The Shadow King's tongue had long since been cut out, leaving him unable to speak.
Liszt had no interest in interrogating him either. He simply erased him, then toyed with the goblet-shaped ancient artifact, trying to sense its effects.
Unfortunately, he could feel nothing. "The Knowledge Ancient Book is with A Ke, so I can't appraise it either. Forget it. I'll put it away for now and wait until A Ke returns." By now, he no longer needed any ancient artifact to bolster his strength. With the power of destiny wrapped around him and his status as a half-step Bulwark Knight, there was no longer anyone in this vast world who could match him.
"Your Majesty, are you all right?" The next day, Emily returned to the palace castle.
Liszt smiled faintly. "Of course I'm all right."
Emily earnestly agreed. "Yes. You are the most powerful Dragonrider on the Legendary Continent. No petty villain or scheme could possibly harm you."
"Emily, since Jupiter the Great has already made his move—and with such a feeble method at that—I think we can appropriately hasten our steps toward unifying the northeastern corner of the Legendary Continent. Let us begin with a knight war. You will preside over this war between knights. We will conquer the Iron Ridge Kingdom first."
"What are your requirements for the knight war?"
"At least half of the active knights must be eliminated."
"Understood."
Thus, the knight war began in grand fashion. Great numbers of knight orders from the Flame Kingdom marched to the borderlands and went to war with the knight orders of the Iron Ridge Kingdom.
Bard discovered several natural nodes in the border region, allowing Liszt to provide support at any time and drive off the Iron Ridge Kingdom's Dragonriders. With Dragonriders or dragons of the