The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 769: Chapter 0766: Light Leaf Aristolochia (Second Update)
 

The next day.

The Flame Number set sail on time for the new island.

The sailing position of the new island was already marked out, roughly 800 kilometers to the south-southeast of Black Horse Island and still 400 kilometers from the southernmost island explored by Sapphire. Where the Sapphire Duke once claimed dominion over all islands at sea, now that was not the case.

Aside from the waters of the Sapphire Archipelago belonging to the Sapphire Duke, all other islands are ownerless.

Now that Liszt had discovered this island, he was its master—strength would speak for itself when determining the ownership of an island.

And within minutes of setting sail, the Magic Platform received new information.

The Discovery expedition ship had found two new islands, one large and one small. The area of the larger island was unknown, but from the outline seen from afar, it may not be as large as Black Horse Island; the outline of the smaller island was just half the size of the larger one. The two islands were very close to each other, and from one island, one could see the other.

In fact, including the previously discovered island, the distances between the three islands were not far from each other.

When Ach translated the message, Liszt immediately smiled, “Very good!”

He had thought the Smoke Mission would take a long time to complete, yet it had been accomplished so quickly—all three islands found in just twelve days.

The Adventure Fleet had set out on January 20, and now it was February 2, exactly 12 days.

With a gentle call, a misty smoke appeared before his eyes, as insubstantial as real smoke, yet like ethereal soap bubbles, bit by bit forming a passage of Serpent Script.

“Mission completed, reward—the agitation of Rubber Elf Bug triplets.”

“How many times have the Rubber Bugs been agitated?” Each agitation of the Rubber Bugs seemed to be related to new Cordyceps.

One produced Fruit Rubber, one produced Fan Rubber, and another turned ordinary Rubber into Fountain Rubber.

“So what will come out of this agitation? Will it be a new species of Rubber Tree, or will one of the Rubber Bugs evolve, or perhaps all will evolve?” He was eager for the evolution of the Rubber Bugs, as rubber was the most used material in the construction of his domain, indispensable in various industries.

Construction needed rubber as a gelling material, carpentry needed it as an adhesive, and the military needed it as a curing material…

As the industries of the domain flourished, the role and value of rubber skyrocketed.

Relying on a few hundred acres of Rubber Gardens planted by Rubber Bug triplets, the yield was too low, and even though Liszt often used Tri-Phase Force to restore the rubber, he still could not meet the demand.

“I’ll know what this triplet is agitated about after I get back!”

He pressed down his thoughts and checked the new content after the smoke had morphed, “Mission: Three new islands discovered—these are new habitable islands you found after Black Horse Island. The dense forests prove that many creatures live on the islands. Please conduct a basic survey of the islands. Reward: Harvest of many Elves.”

“Surveying new islands, a task of no difficulty. But since it involves Elves, I’d better ride a Dragon and use the Dragon Eye Trajectory to take a good look at the plants on the islands and see what Elves are hiding among them… Elves in the forest might be eaten by Magical Beasts, but on small islands, they’re probably safe from being eaten.”

Some Magical Beasts eat Elves; for example, Liszt’s mount, the Landwalker Bird Loki, was captured by Liszt because it wanted to eat Barley Bugs.

Elf Bugs in the forest are very likely to be found and eaten by Magical Beasts.

But general small islands don’t have Magical Beasts, like Black Horse Island, which didn’t have Magical Beasts and naturally gave birth to several Elf Bugs. For these three newly found islands, he naturally expected many Elf Bugs waiting to be bound by contract.

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After traveling 800 kilometers, Ach only took half an hour to reach the designated area by controlling the water, but he couldn’t find the exact location of the Three Islands.

Liszt summoned Little Fire Dragon Leo and flew high into the sky to search, soon finding the Three Islands about twenty kilometers away. From above, the Three Islands formed a sharp, cone-shaped triangle, with many smaller islands and a large coral reef distributed between the two closer islands.

They barely comprised a small archipelago.

Beyond this small archipelago, no other islands could be traced. To facilitate reference, Liszt named them one by one, from the largest to the smallest, as First Island, Second Island, and Third Island. The Flame Number landed on First Island, the one discovered first, docking next to The Explorer.

Compared to the narrow Court Fast Sailing Ship Explorer, the Flame Number was a giant, easily three times the width of The Explorer.

Yevich wasn’t on board; he had taken the knights on board to explore the island. However, now Fox was leading three knight squads and a large group of apprentice knights onto the island; the knightly survey of the island’s terrains and resources and the apprentices’ establishment of a settlement point were left in their hands—

To make it convenient for future visits to the island.

As the knights began their work, Liszt and Ach each busied themselves with their tasks.

Ach needed to precisely record the geographic location of this sea area, draw standard nautical charts, and survey the underwater reefs and currents to determine the future port location. Liszt rode Little Fire Dragon Leo and circled First Island, while the admiring knights watched him survey the forest.

First Island was a lush green island.

The air was cold but without snow, as the island was far from the cold zones.

The description of the Three Islands in the Smoke Mission as habitable was not accurate—overall, the islands were a mountain range in the sea, with not a single flat area, making it difficult to settle and build towns. The place was only suitable as a sea replenishment point for fresh water, where fleets could rest and resupply.

If fruit trees and vegetables were planted here and some small animals were raised, then it could indeed become a decent supply point.

At this moment, Dragon Eye Trajectory was deployed.

The island forest suddenly displayed a unique color in Liszt’s sight, weaving a vivid tapestry of lifelike wind, growing trees, and firm earth. He was already accustomed to such sights and carefully scanned right above the forest.

No magic power feedback glow from magical beasts was found, suggesting that there were no magical beasts on this island.

After spending half a day, Liszt meticulously scanned First Island from end to end and spotted a total of seven magic feedback glows. Four were from elves, including two Elf Bugs and two that were breeding; the other three were plant feedback, but without breeding Elf Bugs, indicating mutated magic plants.

Among them, a small shrub was a magic plant that Liszt was very familiar with—the Bloodline Fruit!

“One Mouse-tailed Sage Elf Bug, whose sage leaves can be dried and used as incense; one Rootless Vine Elf Bug, apparently a parasitic weed. The ones breeding are the Pine Elf Bug and the Purple Butterfly Elf Bug, both severely malnourished and at risk of miscarriage, needing immediate fertilization.”

Liszt recorded their locations, first contracting the Mouse-tailed Bug and the Rootless Vine Bug, then informed the apprentice knights of the Pine Bug and Purple Butterfly Bug’s locations for fertilization.

He then examined the two magic plants, which were both individual mutations without Elf Bugs or a cluster, at risk of reverting to ordinary plants.

“One Lycoris Magic Medicine, and one… aristolochia (ba-qia)?” Liszt carefully recognized that the Lycoris was a chaotic magic plant, while the aristolochia was a special Light Attribute magic plant, one of the rarest kinds in nature.

Because Light Attribute magic plants were so rare, the recorded types could be counted on one hand, and among them, the mutated variety of aristolochia was called Light Leaf Aristolochia, a highly valuable magic plant species.

However, the problem was that Liszt did not have an aristolochia elf.

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