The Crimson Dragon Chapter 97

Translator: Kuhaku

Editor: Zeratful

Claudius was very poor. He literally was the poorest dragon alive. When he stepped into adulthood, Minerva counted all the money he had. “Five gold coins and thirty-seven silver coins. Zero copper coins….. This is all I have? I'm so poor! Any other dragon would have more money. This is crazy. No way I have this little." The next moment, he saw Minerva's report, which was a report on the entire munic.i.p.ality, including the price of food on the market. Claudius glanced at the price of flour, honey, salt, olive oil and beef, and thought to himself: “I feel a lot better now! I can buy at least five cows. Honestly, I have been a smart creature for two generations. But this is the first time I am rich!” Because everything in the market is low price, Claudius was actually carrying a lot of money. That is why he only had five gold coins and 37 silver coins in the s.p.a.ce bag on the s.h.i.+p that was preparing to sail to the continent of Clareus. 

Whether it is the Red Dragon or Minerva, they have issued their own decrees – of course, these decrees were all issued in the name of the Red Dragon, which had strict protection of private property. This decree was written by Minerva, but it was also endorsed by Claudius At the same time, Claudius had named the city before he had left. Claudius had stood in front of the throne in the middle of the temple with a single breath and declared: “From today on, the city will be called Rome! The Eternal City of Rome! Hahahaha.” Minerva did not raise any objections. The name Rome was written on parchment, and the mushroom people, goblins, and the slaves were told to quickly release the news of the city being named Rome.

Claudius had left on a paddle boat that weighed about 70 tons. It was a journey between Feilun and h.e.l.l Island - now called the Rome. These merchant s.h.i.+ps purchase a large amount of grain and ale, mead, distilled spirits, wine, and a wide variety of metal ingots. The demand for merchandise – especially all kinds of leather and pottery, as well as a large number of alchemy products was also huge. Since Rome offered free trade, and the proportion of commercial tax collection was not high, and there was almost no corruption, therefore commercial activities were also booming.

This kind of development had made the traditional people on the mainland of Feren's continents focus their attention on this new trade city. Pirates had begun to appear on the Ferron-Rome route, but they were annihilated by the sea dragon Obosinen who was told by Claudius to help protect the merchant s.h.i.+ps. The sea dragon, which had grown to nearly 20 meters long, sank  all the pirate s.h.i.+ps that it encountered. Sometimes, even Obosinen's subordinates – who were mostly sharks – attacked and sank pirate s.h.i.+ps. On the day of Claudius's boarding, Obosinen had just gone with his sharks to raid a pirate's nest near the city of Metrama. These pirates had all been praying to their G.o.ddess, Ambry. For this reason, Ambry had been keeping a record against Claudius. Furthermore, since the establishment of Rome, Claudius has already destroyed several pirate forces which had believed in Ambry. This led to the sailors and merchants gaining a safe route, and had also led to a considerable reduction to Ambry's offerings. This was basically a serious embarra.s.sment for the G.o.ds of the storm, who were basically relying on violent natural disasters to intimidate people to gain believers and faith. Of course, their leader, Talos, was excluded.

The merchant s.h.i.+p Claudius was riding on, had a name, but he did not bother to remember it as he did not care much about the s.h.i.+p. Anyways,  it was possible to travel the entire distance in two days and one night, so why bother remembering the boat's name? Now Claudius was sitting at the stern and was enjoying watching the sea from a different perspective. The rough sea made the whole boat sway up and down. However, Claudius did not get seasick and watched sailors running around to adjust the sails, while some were holding pots of wine and were having a bite. On the far side of the sea, there was a tail that was poking above the water. Sea Dragon Obosinen approached the oars, but the sailors did not find the sea dragon snorkeling under the surface of the sea. Due to the frequent movement of the sea dragon, the sea monsters on the channel have already been far away. Sea Dragon and his subordinates paid tribute to Claudius. The red dragon nodded and the sea dragon went underwater. He had gone back to his home near Rome.

The destination of the s.h.i.+p was the seaport city of Zazespo. Thanks to the trade with Rome, the city had also begun to prosper. Of course, the underground powers had also gained enormously.

On the morning of the third day, the s.h.i.+p, which had waited for a whole night outside the port to enter the port safely, put down its pa.s.sengers. There were many people who went to Rome by this boat, but there were not many people leaving Rome. Claudius set foot on the ground of Faeren. Behind him, the s.h.i.+p's crew was rus.h.i.+ng to unload the cargo. While quickly replenis.h.i.+ng freshwater and food for another trip to Rome. Rome never limited any type of creatures or activities, as long as it obeyed the government's orders.