The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 0548 : The Grand Magic Work Debuts (Third Update, 1/10th Celebration for Alliance Hierarch Touch-Fish Fierce Man)

This chapter is an additional update sponsored by the Alliance Hierarch "Fishing Slacker," initially adding one update and subsequently completing ten updates.

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With the territory returning to peace, the officials and knights retreated to their posts, and the civilians praised Lord Landlord and Greater Elf Pike together with the double wages they received, as the influence caused by the Giant Algae Elves had settled.

Following an afternoon nap.

Liszt rode on the Landwalker Bird Loki to a secluded place where he and the Little Fire Dragon Leo indulged in magic potions. The continuous supply of Giant Algae Magic Potions made by Chris really kept both the man and dragon ecstatic every single day.

"Scorching Sun Sting!"

In mid-air, man and sword united, Liszt plummeted toward the ground, and his surging Dou Qi like the Sun smashed into the earth, producing a massive crater with flames erupting all around.

Drenched in flames, Liszt maintained a half-kneeling posture to calm down the Dou Qi that had just violently erupted within him.

"Oh-ho!"

The Little Fire Dragon Leo, circling in the sky, saw Liszt engulfed in flames, folded its wings, and landed on the edge of the crater. Then, opening its mouth, Leo exhaled a light yellow flame of Dragon Breath that instantly enveloped Liszt. Instead of harming him, the breath seeped into his body, aiding in the expansion of his cellular capacity.

This was the latest training method that Liszt and Leo had agreed upon, which he named—Dragon Breath Tempering.

The former training method where he unified with the dragon to expel impure magic power was named by him—Dragon Magic Refining Qi.

Dragon Magic Refining Qi aimed to upgrade Dragon Dou Qi, while Dragon Breath Tempering focused on developing cellular capacity. These two distinct training methods were both constantly enhancing Liszt's strength.

Even though he hadn't received the "Dragon Knight Dou Qi Secret Manual" from the Grand Duke.

He had still independently figured out how a Dragon Knight should train—though it couldn't really be said that he figured it out on his own since Dragon Magic Refining Qi was a function inherent to the Little Fire Dragon. In contrast, Dragon Breath Tempering came about during training when Leo unexpectedly sprayed him with Dragon Breath, which had initially terrified Liszt as he thought Leo intended to murder him.

In the end, it was a false alarm, and he discovered the Dragon Breath had properties like a magic potion, capable of helping him strike at the Dou Qi capacity in his cells.

So, now.

Liszt would generally hand over all the magic potions to Leo to consume, and in turn, Leo would help him with Dragon Magic Refining Qi and Dragon Breath Tempering, striving towards becoming a Dragon Knight.

Unfortunately, Leo was still too young, and its Dragon Breath was scarce.

After spraying for a short while, it began to droop and look utterly exhausted.

"Continue." Liszt directly stuffed ten vials of Giant Algae Magic Potion into its mouth.

Leo, which had previously looked dejected, suddenly revved back to life with energetic "Oh-ho's" and took to the skies with a powerful leap.

After a casual flight, it suddenly transformed into a ball of flame and rushed into Liszt's body.

Liszt shook off the ashes that were once his clothes, threateningly stating, "You're lively when feasting on potions, but try to be sly during training sessions. Leo, you can't escape, it's your destiny to be ridden by me!"

"Oh-ho!" Leo responded with a disdainful cry.

Liszt just chuckled.

Regardless of how smart the Little Fire Dragon was, it was still just a young drake; even the craftiest fox couldn't outwit an old hunter. Now, "Liszt's Dragon Taming Manual" was already taking shape in his mind, and sooner or later, he would create a dragon riding masterpiece more detailed than the "Dragon Knight Dou Qi Manual."

A legacy to be passed down to his progeny for generations.

After changing into a new set of clothes, he whistled.

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"Clomp!"

Not far away, Loki, who was grazing, came striding over with long legs, clearly not averse to being ridden by Liszt.

Award it a handful of superior wheat kernels.

Liszt issued an order, "Home!"

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The next morning, early.

Mr. Grandini Truth had packed his magic experimental tools and was riding a carriage to Fresh Flower Town, having accepted a teaching position at the Magic Academy as an instructor for Magic Equipment, teaching the first batch of students.

Liszt received Mr. Grandini.

Despite this stubborn magician, he still showed respect, "Mr. Grandini, I'll have to trouble you with the teaching duties at the Magic Academy."

"You can rest assured, Viscount." Mr. Grandini exuded an air of arrogance, but facing Liszt, who had been promoted to Sky Knight, he knew to maintain the proper etiquette and spoke much more politely.

"You will take a ship to Black Horse Island, where someone will receive you. The Mage Tower has just been completed and the Magic Academy is on its first floor. Arrangements for your daily living have been made by a dedicated person. I hope you enjoy your life on Black Horse Island."

"Thank you for your concerns, Viscount."

Mr. Grandini did not stay in Fresh Flower Town; he took that day's merchant ship directly to Black Horse Island. Unfortunately, he was the only magician who had arrived; the other two magicians who had been hired hadn't reached Coral Island yet, so the Smoke Mission was still incomplete, and it was unknown what kind of drifting fruit the reward would be.

Practiced "Multi-Arrow" in the apple orchard for a while.

He also pondered over the "Unification Theory of Triangle Theory and Magic Array Structure," which he was writing. He wasn't a magician, but this was the second magic book he had created. The previous one, "Theory of Tri-State Magic Arrays and Reality Interaction," received high praise from Chris Truth.

"According to the clues I hold now, the products formed by magic power should be separated out of the material sequence, or to say, removed from the physical realm and listed under a separate magic category."

He wrote a series of characters on the blank thick paper—Magic Molecule ? Rune ? Magic Array and Magic ? Elves and Dragons.

In his view, magic molecules were the basic units that constituted magic power, which arranged and combined into runes, with runes then forming magic arrays and crafting various types of magic. The level of the magic array determined the power and effect of the magic, and at a higher level, the magic array possibly became magical beings.

The so-called magical beings included Magical Beasts, Elves, Dragons, Sea Serpents, and so forth, even magicians could be considered artificially created magical beings.

They were all direct users of runes and magic arrays, the difference being that the bodies of Magical Beasts and magicians belonged to the physical realm, and also possessed the capabilities of the magic category.

While Elves, Dragons, and Sea Serpents not only had the abilities of the magic category, their bodies also belonged to the magic category—the body of a Dragon was always producing, Elves were the same, and even the Sea Sprite Ake was very different from humans, seemingly an incarnation of magic power.

"Perhaps, there are two sets of fundamental rules in this world, one is the physical rules, and the other is the magic rules. They interfere with each other yet remain independent. Along with the intermediary spiritual rules, they form this strange world... That is the core idea I wish to explicate!"

For a moment.

He felt a sudden rush of inspiration.

After the grand tome "Dragons Fight in the Wild" by the historical inventor stagnated, the flurry around "Liszt's Piano Collection" by the renowned Piano King subsided, and following the preliminary successes of "Three-Phase Magic Array and Reality Interaction Theory" and "The Earth Chronicle of Liszt," he was now embracing his role as a theoretical magician.

He threw himself wholeheartedly into the creation of "The Unification of Triangular Theory and Magic Array Structures."

A sweeping masterpiece of thirty thousand words was finally completed that day. Gazing upon fifteen pages of thick paper still reeking of ink, along with more than nine hand-drawn diagrams, he felt immensely satisfied.

He planned to show it to Ake first for feedback. After receiving her opinion, he would revise it slightly before showing it to Chris for her input.

Perhaps it could even become a textbook for the Magic Academy.

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