Afterward.
He had the nearby Halflings come to the mine and start mining.
Finally, he returned to Niro City with Xiluo and Abel.
Xiluo immediately had someone write to the King of Gerlo, telling him that Demon Island had been conquered and that he intended to occupy it.
Then he dispatched a thousand soldiers and over a hundred Bison-People aboard four warships, carrying supplies to garrison the island.
Everything he did was perfectly reasonable.
Even Little White Dragon Allen, who had stayed beside him since his return, noticed nothing unusual.
Much less the other dragons.
They would never have dreamed of it.
Xiluo and the other two dragons had just discovered a silver mine and secretly divided the spoils.
Everything was arranged.
Xiluo had just stopped, ready to study spells.
But Red Dragon Whelp Gordon cheerfully descended from the sky, landed beside him, and told him he had gathered enough gold coins.
Xiluo was somewhat skeptical.
He asked the Red Dragon Whelp to take out the gold coins for him to see.
Then he saw a mountainlike pile of gold coins.
They poured out with a clatter from several Spatial Rings in his claws.
Sunlight fell over them, reflecting a brilliance that could practically dazzle humans and dragons alike.
Little White Dragon Allen beside them and the soldiers not far away all began breathing considerably faster.
"Gold coins... so many gold coins... just how many gold coins are here... Gordon, when did you get so much money... heavens..."
The Little White Dragon stared wide-eyed, muttering incessantly.
"You really gathered enough... they actually lent you this many gold coins... what's the interest?"
Xiluo could not help narrowing his eyes as he asked.
"No interest."
The Red Dragon Whelp snorted proudly as he spoke.
"None! That's impossible!"
Xiluo exclaimed, his face full