Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 153 People are on a journey

Tassela's worries are certainly not unreasonable.

She knew that the fire lizards under Leon were very strong. As large elemental life forms, they had strong combat effectiveness, especially after so many years of development, their number had increased from a few to more than a dozen. It was true that a few fire snakes that had not grown into fire lizards could be ignored, but that lava land shark was indeed not yet an adult and should not be underestimated.

A migrating group of salamanders, fire snakes, and lava land sharks is definitely not something a single young blue dragon can eat. If an adult blue dragon has not yet reached adulthood, it will lose a few teeth if it wants to bite it off. But there are many blue dragons living in the Red Crown Desert, and the Lost Plateau is even more dangerous.

"Ordinary bandits would not dare to provoke your migration team." Tassera said, "Besides me, there are several blue dragons in the Red Crown Desert. They might have ideas about your migration team. But as long as you don't expose your wealth too much, they probably won't want to chew on the thorny cactus."

"The blue dragon only wants money. As long as you are willing to pay, your life will definitely be safe." Tassera paused, "I heard you say that there are many fire giants in the Lost Plateau. In addition to robbing money, they also like to rob people and take them back as slaves."

"It's okay, I'm here." Leon thought that he could drive away the mature red dragon before, and now he is even stronger than before.

"I didn't plan to go alone. I planned to follow the migration team." Leon paused, "And you are going to Watch Harbor too, plus Cecilia, with the three of us... I promise that no matter if a blue dragon, a fire giant, or a red dragon comes, I will not be afraid. Don't turn back if they come."

"Since we are going to follow the migration group, there is no need to worry." Tassera said. The reason she mentioned this specifically was that she didn't want to turn into a dragon and fly over directly.

Tassela prefers the scenery along the way.

Leon stayed in Tassera's lair for a day until Tassera was ready to go on a long journey, and then he returned to the lava lake with Tassera.

Cecilia had been staying in the dome castle. When she saw the red dragon and the blue dragon flying over, she immediately went out to meet them.

"You're ready so soon?" Leon landed on the crater surrounding the lava lake and looked down at the dozen camels below. Three of the camels were equipped with saddles, and the rest were filled with miscellaneous items, such as weapons that had not yet been completed, and precious metal ingots that could not be sold but were reluctant to throw away...

"I started preparing before you and the fire giant went to Watch Harbor." Cecilia noticed that Leon's eyes fell on the hobgoblins guarding the camels. "I plan to take those hobgoblins to Watch Harbor... I'm too lazy to take the hobgoblins, but those hobgoblins are very smart."

"It's up to you." Leon knew that Cecilia had gathered many subordinates.

"Why don't we let the lava land shark carry all those messy things?" Tassera returned to human form as soon as she landed. She really liked the human form better than the dragon form. "One lava land shark can carry all those things, right? Then we don't need to bring so many camels."

"You'll get burned if you get close to the lava shark," Cecilia explained, "unless you don't care about the cargo and whether it gets burned or not."

"Okay." Tassera finally remembered that the Lava Land Shark had a scorching aura, a kind of spiritual light. Ordinary people would be burned to death within ten seconds if they bathed in the spiritual light, and the same was true for objects.

"And it's very disobedient." Cecilia said, "The fire giant has been trained for so many years, and now it won't attack people randomly. It can also understand basic commands, but that's it. It likes to jump around and dig holes. Even without the Scorching Majesty, it can't be a beast of burden or a mount."

"I've been wanting to say this for a long time." Tassela crossed her arms, "Why don't you consider finding a druid to cast enlightenment on the lava land shark? Wouldn't it be easier to discipline if it's smarter?"

"Lava land sharks are not animals or trees, but elemental life. Will enlightenment spells be useful?" Leon said, "And I don't know any druids."

"Those are not the key points." Cecilia said, "Who said that the smarter the people, the easier they are to discipline? Obviously, the dumber the people, the easier they are to discipline. If you want to make it easier to manage the people, you must implement a policy of keeping them ignorant."

Tassela laughed and nodded, acknowledging that the green dragon was right.

Leon originally thought that it would take a few days to prepare, but since Cecilia was making so many moves, there was no need to wait and they could just go.

The salamander leader led the lava land shark in front to clear the way, and the others followed behind.

Although it was still a bit far from Watchport, it did not prevent Lyon from having nothing to do. He told Cecilia about Watchport and told her his plan so that Cecilia could prepare in advance.

"The master's plan is really ingenious." Cecilia was the most talkative. "If it were me, I would just forcefully demand the Watchtower, which would lead to a war and both sides would suffer losses in the end. Even if I win, there will only be a Watchtower in ruins."

"That's enough. You don't need to flatter me." Leon knew Green Dragon's ability. Green Dragon was best at conspiracy and intrigue. "If your ability is as good as you said, then you can leave. I don't want such stupid subordinates."

Cecilia chuckled, stuck out her tongue, and said, "There are a few things I don't understand... The master wants me to open a newspaper office outside of Watch Harbor to sell newspapers. What is a newspaper office, and what is a newspaper?"

Leon didn't know how to explain it for a moment, and tried to organize his words by gesticulating.

"This is the newspaper." Tassela took out a newspaper from her dimensional bag and handed it to Cecilia. It was the one she bought when she went to the empire before and she never threw it away. The real thing is more useful than any explanation. Cecilia quickly finished reading the newspaper and figured out what the newspaper was.

Although Leon didn't know how to explain newspapers, he knew how to explain media hegemony. Newspapers are necessary for obtaining media hegemony. After his explanation, Cecilia's eyes lit up.

“As long as you run the newspaper well, spread the word that I am a kind red dragon, and constantly belittle the current officials of Watch Harbor, I can replace them at any time when the people become dissatisfied.” Leon said, “Then we can get a complete Watch Harbor.”

Leon had been wondering if he would get a gold finger reward if he took control of Watch Harbor. Since he had obtained a gold finger reward by acquiring a piece of territory before, the Soul-demanding Brahma Sound, he felt that gaining control of a city was somewhat similar to a piece of territory, and he had no confidence.

After marching in the desert for two days, the migrating team finally encountered bandits, but the leader was not a blue dragon. It looked more like several gangs of bandits gathered together, with their number several times that of the migrating team.

Facing those bandits, there was no need for any of Leon, Tassela, or Cecilia to take action. The Lava Land Shark crushed two unlucky bandits to death with a fatal leap, bit one bandit in its mouth and swallowed it, getting a triple kill in a short time.

Led by their leader, the fire lizards charged towards the bandits without saying a word, stabbing with their spears. Seeing the bandits scattering, they threw their spears one after another. Even if less than one-third of them could hit the target, they still killed five or six people.

As for the earth elves that Cecilia brought out, they did not move. They were responsible for protecting the camels to prevent them from getting scared and running around.

If you want to survive in the desert, you have to be ruthless. The casualties that would normally be enough to cause collapse did not scare the robbers. Seeing that the fire lizard had thrown all its spears, the robbers even started to fight back. However, the fact that the fire lizard had no weapons did not mean that there would be no harm. The damage of the tail attack could not be underestimated.

“How dare they?” Leon watched the robbers from being well prepared to fleeing in panic. If he put himself in their shoes, he would not do such a stupid thing. “How dare they attack us with such weak strength?”

"The forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and everything is possible." Cecilia laughed.

"I think they were driven here," Tassela said. "If we can't deal with them, the next one might be a blue dragon, or some powerful monster."

"So our performance is up to par?" Lyon didn't care.

“That’s about right,” Tassela said.

After that wave of bandits was defeated by the Salamanders, there was no attack until the Lost Plateau. Instead, many bandits watched the migrating team from afar, as if they were escorting them.

When we arrived at the Lost Plateau, we found that the mountain road there was quite difficult to walk on. Leon and Cecilia had gotten lost on the mountain road before.

After learning from her mistakes, Cecilia took action and stole a guide.

The Lost Plateau is not just populated by humans and dwarves; dragons, giants, and all kinds of dangerous monsters can be found everywhere.

Don't let the fire giants see the salamanders, otherwise they will definitely not miss a living forge like the salamander, and it would be just right to snatch the lava land sharks back and raise them as dogs.

It's easier said than done, as the salamander is such a big target that there's no way to hide it.

"Stop, everyone follow us."

A team of fully armed fire giants wearing armor and holding spears is not something that the salamander and an immature lava land shark can handle.

"What did you just say?" Cecilia was the first to restore her dragon form and turned into a green dragon.

"How dare a little green dragon speak so arrogantly."

A green dragon could not scare the fire giant until Tassera turned into a blue dragon. As a magic dragon, she was proficient in various spells. After she cast an ice wall to block the escape route, she began to waver.

"You brought this upon yourselves." Lyon was worried about not being able to find construction workers, but who knew that pie would fall from the sky.

When crossing the Lost Plateau, Leon's migrating team expanded by more than double, with several more fire giants and quite a few dwarves scattered around.

　I haven't been in good shape recently... Especially this chapter gave me a headache

　　
　
(End of this chapter)