Chapter 88.1
Chapter 88: It’s Her, It’s Really Her [1]
“We are indeed dragons.”
Iris looked at the group of soldiers standing at the ready, with a crooked Dragon King’s contemptuous smile.
“If you hope that we came to Gerris City with ill intentions, we don’t mind becoming what you imagine us to be.”
“Dragons! Your threats are useless against us! We swear to defend Gerris City to the death, even if it costs us our lives! When we accepted this mission, we were already prepared to spill our blood. We are the shield of Gerris, we are the walls of Gerris!”
The leading officer was still shouting with fiery passion.
“Sigh, you really leave me no choice. You don’t want me to harm the nearby citizens, do you? Take me to see your city lord, let me have a good talk with him.”
“This… You… Are you sure you’re willing to talk with us properly?”
Although the officer was full of passion, he wasn’t a fool.
If it wasn’t absolutely necessary, he didn’t really want to engage in battle with the dragons.
After all, dragons were beings that could destroy an entire city with just one of them, let alone five of them here.
If they really angered these dragons, their Gerris City would probably be razed to the ground in less than half an hour.
“Mmm.”
Iris nudged Naya and Illya beside her,
“Naya, Illya, you two go to the bathroom to change clothes first.”
As soon as Naya and Illya moved their legs to get off the bed, the group of soldiers retreated in panic.
“You’re not going to stop us from even putting on clothes, are you?”
“Please, please change quickly.”
The officer led the soldiers to clear a path to the bathroom for Naya and Illya. Naya grabbed the clothes and took Illya to the bathroom.
They hurriedly changed and came out.
Then it was Iris’s turn.
To ensure they had “hostages” in front of the human soldiers who wouldn’t escape, they took turns changing clothes. After that, Iris said:
“Take me to see your city lord now.”
“You, you’re sure you won’t harm the nearby citizens?”
“If I wanted to harm you, would you still be safe now?”
The officer lowered his head and clenched his teeth.
Although the feeling of being looked down upon was very unpleasant, it was indeed true for dragons.
He was just a cannon fodder sent to test the strength of these dragons, so why should he desperately provoke their anger?
So, at Iris’s request, the officer led Iris, Naya, Illya, and the two maids to the front of the City Lord’s Council Hall.
This was in the inner city area, not far from the City Lord’s Council Hall in the city center. It only took about ten minutes to walk there, but an intelligence officer had already ridden ahead at full speed to report this matter to the city lord.
In the courtyard in front of the Council Hall.
The city lord was already waiting with a group of guards for Iris and her group to arrive.
The city lord was a middle-aged man with blond hair, standing in the shadow of the eaves, looking at the dragon guests who had come from afar.
He bowed with a knight’s salute.
“Esteemed dragon guests, I’m very sorry to meet you in this manner. However, protecting the citizens and maintaining the peace of Gerris City is our overarching duty. You have come to this city without prior notice and sneaked into Gerris City in secret. We find it difficult not to suspect that you have ill intentions.”
When facing the dragons, it was necessary to be cautious, even though he had sent soldiers to confront them head-on.
Moreover, someone who had risen to the position of city lord couldn’t possibly be unaware that not all dragons were savage creatures. He wouldn’t easily be misled by national trends or racial hatred to become a fool who wanted to fight as soon as he saw dragons.
“We’re just out traveling, happened to pass by, and were originally planning to leave this morning. But who knew that early this morning your soldiers would burst into our room, insisting on keeping me here.”
Iris glanced at the sun hanging high in the sky. It was actually not early anymore.
But who made a succubus suddenly intruded last night, affecting their sleep.
Naturally, they had to sleep in a bit to make up for the sleep time lost last night.
The city lord stared at the red-haired female dragon leader, and suddenly burst into laughter.
“I didn’t know dragons had the refined taste of coming to human cities for tourism.”
Dragons have always been a proud species that looks down on humans.
Humans are to dragons what commoners are to nobles. Would anyone believe it if a noble said they were going to tour a poor district?
“Since you’re unwilling to believe, then let’s have a fight. Call up the strongest warrior in your city to fight with my maid. If you can win, you can do whatever you want with us. To avoid you thinking we’re taking advantage in a one-on-one duel, all of you can come at once, while I will only send out one maid to fight.”
“……”
The city lord looked at this red dragon with an expression full of arrogance, without saying a word.
This seemed to be a battle that was bound to lose.
In their Gerris City, at most they only had high-level heroes. The super-level heroes had all gone to the neighboring Lex City.
“What? Compared to challenging one dragon, are you more willing to challenge five dragons?”
“Alright!”
Since Iris had given him a way out, the city lord couldn’t be unappreciative.
The battle location was set in this courtyard.
The city lord summoned the ten strongest heroes and warriors in the city to challenge the dragons.
In the end, Iris chose Flanna to go out.
She took Naya and Ilya to stand with the city lord under the eaves of the Council Hall, but they were about ten meters apart.
Mages set up magical barriers around the courtyard.