Chapter 535: Huge as a Wall

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The preparation of the Magic Academy was directly handed over to Cris and Gort by Liszt, and he didn’t bother with it further. Returning to his temporary residence in the port town, he immediately took out the dozen or so Giant Kelp Magic Potions that Cris had temporarily completed, popping them one by one, and took out thick paper to record.

He needed to analyze the Giant Kelp Magic Potion’s properties to figure out how to use it best.

"Rawr!"

"Rawr!"

"Rawr!"

The Fire Drake, Leo, was squirming on his chest, demanding to eat the potion.

Liszt tried to calm it down: "Calm down, let me first analyze the properties of the Giant Kelp Magic Potion. Once I’m done analyzing, you’ll get your share!"

"Rawr!"

"Rawr!"

Leo kept growling for the potion, ignoring Liszt's explanation, until Liszt took out a few more Giant Kelp Magic Potions for it to eat, finally managing to calm it down. Only then did he have the opportunity to properly study the properties of the potion through the remaining three Giant Kelp Magic Potions.

After writing a whole sheet of thick paper, he had a good grasp of its properties.

In terms of efficacy, it had chaotic properties, similar to the Black Potion but inferior to the Thorn Potion. However, it wasn’t as beneficial to Liszt and Leo, as these two potions were perfectly suited for both man and dragon.

"Too bad there’s no black nightshade to use as a supplement." After consuming the potion and channeling his Dragon Aura for a bit, Liszt had nothing else to do.

He didn’t go to sleep immediately but continued to write and draw on the thick paper, thinking about the Giant Kelp Forest, figuring out how to arrange the insect grass for maximum gain, and considering the possible existence of Giant Kelp spirits.

However, farming in the deep sea is obviously a tough challenge.

"It would be best if Acheronides could explore the underwater terrain of this area, then improve the location of the Giant Kelp Forest, encouraging the Giant Kelp to grow closer to the shore, facilitating management and harvesting... but now we haven’t even fully explored the Giant Kelp Forest, so transforming it is still a long way off."

Putting away the paper and pen.

He suddenly thought: "Writing on thick paper with quills is a hassle. Now that I have self-protection ability, it’s time to come up with paper. If possible, explore how to make pencils and fountain pens. Ballpoints and gel pens are probably out of reach."

Fountain pens are slightly simpler, but the technology isn’t trivial. The easiest to invent should be pencils. However, pencil leads are made of graphite, and Liszt doesn’t know where the graphite mines are... he’ll probably have to stick with quills for now.

Or invent the brush, which is easier to make and the materials are convenient.

But while brushes write Chinese characters beautifully, they may not be more convenient than quill pens, especially since serpent tongue and wind language are both composed of twisted lines, and the fonts written with quill pens might be more comfortable.

"Regardless, if we can find graphite, quickly invent the pencil. For now, have someone test out making brushes and see whether brushes or quill pens are more convenient."

Thus.

A good night's sleep.

...

The next day.

After communicating with Acheronides, Liszt stopped harvesting the Magic Giant Kelp and continued to search for the remaining Giant Kelp Forest. He also arranged for fishermen to dive in the near-shore areas to clear space to plant Magic Giant Kelp.

Searching for insect grass in the deep water areas.

The challenge grew, especially with the immense water pressure in the deep sea, making it hard for Liszt to hold his breath. Unfortunately, he couldn't teach the Magic Eye to Acheronides, so he kept diving and resurfacing, using the Magic Eye to scan every area of the Giant Kelp forest.

By morning, he had searched thousands of acres but hadn't found a single spirit bug.

Disappointed, he rowed back.

As soon as he landed, news caught his attention.

His footman, Thomas, described vividly: "Master, many new fishermen haven't learned to swim yet. They saw Crippled Billy fall into the sea, and just as he was about to drown, a massive, rainbow-colored sea creature suddenly emerged, lifted Billy, and carried him all the way to the shore. I was standing right there on the shore, and I saw it clearly—it was truly a massive rainbow sea creature!"

"A massive rainbow sea creature? Saving someone and bringing them to shore? Can't Billy swim?"

"Master, many new fishermen haven't learned to swim yet."

"Is that so..."

Liszt instantly remembered the rainbow dolphin Acheronides mentioned, which he believed was the low-level dragon beast rewarded by the smoke mission.

"The Rainbow Dolphin actually rescues people? This seems to match the stories I've heard about dolphins rescuing drowning people on Earth?"

Liszt had watched documentaries stating that dolphins are highly interested in rescuing objects that are not actively moving in the water. Many people have claimed to have been rescued by dolphins when drowning, being pushed up to the surface. Some have even run experiments, finding that dolphins would do the same whether it was a dead sea turtle, an old air mattress, a lifebuoy, or a thick wooden board.

Marine mammal experts believe this behavior comes from dolphins' instinct to care for their young. As mammals, they don't have gills and need to surface to breathe. However, young dolphins often can't return to the surface in time, so the mother dolphin helps lift them to the surface.

Now.

This Rainbow Dolphin did the same thing, saving a drowning serf.

This made Liszt fond of the dolphin and quickly led him to devise a plan by having someone fake drowning, lure it in, and then net it.

"However, capturing it now would mean altering the mission, wouldn't it?" He called up the smoke mission, and its content remained the same, indicating that more secrets of the Giant Kelp forest were yet to be discovered. "The secrets of the Giant Kelp forest are still unknown. If I mess with the mission and miss the real secret, wouldn't that be a mistake?"

The Giant Kelp series of missions.

It likely involves the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite, and Liszt couldn't afford to be careless.

The Giant Kelp Grand Sprite was so valuable that Liszt wouldn't trade it for a hundred low-level dragon beasts.

After all, dragon beasts are only slightly more advanced than magical beasts, but the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite could cultivate at least 6,000 acres of Magic Giant Kelp, making its value immeasurable.

The Tulip family's strength comes from the continuous cultivation of magic herbs by the Tulip Grand Sprite. Without a Grand Sprite, it would be difficult to even support a single sky knight, let alone maintain a large-scale knight order and castle expenses.

"Let it stay free for a few days. Once I find the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite, I'll come back to tame this Rainbow Dolphin... Riding a dragon-type sea monster would be pretty cool."

Thus.

The day flew by.

At dusk, Liszt had already left, but Acheronides, as usual, stayed a bit longer, preparing to return to Red Tree Island only after it was completely dark.

Moving through the thickening Giant Kelp, she continued to explore new areas.

There were fierce sharks that even dared to attack her, but with a slight control of the water flow to slap them, the sharks would hurriedly flee. As for killing them, it was even simpler. Liszt had told her a method: just flip the shark belly up, and it would quickly faint.

Acheronides had tried it, and it indeed worked.

Once the shark was belly up, it would faint immediately, leaving its fate in her hands.

After scaring away the sharks, she spotted a huge starfish, wondering if it was a sea monster. However, upon closer inspection, she didn't sense any magic power, confirming it was just an ordinary starfish.

As she continued her search,

suddenly, a giant kelp ahead caught her attention.

She couldn't help but open her mouth in astonishment, nearly shouting—it was no longer just a giant kelp, but a colossal underwater pillar!

The thick roots of the kelp clung to the rocks on the hundred-meter-deep seabed, almost merging with the rock like a wall, with a diameter of at least two to three meters.

The leaves above were also enormous, twisting and spiraling through the water, looking like a gigantic sea serpent.

"Cordyceps!"

Acheronides instantly realized, "This is the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite my brother has been desperate to find! Only a Grand Sprite's Cordyceps could grow this enormous!"