The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 673 - 0670: Clearing the Port (3rd update, Alliance Hierarch additional update 1/54)

Chapter 673: Chapter 0670: Clearing the Port (3rd update, Alliance Hierarch additional update 1/54)

The three Grand Magicians, in order to obtain Old Phil, a descendant of the Sun, had no choice but to devote themselves to researching the complex problems posed by Ach, with Chris coordinating the overall situation, making the magic research team still very important.

Human resources are finite, and even if Ach were to become an Archmage in the future, she would still need a group of magicians to help her complete various detailed experiments.

In the following three days, apart from practicing, Liszt didn’t have much else to do.

He simply contracted the peanut bugs he had nurtured, and along with the oat bugs he’d contracted a few days before, he now possessed 64 elf bugs.

“I always feel that the number of elf bugs being born in my territory can’t keep up with my expansion pace, not having that feeling of a new elf bug being born every few days… Could it be that the Power of Destiny from the Smoke Dragon is getting too involved with dragon riding, resulting in a weakening of influence?”

In fact, the birth rate of the elf bugs on Black Horse Island wasn’t slow at all—most of the plants were in their first or second cycle of planting and might not yet be adapted to the local soil.

But Liszt felt it was slow, feeling uncomfortable if he didn’t find a new elf bug every day.

This goes to show that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to revert from extravagance to frugality.

Although he hadn’t found many elf bugs, he had picked up plenty of pearls. He pried open several golden-lipped clams near Rocky Island, harvesting four sizeable golden pearls; and unexpectedly encountered a few deep-sea Tridacna near Coral Reef’s Pearl Lake, from which he obtained a satisfactory batch of black pearls.

He also slaughtered two Fen Hai Luo because he wanted to eat them, not expecting to also find a pink pearl.

Both golden and pink pearls are very rare, so he kept them all for his own use. He kept the larger black pearls for himself as well, while the smaller ones were handed over to Loria to manage the external sales. They agreed on a profit split of thirty to seventy, with Loria taking thirty percent and Liszt seventy percent.

It wasn’t Liszt who proposed a larger share, but Loria who volunteered to take less.

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Liszt greatly appreciated this gesture—in contrast to the greedy Levis, Loria seemed to understand the art of giving and taking better. Although the profit from black pearls was no longer significant to him, this gesture made him feel comfortable, because it represented respect for his strength.

After all, what was the hard work of becoming a Dragon Knight for if not for status and power?

“Levis has married a good wife. Although his talents are mediocre, and he is still an Elite Earth Knight, he can also be considered a winner in life… Soon, my father will be promoted to Marquis, and he will eventually inherit the title. His wife is of a noble lineage and understands the ways of the world; his son is healthy and lovely, and to top it all off, his brother is a Dragon Knight!”

…

October 11th.

The sky was drizzling lightly, and from the morning on, Black Horse Port became bustling with activity. Countless ships waited to dock, but the port was not large enough to handle the throughput, and officials like Goltai had to organize a fleet of vessels to head for another new harbor on Black Horse Island.

These ships belonged to the Tulip Family’s convoy transporting serfs and food, totaling more than five hundred vessels.

Two hundred of those were slave ships, each carrying two hundred serfs, totaling forty thousand serfs. With this, the number of subjects within the Black Horse Island Domain would exceed one hundred thousand.

The remaining three hundred were grain ships, each transporting fifty tons of grain, for a total of fifteen thousand tons. This grain, along with the produce from the domain and purchases from nearby islands, would be enough to maintain a normal food supply for Black Horse Island for a year.

Liszt’s flagship, Sunset, also returned.

After several voyages, the Sky Ship, which had been patched up time and time again, hadn’t shown any signs of damage, and the combination of rubber water with rockwood and Thorn Ironwood for repairs worked very well. However, once docked, Sunset immediately went to the dock for another round of repairs and renovation.

One upgrade was the refurbishment of the cabins, equipping some comfortable rooms for Liszt’s entourage.

One who was equipped with the Tear Staff, and who would henceforth become Virginia Truth, the Necrofish Ugly, had chosen the Sunset as her new home, sailing the waves and guarding the voyage. Liszt no longer kept the Tear Staff in the Gemstone Space, but fully granted Virginia the freedom she desired.

Another matter was that the Sunset needed a new paint job; as a flagship of the Dragon Knight, it must exude luxury amidst its subtlety.

“Viscount, I feel like I can do more,” Virginia, the newly transformed Necrofish Ugly standing by the sea, looked at her ethereal hands, “The undead and soul entities are quite different. I just need to focus my thoughts, and I can make my hands touch solid objects.”

With that said, she casually lifted a giant boulder by the seaside that weighed about a ton: “The Necrofish Ugly’s strength was very powerful in life, and objects weighing several tons cannot stop me.”

Liszt, seeing this, was instantly impressed.

Without a doubt, a Necrofish Ugly capable of grasping solid matter is equivalent to a giant serf, adept at heavy-duty work that humans cannot manage.

“Indeed, there is much you are now capable of doing, and most crucially, the Necrofish Ugly can move freely underwater. Virginia, the harbors of Black Horse Port and New Harbor are both too shallow. I wonder if you can help me clear the rocks and silt from the sea bed to increase the ports’ depths?”

“I am at your service, Viscount,” Virginia, naturally calm and grateful for her freedom, thanked Liszt. She had changed her address from “Viscount Liszt” to “Lord Viscount,” the difference in title reflecting a difference in attitude—she saw herself as a subordinate.

Liszt was increasingly pleased with the Necrofish Ugly.

But he soon sighed, “Unfortunately, you can only animate the Necrofish Ugly for half an hour… Resting for a day, you can come out for only half an hour, which severely limits the effectiveness of this Necrofish Ugly body.”

Virginia’s eyes also dimmed for a moment.

However, she quickly regained her spirits: “To see the light for half an hour every day is already a great happiness.”

Liszt, infected by her optimistic spirit, couldn’t help but smile and say, “I will organize the magicians of the domain to research how to extend the undead’s existence time. Perhaps one day you will be able to act freely for half the time and spend the rest sleeping within the Tear Staff.”

Virginia joyfully responded, “Thank you, Viscount.”

“Don’t mention it,” Liszt waved his hand nonchalantly. In fact, the purpose of his proposal was twofold: firstly, to thank Virginia for organizing the Necrofish Ugly’s magic casting plans a few days ago; and secondly, because the longer the Necrofish Ugly existed, the longer it could work.

A ten-meter-tall laborer of immense strength, and especially one that could work underwater, was not easy to come by.

Perhaps with the power of the Necrofish Ugly alone, he could build a castle underwater—the Fish Ugly Temple is clearly a construction of the Necrofish Ugly race.

…

And so.

In the following days, workers and sailors at Black Horse Port often saw the harbor become cloudy with bubbles during a certain half-hour period. Mud also rolled in, tainting much of the harbor yellow—having been warned beforehand by officials, they were not too startled.

But exclamations of amazement were inevitable, followed by various slogans praising “Lord Landlord” and “the glory bestowed upon knights.”

The commotion was undoubtedly caused by Virginia working underwater at the port.

She cleared away rocks and mud, converting the harbor into a deep-water port suitable for the largest ships, at least ten meters deep, and capable of accommodating an ever-increasing number of docked vessels as it continued to expand.

“Such efficiency, it’s only been a few days, and Black Horse Port has completely transformed!” Liszt, riding the Rainbow Whale Rose, was inspecting the progress of the port improvements underwater, and he couldn’t help but admire, “If we could catch a few more Necrofish Ugly to serve as laborers, no underwater construction would be too challenging!”