Chapter 322: Liszt kills the snake

The task of dealing with the bloodfruit was entrusted to our own merchant fleet, as well as the merchant fleet of Tulip Castle.

Liszt also wrote to Aubrey Hops at Beer Castle, asking him to help find and buy some bloodfruit.

After doing all this, he waited for news about the bloodfruit while also awaiting the results of Parris's investigation, all the while thinking about how to hunt down the Duloomitchita.

"The Duloomitchita is chasing the mermaid, which means Acheronides is the best bait... But I can't let Acheronides get hurt, so it's not advisable to lure the Duloomitchita in the sea."

It has to be done on land, not in the sea.

To accurately lure the Duloomitchita, Acheronides' mermaid identity is indispensable.

To Liszt, Acheronides is invaluable, and her safety is his top priority. "Maybe I can lure the Duloomitchita on the shore, but how do I lure it onto land? Or rather, how does the Duloomitchita track Acheronides? What does it use to follow?"

He walked into the insect room.

He asked Acheronides.

Acheronides tilted her head and thought for a moment.

She replied, "Brother, Acheronides isn't really sure either. I can never escape the Duloomitchita in the sea. Maybe it's because of my scent in the seawater. Just like dogs can track prey by scent, maybe the Duloomitchita can track me through the water."

It can be basically determined that this is the method the Duloomitchita uses to track.

"Acheronides, I plan to hunt down the Duloomitchita," said Liszt, "I’ll need your help to lure the Duloomitchita out of the sea."

"Can brother defeat the Duloomitchita?"

Even though Acheronides didn't mean to belittle him, the question still hurt Liszt's pride, and he couldn't help but raise his voice, "With proper preparation, hunting a mid-level sea monster like the Duloomitchita will be manageable!"

"Ah, brother is amazing." Acheronides clapped her hands, "Brother, what should Acheronides do? Should I just go into the sea to lure it?"

"Going into the sea is too dangerous. Although I need to use you to lure the Duloomitchita, your safety is the most important." Liszt rubbed Acheronides' sapphire-blue hair, "I plan to widen a river channel near the coast of Flower Town, and you will wait upstream of the river channel to lure the Duloomitchita into the river channel!"

The sea is the sea monster's domain.

Liszt cannot defeat a mid-level sea monster in the sea. Even an immature mid-level sea monster, so luring the Duloomitchita onto the shore is the most important part.

However.

He suddenly remembered that he had seen in *Man and Nature* that sea snakes can come ashore, with documentaries explaining that sea snakes lay eggs on the beach.

That means the Duloomitchita might be able to move freely on land as well.

After all, sea snakes are still snakes, and snakes can crawl.

But on second thought.

Sea monsters live in the deep sea, and they have adapted to deep-sea life, so their movement would definitely be greatly restricted on land. So no matter what, he still needs to lure the Duloomitchita onto the shore.

He took out paper and pen and drew a sketch on the table.

A rough sketch of the coastline and the river channel.

He circled an area upstream of the river channel: "Acheronides, this is your position. When the Duloomitchita swims up the river channel, I will cut off its retreat. Along the riverbank, I’ll have Hiddleston set up rock spikes, filling the area with dense, solid rock spikes to restrict the Duloomitchita's movement."

He explained to Acheronides.

As he made adjustments, he refined the hunting plan: "The Duloomitchita is about eight meters long, with a thick body. Its body is thick, with a diameter of over forty centimeters, so the spacing of the rock spikes needs to be less than forty centimeters... The rock spikes will act as barriers for the sea monster." He continued, "The rock spikes are just obstacles, so we'll need more restraints. We can use a fishing net."

The detailed drawings and words.

The plan seemed well thought out.

However, neither rock spikes, fishing nets, nor blocking the waterways were anything more than ordinary obstacles. They could restrict Dulomi's movement, but could not severely injure it.

Liszt didn’t think that with Dulomi possessing four water-based magics, he, Marcus, Griffin, Lassie, Rondo, Rick, and Parris—the seven Earth Knights—could easily kill a mid-level sea monster.

If Parris transformed into a Black Dragon Revenant, she probably could.

But once she transformed and fought, she would likely face death; trading her life for Dulomi’s, and Liszt was unwilling to do that.

Not to mention, Parris was an important personal safeguard for him on the battlefield, and after so many days together, he couldn’t bear to sacrifice her coldly.

Perhaps noticing Liszt’s furrowed brow, Acheronides suddenly said, “Brother, I am a magician, I can join the battle too.”

“You don’t need to fight. I would only let you fight when you become a grand magician, but for now, focus on learning magic,” Liszt said with a smile, rejecting her offer.

While Parris certainly couldn’t risk her life, she could serve as a safety lock in the hunt for Dulomi.

In case the hunt failed, at a critical moment, Parris could save both him and Acheronides, who would serve as the bait. A short transformation wouldn’t cost her much of her lifespan. In other words, hunting Dulomi posed some risk for Liszt, but no threat to his life.

He needed to focus on how to severely injure Dulomi.

“Wah!”

“Wah!”

Jie La, waking up from sleep, ran over and climbed onto Liszt’s hair, disrupting his train of thought but also bringing him new inspiration—he could let Jie La plant some thorns on Dulomi—but then he thought better of it, afraid that the sea monster’s magic would scare her into kneeling.

Back then, Hiddleston’s rock grenades had frightened Jie La quite a bit.

“By the way, the sprite might be useless, but I have a dragon!”

His eyes lit up, “I almost forgot about my Fire Dragon magic. Concentrating all the Fire Dragon magic should be able to form a giant Fire Dragon covering an area of tens of meters. With the power of the giant Fire Dragon, burning from the inside out, it can completely incinerate Dulomi.”

The magical Fire Dragon’s movement speed wasn’t fast.

First, they needed to restrict Dulomi’s movement.

As for how, there were already methods like rock spikes, fishing nets, and blocking the waterways.

He quickly added another idea: “We can use rubber water. Pouring large amounts of rubber into the river, turning the water into rubber water. Along with rock spikes, fishing nets, and mud, we should be able to immobilize Dulomi within minutes, leaving it to the giant Fire Dragon to burn it.”

Its actions needed to be restricted, and next, they needed to limit Dulomi’s magic.

This would probably rely on the allure of the bloodfruit to disrupt the thought processes of its four heads, throwing them into confusion.

“By the way, Parris' current smoke mission rewards a research notebook. I wonder if it contains a method to counter Dulomi?”

For a full two hours, he spent time in the insect room, refining the plan for hunting Dulomi, basically outlining the entire process and confidently giving it a code name—Operation Snake Slaying.

In ancient times, Liu Bang rose in rebellion by slaying a serpent.

Today, Liszt would slay a serpent.

Seeing Liszt’s furrowed brow relax, Acheronides asked curiously, “Brother, did you think of a way? Can we kill Dulomi?”

“It's only a mid-level sea monster,” Liszt said, putting away the Operation Snake Slaying plan, a faint smile on his face, “Don’t worry. Focus on your magic studies. When I’m ready, that sea monster will become roasted snake meat.”