Chapter 339: Chapter 0336: Blizzard Beast Procession (4th Update, Alliance Hierarch Extra 5/18)
 

Liszt focused completely on overseeing the construction of the Sea View Villa, even conducting dog training by the seaside.

He only attended to his sister, Li Vera, when she came to visit, reluctantly parting with a small piece of snakeskin to sell to her to make armor, for fifty Gold Coins.

It was akin to giving it away at half price.

With a piece of Intermediate Sea Monster’s snakeskin in hand to make armor, Li Vera happily left.

He then continued to oversee the construction of the Sea View Villa, a two-story structure. Both stone and wooden houses were built quickly—there was no denying the overwhelming effect of rubber. Jomaya Bangtu, who had been promoted to the sole Architect of Black Horse Island, dedicated himself to realizing Liszt’s imaginative ideas.

Liszt was not an Architect, so he never considered any mechanical structures.

Jomaya, however, needed to consider carefully whether the arrangement of every wall could bear the weight of the upper stories—fortunately, it was just a two-story villa.

Additionally, there was an elevated wooden walkway that stretched all the way from the Sea View Villa to an area that would not be submerged even at high tide.

Constructed entirely of Iron Wood Thorn immune to water damage and bound together with rubber, it soared above the beach, effectively a bridge hundreds of meters long.

Watching the Sea View Villa take shape bit by bit, the words “Rich and capricious” inevitably came to Liszt’s mind.

Such a villa would require labor and materials that ordinary Nobles could hardly afford, but Liszt’s own territory was rich in resources—rubber, iron wood, stone, sand—all practically cost nothing, and paying Serfs just a couple of copper coins per day for their work.

Furthermore, using rubber to build a house was an absolute luxury.

A strategically valuable material like rubber should not primarily be used for building bridges, roads, or houses.

By the time the Sea View Villa was completed, it was already mid-April, and the Magic Power within the eight tiny ones was growing abundant, ready to unleash Magic at any moment.

This time, with their father Douson present as a model, there was no need for Liszt to guide them in releasing Magic.

But it was still essential to train them strictly in discipline and obedience during their Magic release.

“Storm, Flame, Rock, Surge, Thunder, Light, Ice Snow, Shadow, line up!” Liszt stood on the beach, conducting today’s Blizzard Beast lineup training.

The eight tiny ones immediately lined up side by side, looking expectantly at Liszt.

Liszt was pleased with their current speed of lining up, now able to queue in order in a very short time.

“All present, sit!”

The eight tiny ones promptly sat down, sticking their tongues out, waiting for the next command.

“Starting with Storm, count off!”

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

“Awoo awoo!”

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

Seven of the Blizzard Beasts barked accurately as “Woof,” but one of them let out a nonsensical howl instead, which annoyed Liszt: “Surge, step forward!”

Surge immediately stepped out with drooping ears.

Liszt ordered with a cold face, “Stand aside!”

Surge dared not defy and could only run to the sand beach on one side with his head dropped in dejection, looking aggrievedly at Liszt as he started giving each of the other seven Blizzard Beasts a strip of dried meat. Desiring it, drool flowed from its mouth, but it dared not protest at all, for that would bring more severe punishment.

Further away, Douson was lying on the sand soaking up the sun, cuddled next to it was Earth Matron.

Nowadays, Earth Matron had been completely tamed and could occasionally be brought out for some fresh air, but it had missed the best period for training. Now it was unable to follow commands and could only just be led by humans without hurting anyone—or, to be blunt, it was merely a breeding tool for Douson.

The great wolf dogs at the dog park had been isolated from reproduction with Douson.

Earth Matron was the last hope. However, it seemed that Earth Matron should also have been isolated from reproduction. After giving birth to the Eight Tiny Ones, it had mated with Douson several times, and to much regret, there had been no movement in its belly.

If one wishes to continue breeding Blizzard Beasts,

one might have to defy ethics and resort to inbreeding, allowing the five males and three females of the Eight Tiny Ones to mate with each other, or even involve Douson in the process.

On Earth, many purebred dogs were bred through inbreeding, mating sons to mothers, daughters to fathers, or siblings to each other, or even grandfathers to granddaughters, to maintain the purity of their lineage. Liszt had watched documentaries that talked about this, and the vast majority of purebred dogs have serious health problems.

That’s why from the start, Liszt had no intention of practicing inbreeding.

The breeding of wolf dogs at the dog park was for them to vent their animal desires, as for reproductive isolation, maybe there would be a way to deal with that in the future.

After two hours of training.

He announced the dismissal of the Eight Tiny Ones, and the male servants behind him each led two Blizzard Beasts back to the castle, tying them back in their kennels.

Earth Matron was also taken away; Dog Prison had been dismantled, and it now had its own new kennel.

Only Douson could stay and follow Liszt, its obedience deeply ingrained in its brain. It hardly ever hurt people rashly, so it was rarely tied up with chains anymore.

Following the elevated wooden path, Liszt went straight into the Sea View Villa.

On the rocking chair in the second-floor wooden house, Sea Sprite Ake was engrossed in a magic book. Hearing the noise, she looked up and greeted with a sweet smile, “Brother, you’re here.”

“How has life in the sea been these past few days?”

“A little uncomfortable; still, living inside a house is more comfortable,” Ake said earnestly. “Before, in the sea, I used to hide in a shell by myself. Now with a house, it’s like I own my little world. Thank you, brother, for giving Ake a big house!”

Perhaps that’s just how women are, with a natural fondness for houses.

It could also be the appeal of civilization—the first humans also lived outdoors, in caves, until civilization developed and no one wanted to live in caves outdoors anymore.

“Have you mastered the Water Wheel Wall?”

“Yes, brother, look.” Ake put down the magic book, and with a light wave of her hand, a circular water disk appeared in front of her, spinning like a wheel, “The fast-spinning water can form a strong defensive shield, capable of blocking intense, instantaneous impact forces.”

Liszt drew the Crimson Blood Sword and tested the strength of the Water Wheel Wall, finding it indeed very strong, and it also had elasticity, pushing the Crimson Blood Sword outward.

From his experience, he estimated that it would take at least a special combat skill to break through this Water Wheel Wall.

Ake, ever more the scholar, continued to explain, “Based on the information summarized from the magic books Ake read, the Water Wheel Wall and Water Whirlpool are decomposed forms of a higher-level magic, the Water Wave Shield. Ake is already learning the Water Whirlpool, and after mastering that, she will be almost ready to study the Water Wave Shield.”

“Impressive, my Ake,” Liszt gave a thumbs up. The once-naïve little Sea Monster was now on her way to challenge becoming a Grand Magician.

He didn’t disturb Ake’s study of magic but set up a Magic Little Fire Dragon nearby.

Seaside houses tend to be damp, so he intended to use the heat effect of the Magic Little Fire Dragon to dispel the moisture and keep the room dry. It was also to create a good environment for potion consumption—limited to one room only. After all, the Magic Little Fire Dragon was akin to a heater, and with summer approaching, it could be overwhelmingly hot.

After consuming the potion and recording the data, feeling refreshed,

Liszt bid farewell to Sea Sprite Ake and returned to the castle for lunch. Ake, who had been looking at magic books for a long time, stretched, ate a few raspberries, and then returned to her shell to swim into the sea. She enjoyed swimming in the sea in the afternoon to cleanse her body and spirit.

In a daze, she had already swum to the edge of an island filled with mangrove forests.