The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 724: Chapter 0721: Sub-dragon Turtle Shell (Third Update, 10,000 Coins Reward for February 7th)
 

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There was no dragon riding.

Liszt directly boarded Ach’s shell and zoomed toward Mind Island. A night’s rest had revived both him and Ach, and Leo had adjusted his state as well.

To avoid the perils of the long night, he decided to capture the Light Green Gemstone Dragon directly – although it might not be rideable due to the Mind Branding from the First Dragon Knight, Liszt was still unwilling to let it heal or escape. If worst came to worst, he would simply slaughter it for its meat.

He had never heard of anyone eating dragon meat and wondered if it was even edible.

Whether the dragon meat would turn into a ball of flames, a gemstone, or something else upon being cut off was hard to determine. However, Dragon Bone was a different matter; it would remain intact, or else there wouldn’t be weapons like Dragon Bone Weapon and Dragon Tooth Soldier in the world.

Even a Fire Dragon capable of Elementalization would leave its bones behind after death.

Regardless, just the blood that flowed out would probably be enough to turn the entire Mind Island into a Light Green Gemstone Mine. Light Green Gemstone is a gem that can amplify the speed of Dou Qi and Magic Power flow and is very valuable—in fact, the gems from every type of Gemstone Dragon are high in value.

The price of Magic Items is never low.

They chatted as they sailed.

Liszt was curious about the dragon blood collected by Ach, “Ach, have you researched what changes the dragon blood will undergo?”

“I’ve only used a little bit of the blood for research, and so far the dragon blood still exists in its liquid form, without any change. The conditions here are not sufficient for a good experiment, and Ach is worried that the data recorded here won’t be comprehensive enough, so I plan to conduct detailed experiments after returning.”

With a Space Ring, Ach stored all the collected dragon blood in the ring to keep the blood fresh.

The Light Green Gemstone Dragon, Sapphire Dragon, and Bronze Dragon had shed pools of blood. Although a significant portion had been diluted by the ocean, most of the fresh blood had been promptly extracted by Ach using his water-controlling ability. It filled up one-seventh of his Space Ring’s space.

“It’s a pity that Leo’s blood turns into flames once it leaves his body, or else I could provide you with abundant experimental materials,” Liszt said.

An angry roar suddenly rang out in his mind: “Oh ho!”

Liszt was unconcerned. When the time of completion came, his Mind Branding would remain in Leo’s heart, indelible— the moment he mounted the dragon, it was destined that Leo could never escape the shackles of fate, bound to be ridden by Liszt to death.

“By the way, Ach, what do you think we should do with the grievously wounded Light Green Gemstone Dragon if we capture it later?”@@novelbin@@

“According to the ‘Dragon Knight Dou Qi Manual,’ the Light Green Gemstone Dragon bears the Mind Branding of an Eagle Kingdom Dragon Knight, so it might be difficult to subdue it directly,” Ach pondered with a frown before responding, “If we can find a way to imprison it, perhaps brother could use it as a resource for founding a kingdom in the future.”

“What if we can’t find a way to imprison it?”

“Well, then just slaughter it,” Ach said matter-of-factly.

Liszt was speechless: “Let me think about it some more, you go ahead with your things.”

He took out all the items from Carlo Violet’s possession, searching carefully for any clues. Carlo had few personal items, apart from Thunder, there was also a set of silver armor. The armor was crafted from a blend of Mithril and Mountain Copper, with numerous gems and Magical Beast Materials embedded in the details.

He counted a total of nine gems: five Light Green Gems, one Sapphire, one Ruby, one Topaz, and one Purple Sapphire.

The nature of Sapphire is strength, Ruby is Dou Qi amplification, Topaz is resilience, and Purple Sapphire is recovery speed.

All nine gems were embedded on the inner side of the armor’s waist.

“It’s a pity the armor is a bit small, I’ll need to modify it before I can wear it.” Liszt felt a bit regretful; silver armor along with the silver Wrath of Thunder would certainly be striking.

Unfortunately, he had grown to be one meter ninety tall, while Carlo at most was one meter seventy-two. A whole head shorter, the armor couldn’t be worn without alterations.

“Let’s name this set of armor Thunder Roar, for no other reason than to match with the Wrath of Thunder.”

Apart from the Wrath of Thunder and Thunder Roar, Carlo also had a beautifully made pendant that looked like a piece of turtle shell. It was only the size of a palm, shimmering with a purple luster, its patterns very much alive, unlike something man-made.

At first glance, the feeling it gave Liszt made him think of a similar experience he had when he saw the Phoenix Feather.

With the Eye of Magic, he could see that within the turtle shell was a dense, almost tangible Thunder Attribute Magic Power, indeed comparable to the Fire Attribute Mana of the Phoenix Feather.

“So could it be made from a part of a Sub-dragon? Since it’s shaped like a turtle shell, could it be the shell of a Sub-dragon Turtle? A Sub-dragon Turtle the size of a palm?” Liszt was puzzled, as even if Sub-dragons were not as big as dragons, they certainly wouldn’t be as small as a pet.

“Unless it’s a newly hatched baby turtle.”

He had seen documentaries about leatherback turtles on Earth; the largest sea turtle in the world could grow to one meter fifty, but its hatchlings were only a few centimeters long.

So for now, he considered this purple, gem-like turtle shell as the shell of a Thunder Attribute Sub-dragon Turtle hatchling, with a value equivalent to that of the Phoenix Feather. However, its value was mainly for Thunder Attribute Knights, with no effect on Fire Attribute Knights.

“Speaking of Thunder Attribute Knights, it seems my little follower Emily would be very suitable for this turtle shell… Should I give it to her to aid in her cultivation?” Liszt’s lips curved into a smile, “That green and inexperienced girl from back then has grown up quite well.”

He quickly suppressed his impulsive thoughts and remembered he still had a lead on the Sub-dragon Phoenix—living in Flame Mountain within the Eagle Kingdom, it was very likely that a Sub-dragon Phoenix resided there.

I need to find time to search for it; hints from the Smoke Mission should not be unfounded.

There really is a Sub-dragon Phoenix living in Flame Mountain!

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Unknowingly, he was almost at Mind Island.

At this time, through Leo, Liszt successfully sensed the presence of a dragon in the distance—the aura of a dragon spreads far, unnoticed by most creatures, but dragons can easily sense each other, unless they hide inside a human body like Leo.

The range of the sensing reached several kilometers.

So in the blink of an eye, Liszt saw the distant Mind Island, and a huge light green dragon lying on it.

Mind Island wasn’t very large to begin with, and the Light Green Gemstone Dragon occupied almost a third of its area.

“Its posture doesn’t look like it’s crawling in sleep, but rather that it has fainted?” Seeing this, Liszt couldn’t help but smile, signalling Ach to stop the shell, then calling for Leo.

Leo burst out of his chest.

“Oh-ho!”

Instantly transforming into a majestic Fire Dragon, Liszt mounted it and began scouting from high above the Light Green Gemstone Dragon, cautious of any sudden aggression.

However, seeing through the Dragon Eye Trajectory, his scalp tingled—countless colorful threads of magic power, like tree roots, were penetrating the Light Green Gemstone Dragon’s body, seemingly stealing its magic power. The once brilliant Light Green Magic Radiance had now dimmed to the point it looked ready to extinguish.

The once robust Light Green Gemstone Dragon had become skin and bones.

Liszt couldn’t help exclaiming, “What’s going on here!”