Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 303 Unscrupulous Silver Dragon
Levi was slightly startled. He had also looked for the high-level magician Bergdorf, but the other party was also at a loss as to what to do with the red dragon soul. He had been thinking of waiting until they arrived at the Holy Light Church in Gunda and asking Fatih to let His Holiness the Pope take a look.

I didn't expect that the woman in front of me could actually solve this problem without any effort.

The Lord held his chin up and thought for a while before continuing, "In fact, I do have a way to solve this problem. It's just a matter of time. The reward is not enough for me to take the risk."

Everyone knows that rare goods are valuable. If we don't blackmail the Silver Dragon Queen now, we won't have such a good opportunity in the future.

As we all know, dragons have a deep love for treasure from the bottom of their souls. Their greatest hobby is collecting treasure. They work hard to collect treasure all their lives, as can be seen from Sophia.

As for a silver dragon in his prime, who has traveled around the continent for so many years, he may not be as wealthy as a country, but he is almost that rich.

Therefore, those who shout about slaying the dragon every day do so not only for the magical materials on the dragon's body, but also for the treasure that can make anyone greedy.

"Levi, isn't Sophia the biggest reward?" Silvia's lips curved slightly, revealing a sly smile: "Logically speaking, my daughter has been away from home for so long, as a mother, I must bring her back no matter what..."

"Okay, Ms. Xiweiya, you don't need to say more." Before the silver-haired beauty in front of him could finish speaking, the lord waved his hand to interrupt, "We must continue discussing the bronze dragon."

"Oh? Has Lord Levi changed his mind?" Silvia was surprised at first, then she couldn't help but smiled slightly, like a child who had succeeded in a prank.

The Lord said righteously: "I always admire the kind metal dragons. I cannot turn a blind eye to a bronze dragon getting into trouble on our human territory. This will affect our friendship. This time when I go to Gunda, I will investigate this matter thoroughly!"

After saying this, he slammed his fist into the palm of his hand, showing a sense of selflessness.

Anyone sitting here would have blushed, but the one here is the Lord of Highcliff Castle, who is thick-skinned enough to withstand the breath of a dragon, and he doesn't even have the slightest sense of shame.

"Levi, my mother must have a lot of money. There's no need to agree so easily." Sophia spoke up. The silver dragon girl had no idea that she had been sold, and she was still trying to help the lord blackmail her mother. "If it were me, I would never work for her if she didn't pay me."

"Sophia, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but your idea is unacceptable." The lord turned around and lectured Sophia, his face full of pain, as if it was not him who wanted the reward just now: "Money is just dirt, it's too vulgar."

The silver dragon girl's eyes instantly widened like bells, as if she had seen a ghost. She used her small hands to grab the lord's face: "Levi, are you possessed by an evil spirit?!"

Such words that regarded money as dirt could actually come out of the mouth of the stingy Levi one day. Sophia seriously suspected that he was being controlled by mental magic or possessed by an evil spirit.

"It's over. I haven't learned any magic in this area, so I can't drive away the evil spirit for you. If you still have some consciousness, quickly hand over the hundreds of thousands of gold to me, or the evil spirit will take it away."

"When you are better, I will return it to you."

She kept mumbling to herself, inadvertently revealing her true purpose.

"You are the one possessed by the undead." Levi slapped the other's dishonest little hand away with a slap, and said with a vigilant look: "I warn you, don't even think about getting close to those Jinkes."

Good man, he has been thinking about that pile of gold.

That’s right, given the dragon’s nature, Sophia didn’t directly try to snatch it, probably because she was afraid of his pair of iron fists.

"Levi, you don't have to worry about this. I will be watching everything in secret and show up at the right time."

As a silver dragon queen who has reached the legendary level in both her own strength and magical skills, and is also known as the "Light of the Stars", Silvia is really humble, just like an ordinary beautiful woman with a gentle tone.

If put in a knight novel, it would be the kind that would make a bunch of young boys yearn for it.

"I'm giving you this Dawn Ring. If you sense the bronze dragon, it will glow. The closer you are, the brighter it will be. At the same time, if you activate it, you will instantly leave your current location and go fifty miles away."

Sylvia opened her palm, and a golden ring appeared out of thin air and floated in her palm.

Levi didn't hesitate to take it and looked at it curiously in his palm. He was wearing a green ring on his thumb.

This was given to him by Fujiro at the Bone Fortress last time. There was no chance to use the magic inside it afterwards, so the lord simply accepted it openly.

He wore it directly on his middle finger, and wore two magic rings of inestimable value on one hand, giving him a feeling of a country landowner.

"Why does this ring look so familiar?" Sophia's face suddenly became strange.

"Really? You must have remembered it wrongly. After all, there are so many similar rings in the world." Silvia laughed guiltily.

"No, this is the ring Uncle Fiat gave me! I clearly hid it in a very secret place!" The more Sophia looked at it, the more familiar it became. She was shocked and a little bit incredulous.

"You must have remembered it wrong." Silvia still refuted.

Levi and Beristina looked at each other, and seeing that a conflict was about to break out, they quickly left the room and closed the door.

Listening to the quarrel coming from the room, the Lord, with his hands behind his back, looked at the orc children in the distance making a snowman that looked a bit like him, and shook his head and sighed, "The world is really going downhill, and the heart of the dragon is no longer the same as before!"

"You can fight as much as you want, but you have to pay for the damage done to Gaoya Fort!" Feeling that there seemed to be a tendency for violence inside, he howled and ran away quickly.

……

Because of this incident, Levi deliberately avoided Sophia and even delayed his trip to the Yufeng tribe.

After a few days, a rare sunny day came. Although the north wind was still howling and the sky was covered with snow, the temperature was obviously much warmer.

Everyone in Highcliff Castle was eating in the cafeteria. The lord was eating, but he felt uncomfortable all over. Finally, he couldn't help it and looked up at Sophia beside him.

The silver dragon girl was staring at the ring on the lord's hand with her big eyes, but she was holding a leg of lamb in her hands and biting it hard with a ferocious expression.

"Is it that serious?" The lord was helpless. He thought the other party would forget about it if he avoided him for a few days.

But he underestimated the miser's persistence.

The same thing goes for the unscrupulous silver dragon, Xiweiya. After saying that he would come to deal with the red dragon's soul after a while, he left that day and no one knew where he went, leaving this mess to him alone.

"This ring is useful to me. At worst, I can exchange it with yours using this magic ring." Levi took off the green ring on his thumb.

He had been completely worn out by Sophia.

No matter who gets up in the middle of the night to relieve himself, he would not remain indifferent if there was a moving snowman squatting at the door.

That's right, the other party had been guarding his door all night, so much so that the snow had piled up on her.

In other words, the dragon's physique is very strong. Any ordinary person would have been frozen to death long ago. "Really?!" Sophia's eyes lit up instantly, and she asked excitedly.

She could feel the strong magical power contained in the ring, which meant that it was also a magical item.

Levi didn't bother to pay attention to her and just threw the ring over.

To be honest, this magic ring is of little use to him. The magic contained in it can cause damage within a hundred steps. His holy light infusion is more powerful than this.

Just give it to Sophia, so she won't haunt me like a ghost every day.

Sophia took the ring and immediately threw it into her bag happily.

This ring was obviously made for men, and she had slender fingers and couldn't wear it steadily at all.

With the compensation, she was no longer the same as before. Like a little kid who was rewarded with candy, she immediately continued to eat obediently.

"Lord Marquis." A short bunny guard came in from outside, his fluffy tail still wagging. "Lord Gus and Lord Hogg are back, and there are many people following them."

"Finally here." Levi, who was about to eat, had to stop again: "Let's go and take a look."

……

Highcliff Castle is a castle built on a hill, but it looks more like a small town than a castle.

The outer perimeter is a circle of eight or nine-edged red walls, and inside are rows of neatly arranged houses and clean and tidy roads. Even the ground is paved with red bricks, so there is no need to worry about mud.

Under the hills, around the rushing river, there are blast furnaces belching thick smoke. Surrounding these blast furnaces are rows of blacksmith shops, as well as various houses that are crowded yet orderly.

This area, in addition to being the place where Gaoya Castle forges weapons, is also a residential area planned for the slaves of Gaoya Castle.

Now a large group of people gathered here. They all looked pale and wore tattered cloth or animal skins. No one would believe they were savages. They were in sharp contrast to the slaves of Gaoyabao who were wrapped in thick clothes and had mellow faces.

Their eyes were filled with curiosity, fear, and deep envy.

This made the group of ogres and troll slaves puff out their chests with pride. Compared with the people in front of them, they were undoubtedly much more decent.

"Sir, these three are the chiefs of the Split Claw Tribe, the River Valley Tribe, and the Shadow Stone Tribe."

Jos, who was stationed at the iron mine, also came along and was introducing himself to the owner of Highcliff Castle.

These three chiefs perfectly meet the standards of the wild people for selecting chiefs. They are extremely burly, two blades tall, taller than the lord, like a black bear.

These are all genuine old people from the North. No one knew when they hid in the Kaas Mountains, and they finally showed up in public today.

But compared to the other two, he was as ridiculous as a little kid.

Zat and Orak were both orcs who were three blades tall and as sturdy as giant beasts. Now they were like the two generals, guarding the lord who was wearing a cloak in the middle.

The two of them looked down at the three clan leaders in front of them with their eyes downcast, and their shadows enveloped them. Although they said nothing, the oppressive feeling from the two killing gods was totally unbearable for ordinary people.

These three clan leaders were obviously not tough guys. They immediately pushed down the golden mountain and overturned the jade pillars with fawning faces.

"My lord, you are like a soaring eagle in the wilderness, patrolling your territory, and we are all your subjects and deserve to be ruled by you." The first patriarch racked his brains to squeeze out the words in his mind.

"We have long been looking forward to returning to Gaoya Castle, but you were away. Today we can finally return to your rule." The second patriarch could only agree dejectedly.

"We finally have our own sun in the wilderness!"

The last chieftain looked excited and chanted in the tone of a bard.

"Flatterer!" Zat curled his lips secretly.

The other two clan leaders also glared at each other.

"Ahem." Although the Lord tried his best to suppress his anger, the corners of his mouth curled up for some reason: "First, tell me why you want to join High Cliff Castle."

Although he could guess why these old people from the North ran away, the lord still wanted to hear their true thoughts from their mouths.

The three clan leaders looked at each other and finally decided to tell the truth.

Legend has it that this Lord of Highcliff Castle is a bloody demon king from the abyss.

He holds a heavy sword and possesses immense strength. With just a glance from him, even the strongest and bravest warrior will be banished to the cold and gloomy world of hell, never to be able to reincarnate.

He also has the ability to see into people's hearts, and no conspiracy or trick can be hidden from him.

"Sir, although the weather has gradually started to get colder in the past few years, the situation of our tribe is still good. Although there are frictions with the hostile tribes, they are still restrained within a certain range."

"Until this year, it snowed almost all year long, covering the mountains with snow, giving them a beautiful but icy coat. Our livestock died of cold and our crops were frozen before they could even emerge from the ground."

"The prey hides in its caves and won't come out. Even the bravest warriors will return empty-handed."

"Old people froze to death, and women and children could only hide in the house, relying on the tiny flames to keep warm."

"If we continue to stay in the Cass Mountains, we will starve and freeze to death."

"We heard that you are a very tolerant person towards your people and that you accept people of all races. That's why we chose to join Highcliff Castle and become your people."

"We sow rye seeds in the spring for the fall harvest, store hay before winter, and sing the 'Hymn to the Snow Goddess' when the first snow falls."

"Please accept us poor people who have nowhere to go."

Several clan leaders cried and complained about their miserable situations.

"We just want to survive."

(End of this chapter)