Just as Liszt finished his meal and took inventory of the spoils from the battlefield, preparing to explore the Ice Domain of the Dragon Slaying Sword in the afternoon.
The blood servant that had been sent out for a few days had finally returned.
"Sir, we have investigated the Coiling Dragon Mountain iron mine. There is indeed a huge iron mine there, and it is filled with mined iron ore. There are millions of tons of it. There are two Sword Saints and eight hundred elite knights guarding the Trapped Dragon Mountain Iron Mine. "
"Millions of tons of iron ore?" Liszt's eyes lit up.
Back then, the Count had plundered 200,000 tons of iron ore, and thus accumulated his military merits. If he plundered another million tons of iron ore this time, wouldn't he be able to become a Marquis in one go? After all, a million tons of iron ore could probably guarantee Sapphire's use for the next decade or so.
He quickly calculated in his mind, 'With a million tons of iron ore and my Ghostblade legacy, I believe that as long as the Grand Duke isn't stupid, he will give the Tulip family a reasonable position. I can't guarantee that it will be as good as Marquis Bull, but it definitely won't be worse than the other six Marquises. '
Following Iron Hoof Island's Marquis Bull Andy Sapphire's betrayal and capture, Sapphire was left with six Marquises.
Four fiefdom Marquises — Red Crab Island's Marquis Merlin Longtaro, Deep Throat Island's Marquis Wallace Pineapple, Golden Island's Marquis Roderick Golden Wheat, Leather Island's Marquis Ramires White Glutinous Rice.
Two Blueblood Alliance's Marquis — Maple City's Marquis Glendanton Maple Leaf, Quicksand City's Marquis Nesta Great Flower Orchid.
If they really plundered a million tons of iron ore from the Coiling Dragon Mountain iron mine, even half of the military merits would be given to Golden Wheat and the Taro family, who were in charge of the transportation. Leewilliam's military merits were still huge, and he would definitely seize one of the three Marquises on Iron Hoof Island.
'If the Count becomes a Marquis, the Tulip family will probably bring their followers to Iron Hoof Island to farm. As one of the Count's followers, I will have to migrate to Iron Hoof Island … Fortunately, there will be three to five years of preparation time before the migration. With this time, I will probably be able to ride a dragon successfully and have a showdown with the Grand Duke. "
These thoughts flashed through his mind.
Liszt didn't delve deeper. Instead, he continued to ask the vampires about the situation in Trapped Dragon Mountain.
The Coiling Dragon Mountain Iron Mine belonged to Dragon Lock City, and Dragon Lock City was Countess Lianshan's fief. In other words, the Coiling Dragon Mountain Iron Mine belonged to Countess Lianshan.
"Sir, you will never be able to guess who the owner of the title of Count Lianshan is. His other title is the Golden Age Marquis." Bloody Mary licked her lips, not knowing what to say. "We, the Blood Servants, never thought that the Coiling Dragon Mountain Iron Mine was actually the private property of the Peak Era Marquis."
"Prime Marquis?" Liszt's eyes narrowed. "Mary, I've told you before, don't keep me guessing."
"My apologies, my lord." Bloody Mary put away her expression. "The true identity of the Marquis of Peak Prosperity and Countess Lianshan is the King's Dragon Knight, the master of the Black Knight family, Alonso Copernicus … In fact, we also discovered a pureblood Vampire in the Trapped Dragon Mountain Iron Mine."
He raised his eyebrows.
Liszt felt that he and Alonso Copernicus were fated.
The mastermind behind the betrayal of the Bull Marquis was most likely Alonso Copernicus, the financial backer behind the Goat Gathering was Alonso Copernicus, and the master of the Black Knight family was also Alonso Copernicus. Now, even the iron mine that he planned to rob still belonged to Alonso Copernicus.
"I haven't even succeeded in riding a dragon, and I already have to completely offend a powerful Dragon Knight. Or is it that when I announce my identity as a Dragon Knight, the person who will most likely initiate the Dragon Slaying War will be this Eagle Kingdom Dragon Knight?" This thought emerged in Liszt's mind, and he could not help but ponder.
Whether it was the few wars or the smoke missions, they all vaguely pointed the spearhead at Alonso Copernicus.
Perhaps, this person would really be his future opponent in the Dragon Slaying War. Not every Dragon Knight would encounter the Dragon Slaying War, but if a Dragon Knight wanted to build a country, divide his own power, and change the power structure of the world, it would definitely cause other Dragon Knight to take action.
Either one, or a few, would come to test him.
If Andrew Sapphire had not survived the Dragon Slaying War more than 150 years ago, there probably would not have been the birth of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire.
This was a huge wake-up call for Liszt.
His gaze landed on the five Blood Servants.
Liszt was already immersed in his own thoughts: "Alonso Copernicus is the biggest threat in the Dragon Slaying War, and the missions I completed before were more or less related to him. Maybe this is a series of missions, in preparation for me to win the Dragon Slaying War! "
He suddenly thought of something, and walked out of his thoughts, and asked aloud: "Alonso Copernicus' dragon, is it a Bronze Dragon?"
"Yes, my Lord."
Liszt could not deny it, and fell into deep thought again: "Alonso's dragon is a Bronze Dragon, and my dragon is a Fire Dragon. Production type Gemstone Dragons and Metal Dragons are basically equivalent to militia, and Elemental Dragons are equivalent to regular soldiers. As long as I accumulate enough power, Alonso may not be my opponent!"
He had his own understanding of the accumulation of power.
Weakening the opponent's resources was equivalent to increasing his own bargaining chips: "For the sake of the future Dragon Slaying War, it seems that I have to rob the iron mine in the Coiling Dragon Mountain!"
He was not an indecisive person, and with just a few thoughts, he had already made his decision.
He then suppressed his thoughts, and returned to the Blood Servant's report: "Did you just say that the iron mine in the Coiling Dragon Mountain is guarded by vampires?"
"Yes, my Lord. The one guarding the iron mine in the Coiling Dragon Mountain is the pureblood Fammul Black Knight. His power is similar to Tubert Black Knight, but he is a native pureblood. He also has three mixed-bloods under his command: the enchantress Phoebe, the black-robed Vansa, and the fanged Seth. "
"Only three mixed-bloods?"
Bloody Mary replied: "Usually, a pureblood will have two or three mixed-bloods as his subordinates. Tubert only brought us five mixed-bloods because he had a mission. Only Hamil and I are his true subordinates."
Liszt could not help but muse: "Vampires are troublesome …"
At this time, Bloody Mary suddenly said: "My Lord, if you plan to attack the iron mine in the Coiling Dragon Mountain, perhaps we, the Blood Servants can help you eliminate Fammul and his three subordinates."
Liszt raised his eyelids and looked at Bloody Mary, his face expressionless.
Only when Bloody Mary was nervous and at a loss did he speak lightly: "As a servant, my first request is that you do not cross the line."
Bloody Mary immediately knelt on one knee. "I am sorry, my Lord. Mary sincerely apologizes. I should not have acted on my own!"
Her expression did not seem to be pretending.
Seeing this, Liszt did not pursue the matter further. He only said calmly: "Just this once … Tell me your plan to help me eliminate these four vampires."
"We can pretend that Tubert invited Fammul to leave the iron mine in the Coiling Dragon Mountain and head to the Three Dragons City for a secret meeting. Along the way, my Lord, you can directly kill him and find the three hearts he is carrying. The three vampires will naturally prostrate themselves at your feet. "
The plan was rather simple and crude.
But Liszt readily agreed after some thought.
He had always liked this kind of simple and crude style. Overly elaborate conspiracies were not his forte — he always felt that the more elaborate the plan, the easier it was to make mistakes.
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