The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

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Lost in thought, Ach also noticed the movement in the distance, and even Rainbow Whale Ros rapidly swam over, carrying the sampan-carrying Liszt, while emitting an urgent "squeak" sound.

It was signaling danger.

"Brother, Ach feels a very great pressure."

"It's a Sea Monster Whale, huge in size, abundant in magic power, I suspect it's an Advanced Sea Monster," Liszt quickly said, "Ach, be careful, follow me, and we'll avoid this whale... Its sheer size suggests it shouldn't be interested in us."

"Hmm, big whales are very gentle sea creatures," Ach breathed a sigh of relief, following Liszt and swimming to the side to avoid the path of this enormous creature.

The Sea Monster Whale's size was truly colossal.

Wherever it went, it constantly slapped the seawater, splashing huge waves with a smack. And it would also make a strange noise, a sound that was ethereal, silent, sharp, quiet, and cold, giving off a very eerie feeling, as if one was in the midst of deep-sea terror.

Boom!

Smack!

The Sea Monster Whale suddenly burst out of the water and then crashed back down onto the sea surface, creating even larger waves than before. It rolled and swam around, apparently without a clear target, oblivious to not-far-away Liszt and Ach, simply indulging in its own solitary play.

"Brother, what is this big whale doing?" Ach asked, using the faint starlight to barely discern the Sea Monster Whale's movements, the commotion being too great.

Liszt squinted his eyes, thoughtfully saying, "Perhaps, it's courting."

His words became a prophecy.

Half an hour later, the two suddenly discovered, apart from the whale that kept rolling on the sea surface, another slightly smaller but equally magic-powerful Sea Monster Whale approached from afar. It circled around the rolling whale, swimming in continuous loops, seemingly assessing the other.

Seeing this newcomer Sea Monster Whale, the roller intensified its rolling.

It kept roaring as if to show off its robustness; its body length was at least fifty meters, and each roll and crash caused roaring waves.

Moreover, it could release magic, an impressive feat indeed. The Sea Monster Whale's surrounding seawater was pushed out by some strong magic force, creating a huge ring of vacuum. But quickly the vacuum was filled by intense pressure and exploded.

It was an explosion without smoke or dust, immense force tossing tens of thousands of tons of seawater into the air.

If there were any fish nearby, they would undoubtedly be crushed into powder by the sheer explosive power, and Liszt could distinctly feel that surging force in his Eye of Magic vision. Even he, if caught within the range of this magic, would probably be mercilessly torn apart.

"I suspect these two Sea Monster Whales might not just be Advanced Sea Monsters but should be classified as Super Sea Monsters. The magic they exhibit is unprecedented yet astonishingly powerful."

There is no clear boundary between Super and Advanced.

Indeed, the classifications of Low-Level, Intermediate, and Advanced Magical Beasts are vague beyond the difference in the number of magics – the strongest among the Low-Level beasts can even kill the weakest amongst the Intermediate ones. Just like the current Landwalker Bird Loki, an Intermediate Dragon Beast, whose fighting ability, aside from its skill at escaping, might not outdo a Fierce Earth Dog.

Even some fierce wild animals are capable of hunting Magical Beasts.

Liszt had witnessed with his own eyes a hunting dog at Tulip Castle, which took down a Low-Level Magical Beast Fire Rabbit in just ten seconds – the Fire Rabbit, readying its Fireball Technique, was bitten to death. The Fire Rabbit, a Magical Beast bred for its meat, is basically a disgrace amongst Magical Beasts.

In summary.

The classification of Magical Beasts is chaotic; there are no clear changes like those seen with Knight Dou Qi, only differences in physical condition, magic power dissipation, and the number of magics.

Describing these two enormous creatures as Super Sea Monsters is not at all far-fetched.

With their body size alone, the water pressure caused by their rolling could annihilate some Low-Level sea monsters. Just like earlier when this Sea Monster Whale slapped the water, if Liszt approached too near riding the Rainbow Whale Rose, it's not surprising if they were instantly smashed into a mush.

Of course.

Should an actual battle begin, Liszt wouldn't foolishly dash towards the Sea Monster Whale to be flattened; the sea is the monsters' domain, while the sky is the battlefield of a Sky Knight.

At this moment.

The whale and he, well, they kept to their own waters.

In fact, it even provided a free live show of a behemoth's courtship for him to observe and learn from, which turned out to be quite interesting. After releasing the incredibly powerful magic known as "Vacuum Water Burst," which Liszt had named, the subsequent Sea Monster Whale finally took a fancy to the tumbling Sea Monster Whale.

Approaching slowly.

And then the two Sea Monster Whales, just like that, swayed shoulder to shoulder, emitting calls that sounded like singing.

After that, the bigger Sea Monster Whale slowly placed its pectoral fin on the smaller one, rubbing to find the right spot.

With a forceful thrust.

It began a piston motion.

"Ugh, my eyes," Liszt uttered with a click of his tongue.

These actions could only be seen through the perspective of the Eye of Magic, and the outline of the organs made of Magic Radiance was clearly visible, showing the brilliant light at the mating spot. It was as if the magical essence of the two Sea Monster Whales was mingling, with the Magic Power rapidly rotating and mixing.

However.

The eye-watering process only lasted a brief thirty seconds before hurriedly coming to an end.

The female Sea Monster Whale seemed to be quite satisfied, cheerfully emitting strange calls, and swam away shoulder to shoulder with the male Sea Monster Whale.

Until they disappeared from sight.

The sea returned to calm, and Ach asked as he looked at the dark ocean surface, "Brother, have the big whales gone?"

"They've gone."

"Ah, what a pity it's night, Ach couldn't see clearly what the big whales look like."

Liszt took out the sampan again, laid down in it, and smiled, "There's not much to see anyway, they look pretty much like ordinary whales, just larger in size."

…

In the legends of sailors, seeing a whale meant good luck.

This seemed to be just a wishful thinking of the sailors, but the next day, good luck indeed followed, as Ach discovered a mountain range-like gentle slope on the sea floor.

Immediately, he swam up the gentle slope, and eventually, they saw an island with faint smoke rising from it.

"Dodo Island!"

Liszt perked up, he had estimated it would take a week to find Dodo Island, yet after watching a free whale action movie, good fortune had swiftly followed. On the second day of reaching this sea area, they had found their target—Dodo Island.

Looking at the volcano-shaped island, the shoreline surrounded by lush forests, and the volcano crater at the top shrouded in smoke.

He already understood that the volcano he was searching for was right here.

It was very likely the kind of active volcano that was currently erupting!

"Oh ho!"

"Oh ho!"

"Oh ho!"

Feeling the presence of the volcano, Little Fire Dragon Leo who had been soundly sleeping on his chest, woke from its slumber, urgently crying out.

Liszt could empathize with its extreme longing for the volcano.

"Stay calm!"