lizard lord

Chapter 142

Surprised, Tang Zhao did not stop because of this. He observed the traces on the ground, found the road with the most footprints, and went deep into the kobold settlement.

After walking about 50 meters, another underground space with a slightly larger area appeared in front of his eyes, and a large number of kobolds were busy in it-drying mushrooms, making simple tools, and using scraps of skin and cloth to sew winter clothes. clothing
Generally speaking, it was a thriving scene. At a certain moment, Tang Zhao even felt a little guilty, thinking that they should not disturb their lives.

Of course, it was just thinking about it, and soon he returned to his original size, his tail patted the wall next to him twice, the dull and abrupt sound attracted everyone's attention at the first time, the kobolds Seeing the intruders, they quickly entered into a fighting state. The minors ran to seek refuge in deeper and narrower caves, and the adults picked up weapons to prepare for battle. There must be traps hidden in the dark.

[I also know that saying this is not convincing, but I have no ill intentions towards you, put down your arms, I think we can have a good talk. 】

The plain words seemed to have some appeal, but Tang Zhao's dangerous face made the kobolds wake up completely. Of course, a few words could not make the kobolds submit to the enemy.

Feeling helpless, Tang Zhao used his psychic power immediately, and the kobolds present felt a headache and subconsciously covered their heads.

After an unknown period of time, the pain gradually dissipated. When they raised their heads again, Tang Zhao was standing less than three meters in front of them. The hot air from the creature's nostrils could even directly hit the On the kobolds.

【You don’t have to put down your weapons, but if you want to get an elder, he should talk to me, I don’t need to fight with you. 】

Tang Zhao was very patient and spoke again to communicate with the kobolds. It is normal to be vigilant, and he is not surprised by hostility. Any normal race sees a ten-meter-long monster in his home , will be full of hostility and aggressiveness, which is human nature.

The kobolds made eye contact silently, but before they could come to a conclusion, an old voice came from the cave behind them: "You all heard it, it wants to see me, get out of the way. By the way Put down your weapons too, we can't hurt him."

When the kobolds heard the words, they didn't hesitate too much, they just followed suit, and while making way for a path, they threw the weapons in their hands to the ground.

Tang Zhao's vertical pupils stared at the old man walking towards him, feeling rather surprised. There were almost no foreigners in the kobold settlement, and even fewer humans, and a human who played the role of an elder was unheard of.

"I'm Franz Rodribeck. You can regard me as the kobold elder. I have a similar status here."

[You can call me Carlos, you are very interesting, are you the founder of this city? 】

"That's right," the old man puffed up his chest, looking hale and hearty, "I watched the city they built."

Tang Zhao was a little puzzled. The sewers in Luford had been built for many years, dating back to more than 200 years ago. He originally thought that these kobolds lived and multiplied here from the beginning, but now it seems that this is not the case. This settlement exists The time is several decades at most, sorry.

[Surprising combination, I like listening to stories, can you tell me what happened?In return, I will also explain clearly why I am here, and give you the freedom to choose, how about that? 】

The old man glanced at Tang Zhao's sharp claws: "I hope you won't break your promise"

After all, he could only follow suit and began to introduce the cause of the incident to Tang Zhao.
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Franz is not a local, not even from Oran. He is from the other side of the continent. By chance, he will come to Oran, an inland port city, to make a living. By chance, he meets a kobold in the forest. After all kinds of things, a settlement Follow him to the city and settle down in the city's underground.

A lot of things have happened in the past few decades, and the old man is also very chatty. Tang Zhao automatically skipped a lot of irrelevant information.

It doesn’t sound like a lie, but it’s definitely not complete. Most people can’t find such a remote and safe place, and they can’t move the entire kobold settlement to the city, but Tang Zhao doesn’t care, everyone will have a little secret.

[Very well, thank you for your explanation. I will make a long story short. Now the kobolds have a chance to move back to the forest, and the forest residents have established their own settlements.]

Tang Zhao didn't write any ink, and directly stated his intention of coming, and told the other party the situation of the settlement truthfully, and finally asked Franz for his opinion to see if it was possible to move all these kobolds away.

As a matter of course, Franz showed very obvious distrust of Tang Zhao's words, a city where dwarves, kobolds, elves, goblins, and lycanthropes inhabited, normal people would not believe it if they had never seen it.

【Listen, Mr. Franz, I am not here to discuss the authenticity with you. If such a place really exists, are you willing to let these kobolds move? 】

Franz originally wanted to continue arguing about the possibility, but when he said this, he fell into a brief silence, and after a while, he nodded slowly.

"It is undeniable that what you said is beautiful. If there really exists such a place where all races can live under the sun, then I will not prevent anyone from leaving, and I will even encourage them to do so."

At present, the survival of the underground kobolds is no problem, but it is limited to this. Franz has watched the settlement develop a little bit, and he has paid for it with hard work that others can hardly imagine. Maybe he had some small thoughts of his own at first, but now, He really wanted to see these kobolds live a better life, not just alive.

[Very well, let's make an agreement. After today, you will leave with me and go over there to have a look. If that's the case, share what you see with these guys and let them decide whether to stay or not. 】

Unexpectedly, under the premise that it was likely to be a trap, the old man calmly agreed and expressed his willingness to go back with Tang Zhao.

He could see very clearly that there was no room for rejection now, and if Tang Zhao really wanted to do something, he didn't need to bother going around in circles at all, and he could solve it directly.

After listening to Tang Zhao's narration, in fact, the old man also had some unspeakable yearning in his heart. He subconsciously hoped that what Tang Zhao said was true.

[Very well, you won't regret it.On my honor, I will keep you safe. 】

This time Tang Zhao didn't even mention the Dragon God and Sivanus God, the old people, because this time they were sincere. If this old man's behavior is really as noble as he has heard, then he is extremely respectable.

The matter ended here, considering the old man's poor health, Tang Zhao asked Franz for another kobold to serve as his guide in the sewer.

It is worth mentioning that this kobold has wings on its back, which is a subspecies called "Eder" by the kobolds themselves. According to them, kobolds with wings are all infected by evil Long Tiamat's blessing, in fact, a high-ranking existence like Tiamat probably wouldn't care about the life and death of this group of kobolds, and it was still just wishful thinking of the kobolds.

In any case, after having a guide, Tang Zhao quickly found the target location, ran back to the assembly point to inform the elf rangers, and the plan was ready to start.

That night, the rangers split into two groups. One team first killed the secret sentry of the Golden Hand Chamber of Commerce, and then directly attacked the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce. The other team used it as a smoke bomb to create chaos in the suburbs of Luford, and the plan officially started.

Obviously, the chamber of commerce was on guard. After all, there was no news of the manpower they sent before, and all fools knew something was wrong. However, they obviously underestimated the speed and intensity of Tang Zhao's actions.

Even though there were a large number of thugs and a small number of mercenaries defending, they still failed to block the elves' raid and infiltration. With the assistance of Klein's magic, the elves' movements were silent. In the entire chamber of commerce, all human perception was affected. , become sluggish, and have difficulty responding to slight movements.

The opponents were defeated one by one, and the elves successfully broke into the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and captured the president of the Golden Hand Chamber of Commerce. In addition, several middle and upper-level leaders were also captured.

The president is not necessarily the mastermind behind the scenes, but Tang Zhao and the others can only do this. The elves carried the stunned humans, pried open the iron fence of the sewer, and successfully sent the hostages down. After the hostage, it quickly started the next step, changed back to its original size, and moved along the sewer at high speed.

In fact, after learning the purpose of Tang Zhao, Franz didn't mind sending the hostages to the underground lair, but considering the possibility of the lair being exposed, Tang Zhao finally took no risks and followed the direction of the water flow to the port area. There are ships waiting here.

Throwing a few people into the cargo hold, Andrea's men drove the boat down the river and left Luford City in time before the situation changed.

After leaving the city, Tang Zhao just felt relieved and looked at the cargo ship he was on.

The flat-bottomed boat has two floors, is very spacious, has a wide view and a large-capacity cargo hold, and is undoubtedly a good ship by the standards of cargo ships.

Andrea's income these days has basically been used to buy this boat. According to her, it is for the future. All future shipments will be carried by water, which can save transportation costs and also save money. Can greatly enhance the degree of confidentiality.

Although the other party was as excited as a child when he saw the boat, Tang Zhao believed this statement for now.

【Also, it seems to come in handy.】

The involvement of the Church of Haim would make things more complicated, so Tang Zhao didn't put these people in the church's prison. In his opinion, the cargo hold was a good place.

He turned his head and looked at the rather impatient Klein.According to him, his research on scrolls has made a breakthrough, and the next step is the key.

Seeing him so fascinated, Tang Zhao always felt a little scared, afraid that he would also be affected by the demon scroll.

[I will trouble you later, use magic to pry open the mouths of these people. 】

"Just don't worry, I can use magic such as Vomiting Truth for now, these human beings can't hold on."

After finishing speaking, he went straight into the cabin, and it seemed that he was ready to make a move. Tang Zhao didn't stop him, and let the opponent act.
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Needless to say, the outcome of the matter, after Klein woke these people up, they didn't even need to use magic, and these people just confessed.

Just like guessing, there are other people behind the Golden Hand Chamber of Commerce. This chamber of commerce is actually controlled by the boss of a larger chamber of commerce, and it is used to do some not-so-clean things. Andrea's matter is one of them. .

Frankly speaking, Tang Zhao still doesn't want to tear himself apart with these big chambers of commerce. He's new here, and the strong dragon doesn't overwhelm the local snake, and they are not dragons.

In fact, these Chambers of Commerce are not targeting Andrea at all, she is not so conspicuous, they are targeting Serif Chamber of Commerce, mainly because they are jealous of Tang Zhao's goods.

These transactions of Andrea looked normal to those who didn't know, but they seemed extremely abrupt to them. They must think that the goblins were behind it.

I have to say that the other party's behavior is very irrational. Without knowing the relationship between Andrea and the goblins, he wants to use force directly. Tang Zhao really doesn't like this behavior. When it comes to time, it is always the courtesy first and the soldiers later, and rashly doing it is the worst policy of the worst.

However, Andrea took the initiative to ask Ying to handle this matter by herself, as long as Tang Zhao provided material support in the future, Tang Zhao's persuasion for the other party's safety was obviously ineffective.

In the end, Andrea agreed to Tang Zhao that if the situation went wrong, she would go to the Church of Haim to take refuge, and wait for Tang Zhao and their support. The church will give this face.

In addition, he will send more people to help Andrea gain a firm foothold in the future. It depends on how those big chambers of commerce will react. Tang Zhao believes that they will not tear themselves apart completely, which is not good for them.

So far, Tang Zhao's affairs in Luford have basically been arranged. Humans will take over the matter of the demon scroll. Since the hobgoblins in the south of Sula will be cleaned up by the coalition forces, he can focus on internal development instead.

The kobold settlement in Luford underground is very large. According to Franz himself, there are thousands of people, which accounts for almost one-third of the population of Tang Zhao's current settlement. If successful, it will bring Tang Zhao To a large number of labor replenishment.

Kobolds have good fertility. They can lay several eggs at a time, and they can become a labor force at the age of six or seven. But Tang Zhao really can't afford to wait five or ten years. He needs manpower now, a lot of manpower.

In addition, he also wants to use the underground kobold settlement as a transfer station to store goods and develop some industries. If he does well, he will have a very good foothold in Luford, which is what he needs.

[Now we have to start to do it, we can't procrastinate any more, the hobgoblin will definitely make moves next year, and prepare for the impact in advance. 】

(End of this chapter)