Chapter 91 17. Tiga
Alisa held the egg and exchanged her spirit ring for a pair of golden bird bracelets made of gold and pearls.
Skink goldsmiths possess exceptional craftsmanship, crafting golden bird jewellery with lifelike heads, tongues and wings.
The most popular was Wren, who traded a parchment portrait for a bird-feather headband for his wife. The Skink held the portrait close to his face, its crest constantly changing color, and excitedly asked the Skink next to him if it resembled him. A group of Skinks gathered around Wren, holding their artifacts, hoping to trade with him for a portrait too.
Darkus looked at Ryan and thought, "He, a Duruchi, can support himself here. He just needs to set up a stall in the Grand Market every day to paint portraits of these Skin Lizards. And he can paint very quickly because these Skin Lizards all look similar."
Genevieve only had one piece of clothing, so she could only watch helplessly. While the other Druks were not paying attention, Daquus took out the velvet bag from the noble robe and stuffed it into her hand.
"Go change them for something they like. This is a way to repay you for taking care of them along the way." Daqian smiled at Genevieve.
Genevieve quietly opened the velvet bag, which was filled with exquisite Duruchi jewelry produced by the Dark Witch Monastery of Gorond. After thanking Daquus, she also began to imitate the spirit lizards.
Chupakoko turned back and put a lace necklace into Daquus's hand. The necklace was made of pearls, turquoise beads, small red shells and small gold beads. It was tied with a gold ring at intervals, and the outermost circle was a row of twenty-four small golden bells. He winked at Daquus cunningly.
Darkus slipped the lace necklace directly into his noble robes. Although he liked it, he wasn't foolish enough to wear it directly. Judging from his expression, Chupakoko's kleptomania had struck again. He had probably stolen it from another Skink.
The market was filled with not only Skinks but also several Saurus, surrounded by a group of Skinks, who eagerly presented their crafts to the Saurus. To Daxus, it was like a wealthy fool suddenly showing up at an antique market, and everyone was eager to rip him off.
Daxus saw another strange lizard man. This lizard man was different from the other lizard men. Even with his back bent, he was nearly 2.6 meters tall. He was wearing extremely gorgeous gold products and armor. After the lizard man appeared, Bainie stared at the lizard man. The lizard man was also looking at the Duruchi. Chupakoko went up to the lizard man and started chatting with him.
Baine walked up to Darkus and said, "This lizard man is extremely dangerous."
"Yeah, I felt it too. This should be a lizardman ancient blood warrior, about the level of a general. Can you defeat him in your prime?"
Bainie hesitated for a long time, shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. It may be a matter of life or death."
Daxus understood what Baine meant. It was basically a 50-50 fight between life and death, with victory or defeat decided in one round.
Chupakoko talked with the Lizardman Ancient Blood Warrior for a while and then came back. During the conversation, Chupakoko was basically talking about how the Lizardman Ancient Blood Warrior gave Daquus the feeling of being extremely old-fashioned and dull.
"That's Tiga, the ancient blood lizard warrior from Hexota. He came to exchange some jewelry."
When Dacus heard this, he couldn't collapse.
"Can it turn into light?"
Chupakoko didn't understand what he meant and stared at Darkus blankly.
"It's okay, shall we go somewhere else?"
After staying in the Grand Market for a while, the Duruchis followed the mayor of Hesiota, Chupakoko, to visit other places.
I went to the monitor lizard workers' community first. There seemed to be no work there now. A group of silly monitor lizards were bursting out with primitive power in an open field, playing naked choke and venting their energy.
The Drukis watched with gusto, but no one, including Bainie, asked to join the fight. No Drukis would be foolish enough to compete with a crocodile-like monitor lizard. A punch from a Drukis could literally send it flying.
"What a mess! This is so fucking waaagh!"
The Megazords are a core subspecies of the Lizardfolk race, distant relatives of the Saurian crocodiles. Created by the Old Ones, they are strong, obedient builders, laborers, and powerful warriors.
In cities, Monitor Lizards are responsible for carrying or carrying building materials at the request of Skinks. Their bodies are larger and stronger than their Saurus relatives. They are also more massive, with muscles as solid as rock and bloody mouths filled with razor-sharp teeth.
In times of war, the Kroxigors form into units, charging and destroying enemy lines under the long-range cover of the Skinks. Their age is infinite, and as they age, their scales and muscles become increasingly fortified, so strong that even a repeating crossbow cannot penetrate them.
Elmir looked at the captain of the Black Ark Pirates of his family and asked, "I remember you came across this thing?"
The Black Ark pirate captain said with lingering fear, "Yes, miss. Two hundred years ago, further south, a giant lizard lurked in the swamp. We didn't even notice it at the time. It quickly swam behind us and attacked us. I was the only one of our group who survived..."
Although the Black Ark Pirate Captain didn't say the second half of the sentence, Daxus could imagine how tragic the situation was at that time. The giant lizard must have had a good meal.
After staying in the monitor lizard labor community for a while, we went to the animal training enclosure.
As they arrived, the two behemoths were already being heavily equipped. The Skink keepers were hoisting a Lustrian platform onto the Ankylosaur's back. The Dark Ankylosaur's crown was already inlaid with gold plate armor, but it lacked the Ark of Sotek and the Resurrection Crystal. Those were toys of the Serpent God Sotek, and Hexotar didn't possess them.
"I can accept that Hexotar doesn't have the Ark of Sotek and the Resurrection Crystal, but it doesn't even have the Solar Engine?"
Chupakoko looked at Daxus, shook his head helplessly and said, "The last solar engine in the safe room of the Hexota Pyramid was equipped three hundred years ago." Then he pointed to another ankylosaur in the distance.
"It's really like an old lady celebrating the New Year. She lacks everything except gold and gems." Dacus muttered.
Big Guy's new friend was also being assembled. Carved gold plates had already been inlaid into the ancient Triceratops' thick hide. From Dakius's perspective, these plates were more for identification than for defense. The curved horns already had decorative rings and golden spikes, and now the reinforced mask covering the entire face was being installed.
As for the Engine of the Gods and the Thunder Engine, just forget about them and don't think about them.
The Skink Lizard keepers hoisted a Lustrian-style stepped platform on the back of the Ancient Triceratops. An extremely outdated crossbow was installed at the bottom of the platform, which seemed to have never been updated or upgraded since its appearance. The upper part of the platform was empty, probably for people to stand or for storing supplies. A semicircular Lustrian-style stone decoration was installed at the back of the platform.
In Dacus's opinion, this thing was completely useless. Was it for hanging clothes or heads? Also, were those two wire-like things next to it used to entertain cats?
Let's just use this thing for now. Daxus didn't ask the skin lizards to install it, but they have already installed it. It's their kindness, and he should thank them.
After walking further into the animal taming enclosure, the Druchi saw Zerag, which was even bigger than the big guy's new friend. Zerag should be the largest giant ancient triceratops in the entire Lustria continent. When Mazdamuddi went out to fight, he would float the Chengyu on Zerag's back.
The group of Druks began to discuss the war value of this giant ancient triceratops, but they soon stopped discussing.
Because the Duruchis came to the Tyrannosaurus Pit.
PS: There is indeed an ancient blood warrior named Tiga in the game. I will mark out the map of Lustria and Slann later today.