The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 649 - 0646: Medusa (First Update)

Chapter 649: Chapter 0646: Medusa (First Update)

The tale of the sea monster Yisi isn’t earth-shattering, and her experiences across the continent aren’t particularly remarkable—at least not enough to be included in “Dragons Fight in the Wild”.

Most crucially, she had never set foot in the noble circles of the Eagle Kingdom, so what she knew was quite limited.

However, her experiences weren’t completely without value.

For instance, she had once studied piano with the master pianist Czerny Windmill—Czerny was a renowned piano master from the Steel Ridge Kingdom, who had traveled through the Eagle Kingdom and met Yisi, telling her how he created his famous piece “Yuri Ely by the River”.

It was an autumn twilight when Czerny, globe-trotting to find inspiration, arrived at the border of the Steel Ridge Kingdom and the Blast Furnace Fortress Kingdom, stopping at a remote town’s countryside. He unloaded his piano from the carriage, intending to tune it and practice a piece.

Suddenly, an elk burst out of the woods,

heading straight for him—but since this was by the river, the elk found itself cornered, about to leap into the water and swim across.

A steel fork then flew from afar, swiftly smashing the elk’s head and killing it. Afterward, Czerny saw a nymph with pale green hair dancing like snakes emerge from the forest. Droopy eyelids, a slender figure, pale skin, and vivid red lips.

She swiftly made Czerny fall in love.

However, as the nymph dragged away the dead elk, she just lifted her eyelids to glance at him, and at that moment, he became as stiff as stone, unable to move, not even his eyeballs. He could only watch the nymph disappear into the woods, oblivious to how much time had passed.

When he awoke, he had been rescued by servants and locals, lying in a bed.

Only after hearing from the locals did he learn that this nymph was named Eurie Ellie, and was said to be a snake-haired nymph living in the forest with her two sisters.

The eldest sister was named Stheno, with dark green hair, having the strength to kill a mighty magical beast with one punch; Eurie Ellie was the second, with pale green hair, able to leap as though flying like a Sky Knight; the youngest was Modusa, with bright red hair, and she could command snakes.

The eyes of the three sisters possessed potent power, turning anyone who looked into them to stone. If the stone were shattered, the person would die; if not, after a few days, they could revert to flesh and blood.

Normally the snake-haired nymph sisters would not trouble the local residents.

Nobles had attempted to enter that vast wilderness of a forest to capture the three stunning snake-haired nymphs, but they either disappeared within the forest or returned empty-handed, without ever catching sight of the sisters. Czerny, too, coveted the beauty of Eurie Ellie and settled down in this place.

He longed to see Eurie Ellie again, but despite waiting many days, she did not appear, so he transformed his yearning into notes, composing the renowned piece “Elly by the Water”.

“Do snake-haired nymphs really exist?” Liszt was skeptical.

Indeed vampires and liches existed, but snake-haired nymphs that could petrify with a glance seemed somewhat unreal, their powers too formidable. And since they were so beautiful, even with somewhat eerie hair, he believed many curious knights would still eagerly seek them out.

Yisi shook her head and said, “I’ve also asked Master Czerny, and he told me that the world is far more vast than what we see, and no one can freely take everything as they wish.”

“So, no one has seen the snake-haired nymph sisters since then?”

“I don’t know; I haven’t paid attention to them. Perhaps, like sea serpents, after experiencing the complexities of human life, they returned to the home that nurtured them and led simple lives.”

In any case.

Yisi has many other stories like that of the snake-haired nymph sisters.

Such as the Minotaurs in the Blast Furnace Fortress Kingdom and the Rocky Plains, bellowing angrily with bull-like horns atop their heads, driving away invaders; in the primeval forests to the west of the Rose Duchy, there lived huge ogres wielding clubs, leading violent and bloody lives.

Some have seen harpies with eagle wings flying like eagles in the mountains of the Eagle Kingdom; and a Duke’s daughter of a certain duchy, having encountered a unicorn in the forest, fled her wedding with the unicorn’s assistance, vanishing without a trace.

During full moon nights at a certain Nameless Castle, wolf howls are often heard, and it’s said that the lord of the castle is a werewolf, capable of transforming into a silver wolf.

Iris had also seen a knight who appeared to be riding in midair, with nothing underneath his bottom. It was only after inquiring that she learned the knight was mounted on a Night Qi, which could only be seen by those who had died once.

…

Elderly people always enjoy telling stories.

The aged Sea Monster Yisi was no exception. Initially, it had been Li Si Te who asked her questions, but by the latter half of the night, it was mostly her incessantly telling stories.

Some of the stories were interesting, others were boring, but Ach listened attentively.

Li Si Te, however, had begun to lose focus.

Smoke slowly materialized in front of his eyes, “Complete the mission, reward Sea Monster Yisi.”

The smoke then transformed, forming new Serpent Script, “Mission: The Sea Monster can guide you in the direction to proceed, but she no longer has the energy to roam the seas extensively. The dangers hidden in the sea require you to overcome them yourself. Please defeat the remaining Necrofish Ugly, uncover the Fish Ugly Temple. Reward: Mysterious Jewel.”

“Hmm, a reward of mysterious gemstones?” Li Si Te thought to himself, “Could it be pearls from some kind of oyster again?”

In this world, gemstone, crystal, and jade are proper nouns, referring to three types of special stones.

Gemstones and crystals are derived from dragons, whereas jade is formed by the earth condensing magic power.

Jewelry, however, specifically refers to ornaments—gemstones and crystals can be made into ornaments, intact jade can be turned into ornaments, and pearl, coral, amber, and the like can also be used to make ornaments. Gold, silver, mithril, and mountain copper can also be crafted into jewelry, and only these are called jewels.

He had already obtained the Hei Chequ that produced Black Pearls, the Fen Hai Luo that produced Pink Pearls, and the Golden-Lipped Clam that produced Golden Pearls; he wondered what kind of shell and pearls he would receive this time.

“I hope it’s not the Pearl Oyster that produces White Pearls; the Grand Duke’s Blue Dragon Lake farms many pearl oysters, and they’re not very valuable.”

With such thoughts,

he soon fell asleep on the sampan amidst Yisi’s endless narrations. When he woke up, it was already dawn the next day.

He rubbed his eyes.

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He saw Yisi in the distance by the rocks, feeding fruit to Rainbow Whale Rose, a whale that was friendly to everyone. Sometimes, Li Si Te worried if someone might entice it away. On another side of the rocks, Ach was sitting on a shell, flipping through a book.

Noticing Li Si Te awake, Ach immediately swam over, “Brother, you’re awake.”

“Didn’t you sleep?” He vaguely remembered falling asleep while Yisi was still telling stories and Ach listening intently, only to wake up and find both sea monsters as lively as ever.

“Ach did sleep, brother. Sea monsters sleep for a very short time,” she replied.

Li Si Te, of course, knew this; he was just a bit muddled from just waking up. Soon thereafter, he washed up by the rocks and had a hearty meal.

Then he went to say farewell to Yisi, “Yisi, your stories were fascinating. I hope after Ach and I explore the Fish Ugly Temple, we could have another delightful chat.”

“Falling asleep while chatting hardly counts as a delightful conversation.”

“Haha.”

Li Si Te waved his hand awkwardly, realizing Yisi hadn’t rejected the idea. Then he set off with Ach in the direction she had indicated to explore the Fish Ugly Temple, planning to complete the mission first and talk about the rewards later.