Emerald Dragons, year 167, on a certain island.
"Put the goods down! You slow-witted things! "
A huge ship stopped by the beach. Huge ropes were tied to the ship's body. Emerald Dragons were moving all kinds of things down from the ship's wide planks.
"We're going to build an observatory here! Hurry up, or night is coming! " An Emerald Dragon stood beside the group of transport dragons and kept shouting. It was a role similar to a 'supervisor'.
Two emerald dragons whispered, "What's an observatory?" "I don't know, caw."
"Over there!" The supervisor immediately shouted at them, "Don't stop, move!"
"Caw …" The emerald dragons couldn't complain and could only continue working.
The group of emerald dragons moved a large number of materials down from the ship. Most of these materials were wood and vines. Then they began to build simple wooden houses and other simple buildings on the ground.
Almost all the dragons on the ship came down and started building on the ground. The whole coast suddenly became very lively.
When they were building, a group of emerald dragons moved something special down from the ship. It was a stone slab more than two meters high. There was a symbol that represented the emerald dragon drawn on it.
It was Susumi's face.
The symbol of the Emerald Dragon used to be Susumi's face, but it was slowly simplified into a simple symbol. This made it easy for every Emerald Dragon to draw it.
But recently, the emerald dragons began to use the original plan, which was to use Susumi's face as the symbol. And it required precise and complicated painting skills to be qualified to draw it.
This seemed to be to celebrate the return of the first king. But in fact, the emerald dragons had other ideas.
The group of emerald dragons placed the stone slab in the center of the houses. Seeing this, the supervisor walked down and stood in the center of the group of emerald dragons. He made different poses with them. Then the supervisor raised his head and shouted to the sky, "In the name of the king! We declare the right to occupy this island! "
Every time they arrived at an island, they would do this. This was also the way emerald dragons occupied a territory. Usually, they just needed to place the stone slab with the symbol, but in order to not let the dragons do it, they made the arrangement very complicated. They deliberately made the arrangement very complicated. For example, the size and weight of the stone slabs were strictly regulated.
This was especially true for the portrait of Susumi. There could not be any mistakes in it, so it was very difficult for ordinary dragons to do it. The dragons that were depicted were all owned by nobles.
However, the islands they occupied were of no practical significance because they would usually only place some buildings there and leave after a few days. Not even a single dragon would be left behind. However, the Emerald Dragon's territory would appear on the map.
Therefore, the Emerald Dragon's territory was constantly expanding.
If they encountered some resource-rich islands. For example, on this island, they would take all the resources on the island. They didn't leave until the boat couldn't hold anymore.
Then, the jade dragons fixed the stone slabs and left. The overseer also returned to the ship and watched the handymen build small houses by the sea. At this time, the sky slowly darkened.
"You did well. “
At that moment, an emerald dragon came over to the supervisor and said, "We can start exploring tomorrow, but there are still some sentry towers that haven't been built yet."
"Yes, we will speed up," the overseer said, "Explorer."
Now, when the emerald dragons faced the more 'noble' dragons, they would usually call them by their titles. 'Explorer' was the title of the emerald dragon in front of the overseer. Its full name was' Black Pepper, Explorer. 'It had a lot to do with the legendary powerful warrior' Black Pepper. '
It was said that the legendary warrior Black Pepper established a family, and all the dragons in his family had similar names. However, to avoid repetition, only the bravest and fiercest dragon was called Black Pepper.
However, this concept had been forgotten. Now, this' Black Pepper 'was not very fond of fighting. Instead, it was keen on exploring. Although it was a noble, it didn't like to stay in luxurious buildings and daydream. It had once made a name for itself during the ice age. Now, it set its sights on the sea and formed a strong team.
It had sailed to the farthest place so far. Although it didn't know how far it had gone, it had seen a lot of scenery and was very proud of it.
The handymen under the ship had finished building their simple buildings. Finally, it was time for them to rest. They built a bonfire and cooked the fish for food.
Because of the long work, they were very tired. So, they ate like a dwarf. They didn't wait for the fish to be cooked before eating it. They quickly gnawed on every piece of meat on the fish. Even the sharp bones were not spared.
On the other side, 'Black Pepper, Explorer' was also eating in its own cabin.
It was eating the same kind of fish as the handymen. However, the fish was sprinkled with a mixture of more than ten kinds of seasonings, including animals and plants. Most of the seasonings were precious items that only the nobles could have. Because of the mixture of different flavors, the taste of the fish could not be identified.
Even so, it still put two red and black things next to the fish. These things were called 'seasonings'. Although the taste was complicated, Black Pepper still ate it with relish.
It held a sharp and small stone needle and pierced the fish. Then, it gently dipped some of the 'seasonings' on the side and put it into its mouth. Finally, it slowly chewed …
This kind of slow motion was unique to the nobles. It was called 'education'. The nobles used this to distinguish themselves from the commoners.
Even though there were no dragons around and Black Pepper was hungry, it still followed its own education to show that it was different from the commoners.
After it finished eating, it picked up a piece of jade skin and wiped its mouth. Then, it slowly poked another piece of meat with the stone needle, stuck some seasonings on it, and put it into its mouth …
'Boom!'
The sudden loud noise outside startled Black Pepper so much that he bit off the stone needle in his hand and accidentally swallowed the broken part of the stone needle.
"Gah!" Black Pepper immediately covered its neck and rolled to the ground. It knew how tragic it was to die when a dragon's throat was stuck. The strong fear made it groan in pain.
After half a minute, Black Pepper suddenly realized that its throat was no longer painful. It was not stuck either.
It was stunned for a moment. Then, it patted the dust off its body, stood up, and walked out of the cabin.
"Supervisor, what was that noise just now?" Black Pepper found the supervisor sitting at the exit of the deck and asked while grabbing his shoulder.
The overseer did not respond.
"Did you hear that?" Black Pepper was angry. It pulled the overseer's shoulder hard, and the overseer's body fell to the ground …
"Gah!" Black Pepper was shocked. The overseer's eyes were still open, but there was no sign of life.
"It's dead?" Black Pepper was shocked. "Dragons, come quickly! Something's wrong on the ship! "
Black Pepper's voice echoed in the dark island. The handymen should be staying in the houses below the ship, but there was no response.
Black Pepper walked to the edge of the deck to see what was happening below, but all it could see was a hazy fog and flickering firelight.
Black Pepper did not know when the fog had shrouded the ship, but it blocked its vision.
"What the hell is going on … Are they all …"
Despite the strong uneasiness, Black Pepper still walked down the wooden planks from the deck and into the group of houses where the handymen lived.
Black Pepper walked slowly. This time, it was not because it was educated, but because even the light from the torches could not penetrate the fog. It could only rely on its limited vision to move slowly.
"This is …" It opened the door of a simple wooden house, but … it did not see anything.
"Where did they go?" Black Pepper looked at a few houses nearby, but it could not find any emerald dragons. Only the weapons scattered on the ground told it that … they might have been in a fight.
Through the dim firelight, Black Pepper looked at the forest in the distance. The trees that it had planned to cut down were now swaying like horrible monsters, as if laughing at its misery.
All kinds of thoughts kept popping up in its mind. Fear slowly eroded Black Pepper's thoughts. It could not help but retreat back into the cabin.
The cabin was also shrouded in fog. The torches hanging in the cabin flickered dimly. Black Pepper could not see its surroundings clearly, but it still relied on its memory and walked back by touching the wall …
"Gah!" Suddenly, a sharp pain entered Black Pepper's mind. It was as if someone had stabbed it in the back. But Black Pepper reacted quickly. It immediately pulled out the sword from its waist and stabbed it!
It felt as if it had stabbed air. There was nothing.
Fear spread again. Black Pepper dropped the sword and ran back to its room like a madman.
"Gah!" Just as it approached its room, the same pain came again. The pain caused Black Pepper to fall to the ground …
"Gah … No … I have to …" It still used its hands to grab the ground and crawled back to its room little by little.
Enduring the pain on its back, it struggled to crawl under the window. There were many things piled up here. It pulled out a piece of skin from the pile. This was the inner layer of the jade, and it was quite thin.
It tore off a small piece of skin and wrote a few words on it with the tip of its claw. Then, it reached out to the window and took down a wooden cage.
There was a very small creature in the cage. Black Pepper opened the cage and tied the piece of skin with the words written on it to the creature's feet.
Then, it opened the window and let the creature go. The creature immediately flew out of the window.
"Gah … this will do."
Black Pepper looked satisfied as it watched the small creature disappear into the fog. Then, it fell to the ground due to excessive blood loss. Its mind fell into endless darkness … and it drifted away.
PS: Thank you ~ Southern Sky Dragon ~ 788 ~
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