The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 633 - 0630: Watch and Learn Well (5th update, Alliance Hierarch additional 10/63)

Chapter 633: Chapter 0630: Watch and Learn Well (5th update, Alliance Hierarch additional 10/63)

A trace of a powerful Magical Beast.

In fact, ever since Li Weiliam had rushed to Trapped Dragon Mountain to guard the iron mines, he had been sending out knights every day to search the surrounding mountains, nominally for signs of enemy knights, but in reality, he was more eager to find Intermediate and Advanced Magical Beasts—he had longed for a Magical Beast mount for many years.

In the Duchy of Sapphire, Magical Beasts were rare, and few knights rode Magical Beasts; instead, for the charge on the battlefield, they all uniformly rode horses.

Only Sky Knights would ride various Magical Beasts into battle.

The huge tiger that Marquis Nuta rode before was a Wind Attribute Intermediate Magical Beast—the Colossal Claw Tiger. However, Intermediate and Advanced Magical Beasts usually inhabit deep in the Primeval Forest, and it was already quite difficult for Knight Orders or Mercenary Corps to team up and kill them, let alone capture them alive.

Even if captured, they were difficult to tame.

The Low-Level Magical Beast—the Fierce Earth Dog Tupo—that Liszt had brought back was continuously subdued by Douson using his body, but it still took a tremendous amount of time to erase its wild nature. Although Tupo no longer harmed people now, it was still very difficult for it to accept Liszt’s commands.

A Low-Level Magical Beast was already so difficult to tame, let alone those Intermediate and Advanced Magical Beasts.

Liszt was able to have the Blizzard Beast Squad partly because Douson was originally an unopened-eyed newborn of a Low-Level Magical Beast, and partly because it evolved after eating the Bloodline Fruit. If Douson had been an adult, it would have been difficult to completely tame him. As for Landwalker bird Loki and Rainbow Whale Rose, it was probably the Dragon bloodline that endowed them with easy-to-ride characteristics.

Dragons, such noble creatures, could be ridden by people; it was evident that Dragon-related creatures would inherit this trait.

Magical Beasts that were not related to dragons were entirely different. When Marquis Nuta attacked Little Riverheart Castle, he rode the Intermediate Magical Beast Colossal Claw Tiger but did not fight alongside it, implying that he had tamed an adult Colossal Claw Tiger—it could be ridden, but it could not be commanded like an extension of one’s limbs in battle.

And capturing just one Colossal Claw Tiger was already difficult, let alone breeding offspring from it.

Magical Beasts with strong bloodlines inherently had difficulty reproducing.

“If Magical Beasts were so easy to capture and tame, I’m afraid the Noble Landlords of the Eagle Kingdom would have established a Magical Beast Knight Order long ago… and the Magical Beasts around Trapped Dragon Mountain would have been roasted and eaten by those two Sky Knights already,” Liszt thought during the Earl’s invitation to capture a Magical Beast.

He considered many pieces of information in an instant.

Of course, he did not openly say this, only criticized in his mind that the Earl’s idea was a bit naïve; it was not as simple as finding a powerful Magical Beast and being able to tame it into a mount. At the very least, one had to be “favored by the glory of knighthood” to obtain excellent Magical Beast mounts like Douson, Loki, and Ros.

He left the study.

He still accepted the hunting invitation; if possible, he would capture a Magical Beast for the Earl, saving him from the daily nagging about mounts, and eyeing his own mounts Douson, Loki, and Ros inappropriately.

“Father, we are leaving Trapped Dragon Mountain; will the defenses here be alright?”

“Don’t worry, the First Prince has already sent the Hemp Eagle Knights to send messages; he is dispatching an elite Knight Order here for support, while also organizing a fleet from various Landlords to transport the iron ore. There’s no need for us to be tense anymore; we should appropriately distribute the profits to others.”

“I understand this principle, but the importance of the iron mines goes without saying. If the nearby Landlords take risks for the iron mines, wouldn’t that severely diminish our military achievements?”

“Not being coveted is because of being favored by glory, and even if snatched away, it’s not a bad result. In the past few days, we have already transported more than 300,000 tons of iron ore, and these military achievements are enough for me to accumulate to the rank of Marquis within two or three years, and you also get the resources for development… Being overly powerful is not necessarily a good thing.”

The Earl had his own reasoning.

He only knew that Liszt was an inheritor of the Ancient Warrior, a Ghost Swordsman from Arad; while he certainly could help the family rise, they still had to rely on the breath of Dragon Knights to survive.

Thus, being appropriately low-key and developing steadily is a good thing.

Liszt could not deny this, as he actually wouldn’t mind pushing Li Weiliam to the position of marquis in one step, while he himself would be promoted to earl along the way, continuing to follow Li Weiliam. He wanted to avoid being so outstanding that the Sapphire Duke might forcibly recruit him as a follower, which would be quite awkward.

After all, regardless of strength, he was at least a Dragon Knight of equal status!

However, since the earl wanted to stabilize things, Liszt did not strongly oppose, and the two of them left the Nameless Castle together to meet up with Mesiro at the Knight Order’s camp.

“Liszt, are you ready? Let’s go capture a big one!” Mesiro approached, slapping Liszt on the shoulder.

There was always an unreal feeling.

The once timid and unwelcome nephew at Tulip Castle had actually grown into a top-tier powerhouse, reaching a height that even he, as the heir to the marquisate, had to look up to. The gap in noble titles didn’t give him any advantage, for Liszt’s future was destined to become a marquis.

A powerful Ancient Warrior Inheritor—the position of marquis was the highest treatment the Duchy of Sapphire could offer.

Fortunately, Mesiro could still talk to Liszt as an elder, and he had to maintain the relationship through family ties. Marquis Merlin was on his deathbed, and in the period when Meioubao had not yet grown up, the Long Taro Family’s rule over Red Crab Island urgently required Liszt’s support.

Otherwise, given the Little Princess’s strong background, Red Crab Island might change from “Long Taro” to “Sapphire” in a few years.

Especially since thus far, there hasn’t been any sign of the Little Princess being with child—divorce is clearly impossible, for who would dare to abandon the Grand Duke’s daughter. The most likely outcome is that the family bloodline would be replaced, and by then, the only one who could uphold justice for the Long Taro Family would be Liszt—Mesiro had considered this problem more than once.

While his expression became briefly absent.

Liszt had already declared himself ready.

He was unaware of his uncle’s inner thoughts, but knew that his uncle’s attitude was very warm, certainly intending to win him over—actually, it felt quite nice.

Looking at the Retainer Knights accompanying him, he said to Zavier, “Go find Emily and tell her to follow me for a hunt in the forest.”

“Yes, my lord!”

Moments later, Emily rode up on a horse, the twelve or thirteen-year-old girl in the midst of growing, nearly shooting up in height every day, currently almost reaching one meter seventy. Her talent had once again astounded Liszt, touching the bottleneck of Dou Qi after just a few battles and killings.

Becoming an Elite Earth Knight.

If it weren’t for knowing that all her training resources were provided by him, Liszt really would have doubted whether it was Emily who had inherited the legacy of the Ancient Warrior.

“My lord!” Emily greeted him respectfully.

Liszt nodded indifferently, feeling more and more the pleasure of nurturing, though his expression remained placid: “Emily, follow me on the hunt, and remember, watch carefully and learn well.”

Emily responded excitedly, “As you wish, my lord!”

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She knew that Liszt was preparing to teach her personally; this was definitely an opportunity all knights dreamed of—the incredibly powerful knight teaching lessons himself!