Chapter 76

In the common sense of dragons, there is of course no such thing as paying for things.

They hunt for food, collect treasures, and rob cities. In the stories told by bards, dragons are mostly villains, defeated by brave warriors who are given important tasks.

The goods on the shelves are like fruits growing in the wild grass. Don’t they belong to whoever sees them?

Being suddenly questioned by Jiang Li, Serego was stunned.

Behind him, other customers who had been waiting for a long time came in one after another, skillfully took the goods they wanted from the shelves, and lined up in front of the cashier to pay. The beeping sound of the code scanning sounded, and the customers left with bags of goods.

Serego stood there in a daze, watching the gold and silver coins being taken out of the pockets of the customers, handed over to Jiang Li, and exchanged with him for the goods. He also saw the food called ice cream. One adventurer couldn't wait to tear open the bag and put it in his mouth before he even walked out of the supermarket. On a hot summer day, the chocolate crisp shell was covered with a layer of white frost when it was exposed to heat, and the cold air became real, reflected in the golden eyes of the dragon.

He subconsciously touched his pocket, empty.

By the way, the meal at Levi's restaurant yesterday was settled by the young city lord of Dolei City.

The first wave of customers in the morning quickly left the supermarket. Jiang Li put the last gold coin into the drawer, and then looked at the last customer in the supermarket.

"Mr. Long?"

Serego said hesitantly, "I want to eat ice cream..."

Jiang Li: "Five silver coins."

Serego: "..."

"I..." He compared the fighting power of the two and bowed his head tactfully: "I have no money."

Jiang Li: "Oh, then you can go to work."

"Work?"

"There should be a lot of job postings in the central square." Not only is Lord Dean recruiting people for factories and farms, sometimes the residents of the city will also post some requests for help, more or less some rewards. Jiang Li reminded: "If you want to live in Dore City, in the human city, no matter what you want to buy, you need money. Eating a free meal violates the laws of the city, and you will be arrested by the soldiers and thrown into prison."

I just don't know if the soldiers of Dore City dare to catch the dragon. Jiang Li thought.

However, the dragon came back with him. If the dragon refused to follow human laws and wanted to run rampant in Dore City, Jiang Li would not sit idly by.

Even if he couldn't beat it, he could still ask the elf teacher for help.

Fortunately, the red-haired young man in front of him didn't think about that at all, but just repeated his words blankly: "Work, work?"

Jiang Li: "Yes."

Serego: "But...but..."

Jiang Li: "Sorry, you can't collect debts."

Serego: "..."

The brakes of the bicycle sounded, and the silver-haired elf parked the bicycle and walked into the supermarket with a brisk pace.

Jiang Li greeted him, and then watched him go to a row of shelves with Serego. When he came out, he had several items in his hands.

Serego's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to speak, he saw the silver-haired elf limping and standing in front of the cash register. While putting the goods down, he also took out his purse from the pocket of his robe.

"Blah--"

was the sound of coins being poured out.

Messenal glanced coldly at the giant dragon standing there in a daze, put his things in the basket, and rode away slowly on his bicycle.

Serego: "..."

...

Serego strode towards the city gate.

His face was full of anger, his hair was about to stand up with anger, and the stone slabs under his feet had faint cracks. The adventurers on both sides of the road wanted to greet the dragon bravely, but before they took a step, they saw the young man's gloomy face, and their courage immediately shrank back.

Damn it!

It's really too damned!

Humans are bullying dragons too much!

Serego rushed out of the city gate and turned back into a dragon in the open space at the gate. It stretched its body, raised its head, and roared angrily at the sun above its head.

"Roar--!!!"

The dragon flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

All residents heard the roar of the dragon. They looked up and saw the beautiful and powerful creature hovering above the city of Dolei. In the sunlight, the fiery red scales seemed to cover its body with a layer of flames. The dragon's golden vertical pupils stared coldly at the city below. In its eyes, humans were as small as ants.

A strong wind blew through the city of Dolei. People soon felt the ground under their feet tremble slightly. The things in their hands fell to the ground, and they all felt the terrifying power

of the dragon. At that moment, countless evil legends about the dragon surged up.

Faster than the memory came, there was a silver stream of light.

Messenner raised the staff in his hand and looked coldly at the huge evil creature in front of him: "What do you want to do to Dore City?"

"Get out of the way!" The dragon bared its sharp fangs at him. Behind the sharp white fangs, flames were faintly visible in the depths of its throat: "Elf, you are in the way!"

The magic element also solidified at the top of the staff, "I said, if you want to hurt the humans in Dore City, I will never..."

"Huh?!"

Serego said angrily: "I just want to go home!" "

..." Messenner paused: "...What?!"

"Greedy humans! Cunning humans!" The dragon cursed, flapping its wings behind it: "You dare to covet the dragon's treasure, you are so brave... When I go home to get the money, I will buy all his supermarkets!"

Messenal: "..."

Serego turned a corner, slapped the elves that blocked the way with his tail, and flew angrily towards his home.

Which mountain is his home? He

accidentally overslept during his nap. His treasure has not been guarded by a dragon for hundreds of years. I hope that no one of his kind has stolen all his treasures.

...

In the next few days, Jiang Li did not see the red-haired young man again.

After leaving Dore City that day, the dragon never came back. All the residents of Dore City witnessed the dragon flying away.

He didn't take it seriously and gave Augustus the goods prepared in advance, including goods shipped to other branches of the supermarket and the purchase contract previously signed with the king. Boxes of hot pot base were loaded onto the cargo wagons, waiting to be sent to the border. After

confirming the quantity and list of goods were correct, Jiang Li nodded: "That's it."

"..."

"Augustus?"

Jiang Li turned his head and saw Augustus staring at the sky in a trance. He didn't come back to his senses until he was called for the third time.

"Ah? Ah, okay." Augustus commanded the guards to load the goods onto the carriage. After confirming that everything was correct, the person in charge of the transportation drove the carriage away from Dore City.

Augustus was not in a hurry to leave, but went to the freezer to get himself an ice cream and sat down at Jiang Li's door.

"Jiang Li, do you think the dragon will not come back?"

Jiang Li counted the remaining inventory and replied casually: "Maybe."

Augustus: "Isn't Dore City enough to attract him to stay?"

Jiang Li: "Having dangerous dragons living in the city is a threat, right?"

Augustus held his sword and sighed.

That's what he said, but which warrior hasn't heard the legend of the dragon rider when he was young and fantasized about becoming a dragon rider?

Augustus said sadly: "But he was obviously very happy eating in Levi's restaurant that day, and he was very interested in the food made with chili. I even took him to see the chili fields outside the city..."

But in the end, human city life is still inseparable from money.

Dragons are absolutely not poor. They are full of interest in shiny treasures. In their long lives, they have accumulated huge wealth for themselves. However, dragons have a strong desire to possess their treasures. It is said that each dragon is a miser. If you want to take any gold coin from them, you must first defeat them.

Human transactions are obviously not within the dragon's common sense. A dragon that is used to robbing may not necessarily accept an equal exchange.

Augustus took a frustrated bite of the ice cream.

Suddenly, his eyes stopped at a certain place, and the whole person fell into a daze, even the action of eating the ice cream stopped.

"Plop".

The sound of the ice cream falling to the ground attracted Jiang Li. He raised his head and the first thing he saw was stacks of cargo boxes with two legs passing by the supermarket... Wait? Long legs?!

Jiang Li's eyes widened.

Those cargo boxes were stacked high, exceeding the roof, but they were easily held in someone's arms and sent to the door of another store not far away.

Jiang Li and Augustus both stuck their heads out to look over there, and saw the store owner took out the transportation fee and handed it to the deliveryman. His legs were shaking, and he trembled and asked cautiously: "Is...enough?"

Serego pointed at the coins in his hand. The number was exactly the same as the number stated on the notice board, and there was a little more.

He nodded with satisfaction: "Okay."

The owner breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly moved the goods to his store.

Jiang Li watched the red-haired young man walk back, and Serego stopped at the door of the supermarket. He exchanged a glance with Jiang Li, and then counted the reward he had just received.

Five silver coins for an ice cream, and his reward was not enough to buy even an ice cream.

Serego: "..."

...Damn human beings!

Jiang Li asked hesitantly: "What are you doing..."

"Working." Serego said: "Didn't you say that? Only by working can you earn money to buy food in your supermarket."

He couldn't beat this human, so what else could he do?

Serego's luck was very bad.

When he returned home, as expected, the magic barrier at the entrance of the cave was destroyed, and robbers broke into his cave. The treasures he had worked so hard to accumulate were robbed, and not even a gold coin was left.

What was even worse was that when he followed the smell left by the robbers, he found that it was a rare dragon with a partner. Not only did they have a partner, they also laid a dragon egg and successfully hatched it.

When he rushed into the dragon's territory, wanting to take back his own treasure and also steal the treasure of his fellow dragon, he was beaten out by the giant dragon couple. Even the little dragon took advantage of the chaos to bite him.

He had bruises on his face and ears, but they were not very obvious on his dark skin.

Serego counted the coins in his hand carefully and went to the notice board to look for his next job.

He thought sadly: It's so expensive, why is delicious food so expensive?