Nuclear Dragon

The tax hike of the movies set off a lot of storms within the kingdom.

Shillong, Arman, and other dragons were in the course of preparing Shippuden, and at such time, they got the news of the tax increase.  

Arman was extremely furious, he couldn’t stop cursing, “What’s going on with this king? The initial 30% tax rate is high enough! He actually dared to raise the tax on us! Is he trying to bully us? What a good idea; ‘let’s raise the tax rate by 20%!’ How many gold coins is he planning to take away from us? Damn fool! He knows nothing better to do but oppress us! ”  

Shillong’s expression wasn’t pretty either, this tax hike is too outrageous, isn’t it?  

Compared to other industries, the tax rate is actually only between 20% and 30%. Why did they raise it only for movies to 50%?  

Is someone trying to screw them?  

Shillong, who was a skeptic by nature, began to doubt.

Andre and Nefiro also frowned.  

Nefiro was feeling a bit better than the others, but she felt that her friend’s money had been stolen.  

But Andre, who was one of the victims of this money-stealing operation, felt uncomfortable. He traveled in the human world for many years and is already familiar with the greedy nature of human beings.  

As the manager of the chamber of commerce for many years, his temper is much better than before.  

At this time, he just looked at Lucia and said, “Is this your father’s doing?”  

Lucia and her knights were a bit embarrassed by now.  

Especially when Arman talked about their king like that.  

However, they didn’t dare talk back!  

Although it has been more than half a year since Shillong’s deterrence has passed, these guys still feel vivid in their minds!  

A legendary true dragon…!  

And there are three other dragons.  

This is a dragons’ nest!  

No one knew whether there were more dragons out here!  

Who would dare to oppose them?  

“My Father…” Lucia hesitated before speaking but finally said bravely, “My Father is not doing this right. The tax rate is far higher than the one of other industries. Let me go back and discuss the matter with him.”  

“Okay! Go on and ask! I want to see why he is greedy for my gold coins!” Arman said angrily.  

Afterward, Lucia quickly mounted the Griffin and left.  

Soon, inside the King’s Private Arms Store at the Royal Palace.  

The area here is about the size of a basketball court and a half.  

The weapon rack inside is full of various weapons, most of which are swords.  

These are all well-made, top-quality weapons from the hands of famous masters.  

Putting them on sale, every item requires at least several thousand gold coins.  

More than tens of thousands of gold coins…  

There are hundreds of them here.  

Our dear king, Ario, was sitting on an ironwood seat at this time, holding a one-handed sword with three gems inlaid at the hilt in his right hand.  

Holding an oilcloth in his left hand, he gently wiped the blade of the sword.  

The entire blade was shiny.  

“What a good sword! The body of the sword is made of thousand-forged dense steel, and its whole body is full of magic. The hilt is inlaid with three magic gems, which contain the power of three attributes wind, earth, and lightning. It is indeed the masterpiece of Master Hatemi. One of the legendary weapons [Nature’s Wrath] lives up to its reputation! I spent 300,000 gold coins to buy it half a year ago!”  

His Majesty, the King, looked at this sword, like a man in heat seeing a sexy beauty, his face was obsessed.  

This is his hobby: collecting all the well-crafted weapons!  

Every day, His Majesty’s favorite thing to do is to spend two hours in the armory, stroking these weapons as he does to his lovers… 

Just as he was indulging in [Nature’s Wrath], the voice of the seventh princess, Lucia, sounded outside the door, “Father! Are you inside? I have something to talk to you about!”  

“It’s Lucia!” His Majesty the King did not stop wiping the blade, and said, “Come in!”  

“squeak~”  

The black iron-wooden door was opened.  

Lucia, dressed in bright silver armor, walked in,  

Seeing her father wiping the blade of the sword without even looking at her, she was not surprised, and said directly, “Father! Why do you want to increase the tax rate for movies this high? This is really unusual!”  

“Do you think I’m wrong?” The king kept his head bowed without any movement.  

“This is outrageous! Do you know what those filmmakers think about you? They think you’re a greedy person!”  

“The profit of the movies industry is too high! There is nothing wrong with raising the tax rate!”  

“But this will make many people dissatisfied, especially the Soderberg Chamber of Commerce. Do you know how strong they are? They…”  

“Okay! Okay!” His Majesty interrupted Lucia to continue speaking, he gently inserted [Nature’s Wrath] into the scabbard, then looked up at Lucia, “The Soderberg Chamber of Commerce, I am very fond of them. I understand! It is a chamber of commerce composed of metal dragons, isn’t it? And a strange black-and-gold dragon of legendary level, right? He is a descendant of a metal dragon and a black dragon?”  

“You already know about them?” Lucia asked with a frown.  

She didn’t mention them to the King, so it was obviously someone from the Griffin Knights who told him the news, which made her feel a bit uncomfortable and also feeling betrayed.

“What do you think?” The king just smiled, “Your Griffin Knights are the kingdom’s troops first, and your personal escort second. You have to make a clear distinction between these two things.”  

“I know!” Lucia took a deep breath, “Since you all know how strong the Soderbergh Chamber of Commerce is, why do you still want to do this?”  

“Why?” His Majesty looked at Lucia with some doubts, “My dear daughter, why shouldn’t I do this? The profit of the movie industry is too high. This is obvious to all, I am just flattening it a bit. Is there anything wrong with this? The extra profits will make the kingdom richer and stronger!”  

“No, Father! What you are doing is wrong. I just came back from the Soderberg Chamber of Commerce, and you know that I have been with them recently… They… are quite dissatisfied with your actions.” Lucia said unpleasantly.

On one side, there is her father. On the other is Nefiro, whom she has a crush on, and dragons such as Shillong, Arman, etc., with whom she had befriended recently.  

The most important thing is that the strength of this group of dragons is worth taking into account.  

“Humph!” The King grunted unhappily when he heard Lucia’s words, “They are in my territory, eating my food, and making my money, I just reduced their profits a little bit. How could they be dissatisfied? Don’t these guys understand whose country this is? This is the capital of Starland Kingdom, Starlan City. All foreigners who live here must obey the rules I make! I am the king! My word is the law! ”  

“That said, Shillong Soderberg is too strong! We saw it with our own eyes at the time, he is definitely not an ordinary legend!” Lucia said.  

“So what!” His Majesty smiled, “My dear Lucia! You must know that they are not five-colored dragons. If they were five-colored evil dragons, I would be a little more apprehensive! But metal dragons… hahaha!”