Bronze Dragon: Tyrant's Road to Conquest

"Dirrell, how can you ask for so little? When I was negotiating with them, I couldn't even ask for more."

The voice of complaint sounded. When Tyrell heard this voice, he couldn't help but turned his head helplessly and looked at the girl wearing a palace dress and holding a scepter. Outside the palace, there were cloud giants waiting.

"I've already asked for a lot."

Tyrell sighed helplessly, and arcs of lightning and lightning spread in the air.

Half a month ago, he had returned to Sederling Islands from the Kingdom of Bultan. He demanded compensation for the cession of territory, and the conditions he proposed were also carefully considered.

What he really wants is the seaport city of Punolando. As for the land around the seaport and the specific amount of compensation, they are just additions and incidental.

Punolando is at least one of the top five seaport cities on the Sukrit continent, and is one of the important maritime transportation hubs.

If he could own this seaport city, it would not only mean having an inexhaustible mountain of gold, but more importantly, because of its important position as a maritime transportation hub, he would be able to have more convenient and informed news channels.

The huge floating population also allows him to select the talents he needs to support the construction of the Sedelin Islands and the world of Kalimdor. This is the more important factor.

Therefore, this was Tyrell's bottom line. As for other clauses that were regarded as extravagant, Tyrell regarded them as temptations to encourage Su Hailun.

He did not personally participate in the negotiation because he had already asked the Bultan Kingdom to give in and agree to compensation, which was enough. He entrusted Golden Dragon Su Hailun to negotiate the specific terms.

He promised to let this golden dragon participate in it, and he should give her some things to do. Originally, Di Ruier didn't have high expectations. After all, his bottom line was not high. As long as the other party was satisfied, he would agree.

Unexpectedly, the negotiation was entrusted to Jinlong Su Hailun, and she really found the right dragon. Although Jinlong was young and did not have much experience, she had all the character traits that a metal dragon should have.

Kindness, jealousy, greed, arrogance... When humans face the metal dragons, if they cannot gain their favor and approval, then there is no doubt that metal dragons are more troublesome to them than color dragons. .

This was the case for the Bultan Kingdom. They originally thought that it would be much smoother to negotiate with a younger, under-adult golden dragon instead of negotiating with legendary dragons.

But she never expected that this golden dragon would be more greedy than the legendary dragon, which was most likely a bronze dragon. She more than tripled the amount of compensation on the original basis, especially for the land.

Dirrell only asked for eighty kilometers of land around Punolando, but Su Hailun thought that what Dirrell wanted was too little, so he opened his mouth and asked for five hundred kilometers, which really frightened Buer. A group of nobles from the Tan Kingdom.

Because this scope already includes the fiefdoms of many nobles in the kingdom, if the kingdom really agrees, it means that many nobles will want to change their fiefdoms, or may consider directly loyal to the dragons.

However, it is impossible to agree. No monarch will agree to cede such a vast land unless he is facing the crisis of annihilation.

As a result, a negotiation fell into a stalemate and tension. Naturally, Tyrell did not have the patience to engage in intrigues with a group of humans and study their internal power struggles, but Su Hailun was enjoying it and was very interested.

Tyrell let her get involved, as long as he could get what he wanted, everything else didn't matter.

"Are you satisfied with just a seaport? That blue dragon has occupied the entire human kingdom. If you want to fight against him, you must occupy the same or even wider land than him."

"It's just the first step. What's the rush? We are a metal dragon clan, not a color dragon clan."

"But you have so many chips in your hands, but you only get this little. That's a pity."

"So I have given you full authority on this matter. If you think I want less, then you should ask for more. Don't keep negotiating with them and let them pass the buck. Get Punolando as soon as possible."

"I know you want that city, so I have reached an agreement with the Jimenez family during this negotiation. In three days, you can enter that city and take over it."

"Huh? Three days later!"

Tyrell looked at the golden dragon girl with a somewhat proud expression in surprise. This speed was much faster than he expected.

However, the force that gave compensation and promises surprised him a little. Seeing Di Rui's surprise, the golden dragon girl explained,

"The harbor you want belongs to the Jimenez family. They are willing to use this harbor as compensation to gain your understanding. They just hope that you will no longer pursue the previous offense."

"So, the compensation for the royal family and the nobles are separate?"

Tyrell was only surprised for a moment, and then calmed down.

Most of the human kingdoms are coalitions of forces. Families with legendary combat power join together to form a country. They advance and retreat together. They have a greater say in external affairs, and the most powerful family basically serves as the royal family.

However, changes in strength and weakness are never absolute. Time can change everything, just like his short-lived friend. The family behind him declined instantly after the First World War, leaving only the name of the royal family. If it were not for With the support of the golden dragon, not to mention that it is impossible to sit on the throne, even the wealth left by the family may be plundered.

"Yes, I have already negotiated the part you want. All that is left is the negotiation with the Bultan royal family. No matter what I talk about, it belongs to me."

The girl was full of energy, her dazzling golden eyes sparkling,

"Of course, this is what I have promised before."

Dirrell's expression remained unchanged and unmoved, and his light tone made the girl look a little dissatisfied.

The things she was willing to devote all her energy and thought to pondering and researching seemed to this guy to be something worth mentioning.

"Don't you know what I can get in exchange for a legend and a set of handed down weapons? I can even get land that is more valuable than your port."

"This is perfect."

Tyrell laughed.

"But you got this all through fighting, and I didn't give anything."

"Aren't you just giving now?"

"What does this kind of sacrifice mean compared to you? Just like that, you will take away more than half the value of the loot. Don't you mind it?"

Su Hailun looked at Di Rui with some incomprehensibility. At this time, she really realized the difference between Di Rui. Even among the metal dragons, even the most loving dragon partners, their respective properties were The distinction between Jing and Wei is clear and clear.

"Why do you care? Aren't we one? The legends and treasures I captured from the battlefield can be used by you in exchange for more benefits. Isn't it the same for me?"

Di Ruil stood up and walked slowly towards Su Hailun. This golden dragon, who had received Di Ruil's promise, was already quite alarmed. His large and bright near pupils showed a moist color, and his originally strong temperament became a bit more delicate. Soft and charming.

"What do you want to do?"

"Revisit our relationship."

The dragon's tail behind Dirrell swept across, lifting the girl's dress.

"You should always remember that we are one!"

"uh-huh!"

A cry rang out, warm wind swept by, and the open palace door slammed shut. The cloud giants waiting outside the door looked at each other, and then fell silent, together with the surrounding ocean giants who were even more powerful than them. , guarding the palace gate.

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"Did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?"

"We are going to have a Lord Dragon soon."

A man whose face is engraved with the traces of time and weather. Counting the twelve copper coins he had just earned from the dock today, he spoke with a somewhat expectant tone to his somewhat confused companions.

"Dragon Lord? What is a Dragon Lord?"

"Where did you hear the news?"

Several coolie workers headed towards the lower city in the afterglow of the setting sun, and they became energetic and asked their companions.

"Have you forgotten? Half a month ago, the giant dragon appeared in our Punolando. I heard that he was going to take over the city and become the lord of Punolando."

"Can a giant dragon also become a lord?"

"Of course. Haven't you heard the stories told by those bards when you were drinking in the tavern?"

"But that's a story. Who would have thought it would happen to us."

"The dragon can become a lord, what about the governor?"

"What governor? There is no governor in our city anymore. I heard that the governor saw the dragon that day and ran away with his wife without anyone else. It is said that His Majesty the King was furious and wanted to imprison him. He has gone there, and it is said that he will be executed.”

"Where will it be executed?"

Hearing that the usually unattainable big shot was about to suffer bad luck, the coolies all became energetic at this moment.

"Who knows, and it's not clear whether the news is true or false."

"Then it's unclear whether the dragon wants to be the lord or not?"

"This is definitely true. If you have time tomorrow, you can go uptown and take a look."

The dockworker who first revealed the news was unequivocal.

"Are you kidding us? How could we, the untouchables, and those noble bastards let us pass and even take a look?"

"No one will stop us. The governor has run away. The nobles are also trying to escape. Those guards are like dogs with their spines broken. How can they bother to stop us? I heard that many civilians go there to watch the fun. , see if we can try our luck.”

"What's so exciting about this? What kind of luck is there?"

"Because the Dragon Lord will come soon, the nobles have hoarded so many gold coins that they can't even fit in the carriage. Some nobles' carriages dropped gold coins along the way. Many lucky guys picked them up. Those big shots were in a hurry to escape. At most I just cursed a few times, but no one took care of it.”

"real?"

"Of course it's true. This is what my brother-in-law, who is a tailor in Shangcheng District, told me. He hasn't worked in the past few days. He stays on the main road in Shangcheng District every day, waiting to try his luck."

"Then let's try our luck too?"

"Now?"

"Isn't it already dark now?"

"This has no impact on the noble lord. Many nobles leave the city overnight in order to save face."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"Walk."

Several dockworkers who were about to go home suddenly stopped. Without much quarrel or entanglement, they quickly changed their direction and went to the urban area that the lower class people of Punolando yearned for.

When they arrived at the urban area, which was still brightly lit and almost without shadows even at night, they discovered that there were too many poor people on both sides of the main road who came with the same idea as them.

However, the situation was indeed as their companions said. The main road was full of noble carriages rushing out of the city. There was an endless stream of carriages carrying various items.

After witnessing the scene of nobles fleeing the city in droves, some people with relatively stable lives and good material conditions inevitably felt panicked.

"The noble gentlemen are all fleeing this city, should we leave too?"

"Leave? Where?"

"have no idea."

"We have nothing when we leave this city. And the noble gentlemen are protected by knights, so what do we have? As long as we go into the wilderness, we will be eaten by those monsters."

The controversy over whether to follow the nobles to escape quickly subsided among the lower class people. Many of them had been adventurers and knew how much lurked between the inaccessible wilderness and the mountains and forests, which would be fatal to ordinary people. crisis.

For ordinary people, leaving the city is no different from committing suicide. However, as the powerful class flee in large numbers, panic inevitably spreads to the lower classes.

The panic has affected the basic price of the entire city, although in the description of the tavern bard, the metal dragons are a kind and just race.

But for them, dragons are more distant and unfamiliar than the big shots in the upper city. What's more, the dragons flying over the city more than half a month ago made them feel no friendliness or goodwill at all.

Amid the panic, ordinary people subconsciously and the only thing they can do is to hoard food. This has caused food prices to soar, and people whose families don't have much savings to begin with don't even have enough money to buy a day's rations.

The shadow of famine also hung over the city as panic spread. The order that was originally maintained fell into collapse as the ruling class gradually left.

In just two days, crime incidents began to surge significantly, but more people still hid in the shadows and darkness, choosing to wait and watch.

Many people want to see how a legendary dragon would choose to govern the city.