Chapter 18 (1/2)

Liszt was no stranger to dragon-bred horses.

His father, Leewilliam Tulip, was the royal groom in court. His responsibility was to take care of Archduke Sapphire’s beloved horse, which had the bloodline of dragons.

There were dragons in this world.

They were unlike the dragons of the east or those of the west; they were the most splendid essence of nature. Such dragons had no genders and could not have offspring. However, just like they could produce gems and metals, they could influence other creatures and give them dragon blood.

The knowledgeable people classified dragons, elves, and monsters according to how precious they were.

The most precious ones were naturally dragons. They were the symbols of countries.

Right below them were dragon elves. They represented the power of grand nobles.

Then were the big elves. They stood for the power of mid-level nobles.

After that came dragon-bred monsters that carried dragon blood.

Following them were little elves that were the foundation of small nobles.

Less precious than them were dragon-bred animals. They were common beasts with the blood of dragons.

At the bottom of the tier was the elvish insect. They meant basic productivity.

There was actually another kind of elf that was as precious as dragons—the elf king. In legends, it was the final form of the dragon elves’ evolution. Its wormgrass was so huge that a forest could live on it. Monsters, elves, and even dragons could live on the wormgrass.

However, most people considered the elf king only a tale.

Of every dozen elvish insects, one might evolve into a little elf. One of a hundred little elves might turn into a big elf. Hundreds of big elves might have only one that could grow into a dragon elf. Nobody had ever heard of a dragon elf that evolved into an elf king.

Liszt calculated the odds when he had nothing better to do.

Assuming that the odds of evolution for the elvish insects, the little elves, the big elves, and the dragon elves were 1/50, 1/100, 1/500 and 1/1,000, then the odds for an elvish insect to grow into an elf king was 1/2,500,000,000.

It was almost zero. No wonder nobody had ever seen an elf king.

Looking at the Ophidian words, Liszt was passionate again. A dragon-bred horse was theoretically even more important than an elvish insect. Maybe it could not beat any monster, but it was definitely valuable with its rare dragon blood.

Everything associated with dragons was popular in this world.

Also, the dragon blood could improve the quality of a creature. A subpar horse could immediately turn into the best horse with dragon blood.

The dragon-bred horses were the best options for warhorses.

Why did Archduke Sapphire cherish his dragon-bred horse so much? Because it provided blood for the Blue Blood Horses of the Blue Blood Knights, the best group of knights with a history of more than 240 years.

The Blue Blood Knights couldn’t have made so many contributions to the Sapphires without their horses.

Naturally, Archduke Sapphire needed to maintain the continuity of the Blue Blood Horses to attract knights.

A dragon-bred horse… If I breed it, will I be able to establish an order of knights that is as good as the Blue Blood Knights?

He was excited just thinking about it.

However, Liszt, Marcus, and Goltai were the only people with combat aura in Flower Town. Even if he were given a lot of dragon-bred horses, there would be no knights for him to command.

There was still a long way to go.