Drawing Cards in the Middle Ages to Rise in Ranks
Chapter 783 - 7: Dragon’s Nest
A hint of fatigue appeared on Andreas's pale face. He closed his eyes and skillfully sharpened the quill pens with dulled tips on the table. Taking this opportunity to rest for a moment, he then opened his eyes again and continued writing diligently.
Recently, the paperwork has increased geometrically. As Kurs's assistant, he naturally had to handle a significant portion of the documents.
One vassal just received orders to lead an army and set off to reclaim the fiefdom granted by the newly crowned King of the Eastern Franks, Master of Egypt, Grand Marshal of the Crusaders, carrying a note personally approved by His Majesty to demand supplies.
Meanwhile, another vassal is preparing to set off, planning to use half of the seized goods as collateral to exchange for supplies and provisions.
If the public safety issues hadn't been entirely handed over to the Chief of the Winged Cavalry, recently promoted to Baron Ulm, he might have died from exhaustion in this chair, even if he became a Vampire and could handle paperwork without sleep.
"Ah, if only I had listened to Lord Kurs back then and managed the Shadow of Darkness with Lady Julia."
"Lord Andreas!"
A knock on the door came from outside.
"Come in."
"Ah, were you resting?"
The visitor was a copyist recently assigned to work under him, originally a monk with the army, who had learned beautiful Latin and excellent mathematical skills in the monastery, enough to serve as his assistant.
"No... I just forgot to light the lamp."
Andreas casually covered up, having been busy for so long, he hadn't noticed it was already late. With normal vision, one couldn't see anything without lighting.
"You've been working too hard these days; even if you take a rest, no one would blame you."
Andreas shook his head: "Let's get to the main point."
The copyist hurriedly said, "His Majesty plans to allocate funds for you to construct such a building on the hillside outside Alexandria Port..."
"A barracks?"
Andreas felt puzzled; weren't there already three giant barracks outside the city that could serve as fortresses? With those Miracle buildings, wasn't it enough, why is there a need for more construction?
Upon unfolding the blueprints, he discovered this was indeed an enormous project to hollow out an entire hill.
"What is this?"
He asked with some confusion.
The copyist shook his head: "I'm not sure either. The hand order from His Majesty is, if you have any questions, you can consult Mr. Kurs, and tonight, there might be significant activity on that hill, so you'll need to issue an order to avoid causing panic..."
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The matter originated from the Six-star Attendant Recruitment Coupon still in Losa's possession, though he wasn't particularly interested.
He didn't lack six-stars now, Viviana and Prajna were still waiting for a promotion. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Even for a six-star, it would require at least reaching Elite status to play a meaningful role in the current battles, and after reaching Second Elite, could become the main force.
Otherwise, they'd have to be like Jeanne, burning herself to barely keep up with Losa's current level of enemies, or like Cherina, whose survival ability was worrying, all attributes specialized in the attack, having recently acquired a new deadly Divine Artifact.
Therefore, the most valuable thing in Losa's hands now was the only two advanced battle records he had.
Unfortunately, Viviana's father had already taken one of the slots to participate in a world war of this terrifying magnitude.
The difficulty of the other record wasn't likely to be much better, it had to be vastly superior to ordinary combat records.
Though some challenges would arise, issues must always be resolved.
Losa was contemplating how to arrange these battle records while casually tossing out the recruitment coupon. At the next moment, the recruitment coupon transformed into a card radiating with the unique golden brilliance of a six-star in the room.
You have acquired a new attendant.
Name: Three-headed Demon Dragon Ladon
Title: Dragon of the Conqueror
Species: Exotic Giant Dragon
Quality: Legendary Level (Six-star)
Level: 1
Intimacy: Cold
Power: 85
Agility: 31
Physical Strength: 77
Endurance: 45
Spiritual Power: 65
Talent: [Three Heads] From the beginning of its birth, the Three-headed Demon Dragon possessed three heads, each representing a different attribute - poison, curse, flame. Each head had its own personality and thinking ability.
Initially, this posed a significant problem for the demon dragon sharing one body, as each head wanted to bite the others to death, leaving only one to control the body.
Unfortunately, their growth speed was almost equally fast; they consumed the same prey, and no one dared risk making a wedding dress for the other head by fighting each other to mutual destruction.
Over time, the three heads seemed to recognize this reality and began to live in harmony, but everyone knew that if given the chance, they would still fall into internal conflict in the future.
[Spirit Contract] Though despised by wild dragon species, the Three-headed Demon Dragon once served the Emperors of the Ottoman Empire - Murad II, Mahmud II, and Suleiman I. During its time with these Ottoman monarchs possessing the dragon taming bloodline, it acquired special abilities that its peers didn't have. It could not only communicate telepathically with the riders on its back but also share power through contracts.
[Steel Body] Despite having a relatively slender physique, Ladon's scale armor rarely got pierced. It's said that it once battled two Copper-Horned Red Dragons, known for their strong defenses and ferocious close combat ability in the Ottoman Dragon Garden. The result was one red dragon dead and the other crippled while Ladon remained unharmed.
Skills: [Breath of the Demon Dragon] Dragon breath is undoubtedly the most proud and commonly used attack method by giant dragons, and each of Ladon's three heads can spit out different types of Dragon Flame.
[Devouring Dragon] (Unlocked at Elite First Stage)
[Molten Fire Purgatory] (Unlocked at Elite Second Stage)
Description: The Three-headed Demon Dragon has only followed three Ottoman Monarchs, but there's no doubt that these three were some of the most outstanding in the Ottoman Empire's history. It represented the time when the Ottoman Empire was at its zenith, with the whole of Christendom shivering beneath its wings in fear.
As the former Eastern Mediterranean Dominator, when it fell into being labeled as the "Sick Man of West Asia," just as the conflict believed to "end all wars" approached, this senescent decaying empire once again awakened the ancient aged dragon slumbering in the Dragon Garden.
Sadly, the times had changed.
The once majestic Ancient Dragon faced saturating attacks from countless White Crystals and Magic Stone Cannons as it neared the end of its lifespan. The Three-headed Demon Dragon eventually entered the grave with the decaying empire.
Looking at this card, which seemed very familiar to Losa.
Losa couldn't help feeling a bit sentimental, it seemed that the Three-headed Demon Dragon was summoned by him just before its death, and it's unknown whether it had memories of his role as Constantine XI.
Simulated battles aren't true history, but they leave a segment of altered memories in the hearts of related attendants modified by Losa.
By this logic, the Three-headed Demon Dragon was unlikely to have had these memories originally, but now it certainly will.