Chapter 100: Chapter 96: The Experienced Adventurer

The chubby President Ah Lu panted heavily, looking at the massive volcano surrounded by red fungi and wild grass, and burst into a frenzied laugh.

“Hahaha! It’s true! It’s all true! All of these are magic potions! Blessed by the God of the Guild! I’m rich! I’m rich!”

“Congratulations, President! Best wishes, President!”

A few guards quickly caught up and continuously offered their congratulations.

“Hahaha! Quick! All of you, get moving, pick these treasures for me! Then send them to the ship! Once everything’s done! When we return, I can’t miss taking all of you to the Divine Hall of Love for a good time!”

President Ah Lu laughed uncontrollably, but by the end, he had a knowing smile that all men would understand.

The Goddess of Love knows what’s up!

“Thank you, President! Long live the President!”

The men immediately sprang into action, their hands and feet filled with energy.

They picked while shouting, heading toward the volcano’s mouth.

There, the fungi and wild grass were even more abundant and lush, looking more vibrant and certainly of higher quality.

They gleefully picked one by one.

Suddenly.

A head poked out from the volcano’s mouth, and then.

The atmosphere became somewhat tense.

“Dragon! Black Dragon!”

Everyone was startled upon hearing, and they all quickly turned their heads to look at the volcano’s mouth.

“It really is a Black Dragon! Oh my God! Run!”

President Ah Lu was shocked, shouted a command, and turned to flee.

This was his first time seeing a Giant Dragon in reality, and it was the evil Black Dragon from some storybook. As an ordinary person, his first instinct was to run!

But his guards were not ordinary guards; they were primarily retired professional adventurers.

They possessed quite good skills, only becoming tired of the high-risk profession of adventurers to become guards for President Ah Lu.

They had extremely rich adventure experience! They knew a lot!

They could judge many things at a glance.

For example, this Black Dragon, just by its head, was not even as big as their bodies; it was just a dragon hatchling!

Although it was a Five-Colored Dragon, it was just a Black Dragon!

A juvenile black dragon?

A weakling! What’s there to be afraid of? Let him dare to come, and see if we won’t roast him!

What? You’re asking if they worry about this Little Black Dragon having parents around?

They really don’t worry about that.

As excellent adventurers, they remembered many things from the Book of Monsters quite well.

For instance, the parents of Five-Colored Evil Dragons are not a group of kind men and women; they don’t raise their dragonlings meticulously, staying by their side all the time like humans do.

Five-Colored Dragons generally leave once their offspring get through the fledgling stage and become juvenile with some strength.

This is the best time to bully Five-Colored Juvenile Dragons! No parents to watch over them, and they have no strength themselves.

They’re the kind anyone can push around!

But they can fly.

If there’s no strong Caster or professional like a Hunter Ranger in the team, it’s still challenging to catch or kill them.

This is why they reacted so indifferently!

We can’t do anything to you, but you can’t do anything to us either!

“President! Relax! It’s just a juvenile dragon! With us here, you have nothing to worry about!”

A guard shouted reassuringly.

The fleeing president paused instantly.

He turned around, wiped his sweat, and said:

“Oh oh! So that’s how it is! Hahaha! Then it’s no problem! Just a juvenile dragon! Hahaha!”

He laughed awkwardly.

“Can you guys drive it away? It’s quite frightening to have it sitting there all the time.”

“President, juvenile dragons can fly, they’re hard to deal with, we should just focus on our task! If it dares to interfere, we can handle it then.”

Some guards added.

“…”

The Little Black Dragon was silent upon hearing this, its expression turned quite peculiar.

These humans seem a bit presumptuous, don’t they?

It was just about to act.

Another red head poked out beside it.

“Red Dragon!”

Someone exclaimed.

But quickly calmed down, as this Red Dragon was about the same size as the Black Dragon beside it, also a dragon hatchling.

They didn’t pose a threat to them at all.

This brought a sense of relief and a smile to their faces.

Fortunately! Things are still under control.

“Hey? Why are there so many humans here? Land! Should we kill them?”

The newly emerged Little Red Dragon roared in a low voice.

Speaking in the common language of the continent.

Everyone could understand.

But… who is Land? Is there another dragon hatchling?

Three dragon hatchlings, trying to deal with all of us?

Who do these dragonlings underestimate?

Our captain was once the famous level ten Warrior, Giant Rock Will!

The second captain and third captain are level nine and level eight respectively!

A mere three juvenile dragons, what are they?

Let them try to approach!

“Oh? More humans have arrived? Just what I needed for some experiments, I always regretted that one human got away! What a pity!”

A deep and resonant voice echoed.

With the walls of the volcano surrounding it, the voice reverberated like a tolling bell.

Just hearing it sent shivers through their very beings.

Suddenly, a bad thought crept into their minds.

But they kept convincing themselves.

The parents of the dragon hatchlings had already left! Five-Colored Dragon, right! That’s how they are! Nothing to worr… worr… damn! There really is an adult dragon!

And then at that moment.

Inside the crater, another head emerged.

This head was enormous, even larger than the bodies of the two little dragonlings next to it!

It was even bigger than their entire bodies! It seemed like it could easily swallow them whole with just one bite!

The thick, coarse black scales, the menacing dragon horns, and eyes as red as fire made almost everyone go weak at the knees, nearly collapsing to the ground!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The giant dragon flapped its dragon wings, slowly rising from the crater, until its whole body appeared before them.

The chest and belly of the dragon were not covered with black scales but with red scales, which rose and fell with its breathing, the dazzling red glow continuously coursing, shimmering.

The enormous dragon wings nearly blocked out the sun, and just by observing with the naked eye, one could estimate that his wingspan was at least close to fifty meters!

The long black tail hung straight down, gently swaying.

This dragon was huge! Very strong! Surely an adult? No! Perhaps in its prime!

Some experienced adventurers, upon reaching this conclusion, instantly turned ashen-faced!

We’re doomed!

“Help! Help! Mon! Monster!”

President Ah Lu shouted urgently, scrambling and crawling backward to flee for his life.

The others’ hearts skipped a beat, and they turned to run as well!

Fight back? Fighting back was impossible! That was no different from suicide!

Only running away offered a sliver of hope!

Boom!!!

At that moment, an invisible pressure spread out, and all those trying to flee felt a heaviness in their chests, their hands and feet becoming involuntarily stiff!

In an instant, their backs were soaked!

This is… the legendary Dragon’s Intimidation!

The word flashed through the adventurers’ minds, but it was their first time experiencing it, and it seemed much more formidable than they had imagined!

Many low-level guards and President Ah Lu directly collapsed to the ground, unable to move, except for those guards who were once advanced adventurers, who were still trying to flee.

But at this moment, their bodies felt like they were tied with stones, extremely heavy, not much faster than ordinary people!

Whoosh!

A fierce gust of wind roared.

Everyone only felt a shadow overhead, the giant dragon already swooping over them, landing on the ground!

Whoosh!!!

He powerfully flapped his dragon wings, and the fierce wind howled toward the few remaining guards who still had some mobility!

Under the interference of the Dragon’s Intimidation, even they were blown to the ground!

They watched the giant dragon in front of them in horror, seeing a human-like mockery on its dragon-like face.

“My dear human friends! Guests from afar! Why leave in such haste? Are you looking down on me?”

“His… His Highness the Giant Dragon, a misunderstanding… a misunderstanding… I didn’t mean… didn’t mean to intrude on your territory… I’ll… I’ll leave immediately… spare me… spare me…”

Sweat poured down President Ah Lu’s plump face like rain, his small eyes filled with terror.

Being in close contact with such an enormous dragon gave him an indescribable sense of fear.

This is a phobia of large objects.

Originating from weaker creatures, it’s an instinctual fear and awe of powerful creatures at the genetic level.

Of course, here “weaker” refers to both body size and strength, and powerful creatures feel the same way.

Because you clearly realize.

How powerless you are in the face of such a gigantic creature.

Any move the other makes could potentially hurt or even kill you, even if it’s not intentional.

You… are just a small bug!

“My dear friend, why are you so afraid? Between friends, we should get along peacefully! Come! Relax! Relax! We are friends!”

The dragon’s expression became amiable, its loud voice seemingly extremely gentle as well.

This made the two little dragons behind exchange glances, something was odd! This wasn’t the Great Evil Dragon Land they knew! What was he trying to do?

On the side, the guards tightly gripped their weapons, yet did not dare to attack the giant dragon before them. They were stiff all over, not even daring to utter a word, trying hard to diminish their presence.

If you can’t escape, then hide like a turtle!

On the other hand, Avar, this human who lacked common sense, hearing the dragon’s friendly words, suddenly said happily:

“A giant dragon! A real giant dragon! So big! So strong! It looks so powerful!

Mr. Dragon! Hello! I am Avar! Very pleased to meet you, may I ask your name?”

Others hearing Avar’s bold words.

Were nearly scared to death, one after another gulping down saliva, staring at him intently.

“Avar, such a nice name, I’m called Land Saphis Oakben, my friends usually call me Land!”

After Land finished speaking, he intentionally observed everyone’s expressions, realizing that none of them showed any particular reaction, indicating that they hadn’t even heard of his great name!

Before, it was just small-time pillaging of trade routes, so if the distant kingdom hadn’t heard of it, it was understandable, but this time, he had practically wiped out an important city of a viscount, and they still hadn’t heard.

Could it be they aren’t from those two kingdoms?

“My dear human friends, which country are you from? And what brings you here?” The dragon continued amiably.

“We are from the Laine Kingdom! We came here to pick some mushrooms, wild herbs around here!

Yes! These things, President Ah Lu said these are magic potions, very valuable.”

Avar spoke frankly, even waving the mushrooms and wild herbs he had just picked.

“Doomed! Doomed!”

President Ah Lu, hearing Avar’s words, nearly fainted.

The Five-Colored Dragons are all greedy, once they know the value of these magic potions, what about his share?

Oh! What was he thinking? This time, whether he could return alive was the real question, and he was still thinking about the Gold Taler?

President Ah Lu felt something was wrong with his thinking.

Indeed, they’re from the Laine Kingdom, but they’ve never heard of him, Land Saphis Oakben’s great name.

This implied that the Laine Kingdom perhaps intentionally concealed his near-destruction event to avoid causing greater panic.

That explains it, after doing such a big job, he only unlocked [Fame] I.

Land silently glanced at the mushrooms and wild herbs in their hands, then said calmly:

“I see, hahahaha!

Take as much as you want, feel free to pick, I, Land Saphis Oakben, am known for being hospitable, whatever you pick, you can eat! Whatever you want, you’ll have! Hahahaha!

Come, come! Don’t just stand there! Hurry and eat!”

Land laughed heartily, urging them enthusiastically.

Avar, warmly smiled, after a thank you, began eating quickly.

The others looked at each other, and in the end, followed suit, eating raw.

When they were almost done eating.

Avar said again:

“Mr. Land, we’re full! Thank you for your hospitality, but I think we should be leaving! The people on the ship are still waiting.”

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