The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 1106 - 1103: Burning Reef

Hearing this.

Liszt sighed. He had underestimated the intimidating impact of Dragon Knights on ordinary people. This wasn’t Earth, where regardless of how severe legal crackdowns might be, there were always people who took risks. In this world, there was power beyond imagination, and it was extremely difficult for ordinary people to escape such force.

“What about trade with the Yellowstone Kingdom?”

“The trade is going smoothly for now, but with the suppression of the three great Kingdoms, the Yellowstone Kingdom must have gotten the news… Now the volume of trade is increasing, but the transaction amount has not grown much.” First Financial Minister Paris Flame handed over a report.

Liszt pushed the report aside; he couldn’t be bothered to look at it.

Feeling somewhat stuffy inside, he mused that the Yellowstone Kingdom was also taking advantage of the situation. But considering the circumstances, it was normal; the Flame Kingdom was temporarily in a difficult position, a perfect opportunity to be exploited. It was a piece of fatty meat that any wolf would want to bite a chunk from, perhaps even more.

After contemplating for a moment, he said: “Have the Outer Cabinet prepare a set of materials for the Magic Teleportation Array. I want to open a new Teleportation Array.”

“Your Majesty, which destination should the Teleportation Array be connected to?”

“To… the Mercenary City-State.”

The Legendary Continent has three great empires – Neverfall Empire, Blue Dragon Empire, Kushan Imperial – and eleven great Kingdoms, namely, Steel Ridge, Eagle, Blast Furnace Fortress, Yellowstone Plains, Fallen Leaves, White Deer, Ice Field, Paradise Bird, Thunder Dragon Edge, Mandala, and Grey Castle Kingdom; in addition, there are three great city-states.

City-states are a type of national system formed by small duchies united together; the three great city-states are the Freedom City-State, Lost City-State, and Mercenary City-State.

Previously, with Mermaids patrolling the seas, Blood Servants positioning everywhere, and information gathered by trade caravans, professional Arcanists from the Royal Arcane Academy gradually mapped out a complete map of the Legendary Continent.

According to the map.

The Kushan Imperial is on the northern continent, Neverfall Empire occupies the western continent, and Blue Dragon Empire occupies the southern continent.

Ice Field Kingdom lies in the central mainland, nestled between the three great empires. Mount Mulagao Ding is located at the intersection of Ice Field, Neverfall, and Blue Dragon, not bordering with Kushan Imperial. In addition, between Kushan Imperial and Blue Dragon Empire is the Lost City-State and Freedom City-State, separated by the Ice Field Kingdom.

The entire eastern part of the continent is comprised of eleven major kingdoms.

Among them, Fallen Leaf Kingdom, White Deer Kingdom, and Kushan Imperial are closely connected, with the Mercenary City-State at the center of the tri-nation border. Li Si Te’s gaze towards this place signifies a desire to connect the teleportation array between Flame Kingdom and Mercenary City-State.

The reason is simple.

City-states are aggregates of small nations, with loose governance, suitable for trade.

Another important reason is that many of the member nations, or rather the Dragon Rearing Families who are members, were originally vanquished by Kushan Imperial. Ever since the Kushan Imperial started expanding from a kingdom to an empire over a thousand years ago, numerous Dragon Rearing Families have been destroyed.

Thus, hatred has long been buried in the hearts of the rulers of Mercenary City-State, making them highly suitable collaborators.

After finalizing the construction of the teleportation array in Mercenary City-State, Liszt did not stay long at Sun Moon Star Palace, mingling with Paris and Emily for two days, before mounting the Formless Dragon Bard and rushing towards the Catastrophe Volcano Cluster.

To pay a visit to Fire Dragon Leo.

Then, changing direction, from the Catastrophe Volcano Cluster, he flew towards the Mercenary City-State. It took a full six days of flying to arrive there. He was relatively well-informed about the Mercenary City-State, as Blood Servants had been dispatched there previously. There are, in total, seven large cities.

Each is controlled by one of the seven Dragon Rearing Families, each supporting one dragon. Even though the seven major families have their conflicts, they are united when it comes to defending against external threats.

However.

Kushan Imperial’s infiltration into Mercenary City-State hasn’t stopped for a moment; in the past hundred years, there have been three assassinations of leaders from Dragon Rearing Families.

“The common languages here are quite a mix too, including Chai Script from Kushan Imperial, the Elegant Language from Fallen Leaf Kingdom, Deer Script from the White Deer Kingdom, and some local dialects… But what do I have to do with any of that, I don’t need to interact with them.”

He maneuvered Bard into a world beyond the physical, roaming in search of natural nodes.

With a growing proficiency in the power of fate, he quickly followed the guidance to find a clear natural node. Passing through it, he emerged at the foot of a desolate low hill.

According to the sextant positioning, the low hill was located to the southeast of Mercenary City-State, in an undeveloped hilly area. To the north was a large city at a distance of three hundred kilometers; to the west, four hundred kilometers away, was another large city; to the southeast, six hundred kilometers away, one would enter the territory of White Deer Kingdom.

“Good, the geographical location is not bad; I can construct a teleportation array here and then develop a city for Flame Kingdom,” Liszt was very satisfied.

He named this place Liao Yuan Hills, taking inspiration from the saying “a single spark can start a prairie fire.”

Symbolizing that Flame Kingdom’s fire will continuously radiate outwards.

The future city was also named, called Liao Yuan City.

“For the natural node of Flame Island, I’ll choose the node of Reef City, avoiding direct connection with the island itself, but also not needing to go through any other locations in transit.”

With the two natural nodes that needed to connect confirmed, the next step was to wait for the preparation of the magical materials, and then the Liao Yuan City-Reef City magic teleportation array could be constructed.

Ach’s mastery over magic teleportation array technology was quite proficient; laying out such a teleportation array wouldn’t take much time at all.

Meanwhile, the Outer Cabinet also actively went into operation, preparing for the construction of Liao Yuan City once the Liao-Reef Teleportation Array was complete; they planned to immediately begin building the city and send trade personnel to negotiate trade with the major forces of Mercenary City-State.

Hustling and bustling.

Another month passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was October.

While consoling the Thorn Greater Elf Jela, who was frowning and distressed over not finding a dragon she liked, Liszt suddenly had a thought and then smiled: “Great, following Ethan, Ornn has also found his own Dragon Knight… Hippolyta, it turns out to be this young lady.”