The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 771: Chapter 0768: Super Magical Beast (Fourth Update, Alliance Hierarch Extra 9/56)
 

He returned to the Flame Number to rest and recuperate.

Liszt began to examine the new mission.

“Mission: The Crystal Alsophila Trees on Mind Island have matured. Although they are off the beaten path and have not yet been discovered by the Eagle Kingdom’s fleet, it is hard to ensure that Mind Island will remain undiscovered forever. Once it is found, the Crystal Alsophila Trees will become a clue. Please collect all the Crystal Alsophila. Reward: A Super Magical Beast.”

“Hmm!”

Upon seeing the content of the mission, Liszt’s interest was instantly piqued. Even without the guidance of the Smoke Mission, he had intended to harvest all of the Crystal Alsophila Trees—once turned into crystal, they were treasures of immense value, precious in and of themselves.

What really concerned him was the reward for the mission, a Super Magical Beast.

Up to this day, he had a wealth of experience and had seen all sorts of Magical Beasts, but he had yet to come across any Super Magical Beasts or Advanced Dragon Beasts. It was fine not having seen the Advanced Dragon Beasts since he had encountered Super Dragon Beasts before. But he was genuinely curious about what a Super Magical Beast might look like.

“Could it also undergo a transformation in nature similar to that of the Super Dragon Beasts?”

There were no traces of Super Magical Beasts in the Duchy of Sapphire, and even on the Legendary Continent, there were very few records of them. Compared to the frequently mentioned Super Dragon Beasts of legend, Super Magical Beasts were much more low-key—perhaps the authors of knight novels had a natural bias against species that did not possess dragon bloodlines.

Resulting in Super Magical Beasts garnering almost no attention.

The only Super Magical Beast Liszt had somewhat encountered was related to a vampire. Back in the Trapped Dragon Mountain Iron Mine, he killed the Pureblood Fomuir and found a tooth on him.

According to Mary’s explanation, it was a piece of Magic Equipment passed down in the Black Knight Family, a fang of the Super Magical Beast, the Bloodthirsty Bat.

At present, this fang was still in his Space Ring. Although he couldn’t use these vampire gears himself, they could serve as rewards for the future achievements of his Blood Servants.

Thinking about it.

He took out the Bloodthirsty Bat Fang to fiddle with, feeling the abundant Blood Magic Power within, and recalled Mary’s introduction—that the Bloodthirsty Bat Fang not only provided a significant boost to the vampire’s cultivation and casting, but could also be used in a blood exchange ritual to improve the purity of the Pureblood’s bloodline.

“According to Mary’s explanation, as well as Horus and Bruce’s later description of the Black Knight Family, it seems that the original vampires had a significant connection with the Bloodthirsty Bats… It is possible that a magician was bitten by a Bloodthirsty Bat and gradually transformed into the first vampire, thus establishing the vampiric casting profession.”

Unfortunately, as the Magic Web declined, the caster profession generally fell into decline, and civilization subsequently broke down.

The Black Knight Family did not know their own origins.

“I’ll find out soon enough how amazing Super Magical Beasts really are. But however incredible they might be, there are limits. Even Super Dragon Beasts are not so extraordinary, and it goes without saying for Super Magical Beasts.”

Compared to dragons and elves, Magical Beasts indeed lack much exquisiteness.

As dusk fell, Ach returned from the sea. She was very happy, holding an Elf Bug in her hands. “Brother, Ach has made a contract with an Elf Bug from the ocean floor, but I don’t know what species its Cordyceps is,” she said, also bringing a kind of seaweed of the same species as the bug’s cordyceps, a green, long-strip common seaweed.

Liszt didn’t know the species either.

Human knowledge of the ocean is limited, so the seaweeds and algae of the sea do not have official names. Up until now, the only sea Elf that Liszt and Ach had contracted and developed was the Giant Algae Elf, which produced a large quantity of Giant Algae Magic Potion. The other Elves had not been much developed.

Even the Kelp Bug and Laver Bug—which bred edible kelp and laver—had not been systematically developed.

Not to mention the other Redstone Flower Bug, Horsetail Bug, and Inkangle Bug; they were simply planted in the sea at random, left to grow on their own.

As more elves emerged, Li Si Te, like many other nobles, no longer paid much attention to Elf Bugs, and it had been a long time since he had focused on conquering sea sprites—conquering them was of little significance, as humans are not marine animals, and it was very difficult to develop oceanic crops.

Just the Giant Algae breeding industry alone required a large number of serfs to travel on the sea every day, facing the danger of being entangled and drowned by the Giant Algae.

It could only be said that the development of the ocean could not be rushed; the equipment for going to sea needed to be developed, and the skills of fishermen needed to be cultivated so that the ocean could be turned into a treasure bit by bit.

“Ach, you come up with a name for its species,” Li Si Te casually said.

“Let’s call it Hydra Grass.”

The name had no particular meaning.

…

After returning to his estate, Li Si Te immediately issued an order for his merchant teams to go to various places to purchase female Fierce Earth Dog pups—he wanted a mate for Douson. As for the free-ranging Earth Matron, old and faded, it no longer had potential, and consuming Bloodline Fruit would only lead to a fatal outcome.

Douson, in its prime and with a bloodline quality far surpassing its eight offspring, was most suited for breeding Blizzard Beasts.

“If feasible, I will have to search for more Bloodline Fruit in the future, cultivate more Blizzard Beasts, expand the genetic pool of the species, and enable the Blizzard Beasts to reproduce on their own.”

The hybrid offspring of Black Blood Treasured Horses and ordinary horses were to be used to arm the regular Knight Orders.

The Black Blood Treasured Horses were to arm the Burning Knights Group.

The Blizzard Beasts, however, were to arm the elite knights within the Burning Knights Group.

Even he fantasized that once Chris summarized the training path for Light Magic Swordsmen, he would also use Leo to train a group of Fire Paladins, then mount Flame Dragon Birds to form an even more elite Royal Knight Squad.

Of course.

To form these Knight Orders would require time to ferment.

After issuing his orders, he quickly gathered a group of skilled serf lumberjacks, along with the Crystal Craftsmen like Brad, to board the Flame Number and set sail for Mind Island on the second day.

Upon landing on the island, they first conducted a reconnaissance.

They found that the large pit where the Mind Fruit Tree once grew did not sprout again.

“It’s possible that all the seeds of the Mind Fruit Tree have been dug up, causing new Mind Fruit Trees to no longer grow here… What a pity, quite a pity. Now we can only see if the deadwood of the Mind Fruit Tree can nurture new Mind Fruit Trees,” Li Si Te shook his head and then turned his attention to the Crystal Alsophila Trees.

Ach often traveled back and forth to Mind Island, recording the growth and changes of the Crystal Alsophila Trees. The Magic Guild was now trying to cultivate new Crystal Alsophila Trees—those that could grow without a dragon’s magic power, something which they had not yet accomplished, but with a large number of seeds in storage, they should be sufficient for slow consumption.

“Start digging, try to remove all the Crystal Alsophila Trees, leaving not a single one,” Li Si Te ordered the Lumberjack Team.

Although the serfs were curious about these beautiful large trees, when the Lord Landlord gave an order, they took their work seriously, digging and chopping, and then handing them over to Crystal Craftsmen like Brad for cutting and loading onto ships.

Li Si Te stood on a rock, waiting for the possible invasion by a Super Magical Beast that might threaten Mind Island at any time.