The knight in the abyss

Chapter 582 Story and Reality

"If I want to build a nest in the future, I will never allow anyone to dig a tunnel underneath."

—Pacos, the ancient red dragon, before the famous battle with Swafnir.

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Everyone patiently waited until noon the next day before starting to act. This is the least active time of the day for the Finser troll, and unnecessary interference during the battle can be avoided as much as possible.After coming out of the cave where the teleportation circle was set up, Lancelot asked Alamir to use divine magic to create clear water and refreeze the entrance, although if all went well, they would not need this teleportation point in the future.

"What is if, don't you have one now?" After hearing Pacos's comment, Bruto asked curiously, "Didn't you say that making money in Moglondal is fast and easy? , where did you put all the money you earned?"

"Of course it's for investment, you idiot, money doesn't make money by itself." The halfling said to the dwarf in a contemptuous tone, "One-fifth of the shops in Moglondal pay me rent, half of the Businesses are going to pay me regular dividends. Robbing kingdoms, kidnapping princesses and all that stuff is clichéd and full of nasty surprises."

"It sounds like you have done this kind of thing before?" Lancelot also became interested, "What is the unexpected factor? Do you want to come to save the princess's knight?"

"It is not an accident that it will happen with a high probability, and you silly knights are quite cute, and you are not annoying at all." The halfling smiled, "I once kidnapped a princess and asked her to wear a crown. Asking for a fifth of the wealth in the treasury as a ransom—don't show that look, I'm a dragon, and I was young at the time, why don't I do this?"

"I hope nothing bad happened to that princess afterwards."

"Of course not, what I want is money, and you humans don't have much meat, and your teeth hurt when you eat it." Pacos shrugged, "At that time, it seemed that this business should be easy to complete, after all That princess looks good, and she is of fertile age, one-fifth of the national treasury is a very generous price."

"Your understanding of business seems to be a bit off." Lancelot rolled his eyes. "So what went wrong? A group of paladins who will never compromise with evil?"

"No, the problem lies with the king and queen. You know, the king often changes his queen, but the child born to him before will not lose his right of inheritance, and the princess I caught was born to the previous queen. children." Pacos had a sarcastic smile on his face, "And the current queen has given birth to all daughters in the past five years of marriage, do you understand what I mean?"

"Are you arresting the first heir to the throne?" Little Isa also said, "And the queen is unwilling to pay the ransom?"

"First of all, that princess has an older brother who is the first in line to inherit the throne, but the current queen... is very influential. She has successfully convinced the princes, nobles and ordinary people in the country that saving her sister is the right thing to do. That prince's unshirkable responsibility, and then secretly sent a messenger to me, promising that if I kill all the brothers and sisters, she will give me half of the treasury."

"You agree?"

"No, things got more complicated. When the king of the neighboring country heard about it, he also sent a messenger, promising that if I killed that brother but handed over my sister to him, he would pay a bigger ransom. Ha! You guys Are you still listening?"

"It's complicated, it's too complicated." The dwarf shook his head, "There is nothing wrong with the inheritance law of humans, but they are too prolific and messed up everything... So in the end, what is your choice?"

"I chose the princess. I said that she is not bad, and she is at the age of childbearing, right? Don't get me wrong, I didn't force her, and I can even say that the royal family member served quite well, but listening to After the offers from 'relatives' and 'suitors', she made an offer that was hard to refuse... I was a young man then."

"Wait a minute, where is the princess' brother?"

"Dead. People thought I was ripped off, and her brother killed himself shortly thereafter from overwhelmed grief - shot a dozen arrows in his own back with a crossbow, don't ask me how he did it. Gotta After hearing the news, the princess—she had already helped me give birth to a bunch of lovely half-dragons—asked me to help her regain the throne, and I did, but I left after a short stay, you know Yes, it gets tiresome over time, and she also has a tendency to be a control freak."

"I have to admit, this story is not what I expected." Lancelot scratched his head, "But the ending is not bad."

"It's not what I expected, but since then I have become interested in politics. I must admit that my first wife taught me a lot." Pacos suddenly stopped in his tracks, "Nest The dragon in the house is sleeping, I can feel it, but if I go any further, it will probably wake it up, and if I can't find the source of uneasiness after waking up, it will become very vigilant. Take the fat sheep Let it go, let it be responsible for attracting all the attention, and we will quietly follow behind..."

"Makes sense."

Lancelot nodded to Brutal, who was leading a blindfolded sheep.The dwarf took out a vial from his arms, and asked with some uncertainty:

"Then where are these poisons applied?"

"It can be wiped anywhere, anyway, Bailong will freeze it into ice cubes before eating it, so you can't taste it."

The dwarf then poured the light green liquid in the bottle on the sheep, and then slapped the sheep's butt.The sheep uttered a cry, and immediately trotted towards the end of the tunnel.

"Okay, you guys are ready to fight too." Pacos quickly withdrew his gaze from the sheep, "Remember, I will never make a move before Swafnir appears, otherwise that coward may I turned around and ran away in the middle of the flight, and I didn't want that to happen, did I make it clear?"

Everyone nodded, followed the sheep quietly, and soon came to the exit of the tunnel.The blindfolded sheep stumbled and slid down the edge of the terrace at the end of the tunnel, and the sound easily woke up the white dragon sleeping on the top of the lair.Just as Pacos said, almost without thinking, the white dragon opened its mouth and spewed out a dragon's breath to freeze the sheep in place, then it stretched its wings and flew down, swallowing the sheep into its stomach.

"What did I say, Bailong is really stupid." Pacos rolled his eyes, "Lancelo, when you do it later, be careful not to hurt innocent people... Do you understand what I mean?"

"Of course." Lancelot pulled out the great sword Glacier from the dimension bag, and stood on the edge of the balcony. "I will try to stay as far away from those captives as possible."

"Very good." The halfling nodded, and his figure gradually became transparent, "I wish you all good luck."

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