Chapter 474: King Ares's Gift
The first scale tower of the Shadow Flame Dragon was built in a warm enclave called Cat's Eye Jade in the northeast of the Fiery Torrent Kingdom.
Viewed from the sky, Cat's Eye Jade lives up to its name, resembling a huge emerald green cat's eye.
This is the territory of Bobcat Baron-Bosque Bogacao.
After arriving here, Baron Bosque had already led the nobles in the territory and was waiting for the arrival of Russell and his party in the castle early.
"Meet your Majesty." The nobles saluted one after another.
Then he bowed to the two giant dragons: "Greetings to His Highness Blazing Heat, and paying homage to His Highness Shadow Flame!"
There was no response from the Blazing Dragon and the Shadowflame Dragon. The dragons never disdained the common etiquette between humans.
"Forgive me, Bossk." King Ares stood up from the throne above the blazing dragon's head, walked to the ground in the void, and helped his vassal up.
Russell also jumped off the back of the black oil dragon Rossai.
Baron Bosque immediately asked: "Your Majesty, is this the rising star of the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy, His Excellency Baron Russell of Thunder Flame?"
King Ares nodded calmly: "I will introduce you to this young man. He is the newly promoted dragon knight and dragon domain lord Russell of the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy. This time, he will accompany the Shadow Flame Dragon and preside over the Shadow Flame Scale Tower." Activation Ceremony.”
"Hello, Sir Russell, welcome to the Kingdom of Blazing Torrents!" Baron Bosque greeted warmly.
Due to the geographical location, all trade between the Kingdom of Blazing Torrent and the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame must pass through Cat's Eye Jade. Therefore, Bobcat Baron Bosque can enjoy the benefits just by collecting taxes, so he is naturally very enthusiastic.
"Hello, Mr. Bosque." Russell responded with a smile.
At this time, King Ares said again: "Russell, let me introduce you to a young hero in the kingdom, Salman. He is one year older than you, but he also succeeded in riding a dragon at the age of seventeen. He is temporarily named Lord."
Salman was standing next to Baron Bosque. He was a tall, handsome young man who looked at him with determination.
"Salman has met Mr. Russell." The other party bowed to Russell gently and greeted him. There was no respect in his eyes, but more of a test and inspection.
They are both young geniuses, and Salman does not feel that he is inferior to Russell.
He just failed to pick up the dragon in the snowy field, but rode the bipedal flying dragon raised by Lieyang Palace, so he did not get the title of baron, but was only made a lord - of course, he was not the lord of the dragon domain.
"I've met your Excellency." Russell nodded in response.
At this moment, everyone's eyes, including King Ares's, were fixed on the most outstanding young man from both countries.
Also tall and handsome.
Salman stood there like a sharp sword that had just been unsheathed, showing a sharp edge unconsciously.
Russell stood there, but he had a feeling of being obscured by something mysterious and restrained in his brilliance. There was no dazzling light, more like a warm jade. At first glance, Russell seems to be nothing but handsome.
But compared to Salman's dazzling appearance, after everyone compared it, it was obvious that Russell was the most attractive person.
No matter how plain he is, it seems like he is naturally superior to others.
There were even some nobles who couldn't help but compare Russell with King Ares, subconsciously feeling that these two were the knights who should be compared together.
"It's strange..." Baron Bosque thought to himself, "I used to think that no matter how outstanding a young man is, he can't be better than Salman. Why is it that when Russell from the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame arrives, he feels that Salman is nothing more than this?"
He couldn't help but shook his head secretly: "The old saying is true, you have to throw away goods when comparing goods, and comparing people with people is irritating. In this comparison, Salman is much inferior to Russell!"
Del Bosque isn't the only one who feels this way.
Even King Ares, who specially called Salman here to compare the young talents of the two countries, couldn't help but frown slightly.
But he quickly relaxed and said with a smile: "Russell, Salman will accompany you and the Shadow Flame Dragon to the four Shadow Flame Scale Towers. Of course, there is no rush today. Let's go to the Emerald Castle first with Bosque. To cleanse you from the wind."
"Your Majesty, please first... Sir Russell, Sir Salman, please." Bosque greeted warmly.
Although for Russell, cat-eye jade is already an exotic thing.
However, the systems of many human kingdoms are inherited from the Holy Empire of Light, including the banquets in the castle.
As we eat and drink, the atmosphere becomes lively.
King Ares was the focus of the banquet, and Russell was also chased by everyone, changing cups and cups without stopping for a moment.
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
After drinking another glass of wine, Russell couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "There are so many castles in the world, and each castle has a different style, but the nobles living in the castles seem to be...the same!"
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After the banquet, Russell chose to circulate the dragon's breath to refine the wine's strength.
"Using fighting spirit to digest alcohol is not something that a wine lover would do." King Ares said with the smell of alcohol all over his body.
Borrowing the study room of Emerald Castle, he and Russell chatted alone for a while.
"I usually love food the most, but I may not be as passionate about wine." Russell responded.
"That's because your realm is not enough. When you get older, you will understand that the answer to life can be found in fine wine." King Ares was talking about wine culture while rummaging around on the desk, and soon found a box of cigars. cigarette.
The word "Yunwu" was clearly engraved on the cigar box. It was obviously a Yunwu series Rain Dragon cigar imported from the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame.
Without using a fire starter, King Ares snapped his fingers, and a cluster of flames emerged from his fingertips, lighting a Yunwu cigar.
Then he pushed the cigar box to Russell.
Russell waved his hand to refuse.
This made King Ares shake his head: "Cigarettes are always in hand, wine is always in mouth, this is the most perfect enjoyment for knights, you are still too young."
"Maybe." Russell said, "Compared with your Majesty, I have experienced too little."
The content of the two people's chat was just some casual topics about drinking and smoking.
King Ares did not mention the previous "three-headed dragon sacrifice method" again, and Russell did not ask about this content, just as if this conversation had never happened.
Finally.
Seeing that it was getting dark, King Ares stood up and said, "I am busy with state affairs and cannot rest for a moment. I have to go back to the Palace of the Fiery Sun."
"Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of affairs. It is really hard."
"Before leaving, I will give you a gift. Just think of it as a gift from the senior of the Way of Knights to the junior." King Ares took out a small box from his pocket, threw it to Russell, and then walked out of the study.
Russell did not open the box immediately, but followed quickly.
King Ares walked out of the Emerald Castle without looking back, and began to pace in the air at the gate. The blazing dragon had already flown over with smoke. After picking up King Ares, it flew into the sky and flew away with the last sunset.
"Farewell, Your Majesty!" Bosque and others bowed to the sky at the gate.
After returning to the castle to rest, Russell took the time to open the box given by King Ares. Inside was a golden transparent stone.
"Amber!"
Russell exclaimed.
Then he picked up the amber stone and looked at it under the light of the gem lamp. He could see a small bee wrapped inside the golden stone.