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

Hami suddenly stopped and turned to look at Rachel:

"...Master Priest, I have something else to inform you."

"Go ahead."

Staring at Rachel who closed her eyes but faced his direction, Hami felt a trace of hesitation in his heart, but quickly cut off the emotion: "There are still many documents in my office, which belong to the people present. All information, including from scholars. Although it is not comprehensive, it can still help you."

Hearing this, Rachel's face flashed with surprise, and then she nodded: "Bring them here."

She paused, as if she heard something, and then said: "In addition, you can choose an unoccupied room to live in. I will send a few bobcats to assist you. Also, from now on, you will be responsible for all the food in the village every month. To manage, what you need to do is to collect the research reports of scholars and give them to me, and distribute the food according to merit."

Hearing these words, Hami's face showed strong joy, and he immediately bowed deeply: "Leave it to me! I will definitely live up to your expectations."

After saying this, his attitude changed significantly. He seemed to be a different person and left here in high spirits.

Rachel was the only one left in the house.

She sat at the table in silence for a long time, and finally asked: "Lord God, I don't understand."

"Say." Mercer said calmly.

"Mr. Hami... He is indeed a talent. I don't doubt giving him a task, but asking him to manage the village... is it too rash?"

Hami's behavior is obviously a choice to abandon the floating island and join them, but since Hami will make such a decision, he will also have the possibility of abandoning the Ice Vein Snowfield and leaving such an important matter to Hami. Mi, do you need to think about it again - Rachel thought so.

Mercer smiled at this and turned over in the lava:

"It doesn't matter. Letting him manage the village is equivalent to diverting people's conflicts. What's more, he has betrayed the floating island. Who else will accept him?"

Mercer thought more comprehensively: Why did Hami abandon the floating island and seek refuge in the snowfield?It was because people were hostile to him, hated him, and complained about him. It was because Hami lost his dignity when facing the people on the floating island, causing him to lose all his face and rights.

But even so, Hami still has a glimmer of hope - everyone has become a prisoner of the ice-veined snowfield, which means that everyone is currently in the same position. Can they take advantage of this opportunity to stand out from the crowd and stand tall? Above the heads of those whom I once had to look up to, that was my only chance.

Therefore, he lost his dignity and rights, and in order to pursue them, he turned to Mercer.

After understanding this, it was clear what Mercer had to do - Hami wanted rights and dignity, so Mercer would give him these. Even if it was just a false name, it would be enough for him to devote his loyalty.

"Think more, Priest. I am very pleased that you can come up with different viewpoints. It would be better if you can be smarter next time." Feeling Rachel in front of him, Mercer said in a low voice.

Chapter 1: Traces of ridicule

Hami acted quickly. After he submitted the contract and documents, he began to privately select the list of people to drive back to the floating island.

He first recalled some crew members with families, selected the pillars of those families, and decided to let them go back.

But as a result, there were still too many people, so he could only continue to screen, keeping the older ones here, and letting some of the crew members who still had prospects leave.

In this way, the list of people to control the spaceship back to the floating island has been selected.

——At the same time, in order to please Rachel, he made careful calculations and reduced the cargo that originally required three spaceships to two, allowing more spaceships to be placed on the island.

Although he didn't know what use these spaceships would have for a while, but with the mentality that they would be used sooner or later, Mercer unceremoniously took the remaining three into his pocket.

As for what happened in the village afterwards, Mercer listened to the reports from the lynxes and learned that they had indeed severed ties with Hami and faced him with hatred. Some people even expressed their emotions that they did not dare to vent to Mercer. He turned to Hami.

In this regard, Hami used Mercer as a shield. He was not in any danger at present, but he still protected himself very carefully.

Afterwards, under Hami's arrangement, the selected crew members boarded the spaceship and arrived here before the blizzard came.

......

On the floating island, Sean was looking through the documents in his hand and glanced out the window.

The scene outside is the port of the spaceship. The takeoff and detention of any ship must be approved by the port personnel, and then compiled into a list and sent here.

However, more than five months have passed since Hami left, but he has not come back at all. Normally, he should have returned here three months ago.

You know, his spaceship can carry a large number of knowledgeable scholars, and various departments are now waiting for him to come back and report.

But now that there is still no information after such a long delay, various departments naturally send the urgent information to Sean.

"Is it an accident..." Sean rubbed his chin, thinking deeply.

Did you encounter bad weather when you came here?Or maybe he met a flying dragon?No, Sean has confirmed that there is no abnormal weather on the road leading to the ice-veined snowfield that will interrupt the flight route of the spacecraft, and the normal altitude of the spacecraft is usually not lower than the flight range of the flying dragon.

"So, is it the problem of the Ice Vein Snowfield..." He thought for a while, and finally frowned and shook his head.

"never mind."

Even if there was an accident, it would be Hammy's responsibility, and he would only have to bear a small part of the responsibility.

He stretched out comfortably, put down the documents in his hands and looked out the window.

——However, this time, two spaceships came into view and caught his attention immediately.

Sean naturally knew what his spaceship looked like, but what caught his attention was not this, but the tragic marks on the spacecraft.

Huge scratches and cuts appeared in it, as if it had been attacked unilaterally by some behemoth, but it had no impact on important parts of the spacecraft.

It was as if those attacks were just signs, forming words that mocked them.

Not only Sean, but also other people on the port were attracted for the first time. They stopped and looked at the two spaceships and talked about it.

After that, several crew members ran down quickly. When their feet stepped on the ground of the floating island, their legs softened and they knelt on the ground. Some even shed tears of joy.

He was shouting something, but he couldn't hear it clearly from Sean's position.

Sean also stopped smiling at this time, and his eyes stopped on the spacecraft.

He remembered that none of the two ships he sent in a group had arrived at this time...the only one was a ship in a group of five with Hami in charge.

"Humph......"

He frowned slightly, sat back in his chair, and made a cup of tea.

He is not so anxious now, because Sean knows that someone will come to him soon.

...expand expand expand.

Sure enough, not long after, a female voice came from outside the door:

"Mr. Sean, someone wants to see you."

"Let him in."

Sean snapped his fingers and opened the door. However, the person who entered was not the Hammy he expected, but a strange man.

"...Who are you?" After looking at him, Sean crossed his legs and asked.

"I'm Hami...that guy's former subordinate, the helmsman of the main ship."

The man's clothes were a little dirty and his skin was dark, which was in line with the identity of the helmsman. Sean said: "Explain why there are only two of the five spaceships left. What happened to you, where is Hammy?"

Sean was probably mentally prepared from the man's "that guy" tone, so he calmed down and listened to his words.

The man nodded honestly and said narrowly:

"It's the black dragon..."

......

"——You mean, the black dragons have been lurking in the ice-veined snowfield, and they were imprisoned until the scholars went there. They also wrote a letter to mock us, and wrote a contract hoping to maintain and float them. Island deal?!”

The neatly dressed middle-aged man threw the document in his hand on the table, looked at Sean in front of him and cursed: "What the hell are you talking about? Do you think I believe what you say?"

"I don't believe it either."

Standing opposite the middle-aged man, Sean's tone was not polite at all: "The worst you can do is find a few psychiatrists to look at those boatmen. If it weren't for the task, do you think I would hand over this mess of documents to you? ?”

"you--"

The middle-aged man choked, grabbed the document on the table with a sullen expression, and held it up to face Sean, his fingers trembling because he was angry:

"Do you think I want to hand over this piece of unconfirmed information to the Sky Island Federation? What do you want me to say?" The [Immortal Black Dragon] that caused the No. [-] Floating Island to fall more than ten years ago is still there. Alive, this time he not only enslaved the forging people, but also enslaved the local orcs, and even enslaved the scholars we sent to study the local ecology'?!"

"At least it fits its name. This time it is really the [Immortal Black Dragon]." Sean shrugged and smiled.

"Damn! Damn!"

The middle-aged man cursed and sat back on his chair:

"There are three heads of the three departments of the Institute of Ecology in this horse! Three! When I saw them, I had to nod and bow. Now they are all under the control of the black dragon!"

"According to the federation's custom, you will have to hold another meeting not long after you submit it." Sean was quite relaxed and leaned against the wall beside him.

The middle-aged man raised his head and cursed at him: "How do you think you will be any better? You will definitely become the one who criticizes me verbally and in writing!"

"This is not my problem. I have to correct you on this." Sean said, but at this time his face changed and he was filled with seriousness: "This is the black dragon's problem. All of us have to treat it with caution."

Chapter 191: Synesthesia

——Counting the time, the spaceship must have returned to the empty island.

As for what would happen within the top management, Mercer had no idea, but he had an idea.

As for why, I have to attribute it to the voice in my head:

[The immortal black dragon returns again. It destroyed the first floating island. Will it destroy the next one?Everyone is panicking about this issue - getting an extraction function. 】

From these short words, Mercer thought of the terrified people on the floating island.

"Smoked."

[Extracting... The extraction was successful and the skill was obtained: Synesthesia. 】

The next moment, Mercer felt some changes in his body.

Although there was no pain, he could feel from the inner vision brought by [Idealism] that his whole body had undergone drastic changes. If he still felt it, he would have started to tremble and grit his teeth to endure.

——The most obvious changes in the body are the blood vessels and skin, or the roots of the scales, while the most obscure one is the brain.

Mercer closed his eyes and felt that every muscle in his body was different from before.

He is no stranger to the changes in these parts. A long time ago, it was because of the changes in these parts that he was able to feel the [resonance] of the things he touched through the scale powder. And this time, I am afraid that it will also be different from the scale powder. related.

The muscles under the armor were squirming unconsciously, which meant that his body was suffering from huge pain. At this time, even if Mercer couldn't feel anything, he would still be affected. Even if he yelled, he would still hear the trembling sound in his throat. .

But soon, the peristalsis of the muscles gradually stopped, and the changes that Mercer felt began to diminish, and finally stopped slowly.

Mercer crawled out of the magma and looked around.

He spread his wings, and black mist lingered around him.

"The range of scale powder control has become longer, and the tolerance to high temperature and cold has also been improved..."

At this time, the ice and snow had arrived, and the newly formed scale powder told Mercer all the information around him, and the thoughts in Mercer's mind gradually became clear.

The most important change is that the information that scale powder can feel has improved. In addition to temperature and air flow... there are also more subtle substances, such as electrical signals.

The previous scale powder could capture Mercer's electrical signals for more subtle control, so this change is no longer limited to Mercer alone, but also other objects that can emit electrical signals.

Not only that, it can also collect Mercer's information and release it as a diffuser.

——This may be a bit vague, but Mercer’s straightforward judgment is that it already has the ability to capture other people’s thoughts.

"I see."

Mercer pondered for a moment and turned his gaze to the room nearby.

There, Rachel was flipping through books with the one hour of light every day that Mercer promised. Beside her, there were several lynxes lying on the side.

He focused his attention on the bobcat beside him.

"Ha~"

The lynx yawned and rubbed its eyes.

Under Mercer's perception, he smelled messages such as "sleepy" and "lazy" from the lynx.

He turned his attention to another bobcat reading a book. At this time, it was lying on the ground with its calves raised in the air, swaying and looking at the book with relish.

From its body, Mercer also smelled emotions such as "satisfaction" and "curiosity".

Seeing this, Mercer roughly understood the details of this ability.

With a thought in his mind, Linfen took his signal and sent it to the lazy lynx.

—Get up and call the priest out.

"Meow?!"

The bobcat woke up instantly and looked around nervously. The sound it made also attracted other people.

"what happened?"