Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

...After a while, Gulu stood in front of Mercer, looking at Mercer's armor in surprise.

"——Lord God, are you awake?"

At this time, Mercer was lying on the hill of food and devouring food. After seeing Gollum's arrival, he glanced at him and continued to devour the food.

"Tell someone to put all the chains on you back."

"...I understand." Gulu was stunned for a while, then nodded.

He sent someone to move a lot of tools, set up the hanger and started working next to him.

Gulu replaced the chain, put on a new one, and connected the two pieces of armor.

He looked at the marks on the armor and silently speculated in his mind.

These were all traces of being exposed to high temperatures and strong vibrations. As for the source of these injuries, Gulu believed that he knew better than anyone else.

The forging people live in caves, so they have never seen the firebirds that other people talk about, but they can make a rough guess——

Gulu once took in several hunters or adventurers when he was wandering, and heard from them what happened shortly after the blacksmiths left.At that time, it was a natural disaster named Phoenix that took away the scarred black dragon from the floating island.

Combined with the description, he had already guessed at that time that perhaps the existence that was the source of the lava crystals and left after the battle with Mercer was the legendary natural disaster.

After the natural disaster was repelled by the black dragon, he came to live on this land and formed a volcano. Then he rescued the black dragon when his life was in danger and brought him here.

The time and place all match, so it seems that the phoenix is ​​more suitable to become a god than the black dragon.

——However, all of this is just in Gulu's mind. As the village chief, he has the wisdom to match his name, but he is not pushy by nature, so these thoughts are only presented in his mind and will not be spoken out. , and shouldn’t be spoken out.

......

Ignoring what Gulu was thinking, Mercer took advantage of this moment to blow on his paw, spray out a little breath liquid, burn all the bloody traces from the food on it, and then began to feel Got up his body.

Soon, he opened his eyes and frowned: the epidermis was severely burned, and at the same time, because the body's regeneration rate was too fast, the flesh and blood were stuck together with the armor, and all the scales were lost except for the gaps in the armor. protection.

In this way, if the armor needs to be replaced again, an extremely tragic scene may occur.

But for Mercer now, there is nothing to worry about. He can't feel the pain anyway. He will consider this matter when he recovers from his injuries.

As for now, it is time to think about the future arrangements of the floating island.

——Mercer held his face with his hands, and after thinking for a while, he spread the black mist:

"What changes have occurred in the territory during the few months I have been sleeping?"

The voice rang in Rachel's head in the room. She paused, took out a few documents from the table beside her, and opened them.

"During this period, Hami made statistics on the people you brought and arranged them to live in various places. Among them, those who held bachelor's positions lived with local scholars, while doctors were evenly arranged in each place. In the village. In addition, a month after you fell asleep, the lynx in the forest came to apply for personnel support from you. After I told Hami the news, he sent all the forest people there, along with part of his body. Those who are too weak to withstand the cold - as for the others, they all live on the spaceship and carry out construction work."

"......Um."

Hearing this, Mercer nodded, his expression not changing much.

A very reasonable arrangement. It seems that this Hammy also knows that only when the foundation is solid can we be able to build tall buildings.Therefore, the most important task at present is not to build the city, but to "digest" the group of survivors brought by Mercer.

"So, has anything else changed in the meantime?"

Facing Mercer's question, Rachel flipped through the documents again and frowned:

"One more thing... When you fought that unknown bird, many creatures were frightened. Not only the creatures in the forest, but also the creatures in the ice and snowfields became restless. But in During this period, the work of the lynxes in the forest was protected by the Dire Wolf Dragon, and in the ice-veined snowfield, a man named Amo led the guards of scholars to suppress them."

"Amo?"

Mercer remembered this man. The survivors on the floating island all called him "Captain", and his status seemed to be high.

Rachel also nodded and said:

"He was the leader of a hunting group and an experienced hunter."

No wonder, the leader of the hunting group...

"What is this Amo doing now?" Mercer suddenly thought of something and asked.

Rachel flipped through the file again and looked at one place: "...According to last month's report, in addition to going out to suppress the beasts that caused trouble to the villagers, he also participates in relatively leisurely work."

"Send someone to tell Hami to arrange a spacious venue for this Amo and send some people to learn the skills of hunters - then you ask him to find an old man named Root and ask him to organize people to learn the ability to fly a spaceship. .”

"Lute..." Rachel thought for a while, pulled out a document from the side, and rummaged for a while: "This old man named Lute was originally a spacecraft instructor working in the port. He was arranged by Hami to knit warm clothes on the spaceship."

Hearing these words, Mercer glanced casually, and saw the scene inside the house through the vision brought to him by the black mist.

In the document, those who have special talents but are temporarily unable to use them are assigned to relaxed and leisure jobs by Hami.

He nodded, very satisfied with Hami's work, and said: "Tell Hami that if we want to build a city, it is not enough to rely solely on the resources in the ice veins, snowfields and forests. We also need to go to distant places to collect, so the spaceship's Manufacturing is the focus, and we can ask the blacksmiths to collaborate and give priority to ship construction."

"I'll do it right away." Rachel nodded and quickly sent out the Bobcats to take action.

Thinking about the future plan in his heart, Mercer pondered in his heart, with a sharp light in his eyes:

——Everything is on track now. The most important thing in the near future is the spaceship left to deal with the arrival of the floating island.

Chapter 214: Someone coming

...A land composed of past natural disasters, an evil dragon that defeated the floating island and fell.

What an incomparable combination... Standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the islands in the distance, Ishikawa remained silent.

"Mr. Ishikawa, we should land soon."

Beside, a heavily armed man said in a deep voice.

Behind them was a group of taciturn troops, carrying elite weapons on their backs, and each one of them seemed to have experienced hundreds of battles.

Not only that, in addition to this spaceship, there were three spaceships lined up on each side of them - seven in total, all of which had the most powerful artillery and plenty of ammunition.

Of course, they are not here for fighting, these elite soldiers and cannons are just for themselves.

"...Hmm." Ishikawa never thought that one day he would be treated like this, but what made his past self even more unpredictable was that he would have to negotiate with a giant dragon with human intelligence.

"Everyone - get ready for landing..." The man on the side raised his hand, but before he finished speaking, he saw another place with his peripheral vision, and his words suddenly froze.

——High up in front of them, several spaceships landed slowly in the clouds.

When they got closer, they saw the number of those spaceships: eight.I don’t know whether it was planned in advance or just a coincidence, but there was one more ship than them.

On the spaceship opposite, several rays of light began to flicker with frequency.

"Come here..." A crew member read out these words and looked at the man.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Follow them."

...The spaceship took them to the edge of a volcano. Looking at the scenery in front of them, everyone on the spacecraft became nervous.

"This is what the crew members who escaped said...the dragon's habitat..."

Staring at the deep circle of lava, it was as if a scarlet eye was staring at them.

At this moment, a flickering light came from the spaceship opposite:

"Land...here."

The man on the side also interpreted the signal above and fell silent.

Then he was silent for a moment, raised his hand, and called around:

"landing!"

——The three spaceships slowly landed on the ground, while in the air, the remaining four were still flying high in the sky, vigilantly.

Then, the centermost spaceship opened, and Ishikawa and the guards came out and stood in the open space in front.

"Welcome everyone." Ishikawa looked forward, staring at the man bowing to them.

"...I recognize you, the last person in charge."

Under Ishikawa's words, the man raised his head, revealing a pair of tired but shining eyes.

"Hello." Hami said, looking at the people in front of him.

"...Hello." After a moment of silence, Ishikawa replied.

For a moment, Ishikawa suspected that he had recognized the wrong person. The Hami in front of him changed greatly from the one in his memory.

After all, they were both in the same position, and Ishikawa and Hami had a relationship. At that time, Hami was smart and capable, and would dress himself up with luxurious decorations, but occasionally he would show a look of fear that he had never seen in the world.

But now, there are too many strange places in front of Hami.

He was still wearing a suit and looked like a scholar, but his face was filled with fatigue and he had lost weight. The cheekbones on his cheeks were prominent, and he looked like he had been under suffocating pressure for a long time.

But on the contrary, his eyes were very bright, as if he had endless power and his vision was sharp.Compared with the previous Hami, he is really a completely different person.

Ishikawa stepped forward and shook hands with Hami.

"Please." Hami glanced at the people behind him, said nothing, and led Ishikawa to the house not far ahead.

——Here, Ishikawa met the so-called "priest", a young girl.Judging from the previous information, she was forced to lose her sight and became a priest.

But when the scholars came here, everyone's disguises were torn apart. I am afraid that even the identity of this priest was carefully disguised by her.

Ishikawa glanced at the few lynxes around her calmly, and then glanced at the two guards who came in with her behind her.Just when he was about to come and sit down at Rachel's table, Hammy stopped him at this moment and asked him to sit on a chair on the side of the guest table.

Hami himself sat opposite Ishikawa.

Looking at his behavior, Ishikawa not only frowned, but also had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Hello, what should I call you?"

At the same time, Rachel also turned her head and looked in the direction of Ishikawa.

"... Just call me Ishikawa. I am the exchange manager of the Floating Island Material Management Department. The general content of my job... is the same as Mr. Hami's previous job."

Ishikawa thought he hadn't made much noise since he entered the room, but this blind priest...

"I understand, Mr. Ishikawa."

Ishikawa hesitated for a while, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and took out another document from his handbag.

"——We have also reviewed the letter you sent. Before that, I must make one point on behalf of the Sky Island Federation: the content about the 'Resource Collection Center' is not true. It comes from amateurs on the Sky Island. The chatter does not necessarily represent the official results."

While saying this, his eyes wandered between Hammy and Rachel, not knowing which person he was looking at.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Hami in front of Ishikawa said: "I was present when the meeting about the ice veins and snowfields was held. I can tell you very clearly that Mr. Ishikawa was the one who proposed the 'resource collection center' The request made by most leaders of official organizations such as the Sky Island Federation, the Ecological Research Institute, and the Hunter Guild.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ishikawa stared at Hami in front of him, and his heart sank.

Ishikawa had expected it when he sat in front of him, but he really couldn't imagine that Hami would decisively side with the Ice Vein Snowfield in such a short period of time, abandoning him as a floating islander. identity.

What on earth did he go through...

Ishikawa took a deep breath, looked down at his wrist, and replied:

"-Even so, this plan has not been officially approved, so I think that the 'resource collection center' mentioned by your gods is unreasonable, and it is even more serious to use this as an excuse to imprison the scholars on the floating island. Rude behavior, if you want to continue trading with us, please show enough sincerity."

"By sincerity, do you mean letting those scholars go?" Hami stared at Ishikawa, his tone following closely.

Chapter 215: Evidence

Hammy...what on earth has this person gone through to make him stand so resolutely with the Ice Vein Snowfield?

The unexpected situation made Ishikawa feel uneasy, but his professionalism made him calm down quickly:

"——Indeed, those scholars are very important to Floating Island. If it is for the sake of friendly transactions between us, on behalf of Floating Island, I solemnly hope that you will liberate the scholars. Similarly, it is very barbaric to arbitrarily restrict the freedom of others. If you want to prove that you are civilized and reasonable, please behave accordingly. Otherwise, even if we agree to the deal with you, some crew members will not be willing to come to you. This slows down each transaction.”

"yes."

Hami listened to his words, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "But you must also know the experience of the black dragon. I can tell you responsibly that the gods of this land, or the black dragon, have different attitudes towards human beings." Extremely strong distrust. It is for this reason that He chose to imprison the scholars on the Floating Island. Because compared to your Floating Island, we are at a disadvantage. Only in this way can we have the confidence to trade with you. But you can rest assured that the safety and quality of life of those scholars are guaranteed, and they live very well here."

us......

Hearing this, Ishikawa unknowingly crossed his fingers and his tone gradually became stiff: "I'm sorry, before continuing to talk about this topic, I would like to ask Mr. Hami - what position are you taking with me now? About this deal?”

Hami did not speak, but turned his head to look at Rachel.

"——Same as you, Mr. Ishikawa." Rachel said: "If you are the person in charge of negotiating the content of our transaction from the perspective of the floating island, then Mr. Hami is standing from the perspective of the Ice Vein Snowfield. personnel.”

"..."

Something is very wrong.Ishikawa fell silent, his eyes wandering between the two of them.

Why did Hami betray the Floating Island within a year and stand on the ice-veined snowfield? Why did the priest keep his eyes tightly closed, but looked at them as if he was not blind.

The unknown situation made Ishikawa hesitate. At this moment, the guard standing by the door suddenly coughed and woke him up.

Ishikawa looked down, looked at the watch on his wrist, and calmed down: "——I know the reason why you are unwilling to let the scholars go. Then, there is one more thing I need to confirm."