Barring any surprises, Liszt truly would not have known the name Wilde Bumblebee. More and more knights now followed him, and it had become difficult to pay attention to a mere baron.
Clearing roads through mountains and building bridges over rivers—Piero oversaw all such work.
Other than riding his dragon around to drive off Magic Beasts that might invade the migrating procession, Liszt had been pondering the pseudo-dragon lead Piero Gray Iron had given him—a term of the previous Battle of Minds. The lead Piero had provided concerned the Nemean Lion.
Legendary records contained little information about the Nemean Lion. All Liszt knew was that the Nemean Lion was said to be impervious to blades and spears, impossible to kill.
The information Piero possessed corroborated this.
That had been ten years ago, when Gray Cast Iron Dragon Ornn was still called the Gray King and served as the dragon suppressing the Gray Iron Grand Duchy for the Gray Cast Iron Family. One day, while the Gray King was wandering outside, he discovered a robust lion in the endless wilderness south of the Gray Iron Grand Duchy. The Gray King had immediately intended to hunt the lion for food.
Yet after a fierce battle with the lion, he had actually failed to kill it.
Naturally, the Gray King refused to accept this. After returning to the Gray Iron Grand Duchy, he had Piero gather magicians and set up a magic array to hunt down the Nemean Lion.
The result was still failure. The Nemean Lion had even turned the tables and slain its attackers before escaping without a trace.
"I sent people to the Bountiful Land three times in total. All three hunts failed, costing us vast resources, and in the end we simply let the matter drop. Two years ago,