The Journey of the Rainbow Dragon.

Chapter 206 The Fool and the Bloodlust

"That's all?"

In the Crimson Legion Camp

In the slightly crude bedroom, the young dragon opened his eyes wide, pointed at the two boxes of gold coins that had been opened, and asked in disbelief.

Looking at the size of the box and the quality of the gold coins, Ron only made a rough calculation, and he probably could have 102461 gold coins.

He looked left and right, and after making sure there were no other boxes, he looked at Eugene again.

"are you kidding me?"

It's not that Ron is greedy, but these are really too few!
These [-] gold coins may be an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but for a legion leader with legendary strength, it is so shabby that it makes people sad!
Even in a barren place like Oracle Town, the families behind the three vice-principals of the Magic Academy can scrape 15 gold coins from the residents!
What's more, the only pearl in the Red Earth Highlands - Molten Fire City?

But don't forget, although it doesn't matter, Eugene is actually the city lord of this bustling city!
In a city with such a large scale and such a dense flow of adventurers, Ron can't even imagine how much tax it collects every year.

That is a number that ordinary people can't imagine.

Now you tell me, as the lord of a city, you only have such a small deposit?

If the master-servant contract hadn't come into effect, Eugene wouldn't have been able to lie to him, and Ron even wondered if the other party was deliberately playing tricks on him.

Feeling the young dragon's distrustful eyes.

Eugene scratched his head in embarrassment, smiled bitterly and said:
"I made you laugh, I'm really sorry, this is all my property."

"Actually, I basically don't have the habit of saving money. When I have money, I distribute it to the poor soldiers below. If it wasn't for the city hall that just collected the farmer's autumn tax a few days ago, I don't have these gold coins."

The more he spoke, the lower his voice was, because the eyes of the real dragon on the opposite side were becoming more and more strange.

Ron didn't speak, but stared at him carefully for a while.

"Are you really human?"

After hesitating for a long time, Ron still didn't ask this sentence.

He just revisited some of the remaining memories of Eugene, and after understanding what he did, he was sure that the other party was not lying.

But because of this, it was even more difficult for Ron to accept what Eugene had done.

This guy actually adjusted Molten Fire City's agricultural tax to a ratio of 100 to 1!
What is the difference between this and no taxation?
Hell, you have to know that the agricultural tax stipulated by Oracle Town is more than [-] times that of Molten City!
This is already a policy that has been praised by farmers!
The point is, in addition to lowering taxes, Eugene, a stupid guy, also took the initiative to use his annual salary of 30 gold coins issued by the Royal Finance Department as a subsidy for wounded and dead soldiers.

At the same time, Eugene also established an official orphan shelter in Molten City, providing accommodation and food to orphans under the age of 12.

He was responsible for all these expenses, which made Eugene's already poor family even worse!

If it weren't for Eugene Talloran himself to be a war orphan, he would not have to worry about feeding the whole family by himself.

Ron suspected that the patriarch of the Talloran family was about to strangle him.

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It must be said here:
The taxes and laws of Molten City are independently set by the city hall, which is different from the laws of the Kingdom.

And Molten Fire City, as the garrison of the Scarlet Legion, needs to hand over all kinds of materials and property to the capital every year, which is only a quarter of that of an inland city of the same size.

Tax independence, legal independence, military independence.
It can be said that this is completely a special country. If not every head of the Scarlet Legion is loyal to the Rose Kingdom, relying on the territory of Molten Fire City can completely establish another mountain.

In fact, this is the rule set by the founding emperor Victor, so that in times of crisis, the person in charge of the city can break the routine and urgently call various materials to protect the lives of residents.

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"you"

Looking at the two boxes of brand new gold coins in front of him, the iridescent dragon fell silent.

The sounds of soldiers exercising outside the Flame Tower and the faint calls of merchants reached the dragon's ears through the window.

It's really hard for Ron to imagine that in this backward medieval world, there are such "fools" who sacrifice themselves for the people.

Ortega, who was standing on the side, didn't know what to say.

But she also knew that what this human being did was a bit...outrageous.

"How did you get together with the sixth princess Pandora? Why are you so obsessed with catching dragons and giving them to her?"

Ron was silent for a long time, but still asked the question he wanted to know the most.

The memory of these is too long, and Ron hadn't turned it over before.

But now he wants to hear from himself how this well-behaved and unscrupulous legion leader became the servant of the Sixth Princess.

Human beings of this character should not make such low-level mistakes.

Speaking of that princess, even Eugene, who signed the master-servant contract, had a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

"We met at the royal capital meeting 20 years ago. At that time, she was extremely weak because she couldn't practice magic and fighting spirit."

"Etc., etc!"

Ron's eyes widened, interrupting Eugene's speech.

"If I remember correctly, Pandora Brian is only 27 years old this year?"

"When you met her 20 years ago, she was only 7 years old? And you were over 190 years old at that time?"

"Yes, and we made an agreement that year, and I promised to help her improve her physique."

Facing the dragon's questioning, Eugene didn't feel embarrassed at all, and nodded openly to admit the fact that he was in love with his grandfather and grandson.

No, it should be the love between grandparents and grandchildren.

"Go on."

The corner of Ron's mouth twitched and looked at Eugene.

He resisted the idea of ​​yelling "Pervert Lolicon", because he wanted to know what caused Eugene to be obsessed with catching the dragon.

"I tried my best to catch a young red dragon on the outskirts of the Inextinguishable Volcano, and successfully baptized Pandora's weak body, making her a dragon vein warlock."

Talking about the past, there was an unknown light in Eugene's eyes, and he said quietly:
"But because of this, a strange thing happened."

"What strange thing?"

Ron asked curiously.

He could feel that the big one was coming.

It stands to reason that after the baptism of dragon blood, Pandora can practice freely, and she has indeed shown her fire magic talent now.

This shocked the royal capital back then, and there was a wave of dragon hunting, but the dragon hunting operations basically ended in failure.

"But there is one thing that only I know from her, that is, since she was promoted to a dragon pulse warlock, she has suffered from a strange disease, which I call [bloodthirsty disease]."

Speaking of this, Eugene couldn't help but sighed.

If it wasn't for this disease, maybe he wouldn't be reduced to a slave.

Looking at the curious dragon and sphinx in front of him, he slowly explained the problems caused by hemophilia:

"We tried many methods but failed to cure the bloodthirsty disease, even the blessing of the strongest priest of the Temple of Light located in the Frost Kingdom failed to improve this problem."

"Because of this disease, she began to like to drink fresh blood. At the beginning, it was just the blood of an ordinary monster."

"As the disease worsened, Pandora wanted to drink the blood of high-level monsters more and more. At first, my own blood could satisfy her, but then her appetite became bigger and bigger, and it was difficult for me to maintain a large amount of blood loss every day. "

"We have tasted the blood of all kinds of monsters, and only the blood of a real dragon can satisfy her. No matter what age group the dragon blood is, it is like addictive honey to her."

"But the new problem is that she is not satisfied with the single taste of red dragon blood, and has to change to another dragon blood every once in a while."

"I can only catch new dragons and provide her with blood."

Ron frowned and listened to the subsequent development of the love between grandparents and grandchildren. Unexpectedly, the source of capturing the real dragon was actually caused by the illness of the sixth princess.

He really didn't expect this to be the case.

According to Eugene,
In addition to the juvenile red dragon on the surface, there is actually a juvenile blue dragon and a juvenile white dragon that both entered the mouth of the sixth princess.

That's right, the sixth princess actually ate two dragons!
In addition to drinking dragon blood, she even started eating dragon meat!

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect such a thing to happen, and it's really embarrassing for you."

Ron patted the shoulder of the Scarlet Army Commander sympathetically, and then neatly put all the gold coins into the storage space.

After listening to the story, don't forget to take the money.

"Less is a little less. Let's work hard to generate income in the future and strive to become a taxpayer."

"I think next time I come here, I will definitely receive a big gift, what do you think?"

Ron said with a relaxed expression.

Hearing the young dragon's naked blackmail, Eugene's face turned green.

Isn't this just forcing yourself to search for gold coins? If so, those poor farmers
As the last gold coin entered the storage space, Ron suddenly said again:
"However, the good things you do, like taking in orphans, and the low taxes on farming... I won't stop you."

"I'm different from those five-color dragons, and I won't let you engage in those exorbitant taxes."

"I never thought of earning money from the poor."

Ron sat on the table, took out a handful of fresh gold coins and counted them happily, and at the same time gave Eugene a trick:
"You can consider collecting more business taxes, and the group of adventurers who entered the immortal volcano is also the best leek for extracting oil and water."

"Anyway, only Molten Fire City has this kind of business environment on the Red Earth Highland. It is reasonable for you to charge more protection fees."

Eugene listened to the dragon's suggestion with thoughtful eyes.

Now the commercial tax of 50 tax 1 in Melting Fire City is indeed too low. You must know that even a food merchant who sells food and meat with small profits but quick turnover will charge [-]% tax in the capital!

As for the profiteering slave trade, the minimum is [-]-[-]!That was a huge sum of money that was enough to make the Legendary Dragon Capital jealous!
Seeing that he was a little enlightened, Ron didn't say any more.

He then took out a colored dragon scale and handed it to Eugene, saying in a deep voice:

"In the future, I will arrange for the Centaurs and other dependents to spread the faith in the Red Earth Highlands. You can use this to contact and cooperate with them. I don't want to hear the voice of resistance in the Red Earth Highlands, do you understand?"

"At the same time, you remember to"

Eugene stared expressionlessly at the shining colorful dragon scales in front of him, but a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

Although he was ashamed of such blatant treasonous behavior, the master-servant contract was too big, and now he could only obey the orders of this giant dragon.

"Yes, your will will be immortalized in the red earth highlands."

Finally Eugene lowered his head and took the dragon scale.

Ron nodded in satisfaction, turned around and greeted the female-faced Sphinx who was sitting quietly.

"Let's go, go to the people and horses to deal with it, and then we can go back to the capital."

As he said that, the young dragon used the transfiguration technique to shrink its body, and lay comfortably on Ortega's back.

After returning from the realm of the dead, Ron is getting lazy now.

His current principle is: if he can lie down, he will never sit down, if he can let Ortega travel instead, he will never fly even one meter more!
"Good luck with your journey."

Eugene stood in the room and saluted the two in the air.

"call--"

With white wings waving, the female-faced Sphinx took Ron and quickly flew away from the bustling city to the centaur camp.

Look at the backs of them leaving, and then look at the dragon scales in their hands.

Eugene sighed deeply.

Through the conversation just now, he is sure that this powerful dragon definitely has some kind of idea of ​​occupying the Rose Kingdom!

Otherwise I wouldn't let him do that
Now, he doesn't know where the future of the kingdom will go, so he can only take one step at a time.

Late night
Eugene was sitting in front of a large desk, with all kinds of books neatly arranged on the bookshelves beside him.

Gently he opened the cabinet and took out a new letter from it.

The envelope was sealed with wax. He gently opened the envelope, and inside was a piece of exquisite yellow letter paper. The words on the letter paper were full of longing, which made people feel warm.

He knew that this letter was from the beautiful woman who lived in the capital.

At the same time, as expected, the last sentence of the letter lightly mentioned something about capturing the new dragon.

There was an inexplicable feeling in Eugene's heart, that something was wrong, but he didn't say it.

He began to slowly imagine the appearance of the person he was interested in, and her beautiful face and soft voice appeared in his mind.

"Hey"

Along with the noisy night in Molten City, the candles in the Legion Commander's room remained on all night.

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Red Clay Highlands
Centaur tribe over

"My lord, I always feel that the human being mentioned in your chat is not simply a disease."

After hesitating again and again, the female-faced Sphinx still issued a warning to the real dragon lying on its back.

"Ok, I know."

Ron nodded and didn't say much.

He still maintains the posture of lying down, and the slender dragon tail behind him wraps himself up.

It looks like a cat lying on the back of the sphinx.

Ortega didn't need to remind him, but Ron felt something was wrong when he heard the word hemophilia.

This disease is recorded in the inheritance of the dragon, but it is not the case of this disease!

"She's not sick."

Ron looked at the centaur tribe with several bonfires burning below, and said lightly.

According to the details of the treatment described by Eugene.

Ron suspected that the sixth princess might not be suffering from bloodthirsty, but a curse.

"Well, is there any way to become like this other than curse?"

Ron touched his chin with his left hand, and tapped the dragon's tail lightly with his right hand.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he thought of another possibility.

"It seems that this effect can be achieved if some kind of bloodthirsty magic is practiced."

However, that kind of bloodthirsty-related cultivation method is generally a secret technique only possessed by the chaotic evil camp, and Ron feels that it is unlikely to exist in the main plane.

Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for her to show that kind of calm state at the capaci ball game, and at least she would emit the unconcealable unpleasant smell that belongs to the bloodthirsty method.

What's more, the system appraisal didn't detect anything special about her.
Thinking about it, Ron suddenly smiled and shook his head.

"Forget it, what do I think so much about, a bunch of scumbag humans who haven't even reached the legend, if there is a problem, just slap them all to death."

"The so-called conspiracy is not something that is used to be conquered by force."

Facts have proved that when the strength is sufficient

Faced with a difficult problem, no matter what species it is, there is a high probability that it will choose to solve it with hands instead of brains.

Ron, who had figured it out, suddenly felt better.

He sat on the Sphinx, looked at the centaur camp below who suddenly became flustered and smiled slightly.

Suddenly, a powerful wave of magic power suddenly came from the centaur camp.

It is silent, but it can make people feel its presence.

Wherever this kind of strange magic power passed, flowers all over the mountains and plains drilled out of the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, countless small trees turned into towering giant trees, and large forests growing in large areas were extraordinarily dense and vibrant in the fluctuation of magic power.

Without waiting for the Sphinx, Ron teleported directly below, raised his hand to pick up a withered yellow leaf floating in the air.

Large areas of withered leaves on the leaves are turning back to green at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Is it natural and friendly? This talent is really enviable, it is simply a natural guardian of the forest."

Ignoring the centaur who greeted them in a panic
Ron looked at the green leaf that was reincarnating from the dead and said with some emotion.

Ordinary people and horses don't have the ability to rejuvenate a dead tree.

And there is only one possibility to emit such a large-scale scene.

Lilia

Woke up!

(End of this chapter)