Alien world

Chapter 1348 Chapter 270. The Secret of the Rat Elder
Don't underestimate a dragon's keen eye for treasure. There's no point in playing dumb in front of Ilimayas.

Annan had no choice but to tell the truth: "The reason why the rat people refused to leave is because they discovered the gold mine. They want me to join the alliance and fight against Lord Raymond together with them."

"It occurred to me that your tribe was looking for a new habitat. Isn't the gold-rich land of Broken Mountains a perfect dragon lair?"

"The rat people were reluctant at first, thinking that you would share the profits. But I told them that the benefits brought by the blue dragon far outweighed those profits, so they agreed to let me come to you."

Elimoas's answer was just as Annan had imagined: "The ratmen don't deserve the treasure. We can kill them."

Annan was even a little touched - Elimoyas actually brought him along!
What's the proverb in the Warlock's Codex? If you love a dragon, give it countless treasures. If you hate a dragon, give it countless treasures.

No, not this one… it’s “If a dragon is willing to share its treasure with you, it means you are something as valuable as the treasure in its life.”

As for the gold mine belonging to the rat people...that doesn't matter.

From the moment a dragon discovered a gold mine, it became "How dare you mine in my gold mine!"

"No, the ratmen are also an important part. They are like a shield here, helping you to block the Macken rats in the north. If they attack here, where can you migrate to?"

"We're not going anywhere."

Elimoas's words were extremely cruel, but Annan could see clearly that she was reluctant to give up the gold mine here.

He smiled gently, "So give one to Stuhn the Ratman."

Elimoas was persuaded by Annan.

It’s a pity that her thoughts do not represent the thoughts of the Blue Dragon Clan. If she rashly sends the message to the Blue Dragon Clan, not to mention the ratmen, she might not even be able to keep Annan’s own share.

Annan felt a headache when he thought about the fact that he still had to convince Ilimayas's parents, her parents' parents, and the chief of the blue dragon tribe.

But then he thought again, when Lord Raymond thought he had won, he came in front of him and said, "You thought you won?" Hundreds of giant dragons suddenly appeared from behind...

Annan was full of energy.

Leading Ilimayas back to the ratman elder, Annan asked it to take him to the gold mine.

"Do you think I would lie to you?" The rat elder's cold voice was full of dissatisfaction.

"I believe in you, but you have to make the dragon clan believe in you as well." Annan expressed his understanding. He would be even more embarrassed if two-thirds of the treasure he had worked so hard to find were to be taken away.

Let Little Smo and Captain Ryan follow the captives to the territory first, while Annan and Elimoas follow the ratmen into the mountains and go down through the winding caves.

As the surrounding temperature gradually changed from cold to constant and then to warm, the "ding-dong" sound of ratmen mining could be faintly heard in the front.

Elimoas began to look around instead of walking forward indifferently. When Annan asked her what she was looking at, she said that her talent could sense the gold mine nearby.

The black mole was still leading the way, and the ratman elder continued to move forward, and finally they came to a huge underground cave dug by the ratmen.

The underground cave was glowing with red mist, illuminating the densely packed cave entrance like a honeycomb. A steady stream of rat slaves shouted noisy slogans, forming a long line to transport the gold ore to the source of the red light - a large magma pool in the middle of the underground cave.

The ratmen craftsmen stood by, smelting gold using the primitive but easiest method.

The smelted gold was piled up into a small hill nearby, and elite rats led by the champion rat were patrolling nearby.

"It's unbelievable that you have grown so big..."

At least dozens of pounds of gold can be smelted here every day. No wonder the overlord would go crazy.

The ratman elder looked proud at first, but then quickly became gloomy.

Annan seemed to know what it was thinking. He patted its shoulder and said in a friendly way, "Don't look at what you have lost, look at what you have gained. After you take over the Broken Mountains, your gains will only be ten times what you have now."

Just as the rat elder's face had improved, a strong wind suddenly blew up nearby. The strong wind turned into a huge dark blue shadow, and rushed straight to the hill of gold, knocking the guarding champion rats and elite rats away, and its wings were like hands, holding all the piled gold nuggets into its arms.

"What's mine, it's all mine!"

"Stop!"

The ratman elder shouted angrily, and it was unclear whether he was shouting at Ilimayas or at the other ratmen who stood up and were about to attack.

Ilimayas ignored them, and the rats just stayed where they were.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. I'll go and get her back right away."

Annan ran over with a dry laugh, and while trying to pull Ilimayas's dragon wings, he took the opportunity to stuff gold bars into his pockets and rings.

The rat elder's gray bristles concealed his bulging blue veins, and he felt like he had brought two bandits home.

By the time Annan "pulled" Elimoas away from the hill, nearly half of the pile of gold had been dug out.

The rat elder walked over with a cold face: "Hand it over."

"She is still a child." Annan stood in front of the ratman elder. "How about considering it as a gift? I don't think Ilimayas would take it for nothing."

After careful consideration, the ratman elder gave up settling accounts with Elimoyas and stared at Annan.

"how about you?"

"Me? I'm going to take a shower and eat something soon. Have you eaten yet? Do you want to join us?"

"Don't act stupid!"

The ratman elder reached into Annan's bulging pocket and took out a handful of heavy gold bars.

"This is what I brought." Annan lied with his eyes open.

The rat elder sneered, and poked the mark on the front of the gold nugget with his rough nails, like those of a pangolin: "This is the mark of my family."

Annan's eyes widened: "Why are you engraving your mark on my things!"

The rat elder was shocked by Annan's shamelessness. Just as he was about to speak, Annan quickly said, "I'll draw the second part of Tom and Jerry when I get back."

After a moment's silence, the ratman elder took the initiative to put the gold nugget back into Annan's pocket.

Seeing that his interests were becoming increasingly closely tied to Annan, the ratman elder would certainly not argue with him over just some gold.

It doesn't like money that much either - compared to a dragon and Annan.

Money is just a tool to achieve its goals.

If we can bribe Annan, it would be no problem to give him all the gold mines in the Broken Mountains.

Now that it belonged to him, Annan openly picked up the gold nugget and looked at it: "The quality is a bit poor..."

The gold nugget itself was of irregular shape, and its surface was uneven like a gold nugget. Even if Annan didn't understand it, he could see that there were many impurities.

"If you don't like it, take it back."

"What I mean is that I will teach you the human smelting technology when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)