The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The pink pearl, roughly the size of an egg, revealed flame-like patterns on its surface after being cleaned. At first, Liszt thought it was a pearl imbued with Fire Attribute Mana, but the Eye of Magic observed that the magic power it radiated was a pale blue color. Like the giant conch, it belonged to the Water Attribute.

The Black Pearl also contained Water Attribute magic power, but its effect was to disperse Wind System magic power.

At the moment, the egg-sized Pink Pearl's effect was unknown, but its magic power concentration was even denser than the largest Black Pearl in Liszt's collection.

"I probably won't be able to figure anything out, better to hand it over to Chris for research." Now that he was sponsoring the Magician Chris Truth, in addition to making Magic Potions, he could assign her any work related to magicians.

Inside the Magic Workshop.

Chris looked at the Pink Pearl and nodded solemnly, "Viscount, this is an object brimming with magic power. I need to thoroughly research its effects before I can analyze the results for you."

"I appreciate it."

"I'm pleased to serve you."

Liszt suddenly asked, "Chris, are you confident about advancing to Grand Magician?"

After thinking it over, Chris replied, "I've made some headway, but I still need more time to mull it over. If everything goes smoothly, I might be able to attempt advancing to Grand Magician within a year. If not, it could take several years before I can make the attempt."

"Ask for anything you need, and I wish you an early promotion to Grand Magician. When that time comes, I will build a Mage Tower for you on Black Horse Island for your quest for Truth."

Chris was truly elated, "Thank you, Viscount."

Unlike second-rate peddlers like Elkerson, she genuinely enjoyed delving into magic and researching Truth. Having her own Mage Tower would be a great honor and benefit.

After a brief chat.

Liszt left the Pink Pearl behind and took his leave.

Upon returning to the castle, Mrs. Abbie had already cleaned the meat from the Sea Monster, the Giant Conch—this Magical Beast Meat naturally belonged to Liszt.

"It would be great if low-level Sea Monsters like the Giant Conch could be farmed… Unfortunately, there's no knowledge on farming Sea Monsters. The pearl had to be harvested by killing the creature… Still, not only did it yield a Pink Pearl, but it also contributed a large heap of conch meat and a beautiful conch shell."

He cleaned the conch shell and drilled a hole at the tip.

He blew into it.

A deep, resonant horn sound boomed out, carrying far and wide, more powerful than a loudspeaker. Using the Eye of Magic, he could see magical light flickering on the shell when blowing the conch, indicating that the amplification effect was related to magic power, barely qualifying as a type of magic.

"I should also give this to Chris to research, she might come up with a horn that works like a large loudspeaker. With such a Magic Horn, it could serve as an 'air-raid siren'; in times of crisis, its blast could probably wake even those in deep sleep."

Even if they couldn't create a very powerful loudspeaker.

As a decorative piece placed on the curio shelf in the study, it would be a delightful sight to behold.

"It's just a shame there's only one Giant Conch," he thought.

…

However.

Just as he felt the reward from a solitary Giant Conch wasn't very valuable, Ach brought new information: "Brother, Black Pearl Lake has been invaded by many Giant Conchs, and they are fighting with the Tridacnas. Loads of huge Tridacnas have also arrived at the bottom of the lake, resisting the invasion of the Giant Conchs."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"A battle between the Giant Conchs and Tridacnas?"

"Yes, brother. You told Ach to look for very large Tridacnas, and Ach hadn't found any until now. But many Tridacnas larger than two meters in diameter have appeared in Black Pearl Lake. The biggest one is twice the size of Ach's shell!"

Ach's shell was three meters in diameter; a Tridacna shell even larger than Ach's would be at least four to five meters in diameter, truly colossal and much larger than the one they had salvaged before.

What kind of Black Pearl could be inside, one can only look forward to finding out.

Moreover, there was a large batch of low-level Sea Monsters and giant tridacnas. Whether it was for the pink pearls or the meat of the tridacnas, Liszt would not give up on this opportunity, "Ach, pay attention to coordination, and join me in sweeping up all the tridacnas and giant tridacnas causing havoc in the Black Pearl Lake in one fell swoop!"

"Hmm!"

Ach nodded excitedly.

The once delicate, innocent, and loving little sea monster had now been influenced by darker company, becoming a Grand Magician who favored fighting and hunting sea monsters without a moment's hesitation.

Liszt couldn't help but feel sentimental—how girls change as they grow up.

The Fresh Flower Vessel was immediately summoned by him, heading towards the Coral Reef—the Coral Reef had no clear owner, but now it belonged to Liszt. Several flags bearing the emblem of the Black Tulip were planted on the rocks.

Upon reaching the Coral Reef.

The tide had just receded, leaving vast stretches of snow-white, fine sand exposed on the sea surface. The Fresh Flower Vessel slowly entered Black Pearl Lake, while Liszt used the Eye of Magic to guide the vessel on how to salvage the tridacnas and giant tridacnas—Ach was at the bottom of the lake pointing to the locations of the carcasses of both Sea Monsters (tridacnas were barely considered Sea Monsters).

This was a brutal slaughter.

As the divers continuously tied the ropes, more and more tridacnas and conches were hauled up, and Liszt's mood grew more and more excited.

He had just opened a tridacna with a diameter of about 1.8 meters, finding a Black Pearl the size of a sea bowl inside, along with several fist-sized Black Pearls.

These were treasures.

On the other hand, a basin-sized giant conch did not yield any pink pearls. After dissecting five of the giant conches, no pink pearls were found.

It wasn't until the sixth giant conch, the largest one, that new pink pearls were discovered.

A pink pearl the size of a goose egg.

"The probability of giant conches yielding pink pearls is a bit low, while tridacnas have a high probability of producing Black Pearls, but the larger Black Pearls have a lower probability." He silently estimated the pearl yield rates for the tridacnas and conches.

The hunt continued for two hours.

Ach tracked the tridacnas and giant conches with great effort. Finally, the largest tridacna was killed in the center of Black Pearl Lake, along with it were three basin-sized giant conches. When the four large creatures were hauled up, the sailors on the ship cheered loudly.

Captain Kostor was so excited that he said, "Sir, such wonderful shells and conches, it's simply unbelievable! The glory of the Knight has blessed us, under your guidance, we were able to reap such a bountiful harvest."

"Remember to keep this a secret, Black Pearl Lake will be the brightest ocean jewel in my territory, anyone who dares to leak it will receive a bloody retribution!"

After finishing his fierce words, Liszt patted Kostor on the shoulder and said with a pleasant smile, "I will grant you the status of Freeman soon, and from then on, you can claim rewards based on your service as an official. Follow me, and one day, you will become a Noble." Find your next read at empire

Today, he had completely revealed his "talent"—wherever he pointed, there would be prey.

Although Kostor and others dared not inquire into Liszt's gifts, it was inevitable that someone with a big mouth might spill the events of today.

Therefore, he had wielded both the carrot and the stick.

To preemptively mitigate any potential risk.

Half an hour later.

Seeing the signals made by Ach underwater, Liszt understood that the territorial struggle between the tridacnas and the giant conches was probably over. He blew the horn in response to Ach.

He then gave the order, "End the salvage, we're heading back!"