Chapter 349: Chapter 0346: Who Am I, Where Am I (Fourth Update, Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 11/18)
 

“Ach, perhaps for a sea serpent, a decade is just a fleeting moment,” reflected Liszt, having not only calculated Ach’s adulthood but also estimated the length of its life.

Forty-one plus twelve equals fifty-three.

Reaching adulthood at the age of fifty-three, and comparing it to human adulthood at sixteen and a lifespan of a hundred years, the lifespan of a sea serpent is roughly three hundred and thirty years.

A greater elf lives for two hundred years, while a dragon elf lives for five hundred years, with the lifespan of a sea serpent falling somewhere between.

Three hundred and thirty years; with one generation every twenty-five years, humans might have nurtured more than a dozen generations. If Liszt hadn’t become the Dragon Domain Landlord, perhaps it would have been the son of his grandson’s grandson’s grandson attending Ach’s funeral. Thinking about it that way, it was quite amusing.

“Humans have only a hundred-year lifespan, can Ach live for three hundred and thirty years?” Ach asked, somewhat perplexed, “But, brother, Ach doesn’t want to live that long. Mmm, it’s fine as long as Ach lives as long as brother.”

Liszt pinched her little hand and kissed it gently, saying softly, “This is just an estimation; perhaps you could live longer, or you might not live up to three hundred years. Let the future decide the matters of the future. Sooner or later, I am going to become a Dragon Knight and ride a dragon, and becoming the Dragon Domain Landlord wouldn’t be bad either, as it could mean living for four or five hundred years.”

Ach let Liszt hold her hand with a giggly smile, “Mm-hm, brother can become the Dragon Domain Landlord, so both Ach and brother can live for hundreds of years!”

“Once I become a Dragon Knight and Dragon Domain Landlord, I will take you to explore this world… I don’t want to become a Grand Duke or a King,” Liszt remarked.

A dragon can subjugate an entire kingdom, hence a Dragon Knight may choose to create a nation, but not all Dragon Knights enjoy founding nations, as many simply relish the rank of Grand Duke while still occasionally waging war for the kingdom. It’s quite normal for a kingdom to have several Dragon Knights.

Especially those Dragon Knights provided with dragons by a kingdom are bound to serve the kingdom.

Liszt couldn’t decide what kind of dragon he would ride in the future, but at least being a ruler of a nation was not so attractive… If he had several dragons, he could give one or two to his descendants to let them enjoy the pleasures of being a king.

When leaving the Sea View Villa,

Liszt felt his blood boiling with fervor: “No matter what, I am destined to ride a dragon and become the Dragon Domain Landlord in this life, for the sake of longevity!”

In the past, he did not envy eternal life, feeling that a hundred years was enough to live a splendid life.

Now he looked forward to longevity, because this world was too vast, with far too many places worth exploring and precious things worth cherishing.

…

The comatose magician still hadn’t awakened, and to prevent her from starving to death in her sleep, Liszt ordered people to feed her a bit of ordinary-quality milk every day.

Sustaining her life.

He himself continued his research on the copper teapot, and could basically determine that this was a Soul Storage Vessel—since there were no other sources of information about the Soul Storage Vessels, and he had even asked Elkerson and Granney, who knew very little about souls and nothing at all about Soul Storage Vessels.

“So, how do you use this Soul Storage Vessel? I poured Dou Qi into it without eliciting any abnormal reaction.”

According to the Smoke Mission explanation, it is a piece of Magic Equipment.

If it is Magic Equipment, it should be stimulated by magic power, thus activating it, but there was no reaction at all. Its spout is an opening through which water can be poured, but even if it’s filled with boiling water, there is still no response. Just like a real teapot without a lid.

“However, the spout is too narrow to brew tea,” he noted.

Having no choice, Liszt took the copper teapot for Elkerson to examine to see if he could give any hints.

After examining for a while, Elkerson shook his head, “Baron, I can see there are traces of magical engraving; it definitely has some kind of Magic Array inside. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how this Magic Array operates and I can’t activate it either.”

Let Granney judge again.

Granney’s explanation was similar, “It must have been created by a Grand Magician, with exquisite craftsmanship, especially the carving of the magic runes, which is a style I have never seen before… Baron Liszt, since you don’t know its purpose, why not let me study it? I am very interested in it.”

“Sorry, but I still have use for it.” A reward from a mission, and magic equipment related to souls, how could he possibly hand it over to an outsider?

Carrying the copper teapot, he returned to the castle.

Liszt was somewhat puzzled, “Neither Elkerson nor Granney could explain this Soul Storage Vessel. It’s likely that no magician on Coral Island could explain it. If Merlese had not died, she might have been able to shed some light, given her research on souls… Speaking of souls, I seem to have a 36D Ghost.”

A specter is also a form of soul.

A drift bottle can contain a specter; this Soul Storage Vessel, obviously, should be able to contain souls even more so.

“Should I try it?”

“Then let’s give it a try!”

Once he made up his mind, Liszt did not hesitate. He found a shady place and took out a drift bottle made of an unknown metal, smearing it with a bit of Old Tanner Fi’el’s blood. Under the vision of the Eye of Magic, countless magic lines emerged on the bottle, forming picture after picture, depicting a bizarre and alien world.

The next moment, the bottle opened.

A wisp of ghostly light shot out, and the 36D Ghost floated above the bottle.

There was a moment of delay, then, as if waking up, the ghost, with its long-nailed hands, immediately charged at Liszt. However, Liszt simply raised the Crimson Blood Sword, its blade shrouded in Fire Attribute Dou Qi, and the specter was so frightened that it remained utterly still.

“Quite obedient.” Marcus had been able to frighten a specter before, so naturally, Liszt was not afraid.

He casually lifted the copper teapot and pointed its spout at the specter.

Yet the specter just sat there, dumbfounded, without any reaction.

“No use?” Liszt shook the copper teapot vigorously, but still failed to attract the specter inside. This was not what he expected. Resolute, he directly pushed the copper teapot against the specter’s body.

This was like breaking a broken pot.

Unexpectedly, it did indeed provoke a reaction. As soon as it touched the shadowy, ethereal body of the ghost, the copper teapot burst forth with a brilliant light, swallowing the 36D Ghost in an instant.

The next moment, it returned to its normal appearance.

But Liszt knew the soul had been stored inside, as the weight of the copper teapot increased slightly. He shook it, and it felt as if there was a little more water inside, just a little. Yet this slight change was still distinctly perceptible to an Elite Earth Knight.

He gently tilted the spout of the teapot, pouring outward.

No water came out; what poured forth were wisps of smoke. The smoke rose and soon took the shape of a young girl—no longer in the form of a 36D Ghost but a clear-faced girl.

Her eyes, though made of smoke, were very lively and expressive, first looking around in confusion.

Then her gaze settled on Liszt, and she slowly spoke, “Who am I, where am I, and who are you?”