyes of all the commoners and nobles, a group of strange people marched into the capital from the main road. Apart from the most luxurious and exquisite carriage with its owner in the front, there were ten other vehicles with extremely The long-carriage carriage, because it only rained last night, the wheels were heavily rutted on the road, and one carriage even got stuck in the wheel. The driver and the horse tried their best to get out The car body was pulled out, and at the moment of success, the goods in the carriage made a heavy collision sound due to the bumps, which made all the onlookers unable to bear the reverie.

what's in thereGold or gems?

No one thinks that it will be cheap, the reason is too simple, the leading carriage has the most intricate carvings, and gold and silver are not even eligible to appear on the body, except for the huge gemstones of various colors, which are exclusively produced in the marginal forest. Expensive fragrant wood made up the entire body, gorgeous feathers never seen before adorned the roof of the carriage, and even the coachman who drove the carriage was well-dressed in clothes made of gold thread and silk.

Everyone couldn't help asking others, who is the person who came to the capital?What is the great lord of a rich place?Or a foreign king?

Without the need for others to answer, they soon had the answer.

Guards in exquisite armor were neatly lined up on both sides of the convoy, but the leader of the two teams was not the head of the guard, but a foreign race that the residents of the capital had never seen before!

Carrying a giant hammer, short and strong dwarves with beards, hairy bear-like orcs with a height of more than two meters, centaurs with horses and human upper bodies, and handsome but sharp-eared elf.

Everyone knows that this team came from the border!

The rude appearance of the dwarves and orcs caused a burst of screams, and the civilians scrambled to avoid them. Some noble women standing on balconies or tall buildings even fainted from fright, but put aside these two races and walked forward in small steps. The centaurs seem to be full of wisdom, gentle and polite, not to mention the elf who is so handsome that he is not like a mortal!

The noble women who had lost consciousness came back to life, their eyes were almost glued to the elf's body, and people whispered to each other.

"Is this a foreign race coming out of the marginal forest?"

"It's scary..."

"It's that place, Gaydon. I've heard of it. It seems to be quite prosperous, a city like heaven!"

"What Gayden, a place like Borderlands can also be said to be like this, you are all crazy, don't die."

"The land of no man is long gone! It's all thanks to the dragon lord!"

"Lord of the Dragon? Is the Lord of the Dragon in the car?"

"Hey, what dragon lord, isn't he the cripple left in Hugh Nuoding's family? What kind of shit luck!"

"It's just putting on airs. Viscount Pasil went there the year before last, saying that he was extremely poor and extremely dangerous!"

"But I still have elven woodcarvings from Gaydon at home. Do you know how much gold coins are there? How can that place be poor!"

"Oh my god, how can there be such rude creatures as orcs and dwarves in the world, and they even ran into the king's capital, it's too scary!"

"How handsome is that elf! My God! He's looking at me! He's looking at me!"

Just as people were observing the convoy from the border, the aliens from Gayden were also observing the people in the capital.

Hammer was very upset that these people only cared about the beauty of the elves. Before Negrim came, he had told them that the people in the capital might have some prejudice against foreigners. He wasn't particularly angry that these people said he was rude, but Hasn't anyone praised the dwarf's forging skills?No one with a weapon? !

Iron Hammer snorted angrily, and cursed, "It's still the capital, a bunch of ignorant fellows!"

Ursus the orc nodded approvingly.