The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The castle was already busy preparing for Liszt's birthday celebration.

In the past few days, apart from fretting over how to care for the Little Fire Dragon, Liszt didn't have much else to do, so he dedicated more of his energy to the glass greenhouse.

The Magic Medicine Seeds, with a one-third germination rate, had begun to grow robustly, albeit at a slow pace, but they were still healthy. The Seedship Wood was also thriving, growing slowly as well. Normally, plants grow fastest in the seedling stage, but this rapid growth was hardly noticeable in the Magic Medicine Seeds and Seedship Wood.

Watering the plants, fertilizing the soil.

He had high hopes for these Magic Medicine Seeds.

If they all could grow into Magic Medicines, that would indeed be a tremendous fortune. Currently, what Liszt lacked the most was Magic Medicine. It wasn't just that he couldn't afford to buy them, it was also that he had no way to buy them in sufficient quantities—Magic Medicines were products needed by any Noble, and not many were put on the market.

Like in his own domain, the Magic Medicines produced, including the Black Tulips, had already been retained for his own use.

He had never sold a single Magic Medicine to the outside world.

"I really wish I could sell a Space Gem and exchange it for endless wealth to support myself and the Little Fire Dragon," he thought as he touched the four Space Gems hanging on his chest.

Of these four Space Gems, three were already filled, leaving only one as a commonly used space, ready to be filled whenever necessary.

The three full ones mainly held books, Mithril, Blue Steel, Cast Aluminum, Magic Medicine Seeds, Seedship Wood, Jade, Crystals, Magical Beast Meat, Dragon Breed Milk, and so on. Previously, one Space Gem was not enough to hold everything, but now it was, so he certainly wouldn't leave his fortune exposed.

Keeping it in a warehouse always felt unsafe.

The four Space Gems, the size of fingernails, had been made into a necklace, set in the line of a Sapphire Pendant, giving off a crystal-like appearance unless one looked closely—attractively adorned with a few brightly colored Crystals, typical for a gemstone pendant's design meant for aesthetics.

This way, the pendant around his neck appeared to be just an ordinary gemstone accessory to others.

For a Sky Knight, not having gemstone equipment would be inconceivable; possession was the norm. And no one would target a Sky Knight for just one gemstone. Therefore, the exposure risk of these four Space Gems was very small, making them very secure.

Actually, the biggest risk of exposure came from their use.

Especially since he would occasionally bring out items that should not exist, which could arouse suspicion over time. Of course, he didn't need to worry too much about this. Firstly, as a Landlord and a Sky Knight, his followers would not dare question him; secondly, few people knew of the Formless Dragon legend, and even fewer knew about Space Gems.

Even if someone became suspicious, they wouldn't necessarily link it to the legendary item like a Space Gem. The concept of an "independent alternate space" didn't even exist in their minds.

Liszt soon sighed, "It's better to use them less when possible, even the smallest risk is still risk... If the Space Gems were exposed, then the Formless Dragon's secret would be impossible to hide... While the Little Fire Dragon certainly has great potential in the future, I still harbor ambitions for the Formless Dragon."

Not being naturally optimistic, he sighed more often when faced with troubling matters.

His greed was also never fulfilled; struggling to sustain the Little Fire Dragon, he still found himself longing for the time when he could also ride the Formless Dragon—wondering if he would be rendered unconscious by the stench of Smoked Grass if the Formless Dragon enjoyed soaking in it.

"Right now, I don't have the ability to keep a Dragon, but that doesn't mean I can't in the future!"

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"My goal is to find a Dragon to contract with and become a Dragon Domain Landlord, then keep another Dragon specifically for riding... The best would be to contract with the Immortal Dragon that symbolizes life. Successful contracting might mean I could have eternal life!" Dragons, such captivating creatures, naturally the more the better.

Feeling the warmth of the Little Fire Dragon on his chest, a bold thought suddenly struck him, "I really want to raid Blue Dragon Island and snatch the Grand Duke's Sapphire Dragon too! And that "Dragon Knight's Dou Qi Secret Manual" must be obtained as well! The Sapphire that can amplify strength is priceless."

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Fantasy could only temper one's Spiritual Power.

It's not beneficial to reality.

After having lunch, Liszt once again obediently left Fresh Flower Town to come to the deserted lands to the west of the small town and released the Little Fire Dragon. It freely flew around by the seaside; it could switch between its fleshly body and magic power at will, but it still yearned for the freedom of flight.

"Oh ho!"

The cry of the Little Fire Dragon drifted over the sea.

Next to Liszt, the Landwalker bird Loki shivered.

Under his command, it had stopped running away from the Little Fire Dragon. But due to the suppression from its instinctual bloodline, it still deeply feared the Little Fire Dragon's Dragon Might—actually, it's much better now. Previously, every time he released the Little Fire Dragon, it would be scared witless.

"Get a good feel of the Little Fire Dragon's Dragon Might. I hope you can become the first animal that isn't afraid of Dragon Might." Since he couldn't ride the Little Fire Dragon, Loki was still his exclusive mount.

Just at that moment.

The Little Fire Dragon suddenly folded its wings, plunged into the seawater, and then began to cry out "Oh ho," "Oh ho," in distress, struggling and flapping its wings nonstop on the surface of the sea—it couldn't swim.

"This useless dragon!"

Liszt quickly pulled out a rope and threw it towards the Little Fire Dragon, and after catching its wings, he dragged it out from the sea onto the shore.

This series of movements was very proficient, clearly not the first time he had done this.

The reason is simple: every time the Little Fire Dragon was by the seaside, it wanted to conquer the seawater, to become a Fire Dragon that could swim. However, it was really terrible at swimming. Even though Liszt had taught it many times, it panicked whenever it touched water. If Liszt wasn't there to save it, it might've been the first dragon to drown.

"Oh...ho..."

Lying on the shore and coughing up water, the Little Fire Dragon called out weakly.

It was a bit dizzy after choking on water, and partly dizzy from hunger since it hadn't eaten its fill.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Seizing the opportunity, Liszt continuously stroked it with his hand to deepen their bond: "You useless dragon, you're a Fire Dragon, you know. Why should a Fire Dragon learn to swim? You're supposed to soak in magma inside volcanoes... Hmm? Volcanoes? Magma?" A sudden burst of inspiration struck him, leading to an important question.

The might of an Elemental Dragon is clearly the ultimate display of the nature of its magic power.

The magic power of a Fire Dragon is the pinnacle of Fire Attribute Dou Qi, capable of changing the environment between heaven and earth, constantly nurturing the eruption of volcanoes.

The magic power of a Wind Dragon can continuously create storms.

"Following this line of thought in reverse, does this mean that where storms exist, there is extreme Wind Attribute Magic Power? And where volcanic eruptions occur, could there be extreme Fire Attribute Magic Power? If I throw the Little Fire Dragon into magma, could it grow quickly?"

He remembered the descriptions in Knight's Novels: Fire Dragons always live in volcanoes, Ice Dragons amidst ice and snow, Water Dragons always dwelling in the great seas, Earth Dragons living next to deserts, Wind Dragons' lairs are constantly blasted by fierce winds, and Lightning Dragons always appear during stormy, thundery nights.

The appearance of Light Dragons is accompanied by various illusions, while when Dark Dragons appear, everything goes pitch black.

These were indeed scenes fantasized by down-and-out Noble writers, but they also might not be a natural kind of common sense—it's very likely that Fire Dragons live in volcanoes.

"Volcanoes, Little Fire Dragon..." Liszt's eyes sparkled.

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