"Can you tell me where this is?"

Inside the low earthen house, surrounded by a warm stove, Cheng Lin asked with a smile.

Because the ground was dirt, it was too cold in such weather, so he spread his hair on the ground early.

It was completely dark outside the window, and at night, the wind seemed to get much stronger, and through the window, it seemed that you could hear the roar of winter outside.

Lay was not surprised to hear this inquiry.

For the vast majority of dragon servants living in villages, many have never left their dragon territory in their entire lives, and they lack knowledge of other places.

In his opinion, Cheng Lin was obviously from the territory of other dragons, so it was not surprising that this question was a problem.

"This is the territory of Lord Gralde, the Ice Dragon, a small village below Udon City controlled by Lord Dragonlord to be exact, Eh...... You haven't heard of Udon yet, have you? But you should have heard of the name of Lord Gralderon. ”

Rai struggled to make himself talk like an adult.

Excuse me...... I have never heard of the name Grad either.

As for Udon...... I've heard of Winterfell, and Eddard. Stark...... But you certainly haven't heard of it.

Cheng Lin thought in his heart, remained silent on the surface, and smiled:

"Actually, I am not a native of this continent, but from another land far away, so I don't know where you are, and even the only thing I know about this continent is that the rulers of this continent are the dragons, that's all, so ...... Can you elaborate on dragons, dragonlords, udon and the like? ”

He tried to keep his words as gentle as he could, but it still inevitably gave Rai a shocked expression.

This is also a matter of no way, Cheng Lin really lacks the most basic understanding here, once he disguises himself as the inhabitants of the rest of the Dragon Lord Territory, then he will be in trouble if he says a few more words.

Although Lay is not very old, that doesn't mean that he will be easy to deceive.

So in order to avoid trouble, Cheng Lin simply made up a history.

"You...... Another continent? Could it be that there are other kingdoms in this world besides the dragon kingdom? ”

Lay only felt that what he had encountered tonight was too mysterious.

First, the "dragon servant" who he considered a "freak" woke up and prepared an extremely delicious dinner.

Later, the other party even claimed that he was from another country, which was enough to shake the three views for Lai.

"Of course, the world is so big that even a dragon can't get a full view." Cheng Lin smiled.

"Then you're not a dragon servant? So your appearance ......"

"I'm certainly not a freak, and in my country, I'm a normal look."

"So...... Are you an explorer? Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Rai, this is my dog sweet potato, what do you call it? ”

Young Rai was obviously a little at a loss.

This is tantamount to an earthling who one day picks up an alien who claims to be from the M78 nebula...... The same fantasy.

"Hmm...... I'm an explorer, and as for the name, ......."

Cheng Lin paused in his tone and said with a smile, "My name is Ezreal. ”

Seeing Lai's nervous appearance, Cheng Lin smiled and comforted the young man, then pulled the topic back and asked:

"We'll talk about me later, and now I'm curious if you can tell me more about what you know about this dragon-controlled land."

"Of course...... Of course. ”

Rai plucked up his courage and said with a red face.

Then, through Lai's narration, Cheng Lin finally had a basic understanding of the so-called dragon civilization.

The land is indeed ruled by the dragons.

The dragons have "noble and elegant" bodies...... This is the adjective Rai speaks, and he also possesses unparalleled magical powers, dominating the sky, land, and sea.

After countless years of conquest, the current "three heads" system was finally formed.

The so-called three heads are a council composed of the three most powerful dragon kings of the dragon clan as the highest decision-making level, governing the entire dragon kingdom.

Further down, there are different levels of dragon lords.

The Dragonlord has an independent territory, and the rest of the dragons without titles are attached to the Dragonlord.

And because the number of dragons is so small compared to this vast and boundless land...... Therefore, in order to satisfy the enjoyment, each dragon lord has a large number of "dragon servants", a race that has relied on dragons since ancient times to survive, and these dragon servants build dwellings and palaces for the dragons, and find food to meet their needs.

Udon is the main city in the territory of the dragon lord "Grad", and there are villages scattered outside the city, each of which has to hand in a fixed amount of food or game every season, or the rest of the dragon lord's needs, if they do not meet the standard, they will be cruelly punished.

Rai's village also faced this problem, because in late summer and early autumn of this year, "Grad" fought and clashed with another dragon lord next door, fighting in the forest, and the beasts had to hide deeper into the forest, making it more difficult to catch prey in autumn and winter.

"In the autumn, the village barely met the requirements of the supply with food, but most of the food in the village was consumed, and in a few days it was time for the winter supply, and the village could only organize people to go deep into the jungle to get prey, but it was still a little short, and the next few days were still busy."

Sitting by the hearth, Lai's expression was a little lonely.

Apparently worrying about it.

Cheng Lin nodded, and finally had a basic understanding of this.

"It's really a sub-feudal system...... However, the upper echelons were not imperial, but were replaced by a three-member parliament. ”

"However, considering the essential racial differences between dragons and dragon servants, the actual form is more of a slave-owning system."

Cheng Lin thought in his heart, and then asked: "I remember that when you came back, you said that there was a slight difference in the physical appearance of the dragon servants in different territories, what is going on?" ”

"Ah, it's from dragon blood."

Rai explained, "When the dragon servant was born, he was very weak and could not control magic, and he only became stronger by sucking the blood of the dragon, and the dragon servant born in different territories absorbed the blood of different dragons.

For example, the Lord Gralderond I absorbed was an ice dragon, so the color of my hair on my body was more in tune with the snow and more resistant to cold.

And if you absorb the blood of the fire dragon, it will have a completely opposite appearance.

However, these differences are not particularly large, and the basic appearance is still the same, such as we all have tails.

The power in the dragon's blood is stored in its tail.

The VBDC allows us to have enough strength to fight the beasts. ”

Saying that, Lai looked at Cheng Lin's ass curiously, and couldn't help but ask, "In the kingdom you live in...... Don't you have a tail? ”

"Yes...... No. ”

Cheng Lin could only respond like this, and at the same time, some of the confusion in his heart was finally lifted.

At first, he was puzzled when he saw that the dragon servants had tails, because they had a similar body structure to humans, and if evolutionary terms were to say, they should not have tails.

For example, as we all know, humans evolved from apes, and the biggest difference between apes and monkeys is that apes do not have tails.

And this in turn depends on how they survive and move.

Monkeys move in trees mainly by jumping, and the branches are very fragile and difficult to bear too heavy weight, therefore, the monkey's body is relatively small and lightweight, and in jumping, the tail is needed to play a role in balance, which is the necessity of the existence of the tail.

The ape, on the other hand, moves in a "shaking" way, that is, by grasping the branches of the tree with their hands, from one tree to another...... This does not require a tail to balance, but also a strong upper limb, so the ape's pectoral muscles and arms are extremely strong, and the tail gradually disappears because of the energy consumption.

In Cheng Lin's observation, the tail of the "dragon servant" is very heavy, and the limbs similar to humans do not need a tail at all when running, and this thing has no effect except wasting energy.

It wasn't until now that I learned that its original function was to store magic power, or spiritual power, which made sense.

Two more questions were asked, and Rai's answer proved it.

The more dragon blood you suck, the more powerful the dragon servants become, and according to Rai, some powerful dragon servants who live in Udon can even use dragon magic.

Of course, the power is many, many times weaker than that of a true dragon.

As for a low-level dragon servant like Rai...... The concentration of the dragon's blood sucked is already pitiful, about the same as the concentration of a bucket of water mixed with a drop of blood?

I'm afraid it's not.

"I see, no wonder ......"

Cheng Lin nodded, he had observed Lai with "wide-area vision" before.

I found that the power in his body was very strange, completely different from humans, and he didn't have any powers, but his strength was relatively large and his body was strong.

"What's the wonder?" Rai asked curiously.

Cheng Lin disguised: "It's nothing, I just feel surprised, this is a kind of ...... that I have never met before." Uh, form, well, as you said, since a dragon servant can gain power through dragon blood, what will become if a dragon servant kills a giant dragon and then devours all its blood? ”

"How is this possible?"

Rai's eyes widened at his words, and he looked incredulous.

"After sucking the dragon's blood, when we face any dragon, we will be suppressed by the dragon's power and unable to move, let alone ...... Kill...... After killing a dragon, even the most powerful dragon servant can't afford to resist in the face of a dragon. ”

Lay explained.

Cheng Lin smacked his lips...... I didn't expect that there was a setting of Longwei suppressing here.

Come to think of it, it wouldn't be too stupid for a dragon to become a master, and he wouldn't fail to think about it.

He originally thought about whether it would evolve into a dragon servant in the end, holding a flag, holding a weapon, shouting slogans, igniting a spark and burning the plains, overthrowing the "three mountains" and establishing a ...... This kind of plot, but now that I look at it, I block this possibility from the setting.

"Moreover, the dragon servant needs to re-suck the dragon's blood every five years, otherwise he will be eaten by the magic power and die, so once he becomes a dragon servant, he will be a servant of the dragon for the rest of his life."

Rai added.

All right...... This even blocked the route for the family to run away from the dragon kingdom and establish a new base...... This dragon's blood setting really leaves no dead ends......

Cheng Lin grinned and complained in his heart.

With that, Rai closed his mouth, apparently, that's all he knew.

But fortunately, this knowledge was enough for Cheng Lin to have a complete understanding of the dragon civilization in his mind.

"Thank you for your answer, I have benefited a lot." Cheng Lin smiled and thanked him.

"It's okay, it's ...... That's what I'm supposed to do, and besides, you've made me such a delicious dinner. ”

Lai blushed, shook his hands and said politely, but after saying this, the young man was stunned suddenly.

It was as if he hadn't woken up until now, staring at the empty iron pot in front of him with round eyes.

Immediately, he jumped up and ran to the corner of the room to open the jar where the grain was stored......

When I saw that there was only one bottom left inside...... Lai's whole body shook, and tears welled up in his eyes, filling his vision.

Then he held the empty clay jar, looked at Cheng Lin, and said in a trembling voice:

"Food...... Not...... Nope. ”

Cheng Lin blinked, and said in his heart that it doesn't matter if the elves love to cry, why did the dragon servant cry too.

He coughed and explained tactfully, "This is the price of good food." ”

"Yes...... But this is our food ...... for the winter."

Lay spoke with a crying voice.

Even the "sweet potato", which had been comfortably roasting the fire, pricked up its ears suddenly.

Cheng Lin coughed again in embarrassment, and said seriously: "Don't worry, I have already considered this problem, and I have my own way to get food for the winter." ”

He got up, dusted off his clothes, and said, "I'll go out for a while, and you wait at home for me to come back." ”

After speaking, Cheng Lin pushed open the door of the house, walked out of the courtyard door again, and quickly disappeared into the thick winter night.

Only the lonely teenager Lai was left standing in front of the window in a daze.

It took him a long time before he suddenly looked at the sweet potato at his feet and said in a trembling voice:

"You say...... He...... He's not going to run away, is he?! ”