Chapter 12 (1/2)

The elvish insect was not born yet; Liszt couldn’t just wait here. After naming the watchers, he returned to the castle. There was only one road through Thorn Hill that connected Flower Town to the outside world, so few outsiders ever came.

Merchant caravans only arrived with knights when the earl came to collect taxes.

Now that Flower Town had turned into Liszt’s dominion, the caravans probably wouldn’t come again. So, nobody would steal the elvish insect.

As for the residents of Flower Town, they dare not loot the elvish insect, either.

Elvish insects could only sign contracts with human beings with magic power—and maybe monsters, if they ever thought to do so.

Magic power referred to combat aura and spells. They were essentially the same despite their different appearances.

Liszt, Marcus, and Goltai were the only people with magic power in Flower Town. Marcus and Goltai were famous on Coral Island. They couldn’t get away even if they stole the elvish insect. Nobody dared to steal the properties of the Tulips on Coral Island, and Liszt was a member of the family.

Therefore, there was no need to worry about the safety of the peanut elvish insect.

He came to his study and waited for the mist. After these experiences, he had grasped the pattern of the mist. He could see it when he calmed down.

As he expected, he saw the twisted words a minute later.

Mission accomplished. Reward: a peanut elvish insect.

As I expected, the peanut elvish insect is the reward of the mission… These uncanny misty missions cannot offer rewards out of nowhere. The rewards all exist in reality or are events about to happen… The sublimation of combat aura is because of my long-time practice, and the peanut insect was there in the first place.

However, without the misty mission, those rewards would probably be wasted.

He would’ve probably still been a beginner knight, and the peanut insect would’ve died.

At this moment, new content in Ophidian appeared.

Mission: As a lord, you need to know the number of your subjects. Please complete a census and figure out the basic information of the residents. Reward: a brand-new tulip.

A census? Isn’t this what I was planning to do? It seems that the misty missions are updated according to the actual circumstances… What does a brand-new tulip mean? Will I be given a new magic drug? Liszt speculated.

The Tulips prospered exactly because of tulips.

The tulip was not just a flower but also a medicine that had magic power. It was an important ingredient to help with training. In Liszt’s memories, the best tulip could be sold at a price of ten gold coins.

If the brand-new tulip was a magic medicine, it would definitely boost the economy.

Even if it wasn’t, he could still offer it to the Tulip Castle and let the tulip big elf assimilate it, which would increase the potential of the big elf.

So, I have to supervise the census now! Is it really tricky to investigate a town that has no more than two thousand people? Goltai is too disappointing. I’ll do it in person if I have to.

Two thousand people was the number of students in Liszt’s school in his hometown. As the former chairman of the Students’ Union, he was confident of his abilities.

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However, it was a most tricky mission for Goltai.