Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Reward: Invasion of a Dragon

The houses in Oysterton hadn’t been built, but the fishermen were doing their job.

The roads in the villages were being built up every day.

The low-yield and low-nutrition grasses in the Cow Farm had all been replaced by clovers. The cows liked the new food, and milk production increased a lot.

In the horsefield outside of the castle, clovers were flourishing, too, but no female horses were pregnant yet.

The peanuts in Peanuton were growing well. By estimation, it wouldn’t be a problem to harvest them twice a year.

The black tulip in the Flower Farm was yielding fruits. Many seeds would be spewed out soon for multiplication. Thanks to the wormgrass of the tulip insect, the black tulip had more than thirty fruits.

The seeds would be enough for several acres. Then, with the big elf of Tulip Castle, the scale would grow even larger within half a year.

If they were sown the regular way, they wouldn’t reach such a scale even after years. That was the power of elves.

However, elves were helpers that ultimately prevented human beings from studying fertilizers.

Liszt was changing the agriculture of Flower Town. Feces, ashes, and sludge were popularized in every village.

Wheat was still grown in Wheaton. Thanks to the help of the wheat insect, the production would be increased by twenty percent. In the meantime, the serfs of Barleyton tended to the corn grasses and collected the seeds.

Barley and rye were mostly grown in Barleyton before. It was seriously short of serfs after the millet land was reclaimed in Barleyton.

Mushroomton and Potaton were the same as before.

The changes in the town proper were greatest. As per Liszt’s order, there were no feces or garbage on the streets anymore. Whoever littered about would be whipped—Liszt kept some of the punishments that nobles invented.

At first, Liszt thought of keeping them in custody, but then he realized that imprisonment without physical punishment was more of a privilege for the serfs.

They did not need to work, and they would still have food.

So, physical punishment was necessary.

“I’ve distributed fifty acres of land for the plantation of millet. It’s the best that the millet insect can influence. Now, the serfs in Barleyton are too few, so we’re only developing ten acres of millet land right now.”

Goltai described the situation to Liszt.

They were here to settle the millet insect today. The millet had sprouted on the land that had been fertilized with manure.

“Ten acres it is, then. After the rye and barley are harvested, we’ll plant millet instead.” Liszt nodded.

Then, he began to settle the wormgrass of the millet insect.

The millet insect was glitteringly gold, almost dazzling.

“Come on, little buddy. Enjoy the fresh air.”

The millet insect was indeed a brave guy. It crawled out of the jade box and spewed the wormgrass at the center of the land. The wormgrass soon grew large.

The new mission had been accomplished.

Five of the six elvish insects had been settled down. The thorn insect was the last one.

In a great mood, Liszt focused his attention on the horse, and the misty words soon appeared before his eyes. Mission accomplished. Reward: Eye of Magic Power.

Then, a new mission was released. Mission: The thorn insect’s partners have been properly settled down, but it does not have a new home yet. As the lord, you cannot waste the productivity of any elvish insect. Please settle down the wormgrass of the thorn insect. Reward: invasion of the invisible dragon.

His good mood fell into pieces after he read the new mission.

He would’ve cursed aloud if he didn’t have squires and servants with him. Are you kidding me? What kind of reward is an invasion of an invisible dragon?

According to the information he got earlier, it was possible that the invisible dragon would leave a priceless space ring behind.

However, he might not be able to live to wear it!

A dragon could destroy a town easily. Liszt did not at all intend to find out if he could satisfy an invisible dragon with two old cows and a bundle of smoking grass. In his opinion, that was a mission for the lord of Coral Island.

Pitifully, he had only a Flower Town.

The town would probably be a goner if the dragon was to tumble on it. His extravagant noble life would be reduced to bankruptcy.

For a moment, he even decided to abandon the thorn insect and leave the mission unfulfilled to not trigger the reward.

However, after he calmed down, he regretted it.

The misty missions seemed to be giving him things that would come to him anyway, but the difficulty of development without such a boost could be unimaginable. Also, he couldn’t give up the rewards of the misty missions.

Hesitating all the way to the castle, he made up his mind.

I’m going to do it. It’s just an invisible dragon!

The smoking grass has been prepared. The cows are here, too. If Flower Town is really destroyed, I’ll ask for something more in Tulip Castle!

The earl can’t watch his son starve, right?

For the space ring and for the misty missions, Liszt decided to take the risk.

After he made up his mind, he needed to make full preparations.

For that, he spent a whole night devising a plan in the study. He did not involve anyone in it, but kept the secret of the invisible dragon to himself, in case somebody leaked the news after he obtained the space ring.

The space ring deserved to be called an artifact.

Devising ways to stay alive in case of failure was Liszt’s principle. He must ensure his own safety whether or not the mission was accomplished.

Observing the map of Flower Farm he’d drawn, he considered for a long time and circled the Cow Farm. This place will be the battlefield for the invisible dragon. I’ll keep the cows here and pile the smoking grass in the Cow Farm to attract the invisible dragon’s attention.

There won’t be a battle. Nobody can defeat a dragon, much less slay it.

It’s said that the special magic that dragons breathe out is highly lethal. Half of dragons’ combat ability is based on their breath. So, I have to dig tunnels first, so that I can escape from the dangerous surface.

The dragons wouldn’t dig holes and capture bug-like humans themselves, right?

On the other hand, neither me nor anybody else in Flower Farm can see the invisible dragon. To find out the real location of the invisible dragon, I should spread flour over the Cow Farm, so that the dragon will leave footprints behind when it walks… The question remains, do dragons still walk when they can fly?

Liszt stroked his hair, considering how to detect an invisible dragon, but he couldn’t come up with anything.

In his agitation, he smacked the desk.

Crack.

The candle fell, and the oil flowed toward a knight novel at the corner of the desk, which was immediately consumed by fire.