When he thought of having the opportunity to take action against the gathering of hags in the distant sea, Gost couldn't help but get excited. He bowed to Xi Manmeng to express his respect and said: "The wisdom of the Lord of the Castle is as profound as the night sky. He can actually come up with this kind of thing." A plan that kills two birds with one stone, I am now ready to take the opportunity to bring the entire goblin frontier under the rule of our Dark Castle."
"It's too early to say this now, and we still need to wait for the situation to develop." Xi Manmeng waved his hand as if he had done an insignificant thing, "Before this, you just need to be fully prepared. .”
"Understood." Gost responded loudly.
This series of plans of the Dark Castle are based on the premise that the Sambia envoy Miklos can successfully meet the Lizard Queen and convince her.
Ximanmeng has no worries about this matter. As a lobbyist, Miklos is definitely above the level. Not only is he eloquent, but most importantly, he is proficient in the Sambian businessmen's method of using money to beat people. Many soldiers of Dark Castle could not escape the erosion of this method and provided him with a lot of their own intelligence.
It's a pity that I have my own plan, so I wasn't persuaded by others.
The Lizard Queen is different. She doesn't have such far-sightedness and resistance. She will definitely be defeated by his gold coin offensive.
This is also true.
When Miklos knew that the person he needed to convince was a greedy dragon, without saying a word, he directly used the portal to mobilize a million golden Nobles from Sambia. Just like that, the box was opened wide. Transported by dozens of large vehicles, he marched toward the Thun Swamp in a mighty manner. At the same time, he did not ignore Gaust's advice and hunted a large number of prey along the way. When he arrived at the Thun Swamp, there were dozens of large vehicles. .
Just as Miklos expected, there was no need for him to ask for a meeting. When the caravan he led arrived at Thun Swamp, there were already people waiting for them. If he didn't even have the ability to react, what would he do? There is no need to meet this lizard queen. Even if she is willing to take action, she will probably end up like the young red dragon Thraxata, becoming Gavin and becoming an integral part of the glorious achievements of the conqueror's army.
"I am Alhashan, the vizier of the supreme ruler of the Thun Swamp, co-lord of the lizardmen, and the great swamp god Kurgor. Stranger, please explain your purpose of coming."
The person who spoke was neither a human nor a lizard man, but a huge python. He had a thick and colorful body, and his blue-gray back was covered with bright patterns like blood. This alone made everyone who saw it... It makes people's hair stand on end. The brighter the color of the snake, the more poisonous it is. This is known to everyone, but such snakes are usually not particularly large in size. They use their poison to protect themselves, and those pythons usually No toxicity.
The one in front of me completely breaks this point. Its body length cannot be fully estimated. It is at least more than three meters, because when it is coiled up, it is nearly as tall as a person, thicker than an adult's thigh, and its neck has a shape similar to that of an adult. The cobra-like folds can easily expand to three times in width.
The most horrifying thing is that what he has is not a snake head, but a face that resembles a human face, and what comes out of his mouth is a snake letter.
If an ordinary person saw such a being, let alone replying, he would probably be scared to death. However, Miklos was not an ordinary person. He recognized the identity of this person with a human face and a snake body at a glance. This is a kind of monster. Named Naga, the one in front of me should belong to the Dark Naga, also known as the Spirit Naga.
It is said that this kind of monster is not born, but an immortal guardian created by a humanoid race to protect its property and magical knowledge. The humanoid race that created Naga has long been forgotten by history, but their works have Continuing, this benefited from their magical nature and allowed them to be resurrected indefinitely.
Seeing this spirit naga named Alhashan, Mikros was not surprised but overjoyed. His expectations for the lizard queen he had never met could not help but increase a few points. A quasi-legendary spirit naga could be used as a weapon. The black dragon of the palace minister is definitely not too weak.
Miklos said with the most respectful expression and tone: "I have met Mr. Alhassan. My name is Miklos Selkirk. I am a businessman from Sambia. This is what I present to Her Majesty the Queen." Gift, I hope to have the opportunity to see His Majesty, I will provide you with information that is ten times the present gift."
"Ten times the information of the current gift." The eyes of the spirit naga's face flashed involuntarily, which was called the light of greed.
Just by relying on the rut marks of these trucks, he can judge the value of these goods, which is at least more than one million. This is already enough to equal half of the Lizard Queen's Dragon's Nest treasure house. What is the concept of ten times that?
It is enough to fill the three treasure houses of the Lizard Queen, allowing it to gain greater power. Although the power of the dragon does not entirely come from the treasures, it is also closely related, with a close connection that ordinary races cannot understand.
"Yes." Mikros said with a serious expression, "This matter should not be hidden from Mr. Alhassan. It is just a matter of great importance and walls have ears. Therefore, I can only state it in front of Her Majesty the Queen. In order to express my views Sorry, these three carts of gold coins are as a gift for meeting the Lord."
"All the gifts here belong to the queen, how can they be transferred to others?" The spirit naga's hiss was full of coldness.
Miklos was stunned, and then he remembered the nature of the dragons. Their greed for wealth is endless, especially the colorful dragons. The moment he brought the goods to Thun Swamp, she had already marked her Label, I am not qualified to do anything, including taking it away, let alone giving it to this spirit naga.
After thinking about this matter, Miklos hurriedly bowed and saluted: "This matter was my mistake. Please wait a moment. I will immediately have three carts of gold coins of the same amount prepared."
Then he turned around and whispered several times to a mage in the convoy. Within a few minutes, three trucks filled with gold coins appeared out of thin air not far from Mikros. They were obviously teleported directly from Sambia. Coming over, this not only shows the importance Sambia attaches to Miklos and his party, but also shows its extraordinary wealth and strength.
The spirit naga then nodded with satisfaction and said: "My wealth belongs to Her Majesty the Queen. Transport them to the Queen's Dragon Nest together. Gregory, you will take over next. Mr. Miklos, you and me Let me do it, I believe Her Majesty the Queen will really like to see someone like you who brings her wealth."
Following the Spirit Naga's order, the surrounding lush water plants swayed, and countless figures emerged from the swamp. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded the convoy brought by Miklos.
The people surrounding their convoy were naturally not humans, but reptilian humanoids. Their heights were quite astonishing, with an average height of more than 2.7 meters, and there were many that were over 3 meters tall. Their muscles were highly developed, and their bodies were deeply concave. The eye sockets and flat nose make its face look like a skull. When it pays attention to you with its orange eyes, you can't feel any emotion at all. Instead, it looks like a plate of dishes ready to be served to the table at any time, with its mouth opened like a lizard. At that time, the fangs exposed in his mouth further proved this point.
Their bodies are covered with black scales, and the tops of their heads are not bare, but have protrusions similar to fish fins, but they are composed of hard bone spurs and membranes, which means that they cannot resemble fish fins. Tucked away, they have a huge tail that is one and a half meters long, more like a crocodile than a dragon.
He didn't have much armor on his body, only a leather cross-body strap and a battle belt, which carried five or six spears that were comparable to siege crossbows. Most of the weapons he carried were war hammers, most of which were stone carvings. However, given their exaggerated size and the well-developed muscles of the holder, this thing can definitely exert terrifying lethality.
Lizardmen, this is a group of giant lizardmen.
It was not that Mikros had never seen a lizard man before, but this was his first time seeing such a tall and strong lizard man.
Normally, lizardmen have white bellies, green dragon scales, and red and yellow hair crowns on their heads. Their height is higher than that of ordinary people, but it is also relatively limited, usually about two meters.
It is not difficult to guess why these black-scaled lizardmen have a body shape that is very different from ordinary lizardmen. The race that is said to be closest to the dragon is not the kobold, but the lizardman. They are born to speak dragon language. If they live in an environment If there is no giant dragon, they generally believe in primitive beliefs and regard the shaman as the supreme leader of the tribe. However, if there is a giant dragon around, they will not hesitate to throw themselves into the arms of the giant dragon and offer themselves to it. tribute to win the favor of the other party.
They do not have the variability of kobold blood, but it will be different if they are mixed with dragon blood. The more accurate name for this group of black scale lizard people is the black dragon blood lizard people, who are the direct descendants of the royal court of the lizard queen.
The one named Gregory at the head was particularly huge, already over four meters tall. His appearance was 80% similar to that of the black-scaled lizard man. The biggest difference was that he had a pair of huge dragon wings stretched out from his back, indicating that his bloodline was purer. He is an out-and-out half-black dragon lizardman, and there are quite a few such half-dragons, more than a dozen of whom are among these lizardmen as commanders.
Seeing these huge black-scaled lizardmen, Miklos' heart that had been hanging around finally fell to the ground.
As he said before, what he was most worried about was not whether he could convince the black dragon, but whether she could eat it or pose a fatal threat to the conqueror's army, their hobgoblin corps and Goliath corps. Although the number of people is small, the lethality caused by the surprise attack on the battlefield is not small at all. It has a greater impact on the monster tribe whose morale itself is a mystery. It is easy to defeat them quickly and form a sheep-herding tactic, which leads to the monsters The entire army collapsed.
With these huge black-scaled lizardmen, they have the capital to fight against these special forces. There are quite a few of them, definitely no less than three hundred. This is twice the number of special forces as the conqueror's army.
With tens of thousands of square kilometers in the Thun Swamp, it is absolutely impossible to breed such a small number of black-scaled lizardmen. Either there are more black-scaled lizardmen, or there are ordinary lizardmen with a huge population base, just like the hobgoblin giants in the Giant Plains. Like the hobgoblin tribe, they are carefully selected elites.
Mikros soon discovered that his guess was correct. As the spirit naga went deep into the Thun Swamp, he encountered a large number of lizardmen along the way. These lizardmen were different from the lizardmen he had seen before. The appearance is almost the same, but the body shape is much different. The average height is only a little over two meters. Even so, the strength is far higher than that of ordinary lizard men.
In order to facilitate distinction, these lizard people have their own special names.
Those lizardmen who are relatively ordinary in size are called black-scaled lizardmen, and the dragon-veined lizardmen with giant bodies are called evil-toothed lizardmen. They are named because they are much larger than the black-scaled lizardmen and have a mouth full of sharp teeth. It is also their name, the Evil Fang Guards, who are responsible for guarding the safety of the Lizard Queen and accepting her orders.
The black dragon calls itself the Lizard Queen. The entire Thun Swamp is dominated by this kind of black-scaled lizard people. Even if it meets other intelligent races, it is not a separate tribe, but as slaves and servants of these black-scaled lizard people tribes. Their status is It is very low-level and the situation is very miserable. It is obvious that a strict racial system is implemented here. Of course, there are exceptions like the spirit naga, but they are very few.
There are no clear landmarks in the Thun Swamp. Apart from low trees, there are mire pools and water plants as tall as a person. The scenery is the same. The most annoying thing is the endless mosquitoes. Even Miklos is prepared and wears a repellent. The Mosquito Amulet shelters oneself in an invisible barrier with a radius of three meters.
It's just that this invisible barrier is not completely isolated. It is only useful for those pests whose health value is less than one-third of their professional level. Those whose health value is greater than or equal to one-third of their own life dice can wear it if their will is strong enough. If you cross this invisible barrier, you will only suffer 2D6 damage and it will be very painful.
Therefore, Mikros directly transformed into a walking insect zapper, crackling, and the places he passed were full of mosquitoes who tried to pass through the invisible barrier, but were pinched to death.
But Miklos still didn't dare to be careless. Those who were pinched to death were only those ordinary mosquitoes. Those mosquitoes that were as big as a palm were much more tenacious. Many of them could withstand the squeeze of invisible barriers and survive being injured.
However, such a mosquito was conspicuous enough. Before it could completely pass through the invisible barrier, it was stabbed to death by Miklos' sword.
The only good thing is that the number of mosquitoes is not very large, otherwise Mikros would have to exit.
This made him envious of the lizard people. Their innate scales were the deadly nemesis of these mosquitoes. Except for those mosquitoes with astonishing physiques, others could not bite through their scales. And these large mosquitoes were probably not able to bite them. It evolved for scaly creatures like them.
But these lizard people who live here all year round have already developed special methods to deal with these mosquitoes, and each of them wears special insect repellent sachets.
It wasn't until he passed by a tribe of black-scaled lizardmen that the spirit naga ordered the black-scaled lizardmen to give Miklos an insect repellent packet, which relieved him from the mosquito problem.
"I didn't expect that I would see a real royal palace here. Even the Purple Dragon Palace of Cormyr would be ashamed in front of this magnificent building." Mikros couldn't help but make a heartfelt speech. sigh.
This black dragon's persistence and love for the throne are so deep into her bones that the dragon's nest she lives in is not the most common underground dragon's nest deep into the deepest swamp for black dragons, but a huge above-ground palace with the same structure as the Dark Castle. Even if the same obsidian is transported from the nearest Stormhorn Mountains, this is still a huge project. Don't forget, this is a swamp that is difficult to walk. The spirit naga goes around here, turning one kilometer into Two to three kilometers.
A palace built with the size of a giant dragon is naturally extremely tall, even exceeding the giant palace. This is also the most terrible point. This is a swamp. Even if it is artificially reinforced, the entire foundation here is soft, which causes This caused a certain degree of sinking and deflection of the dragon palace, and this deflection can already be distinguished with the naked eye.
"Hahaha...Has my Lizard Palace really...whoosh...has surpassed Cormyr's Purple Dragon Palace? Click...click...Alhashan, what are you still doing? Hurry up and invite my guests in. ...I think he heard him talk more about the Purple Dragon Palace..."
A deep, huge voice came from the deepest part of the dragon palace. When speaking, it was accompanied by various noises, including the sound of heavy and incredible breathing, and the sound of chewing while eating. The other party was eating. say.
"As you command, Her Majesty the Queen." The spirit naga responded respectfully. Although the voice was not loud, he was sure that the other party could hear it and even see it.
The dragons have powerful vision and hearing. They can easily hear sounds several kilometers away and see clearly the appearance of medium-sized creatures several kilometers away. Those who try to sneak up behind the dragons for sneak attacks are the most stupid. When he thought he had succeeded, most of the dragons turned to look at him with jesting faces.
Click! Click! Click!
After entering the Dragon Palace, all that echoed in Miklos's ears was the terrifying sound of chewing. From the entrance of the palace to the depths, they were all evil-toothed lizardmen with giant sizes, but they were not acting as palace guards now, but They are food delivery people. The food they deliver is very delicious. Whether it is fish, molluscs or other animal carcasses, they have obviously been marinated in rotting water for a period of time, and are covered with slippery and sticky substances. , the horrible smell that comes out can be smelled even a hundred meters away - you can imagine what the smell is like when hundreds of cans of herring are opened at the same time.
Unfortunately, not a single insect or fly can be seen here, and the terrifying pressure everywhere makes the surrounding kilometer a forbidden area for them.
All of this food was sent to the deepest part of the palace. Next to the big mouth of the terrifying existence, there was a big fish more than two meters long. The other party didn't even chew it. He just tilted his neck and swallowed it directly into his stomach. Only fish like buffalo When it comes to large foods, they are worth chewing a few times. Those clicking sounds are caused by the bones of these creatures being crushed and severed.
(End of chapter)
