Chapter 266 Two Big Stupid Bears
Russell originally thought that the establishment of the Council of Elders had little to do with him except that Baron Roman served as the Minister of Finance.
But soon he received an edict from the Council of Elders.
"Ask me to go to the Council of Elders in Red Castle to serve as the Assistant to the Minister of Volcano?" Russell looked at the edict delegation from Red Castle and was confused. "Sorry, Captain Lucas, are you sure this is an official edict issued by the Council of Elders?"
The leader of the edict delegation was an acquaintance who had come to reward Russell's scholar before, the Fantasy Beast Knight Lucas.
To be precise, it was Lord Lucas. Not long ago, he was canonized as a lord by the Council of Elders for his outstanding military exploits.
"Of course it was an edict signed by the Council of Elders. Isn't there the signatures of Lord Merlin and Lord Mel on the edict?" Captain Lucas smiled.
Russell frowned: "But I am not a vassal of the Red Castle, I am a vassal of my father."
"Don't worry, Mr. Russell, Baron Roman has a message for me to bring to you." Captain Lucas said, "Baron Roman asked me to tell you that this resolution was proposed by Lord Mel and passed by the Senate because Shadow Flame Dragon favors you."
Then Lucas told the gossip: "It is said that Lord Quintke, the Minister of Volcano, is old and weak and ready to retire, so he recommended several successors to Shadow Flame Dragon, but Shadow Flame Dragon was not satisfied."
"Then what?"
"Then someone told Lord Quintke that you had been noticed by Shadow Flame Dragon after the war, so Lord Quintke reported your name, who knew that Shadow Flame Dragon really recognized you, so you were appointed."
"How to solve the legal problem?" Russell didn't really want to go. As the assistant to the Minister of Volcano, wouldn't he have to walk around under the eyes of Shadow Flame Dragon every day?
How can I be as free as the Black-waisted Snake Manor? The sky is high and the emperor is far away... Besides, the lord is my father.
Captain Lucas smiled bitterly: "Is legality important? Even the system of selecting princes has been implemented. What legality do you still care about? No matter how illegal it is, can it be more serious than Marquis Arnold serving as the Elder Consul?"
"That's right." Russell nodded.
After thinking for a while, he replied: "Okay, I will leave as soon as possible and go to the Red Castle."
In any case, he has to go to the Red Castle to ask his father and grandfather in person. It is even possible that he wants to talk to the Shadow Flame Dragon.
I am working hard to kill snow ghosts and cultivate dragon eggs at the border, why do you want to transfer me to the Red Castle.
Are there snow ghosts around the Shadow Flame Volcano that can be hunted!
...
Because the imperial edict delegation still has a mission to go to Sancha River Mouth to announce it, Russell can only go alone to the Red Castle.
"Eric, you are not needed this time. You stay in the territory to guard it, and the knights stay to prevent the snow ghosts from invading the territory."
"Yes." Eric replied in a muffled voice.
Charles said, "Sir, the journey is hard, you must have someone to serve you, so you should bring the knights with you."
Russell glanced at Grove who was lying flat, and said, "Let Grove go with me."
In the past few days, Charles has asked someone to bring several ladies to meet Grove, but Grove was not interested in any of them.
So Russell simply took Grove out for a walk to see if he could meet love on the road.
Grove responded calmly to Russell's decision: "Yes."
"Eric, Charles, I have another task for you." Russell said, "It's time to start selecting children. All children with good health should be selected. Don't be stingy with the chicken, fish, meat and eggs. Try to train a few knights as soon as possible."
"Yes, sir!"
"Yes."
The next day, Russell rode on the unicorn Polly and took the knight Grove to the cigar factory, carrying several boxes of cigars on horseback.
Then he went to the fluorescent castle to say a few words to his mother.
"I already know the imperial decree. Since your father and your grandfather agree, I won't say much." Mrs. Meryl said, "But you must be careful on the road. It's the ice age now, and the trade route is not safe."
"Don't worry, mother, I'm already a fantasy beast knight." Russell smiled and took out a strange stone from his arms.
Putting the stone in Mrs. Meryl's hand, Russell said, "This is the crystal of the snow demon. I took it out from Lord Medikaren's body. It's useless, but it's very memorable. Your birthday is coming soon. I can't rush back to celebrate for you, so I'll give you this gift in advance."
"You have this heart, and mother is satisfied." Mrs. Meryl accepted the gift.
"Then I'll leave."
"Don't worry, there is one thing you must not forget. After going to the Red Castle, it's just right to go to Black Court Mountain." Mrs. Meryl said, "I calculated the time. Your sister's due date is coming soon. You and Roland had better go to see her."
"Don't worry, mother, I've always remembered this."
"You are a good child, I know." Mrs. Meryl smiled and waved goodbye to her son.
Eat in the wind and sleep in the snow.
The mountain and river trade route in the ice age is indeed difficult to travel. Blizzards sweep almost all day long, and even the cold springs on the road are almost frozen.
But life at night was very lively. Although most of the snow demons were probably wiped out during the Second Fall, and new snow demons had not yet been replenished on the snowfield, there were indeed many snow ghosts, gathering like mushrooms after rain.
Xiao Menglong ate happily for two nights in a row, and killed at least 150 snow ghosts.
However, after entering the volcanic oasis, there was no food.
On this day, Russell and Grove were galloping on the road. Suddenly, Russell heard a strange murmur that had not been heard for several days.
"Honey, honey is so delicious, who can help me get honey... Such a big piece of honey, I can't eat it, woo woo woo, I'm really miserable, why can't I fly... I wish I were a bird."
"Huh?"
Russell motioned for Polly to stop.
Grov also stopped: "Sir, what's wrong?"
"I smell the fragrance of honey, Grove, let's look on both sides of the road to see if we can find honey!" Russell said.
Grov didn't understand: "Sir, there is a market town ahead, we should be able to buy honey."
"I want to eat wild ones, don't ask too much, follow me."
"Yes."
Unfortunately, Russell searched the woods on both sides of the road, but didn't find honey, and naturally couldn't find the fantasy beast that wanted to eat honey.
Just when he thought that Lucky Whisper might not be so lucky.
A strange murmur sounded in his ears again: "If I climb up the tallest tree in the forest and jump down, can I hit the beehive? Hehe, it seems that I can give it a try... Honey, honey, here I come!"
Russell's eyes lit up.
Then he signaled Baoli to take off and overlook the surrounding forest. Soon he found several towering trees.
The forest was too dense and thick, and it was difficult to tell which one was the tallest tree.
But there was no need to distinguish. Russell had seen a gray-yellow brown bear clumsily climbing a tree on one of the fir trees. When it climbed halfway, the brown bear suddenly stopped and dared not to climb up.
At the same time, the strange murmur was triggered again: "I'm so scared. I've never climbed so high... But honey... But I'm afraid... Ouch!"
The strange murmur just ended.
Russell saw that the brown bear accidentally fell directly from the tree, bang, shaking the surrounding trees.
"Polly, did you see that?"
"Yes, Russell, there is a big stupid bear there." Polly laughed in her heart.
Russell laughed: "Now, there are two big stupid bears."
Grov's nickname is also Big Stupid Bear.