Emily arrived quickly, because she had recently changed mounts again. Liszt had given his mount from his younger days—the wind-element intermediate dragon beast, Landwalker Loki—to Emily.
The development of Flame Island had spread itself ever wider. Tinder City, Jade City, Dragon Valley City, Reed City, and River Mouth City were all being built at once. Yet the distances between the cities were enormous; even Tinder City and Dragon Valley City, the closest pair, were over three hundred kilometers apart—roughly the distance from Shanghai to Nanjing.
Relying on horses for communication was indeed a waste of time, especially for a follower like Emily, whom Liszt valued highly and who often needed to wear several hats and travel between the various cities.
Changing to a better mount was necessary—of course, Emily was currently the only one receiving such treatment.
"Your Highness."
"You're here, Emily." Liszt glanced over the girl, who stood one meter seventy tall and was no longer flat as a board, her chest and buttocks beginning to show a slight curve. "I recently obtained a special dragon, a Bone Dragon. It's quite interesting. It has no consciousness of its own, so you can try riding it."
He pointed at the enormous creature standing in place with its head lowered, as though deep in thought.
With a wingspan of sixty meters and a body length of sixty-five, the Bone Dragon glimmered all over with a ghostly blue light. Its dragon teeth were like a shining sun, while its dragon eyes burned with two clusters of blue flame.
When sunlight struck the Bone Dragon directly, Liszt felt a burning sensation while riding it, though it was merely a sensation. Sunlight had no special effect on the Bone Dragon. Unlike vampires, whose strength would be greatly suppressed under the sun, the Bone Dragon's