The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 740: Chapter 0737: The Last Cheer (Second Update)
 

Upon entering Tulip Castle, the family was suffused with joy.

Liszt had become a Dragon Knight, and Acherloides an Archmage, both peak powers capable of shaking the great seas, members belonging to the Tulip Family.

Even Levis had successfully advanced to Sky Knight, how could one not be happy.

The conversation revolved around Liszt constantly. Ladies such as Lady Penelope, Lady Marie, Loria, and Li Vera were unabashed in their compliments to Liszt, which made Levis feel sidelined— he’d dreamt many times of becoming a Sky Knight and how his family would feel consoled.

However, the reality was that his Sky Knight status was but a green leaf, set to highlight the extraordinary red flower that was Liszt.

Fortunately, Liszt was not much of a talker. After simply recounting the dragon-riding process to satisfy everyone’s curiosity, he spoke little, allowing Levis to successfully seize many opportunities to lead the conversation.

Taking advantage of the moment when Levis was going into detail about how he became a Sky Knight, Liszt silently summoned the Smoke Mission.

“Mission: The spectacular dragon-slaying battle and the tough choices involving the Mind Fruit Tree have exhausted too much of your energy. Although your body remains robust, your spirit is already weary. Why not relax, fully enjoy the cheers that a Dragon Knight of eighteen should receive. Reward: One Elf Bug.”

The mission remained unchanged.

“Does this mean my journey of enjoying cheers has not ended yet?” Liszt silently calculated, it probably still lacked the cheers from his territory.

From the nation’s nobility cheers on Bull Hoof Island, to the family’s cheers on Coral Island, to the subjects’ cheers on Black Horse Island, it was probably such a routine. Indeed, at first, the cheers were quite thrilling, but as time passed and especially with the repetition each day, it became tedious.

He just wanted to end it as soon as possible and return to his usual low-key, harmonious life.

Nevertheless, Marcus had already returned to Black Horse Island with the Black Horse Island Knights Order to prepare for Liszt’s triumphant return, which meant he was destined to receive another grand round of cheering.

For today, he would rest in Tulip Castle.

After the luncheon, he finally found a peaceful moment to himself in the study, quietly reading until Acherloides returned in the afternoon—Acherloides hadn’t eaten at the castle at noon, as she was anxious to conduct experiments on Mind Island and also disliked human banquets with their insincere socializing, which made her uncomfortable.

She took out a Crystal Alsophila spinulosa that had been cut into several sections from her Space Ring: “Brother, Acherloides has brought back a fully crystalized Crystal Alsophila spinulosa.”

Stroking the smooth, crystalline trunk of the Crystal Alsophila spinulosa, Liszt asked, “Have you discovered any results from your research?”

A Crystal Alsophila spinulosa that is fully crystalized isn’t much different in nature from ordinary crystals, but it possesses a special attribute; it can continue replenishing magic power.” Acherloides explained earnestly, “Meaning, the crystals produced by the Crystal Alsophila spinulosa can be re-enchanted repeatedly.”

“Re-enchanted repeatedly?” Liszt’s eyes lit up, “That is to say, using this kind of crystal to create magical items would allow for their repeated use.”

“In theory, yes, but it needs to be verified with precision.”

“Then let’s first create a batch of Magic Equipment to verify the properties of the Crystal Alsophila spinulosa.”

“Mhm.”

Acherloides nodded obediently in agreement and then busied herself with her magical experiments once more. This made Liszt somewhat sentimental. Ever since having Acherloides, it seemed he had not done any research for a long time, focused solely on diligently practicing the Dragon Knight Dou Qi Manual, with nothing else needing to be done.

Feeling that his brain had some leisure, he found it quite comfortable, not wanting to burden himself with too much effort.

In fact, he even wanted to liberate himself further: “Perhaps when magicians from various places come to venerate Acherloides, I could bind and assemble them. I might establish a Magic Guild, put Acherloides in charge using an academy structure, and focus on the study of magic power in this world.”

That was a plan for the future. He took out his notebook and entered “Magic Guild” into his to-do list.

This notebook he carried with him contained densely packed various tasks, from “Light Dragon Schemes” to “Dragon Hollyhock Acquisitions,” all meticulously recorded.

Sometimes he would flip through it to see if there were any overlooked items, reminding himself to attend to them.@@novelbin@@

Having managed his territory for nearly three years, he had come to understand that he was not exactly a management talent skilled in planning the big picture; he usually went with whatever came to his mind, so he had to rely on his notebook to substitute for overall planning, doing his best to find and fix the oversights in his plans.

Then, by leveraging the roles of his followers, he maintained the operation of the territory’s governance.

The results were thankfully good: the population of the territory had surpassed one hundred thousand, and they were able to live and work in peace and contentment without any incidents of serfs dying from hunger or cold.

Putting down the Crystal Firmiana, Acherloides did not stay long before he hurried off to Dodo Island to record the physical condition of the Light Green Gemstone Dragon. This dragon, which had been devoured by the Mind Fruit Tree, was still trapped in a deep slumber with no knowing when it would awaken.

…

The next day dawned.

Liszt, riding the Little Fire Dragon Leo, left Tulip Castle. As Leo continued to grow, his flying speed became faster and faster, now even surpassing that of the Landwalker bird Loki’s running speed.

After a brief stop at Fresh Flower Town, he met with Administrative Officer Isaiah to listen to the latter’s excited description of the town’s development in the past few days. Then, amidst cheers and flattery, he took off into the blue skies and white clouds, crossing the sea to fly directly towards Black Horse Island and descended near the clearing of Thorn Castle.

“Oh roar!”

Leo let out an imposing dragon roar as his Dragon Might rapidly expanded, impacting all humans and animals within a few kilometers. The closer they were, the stronger the Dragon Might became, and in front of Thorn Castle, several of the crowd waiting to greet Liszt fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

They were ordinary servants of Thorn Castle, their bodies unable to withstand the oppression of the Dragon Might.

“Leo, retract your Dragon Might!” Liszt shouted. He hadn’t planned on letting Leo release his Dragon Might since everyone here was his subject; however, Leo had taken it upon himself to intimidate what he saw as “ants” to show off his majesty as a Fire Dragon.

“Oh roar!”

Without denying, Leo retracted his Dragon Might and lay down flat on the ground, seemingly asleep but not quite.

In fact, he was communicating with Liszt through the Dragon Heart Electrical Signal: “Twenty Magic Potions, thirty roasted bulls don’t forget, I want to enjoy them today!”

“Aren’t you afraid of bursting?”

“No matter how much, I can eat it all… The environment here is too poor, I hate sleeping on the ground, hurry up and build me a mountain top, I like to sleep at the peak where the ants can only look up to me!”

“There are no mountains on Black Horse Island, wait until later and I’ll build you a hundred-meter-tall Rock tower, then you can lie on it.”

He conversed internally with Leo.

On the surface, Liszt shook his red-faced, black-based, gold-edged tricolor cloak amidst the awe-struck gazes of the territory’s knights, officials, and civilians as he slowly walked toward the Castle. In front of the Castle, there was a crowd packed tightly together—Goltai, Marcus, Yevich, Paris, Charles, Chris, Blair, Emily…

All of them watched their Lord Landlord with fervent eyes.

The great Dragon Knight, Liszt Tulip!

Of course.

Acherloides Truth, who was following Liszt, was also a focal point of attention, as was the Fire Dragon lying sprawled asleep on the ground—a focus within the focus.

Though there was no cheering, the atmosphere was more genuine than any previous display of cheers, for everyone here was a follower and subject of Liszt. Everything within the territory was entrusted to Lord Liszt, and his glory was closely linked to their future.