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TWL Chapter 351: Conspiracy of Scales and Secrets
🕑 Added 2025-04-06 02:18:04 +0000 UTCLann nodded.
According to the original timeline, the 'egg poisoning and destruction' story should have happened one or two years later. Considering the hatching time of the dragon egg, he originally thought that the dragon egg had already been born, but now it seems that this is not the case.
"You said you had a plan? So what did you do that was not planned and angered the red dragon?"
Vavrinek nodded with a bitter expression: "Yes."
"Some time ago, Keltullis's appetite suddenly increased, but the frequency of his activities decreased." Vavrinek said, "We thought she was going to hibernate or something, and we thought it would be a good thing if we didn't see her anymore."
"But we soon realized something was wrong. After all, you know, we have been living with dragons for hundreds of years, and we are always trying to deal with them, so there are many books and materials about dragons in the clan." Vavrinek did not hide his hostility towards dragons. "After repeated verification, we wrote letters to some dwarves living in Oxenfurt to consult biologists, and we finally confirmed that Keltullis was pregnant!"
"What happened next?" Kolgrim poured a glass of wine for Saskia, forcibly diverting the dragon girl's attention, and then asked.
"Like I said before, the Ferenc clan can't afford to support a second dragon, and we won't allow Keltullis to give birth to a baby dragon under the support of the Ferenc clan!"
Vavrinek gritted his teeth: "It just so happens that there are so many monsters in the Mahakam Mountains recently. We prepared a lot of bait to lure these monsters towards Keltullis's lair, then mixed some abortive herbs into Keltullis's food."
"These herbs... have been tested on the girls in our clan, and they cause overall weakness in the body. We hope to use this to make those monsters hurt or even seriously injure Keltullis, and then we can take the opportunity to kill her."
Lann's confidants in the house frowned upon hearing this. Using such a method against a pregnant woman felt despicable, but considering the opponent was a dragon, it was difficult to judge.
And Lann sighed when he heard it. Why did everyone take advantage of the increase in monsters to secretly do things? The Ferenc clan is the same, and the Zigrin clan is the same. The monster riot should have been a disaster for the residents, but it turned out to be a carnival for all kinds of conspirators.
These rampaging monsters would probably feel wronged if they knew they were being used as mere tools, wouldn't they?
"I understand, Vavrinek." Lann finally sorted out the cause and effect, "I will deal with this matter. I promise you: Keltullis will never be a problem for your Ferenc clan or even your Mahakam again."
At the moment Lann made a promise, the system sounded a prompt sound—
[Mission Discovered - Hundred Years of Grudges: The hatred between the red dragon Keltullis and the Ferenc clan of Mahakam originated several centuries ago. Although they have maintained superficial harmony for hundreds of years, the Ferenc clan has always sought to completely free themselves from the dragon’s oppression. Their last attempts failed due to miscalculations, but your power offers them a new opportunity. Now that you know the whole story, the fate of this conflict rests solely in your hands.]
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After receiving Lann's response, Vavrinek took his leave, filled with gratitude. Everyone in the room turned to Lann, eager to hear his decision.
“Lann, what should we do next?”
Kolgrim was the first to ask the question, and the others also kept a high degree of attention—especially Saskia.
Lann pondered for a moment and said to Saskia in a comforting tone: “Don’t worry. I was originally worried about whether Keltullis would fight to the death with the Ferenc clan, but now it seems that there may be room for maneuver. I am sure.”
Once the young dragon calmed down, Lann turned and began giving instructions on his next move.
“We are not going to kill the dragon, that would be too wasteful... I want to try whether we can turn the red dragon into our strength just like we recovered the ice giant.”
The words ignited the emotion of everyone present.
"Yes, I think it's possible," Lann said, with an involuntary smile. "With such combat power, once we have the first one, the others will be easier to conquer…"
That's right, in order to subdue the ice giant, their team gathered so much strength and spent so much effort to beat the ice giant half to death, and Lann spent more than a whole level of experience to barely contract the other party. Now, let alone other things, with the ice giant and Saskia, 'making the other party lose their fighting power' has become much more convenient.
Just to prevent the accident of insufficient experience, Lann still hopes to have a good talk with the red dragon as much as possible. It would be best to win without fighting, which can also take care of Saskia's mood.
If not, then we can only win people with virtue...
And before the plan is implemented, there are still some things to do.
Lann glanced at the system panel, where there is only one ability point, and the amount of experience value is not enough.
"To face the red dragon, it only takes Saskia, the ice giant, and me," he said seriously. "You have other missions."
"I won't go into detail about what to do... it's the same thing we did in Cintra and Skellige."
For his team, that was a piece of cake.
The tasks of a Ferenc clan may not even be enough. Lann has planned to send people to the Fuchs clan through [Teleport] to help them build their home. There should be many side quests in a place where everything is in ruins, right? By the way, you can also brush up your favorability and let your people inspect future colleagues.
Shortly after, Lann began assigning tasks. However, someone with a keen eye noticed an unexpected absence among key members of the group.
"Where's Milva?"
Lann didn't even raise his head: "I arranged for her to do other tasks... But I guess she will be back soon."
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The moon shone on a windy sky.
The town of the Ferenc clan is still filled with the scorching smell left by the raging fire during the day.
Earlier, the faint cries could be heard in the dimly lit houses, but now it was late at night, and the many things during the day made the dwarves no longer have the energy to squeeze out. Even Vavrinek went home and fell asleep after coming out of Lann's house.
The entire Hag's Pit was plunged into silence.
The only sober people were the guards responsible for guarding the Scoia'tael.
Since most of the warriors of the Ferenc clan had not returned yet, Lann sent a group of soldiers to guard the Scoia'tael prisoners at Vavrinek's request. Anyway, these Scoia'tael were originally Lann's captives.
Just as the Cintrians were doing their duty, they found a tall figure coming out of the darkness.
The firelight illuminated the figure: black hair tied into a braid that hung down his back, a blood-red collar jutting out from the top of his black leather armor; his limbs encased in hard plate armor, and a thick cloak draped over everything.
"Captain Rayla." After the leader of the Cintra guards saw the figure emerging from the firelight, he greeted the other party politely.
"Milva." Rayla also politely greeted the leader of the Cintra guards. She had a good impression of the only woman in Lann's team.
When Rayla noticed that these Cintra people did not relax at all after seeing her and even had their hands on their weapons, her good impression of them grew even stronger.
What strong vigilance, what an elite force. Rayla sighed in her heart.
"Duke Lannister is discussing matters, and it seems that he plans to slay the dragon soon." Rayla explained her purpose. "This is a big deal, and everyone needs to participate."
As a servant, Milva was Lann's undisputed confidant, and her archery skills were irreplaceable in the team. If they were to slay the dragon, she would definitely have a place in the plan.
