Lu Mingfei: The Return of King Eldon

Chapter 133 Ottoferson, the Last Red Dragon Duke

The story begins many, many years ago, when the Gray Throne was still prosperous.

It was a glorious era for the royal capital. Although it was not as grand as it is today, everything was thriving. The royal road extended in all directions, and the city grew vigorously like mushrooms after rain.

The two princes, Norton and Constantine, perched on the throne of the trial hall.They overlooked the city, watching the dragons spread their wings in the sky, and the territory of the city expanded day by day.

Of course, the development of the city also has a price to pay.Prince Norton instructs the lowly human slaves as he pleases, treating living humans as batch after batch of "consumables".Almost a one-time squandering of the bones and blood of human slaves.

Every building is built at the cost of hundreds of lives.The Gray Copper Throne is indeed glamorous and magnificent, but in fact, it is under the splendid architecture.What is buried is the bones and blood of countless human beings.

That was the prosperous era of the Red Dragon Clan, but it was the most tragic era for the enslaved humans.The labor intensity of slaves can be described as tragic, with only three to four hours of rest a day.Severe lack of sleep, coupled with torture-like day and night labor, slaves often become delirious within a few weeks.

This greatly annoyed the dragons.Human beings want the gift of dragons even for food, but they trample on the blessings of dragons with laziness.So they raised their butcher knives, and many slaves were often directly executed on the construction site.

The dragons soon discovered that when the slaves were executed publicly, the huge amount of blood and severed limbs could obviously irritate the surrounding slaves.As a result, there were more and more public executions. In the end, the public execution of slaves has almost become a daily program of dragons.

But the stimulation of blood and severed limbs was only temporary after all.Soon, all slaves fell into a state of torpor.A large number of slaves either committed suicide or collapsed. The speed of slave death soon exceeded the speed of reproduction.

This made His Majesty Norton very angry.

"Human beings are lazy and inefficient. They are really the dirtiest waste race." His Majesty Norton said one day. "I think, maybe all human slaves should be executed, and let those lowly five-generation species take on the work of slaves."

His Majesty Norton thought so, and was about to give an order——

However, Duke Ottofersen stood up.He is the one with the best relationship with Constantine among the three dukes.

"Your Majesty, I dare to apply to take over the job of governing human slaves." Ottoforsen stood up and said. At that time, he was young and strong, and he was the child of Constantine.

For Constantine's sake, Norton approved the proposal.But soon, Duke Ottofersen's order shocked all the dragons to drop their jaws——

"Master Ottoferson, did I hear you wrong?" A duke named Samson mocked in court, "Can I trouble you to explain your plan again?"

"I'll say it again," said Prince Ottofersen. "I want those humans to sleep seven hours a day. And improve their living environment and increase their life expectancy."

"What a big joke!" Duke Samson snorted mockingly from his nostrils after hearing this, "What did I hear? You treat those disposable consumables like this? Seven hours of sleep? The treatment of slaves is worse than ours. The five generations of species are all strong!"

"It is precisely because of the depletion of the lake that the death rate of slaves will far exceed the rate of birth!" Duke Ottofersen retorted in a deep voice, "We can no longer die every day! Only by improving the living environment of slaves can we prevent them from being completely exhausted. all!"

The debate was inconclusive, but later, subtle changes slowly emerged—daily shows of slave killings dwindled, and slaves were moved out of shacks and into sturdy metal houses.The Duke of Ottofersen personally designed the slave dormitories, and the steam pipes of the city passed below. As a result, the number of slaves who died of illness in winter was greatly reduced; fertility rate.

In the end, even Samson, who had taunted him, had to admit that Ottoferson had bred slaves remarkably well.

His Majesty Norton rewarded Ottoforson and handed over all human slaves to the Duke of Ottoforson.

Under the duke's rule, the death rate of human beings dropped sharply, and the Gray Bronze Throne entered a glorious and prosperous age.The average life expectancy of humans has increased from 28 to 42 years, and dragons also appreciate the Duke's governance.

Later, the Duke also had a child of his own.

"Look at these human beings who are struggling to live, my child." Ottofersen stroked the top of the child's head kindly, "One day, you will also become a loyal servant of His Majesty Norton. Remember, although human beings are weak, they are also the ones who support our dynasty. Important crutches. Learn to discipline these humans properly, use their creativity, treat them with more kindness, and you will be rewarded beyond imagination.”

The Duke's youngest son just listened blankly and gradually nodded.

Ottoferson didn't tell the children that he still has the craziest idea - is it possible that one day, human beings can also establish their own dynasty?Maybe one day, human beings can also create a splendid civilization like dragons.

The power of dragons, plus the growth of humans. Children, you may think, what a vibrant new world is that?

In the end, however, the child had no chance of knowing what the duke was thinking.

Because the second year after that, the child died.

The King of Sky and Wind brazenly invaded the Gray Copper Throne, not only destroying the hatchery in the capital, but also almost killing off the third and fourth generations of the entire city, and one of the three dukes was killed in battle.Samson and Ottoferson survived, but both lost all their children in the bloody war.

So Samson gave up his title and became an attendant by His Majesty's side.Together with the two His Majesties, they embarked on the road of revenge to kill Feng Wang.

"Ottofersen, the capital will be handed over to you." Before leaving, Constantine said to the Duke. "Just wait for us, up to 20 years, we will definitely come back, I promise."

20 years.?Ottoferson thought, unable to see his sorrow or joy.He just entered the trial hall with a blank face, the last duke to preside over the Gray Bronze Throne.

He began to wait for that 20-year long agreement.

Wait and wait, 20 years turned into 200 years.

Wait and wait, 200 years turned into 2000 years.

Century after century passed like flowing water, and Ottofersen was still sitting on the bottom floor of the trial hall, waiting for the return of the two majesties.

In this time when metals are enough to corrode, the Duke just presides over the gray copper throne, allowing time to wash away his strength.The strong muscles atrophy day by day, the smooth scales gradually fall off, and eventually, the eyeballs lose all function.

He cannot cocoon, nor can he fall over.He is the last Duke of the Gray Bronze Throne, and the day he falls is the day the Gray Bronze Throne collapses.

Twenty centuries have passed, and the duke is still waiting for the return of the king.

　Why is Samson set as the next generation?Because it is clearly stated in Dragon 2 that the dragon scales of the third generation cannot take 100mm armor-piercing bullets.However, in Dragon 1, Samson can use his esophagus to resist torpedoes, and his defense is obviously far superior to that of the third generation.In order not to violate the performance of the original work, designing Samson as a second-generation species is the only reasonable explanation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)