After Liszt had eaten, taken stock of the battlefield spoils, and was preparing to carefully explore the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword's Frozen Domain ability that afternoon, the Blood Servants he had sent out several days ago finally returned.
"My lord, we have investigated the Trapped Dragon Mountains iron mine thoroughly. There truly is a massive iron mine there, piled high with excavated iron ore—over a million tons in total. Guarding the Trapped Dragon Mountains iron mine are two Sword Saints and eight hundred elite knights."
"Over a million tons of iron ore?" Liszt's eyes lit up.
Back then, the count had accumulated enough military merit to become a count by plundering two hundred thousand tons of iron ore. If they plundered another million tons this time, would that not let him make a direct push for the rank of marquis? After all, a million tons of iron ore could probably supply Sapphire for more than ten years to come.
He swiftly calculated in his heart. "Plundering a million tons of iron ore, together with my 'Ghost Swordsman' inheritance—unless the Grand Duke is a fool, he should give the Tulip Family a fitting position. I cannot guarantee treatment equal to what Marquis Bull once received, but it certainly will not be worse than that of the six marquises."
With Andy Sapphire, Marquis Bull of Iron Hoof Island, captured after his betrayal, Sapphire had six marquises remaining.
Four were territorial marquises—Merlin Long-Yam, Marquis of Red Crab Island; Wallace Pineapple Green, Marquis of Deep Throat Island; Roderick Golden Wheat Ear, Marquis of Golden Island; and Ramirez White Glutinous Rice, Marquis of Leather Island.
The other two were Blue Blood Alliance marquises—Green Danton Red Maple Leaf, Marquis of Red Maple City, and Nesta Cymbidium, Marquis of Quicksand City.
If they truly seized a million