The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 204: Chapter 0204: Both of You Come at Me Together (Second Update)
Boom thud!

The Knight’s Spear collided again, Rondo felt his hands starting to tremble, the force transmitted from the spear was unexpectedly immense, and there was a scorching heat.

Just two clashes, and he had already understood that he had underestimated the young Landlord of Fresh Flower Town.

“Is this the disparity of bloodlines, he’s only sixteen, and I am already twenty-one, yet I can barely withstand his two thrusts,” Rondo thought with a chill in his heart, and even a sense of despair was rising.

As an illegitimate child, the only thing he took pride in, was his Noble bloodline. But this very point of pride, in front of Liszt, had no reason for pride at all, the other was the son of an Earl, with the bloodline of a Sky Knight, and also the grandson of a Marquis.

“Once more, once more!”

Liszt’s shout snapped Rondo back to reality, he quickly pulled his horse back, restrained the trembling of his arms, and braced his spear for the attack.

The easy-going attitude was gone, replaced by nothing but caution and bitterness.

As an Earth Attribute Earth Knight, Rondo had always been adept at defense, for someone of his same level, defeating him in a short time was somewhat troublesome.

But facing Liszt, he seriously doubted he could block the third spear thrust.

And indeed, it was true, when the two Fine Steel Spears collided, he felt an overpowering force hit him, followed by a high temperature like raging fire, forcing him to lose grip on the spear.

Clang!

The Knight’s Spear flew high into the air, and Rondo himself was sent flying, the sky spinning violently above him. His mind hadn’t caught up by the time his body heavily slammed onto the ground, causing his internal organs to be violently shaken, with a breath stuck in his chest. Staring dazedly at the sky, he didn’t stand up for quite a while, not understanding how he was defeated in just three thrusts.

On the other side, Liszt shook his head.

He felt Rondo’s strength diminishing with each thrust, and by the third, it was barely withstanding the hit. He hadn’t even used half of his strength yet he had sent Rondo flying; if he had put in his full effort, the thrust would have pierced a hole through Rondo’s body, skewering him on the spear.

Since the fight had not been satisfying, he turned his gaze towards Lasse: “Lasse, your turn!”

Lasse’s scalp numbed, he watched clearly how Liszt sent Rondo flying with three thrusts, understanding that he was no match, but he had to accept the challenge: “Lasse challenges Baron!”

The two riders crossed paths.

Dou Qi burst forth, fiery flames surged, and in the midst of the flaming Dou Qi, Lasse was sent flying like a kite with its string cut, following in Rondo’s footsteps.

And moreover, Liszt had only put forth the first thrust.

“I…” Lasse lay on the ground, wanting to say something, opened his mouth, but no words came out.

After a moment, both Rondo and Lasse recovered from the shock, and looked towards Liszt with eyes no longer on the same level, only respecting the strength of the more powerful. Liszt’s bloodline was more noble than theirs, his status higher, and his strength greater; apart from reverence, they had no other choice.

“I am stronger than I imagined, all this time I’ve underestimated myself.”

He was inwardly pleased.

On the surface, Liszt did not reveal this, a grown man’s soul knows how to restrain his emotions. He merely stated indifferently: “Since leaving the Knight Academy, I have yet to engage in real combat training, neither of us showed our full strength just now. This time, you two come at me together, let’s train once more!”

“Yes, Baron!” the two replied in unison.

A two-on-one battle began, with double the attacks coming his way, Liszt was initially thrown into disarray. But the gap in strength was too clear, after two rounds of charges, he adapted to the double attacks, wielding the Fine Steel Knight’s Spear, creating flames that filled the sky.

Clang!

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Clang!

After the two strikes, Rondo and Lasse were sent flying again, crashing heavily onto the ground. Neither was adequate enough to pose a threat to Liszt.

Once they got up, Liszt did not show any joy of victory; he still wore his standard noble smile, “Today’s training ends here. You two have just arrived at Fresh Flower Town and lack sufficient members to practice with. For now, hone your own Dou Qi. If you wish to enter the battlefield, you indeed fall short.”

Both had somewhat harbored the mentality of picking up beans, thinking that due to the lack of people in Fresh Flower Town, pledging allegiance early would allow them to pick some achievements.

However, today’s training made them realize that without sufficient strength, no good outcomes await them anywhere they go. Putting aside their frivolity, they responded earnestly, “Yes, Baron!”

They had not yet chosen to pledge loyalty, nor had Liszt accepted them.

Whether a relationship of following and fealty could be established in the future depended on their performance—based on their current one, Liszt really did not think much of the two.

Of course, he did not outright reject them.

He planned to wait for Marcus’s return and test his own strength against him. Marcus’s combat power was clearly at the level of Coral Island’s elite knights—the Earl specifically assigned him to protect Liszt and to serve as his family tutor, valuing this very aspect.

Thus, Marcus could be used as a benchmark.

…

The session dispersed.

Everyone returned home.

This battle-

might not have been very satisfying, but the process was invigorating. After bathing, Liszt leaned back in the living room chair, recalling the details of the fight, thinking about what could be improved. Being good at summarizing and deducing allowed him to better identify and improve upon his deficiencies.

As he reminisced, he might have been somewhat distracted.

Smoke Mission silently emerged and quickly caught Liszt’s attention, “Mission completed, reward: one Corn Grass Elf Bug.”

A reward without surprise, a Corn Grass Elf Bug without surprise.

“It seems that the task of tilling one hundred acres of Corn Grass has been completed. Quite good, the Corn Grass Elf Bug, my tenth Elf Bug… no, still the ninth, as the Thorn Bug has already evolved into a Thorn Minor Elf.”

He waved his hand.

A new Smoke Mission had already been posted.

“Mission: Haven’t had enough of grilled meat and seafood? As a noble landlord, how can your dietary nutrition lack poultry, fish, meat, and eggs? With this year’s abundant harvest, please raise over a thousand chickens in Fresh Flower Town to provide enough eggs and chicken meat. Reward: Special ore vein.”

“Hmm?”

“Special ore vein?” Liszt was overjoyed, “The reward is an ore vein? The last rewarded ore was a super small Saltpeter Mine; this time it is a special ore vein. I wonder what kind of ore it will be… Right, could it be related to the Basalt Columns?”

He made the connection that it probably had to do with Black Horse Island’s main body formed by the Basalt Columns.

Whatever the special ore vein was, it could be buried within these Basalt Columns.

No matter what it was-

As long as it was an ore vein, it had to be secured: “Raising chickens, just one thousand chickens. Distributed among the serf families, each household raising about ten chickens is enough!”