A Congratulatory Gift for the King (Fourth Update, Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader 21/147)

The search for natural nodes would have to wait until he finished handling official affairs.

Liszt first returned to Tinder Castle. He did not intend to start dealing with official business immediately; he would eat first, then go nurture his bond with his dragons.

He had not seen Gray Cast Iron Dragon Ornn, Light Green Gem Dragon Isen, or Orichalcum Dragon Marta for two weeks. The dragons must have missed him terribly.

However, the moment he returned to Tinder Castle, before he even had time to bathe, Butler Carter reported, "My lord, the Moon-Slayer tribal statues you had the knights search for have yielded five parts. One of them is a statue fragment from an arm. They have all been placed in the castle warehouse. Would you like to take a look?"

"A statue fragment from an arm? Good. I'll go at once." Liszt raised his brows and immediately headed for the warehouse.

Five statue fragments had been collected in the warehouse. He directly smashed them all apart, but the first four contained nothing sealed within them.

Only the fifth fragment, the one from an arm, appeared to depict a severed hand holding a round box. When it was smashed open, it revealed the artifact sealed inside.

Wiping away the rubble and dust, Liszt found a crown adorned with countless gemstones.

"So this is where the Gemstone Crown from that earlier Smoke Mission reward was. It wasn't Grand Duke Sapphire planning to give me a crown." Liszt held the Gemstone Crown in both hands and examined it closely. "A very interesting Gemstone Crown. It is entirely made from some kind of golden thread, binding gemstones of all sizes together."

The Gemstone Crown in his hands had a domed structure, its entire dome set with all manner of gems. Some were