Chapter 466: Corn Elf

On the grassland, if an antelope is hunted.

Then the lion that killed it will enjoy the delicious parts first, followed by hyenas waiting to enjoy the leftovers, then vultures hovering around to pick some scraps from the bones, and finally flies buzzing around the bones and remaining rotten meat, leaving maggots for the final feast.

Without a doubt.

With the capture of Xiangcheye Castle and the plunder of Sunjian City, the Coral Island Knights are the predators, enjoying the most delicious parts. Then mercenary groups and second-hand dealers rush in to share the remaining supplies, and rats, thieves, etc., will come to divide the leaked materials.

Even Liszt saw such a scene and felt that the fruits they fought so hard to obtain were actually less than a third of what they could eat.

The rest were snatched away by mercenaries, dealers, rats, etc.

This is the ecological environment of the hinterland of the Kingdom of the Eagle's coastline. It's hard to say how many of these mercenary groups are raised by local lords in the Sardine Bay. It can be said that these lords themselves are also gnawing at each other's corpses, becoming an important part of the entire ecological chain.

Without them providing channels, supplies would be difficult to digest quickly.

Only by satisfying the demands of most "creatures" on the ecological chain can this biological chain continue to be maintained without easily collapsing. Without mercenary groups to transfer losses, the annual expedition orders would likely face the desperate resistance of knight orders.

Although most of the supplies were shared away.

Liszt is still satisfied with this expedition order. He came for the serfs, and now thirty merchant ships are carrying nearly 8,500 serfs and more than 500 knights' relatives back to Black Horse Island. This trip alone has met his pre-war expectations, and the rest is a big profit.

At the same time.

He received a verbal message.

It was brought by a knight from the Golden Wheat family who participated in the expedition order: "Viscount Liszt, I bring a message from Roger Golden Wheat. Hearing that you are renting idle merchant ships at a high price to transport grain, Roger Golden Wheat is prepared to provide you with thirty idle merchant ships, and you can delay the payment of the rent."

Just when you need a pillow, someone sends it.

Although Liszt knows that the two families are already married, benefits still need to be clarified in advance: "Roger Golden Wheat is providing such a big benefit, what does he need me to do?"

"Roger Golden Wheat hopes that you can bring your intermediate magical beast Hiddleston to help him capture the castle of Count Feirang Lassie Five-Finger Tangerine—the Castle of Many Hands. He will calculate your participation in the battle according to normal military merits and protect the safety of you and Hiddleston."

"Wait a moment, I need to ask for instructions from the Marquis."

Liszt quickly relayed the message to his father.

Roger Golden Wheat came to ask for help, just to use Hiddleston's siege ability, and provide protection, which seems like a free military merit.

After hearing this, Lee William said: "Just right, I don't plan to continue plundering. The capture of Xiangcheye Castle has shown enough prominence for our Coral Island Knights. If there are more big moves, it will attract the attention of the Marquis of Snake Tooth. According to the information exchanged, Marquis Roderick is confronting the Marquis of Snake Tooth, the lord of the Peregrine Count. It's better to let Roger Golden Wheat divert attention."

Count Feirang Lassie Five-Finger Tangerine is also one of the followers of the Marquis of Snake Tooth.

The Marquis of Snake Tooth is one of the major lords in the Sardine Bay area. His territory is the main direction of attack for the Sapphire Duchy. The original battle plan was for the Coral Island to contain the Peregrine Count and cut off one of the Marquis of Snake Tooth's arms. But now it's a bit too much, as Xiangcheye Castle has directly fallen.

"Then I will go to support Roger Golden Wheat."

"Be careful, Lassie Five-Finger Tangerine is known as the Swift Flying Sword Saint. He is a wind attribute mana user, as fast as lightning." Lee William reminded.

However, he didn't remind him well, as soon as he reminded, Liszt's eyes lit up: "A wind attribute Sword Saint?"

To increase maritime safety, he brought a Wind Calming Divine Pearl this time. Think about it, after taking out the Wind Calming Divine Pearl, the wind attribute magic power within a few hundred meters is all dispersed. Even if the Sword Saint's mana comes from himself and cannot be dispersed, his released mana moves will definitely be greatly reduced.

In this way.

Doesn't it mean that he can even unexpectedly cooperate with others to keep the Swift Flying Sword Saint?

Seemingly guessing Liszt's thoughts, Lee William couldn't help but warn: "I know you have the Black Pearl, which can disperse wind attribute magic power, but I have tested it, its reduction of the mana burst from knights is limited. The advanced mana of the Sky Knight is special, and the reduction is definitely less than you imagine."

"I will be careful. If things don’t look good, I won’t act rashly."

"That’s good... Once the battlefield at Xiangcheye Castle is cleaned up, I’ll lead the Coral Island Knights to meet up with Marquis Roderick. We’ll see each other there."

"Yes, father."

Once everything was settled, Liszt rode Loki, his land bird, accompanied by Hiddleston and nine other storm beasts. He led his larger knight squad of over fifty members and a full-strength knight regiment, following the knight from the Golden Wheat family, heading toward Qunshou Castle.

During the ride, he occasionally pulled out his telescope to observe the surroundings along the road.

To ensure he wouldn’t get ambushed, and with the Magic Eye’s sensitivity to magic, it would be difficult for the enemy to ambush him.

On the journey, he still checked the smoke task from time to time to monitor its progress.

At that moment, he noticed the smoke task suddenly changed: "Task complete: reward is a corn spirit bug."

"Hmm!"

He was instantly thrilled: "Got the spirit bug, and it’s the corn spirit bug as I guessed. Such a spirit bug is incredibly valuable, representing a bountiful grain harvest! The territory’s food shortage can finally ease, and corn can feed more serfs!"

One could imagine that at this moment, the corn grass insects, far away thousands of miles, were probably entering the pupation stage.

Not being by their side, unable to care for them, even the contract’s mental link was blurred and invisible due to the distance. He could only hope that under the threads of fate from the smoke task, the corn grass insects would successfully evolve into corn spirit bugs.

Worrying was useless.

He wisely chose not to dwell on it and began to check the new task.

"Task: The Earl of Feirang is hiding in Qunshou Castle, always threatening the flank of the Golden Island Knights, preventing Marquis Roderick from fully attacking the territory of the Marquis of Snake Tooth. His son Roger has requested your assistance. Please cooperate to capture Qunshou Castle. Reward: the sprouting of the magic fire seed."

"Hmm?"

Liszt’s eyes sharpened. The task itself wasn’t surprising, but the reward made him ponder deeply.

The magic fire seed had been residing in his heart for a long time, always competing with him for nutrients, yet never giving him the chance to control it. It was like having a tumor, leaving him with both anticipation and a mental block. He always felt there was something uncontrollable inside his body, which was deeply unsettling.

"Is the magic fire seed about to sprout? Is it really going to grow into a tree, or will it drain me?" After much thought, he secretly shook his head, deciding not to dwell on the issue.

He trusted that the smoke task wouldn’t harm him.

Perhaps the sprouted magic fire seed would bring new discoveries.