Chapter 35: Bragging Day

It was a starry night, and Van Kerr was about to deliver his boastful speech.

After yesterday's elven appetizer, his gluttonous guests gathered in the town square of the Goo people to prepare for the main feast. The dragons rested and conversed, either on the ground or in the dens made of the Minions' houses, for the servants of Wankel provided them with an almost inexhaustible supply of sheep, cows, and boiled demons.

There's no treasure to show - just thinking about that breaks Wink's heart, even though he's dignified enough not to cry - Mu

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The emperor ordered half of his minions to serve food to distract the dragon, and the other half went in search of anything that might be considered treasure.

Luckily, the army of moths left behind gifts after death or retreat, including in the wreckage of the metal birds. Glittering weapons, gleaming armor, and cow money paid to moth minions......

However, the number of swords is surprisingly small. Vai

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Hopefully, this imitation hound will bring at least one of them.

His remaining minions, those who survived the battle, did their best to collect a large pile of treasure next to his statue. It's a good treasure, but it's not quite as good as the perfect, golden miracle he dedicated to the goddess of greed. He can brag, but that doesn't cement his place as the greatest dragon.

Thankfully, he put the crystallized princess on it. They make up for the rest to some extent, and Icefang is furious that his twin princess record has been stolen from the limelight.

"That's all we can find, Your Majesty." The flying minister said as he threw his scythe and all the magic items onto the treasure as a sign of loyalty. The other Minions did the same, returning all their magical items to the Great Treasury as required by the Life Cycle.

"Where's what I lent you?" Winkel asked, and he noticed that several people were missing.

"I, uh." Victor scratched the back of his head. "To be honest, I've kind of lost them."

Van Kerr immediately guessed what was happening. "That fairy thief!" The dragon was enraged. "Not only did she take your life, but she also snatched your body afterwards!"

"No, no, I-"

"Only I can profit from the remains of my minions!" Vai

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Growl. "She robbed you and she robbed me!" I swear by your hair, Manling Victor, that one day I'm going to cook that fairy and eat it!"

"Why did you swear by my head?" Manling Victor complained. "I've already lost it once."

"That's right, because you'll never lose it again." Winkel glanced knowingly at his favorite servant. "This guarantees that my prophecy will come true."

"Today is your bragging day. I'm not questioning your logic. ”

"Yes, that's why it's called logic," Winkel replied.

"Also, the royal entourage of King Roland, Kia and Gardmani has come to pick up Princess Mayville," Manlin Victor explained. "They were a little panicked when they noticed that the dragon was eating and drinking and that the road was full of dead demons, but they calmed down after Charlene told them you killed Moore." Judging by what she told me, the king was not at all surprised. ”

It's clear that Manlin King is a smart guy. "I will deign to treat them as my guests, just in time for my boastful speech," said Winkel magnanimously, his kobold servant bringing him a cart of boiled beef and creamy poison sauce.

Thirty Manlin knights rode towards him, led by Manlin Sharin. This reminded Winkel of the time he ate the Duchess of Yuskal, except that these Manlins seemed to be civilized and would not attack.

"Your Majesty, King Roland Gardmani." One of the knights shouted, a tall, bearded old man on a white horse. The man was shirtless and wore a long mink coat, which Winkel had to admit looked good on his treasure; He wears a diamond crown on his head and a two-handed gold axe on his back. Knight Kia rode her griffon to his right, and some kind of black elf flew with his magic on his left.

Knight Chia glanced dejectedly at the piled up of weapons, destroyed houses, and the smoking wreckage of the Iron Eagle. "I missed the big fight," she said, sounding very disappointed. "I missed that big fight."

"yes, it's much better if you show up." Manlin Victor said, falling awkwardly to the ground. Since his pet was destroyed, he was forced to learn to fly to get around and didn't quite master this great dragon skill.

"Vic?" Kia recognized his chief of staff. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Is there a tail sticking out of your pants?"

"Adolescence." Manlin Victor replied, the dark elves laughed, and the knight Chia giggled. "And, it's now 'What is a paradise of happiness.'"

"It's losing its vitality." The black elf replied.

"My minister has been vanized," Venkel said, sighing as eyes turned to him. Does he have to teach them everything? It is a verb that means to become awe-inspiring. I vanified that village, we vanified the world, this is vanity, this meal is vanity...... It goes well with everything, just like my name. ”

"Will vanity become our Chinese?" Victor asked in his usual strange tone. Now, his master is used to it.

"I'm thinking about it, but the road to civilizing you is long and full of trials," Winkel replied.

King Manling, who had been carefully observing the scene, finally spoke. "Emperor Winkel," he said, the way he looked at Winkel reminded the dragon of a lion looking at his opponent. "I've heard about you for a while now and you didn't let me down. You're exactly what I thought you were. ”

"Yes, standing before you is the most powerful emperor." Winkel asserts his title so that the hierarchy does not annoy him again. “Mu

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of the Emperor, and the Albon Mountains. ”

Roland, king of Manling, replied, "As far as I know, there is also Ishfania." "You did a great job for the Demon King by killing him before he bombed our city. This act of friendship will not go unrewarded. ”

"Fifteen million," Winkel replied, and the Manlin man frowned in confusion. "You don't represent my net worth by bountying me for my head, which I think is an insult. Therefore, I ask you to add it to reflect it. ”

"This is not the number His Majesty gave me yesterday," his minister noted.

"Be quiet, Manlin Victor," Winkel told his chief of staff to be quiet.

"Don't you know?" Roland asked Manling. "I froze your bounty a month ago. I told you not to let the adventurers of Kadmani chase your head. ”

"Ah, but that's free experience and wealth!" Vai

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grumbled.

"Your Majesty, we left our former hideout because they have been harassing us." "And, I'm sure we have a lot of enemies, and they'll want our heads."

Roland, King of Manling, cleared his throat. "The bounty is for the enemy, and I am willing to come as a friend."

"Only Manlin Victor won the title," Winkel harshly criticized the upstart, declaring that he had reclaimed various Manlin.

"Well, as a good neighbor," replied King Roland. "As long as you give my niece back, I won't quarrel with you."

"I, Winkel, am not like you robbers, who do not levy taxes or trespass on the private property of my servants." Winkel replied triumphantly. "After tonight, I will release your princess back into the wild. But you had better promise my favor. ”

"Of course," replied King Roland, proving himself to be a civilized man, unlike the tasteless duchess. "What do you want?" Land, Honor, Title ......"

"No taxes!"

Winkel's roar caused some of the diners to raise their eyes to look at him. "What about no taxes?" King Roland frowned.

"I don't give a penny of the treasure I earn by burning fat!" Vai

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Allege. "I hope all my missions are not robbed!" No guild dues, no taxes, nothing! Too!"

"Deal." The king immediately agreed, as if hoping that if he did not seize this opportunity, the dragon would change his mind. "V&V will forever waive all fees that normally apply to adventure companies."

"But, but......" Manlin Salyn grimaced. How do I maintain a local club?"

"The Kingdom will fund it." King Roland replied contemptuously. "It is vital that we maintain good relations with the new government in Ishfania."

"A new government?" Victor answered the phone.

"Ishfania's army was destroyed, Moore died, and the country was gone. Although it is a demon-infested desert, it has resources. Enough countries, such as the Insein Empire, Bahrain, and even Pryden may try to claim it. I would rather avoid a new century war and fill the vacuum as soon as possible. ”

"But I flattened that moth!" Vai

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protested. "I saved a lot of treasure from him!"

"That's right, so I'm proposing a treaty." The king said. "Gadmani will recognize you as Emperor of Ishfania, making it an official adventurous nation; You can still enjoy all the benefits of the Adventurer's Guild and rule your territory as you wish. In exchange, I ask you to solemnly swear that our two countries will never take up arms against each other and will unite against external threats. Mutual Protection Treaty. ”

"Oh, I'll never lose my Emperor class!" Vai

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Implement. "Brilliant! I accept this respect!"

King Manling nodded solemnly, then turned to his archmage. "Nostradan, a map of the continent, a pen."

The black elf snapped his fingers and conjured the tool, on which King Manlin drew a line. "This is the Albon Mountains. They will serve as a border between your reign and Kathmani. ”

"But these mountains are mine," Wankel insisted. “Mu

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, Ishfa

ia and Albai

Emperor of the Mountains. ”

The king looked up at the dragon, then at the ruins of the Iron Eagle, and finally back at Winkel. "As long as we retain ownership of the power stone mines we have mined."

"I, Vaquil, am too rich for me to devalue myself and take your treasure for myself." The dragon tried to make himself sound generous.

"Then I agree to your request," replied the king, drawing a large tract of land on the map. "It's all yours."

“Vai

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e。 The dragon began to shout out his new title, full of joy. His name is the first, the Great Tribulation of the Times, the Guardian of the Treasure, Mu

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, Ishfa

ia and Albai

Emperor of the Mountains. ”

"Your Majesty." Knight Chia began.

"Really? Winkel and King Roland said in unison. When the knight turned to her Manling companion, the dragon was disappointed.

"I immediately requested a reassignment to the Mu

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Ambassador of the Empire. ”

"What?" For the first time, King Manling was shocked. "Ms. Kia, what does that mean?"

"Kia, what the hell?" The dark elves echoed the king's mood, and the knights present whispered.

"The remnants of Moore's army are still there," Kachin replied. "And Melodiuse escaped trial."

"But Kia ......"

"I missed that big fight!" Knight Kia cut off her allies. "Nope!"

The king looked at her for a moment, then nodded. "Good," he replied. "You are the hero of the Golden Fields. If you believe you can defend Gademani from an invasion, I won't stop you. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The knight nodded, then turned to Winkel. "The premise is that the emperor accepts me."

"I'll have to talk to my chief of staff." Winkel shrunk his head at his favorite servant and whispered to him very, very low, "Manlin Victor?"

"Really? He whispered.

"Did you have a baby?"

The look on his face told him that no, he didn't. The dragon realizes that his desperate minions will never reproduce without help, so the dragon takes the matter for himself.

"I agree, Kia Knight." Winkel exclaimed. "Because the capital of my empire is being renovated, you should stay in a room at Manling Victor's residence. Therefore, our chiefs of staff will practice intimate minion diplomacy, Manlin Rowland. ”

"Yes!" Knight Kia waved his fist. "Thank you, I won't let you down."

"I think we're done." King Roland turned to his elven wizard and said. "Can you get my niece out of prison?"

"The caster is of a higher level than me, but with my artifact and optimized special skills, it's nothing, Your Majesty."

"When the celebration is over, you should release my princesses," Winkel said, before reaching for the buffet. "Now, eat! My servants will let you get your share of the sheep!"

"Glad to serve, Emperor Wankel," said Roland, King of Manling, as he dismounted with his retinue and led them to dinner.

Await.

If Van Kelle waited until that bull wizard had lifted Manling Victor's [deathphobia] status, then treating Jules with a corpse or a delicious Malfi would have brought him back to life at a cheaper price.

The uneducated king lost his money due to being late!

For the sake of his audience, Van Kerr tried his best to keep a straight face, but he was furious inside.

"Did you just match me and Kia?" When the guests were gone, Victor asked Winkel that he didn't know that the host had been greatly hurt.

"It's a long tradition of dragons to raise Minions," Winkel replied, hoping that the descendants of Manling Victor would inherit his wings and tail. "If he had come sooner, I would have been able to say that your robber king was half civilized."

"He's looking for us a little bit less," said the always pessimistic Manlin Victor

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said. "He puts the onus on you to clean up the demon-infested country, gains an ally of a dragon, and retains all the benefits of the Albon Mountains without having to free up an army to protect them from the Moores. Moreover, I trust Charlene to take care of us for him, even if she didn't before. ”

"But don't tax anymore," Winkel pointed out the really important issues.

"But there are no more taxes," Manlin Victor replied with a sigh.

Either way, it's time.

Winkel glanced at his guests and retinue, and seeing that they were all present, let out a loud roar. All eyes turned to him, and the dragon cleared its throat. The always loyal Manlin Victor nodded in support of his master.

"Brothers and sisters, servants and servants," Winkel began. "It is with great pride that I have brought you together to appreciate the riches of my realm, my innumerable riches, and my three, yes, three princesses."

"The princesses didn't dance." Bingfang replied immediately. "Six out of ten!"

"I said eight," Ge

Ialissime retorted. "Because Winkel has two spare, it's bragging."

"The three princesses amplified their princess temperament in one place." The Black Goblin Blighted Swamp agreed in a scientific tone. "And, Vai

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The fact that three were caught from different species proved my theory that princesses were a contagious disease. ”

"But they're not triplets!" Icefa

g nitpicking. "Food is the only thing to boast about!" Look at his little savings!"

Winkel ignored his opponent, although he noticed that the dragon was not very interested in his treasure.

There is nothing here.

"Of course, you must have heard that I have collected more golden treasures," Winkel continued, waving his hand at Manlin Victor. "I sacrificed all this to resurrect my most precious treasure, my cherished one, the Dragonified Chief of Staff."

The dragon whispered between them, and Victor knelt gratefully. "The best dragon!" The Minions cheered. "The best dragon!"

Van Kelle was pleased, but he looked at them and stopped them from talking. He waited for the audience to quiet down, then spoke out loud again.

"The rumors are true."

When in doubt, be a little better.

"Yes, you heard it right!" I, Van Kle, have accumulated so much money that I can afford to spend it!"

As he turned this catastrophe into victory, his radical proclamation drew a gasp from the audience.

"That's how rich I am!" Winkel kept boasting. "I'm rich, I can save a Minion for 12 million gold coins!"

"Heresy!" Bingfeng screamed, and the other guests were speechless when they heard his brazen words. "The dragon won't spend all his savings!"

"This is the reaction of a poor dragon!" Van Kerr retorted that his opponent was furious at the insult. "A really rich dragon should be rich, and twelve million dollars are not worth one money!"

"And what about the rest?" One of the dragon guests asked.

"Look around you!" Winkel held out a hand to his wondrous land. "This is my treasure!" I, Venquier, have built an empire based on the principles of enlightened dragons! In this country, my servants will never leave me, even if I die, and in this country, demons can exchange souls without paying taxes to people! An empire where greed is law!"

"You use a lot of undead labor?" Knight Chia blinked, noticing Malfoy's face flushed. "You swap souls for demons?!"

"No...... It's not as bad as you think......" Manlin Victor winced, and Knight Kia gritted his chin.

Winkel ignored them and showed the audience the iron plate around his neck. "I've become an adventurer!" The fragile Manlin people are afraid of trolls and fairies, and they gave me gold as a tribute to protect their treasure!"

"Vajkel, you're a banker?" ge

Al was stunned. "But that's the work of a minion!"

"I'm not a banker," Winkel replied. "I am the keeper of the storage!" In all the reserves! I killed the terrible Furiben in the first Battle of the Tent Khan, and the Moth King in the second war! I've discovered the ancient dragon lineage and gained the power to protect the dragon's way of life from those people turning it into lead!"

"Ridiculous!" Bingfang rolled her eyes. "A 'system' that gives you power and money? If you have easy access to it, why can't I? Because it doesn't exist, I can prove it now!"

"No, no!" Manlin Nostreim begins to panic, and Winkel worries if a new moth will come to ruin his moment again. "The only requirement to get to the first level is to know the system and meet the initial criteria for a beginner course! They didn't-"

"Vajkir, if this 'system' exists, then let it appear in front of me right away!"

Ice Fang stopped growling and seemed to glance at the unseen words in front of him.

Seeing his reaction, everyone fell silent, and Winkel smirked triumphantly.

"I ...... I saw a message ...... "The frost dragon narrowed his eyes. "Congratulations! Through your resentment and the dragon's ego, you earn a rank in "Noble". "Aristocrats? I am the king!"

"Oh? So, if I say I can be a wizard, can I be?" ge

Alissime blinked, apparently receiving a message from himself. He pointed to a house with one paw and opened a latch that surprised everyone.

"This works." Ge

ialissime rejoices. "It worked!"

"Me too! A red dragon said loudly, unleashing a faint spell with a single word. "I'm a wizard!"

"Oh, that's so much fun!" Another guest said that the skin of the non-dragon guest turned white due to Vai

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Incomprehensible. "I need to improve my cooking skills, so I want to be a chef!"

"Does it make me a better Minion manager?" Julie asked. "Mine keeps running!"

"Sage." Blighted Swamp said to one of her dragonmen. "You can be a princess!" Dragon Princess!"

"Princess! The daughter replied.

Almost immediately, Vai

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of guests began to play the game and began to claim to be wizards, knights, and nobles. Only that idiot withered swamp failed to replicate the true princess temperament, which was even beyond the capabilities of the system.

"This ...... It's all true!" Ice Fang's eyes widened, and he turned to Roland. "The King of the Opening!"

"Really?" King Kadmani watched the show more stoically than his fearsome kind.

"Give me a plate!" Ice Fang commanded arrogantly. "It is a great honor for you that a talented dragon like me is willing to grant your request, but for the sake of your gold and silver, I will gladly do so!"

"Silver!" Vai

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Giggled.

"The silver is shiny enough for storage!" Bingfang replied angrily, and then brazenly stole the opponent's mantra. "I'm a dragon, now I'm an adventurer!"

"Me too!" Julie added: "I want to go on an adventure and find a servant I can love like my uncle!"

One dragon said, "I don't know if the Manlin people can pay me not to attack them." "In this way, I don't get what I get. Passive income!"

"Oh, great idea, but I love being rewarded for eating better!"

King Manlin said nothing, and his retinue turned pale and panicked. Instead, he turned directly to Manlin Charlene. "You have."

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

"You take care of the matter," the king ordered. "Do as Long says. If they want to create their own adventurous company with the support of Gardmani, the guild will satisfy them. There are enough of us in this world who want to be Maurice and the unclaimed prize; Dragons who are willing to take care of them are welcome, as long as they don't eat quest givers. ”

Seeing Manlin Charlene's cold face, Victor's friend burst out laughing, hugged his chest, and rolled on the ground.

"Really, Manling Victor!" Winkel was just as happy as his chief of staff, as the banquet was drowned out by buzzing heated discussions. "It's like G

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Ake invented the princess hunt, I, Vai

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, inspiring a new era of dragon adventure!"

He will boast of his vision until the end of the world!

"We're finished," replied Manlin Victor, laughing with tears in his eyes. "It was destined to become art!"