Chapter 585: The Thorn Castle Breaks Ground

This chapter is an additional update sponsored by the alliance leader "Wind Angju". For now, there is one update, and the remaining nine will be supplemented later.

To understand the dragon's intent requires more time for exploration.

Now, Liszt aims to develop new cultivation methods beyond dragon magic refining and dragon breath tempering to rapidly boost his strength.

The exhilarating sensation of growing stronger can be addictive.

Every time he finishes training with the Fire Drake Leo, he feels a dual comfort in his soul and body, feeling a marked improvement compared to before his training. Unfortunately, there is no one to test his strength, making him somewhat unclear about the level of his current strength enhancement.

Compared to the former Lich Marquis Bull, whether he is stronger or weaker, there is no conclusion.

"This pioneering mission is my opportunity to test myself. As long as the Kingdom of the Eagle does not dispatch dragon knights, I have nothing to fear!"

Leo burst out of his body, transforming into a ball of flame before reforming into his physical shape.

Slowly landing beside Liszt.

Letting out an increasingly majestic roar: "Oh roar!"

"Stop roaring, here's your beef." Liszt took out the prepared secret recipe steak, letting Leo feast, along with a lot of monster meat to supplement his nutrition.

Then he began to pet it all over while muttering brainwashing phrases.

He doesn't know how other dragon knights form partnerships with dragons to ride them. He can only rely on his own methods, using long-term brainwashing, to fully subdue Leo—now that Leo is still young, it's the perfect time to instill the correct worldview in a dragon. When it grows up, these concepts will be unbreakable.

In the past few training sessions.

Leo was initially impatient with his muttering, but now he's grown accustomed to it, occasionally raising his head to respond with an "oh roar." When it stops resisting, that's when its mind is 'twisted.' Its heart and mind will gradually be filled with Liszt's influence.

"Oh roar!"

It devoured a large steak, gulped down a can of Banpo milk, and affectionately nuzzled Liszt's hand.

Unaware that Liszt, while muttering, was pondering something else: "Leo can indeed help me cultivate Dragon Aura, with strength far exceeding that of a sky knight. But after all, it's not a true dragon knight, and it's still very young, with a century-long childhood."

I can't wait for Leo to grow up slowly; by then, I'd be old and gray, probably too old to even fart, let alone merge with the dragon to release mana.

So the plan to become the Lord of Dragon Domain is essential.

"Should I share my lifespan with Leo, becoming the Lord of Dragon Domain of the Fire Dragon, or should I seek another dragon? Besides Leo, there might be some leads on the invisible dragon... The invisible dragon is probably also a young dragon with a long lifespan." Compared to the Fire Dragon's combat prowess, he prefers to form a contract with a production-type dragon as the Lord of Dragon Domain.

Using Leo for riding and combat is the optimal choice.

Soon he shook his head again: "Am I worrying too early? I don't even have the technology of the Lord of Dragon Domain now, how can I contract? I really regret killing Curtis Truth, she had the technology of the Lord of Dragon Domain, and probably also provided the lich technology."

This genius of the magic goat family, who was crazy for love, a great magician at a young age, was indeed very powerful—the Lord of Dragon Domain contract, lich transformation technology, were all in her hands.

Unfortunately, to eliminate future troubles, Liszt directly killed her in her lich state.

The ghost ship collapsed, and even the remaining soul wood, goat head flag, and figurehead were used as firewood to revive the Fire Drake Leo.

Basically achieving the destruction of the corpse.

"But it's okay, the Grand Duke must have the contract method of the Lord of Dragon Domain. When the magic goat family was destroyed by the Blue Gem family, all the technology was taken by the Blue Gem family... When I establish my country, I can exchange it from him, or even directly overthrow the Blue Gem family?"

If the Blue Gem family does not come to seize Liszt's dragon, Liszt plans to find another region to establish his country; if the Blue Gem family covets his dragon, then there will definitely be a fight, and he might as well overthrow the Blue Gem family.

...

The future is still a distant prospect.

The training session ended, and so did the brainwashing.

Liszt returned to the wooden house at the foot of the mountain and rested for the night. Early the next morning, he picked many skullfruit seeds and Hemp Rope Vine seeds. Then, he rode Rainbow Whale Rosi back to Black Horse Island.

Just then.

The smoke mission had been completed.

"Mission complete. Reward: two Tulip spirit bugs."

"Mission: The final blueprint of Thorn Castle has been completed, and groundbreaking is about to begin. Before starting on the castle's main structure, why not tackle the auxiliary facilities first? Please excavate the castle's sea canal. Reward: a perpetually flowing Fish Fountain."

With the mission completed, the withered Tulips returned to normal, and the two spirit bugs thrived.

A new mission followed, requiring Liszt to start building the castle: "The territory desperately needs more serfs. I hadn't planned to build the castle so early, but it seems to come from my subconscious... The smoke mission reflects the combined influence of fate and my subconscious, showing that I truly want to build a castle."

Black Horse Island is located far from the mainland.

Aside from pirates, there's no real threat of invasion.

With Coral Island as a stronghold, it generally wouldn't face pirate attacks—pirates are backed by domestic nobles, and if their identities were exposed, it would mean a direct confrontation with Lee William. No noble would be foolish enough to challenge the formidable father-son duo of Lee William and Liszt.

So delaying the castle construction is not a problem.

Even so, Liszt is already eager to build the castle—for him, enjoyment outweighs development.

"Since the smoke mission has been issued, let's build it!"

He immediately called together Jo Maya Hammer and other architects, along with Gort and other officials, to discuss the construction of the castle.

In the meeting room of Port Town.

Jo Maya stood before a wall, sketching the castle's structural diagram and explaining in detail: "Thorn Castle's core structure is a five-story building, divided into the main building, the left wing, and the right wing. The main building has a floor height of six meters, totaling thirty meters, plus a ten-meter watchtower, making it forty meters high."

Thorn Castle's design echoes the neoclassical style of the American White House.

But the actual design resembles the Capitol Hill building.

In addition to the main building, left wing, and right wing, there will be a large sea canal at the castle's main entrance, connected to the sea, allowing his sea spirits and Acheronides to come and go freely. Even single-masted sailboats can directly transport goods to Thorn Castle through this canal.

At the end of the canal, a massive archway will be built to guard the sea canal's safety. A new lighthouse, towering over the one at Black Horse Port, will also be built nearby to guide surrounding ships.

On top of that, there will be auxiliary buildings such as stables, pastures, carriage houses, wells, hedge gardens, and greenhouses.

Of course, Thorn Castle will also be surrounded by a moat and walls—not to fend off enemies, but to keep islanders from sneaking into the castle.

Thus.

Thorn Castle's construction is so massive that it could easily take over a year or two to finish, even with the exceptional efficiency of rubber water and brick construction.

"Jo Maya, postpone the construction of Thorn Castle's core structure and start excavating the sea canal first," he finally decided.

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