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

According to rumors, natural disaster-level creatures have extremely high intelligence, and although this black dragon's strength does not reach this level, it is not inconceivable to have this level of IQ.

——Does such a being really have what he wants?Chiyo thought so.

Sensing the fearless emotion in this human's eyes, Mercer showed an appreciative look. At least in terms of psychological quality, she was much higher than the other humans.

And most importantly, she didn't use violence against him like ordinary humans.

Withdrawing his gaze, Mercer swaggered back to the center of the cave, came to the metal that the blacksmiths had prepared early, and swallowed the metal in front of them.

Looking at this black dragon that swallowed metal as if it were eating, Chiyo's eyes froze.She now understood where the black dragon's hard scales came from.

Chapter 94: Dancing Language

Standing not far from the black dragon, Gulu showed a painful and tangled expression. He frowned and looked at the forging people around him.

He was not really willing to surrender to the black dragon, at least from the beginning.

He also thought about escaping, but the black dragon proved their weakness with their strength. Even if they spent this month desperately escaping, they would not be able to escape from the black dragon's wings.

At the same time, since meeting its eyes, Gulu has always believed that this black dragon has intelligence no less than that of humans, but it is just because of different races that they cannot communicate.

It is precisely because of the special characteristics of the black dragon that Gulu distinguishes it from ordinary beasts.As time passed, he began to succumb.

But even so, their obedience to the black dragon was limited to the monthly tribute of metal, and they definitely did not bow to it like that Kiryu guy said.

But now that he has said so, an idea gradually arises in Gulu's heart.

——Since we can’t always be hesitant about whether to stay or go, what will happen if we simply give the right of choice to this black dragon?

Gulu took a deep breath, looked at Mercer's eating movements, and finally made up his mind.

So after the black dragon finished eating, Gulu took a step forward and shouted with a trembling voice:

"that......"

Mercer turned his head and looked at Gulu who had his mouth half open. After he opened his mouth, he froze in place and said nothing.

Being watched by the black dragon, his own people, and outside hunters, Gulu felt extremely heavy pressure.

But the main problem is not this, but the moment the words were spoken, Gulu realized that the black dragon might not understand his words.

The words were stuck in his throat. Facing the black dragon's vertical pupils, Gulu could only grit his teeth and dance to describe it.

"The enemy...is coming...the volcano...collapses..."

A large number of fragmented words were squeezed out of his mouth, and cold sweat could not help but leave on Gulu's cheeks. However, the black dragon in front of him remained motionless, as if he was watching an ant dancing abruptly.

However, Chiyo, who had been observing the black dragon, suddenly frowned, and an incredible emotion flashed in his eyes.

"It's... observing?"

Unbelievable thoughts emerged in Chiyo's mind. This black dragon obviously did not understand the village chief's words, but what if, over time, the black dragon, which is constantly learning human language, could understand human words?

What will happen when this black dragon understands those beings who surrender to it, and even expresses its own thoughts in a humane way?

——Mercer stared at Gulu who was busy, listening to the incomprehensible language in his mouth, his eyes still indifferent.

Language is something that Mercer has been paying close attention to in recent years. During the long time he lived in the volcano, visiting here every month allowed Mercer to vaguely understand a few of their words.

For example, when this bearded human waved his hands to urge his tribesmen to move over the metal boxes, his words should be "Hurry up".

For another example, when several bearded humans are holding young children and peeping at themselves worriedly from a distance, their words should have the meaning of "when can we leave?"

But even so, Mercer's control over the world's languages ​​is still not even an introduction.

But fortunately, because of the system prompts in advance, he had a rough understanding of the current situation. In addition, Gulu's movements were relatively vivid, so Mercer could probably understand what he said.

"There will be vicious people in the future... No, he should be saying that enemies will come here with weapons... terrible weapons that can destroy the volcano...? No, it should collapse."

Under Mercer's gaze, Gulu stopped panting.

He took out the dragon scale from his arms, raised it high, and looked at Mercer pleadingly.

From Gulu's sight, Mercer understood what he was thinking. It was as simple as whether to protect him or to abandon him.

He also didn't expect that the scales he gave out casually back then would be used here, but even so, he didn't intend to abandon this group of humans.

From what Long Beard did just now, Mercer understood that the purpose of those enemies was exactly for him - to conquer the black dragon.

In this case, he will not be merciful.

With a snort, Mercer looked at Gulu calmly for a while, then raised his head and let out a high-pitched roar.

"Roar--"

Mercer grinned, glanced at Gulu, then turned and left.

"..."

Staring blankly at the black dragon's leaving figure, Gulu suddenly came to his senses and took a deep breath.

He waved his hand and asked everyone to turn the lever and close the ceiling cover, and then looked behind him.

Facing those tribesmen, Gulu pondered for a moment, and finally said:

"Everyone... stay and wait and see for a while..."

...After taking a deep look at the forging people, Chiyo looked at the direction where the black dragon was flying away, and finally walked down.

"Master Chiyo."

Gulu, who was communicating with his tribe, saw her and responded to her with a wry smile.

"Do you know what you mean by doing this?" Chiyo crossed his arms and asked him.

"Are we serious about becoming what you people on the floating island call 'bowing down to the black dragon'?" Gulu showed a helpless expression and sighed, "But you also know that we have no choice but to do this... "

"I know, so I won't say anything. To me, there is no difference between humans and monsters. I don't really care." Looking at Gulu's expression, Chiyo was very calm, "But it's not necessarily the case for others. Floating There are still many stubborn guys on the island, because they have been off the ground for too long, and they still dream of the era when humans returned to the top of the ecological niche, so it will be difficult for you to do business in the future."

Hearing Chiyo's words, Gulu's expression relaxed slightly: "Formers never rely on floating islands to survive on this land - then again, Lord Chiyo, I heard that you seem to be planning to kill the black dragon?"

When he said this, Gulu's expression was a little awkward. After all, he had just prayed to the black dragon for blessing, and now he was talking to others about attacking the black dragon.

"——No intention, I just want to collect something from it, you can rest assured about this."

Chiyo has no intention of killing Mercer. Even if she is confident that she can fight the black dragon for a few rounds, she is not sure that she can kill or even defeat the black dragon. She is not at all interested in the crusade that Gulu mentioned.

Chapter 95: Tai Sword

"Captain, have you heard?"

"what's up?"

On the spaceship floating in the air, a crew member walked quickly and came to the folding chair at the bow of the ship.

The man lying on the folding chair was wearing only beach shorts, showing off his burly muscles, and wearing sunglasses on his face. He turned his head when he heard the crew's call and let out a snort.

"The mission to conquer the black dragon has been spread widely recently."

With that said, the crew member handed him the paper in his palm.

After the man took it, he showed a surprised expression:

"Huh? What evil has this black dragon done? Is it worthy of such a huge reward?"

"It's probably blocking some resource's transportation route. In my opinion, the so-called surrender of the forging people is probably not the reason. The real situation has another purpose."

The man paused and asked, "What does Kiryu do? Have you found out?"

"The head of the Resource Logistics Office, all the materials transported from the ground to the island have to go through his hands."

"Such a big head?" The man was a little surprised, and after pondering for a while, he asked, "Which other hunter gathering arrived at the volcano at the same time as us?"

"Cangyun Hunting Group, White Star Hunting Group, and Blade Hunting Group, etc."

"Contact them and see if they are willing to cooperate in hunting. After the event is completed, the reward will be divided equally."

"Okay." The crew was about to leave, but they suddenly thought of something and said to the man: "By the way, Captain, according to the route calculation, Floating Island No. [-] will also pass by the volcano in a few months, which is the closest to us. A supply point.”

The man said without looking back: "Okay, replenish the gunpowder needed for the crossbow arrows and dragon hunting stakes there, and then go to the volcano to defeat the black dragon."

"clear."

......

"Your sword has been strengthened."

Gulu handed a two-meter-long tachi to Chiyo. After Chiyo took it, he drew out the sword and inspected it. A light blue luster appeared on the blade, and when he swung it, a stream of light passed over the track marked by the previous slash, which was extremely gorgeous.

Chiyo did not speak, but raised his knife and came to a piece of fine gold, which was of the same quality as the metal that the black dragon ate before.

Chiyo stared at the piece of fine gold, raised his sword and swung a standard step slash.

——As a stream of light passed by, the fine gold in front of him was cut in half smoothly, but there was no chip on the blade.

"This knife is really magical. There seems to be a certain stance on the blade. Even if you put a stone on the blade, it will easily split the stone into two without any resistance at all!"

Gulu looked at the knife excitedly, with a fanatical look in his eyes.

In response, Chiyo just nodded silently, without any surprise:

"After all, part of it uses footage from 'Acts of God'."

After leaving these words in an understatement, Chiyo ignored the stunned Gulu and turned to look around:

"I haven't seen those hunters recently. Have they left?"

"Ah...yes, he left after seeing the black dragon."

Gulu came back to his senses and touched his beard, with a hint of smile in his tone:

"Have you not seen that the boy who said righteously that he would never surrender to the black dragon, his legs were so weak that he almost knelt down after seeing the black dragon? Then he packed his luggage and fled here overnight."

"Oh."

Chiyo nodded slightly, she expected what happened to Gulu.

These hunters have always been ordinary people. Even if they hold weapons and wear armor, they are just ordinary people.

The fear when facing the black dragon and the contempt chosen to escape fear are just the reactions of ordinary people.

Perhaps most of them embark on the path of hunters for their livelihood, but in any case, if they do not have the courage to fight against huge beasts, sooner or later they will put down their weapons and avoid the work of hunters.

"Are you going to fight the black dragon?" Gulu looked worried as he looked at Chiyo who was well equipped.

"Maybe it won't be like this. Maybe I can talk to it. For example, stand in front of it and ask it, 'Can I draw some of your blood'?"

Saying this, Chiyo was also amused by herself, and then she said calmly:

"Don't worry, I won't involve you, and the black dragon also knows that you and I are not on the same road."

"...Anyway, I just hope that this matter can be settled. In the final analysis, we were just coerced by the black dragon to surrender, but in the end we were forced to stand in unity with the black dragon at the initiative of others. Under the battle lines.”

Gulu said with a bitter expression.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I was hiding in the room when the spaceship arrived, and I don't even understand your explanation." Chiyo shrugged, then put the sword behind his back, and said in a low voice: "Anyway , I have things that I have to accomplish...I'm leaving, goodbye."

"...Way to go."

Gulu waved his hand and watched Qianyo leave, then sighed and withdrew his gaze.

......

Chiyo carried his luggage and walked in the spacious passage, collecting traces of various creatures around him.

In such a hot environment, all kinds of dangerous creatures may exist, so this means that Chiyo must always be careful.

But this has long been a common occurrence for her, or even nothing more than that.

——She has been to dense rainforests, where a poisonous insect the size of a finger can kill a person; she has also explored dark caves, and no one knows when the water under her feet will swim out. A poisonous snake; it also crosses the turbulent sea, and giant beasts over a hundred meters long are waiting for opportunities in the turbulent waves.

In countless confrontations with life and death, she has honed her knowledge and will. To put it bluntly, Chiyo has seen a lot of people whose pure strength is superior to that of the black dragon.

But even so, she was still not satisfied.

She refused many invitations to hunter gatherings and walked alone in this dangerous land.

The reason lies in the nightmare that Chiyo wanted to end.

——After exploring the volcano for a while and avoiding several ferocious beasts, she hid in a tunnel and set up a tent.

Sitting in the tent, Chiyo rubbed his temples and looked deeply.

The lonely room, the dark atmosphere, and the smell of corpses that lingered in his breath from time to time... That came from his own past, the powerless and fragile past.