Chapter 498 1.8-meter-tall legs

This chapter is an additional update for the "Flowers Are Not Flowers, Words Fly Away" reward tier.

Gort, who is responsible for the glass sales negotiations in Coral City, also purchased three second-hand cargo ships for the territory. The ships, yet to be refurbished, were temporarily dispatched to the new port of Black Horse Island to assist in salvaging the Sky Ship.

Using the combined strength of six ships, they finally managed to drag the Sky Ship from the seabed and slowly pull it to the shore.

Liszt was present, observing the salvage operation.

At this moment, snow was falling heavily, and the beach was blanketed in snow and ice. However, the snowflakes did not bring any sense of cold to Liszt, who was dressed in a Frac Abbé and a cloak with a red front, black back, and gold trim. Since he advanced to the rank of Sky Knight and obtained high-level fire mana, he had become immune to the cold.

Moreover, his high-level fire mana was evolving into Dragon Aura.

A Fire Dragon naturally wouldn’t fear the cold, and Liszt, with his abundant Dragon Aura, did not feel the biting chill. His mount, the feathered land bird named Loki, was also unafraid of the cold, with its tall legs stepping on the snow, insulated by thick keratin layers, ensuring it would not catch a chill.

"My lord, the sunken ship has been raised!" Blair exclaimed excitedly.

Liszt could naturally see it.

The Sky Ship’s full shape was now visible. It was a ship resembling ancient Chinese tower ships, lacking masts or sails. The hull was narrow and slender but very large, overall larger than the era’s most advanced three-masted ships.

He had sailed on the royal three-masted fast ships, which were clearly not as large as the Sky Ship.

Blair was still excitedly analyzing: "Without sails or masts, this must be a rowing ship. Looking at the coral and shells covering its hull, it must have sunk centuries ago. Centuries ago, the Sapphire Duchy was still an uninhabited island. I wonder which country developed such a large rowing ship."

A rowing ship?

Liszt did not correct Blair's analysis, only saying, "Direct the salvage team to clean the ship thoroughly after raising it. Clear away all the coral, shells, and debris. I want to see the original appearance of this sunken ship."

"Yes, my lord."

Blair quickly directed the serfs to continuously clean the ship.

Liszt circled the Sky Ship on his land bird, observing it closely. Knowing that this ship sailed in the sky, he focused on that aspect and found the ship somewhat strange. Its flight mechanism was difficult to comprehend—it didn’t have wings like an airplane or a balloon-like air sac.

Therefore, compared to the Sky Ship relying on physical means to fly, Liszt was more inclined to believe it flew using magic power, perhaps some kind of magic array.

The Sky Ship itself could be a magical artifact.

However, now the Sky Ship had become so dilapidated that it was a haven for crabs and shrimps. After Acheronides took away the thirteen treasure chests containing Potion Seeds, books, and scepters, along with some other seemingly decent items, there were basically no good things left on the ship.

The serfs kept cleaning, but what they brought out was a pile of junk.

There were rusted weapons, shattered utensils, and a lot of things that were unrecognizable. Just when Liszt was about to give up hope, in the rear part of the sunken ship buried in mud, after removing the mud from the cabins, the serfs finally found something valuable.

Three cabins were intact.

One of the cabins was filled with wood—unknown what kind of wood, just branches, no thicker than an arm. Perhaps due to being buried for too long, these branches seemed to have sprouted at some point but eventually died, turning into wood.

Liszt took a branch and used his Magic Eye, but found no magic power.

He broke it forcefully and found that the hardness of this branch was even greater than Thorn Ironwood, comparable to that of centuries-old rock wood.

"Good wood. Transport them to the port town for storage, and do not use them for now." Without fully understanding the use of these branches, Liszt would not allow them to be used casually.

The second cabin was filled with metal ore, with a light blue metallic luster, not rusted. This color quickly reminded Liszt of the light blue metal in the fourth circle of the Sun Scepter. These two metals were clearly the same, worth collecting and studying.

The third cabin had no treasures.

But there were skeletons.

"My lord, there are a total of twenty-one skeletons; only bones remain, their clothes have long since rotted away."

"Bring out one skeleton."

Soon, a skeleton was brought before Liszt. The pale bones were quite similar to those of a human, indicating that the Children of the Sun race is indeed a human race. Philip and Old Phil, both descendants of the Sun, are ordinary humans, and their ancestors are unlikely to have looked like aliens.

However, there are subtle differences.

From the bones, it can be seen that the leg-to-body ratio of the Children of the Sun exceeds that of humans, with a pair of long legs. Apart from this, Liszt made no new discoveries.

Moreover, he suddenly thought: "Perhaps the long legs are just an exception. From Old Phil, I did not find that he had long legs. On the contrary, I do possess a pair of long legs."

I wonder if it’s because they ate too much elongated taro, the Longtaro family all have quite long legs.

Marcus, who had helped salvage the shipwreck and cleaned off the mud, walked over and said, "This is a female skeleton. My lord, this female was likely about six feet tall, with a somewhat slender frame. Judging from the fusion of her growth plates, she might not have reached adulthood yet."

"Marcus, do you know how to examine bones?"

"Unlike nobles who train in mana, we commoners learn in the knight academy how to assess meridian paths from bones during our mana training. I learned a bit more and have seen many different types of human bones. At that time, I even considered how bones could enhance the lethality of my archery."

"I see, then continue to analyze this skeleton for me."

"Yes, my lord." Marcus crouched down and observed the bones bit by bit. "The leg-to-body ratio exceeds that of ordinary people, the pelvis hasn’t fully developed, so she likely hadn’t given birth... Beyond that, I can't make any further judgments."

Subsequently, Marcus analyzed each skeleton one by one without removing more.

All the skeletons belonged to minors, ranging from six feet three to four feet three, with different heights. There were both males and females, with notably long leg proportions. But no more differences from humans were found; it seems the Children of the Sun are essentially humans with longer legs.

By this time, the cleaning of the ship's exterior had also been completed.

A large amount of coral and shells had been stripped away, revealing the Sky Ship’s true form, with its hull nearly stripped away, revealing only the main framework of the tower ship.

Kosto, standing on a plank, suddenly exclaimed: "My lord, you should come up and see, it's incredible, the keel of this ship... the keel of this ship is actually a complete branch. Good heavens, it’s absolutely astonishing—as if the keel sprouted from a tree!"