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Chapter 242: Chapter 241: The Struggle Between the Giant and the Great Dragon Chapter 242: Chapter 241: The Struggle Between the Giant and the Great Dragon Glowing Valley, Fluorescent Castle.

“Great Dragon watches over, your devoted servant Meryl Rain Flower prays to you. May your broad wings, wise gaze, and warmth that shelters all beings protect my husband Roman Fluorescent Fungus and my son Russell Fluorescent Fungus, safely bringing them home.”

Inside the study.

Lady Meryl, who was personally dusting the bookshelves, couldn’t help but face the window to the north once again and pray to the Shadowflame Dragon, whose whereabouts were unknown.

The destiny of a knight is the battlefield, and even noble lords are no exception.

Lady Meryl understood this and supported her husband and son going to battle, but she couldn’t find peace and was constantly worried.

Squeak.

The door was pushed open, and Lola, now twelve years old, quietly came in, “Mother, are you praying to the Great Dragon?”

“It’s you, Lola,” Lady Meryl nodded. “Come here, pray with your mother to the Great Dragon that your father and brother can return home safely.”

“Okay, Mother.” Lola stood by the window and began to pray earnestly.

After praying, the mother and daughter went downstairs together and saw Roland, who had been out inspecting the land, had already returned to the hall below.

“Mother, Lola.”

“You’re back.”

“Yes, I visited Wuyao Snake Manor. Russell has managed our lands well, especially the new tobacco crop, which we can now harvest. However, the recent bad weather prevents us from drying it. It’ll be fine once the weather clears up; then we can produce the ‘Cloud Mist’ and ‘Frost Series’ cigars.”

Roland went on and on, but Lady Meryl was hardly listening as she was still worried about her husband and son.

It was then that Roland added, “Now that Mr. Ross is not around, there’s a high chance of Snow Ghost incursions around our land.”

“What are you planning to do?”

“I will strengthen the patrols with Commander Chris of the Knight Regiment. Also…” Roland glanced at Lady Meryl and carefully said, “Mother, I plan to bring Russell’s elves back to Fluorescent Castle for protection.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“There are no mountains to block them over there, and it’s easy for Snow Ghosts to slip in during the ice age. It wouldn’t be good if the elves were harmed. So I’m thinking of moving all his elves here to the castle for protection; it will be safer.”

“Roland!” Lady Meryl suddenly exclaimed sternly.

“Ah?” Roland was taken aback, “What’s wrong, Mother?”

“Your brother isn’t dead on the Snowfield yet. I will never consent to you seizing elves, such indecent acts!”

“No!” Roland became anxious, “What are you talking about, Mother? What do you mean by seizing elves? I never thought of that! Don’t you trust your son? I just want to protect these elves. I don’t want Russell to suffer any losses either!”

Finally, Roland patted his chest, “I am Russell’s elder brother, we’re blood siblings, Mother!”

Lady Meryl turned her head away, “You’d best adhere to that.”

“Oh my, how can you see me this way, Mother.” Roland held his head, “Do I really have to join Father and Russell on the battlefield and wager everything our family has for you to trust me, and believe I am a worthy son and elder brother?”

Lady Meryl sighed softly, “Sorry, Roland, I have wronged you. I am just too concerned about your father and brother.”

Roland was still not appeased, “I am worried about Father and Russell too!”

After a pause, he added, “I also want to fight side by side with them on the Snowfield, but I cannot, Mother. If something happened to all three of us, you would only have to watch as Royal or Royer move into the castle!”

“Hold your tongue, swallow those words back,” Lady Meryl chided.

“I am speaking the truth… okay, I take it back.”

The topic ended there, and the tension between mother and son subsided, returning to their previous affectionate relationship. Roland even found the mood to tell a joke and cheer up his sister Lola.

…

Red Castle, Inner Fort.

At the dining table, Princess Kunlaya joined her mother Princess Anxia for lunch, a meal not as lavishly extravagant as imagined, but instead a few simple dishes.

However, the tableware was all crafted from precious metals, and even the wine vessels were carved from gemstones.

Princess Anxia was over forty but appeared no different from someone in her late twenties.

Her face bore not a single wrinkle.

Noble and elegant, with a refined and gentle beauty, it was evident that Grand Duke Kunstan and Princess Kunlaya both inherited their mother’s beauty. Although Princess Anxia had amber-colored eyes, her hair was black.

This was in contrast to the silver locks of Grand Duke Kunstan and Princess Kunlaya.

“Mother, my brother and Duke Shadowflame…” Princess Kunlaya was somewhat absent-minded while eating.

The features of Princess Anxia were very soft, yet her face bore little smile, “Don’t worry.”

“Will Grandfather send help?”

“Eat, you needn’t concern yourself with these matters.”

“Okay.”

“Also…”

“What?” Princess Kunlaya lifted her head.

Princess Anxia said calmly, “That’s not your grandfather, that’s just the ruthless King of the Scorching Torrent Kingdom.”

“But brother…”

“Your brother is a good-for-nothing, always thinking of relying on others. But mountains may collapse, and people may flee; only by being strong oneself can one earn respect. He pins all his hopes on others, how can he be acknowledged by Duke Shadowflame?”

After saying so much, Princess Anxia seemed a bit weary and repeated, “Eat.”

And then she fell silent.

For a time, in the inner fort’s dining hall, only the faint sounds of the mother and daughter eating could be heard.

…

Woo!

Woo-um!

Woo-woo-woo!

Woo-woo-woo-woo!

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo…

The dull and distant sound of a cow horn, suddenly blossomed above the snowfield, the horn, bolstered by magic power, its sound spreading in all directions with the wind.

“They’re here!” Baron Roman shuddered at the sound of the horn, “The real battle, it’s about to begin!”

Splash-splash, the knights quickly mounted their horses.

Baron Roman swung his sword towards the distant horizon, where the Snow Demon Legion was on the move: “Charge, victory belongs to the Shadowflame Grand Duchy!”

“Charge!”

“Charge!”

“Victory belongs to the Shadowflame Grand Duchy!”

The knights from Glowing Valley echoed one after another, the sound of cow horns unceasing, as if encouraging their spirit.

Russell, riding on the back of Unicorn Polly, could faintly hear other Knight Regiments’ knights shouting in the distance.

Bipedal Flying Dragons circled in the sky, and the knights on their backs received new orders.

“Fight, pull the Snow Demon Legion away from the Lightning Attraction Point!” After circling once and ensuring Baron Roman understood, the Flying Dragon Knights soared into the skies, continuing to pass the command post’s orders to the next Knight Regiment.

Meanwhile.

On the battlefield shrouded in wind and snow, visibility was poor.

But Russell still saw the immensely huge Shadowflame Dragon flying in the sky, the light of magma flickering on its wings, penetrating the gloomy weather, its dragon might sweeping in all directions, accompanied by scalding hot air.

Behind the Shadowflame Dragon, the vapor from the high temperatures evaporated by the cold winds quickly turned into a wide expanse of fog.

And so it rushed towards the northwestern Lightning Attraction Point with a massive tail of fog, unstoppable and fearless.

Suddenly.

From the direction of the Lightning Attraction Point in the northwest, a roar sounded as if the god of thunder was thundering in the sky: “Da!”

That was Snow Giant Da, letting out a battle cry.

Russell couldn’t see where Snow Giant Da was; the heavy snow and gloomy weather obscured everything in the distance.

But he already felt the majesty of Snow Giant Da, the “Da” roar containing a power that shook one’s heart. The might of the dragon and the giant interwove within him, making him so uncomfortable he wanted to cry out.

Yet he couldn’t cry out at all, and could only clutch his chest, trying desperately to calm his heaving chest.

“Instructions, inhale, exhale, stabilize battle qi!”

“Instructions, inhale, exhale…”

Baron Roman’s commands swiftly spread throughout the Knight Regiment, and the knights began to breath deeply and exhale to stabilize their battle qi.

It took a while before the oppressive feeling from the dragon and the giant completely subdued.

Russell recovered swiftly, his gaze straining towards the distance in search of the Shadowflame Dragon and Snow Giant Da.

The earth was already shaking, and in the distant darkness of the northwest, it seemed red and blue-green figures were intertwining, grappling, leaping, colliding, each impact causing the ice cap to tremble.

“I can’t see, I really can’t see!” Russell’s heart burned with eagerness, but he had to suppress it.

He finally understood why Lord Utreras had always said he only saw one foot of Snow Giant Da.

In such weather conditions, amid such a fierce struggle, knights dared not approach or see the details of the battle.

And there was also the spreading fog.

But without a doubt, the giant and the dragon were at this moment engaged in the most ferocious battle on Dragon Sleep Continent!