Chapter 139 A Hefty Price
After glancing at the various trinkets on the wooden shelf, Zhuo Geng still couldn't pinpoint the exact source of the aura. He folded his wings and plummeted down.
"ah..."
The dozens of people who were curiously watching Zhuo Geng in mid-air from a distance almost simultaneously exclaimed in surprise.
Suddenly hearing shouts around her, Daenerys looked up curiously and found them staring in astonishment at the sky above her.
She looked up and saw Drogon's massive body looming over her. As the shadow drew ever closer, Daenerys showed no concern; instead, she smiled.
puff!
The crowd, realizing something was wrong, was frantically trying to dodge when they suddenly heard a faint sound from the air, and the huge shadow on the ground vanished.
When they looked up at Daenerys's head again, they found that the black dragon that had suddenly pressed down had disappeared!
They blinked simultaneously, looked up at the sky, then looked around. Where was the black dragon? Had they just been hallucinating?
But seeing that everyone else had the same expression as him, all searching for the black dragon, he knew that he wasn't seeing things; the black dragon had indeed disappeared.
What is that?
Just as they were searching for Drogon, someone in the crowd suddenly pointed to the wooden frame in front of Daenerys and said...
"This...this is a small black dragon?" someone asked, puzzled, seeing Zhuogeng picking and choosing on the wooden shelf.
"Could it be that Lord Dragon God has shrunk?" Those with quick minds were the first to realize the terrifying scene they had just witnessed.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized that when they looked at Zhuo Geng on the wooden frame, wasn't he a miniature version of the Black Dragon?
It was only the size of a pigeon, yet it retained the majesty of a dragon god, only seemingly a little cuter. Some thought to themselves, but dared not say it aloud.
Seeing Drogon's enormous body suddenly shrink by dozens of times was a sight that neither the Dothraki nor the merchants from all over the world had ever witnessed before.
Instead of looking down on Zhuo Geng because he became smaller and cuter, they felt even more that Zhuo Geng was different from others.
This ability to shrink from large to small and then grow back to large is beyond their understanding of living beings. The Dothraki, in particular, are even more convinced that Drogon is the Dragon God, and only the Dragon God can possess such extraordinary abilities.
Zhuo Geng, who was on the wooden shelf, ignored the exclamations and discussions of the crowd. He was carefully examining the various ornaments on the shelf and finally picked out a small conch shell with bright colors and iridescent light.
The small conch is nearly a hand's length long, slightly longer than a regular conch, and its tip is not sealed, but has a delicate mouthpiece.
Besides the dazzling light, there are also runes appearing on its surface, making it clear that it is not an ordinary item.
Holding the small conch shell and feeling it carefully, Zhuo Geng realized that the unusual aura emanating from it was coming from there.
If Drogon hadn't sensed a similar aura on Euron a few days earlier, he probably wouldn't have noticed the difference in this conch shell while in the air.
The aura there was indescribable to him, giving him a sense of vastness and grandeur. As he played with the little conch shell, Zhuo Geng thought of the name of this road and had a vague guess in his mind.
If this conch shell is truly a relic of the gods, then how do you explain Euron's aura?
Although the two auras are not exactly the same, they are very similar. Could it be that Euron also has the aura of a certain god?
Thinking of his eye roll, could that aura come from the old god worshipped by the Green Prophet?
He hadn't sensed anything unusual about Bran and Jotkin back then, since they were already Xenomorphs, just not the Green Prophet. Euron, however, wasn't the Green Prophet either, so why did he have an aura that Bran and Jotkin didn't possess?
Was I too weak back then, and my senses weren't sharp enough? Or was Euron simply different from them?
After pondering the matter for a while without reaching a conclusion, Drogon stopped thinking about it for the time being and looked at Daenerys with the conch shell in his hand.
"Drogon, do you want this conch shell?" Seeing that Drogon was willing to shrink down to land and see the conch shell, and that he wouldn't let go of it, Daenerys guessed that he wanted the conch shell.
Drogon nodded, took the conch shell in his forepaws, and flew onto Daenerys's shoulder. Since the others had already seen him shrink, there was no point in him growing bigger to increase his intimidation. So he decided to remain in his juvenile state for the time being and study the conch shell on Daenerys's shoulder.
Seeing the surprised looks around Drogon when he shrunk, Daenerys knew that Drogon had never transformed in front of the Dothraki before.
Drogon was revered as a dragon god by the Dothraki, and he must have known that a huge adult form was more intimidating. His sudden shrinking to get the conch shell suggests that he didn't just see it as a toy.
"How much is this conch shell in Radiant Coins?" Daenerys asked the still-shaken young Dothraki seller.
"Dragon... It's my honor that the Dragon God likes this conch shell. You don't need to give me any Radiant Coins."
When Kiko collected this conch, he sensed its extraordinary nature, but no matter how he studied it, he couldn't see anything special about it.
However, he was still unwilling to sell it easily, and it hadn't sold because the price was too high. Today, seeing that the Dragon God had taken a liking to it, he was overjoyed and secretly praised his own eye for quality. Anything that the Dragon God could take a liking to must be a good thing.
Kiko was unwilling to accept money, but Daenerys couldn't just take things from others for free, even if Drogon was their dragon god.
She reached for her waist, about to take out the money, when she froze.
Since becoming the Grassland Khaleesi, she has always been accompanied by her maid Jiqi and others, and she has never carried money on her person again.
She had just suddenly seen Zhuo Geng land and take the conch shell, and for a moment she had forgotten about it.
Seeing Daenerys's stiff arm, Drogon guessed that she hadn't brought any money, but pretended not to see anything and continued playing with the conch shell.
Daenerys withdrew her right hand from her waist, glanced at Drogon on her shoulder, and seeing that he showed no intention of putting the conch back, she couldn't help but swallow hard.
She had just been giving a passionate speech on the back of a dragon, but in the blink of an eye, she couldn't even afford to buy a conch shell, making her, the queen, feel utterly ashamed.
She gave Kiko an awkward smile that looked more like a grimace, and was about to say thank you, intending to take it for free, when she saw the crowd on her left part and a boy of about twelve years old emerge.
The boy ran quickly to Kiko's stall, smiled at Daenerys, who looked a little embarrassed, and then asked Drogon, "How many Radiant Coins did the Dragon God give him?"
The one who emerged was Aka, who had been the first to be rescued by Drogon. He had seen Drogon long ago, but hadn't dared to come out.
He had just seen Drogon wanting the conch shell in the crowd, and Queen Daenerys didn't seem to have any money with her, and Drogon's little backpack wasn't on him either, so he guessed what was going on and hurriedly ran out.
The people around her could also see that Daenerys hadn't brought any money. They naturally didn't suspect that a queen would be short of money. The entire Slaver's Bay belonged to her, so how could she be short of money? It was just that she hadn't brought any for some reason.
Looking at the clever Aka, Drogon nodded and stretched out five claws at him.
Five gold coins?
Aka hadn't expected the little seashell to be so valuable. He counted out five gleaming gold coins from his purse and handed them to Kiko.