I wrinkled my nose, drawing my head back in disgust. "Why are you so afraid?" I snapped, irritated by their pitiful display. "I'm a good dragon. I don't eat people."
But my words, spoken from the maw of a twenty-meter-long, jet-black dragon, were far from comforting.
Suddenly, one of the human girls stepped forward—a petite brunette with a shaky voice. "Master Black Dragon," she stammered, eyes wide with terror, "please don't eat me. I... I know how to clean dragon scales... and cook barbecue."
A human girl with brown hair walked out tremblingly. She couldn't stand the depressing and terrifying atmosphere that seemed to be swallowed up in one second.
She gritted her teeth and said with fear in her eyes. She looked at the black dragon in front of her and prayed.
"You have talent, I like it, um, you are also courageous, quite good, then I will give you a chance."
I raised a clawed hand, letting a drop of my blood—a mere speck the size of a human baby thumb—fall onto her forehead. Before she could react, the blood merged into it and began to spread throughout her body, violently transforming the slave girl's body.
The transformation began immediately.
"Ahh!" she screamed, her body convulsing as my dragon blood coursed through her veins, reshaping her frail human form into something greater. The agony was too much for her to bear, but I had no desire to let her die.
Seeing her like this, I thought that it would be difficult for this girl to survive this kind of dragon blood transformation. After thinking for a moment, a ray of magic flew out from my thick dragon finger, fell on the girl, and began to help the other party transform.With the help of my magic power, the severe pain felt by the slave girl was much weakened, and the transformation speed was also much faster.
Minutes later, it was complete.
The slave girl woke up leisurely and opened her eyes.
She saw the slaves who came with her looking at her with great envy in their eyes.What's the situation? The girl stood up and exerted a little force, and then she noticed the change in her physical fitness.
But that's not the most important thing. She lowered her head and stared blankly at the fine black scales growing on both sides of her arms.
The slave girl realized something, touched her forehead, and found that there were also some hard scales on her forehead.
Now she knew why the slaves around her envied her.
The legend of the true dragon has been circulating in human countries, and there are naturally many rumors that those who obtain dragon blood can have powerful extraordinary powers and become one of the long-lived races.
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This brave slave girl with long brown hair who was transformed by dragon blood is named Sophia.
She comes from Anweil Village on the border of the Albit Kingdom, and is the second daughter of the head of Anweil Village.
Originally, Sophia's life was quite happy, but with a small-scale war launched on the border between the Principality of Kas and the Kingdom of Albit last month, the slave-catching caravan found an opportunity to intervene. One night, the slave-catching team took action and captured hundreds of people in Anweil Village in one fell swoop. Those who resisted and were old were killed.
This slave-catching team had previously established a cooperative relationship with the Sieglinde family. Under Roy's operation, Sophia, together with several young men and women of decent appearance and figure in Anvil Village, became gifts to his great master.
As for this, there are two more slave-catching teams that have a cooperative relationship with the Siglinde family, including other high-quality young male and female human slaves and the three Aegean half beast female slaves.
Six months ago, I agreed to the three major businesses of slaves, mines, and robbery mentioned by Roy, and asked Danylan to cooperate with Roy.
Among them, in order to carry out the slave business for a long time, Roy first planned the route of the transportation road, and then Danylan led a group of elite monster warriors to open this road in the dark forest. During this period, dozens of monster warriors were lost in order to open up this road, which took more than a month.
And just because this road is opened doesn't mean that it won't need to be taken care of in the future. In order to maintain this transportation road, the monster warriors have to patrol frequently to eradicate the wandering monsters. Every time the grass and trees grow wildly, they also need to cut down the trees and weeds.
After having such a transport road that could avoid the patrol routes of the border troops between the two countries, the Sieglinde family, represented by Roy, secretly contacted several slave-catching teams, and inspected each other's strength and credibility several times. Later, slave trading cooperation officially began.
From then on, every time these slave-catching teams wanted to take this road, they had to pay a large sum of money to the Siglinde family. Of course, the captured slaves could also be used to pay for the toll.
In a few months, the tolls earned from this route exceeded the profits from selling monster materials in a year.
This is a truly lucrative industry.
Of course, the danger is real. After all, the border troops of the Principality of Kass and the Kingdom of Albit are not vegetarians. Once the slave-catching team is discovered, there is a high probability of death waiting for them. Well, that's what it would be like if you didn't have any military connections.
After hearing Sophia's woeful story, a twisted grin crept across my face, and I promptly elevated her to the position of head maid.
Her responsibilities were clear: she would oversee the meticulous care of my scales and master the art of grilling my meals to perfection. With Winnie, Shea, and the rest of my maids—who had once loyally served me before my long slumber—now occupied with hunting and assisting in the accelerated development of tribes under my command, it was obvious I needed someone dedicated to handling my personal needs. I couldn't bear to see the tribes continuing to live in such primitive and savage conditions, so I had no choice but to intervene.
More than six years have passed since I came to this star multiverse and was reborn as a black dragon.
I haven't eaten cooked food for a long time. This time Roy brought a maid Sophia who knew how to barbecue. I still had some expectations for this.
The Monster Clan also grows some of the spices needed for barbecue, so this is not a problem.
An hour later, under the command of Sophia, who assumed the responsibility of the head maid, the slaves began to make barbecue for the dragon master.
The giant jungle rabbits, wild goats, and mountain chickens raised in the monster tribe's stables were all made into steaming dishes sprinkled with various spices under Sophia's command and with the help of the slaves.
Barbecue BBQ was being prepared for.
"These ten wild goats are all coated with honey and sprinkled with red pepper powder."
"How can you grill meat like this? Turn the rack every once in a while and baste it with spices!"
"It's coated on the outside but not on the inside? How can the smell penetrate like this?!"
Sophia shuttled among the crowd in the open space, busy directing and correcting the operations of these slaves.
Some slaves come from better families, so they have never done this kind of work. They are clumsy and have a great impact on the completion of the baking of the food. At this time, although it is a bit of a headache, Sophia can only teach the other party once again.
I was lying on the side, squinting my eyes, understanding and learning the third tier spell 'Acceleration'.
Although the smell of firewood and voices not far away affected the learning progress, I didn't care.
After spending several years studying and researching spells in a cold and humid water pool and dragon's lair, I might not have been able to bear the temper to perform such boring spells day after day if he didn't have a panel where I could see his learning progress at all times or had beautiful beast girls dance for me.
I am not really a book person.
Now, learning spells in such a lively environment, although it is a bit disturbing, makes my spirit even more joyful.
Don't ask me why I didn't recruit a group of beautiful female Kobolds, goblins, and trolls to serve as maids.
Although the giant dragon has a pair of eyes that discover beauty, discovering beauty and appetizing it are two different things.
This is just like when you see a dog, you will think it is beautiful, cute, and noble, but you will never have those strange thoughts, let alone treat it as an object of communication.
A few hours later, Sophia walked up to me and said respectfully,
"Master, you can have your meal now."
The majestic black dragon slowly opened his eyes. A pair of vertical brown-yellow dragon pupils glanced at the sweaty Sophia. Behind Sophia were three lines of slaves with uneasy expressions. I looked aside.
On the grass in front of him, a large piece of animal skin was spread, on which the roasted golden, steaming, and fragrant wild goats, giant jungle rabbits, and mountain chickens were neatly placed.
The pastry on the surface of these grilled animal meats is dripping with golden oil, soaking in the animal skins.
I took a deep sniff of the smell, my eyes lit up, and I opened the huge mouth like an abyss. Under the control skills of the mage's hand, a wild goat weighing hundreds of kilograms flew directly into the mouth and was taken in by me. stuffy.
Click, click, click, the sound of chewing bones and meat together came from my mouth.
After chewing a few mouthfuls, the second and third
Soon, ten wild goats, thirty giant jungle rabbits, thirty mountain chickens, and a total of more than ten tons of barbecue all entered my oven-like dragon stomach.
"It tastes good, but the quantity is too small." I commented.
"I'll do it again." Sophia watched helplessly as the meat she couldn't finish in a year was devoured by me in just a minute or two. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva and heard the master's comments. After that, she quickly spoke to express her gratitude.
I glanced at them. In order to work hard to complete my task, these slaves had been roasting barbecue for half a day without eating. They were just ordinary people, and they were already exhausted.
"Forget it, that's it for today. Just remember to bake a little more next time." I said calmly.
"Yes, do I need to wash the dragon scales for you, Master?" Sophia asked respectfully.
"I have my fill you should eat too, and we will talk when you have strength." After I said that, the dragon's body levitated, got into the pool, and returned to the dragon's nest.
At night, ten female human slaves and three Aegean female orcs entered the underwater dragon lair.
Soaked by the water, they took off their animal skin clothes at Sophia's signal, and then walked naked to the majestic dragon body of mine.
Each person holds an iron brush made of fine iron.
Start brushing!
In this simple dragon's nest, I opened my eyes wide and enjoyed the dozen slave girls crawling around on me and washing the dragon scales.
In this luxurious and comfortable service, I finally realized my enlightenment again.
"No wonder so many male dragons like to plunder female slaves and bring them back to their nests."
A few hours later, the slaves were panting, their naked bodies dripping with sweat, and their physical strength was almost exhausted, but they finally managed to complete the dragon scale washing.
"Quite good service, well, it deserves a five-star rating." I did not hesitate to praise them. The female slaves were obviously flattered after hearing the dragon master's praise, but they just didn't know what a 'five-star rating' meant?
However, even though they didn't know what a 'five-star review' meant, they knew that it meant great and great things, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
During the service of washing the dragon scales, almost all of these female slaves, except Sophia, were very nervous, fearing that they would not be able to complete the task well and be eaten by the black dragon. Even Sophia was a little nervous.
I was not stingy with his subordinates who could provide value. With a thought, twelve drops of dragon blood flew out and fell on the foreheads of these slaves.
Dragon blood transformation begins.
In order to prevent these lovely girls from dying, I also used magic power to help them undergo the transformation process of dragon blood.
A moment later, the transformation was completed, and one by one the dragonborn maids with black dragon characteristics got up from the ground.
"Thank you, Master." The moment the dragonborn maids woke up, they quickly understood the changes in themselves, and they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the majestic black dragon in front of them with joy to show their gratitude.
Even the lowest level of dragon blood transformation is enough to make major changes in the life trajectories of these slaves.
The lifespan will be longer, the potential and strength will be higher, and the appearance will become more beautiful. For these ordinary slaves who have a little bit of beauty and figure, it is simply a piece of pie from the sky!
"You all are dismissed." I said casually.
Transforming these maids into dragonborn maids was just to make me more comfortable when they were providing services.
Otherwise, the power will be too weak and I won't even feel it at all.
Under the leadership of Sophia, a group of thirteen dragonborn maids put on their clothes and respectfully retreated from the dragon's nest and returned to the ground.
The following days were as ordinary as usual, but because of the additional services of a group of dragonborn maids, my personal quality of life improved a bit with a few dance shows every week from Rose Tribe girls.
The originally boring daily life has become interesting.
But this life only lasted three months.
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Three months later, Roy arrived with news from the humans outside.
"Master, the war between the Principality of Kass and the Kingdom of Albit has broken out!"
Roy stood in front of the majestic black scales golden spikes and reported the news he had obtained.
More than half a year has passed, and the mage Roy, who was originally thin and mediocre in stature, has now become a strong man with a height of over 1.9 meters under the transformation of my special dragon vein.
His hair, which was originally a bit gray, has now become extremely black and shiny. Just looking at his appearance, no one would think that he is an old man in his seventies or eighties, but would be thought of as a young man who is no more than twenty-seven or eighty-years-old.
"How big is the scale of the war?" I, who didn't care much at first, suddenly became serious after hearing the news.
The geographical location of the Black Blood Valley is not far from the border of the Principality of Kass and the Kingdom of Albit. The former is more than two hundred kilometers away in a straight line, and the latter is only more than three hundred kilometers in a straight line.
If there is no extraordinary world, then this distance is not close, but this is a world with extraordinary power. Whether it is the Principality of Kass or the more powerful Kingdom of Albit, the minimum standard for soldiers to join the army must be that of a first-level professional.
The minimum standard here refers to the defending army. If it is an elite army soldier, its strength will be much stronger.
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