Chapter 1075: Chapter 1072: High Speech Chapter 1075: Chapter 1072: High Speech Marquis Eternia of the Great West is the eldest among the rmaids. Before the rmaids had completed their circumnavigation, she had already returned to the Fla Kingdom along with the ocean elves they discovered.
“Your Majesty, I apologize for the long delay and for holding up your plans for the developnt of the Fla Kingdom’s ocean.”
Upon eting Liszt in rmaid City, she expressed her apologies imdiately, clearly aware that Liszt was dissatisfied with the rmaids being away for such a lengthy period.
One does not lash out at a smiling face, and besides, rmaids are not knights.
Liszt did not choose to strictly reprimand these rmaids for their lack of adherence to the knight system, thus becoming his loyal followers. Instead, he nodded and said, “You must have had a tough journey, Marquis Eternia. How are the other rmaids doing?”
“Thanks for your concern, Your Majesty. They are living well in the ocean which harbors countless treasures that attract them. However, they will soon finish mapping the coastlines of the Legendary Continent and then return to the Fla Kingdom to aid Your Majesty in developing the ocean… We have never forgotten our duty to purify the Devil’s Sea.”
“Purifying the Devil’s Sea is certainly imperative. Once the right mont arrives, I shall preside over it myself,” Liszt comnted, equally curious about the Mafa Continent beyond the other end of the Devil’s Sea.
However, one must eat one’s al one bite at a ti.
He inquired, “Where are the ocean elves you brought back?”
“They are all here.”
Following Eternia’s call, a large group of elves arrived, mostly Elf Bugs, about a dozen Little Minor Elves, and two Greater Elves. These elves had already ford contracts with Eternia—indeed, Liszt himself does not intend to contract aquatic elves; leaving it to the rmaids is more convenient.
“What types of elves are these?”
“This is a Greater Sea Kelp Elf, I nad it Shakalaka; this is a Greater Sea Urchin Elf, I nad it Aristotel; this Little Minor Elf is…” Eternia introduced the aquatic elves one by one. The Greater Sea Kelp Elf and the Greater Sea Urchin Elf had nas, the others did not.
From her tone during the introduction, it was discernible that she held no particular fondness for the elves, treating them rely as tools—after all, in the distant past, the Sea Kingdom used to capture Elf Bugs to trade with humans, regarding elves as re marine products just like fish and shrimp.
Of course.
During the era when rmaids ruled the Sea Kingdom, there existed only Elf Bugs. Little Minor Elves, Greater Elves, and Dragon Elves hadn’t yet erged.
Choice Bug Elves, indeed, differed little from fish and shrimp.
“Hmm, take good care of these elves, especially the Greater Sea Kelp Elf, as it can cultivate seaweed, a marine product of considerable value. Bluposi has been too busy lately; she has been developing the Salty Sea while also managing the Amazon Rainforest for . With your return, you can take over the Amazon Rainforest.”
“As you wish,” Eternia easily agreed.
“Once you have accrued enough military achievents, I will appoint you as the Duke of the Great West and assign a section of the ocean as your fief,” Liszt said.
“Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty. I will manage the Amazon Rainforest well.”
With official tasks handed over, Liszt began to inquire about Eternia’s circumnavigational journey and any special experiences encountered. Though they had been in contact through the Magic Platform, many details could not be thoroughly conveyed through it.
“The ocean is lonelier than it was during the era of the Moon Empire, Your Majesty. The era I lived in is roughly the tail end of the Moon Empire or perhaps even after the Moon Empire had long vanished. Back then, the Cursed Dragon’s pollution had already enveloped the ocean, yet it was still more bustling than the current ocean.”
Eternia continued to lant, “In our era, not only were there nurous intelligent mariti races such as rmaids, Naga, Yu Chou, and Sea Serpents, but there were countless Sea Monsters as well, including the enormous Leviathan which was not considered rare. However, in this voyage, what I saw was desolation.”
Without the intelligent mariti races, rmaids, Naga, and Yu Chou had completely disappeared, and hardly any remnants of the once great Sea Kingdom’s palaces were found.
Sea Monsters, once prevalent across the oceans, were also rarely seen.
The only magical creature we discovered was the Sub-dragon – Hydra: “We organized several collective hunting expeditions, but the Hydra always escaped… The Hydra was located approximately in this part of the sea,” she pointed at a Legendary Continent map that was slowly becoming clearer, her fingertip landing on the northern waters of the continent.
This mariti area is adjacent to the coastal region of the Kushan Imperial.
“I will join hands with Acherloides when I get a chance to capture this Hydra. Given that Sub-dragons typically possess considerable intelligence, perhaps it could be tad like Nimia the Giant Lion, turning the Hydra into a guardian beast.” Li Si Te greatly coveted this Hydra.
He coveted all magical things.
“Your Majesty, while in the waters of the Neverfall Empire, I encountered a Sea Serpent, who once lived on land. According to her, the language High Speech of the Neverfall Empire has a grammatical structure similar to Moon Language, much closer to it than Wind Language, Serpent Script, or Moon Language.”
“Even if it’s close, it’s not Moon Language. Only the Fla Kingdom continues the heritage of the Moon Empire and Sun Empire civilizations,” Li Si Te chuckled, “What else did you talk about with that Sea Serpent?”
“I asked her if she would like to co to the Fla Kingdom, and she said she would not.”
Although Sea Serpents were scarce in the great oceans, Acherloides wasn’t the only one; Li Si Te had previously encountered the elderly Sea Serpent Yisi. However, Yisi’s magical prowess was woefully poor, and historical records also have no ntion of Sea Serpents possessing magical talents. From this point of view, Acherloides was truly unique.
However,
Sea Serpents truly were beautiful.
“Did you discuss any matters concerning the Neverfall Empire with the Sea Serpent?”
“Sorry, I’m not interested in the Neverfall Empire, so we didn’t touch upon that topic. Moreover, since our languages are ultimately different, our conversation was halting and not very pleasant. Compared to Lord Acherloides, that Sea Serpent seed too ignorant, too naive.”
…
The return of Eternia was undoubtedly a significant help for our oceanic endeavors, and the number of Yu Chous was increasing, who could no longer be solely managed by the rmaid Bluposi.
Thus, Li Si Te returned to his frenzied training with the Grey Iron Dragon Ornn.
Ti thus galloped ceaselessly towards the future.
anwhile, on Fla Island, the Royal Arcane Academy and various laboratories associated with the academy continually unveiled magic-technological products. Most of them were inventions related to public welfare, and the Arcanist System was steadily moving towards the “scholar” route envisioned by Li Si Te.
Magicians, no longer prioritizing learning powerful magic spells, had renad themselves and were now primarily focused on researching various magic-technological inventions.
Amid this broader backdrop, located in the Whirlpool Estuary Domain – Estuary City, the Royal Shipyard as well as the ship research laboratory jointly financed by the Royal Shipyard and the Royal Arcane Academy announced a pivotal shift. The Chief Arcanist Inuit Truth proclaid that the era of sailing ships was drawing to a close.
The Magic Power Ship was officially unveiled!
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