The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 0539 The First Greater Elf (Fourth Update, Celebrating 10,000 Coins Reward)

This chapter is a special update sponsored by "Dreaming Back to Ancient Jiangnan".

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The contract with an elf could be considered a strange form of contact magic, with the primary point of contact being the elf's mouth. As long as it bit any part of the human body, an unbreakable contract would be established.

There was no need to break the skin, only a forceful touch was necessary.

As for the principle behind it, Liszt didn't know, and countless magicians and knights who had studied elves didn't know either. Many magicians had published their views on elf contracts in magic books, but very few actually had evidence or insight.

However, a hypothesis previously provided by Chris Truth had led him to his own deductions.

At that time, Liszt gave Chris the Elf Bug Amber to study in order to help her break through to Grand Magician, and indeed Chris had made some discoveries. She believed that the Elf Bug itself was a complex magic array, and very likely was a form of magic power composed of a more advanced magic array.

The forms of magic arrays, from basic magic arrays, common magic arrays, to dynamic magic arrays, each level was more complex than the last.

Higher tiers of magic arrays definitely existed but involved the field of Archmages, about which Chris was clueless.

She could only speculate that perhaps at the end of magic arrays lay elves or even dragons.

Actually, Liszt rather believed such a theory. The triangular theory of magic power, material, and spirit, along with the structural theory of magic arrays, could integrate well. Especially the entire process of nurturing Little Fire Dragon Leo was the best proof of the triangular theory.

An elf might just be a touch-sensitive magic array; a slight touch would trigger the magic array and conclude the contract.

Gazing at the Giant Algae Greater Elf still lost in confusion.

Suppressing his excitement from owning his first Greater Elf, Liszt whispered to Ach, "I've had some inspiration regarding magic arrays. Ach, later I'll write a book 'The Unification of Triangular Theory and Magic Array Structures', and you could help me reference it."

"Ah, Brother, have you made another new discovery?" Ach barely kept up with Liszt's train of thought; one moment he was contracting with the Greater Elf, the next moment he was thinking of writing a magic book.

"It's the inspiration that contracting this Greater Elf brought to me."

"Ach will definitely help Brother review it carefully."

While they spoke,

The Rainbow Whale couldn't help but touch the befuddled Giant Algae Greater Elf; it was interested in the elf, but it had no intention of eating it.

With its touch,

The Giant Algae Greater Elf suddenly jolted awake.

"Glub… Anjé…" Roaring, it cast a seeding spell toward the Rainbow Whale; light flickered, and soon countless giant algae sprouted out of the Rainbow Whale's body.

Frightened, the Rainbow Whale twisted its body to scrape the giant algae against the rocks to rid itself of them.

Reacting quickly, Liszt directly wiped off the giant algae from its body and communicated with the Giant Algae Greater Elf, using emotional pressure to stop it: "Stop, Giant Algae Greater Elf, don't recklessly use magic!"

"Glub!" The Giant Algae Greater Elf turned its head and bared its teeth at Liszt.

"How dare you bare your teeth at me?"

"Glub!"

"We have already contracted, I am your master, understand?" Liszt wasn't angry but found it quite intriguing. Clearly, there was a mental link with the Giant Algae Greater Elf, and they could sense each other's emotions very clearly. Yet, despite this, the Giant Algae Greater Elf was still unfriendly toward him.

He sensed chaotic thoughts in the other's mind; on one hand, the power of the contract made it impossible to reject the imposition of will, yet on the other hand, it indeed harbored hostility toward Liszt, an innate enemy towards invaders.

Looking at the snarling Greater Elf,

He understood — it lacked training.

Domesticated elves like the Tulip Great Sprite Xiang Xiang were naturally close to people but the Giant Algae Greater Elf was a wild elf who had lived in the wild for who knows how long. Its wildness had taken over most of its instincts, and even the mental connecting power of the contract couldn't immediately erase its wild nature.

Luckily,

The contract could at least influence the Giant Algae Greater Elf, preventing it from attacking Liszt or running away. How to tame it was a matter of Liszt's patience.

And so,

decisively,

Liszt took out the Jade Powder and placed it in the palm of his hand, calling out to the Giant Algae Greater Elf, "Stop barking, come here and eat the Jade Powder. Remember, if you follow me, you will never lack Jade Powder. This time is just a greeting gift, but if you roar at me again, it means no Jade Powder for you. Only if you stop roaring will you get to eat the Jade Powder."

With the telepathic contract, it was very easy to communicate these intentions to the Giant Algae Greater Elf.

After understanding the meaning, it hesitated, twisted and turned, and finally approached Liszt cautiously, standing on the back of the Rainbow Whale and lowering its head to eat the Jade Powder from Liszt's hand.

Liszt stretched out his other hand and touched the miniature giant algae on its head.

It immediately raised its head, baring its teeth and grinning once more.

But Liszt instantly sent out an emotional exchange of "roar again, and you'll get no Jade Powder" which made it unnaturally retract its mouth. After struggling for a few seconds, it gave up its dignity and buried its head in eating the Jade Powder, no longer caring about how Liszt touched it. Even after a few times, it started to enjoy being caressed by Liszt.

"With the contract binding, training it is just too easy," Liszt thought contentedly.

Today was indeed a huge harvest.

He had acquired a low-level Dragon Beast, the Rainbow Whale mount, which would allow him to breathe underwater, and successfully made a contract with a Giant Algae Greater Elf, giving him the illusion that his life had suddenly reached its peak.

In his pride,

he couldn't help but say to Ach with a beaming smile, "From now on, the land is mine, the sky is mine, and the sea is mine too!"

"Hee hee, now that brother has a Greater Elf, you will definitely be able to become an Earl, or even a Marquis," Ach replied.

"I will also become a Dragon Knight and establish a new nation, ascending to the throne as king!"

Ach had no doubt about it, "Hmm, brother will become a king!"

Rainbow Whale Rose also joined in the fun, "Hee yooh hurrullurrullur..."

Hearing the call of Rainbow Whale, the Giant Algae Greater Elf, still engrossed in eating the Jade Powder, didn't even lift its head and just waved a hand, casting a ray of light to grow more giant algae on the body of the Rainbow Whale—it couldn't reprimand Liszt, but could it not teach a fish a lesson?

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"Mission complete, reward: one Giant Algae Greater Elf."

The Smoke Mission had been completed the moment he mounted Rainbow Whale Rose.

The new mission was naturally issued immediately.

"Mission: The core secret of the Giant Algae Forest has been found, and a water mount has been acquired. It's now time to complete the final exploration of the Giant Algae Forest and to rearrange all the Giant Algae Cordyceps, re-planning the Giant Algae Forest. Reward: a shell that produces pearls."

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After the successful contract with the Giant Algae Greater Elf, Liszt planned to strike while the iron was hot, finish searching the Giant Algae Forest as soon as possible, and discover the remaining elves—he suspected that in this vast Giant Algae Forest, there were still elves to be found, as he had only explored half of the area.

Now every Giant Algae Elf was a strategic resource.

Before setting out to search,

he did not plan to bring the Giant Algae Greater Elf along.

Firstly, it was not yet well trained and the Giant Algae Greater Elf still harbored a strong sense of resistance. Secondly, it would be inconvenient to bring it along as it would not be directly restrained by Liszt like the Little Minor Elves and Elf Bugs. If it saw other elves inside Ach's shell, it might start a scruffle and that would not be good.

He would have to wait until he had completely tamed it before he could introduce it to the other elves and take it back for protection.

"Ach,"

"Hmm?"

"I'm thinking of giving the Giant Algae Greater Elf a name. Now that the Greater Elf can talk normally like a human, it needs a name for easy reference," Liszt said as he stroked the miniature giant algae on the head of the Giant Algae Greater Elf. "I have three names here; help me choose one."

"Sure, brother, tell me," Ach responded.

"One is Nautilus, meaning the deep-sea titan; another is Oloi, meaning the beast priest of the sea; and the last is Pike, meaning the phantom of Blood Harbor."