"Hmm, mermaid, or kraken?" Driving the dragon bird chariot, Muria came to a seaside city, which also belongs to the range of the Thorn Realm, and the most peculiar thing about this city is that half of it is in the sea, because the main inhabitants of this city are not humans, humans only make up a small part of it, and the main inhabitants are intelligent creatures in the sea.

With a hint of curiosity, Muria drove the chariot down for a walk, and then he met the ruler of the city, a mermaid, who entertained Muria very warmly.

During the banquet, Muria learned about the development of the city, and then asked the origin of the dragon knight by the way, but the mermaid said that she was not too clear.

I just heard that Bernard was born in an aristocratic family, and his status doesn't seem to be very good, but with the improvement of strength, his status has gradually increased, and now he has become the pillar of the family, and she only knew Bernard after he made his career, and only heard some knowledgeable words.

"I heard that he saved a shipwrecked sea spirit when he was a child, and with the help of that sea spirit, he began to obtain the resources of the ocean, and it was because of that sea spirit that he was able to subdue us. ”

"What is your duty, or rather, what does the human want you mermaids to do for him?" Murria is not surprised that the mermaid serves a human, in fact, anything impossible can happen as long as there is enough interest.

"He asked the mermaids to protect every ship of the Thorn Collar that sailed the oceans. The glamorous mermaid lord confided in Muria, because Bernard had already ordered it in advance, so she knew everything about Muria.

"Actually, the ships that set off from Thorn Ridge to the ocean are fine, but the ships that come from the mainland to the thorns are very troublesome, because they are loaded with some special cargo, so they often attract some sea monsters, and at that time, we have to help the ships expel the sea monsters. ”

"Those ships from the mainland, the cargo on them must be humans, right?" asked Muria suddenly.

"That's right, it's human beings, and the most important commodity in Thorn Ridge's foreign trade from the mainland is human beings. The mermaid complimented Muria, "You're really insightful." ”

"Nothing. Muria didn't care, this was just a reasoning based on all the information he obtained, there were almost no traces of humans on the Dragon Peninsula, and the Thorn Leader had only been established for more than ten years, but it had already had more than a million humans, among them, most of the humans actually had traces of chains on their hands and feet, and their origins were naturally self-evident.

"Your Excellency Mu, in fact, it is not only us who protects the fleet, but also a dragon is involved, a bronze dragon. The mermaid city lord, who had vaguely found out Muria's identity, suddenly spoke up.

"Bronze Dragon. Muria's eyes narrowed slightly, the bronze dragon is a water-attribute dragon, this kind of dragon likes to move in shallow sea areas, builds nests on sea cliffs, and has fewer opportunities for contact with humans, I don't know how Bernard made a bronze dragon serve him.

"Do you know where that dragon is? I want to talk to him. Muria asked. The sapphire dragon under the Thorn Castle didn't talk to him, but this bronze dragon, I believe that if he finds it, he should be able to ask for more information, after all, he is a golden dragon with a higher sequence.

"Of course, I know that according to Lord Bernard's orders, my city still needs to provide resources for the bronze dragon. ”

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"Vane. The mermaid city lord took Muria to the ocean, and then began to call the name of the bronze dragon, and soon, under Muria's gaze, among the undulating seas, the blue water was broken, and a slender young dragon came to the water, looking at the mermaid city lord with expectant eyes.

"Where's the food?" The bronze dragon glanced at it, and found that there was no ship to bring him food except for the mermaid city lord and another teenager, and immediately asked with some dissatisfaction.

"It's not dinner time yet, Vane, it's this ancient dragon who wants to see you. ”

"Ancient Dragon!" the young bronze dragon looked at Muria, and after a moment of continuous observation, there was a look of awe in his eyes, he felt the aura that Muria deliberately released, and recognized Muria's identity.

"Looks like you're having a good life. Muria looked at the bronze dragon with shiny scales and saw that it was in very good condition, which showed that he usually had an abundance of resources, and that the human had not abused him.

But this does not explain why a bronze dragon would serve humans, dragons are greedy for money, but they do not surrender themselves to slavery because of their treasures, and the arrogance of the dragon is parallel to its greed. If you want the treasure to make a dragon do things for you, you can, but if you want to make a dragon send through the treasure, it's impossible.

"Tell me, why would you serve a human?" asked Muria, looking at the young dragon with a flat look in his eyes, a little incomprehensible.

"I signed a contract with Bernard. Noticing Muria's question, the bronze dragon Vane couldn't help but show embarrassment in his eyes, he did it through a coincidence, and then Bernard passed a little tough means, and then made a contract with him, although he was not very happy at first, but as Bernard continued to supply him with various resources and send treasures, he was too lazy to struggle.

According to his idea, he planned to use his long life to survive the death of this human, and when Bernard died, the contract would be naturally dissolved, and then he would return to the sea and be free.

Through a detailed conversation with the young dragon, Muria learns the beginning and end of his acquaintance with Bernard, and then learns about Bernard's important means of restricting him.

"Dragoon Contract!" Through the active cooperation of the bronze dragon, Muria learned about the so-called dragon riding contract, which is one of the top professions of mankind, the dragon knight's inheritance secret contract, which is a contract specifically for dragons.

Of course, this contract is a contract of equality, not slavery, and in the eyes of the dragon, it is also full of insults, how can a mere human be juxtaposed with such a noble creature as the dragon?

This kind of contract allows humans to cultivate with the help of the power of the dragon, but it is also good for the dragon, and the dragon who signs the contract with the dragon knight can be controlled with the control of the dragon knight, guide the power in his body, accelerate his growth, and at the same time, he can also obtain various resources through the dragon knight, and this is not the same, according to the different dragon knights, the resources obtained by the dragon are not the same.

The Dragoon contract seemed to Muria more like a deal, with each side giving a few and then getting some. Neutrally, this is a mutually beneficial and win-win contract, but the process of signing such a contract is generally not very good, after all, dragons do not look down on humans.

"This kind of contract is quite interesting, after a while, I will get the dragon knight inheritance in Bernard's hand and study it, after all, this is an inheritance that can help the dragon grow faster. ”

Muria probes the so-called dragon knight contract through the bronze dragon Vane, and according to Vane, the dragon knight Bernard will practice with him for a period of time every once in a while.

According to the bronze dragon, the process of cultivating with him was not very uncomfortable, mainly because Bernard was there to concentrate on guiding the power in his body, and it did not hate this method of joint cultivation, because after each cultivation, his strength would increase slightly.

Muria also took a closer look at the bronze dragon, and was surprised to find that the dragon had developed far beyond what it should be for his age.

The bronze dragon Vane was not a young dragon, but a young dragon who had just passed his teenage years, and his appearance and the power he possessed made Muria misjudge.

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In the following days, Muria continued to explore the Thorn Realm, and then he found more interesting things, she found that there were not only humans in this territory, but also many foreign races, for example, in the coastal cities, he found many marine intelligent creatures, mermaids, Naga are not a few, Bernard even enslaved the largest number of fish people through these naturally powerful sea creatures to serve him, exploit the resources in the ocean, and build cities.

Inland in the interior, Muria discovers a sizable tribe of dwarves, and when he inquires, he learns that they had all been bought by Bernard at an auction and transported here by sea. It's not bad now, and Bernard entertains them with good wine and meat every day.

In addition to the dwarves, Muria also found a rare number of elves, which Bernard also obtained through slave traders. The job of these elves in the Thorn Collar is to green, cultivating rare plants.

In addition to these races, Muria also found some mountain giants here, these giants also served Bernard, specially built cities, Bernard was able to build more than 30 cities in more than ten years, these mountain giants actually contributed a lot.

"Bernard, you're such an all-rounder. Muria, who had traveled throughout the Thorn Realm, couldn't help but admire, although he had made many alien races serve him through some tough means, but in the time that followed, he gradually made some intelligent races sincerely serve him through interests, and he was very generous to those races.

In the Thorn Realm, the status of ordinary humans is the lowest, and those dwarves who are good at forging, and elves who are good at planting trees have a higher status than humans, not to mention the mountain giants who are good at building cities, they are the privileged race here.

"From now on, you will be my head of farming, help me farm for the rest of my life!" Murria, who had finished inspecting the Thorn Territory, decided Bernard's future fate.