Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Inside the spacious dragon's lair, there wasn't a gold mountain or silver sea as one might imagine; not even half a gold coin could be found.

The ground was littered with scrap metal, mixed with a few copper and silver coins.

Li Wei should have expected it; the wilderness was notorious for being a poverty-stricken backwater in the Seven Kingdoms, where you couldn't squeeze a penny out of these poor devils even if you stripped them naked.

Here, bartering was the norm, and without a sales channel, even converting goods into currency was impossible.

"Really, in every aspect, you don't seem like a dragon at all," the lord sighed.

Even thieves would shed tears and leave two gold coins behind if they came to this place.

For a dragon to be reduced to such straits, even Li Wei, who was used to poverty, couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Originally crestfallen, thinking her treasure was about to be seized, Sophia blinked her sparkling silver eyes: "Does that mean you don't want my treasure, sir?"

"Even my great-grandmother wouldn't pick up this pile of scrap metal," Li Wei said dismissively.

He was, after all, the lord of a fortress now, and his burgeoning arms trade had earned him at least one or two thousand gold coins; he no longer had any interest in these small gains.

This overjoyed Sophia, and the smile on her face visibly widened: "Your generosity can encompass the entire Storm Sea."

She had thought she would lose both her dragonhood and her treasure, but unexpectedly, she could still keep her treasure.

"However, these things are all my spoils of war, and although I can give them all to you, it can't be for free," Li Wei said with a deliberate tone.

Sophia's face fell; she knew it wouldn't be that simple. She looked at the treasure on the ground, her eyes full of reluctance, as these were all the treasures she had painstakingly saved since arriving here, treasures that truly belonged to her.

She gritted her teeth and said, "I will use labor to exchange for these things."

When she was on Dragon Island, she often helped other dragons with work in exchange for remuneration; now, she was simply changing the object to humans.

Li Wei's eyes lit up; he didn't expect this silver dragon girl to submit so readily.

You see, this silver dragon seemed to have surrendered and become a prisoner of war.

But it was only a superficial surrender; if she were to escape the ballistae behind her, she might just run away.

If this kind of creature took to the skies, it would basically be invincible.

"But for these things, I can only work for you for three months."

Sophia naturally had her own calculations; the value of these treasures was only enough for her to provide three months of labor.

"How much?"

Li Wei looked somewhat surprised.

"Four months! Four months at most! These treasures aren't worth much; this is already my limit!" Thinking that Li Wei thought it was too little, Sophia flexed her slender fingers and made a gesture of four, her little face resolute.

The lord looked at the silver dragon girl with a strange expression.

"Still not enough?" Sophia thought worriedly, and finally suddenly understood something, pointing to herself and stammering, "You wouldn't have taken a fancy to me, would you? I'm just a weak young dragon! I have nothing! Oh, right, that old woman, yes, yes, I know an adult silver dragon, the most beautiful and largest female dragon on Dragon Island, with wealth ranked in the top ten on Dragon Island, and currently without a partner, I can introduce her to you!"

Good heavens, really good heavens, I haven't said anything yet, and she's already increasing the price herself.

And she's even preparing to introduce a rich silver dragon to me.

Looking at the silver dragon girl who was pouring out beans on her own, so silly and pure, Li Wei felt like he was a rogue extorting an innocent girl.

Seriously, how did this kind of dragon grow up so big?

But it's precisely this kind of silly and cute dragon that's easy to deceive. Li Wei shook his head and said generously, "I won't force anything, and I won't bully an innocent silver dragon girl. You only need to work for me for five months."

"This..." Sophia hesitated, but finally nodded: "But you can't make me do things that violate my personal will."

"Of course, I am a knight who adheres to the knight's code. The work I ask you to do is definitely just and reasonable."

The lord, who had received his admission notice, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and was in great pain from holding it back.

A pile of scrap metal, and he got a silver dragon to work for him for free for five months. In his previous life, even hanging him from a lamppost wouldn't be enough to atone for his sins.

In the end, the two made a pact with a high-five, verbally agreeing to this agreement.

Escaping the crisis, keeping her treasure, also eased the silver dragon girl's furrowed brow.

No one thought that the dragon slaying would end with such a comical ending.

But overall, the initial goal was indeed achieved; not only was the dragon threat eliminated, but the dragon was also captured alive.

Although this dragon was only a juvenile dragon, and her intelligence was a bit worrying.

But at least the lord's dragon knight dream had some hope.

After all, the silver dragon girl was also a dragon.

The crisis was thus resolved, and the dragon even became a member of the team. This dreamlike development made the orcs feel like they were dreaming, and in the end, they could only attribute it to their boss being worthy of being the boss, coaxing a dragon to Highcliff Fortress with just a few words.

The more they interacted with the boss, the more they realized why there was such a big gap between them and the boss.

If they wanted to become qualified strongmen, they still had a lot of homework to do.

One ballista after another was re-covered with white cloth and loaded onto the carts. Sophia also made a request, hoping that the lord would help her carry her treasures. Li Wei, who was getting a silver dragon for free, was naturally happy to help with this small matter.

At the foot of the hill, the convoy was reorganized, and with the ogres pulling the carts with their snorts and groans, the wheels began to roll forward again.

Compared to the hurriedness of the journey here, the entire team was much more relaxed and unusually carefree on the way back.

Zat even organized a card game, with him and Hogg, two old foxes, smiling at each other, jointly launching an offensive against Orak, a newbie at cards.

It was only now that Li Wei had time to take off his armor. He knew that he couldn't be too careful when facing a dragon, and this iron armor could at least give him a little sense of security, although not much.

Sophia, who had been staying by Li Wei's side, looked at the human as he took off his helmet.

A face that was different from what she had imagined, full of handsomeness and masculinity, entered the silver dragon girl's eyes, and those eyes sparkled with confidence and fearlessness.

This kind of appearance, this kind of temperament, was even more captivating than those legendary strongmen in picture books, making the silver dragon girl, who had never seen a human before, feel her heart beat faster, and she couldn't help but point at Li Wei in surprise, unable to speak: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"What, didn't expect the dragon slayer to be so young? Or so handsome?" Li Wei said gleefully.

"I thought it would be a bearded uncle, but I didn't expect him to be younger than me," Sophia said, pursing her lips after regaining her senses.

After all, in the storybooks of Dragon Island, those famous human strongmen were basically bearded middle-aged men.