The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

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As for the planning of the Magic Academy, Liszt left it to Chris and Goltai's care without any further involvement. Back in his temporary quarters in the port town, he immediately took out the dozen or so Giant Algae Magic Potions that Chris had temporarily completed. He started chomping on the potions one by one and took out thick parchment paper to record his observations. Your journey continues with empire

Only by analyzing the properties of the Giant Algae Magic Potion could he effectively treat his condition and enjoy the potions more effectively.

"Oh ho!"

"Oh ho!"

"Oh ho!"

Little Fire Dragon Leo was fussing on his chest, clamoring for magic potions.

Liszt had no choice but to comfort him, "Easy now, I need to analyze the properties of the Giant Algae Magic Potion first. Once I'm done, there will be plenty for you to feast on!"

"Oh ho!"

"Oh ho!"

Leo kept howling for magic potions, ignoring Liszt's explanations until Liszt took out a few more Giant Algae Magic Potions and fed them to him, barely pacifying him. Only then did he have the opportunity to study the properties of the remaining three Giant Algae Magic Potions.

After writing an entire piece of thick parchment, the basic characteristics were quite clear.

The effects of the potion were chaotic in nature, similar to the Dark Magic Medicine, though not as potent as the Thorn Potion. However, for Liszt and Leo, these were clearly not as beneficial as the Flame Magic Potion and the Ice Flame Potion, as both were Fire Attribute Magic Potions and fitted the man and dragon perfectly.

"It's a pity there's no Dragon Kui Auxiliary Medicine, otherwise I could have tried the combination of the two." After popping the medicines and circulating his Dragon Dou Qi for a while, Liszt found he had nothing else to do.

He didn't go to sleep immediately but continued to write and draw on the thick parchment paper, pondering over the relevant matters of the Giant Algae Forest, mulling over how to best place the Cordyceps for maximal benefit, and the possibility of a Giant Algae Elf's existence.

However, developing agriculture at the bottom of the sea was obviously very challenging.

"It would be ideal if Ach could get a clear grasp of the seabed terrain around here and then improve the location of the Giant Algae Forest, try to enable the Giant Algae to grow towards the shore for convenient management and harvesting… But it's premature to talk about transformations when we haven't even fully explored the Giant Algae Forest yet."

He put away the paper and pen.

Suddenly, he had an idea: "It's very inconvenient to write with parchment paper and a quill pen. Now that I have the ability to protect myself, it is time to invent white paper, and if possible, figure out how to make pencils and fountain pens. It's probably impossible to make rollerball pens and ballpoint pens."

The tips for gel pens and the ball for ballpoint pens are not something that current technology can achieve.

Fountain pens are a bit simpler, but the technology for making them is still quite complex; the easiest to invent is probably the pencil. However, the core of a pencil seems to be made of graphite, and Liszt has no idea where graphite mines are... It seems he will have to continue writing with a quill pen.

Or he could invent the brush pen, which is relatively easy to make and the materials are readily available.

But while brush pens make beautiful Chinese characters, they aren't necessarily more convenient than quill pens, especially since both Serpent Script and Wind Language consist of various twisted lines, and the strokes produced by hard-tipped pens like quills may be more comfortable to write.

"Regardless, if I can find graphite, I should quickly invent the pencil. For now, I will arrange for people to try making brush pens to see whether they are more convenient than writing with quill pens."

And so it was.

A night of good dreams.

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The next day.

After communicating with Ach, Liszt stopped harvesting the Magic Medicine Kelp and continued the search for the remaining Giant Algae Forest. He also arranged for fishermen to dive in the nearshore waters to harvest ordinary Giant Algae, to make space for planting Magic Medicine Kelp.

Searching for Cordyceps in deep waters.

This was a great challenge, especially since the water pressure in deep-sea areas was immense, posing a significant challenge to Liszt's ability to hold his breath. Unfortunately, he couldn't teach Ach the Eye of Magic, so he had to keep diving and surfacing himself, using the Eye of Magic to scan every part of the Giant Algae Forest.

An entire morning passed, covering thousands of acres, but not finding a single elf.

He rowed back a little disheartened.

He had just come ashore when he was captivated by a piece of news.

Servant Thomas vividly recounted, "Master, many serfs saw lame Billy fall into the sea, about to drown when a rainbow-colored sea monster suddenly rushed out and lifted Billy up, carrying him all the way to the shore. I was standing at the shoreline at the time and saw it all very clearly—it was indeed a rainbow sea monster!"

"A rainbow sea monster? Saving someone and bringing them ashore? Can't Billy swim?"

"Master, many of the newly joined fishermen haven't learned to swim yet."

"Is that so..."

Liszt immediately thought of the rainbow dolphin mentioned by Ach, which he believed to be the low-level dragon beast rewarded to him by the Smoke Mission.

"So a rainbow dolphin might actually save people? This seems somewhat consistent with what I've heard about dolphins on Earth rescuing people who fall into the water?"

Liszt had watched documentaries that claimed dolphins pay great attention and display a selfless enthusiasm to help objects in the water that don't move actively. Many people have claimed they were rescued by dolphins that pushed them to the surface when they fell into the water. There have also been experiments showing that dolphins do the same for dead sea turtles, old air mattresses, lifebuoys, or thick planks.

Marine mammal experts believe this stems from the nurturing nature of dolphins toward their offspring. As mammals, they don't have gills and need to surface to breathe. But young dolphins often can't make it back to the surface in time, so mother dolphins will help them by lifting them up to the surface.

Now.

This rainbow dolphin had done the same, saving a serf who had fallen into the water.

This made Liszt feel a sense of affinity, and he quickly devised a plan to capture it—have someone pretend to fall into the water to lure it to their rescue, then cast a net to capture it.

"However, capturing it now, wouldn't that mean changing the mission?" he called up the Smoke Mission, and seeing that the content hadn't changed, he confirmed that the secret of the Giant Algae Forest was still undiscovered, "If I interfere with the mission now and miss the real secret, wouldn't it be a loss rather than a gain?"

Giant Algae Chain Quest.

It likely involved the Giant Algae Greater Elf, and Liszt did not dare to be careless.

The value of the Giant Algae Greater Elf, even if he were offered a hundred low-level dragon beasts, he would not want to trade.

After all, a dragon beast is only slightly more advanced than a magical beast, but a Giant Algae Greater Elf can cultivate at least 6,000 acres of Magic Medicine Kelp, the value of which is immeasurable.

The reason why the Tulip Family grew powerful, able to support a large family, and train a great number of Earth Knights, was by relying on the Tulip Great Elf to continuously plant magic medicine. Without the Greater Elf, even sustaining a single Sky Knight would be difficult, let alone maintaining large-scale Knight Orders and the consumption of castles.

"Let it be free for a few days, after I find the Giant Algae Greater Elf, I will then tame this rainbow dolphin... Having a dragon kind sea monster as a mount seems very stylish."

With that.

The day passed in a flash.

At dusk, Liszt had left, while Ach, as usual, stayed late, planning to return to Mangrove Island only after the sky went completely dark.

Navigating through the increasingly thick strands of Giant Algae, she kept exploring new regions.

There were fierce sharks that even dared to attack her, but she just controlled the water current to slap them and the sharks quickly fled. As for killing them, it was even simpler. Liszt had told her a method: just flip the sharks belly-up, and they'd quickly pass out.

Ach had tried it, and indeed it was so.

After being flipped belly-up, the sharks would lose consciousness, their lives left completely in her control.

Scaring away the sharks, she then saw a giant starfish and wondered if it was a sea monster. But after approaching, she didn't feel the presence of magic power—it was still just an ordinary starfish.

Just as she continued her search.

Suddenly, a strand of Giant Algae ahead caught her attention.

She couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise, wanting to shout out—the term "Giant Algae" no longer sufficed, it should rather be called an underwater column!

The thick base of the Giant Algae clung to the rock bed a hundred meters deep in the sea floor, almost blending in as one with the rocks, having at least a diameter of two to three meters.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The leaves above were also immense, twisting and turning in the sea, altogether resembling a huge sea serpent.

"Elf Cordyceps!"

Ach instantly realized, "This is Elf Cordyceps, and moreover, it's the Giant Algae Greater Elf Cordyceps that my brother is most eager to find! Only the Elf Cordyceps of a Greater Elf could grow this massive!"