Chapter 545: Pike’s Glory

"Complete the task and receive pearl-producing shells as a reward."

"Task: The mage tower is about to be completed, and the Magic Academy is about to start enrollment. Cris Truth is ready, but the required mage assistants have not been in place yet. The Lord must address this issue. Reward: Drifting Fruit."

The reward is issued, and a new task is released.

Liszt looked at the changing smoke and pondered slightly: "Pearl-producing shells—perhaps like the pearl oysters cultivated by the Sapphire Family? I wonder how powerful this sea monster is and the quality of the pearls it produces... Mage assistants are indeed needed, but what does this Drifting Fruit mean?"

He guessed it might be some kind of edible fruit drifting across the ocean.

But whether it can be eaten is still unknown.

Now it’s time to tackle the task. In fact, he had previously sent a letter to Elkson Truth, hoping to hire him as a teacher at the Magic Academy. However, Elkson has embraced the allure of being a middleman and prefers to live carefree.

Though he resides in Coral City, he frequently ventures to the outer islands to experience different customs and do business with various people.

Of course, Liszt remains his most valuable customer. To earn a living, he has to return to Flower Town. The magic spell business is difficult to sustain, so now he mainly sells magic books. He even wrote to Liszt recently, planning a trip to the Kingdom of Steel Ridge.

He has contacted a magic gathering and can go there to buy more magic books.

Elkson Truth is unwilling to come, Granny Truth is notoriously stubborn, and there was once a Millery Truth, who has since passed away.

Additionally, there’s the cooperative mage from the Tulip family, but Liszt cannot recruit him.

"Let’s reach out to Granny. Though he is stubborn and self-righteous, he is very skilled in making magic equipment. With Cris, the Great Magician, as leverage, he should not refuse. Then recruit two more mages from outside, and the Magic Academy can basically be supported."

He immediately sent a squire knight to contact Granny and wrote to Levis, asking Levis to help recruit two mages from the outer islands.

After doing these.

Time slipped quietly into April 14th, and the Grand Sprite Birth Celebration is about to commence.

Except for a few supervising officials who are still on Black Horse Island, other officials and knights have gathered in Flower Town. The castle servants, under the butler Carter’s direction, are busily and efficiently preparing the banquet. The castle has held many banquets in the past two years and has accumulated a lot of experience.

So everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Though the townsfolk aren’t on holiday, everyone has received double wages today to celebrate with the Lord.

In the castle’s apple orchard, Hiddleston and Tupo are nestled together, lazily basking in the sun. The eight Blizzard Beasts are locked in four cages and cannot come out. Their destructive potential is immense. Once released and forming a pack, without Liszt’s control, they’d wreak havoc.

In front of Liszt, they are a well-trained Blizzard Beast Squad.

When Liszt isn’t around, they become fearless troublemakers, and the servants can't stop them. Once they even blocked the main road of Flower Town with rock spikes, and it took the serfs several days to restore the traffic. Now, they have successively learned a new magic—rock grenades.

As for the other two magics that Hiddleston knows, rock wall and stone armor, they haven’t learned them yet, and it’s unknown if they can.

Their abilities seem far inferior to Hiddleston’s.

If Hiddleston is a medium-level intermediate magical beast, they are low-level intermediate magical beasts, probably because half of their bloodline comes from Tupo, who is just a low-level magical beast—the Earth Dog.

In the farther pasture, there are not many horses left. The horses originally raised in the castle have been moved to the Black Horse Ranch.

Only the horses for the caravan and riding are still grazing in the pasture.

The blind and crippled groom, One-eyed Barton, is still dutifully taking care of these horses. From time to time, he brags to the five horse-keeping footmen behind him: "I have been to the Black Horse Ranch, where many of the majestic black-blooded horses were delivered by me. Even Lord Gort invited me to be a horse-keeping teacher at the Knight Academy!"

Then he sings praises to Liszt: "The Lord is kind and great, he gave old Barton a good life... His greatness is like the sunlight, illuminating every corner of the territory, even the Grand Sprite in the sea bows to him, ah, what a great Lord!"

Concluding with a flourish, One-eyed Barton is quite pleased with his performance.

And the great lord he spoke of, as magnificent as the sun.

At this moment, he was in the seaside villa.

After several days of intensive work, the seaside villa had undergone a tremendous transformation. Originally just a two-story cottage, it had now been expanded into a row of three-story buildings, towering in the seawater.

All construction took place during low tide.

The rubber water could solidify in minutes, truly a miracle for the construction industry.

Rocks were abundant, with the Blizzard Beast producing large quantities of rock daily. Now, some wealthy commoners in Flower Town had begun purchasing rocks to build houses, replacing wooden structures with stone ones for better fire resistance, sound insulation, and stability.

However, rubber water was not available for sale, so they could only use ordinary straw ash and mud to set the stones. For a considerable period, the rubber output from the rubber trees would not be sufficient to meet the needs of the territory's infrastructure. Even though Liszt had the triplet Rubber Bugs use their Tri-Phase Power every month to rejuvenate the rubber trees.

"Lord, the seaside castle is complete. You can have the elves move in," Isaiah walked over and reported.

Liszt nodded.

He pulled out a whistle from his pocket, his latest invention. Of course, he had only provided the concept, leaving the rest to the carpenters at the woodworking workshop to figure out and refine, ultimately designing a whistle that could produce a very loud sound.

This was a cylindrical whistle, not the snail-like variety.

He placed it in his mouth and blew.

Instantly, a sharp sound pierced the sea. A few dozen seconds later, a massive, rainbow-colored fish emerged from the artificial channel and onto the beach.

It was Rainbow Whale Rosi, who had already learned to recognize the whistle.

Liszt mounted and, under the gaze of numerous officials and serfs, plunged into the sea. Many who saw Liszt riding the Rainbow Whale for the first time burst into exclamations. However, before the amazement could settle, Liszt had already emerged from the sea on the Rainbow Whale.

He then rode towards the seaside castle, and the officials followed him into the castle.

Next, they observed Liszt with one large and four small spirits clinging to him, grasping a handful of spirit bugs in his hand. He dismounted from the back of the Rainbow Whale and, along the steps in the sea, placed the spirits into different small rooms. These spirits are quite peculiar; they spend most of their time sleeping.

Even with their personalities, they are gradually tempered by the contract, ultimately unable to resist their master's commands.

Liszt ordered them to stay in their respective rooms and constructed beds from jade to keep them settled. Each room had a side with glass installed for viewing, allowing for constant monitoring of the spirits. The officials stood in front of the glass, gesturing at the spirits.

"That's the Giant Kelp Grand Sprite Pyke!"

"Truly magnificent!"

"I've seen the Grand Sprite Xiang Xiang from Tulip Castle, Pyke is just as beautiful."

"Its teeth... quite unique."

"So many spirits, all nurtured by Giant Kelp, remarkable!"

"Praise the Lord, praise the Giant Kelp!"

"Pyke is the embodiment of the glory of knighthood, only the Lord can be favored by it!"

Amid the praises, Liszt had already taken a shower in the adjacent room and changed into a well-tailored Frac Abby. Just then, a squire knight hurried over to report, "Lord, the Tulip Castle carriage has entered the main road of Thorn Ridge and will soon arrive at the castle."

"Bring them directly to the seaside castle, I will wait for them here."

"Yes, Lord!"

Twenty minutes later, the carriage slowly made its way along the main road to Oyster Village, and Lady Penelope, the Count and Countess, Liszt and his wife, Lvera, Lytton, and others disembarked one by one.

"Grandmother, father, Lady Mary, Liszt, Gloria, Lvera, Lytton... welcome to the celebration of the birth of the Grand Sprite Pyke."

"Oh, Liszt, my lucky boy, grandmother can't wait to see the Grand Sprite Pyke!"

Liszt smiled and assisted Lady Penelope, then said to everyone, "Please follow me, Pyke, Fizz, Tahm, and Eddie are all here."