The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 819: Chapter 0816: Beyond Material (Third Update, Celebrating 10,000 Coins Reward)
 

This chapter is sponsored by “A Hundred Thousand Years of Salted Fish” as a reward.

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Amidst the blue sky and white clouds, the Formless Dragon flew slowly—its speed wasn’t actually fast; to be more accurate, its physical flying speed was slow.

However, the Formless Dragon always managed to leap over the blurry boundary of illusion when flying in the material world, and then, in the blink of an eye, it would reappear tens of meters away. It was as if it constantly activated the ability to teleport while flying, and even Liszt, employing the Eye of Magic, found it very difficult to detect any trace of this ability in operation.

It was almost as if the ability didn’t involve magic at all, but was simply an innate talent, much like Ach controlling the flow of water, which also belonged to a natural ability.

With such an ability, the peak speed of the Formless Dragon could reach up to four hundred kilometers per hour, far surpassing dragons like Leo in terms of speed. Moreover, this talent-like ability would continue to strengthen with age, but as for the upper limit of its growth—

Liszt felt that it was very likely able to fly through illusion, as it had done previously when it got lost,

entering dimensions beyond the physical material world.

“Wuiyiyah!”

The Formless Dragon roared, transmitting its thoughts to Liszt—it dared not fly to the limit again, because the last time it had done so, it suddenly passed through the barrier of physical space and came to a dimension outside the material world, causing it to get lost in that non-material dimension for a long time.

It nearly starved, exhausted, and went mad.

“Don’t be afraid, I am here; you won’t get lost again next time,” Liszt comforted.

However, he received a disdainful response from the Formless Dragon, which believed that Liszt couldn’t even find his way out of a challenging maze and was utterly incapable of becoming its guide. Then, another thought from the dragon came to Liszt that left him unsure how to feel—it had given Liszt a second chance at a Mind Battle solely because of Ach.

Originally,

it had indeed permitted the Mind Battle because it was attracted by the smell of the Smoked Grass and was too excited by the taste of beef, but it also thought that the Great Whirlpool Magic Teleportation Array was related to Liszt. To be able to construct a Magic Teleportation Array that spans the fabric of physical space undoubtedly demonstrated a tremendous ability to penetrate space.

So it had approved of Liszt, initiating the Mind Battle, only to be disappointed by Liszt’s performance.

But from the brief mind connection with Liszt, it sensed the presence of Ach and mistakenly believed that Archmage Ach was the architect of the Magic Teleportation Array. Therefore, it hoped to establish a cooperative relationship with Ach, offering its resources in exchange for Ach’s space penetration ability.

To help it stop getting lost.

Until it truly mastered the ability to fly through dimensions outside the material world.

The intelligence of the dragon was very high, not at all inferior to humans. However, while its calculations were sound, Ach shook his head because he could not understand the Formless Dragon’s cries, causing the Formless Dragon to mistake Ach’s reaction for a refusal—it knew of Liszt’s relationship with Ach and guessed that it was because of its own resistance to Liszt.

Thus,

it gave Liszt a second chance at a Mind Battle in the hopes that, once it formed a Dragon Knight partnership with Liszt, Archmage Ach would naturally guide it.

“How… clever,” Liszt remarked.

Yet when he thought about the current situation, both members of the mind-united dragon and human pair were not so happy. Liszt was unhappy because he was merely acting as a tool, a means for the Formless Dragon to attract Ach’s attention; the Formless Dragon was unhappy because, deep down, it hadn’t truly accepted Liszt.

But life never runs smoothly.

The man and dragon had already spent their days together; from now on, they needed to work in unison.

Liszt was the first to let bygones be bygones, guiding the dragon in thought: “Don’t worry, Formless Dragon, as my dragon, you will have many opportunities to communicate with Ach. I will ensure she teaches you everything about space, helping you avoid getting lost in the future.”

“Wuiyiyah!” The Formless Dragon was relieved and content.

The heart knot was untied, and at this moment, the spiritual unity between the man and dragon became even more harmonious and integrated.

“I’m called Liszt Flame, but you still don’t have a name. How about we call you ‘Bard’?” Bard, the wanderer of the star realm from “League of Legends”, a hero who can open teleportation portals, does have some connection to the abilities of a Formless Dragon and also symbolizes Liszt’s expectations for the Formless Dragon.

He hoped that with the help of the Formless Dragon, from then on Archy could arrange Magic Arrays more easily, and he himself could traverse the Legendary Continent relying on the Formless Dragon.

“Wuu yi ya!”

The Formless Dragon had no particular like or dislike for the name Bard; it simply accepted such a designation. In fact, for the creature itself, Formless Dragon was its name. All dragons were like this, and names like Leo, Ethan, and Bard were just human customs.

“If that’s the case, Bard, let’s try some interesting experiments. Let’s merge your invisibility ability with me!” Liszt led the thought process.

If it weren’t for the invisibility ability of the Formless Dragon, he would definitely feel strange right now—others would find it odd to see a person flying through the sky with their behind stuck out.

That would greatly damage the dignity of a Dragon Knight.

The Formless Dragon Bard quickly attempted to merge its ability with Liszt, which involved the use of Space Magic Power. As the Space Magic Power and Dragon Dou Qi began to resonate at a high frequency, Liszt felt a strange sensation enveloping him, as if he were immersed in water.

But it wasn’t water; it was the “boundary” of material space— a special existence.

The Formless Dragon’s magic could create a Space Gemstone—a small, newly-wrapped space directly in the material world—allowing it to temporarily construct an independent space, much like tucking into a two-dimensional space. Unlike the fixed space of a Space Gemstone, though, this temporary space was a bubble.

Burst with a single poke, useless for combat.

However, it could perfectly hide the presence of the Formless Dragon and Liszt, unless detected by an Eye of Magic type of reconnaissance skill—otherwise, the presence of the Formless Dragon Knight would be absolutely undetectable.

This ability was nothing short of terrifying, an excellent method of concealment for assassinations.

The only flaw was the change in vision; upon merging with the boundary of material space, Liszt discovered that the real world rapidly faded, all matter turning into different crystalline structures—much like the green code rain that the protagonist in “The Matrix” saw.

The world Liszt saw was a white crystalline world, where everything was made of crystals, forming various types of flora and fauna, mountains, mud, running water, and so on.

He termed this vision Crystal White View.

By the time he got used to this kind of vision, it was almost evening.

Quickly.

Return to Flame Origin.

Within the Crystal White View, the figures of Leo and Archy appeared. However, to Liszt’s surprise, Leo’s figure was made up of a fiery red flame structure, while Archy’s was a blue-white water stream structure. These were the only two colors and non-crystalline structures that appeared in the Crystal White View.

“Is this… because Archy and Leo’s magic levels exceed the Low Magic tier?”

Just then, Leo, who was lying on the ground asleep, suddenly raised its neck and stared in Liszt’s direction, its keen senses alert to a threat approaching. Even though it couldn’t see the Formless Dragon or catch its scent, it could still detect the Formless Dragon through the special communication between dragons.

Using Dragon Heart Electrical Signal communication, Liszt calmed the restless Leo with a few Magic Potions.

At that moment, Archy also looked up into the sky. She didn’t sense the presence of the Formless Dragon, but deduced the outcome based on Leo’s reaction.

Bang thump!

Liszt gestured to the Formless Dragon to rest nearby, not too far away, and then rose from the sky before plummeting to the ground. As he landed on the ground and maintained a squatting posture, the Space Magic Power within him dissipated, and his figure slowly reemerged.

He stood up and walked towards Archy.

His red cape fluttered behind him, his helmet off, his light golden hair reflecting the glow of the sunset, and his proud figure also coated in a layer of golden light.

“I’ve returned.”