Chapter 535: Baoli's disgusting breath (more updates, please give me a monthly ticket)
It was a peaceful night.
Quinsley did not send anyone to kill Russell and Mel. Although the prince was dead in name only, he could still inherit the title of Swan Baron.
There was no need to take risks.
Quinspu wanted to kill Russell so that Quinsley could continue to run for the Grand Duke, and then he could inherit everything in Swan Castle.
However, no one listened to him. His fate was already determined. He was just the second son of a great noble.
"Mr. Kunbiff, thank you for your hospitality." Cousin Mel bowed.
Russell just nodded calmly: "Thank you for the hospitality."
Baron Kunbiff waved his hand: "Mr. Russell, Mr. Mel, I wish you a safe journey."
The team set off and left Swan Castle.
"Grandfather, you don't need to be so polite to them!" Kunsip complained in a low voice, "They are the enemies of our Sunflower Family, and they even want to occupy the nest and snatch the ownership of the Shadow Flame Dragon!"
Baron Kunbif glanced at his second grandson, and then looked at his eldest grandson Kunslai who was indifferent: "What do you think?"
Quinslai smiled slightly: "Grandfather, the dust has not settled yet, I don't think the family has to fight to the death."
Quinsip complained: "Brother, you are too weak. If you were stronger, you would have won the recognition of the Shadow Flame Dragon!"
"What do you know, kid? Is it really that easy to get the recognition of the Shadow Flame Dragon?" Kunslai glared at his younger brother, "Without the support of the Blazing Torrent Kingdom, we can't stand with Mel and Augustus at all!"
"But we originally had the greatest chance of winning!"
"It's a pity that Russell, a troublemaker, appeared, and His Majesty Ares of the Blazing Torrent Kingdom, kept going back and forth!"
Seeing the two brothers arguing non-stop
Baron Kunbiff suddenly shouted angrily: "Enough!"
"Grandfather, I'm sorry." The two brothers hurriedly bowed their heads to admit their mistakes.
Baron Kunbiff rubbed his eyebrows and said with anger: "If you really have the courage, you should have come to kill Russell and Mel last night. I will take any responsibility for you. Unfortunately... you can only talk nonsense."
"Grandfather, I..." Queensley was so ashamed that he couldn't speak.
Kunsip yelled, "I wanted to send someone to kill Russell, but no one was willing to listen to me, they only listened to my eldest brother!"
Baron Kunbif glanced at Kunsip, "Why don't you go yourself?"
"I... I'm afraid I'm not strong enough." Kunsip argued in a low voice, "Russell is a flying dragon knight and a dragon domain lord, and I, grandfather, am just a newly promoted fantasy beast knight. I can't kill him by myself!"
"If you do it, I will definitely help you... That's it, that's it." Baron Kunbif was disheartened for a while, "None of you two brothers can accomplish anything great, just be a guard dog at home."
He put his hands behind his back and entered the castle gate, sighing all the way, "I don't want to fantasize about the Shadow Flame Dragon Blood Family, just stay in the Fire Ant Swamp and live a life of drunkenness and dreams!"
The two brothers, Kunslai and Kunsip, followed in with glares at each other.
"It's all your fault. You've pissed off Grandfather. If you don't have the ability, don't say such harsh words. Don't even look at your own strength and still want to assassinate Russell!"
"It's better than you not wanting to do anything. If I were you, I would have been calling the shots in the Red Castle!"
"It's ridiculous, really ridiculous. You can't even compete with me in Swan Castle, and you still want to compete for the position of Grand Duke?"
"I'm just limited by my status. It's the damn aristocratic system that limits my performance!"
"That's not necessarily true. It's your humble talent that limits your ambition. You're two years older than Russell, and you're promoted to a fantasy beast knight at the age of 21. Don't you feel ashamed? Big brother, I'm about to start the second transformation!"
"You sneaked back from the Red Castle in disgrace. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"This is mine, and everything will be mine in the future, Kunsip, you'd better pay attention to your status, or I won't even confer you the title of Lord!"
"Haha, it's ridiculous. After Grandfather, there's still Father, but it's not your turn to be the master!"
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Hoohoo!
The ice age has not ended yet, and most of the trade routes and the Great Wall of Ice and Snow between the two countries have been buried by snow.
The carriages are definitely not passable.
But for the knights, they have fighting spirit to protect their bodies, and they can form a field through fighting spirit resonance to ensure that the knights and their horses are protected from severe cold and frostbite, so they can still travel normally during the ice age.
On the back of the harpy, Hape, Russell rode Hape upside down, resting his head on Hape's neck, very comfortable.
Mel rode the iron-feathered gray crane Mora on the side, chatting and laughing with Russell.
In the sky, the black oil dragon Rose and the blue crystal dragon Medikaren guarded the knight team one after another.
Seven days passed.
The road is still the Great Wall of Ice and Snow that can't see the end, and the endless blizzard blows, sometimes even stretching out your hand can't see your fingers. Fortunately, there are two-legged flying dragons overlooking the snowfield from high altitude, and guiding the location of the Great Wall of Ice and Snow at any time.
Every distance, there is a cold spring point.
Even if there is no cold spring, there are man-made ice castles for knights to camp and rest. Occasionally, the Great Wall of Ice and Snow will pass through a snowy forest, and you can even see small animals braving the ice and snow to look for food.
Unfortunately, encountering knights is a disaster for small animals.
The knights who eat dry food every day and have mouths full of salt water can't care about protecting the ecological balance, and they just catch and roast them.
"There are passages under the ice sheet, and these small animals can shuttle between several snow forests. There are also cold springs scattered throughout the snowfield, which are also their habitats." Cousin Mel said, "In the kingdom, it is believed that this is the evaporation of the power of the earth, which created the cold springs."
"Earth power evaporation?"
"Yes, the power of the earth continuously radiates power into the air, but it is blocked by the ice sheet. The power will flow between the ground and the ice sheet, and eventually find the weak position of the ice sheet, piercing the ice sheet to form cold springs or snow forests."
"This theory is quite practical." Russell nodded.
While chatting, the team has entered a new snow forest along the Great Wall of Ice and Snow. The snow forest is very vast, stretching for hundreds of square kilometers.
The Great Wall of Ice and Snow is interrupted here, but there is a road paved with rocks that crosses the entire snow forest.
"This place is called the Black Horse Snow Forest." Mel opened his notebook, which recorded his experiences on the trade route. "Legend has it that when the first Grand Duke Quentin Shadow Flame opened up the trade route, he discovered a group of black horses here."
"Well, no wonder this place is called the Black Horse Snow Forest."
"But Russell, do you know that after the first Grand Duke brought these black horses back to the volcanic oasis, they were quickly domesticated into war horses, and the descendants of the black horses cultivated the fantasy beast Nightmare Ghost Horse... In other words, all the nightmare ghost horses in our Grand Duchy are descendants of the black horses!"
The Black Horse Snow Forest is the birthplace of the fantasy beast Nightmare Ghost Horse.
"Is that so?" Russell nodded. It was hard to imagine that horses could live in a forest, and a snowy forest covered in ice and snow.
Of course.
The ecology of the Dragon Sleep Continent is different from that of the Earth. The life here is nourished by the power of the earth and is far more active than the life on Earth.
Walking on the rocky road, Russell raised his eyebrows.
The voice of the unicorn Polly sounded in his mind: "I don't like the Black Horse Snow Forest. The smell here makes me feel disgusted."
"Disgusted?" Russell was surprised.
"Yes, there is indeed the smell of horses here, and it is a smell that disgusts me, perhaps it is the smell of the black horses!" As a descendant of white horses, Polly hates all horses except white horses, naturally including black horses.
Just at this moment.
Suddenly, a strange murmur came to my ears: "Familiar smell, there is a familiar smell among this group of humans, lightning... and dreams... Where is it coming from, from those ponies with humble blood, or..."