Chapter 333: Chapter 331: The Triplets’ Special Abilities (Third Update, 10,000 Coins Reward Celebration 2/3)
 

This chapter is an “Adolph0812” grand reward addition.

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Dissected materials were sent to the warehouse bit by bit before Liszt moved them into the Gemstone Space little by little.

He quickly filled the Gemstone Space once again, yet there was still a lot of snake meat that couldn’t fit inside. The great sea snake, at eight meters long with a robust build, weighed nearly two tons.

The snake meat that couldn’t fit was immediately ordered by Liszt for Mrs. Abbie to take the team and salt — this would cause some loss of the magic power contained in the meat, but at least it would not rot.

The snake skin was somewhat damaged.

Because of the huge size of the entire Six-Headed King Sea Serpent, it was still possible to make a complete set of leather armor, which was an excellent material for protection. The skin alone could sell for at least a thousand gold coins, but Liszt intended to keep it to make his armor, as he wasn’t short on money.

Besides snake blood, snake skin, and snake meat, there were also snake gallbladder, snake oil, snake viscera, snake tendons, snake bones, snake teeth, and snake venom.

Basically, there was nothing unnecessary.

“So I’ve decided to utilize this Six-Headed King Sea Serpent as my personal combat reward, without selling it externally,” he said, announcing his final decision to Consultant Goltai, Knight Teacher Marcus, and Butler Carter, “Consultant Goltai, Teacher Marcus, calculate an appropriate gold coin reward for the knights who participated in combat.”

“Yes, Baron!”

No one declined, followers fought alongside their landlord for the rewards.

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There was still some time before the feast.

The commoners who had gathered in front of the castle had been driven away, but the tale of the great landlord who cut down an Intermediate Sea Monster with his sword was likely to circulate around the town for ten days to half a month without stopping.

Once the Fresh Flower Vessel returned to Black Horse Island, the commoners there would continue discussing it.

Furthermore, when the merchant convoys came again, this story would spread widely across Coral Island—Liszt slaying the serpent! Ignoring that the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent was still immature and had come ashore, ignoring Douson’s significant involvement, ignoring the knights’ frenetic assistance, ignoring the substantial initial investment.

The protagonist of the story was always only one person—the Baron of Fresh Flower Town who cut down an Intermediate Sea Monster with a single slash!

Meanwhile, all nobles would come to understand that the time for Liszt’s rise was imminent, perhaps right after this year’s Pioneer Mandate was issued!

With the ability to kill an Intermediate Sea Monster, he was more than ready to enter the battlefield and vie for glory.

But at this moment.

The reputation of Liszt’s serpent-slaying was still limited to Fresh Flower Town.

The Six-Headed King Sea Serpent was quickly dissected, with a large amount of material hidden in Liszt’s Space Gem.

He reserved a complete snake head, planning to pickle it into a specimen and hang it above his own seat, displaying the landlord’s authority.

Like an Earl who has a seat covered with a Giant Barbarian Bear hide.

Hunting an Intermediate Magical Beast or Sea Monster was indeed a lifetime’s achievement.

Moreover, he set aside some of the snake meat baked by the Magical Grand Fire Dragon for tonight’s Serpent Meat Feast — despite deciding to monopolize the spoils of war, he could still generously let his followers taste what an Intermediate Sea Monster was like — the fact that the snake meat had been injected with a lot of bee venom wasn’t a problem, as the chefs were adept at detoxifying, given that much Magical Beast Meat is poisonous.

The Serpent Blood Tree Plant Pot, watered with snake blood, had already been moved to the castle’s gardens.

Waiting to nurture Sprite Bugs.

“Baron, I’m heading back,” Paris stretched lazily, her figure exceptionally pleasing to the eye, “I loafed around all day, never expecting hunting an Intermediate Sea Monster to be so simple… those strange but highly potent bottles and jars of yours were too powerful, the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent had no way to resist.”

That was the magic power of the dragon; intermediate sea monsters, of course, couldn’t resist it.

Liszt smiled faintly, “Don’t forget to come to the banquet for snake meat.”

“I definitely won’t miss such a good opportunity,” Paris nodded and turned to leave.

Withdrawing his gaze that admired her departing figure, Liszt returned to the second floor of the castle, took a bath to remove the sweat and bloodstains from his body, and decided to check the rewards for the Smoke Mission.

“Mission completed, reward an unknown number of Serpent Blood Fruit Elf Bugs.”

“Huh?”

Liszt was surprised, “It’s still an unknown number of Elf Bugs, only now it’s specified they are Serpent Blood Fruit Elf Bugs. Could it be that even the Smoke Mission can’t confirm how many Serpent Blood Fruit Elf Bugs I’ll raise… or does this mean, there’s a possibility that I won’t raise any Elf Bugs at all?”

He quickly reasoned out the factors, “Perhaps the choice of fate is in my hands. If I stop raising them, then not a single Elf Bug will be born, and if I continue to raise them, I might raise multiple Elf Bugs?”

But then, upon further thought, he was confused again.

“How did the previous mission rewards plan to deliver the Serpent Blood Fruit Elf Bugs into my hands? If I don’t irrigate the Serpent Blood Fruit with snake blood, there’s no way to raise Elf Bugs. Smoke Missions surely can’t conjure Elf Bugs out of thin air to give to me, what exactly is the logic here?”

Smoke Missions won’t create rewards out of thin air, this much is certain.

They merely use the power of fate to manipulate the threads of various causes and effects, turning a random outcome into an inevitability.

“Could it be that the Smoke Mission actually involves my own thoughts within the realm of fate?” Liszt pondered, this logic seemed correct; after all, he speculated that the Smoke Mission itself was a manifestation of the power of fate, radiating out through his own mind.

However, this explanation felt a bit far-fetched.

Thinking it over from every angle, and finding no better explanation, he gave up and began focusing on the new task at hand.

“Mission: The excessive harvesting of rubber has brought considerable damage to the rubber tree forest. The vitality of the forest needs time to recover, but the Rubber Tree Elf Bug Triplets seem to have other ideas. Discover their unique ability. Reward: One Elf Bug.”

It was another task related to the Rubber Tree Elf Bug Triplets.

Could this be a chain of missions?

Doubt flashed through Liszt’s mind, but as he saw the content of the reward, which was yet again one Elf Bug, he thought, “Is it that spring has arrived, and the season to harvest Elf Bugs has begun? Can I, through the Smoke Mission, furiously breed new Elf Bugs? I wonder which Elf Bug it will be this time, perhaps a new Rubber Tree Elf Bug?”

The task related to the rubber tree rewarded a Rubber Tree Elf Bug.

The logic was clear.

He even thought something rather sly: perhaps the triplets could “mate” with each other, breeding new Rubber Bugs — and this could be their special ability.

The possibility was small, but what if it was true?

After bathing, drying off, and changing into fresh clothes, Liszt was still pondering the special ability of the Rubber Bug Triplets, “If I’m not mistaken, when treating the rubber tree forest, the triplets will display their special ability… I need to visit Black Horse Island soon, to collect back the Magical Grand Fire Dragon and incidentally restore the operation of the brick factory.”

He ruffled his hair, fixing his hairstyle.

He headed straight for the Worm Room. Ake had been sent back earlier, but he hadn’t had the time to visit her — or perhaps hadn’t figured out how to face her.

Dulu Miqita had been hunted down, and the sea was no longer a danger to the Sea Sprite Ake.

What reason could he have to keep her locked up in the Shell Wood Tower, confined to this narrow room that was almost like a prison cell?

Admittedly, he could keep Ake as the most precious private collection.

Yet Liszt could not deny that she was a high-intelligence creature just like himself; keeping her like that was too inhumane.