The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The night in Bull Horn City.

A torrential downpour, mixed with howling winds.

Unable to venture out, Liszt hid in his room, taking stock of his spoils. The food, minerals, and other battle spoils couldn’t be privately allocated, and he hadn’t brought much in terms of Gold Coins and silver coins.

It was only during the battle at Bull Hair City that he had Marcus secretly transport seven craftsmen to the ship.

He summoned the Smoke Mission, the Serpent Script was the same as ever, "Mission: Searching for tasks related to the Wrath Knight Order and Goat Assembly is in progress. Perhaps this is the end of the Marquis of Bull, but no one can know the final outcome. Please patiently wait for the war to end. Reward: Unknown reward."

He probably had to return to Fresh Flower Town for this mission to be considered complete.

For the moment, the spoils he had obtained were all found in the study and bedroom of Juniper Castle. The pink gemstone set in the portrait of the Duchess in the bedroom probably originated from the "Pink Gemstone Dragon." After some investigation, Liszt concluded that this pink gemstone’s property was to amplify spiritual power.

Up to now, he had acquired four gems.

The Crimson Blood Sword had a Ruby embedded in it, which could enhance Dou Qi effects, very powerful; the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword had a Sapphire, which could increase strength, equally powerful; he had swindled a Sapphire Ring from Curtis Truth, which could increase strength and also enhance a Magician’s casting effects.

The last was this pink gemstone that amplified spiritual power.

"Gemstone Dragons are generally a type of dragon that specializes magic power and solidifies it in the form of gemstones, essentially a magic power converter that transforms properties," he defined Gemstone Dragons this way.

In his view, dragons could be seen as distinct magic converters.

Metal Dragons were material converters, transforming magic power into metal; Elemental Dragons were permanent converters, changing temporary properties of magic power into permanent ones, enabling them to carve and exist forever; Gemstone Dragons were property converters, turning ordinary magic power into special magic power, forming gemstones.

As for Sacred Dragons, it was hard to say.

Of course.

These were just superficial opinions; his understanding of dragons was still very limited. The Grand Magicians of the Goat Assembly must know a lot, but unfortunately, he had not been able to capture a Grand Magician nor obtain their collections of books and experimental notes.

He shook the pink gemstone.

Liszt felt that this was undoubtedly an important piece of war loot.

He could use it to craft gemstone equipment and then increase his own spiritual power to better control the flow of Dou Qi. It could also be given to Magicians, who have a great need for spiritual power.

"Perhaps Ach would like it..."

Besides the pink gemstone.

He also took out a silvery-white Knight’s armor, which hung on the wall of the study and appeared to be made of Mithril.

The feel and quality were the same as the Mithril Armor he had previously found in the underground chamber of the Nameless Castle in Mane City.

A moment later.

He announced helplessly, "This is really just a set of Mithril Armor, an ordinary set of Mithril Armor with nothing special about it... Marquis of Bull, are you out of your mind, hanging a set of ordinary Mithril Armor in the study?" This kind of Mithril Armor was worth about seven to eight sets of Fine Steel Armor.

Not valuable.

"Not to mention getting some fine Magic Equipment, at the very least you should embed seven or eight gemstones to match the status of a Marquis!" Liszt was sorely disappointed.

Not willing to give up, he continued to examine the equipment and soon learned the reason why the armor was hung up.

On the shoulder blades of the armor, a line of small Serpent Script was engraved: "Iron Knight Andre Sapphire completed this in the autumn of the hundred and forty-ninth year, the first set of Mithril Armor, gifted to my grandfather."

"Is this the first set of Mithril Armor crafted by Marquis of Bull’s grandson?" Liszt pondered for a moment, the words revealing Andre’s talent, "According to the information I have, isn’t the Marquis of Bull’s grandson only fifteen years old this year? He was only twelve when he forged this Mithril Armor three years ago?"

Iron Knight is akin to a blacksmith among knights, not a position of high status.

But for a twelve-year-old child to be able to forge so well, it’s clear he must have incredible talent in Dou Qi cultivation: "This Andre, as long as resources can keep up, might become a Sky Knight before the age of sixteen, qualifying to ride a dragon."

Liszt was very good at divergent thinking.

He thought of some kingdoms that have a special knight system—the Dragon Knight training program.

Not every member of the royal family has the qualification to mount a dragon—most have common talents—so the kingdom would select some young people with the potential to ride dragons, helping them to ride dragons and become a powerful barrier for the kingdom. One of the selection criteria is to become a Sky Knight before the age of sixteen.

These Dragon Knights would serve the kingdom and, after their death, return the dragon to the kingdom—how they ensure that the Dragon Knights are willing to return the dragons is unknown, probably involving some contracts about the soul.

"Perhaps the Marquis of Bull has already sent his grandson to some kingdom as a Dragon Knight trainee?" Investing the entire Bull Family’s wealth might indeed be worth a shot to cultivate a descendant of a Dragon Knight.

Maybe in the Marquis of Bull’s eyes, becoming an immortal Lich would allow him to watch over his grandson becoming a Dragon Knight.

It could even be that the plan to slay dragons was one of the conditions promised to his grandson by a kingdom as a candidate for Dragon Riding.

The more Liszt thought about it, the wilder his imagination spun.

He even concocted a conspiracy—a kingdom, let’s assume Eagle Kingdom, wanting to counter the Duchy of Sapphire, schemed to revive the Goat Assembly, making contact with the Marquis of Bull. Using the Lich as bait, they intrigued the Marquis of Bull to slay a dragon, promising in return to train his grandson as a Dragon Knight.

Thus, the Marquis of Bull gambled everything, decided to slay a dragon, leading to many of the events that were unfolding now.

However, he quickly dismissed this conspiracy theory: "The plot must have started to unfold at least thirty years ago, long before the Marquis of Bull’s grandson was even born... But it could be added to ’Dragons Fight in the Wild,’ I believe it would captivate readers and add a sense of historical depth."

He shook his head.

No longer entangled with where exactly Andre had gone: "When I get a chance, I’ll erase this Serpent Script, and just use it as a regular set of Mithril Armor."

He put away the armor.

What was left was the books he had found in the study.

The first book, ’A Night with Miss Havana in the Piano Room,’ sounded somewhat suggestive, but he still flipped through it seriously.

And then.

He was speechless.

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This was nothing but a salacious novel, the kind with crude depictions devoid of plot. The protagonist was a down-on-luck knight without a noble title, only good at playing the piano, who was hired to teach an Earl’s daughter. Because he played the piano so well, he set the piano room aflame with passion with Miss Havana.

The same scenes repeated, over and over.

Making up this novella of about thirty thousand words.

"The Marquis of Bull actually had a taste for this kind of thing," Liszt reflected briefly, taking a blade and slicing open the cover... no Dou Qi Secret Technique was hidden inside.

This was indeed a purely salacious book.