The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 703 - 0700: Making Acquaintance with the Great One (3rd update, Alliance Hierarch’s additional update 4/54)

Chapter 703: Chapter 0700: Making Acquaintance with the Great One (3rd update, Alliance Hierarch’s additional update 4/54)

The Archmage’s magic inheritance is incomplete, which can’t be resolved overnight, but luckily Ach is still very young.

The aged Sea Monster Yisi, who is over four hundred years old and still in good health, is only forty-three years old; her lifespan is obviously very long.

However, the urgent task at hand is to enhance the combat power for the upcoming dragon-slaying battle.

After serious analysis, Liszt said, “Even though the Archmage’s inheritance is missing and your combat power cannot be improved in a short time, also unable to pose a significant threat to the Dragon Knights, focusing on support is a good choice. During the dragon-slaying battle, you will be responsible for containment, and I will stand firm against the Dragon Knights.”

“Understood, Ach listens to you.”

The two of them immediately discussed various cooperative attack methods; if the main battlefield is at sea, the combined strength of Liszt and Ach fighting side by side would be very formidable—Ach, unbeatable on his home ground, could deftly dodge the Dragon Knights’ attacks and freely cast Water Magic while standing above the sea.

If the main battlefield is on land, Ach needs to cast Water Magic to assist Liszt while ensuring his own safety.

“It would be best to ensure the battlefield is at sea, only then can we maximize our joint combat power and ensure the outcome of the dragon-slaying battle… There should still be a bit of time, after this we need to practice coordination extensively, striving to achieve an unspoken level of cooperation.”

“Yes!”

…

Liszt thought there was still time, as the lurking crisis was, after all, just lurking and not yet directly in front of them.

But when he and Ach returned to their territory the next day, they were immediately met with a report from Mary Dawn Break, “Lord, there’s been a serious incident!”

As she spoke, the Pureblood Vampire’s face was etched with a worried expression.

“What serious incident?”

“Peggy and Wimbleton have returned from Iron Hoof Island, they detected numerous familiar vampire presences there, and those vampires also detected their presences. According to their assessment, it’s very likely that the Black Knight Family has mobilized the higher ranks, or even all their vampires!”

Including Purebloods and Mixed-bloods, the Black Knight Family has a total of fifty-four vampires.

There are twelve Purebloods and forty-two Mixed-bloods.

Currently, with the Purebloods Tuobert and Fomuir dead, and Mary among the seven Mixed-bloods who have defected to Liszt, this means the Black Knight Family is left with ten Purebloods and thirty-five Mixed-bloods.

“Summon Peggy and Wimbleton here,” Liszt ordered calmly.

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A moment later.

Peggy and Wimbleton appeared, recounting in detail what they had witnessed on Iron Hoof Island. Soon after they arrived at Bull Horn City by ship, they sensed the presence of Pureblood Vampires in the city.

“A Pureblood’s heart can amplify the influence of Blood Magic Power, using this feedback of Blood Magic Power to scout the locations of Mixed-blood Vampires, although the influence is mutual, and the Mixed-bloods can also detect the positions of Pureblood Vampires,” Mary explained.

“So when Peggy and Wimbleton sensed the Purebloods, the enemy sensed Peggy and Wimbleton too?”

“Yes, my Lord.”

“How many Purebloods did you sense?”

“We detected the presence of three Purebloods. It’s rare for three Mixed-bloods to act together in the Black Knight Family. And just being in Bull Horn City, we felt the presence of three, it’s imaginable that there are likely Purebloods spread across other cities on Bull Hoof Island as well,” Peggy replied.

Wimbleton added, “It’s also possible these three Purebloods wanted to take a ship out of Bull Horn City to other islands… However, after Peggy and I were discovered, we didn’t dare to stay in Bull Horn City. We snuck into a large ship departing to the outer islands, holding our blood flow still, and thus evaded the Purebloods’ tracking.”

Liszt nodded slightly and inquired, “Do you think it’s possible that the Black Knight Family came for Tuobert and Fomuir?”

“Lord, it’s very possible the Black Knight Family is targeting us.”

Liszt could not confirm or deny this.

But his feeling was different; the Black Knight Family should be aware of his strength, after all, he had defeated the formidable Domain Knights and bore the “Ancient Warrior Inheritance.” It would be difficult for the Purebloods of the Black Knight Family to seek any advantage from Liszt, especially since this is in the Duchy of Sapphire.

He instructed, “Keep a close eye on Coral Island and Black Horse Island, especially you, Mary, you must constantly have the influence of Blood Magic Power active. As soon as you detect any new vampires arriving, report to me immediately… As for that Crazy Ghost Haben, don’t bother to keep an eye on him—bring him directly to me.”

“As you wish, my lord!”

…

The capture of Crazy Ghost Habin went smoothly; as a mixed-blood, he stood no chance of escaping in the net woven by Mary and the other Blood Servants.

His heart was not in his body.

But he couldn’t withstand Mary’s interrogation and spilled everything he knew.

“I did indeed intend to infiltrate Black Horse Island to investigate Lord Liszt, but I came without malice, Lady Mary. I was unaware that you had already pledged allegiance to Lord Liszt. Believe me, this is a misunderstanding,” Crazy Ghost Habin, sensing the pureblood aura on Mary, expressed his confusion and alarm.

“You came without malice, so you mean to say you came with goodwill?”

“To be precise, it is a kind of goodwill. My original task was to contact several family vampires, ah, that is to say, your former superior Lord Tuobert… It was only along the way that I received orders from my superior, Lord Posido, to survey Black Horse Island.” He hadn’t known about Tuobert’s death until now.

But seeing Mary becoming a pureblood, he must have guessed it.

The two pureblood vampires killed by Liszt, only stationed at the Trapped Dragon Mountain Iron Mine, Fomuir, and the Black Knight Family should be aware of their demise. As for Tuobert, who went to Iron Hoof Island to investigate the Goat Assembly, the Black Knight Family knew nothing of his life or death, for from purebloods to mixed-bloods, all had been swept up by Liszt with no information leaked.

Mary continued the interrogation: “And slipping into Black Horse Island is also considered goodwill?”

“You may not be aware, my lady, but the family never entertained thoughts of avenging Lord Fomuir, not even Fomuir’s sister. I don’t know the reason, but I’ve heard that if possible, the family patriarch wishes to forge ties with this Lord Liszt.”

“Forge ties?”

“Yes. You must have been keeping watch over me, so you’ve seen that I was not urgent about my task. I’ve always been indulging in gourmet food. To me, going to Black Horse Island was not a mission, but merely a trip,” Crazy Ghost Habin spoke with seeming truthfulness.

A flicker of puzzlement crossed Mary’s eyes, but it did not interrupt her steady and quiet interrogation: “Then what is the purpose behind the Black Knight Family’s major deployment?”

“Uh, I don’t know. As you’re aware, many of our missions are simply errands we run, with secrets held by the pureblood lords,” he explained.

“Then how many from your family have come?”

“Fatty Pick and I followed Lord Posido here in the first wave; how many more from the family arrived afterward, I’m not sure of that either.”

With the interrogation concluded, they detained Crazy Ghost Habin.

Mary then hastily reported back to Liszt.

After hearing the report, Liszt frowned, “The Black Knight Family patriarch wants to forge ties with me? They know I’ve killed the original pureblood Fomuir yet don’t seek revenge, but instead want to forge ties with me?” It sounded like a joke and made little sense.

“My lord, Crazy Ghost Habin probably didn’t lie, but he also heard about the Black Knight Family patriarch’s intentions to forge ties with you, so we cannot be sure of its truth,” she said.

“But why would the Black Knight Family patriarch want to forge ties with me? If I’m not misremembering, this patriarch named Rommel Black Knight, is a powerful vampire whose strength rivals that of a Top Knight,” Liszt said, shaking his head in disbelief, but then an idea suddenly struck him.

This time, the Smoke Mission presented a choice of allegiance.

At first, he thought he would be forced to make a choice under the pressure of the Grand Duke, but now it seemed to involve Alonso Xiankelai unexpectedly.

“Could the meaning of the Smoke Mission be for me to make a stance between Alonso and the Grand Duke?”

He pondered in silence.

It seemed from the onset that Alonso had been positioned as an enemy in the fight against the dragons because Liszt had killed his vampire servants and seized his iron mines. However, what was overlooked was that both vampires and iron ore were part of the war, and losses on the battlefield were inevitable.

For a Dragon Knight, such losses might not seem too severe, especially when compared to gaining the allegiance of a foremost Ancient Warrior Inheritor, these losses were within acceptable bounds.

“Could it be that Alonso may wish to recruit me as a follower?” he speculated.

“Based on his habits, it does indeed seem possible. Didn’t he hoodwink the Marquis of the Bull into being crippled…”