The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 792: Chapter 0789: Green Ethan (First Update)
 

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The awakening of the Light Green Gem Dragon relieved Liszt from a burden that had been weighing on his heart. For the time being, he decided to let the Light Green Gem Dragon continue living on Dodo Island until it was strong enough to spread its wings and depart.

However, before leaving,

Liszt discussed a matter of some importance with the Light Green Gem Dragon, “Did you have a name before?”

“Roar!”

The Light Green Gem Dragon let out a nostalgic roar. It indeed had a name in the past, but as the initial Dragon Knight who accompanied it passed away, its name dissipated with him. No one dared to call it by that name thereafter, and with the passage of time, even the dragon itself almost forgot it had a name.

Seeing this, Liszt touched the scales of the Light Green Gem Dragon, “I have a Fire Dragon Leo, which you have seen.”

“Roar!” The Light Green Gem Dragon clearly disliked the young dragon that had defeated it, expressing that it would absolutely not coexist peacefully with Fire Dragon Leo.

Of course, this did not mean they would engage in combat upon meeting; they simply could not live together. If one rode on the Fire Dragon, they could not ride on it.

Liszt certainly had no objections to this point—he didn’t have two backsides to ride on two dragons at the same time. Besides, the Fire Dragon was a battle-oriented dragon, while the Light Green Gem Dragon belonged more to a production nature.

“I will keep you and Leo separate. Your life will not be much different here than in the Eagle Kingdom… Nonetheless, you still need a name. Let’s call you Ethan,” Liszt mused, recalling a green dragon in a game that had turned away from evil and was called, it seemed, Isendre.

Since it was light green and not deep green, he decided to shorten the name to Ethan.

His method of naming always depended on divergent thinking, or one might call it the association method.

Just as with Little Fire Dragon Leo being called Leo because in a game, there was a male Fire Dragon called Leo Reus and a female Fire Dragon called Leo Rea, and since dragons in this world are unisex, the Fire Dragon was simply named Leo.

“Roar!”

The Light Green Gem Dragon, or Ethan, was not completely satisfied with its name.

But it did not strongly resist the name “Ethan” either. During thought synchronization, it could understand Liszt’s reasoning, knowing that a name was merely a code, unimportant in other respects.

A weak being with a beautiful name remains weak, while a powerful being remains noble regardless of a derogatory name.

“So, Ethan, take good care of yourself.”

“Roar!”

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After bidding farewell to the Light Green Gem Dragon Ethan, April 4th swiftly approached, and two-thirds of the Knight Order of the Duchy of Sapphire had already assembled at the port of Bull Hoof City on Iron Hoof Island.

Liszt did not join the knights from the Flame Territory, but instead entrusted command authority to his father, the Marquis of Bull Tail.

He and Ach would act to suppress the battlefield, ensuring that no Dragon Knight from the Eagle Kingdom would partake in this battle and attack ordinary knights. However, the task of suppressing the battlefield could be left to Ach alone. Liszt planned to enter the fray himself to warm up, capturing knights in exchange for ransoms.

“So father, uncle, feel free to engage in the offense. I will monitor the war at sea closely and capture all knights who resist. Once the Eagle Kingdom’s naval fleet is wiped out, advance immediately to the coastal port cities and deliver a devastating blow to the Eagle Kingdom’s maritime forces,” he said.

Li Weiliam and Mesiro responded with smiles, reassured by Liszt’s status as a Dragon Knight to support them, they could already envision this maritime battle being as simple as reaping wheat.

Afterwards.

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Crown Prince Anthony, who was serving as the overall commander, also came to pay his respects to Li Si Te (Liszt). After some casual conversation, they checked the naval battle plan for the last time.

On April 5th, at the break of dawn, the Sapphire fleet filed out from the Port of Bull Hoof City.

Setting sail toward the Azure Sea, they set out to prove that the Sea of Azure Waves still belonged to the Sapphire People, and not something that those of the Eagle Kingdom could lay their hands on.

Flame Number followed the Sapphire fleet at a leisurely pace, with no sailors aboard, only a few maids responsible for cleaning, as well as several cooks carefully trained by Mrs. Abbie. For the knights, this was a battle fought with utmost readiness, but for Li Si Te (Liszt), it was merely a picnic.

The Dragon Knights on the outskirts of the Eagle Kingdom were too busy with their own affairs to provide any support for the battle at sea, just as with every Pioneer Mandate issued each year, the Eagle Kingdom was always the one passively taking hits.

Finally prepared to make a big move to completely wipe out the Sapphire, they encountered the unexpected appearance of Li Si Te (Liszt).

“Brother.”

The voice of Ach brought Liszt, who had been admiring the blue sky and white clouds, back to reality—not that he had been idly watching the sky, but rather contemplating the fifth move of the “Fire Dragon Knight-Dragon Qi Secret Manual”. Now that Dragon Slash – Chop, Sky Burning – Sweep, Swallow Sun – Stab, and Sea-Boiling – Strangle had all been mastered, it was time to develop the next move.

However, the next move was full of myriad possibilities, and he hadn’t yet figured out where to begin.

He turned his head toward Ach, “What is it?”

Ach handed over a notebook, “After researching the cultivation path for the Light Magic Swordsman for Paris, Ach has summarized the basic training methods of the Dragon Magic Swordsman. However, it’s only an outline; the specific details still need Brother to personally nurture the Fire Paladin and verify the content.”

On the notebook’s cover was written—Outlines of the Dragon Magic Swordsman Cultivation System.

Flipping through it, the graceful Serpent Script laid out the clues of cultivation clearly line by line. It also included many drawings, such as human meridian charts and magic array rune constructions—after years of magic studies, Ach had become an expert in drafting. Without using a ruler, the drawings she made were as clear and distinct as a photograph.

Even after developing the Super Magic – Eye of Mana, she was able to create 3D drawings based on the vision of the Eye of Mana, qualifying her as a printer.

As Li Si Te (Liszt) looked through the Outlines of the Dragon Magic Swordsman Cultivation System, he pondered carefully for a moment before putting the book into his Space Ring, “Once the battle at sea is over, I’ll select a batch of qualified, young apprentice knights, and use this book to train them as Fire Paladins.”

After giving the book to Liszt and receiving a pat on her hair, Ach went back to her research in the cabin.

Now that the Magic Platform technology improvement has been handed over to Chris, the Eye of Mana project has been developed, and after helping to devise the training system for the Fire Paladin, she could finally set aside the tedious magic experiments and devote herself entirely to the elementalization and attribute switching.

Liszt continued to lie on the rocking chair, watching the clouds in the sky, thinking about how the fifth move of the Dragon Qi Manuscript should demonstrate its offensive power.

At the same time, he was constantly refining the first four moves.

He aimed to make the “Fire Dragon Knight-Dragon Qi’s Manual” a truly peerless divine technique, to control Little Fire Dragon Leo, invincible and unstoppable in battle.

Moreover, deep down, he felt he was onto something.

Perhaps only by cultivating to the Completion-term Dragon Knight solely on his own skills could he glimpse the path of cultivation beyond the Dragon Knight. Specifically, his studies of the Flame Dragon Bird and the Lightning Dragon Turtle made him aware that the fusion of soul with High Magic or even Superior Magic might be the cultivation method after the Dragon Knight phase.

The triangle theory of Magic Power, material and spirit seemed to suggest that a triune approach was necessary to reach higher pinnacles.

Legends spoke of an Elf King infinitely vast, incarnated as a forest in which even dragons lived; the Moon Empire purportedly had a magic array leading to the moon, and beyond Devil’s Sea lay the ruined civilization of the Child of the Sun; there were tales of souls dwelling in the Exiled Lands, with Curtis Truth creating Phantom Ships in an attempt to traverse them…

The world was far larger than imagined, so how could a Dragon Knight possibly stand at the apex.