Annan had spent all his money building Yi Illymoyas a lair, and Illymoyas had sold her gems to build Annan a Territory.
"Is there still time to buy the gems back?" Annan asked helplessly.
Yi Illymoyas nodded and left the lair for the moment.
The Old Land of Elran, Graycloak Camp.
Yi Illymoyas found the gem merchant who had bought her treasures and demanded that he return the gems she had sold him for a pittance.
At first, the merchant tried to resist by force. Then Yi Illymoyas unleashed her Dragon Breath, and as he struggled to breathe, he suddenly remembered the rumors about the desert...
In the end, the merchant's men took a beating, and he returned the gems. Unexpectedly, he got his money back too.
Yi Illymoyas's violence proved she was evil; returning the money proved she was lawful.
When Annan learned that Yi Illymoyas had recovered the gems, he returned her parents' gold coins too—with 500 gold coins in interest.
Annan was short of money only because he had poured everything he earned into Gemstone City—mainly replacing gravel with Mountain Copper. If he stopped for a while, his Magic Ring would soon be stuffed with gold coins again.
The interest was meant to win over Yi Illymoyas's parents and entice them to move to Gemstone City too.
That Crystal Lair had more than enough room for Yi Illymoyas's entire clan.
Construction was underway on the City Lord's Mansion, the Blacksmith Shop, and the Spinning Mill in Gemstone City. The first would house people like Ingrid; the other two would get industry running again as soon as possible.
They built a camp to the west, near the Forest Mountains. They gathered timber and searched for mineral deposits. After a month of logging, the edge of the mountains looked