Working Prophet

During the days when he lost contact with the dragon-seeking team, Li Yu did not wait and sent some lizardmen into the swamp one after another, but the whereabouts of the Golden Snake Knight and others were never found.

It wasn't until three days ago that the lizard man dug out a two-handed sword in a piece of mud by relying on his keen sense of iron.

And the place where he found the sword was already quite far away from the area where the Dragon Hunting Squad was active.

Li Yu asked people to send the saber back to Teacup Castle, and after identifying it, he confirmed that it was the weapon of the retinue knight Juan.

Although this sword is not a masterwork, it is also made by a dwarf craftsman and is of high quality.

Juan inherited it from his father, but now there are no less than ten gaps in the sword body, large and small.

Apparently the sword had seen a hard fight before it left its master.

At the same time, its appearance has also made many people's previous worries come true - the dragon-hunting team with a luxurious lineup and well-equipped equipment has most likely encountered something unexpected.

Moreover, the entire army was wiped out, and no one escaped, so that no one knows what happened to them now.

Although Li Yu still wanted to try to negotiate with the obviously intelligent dragon, he also prepared for the worst and began to prepare for possible conflicts between the two parties in the future.

Because even if Li Yu or other people in Lvye didn't provoke the dragon, it didn't mean that the dragon would stay in the swamp all the time.

According to what the lizard people said earlier, the output in the swamp is limited, and the dragon's food intake has been increasing sharply.

Before the lizard people evacuated, they packed away all the food they could collect.

Once that dragon has nothing to eat, it will definitely come out to find something to eat.

After all, the Lizardman has already been listed on the recipe.

So when he learned that Fitzwilliam could make giant crossbows, Li Yudang decided to allocate resources and manpower to make crossbows for him, even if it would delay part of the construction progress.

Ilea's face on the other side was also livid after receiving the news.

Although the lizard people had previously described the monster in the swamp as very scary, otherwise more than a thousand of them would not have been forced to flee their homes where they had lived for thousands of years.

However, compared to the Imperial Lizardmen, they were not even a tiny bit behind in terms of skill level. The entire group could not find a few decent iron tools, and the best weapons in their hands were actually hoes and sickles plundered from ordinary households.

As for armor, not even one ethnic group can assemble a few sets.

At the same time, because they are humans, their individual strength is not as good as that of the orc warriors. The reason why they have been able to plunder the surrounding villages for so long is because their opponents are worse, and the farmers and militiamen are not as good as them in combat effectiveness.

Secondly, it was because they came and went in a hurry, and there was a swamp behind them. When the situation was bad, they could get into the swamp, and the army had nothing to do with them.

However, except for the two lizardman guides, the dragon-hunting team was all half-orcs armed to the teeth, and they were also the best of the best, led by nobles.

In Ilea's initial expectation, even if these twelve people were not opponents of the dragon, they could at least maintain a draw.

Even if we take a step back and there is no draw, there will always be a few people who can escape and deliver the message, instead of the whole team disappearing silently into the swamp like this.

For this reason, Miss Rabbit summoned important people in the castle to discuss subsequent countermeasures.

Since Pablo's knights were part of the dragon-hunting team, he also participated in this meeting. This was the first time the two of them were under the same roof since they were attacked by Alfred and lost the Teacup Castle.

Friction is definitely inevitable. Pablo advocates sending more people to continue searching for the whereabouts of the dragon and looking for opportunities to avenge the previous people.

Alfred, on the other hand, did not agree to send anyone to die again.

Due to the special environment in the swamp, the army cannot function there. This has been confirmed by countless ancestors of the Arias family.

Even if there are lizardmen leading the way, the troops deep inside will not be able to form a formation, but will expose their whereabouts prematurely.

Coupled with the mobility that the dragon had previously displayed, it was like delivering goods to your door.

So if you want to send people, you can only send an elite team.

However, the Arias family's background was limited. It was just a small and unknown family on the border of the empire. It had already experienced a civil strife and a lizard man riot before, which itself had damaged its vitality.

Even if they later accepted the refugees from the Weiting family despite the political risks, it only made up for some of the population shortage. However, soldiers, especially those who have received professional training and have rich combat experience, will be difficult to recover once they are lost.

And even if Ilea can squeeze out more people, there is still a question she has to face, and that is whether she wants to send more people to die.

After all, the fate of the first dragon-hunting team was just around the corner, and no one could guarantee that the second team sent out would complete the mission.

In fact, everyone can now see that this matter is more dangerous than fighting.

"We can increase the reward!" Lucio, Ilea's uncle, said while wiping his sweat. "If you are worried that the family's guards will suffer casualties again, you can also go to Blackstone City to find some mercenaries."

"Then those mercenaries will be paid high wages and circle around the swamp." Fausto said.

"We can agree with them to find the dragon and then pay." Ilea said.

"Those guys are very smart. Unless we can really prove that there is a dragon in the swamp, they will not sign such a contract with obvious loopholes."

"I can lead the team!" Pablo mentioned the old story again, "But I won't act with a group of mercenaries. I don't want to trust my back to those guys who regard wealth as life. I need soldiers, real people." warrior!"

"Even if you want to die, there are not that many warriors in the family who can accompany you to die." The guardian knight said calmly.

"You are a coward, Alfred. Your nephew Thor must be among the dead." Pablo shouted angrily.

"He knew there would be danger before setting off, but out of his desire for honor, he still chose to join that team. He is a brave young man, but I will not send more of my men to die because of his emotions. "

"So you want to pretend that nothing happened? Wait until the dragon grows so big that no one can deal with it, and then burn us all to death with a burst of dragon flame."

"Except for those lizard men, no one has seen that dragon with their own eyes." Alfred said calmly.

"Are you implying that the dragon does not exist, Lord Alfred?" Yago, the steward, raised his eyebrows.

"No, I'd say maybe the dragon doesn't like to be disturbed and just wants to be in the swamp."

"Okay... everyone, please stop arguing." Ilea said, interrupting everyone's quarrel, "Let me think about sending people again. In short, let's distribute the pensions to the families of those people first. Uh. , Yago, you remember to give a little more, according to the standard twice, no, three times."