Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 6 Mutual Friends
Since we're using magic...
Luke changed the way he held the gun. The Greedy Red Dragon Spear looked like a spear, but in fact... it was a top-level magic wand.
Luke has already absorbed the fourth dose of the mysterious substance mixture "Aria of Fire Cloud Tide Song". Although he is still one dose away from the perfect affinity for the fire element, it should be enough to deal with a black dragon.
Luke pointed his spear and Taotie flew into the air.
The ancient dragon inheritance of Taotie has reached the final stage. The roar it made attracted the dragons to resonate in unison. But after the dragons roared, they realized how they could cheer for their opponents?
Realizing that this dragon-like creature had an extraordinary origin, the dragons all looked at the Golden Dragon King Tyran. Lying on the high rampart, the Golden Dragon King remained silent and quietly watched the battle that was about to break out in the field.
The dragons had to concentrate on maintaining the protective shield and pray for the black dragon in their hearts.
Taotie circled in the air, and five magic circles appeared and rotated around it. Magic power was accumulated in the magic circles, and air-to-ground bombing could be started at any time.
Luke held the Greedy Scarlet Dragon Spear and hammered it hard on the ground. A circle of ripples spread the loose soil, and another circle of ripples stirred up a wave of fire. In the wave of fire, a six-headed fire snake formed by the gathering of fire elements rose up, the snake head facing the black dragon, the snake mouth opened, and a blazing fireball condensed in the snake mouth.
The sky above the venue was covered with dark clouds. After a thunderbolt flashed in the clouds, the black clouds turned into red clouds. More and more lightning appeared. The initial lightning was white, but it produced a fusion reaction with the fire element in the red clouds, and the white lightning turned into dark purple.
The rumbling sound continued, and the electric chains in the clouds connected together to form a continuous electric grid.
But this is not the end yet.
Ancient dragon language was chanted from Luke's mouth, and five floating magic circles appeared around him. The formation was aimed at the black dragon. Magic power condensed in the formation, and the light became brighter and brighter.
When the black dragon saw this scene, he immediately added several shields and revoked all the attack magic formed by the floating magic circle and replaced them with defensive magic.
Layer upon layer of shields and protective covers protected the black dragon inside, and the dragon armor was also shining brightly, raising the resistance to various magics to the highest level.
This battle completely turned into a contest between shield and spear to see who would win.
"Since you are defending, I will attack!"
After Luke finished speaking, the fire pupil in his right eye burst into a strong purple light, and a purple lightning bolt struck from the fire cloud. A shield moved above the black dragon to catch the thunderbolt, and the shield was shattered in an instant, and the thunderbolt also dispersed into scattered electric sparks and disappeared.
New shields were produced, and dense thunder fell continuously.
At the same time, the fire snake spewed fireballs, and the magic circles around Luke and Taotie released magic beams at the same time, firing at the black dragon in a saturated manner like a Gatling machine gun.
In the fire cloud in the sky, a fireball like a meteorite fell with a whistling sound.
The spreading fire, lightning, and magical energy merged into a tide and rushed towards the protective barrier around the venue. The ripples of fire climbed up the barrier, and the light inside the barrier was like a steelmaking blast furnace, becoming brighter and brighter, so that people outside could no longer see what was happening on the screen.
Agatha and her followers were all stunned.
They had never seen such a fierce magical confrontation. Unlike the gorgeous battle between Clear Sky and the first Holy Scripture Theresa, the battle between Meteorite and Black Dragon was simply brutal.
The center of the battle was like a high-powered exhaust fan, madly extracting magic elements from the entire area. The directional flow of magic elements formed colorful light bands, which then formed vortices and were sucked into the protective barrier.
The roaring thunder seemed to tear the sky apart, and the shaking earth seemed like a volcano was about to erupt.
The golden dragon King Tyron stood up, spread his wings and roared loudly towards the sky, and all the dragons spread their wings and roared in response. In the sky, the dragons that flew back from Saint Lun City circled around the fire cloud, roaring one after another.
The city garrison's airship came over, its side gun ports opened, and its magic projectiles loaded and ready to fire.
The accompanying guards stepped forward and protected Agatha behind them.
Sandpaper and her sisters all floated up, their hair flying as they entered combat mode, boiling and setting up magic cannons at the magic barrier.
A war between the Golden Shield Empire and the Dragon Kingdom could break out at any time due to an accidental firing of a gun.
At this moment, the magic frenzy behind the barrier came to an abrupt end. After all the light was extinguished, the center of the battlefield had been bombed beyond recognition. The upturned soil was burned into glass by the high temperature fire. Six fire snakes coiled around the black dragon, binding his wings, wrapping around his neck, and shrinking his mouth.
The black dragon struggled with the fire snake, but was still tied up by the fire snake, and finally fell to the ground. The black dragon's body was blown up with smoke, large pieces of dragon scales were blown off, and the flesh was burnt.
Taotie fell from the sky, pressed the black dragon's head with its front paws, and opened its mouth to bite its neck.
"I admit, we lost!"
Upon hearing that the Golden Dragon King Tyran actually admitted defeat, Luke immediately stopped Taotie.
Taotie flew back to Luke, shrank its body and rubbed it against his body for a few times, then drilled into the back of his right hand and turned back into a dragon pattern.
The dragons removed their protective barriers, and the dragons in the air landed one by one in their respective high fortresses.
The golden dragon king Tyran recited a passage of dragon language, and the fire snakes that bound the black dragon suddenly turned into black charcoal and then dispersed into ashes.
The black dragon stood up without saying a word. After saluting King Tyrone, it leaped onto its own high rampart and lay down with its head buried in its wings.
"I should be the one fighting against you." The Golden Dragon squatted on the high fortress, his attitude still arrogant, but his tone was much calmer, and he even used honorifics: "Black Dragon Bale, whether in terms of strength or status, is not enough to be your opponent."
Seeing such a big change in the attitude of the Golden Dragon King Tyran, Luke immediately understood that he must have seen the inheritance of Taotie.
This is an encounter with an old dragon!
The one he respected should be Banat who had turned into a dragon soul.
Since the Golden Dragon King Tyran didn't say anything, Luke also played a mystery with him: "It's not too late for you to come to an end now. Taotie and I are looking forward to fighting you."
The Golden Dragon looked at the airship pressing down from the sky, then looked at Luke: "If we fight now, I'm afraid we won't be able to control our subordinates. War is not what I want, and it's probably not what you want either."
Luke replied: "We love peace, but we are not against war in order to protect the citizens of the Empire."
At this time Agatha came to Luke. She didn't know the tacit understanding that Luke and the Golden Dragon King Tyran had just reached, so she was very careful and guarded against the dragons.
In front of them, a black dragon was beaten into this state, and they were afraid that these giant dragons would get angry out of shame.
However, what Agatha didn't expect was that the Golden Dragon King Tyron actually said: "I apologize for the trouble we have caused to your country these days. I promise that the dragon will not enter the sky above the city at will again."
Are you giving in now?
Is this the Golden Dragon King?
When Agatha's brain was in a state of confusion, Luke said: "No, we hope that the dragons will often visit the sky above the empire and put a little pressure on other guests of the empire. But please don't chase the airships and don't threaten the safety of the citizens of the empire."
The Golden Dragon King Tyron smiled and said, "This is also the purpose of our coming to Saint Lun City. If you don't like those guests, let us put pressure on them."
Agatha looked at the golden dragon, then at Luke, and couldn't understand why the man and the dragon, who were meeting for the first time, were smiling at the same treacherous smile.
Agatha leaned close to Luke and whispered, "What are you and these dragons planning?"
Luke replied: "I'm not plotting anything right now, I just discovered that these dragons are potential allies."
"Allies?" Agatha looked at the giant dragons standing on the high ramparts around her in disbelief, somewhat uncomfortable with this rapid change of camp.
Luke whispered, "This is not a good place to discuss anything too in-depth. I will find a chance to meet King Tyran alone to see what level of cooperation the Empire and the dragons can achieve."
"I knew you would be able to solve the trouble caused by the dragon by coming to the capital, but I didn't expect it to be solved in this way..." Agatha hesitated and asked, "Since we are allies... do you still want the food and accommodation expenses?"
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. Even if they are allies, we can't support them for nothing. We need this money!"
Luke turned to the Golden Dragon King Tyron and said, "Since you have decided to abide by our rules, then... can you please settle the food expenses for these days? In addition, you occupy this steel plant, and the reduction in steel production every day is also a huge loss for us."
"It's your honor that the dragon visits your city. Do you have to pay for eating a few of your cows and occupying an unmanned steel mill?"
Luke said, "King Tyron, you are an ancient dragon who has experienced ancient wars. Don't lie with your eyes open. Can a few cows feed your sixteen dragons?
And the cattle we supply you are not ordinary cattle. The wild cattle you used to eat were those that were left to run around without anyone managing them, eating muddy grass covered in feces and drinking muddy sewage. The beef from that kind of cattle has no texture and smells fishy.
The cattle we supply to you are raised in clean farms, fed with feed made from a mixture of various grains, and the water they drink must be purified through 38 processes. The cattle that can be delivered to you must also go through layers of selection. We do not accept cattle that are too young, too old, or have low intelligence.
Dear dragons, don't you think the texture and taste of the beef provided by the Empire are much better than the beef you ate before?"
Speaking of the beef he had eaten recently, the dragon nodded with deep emotion.
Although I don't know how the intelligence of cattle affects the taste of beef, beef with high intelligence is indeed delicious. The meat is tender and not loose and does not get stuck in the teeth. It tastes much better than the bison I ate before.
Another reason why dragons are so keen on going out is that they eat too much.
The Golden Dragon King Tyran was considering.
He led the dragon group to the Golden Shield Empire's Saint Lun City in order to find out what the angels wanted to do here. However, after a period of investigation, he found nothing.
The dragons are too big a target and are unfamiliar with human cities. If they want to find out more information, they need local people to be their eyes and ears. The dragons have been doing whatever they want these days, but they try not to hurt anyone, just to force the empire to send people to negotiate and gain a favorable negotiating position.
Now the Golden Shield Empire is not as weak as it seems. An elf Qingkong can defeat the first Holy Scripture Theresa, and the mysterious human in front of him is not weaker than himself.
I wonder how many such powerful people are hidden in the Golden Shield Empire.
Fortunately, both parties have a common friend and can reach cooperation to some extent. The first step of the plan can be said to have been exceeded.
As for paying for food and space fees, there is no need to worry too much about such small matters.
Besides, beef is indeed delicious, but it must be very expensive.
“Okay, I admit that dragons have a very large appetite compared to you humans, and we were the ones who drove away the people in this factory.
How much will we have to pay for this?”
Luke said, "The food cost is 10 million Reichsmarks per day, and the accommodation cost is also 10 million Reichsmarks."
The Golden Dragon King Tyron said: "I don't understand the value of the Imperial Mark. A piece of paper can actually buy things. Let's pay with gold... Do you accept gold?"
Agatha didn't expect that King Terran would not even bargain for the price, but directly accepted such an outrageous offer, and paid with gold.
Who would have thought that Meteorite actually thought about it and said with embarrassment: "I'm sorry, King Tyron, the Golden Shield Empire has abolished the use of precious metals as currency. Moreover, the gold collected by the dragon is all raw ore, which is mixed with a lot of impurities. It needs to be refined to make jewelry.
Your Highness, the excess gold in the empire is used to make tableware, so it is really useless for us to have too much gold."
When Agatha saw that Luke didn't even want the gold, she knew that he must be eyeing better things in Dragon Kingdom.
Therefore, Agatha said distressedly: "Gold is so heavy that it is too inconvenient to use as currency. Now gold is just a beautiful metal for us, and it is even worse than steel in terms of practical use."
The Golden Dragon King Tyron sighed, "I didn't expect that you humans have seen through the true nature of gold. They are just very beautiful metals. In addition to gold, what else do you accept as currency?"
Dragons like to collect shiny things. The Dragon Kingdom has abundant gold reserves, so each dragon's lair stores a large amount of gold, and King Terran even owns a mountain of gold.
But collecting gold is just a hobby of dragons, they don't value gold. After all, it can't be eaten, and dragons don't use gold to trade with each other.
Seeing that King Tyron agreed to trade with other items, Luke said, "Steam technology is now widely used in the human world, and the fire crystal used to provide heat for steam engines is a consumable. I know that the Dragon Kingdom has a huge reserve of fire crystals. If the dragon is willing to use fire crystals to pay for food and accommodation, I think Her Royal Highness the Princess will be very happy to accept this deal."
Hearing that the Dragon Kingdom had a huge reserve of Fire Crystals, Agatha immediately said, "The Empire is very willing to accept Fire Crystals."
"Fire crystal?"
The Golden Dragon King Tyron thought of the red crystals that could generate heat. There were indeed many of these crystals in Dragon Country, much more than gold. In addition to generating heat, the dragons did not think that these stones had any use.
Exchanging fire crystals for beef is more cost-effective than paying with gold.
"Okay. But... if the amount is too large, you will need to go to Dragon Country to dig it and transport it yourself."
"No problem." Luke didn't expect King Tyron to ask him to go to Dragon Country to dig for fire crystals, so there was no need to be polite: "Can our ship be guaranteed to be safe when it goes to Dragon Country?"
"When you go to my territory, bring more delicious beef for my children. They will ensure your safety. The price of the beef they eat will be deducted from the fire crystals."
King Terran didn't even ask how many fire crystals he would exchange for a cow. These crystals are useless to dragons, so you can dig as many as you want.
