A dragon raised at birth

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"NND, I'm really not reconciled!"

"Shut up!" The soldier's mouth was covered before he complained.

Arthur, who was sitting by the side, was silent. Under the command of the honorable Queen of Crystal Frost, in a short period of time, legions formed with humans as the main body appeared like mushrooms after rain.

But these announced to the outside world that the legions formed entirely by humans, among which the high-level officers are all humans like him with dragon blood flowing in their bodies.

As for a dragon descendant like him, his duty is to manage the human beings well, and then lead them to the battlefield as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's vital strength as much as possible.

This is a very sad thing. The memory of being a human makes him feel that he is a human even though he has dragon blood, but those of his kind no longer treat him that way.

He is still in good shape now. During the tempering of blood and fire, he has fought with the human soldiers assigned to him, and the atmosphere is quite harmonious.

But he heard that in other regiments, ordinary human soldiers were treated as consumables. After one wave was sent, the next wave was sent.Ordinary humans are extremely hostile to those Dragonborn officers who govern them, and the confrontation between the upper and lower levels is very serious.

But because human power is too weak and scattered, without a qualified coordinator and commander, even if they are unwilling, they can only be sent to the battlefield to be consumed as cannon fodder.

Arthur is of course dissatisfied with this status quo, because when the queen was recruited, she had promised that killing enemies on the battlefield would be remembered as military exploits, and military exploits could be exchanged for anything she wanted.

But as a result, after several battles, he has made a lot of military achievements, but he always encounters various harsh criticisms in exchange. Those dragons who really manage the legion can always come up with various reasons to reject his application .

"Those damned lizards!"

Thinking of the humiliation he suffered when he went to the military quarter to exchange his military exploits for supplies not long ago, Dragonborn Arthur couldn't help clenching his fists, but he quickly let go of his fists, showing a sense of powerlessness on his face.

His whole family lived in the kingdom. Once he did something bad, even if he could guarantee that he was safe, his family would be implicated.

When those giant dragons implemented the reward measures issued by the queen, they were more and more slack, but when it came to these punitive decrees, they were even worse.

Chapter 326

"Centurion, Arthur, decapitate thirteen, record thirteen military exploits, according to the kingdom's law, the bounty is 65!"

The middle-aged man with thin scales on his cheeks glanced at the badge in his hand, read the spell imprint on it, and determined the number of enemies killed by the badge owner on the battlefield according to the fluctuation of the soul disappearance recorded on it.

And as he announced the reward for beheading the enemy, the light animal skin bag was thrown in front of Arthur who had been waiting for a long time. Arthur, who also had dragon scales in the sky, bent down to pick up the animal skin bag. Shang couldn't help showing an angry face.

"Is this the so-called bounty 65?"

Arthur, the dragonborn warrior fighting on the front line, tore open the leather bag in his hand in front of the quartermaster. There were no 65 gold coins in the leather bag, only 65 irregular ones. of golden beans.

"What? You have a question?"

The Dragonborn Quartermaster, who had dealt with the same thing countless times, looked extremely calm.

"The new law promulgated by the kingdom stipulates that the rewards for military exploits will be issued in standard imperial gold coins. What is this thing you gave me? Do these things add up to three gold coins?"

Arthur, a young man from a remote mountain village, was full of anger. No matter how good his attitude was, he could not tolerate such excessive exploitation. The military exploits he earned on the battlefield with his head in his hands could have been exchanged for 65 gold coins, but it turned out to be 65 gold coins. Golden beans.

"Didn't you understand what I just said? The bounty is 65, and you have 65 pieces of gold in your hand. Don't be too greedy, only those who are content will always be happy!"

Seeing the angry centurion, the quartermaster, who had long been accustomed to similar situations, yawned, and then warned sincerely.

"You greedy moths, I have tolerated you for a long time."

Arthur clenched his fist, and a cold current surged on his body visible to the naked eye, and the ice condensed into ice armor on his body.

"What do you want to do? Do you want to fight with me here? Don't forget that this is a military camp. If you dare to attack your colleagues, you will violate the military regulations. The military law department is next to my military supply department. As long as I shout military police!"

Seeing the rough man in front of him looking like he was going to fight, the quartermaster who had never been on the battlefield couldn't help but take a few steps back. Although the military law office was next door, it took some time for the military police to arrive, and he was beaten in the process. It would be too wronged.

"We are fighting on the battlefield, and you moths are desperately eating from the rear. It is not worth deducting our military pay, but you dare to deduct our life-saving money! Do you think we are lambs who will not resist!"

The ice condensed and turned into a sharp blade in Arthur's hands. This bloody hunter could no longer bear this kind of confinement and exploitation.

"Calm down, I'm just a low-level quartermaster who distributes military rewards. If you have any opinions, go directly to Lord Darren Ambrose. It's useless for you to get angry at me. I'm just an executor of orders!"

"Darren Ambrose!"

Saying this name, Arthur clenched his teeth, and the weapon in his hand and the ice armor on his body immediately shattered, because it was the name of a dragon, the name of an ancient white dragon.

Although the white dragon is the weakest dragon species among giant dragons and is called the shame of the dragon clan, a dragon that has reached the ancient dragon stage is not something that a dragon descendant like him who has obtained dragon blood can fight against.

"Yes, my lord ordered me to do this. If you have any objections, you can go to him directly. Don't get angry at me. If you get angry at me, you will be arrested by the military police. There will be no second choice except military punishment. result."

The quartermaster nodded quickly. In a conflict a few days ago, he had clearly realized the gap between himself and this kind of dragonborn who had been on the battlefield and survived.

"call--"

Arthur let out a long breath of cold air, then tried his best to restrain his emotions, and kept telling himself in his heart that he still had a wife and a son.Compared to my former self, being able to obtain these golden beans is already a great blessing.

"Brother, calm down! Just calm down, but don't be impulsive. If you start here, the matter will be irreversible. Let me tell you, I had a temper a few days ago It exploded, beat me with my hands, and then I was sent to the vanguard camp.”

"Good fight." Arthur looked at the poor golden bean in the animal skin bag, his heart was full of anger, but his emotions had stabilized.

"I've already said that I'm just an executive. The real orders are those made by the adults above. If you are dissatisfied and angry, you can find them to vent your anger. Don't beat me. I'm just like you. Just a little guy."

"Humph!"

Arthur snorted coldly, if he was also a descendant of dragons, then he could still try to reason, but the one who is in charge of the supreme power is the ancient white dragon, so there is no reason to say.

"Is the new law promulgated by the kingdom a child's play in the eyes of you people?"

"Brother, don't get angry. The situation on the border of the kingdom is basically the same, and the situation is not much better than yours. Let me tell you the truth, the situation of our fortress is still good, and you can still get it. A few grains of gold, and other fortresses, just use copper coins to fool them."

"Copper coins? It's too much!" Even Arthur's face was full of anger, and he couldn't help showing a look of shock at this moment.

"Hey, it's pretty good to be able to send money. I heard that there are worse things. There is no way. Whoever controls the money pockets is a group of dragons!"

The quartermaster spread his hands to Arthur, which made this young man who was fighting on the battlefield no longer have any desire to communicate, and left here with the bag of golden beans.

"It's been less than 20 years since the founding of the country, and corruption has reached this level. What's the point of such a kingdom, it will perish sooner or later!"

Although the quartermaster said that his situation was pretty good, how could Arthur believe this kind of guy, he only knew that he didn't get the treatment he deserved and was exploited extremely harshly.

Back in the barracks, Arthur sat down on his rock-hard bed in some frustration.It was also fortunate that dragon blood flowed in his body, so he was able to adapt to such harsh conditions.

"Captain, didn't you go to exchange your military exploits? How much did those vampires give you?" Some ordinary soldiers came up and asked the mild-tempered centurion.

For ordinary soldiers, it is enough to survive on the battlefield, and it is purely a luxury to get military exploits or something.

"That's all!" Arthur put the animal skin bag in his hand indifferently. He didn't worry about these people becoming greedy, because he could kill all these human soldiers at any time.

"Wow!" The golden beans scattered in the loose animal skin bag attracted the attention of all the soldiers in the barracks. Some recruits couldn't help being amazed and envious, but no one dared to have the idea of ​​taking it for themselves.

"Captain? Is that all?" But some veterans who knew the rules looked at these golden beans, showing righteous indignation.

"Well, that's all." Arthur replied lightly, and he had no intention of restraining these golden beans. To put it bluntly, the trophies he scavenged from his enemies were worth more than these golden beans when he sold them. .

"It's getting more and more excessive."

"Isn't that enough?" You recruit was puzzled, because the golden beans scattered on the ground were already the most huge sums of money he had ever seen in his life.

"What do you know? Do you know how many enemies the captain killed on the battlefield? He killed thirteen silver-level fighters in full, and in the end he got this little thing. What is this? Even if he took off his body To be an adventurer in military uniform can earn more than that."

There are veterans who feel worthless for Arthur, and compared to the risks they take, the rewards they get are simply not proportional.

"Boss, you might as well defect. What are you doing here and enduring all this fuss? If you get to the opposite side, why don't you just get a nobleman casually."

Someone gave Arthur a bad idea, which made the hunter, who was staring up at the ceiling with blank eyes, stare down at this nonsense subordinate,

"Don't fart me there! If you dare to talk nonsense like that again, I will kill you with my own hands!"

"That's right, don't talk nonsense here, the boss has a senior and a subordinate, how could he defect!"

"That's true, but killing so many enemies on the battlefield, the end result is such a small reward, it's too boring!"

"Hey, don't risk your life next time, just save your life."

The soldiers laughed and cursed, but Arthur just sat there without saying a word. The words of the prostitute just now hit his heart directly. If he didn't still have the shackles of his relatives, he would have already wanted to leave.

Of course, he was just thinking about it. He didn't forget who gave him his power, it was the dragon.Although the dragon empowered him for war, there is no doubt that this completely changed his fate.

"Boss, where are you going?"

Arthur stood up and walked towards the outside of the barracks. A soldier who was close to him asked instinctively.

"Go out for a walk and relax."

Arthur, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, replied casually, and then left the barracks, climbed onto the wall of the fortress, and looked down at the thousands of miles of ice field. The majestic and vast snow scene dilutes the anger in his heart, but he is still resentful.

"You haven't been here for a short time, have you? Haven't you gotten tired of seeing this kind of snow scene?"

A gust of warm wind blew across the ice field, and beside the white-haired young man, a man with a strong figure and blond hair scattered like the sun appeared.

"You... Archduke of the Rhine!"

The moment Diablo uttered his voice, Arthur jumped away, the ice blade condensed in his hand, and subconsciously slashed at Diablo, but when he saw the appearance of this being, he quickly wanted to He stopped, but the ice blade in his hand melted before it touched Diablo.

"Well, it's me. Seeing your sad face, you don't seem to be having a good time these days!"

Chapter 327 Dragon of Change

"What I put into your body is dragon's blood, not worm's blood, right? How can you be so patient, beat him up!"

After patiently listening to the complaints of the first crystal dragonborn he personally shaped, Diablo couldn't help it anymore. He didn't expect that the system of conferring military merits he proposed would eventually become a way for dragons to make money. system.

This proves once again that there is no perfect system, only good performers.If the executor is not good enough and full of selfish desires, no matter how perfect the system is, he can still complete a mess for you.

"But if I do something, I will be punished by military law, and my family will also be implicated by me."

"Sit even!"

Diablo rubbed the corners of his brows. During his absence, the laws promulgated by the Crystal Frost Kingdom have not declined in terms of penalties, but they have shrunk again and again in terms of rewards. .

"Besides your military exploits being deducted and you not getting the rewards you deserve, if you have any questions, just tell them. I will go to see Her Majesty the Queen this time."

"My colleagues dare not accumulate military exploits. It is clearly stated in the issued system that as long as you can accumulate [-] military exploits, you will be awarded the title of knight, and [-] military exploits will be awarded the title of baron. But no one expects the kingdom to honor it."

"How many battle achievements do you have?"

"No, I exchanged them for gold coins."

"Not at all?"

"Not at all."

"According to the kingdom's laws, military exploits can be exchanged for five imperial gold coins. You can exchange these military exploits for some gold beans. Are you really willing?"

"What can I do if I'm not reconciled, I can't pick up a knife and cut down that dragon who was greedy for my reward!"

Facing Diablo's inquiry, Arthur showed a look of helplessness on his face.Although the Grand Duke of the Rhine kept saying that he wanted to change the status quo, he didn't have much expectation.

Because accumulating money is the nature of giant dragons, no matter how powerful this lord is, it is impossible to distort the innate nature of giant dragons.So, nothing will change.

"Not bad!" Diablo said with a smile.

"Your Excellency is joking, I am no match for the dragon!"

"I didn't ask you to fight, I just asked you to slash the dragon. Could it be that a dragon is tied to a pillar, and you dare not even raise your knife to chop it?"

"Dare!" Arthur yelled.

"Remember what you said, and when I find you, don't be so scared that you can't even hold the knife."

Diablo, who ran from the south of the road all the way to the north, wandered around the border, and after understanding the basic situation, he went to find the Queen of Crystal Frost as he said before.

"Sir Diablo, you are finally back. I sent someone to look for you, but I got a message that you were not there. Where have you been during this time?"

Relying on the Grand Duke's privilege, Diablo drove straight in and set foot in Queen Crystal Frost's bedroom, and his arrival.It also made the majestic and dignified beautiful woman in the palace smile.

"Is this information worthy of your attention, Your Majesty?"

"My grand duke suddenly disappeared, isn't this worthy of my concern?"

Queen Crystal Frost responded to Diablo's doubts, but what she saw was that the young Grand Duke still maintained an extremely serious expression on his face.

"Did something happen?"

"Before I came here, I went to the border for a while. To be honest, I was very disappointed. A military merit award system that can enhance national strength and national cohesion has become a tool for giant dragons to make money in your hands. .”

Diablo's tone was steady, neither sad nor happy. To be honest, his mentality was a bit explosive when he saw those giant dragons on the border who relied on their own strength and identity to wantonly suppress and suppress soldiers.

It has been less than 20 years since the founding of the country, but it looks like the country is about to end. The upper class is corrupt and playing with power, while the lower class is full of resentment and dare not speak out.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the time is too short, I can't do my best."

"Your Majesty, can you please tell me? What is the purpose of your establishment of this kingdom? Do you want to establish a slave kingdom dominated by dragons, enslaving and exploiting other races?"

Diablo didn't let it go because of the Queen's apology, but continued to question.