Xiluo paid no further attention to the dragons, each with their own thoughts.
Instead, he turned his gaze back to Hilda and said:
"This World Tree Sapling is worth a million gold coins in total, but considering the loss of natural energy, let's value it at eight hundred thousand.
What do you think?"
"Eight hundred thousand? That sounds about right."
Hilda nodded lightly.
"Then what about the payment for this job?"
"Four hundred thousand gold coins."
Xiluo thought for a moment before replying.
He proposed a fairly reasonable price.
Hearing this, Hilda smiled.
"No wonder Fennis trusts you so much, Your Highness Xiluo.
You truly are a fair and kind dragon, Your Highness."
The female leader offered those words of praise.
Then she added:
"Your Highness Xiluo, you must be some kind of powerful dragon that has undergone complete mutation?"
"Yes."
Xiluo nodded.
Even a blind person could tell that.
"Your Highness Xiluo, your sudden interest in this World Tree Sapling must mean you're drawn to it and want to devour it?" Hilda asked.
"Yes."
Xiluo nodded again.
"It seems you yourselves are well aware of how attractive the World Tree Sapling is to bloodline creatures."
In that case, why not have the Mother Clan send powerful guardians?"
Hilda gave a wry smile at his words.
"We Nature Elves are spread far and wide across Domirank Star.
We can be found on many overseas islands.
There are far more than forty or fifty clans...
Where would we find enough powerful guardians to assign to them all?
Besides, our truly powerful members have to protect the actual World Tree.
That is the very foundation of our Nature Elves Clan."
"Forty or fifty branch clans..."
The corners of Xiluo's mouth twitched slightly.
He was somewhat speechless.
He thought to himself that these