Bronze Dragon: Tyrant's Road to Conquest

Hundreds of sturdy centaur warriors armed with longbows and lances gathered around the mountain-like monster. Against their backdrop, the crew on the ocean-going ship had a more accurate idea of ​​the size of this giant beast. cognition.

Centaurs are natural cavalry, but even the strongest centaur is less than half the height of the four hooves on the lower body of the giant beast. Some people can't help but worry whether the nearest centaur will be killed by this giant beast. The beast was accidentally trampled to death.

"My God, what kind of monster is this?"

The first mate Alf, who had originally volunteered to board the island to negotiate with the centaurs and find out the news, was dumbfounded at this moment.

He just wanted to show off and communicate with these indigenous centaurs to get more information. Although they seemed uncivilized, they were still a familiar intelligent race.

But the monster with dragon horns and thick scales like heavy armor crushed all his thoughts and courage, making him retreat tremblingly.

"I don't know, it should be some kind of unknown dragon."

Even the most experienced old captain Donald could hardly keep a calm expression on his face at this moment, because he had already felt the pressure emanating from the higher-level life form.

Longwei!

At this moment, the old man thought of the marine dragons he had encountered in his sailing career, but even the real dragons he encountered could not compete with the one in front of him, surrounded by hundreds of elite centaur warriors, walking toward them. Monster comparable.

"Captain, it's coming toward us!"

The second officer said in a trembling voice, that monster appeared from the mountains, surrounded by thunder, and could cause a storm in a breath, its goal was obvious.

"I saw."

The old man took a deep breath and tried his best to stay steady. At this moment, his hands had been lifted from the rudder, and he was holding his hands behind his back so that no one could see him.

His palms were shaking. Although he has a strong will, he is only a mortal. Facing such a monster that can easily destroy an entire fleet, he will eventually feel fear in his heart.

"Captain, what should we do?"

"Get off the boat and try to negotiate!"

Donald said his decision without hesitation, which immediately met the astonished eyes of everyone in the captain's room. They thought that the captain would order them to set sail at full speed and stay away from this dangerous island.

"If he is really hostile to us, don't try to escape at this distance. There is no way to escape."

The old man explained that although he was once again facing a life and death crisis, at this moment, everyone had different ideas. Even if he was the captain, he still had to get the support of some people.

"Can we really deal with this monster?"

Although the captain's reasons are reasonable, when faced with a life form that is much larger than himself, the fear stemming from life instinct cannot be suppressed. Everyone's subconscious first reaction is to run away.

"He is an intelligent creature, don't think of him as a monster."

The old man stared out the window at the monster shaking the island. The instinctive fear in his eyes had been replaced by perseverance that resurfaced.

"You don't have to get off the boat. I will go and negotiate with him personally."

"Your Excellency Captain!"

"No, you can't go!"

After hearing the old man's words, many crew members subconsciously objected, but looking at the huge monster, how many people dared to stand up and disembark in place of the old man.

The Narwhal, which had been attacked by a long-range magic cannon, gradually came to a stop, and then a small boat was lowered from the ship's string on one side. The white-haired old man led the first mate and two young people. The sailor approaches the shore of the island.

It looked like a monster born from some kind of huge dragon and centaur. It also stopped not far from the shore, leading a group of centaur warriors and watching four small ones. But humans who are not weak come ashore.

Soon, there was a strong centaur holding a spear, pointing the spear point to the sky, trotting quickly in front of a group of sailors, and muttered something, but this naturally received blank looks from the crew.

Language barrier

This is the first question that needs to be faced after an ocean voyage into a strange area that has never been visited before and encountering intelligent races. How to communicate?

However, for the experienced old captain, this was just a minor problem. With the burning of a language spell scroll, the old captain understood the words of the centaur in front of him.

Probably

"Who are you?"

"Where are you from?"

"What's the purpose of coming here?"

"We are ocean-going cargo shippers from Norland. We unfortunately encountered pirates at sea and then encountered a storm. We got lost in the storm and drifted, and then we came here..."

The old man who had cast the spell of understanding languages ​​answered questions that he could understand, but the language of his answers sounded particularly strange to the ears of the centaur. However, he only glanced at the old man and said nothing more.

"You guys wait here, I will report your answers to Lord Vader."

The centaur signaled to his fellow humans following behind him to keep an eye on these humans, then turned around and sprinted all the way to the mountain-sized beast to report the information he had inquired about.

"Your Majesty Captain, the language these centaurs speak is different from what we have encountered before."

The first mate, who was trying hard to listen, felt a little annoyed and lowered his voice.

"This is a group of islands that has never appeared on any sea map. The language here is different from the outside world. It is normal. I am very lucky now that knowing the language is still effective. Unfortunately, I do not have a treasure that can stabilize the effect of this spell. "

The old man sighed. The spell could only be maintained for a limited time. During this period, he needed to meet the powerful ruler of the island as soon as possible and reach a relatively friendly relationship. Otherwise, it was hard to say what would happen.

He has seen too many bloody and violent incidents that occurred due to language barriers or simply lack of communication. Many times, if both parties could communicate well, a lot of unnecessary bloodshed could be avoided.

"We'll have that later."

First mate Alf watched the questioning centaur go to the terrifying giant beast. The fear in his heart suddenly faded a lot after seeing the two aliens, one big and one small, starting to communicate.

A monster with rational intelligence and the ability to communicate is more than half as dangerous as a violent monster that only knows how to attack without thinking.

"Which one of you is the leader?"

The centaur who asked the question quickly returned, looked at the human in front of him, and asked.

"I'm the captain, Donald."

The old man took a step forward. Such a job title was obviously too unfamiliar to a centaur, but it was still understandable.

"Come with me!"

The white-haired old man kept up with the centaur, running at a galloping pace. His seemingly skinny body still contained power that could make most creatures look up to him. Being able to become the captain of an ocean-going merchant ship certainly had its merits.

The dragon-turned-centaur Vader stared with interest at the old human being brought to him by his former compatriots. As a member of the Champion Knights, he had naturally seen human beings. He had even served as a riding instructor for several classes. instructor.

This was the first time he had seen such an old human being, one who was studying at the Bronze Dragon Academy. It is the time when youth is young and high-spirited, full of energy and high morale.

However, although the human in front of him was old, he did not underestimate him too much. That skinny body contained power that most of his fellow humans could not compete with. Of course, to him, it was not worth mentioning.

"White Rose Chamber of Commerce, Captain of the Narwhal, Donald Claude, salutes you."

The old captain used the etiquette of meeting a noble and saluted the monster in front of him, which was taller than the tallest mast of his ship. Although Vader had never taken any etiquette lessons, he could still tell that the human in front of him was saluting him. Show weakness.

"Where are you from?"

"I come from the Free Territory of Norland."

"What is Freeland?"

"An independent territory that is not affiliated with any country or force, does not need to pay taxes to any king or church, and has its own laws and army..."

"Where is the Free Territory of Noland?"

"In the corner of Moon Bay on the west coast of Suclite Continent."

The same question, but Wade asked it in more detail, and the old man answered it in detail, answering all questions without any strangeness on his face.

But the more questions he asked, the more doubts he had, because this was the first time Wade had heard of it, whether it was the Free Territory of Noland or the Continent of Suklite.

He was a pure and excellent warrior. It was the first time that he learned so much relevant information about the outside world, which made his brain a little idle. He kept asking questions and didn't know what else to ask.

But his understanding of the world was initially taking shape in his mind. For the first time, he knew that there was an even wider world beyond the already vast Sedellin Islands.

That is to say, while this dragon-turned-centaur was thinking about the impact of external information, the old captain Donald, who answered all the questions, was also thinking. Through this inquiry, he was able to conclude that the giant beast on the island did not have anything to do with it. Contact with the outside world.

This was not a good outcome, but it was not a bad outcome either. It contained opportunities that a human of his age could not help but be excited about, and it also contained unpredictable dangers.

He had already encountered such terrifying unknown dragon-like creatures after just a preliminary dive into this island group that did not exist on the sea map. It was hard to imagine whether there were more and more terrifying creatures deeper in the islands.

"I want to report this news to His Majesty the Dragon Lord, who will make a decision on how to deal with you. Before that, you stay here. Don't run around. I will let my compatriots provide you with enough food and water. .”

After thinking for a while, Vader chose to give up and let him go to the arena to kill demons. He could not hesitate, but he was asked to think that the new world outside the archipelago was too difficult for him. He just came back to visit his blood relatives. That's all, I didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

"Your Majesty the Dragon Lord?!"

Even Captain Donald, who had seen strong winds and waves, could not help but be stunned when he heard the many words spoken by the giant beast in front of him and extracted the key information contained in them.

The shape of the beast in front of me looks somewhat similar to a centaur, but it is more like a half-human, half-dragon beast, which is already powerful enough.

Donald had no doubt that he could easily split the Narwhal open by throwing the giant ax in his hand, but such a powerful monster would actually address another creature with a tone of extreme admiration and awe.

Dragon Lord, what is it?

An extremely powerful dragon that has achieved absolute dominance?

When they first broke into the archipelago, they encountered an unreasonable number of flying dragons. They could guess that there might be an extraordinary number and variety of dragons living on this island.

But if these dragons compete for a master who can suppress and rule all other dragons, then what a terrifying creature it will be?

Just thinking of this, Donald felt a little suffocated. It was bad enough to encounter dragons alone while running boats and doing business on the sea, but on this island there were not only dragons, but also so-called dragon lords.

The only thing he can pray for now is that the Dragon Lord is kind enough, or perhaps arrogant enough, to look down at them like insects, not caring about them, and let them go.

"Don't be surprised. You are the first humans from outside Sedellin that I have met. You may be able to get a chance to meet His Majesty the Dragon Lord."

Wade looked at the old captain and said something, his blue eyes actually showed a bit of encouragement, and there was even a meaning of "you have taken advantage of me".

"I am willing to accept your settlement on behalf of my crew. However, the pirates we encountered on the ocean have been chasing us. If we stay here, we will soon be attacked by them."

The old captain remembered the imminent matter. In fact, when he raised his doubts, two warships sailed out one after another from the strait formed by two adjacent islands not far away.

Seeing the two battleships with skull and crossbones flags hanging on their masts and steel shells, the old man's expression changed instantly. At such a distance, as long as these navy disguised as pirates were willing, his two ships would be there in the next moment. Turned into garbage floating on the sea.

At the moment when the old man's face changed drastically, the warship that was the first to emerge from the strait began to change its direction, and the ballistae mounted on the ship's side reflected a frightening light.

"No!"

The old man's eyes revealed despair. He had led the fleet to find a glimmer of hope, but this glimmer of hope was about to be destroyed just as he was about to seize it.

"pirate?"

Looking at the hoarse old man, Wade glanced at him. At the same time as the ballistae on the side of the first battleship fired, he directly threw the tomahawk in his hand, and the thunder surrounding his body wrapped around the tomahawk. , the endless squally wind formed a substantial barrier in the trajectory of the battle ax.