Law of the Dragon

Lim is a mature male in his 30s, with elf-like pointed ears, wearing a gold gauze embroidered with delicate patterns and sitting behind a huge table.

Even a table as big as a door panel has no vacant space in sight. It is full of various documents and scrolls, as well as some open books and quills placed in a mess.

When they came in, this man was writing a book. After Yi Er explained his purpose, Li Mu didn't raise his head: "Please wait a moment, I must finish this report immediately, you can sit here for a while."

El shrugged helplessly at them, greeted the three of them to sit on the bench beside them, and then made elf herbal tea for them.

Sunlight falls on the curved glass teapot through the uniquely patterned panes, illuminating the light purple lavender tea inside as if it were crystal clear.

Eros hugged his shoulders and didn't drink tea, but watched Lim busy there.

The room is spacious and bright, decorated with leaves that elves love.Because the elves have always believed in "low-key magnificence", Eros's eyes lit up in a building that seemed chic and fresh at first glance.

The candlestick on the table is made of gold, and its base is inlaid with amethyst, which looks very beautiful!The lavender teapot next to the candle holder is made of a single piece of crystal, so it looks particularly delicate in the sun!Even a set of teacups are made of rare crystals and engraved with the small leaf logo of the Valley of Elves, which can definitely fetch a high price on the black market.Even the unremarkable tablecloth was brought from Xiyiner, with Xiyiner's unique iris embroidery on it, and a ruby ​​at the end of the tablecloth, the color is very beautiful, absolutely top-grade!

Eros was dazzled, the pile of discomfort just now disappeared completely, and he could see traces of gems and gold as far as he could see.Although the level of luxury is similar to that of the imperial palace, Eros is the kind of person who is particularly greedy when he sees gems that don't belong to him, and looks at them directly.

Hasen was a little annoyed because the other party had neglected his king so much. He wanted to stand up and urge him several times, but was stopped by Duke Sacre.

"What's wrong? They're too much..." Hasen complained in a low voice.

Sacre glanced at the elf named Lim indifferently, then at Eros with shining eyes, and said softly, "We will act after His Majesty the King has an order."

Hasen was stunned, although he was not angry, but since His Majesty the King didn't say anything, he couldn't get angry.

Eros didn't feel that he was neglected, probably because the noble status of the human king was a way for him to get close to the treasure.

Li Mu finally finished writing the report, and now he has time to raise his head and look at the three human nobles who visited Lin Gu.

In terms of human age, they were still too young. Lim didn't even see anyone who was over 30 years old. They had perfect and luxurious clothes, and their decent behavior and cultivation showed that they were different from ordinary human origins.They sat there elegantly and unpretentiously, like a leisurely afternoon.

This made him feel better. Recently, some uneducated people came here to yell and make him feel bad!

But then he remembered that just now Il said that there was a human king visiting.He looked around uncertainly again, finally walked around the huge table, walked up to the handsome and silent man with long black hair, and asked softly, "Are you His Majesty the King?"

The man hadn't opened his mouth yet, but looked at him with embarrassment. Another voice came in bluntly: "You don't have eyes or a brain. Do you think he is more like a king?"

Li Mu frowned, and turned to look at the boy next to the black-haired man. He had long golden hair tied neatly behind his head, and a pair of rare golden eyes reminded him of some kind of ominous creature. The tip of the brow gives off a sharp feeling.His clothes are a bit gorgeous and exaggerated, covered with gems of various colors, reminiscent of the word "upstart".

He dealt with people of various races, but he rarely encountered such an arrogant person—of course, the other party had the capital to be arrogant, after all, he was the king of a human country.

"Sorry," Li Mu raised his chin without apology, and made a symbolic courtesy, "Your Majesty, welcome to Lin Gu. I am Li Mu. You can think of me as a diplomat."

"Where is the owner of Lin Gu?" Eros asked.

Li Mu smiled: "The Elf King has fallen into a deep sleep since the Demon God War. I think he will sleep for at least another 100 years. I'm afraid you won't be able to see him by then."

Although the other party had a soft voice and a beautiful tone, it couldn't hide the elves' unique sense of racial superiority.

Eros frowned in disgust, he just didn't like the elves, it was like this in the past, and it won't change now and in the future.Don't say that the Elf King sleeps for another 100 years, even if he sleeps for another 1000 years, he can still see him.But to Lim, of course you can't say that.

"Is there nothing constructive for this guy other than sleeping?" Eros said disdainfully, with an arrogant tone, completely forgetting that he often sleeps for hundreds of years.But dragons are such self-centered creatures, Duke Thakro had no choice but to pretend he didn't hear.

No knight would tolerate someone who insulted the king, and of course no elf could tolerate someone who insulted their king, so Lim's already unwell face darkened, and even El on one side began to look bad.

Hasen gripped his long sword nervously, and sighed in his heart. His Majesty the King has the ability to mess up things. Of course, he can't be blamed for this, he is the king after all.

Don't expect a dragon to go back and please the elves, he hates them to death, just like the elves are in the same camp as the dwarves, but they are so wrong.

"I heard that the elves and humans are allies, but it seems to be a misinformation, or else it was news hundreds of years ago." Eros looked at the tense situation frivolously, "I am the king of humans, but You don't get what you deserve in a small elf tribe." He finally remembered that he was a king, so he started to put on the king's air.

Li Mu's face was a little embarrassed. He walked back to his desk quickly, spread out a heavy book, and dipped the ink with a quill pen: "Okay, Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

Eros snorted coldly, and walked to the desk. Li Mu couldn't help but backed away with his fierce aura, but insisted on straightening his back.

Eros originally planned to tell the story of the dam, and then start from the perspective of allies to discuss the specific price, but his eyes were attracted by a silver paperweight on the table, the base was made of sterling silver , with a topaz inlaid on it, clear and dazzling, reminiscent of the warm sun overflowing in winter...

"W-what's the matter?" Lim asked nervously.

"About..." Eros' eyes still stayed on the paperweight, desperately restraining his urge to hide him in his arms, his mind seemed a little confused, "Of course it's about..."

Until someone pushed him, Eros turned his head and found that it was the duke's depressed expression, so he immediately woke up from his imagination about the gem, patted the table with one hand, and said in an arrogant tone: " Questions about the taxes that the Valley of the Elf needs to pay."

"Taxes?" Everyone in the room, including the two knights from their own camp, looked at Eros in surprise, not knowing what happened for a while.

"That's right, taxes!" Eros sat proudly on the high-backed chair in front of the desk, lifted his feet up and put them on the desk without any education, and said slowly, "During the war between demons and gods, humans and The elves concluded an alliance agreement. The elves recognize the ownership and control of the land by humans, and recognize that the entire continent belongs to humans, so it’s been 300 years, and it’s time for you to pay taxes.”

"Stop joking!" Li Mu stood up excitedly, "The original covenant is still there! Humans promised the elves permanent residence in these areas!"

"But you don't have the right to use it, right?" Eros raised his chin and said triumphantly, "You can only live on this land. If you want to reclaim the land, you still need to pay taxes. Just like I will The land is given to my lords, and they will also pay taxes to the treasury every year, this is a normal thing..."

"You are making trouble for no reason!" Li Mu glared at Eros, "This is just...just...!"

Eros only heard a little from Sa Keluo about the previous history, and he can't be blamed for this. After all, he is in the enemy camp. Although he stayed in the light camp for the time being, he hasn't sorted out the relationship between the various allies. So he beckoned to Duke Sacre.

Although Duke Sacre was a little surprised, he just had the talent to get into the situation quickly: "In the "Third Covenant between Elves and Humans", the benefits of victory after the war were distributed, and the human king promised to send several The location of the elf tribe is unconditionally given to the elves, and the permanent right of residence has been established." He smiled, "but there is no mention of the right to use it."

"Who cares about the right to use it!" Li Mu angrily accused, "This is the human king who gave the land to the elves—to put it bluntly, it is not a matter of whether this land belongs to humans!"

"At least it will be after the Great War," Duke Sacre said with an official smile, "Of course, the covenant also mentions some borrowing matters. The human king generously gave the elves a large amount of wealth, and I lent some gold coins..."

"That was given to us by the human king!" Li Mu said with a cold face. These people are more troublesome than the races we encountered before!Looking back now, he would rather deal with those people!

"No, no, part of it is a gift, and the other part is a loan." Thakro was not ambiguous at all on the issue of history. For a knight, history is usually not a good subject, but he is currently in charge of teaching His Majesty the king. History subjects, so history suddenly became his specialty.

He paused and continued: "The loaned property has not been returned, maybe we should sit down and discuss this issue."

"I think the issue of land use rights should be added." Black Dragon looked at Lim with sparkling eyes. "Simply put, let's formulate the amount of tax."

Li Mu looked at them with a headache, those golden eyes reminded him of some kind of ominous creature.