It felt exhilarating.
But not far away, Rio let out a dissatisfied roar. He had strong objections to Liszt acquiring more and more dragons. This left Liszt in quite a bind, and he gradually began to feel his energy flagging.
An ordinary Dragon Knight needed a lifetime to manage a single dragon, while he had to develop so many dragons in such a short time. It was truly difficult.
For now, he could only hope to quickly imprint his presence upon the minds of some resource dragons, then find suitable knights for them—or rather, litter scoopers.
Emily was currently provisionally assigned as the Dragon Knight of the Light Green Gem Dragon Isen, and Isen was also close to forming a mental imprint.
"It's still not enough. Emily alone is of no help at all; she simply can't share the burden of caring for dragons that rests on me. Once I return, I'll have to select a batch of gifted children from the orphans and focus on training them. Hopefully, in a few years or a decade or two, some qualified Dragon Knights can be chosen from among them."
The qualifications for becoming a Dragon Knight were simply too demanding. Every major kingdom ran Dragon Knight candidate programs, yet not every dragon could find a suitable knight.
Many dragons had even gone without one for decades or centuries.
Without a Dragon Knight to cooperate with them, relying solely on the mental imprints left behind by the first generation of Dragon Knights to restrain them created serious problems—the kingdom could not freely command these dragons. Some dragons, when they threw a tantrum, did not give the king any face at all, while vast resources still had to be supplied for their daily consumption.
"It would be best if the Smoke could issue