Chapter 382 New Weapon: Sky-Slashing Greatsword

The interrogation lasted for half an hour.

The result remained unchanged.

"I have nothing more to say, Lee William, give me a quick death!" Snide coughed up blood, barely hanging on.

"Your resistance is meaningless," Lee William shook his head and sighed, "Whether you speak or not, the glory of knighthood always favors me!"

With that,

He drew his treasured sword and swiftly stabbed it into Snide's chest, twisting it around.

Blood gushed from the wound, Snide’s eyes widened, then narrowed sharply, and he breathed his last.

He was dead, a sky knight, dying in one of the rooms of Parsley Castle.

With a pfft sound,

Lee William withdrew his longsword and strode out of the room, commanding, "Set up the night watch. We’ll stay at Parsley Castle for one day, waiting for further orders!"

"Yes, sir!"

...

Back in the study.

Liszt was meticulously searching. Lee William had already killed Snide, and his smoke mission was thus completed.

"Mission accomplished, reward: Advanced skill book on mana 'Thousand Thunder Shaking Sky Flash.'"

Without a doubt.

This advanced mana technique was not the fire attribute mana manual that Liszt had hoped for, but rather the lightning attribute technique that Snide cultivated.

In any case, with this advanced mana technique in hand,

it could definitely be used to trade for a fire attribute advanced mana manual.

The nobles had a monopoly on advanced mana techniques, but no one would refuse to collect more varieties of manuals. Even if not for personal use, they could be for future generations. Mana attributes did have some connection to bloodline inheritance, but it wasn’t uncommon for parents and children to have different attributes. Liszt was one such example.

When he first reincarnated, he seriously doubted whether he was truly of the Count’s bloodline.

After all, the Count possessed water attribute mana, and so did his older brother and sister. His grandfather, uncle, and cousin were also not of fire attribute mana. He was the only one in the family with fire attribute mana, which was a bit awkward. However, his appearance mostly resembled his mother Melissa, with just a shadow of the Count.

Overall, he concluded that he was definitely the Count’s son.

He simply inherited the best traits from both parents.

"Where exactly is this《Thousand Thunderclap Sky Shaker》hidden? Snide should have reviewed and studied it often, so it shouldn’t be hidden in too obscure a place."

"Lord Baron, is this what you’re looking for?" A knight sent by the Count to inventory the war spoils walked over with a thick manuscript in hand, "This was found in Snide's bedside cabinet in the bedroom. The title seems to be an advanced mana technique."

Taking the book,

and seeing the familiar handwriting "Thousand Thunderclap Sky Shaker" on it, he sighed in relief—this was definitely the one: "Tell the Count I’ll keep this manual for now and send him a copy later."

"Yes, Lord Baron."

With the advanced mana manual, Liszt finally had the mood to look at the updated Smoke Mission.

"Task: The final strike from Count Snide before his death caused severe damage to Hiddleston, not only physically but also psychologically, making it feel the threat of survival. Please craft a set of armor for it to increase its sense of security. Reward: Hiddleston will learn a new spell."

"Hmm!"

Seeing the task reward, Liszt felt much better: "Hiddleston is going to learn a new spell. It seems that this war has helped it grow rapidly."

The final strike from Snide had injured Hiddleston to the bone.

However, with the physique of a magical beast, it wasn't a big issue, and the wounds would heal on their own after some time. But unexpectedly, Hiddleston's mind was also wounded, requiring armor to increase its sense of security.

"Then let's craft a set for it. There are too many dead Earth Knights, and we have collected complete sets of steel armor. We can dismantle a few sets, using silk threads to tie together some of the armor fragments to make a set of canine armor for Hiddleston."

Immediately, he dispatched the squire knight to dismantle the armor.

The steel armor of the knights, to fit well and not hinder movement, consisted of pierced iron plates tied together with special silk threads.

As long as the iron pieces were collected and re-tied, a larger suit of armor could be formed.

"Follow this method to make a piece of armor similar to horse armor for Hiddleston, understood?" He instructed briefly but soon became impatient.

As the leader of the knights, he had many tasks.

So, he had to leave it to the squire knight to handle.

As for himself, he went to participate in the distribution of spoils and the planning of future operations. Any spoils that couldn't be privately divided were sealed away, and those that could be taken were not left for the duke to handle. Such a heavy casualty rate was the highest in the history of expansion orders, requiring a large number of spoils to compensate.

"No spirit bugs, no precious treasures, but from the dead knights, we found a lot of magic power equipment. I will distribute these according to the merits of your respective knight orders. Handle the distribution yourselves—don’t leave anything behind and avoid giving anyone an excuse to complain."

The count spoke.

Liszt and others naturally agreed: "Yes, Count."

Among all the knight orders, the Black Knights received the most magic power equipment, and the count even allocated Snide's sword to Liszt: "Liszt, I'm proud of you. I always hoped we could fight side by side, but I never expected you to assist me in eliminating a Sky Knight so soon."

The count patted Liszt on the shoulder affectionately.

Once the most disappointing son, he had become the most outstanding young knight. At seventeen, he was already able to intervene in battles between Sky Knights. Although most of the credit went to Hiddleston, Liszt's own superb archery skills were also praiseworthy.

"Snide's sword is a gem weapon that is not much inferior to mine. If I'm not mistaken, the blade material comes from the thigh bone of some intermediate-level magical beast, polished exquisitely and infused with a lot of adamantine by magicians, making it invincible!"

The nature of the magic metal adamantine is that it is invincible.

This is a large sword with a slight curve, somewhat similar to an English broad sword.

It was slightly shorter than the two-handed German greatsword Liszt used but broader. It was also embedded with a blue gem, likely produced by the Blue Sapphire Dragon.

Taking it in his hand.

He couldn't help but weigh the sword. It was more than twice the weight of the Red Blood Sword, which might have added secret silver, but it felt more comfortable.

The bone blade, combined with the adamantine infused by magical means, made its sharpness outstanding. The blue gem embedded at the end of the hilt filled it with power. The magical nature of the blue gem was about strength, increasing the wielder's power.

It was clearly different from the attribute of rubies enhancing mana.

"There is a magic array carved on the hilt, which can quickly draw on the power of the blue gem to unleash a more powerful strike. The strike that injured Hiddleston probably used the power of this magic array." The count explained, "You can now give it a new name."

"Zankong Great Sword!" Liszt named it without hesitation.

"Zankong Great Sword! The great sword that slays Sky Knights." Levis, envious, looked at the Zankong Great Sword, "The name has quite an aura."

Zankong.

Liszt wanted to remind everyone that this sword was obtained by assisting the count in eliminating a Sky Knight, lest anyone forget.

Anyone wielding this sword would be formidable!