Liszt had thought he had failed to clarify either point of the previous mission's clue: uncovering the origins of the native tribes' cultivation system, and understanding the natives' current state of development.
So the mission's completion came as a considerable surprise.
"Or perhaps what Kui said is the true history?"
In ancient times, magicians had come to Flame Island and fought shoulder to shoulder with dragons, killing many evil dragons, among them a dragon called Moon. Then they had presumably died as well, buried in a mountain called Holy Mountain. The magicians' descendants began spreading from Holy Mountain into the forests, eventually becoming the present-day Moon-Slayers natives.
The natives were divided into tribe after tribe, some larger, some smaller. The ones in power within the tribes were all magicians, though their standards were rather poor.
Liszt rubbed his chin. "So the Emerald Dragon, the Fire Dragon, and even the Smoke Dragon all took part in that ancient war?" He suddenly thought of the Emerald Dragon's hind leg. To leave such a smooth cut directly through the hind leg of a Holy Dragon like the Emerald Dragon—could it have been the Moon Dragon's doing?
But that raised another question: what kind of dragon was the Moon Dragon? If there was a Moon Dragon, would there also be a Sun Dragon, or even all manner of Star Dragons?
Could these dragons be classified under the attribute of celestial dragons?
Of course, it was only an idle guess. He could not even determine whether the Moon Dragon truly had anything to do with the moon. His gaze turned to the newly transformed Smoke Serpent Script.
"Mission: You have gained some understanding of the native tribes' circumstances. How to develop the native tribes has therefore become the foremost priority. Before that, why not find