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Chapter 227 - 227 226 Mrs. Mitchell

Chapter 227: Chapter 226 Mrs. Mitchell Chapter 227: Chapter 226 Mrs. Mitchell The battle came to an end half an hour later.

Russell’s support squadron didn’t get a chance to face the Snow Demons and could only crush several groups of Snow Ghosts, harvesting a few dozen Ice Pellet Pearls.

On average, each person could only gather two or three pearls, which equated to two or three Gold Coins.

Russell was indifferent to this modest profit, but the knights were thrilled and cheerful, already discussing how they would spend their earnings at the You Guang Ji.

“The Snow Demon Legion has begun to invade the trade routes; we must send a messenger back to temporarily halt the caravans,”

Several lord knights met after the battle. Roson, who took over the Knight Regiment on behalf of Baron Roman, said this.

As the strongest 2nd-tier High-ranking Mythical Beast Knight, Marcus also spoke with a serious expression, “These Snow Demons are in a hurry, clearly responding to the call of Snow Giant Da, converging towards the Fire Ant Swamp. More will come.”

“Indeed, the Snow Demons have arrived earlier than before this year. I wonder if our territory can withstand them,” said Lord Sally with a frown.

Roson said, “With Chris, the head of the knights, left in command of Fluorescent Castle, there shouldn’t be a problem; the castle even has a Gloomy Black Scorpion.”

Lord Uterras added, “Not only that, Lord Russell also left a Red-eyed Rat King in the territory. The south gate should be safe.”

Russell laughed, “Indeed, the Red-eyed Rat King commands two rat regiments that are scattered throughout the entire cave system and the Snow Forest aboveground. They will immediately raise the alarm if there’s danger.”

“Alright, the battlefield’s been cleared. Let’s also head back to sleep,” yawned Roson. “We have to get up early to travel tomorrow. With this delay, there will definitely be some people who can’t wake up. Remember to kick their beds and let them sleep on horseback if they want.”

While speaking, Roson played with the Ice Soul Pearl in his hand and contentedly exclaimed, “An Ice Soul Pearl is worth it.”

Two Snow Demons only yielded two Ice Soul Pearls.

One in the hands of Roson, and the other in the hands of Lord Uterras—they led the knights who exerted the most effort.

Of course, these would all be turned over to Baron Roman for a batch of resources. The Baron would then offer the Ice Soul Pearls as a mark of merit to Red Castle, slowly accumulating battle honors for the family’s future elevation from Baron to Earl.

Russell glanced at the Ice Soul Pearl and felt somewhat sour inside.

But he quickly consoled himself, “No rush, no rush, we still get to spend the night on the Snowfield tomorrow night. Sooner or later, Ice Cream will have its fill.”

In the second half of the night, the Gloomy Dreamland could not continue to descend. It could only descend once each night and had to reset if interrupted, waiting until the following night to descend again.

…

“Ga!”

The following night, the Gloomy Dreamland descended once more, and the Little Dream Dragon, not having had its fill the day before and without any instruction from Russell, eagerly flew outside.

“Ice Cream, don’t rush. This time we’ll fly to the southeast, preferably in a serpentine line, to see if we can intercept more groups of Snow Ghosts!” Russell offered new guidance.

Snow Giant Da was gathering the Snow Demon Legion to the northwest of Shadowflame Grand Duchy.

Thus, nearby Snow Demons and Snow Ghosts should all head northwest. He and the Little Dream Dragon would have to search in the opposite direction to collide with these groups of Snow Ghosts head-on.

It was apparent that this decision was quite correct.

They hadn’t flown long when they encountered the first group of Snow Ghosts, followed by the second and third groups. When the Little Dream Dragon had joyfully eaten five groups of Snow Ghosts, in a new group of Snow Ghosts, they finally saw the much-awaited deep blue glow.

“Snow Demon!”

“Ga!”

“Don’t be impatient. Do as I said first, eat the Snow Ghosts and then enjoy the Snow Demon,” Russell laughed, directing the Little Dream Dragon to swiftly eliminate the nearby Snow Ghosts. Only then did they approach the Snow Demon swinging its ice crystal weapons, furiously helpless, and opened their mouth to suck.

The Little Dream Dragon had not grown much in size by now, but its strength had indeed increased quite a lot.

This gulp.

The Snow Demon was unable to resist, trembling as it tried to struggle in vain, but it couldn’t. The deep blue glow of its body was quickly transformed into two Ice Soul Pearls as two vortices formed.

“Double yolker, cool!”

“Crunch, crunch…” The Little Dream Dragon chewed the Ice Soul Pearl happily before swallowing it, then turned its head to look at Russell.

Seeing this, Russell naturally understood, “Alright, that’s enough for tonight. Two Ice Soul Pearls, this trip was not in vain. Goodbye, ice cream, goodbye, Sword Butterfly, goodbye, Thorn. We’ll see each other again sometime… not sure when.”

The next moment, consciousness plunged into darkness.

The following day.

The Knight Regiment continued heading north, managing to leave the vast snowfield behind before ten in the morning, passed through the Ceramics Cave, and arrived at Gloomlight Assembly.

“Sir!” Marcus and the others saw from a distance a group of knights waiting at Gloomlight Assembly, led by Baron Roman himself.

Russell also rode in quickly, saluting Baron Roman, “Sir.”

He then turned and smiled, nodding at a knight standing beside Baron Roman, who was none other than Russell’s elder brother, Roland.

“You’ve all worked hard on the journey. Let’s regroup here at Gloomlight Assembly. We’ll set out for Fire Ant Swamp first thing tomorrow morning,” Baron Roman declared with a loud voice. “You are allowed to go out freely this afternoon, but no one is permitted to spend the night outside. Alright, disperse!”

At the command to disperse, the Knight Regiment immediately scattered.

Russell followed his father and brother to Baron Roman’s small courtyard within Gloomlight Assembly, which was quite spacious and had plenty of servants.

Russell even saw a plump woman about thirty years old, who came to greet him in the manner of a hostess.

“Russell, this is your Aunt Mitchell,” Baron Roman introduced quite naturally.

“Hello, Russell,” Aunt Mitchell greeted with a beaming smile.

Russell merely smiled politely in response and did not address her directly, instead following his elder brother, Roland, to take a seat in the living room.

Aunt Mitchell seemed a bit embarrassed but laughed it off as if nothing happened, “So handsome. Roman, he reminds me of you when you were younger. I was just a minor girl back then.”

Baron Roman laughed heartily, “Indeed, my charm when I was young was quite something. I used to receive love letters every day.”

“That was how you swept me off my feet,” Aunt Mitchell said adoringly, gazing at Baron Roman.

Baron Roman unhesitatingly kissed her on the cheek.

As for Roland, he was already used to such scenes.

As for Russell, he practiced the art of “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,” pretending as if he saw nothing. Despite that, he couldn’t help thinking how Aunt Mitchell’s sweet nothings and coquettish demeanor completely bewitched his father.

The ordinarily serious father had never shown such flirtatious behavior.

It was somewhat eye-watering.

“Father,” Russell could no longer hold back and spoke up, “I’m a little hungry after the journey. Please have the servants prepare some food for me.”

Aunt Mitchell immediately extricated herself from Baron Roman’s embrace and turned to leave, “I’ll go instruct the kitchen right away.”

Only then did Baron Roman take his seat, “Nothing dangerous on the road, I hope?”

“Nothing, except we encountered the Snow Demon Legion two nights ago. I helped out and killed a dozen or so Snow Ghosts.”

Baron Roman nodded, “Roson and Lord Uterras have already handed the Ice Soul Pearls over to me. By the way, how far have you progressed in your training?”

“I’ve reached Great Knight, and I’m diligently practicing Battle Qi chains, striving to contract Polly as soon as possible,” Russell replied.

“Hmm, not bad,” Baron Roman said with a look of satisfaction at his younger son, “To reach Great Knight status so quickly—although the gift from Lord Medikalun was crucial, it also shows how hard you work on your training… In fact, I’ve never been worried about your attitude towards it.”

Whether it was his original self or the current Russell, he was extremely diligent when it came to training, nearly religious in his daily practice.

“Do you think you can manage to contract Polly?” Roland asked with a hint of acid in his voice.

He really wanted to suggest that if Russell couldn’t do it, he would take his place, but in front of his father, he didn’t dare to voice such a thought.