It was a bit of a strange lingua franca, but it was finally understandable, and it was not difficult to hear the vigilance and apprehension that was too deliberate in the enthusiasm...... And rightfully so.

"I ...... Will treat a little. "If any of you are hurt, maybe I can help?"

"Oh, thank you, thank you!" replied Wigg quickly, "but I don't need to bother you! You see, none of us were seriously injured. Don't look at our short legs, but we have big feet! If we smell the slightest danger, we can run faster than the rats in the field!"

He thought he laughed out loud with humor, but Ed, who refused without hesitation, couldn't laugh at all.

Perhaps his frustration was more believable than his sincerity seemed, and Wigg scratched at his ears, as if he felt a little guilty. He looked left and right, then backwards, and the curly-haired, round-faced half-body like him stared at him with wide eyes, and then looked up at Ed, the dragon behind him.

While it was Ed who spoke to deal with them, the big guy behind him was clearly more noticeable.

The ice dragon looked down at the pile of fluffy little things standing next to each other, and his heart was inexplicably a little itchy, and he had the urge to press down with his paws and rub it again.

“...... Was it a black, flying ship that set fire?" It asked majestically, its deep voice sounding powerful and reliable, "that's our enemy." If you know where it goes......"

The halflings raised their hands neatly, pointing north, but their round eyes were still staring straight at it, and they were so excited that they could almost see the silent screams that were about to come out of it:

"It will say our words, ahhhh......h

...... Cunning!

Ed looked back at it gloomily, and silently cast a trick on himself.

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The ice dragon didn't really want anything out of the halfling's mouth. Isn't it obvious where that boat went, and it's not blind!

But the information given by the halflings was limited but quite useful—the ship had flown over less than a day earlier, and it was not so much that it had deliberately shed flames as it had leaked from the ship.

"It's like a broken water bladder, leaking and leaking all the way. Wigg described.

“...... Do you want to chase it?" the ice dragon asked Ed, not hiding its thirst for revenge.

Ed shook his head.

"A little later. He said, tapping the ground lightly with his cane.

A gust of wind kicked up a bit of ash on the ground, mixed with the black smoke that had not completely dissipated, and headed north.

Late...... Wait for the ship to leave the continent. Otherwise, the damage they do in battle may be much greater than the flames that leak out.

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Common enemy...... and a common language that makes communication much smoother. Sitting under the oldest tree in the village and holding up a small beer glass, Ed already knew that, although it looked a bit miserable, the loss of the halfling was not great. They had enough food to stock, and indeed few were injured, and the reason was, as Wigg said, a natural instinct for real danger, and ...... It's really fast.

Ed watched a group of halfling children rush to the ice dragon and run away screaming and running away, and he was so happy to play this game that he was stunned.

He felt that if he didn't cheat and run against these little halflings who weren't as tall as his legs...... There's a good chance he'll lose!

The ice dragon was lying there, half-raising his chin and not moving, calm as a mountain, full of momentum. However, its claws are stretching and contracting, ready to move...... These bored children looked to it like little balls of flesh rolling around on the ground, making it uncontrollably want to stretch out its claws and bullets.

"Of course we've heard of dragons!" Wigg said without any response, "but we all thought it was an old story, and it turned out to be dragons...... It turns out that there really is a dragon in the world! It's so big! It's bigger than in the story!"

His gaze was almost glued to the ice dragon, but he knew that Ed was the better person to talk to.

"What are the dragons in your story like?" Ed was a little curious...... There's also a little bit of jealousy.

"Uh...... Wig's face froze, "big and terrible...... ...... who breathes fire"

Monsters or something......

The halfling man next to him nodded vigorously, and his mouth was buzzing:

"Can eat people!"

"Sleep on the pile of gold coins and gems!"

"So if you shake your body, you will drop a lot of gold coins!"

"But I love to sleep!"

"If you're asleep, even if we sneak up to it, it won't find out!"

"Then you can ......"

They glanced at the ice dragon at the same time, and then quickly looked away, with a little apprehension and more excitement.

"But my grandfather told me that seeing is believing. Wigg pointed to his eyes, and immediately rounded the somewhat awkward topic back, "At least, obviously...... You don't want to eat us, do you?"

He asked the ice dragon cautiously.

The ice dragon snorted angrily, and Ed couldn't help but laugh and endure the stomachache, confirming once again that these little halflings are really not small.

He remembered that there had also been halflings on the continent of Lutger...... When did they disappear?

"A long, long time ago. Wigg told him the distant tale with a little pride, "Elves and dwarves, and orcs and whatevers, are in full swing in Rutgar. Today we hit here, tomorrow we hit there, there is simply no place to live, we halflings who have never just wanted to live a quiet and peaceful life really can't go on! So, our ancestors took out all the wealth of the whole race and exchanged it with the elves for a big boat, and it took many, many years to come to this continent, but the places to the north are already inhabited by other races, and they do not welcome outsiders...... Then, it took many, many years to find this place - one of the leading halflings at that time was my ancestor, so our surname was changed to 'Far Traveler'. ”

"That'...... It's really far away. Ed was surprised. He had never heard of this...... And that's really respectful. After all, humans could only come here across the sea decades ago, and they, looking so weak, accomplished such a feat thousands of years ago.

"But, now. Wigg shrugged, not without regret, but also without much yearning, "The furthest I've been is in the town on the other side of the river, in the bazaar where the minotaurs trade. ”

“...... But you know how to speak. Ed felt that something was wrong, "When your ancestors left Rutgar, they didn't have this language!"

"Oh, it's anthropological. Wigg said, "You're not the first human to come here from Rutgar!"

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