Evil dragon has a warm heart
Chapter 362 - 362 361 The Castle of the Future

Chapter 362: Chapter 361: The Castle of the Future Chapter 362: Chapter 361: The Castle of the Future “Good morning, Sir,” Head Maid Leona greeted with a few maids coming to clean Russell’s room.

The quality of the maids was concerning, but Russell had gotten used to them and found their presence rather comforting.

Especially when Leona bent over to tidy up the bed, her pert posterior always involuntarily drew Russell’s respect, given his vigorous youth.

“Good morning,” Russell replied, as he dressed in practice attire with the help of his personal servant, Ram, and then strode downstairs.

After a self-serve breakfast, he began his morning knight training on the front lawn.

The snow on the lawn had been cleared away by the servants early on, and someone was already training there—it was Phantom Beast Knight Katie. Sworn to never marry, she had been appointed as the Territory Patrol Knight Captain and relied on Russell for food and accommodation.

“Good morning, Sir,” Katie immediately stopped training and bowed to Russell upon seeing him come out.

“Good morning, Katie,” Russell nodded.

However, he did not join Katie in her training. Since being promoted to Flying Dragon Knight, his strength had significantly surpassed that of the Phantom Beast Knights, and training or sparring together no longer served any purpose. He had to explore on his own.

Of course, he could also go to Fluorescent Castle to spar with Baron Roman, discussing the path of cultivation for Flying Dragon Knights together as father and son.

A moment later.

Guard Knight Commander Grove arrived from the Cigar Courtyard after having breakfast at home: “Good morning, Sir, good morning, Katie.”

“Good morning, Grove, aren’t you spending more time with Fanny at home?” Russell asked with a smile.

Grove’s wife, Fanny, was three months pregnant, so the current Grove had indeed become a winner in life.

“It was Fanny who urged me to come; she didn’t want me to be late,” Grove replied with a simple smile, his face radiating happiness.

As they spoke.

Eric also arrived on horseback: “Good morning, Sir.”

Soon, several more knights arrived—Glontan Bainroot, Tom, Jack, James, and others joined the training crowd.

Despite the cold temperatures, the scene was bustling with activity.

Several Phantom Beasts also roared boldly around, matching the knights’ moves. Russell was no exception, training with his Pseudo-Harpy Dragon Hape in Fighting Spirit Armor, Beast Fusion Shadow, and developing Hape’s magic.

Butler Morris alone stood in front of the main gate, worriedly watching the knights turn the front lawn into a complete mess.

When Russell returned to the lounge for a short rest, he approached and said, “Sir, we need to plan a dedicated training ground near the Cigar Courtyard. After every training session, we need to hire people to repair the front lawn.”

“Hmm, indeed we need a dedicated training ground,” Russell nodded.

Although the knights were careful not to damage the lawn during their training, they often exerted too much force and ruined it.

To maintain the overall image of the Cigar Courtyard, he immediately ordered, “Across from Charcoal Dust Road, mark out an empty space, firm up the foundation, and cover it entirely with charcoal dust. From now on, conduct the training there.”

“Yes, Sir,” Butler Morris sighed in relief.

He then asked, “So Sir, will you continue to have lunch with the knights today?”

“No, have the kitchen make some bread and Qi and Blood Ointment, leave it for the knights to have lunch, then make some dry food for me now. I’m planning to take a trip around Blackflame Plains,” Russell planned for a tour around his territory.

“Yes, Sir.”

Once the lunch’s dry food was ready, Russell mounted Unicorn Polly, took along Pseudo-Harpy Dragon Hape, and headed outside.

“Sir, do you need me to accompany you?” Katie inquired.

“No need, you guys continue training,” Russell waved his hand; Katie didn’t have a flying phantom beast, and her speed was too slow.

In fact, Russell’s three subordinate Phantom Beast Knights did not have contracts for flying phantom beasts, which caused them to travel too slowly and were simply unable to keep up with Russell.

He set out alone.

With Polly and Hape accompanying him, he was hardly lonely, and the Black Oil Dragon Ross was waiting for him above the Blackflame Plains.

A heavy snow had caused the pioneering of the Blackflame Plains to halt slightly.

Now, the Blackflame Plains were entirely covered in snow, but occasionally some weeds and small trees would poke out from the snowy blanket, showing that life, unquenchable and ongoing, was being nurtured in this Warm Enclave.

Soon, Russell arrived at the hot springs area.

There stood a massive stone pillar, and at the top of the pillar, the Black Oil Dragon Ross was crouching still, statue-like.

“Roar,” Ross called out softly upon seeing Russell.

“You keep sleeping, Ross. I’m just passing by, and having Polly and Hape with me is enough.” Russell did not ride the dragon; occasionally, he would ride a unicorn instead, to distribute attention evenly and maintain a spiritual balance with the phantom beasts.

Ross nodded gently and remained still.

Russell then looked toward the hot springs area, where the warm spring water flowed ceaselessly all year round, melting the surrounding snow.

The water now flowing out of the hot springs had already been channeled into three basic watercourses by Russell’s men, each heading toward a corner of the triangular territory. The site for the castle had also essentially been determined.

The castle would be built above the hot springs in the future, turning the hot springs into an internal water source for the castle.

As for the future size of the castle, taking Fluorescent Castle as a reference, it would also be built as a medium-sized castle occupying fifty acres.

Then, Russell had a rough blueprint in his mind.

The castle would face south with the main gate opening to the south, and the entire southern side of the castle would be leveled into a vast lawn, suitable for grazing.

Then, to the west of the castle, bamboos and cordyceps would be transplanted to build a bamboo grove, which was Polly’s favorite; to the east of the castle, acorns had already been sown on the current wasteland, waiting to sprout into an oak forest next year.

The oak forest was Russell’s promise to the Fairy Saiban Bunniya to plant an oak forest in his Warm Enclave for the Fairy Saiban to inhabit.

However.

It seemed that fearing Russell might come to collect more wool, the current Fairy Saiban no longer resided in the Saiban Snow Forest.

Russell had strolled there several times, hoping to chat with the Fairy Saiban, but he was never able to find her.

As for the north side of the castle, it was tentatively planned to plant a birch forest, where the Fluorescent Mushroom Cordyceps could be transplanted in the future. This was the magic medicine that started the Fluorescent Fungi Family, and as a member of the Fluorescent Fungi Family and having a Fluorescent Fungi Mushroom Bird, Russell naturally valued the glowing mushrooms.

Besides.

Tobacco Potion Field, Wheat Potion Field, and various other magic medicine fields would all be centrally located around the castle for the safety of the fields.

“When the warm season arrives, I’ll start building the castle!” Russell had not yet decided on the name for the castle, “Now, at Yuanguang Town’s Black Waist Snake Brick Kiln Factory, I’ve stored a large batch of slag soil bricks.”

Slag soil bricks were more solid and durable than rock, making them a superior building material.

A slag soil brick castle had stronger defensive capabilities than a rock castle—of course, any castle would incorporate magic materials to fortify the walls rather than using only rock or slag soil bricks.

Casual material-built castles could not withstand the persistent prowling of bipedal flying dragons.

“Let’s go, Polly, Hape, we’re going to the fringes of our territory to the snowfield to see how many Snow Ghosts there are.” After eating his lunch of dry food, Russell prepared to head towards the snowfield to hunt Snow Ghosts while bonding with the phantom beasts.

“Roar,” Ross responded softly.

“You stay here, I’m just going for a stroll in the snowfield.” Russell waved to Ross and then quickly rode Polly towards the snowfield.