The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 632 - 0629: Jack the Ripper (Fourth Update, Alliance Hierarch added 9/63)
Chapter 632: Chapter 0629: Jack the Ripper (Fourth Update, Alliance Hierarch added 9/63)
The battle was unremarkable, it was simply Liszt going bang bang bang, slash slash slash, and shoot shoot shoot. The two Sky Knights stationed at Trapped Dragon Mountain lay on the ground, severely injured, and their Knight Order began to collapse. With Liszt continuously picking off the fleeing knights and vampires constantly attacking.
In the end, both Knight Orders stationed at Trapped Dragon Mountain were completely annihilated.
Some died in battle, most surrendered, and only a few scattered in all directions.
“My lord, I am very sorry, some knights fled through the back roads. We didn’t dare to pursue them since the sun outside is getting stronger, and under its scorching light, our combat power has completely wilted,” Bloody Mary reported after returning.
Liszt frowned.
But he didn’t complain, “I understand. You may go and rest.”
After Bloody Mary retreated, he gazed at the piles of iron ore in the valley of Trapped Dragon Mountain, suppressing the surging excitement in his heart and pondered, “Trapped Dragon Mountain is not like Egret Castle, which is resolute in defense. It will be incredibly difficult to completely block the news. Surely, the escaping knights will spread the word, and it won’t be long before Alonso looks for an opportunity to withdraw from the frontline.”
For now,
the only option was to rush the transportation of the iron ore. They would take as much as they could, and should the Dragon Knights return, they would immediately abandon the transport and flee for their lives. Of course, Liszt was only planning to stay at the Trapped Dragon Mountain Iron Mine for five days to prevent it from being retaken by the surrounding Marquis forces. Five days was a safe margin.
After five days, he couldn’t guarantee that Alonso wouldn’t come ahead of time.
Without being able to ride a dragon, when facing a real Dragon Knight, Liszt knew when to cower, he absolutely must not play tough.
After clearing the battlefield at Trapped Dragon Mountain, the transportation work began rapidly, with the leaders of Knight Orders like Marcus repeatedly shouting to gather the captive knights. These knights were stripped of their equipment and driven to help transport the iron ore. The elite Knight Order was always monitoring their work.
The miners who had been in the mines were also driven up to join the transport workers.
Cart after cart of ore was transported to the bank of Three Dragons River nearby, awaiting the arrival of the fleet for loading. The only ones treated well were the two Sky Knights who could be exchanged for elves and the six Mine Masters—Mine Masters were akin to Architects, extremely skilled in drilling and mining, and were considered highly talented individuals.
Liszt always favored talents, so these six Mine Masters were spared from menial tasks, but they had to pack their belongings and follow the fleet away to his territory.
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Although his territory had no minerals to mine, hoarding such specialized talents would undoubtedly be beneficial.
As for the families of the Mine Masters, they all resided in Lock Dragon City, and it wouldn’t take long to bring them back using Blood Servants. Taking these Mine Masters along with their families was also one of Liszt’s humane actions.
“My lord, we have already sent knights to Egret Castle to deliver the message. I believe that Lord Mesiro will soon call upon the serfs from Three Dragons City to come and transport the iron ore,” someone reported.
“Hmm, Captain Marcus, take care of things in Trapped Dragon Mountain for me and report to me immediately if there is any situation.”
“Yes, my lord!”
After Marcus left, he called for Bloody Mary again.
“The battle is over. Now, here is a heart for you. And here’s your heart back, absorb this heart right in front of me and practice, show me how Blood Magic is cultivated,” Liszt said indifferently, tossing the two hearts over.
Vampires must replace their hearts back to cultivate.
To prevent subordinates from fleeing, Purebloods would personally oversee the Mixed-bloods’ cultivation. Liszt retained this method—he also did not trust these vampires.
Clutching the hearts, Bloody Mary was overwhelmed with emotion and knelt on the ground, kissing the tip of Liszt’s shoe, “Bloody Mary will forever be loyal to you, my lord!”
After that, she began her training in front of Liszt.
First, she removed her upper garment, displaying herself boldly before Liszt—a sight that was extremely seductive. However, before Liszt could take a good look, Bloody Mary sliced her own chest open with her own hands, then stuffed her heart back into the bloody cavity. The sight made Liszt’s scalp tingle.
In an instant, all erotic thoughts shattered completely.
Yet he still forced himself to suppress the discomfort, using the Eye of Magic to observe how Bloody Mary absorbed the heart. It seemed to be some kind of mysterious Blood Magic, which converted the heart from a state of Magic Power into individual Magic Runes—the inverse form of a Magic Array.
Since the Blood Servants had not completed the related books on Blood Magic, Liszt’s understanding of it was limited.
He lost interest after watching for a while; the entire absorption process was quite tedious. Bloody Mary simply sat still, constantly casting spells to absorb those Magic Runes into her body.
…
By the time Bloody Mary finished absorbing the heart, a whole day and night had passed.
She had not become a Pureblood Vampire yet, as it still required some time for digestion and absorption. After the absorption was complete, she conscientiously dug out her heart again and handed it over to Liszt. Compared to her previous heart, the current one was much more translucent and rich with Blood Magic Power.
Taking the still-beating heart, Liszt couldn’t help asking, “I’m curious, when you slice open your own chest like that, don’t you feel any pain?”
“My lord, pain is a part of Blood Magic. Often, it’s through pain that we can better feel alive, rather than just a talking corpse.”
“Do you ever regret becoming a Vampire?”
“I have no regrets. I was forcibly transformed into a Vampire by Tuobert—it wasn’t a choice I could make. But it feels quite nice. At least after becoming a Vampire, I can preserve my youthful face, and the feeling of flying freely is also beautiful.”
Liszt could not relate to her feelings.
He could already fly, whether by himself or on a bird. Plus, his face had always been tender and handsome. By the time he became the Dragon Domain LandLord, he would probably look young for a few hundred more years—but he was not particularly fixated on eternal life. A few hundred years would probably be enough.
Living too long had no appeal to him.
After signaling to Bloody Mary that she could leave, he stayed alone in the study of Nameless Castle, flipping through the Advanced Dou Qi Manual “Meteor Fall Shockwave” that he had confiscated the day before yesterday. It was found in the bedroom of a Sky Knight stationed here, with signs of daily wear.
And this Advanced Dou Qi Manual was the reward for the Smoke Mission.
“Complete the mission, reward: Advanced Dou Qi Manual ‘Meteor Fall Shockwave’.”
The mission was completed when the Knight Order surrendered, and a new mission followed.
“Mission: This Pioneer Mandate has already achieved glorious results. The war spoils from the iron ore will continue to pour into the bag, and next, it’s time to carefully consider the ransom for the captive Knights, as well as the future trade of Serfs. Please patiently wait for the war to end. Reward: Unknown reward.”
“It’s indeed time to consider how to wrap things up,” Liszt said as he tossed “Meteor Fall Shockwave” directly into the Gemstone Space, “With five Sky Knights captured, two ordinary and three Sword Saints, one of whom shamelessly insisted on following me… The spoils from this Pioneer Mandate will keep me well-fed for years!”
At that moment.
The study door was knocked, and the Earl’s voice came from outside, “Liszt, I’ve arranged with your uncle Mesiro to go hunting in the nearby woods. Would you like to join us? My Knights have discovered the trail of a powerful Magical Beast, perhaps we can capture it!”
