(Thank you for the good northwest wind, the xxx of the stars, thank you for the reward of the rainy morning, and the gift chapter of the trumpet of the stars!

Layton Harbour has been ravaged by sea beasts, covered in blood and charred black, and the once neat harbor looks dilapidated, and the once flat trading area is now covered with a stone wall.

Considering that the port area had basically no defense against the outside world in the past, and once they encountered today's situation, they could only retreat to the city wall, so the top management of Leighton Harbor unanimously decided to build the first line of defense of the port based on the stone wall. The stone wall has not been repaired three large broken gaps, now just converted into the gate, after the port area will be divided into two, outside the stone wall is the port unloading area, inside is the original free trade area, in the event of a war, people can first avoid the stone wall defense belt, so that can greatly improve the safety of the residents of Leighton Port and the merchants.

As Donald flew back to the walls of Layton Harbour from above, a group of civilians below were sorting the carcasses of the sea beasts under the command of the garrison soldiers. These civilians did not have much fear on their faces in the face of the tragic situation on the battlefield, but smiled, it is estimated that the beast tide has been repulsed, and the port of Layton is safe again, and they are also happy that they will receive a good reward after this labor!

Although the essence of the dead sea beasts has been taken away by Donald, the remaining sea beast corpses are still as high as twenty or thirty thousand, of which in addition to a small number of sea beasts above the third level, there are more than ten thousand complete low-level sea beast corpses, even if each one is sold at a reduced price, it will cost at least ten gold soles, and the volume of sea beasts is usually larger than that of land monsters, and the price will naturally increase accordingly.

What's more, Leighton Harbor has been operating seafood all year round, how could it be less of a means to dispose of the carcasses of sea beasts?

The processed Warcraft products can be sold for a higher value than the materials sold, the skins of the sea beasts can be used to tann leather clothes and leather goods, the flesh and bones can also be processed into high-quality food, and can also be used as alchemy materials, not to mention the magic cores, harvesting tens of thousands of magic cores at once, even if nine out of nine are low-level magic cores below the third level, after they are put on the market, it will also have a big impact on the magic core business in the kingdom, so the high-level leaders of Leighton Harbor are very wise to include this batch of magic cores as strategic reserve materials, and they have not circulated them.

Now Leighton Harbor and nearby villages and towns are all working in full force, peeling the skin and bones of the carcasses of sea beasts that have been dug up from the magic core for preliminary processing.

The direct income brought by this batch of sea beasts alone is as high as tens of thousands of gold soles, which is tens of thousands more than the tax revenue of Layton Harbor for a whole year, this thrilling sea beast siege not only did not bring destruction, but also created such a great benefit, many high-level people even wondered, is it to take advantage of the fact that the lord of Dalaran, Baron Melinna, did not leave to do such a good thing again?

Speaking of this kingdom hero, the first day mage of the North County, now the whole of Layton Harbor has been respected. In the past, they had only heard rumors from other places such as the royal capital, but now they have seen the miracles created by others, and these people are deeply impressed.

The most admired thing in this world is to worship heroes and strong people, and after Donald flew back from the sky, he received countless reverent eyes along the way.

For a while, the power of faith gathered around his body increased rapidly, and if anyone could see the power of faith, they would find that a holy light and shadow had condensed behind Donald at this time, reflecting him like a god.

After returning to Layton Harbor, Donald first spoke with Jesse and Augusta, and then went directly to the largest local lord, Earl Layton, to talk to him alone.

"What, Your Excellency, you took down the Fish-Man Islands?"

There were only two people in the reception room, Donald and his master, Earl Layton, who was shocked when he heard what Donald said. His Leighton family has been thinking about the Fish-Man Islands for a long time, and he originally planned to send troops to attack after sorting out the corpses of the sea beasts on the harbor, and eliminate the hidden danger of the Fish-Man Tribe in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect to be preempted by others. This caused the earl to feel a little uncomfortable.

"Your Excellency, do you mean that you are planning to declare this archipelago as your own territory?"

Donald had nothing to hide from his plans, and said directly:

"Yes, after I killed the sea lord of Falling Star Bay, I naturally won't give away the harvest to others, just now there is a sea lord from the north who wants to take the opportunity to fight the autumn wind, and has been expelled by me, and now my subordinate Nozdorm has become the sea lord within a radius of thousands of miles in this place, and those sharp tooth fish people have also been cleaned up by me, and in the future, Lord Earl, you don't have to worry about the ships in Falling Star Bay being threatened from under the water!"

Hearing these words, Earl Layton was shocked and helpless, this baron is really powerful, and his courage is extraordinary, he can conquer the golden dragon, and let him do things for himself willingly, so even if he is a little unwilling to take the interests of the Fish-Man Islands, it is not easy to make any moves to fight. After all, his territory was saved by others, and the fish-man tribe was also defeated by others.

Therefore, the Earl of Leighton only thought about it for a while, and decided not to offend such a strong man in cooperation with His Excellency the Baron.

Donald could naturally guess that the Earl of Layton was a little unwilling, so he said:

"The two directors of my territory should have mentioned to the Earl, the plan, for you and me to establish a trade channel, right?"

The Earl of Layton nodded hurriedly, he was still very interested in the wealth that could be brought by trading with Dalaran. This is a good thing for mutual benefit, and he, the lord of Layton Harbor, naturally will not disagree.

"What I have brought to the Layton family is not only wealth, but also the adventurers and mercenaries of the adventure guild, the equipment and medicines produced by the mages of my territory, and even the Earl can also hire my warriors if necessary, these should be the more needed powers for the Layton family!"

He knew that the Leighton family had occupied the richest commercial city in the kingdom of Leighton Harbor for many years, and that wealth was not what they lacked, but in Donald's opinion, the Leighton family lacked enough power to protect their huge wealth.

If a family has relied on the upper and lower points to maintain a stable position for a long time, and has no strength of its own, then it will easily be crushed by those ambitious opponents.

The Leighton family naturally knew the situation they were facing, but they were born in a merchant family and they didn't have a strong professional inheritance, and the children of the previous generations of families rarely had the qualifications to become strong, and most of the martial arts and spell books that could be bought with money were naturally big road goods, and basically they couldn't achieve any results in cultivation.

Therefore, as soon as Donald proposed such a disguised military support from the Merliner family, his heart immediately moved.

Now that the upper echelons of the kingdom were discussing the strength of Dalaran's territory, it was hard to imagine how a young man from a down-to-earth aristocratic background could be supported by so many strong people.

Not to mention the mage, a barony can have four silver mages has made the nobles and nobles envious and jealous, it is said that there are many bronze swordsmen in Dalaran, at least two silver swordsmen, and there are birds of prey monsters like griffins, and now there are more amazing powerful dragons, and even this lord has been promoted to mage, plus the mysterious silver mage who came with this time, the remote Dalaran has already produced six silver mages, when will there be another gold archmage, Earl Leighton will not be surprised and surprised。

The Earl of Layton himself had no talent, but the two sons he was fortunate to have were very outstanding, one with a wise mind and was already a relatively well-known young scholar, and the other was physically gifted and was sent to study under a famous martial artist in the royal capital.

But the strength of the family is too thin, and it is even inferior to some small local nobles with family inheritance. The loyalty of the external force is not guaranteed, if he can get the support of the powerful Dalaran, as long as he is given twenty years, I believe that he can cultivate a group of young talents with good strength for the family, and it would be even better if he could produce one or two mages.

However, the Earl of Layton is also a veteran of the mall, and although his heart is moving, he does not show it to let his opponent guess his thoughts, but continues to fight with Donald, hoping to win more benefits.

After some debate, the conditions for the alliance between the two companies were tentatively set.

First of all, the sales of the four major commodities of the Dalaran side in the East County must be entrusted to the Leighton family, and of course, the distribution of interests with other forces in Leighton Harbor will also be settled by the Leighton family itself.

Secondly, to establish a branch of the Dalaran Adventurer's Guild in Leighton Harbor, at least one silver powerhouse must come to take charge, and at the same time, if the Leighton family needs it, they can call on part of the armed forces under Dalaran, and in times of crisis, Dalaran is obliged to come to support.

In return, the Leighton family must fully support Donald in his acquisition of the Fish-Man Islands, renamed Emerald Dreams, as well as all future business activities in Leighton Harbor and East Shire.

Because it was an alliance between the two families, only the two heads of the family secretly signed an agreement, and no other nobles or the temple were invited to be witnesses.

In addition, Earl Layton also had a sī request, that is, he wanted Donald to give him a baby dragon, and he was willing to exchange it for anything that Donald fancied.

This was for Layton's youngest son, and if he asked a mage to sign a contract between his son and the young dragon, then his son would be a true dragon knight, even though the dragon was still in its infancy.

Seeing that the Earl of Layton had hit the dragons he was temporarily perched on the walls of Layton Harbor, Donald thought about it, what if he agreed?

Anyway, he also plans to migrate the dragon's nest to the Emerald Dream Islands, where there are plenty of sea beasts for the young dragons to hunt.

However, Donald still explained the situation of the young dragon to Earl Layton, lest he hope too much and end up disappointed.

"Even if these young dragons devour enough demonic beast flesh and demon cores, they can shorten most of their growth time, but it will take at least ten years to grow into a bronze dragon, and it will probably cost no less than 100,000 gold soles to cultivate a young dragon, let alone an adult dragon!"

But when Earl Layton heard this, he only laughed, and he didn't care at all.

It's only more than ten years, if fifty years can cultivate a dragon knight, then it is estimated that those big families will definitely spend their blood, not to mention that now that the dragon is easy to come, he can live to see the family grow!