The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The sea view villa was equipped with crystal lamps, which Liszt had installed for the convenience of the sea sprite Ake to read books.

When he arrived at the sea view villa and pushed open the door, he clearly smelled a faint fragrance in the room, which was the familiar body scent of Ake.

However, Ake was not in the room, certainly considering Liszt’s arrival as that of a castle servant coming to clean the room and hiding herself.

Liszt stood by the window and blew a small horn.

In a short while, through the Eye of Magic, he saw a giant shell swimming over from the sea and entering the room on the first floor. Then, the shell crack opened slightly, and upon seeing Liszt standing at the top of the stairs, it quickly opened completely, revealing Ake wrapped in a water band at the crucial parts.

The sea sprite was still so beautiful and lively.

"Brother!"

Ake shouted excitedly, the sea water in the shell carrying her directly towards the top of the staircase, and she plunged into Liszt’s arms: "Ake missed brother so much!"

As he held the soft figure in his arms, Liszt felt like he was embracing a large elf. The fullness of her chest was pressing against him, and even with the barrier of the water band soaking his clothes, he could still feel a suffocating pressure. He could not help but hold Ake a little tighter and carried her back to the study.

It was a while before Ake let go of her hands, containing her excitement, and blinked her large eyes, smiling at Liszt.

"It’s been a long time, Ake."

"Yeah, yeah, Ake has been looking forward to brother’s return every day. Does brother think of Ake every day too?"

"Of course, thinking of Ake every day, Ake is so cute." Liszt rubbed her blue hair, and she immediately burrowed into his arms like a kitten, sitting with him on a chair.

Or rather, Liszt sat on the chair, and Ake sat in his arms.

Her petite stature of no more than one meter fifty-five, when in the arms of Liszt who was over one meter eighty-five, indeed made her seem like a little cat. But although Ake was petite, her body was curvy and well-proportioned, which unavoidably led to some inappropriate thoughts.

Liszt felt somewhat feverish himself.

But he quickly harbored righteous thoughts: "Ake is just a sea sprite who doesn’t quite understand human emotional communication, she is not yet of age, I should not indulge in fantasies." Despite the embrace making it difficult not to imagine some parching scenarios, he still restrained his impulse.

He chatted with Ake about some amusing anecdotes from the battle of Iron Hoof Island, boasting about his own brilliant valor.

Then he got down to business: "Ake, how has your magic progressed while I’ve been away?"

"Ake has already fully mastered the magician-level water magic—Water Arrow Barrage, Water Wheel Wall, Water Bullet, Water Whirlpool, Fountain of Water can be cast instantly... But the Water Wave Shield, which can only be mastered by a grand magician, Ake has been unable to release it." Ake said with some frustration.

The Water Wave Shield was provided by Chris Truth; although she was not a grand magician, because she had a grand magician as a teacher, she mastered several advanced magic casting methods.

Liszt naturally obtained the casting method effortlessly and passed it on to Ake.

"Tell me the difficulties you’ve encountered, I will consult with other magicians," Liszt said. The town now not only had Chris, the magician from the Goat Assembly but also Virginia Truth, a private magic consultant. Coming from the Magic Goat Family, this magician would likely have extensive knowledge.

Ake left Liszt’s embrace and took a book from the study cabinet, handing it to Liszt: "Brother, Ake has recorded all the questions she doesn’t understand in this notebook."

Taking the notebook, Liszt flipped through it casually, the handwriting in the first half was crooked and ugly, but as he reached the latter half, the handwriting became more and more graceful, with many special magical symbols also drawn. It had to be said that Ake’s magical talent was brilliant, and so was her talent for drawing.

"I will consult with other magicians and help you solve these as soon as possible." Putting away the incomprehensible notebook, Liszt asked another question, "Ake, where’s Nami, not following you?"

Nami is a mangrove minor elf.

Ake said with a smile: "Nami is at Mangrove Island, there are now many little ducklings hatched on Mangrove Island, Nami likes them very much. Every day she catches green caterpillars to feed them and even sleeps with the ducklings."

"How many adult Green-headed Ducks are there on Mangrove Island, and how many just hatched?"

"There are twenty-five adult ducks, and forty-four ducklings have hatched. There are also many eggs that haven’t hatched yet."

Hearing that there were so many, Liszt was excited—the Green-headed Duck was a Low-Level Magical Beast, a source of a large amount of Magical Beast Meat.

"Won’t those Green-headed Ducks attack Nami?"

"Not at all. The adult ducks are just looking for Green Caterpillars to eat on Mangrove Island. They don’t care about their own eggs and the ducklings that hatched; it’s Nami who is feeding the ducklings."

"Are those eggs hatched by the adult Green-headed Ducks?"

Ake shook his head: "No, they cracked open by themselves after basking in the Sun." It was clear that Magical Beast Green-headed Ducks are not ordinary ducks; they don’t need to be incubated.

"Do they only eat Green Caterpillars?"

"They also go to the shore to eat small shrimp and crabs, and they eat the leaves of the Mangrove Forest and wild berries."

After listening to Ake’s detailed description, Liszt basically understood that Green-headed Ducks were omnivorous, Low-Level Magical Beasts that could be domesticated. Artificial breeding was highly feasible, but the breeding of Green Caterpillars must also be managed artificially, as it was the Green Caterpillars that attracted the Green-headed Ducks to settle there.

Of course.

Feeding techniques would certainly require some time to explore, as these were Magical Beasts capable of spitting Water Arrows, which was very dangerous.

"So, Ake, do you often go to that Coral Reef? Have you found any larger Tridacna in Black Pearl Lake?" Liszt inquired further.

The Coral Reef was the coral reef that submerged during high tide, the surrounding waters of which he had named Black Pearl Lake; naturally, the Tridacna that produced Black Pearls were named Black Pearl Tridacna.

"I often go there to play, but there aren’t any larger Tridacna in Black Pearl Lake. I’ve looked into them when they open their mouths; there are no very large Black Pearls. All of them are much smaller than the Black Pearl brother gave to Ake," Ake said, conjuring a Black Pearl the size of a fist as if by magic.

Holding the Black Pearl, she said, "Ake has been practicing Magic Array construction with Black Pearls recently."

"Good, apart from learning to cast Magic, try to work on researching Magic Arrays. Aim to not only be able to fight in the future but also to produce Magic Potions and manufacture Magic Equipment."

"Hm!"

...

Leaving the Sea View Villa, it was already midnight.

He had intended to hand over Ake’s Magic Notes to Chris for solutions, but considering the time, he decided not to disturb her as she might already be asleep.

Early the next morning.

He had a servant send the Magic Notes to Chris: "Tell Chris to try to complete the solutions as soon as possible. If there are parts that she cannot answer, just skip them." Liszt would ask Virginia about the parts Chris couldn’t solve.

Afterwards.

He was having breakfast while listening to Butler Carter’s report on the Castle’s activities over the past month. There were no problems requiring his intervention, so he could skip over them.

After breakfast, he gathered knights such as Marcus and Consultant Goltai to set sail towards Black Horse Island.

Black Horse Island was already ready to be disclosed to the public, but first, it had to welcome a land measurement by The Court Envoy and the Tulip Fort Envoy to ensure it was suitable to be a Viscount’s titled island.

On this trip, Liszt was going to handle the secrets on the island that couldn’t be exposed—more importantly, he wanted to inspect the revitalized Fire Dragon Bones on-site.