The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 867: Chapter 0864: New Record (First Update)

Revealing the Light Green Gemstone Dragon was a choice made by Li Si Te (Liszt), as the news of the three dragons would sooner or later be exposed. At the moment when Flame Island was within grasp, revealing it wouldn’t hurt. Besides, the Jade Mountain was the Dragon Nest of the Light Green Gemstone Dragon, and mining there was unavoidable to encounter the Light Green Gemstone Dragon.

Moreover,

once the Mind Branding with the Light Green Gemstone Dragon was complete, Liszt planned to let Emily interact with the Light Green Gemstone Dragon to see if they could get along well, and perhaps in the future, she could become a new Dragon Rider—having talent and loyalty, the girl deserved to be cultivated vigorously, sharing the burdens on Liszt’s shoulders.

Considering everything, he was only twenty years old, yet he had to shoulder the pressures of an entire kingdom; it was indeed no easy task.

Of course, Emily was only fourteen this year, and the pressure of becoming a Dragon Rider was equally immense. Even Archmage Archy, at the age of forty-four, was still considered a juvenile Sea Serpent by Sea Serpent standards, a minor—Flame Kingdom was a nation founded by the youth.

“Captain Emily, this… is this truly His Highness’s Dragon Mount?” Fernal Ink could hardly believe it.

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“Of course!”

Emily stood with her head held high, filled with an indescribable pride by association.

Every time Liszt achieved something incredible, she felt an intense thrill. She remembered clearly that night when the great Lord Landlord stroked her hair and said to her—grow up quickly, Emily, you’re my potential Dragon Rider!

Ethan, the Light Green Gemstone Dragon, was the Dragon chosen by Lord Landlord for her. All she had to do was grow, pass Ethan’s test, gain approval, and ultimately succeed in Dragon Riding.

“I will surely become a Dragon Rider and follow His Highness!”

Emily looked toward Ethan lying on the distant hill, her heart burning with an even fiercer desire, her Thunder Attribute Dou Qi overflowing in her meridians as if it were about to burst forth and rage wildly. Despite trying to regulate her breathing, she could not suppress the restlessness of the Dou Qi, which felt like boiling water that kept bubbling.

“Novad, I leave the Knight Brigade in your hands to continue flattening the earth!” She quickly instructed her deputy before leaping down from the leader of the elephant pack.

She dashed a few moves and reached Jade Salary Avenue nearby.

Standing in the vast open space, she drew the Crimson Blood Sword she carried—this sword was the side-arm of Liszt in the past, the Ruby’s purpose being to amplify Dou Qi, later re-forged by the Iron Knight, making it more in sync with Emily’s Thunder Attribute Dou Qi.

Although merely a Gemstone Weapon, it was dear to Emily’s heart.

At this moment, holding the Crimson Blood Sword, she wildly executed the Dou Qi Manuscript to vent the tumultuous energy within her meridians. Gradually, a special transformation occurred within her meridians, as if all the Dou Qi ascended into another form, making her body feel lighter and lighter.

Then, with a sudden leap.

She soared to a height of over ten meters, hovering momentarily before landing with ease.

“I…”

A touch of unstoppable delight appeared on her youthful, delicate face, as she instantly realized her Dou Qi had rejuvenated, graduating from Intermediate Dou Qi to become Advanced Dou Qi, rising to the rank of a Sky Knight!

Boom!

The newly-born Advanced Thunder Attribute Dou Qi burst forth, and she turned into an arrow, flying towards the hundred-meter-high sky. Even with her newly upgraded Dou Qi, she could forcefully control it, allowing her body to fly short distances smoothly—her relentless practice day and night had honed her control over Dou Qi to a terrifying extent.

She streaked across the sky, then plummeted fiercely to the ground, landing amidst the Mammoth Knight Brigade, stamping two footprints into the compacted earth.

With bent legs and sword blade thrust into the ground,

a cloud of dust was kicked up.

The knights of the Knight Order turned their heads one after another, disturbed by the commotion she had caused, and then saw Emily descending from the sky. Some knights were still in a daze, while others had already realized, “Captain Emily… has been promoted… to a Sky Knight?”

Fernal was the first to rush over, “Captain Emily, have you really been promoted to a Sky Knight?” He found it unbelievable, even more so than encountering a dragon.

The appearance of the Light Green Gemstone Dragon was abrupt, but the Eagle Kingdom had lost it for over a year, so everyone had some guess in their hearts.

However, how old was Emily, fourteen!

A fourteen-year-old Elite Earth Knight was already sensational, and her appointment as the captain of the Knight Order was a figure no one could ignore. Everyone’s view of Emily was that of a “prodigy”, a promising “rising star” and the future would belong to Emily.

However, without waiting for the future, Emily had become a Sky Knight now.

When Liszt was seventeen and became a Sky Knight, he broke the historical record of the Duchy of Sapphire and became the youngest Sky Knight, shocking countless people and causing envy and resentment. Who would have thought that today Emily would push Liszt’s record forward by three years!

“Yes, I am now a Sky Knight!” Emily mounted the leader of the elephant herd.

She really wanted to continue flying in the sky, feeling the exhilaration of just becoming a Sky Knight, but she managed to restrain her emotions well, as willpower had always been her greatest talent for progress.

“You are only fourteen this year, graced with knightly glory, Captain Emily, your talent is even more terrifying than His Highness’s!” Fernal still spoke with a tone of shock.

Emily raised an eyebrow, “His Highness’s talent is not something you or I can imagine, and I am just continuously chasing after His Highness’s shadow. Captain Fernal, focus on your work.” After that, she maneuvered the herd leader and returned to the Mammoth Knight Brigade, immediately giving the order for silence.

She was not Liszt; though she had been promoted, she could still control her impulse to show off well.

If it were Liszt, he probably could have flown around the Mammoth Knight Brigade for an entire day.

Watching the girl riding the elephant’s retreating figure, Fernal slightly shook his head, finding it difficult to let go for a long time.

He thought the young Dragon Knight Lord he followed was already a legend. Who would have thought the young female knight working with them would also become a legend soon. Becoming a Sky Knight at fourteen, something that is almost impossible even for Dragon Knight candidates in the Kingdoms of the continent.

Not to mention a female Sky Knight.

When the young girl’s figure merged into the Knight Order, he looked again at the distant Light Green Gemstone Dragon.

Suddenly narrowing his eyes, he thought of a possibility, “If Emily is a talented knight carefully trained by His Highness, could she be a candidate for the Dragon Knight of the Flame Kingdom… Although she is female, becoming a Sky Knight at fourteen, who can guarantee she won’t become a Dragon Knight?”

Once this thought emerged, it couldn’t be suppressed, Fernal knew it was a real possibility— as long as Liszt was willing, Emily would have enough time to bond with the Light Green Gemstone Dragon!

As he pondered,

A slightly lewd smile appeared on his face, “Lord Acherloides, Archmage… Captain Emily, Dragon Knight… Suddenly it feels like the Flame Kingdom need not worry about succession… His Highness must enjoy nurturing talent… tsk, tsk…”

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Unaware of his follower’s disparaging thoughts, Liszt was looking at the Smoke Serpent Script materializing before him, “Task completed, reward Sky Knight – Emily.”

“Hmm!”

“Jade Salary Avenue has been completed, my little Emily is finally going to be promoted, a fourteen-year-old female Sky Knight, it’s all worth my full cultivation of her!”

Emily’s growth was a pleasure to witness, but as the Smoke Serpent Script changed and revealed the content of the new task, his expression suddenly shifted.

He began to darken.