After leaving the Ratfolk Elder's Gold Mine, Annan and Illymoyas followed Little Smo and the others' tracks into human territory.
They had already taken control of the Territory and the Castle at its center. The Subjects had panicked at first, then settled down when they realized the "bandits" had left them unharmed.
Once Annan entered the Castle, he summoned everyone, turned the Restaurant into a meeting room, and told them about the Blue Dragon Group.
The members of the Oskulas Mercenary Company reacted in different ways. Joan and Little Smo let out long sighs of relief. Volod and his two companions exchanged glances, not daring to speak. Everyone else looked as though they were thinking, It's finally over.
Only Wilson sat frozen, murmuring, "Is it really... over?"
"Yes. We don't have to fight anymore."
Grand Lord Raymond had no chance of defeating an entire Blue Dragon Clan.
And for Annan, bringing the Blue Dragons in cost him almost nothing. His thirty-percent share remained thirty percent. Better yet, he gained on three fronts: taking the Broken Mountains without bloodshed, forging an alliance with the Blue Dragon Group, and securing a share of the Broken Mountains' Gold Mines and Coal Mines.
Come to think of it, Joan had come here in the first place to bring coal back.
Joy filled the room, as if everyone could already see tomorrow's Victory. Only Wilson sat there dejectedly, saying nothing.
"What's wrong?"
At Annan's question, everyone turned to look at him.
Wilson raised his head. "The Blue Dragons... will they be even more evil than Grand Lord Raymond? They plunder, eat people, and bring ruin to every living thing in the Broken Mountains..."
It was no surprise that ordinary people thought that way about Dragons. They could not tell Chromatic Dragons from Metal Dragons. To