The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 700 - 0697: Blood Shadow at the Port (Third Update, Celebrating 10,000 Coins Reward)
Chapter 700: Chapter 0697: Blood Shadow at the Port (Third Update, Celebrating 10,000 Coins Reward)
This chapter is a “From today onwards,” reward for additional updates.
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Paris’ Light Magic Swordsman cultivation system is worth following, but her strength has been greatly reduced for the time being as she’s just starting on this path, so there isn’t much we can discern yet.
She is already twenty-one years old and will turn twenty-two after New Year’s festival; her body isn’t as young as when she was seventeen or eighteen. Moreover, as a woman who experiences bleeding monthly, it’s hard to guarantee how high she can reach on the path of a Light Magic Swordsman—her journey is more pioneering in nature.
Having just finished talking with Paris, several magicians now approached the castle’s front path, followed by a few horse carts.
Chris led the team and quickly came to pay respects upon seeing Liszt: “Viscount, are you preparing to go out?”
“I’m looking for a quiet place to practice. Are you here to set up a magic array?”
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“Yes.”
It’s possible to set up a magic array around the perimeter of the castle. Generally, a magic array uses a magic barrier to protect the castle’s safety. This kind of magic array requires precious materials and uses the magic power inherent in those materials to form the barrier. While effective, they are not very cost-effective, and most castles are reluctant to set them up.
Liszt encountered such a magic array during the siege of Juniper Castle on Iron Hoof Island, where it was clear that the Marquis of Bull was quite the spendthrift.
Liszt wasn’t that extravagant and lived quite a tight life, but he also didn’t plan to set up a magic array like Juniper Castle’s. The magic array being prepared by Ach was a modified version, and its purpose wasn’t to protect the castle but to secure the safety of the fifth-floor laboratory.
When magicians experiment with magic, it’s inevitable that magic power sometimes gets out of control and may explode accidentally.
Even as an archmage, Ach didn’t dare to be careless, especially since the worm room was directly below, and Liszt would be devastated if any harm came to the elves. Therefore, a magic array was needed to protect the laboratory—the walls and floors had already been reinforced during its construction.
Not even a grand magician’s magic could destroy the outer walls of the laboratory.
For magic with a higher degree of danger, Ach wouldn’t conduct experiments in the laboratory of Thorn Castle; this magic array was more about providing a double layer of protection.
With Ach and Chris overseeing these matters, Liszt didn’t need to worry.
After exchanging greetings, he left Thorn Castle for the wilderness of Black Horse Island and summoned Little Fire Dragon Leo to begin Dragon Knight Resonance.
Every time he entered Dragon Rider Mode and observed the world through Leo’s eyes, he felt the incredible magic and seemed to understand the essence of things on a deeper level. All trajectories of magic power could not escape from the vision of the Eye of Magic under these circumstances.
He dubbed this state “Dragon Eye Trajectory” and included it in “Liszt’s Complete Dragon Knight Training Manual” as the seventh method of cultivation.
Dragon Eye Trajectory wasn’t focused on practice but on uncovering the secrets of things, constantly observing the world, elves, magical beasts, gemstones, magic, and anything else observable.
Even Ach was observed under this state.
Within Dragon Eye Trajectory, Ach’s stationary form was just a highly concentrated blue-and-white magic human figure, but when Ach casted spells, her body resembled a glowing sphere, extending countless dense threads as if drawing high-energy magic power from the void.
Liszt didn’t know whether this was akin to seeing the Magic Web, but at least he saw how Ach drew high magic from it.
With Dragon Eye Trajectory, Liszt was preparing to find all the magic power nodes and could cause chain damage with a slight exertion of force on these nodes—this was one of his important trump cards. Without the Eye of Magic to help identify such nodes through Dragon Eye Trajectory, other Dragon Knights would not be able to find and exploit these weaknesses.
“Leo!”
“Full Sun Wheel!”
Holding the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword and riding Little Fire Dragon Leo, he executed a charged move fiercely. The erupting fire attribute Dragon Dou Qi burst forth like a full sun, exploding in the air ahead, filling the sky with unextinguishable flames. If there were a Sky Knight in front of him, the explosive shockwave might have torn the opponent apart.
Yet Liszt was not entirely satisfied.
“As a weapon of the Greater Elf Warrior, the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword is indeed very powerful, but it is more suited for sword combat between two Sky Knights, and not for fighting while riding a dragon,” he commented, looking at the azure sword in his hand and sighing slightly. “I need a very long, very long Knight’s Spear—at least ten meters long to unleash the strongest attack methods of a Dragon Knight. And if I want to attack flexibly and freely, it could be a bit shorter, around seven meters would suffice.”
The Knight’s Spear used for dragon riding could be called a Dragon Lance.
Liszt needed a high-quality Dragon Lance, but neither he nor the entire Duchy of Sapphire possessed the technology to make one.
A seven-meter or ten-meter Dragon Lance, sturdy enough to avoid easy breaking or swaying, presents a significant technical challenge. It would likely require the indestructible magic metal, Mountain Copper, to forge a handle that can be grasped firmly to maintain the stability of the spear shaft.
Otherwise, a Dragon Lance made of wood or ordinary metal would keep shaking during use, affecting its effectiveness.
“I wonder if those Dragon Knights trained by the kingdoms have Dragon Lances as their weapons. If they do, I should steal one to bring back,” he thought for some reason. Whenever he lacked something, his first thought was to go out and take it—yet he had always been a person who loved peace.
Without a Dragon Lance, a regular Knight’s Spear was not very useful, so he continued to practice with the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword.
It was dusk by the time he returned to Thorn Castle.
Unexpectedly, Mary Dawn, whom he had just sent away not long before, had returned at some point and was now waiting in the castle: “My lord, I have important news to report.”
“Speak.”
“Our Blood Servants have discovered traces of vampires on Coral Island.”
“Vampires?” Liszt’s expression remained unchanged, but his eyes flickered slightly. “Where were they discovered, what did you do about it, and did they notice you?”
“They were discovered at the Coral Island Port. Hamil was about to board a ship to set sail when he suddenly recognized a familiar face, his former colleague Brutus the Black Knight, nicknamed Crazy Ghost Haben. Hamil reported to me, and I immediately arranged for him and Uso to monitor Crazy Ghost Haben without alerting him.”
“Is there any other vampire besides him?”
“I don’t know, but I have asked Phoebe to investigate inns and other places near Coral City, and Vansa to start investigations in the Black Horse Island Domain. If any vampires have infiltrated, we will have them firmly locked down.”
“Just keep watch for now and report their activities to me at any time. Be careful not to be discovered. Moreover, we need to send people to investigate on Iron Hoof Island as well.”
“Peggy and Wimbleton have gone to Iron Hoof Island, and Seth to Blue Dragon Island. I have not asked them to return.”
“Be more careful. I will have Captain Marcus cooperate closely, and I will also notify Tulip Castle to be fully prepared for defense on both Coral Island and Black Horse Island,” Liszt indicated to Mary to continue monitoring the new vampire while he enjoyed his dinner as usual.
However, his mind was racing: “Vampires have come to Coral Island, what does this mean… It means that the Black Knight Family is investigating the deaths of Tuobert and Fomuir, the two Purebloods? However, a more likely possibility is that it has something to do with Alonso Xiankelai.”
The Smoke Mission hinted at a looming crisis of great impact.
If it was just a few vampires who dared not expose themselves, it would hardly count as a crisis. Moreover, since the mission involves choosing a stance, the target is clear: the lurking crisis is Alonso Xiankelai, the Bronze Dragon Knight from the Eagle Kingdom, the master of Trapped Dragon Mountain Iron Mine.
“It’s certain that Alonso is behind the Marquis of Bull and the Goat Assembly, and now I’ve also snatched his iron mine and captured two of his Sky Knight followers.”
Wisdom sparkled in Liszt’s gaze: “So he’s set his sights on me?”
