The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 842 - 0839: Magic Dust (First Update)

Chapter 842: Chapter 0839: Magic Dust (First Update)

Grasping the Time Scepter and riding the Formless Dragon Bard, Liszt concealed himself at the boundary of matter, meanwhile fumbling with the scepter in his hands to figure out its use. The Time Diamond, sparkling with seven colors, was quite peculiar; it could not be activated with Dou Qi at all. Whenever magic power approached its surface, it would slowly dissipate.

It was as if eternal magic of time had been condensed.

But since it had been made into a piece of magic equipment, there must be a way to control it.

“I wonder how big the Twilight Dragon is. It must be much larger than the Formless Dragon, right? After all, the Time Diamond it produced is as big as a fist, while the space gemstone produced by the Formless Dragon is only as big as a fingernail,” Liszt thought, his mind wandering as he shook the scepter in his hand.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he pondered during the journey, he still hadn’t figured out how to manipulate the Time Scepter, and it seemed he would need to trouble Ach.

Given Ach’s identity as an archmage, coupled with his ever-growing knowledge base and clever mind, solving the mystery of how to use the Time Scepter shouldn’t be too difficult.

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Back in Flame Town.

Before he even found Ach, he received a rather shocking piece of news from the Magic Guild, reported to him personally by Kenley Truth, “Your Highness, we have deciphered how ancient magicians passed down magic. Many of the Ancient Magician of the Moon Slayers had talents far inferior to modern magicians, yet they managed to comprehend magic. The key lies in ‘Magic Dust’.”

“Magic Dust?” Liszt didn’t understand.

The next words from Kenley took him completely by surprise, “Magic Dust can improve a magician’s affinity with magic power, and the ingredient for making Magic Dust is… Elf!”

“Elf?”

“Yes.”

Liszt’s expression darkened quickly as he suddenly realized why so many Moon Slayer Natives had been captured, yet not even a single Elf Bug had been found. He had originally thought the Moon Slayers simply didn’t know how to utilize Elf Bugs, but it turned out that the Moon Slayers just used them differently.

Following Kenley’s further explanations, the magic traditions of the Moon Slayers were fully exposed.

Small tribes would sell Elf Bugs as trade goods to larger tribes during hunting and gathering, in exchange for living materials. And the Listeners of the large tribes held the knowledge on how to use Elves to make Magic Dust. With this Magic Dust, the Listeners of the larger tribes could train more ancient magicians.

These ancient magicians were all exemplary children selected and sent by various tribes, who traded materials to the tribes in exchange for the opportunity to learn magic.

Elves, Magic Dust, ancient magicians… It was by such means that the Moon Slayers ensured the continuity of their ancient magicians. With ancient magicians, the tribes could secure living resources from the jaws of magical beasts; perhaps it was another way of exploiting Elves in agriculture.

Though cruel, it was hardly out of the ordinary for the Moon Slayers.

However, the smaller tribes were not aware that the Elf Bugs were used to make Magic Dust, which was a monopolized technique exclusively held by the Listeners of the larger tribes.

“Unforgivable!” After understanding the cause and effect, Liszt’s face was particularly grim. The number of wild Elves was already sparse, and the Moon Slayers hunted them extensively.

It could be said that within the living areas of the Moon Slayers, it was nearly impossible for any Elves to exist.

And the living areas of the Moon Slayers probably occupied most of the forests of Flame Island; generation after generation, innumerable Elf Bugs were killed.

“Your Highness, if the Listeners of the Moon Slayer Natives did not lie, the method of using Elf Bugs to produce Magic Dust was also passed down from the Moon Empire…” Kenley’s voice was somewhat low; Elves had become synonymous with beautiful things in the current era.

Although some Nobles still clandestinely used Elves to forge Elf Weapons, the act of killing Elves was commonly regarded as morally reprehensible.

And that era of the Moon Empire so yearned for by magicians seemed to rely on killing Elves to cultivate magicians, which was a massive blow to Kenley’s values. The earlier knowledge that the casting level of the Moon Empire era was backward had already been a great shock to her.

Now to do it again, I fear her fondness for the Moon Empire would greatly wane.

“The value of elves lies in their influence over plants and their potential for evolution, human greed should not be built on the blood of elves.” Liszt made a decision on the spot, “Kenley, as soon as you return, issue a ban immediately. All magicians are absolutely forbidden to kill any elf under the pretext of research!”

Kenley acknowledged the order, “Yes, Your Highness.”

After she left, Liszt let out a sigh of turbid air.

Although he felt heartbroken about the tragic deaths of the Elf Bugs, his purpose in prohibiting the slaughter of elves was to prevent magicians from researching Magic Dust and thereby mass-producing more magicians—the era of knights had come, and it was time for magicians to quietly exit the stage of history.

Leaning back in his chair, he suddenly thought of the Moon Empire under magician rule, “What kind of nation would that be, and how would magicians rule the world?”

…

The Time Scepter had been handed over to Ach for research.

However, Ach only briefly observed the Time Diamond before setting the scepter aside, as her Magic Door Project was at a critical moment, she couldn’t even spare time to cultivate, let alone be distracted by other research.

So far, her Super Magic remained at four—the Chainsaw-style Super High Pressure Water Knife, Spiral Ultra-High Pressure Water Drill, Centrifugal Water Molecular Shield, and Eye of Magic Power.

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The Ice Elemental Incarnation was not yet perfectly mastered, and she was unable to switch to a new Elemental Incarnation.

Although it would still take some time for the utilization of the Magic Gate to transition from theory to reality, Ach still gave Liszt a huge surprise.

“Brother, this is a piece of Magic Equipment that Ach specially created for Bard, who is prone to getting lost in a world beyond the material, to pinpoint the coordinate nodes of physical space. As long as you remember these coordinates, even if Bard gets lost, he can find his way back.”

She handed over something that looked like a crystal pendant.

One glance was all it took for Liszt to recognize what the Magic Equipment was made of—scales of the Formless Dragon! He had no idea when Bard gave Ach many of his scales. For a dragon, scales are incredibly important, even more than the gemstones they produce.

As close as he was to Bard, the dragon hadn’t even voluntarily given Liszt any Space Gems, yet he had given the even more precious scales to Ach.

Such treatment might have enraged Liszt had he not been an easygoing person.

“Never mind, what’s given to Ach is no different from what’s given to me, no hard feelings.” Calming his urge to beat up the Formless Dragon, he took the Magic Equipment.

He then inquired, “Ach, what is the name of this equipment?”

“Node Locator.”

“Mm.” Liszt didn’t say much more, feeling that Ach’s naming ability did not inherit his own elegant flair, too blunt, “Then how is Bard supposed to use it?”

“It’s for brother to use. After you and Bard achieve Unity of Man and Dragon, operating the Crystal White Trajectory will activate the Node Locator, leaving a pinpoint for the material boundary you’ve crossed. If you can’t find a node to return to the material world, you can activate it again to find the node from which you came.”

This string of crystal pendants was clearly an equipment for human use.

Liszt nodded slightly, “I see… So, you’re saying that now Bard and I can freely tear through the material boundary and fly in the world beyond matter?”

“In theory, yes, but Ach worries about the sensing range of the Node Locator not being sufficient, so caution is still needed when crossing. Depending on the feedback during use, it may need several improvements.”