Chapter 554 The Duke is not my friend
Earl Merlin returned to his small independent castle with old steps, feeling heavy and slightly confused.
The last time he left the power center of the Red Keep, he was slandered by rumors, and he was able to calmly hand over power to Archduke Kunstein. But this time, it was the Shadow Flame Dragon who personally ordered the dissolution of the Council of Elders and the support of Russell.
For Earl Merlin, this undoubtedly means that his political life will end at this moment, with no chance of recovery.
The dragon is a god!
The will of the gods is unshakable!
"Master, you are back. Master Russell is here and waiting for you." The butler came to greet Earl Merlin and reported softly.
"Russell is here?" Earl Merlin's eyes lit up, but he soon frowned, then relaxed, over and over again, his expression changed several times in an instant, and finally nodded calmly, "Where is he?"
"Viewing the flowers in the back garden."
"Yes." Earl Merlin took a step forward.
The butler followed: "Master, do you want to change first?"
Under normal circumstances, even if a guest comes, Earl Merlin will change his clothes first, wash his face with water, take care of his personal appearance, and then go to receive the guest.
But this time, Earl Merlin just waved his hand: "Go down."
"Yes, sir." The butler bowed and turned to leave.
Earl Merlin walked alone to the back garden. Because it was a small castle, the back garden was not big, but it was filled with colorful flowers.
Among the flowers, Russell's figure looked tall and tall. Even from a distance, Earl Merlin could still feel the powerful aura radiating from Russell's body. This aura made him feel as if he was facing the shadow. Flame dragon.
No.
To be precise, it felt more like facing King Ares.
The dragon is so huge, and the oppression caused by its huge body is difficult to describe in words. It is a double oppression of body and mind. The impact the dragon knight, or the Phantom Dragon Knight Russell in front of him, gave to Count Merlin was of another kind.
Russell stood among the flowers, not admiring the flowers, but staring at a small bee that looked like a wasp.
"Russell." Earl Merlin called.
Russell immediately waved to Little Bee, then turned around, looked at Earl Merlin, smiled and said, "Grandpa."
The little bee stopped in his hand, and the next moment, it turned into a ray of light and disappeared into his hand.
On the palm of his hand, there was a bee mark the size of a sesame seed.
"This is... amber?" Earl Merlin recognized it at a glance, "I didn't expect you even have amber fairy bugs."
"Grandpa, too?" Russell walked out of the flowers. Just now he released the amber bee and let the little bee collect nectar. The ability of this amber bee is to search for nectar in flowers and then continuously collect nectar.
It was originally just a useless ability, but Russell soon discovered that finding honey in flowers was not that simple.
When bees and amber worms collect honey, the fighting energy in their bodies will continuously emerge, as if they have taken a magic potion.
If he were a fantasy beast knight, he could almost fight for three days and three nights without running out of energy by relying on the ability of bees and amber worms to find nectar in flowers. It's a pity that Russell is already a Phantom Dragon Knight, and the bees and amber worms that have been sucking for a long time can't withstand the consumption of one of his moves.
Therefore, Russell hopes that the amber bee can continue to collect nectar and grow, and if it can one day evolve into an amber bee elf.
Maybe it can really help him.
"I have one too." Earl Merlin nodded, "It's just a termite. It doesn't eat nectar but eats metal. It can inject the sharpness in the metal into my swordsmanship to enhance the sharpness of the swordsmanship."
"Wow, that's pretty cool!" Russell said in surprise.
The effect of this termite amber worm is similar to that of his sword butterfly amber elf.
It's all a conceptual effect.
"My swordsmanship was able to conquer the Grand Duchy of Shadowflame because of this termite and amber bug, until you showed up." Count Merlin sighed with a smile. The former number one man in the Grand Duchy of Shadowflame has been completely obscured by Russell's light.
Russell laughed: "Grandpa, to be honest, my swordsmanship was also improved by the Amber Worm. Of course, understanding the secret of swordsmanship depends more on the insights I gained when the pseudo-dragon was promoted."
Lord Merlin was surprised.
Immediately, the grandfather and grandson looked at each other and smiled, each showing a tacit understanding in their eyes - in fact, most of the knights in Longmian Continent are armed with external objects, and they themselves are more like a lever, leveraging external objects. In strength.
The Fantasy Beast Knight relies on fantasy beasts, the Flying Dragon Knight relies on a bipedal flying dragon, and the Dragon Knight relies on a giant dragon...
certainly.
Being able to control foreign objects is a type of strength.
"Even I would be envious of your adventure." Earl Merlin and Russell were walking in the back garden, chatting while walking, "There are always adventures once or twice in a person's life, but unfortunately, not everyone All can be caught.”
Russell said: "The dragon watched and the light protected me. I happened to seize the biggest opportunity and achieved what I have today."
He has the dirt truck to thank.
How could he have traveled to Longmian Continent if the garbage truck hadn't run over him at high speed.
Of course, he also has to thank the Menglong ice cream. If he hadn't been licking the ice cream at that time, he might not have gotten the golden finger of Little Menglong. Without the golden finger, in this extraordinary world where great power is gathered together, I am afraid I would still be a little transparent country lord.
Maybe she would have to marry Malena early and spend her whole life in the Black-rumped Snake Manor.
How could I have known the current glory?
Earl Merlin narrowed his eyes and glanced at Russell with his peripheral vision. He didn't know what the biggest opportunity was in Russell's mind.
But he guessed that this opportunity must be related to the Shadow Flame Dragon.
So he said meaningfully: "The dragon is watching. I hear it countless times every day, but which knight is really lucky enough to be watched by the dragon? Getting watched and seizing the opportunity, reaching the end of the knight's way, and being able to continue to move forward, this is the ability."
Hearing this, Russell deeply agreed. It was indeed good luck to get Xiao Menglong, but being able to get to where he is today was also inseparable from his own efforts.
He nodded and said, "Yes, the dragon's gaze is just the starting point, not the result."
"In my opinion, it is both the starting point and the result." Earl Merlin changed the subject and said, "Today, all the elders of the Senate met with His Highness Shadow Flame in person. His Highness Shadow Flame has made a decision to appoint you as the new Grand Duke."
"Ah?" Russell was stunned, "Appoint me as the new Grand Duke?"
"Yes."
"But I haven't agreed to the Shadow Flame Dragon to make a contract with it?" Russell couldn't understand, "Why do you want to appoint me as the Grand Duke so soon? I thought you would first make me a marquis and transition for a while."
He also planned to continue to pull with the Shadow Flame Dragon a few more times.
Unexpectedly, the Shadow Flame Dragon actually did this directly. This is no different from surrendering, and it almost made it clear that it just took a fancy to Russell and waited to make a contract with Russell-and it was after Xiao Menglong!
"What's the point of being conferred a title of nobility?" Earl Merlin shook his head slowly, "It's just a cover-up. Since His Highness Shadow Flame has made up his mind, why would he care about the opinions of humans? Just make it clear. The old man and others also know what to do next."
"Huh." Russell exhaled a breath of turbid air and calmed down.
In his mind, he was showing off to Baoli: "The charm of our promotion to the Magic Dragon Knight is too great, and the Shadow Flame Dragon can hardly resist it!"
"The Shadow Flame Dragon is very decisive." Baoli responded softly, "If we continue to wait, maybe it won't even be able to grab the second contract position. The Torrent Dragon must be coveting you, Russell."
"Tsk!" Russell was very proud.
His face was calm as water, and he even frowned slightly.
He said to Earl Merlin: "Grandpa, I have never been interested in the position of Grand Duke. I would rather create a country that belongs to me completely... So, I don't know whether I should inherit this position of Grand Duke."
"Create a country outside?" Earl Merlin discovered the blind spot, his pupils dilated, and exclaimed, "Do you know other dragons, ownerless dragons?"
"Not ownerless dragons." Russell shook his head.
"That's the dragon of the kingdom." Earl Merlin thought about something else, "The Torrent Dragon is indeed good, but I think the Shadow Flame Duchy is more suitable for you... This country really needs a strong Grand Duke to take office."