Crossing The Dragon: The King Sacrifices The Princess At The Beginning

The world never lacks challengers who swim against the tide.

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It only took Su Nian half a day to integrate the royal city of Airland and the small towns surrounding the royal city, letting them bathe in the glory of the Black Dragon Empire.

He also used a magical message to notify all the lords of the Airland Empire to come to the Airland Palace within three days to discuss matters.

Here comes the good baby.

Those who don't come are condemned to death.

The main purpose of coming here is to stir up trouble, which is also a death sentence.

Everyone has their own choice.

Su Nian fully respected the humanitarian spirit.

Giving every lord absolute freedom and goodwill, as a black dragon, he did this, and the Virgin Mary burst into tears when she saw him.

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Three days later, Duke Lane said goodbye to his wife and children and took a carriage to the Royal City of Airland. During these three days, he discussed a lot with some old friends and finally decided to follow the new king's order.

The main purpose is to find out the reality of this foreign king, and then decide whether to take action against the Royal City of Airland next.

Although they, the lords, do not have many private soldiers on hand, recruiting civilian men and cobbling them together is still a force that cannot be underestimated - of course this is in their own eyes.

After all, since ancient times, there have been sayings that insects shake trees and ants kill elephants.

Duke Lane's territory is not far from the Royal City. With a quick ride, he arrived near the Royal City of Airland in less than two hours. It was just after 9 o'clock in the morning, and the bells from nearby towns could be vaguely heard. .

He came to a small town to rest temporarily.

The loyal bodyguard knights always followed him.

"Chekov, go find out if there is any trouble. I will check if there is anything wrong with the gifts prepared at the back of the carriage."

The guard knight named Chekov left in response, and Duke Lane came to the back of the carriage and opened a box. In this box lay a beautiful sword, and the sword body exuded a faint red light. You can feel a hot breath from half a meter away.

Grandmaster level sword - Joy of Fire - Fire Chaser.

This is a gift prepared by Duke Ryan for the new king. Dragons are greedy. They like gold coins and gems, as well as all shiny and priceless things. Of course, swords and armor are among them. The Fire Chaser is his heirloom. Now this will Taking out the sword can be regarded as a big investment.

He reluctantly picked up the sword, wiped the scabbard, and carefully placed it back in the box.

After a while, the bodyguard knight who went out to gather information came back.

"How's it going? Did you gain anything?" Duke Ryan asked nervously.

The guard knight looked around. Perhaps due to the martial law, there were not many people on the streets of the town. Even the tavern and the Adventurer's Guild seemed unusually quiet, and no one noticed the two of them.

He lowered his voice: "Report to your lord, I did find some useful information."

"Oh? Tell me about it?"

"The Black Dragon Emperor has already started the reconstruction work of the royal city. There are not many people in the town because all the young and middle-aged people have been recruited to the royal city to rebuild the city."

Duke Lane frowned upon hearing this. Is a black dragon so interested in a human city?

Isn't it supposed to be a dragon's nest?

"That's right." The knight added: "Then the Black Dragon will also pay wages to these people it recruits."

"Ah?" Duke Ryan was completely confused now. This information was really fantastic.

Make a dragon pay?

Might as well pray to the devil in hell to spare the delicious soul!

"Then the dragon really paid?"

"Really!" The knight nodded: "The money is paid directly to the family members. When these peasants were collected, they were already given half a month's wages."

"How much is half a month's wages?" Duke Ryan's eyes widened.

"A total of 75 copper coins, equivalent to 5 copper coins a day."

Duke Lane made some calculations and found that due to the high productivity of the Royal City, the prices of many basic products in the Royal City were actually cheaper than in other territories.

Based on the purchasing power of the currency surrounding the royal city.

A copper coin can buy a piece of black bread as big as a faceplate.

That's enough food for a family of three for a day.

"This black dragon is quite generous..." Duke Ryan muttered to himself, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Yes, sir. When I first learned about this, I found it difficult to understand. As a king, recruiting civilian husbands is a free thing. All people in the empire have the obligation to work for the king. Paying money... ...It’s a fantasy!”

"Is there any other information?" Duke Ryan suppressed the doubts in his heart for the time being.

"Well... the black dragon also executed all the slave traders in King Airland's city."

"Ah???" Duke Lane opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff a duck egg into it.

"Why!?" he exclaimed.

"Then the Black Dragon said that this empire does not need slave traders, because he is the biggest slave trader, and everyone is his slave..."

As soon as these words came out, Duke Ryan's face became slightly better.

That’s right!

This is the smell of a giant dragon. What were those before? They are not dragons at all.

After a brief supply of supplies, the master and servant set off again.

Because Duke Ryan is not sure about the character of the new king.

So I just brought along such a gold-honored knight-level retinue carefully.

Otherwise, if he brought too much, the new king would think that his intentions were evil, and how unfair would it be for him to slap him before he even entered the palace?

We walked for about half an hour.

Duke Lane finally saw the towering gate of the Royal City of Airland.

Now it seems that it is not as dilapidated as described in the secret letter~

At least the gate of this royal city is still very complete. At this moment, shelves have been erected on the outer city wall, and countless civilians are tinkling on it.

The carriage stopped in front of the city gate.

Duke Ryan's breath was suffocated, and he felt like there were two mountains pressing on his head.

They were two alchemical structures that were three meters high. They were in the shape of a black half-dragon, and their shapes were hideous and terrifying.

He could clearly feel the pressure coming from above.

Unable to see clearly what kind of creature was controlling the alchemical construct, Duke Ryan got down from the carriage and explained the origin.

"I am the Duke of a nearby territory, and I am here to attend court proceedings in compliance with the king's order."

Before the two alchemy constructs could speak.

Duke Lane immediately took out the documents representing his identity and displayed them.

The two Fire Rabbits glanced at the document, and then passed the picture to Su Nian in the palace through the master network. After Su Nian approved, they gave Duke Lane permission.

"Go in, don't cause trouble in the royal city! We will always watch you!"

At first, Duke Lane didn’t know what this sentence meant.

But when he walked through the city gate and came to Wangcheng Street, he finally understood.

I saw that this bustling city had been almost destroyed by the war and turned into ruins.

A large number of alchemical structures were patrolling around the city, with sharp eyes watching every pedestrian passing by.

In addition, there are many ferocious monsters standing on the ruins, their scarlet eyes scanning the surroundings like searchlights.

Duke Lane turned pale.

This, this has completely turned into a monster city.

Which human being dares to look for trouble here?

Let’s sort out the follow-up plot, it’s probably just one chapter, today