Chapter 525

After the birthday, Liszt counted the gifts brought by the guests. Apart from the unexpected green yuanbao spirit bug from his grandmother, most of the other gifts were various resources. For example, the gift from the Count and Countess was a batch of valuable jade, while the gift from Levis and his wife was ten pounds of lead metal.

The role of lead metal is magic resistance properties. When mixed into equipment, it can increase resistance to magic.

Therefore, lead metal is highly valuable and is a good auxiliary material for casting armor and weapons.

In fact, every type of metal has properties related to magic, as detailed in a magic book called "Metal and Magic Observation Notes."

Iron has good magic conduction properties, copper has good magic adhesion properties, silver has good magic condensation properties, and gold has good magic amplification properties...

Of course, compared to their minor magical properties, the greater value of gold, silver, and copper lies in their use as currency.

"The total value of these gifts only amounts to two-thirds of the cost of the birthday banquet. Indeed, I knew hosting a birthday would result in a loss." Throwing away the ledger, Liszt didn't bother to look further. He directly left the castle, mounted Loki, and flew towards the seaside villa in the sunset.

The mermaid Acheronides did not go out and was working on creating magic equipment by following experiments recorded in magic books.

At the stage of a great magician, the study of magic has fully shifted to the aspect of magic circles. The strength of a great magician is highly dependent on their understanding of magic circles. In this regard, Acheronides is exceptionally talented, making rapid progress that is astonishing.

She has fully mastered two advanced magics: Water Wave Shield and Waterfall.

Although she cannot cast them instantly like ordinary magic, the casting time has been compressed to within three seconds. Another advanced water magic, Powerful Water Column, recently brought by Elkson, she quickly learned. Unfortunately, she can only learn water magic, which limits her strength enhancement.

If Acheronides' talent were transferred to a human, who could be compatible with all types of magic, her strength enhancement would be terrifying.

Compared to her, another great magician, Cris Truth, who is supervising the construction of the mage tower, is far less capable in learning advanced magic. She has not yet mastered the release of Water Wave Shield, and her progress is bumpy. In fact, Cris is already outstanding among human magicians, but she is compared to Acheronides.

"Brother."

Acheronides greeted Liszt with a smile.

The small mermaid, now forty-two years old, has gradually matured through her interactions with Liszt and magic books, but her innocence and increasing dependence on Liszt remain unchanged.

"What magic equipment are you making?"

"It's a black pearl waist pendant, Acheronides is almost done. Brother, your small black pearls can be made into waist pendants by Acheronides and then sold. Selling them as magic waist pendants will definitely be more profitable than selling raw black pearls." Acheronides said with a smile.

She has gradually understood the principles of economics, knowing that processing raw materials is more profitable than selling them directly.

This is actually Liszt's long-standing idea. As a soul from a modern developed world, he clearly understands that the profit from selling raw materials is far less than that from selling processed products. He opposes selling raw materials in his territory and prefers to sell them after processing.

For example, the price of millet can increase a hundred or a thousand times when brewed into liquor.

Therefore, he would never sell millet directly after harvesting it. Except for consumption, all millet and grains are used for brewing. He even imports primary agricultural products like grains from outside, processes them, and produces liquor and pastries for sale.

"Acheronides is really capable." Liszt praised the mermaid, then took out a few books, "These are the magic circle notes compiled by Great Magician Cris. Take them for reference, and if you have any insights, you can write some notes too. I'll take them to Cris for reference. Mutual exchange can better explore the truth."

Acheronides took the notes and nodded vigorously.

The red mangrove spirit bug flew over from the shell, holding a peanut candy in its hands, and handed it to Liszt: "Jigu." It was treating him.

Liszt was not interested in the peanut candy but instead took out the latest chocolate peanut candy produced by the peanut processing workshop and handed it to Nami: "Here, try this more delicious chocolate peanut candy."

"Jigu?"

Nami tilted her head, took the new candy wrapped in dry leaves, and then showed a sweet smile. She peeled off the leaves, held the chocolate peanut candy, and bit off a corner. After chewing twice, she made a bitter face, handed the chocolate peanut candy back to Liszt, shook her head, and picked up her own peanut nougat candy again.

"Don't like chocolate?" Liszt repackaged the chocolate peanut candy, "Then I'll take it back for Mickey to eat. He loves chocolate peanut candy."

Nami quickly said: "Jigu, jigu, jigu."

Liszt was puzzled: "Hmm?"

Acheronides looked up and translated for Liszt: "Brother, Nami wants to play with Mickey, but she doesn't want to play with Jie La."

Clearly, no spirit bug likes to play with the hot-tempered Jie La. In fact, few spirit bugs enjoy playing with others; they have the independent nature of plants and do not like to live in groups.

"Alright, I'll bring Mickey along next time."

"Jigu!"

Nami was very happy; she is a spirit bug that enjoys playing with others. However, Mickey actually doesn't like playing with Nami; it is also an independent-minded spirit bug that prefers to play alone.

After chatting with Acheronides for a bit.

After teasing Nami and touching the seaweed bugs, laver bugs, red stone flower bugs, horsetail bugs, and ink horn bugs swimming in the shell, Liszt left the seaside villa, not wanting to disturb Acheronides as she diligently studied magic. Mages often get too caught up in their experiments, so Liszt's visits to chat with Acheronides were mainly to give her a break.

He was worried that Acheronides might develop the bad habits of mages and develop psychological issues from doing experiments all day.

In fact, he treated Cris the same way, not wanting her to become a crazy great magician like those in the Goat Assembly. This kind of mental relaxation was what Liszt called mental therapy, and he considered himself a psychological expert solving mental issues for mages.

...

This routine continued until early April.

The officials of the territory, striving for promotions and salary increases, worked around the clock on the front lines of spring planting, finally sowing seeds on nearly three million acres of land on Black Horse Island. Never mind if the seeds sprout or if there's enough manpower for the next farming steps, at least the task of planting was completed.

"Mission accomplished, reward twenty-two dragon breed pigs."

At the newly established "Estuary Pig Farm" near the mouth of the Red River in Red River Town, two old sows, after being fed a large amount of high-quality pig feed, finally began to give birth one after another.

The manager of the pig farm, in charge of the birthing process, brought out twenty-two tiny piglets one after another.

Upon hearing the good news, Liszt personally rushed to the Estuary Pig Farm to inspect these twenty-two dragon-descendant pigs. After confirming they were all healthy, he promptly gave each of the pig farm's caretakers a silver coin as a reward.

Then,

He classified the new dragon-descendant pigs separately, naming them Estuary Pigs.

This would soon become yet another prized specialty of Black Horse Island.