The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 801: Chapter 798: Heaven and Earth Overturned (Third Update, Cushion Base Update)
 

This chapter supplements the guaranteed update for number 13.

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“Magic arrays, it’s actually a magic array!”

I don’t know how many times Liszt had come to the bow to gaze at the massive whirlpool in the distance, his exclamation filled with excitement. The pitch-black night, illuminated by moonlight, made the great whirlpool resemble the gaping jaws of a monstrous beast, sending chills down one’s spine. Yet, for Liszt at that moment, it brought limitless excitement.

Ever since he had arrived here, he had heard numerous legends about the Moon Empire, among which the most widespread involved magic arrays.

The legends claimed at the very center of the Legendary Continent was Mount Mulagao Ding, impossibly tall, unclimbable by mortals, and even Dragon Knights couldn’t fly to its summit. Halfway up the mountain, ferocious storms could tear both man and dragon into shreds, but at the mountaintop, the Moon Empire had established a magic array.

Thus, according to legend, those Archmages could climb to the mountain’s peak, activate the magic array, and teleport to the moon.

The name of the Moon Empire stemmed from the moon itself, and even the name “Mulagao Ding” is a modern translation of the ancient Moon Language, representing “Guardian Knight of the Moonlight”—during the time of the Moon Empire, the knight cultivation system had already emerged, yet they were mostly retainers to the magicians.

To this day, these stories about teleportation magic arrays had become mere absurdities.

For unknown reasons, the Magic Web had shriveled, and the magicians’ dominant status had been overturned by the knights.

The pursuit of truth fell short of the thirst for dragons, the exploration of empirical research couldn’t match the rush for wealth, and the investigation of magic paled compared to the admiration of Dou Qi. It had been over a hundred years since an Archmage had appeared in a corner of the continent, and magicians had gradually devolved into technicians who manufactured magic equipment and refined magic potions.

They occasionally stirred up minor events, created some news, but they couldn’t influence the grand scheme.

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People had gradually begun to deny the existence of the Moon Empire and dismissed those fantastical yet non-existent elements in the legends as fallacious.

The teleportation magic array was one of those fallacies.

Having encountered so many instances where the legendary proved to be real, Liszt had developed a robust acceptance and started to believe that those teleportation arrays, moon-dwelling humans, and Elf Kings truly existed. It was this very attitude that led him from studying the Message Transmission Magic Circle to gradually progressing toward the Teleportation Magic Array.

To think, there really was a true Teleportation Magic Array in this world.

The surprise was overwhelming.

“Ach, where do you think this Teleportation Magic Array leads? Could we teleport if we jump into it?” he swallowed hard, speculating with a fervent tone, “Does it lead to an underwater kingdom, or to the moon, or perhaps to Mount Mulagao Ding? Should we perhaps give it a try?”

Ach didn’t share Liszt’s enthusiasm.

She considered more the Teleportation Magic Array itself: “Brother, this magic array’s structure is very stable, perhaps accurate enough to teleport without errors. But to traverse the teleportation array, we still need a lot of preparation, thoroughly study it to reduce the risks to a minimum.”

“Of course, I know, but… it’s a Teleportation Magic Array, Ach!”

“Mm, I know,” Ach smiled.

Watching Ach respond to his excitement with a strained smile, Liszt felt somewhat deflated. Ach was great in many ways but was somewhat “quiet”, increasingly resembling a nerd. As a non-nerd himself, Liszt admired, revered, and envied the nerds, but he actually preferred to go wild with other non-nerds.

In any case, it was now time for Ach to arrange various experiments to study the Teleportation Magic Array.

…

On the other side.

Nigel Bark Roundshield was diligently logging the nautical journal.

As one of the first Elite Earth Knights of the Eagle Kingdom to surrender to Liszt, he had been trusted and appointed as the captain of the Discovery. He was lucky to have survived this peculiar shipwreck, and his first priority was to initiate the entire ship’s self-rescue operations, while his second priority was to record the log.

In order to ensure that His Highness could be informed of the expedition’s status at all times.

He looked up.

He glanced at the magician busy repairing the Magic Platform by the bonfire, then looked at the knights and sailors who were cooking porridge and roasting meat, and at the Discovery, which had been smashed into a pile of broken wood.

Then he looked out towards the vast, primeval jungle around them, and at the enormous mountain waterfall thundering under the moonlight in the distance. Nigel picked up his pen and began to draw ink—within the captain’s room, there lay a specialized nautical black box that preserved items such as pens, ink, and paper for log writing, and these had remained intact through the shipwreck.

“June 5th, the weather was clear, everything happened so suddenly, I barely knew where to begin recording… At three in the afternoon, the Discovery had just set off from the third island of the New Archipelago, continuing our search southwest for the next island when the lookout spotted huge sea waves ahead, so I ordered us to move closer for inspection.”

Unexpectedly, as soon as the ship approached the waves, it was swept up by a surging underwater current and began to move forward in a spiral.

Captain Nigel immediately opened the Water Calming Pearl stored in his cabin, but activating the Water Calming Pearl still couldn’t stabilize the seemingly calm but dangerous undertow. The Discovery, beyond control, drew closer to the depths of the whirlpool; by the time the lookout noticed the whirlpool, it was too late to prevent it.

Thus, they had no choice but to seek help from Liszt and report the situation using the Magic Platform.

However, before the Flame Number could come to their rescue, the Discovery had already slipped into the depths of the whirlpool, swallowed by the Whirlpool Deep Well amidst the crew’s panic.

“The ship’s body was severely tilted, everyone had to cling to the railing to stabilize themselves, the surface of the Whirlpool Sea tilted more and more, the sky was upside down, and soon we could no longer see the sun, only able to see the churning Whirlpool Sea rotating above our heads. The ship’s rotational force grew stronger, some sailors couldn’t hold on and fell into the sea, disappearing without a trace.”

Like that.

The Discovery spiraled forward on the parabolic surface of the whirlpool, gradually being pulled toward the depths of the Whirlpool Deep Well.

“At that moment, it was like being caught in a surfing wave; I clung to the boat’s helm but couldn’t control any direction, even as the Discovery began to disintegrate, with pieces of the hull planks detaching… Just when I thought we were certainly doomed, the only source of light disappeared, darkness prevailed, and the waters suddenly calmed, yet the Discovery continued to advance at high speed.”

“I don’t know how much time had passed, maybe five minutes, maybe ten minutes.”

“I tried to speak, opening my mouth but unable to utter a word, even unable to move my hands and feet; I saw countless arcs of light flashing around, resembling both lightning and aurora. In the next moment, a blinding light shone on us, and then I felt my body being lifted.”

“Not just me being lifted, but the Discovery itself lifted. When I could open my eyes, I saw the sky spinning violently, could behold the lush forests and majestic mountains, and the brilliant sunshine on the horizon. Unfortunately, the next second, the Discovery crashed into the forest.”

A thunderous boom, a strong dizziness assailed him.

Almost causing Nigel to faint.

“Withstanding the agony throughout my body, I crawled out from the damaged captain’s cabin, and shockingly found that the Discovery had been smashed into a pile of rotten wood, and our crash site had become the Wild Forest. The huge mountain waterfall in the distance made me realize, the Discovery had flown out from a cave at the mouth of the waterfall.”

“The ocean whirlpool and the mountain waterfall were connected, too inconceivable…”