The Defeated Dragon Chapter 182

Chapter 182 – Maggie Praises Sir Baron

“It seems that the violence of Stupidwoman has been controlled and she can be released to move around. But we should be careful and let she stays in the dog prison until she produces the magical beast pup.”

Liszt stared at the tamed Stupidwoman.

He remembered Blessedcurls and felt regret. Maybe if he was more insistent on taming the falcon, it would've yielded eventually. After all, Stupidwoman and Blessedcurls were both magical beasts.

He seemed to fall into a trance.

In front of his eyes, the faint smoke appeared, and the illusion formed a snake text.

“Mission: When autumn comes, winter won't be far behind. Snow-covered flower town will be trapped. Wheat is an indispensable staple food. Please hoard ten tons of wheat to stabilize the serfs' heart through the winter. Rewards: The serf's goodwill. “

This year, wheat in the village has been assisted by the wheat worms. All in all was a yield of nearly 240 jin per mu, a total of 500 mu of wheat, with a yield of 120,000 jin or 6 tons.

“I only need four more tons and the task will be completed. The Thorn and Flower Caravan are already buying new wheat from all over the country.” Liszt thought over and looked at the task, but he couldn't guess why there was such a reward as “serf goodwill”.

He even dismissed the idea,  “Why would I need the good will of a serf? They just have to work hard to build my land for me so I can enjoy luxury.”

He considered himself a kind lord to the serfs compared to other lords.

Even though other nobles often beat and curse their serfs and even beat them to death, they have never seen the serfs resist, so in Flower Town, he felt that his position as the leader was quite secure. The nobles under the knighthood system do not need any public opinion at all for they only needed to meet everything with strength and they can get away with it.

It was still a reward, even if it doesn't look like it.

Liszt now has to complete the task. And even if the smoke mission did not require him to, he was still planning to hoard for the winter.

Thinking about it, he waved his hand and the smoke mission text disappeared.

His gaze was back on Stupidwoman. With no knight to order around since they all stayed outside the dog prison, he took a meat jerky from the space gem on his chest and fed it to her.

When he saw the meat, Tremblingwoods tried to steal it. It didn't care that it was Stupidwoman's.

“Go away.” Lister blocked Tremblingwoods and watched Stupidwoman swallow the meat.

He was getting used to the moment.

"Dogs are humankind's best companion. I bet it's even better than white wolves, Tremblingwoods and Stupidwoman. It might be perfect to have another dog beast. When I go to war, I'll just let the dog go, and I'll have Tremblingwoods in the lead. He seems to have gotten used to releasing rock thorns violently."

He then walked Tremblingwoods home.

By the time he returned to the castle, the butler, Carter had led the servants, sorted the castle, and the gifts from the guests were collected into the castle's coffers.

Noble gifts were usually either food or iron. Since these two kinds of goods were always in short supply, it is most suitable for gift-giving.

However, the gifts one acquires won't make the receiving nobleman any richer. After all, one will have to spend money having some nobility over, and Liszt was just being returned the favor.

“Sir, do you need to check the accounts?”

“No.”

Liszt was not a financial slave counting how much money he has every day. He just talked to Carter and went back to the upstairs study, quietly preparing for today's potion output.

The Flame Mushroom Magic Potion was opened and it was exhausted.

Suddenly the flame-like magic spread.

Taking advantage of this magical collision, he kept running his qi, letting his body work hard to grow, accommodating the magical power, and then cultivating his own qi.

He described the process like filling a cup with stones.

Ordinary Earth Knights practiced filling the cup with little stones, but no matter how it was filled,there were still unfilled crevices. The Elite Earth Knights relied on constant movement, friction and stone, to make the gaps tighter. The elite earth Knights who use potions, on the other hand, replaced the stone with sand and filled the cup.

He was now repeating that process.

It was not that difficult, but it required a constant supply of patience.

“Once you take the magic potion, don't stop, at least not intermittently. Otherwise, the Magic Potion's qi will shrink, and eventually fall into the standard of the ordinary Knight. But you can't take it too often. You will have to find the right fitness, or else you'll go back and forth.”

He remembered from memory that this was what the count told his sons on how to take magical potions.

The count himself did full ten years of magical potion to break the body's intermediate qi into a high-level qi. This valuable experience will be the most central secret of the Tulips family, which no one can reveal except their immediate bloodline.

One must silently refine the magic of the magic potion to influence the qi.

At the same time, Liszt was comparing his own experience with the secrets taught by the Count. He has to find a degree that suits his body.

The Count once said, “Everyone takes a magic potion differently. He needs to judge according to their own body and master the degree that works for them.”

Exceeding degrees will not only waste the potion, but would also damage the body.

One would waste their time and their body's resistance would increase meaning all of it would just not be worth it.

“Not every wealthy elite earth knight can rely on magic potions to become a Sky Knight… Otherwise the great nobles will never fall… Smart mind, keen touch, and fearless despite difficulties are all the qualities that a Sky Knight needs to possess. “

These words, the predecessor firmly remembered, like a tiger hidden in his heart.

But probably what the predecessor lacked most was a sense of understanding, now everything was very much in Liszt's grasp.

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The days of festivities were over, and life in Flower Town continued.

A carriage carrying wheat, one by one, transported the newly harvested wheat to a granary not far from the castle. In order to accomplish the task of stabilizing the serfs, he asked Karl Hammer to lead his patrols to publicize this year's harvest. He must announce the lord's love for the people by hoarding wheat to make way for a worry-free winter.

The winter of previous years was a dim memory that the residents of Flower Town could not extinguish.

This year was the most comfortable year for Flower Town residents, who had been hopeful about winter, and no serf was afraid of it, let alone Liszt.

“It's going to be a good year, Maggie. Don't worry.” Harriet, a peasant woman from Barley Town, told the frail girl at the table.

The little girl Maggie was a slave from the Eagle Kingdom.

Maggie wasn't proficient in Snake Language yet despite Old Grandet's lessons. She said, "What, Mrs. Harriet?"

“Eat full, stomach.” Harriet was very kind and touched Maggie's little head, pointed to the bread, then pointed to the stomach, smiled and said, “Our Lord is merciful, this winter, we can all eat to a full stomach.  We will have a very happy winter, no hunger, no fear of magical beasts. “

She talked through gestures, which made Maggie understand.

Maggie's little head couldn't help nodding, and responded with the snake text that was not yet familiar to her, “Sir Lord, kindness, greatness, Maggie praises Sir Lord!”

Chapter end