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Chapter 1279 201. The Dragon Slayer Becomes a Dragon

The Broken Mountains are a secluded place.

Even if it is located in the Middle-earth, it is still a secluded place in the Middle-earth. It is almost the same as "the Golden City is luxurious and magnificent, but there are still poor people everywhere".

When a lord is indifferent to what is happening in the outside world and sticks to his own ways, his arrogance and conceit will grow wildly.

The essence is that there is no clear understanding of things, which leads to misjudgment.

The reason why Annan felt so emotional was the test from Captain Ryan.

When they talked about Lord Raymond's past, Annan showed curiosity. They told a half-truthful story:
The Raymond family is said to be from Wilhelm. They sailed across the sea to Middle-earth and chose to develop their territory in the Broken Mountains.

As the Raymond family was lucky enough to discover a gold mine in the Broken Mountains and dug out the first pot of gold, the Raymond family, which suddenly became rich but lacked strength, began to be coveted by others.

Of course, survival is more important than gold. But without gold, they can't survive - so the Raymond family made a wise decision: to join the Church of Wealth.

They each got what they needed. The Raymond family got a stable and safe territory. The Fortune Church got a piece of its own territory and received a huge amount of gold donation every year.

After hundreds of years of development and proliferation, the Raymond family completely controlled the Broken Mountains with the help of the Church of Fortune.

Lord Raymond is the 35th Lord of the Broken Mountains. Originally, he would have just kept the Broken Mountains stable like the previous generations of Lords.

Unexpectedly, not long after he took office, the Broken Mountains faced the biggest crisis in its history: mineral depletion.

If the gods had not lost contact, it would at most be the second biggest crisis for the Raymond family - and some ambitious people even thought that this was not a bad thing.

In short, for a territory that relies on minerals for survival, the depletion of minerals is undoubtedly a disaster. In the past, many once-famous city-states suddenly appeared and disappeared, making a splash in the long river of time because of this.

Lord Raymond stepped forward at this time, and by digging up the chronicles of past lords, he selected coal mines that had been despised and ignored for the past few hundred years, acquired a large number of coal mines, punished mine owners who were holding minerals for sale, hanged a large number of bad guys who took the opportunity to do evil, and forcibly shifted the focus of the Broken Mountains from gold mines to coal mines.

Through this operation, the Broken Mountains, which was on the verge of collapse, regained stability, and residents who had lost their jobs and were uncertain about the future stopped migrating. As order returned, vicious incidents dropped sharply.

Lord Raymond gained a lot of prestige because of this. As the gods lost contact and the Fortune Church lost power, the status of both parties changed subtly.

The Broken Mountains remained stable for several years under the rule of Lord Raymond. The transformation brought a large number of jobs and allowed many small figures who seized the opportunity to come onto the stage.

As for people like Adele who are mixed in among them...the dead cannot speak, but the living are still singing.

But coal is just coal after all, and a cart of coal is not as valuable as a piece of gold.

The cost of transporting a truckload of coal is totally different from the cost of transporting a piece of gold.

Soon the mine owners discovered that the more ore they dug, the more taxes they had to pay and the less money they made.

Locals find themselves working longer hours for less pay.

As mine owners discovered that slaves were better and cheaper than workers, the slave trade began to take off in the Broken Mountains.

As more slave owners brought slaves into the Broken Mountains, mine owners increasingly favored using slaves as miners. They didn't need to be paid, didn't need to be treated, and if they died, they died. Anyway, they could buy another one for a few dozen silver coins.

Residents who have lost their jobs will never be able to do anything better than slaves. They can only do the same hard work for a pitiful salary, and then at some point they suddenly realize, “Why the hell has the environment become like this!?”

"So this is a story about a dragon slayer who turns into a dragon?"

In other words, Lord Raymond actually lost himself and the ability to examine himself due to his repeated success.

It was as if he wasn't aware that there was something wrong with his body shape.

"The dragon slayer becomes a dragon? Hmm...it seems so."

Captain Ryan exchanged glances with the others.

Olmedo seemed to know nothing. It seemed that this guy who called himself Jeffrey Olmedo was not from the Raymond family, or even from Emerald Mountains.

On the other hand, Annan was determined to learn a lesson...

At least you can't turn into that horrible look!
……

In the corridor of the Golden Palace, Black Widow lowered her head slightly and followed the golden guards.

She listened quietly to everything coming back from the dining room, muttering to herself, "How pitiful... She is feared by the eldest son and discouraged by her father, so she is timid, impulsive and easily angered. Has she lost confidence?"

"what did you say?"

The golden guard turned around.

"I wonder how gold can be used as armor if it's so soft?"

The golden guard showed pride: "This is the golden armor invented by Mr. Mora. It has a high gold content and is harder than fine steel!"

"Mora...he's still an alchemist?"

This name made Black Widow take it a little more seriously. This was not the city of mages. There were still many powerful people here. It would be troublesome if she was discovered.

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Speaking of which, how can I help Annan solve the problems here?
When he comes back and sees that I have done a good job, I will have a reason to ask him to reward me...

Black Widow reshaped the spell that was left on Killian through the tap on the shoulder into a channeling spell.

She was somewhat concerned about Killian's absent-mindedness during the day. It seemed that there was another secret about this guy's childhood - perhaps it could be used as a breakthrough.

Back in the guest room, the impatient Black Widow planned to collect some interest first.

Black Widow lifted her Transfiguration spell and two Black Widows suddenly appeared in the room.

The fake Black Widow was startled and looked out the window.

"Won't we be discovered like this..."

"If that great lord is really stupid enough to spy on us, then there's no need to play house with him."

She didn't believe Annan's peace-loving lies - the Free City had been built less than three years ago, but it had already launched two wars and an expedition.

Peace? If the war doesn't spread to the mainland, then that's peace, right?

shhh-

The wizard's hand drew the curtains and dimmed the magic lights, and Black Widow once again cast the transformation spell - but not on herself, but on another her.

The fake black widow's body quickly shrank and turned into Annan's appearance.

"It's my turn to play!"

Black Widow's narrow eyes brightened instantly and she walked towards the fake Annan.

"I, I, I didn't know you and Lord Annan had this kind of relationship..." The fake Annan had a sad face and retreated to a corner with no way to retreat.

"You don't know much."

The Black Widow exhaled a sweet breath and lifted "Annan's" chin.

"Don't cry. It wouldn't be like him if he cried."

(End of this chapter)