Outside the Dragon's Nest, Silvermoon Forest.
The full moon rose, stars scattered across the sky. It wore a simple white veil, gently gazing upon the vast earth, and also upon the scenes outside the dragon's nest.
"Salute!"
With a roar from Grey Wolf, all the gnolls stood on both sides of the road, heads held high and chests out, raising their wolf claws to their foreheads, offering the highest respect to their black dragon leader.
Su Nian carried Anna on his back, lifting his dragon head.
Flying over the neatly arranged monster army, he landed on the platform outside his dragon's nest.
He turned to face his followers, found a comfortable position to curl up, and conveniently took Anna from his back, holding her in front of him.
"Slurp."
"Humph... Brother, you're mean!"
The solemn atmosphere vanished without a trace.
But the monsters were already used to it, nothing the black dragon leader did could stir a ripple in their hearts.
"At ease."
Grey Wolf shouted, then trotted over to the black dragon leader, stood straight, and reported respectfully:
"Report, Boss!"
"This time, in battle, we lost three kobolds, 137 Fireflame Rabbits, 54 Cockatrices, five Blackwater Pythons, and one Spearboar."
"In total, we captured 507 humans, awaiting your instructions!"
"Hmm."
Su Nian lifted his pale golden dragon eyes, his expression serious.
Mentioning battle losses was undoubtedly a sad thing, but for the monsters, it wasn't much.
Especially for creatures like Fireflame Rabbits and Cockatrices, which were not very intelligent, the concept of death was as ordinary as drinking water or eating food.
Although the monsters didn't care, as the leader of all monsters, Su Nian couldn't show no response.
"These fallen monsters are warriors! Bury them near my stomach... ahem, the dragon's nest."
The black dragon's words caused a stir among the humanoid monsters, who understood the weight and significance of this statement.
"Great master, it's an honor for them! Their souls will continue to fight for you!"
Bolikri was moved by this, prostrating himself on the ground, grateful beyond words.
He had never thought that the death of monsters would be valued by the black dragon master. In fact, becoming the black dragon's followers was already a very lucky thing.
[Kobold Bolikri Favorability +1, Current Favorability 100 (Never Betray)][Gnoll Grey Wolf Favorability +2][Gnoll Red Wolf Favorability +3] ...
Seeing the favorability of his followers rising rapidly, Su Nian was very satisfied, but he didn't show it. Instead, he waved his dragon claw and ordered seriously:
"Enough, no more nonsense, bring the captives up."
With Su Nian's command, a group of soldiers, beaten black and blue, with their hands tied behind their backs, were escorted out by the Fireflame Rabbits.
Bugs Bunny couldn't speak yet. He bowed to Su Nian and then stood aside, far from his usual carefree and unruly demeanor.
"Are you soldiers of the Anlius Kingdom?"
"What are you doing in the Silvermoon Forest?"
The black dragon's voice was deep and majestic, deafening, making the soldiers even more terrified, trembling with fear.
But they were soldiers of the Empire; they had their pride and bottom line and would never betray their comrades, so they bit their lips and remained silent.
"Answer my question!"
A rock was crushed by the dragon claw and thrown in front of a human soldier with a "bang."
The human soldier screamed in fright, and a stench filled the air, as he wet himself in fear.
"Drag him away, kill him."
Su Nian smelled the stench of human male urine with a look of disgust.
The soldier who wet his pants was dragged into the bushes by Bananawolf, and soon a scream was heard, followed by the sound of vomiting, and then it abruptly stopped.
Bananawolf returned.
It smelled of feces, grinning.
Something seemed off?
Su Nian gave Bananawolf a puzzled look.
He felt his follower might have misunderstood his meaning, but it wasn't a big problem as long as it served as a warning.
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
Finally, a soldier gathered the courage to kneel on the ground, crawling forward two steps, with his head lowered, trembling lips answering:
"Great, great true dragon lord, we are soldiers of the Anlius Kingdom, here... here to slay the black dragon..."
As soon as the soldier finished speaking, he immediately felt a chill on his back, as if countless eyes filled with killing intent were staring at him.
Driven by fear.
He immediately kowtowed and cried out:
"It's all the king's orders, we're just ordinary soldiers following orders, and... and the dragon we're supposed to slay isn't you, it's another black dragon..."
Su Nian awkwardly scratched the ground with his claw, thinking to himself that the Anlius King's target was indeed him, but he had changed his appearance and was unrecognizable now.
"What is your position in the army?"
"Great black dragon lord, I, I am a personal guard of Sir Weimons, chosen to join the Dragon-Slaying Army. Before that, I guarded the royal palace..."
"I, I know many secrets, please don't kill me, I'm willing to say anything..."
"Very well, if you answer my questions honestly, as a merciful dragon, I will give you a chance to live."
Su Nian signaled Bananawolf to drag the soldier to him.
First, he showed the soldier some torture devices.
Then began a long, flavorful interrogation.
...
A moment later, Su Nian returned to the dragon's nest with Anna on his back.
He was still a bit shocked.
The world is vast, and nothing is too bizarre!
He never expected that the queen of Anlius had cuckolded the king over four thousand times, and the key point was that the entire Anlius royal palace guard only had a little over four thousand people.
It's terrifying to think about...
The Anlius King knew nothing.
This shows that the queen is truly ruthless.
If he ever had the chance to meet her, Su Nian swore he would incinerate her with a dragon breath, as such a woman was too scheming, and once targeted, who knows how much trouble she would bring.
Another important piece of information was that Grand Mage Mesent was dead, and his power seemed to have transferred to that fierce female player.
After all, accepting barbs requires a strong person.
He suddenly regretted incinerating Mei Magogoko with a dragon breath.
Of course, it wasn't about barbs or anything, mainly he wanted to research how she inherited the native mage's power. If it was as simple as killing to inherit, wouldn't the whole world be in chaos?
Even after questioning the players from Sakura Island No. 1 Novice Village who were planting potatoes, they knew nothing despite eating so much crap, acting like a bunch of idiots.
The more Su Nian thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he couldn't help but frown.
Does brother have any troubles?
Anna was sitting in Su Nian's arms, watching everything unfold.
She turned around and gently cupped Su Nian's dragon face, reaching out a soft little hand to smooth his furrowed brow, seemingly wanting to ease his worries.
"Brother, don't be unhappy~"
"Hee hee, your face is so rough, it's all bumpy."
Anna said as she pressed her soft, pink cheek against Su Nian's face and gave it a gentle "muah" with her pouty red lips.
"Brother, can you say that again to Anna? Anna wants to hear it again."
Seeing Anna's adorable and lovely demeanor, Su Nian's worries dissipated a lot, so he tried to speak as gently as possible:
"I like you."
"Ying~"
Anna blushed, hugging Su Nian's big head, her petite and delicate body trembling slightly with joy, her fox tail wagging happily behind her.
"Can you say it again?"
She looked at him with bright, pleading eyes.
"I like you, Anna."
"Hee... I... Anna, Anna likes brother too..."
Anna murmured, her pretty face flushed with red, her eyes lowered, trying to suppress her restless heart, but she ultimately couldn't resist, hugging the black dragon's head, softly and sweetly cooing:
"Brother, Anna wants, wants a hug~"
Ah-hei.
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