ACT038: The dragon who collects protection money

In the evening, the men of the village who had gone out to sea finally returned, but the number was slightly different from what had been guessed, only less than 60 people, and not even a "half" of the old men. When Weiss asked, he found out that there were people in the village who couldn't bear the loneliness and chose to leave to wander outside, and no one was willing to come back so far.

In this way, the passengers of the Laurel stayed in the village with peace of mind, and the men who returned with a full load did not hesitate to take out the fresh fish they had just caught to feast on these distinguished guests from afar, and even held a lively bonfire party after nightfall. That simple enthusiasm moved these "modern people" who lived in the midst of deceit and almost wanted to cry.

"Wright, this must be the legendary Peach Spring, right?" Ling Lan sighed.

"Maybe!"

Weiss, who was obviously absent-minded, casually agreed, admitting that the people and environment here are indeed very good, but he is only 16 years old this year, and he doesn't want to rush to find a place to retire so early. Weiss's attention was now focused on Lena, who was not far away and looked well-behaved and shy, who had been sitting there honestly with her knees folded since the beginning of the party, and had rejected several men who had come up to invite her to dance.

"Lena, Lena...... Why do you always feel like you've heard this name somewhere?" Weiss, who looked meditative and meditative, muttered to himself, seeing him like this, Adele raised her forehead a little helplessly.

"Weiss, I think more and more that you just want to soak that big-breasted girl?"

"Trust me, Adele! If I really wanted to soak her, I wouldn't use such a lame excuse. In addition, I really have an impression of this name, I have definitely heard it somewhere before, but I just can't remember it for a while. ”

"There are a lot of people named Lena, are you sure she's the same person as the one you remember?"

"Then I don't know. Weiss shrugged his shoulders and continued to observe Lena's movements.

The bonfire party lasted until late at night, when everyone went back to their respective families to sleep, and the captain arranged for some sailors to be on duty because he was still wary.

When the rising sun shines through the cracks in the bamboo wall the next morning, Weiss's "biological clock" wakes him up on time. At that time, he was known as a "part-time soldier", and when he was the craziest, he used to work part-time 11 part-time jobs at the same time, it can be said that in addition to being a "duck" and selling ass, he has done almost all kinds of part-time jobs, and Ling Lan and Adele, who sleep in the next bed, also have a good schedule, and none of the three have the habit of "sleeping lazy"!

"Ha~~!I want to pee ......"

patted his sleepy-eyed face, and wanted to "release the water" Weiss got up and went out to go to the toilet, but after looking for a long time, he was stunned and didn't see a hut with a "pit", and he was embarrassed directly under someone's house, so he had to cover his lower abdomen and run out of the village. However, when he ran outside the village, he was surprised to find the village chief Wu Ke and some villagers standing on the side of the mountain road, as if waiting for someone to arrive, and the bamboo basket next to him was full of fish.

"There are fishmongers in this place to collect the goods?"

Obviously, in such a remote area, no matter how delicious the fish they caught, there would be no fishmongers to collect it. Walking on mountain roads with mules and horses, keeping fresh and preservings is a problem, and using airships to transport them by air, the high freight costs can't afford to hurt, so in this case, Weiss can't help but become interested in the recipients of these fish.

After a little detour to find a place to drain the water, Weiss, dressed in a relaxed body, ran back and hid in the shadows to spy on this strange deal. After a while, some figures of people walking upright appeared on the misty mountain road, and when these figures approached and saw Weston's true face, they were taken aback.

"Lizardmen?"

In this world, in addition to the six known high-level intelligent races, there are also several "primitive intelligent races" in the enlightenment stage, some of them choose to submit to the elves or dwarves to become vassals and learn the knowledge of civilized society, while others are ostracized because they pose a threat to other races, including the lizardmen who have the habit of "cannibalism".

This race is inherently unproductive, living entirely on robbing houses, and every tribe of lizardmen is a mobile bandit group. Ironically, lizardfolk often refer to themselves as "predators", believing that their race is superior to "human", and as a result, they are no different from cockroaches and rats in the eyes of other intelligent races, and killing lizardfolk can even be rewarded.

It's hard to imagine that these simple and kind fishermen in the local area would have dealings with those filthy creatures, but after careful observation for a while, Weiss found that the two sides did not look like they were making a deal, but rather like villagers "making offerings". When the lizardmen arrived, they took a few baskets of fish and turned to leave, as if they were right, while the villagers kept smiling and even waved as they left.

If it weren't for the lack of weapons at hand, and there seemed to be some doubts about this matter, Weiss would have made a move a long time ago. With his intuition, he found that those villagers did not seem to be coerced, but somewhat voluntarily, and he had never heard that those lizards that often eat people would charge "protection money" for humans, but considering that the other party is also an intelligent creature, it is not ruled out that there is a possibility of "self-taught".

Quietly returning to his residence, Weiss told Ling Lan and Adele what he had just seen, and both of them felt incredible. Although Ling Lan's hometown of Donglinzhou did not have a creature like a lizardman, there was a pig-headed monster that was not much different from that thing, so even she, like "Master Yuanfang", felt that there must be something strange about this matter.

"Wright, do you think it's possible that those lizardmen learned well?"

"From robbery to blackmail, are you sure this is called learning!?"

"How about asking the person directly? It's not as easy as getting straight to the point. ”

"What if they have something shady to do with the lizardmen?"

"Then beat them all up. Adele said with a smile.

Weiss thought for a while, accepted Adele's suggestion, and went directly to talk to the village chief Wu Ke, if the other party was really threatened by those lizardmen, then Weiss and they would be happy to help solve these troubles. However, when they asked Wu Ke to understand the situation, the other party said something that surprised them even more.

"Those fish, they say, they're all drops for the dragon lord!"

"Dragon!?" x3

As soon as they heard the word "dragon", Weiss and his friends were stunned on the spot. What is a dragon? It is the strongest individual creature in the world, and there is no one! Except for the gods who are not among the "mortal creatures", even the angels and demons who serve them are no match for the giant lizards.

These dimensional travelers who are said to have come from other worlds are not creations that belong to this world, and they are all outrageously strong, even if they are the highest level of "military-level" masters as chess piece owners, one-on-one, they are powerless in front of them, so the gods explicitly forbade these "bug" guys to participate in the creation of the king chess game.

It is worth mentioning that it is said that there was really a giant dragon who successfully took advantage of the rules of the game and ran in to open a matchless dish. A female knight with the surname "knight" used the method of "can't say clearly" to successfully make a male dragon willing to be her "mount", and the dragon "rider" combination brought countless victories to her team for a while, until the gods directly deprived the person of the ability to pawn because they couldn't see it.

At first, Weiss thought it was a small problem for a few lizardmen, as long as they made a move, they would settle it all out of ten, but now that such a dragon suddenly appeared, this matter was not as simple as "the pressure is great".

"Uncle, are you sure you're not joking?"

"I'm so old, can I still make up nonsense to deceive you a few dolls!?"

“...... Can you tell me what the hell is going on with the dragons? and the lizardmen are gods?" Weis, who felt that there should be a huge amount of information in it, craned his chin and waited for the other party's answer.

The appearance of the dragon began more than 100 years ago, when there were less than 200 people in the village of Dadio, and a huge devil ray was swimming in the sea near their village, and the villagers did not dare to go out to sea to fish, and even approached the beach in fear. But just as they were considering whether or not to retreat to the mountains, the arrival of the dragon changed the situation.

Unlike some adventure novels that deliberately touch the image of a black dragon for the sake of attracting attention, these behemoths, although they look a little vicious, are unquestionable as high-level intelligent beings who can travel through dimensions. Although he occasionally does some maddening pranks, he rarely shows obvious malice towards other races.

After this unknown dragon moved over, the villagers were really scared for a while, there was a sea monster in front and a dragon in the back, and it seemed that the bad luck of destroying the village was just around the corner. But soon the dragon in human form took the initiative to "visit the door", although the other party exudes a palpitating majesty (dragon power), but the attitude is very approachable. When he learned that a devil ray was threatening the villagers, he directly drove away the sea monster so that they could continue to fish.

"Listen to what you say, that dragon seems to be in good shape!"

He also gave us a few miles of fruit tree seeds. It's a pity! Such a good dragon master, his daughter-in-law has gone there in 30 years!" Wu Ke, who was smoking a cigarette, suddenly sighed.

"Uh...... You mean, there were two dragons living here, and they were husband and wife?" said Wess in amazement again.

"It's not what I thought, the dragon lord and his daughter-in-law are not dragons, just like the girl next to you, she is an elf with sharp ears!"

It turns out that this "dragon master" is not a single person, and he is accompanied by a very beautiful elf girl. When the other party came to visit for the first time, the two sides "attended together", and after that, they often came to the village to play.

Wu Ke had seen each other in person when he was very young, but the villagers had not seen each other until 30 years ago, when the elf last appeared, and the dragon screams that came from time to time in the mountains during that time made them guess that the lovely elf lady was ...... Probably deceased.

Since then, the dragon's surname has changed dramatically, and one day he suddenly sent a group of lizardmen he had never seen before to collect a "conservation fee" from the villagers, asking them to hand over 300 kilograms of fresh fish every week. The simple villagers thought that they had been cared for by the dragon master for nearly 80 years, and they should make a little return within their ability, so they agreed gratefully.

And this "protection fee" ...... One hand is 28 years!

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