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Chapter 570 - 570 568 Locking onto Frost Star

Chapter 570: Chapter 568: Locking onto Frost Star Chapter 570: Chapter 568: Locking onto Frost Star The communication atmosphere between the Fiery Dragon and the Shadowflame Dragon wasn’t that harmonious, but the exchanges between Russell and King Ares were quite harmonious.

“Pseudo-Dragons continuing to evolve into Phantom Dragons is indeed amazing,” King Ares lifted his teacup, looking curiously at the floating green leaves on top. “Is this tea soup a new invention from Red Castle?”

“You could say that,” Russell replied with a smile. “This is green tea.”

Back in Wuyao Snake Manor, Russell had wanted to find tea leaves to brew himself a cup of green tea as a reward, but unfortunately, he had not found any tea trees.

Until now, as he took charge of Red Castle and thoroughly inspected the situation at Fairy Paradise.

In the Fairy Paradise of Red Castle, there were many spirits, including no less than seven Great Spirits, over three hundred Little Spirits, and countless Spirit Insects. It could be said that all the wealth of the nobles of the Grand Duchy combined couldn’t compare to Fairy Paradise.

Now all of this had become Russell’s possession.

Of course.

Most of these spirits were not bound by spirit contracts but were bred by Red Castle—if every Grand Duke were to bind them with contracts, the mind links would become a mess. Moreover, spirits are simple to manage and do not necessarily require contracts.

Of course.

Some mischievous, wanderlust spirits would be designated for binding—whether by the Grand Duke or by Red Castle’s “special knights,” who were trained specifically to take care of spirits.

By now, Russell had contracted all seven Great Spirits and had not contracted the three hundred-plus Little Spirits.

Including his own Great Tobacco Sprite, Niko, he now boasted eight Great Spirits.

Among the many Little Spirits, Russell successfully discovered a Tea Tree Little Spirit and then had someone fry the first batch of green tea for personal consumption and entertaining guests.

“How do you find it, Your Majesty?” Russell inquired.

After tasting a sip, King Ares took a big gulp and pondered for a moment before saying, “Bitter then sweet, it has a unique charm!”

“I’m glad Your Majesty likes it.”

“Haha, as the saying goes, a knight has three main indulgences: tobacco, alcohol, and tea. You have invented the Rain Dragon Cigar and green tea; only a drink remains.”

“I’m working on it,” Russell laughed. “Unlike most red wines on the market, I am developing a cocktail. During the luncheon, Your Majesty can try it and give some suggestions for improvement.”

There were red wines, white wines, and beers on Dragon Sleep Continent, but Russell couldn’t make any revolutions. However, he could draw inspiration from cocktails and create some special drinks.

Then Russell added, “Of course, cocktails are mostly meant for ladies.”

Knights would certainly prefer to drink ice vodka on the Snowfields or black beer in taverns rather than fancy cocktails.

They chatted about trivial matters.

King Ares cut to the chase, “Our observatory has locked onto the orbit of Frost Star, which somewhat resembles the path of a comet. Moreover, it seems to be influenced by another force beyond just the sun.”

“An additional influence?”

“I really don’t understand astronomy,” King Ares remarked. “An envoy of Grand Scholars in astronomy is on their way to your country. You can ask them directly when they arrive.” He continued, “The Grand Scholars told me that besides the sun, another celestial body is tugging at it, but they can’t find this body.”

The most critical point was.

Not only could they not find the celestial body disturbing the orbit of Frost Star, but it seemed to exist somewhere in the solar system.

Except for its impact on Frost Star, it didn’t influence any other planet.

“The Grand Scholars said something about a Dark Sun in the solar system, which is nonsense,” King Ruis shook his head.

Russell wanted to ask for more details.

Unfortunately, King Ares truly couldn’t comprehend astronomy, so he couldn’t answer Russell’s questions. He just told Russell to wait for the arrival of the envoy to ask the Grand Scholars directly.

“That’s all we can do.”

“I rarely admire someone, but you, Russell, are definitely one of them. Not only are you about to become a Dragon Knight, but you are also recognized as a Grand Scholar!”

“Your Majesty flatters me,” Russell smiled.

“There’s not an iota of excess praise. If it weren’t for your invention of the telescope, who would have noticed that the Frost Star above our heads is actually the world of Frost Giants? And this Frost Star is still affecting the rotation of our Dragon Star!”

He paused.

King Ares said, “The Grand Scholars told me that Frost Star will soon swing back near Dragon Star; then, its influence will become even stronger… Frost Giants may even descend from Frost Star.”

He looked at Russell and said solemnly, “The Tri-Dragon Sacrifice Method is imperative!”

Russell was equally direct, “Shadowflame won’t agree to that, Your Majesty.”

“You persuade it.”

“I can’t persuade it at all, this is part of the promise I made with it.”

“Then you tell Shadowflame that everything depends on strength,” said King Ares in a calm tone, but the dominance in his words was undeniable, regardless of how Russell and the Shadowflame Dragon might show off their prowess, his planned approach would remain unchanged.

For a time,

the atmosphere atop the great hall became somewhat heavy and grim.

It wasn’t until a chamberlain came to report that Viscount Fred was here to pay a visit that Russell spoke again, “Have Viscount Fred wait a moment.”

“Yes, Your Highness,” the chamberlain turned and left.

King Ares took the opportunity to say, “The trade routes between our two nations need protection. In the dragon force radiation blank zones, we need to construct new scale towers to ensure that the trade routes can be supported at any time. If it hadn’t been for your timely advancement last time, Earl Ade and his family might have returned to the volcano already.”

According to the legends of the Dragon Sleep Continent, after death, the soul sinks into the volcano, becoming part of its warmth.

“How will the construction be carried out?”

“You and Shadowflame will build a scale tower in Black Horse Snow Forest, whereas I and Scorching will build one in Howling Great Canyon.”

“Fine!” Russell agreed.

Regardless of any differences between the Dragon Knights, the exchange and deepening of relations between the two countries were accelerating, and Russell was also considering purchasing serfs from the Scorching Torrent Kingdom in the future.

Thus, protecting the trade routes was an urgent necessity.

After the midday banquet, King Ares was set to leave. Before his departure, he told Russell, “If you have matters to attend to, you can directly come to the Golden Palace to find me. In earlier years, when Quentin III was still alive, I often visited Red Castle, but alas…”

With a sigh, King Ares seemed to lose his interest in talking further and merely patted Russell on the shoulder.

He said in a deep voice, “All in all, only through honest collaboration between Dragon Knights can we lead humanity to overcome the cold!”

Having said that, he mounted the Fiery Dragon and quickly disappeared.

Russell watched King Ares leave, then turned to look toward Shadowflame Volcano. Atop it, the crouching Shadowflame Dragon also turned its head at that moment to look in the direction of Red Castle.

The distance was not close, and neither could make out the details of the other.

But they both felt their gazes meet.

Long after, the Shadowflame Dragon nodded at Russell and flew straight into the volcano’s mouth. Russell, too, withdrew his gaze and turned back to enter the great hall.

He didn’t go to find the Shadowflame Dragon.

After the dragon’s court greetings, he and Shadowflame Dragon had already broken through their last barrier. However, until the Little Dream Dragon was born, he and Shadowflame Dragon still needed to restrain themselves and maintain their final bottom line.

“Frost Star!”

After some pondering, Russell ordered his chamberlain that he needed to leave for a while, then rode on Sacred Unicorn Polly and disappeared from Red Castle.

Moments later, he appeared at Sharp Knife Mountain Observatory, “Have Sullivan come to see me.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

Soon, Sullivan came running out of his office and hurried to Russell, “Sullivan pays his respects to Your Highness!”

“Bring me all the data about Frost Star,” Russell commanded authoritatively as he took his seat in the hall. “The grand scholars of the Scorching Torrent Kingdom have already locked onto Frost Star’s trajectory. Why have you not reported it sooner despite being the first to observe?”

“Your Highness, we at the observatory have also locked onto Frost Star’s trajectory, but we have not yet figured out why its orbit is so… That’s why we did not immediately report it.” Sullivan wiped the sweat from his forehead—the presence of a Phantom Dragon Knight was a tremendous pressure for ordinary people.

It was a kind of pressure that seemed to penetrate both body and soul.

Soon, the observatory staff brought over a pile of documents. Sullivan personally sorted them and explained to Russell, “Your Highness, look here, Frost Star’s trajectory is unlike any other satellite, its orbit is not stable, and fluctuates often…”

Within the drawings,

the trajectories of Spring Day No.1, Summer Day No.1, Autumn Day No.1, Winter Day No.1, and Dragon Star were all nearly circular. However, Frost Star’s trajectory was more like a comet’s and was not elliptical; instead, the orbit curved like the waves of the sea.

“There must be a large celestial body disturbing its trajectory!” Sullivan said seriously. “But we haven’t found this large celestial body!”