Gran saw the lizardmen standing in a slower part of the river, fishing for fish with their hands.

This is not very efficient, and they struggle to catch a few fish and place them on the grass.

Soon, some gray-haired lizardfolk came out of the woods. He held edible wild fruits and insects in his hands, and a hare that had been stoned to death by the lizardmen.

The lizard people gather these foods together.

According to the older lizardmen, they want to have a dinner party on their first day in Dragon Valley.

The lizardmen worship the dragon god and their ancestors before each meal to pray for a safe and smooth life in the future. Some of the food is then offered to the 'dragon god' as a sacrifice, and only then does the meal begin.

But now that the dragon god is dead, the lizard people have lost the object of worship.

So they wanted to contribute this food to the Gran who now sheltered the lizardmen.

Gran looked at the raw meat and wild fruits, and felt a little hungry, he hadn't eaten yet.

But Gran stared at the thin lizardfolk and had no intention of accepting the food.

He didn't want to eat food given by others and felt unsafe. Besides, the lizardmen found very little food, which was not enough for them to eat, let alone divide it out.

Finding food is not difficult for him now, there is no need to covet these small bargains, it is better to leave it to the lizardmen who need food more.

Gran first accepted the food from the lizardmen, and then returned it to the lizardmen as it was. "Take it and eat it."

"This is a tribute to you, how can we accept it." The older lizardmen did not dare to take it.

"I don't need tribute, take this as my order." Gran changed to a tough tone, he didn't want to continue to push the lizardmen.

The lizardmen did so and retrieved the food.

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After worshipping their ancestors and deceased dragon gods, the lizardmen began to distribute food.

The older lizardmen, as the temporary patriarch, were assigned a fish first.

It first eats the head of the fish, then tears off the flesh and scales with its hands and stuffs it into its mouth.

The entrails were also eaten, and only a whole fish bone remained. It's unsightly, but the world isn't elegant.

While the lizardmen were eating, Gran found the rubble they used to make weapons and studied it to pass the time.

It looked like it was just a sharp stone flake obtained by smashing the rock, ordinary and rudimentary, and it was not at all comparable to the weapon of the dryad.

Gran felt that if he could improve the quality of the tools, it would be of great help to the lizardmen.

In the long run, increasing their strength is more useful than having the dragon species shelter.

It is better to rely on others than on yourself.

What's more, there are few dragon species that are reliable.

With the strange virtue of the dragon species, one day he may kill his allies by mistake.

Gran grabbed the older lizardman who had already eaten his food and asked him, "Do you grind gravel?" Shape the gravel into a shape suitable for use. ”

The older lizardman replied honestly, "I tried it, but it was easy to break, and I didn't continue to make it because I thought it was too troublesome." ”

"That's right." Gran recalls that the stony of the area inhabited by the lizard-people did not seem to be very good.

He felt that the stone on the side of Ryugu was okay, and could be used to make simpler tools.

Gran was going to try to get the stone axe out.

The stone axe consists of an axe head and a handle.

The axe part must be made of polished rock.

Gran found a flat gravel.

He pinched the gravel tightly with his claws and struck one end of the gravel against the other stones, trying to get the rubble into the desired shape.

The repetition was boring, and in order to relieve his boredom, Glenn asked the older lizardman, "Have you ever seen a dryad?" ”

As one of the few races that can use tools, Gran senses that the lizardfolk may have something to do with the dryads.

"Dryads?" The older lizardmen remember that the Dragongod had cursed the race. "Lord Ryujin said that the dryads are a bunch of garbage."

Gran knew that there was a deep conflict between the dragon species and the dryads.

"It's not garbage, it's still worth it. For example, their tools are very useful, and the individuals seem to be more orderly. Gran began to praise the merits of the enemy, and he hoped that the dragon species would also have some order.

"Is that so?" Older lizardmen have lived to be so old that they have never seen a dryad with their own eyes.

"That's right." Gran described the dryad's appearance and weapons to it, and admonished, "It's a very powerful race, even more dangerous than the Purple and Black Demons. ”

"More dangerous than the Purple Black Devil... How can it be. "The older lizardfolk couldn't believe that the events of the last few days were destroying their knowledge of the past.

"I don't know exactly how good they are, though."

At this time, Gran finally polished the gravel, and he held the ground gravel in his hand to observe, preparing to use the gravel as the axe part of the stone axe.

"It's a lot of trouble, but it's finally done, and the next step is to find a suitable handle."

Glenn scooped up a two-finger-thick hardwood from the woods.

He broke the hardwood and made a piece that was used as the handle of the stone axe.

With his claws, Gran carefully dug a hole in the branch, the size of an axe.

Once the axe and handle were ready, Gran managed to get some animal fat.

He used his fingernails to apply grease to the junction of the axe to the hilt.

The two parts are then carefully combined to form a rudimentary stone axe.

Gran grasped the stone axe in his hand and looked at it carefully, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

"It's the first time I've made something like this, and it looks pretty decent."

Gran plans to demonstrate the usefulness of the stone axe to the older lizardmen, but he finds it awkward to hold the stone axe with the dragon's claws, so he has to abandon the idea.

Instead, let the lizardmen try it out.

Gran hands the stone axe to the older lizardman.

The older lizardmen were holding stone axes, and they didn't dare to breathe. "Is this a fetish made by you, Lord Acting Valley?"

"No... It's just a toy. Gran replied awkwardly, knowing that his workmanship was terrible, and that he was ashamed to be said to be a fetish.

Next, under Gran's instructions, the older lizardman attacks the trees with the stone axe, which cuts grooves into the trees in one fell swoop.

At this time, it had a wonderful feeling that something was germinating in its brain.

Gran's stone axe gave it a little inspiration.

The older lizardman exclaimed, "Wow, this artifact has such a powerful effect. ”

"It's really not a fetish!" Gran corrected awkwardly.

The older lizardmen slashed their stone axes hard at the trees, repeatedly slashing at the same location.

A deep indentation appeared in the tree.

Just as it next slashes,

The handle of the stone axe was broken, and the body of the axe was separated from the handle of the axe, stuck in the wood.

"Oh." Gran was not surprised to guess that the rudimentary stone axe was just a superficial and would soon be damaged.

The older lizardman was terrified, and he witnessed Gran making the stone axe. I think it took a lot of effort to make this tool an important object.

Now it has been destroyed.

The older lizardman immediately knelt down in front of Gran and confessed his mistake: "Acting Lord Valley, I'm sorry for destroying your things, and I deserve to die." ”

Gran comforted, "Get up." It doesn't matter if it's broken, it's not durable. ”

He thought to himself, "There is really a big gap between what I made and what the dryad made is really big, so just grab some tools from the dryad. 】