The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The Serpent Slaying operation was a complete success, and the huge thrill was written on everyone’s face as they all gathered around the six-headed King Sea Serpent, marveling at its enormity and ferocity.

Bucket after bucket of serpent blood was quickly collected in water buckets.

Liszt didn’t want to waste it, pouring it onto the Serpent Blood Tree plant pots, but there was too much blood, and the pots couldn’t hold it all. He wanted to maximize benefits, “Transport the serpent blood in carts, along with the Serpent Blood Tree plant pots, and immediately take them back to the castle. And take my shells back to the castle as well!”

He stood up and looked at the huge corpse of the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent. Due to the roasting by the Magic Grand Fire Dragon, parts of it were nearly cooked.

So, selling it for a good price might be difficult—after all, he had never heard of selling materials from a magical beast or sea monster after they had been cooked.

“As for the corpse of the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent, drag it back to the castle, then break it down into materials to see if there are any valuable parts that can be sold; the rest, store as food,” Liszt announced his decision on handling the corpse.

Suddenly, he felt it was necessary to give a speech and to inspire his followers, “In hunting the intermediate Sea Monster, the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent, everyone gave their all. I’ve seen your courage and sacrifices. Now, the spoils of war are here, and everyone will get to enjoy them, that’s my decision!”

Raising his voice, he scanned the surroundings.

Liszt declared loudly, “Hunting an intermediate Sea Monster is just the beginning; in the future, more honors and glories await us to claim! And remember, the glory is mine, and I am with you!”

“Swear allegiance unto death to the Lord Landlord!” shouted an astute Apprentice Knight, loudly and passionately. It was Zavier.

Immediately after, everyone, including the Earth Knights, began shouting with fervor, “Swear allegiance unto death to the Lord Landlord!” The chants echoed repeatedly, and with the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent’s corpse as backdrop, it seemed especially enthusiastic and wild.

Liszt was pleased with the scene.

Of course, he took note of Zavier’s shrewdness.

The shouting gradually ceased.

Then he resumed a serious expression, “Now, let’s clean up the hunting site, take all the materials we can carry, and head back!” He then rushed to the Sea Sprite Ake, instructing the Apprentice Knights to lift the shells out of the pond and onto the flatbed carts to be taken back to the castle, and then returned to the Shell Wood Tower.

When they, along with the immense corpse of the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent, returned to the town,

Fresh Flower Town immediately erupted with excitement. Curious civilians flocked together, crowding around to catch a glimpse of the intermediate Sea Monster’s corpse—many of them had never seen even a low-level Magical Beast in their lifetimes, let alone the stuff of legends, an intermediate Sea Monster. Of course, Douson and the Eight Tiny Ones were exceptions.

The whispers and private conversations were incessant, groups of two or three marveling and discussing.

“What kind of Magical Beast is this, it’s terrifying!”

“It’s not a Magical Beast, it’s a Sea Monster, a big Sea Monster, one that eats ships!”

“Good heavens, how long is it, and it has so many heads.”

“The Knight’s glory shines upon us, thanking our great Landlord for slaying such a fearsome beast, may the Knight’s glory forever shine upon Fresh Flower Town.”

“It’s not a Magical Beast; it’s a Sea Monster!”

“I heard the Lord Landlord killed the Sea Monster with a single sword strike!”

“Intermediate Sea Monster, it’s an intermediate Sea Monster, as powerful as our Lord Landlord’s Douson.”

“It can spew terrifying magic, whipping up huge sea waves to smash anyone it encounters. My brother took part in the sea monster hunt, he saw with his own eyes the Lord Landlord riding Douson, killing this giant sea serpent!”

“There is no magical beast or sea monster that Lord Landlord cannot slay.”

“It’s worth at least a hundred Gold Coins!”

“Ha ha, Old Bok, are you joking? This is an intermediate sea monster, take a good look, it can sell for a thousand Gold Coins!”

“Its snake skin can be made into the finest leather armor; even an Earth Knight hacking at it won’t leave a mark.”

“I really want to taste some snake meat.”

“You’ll be burst open by the flesh of the sea monster, there is so much magic power in it that it will tear your body to shreds, just like a scarecrow in the field.”

“Ah, that’s too terrifying.”

At such moments, Liszt should have come out to show himself and receive the worship and cheers of the citizens of Fresh Flower Town. But he didn’t; instead, he simply sent the town officials to drive away the civilians gathered around the body of the Six-Headed King Serpent. He had more important things to do—organizing the Space Gem.

There was too much stuff inside, already filled to the brim.

Now, he had to store the unusable Serpent Blood and take out some every day to water the Serpent Blood Fruits.

Without anticoagulants to remove clotting factors, blood is difficult to preserve; once it coagulates, the contained magic power will quickly dissipate. The Grand Magician who wrote “Secrets of Sea Serpent Aquatic Monsters” would irrigate with Serpent Blood in one go, as it was difficult to catch a living Sea Serpent.

But Liszt had a Space Gem, which could store this Serpent Blood indefinitely.

Fine Steel Knight Suit, Drift Bottle containing a 36D Ghost, Mithril Mine, Jade, Crystal, Black Pearl, Smoked Grass, Volcanic Glass, Fire Dragon Bone Fragments; Sapphire Magic Ring, Goat Head Flag, Sapphire Dragon Ship Figurehead, Soul Submerged Wood, some Knight’s Novels and Magic Books.

A vast array of food, drinking water, and other living supplies, bee venom and thorn poison, as well as essential camping gear for journeys.

A Gemstone Space the size of half a room simply couldn’t accommodate any more items—it was only possible to clear out some items—he removed some camping gear, books, bone fragments, volcanic glass, and the knight suit, placing them in the study room.

Only then was he able to fit in ten barrels of Serpent Blood.

“There’s still a bit of space left. After processing the body of the Six-Headed King Serpent, the surplus Magical Beast Meat can be put in there to be used slowly… This is the body of an intermediate sea monster; the nutritional value of its meat is far superior to that of low-level magical beast meat, and it should be enough to last me a very long time.”

He had no intention of giving away even a morsel of the Six-Headed King Serpent meat.

After all, it would be a waste to feed it to his followers—only the potion-addicted Elite Earth Knights could make the most of the magical beast meat.

He planned to reward the followers who participated in the battle with Gold Coins.

If there was excess snake skin, it could be distributed amongst the Earth Knights—one piece each to stitch into a piece of leather armor. A piece of intermediate sea monster level armor would be the absolute best way to win people’s hearts.

But, three seconds later.

“Never mind, they didn’t put in much effort, ninety percent of the credit should go to myself. Giving them the armor to wear is a waste… I’ll just reward them with more Gold Coins. I believe the knights’ love for Gold Coins is greater than anything, after all, Gold Coins can buy everything.”

Between a boss distributing oil bonuses and a boss handing out cash bonuses, everyone would undoubtedly choose cash.

Cash represents the power of self-disposition.

Furthermore, the body of the Six-Headed King Serpent is entirely a treasure, and Liszt didn’t even want to sell it; he knew that even with Gold Coins it would be tremendously difficult to buy materials from the body of an intermediate sea monster—Coral Island used to have one Purple Sand Crocodile, a testament to the rarity.

“A snake’s whole body is a treasure, and so is the Six-Headed King Serpent, it’s all a treasure. I’ll eat everything edible! Anything inedible and unusable, I’ll consider whether to sell it to magicians then.”