Evil dragon has a warm heart
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Chapter 496: Chapter 495: Start Absorbing Chapter 496: Chapter 495: Start Absorbing Russell’s Earl Promotion Ceremony took place during the day on April 15, so it was not delayed by the night’s battle.

The nobles of Red Castle were still lost in a drunken stupor.

Only a few noticed that, in the night sky above Shadowflame Volcano, the silhouette of the Shadowflame Dragon had appeared.

“Your Highness Shadowflame, may I ask what happened?” Volcanic Minister Welchi hurried over, as it was his duty. Any unusual activity from the Shadowflame Dragon required his inquiry to better interpret the dragon’s will.

After the Second Fall, the Shadowflame Dragon had once refused to deal with anyone.

But now, the Shadowflame Dragon had become talkative again.

“Nothing much, a Frost Giant invaded, intending to snatch the Frost Artifact, but ended up being slain by Russell,” the bubbling sound of dragon language laced with magic power rose faintly, “From now on, of the two Frost Giants that plagued the Grand Duchy, only one remains… Shuang Da, how interesting, most interesting indeed!”

It was thought that without the Snow Giant, Shuang Da’s potential to become a Frost Titan had been cut off, and the newcomer Shuang Ge was foreseen to be the greater future enemy.

Unexpectedly,

Shuang Ge perished overnight, leaving Shuang Da the ultimate winner, having acquired a new Snow Giant, and likely regaining the potential to ascend as a Frost Titan.

“Uh,” Lord Welchi was somewhat confused, “Your Highness Shadowflame, are you saying that tonight a Frost Giant and a Snow Giant invaded, and then Lord Russell slew one of the Frost Giants? Isn’t Lord Russell at Red Castle?”

“Foolish!” the Shadowflame Dragon opened its eyes, “Russell’s speed is exceptionally fast, allowing him to reach the battlefield swiftly.”

Trembling with disbelief, Lord Welchi asked, “So Lord Russell truly slew a Frost Giant?”

This fact was even more incredible than Russell’s third Contracted Phantom Beast being promoted to Pseudo-Dragon.

The Frost Giant, repeatedly depicted as the dreaded foe of both the Shadowflame Duchy and the Scorching Torrent Kingdom, had been slain by a knight not even a Dragon Knight — such a plot, even knightly novels would not dare to script!

“Isn’t it strange? In fact, the Frost Giant that rode the Snow Giant was not as strong as imagined. It was the Snow Giant that was truly powerful. Moreover, Russell’s strength should not be underestimated. Slaying Shuang Ge was to be expected.” The Shadowflame Dragon spoke indifferently.

In truth, when it used its shadow clone for the second time to instantaneously move to Leize, and saw Shuang Ge’s fallen body, it too was deeply shocked. In the dragon’s conception, only other dragons or Dragon Knights could kill Frost Giants and Snow Giants of the same class.

Mortals, even Flying Dragon Knights, Dragon Domain Lords, couldn’t achieve this; they could only assist or make a din during a great battle.

But Russell had done it.

In the pupils of the Shadowflame Dragon, the image of an unremarkable knight surfaced again: “His swordsmanship originates from the Dark Ages!”

With the help of the Sword Butterfly Amber Sprite.

The swordsmanship that supported humanity through the Dark Ages was now, in the Warm Age, shining brightly once more.

At the same time, it profoundly affected the Shadowflame Dragon, no longer underestimating Russell or, perhaps, the entirety of mankind — humans are insignificant, reliant on dragons to defeat formidable enemies; but humans are also great, for they persisted through the Dark Ages without dragons to shelter them.

And on this night, Russell’s swordsmanship answered why humans were able to endure nearly five thousand years of the Dark Ages.

Without dragons.

The humans of the Dark Ages leveraged swordsmanship to wield the limitless elemental forces, thus surviving the dire oppression of the Snow Demons.

The special Cold Spring Points across the snowfields are monuments to the sacrifices of humanity.

It took Lord Welchi quite a while to calm his emotions before he respectfully asked, “Your Highness Shadowflame, should we report to the Council of Elders about Lord Russell slaying the Frost Giant Ge, and discuss his reward… such an illustrious military achievement.”

However, unlike the previous time when the Shadowflame Dragon couldn’t wait to reward Russell,

This time the Shadowflame Dragon was silent for a long while before responding indifferently, “No need, Shadowflame has already given him his reward.”

In the past, knights’ military achievements were measured in Ice Soul Pearls and Ice Pellet Pearls.

When it came to Russell, although he had slain Shuang Ge, none of the spoils were surrendered, naturally making the Shadowflame Dragon reluctant to grant a reward.

Thinking of Shuang Ge’s corpse.

The Shadowflame Dragon snorted from its nostrils, full of resentment towards Russell — its attempt to snatch Shuang Ge was indeed a test for Russell, but deep down, it had desired to truly seize the spoils for its own enjoyment.

After sending Welchi away.

The Shadowflame Dragon opened its mouth, silently roaring. The body of a Frost Giant was too substantial a nourishment for any dragon to forsake easily.

After venting its frustration.

The Shadowflame Dragon then slowly closed its eyes, sinking back into the magma, leaving only a whisper of magic dragon language echoing quietly within the volcano.

“Ice Cream… refreshing…”

…

Inhale!

Inhale!

Inhale!

Inhale inhale inhale inhale inhale inhale inhale inhale…

In the Gloomy Dreamland, Little Dream Dragon madly sucked at the enormous body of the Frost Giant, putting in all its effort as if its life depended on it.

Under its strenuous efforts, the corpse of the Frost Giant, radiating a dim blue light, gradually revealed a tiny vortex structure. With each powerful suck from Little Dream Dragon, the structure of the vortex became more pronounced.

Finally, when Little Dream Dragon’s eyes almost bulged out of their sockets, the vortex structure fully formed and began to slowly rotate.

With each turn of the vortex, the Frost Giant’s body blurred a little more.

As the vortex spun faster, the Frost Giant’s body completely blurred, and a special Frost Star slowly took shape at the center of the vortex.

This Frost Star was enormous, hundreds of times larger than any Frost Star Little Dream Dragon had previously devoured.

“Ah, how am I supposed to eat this thing?” Russell scratched his temple, doubting how Little Dream Dragon was going to consume the mountain-like Frost Star when a spike on it, resembling a ray of light, was bigger than Little Dream Dragon’s mouth.

But Little Dream Dragon seemed not at all troubled.

It continued to open its mouth and inhale. With no one to disturb it, it could fully exercise its talent for devouring. After the body of the Frost Giant completely vanished, Little Dream Dragon again opened its huge mouth towards the Frost Star and it began to collapse.

It shrank inch by inch.

By the time it had reduced to the size of a fist, the Frost Star was so bright it hurt the eyes, preventing Russell from even opening his eyes to observe its condition.

At that moment.

Little Dream Dragon smiled in satisfaction, “Gaga!”

Then, without hesitation, it opened its mouth and swallowed the intensely bright, condensed Frost Star in one gulp, without chewing.

Almost at the same moment the Frost Star entered its belly, it squinted its eyes as if utterly exhausted.

Without even having a chance to say goodbye, the entire Gloomy Dreamland collapsed and Russell’s consciousness dimmed accordingly.

Dawn lightened the sky with the first hint of day.

Russell, leaning against Black Oil Dragon Ross, suddenly opened his eyes to find the ground’s snow melted, leaving a muddy mess beneath Ross. Fortunately, Russell was sitting cross-legged on Ross’ claws and had not been soiled by the mud.

“Thank you for your hard work, Ross.”

“Roar.” Ross responded softly.

Then, Russell raised his left hand, where an M-shaped mark was burning. But after trying to communicate, he received no response from Little Dream Dragon.

Moreover, the M-shaped mark did not seem to be extinguishing, as if it would continue to burn until Little Dream Dragon awoke from its slumber.

“The energy’s dissipating!” Russell clenched his fist; flames leaked out from between his fingers—a mere illusion, thankfully not actual fire, “I wonder how long Ice Cream will need to digest after eating the Frost Giant.”

It had previously slept for two to three months after eating just a little Frost Star.

Now, having devoured an entire Frost Giant transformed into a Frost Star, it’s likely the sleeping period will be measured in years.

“When this M-shaped mark stops burning, that will probably be when Little Dream Dragon is about to wake up.” Stretching languidly, Russell mounted Black Oil Dragon.

He beckoned to Hape, who had been guarding overnight, to transform into the Mark of the Lord of the Storm and merge it with the Mark of the Thunder Lord on his forehead, forming the Mark of the Tempest and Thunder Lord.

Finally satisfied, Russell raised his hand and pointed towards the Blackflame Plains, “Let’s go, Ross, we’re heading home!”

“Roar!” With a roar, Ross sprung into the air, not forgetting in the instant of takeoff to grab a metal boulder—this extremely cold holy artifact was an essential bait for fishing, and could not be forgotten.

After fishing for the Frost Giant, the resurgent Shuang Da awaited their lines!

“Catching Shuang Da won’t be easy. He has become warier after I’ve ambushed him time and again. Let’s leave the fishing to King Ares.” Russell shook his head, putting aside his worries, now only looking forward to a bright tomorrow.

The eruption of Little Dream Dragon Volcano was not far off!