In fact, these Gadrean nobles and those monitor lizards had been in a state of confrontation with each other before, and Donald found that when the battle ahead, it was the monitor lizards who were impatient and had just launched an all-out attack.

The strongest silver mage hadn't made a move yet, so they hadn't killed many monitor lizards either.

The airship sailed to the shore of the island, and Donald watched as the other party was disposing of the corpses of the monitor lizards they had killed, but did not move the monitor lizards frozen by Donald's spell.

After the famous bounty hunter Thorge took out the more valuable parts of the monitor lizard, he removed a handful of powder from the bloodstained area, and the unpleasant smell of the monitor lizard on the island was immediately covered. Sure enough, he is worthy of being the first bounty hunter, and his strength and experience are not comparable to ordinary people.

When the airship landed on the island, Donald first stepped down from the deck, waved his hand to put away the dozen or so monitor lizard ice sculptures, and said with a smile on his face: "We are really fated to be able to meet a place like the Betty Dragon Swamp!"

The girl mage smiled innocently and said, "Yes, it's great to meet you! I liked the black tea very much last time!"

"If you like it, I'll have some on you, I'll invite you to tea later!"

Although the girl was innocent and innocent, she didn't hear the meaning of Donald's words, but the other people on the other side were not stupid, and Donald's words implied that they were trying to test the purpose of their coming to this two-legged dragon swamp.

Especially the old man of the silver mage, he turned out to be a strong man in the high level of silver, and looking at his appearance and bearing, it was obviously not an ordinary identity.

"Thank you for your help, otherwise it would be a big trouble for us to be targeted by so many swamp monitor lizards!"

Facing the old man's thanks, Donald said humbly: "The old gentleman said with a smile, with your strong strength, it is only a little time to kill these monitor lizards, and we are just helping a few people to solve them in advance, not to mention that everyone is a human being, and they are all descendants of Bannai, in such a dangerous environment, it is natural that we should help!"

The old man nodded, very satisfied with Donald's attitude. So he took the initiative and said, "We are members of the Thorne family from Gardley, I am Horton Thorne, this is my granddaughter Emily, and Thorne are our family guards. ”

Messer and Edwina, who had disembarked from the airship, said in unison when they heard this: "Wizard Thorne?"

Apparently both of them knew something about the Thorne.

Horton Thorne didn't dare to slack off when he saw the two silver mages coming down.

"Who are these two?"

Donald said: "Let me introduce this Marquise Edvina of our kingdom Ansel's family, and his eldest son Ferdinand, these three are also strong men from the Ansel family. As for these two, my teacher Messer, and my follower Kael'thas !"

Horton Thorne and his granddaughter Emily immediately greeted them one by one. Then he remembered that there was another person on his side who had not been introduced, so he said: "This Mr. Soge is the guide we have hired, I think you should all know him!"

Ferdinand said, "Of course, we don't know Thorge, the most famous bounty hunter in Selt!"

Hearing the mention of himself, Sog just nodded lightly and responded, his attitude was obviously a little cold. However, the other party is a silver powerhouse, and it is rumored that he is also very unsociable, so Edvina and the others will not care about this little faux pas.

However, Donald was very interested in this rare silver powerhouse among adventurers, but he did not directly solicit it, so as not to arouse his disgust, but said to him: "I have opened an adventurer's guild in my territory, but there are some tasks suitable for a strong man like Mr. Thorge, I hope you have the opportunity to take a look!"

Thorge raised an eyebrow when he heard this, obviously interested.

It is very rare for a strong person to reach the silver level and still not settle down to gain power and status, and this Thorge is undoubtedly one of them, and it is not difficult to obtain a knighthood or join the army to lead a side with his strength.

However, Thorge came from the chaotic countryside of the south, and he did not like to be constrained, so he preferred to be an adventurer with no fixed place to live, living by hunting bounties, rather than following the old ways of those people.

Donald's plan was that if he could also join the Dalaran Adventurers' Guild, it would definitely greatly enhance the guild's reputation and attract adventurers from all over the kingdom.

As for the time when the time comes, even if he can't recruit this one, even if he can't recruit it, he will not lack this silver powerhouse.

Knowing that the other party was from a family like Thorne, Edvina knew at that time that her previous ideas could no longer be realized. The other party is a mage family, and it is impossible to let go of a treasure like the ruins of an ancient arcanist.

So she asked bluntly: "I don't know what Mr. Thorne are coming to this dangerous place in the Two-Legged Dragon Swamp for? You must know that this is not a good place to take the younger generations of the family to practice, even the silver powerhouse does not dare to go deep into the swamp easily, if you are not careful, you will fall!"

As the brains of Donald's side, it is most appropriate for Edvina to figure out the purpose of the other party.

However, the other party also has a lot of background, so some tentative words seem a bit excessive, I am afraid that it will cause the dissatisfaction of Horton, the silver mage, so Edvina simply chose to ask bluntly and wisely.

By this time, Messer had already told Donald and Kael'thas about the origin of the Thorne family.

The Thornes are a well-known mage family of Gardre, and are themselves one of the country's leading nobles.

The founder of their family is a great wizard Thorne hundreds of years ago, and it is said that Thorne is a powerful wizard who has reached the legendary realm to resist a major demonic disaster that broke out on the continent back then.

In the fight against the invasion of the Abyss Army, it played a decisive role. However, Thorne clashed with Sendel, the Land of Dawn, due to his opposition to the Church of the Radiant Tritheism's mission to Gardre, and soon after, for unknown reasons.

Because of Thorne's fall, it almost caused a full-scale conflict between Gardred and Sendel, and even the mage kingdom Bōlin, which has never dealt with Gardre, was rarely on Gardre's side that time.

In addition, the commission done by Sendel's side was not very glorious that time, and even other neutral gods were quite opinionated by the church, and in the face of the condemnation of many forces on the mainland, as well as the joint declaration of war between the two kingdoms of Gadrei and Bōlin, even Sendall, who was known as the Land of Dawn and the Holy Land, had to be forced to end the plan to expand outward... , ceding a part of the benefits to compensate for the attitude of Sender means that the three glorious gods behind it are also a little soft, which is of course the reason for the general trend, but the attitude of the other gods is the key factor in determining Xìng, Gadre's side sees it clearly, and does not dare to force Taijin, after all, the three people standing behind Sendel are divine weapons above the starry sky.

Therefore, he could only accept it when he saw it, which made Sendel suffer a big loss, and he also relieved a little anger in his heart.

Speaking of this past incident, many mages who are familiar with history are embarrassed, and they are even more disgusted by the extreme True God Church like the Radiant Trigod.

When it comes to the wizard Thorne, he is almost the representative of the wizard faction among the four major factions of modern mages.

After becoming a legendary powerhouse, Thorne traveled the continent, communicating with various mages, exploring those undiscovered ancient ruins, and spent ten years sorting out the most comprehensive magic lineage of the wizarding mages in existence. It is precisely because of this inheritance that the Thorne family's status among the mages has been established.

Old Mr. Thorne here also figured out what Donald meant, so in order to avoid conflict, he replied without concealment: "We came to this swamp because we heard that there are precious treasures such as the poisonous dragon lizard orchid in it, so we hired Mr. Thorne as a guide, hoping to be lucky!"

"Poison Dragon Lizard?"

The poisonous dragon Lan Donald and others all know that it is the main material of a legendary superb alchemy potion, which can remove almost all toxins, injuries and negative states against the body, and it also has the effect of some dragon blood elixir, which can greatly strengthen the physique of the user, and can also increase the life span of several decades.

Whether it is for a mage with a weak body or a swordsman who pursues strong physical combat power, it is a precious material that is hard to find. For those who sacrifice their lives and other top-level people, they are even more willing to pay a great price to obtain treasures.

This rare magical plant with its own poison can only live in the mud full of decay and filth, absorbing its nutrients, but paradoxically, its body must be rooted in solid soil to survive, and it is better for the wurm to mate with highly poisonous wurms and contaminate their bodily fluids, so that this plant can open and reproduce the next generation.

It is undoubtedly very difficult to achieve such conditions, and most of the several locations on the mainland where the poisonous dragon lizard has been found are relatively dangerous areas. The relatively safe places were all picked up, and it was only possible to preserve them in the inaccessible terrain of the continent like the Bettysaur Swamp.

And this alone is not the most dangerous, the more troublesome thing is that wherever the poisonous dragon lizard is located, most of them are places where lizard-like monsters like to gather, especially the poisonous dragon lizard orchid is not only effective on humans, but also can promote the promotion of lizard-like monsters after maturity, and obtain the anti-heaven treasure of the dragon's bloodline, and the breath it exudes at that stage makes all lizard-like monsters crazy. This is also where the name of the magical plant comes from.

That's why Horton and the others searched for traces of the poisonous dragon lizard in the colony of demonic beasts like the swamp monitor lizard, and they were made dumplings by other monitor lizards.

Horton, Thorne nodded and said, "Yes, it's the Poison Dragon Lizard!" you already know our purpose, I wonder if you are also here for the Poison Dragon Lizard?"

Edvina glanced at Donald and his teacher Messer, Messer nodded calmly in agreement, and seeing the teacher nodding, Donald thought about it and nodded.

So Edvina said to Horton: "Mr. Thorne, don't worry, we are not here for the poisonous dragon lizard, but our actions are also more important, everyone is smart, so I hope you will not interfere with our actions!"

Horton looked like this and replied, "That's nature!"

Although the Thorne family is not as old as Gardre's ancient families with thousands of years of inheritance, they have the ancestral wizard inheritance, and the accumulation of hundreds of years can be completely juxtaposed with it, so although they are curious, they don't care very much about the purpose of Donald and their side, even if it is also a treasure like the poisonous dragon lizard, it is a good thing to get it, and he will not be too disappointed if he can't get it, this is the essence of the big family.

But Horton didn't expect that just one day later, he would regret his decision.

Chapter 128 Looking for the Poisonous Dragon Lizard "I don't know what your purpose is, but if it's not too dangerous, I don't know if we can follow along and take a look, which can be regarded as adding a little adventure experience to my granddaughter, so that I won't be bullied when I go out in the future!"

Horton said with a loving look on his face as he touched the girl's head.

"And one more person is one more help, and we can also help a little, as for what you are looking for, we don't want it!"

For Donald's secret operations, Horton and the others were also a little curious, and that Miss Thorne's Emily was even more bright-eyed, if it weren't for his grandfather's control, he would definitely follow Donald and them secretly, so Horton simply asked directly, with his own care, and the other party also had a strong lineup, there must not be any fatal danger.

Hearing Hortonthorne's request, Edvina said she needed to discuss it with her companion.

What Donald meant by this was that no matter what the situation, there were only two solutions for the Thorne family and others. The first is to get rid of the other party and move forward alone, but with the strength of the Thorne family and others, I am afraid that the possibility of being followed by them should be very large, and when the ruins are found, according to the rules of the mainland, those who see it have a share, and the harvest that originally belonged to Ansel and Donald will be divided by at least half.

The second is to take them to search for the ruins together, with the help of a few strong people, the speed can be faster, but the distribution of treasures in the ruins is more troublesome.

As for solving these people in this swamp, they are not the villains who forget their righteousness, and their strength cannot completely suppress their opponents, if they are ordinary adventurers or small nobles, it is fine, but a powerful force like the Thorne family, if the descendants do not have one or two life-saving things, it is basically impossible, if one accidentally escapes by any one, they are really an indissoluble enmity with a powerful force like the Thorne family, unless one of them falls, it will end. Moreover, the status of both sides in their respective countries is not ordinary, and it may lead to a war between the two countries. At that time, more people will be implicated.

Donald would not support this kind of action that harms others and is not beneficial to himself, and the Ansel family also has its own honor and will not do that kind of indiscriminate behavior, so Edvina thought of a way to maximize the benefits and minimize the risk and loss.

"Since Mr. Thorne wants to show the juniors a look, why don't we make a deal. We will help you find the poisonous dragon lizard, and you can't interfere with our actions, you can choose whether to help according to your own wishes, as for all the gains of this trip, except for what we gave up, you can't ask for anything else, how about this deal?"

Houghton, Thorne thought for a moment, thinking that such a transaction would not have anything to lose on his side, and might even gain a little, and the other party cared so much about this secret operation, he became more and more curious. Yu Kai nodded and agreed!

"The purpose of bringing Emily out this time, in addition to looking for the poisonous dragon lizard, is mainly to take her to practice, as for other things, I am not in consideration, so please rest assured, we will only listen and see more, and will not reveal a trace of secrets!" Edwina said in her heart, "If you get to the place in a while, you won't think so, an arcane ruin is enough to make a kingdom crazy." Let's talk to you first, and even if you regret it, you won't have the face to share many treasures!"

But she said, "Well, the reputation of the Thorne family is still convincing! ”

Seeing that Edvina easily trapped an experienced silver mage into a trap set by himself, Donald was secretly amused in his heart, and he had to admire the marquise's wit.

Excluding the two pilots who operated the airship, the standard number of people on the goblin airship was ten, Donald and eight of them, plus six people from the Thorne family, and now fourteen people were on the airship, which made the airship a little overloaded.

Fortunately, Donald, Ferdinand, and the young men of the Thorne family, Emily and Kael'thas, were on deck, and the cabin would not look crowded.

And because it was flying at a low altitude, and it didn't dare to speed up in the depths of this dangerous swamp, the problem of flying power decline due to overloading was not a problem at all.

Donald walked up to the deck for the sake of observation and looking for the right direction, and Ferdinand and Kael'thas were purely worried about Donald's safety. As for Miss Thorne, she was naturally lively and curious, and the scenery on the deck was naturally much more comfortable than the dreary cabin.

"It's amazing, it's the first time I've seen a ship that can walk in the sky, isn't this the power of the legendary Sky City?

Not only curious girls like Emily were amazed by this airship, but even Horton Thorne and others were amazed.

"Is this a spaceship powered by magical power? It is so ingenious, I don't know which master's work it is, it is really a great invention! With such a flying ship, after popularization, human life will be more convenient and faster!"

Hearing the silver mage Mr. Houghton standing at the hatch of the ship and exclaiming, Donald smiled and explained: "This is the product of the combination of ancient goblin technology and alchemy, by converting heat energy and the energy in the hedron demon core to form a driving force, but the cost is very high, even a kingdom cannot afford several such airships. If you want to popularize it, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult!"

Horton couldn't help but sigh: "What a pity!"

Donald said again: "Although my airship has the shortcomings of high cost and no attack ability, its flight ability is very powerful, not only can it carry people flying at an altitude of thousands of feet, but also the speed can be compared with most fifth-level flying demonic beasts, the biggest advantage is that it only needs ten primary elemental crystals to fly a range of 10,000 miles, and its endurance is also amazing!"

"Isn't that more convenient than having a flying mount?"

"That's nature, the airship is no better than the Warcraft, it won't get tired, it doesn't need to be fed, and it flies smoothly, it doesn't have to sit outside to blow the cold wind, it doesn't have to be affected by drinking tea and eating in the cabin, it's the most suitable to describe it as a home that can travel!"

Horton's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he asked, "Did you build this airship yourself, Your Excellency Baron?" Seeing that the silver mage of the Thorne family seemed to be a little tempted, Donald said nonsense while the iron was hot: "

"Yes, after I got the blueprints of the airship, I began to prepare for construction, and I have only recently completed this Griffin No. 1, and another is under construction, but the funds and materials are a little insufficient, if the old gentleman can come up with a magic core or spar worth 100,000 gold soles, or a priceless precious material like Adamantite Mithril, I can build one such an airship for you, and be responsible for training the pilots who operate the airship!, , Horton didn't answer immediately when he heard it, but Edvina in the cabin was also very moved by this, and took over the topic and said: "Donald, our Ansel family also wants to ask you to build such an airship, I don't know if you can agree?"

Donald smiled, "Of course you can, but if you want to, madam, you'll have to wait a few more months!"

"I'll wait for this time, with this thing, it will be much more convenient to travel back and forth between home and Wang Du at that time, and it is estimated that it will be able to arrive in half a day!" Edvina not only took a fancy to the strategic advantages of this airship, but also considered that her king brother was running out for a long time, so she wanted Wang Du's family to take care of her brother more.

Ferdinand also patted Donald on the shoulder, but he didn't say anything to make him discounted, if no outsiders were present, he would definitely make some jokes, but now this person from the Thorne family also has the heart to buy a goblin airship, and if he says those words again, he is helping others bargain and do Donald a disservice.

And the price Donald gave to Holden was, of course, a lion's mouth, to take the opportunity to slaughter the Thorne family. Although the exchange price of the airship is expensive, it is not as high as that. As for the one that the Ansel's family wanted, it would be good for Donald to make a cost price behind his back, so naturally he would not slaughter them.

To be honest, for such an airship, Holden is really a little tempted.

Such a convenient and fast ancient flying tool can undoubtedly play a great role for a family power, and it is even more a home that can be moved at any time for a mage like him who likes to travel and explore.

But the price of 100,000 gold soles is too high for him, if he buys it and takes out all his family resources, of course he can afford it, but then there will be nothing left of his decades-long collection. If he is trading in the name of the family, but it is not easy to make his own decisions, although he is a high-status elder of the Thorne family, there are other elders and the opinions of the current family head that also need to be considered, so he can only make an agreement with Donald for the time being, and then trade with him after returning to Gardre.

Donald promised Horton to find the poisonous dragon lizard for them first, so naturally he wouldn't just talk about it.

What's more, poisonous dragon lizards generally do not grow alone, at least they can have more than two harvests, and if there are many, then they will naturally have the opportunity to share a share.

According to the bounty hunter Thorge, Donald moved south from the previous island, specifically looking for solid land to settle down on and lizard-like monsters.

Coincidentally, the direction of Thorge's search was roughly the same direction as the location of the ruins that he had identified. Upon discovering this, Donald was glad that they had chosen the second method to pull in the Thorne family and the others, which was indeed the right decision!