The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 696 - 0693: Territory Range (Second Update)

Chapter 696: Chapter 0693: Territory Range (Second Update)

Although Liszt covered the cut on the rubber tree cordyceps, the rubber would burst forth again as soon as he let go. Wrapping the wound in cloth, the surging rubber was still able to stretch the fabric, continuing to gush out. He had no choice but to instruct the serfs to bring buckets to collect the rubber.

Then he washed his hands with water.

Rubber doesn’t stick to your hands when it’s not solidified, so a little water rinse is enough to clean it off.

When the rubber stopped spurting from the cut, the serfs had collected three large buckets of high-quality rubber produced by the cordyceps. And yet, the rubber tree cordyceps didn’t appear as wilted as expected—the leaves were still green, just not as thick and full, and the cut was slowly healing.

From the restless rubber bug, there was no sense of the cordyceps being damaged.

“Could this be the harvesting method for the sap-variant rubber trees, poke a hole and directly extract all the rubber? Perhaps it really is like this… As for what these rubber trees should be called now, ‘sap,’ ‘fountain,’ let’s call it ‘Fountain Rubber,’” Liszt swiftly completed the naming.

Henceforth, under the rubber tree branch, there were three varieties: Fruit Rubber, Fan Rubber, and Fountain Rubber.

Each one was quite magical. Fountain Rubber evidently had a rich yield; Fan Rubber belonged to directly produced finished products; while Fruit Rubber was easy to store and transport—the only pity was that the triplet rubber bugs were merely Elf Bugs, and could only affect a limited range of rubber trees.

Otherwise, with continuous expansion of cultivation, the rubber tree industry would be absolutely lucrative. Currently, they could only rely on artificial planting of rubber trees through fertilization to expand the plantation area.

He washed his hands and dried them.

Liszt left the rubber plantation and went to the Mage Tower to find Ach and told him about the variations of the rubber tree cordyceps, “This should be a very significant discovery, Ach. If you have the time, you could delve into this research and try to unravel the secrets of the Elves.”

“Hmm, Ach will study it carefully,” Ach responded.

In the month plus after being promoted to Archmage, Ach hadn’t made many research breakthroughs apart from inventing Magic Armament and Dou Qi Armament.

She was more focused on understanding all aspects of being an Archmage, as well as exploring the Magic Web.

There were no Magic Books about Archmages in circulation, and no living Archmages in the vicinity, so everything had to be explored by Ach on her own. Liszt couldn’t be of much help either, as his own Dragon Knight cultivation methods were resolved with Ach’s assistance.

Leaving the triplet rubber bugs for Ach to study, he hurried off to complete the next Smoke Mission.

“Mission: The territory is about to enter winter, and most plants will stop growing during winter. However, that doesn’t mean winter is a silent time without hope. Perhaps at the turn of a corner, there lies throbbing life. Please personally inspect every plantation in your territory once. Reward: Unknown number of Elf Bugs.”

After a long time, there finally was a new mission for the birth of Elf Bugs.

“It seems like recently I’ve shifted my attention back to the Elves, so the Power of Destiny represented by the Smoke Mission has started to stir the Threads of Destiny for me again… It’s a pity that even though I hypnotize myself every night before sleeping, the Smoke Mission does not seem to respond, not giving me any tasks related to the Immortal Dragon… Maybe my subconscious is not deep enough yet?”

Riding the Landwalker bird Loki, Liszt followed the map of Black Horse Island, inspecting each plantation one by one.

He used the Eye of Magic in every plantation to carefully observe the magic feedback light within sight. Now that his territory was large in both family and industry, this was indeed not an easy task. Fortunately, with Loki’s quick pace and the strong observational power of the Eye of Magic, he managed to inspect a large number of plantations each day.

The first day yielded nothing.

But the second day brought good news. Within the influence area of the corn Minor Elf Mickey’s cordyceps, at the corn plantation, a Stick Corn that belonged to the third growth found magic feedback light. After confirmation, this piece of Stick Corn was nurturing an Elf Bug. This invigorated his spirit, and he continued his inspections with mounting excitement.

The third day brought two pieces of good news. One was that a cutting of green tea in the plantation had already nurtured an Elf Bug in its seedling stage; the other was that during the inspection on Mangrove Island, a small arboreal sea helleborine was found to be nurturing an Elf Bug. Sea helleborines belong to mangrove plants and are quite common in the Mangrove Forest, although they are of little use.

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On the fourth day, all plantations on Black Horse Island and those in Fresh Flower Town were inspected, with no further Elf Bugs discovered.

The excitement of the past two days dissipated, and Liszt began to mutter to himself, “Could there be only two Elf Bugs?”

He summoned the Smoke Mission and found that nothing had changed; the content of the Smoke Serpent Script remained the same. It showed that he had not yet completed the inspection of all the plantations in his territory.

“How could this be, I have clearly inspected all the plantations on land, even the several affiliated islands meticulously… Oh right, there’s one place I haven’t checked!” Liszt suddenly realized that he had only inspected the plantations on land and had not yet inspected those in the sea.

So, he mounted Rainbow Whale Rose and began to inspect the surrounding sea areas of his territory.

Indeed, in the Giant Algae Forest, a new Giant Algae Elf Bug was discovered that had nurtured itself, and Liszt contracted it directly.

Other than that, no further Elf Bugs or bugs in the process of nurturing were found.

Still, the Smoke Mission remained incomplete.

“What could be the reason for this? Could it be that during the inspection of the Magic Potions, because there was too much Light from the magic feedback, something was overlooked?” Liszt analyzed seriously but could essentially rule out this possibility. His Eye of Magic had evolved through many Dragon Knight Resonances with Leo.

His sensitivity to the Light from magic feedback had increased to a higher level, and the Light from Magic Potions and nurturing Elf Bugs were fundamentally different, something he would not overlook.

Regardless, he still spent three days to re-examine everything carefully.

But the Smoke Mission still remained incomplete.

“Impossible, the mission can’t be incomplete; either I misunderstood it,” Liszt looked closely at the content of the Smoke Mission. The mission required him to inspect all the plantations in his territory personally, “That’s it! The focus of the mission is on inspection, not necessarily on finding Elf Bugs!”

According to the consistent principle of missions, as long as Liszt completed the inspection of the territory, the Smoke Mission would directly inform him of all the varieties of Elf Bugs.

There was no need for him to make an effort to search.

“So, I haven’t completed the inspection?” He pondered deeply, still not understanding where he may have failed to inspect. The territory in total was so small that even a cursory glance should have been enough to finish inspecting.

“Oh ho!”

At that moment, Leo, who was asleep on his chest, woke up and notified Liszt through their mental connection that it was time to go to Dodo Island Volcano Crater to enjoy the Superior Magic (Dragon’s Intent) condensed from the volcano.

Liszt was suddenly struck by a realization, thinking of a possibility: “I haven’t inspected Dodo Island yet; the Smoke Mission must also include Dodo Island as part of my territory!” Essentially, the Smoke Mission projected according to his subconscious, and whether subconsciously or consciously, he considered Dodo Island part of his territory.

After clearing things up,

He laughed heartily: “Let’s go, let’s go to Dodo Island!”