Evil dragon has a warm heart-Chapter 31 - Feeding the Great Dragon with Gold Coins
Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Feeding the Great Dragon with Gold Coins
Chapter 31 -31 Feeding the Great Dragon with Gold Coins
Russell was never one to let things slide, not in his past life and certainly not in this one.
“Sir, what do you intend to do?” Charles, when no one noticed, had already quietly changed the way he addressed him, no longer calling Russell by his first name.
Eric frowned and said, “This man is cunning; it won’t be easy to subdue him.”
“Why subdue him? By luring the Snow Ghosts to invade my manor, he has already given me more than enough reason to kill him,” Russell said in a low voice. “Mr. Charles, Mr. Eric, and Captain Chris, what I’m considering now is how to get him killed.”
Lone Wolf Lisbon had already committed an unforgivable offense.
Luring the Snow Ghosts to invade without regard for the manor’s property and the safety of the serfs was a surefire path to death.
“It won’t be easy to kill him, either,” said Captain Chris. “If he dares show his face, I can help Mr. Russell kill him, but this man is naturally cunning. If he hides in the caverns and doesn’t come out, it will be difficult to find him.”
The caverns surrounding the Glowing Valley were interconnected by secret passages into a vast network, which might even be larger than the entire valley itself.
Once someone hides in there, catching them would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
“Is it that difficult?”
“If Lord Baron takes action and exerts pressure on the cavern forces, and then sends a squad of knights to block the roads, it should be quite easy.”
“Forget it; if I have to bother my father over such a trivial matter, what right do I have to govern the manor and its lands?” Russell quickly dismissed the strategy of asking the Baron to intervene. Troubling the Baron with everything would only lower his reputation.
An excellent lord would be able to recruit excellent followers in the future.
Chris, the Captain, smiled and said, “If you need anything, just command me.”
Russell thanked him, “If I really have no other choice, I’ll come to trouble you… Let’s not talk about this disappointing matter for now; let’s continue the celebration!”
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The celebration did not last into the night.
In the afternoon, Captain Chris took his leave, mounting the Nightmare Specter Horse and disappearing on the Charcoal Dust Road. After all, he was the Castle Guard Captain and not Russell’s Captain. Being away from his post for too long would clearly displease the Baron.
“Sir, do you really want to kill Lone Wolf Lisbon?” Charles brought up the earlier unfinished topic on his own initiative.
“Of course.”
“If you do decide to kill Lisbon, I think the Wildcat Sisters are key. Perhaps you can use the Wildcat Sisters to lure Lisbon out.”
“No rush, we should deliberate over this matter,” responded Russell, regaining his composure. “Lisbon must be killed; otherwise, my thoughts will be obstructed. But killing him shouldn’t interfere with my subjugation of Echo Water River Cavern, so the plan must be flawless.”
Eric suddenly said, “Sir, let me infiltrate the Echo Water River Cavern and find out what’s going on.”
“No, there’s no need to take such a risk.”
“Then…”
“Wait, let’s wait for the Wildcat Sisters to come,” Russell said with a slight smile, having already shown his strength. Now it was time to see if he could attract the butterflies.
Charles asked with confusion, “Will the Wildcat Sisters come? Catherine didn’t say she would come again when she left.”
“If she wasn’t interested, she wouldn’t have come to deliver the message on a rainy night. Since she is willing to make friends, she will naturally choose to do so when I’m at my weakest,” Russell felt he had a seventy to eighty percent chance of guessing the Wildcat Sisters’ intentions. “Isn’t that right, Mr. Charles?”
Charles spoke admiringly, “Sir, you are becoming more and more like Lord Baron.”
“That’s an overstatement; I’m still learning from my father, Sir.”
“Under the watchful gaze of the Great Dragon, I believe you will soon surpass your teacher in skill. The Fluorescent Fungi Family will thrive under your leadership.”
“That’s my brother’s task.”
“But you can forge a new enterprise. Wuyao Snake Manor is too small for you; it’s merely the starting point of your ascension.”
“Hmm, that is true. Mr. Charles, Mr. Eric, let us work hard toward that goal together.”
Charles bowed slightly in respect, “Following closely in your footsteps, Sir!”
Eric, trying his best to suppress the urge to roll his eyes at Charles’s sycophancy, pounded his chest heavily and muttered reluctantly, “Following closely in your footsteps, Sir!”
Nighttime.
Russell continued to stay and sleep in the manor’s guest court.
The cordyceps had successfully cultivated, and it was no longer a good excuse to camp outside on the grounds of guarding them. Besides, after a major battle during the day, a good rest was needed.
“Ga!”
Familiar Gloomy Dreamland, familiar Little Dream Dragon.
“What is this, Ice Cream? Are we destined to only meet in dreams?” Russell asked a new question.
But the Little Dream Dragon couldn’t comprehend and simply kept croaking, carrying Russell around as they circled the outlined manor’s detached residence.
“Sigh, asking is pointless; you’re just a dummy,” Russell raised his middle finger.
The Little Dream Dragon found it amusing and also waved its slender forelimbs, raising a claw like a little matchstick: “Ga, ga, ga!”
“Stop croaking, let’s go see my bedroom and what kind of light the Ice Pellet Pearl is emitting.”
The man and dragon returned to Russell’s bedroom where, apart from the dark gold ceramic armor, Green Ceramic Sword, two small pearls, and the light from the gemstone fixtures, a faint blue light could be seen emitting from the drawer of the bedside table.
The light formed a cluster, clearly coming from the Ice Pellet Pearl.
Upon seeing this bunch of light, before Russell could make sense of it, the Little Dream Dragon suddenly cried out loudly: “Ga! Ga! Ga!”
“What, you want it?”
“Ga!”
Russell was surprised, as it was rare to see the Little Dream Dragon react so vehemently, so he immediately waved his hand, “If you want it, take it!”
The next moment, the Little Dream Dragon dove headfirst into the drawer; in the Gloomy Dreamland, apart from magical creations that glowed, everything else was an illusion, so the Little Dream Dragon went straight through the drawer to get right in front of the Ice Pellet Pearl.
It opened its mouth, its tongue rolled up, and the Ice Pellet Pearl was swallowed down.
Then.
It burped contentedly: “Ga-er…”
“You can actually consume things in the Gloomy Dreamland?” Russell was very surprised and then tried to touch the Green Ceramic Sword himself.
Unfortunately, his arm passed through the light of the Green Ceramic Sword and couldn’t touch the physical sword itself.
This was consistent with previous experimental results.
“Ice Cream, your turn. Can you grab this Green Ceramic Sword?” Russell patted the Little Dream Dragon’s head, guiding it to grab the Green Ceramic Sword.
The Little Dream Dragon, puzzled, mimicked and reached out its paw to grab at the sword.
However, like Russell, its claw passed through the light of the Green Ceramic Sword and failed to touch anything tangible.
“Hmm?” Russell couldn’t understand this.
He mulled over it carefully: “Although the Gloomy Dreamland is a fantasy formed in reference to reality, Ice Cream does indeed have the ability to interact with the real world through the Gloomy Dreamland… Its breath nurturing the birch cordyceps was an interaction, and now swallowing the Ice Pellet Pearl is another interaction.”
It’s just that the number of interactions was too few, making Russell unable to determine what kinds of behaviors were within the scope of interactivity.
“Forget it, I’ll figure it out slowly later.”
There’s plenty of time ahead, and Russell had enough time to unravel the mysteries of the Gloomy Dreamland.
He looked carefully at the Little Dream Dragon: “Eating the Ice Pellet Pearl doesn’t seem to have changed you at all… Tsk, tsk, I’m really living in luxury now, starting to feed dragons Gold Coins.”
The Ice Pellet Pearl was equivalent to a Gold Coin.
Most serfs might never lay eyes on a Gold Coin in their lifetimes, with silver coins and copper coins being enough to satisfy their needs.
“Let’s fly, we’ll stroll for a bit and then sleep,” Russell rode on the Little Dream Dragon, beginning their moment of loitering through the streets.
However, he quickly noticed something was amiss: “Ice Cream, has the Gloomy Dreamland expanded a bit? Before, only a small part of this tree was within the Gloomy Dreamland, but now, a large part is within it!”
