The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 860 - 0857: Return to the Burial Ground (Second Update)

Chapter 860: Chapter 0857: Return to the Burial Ground (Second Update)

This year there was no unknown reward task during the festival, which Liszt found quite regrettable, as finding the natural node of Black Horse Island was somewhat difficult.

The Formless Dragon wanted to set out from the Whirlpool Archipelago and cross over 3,500 kilometers of sea, which was extremely challenging. Unless Ach could transport the Formless Dragon to Black Horse Island. However, though the Formless Dragon was mild tempered, it was unwilling to enter the water and completely uncooperative with Liszt’s arrangements.

So, they had to enter the world beyond matter from the boundary of Flame Island, then find a natural node near Black Horse Island and cross over to start a thorough search of that area.

“I hope we can find a suitable natural node soon. We have already discovered eight new natural nodes and three old ones, but they are all within the area of Flame Island… We still need to go to Black Horse Island to find the natural nodes around it,” thought Liszt.

Three old natural nodes—Entrance to the Great Whirlpool, Whirlpool Cave Exit, and Hourglass Valley Ruins Entrance.

Eight new natural nodes—Volcano Crater, Jade Mountain, and four natural nodes in the sea, plus one remote natural node on the sea surface. The last one, also discovered as the festival approached, was in a lake in the southeast corner of Flame Island.

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The lake’s shores are covered with reed-like plants, hence it was named “Reed Marsh.”

That is to say, with three old and eight new natural nodes, eleven in total, six were usable, especially the Volcano Crater, Jade Mountain, Reed Marsh, and Ruins Entrance. If a Magic Gate could be opened, it would perfectly connect the northwest-central-southeast three major areas of Flame Island.

Ach was still earnestly practicing the Space Elemental Incarnation. The preparations for the Magic Gate had been perfected, and as soon as the Elementalization was perfectly mastered, he could activate the Magic Gate at any time.

Liszt and Formless Dragon Bard almost spent a huge amount of time in the world beyond matter every day.

After several improvements, the Spiral Positioning could perceive any fine fluctuations of the natural nodes.

“Wi yi ya!”

“Don’t worry, Bard, the natural node is right there, just waiting for us to find it!” Liszt comforted the Formless Dragon half-heartedly and partly comforted himself.

Last December at Flame Island, it didn’t snow, and the temperature didn’t drop below zero either. But the dry and cold climate was even more uncomfortable than snow, completely halting the growth in the fields, with elves already hibernating. The forest also lacked sufficient food; animals that should have been hibernating had long since vanished.

Now it was January.

The dry and cold temperatures became even more severe, showing Liszt the less gentle side of Flame Island.

“It’s quite tough, your highness. The potato harvest wasn’t as bountiful as anticipated. Employing Moon Slayer Natives as serfs consumes a lot of food; it’s difficult to maintain the stability of Flame City. South at Estuary City, they too have sent us an urgent message for food. Perhaps we should delay the conscription of serfs.”

Durt Red Apricot had earned Liszt’s trust and was in charge of the development work on Flame Island.

“No need to delay. If we are struggling, the Moon Slayer Natives are struggling even more. At this time, using food as bait to tame the Moon Slayer Natives is very easy… I will personally transport food from Black Horse Island to support the pioneering team,” Liszt said, relying on himself and Ach to continuously transport food, thus he did not agree to Durt’s request.

However, he felt very regretful.

The Potato Great Spirit Kuchi was very effective, but the planting period was too short. Many potatoes hadn’t even started to develop before winter arrived.

Under the influence of the dry and cold climate, even the Great Spirit couldn’t promote the growth of the potatoes anymore.

Otherwise, this batch of potatoes could have supported half a month’s consumption; now, they could only transport food from Black Horse Island.

“I hope we can find the natural node leading to Black Horse Island as soon as possible.”

As if his wish came true, just as he worried endlessly about the food situation, Formless Dragon Bard suddenly sensed an anomaly from a natural node.

“Let’s go!”

They flew over, tearing through the material boundary of the node, and a set of practiced operations was completed. Man and dragon had already seen the world outside the natural node.

“Hmm, this place … it’s Mind Island!” Liszt emerged from the natural node and found himself on Mind Island, which had been leveled.

This island, once concealing the Jade Dragon’s hind leg, was transformed as the Light Green Gemstone Mine was excavated; a great deal of soil and rock had been removed, cutting the height in half. Numerous stones were pushed off cliffs, accumulating around the island and doubling its size.

“Excellent!”

“This natural node is well-placed, only six hundred kilometers from Black Horse Island!”

Liszt was overjoyed to have discovered a natural node within the Sapphire Archipelago—though not in the immediate vicinity of Black Horse Island, it could still serve as an alternative link between the Sapphire Archipelago and the Flame Islands. He immediately took to the skies on the Formless Dragon, ventured into the material boundary, and headed towards Black Horse Island.

He also pondered the location of this node.

“Why is it on Mind Island?”

Previous natural nodes located at sea or underwater were momentarily out of question, but those on land were always interesting. The Volcano Crater was once a massive volcano, Jade Mountain was filled with abundant jade, and the purpose of Reed Marsh remained unclear.

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The natural resource of Mind Island was clearly the jade dragon’s hind leg from the earliest times.

“These natural nodes’ formation—could they be related to the real material world? Is it possible that strong magic power disturbances at the material boundary create natural nodes?” he wondered, thinking about the Matter-Spirit-Magic Power triangle theory, where magic and matter constantly transform.

“It’s highly possible that regions abundant in magic power or places where magic power events occurred could lead to the formation of natural nodes!”

Of course, research on natural nodes was not yet profound, and their fundamental cause remained unclear. Liszt did not linger on this thought, flying swiftly and finally arriving at Black Horse Island as night fell.

Back on the island.

The Formless Dragon went straight to the Smoked Grass plantation to rest, while Liszt stayed in Thorn Castle, thoroughly enjoying the comfortable environment of the castle.

The next day.

After handling a backlog of official duties,

He incessantly rode Bard around Black Horse Island in search of natural nodes. Almost immediately upon entering the world beyond the material, he discovered a natural node. Efficiently opening the node, its entrance appeared in a secluded lake, the bottom of which was a long-solidified magma channel.

“Where is this?”

The Formless Dragon hesitated to enter the water, but following Liszt’s urging and seeing the shallow water, it reluctantly flew out from the node.

It then quickly emerged from the shallow lake.

Outside, to his astonishment, was a field of harvested crops covered with a layer of snow, where a few serfs in hemp clothing were setting bird traps in the snow.

This scene was all too familiar!

“Black Horse Island!”

“This is Bone Lake in Red River Town, originally the Burial Ground of the Former Fire Dragon!” Such a discovery overwhelmed Liszt with excitement. Could there be any more marvelous natural node than here on Black Horse Island, precisely at the most magically conflicted site—the Fire Dragon’s Burial Ground?

And the Burial Ground had also formed a natural node.

Boom!

Bard landed, and Liszt walked to the lake’s edge, his spirits uplifted. A puff of smoke appeared, forming a passage in Serpent Script.

“Mission completed, reward: Intermediate Dragon Beast Group.”