A Contest Between Water and Fire (Third Update, Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader "Song of Glory" 1/5)

This chapter is an extra update for Alliance Leader "Song of Glory"'s reward. One update for now; the remaining five will be made up later... Just from everyone's rewards alone, Old Bai already owes thirty-three updates. Terrifying indeed.

"Mission complete. Reward: Migrating flamingo flock."

There was nothing much to say about the mission reward. What caught Liszt's attention was the new Smoke mission.

"Mission: The migration of the flamingo flock has drawn a high-level Magic Beast to hunt them. Although it has temporarily been lured away by the Purple Sand Crocodile, it may invade your territory at any time and continue preying on the flamingos. Please hunt this Magic Beast and protect the safety of your territory. Reward: Several varieties of abandoned Bug Grass."

Those abandoned Bug Grass were things Liszt was about to acquire anyway, yet the Smoke mission was still using them as a reward. It seemed rather sly.

But the mission's contents seized his attention.

"The flamingo flock actually attracted a high-level Magic Beast to hunt them?" He was startled. He still did not know how strong a high-level Magic Beast was in battle, but it was absolutely not something to be taken lightly. "It seems this high-level Magic Beast was drawn away by the Purple Sand Crocodile. That means I can prepare at my leisure... Perhaps I should first go take a look near the Purple Sand Crocodile."

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

Now that the Smoke mission had even indicated where the high-level Magic Beast was appearing, there was no reason not to investigate—now that he was a Dragon Knight, he would not be so hard-pressed against a high-level Magic Beast. As long as he understood its fighting methods, he could roughly assess