Crossing the true dragon realm, and you call me Little Locke?

When Shuoyang flew back to his nest from the grassland, he saw that the nest was full of electric bleats and clover.

He felt a sudden darkness engulf his vision and his heart skipped a beat.

He hurriedly called out to Adela, "Where is she? What's going on?"

"How did my nest turn into a sheep pen? Are you raising livestock for me right here?"

Upon hearing the sound, Adela arrived with her large guardian dog, which had evolved into a Sonic Hound, and three smaller guardian dogs that she found later.

Her emerald eyes sparkled as she avoided Shuoyang's gaze.

Somewhat guilty, he explained, "My lord, these little fellows have no way to protect themselves in the mountains."

"I'm afraid something might happen to them, which would delay your plans."

So I brought them all back.

"Don't worry," she assured the elves, "these little guys are very clean and won't dirty the dragon's nest."

"Moreover, I had it appraised, and the quality and value of their wool are very high."

"It can be sold for a very high price, allowing you to accumulate wealth."

"Hmm~?!"

Upon hearing this, Shuoyang's anger vanished instantly.

Because any normal dragon wouldn't turn down treasure.

After all, enough treasure could connect the dragon and its lair into one.

This allows the true dragon to draw upon the power of the earth's veins.

Gain legendary resistances and legendary abilities, and greatly increase the range and intensity of magical radiation.

So Shuoyang looked at the warm yellow cotton balls scattered all over the ground.

His vertical pupils flashed, and he immediately switched to a money-grabbing mentality.

He instructed Adela, "Don't sign any contracts with those people yet."

"Go down the mountain to buy some mouths, and use that as a marketing gimmick."

"They'll just hype it up as 'golden fleece' and drive up the price later."

"Let's sign a few more huge contracts that will last for hundreds of years and take advantage of them."

"I understand," Adela said, letting him off the hook.

She breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed with sincere admiration, "As expected of the lord, your wisdom is truly extraordinary."

"Those soft-skinned demons down the mountain really need to be dealt with."

"They dared to take advantage of your kindness and trustworthiness, buying low and selling high, stealing the wealth that rightfully belongs to you."

"Don't worry," she assured Shuoyang, "I will arrange this matter properly and teach them a profound lesson."

Elliott, who arrived later, saw them singing in unison.

Even with his thick skin, he was incredibly embarrassed.

As her bodyguard, he had witnessed Adela's actions firsthand over the past few days.

Whether it was something Shuoyang said or something he hadn't considered, Adela had already made all the arrangements.

Therefore, her words were purely to support Shuoyang and provide emotional value.

"As expected, old habits die hard; he's just a liar."

Elliott inwardly scoffed, but wisely kept quiet.

After Adela finished flattering him.

He stepped forward and summoned the now evolved Kaka Ke, Banban Ke, for Shuoyang to subdue.

Shuoyang looked at the timid little turtle standing on its back.

He glanced at his younger brother, his expression somewhat complicated, but he didn't break his promise.

He pried a Poké Ball out from under the scales and captured the Kakabuto, thus completing the task of capturing a Water-type Pokémon.

He then handed it over to Elliott.

Elliott then got down to business, saying, "Agripa, Grand Duke Theodore is all ready; we can go now."

"Alright," Shuoyang replied, then asked, "Has the deposit been delivered?"

"Deposit!?"

Elliot was stunned; he wasn't a real mercenary.

Of course, only a verbal agreement was reached, so where did the deposit come from? Would anyone dare to renege on a deal with the real dragon?

Seeing his silly, clueless look.

Shuoyang immediately guessed what he was thinking, so he gave a history lesson: "Do you know the blue dragon of the Shattered Tooth Mountains—Ivykola Sagran Sharptooth?"

Eliot nodded. "I know."

So Shuoyang continued, "She suffered because she didn't ask for a deposit."

"Back then, she conspired with King Shain IV to assassinate the silver dragon—the glorious Rehemnasar."

"As a result, she desperately killed Rehemnasar."

"Shane IV went back on his word because he didn't want to pay the reward, and he almost killed her too."

"This led to her centuries-long war with Shaun VII."

"Therefore," Shuoyang solemnly warned his younger brother, "do not easily trust humans, especially those high-ranking human nobles."

"In their eyes, we are spoils of war, just like the evil dragon."

"Given the chance, they would never hesitate to take us out to cement their reputation as dragon slayers."

"is that so?"

Elliott was skeptical after hearing this.

Because of Alvin and the innate kindness of bronze dragons, he has always viewed humans with a favorable bias.

So seeing how seriously Shuoyang was taking it, he was a little conflicted for a moment.

But Shuoyang insisted on paying first, then doing the work.

Elliott had no choice but to use magic to contact Rena and have her convey Shuoyang's conditions to Duke Theodore.

Duke Theodore, stationed outside the border forest, received the news.

His face turned ashen, and he smashed the table with his fist.

Just as Shuoyang had anticipated, he initially intended to wait until the dragons were both severely weakened before going to the dragon's nest to claim the treasure for himself.

Otherwise, he would have directly come to ask Shuoyang, who had driven away the Green Dragon.

Instead of going through Lena, they went to find Violet and Elliott, the youngest of the Shuoyang siblings.

For this reason, he even sent people to investigate Violet.

It was determined that this young female dragon harbored extreme hatred for evil dragons and would risk her life to fight against evil.

To his surprise, Violet was even more extreme than he had imagined.

Upon seeing the opportunity, she didn't think about driving away the red and green dragons, but rather about killing them outright.

Therefore, she sought out Shuoyang, who had a different set of values ​​but was extremely powerful in combat.

This caused the Duke of Theodore's plan to fail directly, leaving him no choice but to bite the bullet and contribute manpower and resources.

Therefore, upon hearing that Shuoyanglong had not yet arrived, they immediately asked him for the deposit.

Duke Theodore was furious.

He was a notorious rogue nobleman in the Kingdom of Farosia.

He's always the one who gets to take advantage of others; no one else has the right to take advantage of him.

Not to mention that the one who wants to take advantage of him for free is an unknown lizard.

So he immediately yelled at the communication stone, "Absolutely not! No way!"

"Tell that damned lizard!"

"I can handle those giant lizards even without them!"

But Lena on the other end of the communication stone listened calmly.

She simply replied, "Duke, are you breaking the contract?"

"Perhaps I could have them come to talk to you in person?"

Upon hearing this, Duke Theodore fell silent instantly.

As Alvin's former lord, he knew very well what the consequences would be if Shuoyang and his group really came looking for him.

After Alvin died in battle, he intended to take the opportunity to annex the seaside town of the Senora family.

This attracted the attention of the master of the Emerald Moon Sea—the Claw of the Coast, Lamarantz.

Under the threat of that ancient bronze dragon, he not only failed to capture the town, but also lost Poplar Harbor, the richest place in the northern border of the kingdom.

From that moment on, Duke Theodore understood.

The "goodness" these benevolent dragons refer to is only relative to those evil dragons.

If their interests are truly infringed upon, and they have a suitable reason, then their destructive power will only be greater than that of evil dragons.

Moreover, when interests align, even a benevolent dragon will join forces with an evil dragon.

So, faced with Lena's blatant threat, Duke Theodore ultimately chose to compromise with a gloomy expression.