Chapter 539: The First Big Elf

This chapter is a bonus chapter for the "Dreaming Back to Ancient Jiangnan" reward.

The contract of the Great Sprite can be seen as a strange form of touch-based magic, primarily involving the mouth of the Great Sprite. As long as it bites any part of a human body, an unbreakable contract can be established.

There is no need to break the skin; just a firm touch is sufficient.

The principle behind this is unknown to Liszt, and countless magicians and knights who have studied Great Sprites also do not know the reason. Many magicians have published their views on Great Sprite contracts in magic literature, but few have concrete evidence or profound insights.

However, a conjecture previously provided by Cris Truth once led Liszt to his own inference.

At that time, Liszt handed over the Great Sprite amber to her for research, providing her with ideas to advance to the rank of great magician, and Cris did indeed make some discoveries. She believed that the Great Sprite itself is a complex magic circle, likely formed by magic power in a more advanced form of magic circle.

The forms of magic circles, from basic to ordinary to kinetic, become increasingly complex.

Beyond that, there must be even more advanced levels of magic circles, but that already involves the level of a master magician, and Cris has no clues.

She could only speculate that perhaps the pinnacle of magic circles is the Great Sprite or even the dragon.

In fact, Liszt quite believes in this inference. The Triangle Theory of magic power, matter, and spirit can be well integrated with the structural theory of magic circles. Especially the entire process of him nurturing the Fire Drake Leo is the best proof of the Triangle Theory.

The Great Sprite might just be a touch-triggered magic circle, where a slight touch triggers the circle and establishes a contract.

Looking at the still dazed Giant Kelp Grand Sprite.

Liszt suppressed his excitement of having his first Great Sprite and softly said to Acheronides, "I have some inspiration about magic circles, Acheronides. I will write a book titled 'The Unified Argument of Triangle Theory and Magic Circle Structure,' and you can help me provide feedback."

"Ah, brother, have you made any new discoveries?" Acheronides struggled to follow Liszt's train of thought, from forming a contract with the Great Sprite one moment to thinking about writing a magic book the next.

"Forming a contract with this Great Sprite has given me inspiration."

"Acheronides will carefully assist brother with feedback."

As they spoke.

The Rainbow Whale couldn't resist touching the confused Giant Kelp Grand Sprite. It was fascinated by the Great Sprite but had no intention of forming a contract.

With this touch.

The Giant Kelp Grand Sprite abruptly snapped awake.

"Gurgle... Angjie..." It roared and hurled magic towards the Rainbow Whale, and with a burst of magic aura, countless Giant Kelps grew on the Rainbow Whale's body.

Frightened, the Rainbow Whale twisted its body, attempting to scrape the Giant Kelps off on the rocks.

Reacting quickly, Liszt promptly removed the Giant Kelps from its body and communicated with the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite, using emotional cues to halt it: "Stop, Giant Kelp Grand Sprite, don't cast magic recklessly!"

"Gurgle!" The Giant Kelp Grand Sprite turned its head, baring its teeth at Liszt.

"You dare bare your teeth at me?"

"Gurgle!"

"We have already contracted, I am your master, understand?" Liszt was not angry but felt extremely peculiar. Although he and the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite were mentally connected and could clearly sense each other's emotions, the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite was still not friendly towards him.

He felt that there was a chaotic thought in its mind. On one hand, the power of the contract made it unable to resist the mutual will, but on the other hand, it indeed harbored hostility towards Liszt, an instinctive hostility towards an invader.

Looking at the bared-teeth Great Sprite.

He already understood that it required discipline.

A domesticated spirit like Xiang Xiang, the Tulip Grand Sprite, naturally gets along well with humans. However, the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite is a wild spirit, having survived in the wild for an unknown period, with its wild instincts dominating most of its behavior. Even the power of the contract that connects their minds cannot immediately erase its wild instincts.

Fortunately.

The contract at least influences the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite, preventing it from attacking Liszt or running away. How to tame it depends entirely on Liszt's patience.

Thus.

Without hesitation.

He took out some jade powder and placed it on his palm, calling to the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite: "Stop growling and come eat the jade powder. Remember, if you follow me, you’ll never run out of jade powder. This is a gift for our first encounter. If you growl at me again, no more jade powder. Only if you stop growling will you get to eat."

Thanks to the mind-connecting contract, these intentions were easily conveyed to the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite.

Understanding the message, it hesitated, fidgeted, and finally approached Liszt, perched on the back of the Rainbow Whale, lowering its head to eat the jade powder from Liszt's hand.

Liszt reached out with his other hand and gently touched the small kelp on its head.

It immediately raised its head, baring its teeth once more.

But Liszt quickly sent an emotional message: "Growl again, and no more jade powder." This made it awkwardly close its mouth. After a few seconds of hesitation, it gave up its pride and focused solely on eating the jade powder, no longer caring about Liszt's touch. After a while, it even started to enjoy Liszt's caresses.

"With the contract binding it, taming it is almost effortless," Liszt felt pleased.

Today was truly a fruitful day.

He had gained a low-level dragon beast, the Rainbow Whale, as a mount that let him breathe underwater, and successfully contracted a Giant Kelp Grand Sprite. It gave him the illusion that his life had suddenly peaked.

Feeling victorious.

He couldn't help but smile brightly and said to Acheronides: "From now on, the land is mine, the sky is mine, and the sea is mine!"

"Giggle, brother, with the Grand Sprite, you’ll surely rise to become a Count, or even a Marquis."

"And I’ll become a Dragon Knight, found a new kingdom, and ascend as its king!"

Acheronides had no doubt: "Yes, brother will become a king!"

Rainbow Whale Rosi joined in: "Hee-yo-hulululu..."

Hearing the Rainbow Whale's call, the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite, still eating the jade powder, waved a hand without looking up, casting a spell that caused kelp to sprout on the Rainbow Whale. It couldn’t teach Liszt a lesson, but it could certainly teach a fish.

...

"Mission complete, reward: a Giant Kelp Grand Sprite."

The smoke mission was completed as soon as he mounted Rainbow Whale Rosi.

Naturally, a new mission was immediately issued.

"Mission: The core secret of the Giant Kelp Forest has been found, and the aquatic mount has been obtained. It’s time to complete the final exploration of the Giant Kelp Forest, arrange all the Giant Kelp Worm Grass, and reorganize the Giant Kelp Forest. Reward: Pearl-producing shells."

After successfully contracting the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite, Liszt decided to strike while the iron was hot and finish exploring the Giant Kelp Forest as soon as possible, finding the remaining spirits. He suspected that this vast Giant Kelp Forest still harbored spirits, as only half of it had been explored.

Now, every Giant Kelp spirit was a strategic resource.

Before starting the search.

He decided not to bring the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite along.

Firstly, it hasn't been fully trained yet, and the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite still has a strong rebellious spirit. Secondly, it would be inconvenient to bring it along, as it wouldn't be directly and forcefully restrained by Liszt like the spirit bugs and spirit insects. If it spots other spirit bugs in Acheronides' shell, it might start a fight, which would be problematic.

We have to wait until Liszt has completely trained the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite before it can meet other spirit bugs and be taken back for protection.

"Acheronides."

"Yes?"

"I'm planning to give the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite a name. The Giant Kelp Grand Sprite can now converse normally like a human, so it needs a name for easy reference," Liszt said, stroking the small Giant Kelp on the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite's head. "I have three names in mind, and I’d like your input."

"Okay, brother, go ahead."

"One is Nautilus, meaning the Titan of the Deep; another is Illaoi, meaning the Priestess of the Sea; and the last one is Pyke, meaning the Bloodharbor Ripper."