The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The interrogation lasted half an hour.

The outcome did not change.

"I have nothing to say, Li Weiliam, give me a swift end!" Sned coughed up blood profusely, barely able to hold on.

"Your struggle is utterly meaningless." Li Weiliam shook his head and sighed, "Whether you speak or not, the glory of knighthood always favors me!"

Having spoken,

he drew his treasured sword and skillfully stabbed it into Sned's chest, stirring it once.

Blood flowed out along the blade, Sned's pupils dilated wildly, then contracted fiercely, and all signs of life ceased in that moment.

He was dead, a generation's Sky Knight, perished in a room at his own Celery Fort.

Phschtt.

Withdrawing the longsword, Li Weiliam strode out of the room and instructed, "Arrange tonight's watch schedule. We will remain at Celery Fort for a day, waiting for further battle plan arrangements."

"Yes, Baron!"

...

Inside the study,

Liszt was searching meticulously; the Earl had already killed Sned, and his Smoke Mission was completed accordingly.

"Mission completed, reward: Advanced Dou Qi Manuscript, "Thousand Thunderstrike Sky Flash"."

Without a doubt,

this Advanced Dou Qi Manuscript wasn't the Fire Attribute Dou Qi Manuscript that Liszt had hoped for, but the Thunder Attribute Dou Qi Manuscript that Sned had cultivated.

Nevertheless, with this manuscript,

he could totally trade it for a High-level Fire Attribute Dou Qi Manuscript.

Nobles monopolized Advanced Dou Qi Manuscripts, but no one would complain about having more varieties of manuscripts in their collection, not for their own use, then for their descendants—Dou Qi attributes were only slightly related to blood inheritance, and it was common to have different attributes between father and son; Liszt was among them.

Right after transmigrating, he seriously doubted whether he was actually the neighbor's child.

After all, the Earl cultivated Water-Attribute Dou Qi, and so did his brothers and sisters, as well as his grandfather, uncles, and cousins; among the whole family, only he had Fire Attribute Dou Qi, which was rather embarrassing. Yet his appearance mostly inherited from his mother, Melissa, with a minor resemblance to the Earl.

After comprehensive judgment, he should be undoubtedly from the Earl's lineage.

He had merely inherited the best genes from his parents.

"Where exactly is this "Thousand Thunderstrike Sky Flash" hidden? Sned should have often reviewed and contemplated it, it couldn't possibly be in a place too concealed."

"Baron, have you seen this book? Is this what you need?" a knight assigned by the Earl to inventory the spoils came over with a thick book in his hands, "Found it in the bedroom, in the bedside drawer of Sned, handwritten, appears to be an Advanced Dou Qi Manuscript by the title."

Taking the book,

he saw the familiar handwritten "Thousand Thunderstrike Sky Flash" and breathed a sigh of relief—it was undoubtedly this one: "Tell the Earl I'll hold onto this manuscript for now, I will make a copy for him later."

"Yes, Baron."

With the Advanced Dou Qi Manuscript in hand, Liszt finally had the mood to look at the new Smoke Mission update.

"Mission: The strike from Count Sned just before his death inflicted severe damage on Douson, not only physical but also mental, exposing it to the threat of life and death. Please craft a suit of armor for it to increase its sense of security. Reward: Douson's new magic."

"Hmm!"

Seeing the mission reward, Liszt felt much more at ease, "Douson is going to learn new magic again. It seems that this war has made it grow rapidly."

The last sword strike from Sned had damaged Douson's bones.

But with the constitution of a magical beast, it wasn't a big deal, and in time it would heal the wound by itself. What he hadn't expected was that Douson's spirit was also hurt, to the point it needed armor to increase its sense of security.

"Then let's craft one for it. After all, there are so many Earth Knights slain in battle, Fine Steel Armor can be collected in sets. We could disassemble a few sets of armor, and tie some of the armor fragments together with silk thread to make a dog armor for Douson." Horses have horse armor, so naturally, dogs can have dog armor too.

Right away, he dispatched Retainer Knights to disassemble the armor.

The Fine Steel Armor of knights, in order to fit well and not hinder movement, is made up of perforated iron plates tied together with a special silk thread.

Simply collect those iron plates and tie them again, and you can assemble a bigger armor.

"You follow this method and make a dog armor similar to horse armor for Douson, understand?" He instructed for a moment and soon grew impatient.

As the leader of the Knight Order, he had many duties.

So, he had to leave it to the Retainer Knights to do.

He himself then went to participate in the distribution of spoils of war and future combat planning—the spoils that couldn't be distributed privately would naturally be sealed away, and those that could be taken away, no one would be foolish enough to leave for the Grand Duke to handle. Such a high casualty rate was unprecedented in the history of Pioneer Mandates, and a substantial amount of spoils was needed to compensate.

"No Elves, no precious treasures, but from the bodies of the fallen knights, we've found quite a bit of Magic Equipment. I will distribute these according to the contributions of your Knight Orders. Complete the distribution directly, don't leave a single piece behind, don't give others an excuse."

The Earl said.

Liszt and the others naturally agreed, "Yes, Earl."

Among all the Knight Orders, the Black Knight Order received the most Magic Equipment, and the Earl even allocated Sned's side sword to Liszt, "Liszt, I am proud of you. I've always looked forward to fighting side by side with my son, but I never thought that so soon you would be able to assist me in slaying a Sky Knight."

The Earl patted Liszt's shoulder with satisfaction.

The son who once disappointed him the most had become the most outstanding young knight. At seventeen, he could already intervene in battles among Sky Knights—although much credit goes to Douson, Liszt's own superior archery skills were also commendable.

"Sned's side sword is a Gemstone Weapon not much inferior to mine. If I'm not mistaken about the material of its blade, it comes from the thigh bone of some Intermediate Magical Beast, meticulously polished, and has had a good deal of Fine Gold plated onto it by a magician, indestructible!"

The property of the Magic Metal Fine Gold is indestructibility.

It was a greatsword with a slightly curved blade, somewhat similar to an English broad blade sword.

It was slightly shorter than the Crimson Blood Sword that Liszt used, which resembled a German two-handed sword in appearance, but the blade was wider. It was also inlaid with a gemstone, a blue one, which must be the Sapphire produced by the Sapphire Dragon.

He took it into his hands.

He couldn't help but weigh the sword, which was more than twice as heavy as the Crimson Blood Sword that might have Mithril added to it, but it felt more comfortable to handle.

The bone-made blade combined with the Fine Gold plated by magical means gave it an exceptionally sharp edge. The Sapphire inlaid at the end of the hilt imbued it with power—the magical property of Sapphire lies in strength, allowing the user to exert greater force.

Vastly different from the attribute of Ruby, which amplifies Dou Qi.

"There's a Magic Array carved on its hilt, which can quickly draw the power of the Sapphire and thereby unleash a much more powerful strike. The sword strike that injured Douson must have leveraged the power of this Magic Array," explained the Earl. "Now, you can name it anew."

"Sky-Cleaving Greatsword!" Liszt named it without hesitation.

"Sky-Cleaving Greatsword... the greatsword that slew a Sky Knight," Levis said enviously as he looked at the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword. "That name has quite the presence."

Sky-Cleaving.

Liszt wanted to constantly remind everyone that he had acquired this sword by assisting the Earl in slaying a Sky Knight, lest anyone forget this point.

The wielder of this sword, very strong!