Chapter 50 (2/2)

Then, a new mission was released. Mission: The thorn insect’s partners have been properly settled down, but it does not have a new home yet. As the lord, you cannot waste the productivity of any elvish insect. Please settle down the wormgrass of the thorn insect. Reward: invasion of the invisible dragon.

His good mood fell into pieces after he read the new mission.

He would’ve cursed aloud if he didn’t have squires and servants with him. Are you kidding me? What kind of reward is an invasion of an invisible dragon?

According to the information he got earlier, it was possible that the invisible dragon would leave a priceless space ring behind.

However, he might not be able to live to wear it!

A dragon could destroy a town easily. Liszt did not at all intend to find out if he could satisfy an invisible dragon with two old cows and a bundle of smoking grass. In his opinion, that was a mission for the lord of Coral Island.

Pitifully, he had only a Flower Town.

The town would probably be a goner if the dragon was to tumble on it. His extravagant noble life would be reduced to bankruptcy.

For a moment, he even decided to abandon the thorn insect and leave the mission unfulfilled to not trigger the reward.

However, after he calmed down, he regretted it.

The misty missions seemed to be giving him things that would come to him anyway, but the difficulty of development without such a boost could be unimaginable. Also, he couldn’t give up the rewards of the misty missions.

Hesitating all the way to the castle, he made up his mind.

I’m going to do it. It’s just an invisible dragon!

The smoking grass has been prepared. The cows are here, too. If Flower Town is really destroyed, I’ll ask for something more in Tulip Castle!

The earl can’t watch his son starve, right?

For the space ring and for the misty missions, Liszt decided to take the risk.

After he made up his mind, he needed to make full preparations.

For that, he spent a whole night devising a plan in the study. He did not involve anyone in it, but kept the secret of the invisible dragon to himself, in case somebody leaked the news after he obtained the space ring.

The space ring deserved to be called an artifact.

Devising ways to stay alive in case of failure was Liszt’s principle. He must ensure his own safety whether or not the mission was accomplished.

Observing the map of Flower Farm he’d drawn, he considered for a long time and circled the Cow Farm. This place will be the battlefield for the invisible dragon. I’ll keep the cows here and pile the smoking grass in the Cow Farm to attract the invisible dragon’s attention.

There won’t be a battle. Nobody can defeat a dragon, much less slay it.

It’s said that the special magic that dragons breathe out is highly lethal. Half of dragons’ combat ability is based on their breath. So, I have to dig tunnels first, so that I can escape from the dangerous surface.

The dragons wouldn’t dig holes and capture bug-like humans themselves, right?

On the other hand, neither me nor anybody else in Flower Farm can see the invisible dragon. To find out the real location of the invisible dragon, I should spread flour over the Cow Farm, so that the dragon will leave footprints behind when it walks… The question remains, do dragons still walk when they can fly?

Liszt stroked his hair, considering how to detect an invisible dragon, but he couldn’t come up with anything.

In his agitation, he smacked the desk.

Crack.

The candle fell, and the oil flowed toward a knight novel at the corner of the desk, which was immediately consumed by fire.