Chapter 770 Black Albatross

Mission: Thanks to the efforts of the mangrove spirit bug Nami, the mangroves in the territory are thriving, and the domesticated mallards and flamingos are continuously breeding and growing, providing a steady supply of monster beast food for the territory. The arrival of a companion has further boosted Nami's enthusiasm for work. Please provide her with more mangroves. Reward: A mutated variety of red tree.

This is a new storm mission.

A rare mission involving Nami.

It surprised Liszt a little, as Nami was not a spirit bug he had directly contracted—she belonged to Acheronides. Given Acheronides’ constant involvement in various experiments, she paid little attention to Nami. Moreover, Nami was extremely diligent, so they rarely interacted.

There were many times when Liszt nearly forgot about Nami, especially since she mostly lived in the wild and rarely visited the insect room.

"By 'companion,' do you mean that red tree spirit bug?" Liszt recalled casually placing the red tree spirit bug in the mangroves at the mouth of the Red River in Red River Town.

Perhaps Nami discovered this spirit bug while tending to the ducklings.

"It's rare to see a spirit bug so enthusiastic about work when happy. Don't worry, there's a large mangrove forest on the first island. Perfect for Nami to visit often and care for, maybe even raise some green caterpillars and mallards there."

He gathered his thoughts.

Once all the workers boarded the ship, he signaled Acheronides to set off. As the Flame Dragonbird departed from the shore, Acheronides leapt into the sea, standing atop a waterspout.

Then, the calm sea roared like countless dragons, with numerous waterspouts rising from the surface, violently crashing into Soulfruit Island. The relentless waves stripped away the soil layer, erasing all traces of the Crystal Cyathea and any human activity, restoring the island to its original state.

Moments later, Soulfruit Island had transformed, with all unnatural traces completely vanished.

Acheronides returned to the ship: "Brother, Soulfruit Island is clean now. Even if discovered, no one will find traces of the Lightgreen Gem Dragon here."

"Well done!"

Liszt smiled.

The Kingdom of the Eagle had never abandoned its search for the Lightgreen Gem Dragon and might eventually discover this island. But now, even if they did, they would only see it as a barren island in the sea. Of course, to prevent accidents, Acheronides would still need to check regularly for any newly sprouted Soulfruit Trees.

"Let's go!"

The Flame Dragonbird restarted, soaring across the waves like a giant seaplane.

The power of fate soon allowed Liszt to witness something during the voyage—a massive seabird came swooping toward them.

Jet-black and resembling an albatross, its wingspan stretched a full twenty meters.

"A super monster beast!" Liszt acted swiftly, ordering Acheronides to stop the Flame Dragonbird and join him in capturing the creature. Meanwhile, he summoned Fire Drake Rio, soaring into the sky.

Caught off guard by the dragon’s overwhelming pressure, the super monster beast nearly crashed into the sea. Before it could react, countless waterspouts surged from the ocean, trapping it. Then, Liszt descended atop the Fire Dragon, forcing it underwater.

The black albatross struggled violently, churning the sea into a frothing mess.

Alas.

It faced a Dragon Knight and an Archmage—even two adult super dragon beasts had fallen in a single strike, let alone this one. Now submerged, it was completely at Acheronides' mercy, despite its size surpassing even the Flame Dragonbird, nearly matching Fire Drake Rio's stature at birth.

"Squawk!"

The black albatross floated weakly in the water, struggling feebly. Being a water-aligned super monster beast, it didn’t drown and could hold its breath underwater.

Once it stopped resisting, Liszt moved to act.

He pulled out the orichalcum shackles previously used on the Flame Dragonbird, clamping them onto its legs. Its neck was too short for the shackles, and its wings were equally difficult to bind. Liszt considered breaking its wings to prevent escape.

But he decided against it.

The combat prowess of this black albatross was much weaker than that of the Flame Dragonbird. Compared to a human knight's strength, it might not even defeat Marquis Niuwei. The power of a super magical beast and that of an advanced magical beast wasn't significantly different—only the magic power was more abundant.

"Squawk!"

Facing the two assailants, bound by the orichalcum shackles and restrained by water currents, the black albatross let out a pitiful cry. It had merely been flying casually over the sea when, out of the blue, it got caught up in this mess—being captured by a sky knight and an Archmage working together. What did I do to get this treatment!

But fate was just this unpredictable.

The black albatross, which once ruled the seas, was destined for this calamity.

Acheronides returned to the bow of the ship, controlling the Flame's advance while towing the black albatross behind. Meanwhile, Liszt remounted Leo’s back and used the dragon-vision tracking to carefully observe the black albatross’s condition—primarily its magic power. He found it to be highly concentrated but still within the lower magic tier.

"Water-attribute low-level magic power, evenly distributed, nothing particularly unusual... Could I have been mistaken? Do super magical beasts inherently lack special magical properties?"

"Then why did the fangs of the bloodthirsty bat carry such dense blood magic?"

With no answers, Liszt couldn’t hide his disappointment. He had initially thought super magical beasts would be extraordinary, offering insights into many secrets of magic power.

Yet now that he had a real super magical beast in his grasp, he realized it was merely an ordinary magical beast with more abundant magic power.

"If there’s no special magical properties, then the black albatross isn’t as valuable as I imagined. Might as well slaughter it for meat... No, forget it—super magical beast meat probably tastes terrible... Should I raise it to breed smaller magical beasts, or harvest it for magical components?"

After pondering for a long time, he suddenly remembered: "Back when I was sailing to Dodo Island, I saw two giant whales. Now it seems those two whales might indeed have been super magical beasts... But without special magical properties, the line between advanced magical beasts and super magical beasts seems blurry."

Those two whales could be considered advanced magical beasts, or super magical beasts—either way, they were formidable creatures.

Liszt’s thoughts returned to the black albatross. "Come to think of it, I’ve been saying I should get Marquis Niuwei a mount. Since the split-footed lizard escaped earlier, perhaps I should hand this black albatross over to the Marquis to tame? He’s already reached the peak-level sky knight—maybe he can subdue it."

The black albatross wasn’t particularly good-looking, but its all-black appearance gave it a cold, imposing aura.

It was clearly a versatile magical beast—capable of flying in the sky, walking on land, and swimming in the sea—making it an ideal mount. Moreover, the magic and physical attack power of a super magical beast was nothing to underestimate. If put on the market, even the Sapphire Duke would be interested.

"Let’s gift it to Marquis Niuwei," he decided after careful consideration.

As the father of a sky knight, the esteemed Marquis Niuwei, William Lee Tulip, had thus far only ridden the black-blood horse Liszt had gifted him some time ago—hardly fitting for his status. A dashing super magical beast mount would suit his stature far better.