Chapter 44 (2/2)
“You are right, I look forward to a smooth collaboration!”
“There is really no need to be so polite. We will definitely have a smooth partnership.”
…Still, their cooperation had yet to begin.
Sui Xiong needed to wait for Rhode to finish recruiting the pioneers. Then Sui Xiong could count how many pioneers he had recruited in total and based on this, he could know how big his village should be. Besides, Rhode would also need to store up more food and materials, while Gerrard would need to escort these pioneers to the north across Dragon-roar Town. Then they would arrive at the cold region where normal people could not stay alive, and there they would build their home under the protection of Sui Xiong.
Meanwhile, Snow had asked Shuang and Xian to go to the cold region north of the Ash Forest and find a perfect place where these pioneers could build in the wasteland. The topography of this spot would have to be fairly wide and flat, and there had to be a good source of water. Additionally, there had to be some mountains made of high quality rock with some mineral resources as well. In a word, Snow had very high standards for the place. If she couldn’t find a better place, it would cost more time and manpower to build the village, and it would be more difficult to scale the village up after it had grown some.
Sui Xiong could help the pioneers resist the cold, but he couldn’t help them farm the land or find drinking water in the wasteland or give them products to make money from or provide them with the rock needed to build the village. They would have to get everything else from nature.
Both Shuang and Xian were unwilling to go out and find a perfect place, seeing as Shuang didn’t like Sui Xiong and therefore didn’t want to help him, while for Xian, this search meant she could no longer sleep in late down in the basement. But they did not dare disobey their sister’s orders, so the young siblings travelled unwillingly and split up to find a perfect place.
“Is it safe to let the two young kids go find the perfect spot?” Sui Xiong asked, a bit worried.
Indeed, they were both dragons with a high combat effectiveness. But in this world where there were numerous powerful creatures, compared to them, two young dragons weren’t very powerful. For example, Gerrard might find it less than easy to fight with Shuang and Xian together, but it would be very easy for him to fight with one of them at a time. Then the siblings would only have two choices, to run away or to die, and they would both likely end up in ruins thanks to Gerrard.
Although the siblings weren’t that powerful, a dragon itself was extremely valuable, and this posed a great threat to them. As the saying on Earth went, what would happen to a child who was walking in the bustling street alone and holding a precious gemstone in his hand?
“There is no need to worry,” Snow said, noticing Sui Xiong’s anxiousness. Snow didn’t worry at all. She just began drawing two powerful dragons that were fighting off scary wolves and kicking some skeletons and smiled, “As a member of the dragon race, we have to defeat many adversaries and difficulties in order to grow up. There weren’t many natural predators in the Ash Forest, and there weren’t too many adventurers, so for them it was a very safe place where they could get good experience. As long as they didn’t cross the wasteland, they never faced too much danger.”
“Your Majesty, haven’t you forgot something?”
“What thing??” Sui Xiong asked confusedly.
“To build a manor, you’ll need abundant money, materials and manpower. Currently, we have enough money, so we can buy the materials, and we can easily get enough manpower. However, you should probably have some officials that can help you to govern the town. Also, you’ll need some clergymen to run your church. Do you plan to stay indoors and wait for them to come by themselves?”
On the blackboard, a sleeping fat jellyfish had spread out its tentacles and formed a web. It was waiting for gold coins, materials and manpower to fall from the sky so it could catch them in its web. Sui Xiong found this lazy jellyfish both funny and annoying.
He knew that Snow was simply being kind and warning him that he should go and find these people, but the way she warned him was a bit…
Seeing that the jellyfish on the blackboard was as fat as a pig, he didn’t know if he should laugh or get angry. The character of this ice dragon was totally different from the legendary ice dragons that were usually depicted as proud, indifferent and hard to get close to! Could it be possible that people were just misinformed? Or was Snow herself simply different?
Sui Xiong now felt that he would have to study some biology. At the least he had to become a master in the biology of a dragon.
Of course, this was something he intended to do in the future. First, he would have to build his Holy Land, be apotheosized, and cultivate his followers. When all these tasks were completed, then he’d have time to learn about something he had no use for now.
And most importantly, he needed to recruit some talented people that could help him govern his manor. Luckily, Sui Xiong already had a person in mind, so he didn’t need to search far and wide for the man he needed.
A few days later, Sui Xiong made a jellyfish doppelgänger, and it begin to move to south alone without telling any of his followers.
The man he had selected was a acquaintance of Satan, called Paine, who lived in the Commonwealth of Mifata in the southernmost point of the continent. He was an aristocrat who was very knowledgeable about the nuances of how to govern a manor.