Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 87: Crossroads City

The business of selling passes has been doing well. To be honest, the profit each month is not that much, but it is stable. For this reason, Leon specifically found the brass dragon before leaving and told him that he and Tassera might be away for a while. He asked him to keep an eye on the business and ask his servant, the fire giant, for help if he encounters any trouble.

"Are we heading south now?"

Leon sat on the camel and looked at the cloudless sky.

At this time, the two men had been following a passing caravan for several hours.

"Yes, south. Chalu City is to our south." Tassera sat sideways on the camel, holding the hump with one hand and holding a book in the other. She didn't want to read it for the time being, so she put it on her thighs.

Leon has been in this world for more than ten years, but he has not been to many places. He has stayed in the mountains and forests most of the time. It was only in the past two years that he came into contact with the outside world and learned a lot of things. He asked curiously, "What is the story of Forked Road City?"

"What?" Tassela looked at Leon in confusion.

Leon thought for a moment and organized his words: "What I mean is - where does that Forked Road City come from? How big is it? What forces does it have? Is there anything I need to pay attention to when I get there?"

"I know what you want to ask." Tassela said, "Fork Road City. Fork Road, a road that branches off from the main road. You should be able to guess what kind of place it is by listening to the name. It is a haven for smugglers, robbers and criminals. Walking on the winding streets of Fork Road City, no one will care about your past."

Hearing this, Leon knew what Forked Road City was famous for. He nodded and asked, "Why do you want to visit a wizard in a place like that?"

Tassela pursed her lips and looked at Leon, asking helplessly: "Why do you think so?"

Leon laughed and said, "You are a blue dragon, a color dragon, an evil dragon. Only the evil wizards who live in that kind of place will pay attention to you."

"You are wrong. I also know many wizards living in other places." Tassera said proudly, "You don't understand wizards... No matter if I am a good dragon or an evil dragon, knowledge is neither right nor wrong. As long as I have knowledge, any wizard will welcome me."

"Oh, I have to remind you." Tassela seemed to suddenly remember something, glanced at Leon and said with a smile, "Fork Road City is ruled by several large guilds. The guild leaders I know are an ancient black dragon and a lich... You are very strong, but you should be cautious in places like that. You never know when you will provoke an enemy you can't handle."

"Ancient black dragon, lich..." Leon felt the pressure.

"Are you scared?" Tassela joked, "It's not too late to turn back now."

"What are you afraid of?" Leon said, "There are tens of thousands of people in such a big city, who would stare at me for no reason?"

"I don't like to cause trouble." Lyon added.

“Are you ashamed to say that you don’t like to cause trouble?” Tassera exhaled and looked at Leon speechlessly, “At that time… you had just arrived in the desert for a few days, and you occupied the territory of the fire giants?”

Leon hesitated to speak. He wanted to explain that he just wanted to watch the steam lake, but it was the fire giant who wanted to cause trouble for him. He was forced to fight back. In the end, he did not waste his time and said, "Believe me, I am really honest... I am just afraid that others will provoke me."

Tassela looked Leon up and down. He had black hair and black eyes, and his pretty face was full of childishness. After all, he was a young dragon. She smiled and said, "You look like a noble pretty boy, so it's easy for people to target you."

"Right..." Leon said. "Well, no matter what, we can avoid trouble, but we can't be afraid of it." Tassela thought for a moment, "Anyway, with your ability, even if it's the Fork Road City, except for the top few dozen big shots, you don't have to worry about other people... If you really provoke someone you shouldn't provoke, just run away. If you can't win, running away is still a problem."

"Yes." Leon said as a matter of course, "Life is the most important."

The wind suddenly blew in the desert and lasted for about ten minutes.

"I never asked." Leon pulled the camel's reins, "Is there anything fun in Forked Road City?"

"It's fun... The upper city of Forked Road City has central heating, plumbing systems, lifting devices, and spacious rooms... everything you can think of." Tassera said with a smile on her face, "Theaters, circus performances, fight clubs, large arenas... all kinds of entertainment are available."

"Also, to exaggerate, in Forked Road City, as long as you have money, you can buy any magic weapon or item, provided that you don't care where they come from." Tassera crossed her arms, "Melite, Mithril... I remember that's the material you've always wanted, for forging weapons... Yes, we have them all, we just need to look for them."

Leon nodded.

The desert was really huge, or the caravan was moving slowly, so two days had passed and they had not yet left the desert. If they had flown, Leon had reason to believe that he could have flown that far in an hour.

It was a bit slow, but it didn't feel bad. During these two days, Leon really saw the diversity of species, such as the tall and strong desert trolls and the Protoceratops that looked similar to the small Triceratops. He had never seen them before.

Accompanying Tassera from the oasis city, through the desert, wasteland, forest and swamp to the Fork Road City, during the period, he occasionally rode a mount to follow the caravan, and occasionally hired a carriage. When he really encountered a difficult road, he simply restored his dragon form and flew over. It took Lyon nearly ten days on the journey.

"This is the territory of the Casa Kingdom..."

"You've never seen a Madwug before, right? These frog-headed amphibious humanoids must stay moist and usually live in rainforests, swamps, and damp caves. They are always hungry and thirsty, and are evil to the core, and are extremely bullying..."

"That's a shambler, or a shambler, a bunch of animated plants tangled together into a rotten pile. I really find it disgusting..."

Leon admitted that if he was not in a hurry, it would be nice to walk like this... provided there was someone to chat with.

Finally arrived at Chalu City.

Tassela was busy, so Leon chose to move around freely and go find her when he needed her.

Leon had long known from Tassela that Chalu City was quite chaotic, but he didn't expect that he would be robbed less than half an hour after parting with Tassela... Fearing trouble, he chose to break the necks of the two robbers to prevent them from going back to call for help, and then beat the younger one to come after the older one, and the older one to come after the older one.

Leon looked around before he took action, and there were no witnesses... As long as no one saw it, it wasn't a crime.

This little incident did not affect Leon's mood for strolling, but in order to avoid trouble, he felt he had to dress a little "fierce".

(End of this chapter)