Chapter III: Subjects

Raja fell to the ground, trying to make himself look humble, though he felt that it was impossible for him to show even a modicum of courage in this situation.

At least being humble can bring him more security than being brave.

"Damn the Snow Fox Tribe...... Curse that sooner or later, you will be like us one day, and you will be chased to the point that you are not even as good as dogs!"

While secretly cursing the culprit of this situation in his heart, Raja reluctantly raised his head and shouted: "Great, noble and wise lord, give us a way to live!"

As the words fell, the twenty or so goblins behind him, who were also lying on the ground, couldn't help but become more humble.

Above the goblins, a black figure hovered farther in the sky like lightning, and then returned to the high platform in front of the goblins like a thunderbolt.

"Your lord, your posture is incomparably strong and graceful! Your strength penetrates into our souls like the sun and the moon!"

Raja offered a flattering smile and praise at the right time—he certainly didn't mean that, but as the leader of a goblin, he couldn't afford to be at all at all at all.

Standing in front of them was a black dragon, and as the dragon folded its wings, it was as if carved by the gods themselves.

The dragon looked to have transitioned towards adolescence, and he was at least ten meters long, probably with a wingspan above it. The tail accounts for nearly forty percent of the length of the body, and the end of the tail is a sharp blade that flashes with a cold and cold light, so that those who witness it have no doubt about its lethality.

He has a sturdy metal scale armor that is so black that it is opaque, and an erect almond-shaped pupil that is also dark, but unlike ordinary black dragons, his every move and the random flow of his eyes are sparkling with golden light, which is particularly mysterious and beautiful.

At this moment, the dragon's deep eyes reflected the expressions of the goblins in horror or expectation, the white bone spurs extending from the two ends of the diamond-shaped skull were still immature, the limbs were slender and strong, a golden peculiar pendant hung in front of the chest, and the white lower abdomen was soft but tough, without a trace of bloated.

In the sunlight, gold and black intertwined, making him like a god.

Silently envious of this powerful race, Raja lowered his head again.

"Looks like there's a new batch of guests in my territory. ”

Iroh observed the group of bewildered goblins with great interest, they were probably the first time they had seen the dragons, even if they were in their infancy, and the effect of the dragons was still weak, but it was enough to deter them.

"Tell me about your intentions, I don't think you have any plans to slay dragons, right?"

Raja was frightened by this sentence, and although he didn't listen to the dragon's tone seriously, who knew what the dragon thought? besides, this dragon seemed to belong to the colored dragon of the evil camp, in case he had a whim to use his own people as rations......

"No, no, no, powerful lord, your strength is obvious to all, and you are as humble and weak as us, how can you make up your mind!"

After a little deliberation, Raja then said in a sad tone, "Actually, we are planning to ask for the protection of your lord...... The shameless and cunning Snow Fox tribe has wiped out our tribe, and we are the only survivors. We don't want much, as long as we can be in the valley—"

"The price. ”

Iroh didn't have much patience to listen to Raja's story, and he threw out his meaning bluntly: "What can you give me as a condition for sheltering you?"

In fact, the inheritance memory has made Arlo understand what happened to Raja, and he also knows what kind of benefits he can use to plan for himself.

The goblin clan can be said to be the most humble intelligent race in the world of Elohim, they do not have their own country, although there are some very strong large goblin tribes that rely on their unique mechanical technology to dominate the side, there are also some rich goblin merchants, and even in some countries, goblins can climb to the position of nobility.

However, the status of the vast majority of goblins is extremely low, some of them live a low-level life in the city, some of them become unscrupulous merchants, and some of them are attached to other humanoid communities like Raja and live a precarious life.

Raja and his people had previously been subservient to a small tribe of orcs, serving as cannon fodder in wartime and cheap coolies in peacetime.

Last month, the orc tribe had been destroyed by its feud, and the goblins had fled in several directions—something that happened almost every day in the world—and the Raja were lucky enough not to encounter their pursuers along the way, leaving only two of them behind when they reached the Ikut Valley.

Originally, if Iroh wasn't there, they would have been able to settle down in this valley, and maybe after a while they could develop into a new tribe. Unfortunately, when they entered the valley, they found that Iroh had claimed ownership of the valley first.

"Honorable lord, we will serve you and be your faithful servants!"

Apparently Raja immediately understood what Iroh meant, and he hurriedly replied, fearing that he would be too late to change the dragon's mind.

It's not that Raja doesn't want to find another way out, but he doesn't know if Iroh will be kind enough to let them go, knowing that the dragon's territorial awareness is very strong, even if it is a metal dragon from the good camp. And even if he left the valley, where would his people go?

After nearly a month's long journey, which had consumed almost everyone's physical strength, Raja understood that it was already their limit to reach the Ikot Valley, and they had to settle down as soon as possible.

And......

The dragon in front of him is definitely the evil camp! I'm afraid that as long as he doesn't collectively "sign a deed of sale" and take the initiative to become the dragon's private property, the next moment the dragon will have to eat.

We can only hope that this dragon will not be oversqueezed......

"And not only that," said Iroh's voice low and graceful, not recognizable in his mood, "worship me as a god, live for me, and die for me—if necessary. In exchange, the southern part of this valley, the land that you can see, is the land that you have the right to use. ”

"Yes, yes...... Your generosity and forgiveness, my lord, is greater than the light of the sun!"

Raja hurriedly kowtowed a few more times, and the goblins behind him did the same. Anyway, after all, I still want to be a slave, and I'm used to it for a long time. Besides, the area of this valley is not small, and if you really want to pocket all the land in the south, you will definitely be able to revive the tribe.

And this strong adaptability is one of the reasons why the goblin clan can always have a place in a world where hundreds of races stand side by side.

"Good. Iroh found himself enjoying the compliment, and he was already thinking about whether to find someone to compliment him in the future.

- Of course, we can't forget the main thing, Iroh has decided to "sow" these goblins as "seeds" to gain faith points, so naturally he can't exploit them too much.

"These are my gifts to you, receive them. ”

With that, Iroh put away Long Wei and exchanged the last ten faith points for enough coarse bread for these goblins to eat for three days, signaling that they could get up.

Among the goods provided by the Faith Exchange Contract, only the food in the material category is the most affordable, and five faith points can be exchanged for a rather sumptuous meal.

And if you change it to such a food that can only fill the stomach, the quantity will be even more.

A glimmer of light flashed, and the dragon did not move, and a mountain of black bread appeared beside him. This magical scene was naturally regarded as magic by the goblins, and of course the considerable food attracted them even more.

"Your lordship, you are so merciful......" Raja wiped the corners of his eyes, and even he couldn't tell whether he was now genuinely complimenting or flattering against his will.

Because things turned out so much better than the worst expected, he was even prepared to sacrifice a few of his clansmen to put the dragon at the bottom. Unexpectedly, not only did I get a lot of land, but even the most scarce food problem was alleviated a lot.

And he also noticed that the dragon had actually been speaking in the goblin language all along! Knowing that as a synonym for weakness, goblins rarely even knew their language, and Iroh's approach made him suddenly feel valued.

"Wait, what's that?"

"Oh my God, there's another dragon!"

Before the bread could be reached, suddenly there were several exclamations from among the goblins, and Raja was startled and hurriedly looked up. It seems that fate really wants to tease them all the time today, only to see that in the sky in the north, two pitch-black figures are rapidly approaching, and they are two black dragons!

Thankfully, the new dragons aren't very large, and they all seem to be young dragons - at least they don't have to worry about losing their lives in a battle for territory.

Raja secretly pinched a handful of sweat, there were too many stimuli encountered today, and I really don't know if I can stand it if I can continue like this......

"Oh, Ves, Hilcut, it's a pleasure to see you. ”

Iroh was not surprised by this in the slightest, and greeted him in dragon language. His perception surpassed that of young dragons of the same age, and he had already noticed that two little black dragons were approaching.

Shilkat is Ves's younger brother and is also of mixed black and red blood, but he is clearly more inclined to the red dragon than his brother, who inherited more of the black dragon blood, not only is he a little larger than Vess, but he also has a more aggressive glint in his eyes.

Apparently he was only a young dragon, but when he looked at the goblin, his eyes made no secret that he was looking at real food.

The goblins closest to Hillcat gasped and subconsciously moved a few steps in the direction of Iroh. However, the facts soon proved that they were just thinking too much, and the little black dragon had no desire to eat for the time being.

"Cunning Iroh, you're so despicable, the second Tokamak should be me. Apparently extremely unhappy with his previous pick, Hillcat let out a soft snort.

"My stupid brother," Weiss wagged his tail triumphantly, "who made you not come before?"

"The second is Vess. I hope you will think more about it the next time you make something like that. ”

Iroh's voice was still so calm, and he could see at once that the Black Dragon Brothers had definitely fought because of this kind of thing, and the result seemed to be a dead end - Shilkat was indeed stronger than Vess, but the latter's mind was much better than his, at least for normal young dragons.

In fact, Hirkat is far more arrogant than Vess, after all, the red dragon is the most arrogant existence in the dragon clan. The reason why he didn't ask to be number one was because Iroh had an overwhelming advantage, otherwise he wouldn't have simply come over and complain.

Of course, it was for the same reason that Iroh gave Hillcart an invisible warning.

The Tokamaks had just been born, and their position needed to be strengthened.