Chapter 144: Dragon Lich, Descendant of the Imperial Royal Family?
Deya and Mavis looked at each other.

The two had already figured out that the half-dragon was lying.

As a child, the other party’s ability to lie is really poor. Once he tells a lie, he will panic and look around.

Anyone with a little experience can see his problem.

Deya asked calmly, "What did you lie to us about?"

The half-dragon boy took a deep breath. Perhaps he felt that he didn't need to lie anymore. His rapidly beating heart calmed down, and even his tone of voice became much smoother:
“Mr. and Miss, actually…there are no commercial ships passing by here. Any ship sailing near this sea area will be attracted and then run aground on the beach.

I, I actually saw a boat floating over, and wanted to see if there was any food or valuables on board."

The half-dragon quickly raised his head and glanced at Deya and Mavis, then lowered his head again and said in a low voice with some trepidation: "...I asked you to follow me just now, but I actually wanted to harm you."

"Why do this?"

"Because this way we can exchange food... and medicine from those orcs."

The half-dragon thought that the two victims in front of him would be angry and furious.

But he found that Deya and the other man were very calm.

Since they knew that this was the Forbidden World Memory, Deya and Mavis were of course very clear that there must be dangers here and it would never be a place for them to come for tourism.

"Then why do you suddenly not want to harm us?"

"I, I feel bad, and my mother always tells me not to do bad things."

The half-dragon whispered.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Raymond, Raymond Yinxin, sir!"

The half-dragon puffed out his chest and spoke excitedly, as if he was proud of his name.

'Galactic center?'

Of course Deya knew this surname, and he had also seen someone with this surname, the bloody princess he saw in the World Memories.

The most important thing is that this surname is the royal surname of the Narbo Empire!

"Raymond, can you tell us the details of this island?"

Deya asked calmly and kindly.

The only one who can obtain information about this island now is the half-dragon in front of him who has the imperial royal family's surname.

"Whatever you want to know, I can tell you as long as I know it, but you also need to exchange something."

Raymond spoke cautiously, as if he was afraid that such words would make Deya in front of him angry. He was even ready to run away.

Deya asked with a smile: "Then what do you want me to exchange for it?"

"Food, water, medicine, but I see you have nothing... Of course money would be best, people here only want gold coins."

Raymond gritted his teeth and stated his request.

Deya thought about it, and then he used the water-making technique and food-making technique to create tasteless but nutritious bread and clean water on the spot.

Seeing this scene, Raymond's eyes widened and he said in horror: "You, you are a magician?!"

"Yes, this is the food and water you need. As for the gold coins...is this one enough?"

Deya flicked his finger and threw a Susetani gold coin in front of the half-dragon.

It doesn’t matter which country the gold coin comes from. What matters is that it is pure gold.

Raymond quickly squatted down, picked up the gold coin from the sand, and held it tightly in his hand.

He was very scared at this time, fortunately he did not deceive the two people in front of him who had just died.

He turned out to be a mysterious wizard!

If I deceive them, I'm afraid I'll be dead.

"That's enough, sir, that's enough... What do you want to know?"

Raymond was overjoyed, holding the gold coin tightly in his hand.

"Just tell me everything you know about this island."

Raymond scratched his head, and after organizing his words, he told Deya the basic situation of the island.

Raymond was born on this island. He only knew the basic situation of the island and didn't know much about the outside world.

He only knew that this island was one of the Shire Islands. As for what the Shire Islands were, he didn't understand either. He just heard it from others.

A magic barrier was set up around the island, allowing only entry but not exit.

And there is a town on this island, which was built by humans, orcs and dwarves.

However, the three races have very strong conflicts. Although they live in the same town, they never interact with each other and even attack each other.

"The one who rules this island is a giant dragon. People in the town say it's a dracolich, and some secretly call it an old witch."

Raymond whispered, and he looked around secretly as if he was afraid that he would be discovered saying bad things about the island owner.

"Dracolich?"

Hearing this word, Deya felt a chill in his heart.

If it really is a dragon lich, it would be very troublesome.

To become a dragon lich, one needs to be a dragon of at least eight rings.

Eight rings and a giant dragon, just thinking about it makes me feel dizzy.

"So what did you mean by trying to trick us? Why do the people here want to kill us?"

Deya asked again.

Raymond did not hide it, he said: "The town does not welcome any outsiders, that is the rule set by the old witch.

The population of a town must be at a fixed number. If there is one more outsider, everyone in the town must be killed.

Therefore, people in the town do not welcome any outsiders, and adults are not allowed to leave the town, only children are allowed.

That's why they asked me to patrol the coast. If I find any outsiders and lead them into a trap, the people in the town will reward me."

It turns out that this island has such rules.

Deya was thoughtful.

He nodded slightly, then asked again: "Since there will be a reward and you are still a town resident, why don't you listen to them?"

Raymond whispered, "Mom said those people are not good people, and told me not to trust them easily. There is not a single good person in the whole town."

Deya asked Raymond a few more questions, but he couldn't answer most of them and didn't know the answers to any of them.

Raymond is just a child after all, so this is normal.

The sky was already dark at this time, only the setting sun was shining on the sea level, leaving an orange-red light.

Raymond said, "I, I have to go back. Mr. and Miss, please don't go into the town. The people in the town will kill you.

Also, don't walk in too open areas when you are on the coast. Sometimes there will be dragons patrolling here. If you see a dragon, you must hide and don't let it find you."

Deya's heart moved, and he asked, "The dragon you are talking about, is it the dragon lich?"

Raymond shook his head: "No, the old witch has a very scary dragon under her command, and it will fly over this island when it has nothing to do.

If he sees someone outside the village, he will eat him up in one bite, so you must be careful of him."

Before Raymond left, Deya asked one last question: "...Since you said there are humans, orcs, and dwarves in the town, what about the elves? Aren't there any elves in it?"

"Elves?"

Raymond shook his head and said angrily: "...There are no elves in the town. The elves and the old witch are in the same group. They live in the castle on the mountain."

After Raymond left, Deya glanced at Mavis who was standing beside him without saying a word. Mavis said unhappily, "Why are you looking at me? Are you trying to say that the elves here are not good people?"

Deya smiled and said, "I didn't say that. You said it yourself... Mavis, think about it carefully. Have you ever cooperated with a dragon lich in the history of elves?"

Deya has no idea what era this world recollects, so he hopes to get more intelligence from the known information.

Mavis frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I don't know much about the history of elves, and I have never heard of elves cooperating with dragon liches in history."

Deya complained inwardly: "You really don't know anything."

Mavis gritted her teeth, ignored Deya's ridicule, and asked, "What are we going to do next?"

Among the high elves, Mavis is not very old and she doesn’t have any opinions of her own. She unconsciously relies on Deya wholeheartedly.

"Raymond probably didn't lie to us, but we still have to verify it just in case."

Deya raised his hand and a crow flew out, following Raymond from a distance.

He said to Mavis again: “…My advice to you is not to go into that town.

With our strength, we don't have to worry about being killed by the people in that town. We can even replace them and become a member of the town.

But if we do this, we will be exposed to the eyes of the dragon lich, which will be very disadvantageous to us.

Facing an eighth-ring or even ninth-ring dragon lich, our only advantage now is that we are in the dark."

Mavis nodded vigorously: "I'll listen to you!"

Deya didn't expect that the other party trusted him so much.

……

The crow followed not far behind Raymond, and about half an hour later, Raymond arrived at a village at the foot of the island.

Deya roughly explored the entire town from the perspective of a crow.

Just as Raymond said, this town is inhabited by humans, orcs, dwarves and other races. The three races are clearly separated and each lives in a different area.

Among them, humans are the largest in number, followed by orcs, and finally dwarves.

The only thing that made Deya regretful was that the orcs in this world were green-skinned orcs, not the orc-eared girls with cat ears or fox ears that he had imagined.

This made Deya lose interest in orcs all of a sudden.

The whole town was very quiet. Everyone was just doing their own thing. Even people of the same race were wary of others.

There are fields outside the town, and some people are raising poultry inside the town. The population of the entire village is not very large. Deya estimated that there are probably only one or two thousand people.

"There are many extraordinary people, but they are not very strong. This village is not dangerous to Mavis and me. The real danger comes from the castle on the mountain."

Deya took a look at the fortress on the top of the mountain from the crow's perspective.

He continued to follow Raymond, and he was still somewhat curious about Raymond's bloodline identity.

Raymond came to a remote cottage in the corner of the village and pushed the door open.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted excitedly: "Mom, look what I got, bread, water, and gold coins!

We can have a full meal today, and I can also buy medicine for you!"

The dilapidated hut was filled with rotten wooden furniture and nothing else.

There was a woman lying on the small bed.

The woman was pale and thin, with almost nothing but bones left. She had only a few sparse strands of hair, and it looked like she had a terminal illness and was seriously ill.

"Raymond, where did you get these things?"

The seriously ill woman saw the bread and water, as well as a gold coin.

She was not happy, but coughed and asked Raymond seriously.

Raymond quickly told his mother about his encounter with Deya on the beach.

Her mother covered her mouth and coughed twice, then smiled weakly and said, “Raymond, you were right not to lie to them, you met a good person.

If that is really a wizard, you can’t fool them at all, you might even be…”

The seriously ill woman showed a look of fear.

If Raymond really lied, then I would probably never see him again. The deceived wizard would definitely be furious.

Fortunately, my son did not learn bad things.

"Mom, wait a moment. I'll go get you some medicine. Your illness will get better as long as you have the medicine."

Raymond, who got a gold coin, couldn't wait to buy medicine for his mother.

The woman lying on the bed grabbed him. Under Raymond's puzzled eyes, she shook her head and said, "Raymond, Mom hasn't eaten meat for a long time. Mom wants to eat meat. Go buy some meat first."

Raymond hesitated, but still said, "Okay, I'll go buy the meat now."

Having said that, he ran out quickly.

When the woman saw her son walking away, a look of sadness appeared in her eyes.

She knew that her illness was incurable and only a high-ranking pastor could cure her terminal illness.

But in this small town, it is absolutely impossible to have such a high-ranking priest.

She thought about it and climbed up from the bed with difficulty.

She couldn't be a burden to her son anymore.

"..."

"Boss, why is the meat so expensive today? It wasn't this expensive before."

Raymond argued in front of the butcher's shop.

The butcher took a greedy look at the gold coin in Raymond's hand. He didn't know where this kid got his luck to pick up a gold coin.

He smiled and said, "Meat is so expensive now. Do you want some? Maybe you can ask the orcs or dwarves?"

Raymond gritted his teeth. He knew his boss was trying to trick him, but there was nothing he could do.

As a half-dragon, he has half human blood and is not liked by dwarves and orcs.

Apart from the boss in front of him, he had no other place to buy meat, because those butchers were in cahoots with the boss.

Thinking of his mother's desire to eat meat, he stomped his feet and bought a piece of meat at twice the usual price.

"Mom, I'm back."

Raymond, who got the meat, ran back to the shabby hut happily.

As soon as he opened the door, his eyes widened and the meat in his hand fell to the ground with a 'plop'.

In the hut, a seriously ill woman had hanged herself.

Deya, who had transformed into a crow, saw this scene and sighed softly.

The mother knew that she would not live long, so she tricked her son into buying meat.

It’s not that she wanted to eat meat, but she didn’t want her son to spend money on useless medical expenses. She wanted her child to be able to eat a piece of meat.

"Mom, don't scare me... I've always been very obedient, please, wake up, please."

The boy struggled to lift his mother's body down from the beam. He shook the body hard and cried loudly.

The crows that Deya transformed into dispersed.

He already had a basic understanding of this town.

Raymond had not lied to him.

(End of this chapter)