bookandnovel Chapter 907 Dragon Thief
Chapter 907 Dragon Thief
Chapter 907 Dragon Thief
Losa did not intend to kill all Latin businessmen at once, as that would be against his own wallet.
Without Latin merchants, Saracen merchants, Jewish merchants, and even Coptic merchants and Syrian merchants will only occupy their ecological niches. If the problem is not solved fundamentally, the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon.
"Looking back, if it weren't for the help of Latin merchants, the First Crusade would not have been successful, and even if it had been successful, the Kingdom of Jerusalem would have fallen long ago."
Losa laughed at himself. Even though it was like crossing a river and destroying a bridge, the bridge still had to be destroyed.
If we really want to trace back, if Alexius had not signed a contract with the Venetians, the Norman pirates of the Hauteville family might have already planted their flag on the city wall of Constantinople.
But it was precisely because of that short-term deal that the empire fell into an irretrievable situation.
"A philosopher once said that capitalists will trample on all laws in the world as long as they have 100% profit. These Latin merchants make more than double the profit in a trip to the Mediterranean. You are right."
Lavinia comes from the early twentieth century and is accustomed to the methods used by unscrupulous capitalists.
People are still the same group of people and will not change just because of the changing times.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this."
Lothar was obviously in a bad mood. These Latin merchants were used to being arrogant. Even Baldwin IV had suffered a lot from them, but there was no way he could get the upper hand from them.
His base was not just the narrow coastline of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; he was not even able to be self-sufficient in food and military equipment.
He would not be afraid even if the Latin merchants threatened to block the trade routes, unless they went crazy and formed a joint fleet to blockade the coastline of the overseas empire and attack the merchant ships of the overseas empire like pirates.
Then Losa would have to consider going to the Apennine Peninsula himself.
By the time the two of them had finished dealing with the documents that had been piling up for many days, it was almost dark.
Losa stretched and looked at the judge beside him. This was the first time the two of them were alone together since she came into this world.
"There is a saying in the East, 'In the morning you travel to the North Sea, and in the evening you travel to Cangwu.' Do you want to relax after days of paperwork?"
Lavinia was a little surprised and said, "You want to take me on a trip? There are so many things on hand now. If I finish today's work and don't do it tomorrow, there will be a backlog again."
"We'll go tonight and be back at noon tomorrow."
Lothar stood up and walked to the courtyard. The destination he intended to go to was the vast north that he had visited in the ghost dragon's memory. It was the only polar region left where a large number of dragon creatures lived.
Including Novgorod and the Scandinavian mountains that still retain their ancient appearance.
Dragons are the most powerful weapons of war in this era. Even low-level dragon species with thin bloodlines can still exert extraordinary power in secular wars. Except for killing weapons such as the giant magic-blocking golden crossbow, ordinary weapons can hardly cause damage to them.
Lothar is now a legendary ancient dragon, and together with Lavinia, they form an even more powerful alliance.
Even if he returns to the "Dragon War" where he played a supporting role before, he can still play the role of an absolute main force and the leader of all dragons. He is respected by all dragons. With this strength, it should not be a big problem for him to subdue a few high-level dragons.
The judge was still hesitant: "Everyone is working hard. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for the two of us to leave our government affairs and go traveling?"
Losa did not allow her to hesitate. He grabbed her slender and soft hand and reminded her, "Hold on tight."
The next moment, amid the judge's exclamation, a terrifying giant beast over two hundred meters in size rose into the air.
This is far from his limit. With multiple blessings, Losa's size at his peak can easily exceed 300 meters.
Nordic.
Two men wrapped in thick fur were running fast in the mountains and forests. Although there were no pursuers behind them, they ran as fast as they could, not even daring to look back, as if they were being stared at by wild beasts.
Until they rushed into a narrow cave, and suddenly collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.
The tall and thin one among them panted while carefully untying the package on his back. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two objects covered with red scales and shaped like ostrich eggs were still intact.
The two looked at the two red eggs and couldn't help laughing at each other.
"Brest, two unicorn lizard eggs will provide us with enough food and clothing for the rest of our lives."
Brest carefully rewrapped the package, and then took out the odor-proof wooden box that had been stored in the cave in advance to seal the dragon egg. He then said, "In previous years, a dragon egg would not be worth so much. For this, we have to thank the dragon-riding king."
After a dragon egg leaves the nest, it will soon become a dead egg and can only be used as a raw material for potions.
But even if it was just a dead dragon egg, it could still be sold at a high price of thousands of gold coins in Europe today, which was enough to support them to buy a castle and become noble lords.
What's more, they can sell the dragon eggs to ignorant country nobles. They can't tell the life or death of dragon eggs like the great nobles who have witches serving them.
Brest couldn't help but sneered, "Yes, which European king doesn't want to emulate the Crusader King who rode the dragon? But in my opinion, these self-righteous fools will only be swallowed by the dragon."
The short adventurer asked curiously, "It is said that the dragon under the Crusader King's throne is hundreds of meters long. We have never seen such a big dragon in the North. Where did his dragon come from?"
"Rumors are always exaggerated."
Brest felt that he was an expert in dragon studies. He had seen more than fifty dragons, and there were very few that were over thirty meters long.
Hundreds of meters?
Simply nonsense.
After the two of them had passed the initial excitement, they had to face the real problems again.
"The question now is, how do we bring these two dragon eggs back?"
Brest said confidently, "The unicorn dragon is different from the earth dragons we dealt with before. Once this flying dragon loses its eggs, it will definitely hover in the sky to look for clues. We can't outrun this flying monster with our two legs. To be safe, let's live in the cave for half a month first."
The supplies they had stored were sufficient, but the mother dragon, who had just laid eggs, was weak and could not afford to waste time with them for a long time. Sooner or later, she would have to go to the sea to hunt.
They just need to exhaust the mother dragon's energy and leave the forest, then they will be safe.
His companion was slightly startled: "Brest, have you forgotten one thing? In half a month, the Vikings will go out to sea to plunder on a large scale."
Although on the surface the three Nordic countries have converted to the orthodox faith and are no longer barbaric believers of the old gods, the monarchs of the three countries have also successively feudalized, and the Viking pirates who once roamed the world and were like nightmares have also declined.
But where they are now is the border between Sami and Viking territory.
There are still a large number of Vikings who cling to the old beliefs. They often drive dragon-headed warships across the Baltic Sea, holding cruel sacrificial ceremonies to please the ancient gods and even dragons.
There were also Sami nomads, whose women were good at witchcraft and whose men were good at shapeshifting. However, their numbers were much smaller than the Vikings, and they were not united enough, which led to the Vikings' repeated defeats.
Brest said confidently, "Don't worry about those barbaric Vikings. After we get rid of the female dragon, we will go directly to the east. I saved the life of a Sami chief before, and he will entertain us."
As she spoke, the mother dragon who had returned to her nest seemed to have finally discovered that her children had been stolen, and she let out an angry roar.
The earth began to tremble, and they saw with their own eyes a ray of destructive dragon flame falling into the distance, starting a huge forest fire. Outside, there was a constant roar, causing the snow and gravel at the entrance of the cave to fall down. The two were so frightened that they hurriedly climbed up and drilled deeper into the cave.
When the mother dragon finally vented her anger and calmed down again.
The two dragon thieves struggled to climb back to the cave entrance, and looked at their supplies that were buried by the fallen snow and rubble. They felt like crying but had no tears left.
Brest fell to his knees, looking miserable and said, "Oh my God, is this the fate of a thief?"