Knights Come to Pledge Allegiance (Fourth Update, in Celebration of Alliance Leader Bittertree 1/8)

This extra chapter was sponsored by Alliance Leader "Bittertree." Seven more chapters remain and will be made up later.

Lunch was eaten at the construction site.

Liszt's fare was very simple: only roasted Magic Beast meat, seafood, steaks, fried eggs, egg soup, vegetable salad, several kinds of pastries, milk tea, and fruit juice.

After lunch.

Paris, who had walked several laps around the entire river channel, hurried over. "My lord, this trap looks quite good when paired with your preparations, but are you sure the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent will come here? Snakeblood Fruits alone probably aren't enough to lure it in. Its whereabouts are impossible to determine."

The vast sea stretched endlessly. Who knew where Dulu Michita was hiding now.

But Liszt knew—and he was confident he could lure it here. He smiled. "Trust me. Drawing the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent here won't be difficult. It will just take a little patience."

His gaze shifted to the upstream section blocked off by the river channel.

A fairly deep pond had already been dug there. Starting the morning after tomorrow, A Ke would be moved into the pond and serve as bait to lure Dulu Michita.

Then.

Liszt would announce the capture of the rats, complete the Smoke mission, and obtain the mission reward.

The day before the snake-slaying operation began.

Beneath an apple tree already in bloom, Liszt held a final discussion with Marcus. "Seven Earth Knights are enough to handle the supporting work in the hunt. But Instructor Marcus, you and I bear the heaviest tasks. Not only must you inject the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent with the Soul Disruptor, you must also shatter the Fire Dragon Canister in time and release its fire dragon magic power."

"Rest assured, my lord. I have confidence in my