Chapter 214: The Cool and Awesome Charmander

The next morning.

After completing his martial arts cultivation class, Liszt continued to devote himself to the study of volcanic glass.

First, he carried a piece of volcanic glass to a wasteland near the castle and smashed it. The bubbles shattered along with the volcanic glass. Under the observation of the Magic Eye, the dragon's fire magic power directly dissipated.

In the next moment, Liszt was startled.

The dispersed fire dragon magic power actually entangled together, forming a tiny dragon shape right before his eyes! Its wings spread out, flapping up and down, its form ethereal as if it could be blown away by the wind at any moment, flying back and forth in the air, truly resembling a small red dragon in flight.

"This..."

Liszt had never imagined that a dragon's magic power could undergo such mysterious transformations.

He quickly recalled how Granny Truth explained the triangular theory, stating that he believed dragons and elves originated from the combination of magic and matter.

Now, thinking about it, there really was a possibility, and perhaps dragons were simply the essence born from the fire attribute of magic, which then condensed into fire dragons. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the magic power of fire dragons, after so many years of evolution, could still form a small magical fire dragon.

After some thought,

Liszt watched as the small magical fire dragon continued to float in the air, its glow unextinguished even by snowflakes. He reached out with his hand, wearing a glove made of beast skin, to grab the small magical fire dragon.

Just as he touched it,

Boom!

A loud explosion occurred, and the small fire dragon exploded on the spot, turning into a ball of flames that immediately burned through his glove. His palm stung as the splashing flames scorched his skin, almost charring the surface. Even without being charred, two blisters formed on his palm, burning painfully.

"Ouch, quite powerful," Liszt squeezed the blisters, gritting his teeth, and circulated his martial arts energy to soothe the pain in his wound. A knight's martial arts energy has the effect of nurturing the body and healing injuries.

The Magic Eye was not canceled.

He continued to observe.

The dispersed fire dragon magic power soon coalesced again, forming a new small magical fire dragon. In size, it was almost unchanged from the previous one.

This unscientific phenomenon left Liszt somewhat at a loss.

He felt that this small magical fire dragon, like the strong winds in the Wind Roaring Valley, would linger for a long time, always hovering around this wasteland near the castle.

If a serf happened to pass by and accidentally touched the small fire dragon, it might immediately cause an explosion. Although the danger was not great, it could still burn the skin or cause blisters.

"I need to find something to absorb the fire dragon's magic power." He glanced at the shattered volcanic glass on the ground; this material must have been liquefied rock during a volcanic eruption, capable of encapsulating the fire dragon's magic power. Now, having cooled into solid glass, it could no longer encapsulate anything.

Suddenly,

An idea struck him: "Why don't I ask a crystal craftsman to carve the volcanic glass into bottles or jars? Then use them to capture and store the fire dragon's magic power? This volcanic glass clearly has the effect of blocking the fire dragon's magic power, making it a natural storage container."

With this thought, his worries were alleviated.

He continued his research on the flying small magical fire dragon.

The flight path of the small fire dragon was not fixed, but it seemed to be constrained by some unseen force, confining it within a certain range. This range was where the first small fire dragon was shattered by Liszt, and the fire dragon's magic power exploded and dispersed.

When he dismissed the Magic Eye,

The small fire dragon immediately disappeared from view.

Activating the Magic Eye again, the small fire dragon naturally reappeared, slowly flapping its wings and flying within the fixed range, turning and returning with a leisurely demeanor.

Liszt touched it with his fine steel longsword, which passed right through the small fire dragon, or rather, the small fire dragon passed right through the sword, with no collision or reaction occurring.

"Why no reaction?"

After a moment's thought, he came up with a possibility. He immediately circulated his martial arts energy, attaching it to the fine steel longsword, and touched the small fire dragon again.

Boom!

It instantly exploded.

Sparks flew, visible even without the Magic Eye.

After a moment, everything calmed down, and in the field of vision of the Magic Eye, another small fire dragon appeared. This time, the movement range of the small fire dragon was indeed limited to a circular space fifty centimeters in diameter, centered on the new explosion point. Its size and total magic power remained the same.

No loss was apparent.

"Truly unscientific. Why does it seem to do work without any energy loss, and the magic power remains the same? This is similar to the nature of dragon gems." Dragon-produced gems also have almost infinite magic power, but even with infinite power, they will eventually run out.

This small fire dragon might need to explode hundreds or thousands of times before it would completely dissipate.

"Right, can it fly underground?" Having the thought, he acted immediately. Liszt waited until the small fire dragon was closest to the ground and extended his fine steel longsword to touch it.

Boom!

It exploded.

This time, the explosion center was only ten centimeters above the ground. When the new small fire dragon reformed, it indeed flew toward the ground, melting the remaining snow upon contact, and the damp ground visibly dried up.

Soon, the small fire dragon flew out of the ground, hovered for a moment, and then dove underground again.

Since it was only palm-sized, each time it could only dry a small area, but over multiple instances, the dried areas began to show new changes.

The parched soil gradually turned black, actually burning.

He detonated the small fire dragon to divert it, dug up the scorched earth, and tapped it, finding it as hard as brick.

"Brick?" At that moment, a flash of inspiration descended upon him, landing in his mind, "The small magical fire dragon is essentially burning bricks. I can use it to bake bricks, pottery, and ceramics! Once there is more fire dragon magic power, this will be far superior to high-temperature furnaces!"

And there would be no smoke pollution, nor the need for physical fuel.

A fleeting thought filled him with great joy; there must be plenty of volcanic glass distributed across Black Horse Island. By gathering the magic of fire dragons and using the volcanic glass to build a kiln, he could continuously produce bricks. Pottery and porcelain could also be fired.

"It is said that firing bricks and ceramics requires different temperatures, which can be controlled by separating the magic of fire dragons."

"The magic of an entire fire dragon can ignite a volcano, while a portion of it can be used to fire bricks!"

His thoughts expanded, and more ideas sprang forth: "Not only can I fire bricks, but I can also use young fire dragons to create a steam boiler and invent a steam engine... although a steam engine might be a bit challenging, boiling water or heating a bed should be a breeze."

"This isn't just rewarding me with a vein of ore; it's giving me a pile of energy!"

Among the nearly forty smoke missions that had appeared, the value of volcanic glass was second only to spatial gems. If properly utilized and developed, it could even surpass spatial gems.

He forcibly suppressed his excitement, gazed at the flying young fire dragon, and clenched his fists tightly.

Another possibility then occurred to him: "The magic of fire dragons might... infect other creatures, creating new dragon-like beasts?"