The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 1048 - 1045 Twenty-One Territories

Chapter 1048: Chapter 1045: Twenty-One Territories

Chapter 1048 -1045: Twenty-One Territories

For now, it seemed that Mata, the Mountain Copper Dragon, was quite favored by Jela; at least one dragon and one elf were able to coexist harmoniously—mainly because Jela was talking to herself, and Mata didn’t even care to bother with Liszt, let alone a Greater Elf.

Send someone to protect Jela.

Liszt did not stay long in the Flame King City, as he had been immersed in the Magic Laboratory for several days, looking for possible clues with Ach, who squeezed in time to study the gourd.

“The gourd is very strange; from a microscopic level, its structure doesn’t seem out of the ordinary, but on an even smaller scale, there must be a different structure that blocks the permeation of magic power. Brother, Ach can’t sense that smaller level yet and needs some equipment to help.”

“Whatever equipment or resources you need, just give the order,” Liszt said decisively, feeling a sense of urgency within.

The Smoke Mission had already been delayed for almost half a year by the barrier task.

Every day he looked at the unchanging Smoke Serpent Script: “Mission: The two hundred and second choice of destiny, guiding and predicting time after time, you have grown from a small rural landlord to the ruler of a kingdom. As the Flame Kingdom is about to be established, it is perhaps time to consider some deeper questions. Please touch the barrier. Reward: The Favor of Destiny.”

His heart gradually became irritated.

Previously, the Smoke Mission came every few days or weeks, which was truly refreshing. Feeling the benefits brought by the Power of Destiny often led to a serious dependency.

Now, for more than half a year, he had not received any rewards from the Smoke Mission.

It felt as if his heart had been scratched by a cat, always feeling uncomfortable. This was probably what they meant by the ease of transitioning from frugality to extravagance and the difficulty of the reverse. Without the Smoke Mission, life could still go on normally, and there would be no discomfort. But now, accustomed to the Smoke Mission, not receiving benefits felt quite unpleasant.

However, he also understood that being too dependent on the Smoke Mission was not a good thing. This delay in the barrier task might be a good opportunity for him to break free from this dependence.

He had a very clear understanding of this: “The Smoke Mission is a manifestation of the Power of Destiny within me, and it is my talent; relying on it is not wrong. However, I need to develop myself comprehensively and should not rely too heavily on the Smoke Mission. Everything should be done in moderation.”

All in all.

The Smoke Mission was too frequent before, now it is too delayed; finding a moderate and appropriate balance is best.

On Ach’s experimental table were gourds of various sizes and shapes. She took out a document and said, “Ach has started to conceive of a device that can observe the structure of matter at a more microscopic level. Brother, you once said that a combination of convex and concave lenses can form telescopes as well as microscopes.”

“That’s correct, I’ve said it.”

“Ach has become proficient in the development of telescopes while studying astronomy and has made many pairs of astronomical telescopes in various specifications. However, there have been few attempts at developing microscopes, relying instead on my own subtle perception of magic power… Now that I cannot sense it, it’s an ideal time to develop a microscope.”

Liszt was impressed by Ach’s increasing skill, but also puzzled, “With your perceptive abilities, you should be able to sense things down to the atomic level; in this case, the microscope you need to create has to achieve an even higher level of precision.”

He didn’t know much about microscopes, but he seemed to remember from junior high biology that optical microscopes could only magnify objects by a little more than a thousand times.

Those atomic-level materials were all seen using electron microscopes.

As for even smaller particles like electrons and atomic nuclei, Liszt was unclear what kind of microscope was used to view them. Nor could he understand whether scientists had really seen electrons or had detected them using scientific methods.

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“If the precision of the microscope isn’t sufficient, then Ach will develop a Magic Microscope.”

“A Magic Microscope?”

“Yes. Brother, didn’t you say that magic power is similar to light, possessing the dual nature of waves and particles? Since optical microscopes can magnify and observe matter, a Magic Microscope should also be able to magnify and observe matter. Perhaps with the help of a Magic Microscope, Ach could extend my perception to an even more microscopic level.”

Alright.

Li Si Te (Liszt) had to admit that he truly couldn’t keep pace with Ach’s train of thought, nor could he really understand how magic power could be used to create a telescope.

In fact, he merely understood the principle of an optical microscope; he had no idea of the principle of an electron microscope, let alone the magic microscope that Ach was now conceptualizing.

So, he simply responded, “It’s good that you have an idea.”

He waved his hand and left with a suave turn, striding away.

…

The principle by which gourds isolated magic power was left to Ach to research, and Liszt immediately turned his attention to territory development. As April was approaching, the Development Committee, having completed the spring farming work, organized a Flame Island territory planning session in accordance with Liszt’s wishes.

Territory planning was Liszt’s concept for land development, referring to administrative divisions on Earth.

“Li Si Te,” said Li Weiliam in the executive office, commanding a clerk to hang a meticulously drawn map on the wall.

With sextants to measure latitude and longitudinal coordinates, and flying magical beasts to survey from high altitudes, drawing maps was a fairly easy task for the Flame Kingdom. This map of Flame Island detailed every mountain, river, road, and castle.

Apart from such a map, there were also topographic maps with contour lines under Liszt’s guidance.

The committee was even preparing to construct a giant sand table in the Sun Moon Star Palace, to proportionally replicate the entire Flame Island, and eventually, the northeastern corner of the Legendary Continent.

This map on the wall divided the Flame Territory into twenty-one domains using straight lines—a domain was equivalent to a provincial unit.

Of course, most domains were simply delineated and the location of the central city within each domain was designated, without any actual development having taken place. The Flame Island had basically subjugated all the Moon Slayer natives by now, with only a few native tribes still hidden deep within the primal jungles.

Liszt scanned the map.

Currently, there were roughly nine developed and named domains.

Reed Marsh Domain, central city Reed City; Whirlpool Mountain Domain, central city Flame City; Whirlpool Estuary Domain, central city Estuary City; Dragon Pit Great Mine Domain, central city Dragon Valley City; Jade Mountain Domain, central city Jade City; Mermaid Domain, central city Mermaid City; King’s Domain, central city Flame King City; Pan-Sea Reef Domain, central city Reef City; Endless Volcano Domain, central city Phoenix City.

Among them, the Mermaid Domain was almost entirely underwater, with Mermaid City also submerged with no land-based territory.

The Endless Volcano Domain was near the Endless Volcano Cluster and Phoenix City was built on the edge of the Phoenix Perch Parasol Forest, currently only a small town in scale.

“After the territory planning, road construction must follow suit. Although magic teleportation arrays will play a major role in the future, normal roads are still necessary. Excessively busy arrays put too much strain on the magic arrays, leading to collapses. So, this planning aspect still requires more of your attention, father,” he said.

“Don’t worry, although you have already established your Flame Family, you are still my son; my feelings for this kingdom are connected with yours.”

“Yes, the Flame Family and the Tulip Family are just names; our blood ties us together.”

Then, father and son exchanged a knowing smile, leaving everything unspoken.