The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 1023 - 1020 You Know Too

Chapter 1023: Chapter 1020: You Know Too

Chapter 1023: Chapter 1020: You Know Too

Lerald·Truth received amnesty, the price of which was that he would serve the Flame Kingdom for life and devote all his acquired knowledge and held information.

Liszt had no interest in understanding his magic knowledge, but the information he held, especially that related to the Kushan Imperial, was very worth exploring.

The founding time of the Kushan Imperial was no longer reliable. It was said to have originated from a kingdom two thousand years ago, which, after merging with the surrounding three kingdoms through marriage and other means, formed the Kushan Federal Empire. In the two thousand years since, the royal families of the four kingdoms merged with each other, eventually leaving only one imperial household.

There were some differences between the imperial household of the Empire and those of the Kingdoms and Duchies.

The main difference was that the Emperor’s offspring needed to be enfeoffed. Apart from the eldest legitimate son who would inherit the Emperor’s position, the other offspring would be given titles and start their own families with different surnames. If the eldest legitimate son died young, these offspring would have the chance to move into the palace and become the new Emperor, though the opportunity was slim.

Every Emperor received the best resources for cultivation and held office for a long time. They often practiced the method of skipping a generation for succession, passing the throne to a grandson.

If the grandson died young, the son could step forward and continue to cultivate a new grandson.

This generation’s Emperor had inherited the Emperor’s position directly from his grandfather and already had a grandson; the imperial bloodline would not be interrupted. Emperor Jupiter himself was a Dark Dragon Knight, his son was a Dragon Knight, and his grandson was also being nurtured to become a Dragon Knight.

“The royal family has a secret treasure, a tree related to the Jade Dragon that bears Jade Fruit. You should have seized a Jade Fruit from Louis·Shadowbody; it’s the appearance of the Jade Fruit that ensures every generation of the imperial lineage—provided the talent is not too poor—can almost certainly ride dragons.”

“Does the Kushan royal family have many such Jade Fruits?”

“I don’t know; even I cannot pry into such secrets. By the way, there’s a mystery I’ve always wanted to unravel. Are you able to ride so many dragons because you also possess a Jade Fruit?” Lerald·Truth gazed intensely at Liszt.

He was curious about all information related to the legendary Jade Dragon.

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Liszt asked noncommitally, “Why do you ask?”

“When Emperor Jupiter made a deal with me to request your assassination, he told me that without external aid, a Knight could not possibly ride a second dragon. And all three great empires hold Jade Fruits, which have also given rise to Dragon Knights who ride two dragons.”

This was an important piece of information; clearly, the Jade Dragon had indeed been dismembered and its remains scattered across the entire Legendary Continent, including the Mafa Continent.

Families that possessed the corpse of the Jade Dragon were obviously able to become enduring Dragon Rearing Families that wouldn’t lack dragons to make up numbers, and thus could grow into empires. For example, the Flame Family that Liszt had founded, normally developing for a few hundred years, fit the pattern of an empire’s rise perfectly.

Lerald added, “Sadly, the Sacred Dragon has been missing for thousands of years, and the three great empires could not obtain a Sacred Dragon. Only you have ridden a Formless Dragon. After getting the news of the Formless Dragon, when Emperor Jupiter summoned me, he said he was determined to have the Formless Dragon.”

“Big talker.” Liszt was alert in his heart but showed disdain on his face.

Lerald shook his head, “I’m not familiar with the secret forces of the Kushan Imperial, but I know Emperor Jupiter well. Once he wants something, he will pay any price… With the Formless Dragon in your hands, he will not give up but will continue to look for an opportunity to snatch it away.”

“Then let him come. Even the Archmage and the King of Shadows couldn’t harm me when they teamed up to assassinate me. I don’t believe he has any tricks left!” Liszt’s confidence was well-founded; this assassination attempt had proven again that the power of destiny favored him, and all conspiracies and tricks could not hide from him.

Lerald then narrated the overt strength of the Kushan Imperial.

The Imperial Dragon Lair supported thirty-one dragons, among which were twenty-two Dragon Knights, much more powerful than the strength of a typical kingdom. Fortunately, most of the Kushan Empire’s Dragon Knights were used to combat the Neverfall Empire, or else it would have been too easy to annex the surrounding small countries, and they would have already expanded eastward.

Afterward, Lerald spoke of the political landscape of the Legendary Continent.

The Neverfall Empire was recognized as the strongest nation, followed closely by the Blue Dragon Empire, and finally, the Kushan Empire. These three empires were often at war, in a situation similar to a tripartite standoff. Next came eleven kingdoms and countless duchies, along with three major city-states.

Freedom City-State, Lost City-State, Mercenary City-State.

City-States were small alliances of Dragon Rearing Families, existing in the form of Mercenary Corps, mainly to oppose the Kushan Empire – which was the only empire that liked to plunder smaller countries.

Because of the great distance and the unexpected decline of magic civilization, the difficulty of imperial expansion increased, otherwise, in these thousands of years, there would have been some talented and ambitious Dragon Knights capable of unifying the Legendary Continent.

“So, how do you view the downfall of the Ancient Moon Empire?”

“I’m not sure, but based on my years of persistent excavation of ancient ruins, I’ve deduced that during the heyday of the Moon Empire, a huge catastrophe of destruction suddenly erupted. After that, the entire magic civilization collapsed overnight, and only then did knights develop in these ruins of civilization.”

“Have you heard of the Mafa Continent?”

“You know about the Mafa Continent too?” Lerald looked at Li Si Te with renewed esteem, “Indeed, there is a Mafa Continent similar to the Legendary Continent, where there were close interactions between the two continents in ancient times. The magicians of the Mafa Continent also achieved unification, called the Sun Empire.”

“What happened to the Sun Empire in the end?”

“It’s hard to say clearly, but I personally deduce that at the same time as the Moon Empire, the Sun Empire also collapsed thunderingly. And in the ancient seas there was also a civilization, ruled by mermaids. Some of the ruins I’ve excavated contain items from the sea and Sky Ships.”

“Sky Ships?” Li Si Te raised an eyebrow.

“The flying vessels that traverse the Devil’s Sea, humans from the time of the Moon Empire and Sun Empire didn’t like to travel on ordinary ships, they always flew in the sky, side by side with dragons.” Lerald said with some emotion, as to every magician, the magic civilization of ancient times was an ideal state.

“How much do you know about dragons?”

“I’ve certainly studied a lot about these magical creatures; they are the embodiment of the limits of Magic Power, representing the manifestation of some kind of Truth. As far as I know, there should be thirty-six types of Gemstone Dragons, seventy-two types of Metal Dragons, eight types of Elemental Dragons, five types of Sacred Dragons, and three types of Evil Dragons… But I’m not very familiar with the specific kinds.”

“You also know about the Evil Dragons?” Li Si Te became quite interested, “What do you know about them?”

Lerald was taken aback, “So Your Majesty you know about Evil Dragons too… That shouldn’t be right, this place is the wild countryside, small kingdoms like Eagle, Steel Ridge, and Blast Furnace Fortress shouldn’t be able to get any news about Evil Dragons… Ah, it must have been Lord Acherloides who taught you, I didn’t expect her to be so young, yet so knowledgeable.”

To Li Si Te, this didn’t sound quite right—it was he who had taught Acherloides, not the other way around!

He was the renowned scholar acknowledged by the Magic Guild of the Flame Kingdom!