The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 0558 Humans and Dragons Reach an Agreement (First Update)

"Come here."

Liszt waved his hand.

Leo sat in place and only after a while did he slowly crawl over to Liszt. A dragon has four legs and a pair of wings; it can fly, stand on its hind legs, or crawl on all fours like a dinosaur. However, Leo's current crawl was walking with his hind legs squatting, his forelimbs lifted, and his wings on the ground to maintain balance.

His speed was slow, and his posture was strange.

Just like the conflict in his heart, which could be felt through the furrowed scales on his dragon face and the struggling look in his dragon eyes.

He came closer.

Only a meter away, he stopped, swallowing saliva, his gaze unable to drift away from the roasted leg of beef.

It was impossible to know what state he was in while in his magic form, but in his flesh and blood body, he needed to eat bloody food. During the time Liszt had been raising him, he naturally did his homework thoroughly, summarizing clearly everything about the little fire dragon's habits, sounds, and logical thinking.

The intelligence of a dragon was definitely on par with that of a young human, even if Leo was just a newly born youngling.

It was much higher than that of a Greater Elf—the intelligence of a Greater Elf was about equivalent to that of a ten-year-old child, who could speak clearly, communicate normally without obstacles but wouldn't actively contemplate problems.

Animals with higher intelligence were obviously easier to communicate with.

Apart from the barrier of language, the communication between Liszt and Leo could basically be assisted by language, behavior, and emotion, achieving barrier-free communication—Leo could directly understand Liszt's Serpent Script, complemented by facial expressions, to grasp the meaning; Liszt could also infer Leo's intentions from his tone and behavior.

When Leo lived on his chest in his magic form, they could even vaguely sense each other's emotions, making communication more direct.

This was more efficient than relying on the power of a contract to suppress barriers, like with a Greater Elf.

There was no contract between Liszt and Leo, and influencing each other through communication alone was really challenging, especially since Leo was quite stubborn. Without using some means, it wouldn't be easy to tame him.

"Want to eat this?" He held up the roasted leg of beef, made an incision with a small knife, and suddenly the fragrant aroma of the roasted meat intensified.

Leo nodded involuntarily, "Oh-ho."

"It's still the same choices as before, first, starve to death, second, let me ride." Liszt cut off a strip of beef leg, tossing it to the little fire dragon.

The little fire dragon opened his mouth, caught the strip of beef, and gobbled it down.

Then, with a conflicted gaze, he stared at the roasted leg of beef, not responding to Liszt.

Liszt cut another strip of beef leg, fed it to him, then stopped the knife in his hand and asked calmly, "How is it, the taste of the roasted beef leg, your favorite dish? I've prepared a lot here; just let me ride, and when you come out of the volcano after training, there will be beef leg meat waiting for you."

If he hadn't tasted it before, Leo might have been able to resist the temptation.

However, the remaining taste of the two strips of beef in his mouth was enticing him, and he simply couldn't refuse, only able to hug his own dragon head with his tiny front legs, shaking it wildly in an attempt to stop his will from sinking further. But the more he resisted, the less he could change his degraded attitude.

Finally, he let out a huge, reluctant "Oh-ho," his body instantly turning into a flame and rushing towards Liszt.

Boom!

He collided into Liszt's body, lingering at the Dou Qi meridians, staying at the chest area.

Immediately afterward, Liszt felt Leo trying to initiate an emotional exchange—he first solemnly indicated that he would absolutely not accept the fate of being ridden.

"Sure you won't let me ride?"

"Oh-ho!"

"If you won't let me ride, then you can forget about eating meat. I can take magic potions, but I won't let you have any."

Leo expressed dissatisfaction with an "Oh-ho," then released another wave of emotion, suggesting he could help Liszt train in exchange for food.

It was resolutely unwilling to be ridden.

Liszt was somewhat puzzled.

He did not understand why it was so resistant to being ridden; as far as he knew, the Sapphire Duke's dragon had even served as a transport for moving batches of strategic materials back to Blue Dragon Island from the continent—being able to transport goods meant it naturally could carry people, it's just that no one could become its Dragon Knight.

But now this Little Fire Dragon.

It didn't even want to be ridden at all, which was really frustrating.

Directly riding the dragon seemed impossible, so Liszt had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, squeezing every bit of training potential out of the Little Fire Dragon by practicing together.

After repeated negotiations, he agreed to Leo's terms, "I can refrain from riding you for now, but you must help me cultivate with all your effort, no slacking! The Dragon Magic Qi Cultivation Effect must be more than five times the effect I'd get from taking Magic Potions alone, and for Dragon Breath Tempering, you must ensure it's completely out of reach for you!"

"Oh hoo!" Leo cried out with grievance.

"You have no reason to feel wronged. I found the volcano for you, which is like delivering the perfect training ground to you, and I will regularly provide you with Magic Potions to speed up your growth. It can be said that our joint cultivation is a win-win situation. Think carefully with your silly little brain!"

Moments later, Leo agreed, "Oh hoo!"

Then, bursting forth from Liszt's chest and emerging from the flames, it took shape and landed on the beach. Taking the roasted leg of beef that Liszt handed over, it gobbled down the food. Its appetite was huge; one whole Banpo cow per meal was no problem. After devouring one roasted beef leg, it continued to eat the food Liszt handed over.

That included green-haired duck eggs, Fire Rabbit meat, Banpo cow milk, etcetera. To raise it, Liszt had spared no expense.

What he fed Leo was better than what he ate himself.

After Leo had eaten his fill.

He then said, "Leo, stop eating for a moment and come to the seashore with me. I want to introduce you to someone. This person is my kin, and in the future when I return to my estate, she will often come to look after you and bring you food."

"Oh hoo!" Leo rolled his eyes, showing a "don't want to meet" expression.

"If you don't want to go hungry in the future, you'd better meet her."

Thus,

The reluctant Little Fire Dragon, carrying a big chunk of meat, followed behind Liszt to the beach. Ach was already waiting by the sea. Seeing Liszt coming with Little Fire Dragon Leo, her big watery eyes almost curved into crescents, twinkling with many little stars.

"Wow, Brother, this is Little Fire Dragon Leo, right? It's so beautiful!" Ach wanted to get close but didn't dare to.

Leo swallowed the meat in his mouth and immediately let out a roar at the Sea Serpent, showing no affection just because she was a cute, beautiful, and innocent creature. On the contrary, it displayed deep pride and disdain. Perhaps in its mind, Liszt barely qualified as a delivery guy, and all other life forms were mere ants.

Out of respect for Liszt, it refrained from attacking Ach.

But Liszt needed more, he directly stroked Leo's belly and said, "She is Ach. When I'm not on Dodo Island, Ach will be in charge of feeding you. You must not harm her, understand?"

For the sake of future food, Leo reluctantly responded, "Oh hoo."

"As a sign of friendship, let Ach touch you now."

"Oh hoo!" Leo instantly bristled, baring his teeth and snarling at Liszt, flames puffing from his nostrils, a sign of anger when challenged.

Ach hurriedly said, "Brother, Leo is angry – Ach doesn't need to touch him. It's good enough just to be able to see him."

Liszt was somewhat taken aback, not expecting Leo to react so violently, even daring to bare his teeth at him in front of Ach, which signified the daunting task of taming it was far from over.

"It's a bit shy on the first meeting," he said, trying to cover up the awkwardness, and calmly continued, "So first, I'll go practice with Leo. We'll have plenty of time to interact later, and Leo will come to be friendly to you."

"Mm-hmm."