The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 731: Chapter 0728: Astrologer (First Update)
 

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Securing a Bewildering Dragon Mind Fruit, successfully riding the Light Green Gemstone Dragon, and calming Little Fire Dragon Leo, this journey to Mind Island was perfect.

It was after Archmage Archy told Liszt that all the branches of the Mind Fruit Trees had withered.

He summoned the Smoke Mission, and this time the mission was finally completed: “Mission completed, reward: a Light Green Gemstone Mine.” Indeed, either the Light Green Gemstone Dragon or the Mind Fruit Tree had to perish for it to be considered a success.

“Now this Mind Island may have already started transforming into a Light Green Gemstone Mine. I wonder how many qualified gemstones can be mined, as well as how much associated crystal ore…”

Gemstone Dragons produce gemstones not like the Formless Dragons, which spit out a few gems from their mouths, but through their breath continuously infecting the area, eventually invading the ley lines to create Crystal Mines. Within these Crystal Mines, there will be sporadic distributions of fully developed gemstones and a large amount of lesser ones.

The associated ore of the Light Green Gemstone is the Light Green Crystal. Given the amount of blood shed by the Light Green Gemstone Dragon this time, it’s likely that infecting the entire Mind Island is not out of the question.

After all, Gemstone Dragons usually infect mines with just their breath, but this time the Light Green Gemstone Dragon used its life to infect the mine.

Not easy indeed!

“Recover well, Light Green Gemstone Dragon,” Liszt felt for the still unconscious Light Green Gemstone Dragon’s spirit, very moved, “I never thought I’d be someone with a mining operation in the family!”

The resources for building a nation were thus obtained.

It’s just a pity that the location of Mind Island is not ideal, being too close to both the continent and the Duchy of Sapphire. Fortunately, it’s not situated on a trade route, or else it would be highly susceptible to discovery. Now that the island has both a mine and a healing dragon, it absolutely must not be discovered by the outside world.

He pondered for a moment, then turned his attention to the new Smoke Mission.

“Mission: The Light Green Gemstone Dragon has irrigated a Bewildering Dragon Mind Fruit and a Light Green Gemstone Mine with its life force but the leaked magic power has also changed Mind Island’s environment. The trees on the island might have quietly undergone changes. Please pay close attention to these changes in the trees. Reward: A large area of mutated trees.”

“Are they referring to this grove that resembles Alsophila spinulosa?” Liszt looked up and surveyed the island’s small forest, a quarter of which had collapsed due to the fainting of the Light Green Gemstone Dragon.

These trees did not have names yet.

They were very much like the tall, straight-trunked, odd-leaved fern plants of Earth’s dinosaur era. On Earth, fern plants have evolved from tall woody species to short herbaceous ones, and the only woody fern plant left in the textbooks is the nationally-protected Alsophila spinulosa.

“Why not call it Alsophila?”

He liked to equate the plants of this world with those of Earth, using a name from Earth for any similar species.

Thus, the plants in this small forest were quickly determined to be Alsophila.

Utilizing the Eye of Magic and while Archmage Archy was still busy with experiments, he constantly surveyed the grove, keeping an eye out for any changes in the Alsophila. Before the mission prompt, he did not know the use of Alsophila—it bore no fruit, wasn’t part of any Magic Potion, and its wood wasn’t particularly sturdy.

However, now that it had been infected by the dragon’s magic power, there could be miraculous changes to look forward to.

Of course, Liszt did not invest all of his energy in the Alsophila grove. He continued to assist Archmage Archy in his experiments and ponder the subsequent plans for the Light Green Gemstone Dragon and Mind Island.

Mind Island definitely needed to be protected, as they waited for the Light Green Gemstone Mine to develop and for the possible growth of the third Mind Fruit Tree; the Light Green Gemstone Dragon needed more protection. It was not safe for it to rest and recuperate here—if the Eagle Kingdom initiated a search, it could be discovered.

One could imagine how the Eagle Kingdom would go mad if a Dragon Knight died and a dragon went missing.

For some time, the sea would not be calm and might even trigger a war among the three great Kingdoms in the northeastern corner of the Legendary Continent—every move of a Dragon Knight triggers a chain reaction, Carlo Violet’s death, the birth of Dragon Knight Liszt and Archmage Archy, all were events significant enough to cause an earthquake.

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Of course.

Liszt was not afraid.

He and Archy may not be able to defeat the enemy, but they could always run away. In this sea, Archy’s speed was undoubtedly the fastest and she could also help him dive into the deep sea—the only thing he needed to worry about was his family, but, luckily, he had already granted them titles and lands. Although they had not separated their households, their contact was no longer close.

Under normal circumstances, he would be considered an independent individual, and no one would take their anger out on his family.

“But in any case, we must protect the Light Green Gemstone Dragon well, we cannot let it stay unconscious here, otherwise, any bird-type Magical Beast could easily devour it alive… Perhaps I should transport the Light Green Gemstone Dragon to Dodo Island and hide it there, instead of leaving it on Mind Island.”

Dodo Island was far from the continent, and also far from the Duchy of Sapphire, the Eagle Kingdom wouldn’t notice such a small island no matter how they searched.

They would not easily detect the aura radiating from the Light Green Gemstone Dragon.

“That’s decided, then.”

“Once Archy is done with the experiments, I’ll have her help transport the Light Green Gemstone Dragon to Dodo Island.”

Archy could control a Water Tornado to lift the Light Green Gemstone Dragon and then race it all the way to Dodo Island. Otherwise, Leo definitely couldn’t manage to carry a hundred-ton dragon flying, nor was there a ship large enough to transport a 45-meter-long adult dragon—just the dispersion of Dragon Might alone could make all the sailors foam at the mouth.

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Night fell.

The Alsophila spinulosa forest had not yet undergone noticeable changes, and Archy was still busy with her experiments, whether it was the dragons or the Mind Fruit Tree, there were still plenty of secrets waiting for her to unravel.

However, after a big meal, Liszt directly interrupted Archy’s experiments, “Don’t keep busy with experiments at night, balancing work and leisure is life.”

“But Archy still has many experiments that must be rushed to completion,” Archy was reluctant to rest.

Yet she couldn’t resist Liszt’s insistence, “The unfinished experimental materials can directly be thrown into the Space Ring. If yours can’t fit them, put them in mine. In any case, experiments are not allowed at night, you should rest early.” He always had a wary respect for magicians and didn’t want Archy to go mad pursuing the Truth.

He had recently vaguely noticed that Archy was too immersed in Magic, which was not a good sign. As a minor, a Little Sea Monster, her values had to be properly shaped.

Nevertheless, Archy coquettishly said, “But brother, Archy can’t sleep without doing experiments.”

“Then watch the stars. Come, let me teach you some new knowledge about how to observe the stars. In the era of the Moon Empire, it was said there were Astrologers, and the calendar we use was left by them. I have a plan to rebuild the astrological system. Maybe you can help me realize this idea.”

Hearing this, Archy nodded, “Mm.”

Teaching began, and Liszt used the little knowledge he had gained from watching TV to try to establish the basics of astronomy.

“The stars in the sky are divided into two kinds, fixed stars and planets. Most of the stars we see with the naked eye are fixed stars, but that doesn’t exclude the possibility of planets mixed in among them. Fixed stars are almost stationary in the sky, while planets are constantly changing. By observing their orbits and calculating with the law of universal gravitation, we can deduce whether we are in a massive star system.”

But Archy suddenly asked, “So, what’s the use of knowing about these planets?”

Liszt was immediately lost in thought.