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

The pterosaur's behavior was almost crazy. Sometimes it fluttered on the mountain wall, sometimes it clung to the cave, and sometimes it lay on the ground and ran rampant. In such a situation, the lives of the people were in danger. Gulu no longer hesitated, and he immediately changed Load the arrow and shoot an arrow at the pterosaur.

whoosh-

The sharp arrow pierced the air and penetrated the pterosaur's body. The chain behind the arrow fixed it to the ground.

He rushed forward quickly, took advantage of the pterosaur's struggle, picked up the ax at his waist, raised it high in front of the pterosaur's neck, and shouted loudly.

"Ahhh-"

He raised the knife with his hand and dropped the sharp ax suddenly, cutting open the scales and bones of the pterosaur and decapitating it instantly.

The pterosaur's head rolled off, and the headless body twitched a few times, and then blood gushed out.

"..."

The blacksmiths were silent for a while, and then applauded Gulu's neat movements.

Gulu was unmoved, but took a deep breath and ordered everyone:

"Don't let your guard down! Everyone, something is wrong with this matter!"

Gulu was very authoritative among everyone. As soon as he finished speaking, his voice immediately became quiet.He continued to order:

"——You guys, go repair the vents first! Don't let creatures like pterosaurs fly in again. And you! Contact the hunters here and ask them to investigate if there is anything strange nearby!"

"There are not many hunters still in the volcano, and now they are scattered all over the volcano digging for ore. It is not easy to find them."

But at the same time, someone else said this.

Such an unlucky thing?Gulu frowned, his uneasy premonition getting stronger and stronger.

As everyone knows, all this is a premeditated plan.

At the edge of the vent, Mercer turned his head expressionlessly and looked at the other pterosaur.

It wasn't enough, he wanted to see the ultimate strength of this group of humans and see if they had any hidden cards.

He continued to throw a pterosaur down, and the originally relaxed atmosphere in the cave became tense again.

——Pterosaurs are hovering around the volcano. If they are just used for experiments, there are as many as they need.

So, when Mercer dropped the fourth one, everyone was completely out of ammunition and food.

At the same time, at the third time, Mercer began to stick his head out and watch openly, but no one paid attention to him.

"What the hell is going on!"

Gulu gritted his teeth and tried his best to swing the ax in his hand, but his weak palm did not hold it tightly and suddenly let go.

After all, these people are not hunters at all and have no ability to fight huge creatures. With the cooperation of bed crossbows, being able to kill three pterosaurs in a row is already their limit.

"Oops......"

Gulu, who had no weapon in his hand and was being targeted by the pterosaur, felt a chill running down his spine. Just as the pterosaur screamed and rushed towards it, a huge figure fell from the sky.

boom--

Mercer pressed on the pterosaur, his vertical pupils swept across the crowd, and finally stared at Gulu.

The moment he looked at Mercer, Gulu felt chills all over. An aura that was completely different from other creatures was revealed from this black dragon.

When he saw the culprit, the pterosaur suddenly let out a shrill scream. However, after Mercer pressed his palm lightly, the pterosaur's neck suddenly made a crisp sound. The neck column was broken by Mercer, and it was instantly lifeless. .

Perhaps due to a certain aura, no one present dared to attack, but watched helplessly as Mercer stepped in front of Gulu.

For a moment, he thought about what would happen if all these people were infected with scale powder, and he used this power to threaten them to become his subordinates, and let them work hard to create minerals for themselves.

But after thinking about it for a moment, he gave up.

Mercer, who was once a human, clearly understood that when creatures like humans face a life-and-death crisis, there is a high probability that they will not think about fighting, but will choose to give up on themselves.Moreover, there is a high probability that there will be hidden dangers after being infected with scale powder. It would be fine if the wolfdogs were consumables in Mercer's heart, but this is a human being - a creature that takes more than ten years to grow and learn. Why was he so wasteful?

So Mercer turned his head and came to the warehouse where they stored minerals. He stuffed a large amount of ore into his mouth in front of all of them, and finally spread his wings and flew away from here.

Before leaving, he did not forget to take a look at them.

——Mercer had other plans for how to deal with these humans.

Chapter 65: The fleeing forger

——Looking at the black dragon's retreating figure, Gulu seemed to have been drained of all his strength, his body went limp, and he finally sat down.

His pupils trembled violently, as if he had seen something frightening, and he could not calm down for a long time.

"Village Chief! Village Chief!"

When his shoulders were violently shaken, he suddenly woke up, gasping and covering his head.

"What's wrong! You didn't answer my call for a long time!"

Facing the concern from others, Gulu shook his head tiredly: "No... I just saw it with the eyes of that black dragon..."

He was the person closest to Mercer and expressed his feelings straightforwardly: "This black dragon... is very scary. I saw a thoughtful look in its eyes. I'm sure it just They must be thinking and judging us... I'm afraid just now, we will suffer the most painful end."

He took a deep breath and his tone gradually calmed down: "If I'm not mistaken, this black dragon has a lot of wisdom - how many ores are there in the warehouse?"

Someone ran over to check it out, then came back and replied: "It's all eaten, but fortunately it's just this warehouse, we also have warehouses in other places."

"——This is the problem." After listening to his report, Gulu frowned and subconsciously tugged on his beard, "It's a good thing that the black dragon didn't find other warehouses storing ores, but this also means that it left after eating the ores in the warehouse. The reason is not because he is full...I think he will come again next time.”

Facing Gulu's determined tone, everyone had no doubts and their expressions became tense again.

Gulu turned his head and looked at everyone: "How many hunters are there in total nearby? Can they be summoned?"

"...It's a pity for the village chief. Only five or six hunters have come here recently, and not long ago they traded us dry food for a month and then went deep into the volcano. We really have no choice... .”

Hearing this, Gulu couldn't help but sigh, but he was not disappointed.

For those hunters walking on this land, they are powerful enough to be able to hunt fire dragons. Unfortunately, he once saw a fire dragon outside the volcano a few years ago, even if it was just a cub. , also left a deep impression on him.

Gulu has seen several hunters who have recently arrived. Their strength is at best better than that of the blacksmiths, but they may not even be able to hunt the fire dragon cubs, let alone repel the seemingly more powerful black dragon.

"Does that mean we just have to escape from here?"

Gulu thought for a while, but as the village chief, he took the initiative to make this decision.

"...This is the only way it can be, right?"

"Although it's a pity to give up here, it can only be like this..."

However, when faced with this proposal, everyone did not blame it at all, but quickly accepted the idea.

The Forging people are not a group of Mori people who cling to their homeland and refuse to let go until death is imminent. There is a reason why they can survive in this dangerous land.

On the contrary, their proficiency in escaping is engraved in their genes. Even this volcano was a place where the Blacksmiths only visited decades ago.

"Then it's decided." Seeing that everyone agreed, Gulu quickly decided, "Pack up your things and leave here before dawn - live in the tunnel first, and send people to watch during this period. Check to see if there are any traces of the black dragon outside the volcano, and if you don’t find it after three to five years, leave immediately.”

The forged people have almost full points in skills such as escape and hiding. In terms of their lifespan, five years is already one-tenth of their life, but they put it all in order to avoid an unknown existence that has only appeared once. The past five years spent curled up in a small tunnel in the volcano were probably torture in the eyes of others, but they had no complaints.

After packing their things, they all left the place before the sky got slightly brighter, leaving only an empty and spacious cave.

——As for what happened in the volcano, Mercer had no idea. He flew back to the desert and came to the cave where the wolfdogs lived.

Here, the wolfdogs had already prepared a large portion of food for Mercer, and it was all meat. It was rich enough to make Mercer regret having accepted the food of a group of useless monkeys.

And these guys don't just focus on one race. Among the food in front of Mercer, there are the corpses of herbivorous dragons that wolf dogs are good at catching, and the corpses of huge crocodiles that live in the water and are difficult to kill, and even There was a 20-meter-long python lurking in the sand, and two three-meter-long pterosaur carcasses.

In the past month, the wolfdogs have become familiar with this desert area. Of course, this comes at a cost.

In addition to Lika, two hunting wolf dogs have died. One died from the poison of a poisonous snake lurking underground, and the other lost his life when an earth dragon tried to take back this territory.

But at the same time, the other two cubs had also been weaned. Mercer originally thought that Lika would feed them flesh and blood for a while, but he didn't expect that he would take them out hunting directly.

At the same time, a pregnant woman also gave birth to three cubs, and another one was about to give birth.

In any case, the ranks of the wolves are gradually expanding, and it will surely take less than a few years for the already large-scale wolfdogs to become a strong force in this Mercer.

Thinking of this, Mercer conveyed his admiration to Lika.

In this regard, it seemed very calm, clinging to each other for warmth with its kin, and only looked back when it felt Mercer's emotions.

Over the past month, its body has been covered in bruises, and if there were no Mercer scale powder in many places, it would have gone to hell several times.

Mercer suspected that this race produced dopamine to feel pleasure when hunting, which was why they were so crazy when fighting.

However, Mercer was not surprised by its indifference. He lowered his head and prepared to continue eating today's food, but suddenly he frowned and stopped.

The ore he swallowed not long ago is still piled up in his stomach and is difficult to digest. In other words, he has a bad appetite now.

In the past, Mercer only swallowed soil, and the stomach acid digested it quickly. However, judging from the amount of food discharged from the back door, not much of the "nutrients" belonging to the soil were absorbed, and the amount of flesh and blood was reduced by [-]% or more.

This is understandable. Mercer's stomach acid is not yet strong enough to digest metal, but at this rate, it may take a month for the stomach to be completely digested.

Chapter 66: Taming Humanity

——One month came as expected. When the ore in his stomach was completely digested, Mercer also opened his eyes and stretched comfortably.

After a full meal, Mercer led the wolfhounds to the waterhole to drive away threatening creatures, and then washed his body while drinking.

After the body digested the ore for a month, the scales improved significantly, and each scale became a little thicker. Although the improvement was not obvious, Mercer was still satisfied.

But in Mercer's mind, his body must at least be able to resist the crossbow arrows, in order to be considered qualified.

"It's not enough...the quality of the ore is still a bit low. If you eat the refined metal..."

Mercer looked at his arm and pondered.

Counting the time, it was time to go to the volcano again. Mercer spread his wings and flew away from here, heading straight towards the volcano.

...However, when he came to the vent of the volcano, he found that something was wrong.

The vents that were destroyed by themselves were not repaired at all, and they seemed not to be afraid of the pterosaurs attacking again.

Not only that, when Mercer looked inside, he found that there was no one inside, and the body of the pterosaur from a month ago was even there.

Feeling weird, Mercer threw a few more pterosaurs in, but no matter how much damage they did, they couldn't drive out a single human, so Mercer jumped down.

"Everyone left? Just when I left?"

Looking at the traces around him, Mercer noticed their actions and suddenly felt incredible.

It is really strange that there are people in this world who are so decisive in running away.

But it was a pity that Mercer had no intention of letting them leave.

He turned around and left here, first going to the volcano to investigate.

——It was dark in a blink of an eye, and Mercer was back here again.

There are deserts in all directions, and it is impossible for that group of humans to travel such a long distance in a month. Among the remaining possibilities, the biggest possibility is that they are still hiding somewhere in the corner of the volcano.

He snorted disdainfully and came to a corner of the volcano

There are quite a few rats living here permanently in this area.

Mercer grabbed a handful of rats, threatened them with a skilled ferocious aura and made them eat scale powder, and then dispersed them again after giving orders.

......

On the other side, Gulu was lying in a mine cart, lying quietly.

He didn't sleep, he was just dazed, so as to reduce the consumption of nutrients.

This month has been really tough. Food and water cannot be enjoyed freely. Every meal must be strictly controlled, even for a 40-year-old man.

But no one has ever complained about this kind of life. Perhaps everyone has thought about their life after going back, but this is something that the people have already decided, and they must stay here even if they die.

Saying three to five years means three to five years. If it's not three years, it's five years. In their eyes, even three years and one day is not three years, but it means that they will stay here for nearly two more years.

From this point of view, their character is even more stubborn than the Mori people.

"village head."

At this moment, a man stepped across the people on both sides of the tunnel, came to Gulu and said:

"I just found a red fire rat that died not far from us. It has black blood vessels on its body, very similar to the ones a month ago."

"What..." Gulu came back to his senses. Listening to his report, an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Then, a drop of sweat emerged from the tip of his nose and blended into his thick beard.

Almost at the same time, the temperature in the tunnel rose sharply, as if it felt like a raging fire was approaching.

No - it's not as if the flames are really spurting out from the other end of the tunnel and rushing towards the blacksmiths.