The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 793: Chapter 0790: Three Water Blades (Second Update)
 

Flame Number was also carrying a big bird—Landwalker bird Loki.

In the battle at sea, Liszt did not intend to ride the Dragon to show off his might; doing so would be too ostentatious, like using a cleaver to kill a chicken.

So he simply brought Loki along, ready to ride it around to capture Sky Knights.

Loki was just an Intermediate Dragon Beast, with average flying speed, but it excelled in its powerful jumping ability, which allowed it to leap from one ship to another. This was especially useful in boarding battles, for capturing those Sky Knights trying to escape, with the only caution being to not get shot to death by arrows.

After all, Loki was just a slightly stronger Dragon Beast; its defensive strength was not great.

From the third day of departure, the Sapphire’s fleet began encountering ships from the Eagle Kingdom, and without a doubt, these scattered fleets, even those sailing under the guise of trade, would be captured and taken prisoner. From the fourth day, they started encountering more ships, and on the fifth day, there were even more ship encounters.

Liszt did not take action in the first five days, as he did not encounter many Sky Knights, so he couldn’t be bothered to compete for merit with the Knight Order of the Sapphire.

Until the sixth day.

The fleet had now reached the coastal waters of the Eagle Kingdom, and the resistance became increasingly fierce.

By this time, quite a few Sky Knights from the Eagle Kingdom were appearing on the ships, and upon seeing them, Liszt cheerfully rode Loki around. Whenever he saw an arrogant Knight, that is, one that was pressing down on the Sapphire Knights, he would steer Loki towards them.

Capture, throw them to the fleet of Flame Territory.

On the sixth, seventh, and eighth days, all near the coast, attacking ships, Liszt captured a total of five Sky Knights, but sadly the strongest was only a Sword Saint Earl—in the ships of the Eagle Kingdom that went out to sea, it was rare to equip powerful Sky Knights, especially Noble Landlords would seldom go to sea.

After all, the sea was still the battleground of the Sapphire people, and the Nobles would not easily put themselves in jeopardy.

However, starting from the ninth day, the Sapphire fleet reached the first explored seaport of the Eagle Kingdom—Shattered Stone City Port.

Shattered Stone City was a newly constructed town, built just over a decade ago, but it was a standard port city, surrounded by numerous shipyards. It was almost certain that it was built as a port city by the Eagle Kingdom after obtaining shipbuilding technology from the Bull Family.

Moreover, the location of Shattered Stone City was deliberately chosen to avoid areas that the Duchy of Sapphire often targeted in their Pioneer Mandates like Sardine Bay, Yellow Mud Coast, Roaring River Mouth, and Dense Corridor.

It was selected at a spot near a river known as Scalding River.

“Enemy attack!”

Beacon fires rose, and horns blasted loudly.

The Knights and Magicians of Shattered Stone City fought courageously, but the Knight Order dispatched by the Sapphire fleet poured in like a flood, bombarding the port city relentlessly.

“Charge!”

“Attack!”

“Crush the enemy!”

A cacophony of charge slogans merged, shaking the heavens and earth.

Liszt didn’t target Shattered Stone City; he only said to Ach, “Ach, splash a bit of water and put out the beacon fire of Shattered Stone City.”

“Okay, brother.”

For an Archmage, this trivial matter was a piece of cake—a Water Tornado suddenly surged towards Shattered Stone City, dousing the beacon fire that hadn’t produced much smoke yet.

Not even a wisp of smoke could rise.

“Glory of the Knight, be upon us!” The Knights of the Sapphire shouted in unison, their attacks growing fiercer. Everyone understood that this campaign had not only the protection of the Dragon Knight but also the protection of Archmages—this battle at sea was destined for victory and spoils, with no room for failure.

Liszt glanced at Shattered Stone City but did not join in the attack.

Instead, he focused his energy on the nearby shipyards of the port, no longer caring about his identity, personally leading the Knight Order from Flame Territory, Bull Tail Domain, and Red Crab Island, to plunder those shipyards that were building ships. Particularly, the craftsmen building the ships, he did not spare a single one, and bound them all as prisoners to the ships.

A shipyard raid, on to the second.

The Knight Order guarding the shipyard wilted at the sight of Li Weiliam riding a Super Magical Beast, let alone expecting a Dragon Knight to personally carry out the robbery.

In just a moment.

Liszt had already plundered all ten shipyards in the vicinity, even those being raided by the Sapphire Knight Order; he rushed in, forcefully taking the craftsmen—those who knew how to build ships, Liszt took them all without leaving any for the Sapphire Duke.

To dominate the high seas, one cannot be without shipbuilders.

By the time the shipyards had all fallen, Shattered Stone City had not yet been conquered; this port city, half city and half castle, boasted an exceptionally strong defense.

“A bunch of trash!” Liszt, seeing this, disdained the common Knight Orders for wasting time, but had no intention of personally assaulting the city—after all, he still wanted some face.

What a pity.

He had no followers of significant strength.

Emily had not grown up yet, Paris had just made a breakthrough, Fox and Garcia were just common Sky Knights, and the vampires like Mary couldn’t possibly siege.

“Ah, Ach, it’s up to you to do it, just bring a few high-pressure water blades to Boulder City,” he sighed.

“Mm.” The innocence and purity of the Little Sea Monster had long been corrupted by Liszt, and except for him, she had little regard for other humans.

She raised her hand, connecting to the Magic Web.

Soon, a giant blade of water coalesced above the sea, and with a gentle swing, this Super Magic known as the “Chainsaw-style Super High Pressure Water Knife” blasted towards Shattered Stone City.

Boom!

One slash cut through a thick wall of Shattered Stone City, two meters of solid wall that crumbled like tofu before the force of Super Magic.

After one slash, Ach began to coalesce a second blade.

Three slashes in a row, Shattered Stone City collapsed with a thunderous roar, and the battlefield suddenly went quiet. The knights and magicians in the castle were stunned, the besieging Knight Order was also stunned, all unsure of what to feel. They had been fighting with fervor and exhilaration.

And then.

It suddenly ended.

However, aboard the nearby Flame Number, Ach simply asked calmly, “Brother, is this alright now?”

“It’s fine now.” Liszt looked at the destroyed Shattered Stone City, and couldn’t help but be internally shocked—common magicians were already weak, unable to even participate in warfare. But from the Archmage, one could still see the vestiges of the era when magicians ruled the world during the Moon Empire.

It must be said.

If the Magic Web had not weakened, knights, even with Dragon Knights, would not be able to contend with Archmages. Taking a city just required two or three Super Magic attacks, it was like cutting through rotten wood. In the era when the Magic Web had not weakened, if magicians really could cast spells at will, there wouldn’t be much left for knights to do.

But this era had ultimately abandoned the magicians, the Magic Web had shrunk, and common magicians were almost rendered useless.

What’s more important is that for many years there had been no news of Archmages advancing in rank, and even if Ach had barely advanced relying on the Mermaid’s Tear and the Nixie’s talents, it still couldn’t change the declining state of magicians. Of course, the transition of magicians to scholars, overseen by Liszt, was a good way forward.

“I am a knight, so… magicians might as well transition sooner and focus on being scholars; leave the task of ruling the world to the knights,” he said.

Liszt stood with his hands clasped behind his back, watching the knights clean up the battlefield, revealing a slight smile.

The only Archmage was still Ach.

How wonderful!