Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 237 Negotiation
There is no need to talk about what happened before he traveled through time. At that time, he was still an ordinary person, poor and with low aspirations. Considering that money is hard to earn and shit is hard to eat, even if his leader asked him to work overtime continuously, for the sake of a job and to stay in the big city, he had to endure it and dared not say a word.

After traveling to this world and becoming a powerful red dragon, Leon's temper has indeed improved and he can no longer stand being wronged. Mainly because he gradually figured out that he worked so hard in his last life and ended up with sudden death. He absolutely does not want to live that kind of life again in this life. All he wants in life is to have one thought fulfilled.

Think about it, from hatching to now being a teenage dragon, it has been several decades, and he has really only suffered a few losses, and every time he suffered a loss he remembered it deeply.

As far as Leon can remember, the first time he suffered a loss was when he was a young dragon. He was almost killed by an adventurer in a sneak attack. He relied on the spell rewarded by the golden finger to kill him. The second time he suffered a loss was when he encountered a team of adventurers when he was a young dragon. He had no combat experience at the time, so the battle was particularly ugly...

I thought that as long as I scared them, the elves would definitely surrender, and if that didn't work, I could just show off a few of my skills. But who would have thought that in the end they were scared away by an arrow, especially before they could run away, and returned to the volcanic island in a panic, not daring to speak loudly in front of Cecilia... Leon now has so much hatred for those elves.

Danalan is very beautiful. Lyon was reluctant to destroy it before, but now he really doesn't mind destroying it to vent his anger. It doesn't matter even if it offends the elves and becomes a real evil dragon. Red dragons don't expect a good reputation anyway.

Leon was so happy that the elves actually wanted to negotiate that he couldn't help but tell everyone about it as a joke.

"I have never eaten an elf before." Saloves was eager to try, "I will go eat those elf messengers."

"Don't mess around." Leon laughed at the elves' naivety, but that didn't mean he allowed Sarovice to be presumptuous. He was willing to abide by some unwritten rules, "When two armies are fighting, don't kill envoys."

"Then I'll go and drive them away." Cecilia wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate those elf messengers.

"No, not only do I not intend to drive them away, I want to meet them instead." Leon said with a smile, "I want to hear what they have to say."

The castle on the mountain was mainly for dragon-shaped activities, and did not have many functions. There were countless rooms in the villa at the foot of the mountain, and Leon had a special reception room here for guests, but he was not going to meet the elf messengers there. He deliberately chose to approach the elf messengers while eating in the restaurant, and then did not serve them.

There were three elf messengers in the group. Leon didn't know any of them, nor did he want to know them. While eating, he asked, "Are you the messengers from Danalan?"

Regardless of whether Leon was polite or not, the elf messengers were very polite. They introduced themselves and then explained the purpose of their visit.

"Negotiation, why should I negotiate with you?" Leon took a sip of juice.

Yes, it is juice. He likes juice better than red wine, and has no interest in blood which fits the image of a red dragon. He just does whatever he wants and doesn't care about other people's eyes. After all, no one dares to question or deny him.

Hai'an, a tall high elf with blond hair, was the main person in charge of the peace talks. The other two elf rangers were bodyguards. In fact, they were not even bodyguards because Hai'an's strength was above theirs. It was better to call them just for show. He organized his words and prepared to speak.

“Did I allow you to speak?” Leon did not give the elf messenger a chance to speak. “Even if you defeated me last time and successfully drove me away… the arrow that drove me away was very powerful. I’m afraid that kind of attack cannot be used whenever you want.”

“Even if you can use it again, don’t expect me to stop unless you can kill me with one arrow.” The strange power had not yet disappeared from his body, and Leon could still feel the pain in his hands and feet. “Next time I won’t be so stupid as to tell you when I’ll be there, and I won’t give you the chance to prepare in advance.”

"I'll go for a walk when I'm in a good mood, and I'll go for a walk when I'm in a bad mood. Unless you're always in a state of readiness, once you let your guard down, I'll fly down and destroy a few houses and kill a few elves. What do you think?" Leon elegantly picked up a piece of steak with a fork, slowly put it into his mouth, and chewed gently.

"Of course you can send people to the volcanic island to find me. You can send a large army, or you can send a strong team." Leon said with squinting eyes, "I tell you the truth, I have invested a huge amount of time, energy and money in this island. I will never abandon it. I will fight to the death here."

Of course, Leon was just talking. He was not a real red dragon. The red dragon's body contained human souls. Otherwise, if he were a normal red dragon, he would have eaten those elf messengers long ago. What's more, when two armies are fighting, they should not kill the messengers. If the situation really came to a dangerous situation, he would definitely leave without any hesitation and would not fight to the death.

Leon spoke a lot, and it must be said that he has been brooding over it. Hai'an waited quietly for Leon to finish speaking, and asked: "Sir Leon, can I speak now?"

“Go ahead.” Leon held up his face, “I wanted to chase you away, but after thinking about it, I decided not to. I’d rather listen to what interesting things you have to say.”

Hai'an looked at Leon. He was sure that the red dragon was angry. The red dragon did not like nagging and being polite. An excellent diplomat must learn to adapt to local conditions. He did not choose the long speech that the elves were used to. He said directly: "If Lord Leon is willing to make peace, Danalan agrees to trade with Watch Harbor, but he cannot accept trading only in Watch Harbor."

"No sincerity at all." Leon was so angry that he laughed. "I just said it casually. You don't think I really lost. You tried so hard but still couldn't keep me. Don't you have any idea who won and who lost? Are you all crazy? Danalan is not near the sea."

“If everything was easy to talk to you at the beginning, the conditions you just proposed would not be unacceptable.” Leon shrugged. “Now you have hurt my men and me… You have been active for a long time and have seen a lot. I think you should know how strong the red dragon’s desire for revenge is.”

"We are deeply sorry for hurting Ms. Cecilia and can compensate her." With just one True Seeing spell, Hai'an could find out that Cecilia, in her green dragon form, was actually a maid. "We can also compensate you for hurting Mr. Leon."

"What compensation can you give me?" Leon threatened, "I want compensation. I can go to Danalan and get it myself. I can take whatever I want."

"Mr. Lyon is very strong, but he cannot destroy Danalan." Hai'an refused to give in. "We can drive you away once, and we can also drive you away a second or third time."

"What's all that confidence of yours?" Leon usually paid a lot of attention to his image, but at this moment he looked down on those elves and deliberately picked his ears with his fingers.

"If Lord Lyon is determined to destroy Danalan, we will never allow that to happen." Hai'an took a deep breath. "The reason why we choose to negotiate is very simple. As Lord Lyon said, if Lord Lyon frequently harasses Danalan, we will also be troubled."

Leon understood what Haian meant. In a life-and-death situation, Danalan was not afraid of him. To be honest, with the existence of the maze, Danalan was indeed qualified to fight him.
"I really think Lord Leon can accept the compensation." Hai'an nodded and said, "It's better than us using the compensation to look for help everywhere... We know many gold dragons and silver dragons, they will definitely be happy to accept our employment to fight against the red dragon."

"Are you threatening me?" Lyon stared at Hai'an with his bloodshot eyes.

"This is not a threat, but a truth." Hai An smiled, "Why don't you listen to my compensation, Lord Lyon?"

"Okay, you go ahead." Leon leaned back in his chair, holding his head with both hands, looking calm and composed.

"We are willing to compensate Ms. Cecilia with 10,000 gold coins. This was the original condition of Lord Lyon." As a diplomat who has never failed in a negotiation, Hai An is very confident. "For Lord Lyon, we are willing to compensate 100,000 gold coins."

"One hundred thousand gold coins?" Although Leon was now well-informed and had seen money, he was still shocked by what the elf messenger said. You know, even in his prime, all his money added up to one hundred thousand gold coins. After all, he had been hiding in the desert and had only been out of the mountains for a few years.

"Yes, that's 100,000 gold coins." Hai'an said affirmatively, "Mr. Leon did not hear wrongly."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Even though he was beaten, hurt and wronged, people are willing to give him 100 million as compensation?

Leon looked at the elf messenger. He remembered his name, which seemed to be Hai'an. He was silent for a moment and said, "You haven't eaten yet. Let's talk while we eat, so that people won't say I don't know the etiquette... Hey, go get a set of tableware. No, three sets."

(End of this chapter)