Opening a fantasy anime world with the style of Mount & Blade

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Even though King Louis was nearly thirty, he still harbored the youthful dream of riding a dragon and flying through the sky.

But how easy is it to tame a dragon?

Either you're incredibly lucky and get a giant dragon egg, then hatch and raise it for thirty years until it grows to adulthood, reaching about fifteen meters in length, at which point you can ride it and become a dragon knight.

Alternatively, they could gather information to find out where the lair of a young dragon was, then lead their forces to subdue the dragon and force it to sign a soul contract.

In this way, one can tame a loyal mount that will last for a hundred years. However, if the master unfortunately dies, the master's relatives and friends will have to prepare to face the wrath of a fully grown dragon!

As for why not just find adult dragons? It's simply because adult dragons are the most powerful and the most arrogant. Asking them to sign a soul contract with someone who tries to overwhelm them with sheer numbers would be absolutely unacceptable to them!

Such a losing proposition would naturally not be chosen by anyone, unless, of course, a dragon-slaying hero who is after the wealth of an adult dragon is an exception.

"Your Majesty, the connection between me and Zhuo Geng cannot be explained in just a few words. If you truly wish to hear it, please wait until I return to explain it to you!"

Liu Tianyu chose to avoid the question directly, after all, just by looking at Zhuo Geng's size, one would think that he was a mature dragon that had lived for hundreds of years, rather than a "young dragon" that was less than ten years old.

As for how he subdued him? By force? If Drogon had just charged at him with his dragon chariot, he'd probably be lying on his back!

"Hehe, everyone has their own secrets. If you don't want to, Storm Lord, then there's no need to say it."

"So, Lord Storm, um, may I touch Drogon?"

King Louis graciously let Liu Tianyu off the hook, and then he asked a question in a low voice.

"Hehe, please, Your Majesty. I believe Zhuo Geng certainly won't mind a little contact!"

Liu Tianyu chuckled at King Louis's youthful behavior and then gestured to Zhuo Geng with his eyes.

"call--"

Receiving a look from Liu Tianyu, Zhuo Geng turned the enormous dragon head away, spewing two flames from its black nostrils, indicating that this was a one-time thing.

Liu Tianyu gently shook his head at Drogon's vivid and realistic portrayal, then gestured for King Louis to proceed.

King Louis immediately stepped forward, took off his white gloves and threw them on the ground, then curiously touched one of Drogon's ferocious, sharp dragon claws.

"Such sharp dragon claws have probably already far surpassed low-level enchanted weapons, and with such immense power, even if someone wearing armor were to miraculously survive, they would be completely crushed into a pulp by this enormous force!"

King Louis stroked Drogon's dragon claws with gleaming eyes, offering his earnest analysis and commentary.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, Zhuo Geng is starting to get upset, and it's time for me to set off!"

Seeing King Louis getting more and more engrossed in touching the object, Liu Tianyu coughed and reminded him.

"Ah? Oh! I'm sorry, Storm Lord, I was a little out of line!"

Hearing Liu Tianyu's reminder and seeing Zhuo Geng turn the dragon head back again, his bright yellow dragon eyes, which were even larger than a magic lamp, were full of displeasure!

King Louis immediately withdrew his hands, looking apologetically at Liu Tianyu and the black dragon Drogon.

"It's alright, Your Majesty! Then, I shall depart on my mission to the Kingdom of Geolar!"

Liu Tianyu shook his head, and then quickly climbed up from the scales and bone spurs on the black dragon Zhuogeng.

He leaped onto the neck of the black dragon Drogon in an instant, then walked into the giant teleportation array that had already been activated. The figures of the man and the dragon instantly turned into purple light and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing their leader enter the portal, the others followed suit, stepping into the giant teleportation array and heading towards the Kingdom of Geolar.

May your military prowess be great!

After watching the more than three hundred people disappear without a trace, King Louis casually uttered a word, then resumed his usual dignified demeanor and left the palace square.

…………

"Shhhhh!"

In the middle of a lush forest, a troop suddenly appeared, startling the surrounding birds and beasts, and vanished without a trace in an instant.

"Boom!"

The moment a massive, terrifying black shadow appeared, it not only smashed a deep crater into the ground but also crushed dozens of old trees that had been there for many years.

As for the birds and beasts that had scattered, they stopped fleeing at the sight of the terrifying black shadow and stood trembling on the ground, not daring to move.

"Strange, why is the teleportation location a forest? Even if it's not the capital city of the Kingdom of Geolar, it should at least be a city!"

After the turbulent teleportation, Liu Tianyu stood on the neck of the black dragon Drogon, surveying his surroundings with a strange expression.

"It seems that a mage detected the fluctuations in the teleportation array and interfered with its magic, causing our teleportation to deviate!"

Just as Liu Tianyu was wondering, Verna adjusted her enormous witch's hat, stepped out from the group, and explained to Liu Tianyu.

"Huh? You mean someone interfered with us halfway? Holy crap! Why didn't they just destroy the teleportation array?"

Upon hearing Verna's explanation, Liu Tianyu's eyes narrowed slightly.

"The palace's teleportation array is of a very high level. At most, he can only interfere with our teleportation location, but he cannot detonate the teleportation array or damage us."

Furthermore, if it truly harbors malicious intent, I will detect it immediately!

Verna shook her head and continued to explain, then she took out a long pipe from her pair of snow-white, delicate breasts, preparing to light it and take her habitual puff.

"So you mean he meant no harm, he was just playing a prank on us! But to be able to get Drogon involved, tsk!"

After hearing Verna's explanation, Liu Tianyu was still quite unhappy. Anyone who was teleported to the wilderness would not have any good feelings towards the spellcaster.

"Forget it, let's find out exactly where we are first! As for that guy who played this prank on us, we'll settle the score with him later!"

Although quite annoyed, Liu Tianyu still activated the system's map system to observe his current location and find out where the nearest town was.

"Yes, this is indeed the Kingdom of Geolar. The nearest town is, well, judging by its size, just a village."

Thankfully, it's not far; it should only take two hours at most. Albon? What a cool name! It's on par with my Stormlands, or rather, Storm Region!

Let's go to Alban first, stay there for a while, and then ask about the location of the royal city of Geolar!

After bringing up the system and opening the map function, Liu Tianyu took a quick look around and decided to head to the nearest village to rest.

"Everyone, southeast direction, destination: Albang, advance!"

After putting away the system, Liu Tianyu gave direct orders to the troops.

No one objected to Liu Tianyu's order, and they began to stride forward in the direction Liu Tianyu pointed.

As for Liu Tianyu, he ordered the black dragon Zhuogeng to fly through the air and prepare to explore the surrounding situation.

"Look, what's that? What a huge dark cloud!"

"What dark clouds? They're clearly a flock of birds!"

With the Black Dragon Drogon's flight speed comparable to an armed helicopter, it wasn't long before Liu Tianyu could see the village below and the villagers pointing and gesturing because they saw it buried deep in the clouds.

"It's always a pleasure to see living people. Next up should be Albon. He looks quite ordinary!"

With his eagle-eye perspective, even thousands of meters above the ground, Liu Tianyu could still vaguely see the outline of the village and the villagers who looked like ants.

It's no wonder that villains in some novels like to look down on their enemies from a high place; that feeling of loneliness at the top is indeed quite exhilarating!

"Zhuo Geng, go downstairs. Keep it down. I don't want to scare the villagers down there."

Liu Tianyu loudly commanded the black dragon Zhuogeng.

Drogon, the black dragon, nodded, then flapped his massive black wings covered in sharp bone spikes and slowly began to descend from the height.

"Bullshit! That wasn't a cloud or a flock of birds! That was clearly a gigantic monster!"

"That, that's a dragon! There's no mistake, that's how it's described in the book!"

"God! Save me! I don't want to die!"

When the black dragon Drogon broke through the clouds and descended from the heights, the villagers who had been curiously discussing the matter instantly began to cry and scream.

This reaction is perfectly normal. When a creature faces a creature much larger than itself, it will always feel nervous, afraid, or even terrified, let alone the black dragon Drogon, which is sixty meters long and whose wingspan blocks out the sunlight of Albon.

Faced with such a terrifying behemoth, it would be abnormal if the villagers of Albon, who had no spellcasters or even adventurers present, did not scatter and flee.

"Gentlemen, don't worry, Drogon won't hurt you. I am the Marquis of Storm from the kingdom, and I'm here to ask for your help!"

Seeing the villagers below in complete chaos, Liu Tianyu directly used his strength to create sound waves, which reached the ears of every villager.

"The common language, spoken by a dragon?"

"No, no, there seems to be a person on the neck of that dragon!"

The villagers, who had been fleeing in all directions, stopped when they heard the common language of humans coming from the black dragon Drogon.

"boom!"

Even though the black dragon Drogon had already restrained itself considerably, it still caused the earth to tremble violently, making Albon experience a small earthquake and shake violently.

There was no way to stop it perfectly, even though it had already reduced its strength to the extreme. With a size of 60 meters and a weight of 3,000 tons, it was impossible to stop it perfectly.

[Ding! Hero-level character detected, Healer, Kayal!]

Just as Liu Tianyu had gotten off the neck of the black dragon Zhuogeng and was about to examine the group of trembling villagers, the system suddenly issued a notification.

"The Healer, Kayal? That name sounds familiar!"

Upon hearing the system notification, Liu Tianyu frowned slightly, feeling that the name was inexplicably familiar.

However, just by hearing the name given by the system, you can tell that this person is definitely not simple; he is a hero!

Only ten such beings will ever be born on the entire continent of Telrim. Only after one of these heroes perishes will a new hero be born.

Every hero is a renowned figure, but for a hero to be found in such a small village means that he is still a novice, the easiest stage to be fooled!

As Liu Tianyu pondered this, he began to observe the group of villagers. Soon, following the system's prompts, he saw a young boy dressed in coarse cloth, with delicate features and a look of fear on his face, staring at him.

"Restore a warlock's life with a fresh start?!"

After seeing the boy's face clearly, Liu Tianyu roared inwardly.

Chapter 113 The Hero of the Deception Stick

"Ladies and gentlemen, please do not worry. I am the Marquis of Storm from the Kingdom, here as a special envoy of the Kingdom of Geolar."

However, a slight mishap occurred when using the teleportation array.

The teleportation array, which was supposed to take my troops to the capital of the Kingdom of Geolar, the Royal City of Geolar, has instead teleported them here.

Ladies and gentlemen, there's no need to panic. Zhuogeng has a fairly good temper. As long as you don't provoke it, it won't do anything!

I'm still completely confused, so I'm hoping to stay here for a day to get a feel for the situation. Don't worry, I'll pay!

Although he had recognized the famous Staff Hero in the crowd, Liu Tianyu did not choose to act rashly because he was unsure whether the guy was in his first or second playthrough.

If he were the Healer from the first playthrough, I would definitely do everything I could to trick him into joining my party.

But if he's the Stick Hero of the second playthrough, then I'd better keep my distance!

"Um, sir, no, Lord Storm Marquis, I am Elder Romar of the village. May I ask how many men your troops number?"

Upon seeing Liu Tianyu's sunny and innocent smile, and seeing that Black Dragon Drogon had indeed made no move, it became clear that...

The initially timid crowd finally mustered their courage, and one of them, an elderly man with gray hair dressed in fine clothes, stepped forward and cautiously inquired.

Putting aside Liu Tianyu's glittering, obviously expensive marquis's attire, just the sight of the headdress behind him obscuring the entire village of Albang...

Three hundred men!

“Three hundred men? That’s not a problem, but our village of Albon is not wealthy, and I’m worried that we won’t be able to provide your army with good food.”

Upon hearing the number of troops, Romar breathed a sigh of relief, but then another problem began to worry him.

"Hehe, it's alright. We'll eat whatever the villagers eat. This is for the next two days' food and lodging, please accept it!"

Liu Tianyu tried his best to maintain the image of a good nobleman. After speaking, he took out a bag containing hundreds of Supreme Gold Coins from his inventory and stuffed it into Romar's hand.

"This, this is just too much!"

Hearing the jingling sound from the bag and the flash of golden light, Romar was both surprised and delighted.

He had already prepared himself to be taken advantage of by the Marquis of Storms, but he never expected the Marquis of Storms to be so generous.

"No need to refuse. After all, it also includes the diet of Drogon behind me. It's the kind of animal that doesn't mind either meat or vegetables, but try to provide it with as much meat as possible!"

“Very well, sir, if you don’t mind, please stay in my room! As for this dragon…”

Romar nodded, and was about to warmly invite Liu Tianyu to his home when he discovered that the dark shadow that had been blocking out the sky had suddenly disappeared. He stood there dumbfounded, his mouth agape.

"Drogon's size is too big, so I put it away and will release it again when it's time to eat."

As for accommodation, I think your place is out of the question. I prefer spending time with people my own age. Why don't I stay at that boy's house instead?

Liu Tianyu gave a brief explanation, then pointed his index finger at Kaiyar, who was still in a daze in the crowd.