Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

"Help! My bones are broken!"

"Damn black dragon! Count those who are still alive!"

"Someone help me - there's a cannonball next to me!"

......

Listening to those sounds, the big man's face changed, and his body trembled as he clenched his fists.

"——Some of them are not hunters, but survivors of that disaster!" The big man raised his head and gritted his teeth and said to Mercer, "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be in this situation!"

He had already given up on himself, and began to roar angrily: "Come on! If you have the ability, come and kill me! I will not let you go even if I work with those people!"

"Hmph~" Mercer snorted slowly and looked at the big man in front of him: "I think I need to make a statement. I am a pacifist. If you humans hadn't taken the initiative to come to my door, I would not have been forced to fight back. , so you should not blame me, but you should blame the decision-maker of all this, the person who established the so-called 'Cruelty against the Black Dragon' mission."

"Huh?!" The big man raised his head and sneered: "Do you want to discuss philosophy with me? Then I'll tell you, we don't care about any nonsense. We haven't even thought about taking on this task. How can we survive? Deserve to die?”

"Of course not." To the man's surprise, Mercer denied his words with a smile, "You are all innocent poor people who were involved in the battle. My battle with them destroyed your lives. Kill your friends, relatives, lovers... In the end, you survivors don't even have a safe place, and can only live here in fear."

He paused and asked curiously: "Have the spaceships from other floating islands come to see you?"

"..."

The big man did not speak, or in other words, his eyes were red, and the smell of "shame" came from him, and was keenly captured by the black mist.

"No, or very few, right?"

Mercer sighed, then chuckled: "Then, how about I come to save you?"

"—!"

The big man was startled and suddenly raised his head and looked at Mercer.

"......What did you say?"

"I can make wild beasts surrender to me, and they will obey my commands. Follow me, and I will let them protect you."

Facing Mercer's lava-like vertical pupils, his voice rang in the big man's mind.

——When he saw the survivors, Mercer made a decision. He would take this group of people back and work in the snow-capped mountains.

So, after a while of acting, Mercer finally took off his disguise and revealed his true purpose.

"you......"

The big man opened his mouth, but no words came out. From his eyes, Mercer saw a deep sense of bewilderment and hesitation hidden deep inside.

"What? People who dare to say that they don't even want their lives in front of me dare not take a gamble? Are they going to stay here until they are killed by wild beasts, or are they going to a new land?"

Mercer provoked, but the big man was obviously not fooled. Instead, he lowered his head. Then he slowly raised his head, looked directly into Mercer's eyes and said, "——I can't believe you. What evidence do you have?"

"I don't need to prove it to you, because you have no choice at all." Mercer said calmly: "This is the kindness I give you. Why are you still hesitating? Do you hope that the people on the Floating Island will come to save you?"

These words obviously stung the big man, and he clenched his fists at that moment. From his emotions, Mercer felt an imperceptible helplessness, uneasiness—and a trace of resentment.

Living in such an environment, people must have had resentment, whether it was towards Mercer, life, or the floating island.But now, the emotion that belonged to the floating island in people's hearts was seduced by Mercer.

Chapter 198: Despair and Redemption

The big man clenched his fists, his shoulders trembled, and made a tangled choice. Finally, he raised his head and said fiercely:

"I will follow you, but I will not be your servant!"

There is no worse life than this, even under the black dragon, no matter how bad it is, it is nothing more than this.

In response, Mercer smiled.

Follower, servant... this is just a name. Mercer knew that what people care about is not the content of the work, but the simple title. Even if he does the work of a slave, he has a glorious nickname. There is also a mentality that most people can't afford to be disgusted with, but once the reverse occurs, people's attitudes will flip 180 degrees.

"What's your name?" Mercer asked calmly.

"...Amo."

Mercer hooked his fingers and easily lifted the stone slab on Amo's body.

After he got up, he glanced at Mercer, turned around, lifted up the surrounding stone slabs, and rescued his companions.

"Well - Captain..." One after another people were rescued by Amo. They obviously heard what he and Mercer had just said. After being rescued, although they kept their distance from Mercer, they did not Try attacking him again.

More and more people appeared in the open space. Amo gradually stopped moving and stood in the crowd with his head lowered.

"Want to regret it?"

Mercer's voice rang in their minds, and Amo immediately raised his head and looked at Mercer: "...Of course not."

——Apparently there was. When he was alone and helpless, his psychology shifted towards him under Mercer's strong words. But when the number of companions gradually increased, he also gained confidence in his heart and began to deny his previous decision. .

This is the main reason why he can surrender. Whether he continues to follow or decisively turns against him depends on his next decision.

The result is obvious. He is not stupid enough to fall out with someone as powerful as Mercer. It can be seen from Mercer's decisive movements of sweeping the tail, collapsing and leaking hair. He will never hesitate at all if he wants to kill people.

So after examining the current combat effectiveness of all members and Mercer's body covered in heavy armor, he decisively chose to surrender.

Facing Amo's reply, Mercer smiled and said, "There are two people left, under the pipe on your left."

Hearing Mercer's voice, Amo glanced at him in surprise and quickly went in that direction to dig.

——Soon, the two of them were moved to the ground by Amo, who was dizzy, and Amo came to Mercer with heavy breathing.

"...How do you know?" he asked.

Mercer glanced at him and did not answer immediately:

"Respect me, follower."

Amo paused and squeezed out this sentence through his teeth: "...Excuse me, how did you know the location of those two people?"

"Perceptual." Mercer replied lightly: "My sense has always been very keen, as I have known from the beginning that you still have nearly a thousand survivors hiding in the shipyard to the west."

Upon hearing this, Amo stiffened, and after a while he stiffly replied: "I, understand."

"If you know it, then take me there. I want them to follow me."

Amo was silent, finally nodded, turned around and ordered: "Those who are injured should stay and rest, don't force it..."

"——Let them follow along."

Before he finished speaking, Mercer spoke, interrupting Amo's words.

The latter paused for a moment, nodded stiffly, and said: "...If the injury is not that serious, just pick up the seriously injured person and follow me."

——So, this group of humans, mixed with the ferocious Dire Wolf Dragon, and led by a huge black dragon, set off, moving towards the depths of the port, and finally arrived in front of the shipyard.

"..."

Arriving in front of the closed factory door, Mercer raised his head and looked at the vent, smiling softly.

He could easily feel the large number of people among them, and could also detect the people behind the gate watching them.

The huge factory has been transformed into a shelter, and tents have been set up in various suggested rooms. The people inside are either carrying goods, or lying lifelessly on the bed, invisible to everyone. With a hint of anger, they had already given up hope of survival.

Perhaps they also had hopes and were eager to wait for the spacecraft to rescue them.

But after repeated disappointments, they were left with only despair. In the end, what kept them alive was probably just the fear of death.

Seeing this, Mercer simply diffused the black mist and spread the scale powder to every corner of the factory.

"Poor humans..."

This voice echoed in the brain, and after hearing these unusual words, everyone raised their heads and looked around.

"No house, no food..."

People slowly walked out of the tent and looked at each other in the narrow space, their eyes full of confusion.

"No freedom, no salvation..."

Listening to the pity in the voice, someone couldn't help shouting: "Who is it! Who is talking!"

"Abandoned by the floating island, I can only wait for death pitifully..."

The sounds struck one after another directly into the soul, and the fragile people could not help but grit their teeth, their eyes turned red, and they even knelt down on the ground and cried, crying about what they had experienced in the past ten years.

"——Do you want to come with me? There is plenty of food there, and you don't have to worry about being killed by wild beasts..."

The sound continued to sound, confusing people's hearts.

They have been surviving on this floating island for too long. They see no hope and face only despair. Sometimes people even think that it would be better to die.

Under such circumstances, facing this voice falling from the sky, more and more people fell to their knees and began to recite prayers.

"——There is no need to abandon the earth that gives birth to everything and flee to the lonely sky. Do you want to follow me? Let's build a kingdom that stands on the earth together?"

"I do! I do! Please take us away! No matter who it is!"

People began to tremble with excitement, looked to the sky devoutly, and shouted for help from the bottom of their hearts.

Then, with a heart-wrenching tearing sound, the door of the factory was pierced open by a giant claw and torn to both sides.

People looked in the direction of the sound, with infinite panic rising in their hearts, but what followed in their minds was still the same voice:

"——Then, I'm here to take you away."

——Because of this simple sentence, they made no move and looked at the door longingly.

boom -

With a loud noise, the door of the factory was torn apart, and the huge black dragon poked its head in, baring its white teeth at them.

Chapter 199: Spaceship

"what......"

The old woman trembled and opened her mouth, hugged the child next to her, stared at the black dragon destroying the door, and screamed in fear:

"--what!"

Her voice was like a pebble falling into calm water, and the dead silence was filled with cries at that moment.

Looking at the crowd starting to flee, Mercer turned his head slightly and looked at Lika beside him.

——No one is allowed to escape from here, and no one is allowed to be harmed.

"Ow!"

An order rang out in the minds of every Direwolf Dragon. They let out an excited howl and rushed out. Before Amo and the others could react, they pounced on several people who were escaping from the factory through the back door. people.

"do not want!"

Amo opened his eyes wide and shouted, but saw that the dire wolf dragons just threw people back and lingered to block the door.

Facing the panicked crowd, Mercer took two steps forward and looked at them:

"If you want to escape, where can you escape to?"

Some people huddled in the corner, looking at Mercer in fear, while others were running around, but no matter what, Mercer's voice still reached their minds, and they couldn't block it even if they covered their ears.

"Why are you running away? Is it because as long as you continue to run away, someone will come to save you?"

Mercer stared at the chaotic crowd and said with a hint of mockery:

"Then tell me, why are you still trapped here after ten years?"

The crowd gradually became quiet. They were either suppressed by the Dire Wolf Dragon or had given up escaping.

But Mercer's words still did not stop. He looked around at the crowd and said:

"Then let me tell you, they have given up on you. You are no longer qualified to return to the sky, and you can only live on this land forever."

Facing everyone's gaze, Mercer opened his hands, and the voice that sounded in their heads added a touch of excitement:

"Then choose. Should you continue to indulge in the illusions of the past and live a life of darkness? Or should you see the reality clearly and build an ideal home on the land that people have abandoned?"

After the words fell, the rest of the Direwolf Dragons took a few steps back and opened the door to the factory.

At this moment, a pressure appeared in people's hearts. Under the gaze of the black dragon and many terrible wolf dragons, no one dared to move.

If most people take action now and prepare to leave, then they will follow the crowd. However, under the pressure, those who are hesitant will follow the crowd and stay where they are, showing their confusion. Cuo's expression.

After taking a look around, Mercer showed a satisfied expression:

"It seems that you are all willing to follow me."

As soon as the words came out, those people who were still struggling to make a decision suddenly lost the right to choose.