Chapter 498 The King Arrives
"I've met Mr. Russell!"
"Sir Russell, it's a pity that we couldn't witness the great scene of your sword fighting against the Frost Troll yesterday!"
"My lord, I offer you my highest respect!"
In the inner castle hall of the Red Castle, the nobles of the Grand Duchy paid tribute to Russell one after another, expressing their shock and admiration.
Shuangge was killed by Russell the night before yesterday. The news had been brewing all day yesterday, and today it had spread to the entire castle. No one knew about it. Moreover, its authenticity has been certified by the Council of Elders and praised by the Shadow Flame Dragon himself.
"Excessive praise." Russell smiled lightly, "It's just an underdeveloped frost troll, not worth mentioning."
Having said that.
But the flattering noises rolling in around him couldn't stop for a moment.
"Your Excellency Russell, why don't you tell us what happened at that time?" Golden Baron Dyson Golden Cap asked enthusiastically.
Although he had some unpleasant experiences in the process of seizing the title in the past, he actively moved closer to Russell afterwards and repaired the relationship between the golden mushroom family and the fluorescent mushroom family. This year, he was preparing to build a business road from the golden field to Leize.
"Yes, Lord Russell, tell us."
"For a battle at the level of a giant dragon, I have more than enough ambition but no strength. I can only hope that Lord Earl and His Highness Shadow Flame will fight side by side!"
The nobles surrounded Russell, inside and outside.
Seeing how enthusiastic everyone was, Russell reluctantly cleared his throat: "Okay, let me briefly tell you about the battle that night..."
In another corner of the hall, the family of Count Osclo Shuiliu of Gravel Stone stood together silently, not looking very gregarious.
Seeing Russell surrounded by countless nobles, Count Osclo couldn't help but snorted and whispered: "Such a despicable person can be promoted to earl. The dragon is really stupid, how can he train him!"
His son, the son-in-law Augustus.
His tone was full of jealousy, and he nodded in agreement: "Yes, what about killing the frost giant demon? It's just a chance to escape in the battle of three giant dragons. I really think I am a dragon knight... Supervisor Guo Madam, too, actually wants to hold a merit meeting for him in the main hall!"
"Don't worry, master, son." Mrs. Quinli looked at Russell with resentful eyes and her voice was bitter and mean.
Then he glanced at another corner of the hall, where Baron Roman and his wife, Viscount Major and his wife, were also surrounded by a large number of nobles. Her biological sister, Mrs. Kunna, was holding Mrs. Meryl, talking and laughing like sisters.
This made Mrs. Kunli's jealousy even more wild, and her voice became more and more bitter: "Don't look at him killing a frost troll today, maybe next time he will be killed by a snow giant and die in the snow field, and his soul will never rest in peace!"
Count Osclo sneered: "I'm looking forward to this day!"
"It won't be far." Augustus also sneered.
Behind the three of them, Augustus' wife Dai Wen lowered her head silently, feeling deeply powerless about the mental state of her husband's family.
I thought I would marry into the Earl's house and lead a noble lady's life.
Who would have thought that the earl's family would be so virtuous, she couldn't help but lament in her heart: "No wonder none of the three bipedal dragons in the family can like this father and son... If my uncle had married me to Lord Russell, , how great it would be!”
Just fantasizing.
Suddenly, Mrs. Kunli grabbed her and said, "You stay in the back all day long, and you are so petty that you disgrace the Shuiliu family!"
Dai Wen didn't dare to refute.
But he secretly cursed: "How can the Shuiliu family have any dignity? My father-in-law is lying on the ground and has his face trampled on..."
Count Osclos did not know that his daughter-in-law was slandering him.
He put on the air of an elder and said solemnly: "Dai Wen, look at your brother's attitude. He can be so fawning towards his enemies. Does he have any self-esteem of a baron? You can scold him for me later and let him He needs to be honest and don’t try to have both sides!”
Dai Wen lowered her head and responded like a mosquito: "Yes."
But he made up his mind to emphasize this with his younger brother, Baron Dyson, so that his younger brother would resolutely curry favor with Lord Russell.
There is no future at all for following the Shuiliu family.
On the contrary, after fawning over Mr. Russell, the identity of the Golden Baron will become more stable, and she will also have a strong backing - to deal with people like the Shuiliu family who are fierce and internal, the more they get closer, the less attention they will receive.
"Go there when you get a chance, be smart, and act like a servant all day long!" Mrs. Quinli scolded.
Dai Wen still lowered her head in response.
This further aroused the dissatisfaction of the count and his wife, who belittled her again, while her husband Augustus looked like it had nothing to do with him.
He just stared at Russell with a look of jealousy and envy.
Seeing this, Dai Wen's eyes already flashed with resentment, and the fingernails under her sleeves dug deep marks into her palms.
He kept praying in his heart: "Your Excellency Russell, hurry up and become a dragon knight and the new Grand Duke. Deport these bitches to the snowy fields. It is best to let Augustus die in the snowy fields... Shuiliu Family Having me as a widow is enough..."
Think of this.
She couldn't help but raise her head and glanced at the indescribable Russell among the crowd. Her heart suddenly jumped and she felt a surge of eagerness.
…
Killing a frost troll that was on the same level as a giant dragon was definitely a great victory for the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy.
Therefore, Russell became the focus of attention at the merit-sharing meeting.
Lord Kunbei, the housekeeper, stood with Princess Anxia, the regent, and said with a smile: "Just after being promoted to earl, he killed the frost troll. This is the greatest gift for my Grand Duchy, His Royal Highness Shadow Flame, and His Royal Highness Russell!"
Princess Anxia smiled and said gently: "Your Highness Kunbei, your elders' council must reward Russell well."
"Haha, Madam Regent, don't worry. His Royal Highness Shadow Flame has already rewarded him. We just need to celebrate for His Royal Highness Russell."
After speaking, Lord Kunbei glanced at the graceful little Princess Kunlaya standing next to Princess Anxia, and said with emotion: "The little princess has grown up, Madam Regent, you have also survived."
"Yes, I have survived." Princess Anxia sighed and looked at her daughter with satisfaction.
Although she had a rough life, she finally had a daughter to accompany her, and she still had a glimmer of hope for the future.
At this moment.
A dragon roar suddenly sounded in the sky outside the hall: "Roar!"
The sound resounded through the world, but it was not the roar of the Shadow Flame Dragon. The nobles of the Grand Duchy were very familiar with the roar of the Shadow Flame Dragon.
"Hey, it's the voice of the Blazing Dragon!" Lord Kumbe was surprised.
Then another dragon roar was heard: "Roar!"
This was the voice of the Shadow Flame Dragon. The two dragon roars, one after the other, were obviously the Blazing Dragon and the Shadow Flame Dragon greeting each other.
The nobles in the hall were discussing: "The arrival of the Fiery Dragon, doesn't it mean that King Ares is here?"
"Why did His Majesty come here suddenly?"
"Today's merit-discussion meeting, is His Majesty going to come here to personally congratulate Lord Russell?"
"It must be for the Frost Troll Ge!"
"It's great that Lord Russell killed the Frost Troll Ge, and even King Ares was shocked!"
Soon, Earl Merlin came out and stopped the noisy discussion: "Everyone, follow me to welcome King Ares!"
When everyone just walked out of the inner castle hall.
They saw the Fiery Dragon that covered the sky and billowed thick smoke, hovering over the Red Castle, and the dragon head overlooked all living beings.
On the throne above its head, King Ares stood up from the thick smoke, walked in the air, and landed in front of the Red Castle Hall.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Count Merlin stepped out of the crowd and saluted King Ares, who suddenly arrived. "Merlin failed to know that Your Majesty was coming and did not prepare enough etiquette."
"It's not your fault, it's my fault for coming without notice." King Ares nodded casually, not taking the impoliteness or not seriously. At his level, he can do whatever he wants.
"Father." Princess Anxia pulled Princess Kunlaya to pay respect.
Princess Kunlaya also shouted: "Grandpa."
"Yeah." King Ares nodded calmly. He always behaved very coldly towards his daughter and granddaughter.
But this time, he walked up and touched Princess Kunlaya's head.
But soon he passed Princess Anxia and her daughter and cast his eyes on Russell in the crowd: "Killing the frost troll Ge, Russell, you shocked me greatly. So I came here in person today to congratulate you."