Chapter 74: Hundred-Year Contract and Human Slaves

In front of the Green Leaf Association.

The tall blood-winged demon ‘Til’ followed closely behind a black dragon with an expressionless face.

The black dragon is Leon.

It stopped, turned around and looked at the fourth follower it had just contracted, and slowly spoke,

“Are you very reluctant to become my dependent?”

“.”Til said nothing, but just glanced at Leon lightly.

This attitude alone is obvious enough.

Leon couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Sure enough, a forced melon is not sweet.

The same goes for the dependents who were forcibly abducted.

But Leon still does not regret this choice.

It groaned for a while, then said calmly, “How about this, you work hard for me for a hundred years, and after a hundred years, I will cancel the contract between you and me.”

Hearing this, Tiel’s pale golden eyes moved slightly. She turned her head and said in a deep voice,

“can.”

“But we have to sign a contract.”

Okay. Does this mean you don’t believe it?
Leon laughed in his heart, but he also knew that the other party’s caution was not unreasonable. After all, Black Dragon was famous for his cunning character, so lying was normal for him.

“Okay.” Leon nodded slightly and agreed to Thiel’s request.

Rather than getting a lazy alchemist as a subordinate, it is better to get a hardworking laborer who works for it for free for a hundred years.

At Leon’s growth rate, it may not be able to catch up with Tiel even after a hundred years.

After the agreement, the dragon and the demon signed the contract on the spot.

As the light flashed, the contract split into two streams of light and entered the bodies of Leon and Tiel.

“From today on, within the next hundred years, I, Tiel, will do my best to help His Highness Leon.” The talented beauty of the Blood Wing Demon clan said in a firm tone.

The young black dragon beside her had calm yellow eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking. He just nodded slightly, accepting the other party’s “loyalty”.

“Then Your Highness, what should we do next? What do you need me to do?” Tiel quickly got into the role, although his tone was still a little stiff.

After all, for a blood-winged demon genius who is at the peak of the sixth level alchemist and also a peak of the sixth level spellcaster and will sooner or later break through to the seventh level, suddenly becoming a servant of a fourth-level black dragon is a huge identity change.

No matter who you are, you will feel unbalanced and it will take some time to adapt.

“You go pack your things first, we will set off for Yulingze later. I’ll wait for you at the Thorn Market.” Leon said.

“Okay.” Tiel nodded without saying anything, then left here in the light of the teleportation spell.

Leon walked leisurely towards the Thorn Market.

The Thorn Market is a large slave market, and Leon plans to go there to take a look.

The Dark Scale Tribe is still developing in all aspects. Even the maids and guards who serve their eight dragons on a daily basis are not very qualified and professional.

Being accustomed to the service of the professional maids at Jade Academy, it was naturally a little difficult for her to adapt to the primitive life all of a sudden.

Leon never refuses enjoyment.

It becomes stronger not to refuse to enjoy, but rather to enjoy it to its heart’s content under the rules it sets.

The Thorn Slave Market is huge.

Leon, who is nine meters tall, still leaves a wide distance on both sides when walking on the street.

When the monsters see Leon, most of them will choose to make way for him. Only a very small number of monsters with indifferent and arrogant expressions and exuding the aura of strength will not care about Leon’s identity as a black dragon.

And Leon has long been accustomed to this.

The law of the jungle is clearly demonstrated in the Emerald City.

Even if you are a giant dragon, if you are still weak, it will be difficult to gain the respect of monsters.

Even if you are a goblin, if you can tame a powerful monster and have strong strength yourself, you can also walk around the streets of the city with a swagger and gain the respect of all monsters.

Leon was strolling casually in the slave market. Suddenly, he stopped and his eyes were attracted by several iron cages in front of him on the left.

To be precise, it is the humans in the iron cage.

“He’s wearing leather armor, and his aura seems pretty strong. Is he an adventurer?”

Leon looked at the dozen or so humans imprisoned in those large cages, looking exhausted and covered in blood.

Humans are very rare in the Emerald City, because the Emerald City is located in the core of the Dark Swamp Forest. If humans want to cross the vast Dark Swamp Forest to reach here, they can only be buried in the forest without some strength.

The monsters in the Emerald City rarely capture humans to sell. One reason is that humans are too weak and not very useful as slaves. How can they be as tough and strong as the monster slaves?
Another reason, which is also the main reason, is that humans are the dominant force in this world, and the Emerald Dream is unwilling to take the initiative to provoke this powerful enemy.

Therefore, only some human adventurers who go deep into the Dark Swamp Forest are encountered by the monsters in the Emerald City and are considered to be worth selling, and only then will they be captured and sold.

“Your Highness, are you interested in these humans?” The one selling these human slaves was a tall and thin lizardman.

In appearance, lizardmen and kobolds are 50% similar, but lizardmen are stronger and taller than kobolds, and adult lizardmen can basically reach the first level.

Lizardmen are also the most numerous monster in the Emerald Dream, and there are many strong ones in the tribe.

As for the lizardman in front of him, Leon felt that he was probably no lower than level five and most likely reached level six.

“A little bit. After all, it’s rare to encounter humans in Emerald City.” The barely visible light in the dragon’s eyes dimmed, and it responded calmly.

The dimming light in the dragon’s eyes was the result of two little tricks: elemental detection and mental detection.

And just now, from the perspective of elements and mental power, among the dozen or so human slaves imprisoned in cages, there was a ‘young man’ with a conspicuous light coming out.

Leon glanced at the ‘young man’ nonchalantly.

She has short hair and a pretty face, with a firm look between her eyebrows.

Even though he was imprisoned in a cage and was being watched by monsters and dragons, he was afraid but remained calm enough.

Much better than many other human adventurers who were filled with panic and despair.

“Super affinity with natural elements, and super mental power” Leon took a deep breath in his heart.

It’s a bargain.

The lizardman owner was patiently explaining to Leon the origins of this batch of human slaves and their strengths.

“Among this batch of human slaves, the weakest is at level two, while the stronger ones, the bearded man and the bald guy, have all reached level four. Your Highness will not lose out if you buy them back, whether you use them as food or train them as slave servants.” The lizardman owner enthusiastically promoted the product.

When it said the word “eat”, the dozen or so human slaves in the iron cages who could understand the monster’s language trembled all over and became even more terrified.

If they were not all restrained by the alchemical array on the iron cage, they would probably do something ugly.

“Eat?” Leon shook his head slightly. There are indeed many five-colored dragons that like to eat humans. To them, human meat is more tender and delicious than the meat of many monsters.

But Leon obviously didn’t have that appetite, and he felt it was a waste to spend money on buying humans as food.

“Okay, you name a price, I want all these humans.” In order to avoid any accidents, Leon pretended to be impatient.

After all, no one knows when a spellcaster will appear here, and just by chance he will use the two magics of element detection and mental detection on these humans, and thus discover the human genius.

Hearing that His Majesty the Black Dragon was going to buy all the human slaves, the Lizardman owner’s eyes suddenly showed joy, and he hurriedly said,

“Your Highness, if you want to buy it, I’ll give you a reasonable price. How about 500 gold coins?”

After saying this, the lizardman owner showed an expectant look.

“Three hundred pieces.” Leon directly cut the price in half, causing the other party’s face, which was covered with fine scales, to show a stiff expression.

The black dragon opened its mouth and three hundred exquisite gold coins engraved with giant dragons poured out and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Under the sunlight, the pile of gold coins emitted a charming glow. Faintly, traces of elements were attracted by the pile of gold coins and surrounded it.

The lizardman’s stiff and dissatisfied expression turned greedy after seeing the pile of gold coins. He hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth and said,
“Your Highness, three hundred gold coins are too few. Among this group of humans, there are two fourth-level masters. The value of the two of them alone exceeds three hundred gold coins, not to mention the other dozen or so second- and third-level human slaves.”

Leon opened his mouth again and spit out another thirty gold coins from his stomach bag that was specially used to store treasures. Then he looked at the lizardman owner.
“Three hundred and thirty pieces. This is the highest price.”

“The value of the two fourth-level human slaves is indeed more than three hundred gold coins, but you should also know that they are well-trained human slaves, not just captured, wild rebels.”

Hearing this, the lizardman owner closed his mouth in embarrassment, and then put the small pile of gold coins on the ground into his purse.

“Your Highness, these human slaves are yours. These two alchemical cages are also given to you.” After the lizardman owner finished speaking, he packed up his stall and left in a leisurely manner.

Leon looked at its departing back, feeling the few gold coins and two lonely sixth-level water magic cores in its stomach that stored treasures.

“This is worth it.”

Leon set his sights on the human slave he had purchased, or to be more precise, on the ‘young man’.

The dragon claw reached into the iron cage. After touching the cage, the iron cage lit up with an alchemy array, but it dimmed in an instant, as if it was oblivious to the dragon claw that had reached in.

Before the lizardman owner left, he specifically told Leon how to open and close the iron cage alchemy array.

Leon grabbed the human youth from the iron cage. After he got out of the alchemical cage, he regained the ability to resist, but he did not put up any resistance. He just looked at the dark beast in front of him nervously.

“The little props you have are quite interesting.”

Leon’s dragon finger hooked out the necklace worn on the other person’s neck.

The young man’s face changed slightly, obviously knowing that his disguise had been seen through by the black dragon.

Leon grinned, but didn’t expose the other party’s disguise.

A teleportation light flashed by.

The blood-winged demon Tiel appeared behind it.

“Your Highness, I’ve packed it.”

“Hey, this human?” Tiel suddenly looked at the ‘young man’ caught in Leon’s dragon claws and uttered a sound of surprise.

(End of this chapter)