The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 921 - 0918 Missing Dragon Bone (First Update)
Chapter 921: Chapter 0918 Missing Dragon Bone (First Update)
“Nickel, have everyone on alert; the dragon bones are not as simple as they seem,” Liszt, though unclear about what a Bone Dragon actually was.
However, this did not prevent him from excavating the Bone Dragon; in time, he would know whether the Bone Dragon was dead or alive.
Of course, a certain level of caution was necessary, since it was still not easy to determine if the Bone Dragon was alive, and how strong it might be in combat. But no matter how strong, it was just a dragon, and behind Liszt stood the Formless Dragon Bard, a Sacred Dragon mastering the power of space.
“Keep digging down from where the dragon bones were found!”
After issuing the orders, Liszt began to carefully examine the dragon bones that had been excavated, with his Eye of Magic activated, he could see the magic feedback light attached to the dragon bones.
It had turned into a chaotic color; it was unclear which dragon’s remnants these bones belonged to.
He mounted the Formless Dragon Bard, circled around the mine pit where the dragon bones had been unearthed, and noticed a very strange phenomenon. It wasn’t just the original pit that had metal ores, but the entire area of the Dragon Pit Great Mine underground contained metal ores. And the dragon bones were continuously found at the borders of several metal ores.
“Black Heart Iron to the east, Bronze Mine to the south, Mercury Mine to the west, and Lead Mine to the north; the dragon bones were found exactly at the junction of these four metal ores, how odd.”
Outside the valley, there was also a large Titanium Mine.
He had some vague guesses in his mind but hadn’t formed a solid idea; he had to let it go for now and then summoned the Smoke Mission.
“Mission: Talent is like gold sand in water, requiring constant dredging and washing to find the precious gold from the mud; therefore, those with talent need continual refinement to ultimately determine their future. Please organize a Dragon Knight backup plan. Reward: One Greater Elf.”
The reward for the new mission was a Greater Elf, and Liszt couldn’t guess how the Greater Elf would appear.
Currently, none of the Little Minor Elves in the castle showed any abnormal conditions, and the possibility of evolution was slim; as for the wild elves, as the territory continued to expand and the Moon Slayers continued to be enlisted, elves were also increasing. However, Little Minor Elves were rare, and Greater Elves even more so.
Fortunately, he was not so concerned about one or two elves now.
Just focus on the mission itself.
“Because I recently lamented the lack of talent, the Smoke Mission began to stir the Threads of Destiny of the little geniuses according to my thoughts,” Liszt realized, a revelation sparked by his constant self-suggestions.
It seemed to be a task that would take a long time to show results. The power of destiny probably could not find a qualified genius among so many children in the Flame Kingdom. Thus, a Dragon Knight backup plan was needed as a foundation to more easily manipulate the Threads of Destiny of the little geniuses.
“So, how should the Dragon Knight backup plan be implemented? If taking a shortcut, just directly adopt the Dragon Knight backup plans of the three great kingdoms.”
The Dragon Knight backup plans of the three great kingdoms were similar—selecting talented youths from the Knight Class—those who advance to Sky Knights at sixteen, or upon becoming adults, can be selected for Dragon Knight backup. And these sixteen-year-old Sky Knights could be the offspring of Nobles or orphans nurtured by Nobles.
Nobles who supply Dragon Knight candidates to the Royal Family receive substantial rewards. Once the Dragon Knight candidates become Dragon Knights, they will also provide feedback to the Nobles.
Therefore, nurturing Dragon Knight candidates is a very profitable business. Many Nobles, whose own descendants lack talent, would choose to nurture orphans, seeking knights with talent. Some smaller Nobles, once they find good prospects, also do not hesitate to nurture them in exchange for Royal rewards.
This selection method is quite good, ensuring the interests of the Nobles while also providing fresh noble blood for the Kingdom.
However, the core Nobles class is fixed.
Nobles are always Nobles; commoners and smaller Nobles have difficulty truly rising to big Nobles through the Dragon Knight backup plan.
“The key issue is, I don’t even have many in the Knight Class,” he felt a bit embarrassed, without knights, how could he rely on the Knight Class to supply Dragon Knight candidates, “so we need to establish a schooling system, popularize knight training courses to increase class mobility through a wide net.”
This approach would not be feasible in an established kingdom, Nobles would definitely resist, but in the Flame Kingdom there would be no obstacles.
Liszt was an autocratic king whose commands were unchallengeable, and the kingdom had a vast vacancy in its Noble class that urgently needed to be filled.
“Let Goltai draft an outline and then I’ll revise it, finalize it, and start organizing the Dragon Knight recruitment plan!”
…
Liszt had not stayed long in Dragon Valley City when the metal mine began exhibiting abnormalities.
The Moon Slayer serfs mining the pits did not know what lay beneath them; as they dug, they suddenly felt intermittent tremors coming from below.
“Continue digging, I will personally oversee this and there is no need to be afraid,” commanded Liszt, riding his Formless Dragon and keeping a close eye on the pit.
He too felt the thudding vibrations, like steam trying to lift the lid of a pot. Under the Knight’s supervision, the serfs, although concerned about the tremors beneath their feet, still wielded their picks and Iron Hammers to strike down high-quality metal ore.
Three days passed, and the excavated metal ore was quickly transported and stacked in a nearby warehouse.
The Dragon Bones were picked out and piled nearby; Liszt distinctly felt that these bones, with their Chaotic Magic Power, were much more intense than those from shallower depths, and were much less decayed.
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“These aren’t the bones of a single dragon; both of these seem to be forelimb bones, with a size difference of more than double.”
He was not a biologist, but having dealt extensively with dragons, he had a clear understanding of dragon body proportions and thus an insightful view on the sizes of their bones.
“The size of the Lead Dragon and Mercury Dragon is unknown, but these two forelimb bones could well match the size of the Bronze Dragon and Black Heart Iron Dragon.”
The fourth day.
Ach had also rushed over.
As an Archmage, Ach had more professional knowledge about dragons than Liszt, and could clearly identify many types of Dragon Bones, unfortunately without information on the Titanium Dragon, Lead Dragon, and Mercury Dragon, it was impossible to completely identify all the Dragon Bones.
At that moment, Liszt proposed, “Ach, could you try to assemble these Dragon Bones back into their original form?”
“I can try.”
Two more days of digging followed, unearthing even more Dragon Bones, which Ach sorted and began to assemble based on the proportions of the Dragon Bones.
But soon, she discovered a strange phenomenon.
“Brother, look at these Dragon Bones; each dragon’s set has very apparent missing parts. This one that seems to be a Bronze Dragon is missing a sternum and half its spine, this one that seems to be a Black Heart Iron Dragon is missing wing bones and a tail bone, and these three dragons are each missing forelimb bones, hindlimb bones, skull, neck bone, half a spine, and plate bones.”
“Could it be that these parts have not yet been excavated?”
“It doesn’t seem likely, because other parts of the Dragon Bones are also missing fragments, but these missing parts have no shattered bones at all.”
Liszt nodded, voicing his speculation, “The vibrations in the metal pit are growing stronger, and the missing parts of the Dragon Bones could very well assemble into a new dragon… Ach, there might be a Bone Dragon formed from the remnants of a Metal Dragon in the depths of the Great Mine, What kind of existence do you think this Bone Dragon could be?”
“Brother, could there really be a Bone Dragon?”
“Of course, I’ve already felt the Bone Dragon’s Dragon Might and its vigorous vitality, right below the great pit, waiting to be ridden,” Liszt boasted, in fact if not for the Smoke Mission, he would never have thought of such a thing.
But with the Smoke Mission, he was the erudite Liszt!
