Evil dragon has a warm heart-Chapter 33 - Past Events Of Two and Three
Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Past Events Of Two and Three
Chapter 33 -33: Past Events Of Two and Three
Successfully hunting down twelve Snow Ghosts solidified Russell’s position as the lord, and his parents acknowledged him even more.
But this time, after having lunch at the castle and telling his sister Lola a story, Russell left empty-handed.
He hadn’t managed to take another batch of supplies with him.
Even a Baron with vast holdings couldn’t afford to give away a batch of resources each time Russell visited, as a few more such visits would completely empty out the castle.
When he got back to Wuyao Snake Manor, he saw a long caravan making its way into the manor.
These weren’t the four-wheeled carriages used by nobles but rather two-wheeled carts similar to flatbeds, only instead of horses, mules were pulling them.
The carts were piled high with logs, almost bending the hubs under their weight. A group of ragged peasants followed beside the carts, steadying the logs and pushing hard. When they reached a pit, they had to shout in unison and push together to get across.
“Sir, you’re back,” Charles greeted with a smile, “Lord Uterras himself has led the caravan bringing the timber.”
“Oh, Lord Uterras is here too?”
“He’s drinking tea in the manor’s guesthouse.”
Russell quickly returned to the guesthouse of the manor and soon met with the lord of Red Falcon Manor, Phantom Beast Knight Lord Uterras.
“Sir Uterras, I didn’t expect you to come yourself.”
“Haha, Russell, you’ve grown up!” Uterras patted Russell’s arm, “You’ve become a bit more resolute since your coming of age ceremony. Indeed, life as a lord does allow one to grow up quickly. When I was your age, I had never killed a Snow Ghost.”
He was a close aide to Mr. Luo Man and one of the five bestowed Lords, having followed the Baron through many military campaigns, possessing great strength.
The handover of the timber was left to Charles and the others.
Russell simply accompanied Uterras for tea and conversation, then listened as Uterras boasted about his past experiences on the snowfields.
“I’ve accompanied Lord Baron to the snowfields to fight and keep the trade routes open. Over the years, I’ve killed who knows how many Snow Ghosts; they seem to be endless, like you can never wipe them out,” Uterras reminisced, “People say that Snow Ghosts are dead humans come back to life, but I don’t believe that.”
“You don’t agree with that view?”
“Of course not, where would humanity have so many dead? And besides, Snow Ghosts are supposed to be the undead who had cultivated Battle Qi, which makes the numbers even fewer. But look at us, across the ages, how many Snow Ghosts have we killed? Have their numbers decreased?”
“Indeed, they haven’t.”
“Right, so Snow Ghosts are not simply metamorphosed humans… well, how shall I say it? Perhaps a part of them is transformed from humans, after all, I’ve witnessed comrades in death suddenly turn into Snow Ghosts… It’s hard to say.”
The consensus is that Snow Ghosts arise from the conversion of humans who had practiced Battle Qi.
But after hearing Uterras’s words, Russell also felt something was amiss. There would have to be an excessive number of deaths for humanity to be unable to wipe them out after thousands of years of killing—despite ongoing human mortalities, it would not be enough to keep up with the rate of hunting.
Especially nowadays, when knights fight on the snowfields, if a comrade dies, they immediately carry out a humanitarian destruction.
They don’t give a chance for Snow Ghosts to transform.
So where exactly Snow Ghosts come from remains a mystery to this day.
The conversation soon turned to Snow Demons, and Russell asked, “Sir Uterras, have you ever battled a Snow Demon?”
“Haha, of course, I have fought them!” Uterras said, his mustache curling with excitement, “We call the Snow Ghosts ‘Green Skins’, and we call Snow Demons ‘Blue Skins’. They are even taller than the big ‘Green Skins’, some of them even ride Snow Beasts, do you know about Snow Beasts? They’re not that trash like Ghost Beasts!”
Snow Ghosts are transformed from humans, while Ghost Beasts are from animals, all resurrected and influenced by the power of the Snow Demons.
“So, they are all called ‘ghosts.'”
“And the root of the disaster that has frozen the Dragon Sleep Continent is the Snow Demon.”
“It is said that Snow Demons come from another world, taking away the fire seeds of the Dragon Sleep Continent, leaving behind an endless freeze that not even the sunlight can melt.”
“There are two types of Snow Demons, one is the humanoid Snow Demon, and the other is the beastly Snow Demon, also known as Snow Beast.”
“Sighting a blue-skinned rider on a Snow Beast, we usually just run away, ha ha, only a Bipedal Flying Dragon can deal with those ‘blue-skinned horsemen.’ Your grandfather rode Mr. Ross and killed a blue-skinned horseman, earning a mighty reputation.”
“Utreras reminisced about the past, sighing endlessly, ‘It’s just a pity that before you were born, Elder Rod followed the Grand Duke to his death on the snowfield, sigh… Lord Baron couldn’t ride dragons, so when we encountered a blue-skinned horseman, we turned and fled.'”
Russell sighed with him.
He knew of his grandfather’s valor, but he had never seen it, only occasionally hearing it from his grandmother, Lady Ingrid.
His grandfather, Rod Glowshroom, was the second-generation Baron Youguang, who had ridden Mr. Ross, meaning he was a Flying Dragon Knight.
A Flying Dragon Knight is also considered a Dragon Rider.
The name of Dragon Rider Rod was absolutely renowned in the Shadowflame Grand Duchy at the time. Unfortunately, five years before Russell was born, in the Dragon Calendar year 5560, Rod joined the Grand Duke in a Snow Demon hunt but accidentally alarmed a Snow Giant.
Snow Giants are the kings among Snow Demons, as large as giants, capable of tearing apart Bipedal Flying Dragons and fighting real Great Dragons.
Therefore, in that battle, the reigning Grand Duke fell, and the Shadowflame Dragon was injured.
Dragon Rider Rod also died beside the Grand Duke, only managing to let the still quite young Mr. Ross escape back to his lordship.
“If it hadn’t been for the battle with the Snow Giant, Elder Rod wouldn’t have died young… The Glowshroom family might have taken another step forward and become an Earl, a great lord.”
After Utteras finished, he shook his head and chuckled to himself, “Never mind, what’s the use of sighing over these things? True nobles must strive on their own. Russell, grow up quickly, and when the time comes, we shall follow Lord Roman and surely fight for an Earl’s title!”
“Alright!”
After handing over the lumber, night had already fallen.
Utreras only had a dinner at the manor’s guest house before bidding farewell and leaving, leading his serf team back to Red Falcon Manor in the night.
“Five gold, twenty-three silver, and sixteen copper coins, Lord Utteras’ accompanying official was really tough, not even rounding off a few copper coins,” Charles, tipsy, bid Russell good night and mumbled, “It must be the Lord’s instructions; he was so generous at the dinner but so stingy in private!”
Russell smiled and waved, “Red Falcon Manor’s location isn’t great, and it doesn’t have many resources, so relying on timber and being careful with money is normal… Go on and sleep.”
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After sending Charles off, Russell went to his study.
Soon, Butler Morris came knocking with a bottle of red wine: “Sir.”
“Perfect timing, Morris. How much money do we have on our account now? Building a Windmill Mill shouldn’t empty our savings.”
“We can hold out for a long time, Sir. I carry the account book with me.” Morris put the account book down and then started pouring wine for Russell and himself.
A butler sharing a drink with the master in the evening and then going over the accounts is a necessary daily routine for a noble lord.
In fact, Russell had a rough idea of how much money was in the account. He brought over a hundred gold coins from Fluorescent Castle, and there hadn’t been much expenditure in the past few days.
After all, the food supplies had also been brought over from the castle and could last for several more months.
