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Chapter 535 - 535 533 The Scent Polly Loathes (Extra Chapter

Chapter 535: Chapter 533: The Scent Polly Loathes (Extra Chapter, Requesting Monthly Votes) Chapter 535: Chapter 533: The Scent Polly Loathes (Extra Chapter, Requesting Monthly Votes) All was peaceful and uneventful overnight.

Kunsley did not dispatch anyone to kill Russell and Mel. Although the selection of the heir was only in name and not in substance, he could still inherit the title of Swan Baron.

There was no need to take the risk.

Kunsup, on the other hand, wanted to dispose of Russell so that Kunsley could continue to compete for the Grand Duchy, and then he could inherit everything from Swan Castle.

But no one heeded his commands; his fate was sealed as nothing more than a second son of a great noble.

“Lord Kunbif, thank you for your gracious hospitality,” Cousin Mel bowed in gratitude.

Russell simply nodded calmly, “Thank you for the hospitality.”

Baron Kunbiff waved his hand, “Lord Russell, Lord Mell, I wish you both a safe journey.”

The party set off, leaving Swan Castle behind.

“Grandfather, there was absolutely no need to be so courteous to them!” Kunsup whispered in complaint, “They are our Sunflower Family’s enemies. They even intend to replace us and claim the Shadowflame Dragon!”

Baron Kunbiff glanced at his second grandson, then looked as if nothing was the matter at his eldest grandson, Kunsley, “What do you think?”

Kunsley smiled faintly, “Grandfather, the dust has not yet settled, and I do not believe the family must fight to the death over it.”

Kunsup complained, “Big brother, you’re too weak. If you were a bit stronger, you would have won the recognition of the Shadowflame Dragon long ago!”

“What do you know, kid? Is the recognition of the Shadowflame Dragon really that easy to obtain?” Kunsley glared at his brother, “Without the support of Scorching Torrent Kingdom, we can’t stand with Mell and Augustus!”

“But we were originally the most likely to win!”

“It’s a pity that Russell, the troublemaker, appeared. And His Majesty Ares of Scorching Torrent Kingdom is so indecisive!”

Seeing the brothers argue incessantly.

Baron Kunbif suddenly shouted angrily, “Enough!”

“Grandfather, sorry.” The two brothers quickly bowed their heads in apology.

Baron Kunbif rubbed his temples, restraining his anger as he spoke, “If you truly had the guts, you should have gone last night and killed Russell and Mel. I would have taken responsibility for anything. But it’s a pity… you only know how to talk big.”

“Grandfather, I…” Kunsley began, ashamed to continue.

Kunsup, however, clamored, “I wanted to dispatch someone to kill Russell, but nobody would listen to me; they all listen to big brother!”

Baron Kunbiff gave Kunsup a sideway glance, “Why didn’t you go yourself?”

“I… I was afraid I wasn’t strong enough,” Kunsup muttered, “Russell is a Flying Dragon Knight, a Dragon Domain Lord, and I, grandfather, am just a newly-promoted Phantom Beast Knight. By myself, I definitely couldn’t kill him!”

“If you had taken action, I definitely would have helped you… Forget it, forget it,” Baron Kunbif suddenly felt disheartened, “You two brothers, neither of you are capable of achieving anything great. Just stay home and play the watchful dog.”

He walked back into the castle with his hands behind his back, sighing all the way, “I should stop fantasizing about the Flamecrest Dragonblood Family and just drunkenly waste my life away in Fire Ant Swamp!”

Brothers Kunsley and Kunsup glared at each other as they followed suit.

“It’s all your fault; you made Grandfather angry. If you don’t have the ability, stop making threats. Do you even have the strength to consider assassinating Russell?”

“That’s better than your unwillingness to do anything. If I were you, I would have been commanding the winds and the rain at Red Castle long ago!”

“How laughable, truly laughable. You can’t even compete with me for Swan Castle, yet you dream of vying for the Grand Duchy?”

“I’m just constrained by my status. It’s this damned nobility system that limits what I can do!”

“That’s hardly the case; it’s your measly talent that restricts your ambitions. You’re two years older than Russell, yet at twenty-one, you’re just advancing to Phantom Beast Knight. Aren’t you ashamed? I’m about to initiate my second transformation!”

“Slipping back here from Red Castle with your tail between your legs, aren’t you ashamed?”

“This place is mine; the future is all mine, Kunsup. You’d better heed your place, or when the time comes, I won’t even bestow upon you a knighthood!”

“Heh, truly laughable, after grandfather, there’s still father. It’s not your turn to take charge of the household!”

…

Whoosh whoosh!

The Ice Age hadn’t ended yet, and most of the Ice and Snow Great Wall between the two nations was already buried under accumulated snow.

It was definite that carriages couldn’t make it through.

But for Knights, possessing a body shielded by fighting spirit, and being able to form a domain through resonance of fighting spirit to ensure that the Knights and their warhorses are immune to the severe cold and frostbite, travel was still possible even during the Ice Age.

Sitting astride Harpy Hape, Russell rode backwards, resting his head comfortably on Hape’s neck.

Beside him, Mel rode the Tieyu Grey Crane Mola, chatting and laughing with Russell.

In the sky above, the Black Oil Dragon Rossay and the Blue Crystal Dragon Medica Loren escorted the Knight expedition, one leading and the other following.

Seven days passed in succession.

The road was still the endless Ice and Snow Great Wall, buffeted by an endless blizzard, sometimes to the point where one couldn’t discern their own fingers when stretching out their hand. Fortunately, bipedal flying dragons watched over the snowfields from high above, constantly guiding the position of the Ice and Snow Great Wall.

Every certain distance, there was a Cold Spring Point.

Even without Cold Spring Points, there were man-made ice castles available for Knights to camp and rest in. Occasionally, the Ice and Snow Great Wall would pass through a snow forest, where one might even see small animals braving the snow to search for food.

Unfortunately, encountering Knights was a disaster for these small animals.

Having eaten dry rations every day until their mouths tasted like bird, the Knights couldn’t care less about protecting the ecological balance and would directly catch and roast the animals for food.

“There are passages beneath the ice cap, and these small animals can move between the snow forests. The Cold Spring Points scattered across the snowfield are also their habitats,” Cousin Mel said. “On the kingdom’s side, they believe this is the steaming of the Power of the Earth, creating the Cold Spring Points.”

“The steaming of the Power of the Earth?”

“Yes, the Power of the Earth continuously radiates energy into the air, but when blocked by the ice cap, the energy flows along the ground and beneath the ice cap until it finds a weak spot in the ice cap to break through, forming Cold Spring Points or a snow forest.”

“This theory does seem to fit the facts,” Russell nodded.

In the midst of their idle chatter, the team had entered a new snow forest along the Ice and Snow Great Wall. The snow forest was vast, stretching hundreds of square kilometers.

The Ice and Snow Great Wall was interrupted here, but there was a road made of rocks that cut through the entire forest.

“This place is called Black Horse Snow Forest.” Mel opened his personal notebook, which contained records of various observations from previous travels along the trade route. “Legend has it that the first Grand Duke, Quentin Shadowflame, found a group of black horses here when opening the trade routes.”

“Hm, no wonder this place is called Black Horse Snow Forest.”

“But did you know, Russell, after Quentin Shadowflame brought the black horses back to the Volcanic Oasis, they were quickly tamed into warhorses, and the descendants of the black horse herd gave rise to the Phantom Beast Nightmare Ghost Horses… which means that all the Nightmare Ghost Horses of our Grand Duchy are descendants of that black horse herd!”

The Black Horse Snow Forest was the birthplace of the Phantom Beast Nightmare Ghost Horse.

“Is that so?” Russell nodded, finding it hard to imagine horses living in a forest, let alone a snowy forest in a frozen world.

Of course.

The ecology of Dragon Sleep Continent was different from Earth, with life here nourished by the Power of the Earth, far more active than the living beings on Earth.

Walking on the stone path, Russell’s eyebrows arched slightly.

In his mind, Unicorn Polly’s voice resonated: “I don’t like the Black Horse Snow Forest; the scent here disgusts me.”

“Disgust?” Russell exclaimed in surprise.

“Yes, there is indeed the scent of horses here, and it’s a scent that disgusts me, probably that of the black horse herd!” Polly, as a descendant of the white horses, hated all horses other than white ones, which naturally included black horses.

Just at that moment.

A strange whispering voice suddenly drifted into his ears: “Familiar scent, there’s a familiar scent among this group of humans, lightning… and also, dreams… Where is it emanating from, those lowly little horses with their blood, or…”