Durin's Diary

Chapter 235: Entangled Roots
In his previous life, Du Lin learned a proverb: All roads lead to Rome.

The meaning is very simple, that is, as long as people can think of ways, there will definitely be more ways than difficulties.

Since Carles Quinin was a famous middleman in Rome, Dulin only needed to ask the police officer to immediately find out his address.

Rich people usually live in neighborhoods where rich people live, to show their status and prove their success.

Du Lin and his group arrived at the entrance of the block and were stopped as expected.

"Who are you?" the guard asked warily.

"My Alice, are you going to transform or am I going to transform?" The red dragon asked the silver dragon beside him with a smile.

The latter glanced at him and said, "Come here."

The red dragon then completed his transformation. He lowered his head and stared at the guard with one eye: "Do you think we look like bad guys?"

The guards scrambled to make way.

Du Lin walked over and took out his wallet. There were seven people, and the tea fee was ten silver shields per person.

So no matter how frightened they were, it turned into the guards' gratitude for the generosity and kindness of the kind young master.

Moreover, the guards were very enthusiastic in giving Dulin the specific route to Carl Quinin's residence, as if to say that since we are a comrade who has died today, we must all join in the celebration.

With their help, Du Lin and his party quickly arrived at the entrance of the manor.

The private guard came over and asked, "Excuse me, do you have an invitation?"

"No." Du Lin replied.

"Then please go back. My master doesn't see strangers." The private guard shook his head.

Durin smiled. "I'm Durin Elsh, grandson of Ish Elsh, the leader of the Eastern Elves. I'd like to ask who asked him to post about Roy Corleone. Go tell your master I'm here and tell him not to escape unless he no longer wants his home."

As Durin finished speaking, Lady Silver Dragon completed her transformation.

"I'll go tell the master right away!" The private guard turned around and ran away.

"Just like what the people of Chang Tang said, some mortals won't cry until they see the coffin. Now that you say the name, he should understand." The red dragon who helped Du Lin establish the plane anchor sighed with a smile.

He was not wrong. After a while, a well-dressed middle-aged fat man appeared in Du Lin's eyes. He tripped and fell while going down the stairs, but he still crawled to Du Lin.

Then he knelt down.

"I'm just a middleman, Master Du Lin! Don't kill me!"

"If I were to kill you, I wouldn't let your guards inform you who assigned you this task."

"Charles Big Nowell, a Yankee, his family is in Genoa." As he spoke, the fat man humbly took out a bill from his pocket. "This is a small token of my appreciation. I was blind. I am willing to pay you fifty thousand gold guilders as compensation."

Du Lin took the bill and handed it to Lina.

Lina checked it out. "It's a note from the Roman Commercial Bank. It was just written, and the ink hasn't dried yet. It seems that Mr. Karls has been working very hard to survive today."

"Of course, I'm just a middleman. I work very hard every day to survive." The fat man knelt in front of Du Lin with a flattering look on his face.

Du Lin nodded, then slapped him across the face, knocking half his teeth out. "You can escape the death penalty, but I won't spare your life. Will you take any work involving my family next time?" Du Lin asked.

"No! No! Please don't worry! If someone asks me for the job, I will definitely take it and tell you immediately!" Even though his mouth was leaking, the fat man still made the choice to survive.

Du Lin nodded, stretched out his finger and pointed, and the healing magic immediately made his teeth grow back. The middle-aged man cried with joy - because this meant that Du Lin let him go.

"I know Charles. How about I bring him over and let Carls recognize him?" The Red Dragon said seriously.

"Okay, hurry up and come back."

It took a total of thirteen seconds from the time the red dragon entered the teleportation channel to the time he came out with a dwarf tied up.

"That's him! Charles Big Nowell!" Carls screamed.

Lina looked at the dwarf thrown to the ground by the red dragon and hesitated: "Is this considered a big guy?"

"I'm a giant among dwarfs!" the man screamed and roared, "Why did you kidnap me? Is there any law?"

"This land called Farol no longer has a king. I am Durin, Durin Elsh. Roy Corleone is my father. Is there anything I need to remind you of?" Durin squatted in front of the dwarf.

The latter's pupils dilated. After a long moment, he turned his head and looked at the Red Dragon: "You betrayed me!"

"Mr. Du Lin is a Candle Dragon, a high-ranking fantasy dragon. I am merely a red dragon. He summoned me through the covenant, and I responded to the call of my bloodline. Therefore, I am loyal to my responsibilities and obligations, not betraying you, my friend. I really don't want Mr. Du Lin to go there in person. If that happens, many people will die. I believe in your integrity, and I also believe in his perseverance."

At this point, the Red Dragon knelt before Du Lin. "Mr. Du Lin, I beg you for a favor. This mortal is the descendant of an old friend of mine. I've watched generations of children in this family grow up and grow old. His father, in order not to betray his comrades, only had this young son, whom I saved. Now, I know your heart is as hard as stone, so I can only ask you to give your young son a chance to live."

The old red dragon had said so. What else could Durin say? He nodded and looked at the dwarf: "Are you really not going to tell me?"

The dwarf nodded and stuck out half of his tongue.

"I have witnessed your loyalty. Unfortunately, we are enemies." Durin stood up, kicked the dwarf in the face and knocked him unconscious, then looked at the red dragon.

"Go and capture all of his family members. The youngest child is yours. He and all of his family members must be sent alive to the Eastern Territory." Having said this, Du Lin was silent for a moment, and finally added, "Don't do anything stupid. Don't force me."

"Yes, sir, your will will be carried out." The red dragon knocked his head deeply to the ground.

"I know that many people will not understand me when I say this and will say that I am cruel, but I am not a kind person. I will not reason with my enemies. Death is the best gift I can give them, and extinction is the ultimate solution I can think of." Having said that, Durin looked at Karls, who was trembling and did not dare to raise his head to look at the misery of the dwarf.

Du Lin walked up to him and said, "Mr. Carls, please remember everything that happened to Mr. Charles today. He still has his hands. The Eastern Territory has plenty of ways to make him write down the answers, or even make his soul speak. And you, Mr. Carls, do you have the courage, perseverance, and willpower to accept this test from me and the Eastern Territory?"

"No, I'm just a humble middleman. I will definitely remember my mission and serve you. I will never dare to have second thoughts."

"Tell your colleagues that if there's any future work against the Corleone Family, they can make completely different choices. Of course, if they're not afraid of death, that's fine, but don't cry foul when I come and kill their entire family. I'm afraid I'll laugh." With that, Du Lin reached out and opened a teleportation channel. Then, looking at the red dragon who had raised his head, he said, "By the way, I haven't asked your name yet."

"Drian von Redhorn, born into the red dragon tribe of Sidney Lowlands." The old red dragon answered humbly.

"You bring him and his family here in person. Everything I promised before is still valid, but please don't let Zhulong down, and don't bring shame to the reputation of the red dragon species." After Du Lin finished speaking, he looked at Lina.

The girl followed Du Lin and asked, "Where are we going?"

"Go find my grandfather, he must be on my father's side." After saying that, Du Lin sighed.

(End of this chapter)