Chapter 332 - 327: Escape for the Moment
Leon swished his tail, accelerating forward, and soon arrived at the Sahuagin settlement.
The Sahuagin settlement was surrounded by towering underwater mountains and dense forests of giant seaweed, providing natural concealment and seclusion.
The Sahuagin were followers of Sekola, the Shark God, and had a special close bond with sharks. They trained sharks as attack animals, and even untrained sharks saw Sahuagin as allies and wouldn’t prey on them. Unsurprisingly, there were quite a few sharks dwelling near the settlement.
Even though Leon was now in his young bronze dragon form, those ten-meter-long giant sharks that only appear in the deep sea were hardly a challenge for a young bronze dragon, let alone ordinary sharks.
"You like shark meat, don’t you? There are plenty of sharks here for you to feast on," Leon said, glancing at Fiora, who had caught up.
Fiora shrugged indifferently and replied, "Are you planning to talk to those Sahuagin first or attack directly?"
Bronze dragons have a strong sense of justice, intolerant of cruelty or anarchy in any form. They usually attack only in self-defense or to protect those unable to defend themselves. They dislike killing creatures they don’t intend to eat and strive to negotiate with intelligent enemies, though they remain vigilant against deceit.
Fiora, playing the role of a knight, preferred subduing enemies rather than killing them. Luckily, her true form was a bronze dragon, sparing her from ending up in certain peculiar novels where letting robbers or goblins go would inevitably result in being struck from behind with a stone, causing irreparable consequences.
"Diplomacy before hostility — let’s try talking first," Leon suggested, less inclined toward violence. "After all, if they submit to me, they’ll become my subjects. Population is a valuable resource."