Bargaining

Black was startled and quickly tried to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger! This will cause a war between the human race and the dragons!!"

The Dragon King's roar still echoed from the mana stone in the girl's hand.

"I don't care! That Luo Li actually dares to threaten me! In all these years, this is the first time I've encountered such a thing. Destroy Brilliant City for me!!"

The girl's brows arched.

'Well, he's quite the actor.'

Destroy Brilliant City?

Not to mention the over one million people here, with three Saintesses present plus two knights over level 60, there was no way the dragon race could bully them like this.

Moreover, even if the Dragon King was truly angry, he wouldn't actually destroy Brilliant City.

Unless he really intended to have a falling out with Luo Li.

Clearly, this was just bluster.

The louder he shouted, the more it proved how hollow he felt inside.

"Three hundred million, going once. I'm counting to three. If the hammer doesn't fall, the sword will!"

Saying this, Luo Li suddenly raised her voice and gave a sharp cry.

"Gerald!"

By now, Nara had already come out holding the case containing the document tablets.

There were three document tablets in the briefcase in total, regarding the position of the Dragon King and a special skill.

With a click, the case was opened. Nara pushed it forward, placing it at Gerald's feet.

And the sword in Gerald's hand was already raised high.

"You woman, how dare you be so bold, so bold!! I will crush you with my own hands, crush you!!!"

Momoka, watching from the side, was breaking out in a cold sweat and instinctively wanted to step forward to mediate.

The one on the other side was the Dragon King!

That was the Dragon King, who was countless times stronger than the Pope and hailed as the strongest individual creature on the continent!

What was she witnessing right now?

Witnessing someone use a document tablet to threaten a Dragon King!

Was she daydreaming?

At this moment, she desperately hoped that what she was seeing was all a dream.

If only... it were a dream.

But before she could take a step, Lina suddenly grabbed her shoulder from behind.

She whispered a reminder in her ear: "Don't move. If you move, it'll be trouble."

"But that's the Dragon King!"

"Don't worry, just leave this kind of thing to Luo Li."

Momoka turned her head.

She saw Lina giving her a mischievous look, winking and sticking out her tongue.

Was she... acting cute?

At such a critical moment, she was actually acting cute?

As the Saintess of War, shouldn't she be trying to smooth things over first in this situation?

At this moment, Momoka suddenly began to question her life.

Damn it, was she wrong to have high-fived and made an oath so easily last night?

Look at these two Saintesses; not to mention they hadn't even finished reading the Chronicles of the Holy Church.

Even the guts of these two Saintesses were simply out of this world.

They actually dared to threaten the Dragon King!

Not to mention that nothing like this had happened in human history, it seemed nothing similar had ever occurred in dragon history either.

Meanwhile, the voice coming from Luo Li's mouth didn't waver in the slightest.

"Three hundred and twenty million gold coins, going twice!"

"Luo Li! Don't expect an easy death! I will definitely grind your bones to ash!!!"

"Your Majesty, please be calm, Your Majesty!"

Neither the Dragon King's roar nor Black's pleading could drown out Luo Li's final words.

"Three hundred and fifty million, going three times! Is no one dropping the hammer? Gerald, drop the—"

Before the word 'sword' could leave her mouth, a crisp and decisive voice came from the mana stone in the girl's hand.

"Deal!"

The girl's eyes instantly crinkled, and a smile she couldn't hide spilled across her lips.

"Excellent~ Black, inspect the goods, pack them up, and take them away!"

She turned her head and looked down at the mana stone in her hand.

"My dear Lord Dragon King, where's my money? When will it arrive?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end.

"One red flame dragon, two hundred million!"

The silver-haired girl's brow furrowed, and a cold, sharp light flashed in her eyes!

"No way, one hundred million!"

"Deal! Aigie is yours!"

Aigie, the red flame dragon older sister, stood frozen in place.

"..."

Silence returned to the stone for a moment, as if both sides were gathering their strength.

"One frost dragon, three hundred million!!"

"No way, one hundred million! Not a penny more!"

The Dragon King on the other end seemed to be gnashing his teeth.

This time, he was likely truly angry.

"Don't go too far!"

Roar!

A massive roar came through the mana stone.

"No! I am snatching gold from a dragon's mouth! One price: one hundred million for one frost dragon. For the remaining fifty million gold coins, I want cash!"

Luo Li didn't back down an inch. The business world was like a battlefield; if you showed the slightest hint of fear, the opponent would take advantage of it.

Moreover, the Kingdom of the Moon was currently short on money everywhere, so how could she not squeeze a fortune out of the Dragon King?

If she let such a perfect opportunity slip by, she might never get another chance to squeeze money out of him in her next life.

Regarding the document tablets, doing it once or twice was fine, but if she did it too much, the price would drop and they would become worthless.

She had to play the game of scarcity marketing.

At this moment, the golden dragon on Dragon Island couldn't stop himself from roaring at the sky.

A massive pillar of golden light shot straight from the ground into the sky!

'Roar—!'

The Dragon King's Dragon Breath made all the dragons on Dragon Island tremble.

No one knew why the Dragon King was suddenly so furious.

But no dragon dared to court disaster, and they all instinctively curled up their bodies.

The same thought rose in the hearts of all the dragons.

For the next year, it would be safer to stay quietly in their nests and sleep.

"D-e-a-l!"

Those words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, filled with the sound of grinding molars.

Hearing it, Luo Li's heart bloomed with joy.

She had made money again!

And she had plucked it right out of a dragon's mouth!

Fifty million gold coins were equivalent to the purchasing power of five hundred billion yuan.

She wouldn't have to worry about research funding for a short while.

Luo Li squinted, looking at the mana stone in her hand with a smile.

"Our shop is small with slim margins, so we don't do credit. When will Your Majesty the Dragon King be sending the money?"

Click.

The mana stone suddenly went dark.

The silver-haired girl stood there, staring at the darkened stone in her hand.

She was stunned for a long time before she finally understood.

Did the Dragon King on the other end crush the mana stone?

Seeing this, Black shook his head helplessly.

He reached out his hand: "Lady Luo Li, you'd better give me back the mana stone. This time, His Majesty is truly furious. It will take at least a few months for this anger to subside."

"Wait, a few months? Then what about my money! Black, your dragon race is famous for your spirit of contract. You can't just renege on the debt, can you?"

As soon as money was mentioned, the girl instantly perked up.

You can owe anything, but don't owe money!

Owe money? I'll personally go to your door... Uh! No, wouldn't that be like a home delivery?

If she personally went to his door, she probably wouldn't be able to get out of bed for the rest of her life.

Looking at the human Saintess who seemed to have crawled into a pile of money, Black gave a helpless, bitter smile: "Don't worry, Lady Luo Li. We dragons will never violate a contract. Your money will be personally escorted by other dragons."

Saying this, he looked down at the case in his hand.

Just now, while the Dragon King and Luo Li were bargaining, he had already inspected the items in the case.

To be honest, even though he didn't have the qualifications of a Dragon King, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

The key was that special class skill inside.

It made his mouth water.

Unfortunately, this document tablet could only be used by an existence holding the position of Dragon King.

Otherwise, he didn't know if he would have been able to keep his integrity.

"Mhm, that's good then."

Saying that, Luo Li turned to look at Aigie, who was still standing there in a daze, and Shalin, who was smiling and didn't seem surprised at all that she had been sold by her own Majesty.

"You two, from today on, you belong to Brilliant City. This place is your home."

She walked over with a smile and grabbed the delicate hands of the two dragons, one in each of her own.

Are you kidding me? If I don't grab them now, they might run away later!

This was a catch worth one hundred million gold coins each!

Of course, this contract would likely only last until she died.

After all, for a lifelong purchase, one hundred million gold coins really wasn't enough.

The value of a dragon was immeasurable.

At least, it wasn't something that could be measured by money.

Shalin was not surprised at all, maintaining a smile and remaining calm regardless of favor or humiliation.

On the other hand, Aigie's face was ashen, as if she couldn't believe she had been sold by her own Majesty.

And for only one hundred million gold coins!

Was a dragon like her only worth one hundred million gold coins?

As far as she knew, just the pile of gold coins the Dragon King slept on was probably beyond counting, wasn't it?

In her dragon form, her weight exceeded five thousand tons, and she was nearly five hundred meters long.

Her wingspan reached nearly a thousand meters.

And what about gold coins?

It seemed that one hundred million gold coins only weighed about a thousand tons, didn't they?

A single gold coin was only ten grams; added together, they didn't even weigh as much as she did!

How could her Lord Dragon King... how could he sell her for such a price?!

Until now, Aigie was still completely dazed, and she was led away in a stupor by the 'buyer' in front of her.

And at this moment, she wasn't the only one dazed.

There were also Momoka and... Lina, standing not far away, dumbstruck!

The speed at which this transaction developed was so fast that even the two of them hadn't reacted.

What the hell? Suddenly it's three hundred and fifty million?

What the hell? Suddenly it's one hundred million per dragon?

Even Lina, who initially thought Luo Li would just make some money, was now starting to doubt her own ears and eyes and wondering if she should see a doctor.

She heard that Scott's medical skills were quite good.

Luo Li couldn't care less whether the others were dazed or not.

What she was most happy about right now was getting two dragons.

Are you kidding? This level of... ahem!

With this level of combat power right here, even if they were frost and red flame dragons who hadn't fully matured yet but were nearing adulthood, they could at least go toe-to-toe with a level 60 Heavenly Punishment Knight.

Three document tablets in exchange for two dragons plus fifty million gold coins.

No matter how you looked at it, this deal was just too worth it.

Of course, only Luo Li could have pulled this off.

If anyone else wanted to trade for a dragon, to put it bluntly...

The moment those words left their mouth, they would surely be met with the collective wrath of the dragon race!

Asfield looked at the shattered mana stone in his hand.

He curled his dragon lips in disdain.

"Hmph! It can't even withstand a bit of dragon might. I'll have to get a better mana stone next time."

Saying that, he turned and began rummaging through the pile of gold.

He had plenty of mana stones.

The quality of anything he collected was top-notch.

Even the mana stone that had just been shattered by his dragon might was a rare, high-quality lightning-attribute mana stone.

Thinking this, his massive dragon claw moved, brushing some dust off his waist.

When a mana stone was shattered, the energy within would inevitably pour out.

However... this level of power was nothing to his tough dragon scales.

His massive dragon finger swept over the dust left behind by the explosion, and seeing that it wasn't completely clean, he simply opened his mouth.

A burst of Dragon Breath directly swept away all the remaining ashes.

Meanwhile, he was still looking for another mana stone.

At the same time, he couldn't help but grumble.

"I didn't expect that I would actually have a day where I'd be giving money away. Luo Li, I'll remember this debt! One day, you'll have to pay me back, hmph!!"

With a furious snort, his massive dragon claw seemed to find something. He pulled a basketball-sized mana stone out of the gold pile and repositioned the one in Black's hand.

Soon, the two sides re-established the link.

"Black, have the items been inspected?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, the document tablets have been verified. They are indeed tablets exclusive to the Dragon King."

"Oh? At least she has a bit of a conscience and didn't dare to lie to me!"

Black's mouth twitched.

Lie to him?

Did she want to die?

No matter how brave Luo Li was, she shouldn't dare to lie to the Dragon King.

"Hmph. Tell me, is there anything special about this document tablet? Since she dared to ask for such an outrageous price, there must be something very important, otherwise... hmph!"

At this point, the golden dragon let out a cold laugh.

However, the voice in the mana stone paused for a moment.

"Um... Your Majesty, there is indeed a special class skill inside called Dragon God Protection. It can summon the ancestral dragons of past generations, using their dragon souls to briefly strengthen the dragon scales and increase physical strength."

"What!? It requires dragon souls? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. However, it's not the same as a sacrifice. It seems they can return safely after being summoned."

To prevent his Majesty from misunderstanding, Black quickly added another sentence.

"Oh~ I see. That's good then. I'll have the other dragons deliver the gold coins later. You set off tomorrow and escort the document tablets back."

"As you command."

The communication on the mana stone cut off. The golden dragon finger tapped lightly on the gold coins covering the ground.

A dull clinking sound echoed.

"I didn't expect... that she would give me such a surprise."

Seeming to think of something happy, the corners of the massive golden dragon's mouth curled up.

"Not a loss."

Luo Li didn't know what the Dragon King was thinking.

Regardless, she was definitely making a guaranteed profit on this deal.

After all, the original document tablets were a complete monopoly.

With this level of monopoly, she could almost ask for as much money as she wanted, and the other party would have to pay.

Otherwise, they would never get what they wanted.

But even so, she had made a fortune today.

"Aigie, Shalin, you two take a seat. Later, I'll cook personally and let you taste the Saintess's skills!"

She was quite confident in her cooking.

"Thank you, Lady Saintess."

Shalin's voice was gentle. Beside her, Aigie's face was still ashen, and her eyes were a bit vacant.

The girl suddenly felt a bit worried.

This dragon bought for one hundred million gold coins... she wouldn't be thinking of running away, would she?