Chapter 7 Moon Sugar Is Not Sugar
Opani, the month closest to the world, is also the hottest month in the desert. But in such weather, there are still people who have goosebumps, and this is obviously not because of the cold.
It's because of fear.
Santos Ben Dzosse swore that he was a good warrior when he was young, even a strong martial artist, and that he was brave enough to travel north and south for so many years. But in today's situation, martial arts and courage have no way to calm their hearts.
Under the close gaze of a dragon, fear cannot be contained, it only spreads. In fact, the blue dragon didn't make any other moves, just the rapid flow of his breath that suppressed the fat Santos to the ground.
Looking at the hideous dragon head that was comparable to its own size, and smelling the air with the smell of some ionized grass, all the thoughts and ideas of ordinary businessmen lit up like the golden silk smoke they often enjoyed, and they drifted away like smoke.
The blue dragon, who originally wanted to clear the scene through the lightning net, saw a person in the crowd coming out of the aura generated by the magic item. The Great Merchant has a lot of life-saving equipment, and in addition to the Protective Arrow Ring, the Boots of Swiftness, and even a Talisman that resists elemental damage.
It was this amulet that helped Santos withstand the deadly lightning net, and only suffered some flesh damage.
"Rich people, but why do you come to the Dragon's Lair Territory, aren't their trade routes far away from the Dragon's Lair?" Quis, who was in charge of patrolling the territory, naturally knew that this land was synonymous with forbidden land for ordinary business travelers. Anyone with common sense knows that dragons have a paranoid love for wealth, and the caravans that walk through this land are undoubtedly like camels that send themselves to the mouth of a sand hyena.
But the need to do is still to be done.
Just as Quest was about to use his claws to send the merchant into an undecided battle with the previous lizardmen raiders, the fat merchant suddenly held up a palm-sized badge.
"This area is the land of the Blue Dragon Lord, and this Blue Dragon must also belong to his jurisdiction!"
For ordinary business travelers, the Dragon's Lair Territory is naturally an absolute forbidden land. However, as one of the most successful merchants, Santos's "Sand Rhino Caravan" had ventured into business with the Dragon's Lair, and the dragons had a need to trade goods.
The expensive spices of human society, the tapestries that decorate the lair, the papyrus scrolls that transcribe the text, and even the iron tools and weapons needed by the dragon's dependents, all of which were brought by foreign caravans, but the dragons rarely used money to settle the bill.
But if the goods are properly matched, they are valuable and not so expensive, and they can still be exchanged for something from this powerful group. For example, the sand mixed with dragon blood in the fight between young dragons, the dragon scales and dragon teeth replaced by the dragons, the fur and bone remains of some alien monsters in the desert, and even the goods left behind by some dragons after robbing other caravans...... As long as you can exchange these things and sell them again, there will be a lot of profit from this trip.
These caravans that have been approved by the Dragon's Lair will be awarded a badge by Salotta.
The Emblem is a contract magic item made from broken and detached scales. In exchange, the holder of the badge will not be attacked for no reason in the territory of the dragon's lair, and the holder of the badge will be protected by the legendary dragon when transporting supplies to the dragon's nest, and the family members and various dependents in his territory will also provide some convenience.
"I am a merchant who serves the Great Thunder Lord, owner of the Dragon's Lair, and legendary dragon Sallota, and I am protected by the Blue Dragon Clan in this land!"
Santos shouted a long sentence in one breath, holding the badge high above his head with both hands. It was as if he had exhausted his courage with a single sentence, and he did not dare to raise his head to look directly at the terrifying blue dragon Quis Fetan.
"This is not easy, this merchant has the old man's token badge," the tip of the blue dragon's claws paused before piercing deep into the merchant's flesh, only scratching a little of his oily skin.
Killing Santos will trigger the mark magic left by Salotta, which will let the legendary dragon know about it, and when the time comes, he will cover up the discovery even more.
"But you can't just let this person go, after all, this place is too close to the place to be explored," the thinking young blue dragon unconsciously swung his tail to stir up a large cloud of sand, scattering the merchant, but he didn't dare to move, for fear of angering the giant beast in front of him.
"Mortal, you and your buddies have interrupted Quis's daily work. The blue dragon said a little crampedly,
"Lord Thunder's noble nobleman, I am not a companion to the greedy and ignorant lizardmen raiders. In fact, they were the ones who ransacked my caravan, and it took half an hourglass to walk northeast, about two Apal, to find the caravan of loyal and poor merchants who had been slaughtered......" Santos struggled to squeeze out his tears, grabbed the ground with his head, and swore to heaven that he was not with the lizardmen, but only poor merchants who had been sacked.
"Those lizardmen have been chasing for so long and still haven't given up, it can only mean that this merchant has what they need, or is he carrying a treasure?"
The fat merchant did have a few enchanted items on him, boots, a ring on his hand, an elemental resistance charm around his neck, and the badge that Salotta had given him, but the magical aura of these enchanted items had dimmed.
Finally, the blue dragon's gaze focused on the scroll hanging from the merchant's girdle, which the merchant had deliberately hidden behind his back. It's a pity that the arcane vision of the blue dragon is a vision that is viewed from an incredible all-round angle, and he doesn't need to go behind the merchant to observe.
A smile appeared on the corner of Quest's mouth, but in Santos's eyes, the blue dragon's expression was even more hideous.
Flailing his wings vigorously, the wind pressure lifted the merchant off his heels, and the blue dragon reached out its claws and tore Santos's girdle rope and snatched the scroll barrel over.
"Mortal, what you try to deceive and conceal, you must know me!" Dragons are composed of short, monosyllabic words, only distinguishing specific words from sound frequencies, dragons will have this "accent" when speaking other racial languages, and it sounds like a loud roar.
"It's over, the last thing I can turn over this time is gone," said the merchant, as he lifted his trousers without a corset, and sat on the sand crying. "If you want to find a way, you can only hope that you can save your life now. ”
The blue dragon checked the scroll, fearing that there would be traps such as explosive runes and acid runes, he changed to another arcane vision, the True Vision, and then used the low-level spell of the mage's hand to open the scroll
[Item Name]: Moon Candy Synthesis Scroll
[Instructions for use]: This is a crafting scroll of the new contraband "Moon Candy", which flows from the chaotic city of Sinners Coptic, and can be used to synthesize the depraved alchemical potion Skuma into an even more depraved new potion "Moon Candy". The potion had a beautiful silver-white color like moonlight, but it was a product of hell. That's literally. This magic scroll has the flavor of Bato's hell and the skills of the Batzu clan......