The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 802: Chapter 0799: Project Approval (Fourth Update, Celebrating the Battle Song of the Silver Alliance 1/100)
 

Chapter Title: Immense Pressure!

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Closing his nautical logbook,

Nigel Bark Roundshield started his patrol around the makeshift camp established beside the ruins of the Discovery. He was surrounded by the Wild Forest; he had to maintain a strict watch. Otherwise, a Magical Beast might silently approach and threaten the survival of the crew.

At that moment, he suddenly heard a noise overhead, as if something was tearing through the air.

Then, a thudding boom echoed from the distant forest.

“What’s going on!” Nigel and the others immediately tensed up.

Unfortunately, during the night, they dared not leave the camp to search the Wild Forest. Moments later, when no other sound arose, Nigel relaxed slightly, temporarily setting aside the idea of exploration and began to share a modest lunch with the knights—even this simple fare was tastier than the salted meat and pickles eaten at sea.

Regrettably, there was no atmosphere of a bonfire party; they had to remain vigilant about the forest and were filled with worry about the unknown world.

They did not know what situation they were in, having left the vast ocean and arrived in an endless forest in the blink of an eye, clueless about the distance covered.

They were even more uncertain whether they had appeared on an island near the Great Whirlpool or some other corner of the world.

“Let us have a moment of silence for our deceased teammates.” After setting up the simple dinnerware, Nigel signaled everyone to mourn—in this disaster, of the Discovery’s one hundred crew members, sixteen were missing, fifty-two were dead, and only thirty-two survived, seven of them critically injured with uncertain fates.

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The moment of silence had just ended.

A “whoosh” of a tearing sound came from overhead, followed by a thunderous roar from the far-off forest, as if a large rock had fallen from the sky. Though it was much smaller than a meteorite, the ground still trembled slightly.

“What is this?”

Nigel could no longer ignore such commotion.

At this time, Archmage Granney Truth, who was repairing the Magic Platform, suddenly said, “I understand now; it is His Highness!”

“His Highness?”

“Of course His Highness. His Highness has already found the Great Whirlpool and is studying it!” Granney was very excited, “The great Lord Acherloides will surely unravel the secrets of the Great Whirlpool and then come to rescue us! We need to stay here, fix the Magic Platform, and work with His Highness and Lord Acherloides!”

Following that,

He loudly declared, “Tonight we shall not rest; we’ll repair the Magic Platform overnight, to make contact with His Highness as soon as possible!”

Another magician nodded deeply, “I support Archmage Granney’s opinion!”

The knights naturally had no objections; after all, the repair work was for the magicians to do; they would assist as needed. And as if to confirm Granney’s speculation, every fifteen minutes or so, a stone or some item would whoosh past overhead.

Tracking the source, it was coming precisely from that tall waterfall mountain.

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The survivors from the ships stranded in the unknown forest were eagerly awaiting the archmage’s thorough research.

Indeed, the Flame Number was transporting stones, trees, and magical beasts from nearby islands and throwing them into the Great Whirlpool to study the changes objects underwent when passing through the vortex.

Liszt rode upon Leo, circling in the sky above the Great Whirlpool, casting Dragon Eye Trajectory, constantly probing for feedback on the magical power composition details of the whirlpool and ultimately congregated all the information into Ach’s hands—this was an extremely intricate change, and even after dozens of experiments, they still hadn’t unraveled the puzzle.

“Brother, Ach doesn’t know whether this is a man-made Magic Array, but its operating principles are too profound, and there are many parts that Ach simply cannot understand,” Ach said.

“Don’t worry, be patient. We can consider this place as a long-term Magic Laboratory,” Liszt suggested, guessing that the entire crew of Discovery might have perished. So, after his excitement had calmed down, he was not in a rush to explore what lay at the other end of the Teleportation Array.

The Great Whirlpool was right there; it wasn’t going anywhere. There was no need to hurry.

He immediately issued orders to Explorer and Opportunity to continue searching for other islands in the New Archipelago and called the other two Adventure Fleets to conduct searches for islands as well—there was no need to have them come here to investigate and explore the Great Whirlpool, as apart from Ach who could control the currents to resist, no one else had any resistance.

In the latter half of the night,

Ach, in need of experimental materials, decided to take a trip back to Thorn Castle.

“Why don’t you bring over a group of magicians,” Liszt suggested, “and set up on an island not far from the Great Whirlpool, to establish a Magic Laboratory specifically for cracking the secrets of the whirlpool? I feel that the secrets of the Teleportation Magic Array won’t be completely unlocked in less than a year or so.”

“Mhmm,” Ach nodded.

Thus, the Flame Number sailed back through the vast night and under the next day’s sunlight, returned to the newly-built docks at the mouth of Tonghai Canal.

Liszt personally coordinated with the magicians from the Magic Guild.

“Chris, you identify a list of Grand Magicians that must be trustworthy, and who can be dispatched for a long-term assignment and comply with orders,” he instructed.

Chris, now a competent administrator, immediately provided a list: “The Magic Guild has gathered eighteen Grand Magicians, among which seven meet Your Highness’s requirements. They are Kenley, Lars, Cyrille, Dulac…”

“Then let’s start with Kenley, Lars, Cyrille, and Dulac, and also call upon a group of trustworthy magicians to assist and accompany the Archmage on an overseas field Magic research project.”

Kenley was a member of the Magic Elephant Family from Steel Ridge, while Lars and his group had once been Liszt’s captives and had since been integrated into the Magic Guild, content and showing no desire to return home. Kenley had even been elected as the deputy chairman of the Magic Guild—Chris was the executive deputy chairman.

“Your Highness, may I know what the Magic research project is about?” Chris asked, curious.

There was nothing to hide from Chris, so Liszt replied directly, “Our Adventure Fleet has discovered a huge whirlpool at sea, you must already know about that… That Great Whirlpool has been confirmed by Ach to be the Teleportation Magic Array from ancient legends!”

“Teleportation Magic Array?” Chris’s mouth fell open, and it took her a moment to come back to her senses, “Your Highness, I request to personally participate in the research of the Great Whirlpool!”

“You don’t need to participate for now; the Magic Guild cannot do without your management, especially regarding the experimental resources needed for Magic research, which still need you to coordinate,” Liszt implied—indeed, while Chris was decent at soul-level research, she was otherwise quite average.

After all, she was a newly-minted Grand Magician who was gradually transitioning into administrative work and becoming less familiar with Magic research.

“Alright, but I hope Your Highness will keep me updated on the progress of the Great Whirlpool research.”

“Of course, you need to be informed of the progress to better allocate resources.”

At noon, Chris convened Kenley and the other three.

The four Grand Magicians, upon hearing that they could study a Magic Array from ancient legends, immediately handed over their current Magic experiments to their assistants, eager to prepare the materials that might be involved in the Magic experiments with Ach, sharpening their skills to conduct in-depth research on the Great Whirlpool.