The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

After his birthday, Liszt carefully checked the gifts brought by the guests, which, aside from the Unexpected Green Yuanbao Elf Bug that his grandmother had given, were mostly various resources. For instance, the gift from the Earl and his wife was a batch of valuable jade, while the Levis couple sent ten pounds of lead metal.

The function of lead metal is Magic Resistance—by mixing it into equipment, it can increase resistance to Magic Power.

Therefore, the value of lead metal is high, and it serves as an excellent auxiliary material for casting armor and weapons.

In fact, every metal possesses properties related to Magic Power, which are detailed in a magic book called "Metal and Magic Observation Notes".

Iron has good Magic Power conductivity, copper has good Magic Power adhesiveness, silver has good Magic Power coagulation properties, and gold has good Magic Power amplification properties...

Of course, compared to their minor magical properties, the greater value of gold, silver, and copper is as currency in circulation.

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"The total value of these gifts only reached two-thirds of the birthday banquet's expenses, as expected, I knew celebrating a birthday would be a loss," Liszt muttered, tossing aside the ledger, too lazy to look any further. He directly left the Castle, mounted Loki, and flew towards the Sea View Villa in the sunset.

The Sea Sprite Ake did not go out and was busy producing Magic Equipment according to the experiments recorded in the magic books.

Having reached the stage of Grand Magician, her research on Magic Power had fully shifted to Magic Arrays. The strength of a Grand Magician lies in the understanding of Magic Arrays. In this aspect, Ake's talent was outstanding, with progress that was astonishingly swift.

She had already mastered the two Advanced Magic spells, Water Wave Shield and Waterfall.

Although she still couldn't cast them instantaneously like Common Magic, she had managed to reduce the casting time to within three seconds. Another Water System Advanced Magic spell, Strong Water Column, that Elkerson had recently brought, she also learned quickly. It was only a pity that she could only learn Water Magic, so her improvement was limited.

If Ake's talents were transferred to a human, who could resonate with all types of Magic Power, her improvement would be terrifying.

Compared to her, another Grand Magician, Chris Truth, who was overseeing the construction of the Mage Tower, was far behind in learning Advanced Magic. She hadn't even mastered Water Wave Shield, and her training progress was full of hitches—in fact, among human magicians, Chris was already exceptionally talented, but her comparison was with Ake.

"Brother."

Ake greeted Liszt with a smile.

This Little Sea Monster, now forty-two years old, had gradually matured through her interaction with Liszt and magic books. However, what remained unchanged was her innocence and her growing dependence on Liszt.

"What Magic Equipment are you making?"

"It's a Black Pearl Pendant. Ake is almost finished with it. Brother, those small black pearls of yours can be used by Ake to make pendants and then sell them. Selling the finished Magic Power pendants will definitely be more profitable than selling the raw black pearls," said Ake cheerily.

She had gradually come to understand economic principles, knowing that processed products were more profitable than raw materials.

In fact, this has always been Liszt's approach. As a modern person with an advanced civilizational soul, he was very aware that the income from selling raw materials was far less than the profits from selling processed goods. His vision for the development of his territory was also against selling raw materials, preferring to sell them after fine processing.

Be it the same millet, once distilled into liquor, the price could increase a hundred times, a thousand times.

So, he would never consider selling millet as soon as it was harvested. Besides consumption, all the millet and grains were to be used for brewing. To the extent that he would import basic agricultural products such as grains and, after processing, produce alcohol, pastries, and then sell them.

"Ake is very capable," praised Liszt, and then he took out a few books, "These are the Magic Array notes organized by Grand Magician Chris. Take them for reference, and if you have any insights, you can write some notes, which I will then pass on to Chris for her consideration. The exchange of ideas is the best way to explore Truth."

Ake took the notes and nodded vigorously.

The Mangrove Minor Elf flew over from a shell, holding a peanut candy in its hand and offered it to Liszt: "Chirp." It was treating him.

Liszt had no particular interest in peanut candy but instead took out the latest chocolate-covered peanut candy produced by the peanut processing workshop and handed it to Nami, "Here, try the tastier chocolate-covered peanut candy."

"Squeak?"

Nami tilted her head, took the new candy wrapped in dry leaves, and then revealed a sweet smile. After peeling off the leaves, she held the chocolate-covered peanut candy and crunched off a corner. She only chewed twice before making a sour face and handing the chocolate-covered peanut candy back to Liszt, shaking her head and going back to hugging her peanut nougat candy.

"Don't you like chocolate?" Liszt rewrapped the chocolate-covered peanut candy, "Then I'll take it back and give it to Mickey to eat; he loves eating chocolate-covered peanut candy."

Nami quickly said, "Squeak, squeak, squeak."

Liszt was puzzled, "Hmm?"

Ach raised his head and translated for Liszt, "Brother, Nami wants to play with Mickey but doesn't want to play with Jela."

Clearly, no elf liked to play with the temperamental Jela—actually, most elves didn't enjoy playing with other elves. They possessed the independent spirit of plants and didn't like communal living.

"Alright, next time I come, I'll bring Mickey along."

"Squeak!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Nami was very happy, being a Little Minor Elf that enjoyed playing with other elves. But the truth was, Mickey didn't like playing with Nami. He too was an elf with an independent nature and only liked to play by himself.

After chatting with Ach for a while.

Liszt teased Nami, then pet the Kelp Bugs, Laver Bugs, Redstone Flower Bugs, Horsetail Bugs, and Inkangle Bugs swimming in the seashells, and then left the Sea View Villa, not wanting to disturb Ach, who was diligently studying—magicians could easily become engrossed in experiments, and his visits to chat with Ach were more about helping Ach relax.

Constantly experimenting, he was worried that Ach might develop the bad habits of magicians and become psychologically disturbed.

In truth, he treated Chris the same way, not wishing her to turn into a crazed Grand Magician like those at the Goat Assembly—this relaxation was what Liszt called mental therapy, and he considered himself a mental health specialist solving magicians' psychological issues.

...

Such days continued until early April.

The Territory Officers, striving day and night for promotions and raises, had finally seeded the nearly three million acres of Black Horse Island—regardless of whether the seeds would sprout or whether there was enough manpower for the next steps of cultivation, they at least completed the task of seeding.

"Complete the task and receive a reward of twenty-two Dragon Breed Pigs."

At the newly established Estuary Pig Farm next to the Red River Mouth in Red River Town, two old sows being fed a large amount of high-quality pig feed, finally began to give birth one after another.

The pig farm Steward who was responsible for delivering the babies, successively carried out twenty-two small piglets.

The good news spread, and Liszt personally went to the Estuary Pig Farm. After confirming that all twenty-two Dragon Breed Pigs were healthy, he immediately rewarded the farm's feeders with one silver coin each as a benefit.

Then.

He categorized the new Dragon Breed Pigs separately, naming them—Estuary Pigs.

This would be another special produce of Black Horse Island.