Chapter 114 Singing [Red-Eyed Black King] (8500 Words)

"Um?"

The giant dragon stopped playing and looked in the direction of the sound, and suddenly saw several archmages with white hair and beards, all of whom were at least forty years old and wearing mage robes, flying slowly towards them.

"Master Tirami! This evil dragon killed Chief Haku! You actually asked me to stop?"

The adjutant looked at the old man in the middle, his expression full of anger and a little unwillingness.

"That's because Haku attacked His Majesty Rand first, isn't it?

We have served the Mien family for generations, and we are not just loyal to this generation of Mien!

Charlotte's arrogance and Troy's incompetence!

He is not worthy of inheriting this generation of Mien! He doesn’t deserve a title either!

You actually want all the soldiers to die with you for this kind of person? What do you think? "

The old man, known as Master Tirami, looked at the adjutant with an unkind expression, showing an inexplicable power.

The adjutant seemed a little afraid of the other party, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.

Afterwards, the Archmage Tirami and several Archmages came to the ground dozens of meters away in front of Rand, bowed and said:

"I am very grateful to His Majesty Rand for your broad-mindedness. Fortunately, you are not familiar with the soldiers. Otherwise, I really don't know what kind of bloody scene would have happened.

Likewise, on behalf of the entire city, I welcome you and Yakus. "

Master Tirami looked grateful.

"Hahahaha! They are all soldiers of Yacus! How can I be familiar with them? I was just playing with them! Since they don't want to play anymore, then stop it."

The dragon smiled generously and waved its paws.

What belongs to Yakus is his!

How could he destroy and kill for no reason?

oh! certainly! As long as no fool like that Dorelda appears, angers him and attacks him in the city, everything will be fine.

Two dragon cubs in the distance also noticed that the battle seemed to be over, so they slowly flew over with the three of them.

Just got close.

Troy Mean and his mother yelled at Tirami:

"Damn old bastard! Traitor! You actually didn't want to save us, but colluded with this evil dragon! How can you deserve my father (my lover)! I owe you such kindness!"

"Hmph! It's not the turn of you two to say this! Xia Luo, why don't you mention the heir of the previous Marquis of Meen?

Haku keeps coming in and out of your mansion every night, so what does it mean?

And Troy! The Meen family has been regarded as capable for generations, but when it comes to you, it has become an absolute waste! You are thirty years old. Apart from relying on your mother, what else can you do?

Apart from robbing beautiful women every day and imprisoning them in your manor, what else do you want? "

Tirami stroked his long white beard, pointed a finger at the Mien mother and son under the little black dragon's forelimbs, and cursed loudly. At the same time, he also revealed some wonderful information.

This made the people around who heard the words look at Mrs. Charlotte with strange eyes.

Everyone knows what Troy is, but Mrs. Charlotte...

"Look! What are you looking at? I just invited Haku to discuss military training! What's weird about this? And he's very skilled! He's so powerful that he just happens to protect my safety at night! What's wrong?"

Mi En's mother, Charlotte, yelled with a straight face.

"Discussing military training? You can't discuss it during the day? Do you have to discuss it every night in the early morning? And you have to go to your room! Until four or five in the morning, and then sneak away again? Who are you bluffing?

Everyone present is also an adult! Who do you think will believe your lies? Shameless wife! "

Tirami yelled angrily.

"Huh? Why don't you believe what she said? I think it makes sense? What's wrong with discussing military training together this late at night?"

Suddenly, a curious and childish voice sounded.

Tirami raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction. It was a red dragon cub! This made him twitch and couldn't help but look at Rand.

"Idiot! Shut your mouth! No one will treat you as a mute!"

Rand couldn't help but said.

"But, Rand, why does everyone seem to believe this old man but not this woman? I think what she said makes sense?

As a capable subordinate, it is normal to protect his master at night, right? It's like me! I also love sleeping next to Rand every day! What's wrong with this? "

The little female dragon still looked innocent and didn't know why.

The little black dragon blinked, and the dragon's face also showed a look of thinking.

They are too young and don't know much about mating.

The inheritance of the dragon did not tell them many memories to teach the children badly.

"Your Excellency Fiona, you will understand this kind of thing when you grow up."

Yacus, who was beside her, couldn't bear it any longer.

"I told you to shut up! Don't you understand? Idiot!"

Rand cursed, stretched out a claw, grabbed the little female dragon, and then, with her unclear eyes, pinched her forehead and pressed her to the ground hard!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Rand! Stop! Stop! My head hurts! It's going to explode! It's going to explode!"

the little female dragon yelled.

But Rand was indifferent, and in the end her entire head was firmly pressed into the ground.

Like an onion inserted upside down.

The whole dragon is standing upside down, its tail is swaying, and its hind legs are kicking!

A pair of forelimbs were supporting the ground, trying hard to pull out his head!

"Mother...you...have you really done this?"

Troy looked at his mother, his voice trembling.

"Shut up! You can play with so many women! I just play with Haku, why can't you? Are you qualified to talk to me?" Mrs. Xia Luo glared and cursed.

"Hmph! If it was just a Haku, then forget it! But in fact? You let your personal guards rob young men in the city every now and then!

In the past two years, the missing boy case that became famous throughout Meen City was caused by you asking your personal guards to do it! You think I don't know?

Like mother, like son!

tell me! Where did you keep those young men who were captured by you? "

Master Tirami asked.

"Bah! You think I'm going to tell you an old thing! A rebellious person with no loyalty at all! An old dog! A loser who can't stand up!"

Mrs. Charlotte cursed angrily, spitting her last spit in the direction of Tirami.

But the two of them were more than ten meters apart, so the spittle couldn't reach anyone at all.

But it was enough to make Tirami angry, and he cursed:

"Rebellion? I don't know who first thought of taking refuge with Mr. Rand! Unfortunately, Mr. Rand won't take in a waste like you at all!"

"Do you think you will end up well if you surrender to this evil dragon? Huh! He can change his attention and capture us! He will do the same to you! You will die today! I will also wait for you in hell!"

The two men kept yelling at each other.

Rand was enjoying himself as a spectator.

The old man Tirami was quarreling with Xia Luo, his face turned red, and he suddenly looked at him and said:

"Sir Rand! I think you brought Yakus back to accept the city today, right? This child can work under you, so I guess he has some skills! I don't think anyone will object to inheriting the city and title!

But after that, I think you should execute the mother and son immediately! "

"..."

Rand was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yakus:

"Tell me, what do you want to do with these two guys?"

"Yakus, do you still remember me? I remember that when you were a child, you loved to eat brown sugar. I still have a lot of brown sugar there! Let them let me go! Can I take you to eat brown sugar?"

Charlotte said with a kind face, but Troy on the other side cursed:

"Dispose of me? Is this trash worthy of you?"

"Shut up! You have the right to speak here!?"

When Mrs. Charlotte heard what her son said, her face turned blue immediately, and she slapped Troy on the face. Troy was stunned for a long time, and kept murmuring:

"You...you actually hit me! You hit me for a bitch! Winner! How dare you hit me!"

At the end of the sentence, Troy exploded and punched Charlotte, causing her eyes to turn blue.

"You dare to hit your mother? What a good boy! You are looking for death!"

Charlotte was also angry, and immediately started to fight with Troy.

"Alas~"

Yacus sighed and looked at the mother and son.

"Yakus! Order the execution of these two people! At noon tomorrow! Let all the citizens watch carefully! How did these two incompetent and dirty guys die!"

Master Tirami said.

"..."

Yakus was unmoved.

He began to think, is it really good to simply execute the two of them like this?

Just scratch it, chop off their heads, and let the two murderers of their former brothers, sisters, and aunts go free?

Isn't this too cheap for them?

Yacus had no expression on his face, suddenly thought of something, showed a smile and said:

"Lord Rand, I think these two people might be able to accompany Count Dorne to relieve his boredom. After all, Count Dorne will go crazy if he is left alone for too long."

"!"

Hearing this, Rand showed a clear smile. He glanced at Marquis Meen and his son and said:

"I'm really giving you two an advantage! Now, I have two more freeloaders in my hands! But since it's Yakus's suggestion! Let's give them an advantage."

Rand said this with a strange expression.

Master Tirami had a look of regret on his face, these two guys were not dead?

After hearing this, Troy's mother and son stopped pinching each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, no need to die!

It seems that they want to imprison their mother and son forever! Although it is still miserable, it is better than death, right?

Maybe one day, the evil dragon in front of them will be defeated by Legend, and won't mother and son be free?

Just as they were thinking this, they saw the evil dragon actually reaching out its claws, pinching Troy's arm, and exerting slight force.

"ah!!!"

Accompanied by a scream.

Troy's arm was crushed to pieces, and he fainted immediately.

"You! What are you doing! Didn't you say you want us to survive?" Mrs. Charlotte was shocked.

"Of course I will let you live! But in order to prevent you from acting wrongly, my hands and feet have to be crushed."

The dragon said, one after another, crushing all Troy's limbs.

He fainted, woke up, and fainted again. Seeing that he was almost out of breath, he asked several archmages to cast some light healing spells.

Unlike divine spells, spellcasters can also use healing spells, but the effects are far less effective than divine spells.

This can be regarded as allowing Troy to save his life.

Then there’s Xia Luo…

After a moment, looking at the two people who had passed out, Archmage Tirami smiled. He saluted Yakus and said:

"If that's the case, then Yakus will naturally be the new generation of Marquis Mien! Please allow me to pay my respects to you.

Marquis Mien! Mr. Rand, please come into the city and let us prepare today's dinner for you! "

"Then go in and celebrate!"

Rand spoke and walked forward at the lead, with two small dragons flying slowly beside him.

Holding a crippled person at one end.

Then came Yakus, Tirami and others, and a group of soldiers also followed Tirami's signal.

They are vast.

All the way to the city gate.

Tirami said: "Your Excellency Rand! I'm very sorry, the city gate is too small. Please wait a moment and we will use magic to clear the way for you."

"No! What's the trouble?"

Rand refused directly and stepped forward!

The three- to four-meter-thick city wall was instantly smashed to pieces by him, and countless rubble flew across. Rand easily stepped into the city and continued to move forward.

There are basically no people on the streets in the city.

But Rand could vaguely see a few pairs of eyes looking at him through some windows!

The moment the dragon's eyes came into contact with these eyes, the owners of these eyes shrank back like a group of frightened little rabbits, and quickly closed the curtains!

The whole street was quiet.

But this did not hinder Rand's interest. A group of them swaggered to the central square, where a large number of people and dining tables had already gathered in full swing.

The table is filled with all kinds of delicious food.

These were all prepared by Troy mother and son before.

Originally, I wanted to welcome Rand's arrival, and then celebrate and pat his dragon fart...

However, under Tirami's invitation, Rand and the two dragon cubs ate and drank wildly.

Until the evening, there was plenty of wine and food.

Yakus suddenly said:

"Sir Rand, after eating and drinking, I think we should go back."

"What? Marquis of Meen, you don't plan to stay in Meen City?"

Archmage Tirami on the side said in surprise.

"Of course, I have to continue to study spells for Lord Rand. I came back this time just to take revenge on the Trojan mother and son." Yakus replied simply.

"Studying magic? Is it okay to be different here?"

"Of course it's different. Did you just see your Lord Rand's appetite? You need to eat dozens of tons of food at a time, as well as the other two Lords.

The food intake of the three-headed dragon is too heavy a burden for the entire city of Mien.

Dorne City is close to the sea, and Lord Rand's food has been fished by his family, so we can settle there. "

Yakus explained.

"As for the management of this city, it will continue to be managed by the previous people. I don't believe that Xia Luo managed the city by herself before."

"this……"

Hearing this, Tirami couldn't help but glance at Rand.

“Yakus is right, it’s time for us to go back!

But after that, a group of people must be taken away! Um! How many senior professionals are there in your city? Especially the Archmage? How many more soldiers are there? "

Rand asked.

“Because of Troy’s incompetence, there are actually not many senior professionals who truly belong to Meen City.

There are only about five archmages and six other high-level professionals, making a total of eleven people.

As for the soldiers, there were nearly 20,000. "

Tirami was a little ashamed. This number of high-level professionals was too few for a city of marquis.

"That's it! The five archmages of this city plus three other high-level professionals! And ten thousand soldiers will go with me to my Rand City! Well! In addition, I will lead some to manage the city. reserve talents.

The original administrators continued to run the city.

However, this city must pay taxes every month. "

Rand added.

Speaking of which, as a lord dragon, I really failed in managing the first city. After all, I had to rob it, and the original talent in the city had already run out.

This left him with almost no tax revenue, and everything in the city was in shambles.

"this……"

Tirami hesitated, exchanging glances with the other archmages around him, and then nodded.

"We understand Lord Rand's wishes, but I'm afraid it will take a few weeks for your request to be fulfilled. We must complete everything here before we can go to your city of Rand."

Rand nodded, and then with a good mood, he went to the treasure house of the Meen family, put all the Jintar into the dimensional bag, and swallowed it.

However, unlike what was expected, there are not many Jintals in the Mien family treasure house. There are only thirty or forty thousand in total, which is not even as good as the previous Earl of Dorne.

This alone shows the failure of Troy's mother and son.

That night, he flew back to Rand City overnight.

When it was almost dawn, he lay down and fell asleep among the pile of treasures that had grown a lot.

The moment he fell asleep, the dream was distorted.

"[Kill] III.

You have killed thousands of lives one after another. Your notoriety can make children stop crying. The pattern of the entire world has been greatly changed because of your killings.

You gain new potential.

Potential +3. "

Physical growth: 46! "

Rand woke up the next day.

He looked confused as he recalled his dream last night.

By the way, he didn't kill anyone at all yesterday! Those people who trampled his own people to death are actually counted on his head?

But even so, there are only twenty or thirty people in total, right?

How should I put it, a pleasant surprise.

now.

In the basement.

The originally strong Earl of Dorne was now emaciated, his face weathered, and haggard as if he was about to die.

He lay on the ground, looking up at his head in a daze.

A ball was also stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.

Suddenly the basement door opened.

Two footsteps sounded, and a dragon man and several dragon fish men walked slowly over with two people on their shoulders.

Then he fell to the ground roughly.

The dragon man glanced at Earl Dorne and said:

"You're in luck! I'll give you two companions today! You won't be so lonely in the future!"

After that, he turned around and left.

In the entire basement, only a few magic lamps still emitted wisps of soft light.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Troy and his son woke up leisurely. After Troy confirmed again that his limbs had been crushed, he burst into tears.

But Mrs. Charlotte cursed loudly:

"Damn the evil dragon! And that bitch, Yacus! Crushed my hands and feet! You bastards deserve to die!"

Damn the dragon and Yakus! I curse you! Curse you to a bad death! You will definitely be eliminated by the people from the Kingdom and the Dawn Temple!

I will survive as long as I can! Then witness your death with your own eyes! "

She cursed for a while, and suddenly realized that there was someone next to her.

This man had a dead look on his face and was extremely weak, but at this moment he turned his head and looked at her with a look of pity.

"It turns out there are people here! Looking at you like this, you must want to die, right? What a waste!

I tell you! I will never die in front of that evil dragon! I want to see him die with my own eyes! Watch his city destroyed! "

Mrs. Charlotte said bitterly.

"Woo!"

After listening to Mrs. Xia Luo's words, the unknown guy let out a whine, with a complex look on his extremely haggard face.

A tear fell silently from the corner of his eye.

"Cry, cry, cry, cry! A useless son! A useless stranger! Two grown men! Are they not as good as a woman like me?" Mrs. Charlotte cursed.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but she felt tired from scolding, so she stopped and took a rest.

But immediately, she realized that the basement was a little too smelly?

She was a little confused.

But immediately, there was a sound of footsteps, and a dragon man appeared in front of them with several dragon fish men, and said gently:

"dinner time!"

"Hmph! Is the food finally here? I'm just tired of scolding you! Damn you bastard! Come here and feed me!"

Mrs. Charlotte scolded.

A strange smile appeared on the Dragon Man's face: "Of course! Of course! Madam, we will serve you to eat from now on! Even if you don't eat, we will definitely let you eat! We will never let you be harmed again!" I won’t let you die either!”

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

At this moment, the guy who was lying motionless on the ground, like a dead man, suddenly started to scream.

Charlotte and Troy turned around and looked.

The other party's eyes were filled with fear, and he moved his disabled limbs and began to move backwards!

"Trash! What are you afraid of?"

Mrs. Charlotte cursed!

Until the dragon man and the dragon fish man approached, she saw what the other person was holding.

An earth-shattering roar ripped through the basement of the castle!

"No!!!! Get away! Get away! I don't want to eat! I'm not hungry! Get away! Ah!!! Kill me! Please kill me!!"

Not to mention the Troy mother and son.

After returning to Rand City for more than ten days, everything in the city was quite peaceful.

But on this island, all the countries, cities, and citizens are not at peace!

News that Rand had taken Yakus and occupied a city again began to spread rapidly.

Moreover, this time the news spread even more widely than last time!

Because, the king of Haisen Kingdom announced a piece of news that shocked everyone!

A small town on the edge of the Haisen Kingdom.

In a tavern.

A group of wealthy adventurers sat together, drinking ale and chatting:

"Did you hear that?"

"Are you talking about the great demon dragon Rand Sapphith Oakburn who has a series of titles such as [Kingdom Destroyer] and [Dragon of the Red-Eyed Abyss]?"

"Of course it's him!"

"You must know that! This demonic dragon actually invaded the city of Meen in the Kingdom of Lane!

It’s simply lawless! What's even more shocking is that the Kingdom of Lane dared not fight back against him!

Let me see! Sooner or later, the Lion Kingdom will be destroyed in the hands of this demonic dragon! "

"That's not all! Do you know the news recently announced by our Haishen Kingdom?"

"What news? Is it related to this dragon?"

"Of course! You would never have imagined! Our respected King actually publicly declared that he recognized this dragon's ownership of the city of Dorne and the city of Meen!

And are willing to treat each other as equal forces! Call that demon dragon [Red-Eyed Black King]!

It’s just crazy! "

"Isn't this impossible? You actually... admitted that evil dragon?"

"It's absolutely true! I swear to God!"

"Ah! This world is so crazy!"

"What do you idiots know! Our King's move is very powerful!

Having recognized the territory and status of the [Red-Eyed Black King], what do you think King Ryan of the neighboring country is feeling now? How would those citizens feel? "

At this moment.

The capital of King Llane.

In a study room, King Ryan kept pacing back and forth, looking extremely anxious:

"What should we do now? What should we do? Damn King Haisen! He actually admitted the status of that evil dragon and called him the [Red-Eyed Black King].

King! As soon as this title comes up, it puts his status on the same level as ours!

But unfortunately, this evil dragon is in my country again! Take away my city!

He is forcing me to fight that evil dragon!

I don’t know which damn bastard it is! The news actually spread everywhere! Nowadays, this matter is being discussed everywhere in the pubs of the royal capital, the Temple of Love, and some places with high traffic volume!

That’s what they said!

But do you know? Some bastard secretly talked about me! And all your nobles and officials are useless! I don't dare to attack that evil dragon!

They said that facing the evil dragon is like a grandson facing his grandfather! Grandpa hits his grandson however he wants! Just beat your grandson!

As for the grandson, of course he would not dare to resist his grandfather!

These damn bastards! It’s so deceiving! "

At the end of King Ryan's words, his expression was indescribably ferocious, and he punched the desk in anger! The whole desk was smashed!

The nobles and officials on the side sighed silently when they heard this:

"Your Majesty! Calm down! Calm down! Now we want to defeat the evil dragon, even if we win, the price is too high!

We have to wait! Waiting for His Excellency Dharma Saint to return! Someone is coming from the temple! You are waiting! I believe it will be soon!

Bear with me any longer! It'll be over soon! "

"What about the rumors in the city?"

"Catch! Those who should be imprisoned! Those who should be killed should be killed! A bunch of untouchables! They are really lawless!"

"[Fame] IV.

After defeating Dorne's army of ten thousand people and occupying the territory of an earl, you also occupied the territory of a marquis! With two cities, you are extremely evil.

The king of Haisen Kingdom recognized your ownership of the two cities and respectfully called you [Red-Eyed Black King].

You have the status of a king!

King Llane faces outlaws like you.

He doesn't dare to attack you, he is extremely afraid of you!

Your power and terror spread throughout the Kingdom of Ryan, and young children will be frightened and cry as long as they hear your name.

Even the most vicious criminals will silence themselves when they hear your name.

Even the faint of heart lose control when they hear your name!

you! This is the biggest terror in the entire Lion Kingdom since its founding hundreds of years ago! You are the most evil incarnation! Shrouded in the sky over the entire Kingdom of Lane!

Bards sing your terrifying legends and poems!

When the sky is covered with clouds of fire.

The black king with red eyes will come.

The scorching wind will blow across the desolate land.

All things will burn under the fire.

The living will become corpses!

The world has turned into purgatory!

You gain new potential!

Potential +4! "

Physical growth: 50!

Rand, who had just woken up from his sleep, had a happy face.

Unexpectedly, not long after taking Meen City, his reputation would actually increase again.

But having said that, a 50 physique doesn’t unlock any new talents, so it seems to be 55 or 60.

The most important thing is that after leaving the island for more than two months, his body length finally grew from 22 meters to 23 meters.

This speed is far behind the initial progress.

It seems that he has fallen into a 'bottleneck', but as long as his growth rate can continue to increase, he will not be discouraged at all.

He believes that it won't be long before he can grow to 100 meters, 1000 meters, or 10,000 meters. Who else in the world will be his opponent by then?

By then, he can kill thousands of lives with just one sneeze!

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

There was a slight murmur, and Rand couldn't help but glance back, only to see the little female dragon Fiona hugging his tail tightly with all four limbs, kissing his tail scales with her mouth, and saliva flowing down.

The little black dragon was lying on his own hundred gold towers, sleeping soundly. The smile on his face made the dragon feel a little wretched, and he didn't know what he was dreaming about.

"Stupid thing!"

Rand looked at the little female dragon, cursed in a low voice, and then flicked her tail to fly her away.

The little mother's body drew a graceful arc in mid-air.

Boom! It fell to the ground with a sound.

Only then did she wake up in a daze.

Opening her big confused eyes, she glanced around, finally looked at Rand and said:

"Ah! Rand! Good morning! Is it breakfast time again?"

However, Rand did not reply to her at this time, but focused his attention on the city.

Just two days ago.

The people from Mien City are coming.

However, far fewer people came than Rand said at the beginning.

There were probably only two archmages.

and a thousand soldiers, and a part of the men to govern the city.

As for the reason?

Of course it's because they don't want to follow a dragon like Rand.

Many high-level professionals have strong abilities. When they know that the entire city is in the hands of a demon dragon, they naturally run away.

The soldiers also ran away and returned home.

This resulted in the current situation.

However, Rand had expected this and was not angry.

The entire city is getting better and better under the command of the talents who have just joined.

But there is one thing that is somewhat unpredictable.

That is, as Rand gets stronger and stronger, his physique becomes more exaggerated.

Some territorial residents began to evolve even if they did not eat derivatives such as dragon head mushrooms and dragon scale grass.

For this reason, more than a dozen people died.

This caused some panic among the residents of the entire city.

But no matter how panicked they were, they couldn't escape the city. They could only slowly accept their changes.

Some people's hair turned black and red, their height increased dramatically, hidden scales appeared on their bodies, and their strength and physical strength increased dramatically.

Some were scared, others were excited.

As time goes by, the changes in this city will become more and more amazing!

Until the end, maybe it will truly become a city of monsters!

ah! Decided! This place will be called [Black King City] from now on! A domain that belongs exclusively to me [Red Eyed Black King]! A paradise for monsters!

"Rand! Rand! Look! A dragon is flying towards us! Quick! Let's go over and rob them!"

At this moment, the little female dragon suddenly shouted, her face full of excitement.

Rand followed her gaze to the sky in the distance.

Five dragon shadows are flying towards here quickly! These five heads are three blue and two green, and all five are female dragons.

"Roar!!!!!"

"hold head high!!!!!"

"Ouch!!!!"

As they continued to approach here, they opened their mouths and roared, and the dragon's roar continued to come from the distance.

He proudly declared his presence!

Rand saw many citizens in the city. After hearing the roar of the dragon, they ran home and hid!

Thank you to [Yuhuashi Aixianxian] for the 500 coins and [Panyan] 100 coins for the reward, thank you both!

8500 words today.

so tired! I feel like I can't hold on anymore...