Lord Chronicle

Chapter 224 Being Exploited Again
In the days that followed, both Saul and Jessica were caught up in the tedious aftermath.

Although the town was not directly attacked, the hasty evacuation caused considerable panic.In addition, after Kajirido appeared, many residents saw it from a distance, and there were even rumors that the Dragon Clan came to attack.

So Jessica had to do her best to appease the terrified residents and businessmen in order to stabilize the situation.

In addition, the territory defense team suffered a lot of losses, especially the newly joined barbarian troops. It took a lot of effort just to clean up the corpses outside the city, and then reassemble those corpses broken by Gru to identify their identities. .

Sol will also hold a grand funeral for these barbarians who died in the line of duty, and issue pensions.One is to sincerely thank them for their selfless efforts, and the other is to avoid complaints from the barbarians.

In addition, repairing the damaged roads and strengthening the defenses around the territory once again is enough for Manson's engineering team to be busy for a while.

After a week of non-stop busyness, after sending away the recovered Luret and his party, Saul finally escaped from the nightmare affairs and began to think about another matter.

That is naturally the treasure of Kajirido.

So after discussing with Jessica, Sol took Chip, Kress, and a treasure hunting team composed of ten barbarian warriors, and once again went to the mountain where the Kajirido treasure was located.

Five days later.

Sol stood on the stone platform with only half of the cliff left, looking up at the enchantment stone wall guarding the treasure of Kajirido. Around the stone wall, there was still the sword left by the last battle between Gelug and Igrid. mark.

But now, of these two strongest swordsmen, one is dead and the other is uncertain, and I am afraid they will never be able to return here.

Shaking his head, Thor shook off these messy thoughts in his mind, and then took out the ring that had been treasured for a long time.

Immediately, his heart skipped a beat, filled with anxiety and excitement about opening the treasure.

Black Dragon Kajiriduo, don't let me down.

Putting the ring on his hand, Sol walked to the stone wall and raised his hand high: "Cakirido's treasure, open it for me, the thing between my fingers is the certificate."

Before the words were finished, a ray of light shot out from between the mouths of the two dragons twined to form the body of the ring, and shot towards the center of the stone wall.

Immediately afterwards, with the point where the light hit as the center, a faint black streak on the stone wall swayed in all directions, like ripples when a stone is thrown into water.

And that stone wall is already like a living thing, with a big hole expanding from the center to all directions.

Immediately, a dazzling light curtain composed of countless various rays of light gushed out like the rays of the morning sun, instantly engulfing Sol's figure.

Even Kress and the others guarding the edge of the stone platform were too shaken to keep their eyes open.

Among the countless flickering lights filling the cave, I saw a vague and thin figure walking into it, and then stood still again.

Fearing that Sol would encounter another trap, Kress squinted his eyes hard: "My lord, are you alright?"

After a long while, Sol's dull answer came: "Chip, you travel the fastest here. Go back to the territory and ask Jessica to send all the barbarians, just say, I found something incredible... "

Chip nodded without saying a word, and the next moment his figure disappeared into the light.

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After Chip left, Sol was like a hen guarding the nest, he had to live by the stone platform, and would never leave again.

Kress's persuasion was fruitless, so he had no choice but to let the fellow barbarians cut down tree trunks and branches, and built a simple shack at the entrance of the cave, allowing the lord to live in caves.

Of course, food can only be solved by him hunting wild game every day.

And at this time, the barbarian warriors saw the unexpected and dumbfounding side of the great Lord Saul in their minds.

For the next few days, Sol would go into the cave for a walk every day, drooling greedily every time, and then walking out dully.

And Kress would be very nervous every time, for fear that the lord would go crazy under such a huge stimulus, how could he go back and explain to Miss Jessica.

Fortunately, before Sol suffered a schizophrenia, the relocation team from Lovell finally arrived.

The ensuing feat of relocating the treasure was still full of fascination when some participants recalled it many years later.

The treasures of the black dragon Kajirido are unimaginable, far from comparable to that of the white dragon Bravila, and even surpassed that of Elebena.

Mountains of gold coins, like gemstones in the colorful sea, thousands of gold and silver utensils, antiques, magic crystals, magic cores and all kinds of dazzling magic items, were moved out of the cave in a mighty way.

400 barbarians, 200 strong garrison members, and 300 dwarves with heavy loads were exhausted before they were barely transported back to Lowell in secret.

And the warehouses on the wharf, which were temporarily used as treasure houses, almost couldn't hold them.

Afterwards, they were asked to keep it strictly confidential and must not disclose any information about the treasure.

The barbarians are simple, the defenders are loyal, the dwarves are honest, and Thor generously pays a hush money, so he is quite at ease in this regard.

Sol arranged for all the guards to guard in shifts. In order to prevent the Thieves Guild in the territory from causing trouble, he even ordered Chip to lead the Yeying team to guard nearby to prevent anyone from approaching.

After finishing all this, Sol felt a little relieved, holding on to the dark circles under his eyes left by not having a good night's sleep for more than ten days, he staggered back to the Lord's Mansion, snoring like thunder.

This sleep lasted until the evening of the next day.

After waking up, eating and washing, when Sol came to the pier in good spirits again, Jessica, Reed and the others had already started counting there.

Although the financial officer of the territory has countless money flowing through his hands, when faced with this huge treasure, Reed still can't help trembling and trembling.

Of course, it is impossible to calculate the value of this batch of treasures in one day, so Reed took a group of reliable guards and roughly divided the treasures by category.

Then they roughly estimated the price of gold coins and gems, which are easy to calculate, based on their weight.Of course, when the final results came out, Reid wrote a staggering number on the report with a trembling pen.

As for other things such as magic cores, antiques, magic items, etc., we can only wait and pay attention to them later.

It's just that Lovell made it this time, and it's a big deal, so there's no doubt about it.

Seeing Sol, Jessica immediately greeted him: "It's amazing, even though I was mentally prepared, I didn't expect such a large batch of things."

Although he has had a good rest, Sol still feels a little dizzy when he thinks of the excitement when he entered the cave and faced the treasure for the first time.

He asked, "Have the statistics come to fruition?"

Jessica shook her head: "How is it possible, but the roughly estimated part is enough for Lovell's expenses for the next three years."

Following her excitedly said: "With these treasures, many ideas that were difficult to realize before can be carried out. In particular, Reid's water transportation plan can definitely be established in the shortest possible time."

Thinking of the changes these treasures would bring to Lovell, the beautiful stewardess couldn't help but be full of longing.

Looking at Jessica who was full of expectations, Sol couldn't help but said: "Jessica, in fact, I have always wanted to tell you that some of these treasures may be lost."

Jessica hummed: "I understand, in order to obtain the mining rights of the mine from Elebena. But it's only a quarter, and the rest is enough..."

Saul had to interrupt her: "No, there may be more."

"Hey, did she change her mind again?" Jessica asked in surprise.

Sol scratched his head: "Uh... that's not true, it's just that I want to do another thing and use these treasures."

"What's the matter?" Jessica was very surprised, and her face changed suddenly: "You don't want to..."

"Don't make random guesses." Seeing that she thought of some weird things again, Saul said quickly.

Then, he moved closer to Jessica's ear and whispered a few words.

"What, end the war? Are you joking?" Jessica looked at him in astonishment.

Sol nodded: "I've thought about it many times. In the long run, a stable Kingdom of Dinar is what Lovell needs most."

"However, how can this be done, at least not what we can do."

Sol pondered: "Actually, I already have a preliminary plan, and one of the most critical links is to use this batch of treasures."

"What are you going to do?" Jessica asked.

Saul played tricks: "To be honest, I don't know what to do now. But I plan to meet Elebena, and first redeem the iron ore mining rights. As for whether this matter can be carried out, we have to ask She has to help."

Seeing that he was so secretive again, Jessica couldn't help but get angry: "Are you planning to keep it from me until the end as usual?"

Sol quickly said: "Ha, of course not, I told you this."

"You didn't say anything like this." Jessica was furious.

Sol shook his finger tut-tut: "I just want to tell you in detail after the matter has a clue, anyway..."

As he said, he pressed Jessica's shoulder: "Just trust me."

"How can you tell me to believe you..." Jessica said weakly: "But forget it, you are the lord, and you have the right to use these treasures freely..."

"Haha, as expected of my good steward, you just wait for my good news." Before Jessica could finish speaking, Sol frivolously touched her face, turned and ran away.

"Alas..." Jessica could only sigh helplessly as there was nothing she could do about the lord.

"Your lord, you came at a good time. I have just drafted a plan for the use of these treasures, including the establishment of a water transportation network..." At this moment, Reed ran over excitedly.

"Hey, where's the lord?" Seeing that Jessica was alone, he couldn't help but wonder.

"The lord has something to leave." Jessica spread her hands.

"Then it's the same if I hand over this plan to you." Reed said as he handed over a document.

Jessica took it casually and glanced at it: "This thing is useless."

"Ah, why?" Reed was taken aback.

Jessica sighed: "Because of the use of these treasures, the lord has a new plan."

"What... what plan?" Reed's expression changed instantly.

"In short, after you finish counting, just put them into storage and wait for the lord to receive them." Jessica waved her hand feebly, as if she didn't want to say more.

Looking at Jessica in astonishment, Reed turned his head to look at the warehouses full of treasures.Immediately, the treasurer heard a painful moan from the depths of his soul.

My God, this is the treasure of a whole giant dragon, my lord, what do you want to do?
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"Marlene, stay here and wait for me. Don't be afraid, I'll be out soon." Sol jumped off the Griffin's back and turned to Marlene.

"I see, young master, hurry up." Marlene, who was riding on Simba's back, nodded obediently.

Sol didn't realize until he left the pier that he wanted to go to Elebena's place. Naturally, the fastest way was to ride a griffin and fly there.However, to make a griffin obedient, a beautiful woman is usually needed.

In the past, Jessica usually played this role, but he just made her very angry, and Sol was too embarrassed to run back.

So he simply went back to the lord's mansion and brought Marlene.

Since it was Sol's request, little Marlene naturally agreed, so the little girl and Sol came outside the blue dragon's cave for the first time.

Walking to the entrance of the dragon's lair, Sol looked at this devil's lair that sucked away countless gold coins from him, and then thought of dedicating a large amount of wealth to her later, he couldn't help but feel like a knife was twisting his heart.

Forget it... Anyway, I'm numb, and this time I really need the female dragon.

So comforting himself, Sol took a deep breath and strode in.

10 minute later.

"Hmm, so you got Kajirido's treasure?" As always, the plump blue dragon lay on the mountain of gold coins, looking down at Sol.

"Hey, yes, thanks to you, all of them were transported back to the territory smoothly." Sol rubbed his hands with a smile on his face.

"Then what are you doing here? If you want mining rights, hurry up and send over the agreed part."

Elebena said nonchalantly, with a look of lack of interest.It's just that Sol clearly saw two golden "$" icons flashing in her eyes.

"Of course. In fact, I came here today for this matter. However, there is a small difficulty here." Sol nodded vigorously.

"What's the difficulty, you don't want to bargain, do you?" Blue Dragon immediately raised his neck vigilantly.

Damn, I see that you are greedy for money... Sol cursed in his heart.

But on the surface, he immediately pretended to be trembling: "You misunderstood, of course not. It's just that the number of treasures is too large, and there are many magic items that we can't value, so I don't dare to send them here at will. , if it’s not enough for a quarter of the share, it would be a serious crime if you suffer, Lady Elebena.”

"Oh, are you so kind?" Elebena looked at him in surprise.

"Hey, of course, the little one has always respected you." Sol continued to flatter.

"Then what do you want to do?" Elebena looked at him with a half-smile.

Sol smiled so much that his face was dripping with honey: "So I dare to suggest, please go there yourself, relying on your unparalleled identification skills, you will be able to accurately distribute the treasures." Finally, he Don't forget to pat the dragon's fart lightly.

Sure enough, Elebena showed a look of pride, and she stood up with a huff: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go."

Unexpectedly, before Sol could speak, she stopped again, then stretched her neck and stared at Sol suspiciously: "No, your attitude today is very strange."

Sol's heart skipped a beat: "Ahaha, what are you talking about, the little one has always respected you..."

"Really?" Elebena interrupted him with a smile: "You are a very cunning human being. Based on what I know about you, it is not difficult to find out the value of Kajirido's treasure."

"However, you actually came to me and asked me to take that part by myself. Aren't you afraid that I will deliberately take more? With your personality of not wanting to suffer, it is already very strange."

As she spoke, she squinted her eyes: "Besides, it's the first time I've heard you call yourself 'little one'. Although you usually act fearfully in front of me, it's the first time you're so humble. , there must be a problem here."

Thor couldn't help screaming secretly, as if his posture was too low, which aroused the suspicion of the female dragon.He quietly wiped his sweat: "You misunderstood, I really have no choice but to..."

Elebena snorted heavily: "Come on, just tell me what tricks you want to play. Anyway, it's not the first time you've lied to me."

Seeing her bring up what happened last time, a cold sweat broke out on Sol's back.

His original plan was that he really wanted Elebena to take a quarter of the treasure by herself, and accepted it even though she suffered some losses.Then, when Blue Dragon was happy, he made his own request.

Because Sol's final plan is to put all the treasures in, it doesn't matter if Elebena takes more or less.

Unexpectedly, I don't know if cheating the blue dragon last time almost caused devastating consequences, Sol fell so badly that he actually showed Elebena a clue.

At this time, the matter had been revealed, and in desperation, he had no choice but to say: "Uh...you really know the details. In fact, I do have a small request, and I hope you can help me."

With an expression of "as I expected", Elebena leaned back on the pile of gold coins again: "Interesting, what do you want to do this time?"

Sol carefully watched her face: "I hope you can take me to Dragon Island again, I have something to discuss with Lord Pasquela."

"Oh?" Elebena straightened her neck, "What the hell are you planning?"

Thor quickly said: "Of course not. After the lesson from last time, no matter how bold I am, I dare not count against the great dragon clan. This time I really want to discuss something with the patriarch."

"What's the matter?" Elebena asked.

Sol said cautiously: "I hope to use the powerful magic power of the dragon clan to do something, or..."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Or, I want to hire the Dragon Clan to help me with something."

"What!?" Elebena stood up abruptly.

"I heard you right, you said, you want to hire us?"

I don't know if she was really shocked by Sol's bold remarks, but Elebena didn't look very angry, just an expression of disbelief.

After saying it, Saul calmed down instead.He nodded: "Yes, although the employment is not suitable, I can't find a more suitable word at present."

As he said that, he looked at Elebena with hope: "Or, I said that this is a paid labor based on mutual benefit and reciprocity between the two parties. Would it sound nicer?"

Elebena didn't answer, she stared at him unblinkingly as if she was meeting Saul for the first time.

Seen by her, Saul couldn't help but said, "Miss Elebena?"

"Huh ha ha ha ha..."

Unexpectedly, the blue dragon burst out laughing without warning.

Sol's heart became more and more uncertain, she wouldn't be mad because of this sentence, would she?

After a while, the blue dragon's laughter finally stopped.She bent her long neck and brought her huge head close to Sol: "Interesting guy, should I say you are naive or too stupid."

Looking at the huge sharp teeth close at hand, Sol felt his legs go limp and couldn't help closing his eyes.When it's over, I still want to say that this female dragon can be bought with money.

"Interesting, I promise you."

Unexpectedly, just when Sol began to despair, Elebena's words suddenly came from his ears.

"Huh?" He opened his eyes involuntarily.

"Hire a dragon?" Elebena muttered to herself, "It's been thousands of years, and this is the first time someone has said such outrageous things. I don't even bother to get angry."

As she spoke, she retracted her neck and pinched her nostrils with her paws: "You are indeed the most special human being I know. Then let me see how you want to hire us, hahahaha..."

As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing again.

Only then did Sol wipe the cold sweat off his forehead. Fortunately, there was no danger at all.Dealing with these big lizards is really more dangerous than shaving your head every minute.

At the same time, he couldn't help but think that the reason Elebena agreed could not be because subconsciously, her money worship resonated with his bold idea of ​​employment, right?

"Thank you for your understanding, then we will..."

Sol didn't finish his sentence, one arm suddenly wrapped his arms around his shoulders, followed by Elebena, who didn't know when she turned into a human form, also came behind him.

"Of course, go to your territory and get back the treasure that belongs to me."

Knowing that you will never forget this, Sol could only say, "Of course."

"By the way, I remember you seem to have said, let me do whatever you want, right?" Elebena smiled until her eyes were bent into crescents.

What else could Saul say?He could only nod his head wanting to cry but without tears: "Who else can there be besides you? Hahahaha..."

(End of this chapter)