Before his time travel, Liszt was a big fan of the American TV series "Game of Thrones," which featured a magnificent structure called the Wall.
Humans built the 300-mile-long, 700-foot-high Frost wall with the help of giants.
He was initially very interested in the Wall, so he did a lot of research and learned that the Wall was based on a cliff formed by Rock in western Iceland. This gave him an understanding of this magnificent natural wonder that can only be formed by Rock.
The Giant's Causeway in Ireland, Devil's Tower in the United States, Fingal Cave in Scotland, and the Guizishan Stone Forest in Liuhe District, Nanjing are all typical Rock.
The neatly arranged stone pillars are hard to believe, as they originated from a volcanic eruption.
When a volcano erupts lava, it cools and forms porous basalt, which gradually contracts, creating very regular geometric shapes. In most cases, it forms hexagons, as if it had been processed by humans.
"This is Rock, without a doubt!"
As the pit was continuously excavated, the appearance of the Rock was gradually revealed. One after another, the orderly hexagonal columns showed their true colors.
Kosto, who was following behind Liszt, suddenly shouted, "I remember now, sir, I remember now! I've seen this kind of Rock on an island!"
"What island?"
"A deserted island, encountered during the voyage to Deep Throat Island. The entire island is covered with densely packed stone pillars, the same shape as the stone pillars here."
Kosto's words corroborated Liszt's judgment.
The Rock beneath his feet were Rock, a geological structure formed by volcanic eruptions. Looking at the enormous skeleton, a possibility suddenly occurred to him.
He silently pondered, "Perhaps my previous judgment was wrong. This isn't just the remains of a dragon; perhaps it is the remains of a Fire Dragon!"
Wind Dragon can create Wind Roar Valley, where strong winds blow year-round.
Fire Dragon can naturally form volcanoes.
"If it were a Fire Dragon, falling here in its final moments, its Magic Power would surely have caused a volcanic eruption, and the Fire Dragon's body would have been swallowed by the volcano. As time passed, perhaps tens of thousands of years later, the Fire Dragon's Magic Power would have gradually dissipated, the volcano would have died, and the upper layers would have gradually weathered away or had soil blown in by the wind, forming the Black Horse Island we see today."
Black Horse Island doesn't look like a volcanic island.
But Liszt thought it made perfect sense. This place might have originally been the deep sea, but because of the Fire Dragon's fall, the volcano erupted continuously, layer upon layer, until it finally broke through the seawater and emerged above the surface.
"If I were to dive down now and peer into the underwater shoreline of Black Horse Island, it might actually be shaped like a massive volcano. The exposed Black Horse Island is merely a part of that Volcanic Crater."
"Not to mention, they are really similar. Icegrass mounds, Stipa mounds, Alfalfa mounds and Leymus mounds are distributed in a 'mouth' shape, forming a low-lying valley, matching the structure of the crater. The location of the bones is between Stipa mounds and Icegrass mounds, not far from the crater. Maybe the bones of the fire dragon were brought out by the volcanic eruption."
Thinking about it that way...
Even if the Magic Eye cannot detect fire-attribute Magic Power.
Liszt gradually felt that the fire-attribute battle qi within his body was becoming restless, as if the fire-attribute Magic Power here was very active.
Of course, this was an illusion. After calming down, he did not find any such signs, and the agitation of his fighting spirit subsided.
"You're overthinking it. After tens of thousands of years of wear and tear, the Fire Dragon would probably have lost everything except for these few bones."
dragon!
Fire Dragon!
Liszt stood up, stepping on the Rock, and approached the bone.
Reaching out to stroke the rough surface of the bone, he felt a surge of complex and indescribable emotions welling up inside him. "I am destined to be with dragons. Invisible Dragon, Smoke Dragon, Fire Dragon —ordinary people rarely see them, yet I have encountered them one after another. It seems that I am destined to ride Dragon Flight in this lifetime."
Unfortunately, it wasn't Metal Dragon or Gem Dragon that crashed here, so no metal or gem deposits were left behind.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. If it were Metal Dragon or Gem Dragon, without the constant eruption of volcanoes, Black Horse Island would probably just be a piece of silt on the seabed, and no matter how rich the mineral deposits were, Liszt would never be able to find them.
Everything we see has a reason.
He then thought, "If the Fire Dragon fell here and wasn't killed, then the existence of Dragon Valley should be ruled out... The Dragonlance Chronicles: The Dragon of Late Autumn records that dragons, when they grow old, will fly to Dragon Valley." This is just a vast ocean; there is no Dragon Valley here.
At this time.
Marcus, the supervisor, offered an idea. "Sir, I'm wondering, since there are five bones embedded in these stones, does that mean there are more bones embedded in the stones, just that the parts that are above ground have decayed into fragments?"
"That makes sense. It seems we need to thoroughly clean up this... Burial Ground." Liszt suddenly felt that his impromptu naming idea was quite stylish. "Let's call this Burial Ground. If people have some free time, they can just level the surface and see how many bones they can collect."
Even though the bones of Fire Dragon are decayed, they are still very hard and are an excellent material.
The soon-to-be-built bonesmith shop will have no shortage of suitable raw materials.
Having ascertained the origins of the bones from the Burial Ground, Liszt felt there was no need to investigate further. So, early the next morning, bathed in the glow of the rising sun, he set off from Black Horse Island.
Of course, he also took a batch of bone fragments back with him.
We need to keep thinking about what else these bones can be used for besides making bone tools—it always feels like a huge waste to use dragon bones to make bone tools for serfs to farm.
Upon returning to Flower Town, they met Elkeson Truth again.
The magician arrived in Flower Town to prepare the next batch of Flame Valley Magic Potion.
Liszt, on a sudden inspiration, handed him a bone fragment. "Mr. Elkeson, I recently found some ruins and discovered a few bones. Could you help me study them and see what kind of creature they belong to and what their purpose is?" Bones that have been decaying for tens of thousands of years, even if they reveal the secret of dragon bones, it doesn't matter much.
The important thing is to understand its function.
Elkeson took the bone fragment and nodded, saying, "Please rest assured, I will study it when I have the time. Also, Baron, I have brought the batch of books on magic that you asked me to purchase. There are fifty-six books in total. As for the chivalric novels, you can have the caravan buy them."
Knowledge was something Liszt craved.
He wants to compile a chronological history book called " Dragons Battle in the Wild," which requires a lot of material to copy... cough cough, a lot of reference material. Books created by magicians who pursue truth and reject lies tend to be more truthful, cover a wider range of topics, and have high reference value.
"Thank you very much. I will have Mr. Carter pay for the books as soon as possible."
"I'm not in a hurry; I trust your reputation," Elkeson said with a smile.