Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 106
Today, the Golden Seaport town has become a small city. After the last attack and destruction by the Shahua murloc tribe, many buildings were demolished and rebuilt.

The town's new administrative officer, the giant demon Fafna, who is in charge of all matters in the town, believes that the bigger the dragon, the better, and replans and rebuilds the town.

After the last attack by the Shahuamin tribe, the planning and reconstruction of the entire town has been moved some distance towards the shore to ensure sufficient time and distance to deal with emergencies in the sea.

The docks and coast that were originally close to the town are now outside the city and are not included in the town's planning, but are still included in the town's defense system.

The newly recruited gnoll spellcasters and kobold spellcasters, led by several dragonborn, became a rotating guard team at the harbor. The small town of Golden Seaport is currently the core area of the dragon territory, so it has received a lot of power.

The two hundred ogre warriors are responsible for the daily security team patrolling the safety and order of the harbor. In addition, the dragon group also ensures that one of the two blue dragons will come here every day to patrol.

The sea and the sky are the blue dragon's home turf. The blue dragon that controls storms and tides is the best choice for guarding the sea.

With the continuous influx of population and expansion, the town has now become a city covering an area of about five square kilometers. The 16-meter-high wooden wall surrounding the town has a total circumference of about 18,000 meters.

Fortunately, this place is on the edge of a thriving forest, and the huge timber is inexhaustible, so there is no need to worry about the basic materials for building the city.

The population of merchants and adventurers coming and going, plus the permanent population, not counting the dragon's followers and other races, is about 20,000 people.

However, with the ever-increasing active population, the construction of small towns cannot be as three-dimensional as modern civilization, and the layout of the small town can only be maintained by expanding the area.

Moreover, under the instruction of the Red Dragon, in order to avoid a chain reaction of fires in the city's mostly wooden buildings, the newly built buildings were kept at a certain safe distance from each other.

Four streets, wide enough to allow sixteen huge ground dragon beasts to pass through at the same time, crisscross each other and lead directly to the four gates of the small town. There are also sixteen small streets connected to each other through the four streets.

Seventy-two alleys are connected to other nearby streets, and ninety-two main streets and alleys form a complete and regular urban transportation network.

Although in a flat-layout city with low space utilization, a population of 20,000 is still difficult to fill this huge city in the planning. Therefore, even though many places in the entire small city are still under construction, it seems a bit empty.

But after the entire city's framework was established, all that was needed was to have enough people to fill it. Under the auspices of the giant demon Fafna, the basic operation of the small city had gradually gotten on track.

Each tall city gate is patrolled by a team of powerful centaur warriors and kobold followers to prevent incidents like the Sahuagin tribe attacking the town from happening again.

These warriors were all wearing well-made leather armor and holding iron spears and swords in their hands.

With the hard work of the dwarf Kragon and a group of apprentices, these mediocre kobold warriors also replaced their swords with iron swords. In this way, under the leadership of the centaur warriors, these soldiers were able to resist the attacks of any wild beasts and ordinary monsters.

And in the incomplete arrow tower above the city gate, there were some human soldiers mixed in.

These were mercenaries and adventurers who had settled here and pledged allegiance to the dragons. They were temporarily arranged by the giant demon Fafnir to be part of the city's defense guard.

A city's patrol security team cannot be composed entirely of dragonborn and their monster followers. By adding some humans, they can quickly gain the trust of city residents and visitors. Even if it is only superficial trust, it can quickly calm people's hearts.

So when Nora and the other villagers who were abducted here, after experiencing the initial panic, got off the big ship and followed the soldiers who were maintaining law and order towards the small town in the distance, they carefully scanned the surrounding situation and kept on exclaiming in amazement.

"This is a huge city. When I passed by the cities directly under the noble lords before, those towns were not as big as this one."

"I thought we were going to be in the middle of nowhere, but it looks a lot nicer than most towns,"

The people who got off the boat exclaimed in amazement at the town in front of them. Not only the villagers living in the wilderness, but also some recruited pioneer immigrants.

This gave these people a glimmer of confidence and expectation for the future. At least they were not facing a desolate land of monsters, but a solid city that could serve as a place of stability.

"Wow, these kobolds look so well behaved, even better than my dog," a little boy with clear and foolish eyes pulled his parents' sleeves and pointed at the kobold guards escorting the slave team.

This sentence attracted the angry glare of the kobold next to him, "This human child is really annoying to the kobolds, but I am a noble dragon's follower." The kobold guard silently clenched the weapon in his hand, fearing that the weapon would fly out accidentally.

His parents quickly covered the boy's mouth and apologized to the Kobold guards, "I'm sorry, Kobold, the child is ignorant and talks nonsense!"

"Hmph," the kobold guard proudly turned his dog head, too lazy to pay attention to these stupid mortals.

"Look, that's a dragon, a blue dragon," a child exclaimed, and the whole team became surprised and agitated. Some villagers who didn't understand the situation were even scared to the point of wetting their pants, with water dripping from their crotches.

The kobold guards had no choice but to wait patiently for these ignorant mortals, secretly admiring the shocked and panicked expressions on their faces.

The blue dragon Dos jumped out of the deep blue sea, soaring into the sky with a huge sea fish in its mouth.

The taste of blue dragons is somewhat similar to that of bronze dragons. They both like to taste the sahuagin and sharks in the sea. Many other kinds of sea fish are also delicious snacks in the mouths of blue dragons and bronze dragons.

It's just that because the dragon issued a racial hunting order against the Shahua people, it is difficult to find any traces of the activities of this monster in the nearby sea area. The sharks also sense that there are their natural enemies in this sea area, so they rarely cruise in this sea area.

The Blue Dragon Dos had the duty of patrolling the sea area and could not leave too far for hunting, so he had to randomly pick a lucky red flag tuna as his snack.

The blue dragon Dos landed at the gate of the city, threw the huge five-meter-long sea fish to the ground, and said to the guards at the gate: "Two of you guys, carry this fish to the restaurant of the halfling chef and ask him to make me a delicious meal!"

The blue dragon Doss spat out two pearls, one big and one small, from his mouth. These pearls were found by the blue dragon while hunting in the sea, but the blue dragon did not like them, so they were given out by the blue dragon as rewards and hard work fees.

"Give the big pearl to the halfling chef and tell him that it's enough to pay for making dinner for me for half a year. Take the small pearl and drink it. It's the reward for running errands for me all the time."

The deliberately amplified voice of the blue dragon Doss rumbled. At Karon's suggestion, these dragons have been showing their own attitude, an attitude different from that of other chaotic monsters.

Of course, the greedy nature of dragons would not be so generous, but under the influence of Charon, the dragons in the dragon group have regarded this behavior as an exchange of interests rather than a simple free gift, so the blue dragon Doss was not stingy.

"Yes, Lord Doss," several guards saluted the blue dragon with smiles on their faces. The human soldiers and the ogre guards discussed with each other and decided to summon other companions to fill their positions. Then they happily carried the huge sea fish and walked towards the city.

The blue dragon Doss was sitting at the city gate leisurely, scanning the newly arrived members of the territory. He was trying to put on a friendly look, but the huge and thick horn on the blue dragon's head and the ferocious face did not have any good effect.

These dragons now look at the members who have come to their territory as if they were seeing glittering gold coins. Every time a group of people arrives, the dragons feel a sense of achievement, just like watching the gold coins in the nest increase one by one.

"Well, the quality of these people is pretty good. Although there are many elderly people and children, their physical fitness is good. They will definitely become capable citizens in the dragon territory." The blue dragon Doss was very satisfied with the mental outlook and physical fitness of these humans in front of him.

Although these people looked a little thin due to their poor living conditions, humans who could survive in the wilderness were extremely strong.

"But next time we should let Rossani act. Black dragons are the most cunning and sinister. Rossani should like this deceptive performance," the blue dragon Dos scratched his horn. This was a habit he had developed long ago when thinking.

"Hey, Uncle Faan, these dragons don't seem to be as ferocious and brutal as the bards say, and they don't like to snatch humans and children as snacks. Instead, they are much kinder than the tax collectors who come to the village to collect taxes. And this blue dragon looks so majestic, and its big horns make it look very powerful."

The little girl Nora supported her grandmother and followed the village chief Fahn closely, while whispering to the village chief uncle. Perhaps it was God's good luck that the bumpy voyage did not cause any accidents to her elderly grandmother, so the little girl's mood was now mixed with joy and anxious expectation.

Faan, who was once the leader of the Knights of the Church of the True God, although his strength has been half-wasted, his eyesight has not disappeared. When Nora mentioned the dragon, Faan clearly saw that the posture of the blue dragon passing by became more arrogant, and its already strong chest and abdomen became more erect, and its head was unconsciously raised high.

A smile appeared on Fane's lips. He touched Nora's little head and then stepped into the tall city gate.

The thick and tall city walls seemed to separate the inner and outer worlds. Only when people stepped into the city could they feel the bustling voices and busy streets. Even the streets that were as wide as those in the main cities of aristocratic territories gave people a feeling of being shoulder to shoulder.

This is an area close to the seaport and also the area with the most population flow. Currently, almost all people are active in this urban area, so it brings an extra shock to these villagers in the lonely wilderness.

Even though they had raised their expectations when they saw the city, they did not expect that life in the city actually seemed somewhat prosperous.

"Is this a distant land of monsters? The kingdom of dragons? Incredible, it turns out those robbers did not deceive themselves." Many humans did not believe how stable the kingdom of dragons and monsters would be. The stereotyped land of monsters was normal to them.

Looking at the people coming and going on the streets, the dragon's followers, those monsters are not particularly different from humans, all races live together peacefully on this land, and even the most ignorant ogres have become exceptionally orderly.

Although conflicts and frictions were always unavoidable, they soon became harmonious under the suppression of the city guards of various races with sticks.

Shops, taverns, blacksmith shops, tailor shops, guild trading halls, and discrete goods trading markets. This is just a small town for dragons, but it is a big enough city for these humans and is on the road to prosperity.

Faan stopped and looked at the scene on the street. He let go of the hand of the little girl Nora and said thoughtfully: "Nora, maybe we can really have a stable life here and a hopeful future. Who says the kingdom of dragons can't be a place of light!"

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"Stop, strange true dragon. The Golden City does not allow outsiders to fly over, otherwise it will be regarded as a provocation and invasion." The human soldiers on the watchtower have already put the whistling arrow on the longbow.

The improved bows and arrows changed from the original flat-back longbows to recurve longbows, and the range was improved by a level. The arrows fired by the soldiers on the sentry towers were enough for all the soldiers in the city to see. The other centaurs and kobold guards also took up their weapons and faced the two young dragons that fell from the sky without any fear. Even the kobold followers who often fled from the battlefield had the courage to swing their swords at other dragons before the red dragon and its group of dragons were defeated by the other dragons.

Not to mention these more powerful centaurs, who provide the red dragon with sufficient tenacious mental power, and the red dragon will also feed back its will, belief and strength to these loyal centaur warriors.

However, because this connection from the soul is too secretive, neither party has ever discovered this problem.

The copper dragon Alfred and the bronze dragon Alina stopped at the city gate and came to the territory of the dragons. They should abide by the rules of the lord. This is the consensus of all dragons, unless they want to start a war.

So the two young dragons used Transfiguration to transform into human form. All dragons can find the knowledge of Transfiguration from the Dragon Heritage when they reach adolescence. However, generally among the five-colored dragons, only the green dragon likes to transform into human form, while the other five-colored dragons prefer their original forms.

The copper dragon Alfred is a tall, thin young man with russet hair that makes him look malnourished, while the bronze dragon Alina is a tall, plump young woman with turquoise hair that makes her look exotic in the sunlight.

"Any other requests, my loyal guards?" The Copper Dragon Alfred shrugged indifferently and joked.

"The Golden City welcomes you, the noble true dragons from afar," the Centaur captain bowed and saluted, signaling the other guards to make way.

Two young dragons transformed into humans walked leisurely into this new city.

The clean, tidy and grand city appearance and architectural planning made the two people dazzled. Even a big city like Hobis, the capital of the Carthaginian Empire, seemed crowded because of the excessive population and the gradual expansion plan.

Of course, the most important thing is cleanliness. Along the way, there are green-skinned goblins with armbands on their arms cleaning up garbage with brooms. Some goblins will catch people littering on the street, pull their sleeves, and ask them to pay a fine of five copper coins.

The two dragons found it hard to imagine that the dirty and smelly green-skinned goblins would be associated with the word clean, so they were in high spirits along the way.

Once they stepped into the crowded streets, the difference between the two dragons became apparent. The copper dragon was paying attention to the dazzling array of strange goods and the bulging wallets around the merchants' waists.

Bronze Dragon Alina paid attention to what people were saying and the many laws and regulations posted on notice boards along the way. She would occasionally use her beautiful appearance and tall figure to lure the sheriffs patrolling the streets, hoping to learn more from these sheriffs and soldiers.

Of course, one cannot expect these monster followers to have high morals and professional ethics, so the bronze dragon Alina gradually pieced together the general situation in the dragon territory from many people.

Then the bronze dragon Alina also became more energetic.

"Look, Alina, the government office that governs this city is in front. The government officer Fafner mentioned by the dependent guards should be inside," the copper dragon Alfred pointed to the crowded tall building in front.

The two dragons walked forward to see what was going on.

"What's your name, what skills do you have, and are you here alone?" a human recorder stood on a high step and asked a middle-aged man who was standing in front of the crowd surrounded by soldiers below.

"Your Excellency, my name is Ron. I'm a blacksmith who can make some common weapons and farm tools. I have two children and a wife," the middle-aged man replied, pointing out his family members with a bit of timidity.

"Very good, you stand on the right, next one," the human recorder wrote down the information in the register in his hand and continued to inquire about the work.

Bronze dragon Alina nodded silently, then shook her head, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Although the current dragon territory is developing towards order, many aspects are still in a state of chaotic management and there are many problems. If I were to do it, I would do a better job."

The copper dragon Alfred chuckled. He really hoped that the female dragon would stay. That way, he would have more time and opportunities to pursue Alina. So he whispered back, "This government official Fafner doesn't seem to be as knowledgeable as you. Maybe you can replace her to govern this city that seems to have great potential."

A look of pride welled up on the face of the bronze dragon Alina. She felt that it was natural for her to be more knowledgeable than the local political officer, Fafner. Although she had the pride of a dragon, she was also confident in her own knowledge.

"Let's go. I still need to check out other situations in the territory. It's too crowded here now, so there's no rush to go and contact the dragons," Alina said confidently as she summarized her experiences and knowledge.

She planned to give a big blow to the group of dragons she was about to meet, so that they would understand how outstanding Alina's abilities were.

For this class, she, the Bronze Dragon Alina, will definitely be in charge, no one else can help!

Alfred and Alina walked around the city. Even as a giant dragon, the copper dragon Alfred felt a little overwhelmed.

Alina not only became more and more excited along the way, but also always bought many new things she saw. The copper dragon Alfred gloriously became a porter, carrying large and small bags along the way and enjoying the surprised looks of the city residents.

Finally, the bronze dragon Alina stopped in front of a tall building with a large area. The copper dragon Alfred looked through the gaps between the large and small bags and saw several wooden signs written in large common characters hanging on the eaves of the building.

The copper dragon Alfred subconsciously said aloud, "Dragon Basic School, what is this? Is it a place for dragons to study?" Alfred was confused and looked at the two stern kobold guards standing on both sides of the school gate.

"This is the place where the Dragon Lord provides knowledge to the people in the territory that they need to learn and understand," Bronze Dragon Alina said in a muffled voice as she looked at the sign hanging on the wall.

Bronze Dragon Alina showed a serious expression for the first time. She learned a lot of information from the notice board.

This Dragon Academy is sponsored by the dragons that rule this place, and every citizen who wants to learn knowledge can sign up.

Adults only need to spend five coppers to enter the school, learn characters, and learn some basic knowledge.

Minors are allowed to register for free and do not need to bear any fees.

However, after receiving education at the institution, one must promise to serve the territory after completing studies, and this commitment will be valid for life.

If you choose to pay tuition, you can only complete general literacy courses through the school, and the rest of the knowledge will not be open to you.

For everyone who enters this institution, the common language will be taught as the basic language. In addition, the languages of various races such as the elven language, giant language, troll language, etc. must be abandoned.

Only Dragon Language is an advanced elective language, and only the elites who can complete their studies with excellent grades and pledge allegiance to the dragon can take this language.

Alina could see with the perception of a dragon that there were quite a few members in this academy, most of whom were descendants of dragons. Those naughty kobold cubs and centaur cubs were not honest in front of human teachers.

But the badge made of dragon scales worn on the chest of every human teacher gives them the power and courage to suppress ruthlessly. The teaching stick made of the toughest wood in the forest teaches a profound lesson to every cub who tries to provoke the teacher.

There were also a large number of human children, who were descendants of humans who had settled permanently in the dragon's territory. They appeared extremely well-behaved and obedient in front of the naughty kobolds and centaur cubs, and they looked at their majestic teachers with expectation and admiration in their eyes.

"It seems that I should change my plan," the bronze dragon Alina's originally proud heart settled down. She realized that the lord here obviously had a clear plan for the future of the country. The chaotic management was just a problem caused by the lack of manpower due to rapid expansion, which was a minor problem.

Boom, boom, boom,
As the heavy bell rang, the quiet school suddenly became lively as if a group of wild horses were let loose. Countless cubs ran and jumped out of the classroom and frolicked in the square inside the school.

Occasionally, a few brave cubs would try to run out of the academy and onto the street, but they were beaten back by the kobold soldiers guarding the academy gate. The cubs howled while being beaten, and they would mutter, "I told you not to learn your lesson. You only want to play all day long. In the future, you will end up guarding the gate like me."

At this time, a tall figure walked out of the academy. He was a majestic Centaur warrior with dense scales all over his body, showing his noble identity as a dragon.

The Kobold guards on both sides saluted and said, "Lord Chiron, thank you for your hard work."

The Centaur warrior Chiron nodded expressionlessly and walked out.

The copper dragon Alfred seemed to have seen reinforcements and shouted: "Chiron, Chiron, come here, I am Alfred."

The Centaur warrior wanted to pretend that he didn't know the Copper Dragon Alfred, but he knew that the Copper Dragon was a friend of his master. Moreover, for extraordinary and high-level warriors like them, it was even easier to distinguish people's identities. The breath of each creature had a unique form of expression, so he could only walk up helplessly.

"Lord Alfred, why are you here at this time? If my Lord knew, he would be very happy to see you."

Bang! The copper dragon Alfred quickly threw all the bags on his body to the centaurs, and even hung some particularly heavy packages on the broad backs of the centaurs.

Then he took a breath and said, "I am very curious about the situation of the territory governed by Kalon, so I came to take a look and accompany this beautiful lady who is knowledgeable and has unique insights into the governance of the territory."

"Alina will show her talent here, and I believe the dragons will welcome her. But Chiron, you are a powerful warrior, why are you here? Do you need to learn too?" The Bronze Dragon Alfred pretended not to see the expression on the Centaur warrior's face and said so.

"Patrol, patrol," Chiron continued expressionlessly, "The dragons take this very seriously. I have to take good care of this place for the true dragons to prevent these stupid kobolds from making mistakes."

Chiron did not wait for the copper dragon to continue speaking, and said directly: "In this case, I will lead the two distinguished real dragons to the Dragon's Nest. Since we are here, I didn't expect that the two distinguished guests would bring gifts. I believe that Lord Chiron and the other dragons will be very happy."

The copper dragon Alfred was immediately shocked, and secretly glanced at the bronze dragon Alina's expression. The young female dragon snorted softly.

The copper dragon Alfred wanted to say something but stopped himself. In the end, he couldn't open his mouth. He could only follow the centaur towards the dragon's nest with a dejected look on his face.

(End of this chapter)