Chapter 42 Swamp Monster
"You said those lizard people are actually followers of Saturday? In other words... Saturday asked them to rob me?"
Miss Rabbit was stunned by her inference.
I felt like I had just finished watching an episode of Conan and felt like "the murderer is among us".
She didn't expect that the man behind the Arias family's scandal for hundreds of years would be found out by her.
But she immediately thought of something, "No, didn't you say that the ancient spirit of our family is also related to Saturday? How can a god protect us and rob us at the same time?"
"Shura Martial God"
"Those lizard men believed in Sosokos, the incarnation of Saturday, and they didn't let them plunder everywhere. They came out of the swamp because they needed iron tools, women and food."
Li Yu explained, "I asked their leader, and he said that their ancestors initially wanted to trade and barter with the local lord, and the lord agreed to their request, but it didn't work out."
It didn't take long before he turned his back. Not only did he continue to raise the prices of goods, but he also required them to pay regular taxes like other citizens in the territory.
"The most outrageous time was when the price of a fire sickle increased six times a day. They were unwilling to accept the increasingly harsh conditions and had a conflict with the officials in charge of trade. Then the lord ordered that all the lizardmen present be killed.
"In retaliation, the lizard people also burned down a village. As a result, the lord deceived their leader out of the swamp under the pretext of negotiation and shot him to death with random arrows. As time went by, the hatred between the two sides became deeper and deeper.
"Of course, this is just their side of the story. No one knows the specific truth. Anyway, from then on, they just grabbed whatever they needed, because their ancestors warned them not to trust people outside the swamp, especially those outside the swamp.
Those greedy nobles."
Li Yu paused and continued, "And they are very smart. They only send out a small number of tribesmen for each robbery, rarely more than a hundred, because they know very well that such small fights are usually carried out by local people.
The lord will find a way to solve it himself. Once the true number of the tribe is exposed, it will probably lead to an encirclement and suppression by the army."
Yin Leya's expression was not very good, and she snorted, "Are they treating the Arias family as a fat sheep, just coming to pick them up when they have nothing to do? Then why did thousands of people be dispatched this time?
Don’t they know that even if they take Teacup Castle, they can’t become the masters of this land? Marquis Cullen and other nobles in the West will not sit back and let this happen.”
"Of course they know that they will escape death if they escape, but they will die if they stay in the swamp." At this point, Li Yu's expression became serious.
The girl noticed something strange. She waved her hand and asked everyone around her to retreat, leaving only her confidants. Then she asked, "What happened in the swamp?"
"There is a dragon coming over there." Li Yu said.
"What, what did you say?" Yin Leya felt that she had prepared for the worst, but after hearing Li Yu's words, she still couldn't help but doubt her ears.
"Dragon." Li Yu repeated again, "Although it has not been confirmed yet, according to the lizard people, the monster is very similar to the monitor lizard they have been hunting, but it is much larger. Its back
It has two wings, is covered with black scales, is almost invulnerable, and can spit out terrifying flames from its mouth.
"It has a large appetite and must be in the growth stage. When the lizard people saw it for the first time, it was fishing. At that time, it was only the size of a ewe, but it swallowed a large and tall animal in one gulp.
The fish was about the same size as him, and its entire abdomen was swollen.
"The Lizardmen took advantage of the fact that it couldn't take off and launched some tentative attacks on it. However, neither the wooden spear nor the iron sword could pierce its scales. When it was forced to panic, it opened its mouth and spit out a stream of flames.
He burned two lizardmen and then took advantage of the chaos to escape.
"When those lizardmen see it again in a month,
It has grown to be as big as an adult bull. It has a strong tail that can sweep down a small tree with one tail. Its claws are as sharp as knives and can easily disembowel any prey, not to mention the raging bear that destroys everything.
There's a big fire.
"The dragon came back for revenge. It took advantage of the lizard people's surprise and killed seven people in a row before fluttering its wings and flying away, but it didn't take long before it came back again.
"This time it came to hunt. Most of the food in the swamp had been collected by the lizard people. As the dragon grew bigger and bigger, its demand for food also increased day by day. After it could not catch enough prey, it
Just start hunting those lizard people.
"The two sides went through dozens of battles in just three months. In the end, the lizardmen suffered heavy losses. No matter traps or sharp blades, it was difficult to hurt the dragon. Moreover, as time went by, the size of the dragon increased.
It grew bigger and bigger, and by the time they decided to leave the swamp, the monster had grown bigger than an average cottage.
"And it no longer kills wantonly. It only goes to the lizard people's residence every ten days and a half. uu readwww.uukanshu.com After swallowing six or seven lizardmen, he would leave immediately. It was obvious that he was treating those lizardmen as livestock just like humans.
"Fear spreads rapidly among the lizard people. If they stay there, they will become the dragon's food sooner or later. In the end, those lizard people made the decision to leave their homeland where they have lived for thousands of years."
The news was so shocking that Miss Rabbit became numb again.
She held the wall with one hand and rubbed her temples with the other, and said tiredly, "Wait for me for a moment, I'll digest it first."
Not just her, everyone who heard the news had the same reaction as Yin Leya.
Fausto came back to his senses after a while, widened his eyes and said, "How could it be a dragon? That kind of terrifying monster completely disappeared from the Bratis continent three thousand years ago. After such a long time, there are no traces of it.
People have seen traces of dragons again.
"How could they suddenly appear? Is this... could this be a lie by those lizard people?"
"It's not like, if there were no dragons, there would be no need for them to risk being annihilated by the army and leave their homeland." Jude said, touching his chin.
"Perhaps something else happened in the swamp, which caused serious problems with the lizard people's food or water sources, forcing them to leave. Then they made up lies about dragons."
The words of the new general manager Yago also expressed the feelings of many people.
This explanation is more reassuring than believing that a terrifying monster suddenly appears in the territory where you live.
Chapter completed!