Chapter 378 You actually want to charge my tax?(1/2)
As a blue dragon, Arogethos also has the habits and habits that most five-color evil dragons have, which is extreme greed.
As the daughter of the 'Sharp Tooth' Ivy Corasagran who controls the power of three countries and radiates over half of the Western Continent, she was squeezed by her mother when she was young. Finally, she discovered the new 'taxable land' of the ocean.
At this time, this nature that was suddenly released reached a state of perversion and distortion.
So when she saw with her own eyes that a boatload of magic items that she was determined to get turned into stone, Arogathos felt that she was going crazy with anger.
This kind of emotion may be difficult for ordinary humans to understand, but this is exactly the thinking logic of most five-color evil dragons.
There should have been a ship full of magic items passing through her territory. With her strength, she could have successfully harvested this treasure, and she rightfully claimed this treasure as her own.
But one of Li Wei's tricks turned all her original plans into naught.
So in Alogthos's eyes, it was equivalent to Levi causing her to lose a boatload of treasure that should have belonged to her.
And let the giant dragon suffer such a heavy loss, how could she not become furious because of this huge psychological gap?
But after all, she is a blue dragon with some brains, not a red dragon that is often easily controlled by anger, so with her remaining rational and calm thinking, she suddenly came to a conclusion:
That is, compared to the magic items on that ship that were destined to be unaccounted for, the iron-clad ship that single-handedly defeated the combined forces of four pirates may not have as much potential value as conventional magic items.
Low.
Arogathos has always had an ambition, that is, like her mother Ivicola Sagran, one day she will become a great dragon with mountains and rivers in her hands and countless creatures paying tribute to her.
But as long as her mother is alive, she is destined to be unable to get involved in the Western Continent of Corel, so this sea that has just bloomed with huge business opportunities in recent decades has undoubtedly become an existence that she wants to control.
However, the group of pirates under her command may be able to make do with guarding the Nelanthel Islands to collect taxes, but letting them drive those "small sampans" to conquer the Seven Seas is really not good enough. I'm afraid they just left her asylum.
Within the range, just a few city-state warships can strangle them all.
And this ironclad ship undoubtedly gave her hope. As long as she mastered this technology, she could conquer a human port city-state and use its shipyard to produce this kind of ironclad ship.
Well, Mulan in the south of Amn is a good choice. As long as the city-state continues to pay the tithe to the mother, the mother will surely turn a blind eye, right?
As long as ten such armored ships are built in the future, she feels that she can even take over the Moon Shadow Islands and become the queen who controls the seven seas!
Such a vision was so beautiful that she had no patience to wait for the two ogre magicians to arrive with the pirate deployment, and she couldn't wait to rush towards the armored ship that seemed to be shining with golden light on the sea.
Although the opponent had previously shown its ability to crush the pirates, it had also paid a heavy price for it.
At least from her previous peek between the thunderclouds, the armored ship had already fired up all its onboard artillery ammunition and magic ballistae, and the spell slots of the red-robed bald dragonborn and the red-haired female captain had been exhausted.
The jackal and the female knight may be considered two powerful high-level warriors on land, but in the sea and sky, which is the world of giant dragons, they can be completely ignored.
As for the young silver dragon who used the leg-shifting deformation technique to transform into a human, in her opinion, he was probably the descendant of some legendary silver dragon.
Um, from the north?
Could it be the child of the gold and silver dragon couple Diszedroden and Vera Marendis?
Although I heard before I went to sleep last time that their child was 'killed' by that lunatic Sammaster, it is possible that this was false news released by the couple in order to protect their child.
After all, dragons rarely only have one child, and although metal dragons generally have a low fertility rate due to their relative restraint on desires, their care for their children since childhood makes their mortality rate much lower than that of five-color dragons.
So at this moment, Levi fell into the eyes of Alogthos, and he seemed to be a rich man who came from a powerful ethnic group, was doted on by his parents when he was young, and went out to play with a group of "guards" who were stronger than himself.
generation'.
'Ah, he is really a being that makes dragons jealous!'
As for giving the other party a 'tribulation' and causing the other party's metal dragon parents to come to make trouble?
Sorry, she never considers how strong the other person's parents are when she takes action. Anyway, they are not as strong as her mother.
She is the most important "tax officer" in Amn under her mother, so no matter what, her mother will be there for her.
At most, they would have to pay a heartbreaking asylum fee afterwards.
All of this gave rise to her heartfelt sigh:
"Oh, are you really fooling everyone around? It's just a young dragon. Shouldn't you compensate me for the precious time I lost for this? Huh?"
Immediately, I saw the 'young dragon' on the deck suddenly raised his head.
What surprised her at the same time was that there was indeed a hint of unexpected solemnity in the other person's eyes, but when he saw her, it turned into surprise and inexplicable 'surprise'?
This discovery also caused Alogthos's head to shut down a little, and then she felt inexplicably angry at being despised!
A mere young dragon might indeed have some talent. He had reached the same level as her at level 19 at such a young age, but she wanted the other party to know.
Even if they are also level 19! The physical advantages and accumulation of fighting skills of the dragon's age will always be an insurmountable chasm!
"Roar!!!"
But just when she was about to succeed in her determined attack, she saw the other party suddenly shout softly:
"Kaka! Ship gliding mode!"
Only a huge explosion was heard, and the sea below the armored ship was seen as if it was pushed away by an invisible force field and it sank suddenly, followed by a majestic steam cloud.
Alogthos instinctively flapped her wings to slow down, but she still plunged into the scorching cloud of steam and plunged into the seawater that seemed to boil instantly.
If it were any other ordinary creature, it would have been half-cooked by this terrible high temperature.
However, as a blue dragon whose nature is related to thunder and lightning, Arogathos had no problem bathing in thunderstorm clouds before. This kind of temperature only made her feel a burning sensation that was uncomfortable for dragons.
But what made her uneasy was that the blow she was sure to win actually missed!
She immediately re-emerged from the sea, flapping her wings to stir up strong winds and blowing away the steam clouds that disgusted the dragon. She twisted her head to search for prey. In addition to the four dismantled ghost ship wreckage, the iron-clad ship actually
It's missing!
This is simply incredible!
‘Where on earth did he go!’
'Is it possible to dive like the ghost ship in Luskan? But I didn't see a large area of shadow under the sea just now!'
"Oh! A wild blue dragon has appeared. I made you squat for so long in vain. I'm really sorry. It's just that you destroyed the four ghost ship specimens that I finally collected. This is related to the Luskan Sea.
Hegemony is a priceless secret. Excuse me, are you ready to compensate for this? Huh?"
I heard a young and energetic voice coming from above.
Arogsos suddenly raised her head, her pupils narrowed suddenly, and she saw that the 'missing' armored ship had opened two pairs of 'wings' composed of mechanical supports and began to glide in the air at some point.
Under the sunlight shining through the cloud gaps in the eye of the storm, it was coated with a mysterious golden halo.
The value behind this ironclad ship exceeded her expectation!
Letting such a huge metal creation float in the air, in her mind, only her mother's homeland, the once glorious civilization called Netheril in the Anorok Desert, was born.
What comes at the same time is even greater anger and jealousy!
'He actually calls her Blueclaw Arogathos a wild blue dragon!
‘You are the wild one! Your whole litter is wild!
'How dare you turn around and try to blackmail her, the great daughter of Sharptooth, Arogathos!
'Are all metal dragons nowadays so arrogant?'
However, the recurring accidents had already begun to make her feel that something was wrong. Who knew what other cards this rich guy had that drove her crazy? She decided to take it easy first and wait until all her 'dependents' arrived, so
He raised his neck and said calmly:
"I am Blueclaw Arogathos, daughter of the great Iverkora Sagran, the Sharptooth. I obey her will and collect taxes from ships coming and going here.
"If you still have a shred of respect for the great Xianlong Quesa, put away these ridiculous little ideas of yours. A young metal dragon dares to blackmail our five-color dragon. It will be a joke if you tell me this.
"Since it has been proven that it was a misunderstanding, as long as you pay the tithe according to the rules of the South, I, Alogethos, will graciously let you go, how about it?"
According to her past experience in dealing with these metal dragons, after suddenly encountering a 'strong enemy' like herself, as long as she does not take the initiative to continue the pursuit, the opponent will usually wisely choose to make limited concessions, and this tithe is what she gives to the opponent.
The steps left behind.
But the other party's next reaction was completely beyond her expectations.
"Hehe, hahaha, hahahahahaha."
At first, the other party covered his face and laughed as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke, so that Alogosos was a little confused.
Are you afraid that you are sick?
"Very good? Is it Arogathos the Blue Claw? I didn't expect that you are actually the heir of Ivicola Saglan. I have heard of your name for a long time on the road.
"It's just that you actually want to collect my 'tax'?
"Very good. Apart from those drow with divine shields, you are the second guy who dares to propose such a short tax to me.
For a giant dragon's nature, Li Wei regarded the so-called 'mineral tax' in Gel'sorn as a humiliation. However, he was forced by Rose's intimidation and could not choose to go to war with the drow directly.
I have always felt sorry for it.
It took him so many years to finally get rid of the drow's blood-sucking 'parasites' and live a free life.
But now, this old blue dragon lady who appeared out of nowhere actually dares to ask him for this unknown 'tax'?
Li Wei stared at her with narrowed eyes and said word by word:
"Perhaps that old bitch Spider Goddess really can't do anything to her for the time being, but what about you?
"Daughter of Ivicola Saglan? So, you are very good at fighting?"
To be continued...