Working Prophet

"You said those lizard people are actually followers of Saturday? In other words... Saturday asked them to rob me?"

Miss Rabbit was stunned by her inference.

I felt like I had just finished watching an episode of Conan and felt like "the murderer is among us".

She didn't expect that she would find out the man behind the Arias family's scandal for hundreds of years.

But she thought of something immediately, "No, didn't you say that the ancient spirit of our family has something to do with Saturday? How can a god protect us and rob us at the same time."

"The Sosokus, the incarnation of Saturday that the lizard people believed in, didn't let them plunder everywhere. They needed iron, women, and food to come out of the swamp."

Li Yu explained, "I asked their leader, and he said that their ancestors wanted to start trading with the local lord at the beginning, and the lord agreed to their request, but they didn't. Not only did he continue to raise the prices of goods, but he also required them to pay regular taxes like other citizens in the territory.

"The most outrageous time was when the price of a fire sickle increased six times a day. They were unwilling to accept the increasingly harsh conditions and had a conflict with the officials in charge of trade. Then the lord ordered that all the lizardmen present be killed.

"In retaliation, the lizard people also burned down a village. As a result, the lord deceived their leader out of the swamp under the pretext of negotiation and shot him to death with random arrows. As time went by, the hatred between the two sides became deeper and deeper.

"Of course, this is just their side of the story. No one knows the specific truth. Anyway, from then on, they just grabbed whatever they needed, because their ancestors warned them not to trust people outside the swamp, especially those outside the swamp. Those greedy nobles.”

Li Yu paused and continued, "And they are very smart. They will only send out a small number of tribesmen for each robbery, rarely more than a hundred, because they know very well that such small fights are usually carried out by local people. The lord will find a way to solve it himself. Once the true number of the tribe is exposed, it will probably lead to an encirclement and suppression by the army."

Ilea's face was not very good, and she snorted, "Are they treating the Arias family as a fat sheep, just coming to pick them up when they have nothing to do? Then why did they mobilize thousands of people this time? Don’t they know that even if they capture Teacup Castle, they can’t become the masters of this land? Marquis Cullen and other nobles in the West will not sit back and let this happen.”

"Of course they know that escaping will lead to death, but staying in the swamp will also lead to death." Li Yu's expression became serious at this point.

The girl noticed something strange. She waved her hand and asked everyone around her to retreat, leaving only her confidants. Then she asked, "What happened in the swamp?"

"There is a dragon coming over there." Li Yu said.

"What, what did you say?" Ilea felt that she had prepared for the worst, but after hearing Li Yu's words, she still couldn't help but doubt her ears.

"Dragon." Li Yu repeated again, "Although it has not been confirmed yet, according to the lizard people, the monster is very similar to the monitor lizard they have been hunting, but it is much larger. Its back It has two wings, is covered with black scales, is almost invulnerable, and can spit out terrible flames from its mouth.

"It has a large appetite and must be in the growth stage. When the lizard people saw it for the first time, it was fishing. At that time, it was only the size of a ewe, but it swallowed a beast of the same size and size in one gulp. The big fish, almost as big as him, had its entire belly swollen.

"While it was unable to take off, the lizard men launched some tentative attacks on it. However, neither wooden spears nor iron swords could pierce its scales. When it was cornered, it opened its mouth and spit out a stream of flames. He burned two lizardmen and then took advantage of the chaos to escape.

"When the lizard men saw it again a month later, it had grown as big as an adult bull. It had a strong tail that could chop down a small tree with one tail. Its claws were as sharp as knives and could easily kill all prey. Eviscerated, not to mention the raging fire that destroyed everything.

"The dragon came back for revenge. It took advantage of the lizard people's surprise and killed seven people in a row before fluttering its wings and flying away, but it didn't take long before it came back again.

"This time it came to hunt. Most of the food in the swamp was collected by the lizard people. As the dragon grew bigger and bigger, its demand for food also increased day by day. After it could not catch enough prey, it Just start hunting those lizard people.

"The two sides went through dozens of battles in just three months. In the end, the lizardman side suffered heavy losses. It was difficult to hurt the dragon regardless of traps or sharp blades. And as time went by, the dragon's size It grew bigger and bigger, and by the time they decided to leave the swamp, the monster had grown bigger than an average cottage.

"And it no longer kills wantonly. It only goes to the residence of the lizard people every ten days and a half. After swallowing six or seven lizard people, it will leave immediately. It is obviously like humans, and it will kill the lizard people." Those lizardmen were kept as livestock.

"Fear spread rapidly among the lizard people. If they stay there, they will become the dragon's food sooner or later. In the end, those lizard people made the decision to leave their homeland where they have lived for thousands of years."

The news was so shocking that Miss Rabbit became numb again.

She held the wall with one hand and rubbed her temples with the other, and said tiredly, "Wait for me for a moment, I'll digest it first."

Not just her, everyone who heard the news had the same reaction as Ilea.

After a long while, Fausto came back to his senses, widened his eyes and said, "How could it be a dragon? That kind of terrifying monster has been completely extinct from the continent of Bratis three thousand years ago. No trace of the dragon has ever been seen again.

"How could they suddenly appear? Is this... could this be a lie by those lizard people?"

"It's not like, if there were no dragons, there would be no need for them to leave their homeland at the risk of being annihilated by the army." Jude said, touching his chin.

"Perhaps something else happened in the swamp, causing some serious problems with the food or water source of those lizard people, so they had to leave, and then they made up lies about the dragon again."

The words of the new general manager Yago also expressed the aspirations of many people.

This explanation is more reassuring than believing that a terrifying monster suddenly appears in the territory where you live.

And Li Yu didn't deny it outright, but nodded and said, "Your doubts are also reasonable. How about this, you can choose a few people you can trust, and I will let those lizardmen lead them into the swamp to find the dragon."