Evil dragon has a warm heart-Chapter 88 - 87 Mejie Yujiuhua

Chapter 88: Chapter 87 Mejie Yujiuhua

Chapter 88 -87 Mejie Yujiuhua

“Giant foot descending from the sky?”

Russell couldn’t help but think of a certain palm technique that falls from the sky, but he knew that when Lord Uterras spoke, there was definitely an element of exaggeration.

However, no one could correct Lord Uterras’s statement.

After all, the Battle of the Fallen twenty years ago ended in such grim circumstances: the Shadowflame Dragon was gravely injured, the former Duke fell, and even Russell’s grandfather, Rod Glowshroom, died on the snowfield. Many knights who had gone to war were now buried under the snow.

Very few people who knew the truth remained.

The wind and snow never stopped blowing across the white world. Knights scuffled playfully over the other ice crystal weapons that hadn’t yet shattered.

Russell, too, curiously snatched up an ice crystal longsword. Its hilt was thicker than the pillars of the castle and had long since lost its dazzling luster, now covered in dense cracks that were still spreading.

When the cracks reached a critical point, they snapped, shattering the weapon into a pile of ice fragments, never to recover its previous spectacular form.

“It’s really just ice.” Watching the sword, beautiful as an ice sculpture, disintegrate, a faint sense of loss washed over Russell.

He then moved closer to the Snow Demon corpse still being excavated. Lord Sally and his men were skillfully cutting open the Snow Demon’s body, searching for the possible existence of “Ice Soul Pearls,” the crystallized essence of the Snow Demon’s power.

Snow Demons could control ice and snow, freezing the entire world, and that power was known as “Ice Soul,” corresponding to the “Dragonflame” of the Great Dragons.

Of course, only the kings among Snow Demons—the Snow Giants—could manipulate the Ice Soul and encase the land in ice.

A regular Snow Demon’s body also flowed with the force of Ice Soul, and ice crystal weapons were shaped by this power. It was said that this Ice Soul could reanimate the dead into Snow Ghosts, converting the strength they had in life into Ice Pellets.

Upon a Snow Ghost’s death, the power of Ice Pellets would condense into an Ice Pellet Pearl.

Upon a Snow Demon’s death, the Ice Soul power would similarly condense into an Ice Soul Pearl.

“All found, there are two Ice Soul Pearls in total, not bad, at least more generous than the previous two,” Baron Sally said as he weighed the Ice Soul Pearls in his hands, one in each hand, each the size of a fist, much like the Seven Dragon Balls from “Dragon Ball.”

However, there were no stars inside, only a faint blue mist, frozen within the Ice Soul Pearls.

“Sir Sally, let me have a look,” Russell said.

“Catch.” Sally casually tossed one to him; the Ice Soul Pearl was not fragile, in fact, it was far from fragile and instead was indestructible.

Moreover, unlike the Ice Pellet Pearls, which had a value comparable to Gold Coins, Ice Soul Pearls couldn’t be used as currency because they had only one value: to be presented as a merit to Red Castle—and no one knew what Red Castle collected Ice Soul Pearls for.

Some say it was to create an elixir of immortality, since there had been three Dukes of the Shadowflame Duchy who had succeeded in dragon-riding, becoming Dragon Knights.

The first was the founding Duke, Quentin Shadowflame, who lived to be one hundred and thirty years old.

The second was Quentin II Shadowflame, who lived to be one hundred and ninety-five, effectively achieving immortality.

The third was Quentin III Shadowflame, who was in his prime and fell on the battlefield at fifty-two, leading to two decades during which the Shadowflame Duchy was governed by the Council of Elders, until Quentin III’s grandson came of age and ascended to the throne.

If Quentin III had not fallen on the snowfield, perhaps he too could have easily lived to over a hundred years old like his ancestors.

Perhaps this was related to the Ice Soul Pearls.

Of course, some believed that Ice Soul Pearls were merely food for the Great Dragons, and if they could really be used to concoct an elixir of immortality, there wouldn’t be only two Dukes who had lived past a hundred years—after all, the Shadowflame Family had been passed down through many generations.

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Either way, Ice Soul Pearls were of no use to ordinary people, even to ordinary nobility.

Cold, refreshing, moist—these were the sensations Russell felt as he held the Ice Soul Pearl in his hand.

Then.

He noticed the “M”-shaped mark in his palm began to burn; without a doubt, the Little Dream Dragon had sensed the deliciousness of the Ice Soul Pearl.

“Yes, since the Little Dream Dragon loves to eat Ice Pellet Pearls, it naturally craves the more superior Ice Soul Pearls… Perhaps Red Castle collects Ice Soul Pearls to feed the Grand Duchy’s Shadowflame Great Dragon… What a pity, Ice Cream, it’s not that I’m unwilling to let you eat them, but these Ice Soul Pearls don’t belong to me.”

Moments later, Russell returned the Ice Soul Pearl to Baron Roman’s Knight Attendant—it was one of Baron Roman’s spoils of war.

Just as he was about to turn back to his group.

Suddenly, he heard a snap, and saw the chopped-up Snow Demon shattered flesh suddenly fracture like ice-crystal weapons.

Into pieces of blue flesh on the ground, the flesh then cracked again, breaking into smaller pieces.

The flesh particles continued to shatter, then melted into the thick snow, dyeing the entire snowfield a deep blue.

“In a few days, these blue traces will disappear, and the Blue Skins will vanish into smoke just like the Green Skins,” explained Lord Utreras, who enjoyed playing the mentor for Russell, “They are from another world and should not exist on Dragon Sleep Continent.”

“Another world?” Russell looked up at the sky.

Strictly speaking, he himself was a visitor from another world, albeit one who had come through soul rather than body, which made him somewhat superior to the Snow Demons.

“If I die after… Hey, what am I thinking about? I am Russell Fluorescent Fungus, a native human being from Dragon Sleep Continent!” Russell raised his left palm and then clenched it into a fist with force, “Besides, I have a great dragon!”

…

In the following days, hunting Blue Skin Snow Demons and Green Skin Snow Ghosts was part of the Knight Regiment’s routine.

Russell, as part of the supporting troop, also picked up quite a few strays.

He collected more than forty Ice Pellet Pearls, including two of superior quality from the brains of big Green Skins.

It was quite a fruitful haul.

“This is much quicker than making money from farming, but unfortunately, it’s a trade-off for one’s life,” Russell felt inwardly. In these few days, nearly ten Knights had already been lost; they were not easily raised, nor could their value be measured in Gold Coins.

Fortunately, of his four Knight Attendants, only James had suffered some minor injuries; the others were unharmed.

Additionally.

During this time, every night Russell would ride the Little Dream Dragon around searching for Snow Ghosts, and sure enough, he encountered them twice more, consuming a few of their Ice Pellet Pearls and slightly expanding the scope of the Gloomy Dreamland.

On this day, July 14th.

The Knight Regiment arrived at a cold spring point in the center of the Twin Rivers Trade Route to rest for the night, and the next day, they met the Tributary River Mouth Knights.

Leading them was a Knight carrying a flag that fluttered in the wind, the Bluebird Flag of Count Flo Pot.

On the flag, a flower resembling a small blue bird was embroidered—the Rainon Flower.

Russell followed Baron Roman and Roland out of the Cold Spring Point camp to personally welcome the arrival of the commander of the Tributary River Mouth Knights.

A majestic snow-white Unicorn emerged from the crowd, and the handsome middle-aged man with a gentle smile on the Unicorn’s back gave Baron Roman a Knight’s chest-thumping salute and then said with a smile, “Roman, long time no see.”

“Long time no see, Mejie,” replied Baron Roman, also pounding his chest with a hearty laugh, “How has the expedition been for you?”

“So-so, the Snow Demons have been quiet this year, didn’t get many Ice Pellet Pearls,” said Mejie Yujiuhua, uncle to Roland and Russell, “Roland and Russell, it’s good to see you both here.”

Behind Mejie, another young and handsome Knight was also waving his hand: “Uncle, cousin, cousin!”

This was Mejie’s son, Roland’s cousin, and Russell’s cousin, Mel Yujiuhua.

“Uncle, Mel, I’ve been looking forward to meeting you both!” Roland’s face beamed with enthusiasm. After saluting Mejie, he rode up to Mel’s side, slapped hands with him, and then both laughed together.

Russell waited for Roland to finish greeting before moving forward on horseback, pounding his chest with his right hand: “Uncle, Russell sends his respects.”