In the early morning, facing the first ray of sunshine rising from the sea, a huge shadow slowly swooped down through the clouds, appearing in the sky above Calim Port in an unrivaled manner.
Its size is so amazing that it casts a huge shadow directly on the ground after lowering its height.
Whether it is the wings that cover the sky or the blue scales covering the body, they all prove that this is an extremely powerful and terrifying ancient blue dragon.
Many slaves and civilians who were busy at the dock were so frightened by the dragon's power that they inadvertently emitted that they dropped their goods and ran away.
If it were normal times, in such a chaotic and out-of-control situation, an overseer or slave owner would definitely step forward and wave a whip to force the crowd to calm down.
But unfortunately, this time even the overseers and slave owners lost their minds under the influence of Longwei. Some soldiers in armor even jumped directly into the sea with a plop, completely forgetting that wearing metal armor would not allow them to float at all.
Can't swim.
As a result, they all sank into the seabed several meters deep and drowned alive.
As a giant city standing on the edge of the desert, Calimport has been attacked by blue dragons in the desert more than once in history, so it obviously has a corresponding defense mechanism.
If you look at the heavy-duty crossbows, crossbows and special dragon-hunting crossbows that stand on the city walls and arrow towers, you will know what kind of "heat" they will suffer if an ordinary blue dragon breaks into the sky above the city.
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In addition, a large number of mage towers located in the city can also provide amazing spell support.
But today, neither the mage tower nor the bed crossbows, ballistas and dragon-hunting giant crossbows on the city wall responded at all.
A panicked soldier wanted to adjust one of the dragon-hunting crossbows and aim at the huge thing flying over his head.
As a result, before he could pull the trigger, he was kicked to the ground by the officer next to him and scolded sternly: "Asshole! Do you want to kill all of us?"
"But...but that's a dragon!"
There was a tremor in the soldier's voice, and he was obviously extremely nervous.
"Idiot! Look clearly! That is not an ordinary dragon! It is "Sharp Tooth" of Ivicola Sagrain! I guarantee that if you had shot the arrow just now, no matter it was you, or your family and friends,
Everyone will die. In order to appease the anger of the Blue Dragon Queen, the entire Calimport guild will take action, and our Emperor will pay a high price for this."
After saying this, the officer did not care whether the other party understood or not, and directly pulled out his sword and thrust it into the heart of the desperate soldier in front of other subordinates.
Poof!
Accompanied by severe pain, the soldier's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief, and then he quickly took his last breath full of unwillingness and anger.
To the day he died, he never understood why the officer wanted to kill him, who was loyal to his duty, and why this blue dragon named Ivicorasagra "Sharp Tooth" silenced the entire Calimport.
Seeing that the soldier who had almost caused big trouble turned into a corpse, the officer breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said to his other subordinates who were either shocked, confused, or frightened: "Remember! Whenever
, when you see the super giant blue dragon just now, do not make any threatening or offensive actions. Otherwise, the city will suffer huge casualties and losses."
After hearing this, all the soldiers nodded vigorously, fearing that they would become the next unlucky guy to be executed.
In fact, since Sharptooth only comes to collect "taxes" every few decades to a hundred years, most of the lower-level soldiers don't know what the difference is between this powerful dragon king and other blue dragons in the desert.<
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But the ruling class as aristocrats is different.
Many of their families have been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, and they know that the "Sharp Teeth" of Ivicora Thaglan was the culprit who destroyed the Shaen Dynasty, the heyday of Calimshan, and was a veritable mobile natural disaster.<
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Why risk death and destruction to anger the other party when you can spend some money to eliminate the disaster?
Isn't it just an offering...
They used to make offerings to the emperor of the Xia En Dynasty, but now they make sacrifices to the Blue Dragon Queen who ended the Xia En Dynasty. They are essentially the same and there is no shame.
Not to mention just making a confession, even if Ivicola Sagraland's "Sharp Teeth" descended directly on the palace and announced that he was the master of Calim Port and even the entire Calimshan from today on, no one would stand up to oppose it.
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After all, the continent of Faerûn is not dominated by humans, but is home to countless intelligent races.
Therefore, they do not have the aura of "I am the only one in the world" like humans on earth, and they will not have the arrogant idea that "human beings are the soul of all things".
Compared with other races, humans really don’t have any obvious advantages.
Far inferior to dwarfs and mind flayers in intelligence;
Compared with his physique and strength, he can be swung away by orcs, gnolls, hobgoblins, ogres, giants, etc.;
Compared to agile elves, halflings smile without saying a word;
Even more than the charm, it cannot be compared with the dragons and their hybrid descendants;
Only in terms of perception, there is no disadvantage, but there is also no advantage.
In addition, many other races often have innate talents and spell-like abilities, but humans have none.
For example, elves do not need to sleep. They only need to meditate for about six hours a day to regain their physical strength and energy.
Another example is the twilight vision or dark vision that many intelligent creatures have, but the visual range of humans will drop rapidly once it gets dark.
As for the upper limit of theoretical life span, humans are close to the bottom of all intelligent races.
Only slightly stronger than goblins and ordinary kobolds, and almost the same as orcs, gnolls and hobgoblins.
If the elves had not committed suicide and fought several brutal Crown Wars, resulting in a sharp decline in the population, and the powerful dark elves split off and entered the Underdark, I am afraid that there would be no rise of humanity at all today.
Therefore, humans in Faerûn generally do not have any psychological superiority towards other races, but instead have a vague inferiority complex towards those powerful races.
Just imagine, when a human adventurer has lived for decades, becomes gray-haired and cannot move easily, and needs help from others to go to the toilet, he suddenly sees that the elf companions he went on adventures with back then have not changed much.
He is still so handsome, dashing, and agile, even making his young daughter and even his granddaughter admire him. Can he really remain calm and accept all this?
The answer is obviously no!
No matter how kind and open-minded the adventurer is, he will still have some envy and jealousy.
This is determined by human nature.
If you were in the selfish and evil camp, you might do everything you can to restore your youth, even if the price is to sacrifice this elf teammate to the devil, or sell your soul to the devil.
In addition, humans in Faerûn have been slaves to other powerful races for a long time. Whether it was the era when giants and dragons fought for hegemony, or the era when elves established huge empires, humans were once treated as slaves and vassals.<
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Therefore, the lower-class civilians among humans are not very reluctant to accept the rule of dragons or other powerful monsters.
Not to mention the dragon, the overlord who once ruled the earth and sky, even beholders, devils, shapeshifters, lichs, vampires, ogre magicians, magic giants and other creatures once served as the monarch of a country.
On the stage of the history of Faerûn.
The place of Calimshan was once ruled by a giant dragon called "Rose Dragon" Jefer Asehorisha for more than a hundred years. He was finally killed by his beholders and usurped power.
According to the record of "Sharp Teeth" of Ivicola Sagram, he is fully qualified to directly declare himself the master of this huge empire after destroying the Shane Dynasty, and require all lords and officials to swear allegiance to him.
But for some reason, this powerful blue dragon did not do this. Instead, it only declared that Calimshan, Tethyr and Amn would be included in its territory, and asked the three countries to hand over part of the tax.
There is no actual governance over it.
However, it was this decision that allowed her to successfully avoid being endlessly harassed by those adventurers and dragon-slaying warriors.
At the moment, Sharptooth is enjoying the looks of fear and awe from the streets of Calimport, as well as the panicked looks of pedestrians, deliberately flying at a very slow speed and low altitude.
If it had been a chaotic and evil red dragon or black dragon, I would have been unable to bear the breath of the dragon.
But she didn't do that.
In the view of the Blue Dragon Queen, these humans below are just like Calim Port, they are all tools that can make money for themselves. How can they kill and destroy at will?
What's more, she has already reached a secret agreement with the human rulers in the palace.
Just like that, with excitement and anticipation, Sharptooth finally slowly landed on the newly cleaned small square in the palace.
The emperor who had finally climbed to the top of power through lies, deception, murder and blackmail had been waiting for a long time. When he saw the dragon landing on the ground, he immediately caressed it with one hand.
I bowed deeply.
"Great Ivicola Sagram, I have prepared taxes, sumptuous food, and fine wine for you."
"Very good! Now let your people move out all the treasures that belong to me."
Sharp Teeth glanced at the food carefully prepared by the chefs on the surrounding tables, as well as the barrels of Calimport's specialty wine, and immediately showed a satisfied expression.
Obviously, the other party's respectful attitude and thoughtful service made her feel that she had received the respect she deserved.
"As you wish."
To be continued...