Chapter 331 The Special Abilities of the Triplets

This chapter is an additional update as a reward for Adolph0812.

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The dissected materials were gradually sent to the warehouse and then moved into the gem space by Liszt bit by bit.

Soon, the gem space was filled again, but there was still a lot of snake meat that couldn’t be stored. The large sea snake, eight meters long and weighing nearly two tons, was too bulky.

For the meat that couldn’t be stored, Liszt ordered Mrs. Abi to have it salted—this would result in some loss of magic power, but at least it wouldn’t rot.

The snake skin had quite a bit of damage.

Due to the massive size of the six-headed king sea snake, it was still possible to make a complete set of leather armor, which was excellent defensive material. This single snake skin alone could fetch at least a thousand gold coins, but Liszt decided to keep it to craft his own leather armor, as he didn’t need the money.

In addition to the snake blood, skin, and meat, there were also the snake gall, snake oil, snake internal organs, snake tongue, snake bones, snake fangs, and snake venom.

Every part of the snake had its use.

“I’ve decided to keep this six-headed king sea snake as my personal trophy and not sell it.” He made his final decision to advisor Gort, knight instructor Marcus, and housekeeper Carter, “Gort, Marcus, figure out how much gold to reward the knights who fought in the battle.”

“Yes, my lord!”

No one refused the reward; after all, followers joined their lord in battle to earn rewards.

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There was still time before the evening banquet.

The commoners gathered in front of the castle had been driven away, but the tale of the lord slaying the intermediate sea monster would probably continue to circulate in the town for half a month.

When the *Flowers* returned to Black Horse Island, the commoners there would continue to discuss it.

And when the merchant caravans came again, this story would spread widely across Coral Island—Liszt slaying the snake! Ignoring that the six-headed king sea snake was not yet fully grown and had come ashore, ignoring Hiddleston’s significant involvement, ignoring the knights’ frenzied assistance, ignoring the massive initial investment.

The protagonist of the story would always be just one person—the Baron of Flower Town, who cut down the intermediate sea monster with a single sword!

At the same time, all nobles would realize that Liszt’s rise to power was imminent, perhaps after the release of this year’s expansion decree!

Having the ability to kill an intermediate sea monster was enough to go to the battlefield to fight for glory.

However, for now.

Liszt’s fame for slaying the sea snake was still limited to Flower Town.

The six-headed king sea snake was quickly dissected, and a large amount of material was stored in Liszt’s space gem.

He kept a complete snake head to make into a snake head trophy after tanning, planning to hang it on his chair to show the authority of the lord.

Just like a count had a chair covered with the skin of a mid-tier magic beast, the giant savage bear.

Hunting a mid-tier magic beast or intermediate sea monster was a feat worth boasting about for a lifetime.

In addition, he set aside some snake meat that had been roasted by the powerful fire dragon for tonight’s snake meat banquet—although he had decided to keep the trophy for himself, he could still be generous and let his subordinates taste the meat of the intermediate sea monster. The injection of wasp venom into the snake meat wasn’t a problem, as the chefs were very proficient in removing the toxins, since many magic beast meats were poisonous.

The potted bloodfruit being watered with snake blood had been moved to the castle’s flower garden.

Waiting to nurture the spirit bug.

“Lord Baron, I’m going back.” Parris stretched, her beautiful figure very pleasing to the eye, “I’ve been slacking all day. I didn’t expect hunting an intermediate sea monster would be so simple... Those rare bottles and jars of yours are incredibly powerful; the six-headed king sea snake couldn’t resist at all.”

That is the magic power of a dragon, so of course the intermediate sea monster couldn't resist.

Liszt smiled slightly, "Don't forget to come to the banquet to eat the snake meat."

"I wouldn't miss such a good opportunity," Parris nodded, then turned to leave.

Retracting his gaze from her departing figure, Liszt returned to the second floor of the castle, took a shower to wash off the sweat and blood, and checked the reward for the smoke mission.

"Mission completed, reward: an unknown number of snake blood fruit spirit bugs."

"Huh?"

Liszt was surprised, "An unknown number of spirit bugs, though it's confirmed to be snake blood fruit spirit bugs. Could it be that even the smoke mission can't determine how many snake blood fruit spirit bugs I'll be able to cultivate... Or does this mean there's a chance I won't be able to cultivate any spirit bugs at all?"

He soon figured out the factors involved, "Probably the choice is in my hands. If I stop cultivating, I won't nurture any spirit bugs. But if I continue, there's a possibility I might cultivate several spirit bugs?"

But upon further thought, he became confused again.

"How was the previous mission reward supposed to be delivered? If I don't use the snake blood to water the snake blood fruit, there's no way to nurture the spirit bugs. The smoke mission can't just conjure spirit bugs out of thin air, so what is the logic behind this?"

It was certain that the smoke mission wouldn't fabricate rewards out of nowhere.

It merely used the power of fate to manipulate various threads of cause and effect, turning random outcomes into certainties.

"What if the smoke mission has also involved my thoughts in the workings of fate?" Liszt pondered. This logic seemed correct, as he speculated that the smoke mission itself was a form radiated through his mind by the power of fate.

Yet, this explanation still felt a bit far-fetched.

After much consideration, with no better explanation, he could only give up and start focusing on the new mission.

"Mission: The reckless harvesting of rubber has caused significant damage to the rubber tree forest, which will require time to heal. However, the triplets of Rubber Tree Spirit Bugs have different opinions. Find out their special abilities. Reward: one spirit bug."

Another mission related to the triplets of Rubber Tree Spirit Bugs.

Could this be a chain of missions?

A doubt flashed across Liszt's mind, but then he saw the reward, surprisingly, it was another spirit bug, "Is it that spring has arrived, marking the beginning of the spirit bug harvest season? Will I be able to cultivate new spirit bugs through the smoke mission? I wonder which spirit bug it will be this time. Could it be a new Rubber Tree Spirit Bug?"

A rubber tree mission rewards a Rubber Tree Spirit Bug.

The logic is clear.

He even jokingly considered that maybe the triplets could "mate" with each other to reproduce new rubber bugs, and that might be their special ability.

The chances were slim, but what if it was true?

After his shower, drying off, and changing into fresh clothes, Liszt continued to ponder the special abilities of the Rubber Tree Spirit Bug triplets, "If I'm not mistaken, healing the rubber tree forest will reveal the triplets' special abilities... I should head to Black Horse Island soon to retrieve the powerful fire dragon and restore the brick factory's operations."

He scratched his head and fixed his hair.

He then headed straight to the insect room. He hadn't visited Acheronides since she was brought back—or maybe he just didn't know how to face her.

Dulumichita had been hunted down, and the sea posed no more danger to the mermaid Acheronides.

What reason did he have to keep her in the shell cabin, confined to this small room, almost like being imprisoned?

He could, of course, keep Acheronides as a private collection of the most beautiful thing.

But Liszt couldn't deny that she was a highly intelligent being just like him, and it would be inhumane to do so.