Those who wore bear pelts, those who wore wolf pelts, those who wore pig pelts, gladiators, bronze-muscled warriors, shadow incarnations—these were the six ancient warrior inheritances Liszt knew of.
However, he did not think he fit any of those ancient warrior inheritances. After all, he knew too little about them, and omissions would be easy to make.
"So an original ancient warrior inheritance is the best explanation."
After pondering carefully for a moment, he settled on his "new identity." "I'll claim to have inherited the Ghost Swordsman legacy... Ghost Swordsmen are practitioners of an ancient cultivation system, capable of seeing souls... The inheritance came from salvaging a shipwreck off Black Horse Island. It is a blessing from Knight's Glory."
Ghost Swordsman.
Before his identity as a Dragon Knight was confirmed, this was his most suitable disguise. "Whether others believe it or not, I believe it myself... It is merely a cover. If the Sapphire Grand Duke refuses to believe me and insists on investigating my true identity, then I can only abandon my territory and flee overseas!"
He would take A Ke, the elves, and Rio, and entrust the entire territory to the Count.
The day he became a Dragon Knight would be the day the flames of vengeance swallowed the Sapphire Grand Duchy!
"I hope the Smoke Dragon's power of fate always watches over me, plucking the threads of destiny to turn misfortune into fortune, and granting me Knight's Glory's favor wherever I go."
He withdrew his gaze from the distant fields.
Liszt did not wish to come into conflict with the Sapphire Grand Duke. Giving up the Black Horse Island territory he had painstakingly cultivated would be an exceedingly difficult choice—the territory had inventions such as baijiu, glass, and tofu, with white paper still under development, as well