The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 824 - 0821: Coastal Empty Households (First Update)
Chapter 824: Chapter 0821: Coastal Empty Households (First Update)
The Chang Yu Family was famous for their shrewdness, and the Marquis of Red Crab Island, Merlin Taro, also prided himself on his astuteness. He did not follow other marquis families in seeking marriages within the same social status.
Instead, he valued the potential of the other party. His eldest son, Mesiro, married the daughter of an earl, whose family was backed by the Iron Knight Family, thus ensuring that the Chang Yu Family would not lack weapons and equipment. His eldest daughter, Melinda, was wed to Roland Pinecone, the son of Viscount Longtail City, who was known at the time as a “genius.”
His younger daughter, Melissa, was then married to Viscount William of Tahiti City.
Within a few years after his marriage, William had distinguished himself through his military achievements, was granted the title of Coral Island’s Count, and quickly rose to become a Sword Saint, proving the insightful judgment of Marquis Merlin.
However, Roland did not rise on the battlefield as he had expected. Instead, after inheriting his title, Viscount Roland proved to be mediocre, at one point even too afraid to enter battle, and his strength stalled at the level of an Elite Earth Knight.
As such, Roland became a stain on Marquis Merlin’s life; for more than twenty years he received no promotion and remained just the Viscount of Longtail City. Although he was filled with resentment, Viscount Roland dared not prove himself on the battlefield, thus he spent over twenty years aimlessly.
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Upon the death of Marquis Merlin, Mesiro, who was set to inherit the marquisate, also disliked his useless brother-in-law.
Thus, Roland had little loyalty towards the Chang Yu Family. Even though he resided on Red Crab Island, he would not visit Long Taro Castle more than a few times a year, possibly even less frequently than Liszt and his siblings.
According to the knightly system of the Legendary Continent, a count must become a Sky Knight to be granted a fief.
Roland had already lost hope for his own title, yet seeing the spirited Fire Dragon Knight Liszt before him, his despondent thoughts stirred once more. Perhaps due to lack of strength, he could not be promoted to an earl, and his two sons were also not particularly talented.
Yet, it seemed easy to secure the status of a Founding Contributor by following Liszt.
Then, with Liszt perhaps leaning a bit more resources his way, the growth of the Pinecone Family was imminent, much better than languishing in Longtail City on Red Crab Island.
Still, he did not immediately make up his mind.
He prepared to listen to what Liszt had to say.
“Uncle, uncle-in-law, cousin, please keep this a secret for me,” Liszt said, setting down his teacup calmly, “I have already found the location for my country’s foundation. It is a vast archipelago, far surpassing the Duchy of Sapphire in area, and I am already at work developing these Flame Islands.”
Roland was immediately taken aback: “An archipelago larger than the Sapphire?”
A fire quickly ignited in his heart. The land area of the Sapphire Archipelago added up to roughly 2 million square kilometers, and to this day, many islands remain undeveloped. The Flame Islands, being twice as large as the Sapphire Archipelago, would have even more undeveloped islands, and one could imagine how many hands Liszt would need for the development.
“The Flame Islands are about twice the size of the Sapphire Archipelago and are very difficult to develop, especially given the shortage of population, which is a serious constraint on the establishment of a nation. Therefore, I plan to plunder population from the Eagle Kingdom over the next few years, only waiting for my naval fleet to take shape before launching war on my own!”
“Launching war on your own?”
“Yes, while the Eagle Kingdom is preoccupied, I myself will lead the raid, which might very well empty the coastal areas of the Eagle Kingdom.”
Mesiro couldn’t help but sigh: “To empty the coastal areas of the Eagle Kingdom, Liszt, such a huge raid, can the Eagle Kingdom tolerate it?”
“Whether they tolerate it or not,” Liszt suddenly erupted with an uncontrollable passion, bluntly stating, “Uncle, I never fight a battle without assurance—unless the Eagle Kingdom sends all their Dragon Knights to engage me in a dragon slaughter, I have nothing to fear!”
“The Eagle Kingdom has five Dragon Knights!” Mesiro felt that his nephew was getting a bit arrogant.
“But I have more than one dragon,” Liszt said coolly.
“Hmm?”
“Hmm?”
“What?”
Mesiro, Roland, and Meioubao all widened their eyes, “Liszt, this… what do you mean by that?”
Originally planning to keep it a secret, Liszt could not hold back for the moment and decided not to hide it any longer, “Carlo Violet has fallen in battle, and I have acquired the Light Green Gemstone Dragon. I am currently training a Dragon Knight for the Light Green Gemstone Dragon; in addition, I have subdued another dragon on Flame Island, so now I have a total of three dragons.”
Three dragons, plus an Archmage.
The study fell silent at once, and the three Mesiros were completely stunned, for a good while not knowing what to say. Eventually, it was the young Meioubao who, shaking, managed to ask, “Liszt, my dear cousin, I shouldn’t doubt you as a Dragon Knight, but… do you really have three dragons?”
“Deceiving you would be of no benefit, would it… Wait here for a moment, I’ll go get something.” Saying this, Liszt stood up and left the study, heading toward the bedroom set up for him at Long Taro Castle—but this was just for show. In fact, he had already taken out several pieces of light green gemstone from his Space Ring halfway there.
The Formless Dragon needed to remain a secret for the time being.
The revelation of the existence of the Sacred Dragon had to wait until it was strong enough to defend itself, otherwise it would attract too much enmity.
Starting with revealing the Light Green Gemstone Dragon, it might not be long before the news reached the Sapphire Duke, then slowly spread to the Eagle Kingdom and the Steel Ridge Kingdom. But he was not afraid of the news leaking; the deterrent power of the three dragons was more than enough to allow Liszt to traverse the seas freely.
Moreover, the light green gems were bound to be sold sooner or later to exchange for resources, and the Eagle Kingdom would naturally come to know of it—then it would be seen whether they dared to come and claim the Light Green Gemstone Dragon back.
If a dragon-slaying battle really did happen, it wasn’t a big deal.
After all, the Flame Islands were destitute and barren. With the Formless Dragon to conceal their presence and Archy to control the seawater, if they could not win the battle, they could simply flee. Once the Eagle Kingdom’s Dragon Knights left, they could rebuild the Flame Islands. But by that time, enmity would be sown, and there would be no peace for the Eagle Kingdom, whose Dragon Knights would need to be wary of assassination.
All in all, Liszt was not afraid!
He was now leaving the study to give his uncle and uncle-in-law time to digest the news.
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Back in the study.
Meioubao was already agitated, scratching his head, “Father, uncle-in-law, Liszt has three dragons!”
Roland swallowed and said, “Mesiro, do you believe this could be true, three dragons, three dragons, it’s almost unimaginable!”
Mesiro forced himself to remain calm and pondered, “Liszt is a person of steady character, he wouldn’t lie, and the disappearance of the Light Green Gemstone Dragon… On the open sea, the only one likely to find that dragon would be Archmage Acherloides… As for the other dragon, with him and Lord Archmage Acherloides cooperating, it wouldn’t be difficult to conquer!”
Acherloides’s reputation exceeded Liszt’s by far.
After all, it had been hundreds of years since an Archmage had been born, and during the dragon-slaying battle, the spectacle of Acherloides’s magic had a greater impact than that of the melee-focused Dragon Knights, leaving a deep impression on everyone. One could say that since that battle, when speaking of the true master of the Sea of Azure Waves, the first person everyone thought of was Acherloides.
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Dragon Knights could not control water, but an Archmage controlled the sea as though it were but clay in their hands.
After such an analysis by Mesiro, both Roland and Meioubao were convinced that Liszt indeed had three dragons. With such a formidable force, comprising three dragons and an Archmage, they had more than enough power to establish a maritime kingdom.
Roland clenched his fist on the spot.
Breathing heavily, he said, “Mesiro, I plan to follow Liszt and develop on the Flame Islands; do you have any objection?”
Mesiro narrowed his eyes, “I wish prosperity for the Pinecone Family on the Flame Islands!”
Roland let out a sigh of relief, “Thank you!”
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