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

"What you just said on the air, please say it again in detail."

"Well." Shanmao scratched his head, showing a troubled look, "We dig and fill the soil, and it's easy for the snow to melt into it. This way, it's easy for the land to become wet and sticky. They said our fur would get wet if we walked over it, and the truck might slip when it passed by, so we just tried to find a way."

Hearing this, Mercer nodded.The land has become leveled due to their work, but when working in winter, even if the snow is dug out in advance, there will still be snowflakes falling from the sky mixed into it.

In this way, even if the ground becomes flat, the land's ability to withstand pressure will also be reduced, unless it waits for a sufficiently dry season to bake out the moisture in the land - however, this is an ice-veined snowfield, and a spring will be enough. Good luck, I really can't ask for too much.

The lynx continued: "So, meow, I thought of a way to bake with flames, but it's too troublesome to use tools, and the forging people are too busy, meow, but I remembered the idea that the big brother in the forest mentioned to me. , it plans to tame the beast for farming, meow! I think if it can tame a fire-breathing beast, we can work easily, meow!"

Brother... If Mercer guessed correctly, he was thinking about the same cat that the lynx mentioned.

"The lynx you are talking about, I have met it in the forest just now." Mercer said lightly: "I agree with its plan. If you have time, you can go to it for help."

"Meow? Is it really okay? Meow?" The lynx's eyes suddenly lit up, showing a look of surprise, "I'm going to tell it meow now!"

Seeing that it was about to sit back on the pterosaur, Mercer glanced at the pterosaur. The pterosaur suddenly became motionless. Mercer said: "-But, I hope your plan is well thought out. This plan is still there." In the early stage, there are too many shortages of manpower and resources, and I don’t want you to disrupt the rhythm of the entire plan because of some whimsical ideas.”

"Meow..." Facing Mercer's pouring of cold water, the lynx appeared a little depressed, but it didn't last long and immediately became lively again: "I understand, meow! I will never give them any trouble." Troublesome meow!”

"Yes." Mercer nodded towards the lynx, no longer staring at the pterosaurs, and they flew away smoothly.

Chapter 2: Adaptation

After watching them leave, Mercer did not fly away, but walked swaggering among the crowd, feeling their fear and awe.

The latter are more from the survivors on the floating islands, while the former are from the guards of the scholars.

He reached out of the black fog and felt everything around him.

"That black dragon..."

On one side of the village road, two guards were following Mercer. They didn't mean anything malicious, they just happened to be on the way with their tools.

They stared at Mercer with expressions of displeasure, but they did not show hostility in wanting to kill him with just one glance.

"...Let's find another way."

The two guards walked around the corner and walked through the alley.

......

On the other side, a white-haired scholar in the room raised his head from his desk and moved his back uncomfortably. Soon a bobcat climbed up and skillfully helped him massage his stiff muscles.

Soon, the old man's expression changed from pain to relief.

"Huh - right here, ah... it feels comfortable~"

"Meow meow meow?"

"Ah - today I want to eat softer meat. It's too hard and I can't chew it."

"Meow!"

One person and one cat communicated smoothly without any obstacles.

While enjoying the massage with his eyes closed, the scholar muttered to the lynx: "I heard that people came to the Floating Island not long ago. Maybe they can redeem us in a few years. How about you follow me then?" Go back together?"

"Meow......"

"Hey, that's right, then let's not talk about it."

......

In another corner of the village, a middle-aged scholar and two guards were walking on the road, obviously returning from research outside the village.

"The data has been collected. I'm so tired..."

The scholar took a deep breath and couldn't help but relax.

"I don't think we should take the risk to investigate from a distance." A guard said with blue lips, looking at the scholar.

The other guard also nodded and agreed: "We have lived in the blizzard climate for three days. If the lynx hadn't found a cave, we wouldn't have been able to get back here alive."

Hearing the implicit accusations from the guards, the scholar felt a little guilty and reluctantly said:

"But didn't you have any objections at the beginning?"

Before he finished speaking, he changed the topic: "I've been eating dry food for several days and want to eat something good. How about we go to the cat chef's place for a meal?"

Theoretically, the relationship between scholars and guards is that of superiors and subordinates. However, since going out is accompanied by dangers, there must be a solid tacit understanding and trust between each other. Therefore, from an emotional point of view, most scholars and guards have no obvious relationship. gap.

So when he heard the scholar's suggestion, one of the guards frowned and asked, "They are really good there, but I still can't accept a cat that can use tools."

But another scholar has a more optimistic attitude: "I think it's okay. Once you get used to it, they are quite cute, but there are occasional cat hairs in the food."

"And I speculate that from a genetic point of view, they are more like humans than cats, but they look like cats. So you can think of them as people wearing cat skins." The scholar also interjected.

——Then they had a heated discussion on the topic "Is a bobcat a cat or a human?", but in the end they still walked to a room with a fragrant smell.

......

It can be seen that people's adaptability is very strong. After this year, they no longer have much resistance to the environment here. Some have even lowered their vigilance and actively accepted everything here.

Except that they still feel uncomfortable when they see Mercer, it can be said that they have completely integrated into the environment here.

Mercer was naturally very satisfied with their performance.

He is very aware of the difference between his territory and the floating island, and he also understands what to use to retain their hearts.

The most scarce thing on the floating island is resources. Some people can't even eat enough food. In that case, Mercer used a large amount of delicacies that he called luxury to shock their hearts. After all, here is the Ice Vein Snowfield. It was relatively backward in all aspects, but there was no shortage of food.

But other than these, Mercer has not arranged anything like massages and gourmet restaurants.

So he guessed that these were either spontaneous actions by the bobcats or arrangements by others with ulterior motives.

A gourmet house... The food seems to be provided for free. Judging from the information collected by Black Mist, anyone who is not slacking off can eat at will, almost like a buffet.

Then the answer is already very clear. Hami is the only one who has the right to do this.

Regardless of the purpose of doing this for the time being - perhaps it is to offset other people's hatred of him, or to use this method to strengthen their psychology of staying here.No matter what, his ideas coincide with Mercer's. Under his management, this group of people will gradually develop a feeling called "sense of belonging."

This way, they will work here from the bottom of their hearts.

Hami is indeed a talent, and giving him this task seems to be the right choice - Mercer thought so, and then felt Hami in the room not far away.

...There are many considerations in whether you can seize opportunities in this world, such as thinking ability, learning ability; or emotions, habits, etc.But these are not what Hami lacks. The only shortcoming... is his physique.

Mercer thought as he felt Hami look haggard from the black mist.

If this continues, he may have died suddenly before the establishment of the city has even begun.

But there was a reason for him to be so fanatical. Mercer felt his emotions, and pheromones such as "anxiety" and "impatience" could clearly emerge from him.

If I remember correctly, Hami is already in his 40s and has almost completed half of his life, and the reason that supports his overdraft of his body is still the desire for power.

As long as he builds this city, he will be admired by thousands of people and reach a height that he could not reach in the first half of his life.

At that time, he will stand at the head of those who previously laughed at him and hated him, and accept the respect that they must obey whether they like it or not.

That's why he works so hard. The foundation of all this must be completed before his deadline is approaching.

- Mercer was not dissatisfied with his ideas. As long as he could achieve his goal, Mercer could generously give him what he wanted.

As for whether he will die suddenly at work or successfully complete the task, Mercer is not really worried, because Hami, who has such a wish, must have a stronger fear of death than anyone else, so he is very concerned about his physical condition. Have a certain understanding and achieve a balance between completing the task as quickly as possible and not being killed suddenly.

Chapter 221: Gather together

Feeling Hammy staring at the map in front of the table for a long time, Mercer called out:

"——Come out and see me."

Mercer's voice suddenly sounded in his head. Hami couldn't help but tremble and looked around:

"...Lord God?"

In his sight, there were only a few scholars organizing bookshelves and a few bobcats resting on the ground.

Hami was silent for a while, then walked out of the room and came outside.

There, the tall and burly black dragon was sitting in the middle of the road, looking at the scenery in the distance.

When Hami came to him, Mercer turned his head and looked at him:

"Come with me."

"......Yes."

After saying that, Mercer walked slowly on the road, and Hami did not dare to ask too much and followed Mercer.

"Is there anything difficult for you in this task?"

Feeling the withdrawal and avoidance of others, Mercer was in a calm mood and asked Hami.

Hami quickly replied: "Everything is going well, you don't have to worry."

However, based on what Mercer experienced along the way, the reality was far from as easy as Hami said.

"——I want to hear the truth."

Hearing Mercer Gujing Wubo's words, Hami sighed: "Actually... there are indeed a lot of problems."

Hami's predecessor was just the person in charge of a resource management office. This job mainly involved negotiating with the tribes and villages trading on the ground, discussing the number of each transaction, and sorting out the arrangements for the goods in and out. Moreover, if the tribe in charge , if there is an accident in the village, he will have to pay the due price.

How can He De, such a small employee, take on such a heavy responsibility? Because of this, it is inevitable that some mistakes will occur.

"The main problem is still because of my arrogance." Hami decisively admitted his mistake: "I thought the request I issued to my superiors would be completed smoothly, but who knew that due to the increase in the number of people, errors would occur. The number of times will also increase, which will cause even a small thing to be delayed for a long time - my steps are too big, resulting in the goal and the completion time of the result being completely inconsistent... If there are more With more manpower, it should be possible to make up for it, but in this case, the problem just now may happen again..."

"Yeah." Hearing his words, Mercer nodded, but he didn't thoughtfully provide a solution. This was his own problem.

"What are the arrangements for the survivors?" he asked while walking towards the entrance of the village.

"I arranged for a large part of the survivors of Floating Island No. [-] to carry out the work of shoveling and paving roads. The remaining part was arranged by me to Amo's training camp at your request."

"Tell me in detail."

"Those who are assigned to the training camp spend half the time training and half the time working, such as paving roads as I just mentioned, or maintaining food and oddball tasks in the training camp. As for Amo, his mission is only to train. those people."

Hearing this, Mercer stopped and looked ahead.

——In Napi, there is a vast open space where hundreds of people gather. In the center, you can see Amo wielding a giant sword larger than a human body, slashing at the wooden pile in front of him.Others were observing his movements around him. Among those crowds were people of all races, including some guards who followed the scholars.

"He has ten years of hunter experience. Although he is not a famous person, he does not have many failures. In my opinion, he is an upper-middle-class hunter with a solid foundation and rich experience. He is very suitable for teaching others." Hami said.

He doesn't have much experience of failure... which means he is more cautious than ordinary people, and his appearance and weapons are a little different.

Feeling Mercer's gaze, Amo turned his head and looked at the huge figure in the distance. After a pause, he put his sword on his back and prepared to walk towards Mercer.

Others also discovered Mercer's presence, and the atmosphere became slightly stiff for a moment.

"continue."

Seeing this, Mercer's voice rang in all of their minds. After hearing these words, Amo stopped and turned around to come to the wooden pile again.

Feeling Mercer's gaze, the others could only return their gazes to where they were before. Their emotions suddenly became tense and they no longer had the same interest as before.

Amo, who was standing in front of the wooden stake, also held the giant sword and hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"...As you can see, the great sword requires a lot of body control. The basis for being able to use it skillfully is not just brute force, but requires skills far beyond ordinary people."

Then, under the eyes of everyone including Mercer, he lifted the solid iron sword upward and put it on his shoulder.

"——About the technique of the great sword, in summary, it is a technique of condensing all the strength into one point..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Amo stared at the wooden stake in front of him, took a deep breath, and the next moment, he suddenly waved the weapon in his hand.

call--

Only the sound of a blow breaking through the air was heard. After the blow was swung, the wooden stake in front of Amo was instantly cut in two.

You know, this wooden pile was so thick that even a person couldn't hold it, and it was cut in half easily.

Seeing this scene, even with Mercer watching from the side, everyone couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers.

But Amo was unmoved and came to another pile with a big sword on his back.

The same height and thickness, but different from before, what is in front of you is a solid iron pile made of metal.

Amo looked at everyone and said in a deep voice:

"'Condensing the whole body's power into one point', don't think that this is such a simple technique. Hunters who master this technique can exert their power to several times or even dozens of times at the moment of attack. .”

Dozens of times? ...Hearing this, Mercer couldn't help but become interested.

And then, Amo also picked up the big sword, and his whole body became full of momentum.