??Chapter 220: Chapter 219: Da
Chapter 220: Chapter 219: Da
In the depths of the snowfield, heavy snow flew wildly.
Despite the sunlight streaming through the gaps in the clouds, it still couldn’t lt the ice cap that hadn’t thawed for tens of thousands of years, along with the bone-piercing chill.
Suddenly.
A loud roar ca from the distance, “Ao!”
Imdiately, a shadow flashed through the clouds and then disappeared into the thick cloud cover, but soon, a silver-white beast dived down rapidly from another dark cloud.
The beast had huge double wings and a long tail, its scales occasionally caught by the sunlight, reflecting a silver-white brilliance.
This was unmistakably a Silver Dragon, one of the Silver Dragons among the bipedal flying dragons.
A knight clad in silver armor rode on the back of the Silver Dragon, almost rging with it. After the dragon with the rider dove to the ground, the silver-armored knight flipped off the dragon, pulling out a long tal spear from its back.
Then, he stabbed it fiercely into the ground, the long tal spear embedding itself deep into the ice cap.
Only the handle was left exposed.
Having done all this, the silver-armored knight quickly distanced himself from the tal spear, leaping back onto the Silver Dragon’s back.
The Silver Dragon’s powerful legs stomped on the ice cap, its wings unfurled, shooting into the sky.
As the rider and dragon left the vicinity, the dark clouds in the sky began to churn, and suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down from the heavens, hitting the exposed handle of the tal spear directly.
The silver-armored knight looked back from high above.
He saw the lightning strike the tal spear and rapidly spread from it like a pivot point. The jagged, andering lightning opened up abruptly like a spider’s web; the intense light penetrated the thick ice cap, blooming like an icy flower.
“Absorb it, absorb the power of the lightning voraciously, and transform it into the power of the earth, lying dormant beneath the ice cap!”
The silver-armored knight roared loudly in the blizzard.
The Silver Dragon also let out a high-pitched cry, “Ao!”
“Let’s go, Kurara, we aim to set fifteen Lightning Spears today; off to the next Lightning Attraction Point.”
Just as the silver-armored knight was ready to leave on his dragon, he suddenly felt sothing, turning his head towards the direction where the lightning was striking.
There, a giant hand had pierced through the ice cap without warning, reaching upwards.
The hand was pale like hail, with nails sharp like ice picks, and covered with a layer of finely-detailed half-scales.
Boom boom boom!
The dark clouds in the sky gathered and rubbed against each other, producing a thunderous roar.
Crash!
The ground’s icy layer shattered piece by piece, and as the giant hand broke through the ice cap, it seed as though a giant of ancient tis was struggling to break free from the ice.
“Ah…”
The silver-armored knight exclaid in shock, his pupils dilating, his body trembling.
The Silver Dragon between his legs also showed a frightened expression, with its dragon eyes constricted to re slits.
“It, it… is…”
The silver-armored knight’s teeth chattered, and the Silver Dragon he was ntally linked with had already started to flee desperately towards the distance.
The wings beat vigorously, flying as quickly as they could.
Leaving only the trembling voice of the silver-armored knight drifting in the blizzard, “It… is… Da!”
…
Great Wind Manor, hot spring area.
Russell rarely made the trip, both to visit his Uncle Roson’s family and to see Lady Ingrid.
After soaking in the hot springs, the family gathered in the Hot Spring Villa to drink tea and chat.
Listened as Lady Ingrid recounted tales of the old days, “Your great-grandfather, it was right here that he found the ice cap lting and a hot spring bubbling up steam, and then he simply waited here, waiting and waiting…”
No one knew how many days he waited, but the bubbling hot spring suddenly shot up a spout of water that released a small bipedal flying dragon from within.
“That was Mr. Ross, just a small creature at first, they say it wasn’t even as big as a cow,” Lady Ingrid reminisced. “It curiously looked at your great-grandfather, such a heroic figure, who promptly mounted and tad it, and eventually made a pact with it.”
“And then, what happened next?” asked Russell’s seven-year-old cousin Royer, unable to contain his impatience.
“After that, it beca the guardian dragon of the family. Once it was born, the ice cap around the hot spring continued to lt, and the lting snowwater surged everywhere, carving out the Glowing River and this entire Glowing Valley in just one year.”
Russell asked curiously as well, “Grandmother, was one year really enough to carve out the Glowing Valley?”
“More or less, I’m not entirely sure of the details myself, by the ti I married and ca here, the Glowing Valley was already as it is now.” Lady Ingrid said, her gaze distant as she looked towards a few drifting dark clouds on the horizon.
She then began to ramble on about life after she married and ca to these lands.
Back then, Russell’s great-grandfather, who had been battered by years of warfare, had secured the title of Baron Youguang, elevating the Fluorescent Fungi Family to the status of hereditary nobles of great distinction.
Not long after, the great-grandfather passed away within Fluorescent Castle.
“At that ti your grandfather had just turned thirty, your father was seven, and even your uncle was already four years old…” Lady Ingrid said, “It was also that year that your grandfather earned the recognition of Mr. Ross.”
Following his great-grandfather’s will, the grandfather continued to fight under the duke to the south and to the north, until the age of fifty-eight.
That year was Dragon Calendar year 5560.
Baron Roman was already married to Lady ryl, and even older brother Roland was already one year old.
“The forr duke was a Dragon Knight. Your grandfather shared the sa vision with him, and together, lord and servant, they expanded the territory… But who would have thought, that ‘Da,’ the Snow Giant who repeatedly invaded the Grand Duchy, would be so powerful.”
The Snow Giant was nad—Da.
It’s impossible to verify why the Snow Giant was nad Da.
Those knights who might have known the reason all fell in the battle against Snow Giant Da, with the forr duke dying on the spot. The Shadowfla Dragon, even after grievously wounding Snow Giant Da, also suffered serious injuries and had to retreat into the volcano to rest and recover.
This disastrous battle abruptly halted the territorial expansion plans of the Shadowfla Duchy and also stunted the rising trajectory of the Fluorescent Fungi Family.
“That sa year, Marquis Quntro had just wed Princess Anxia without leaving any heirs when the aging Earl of Gravel Domain was entrusted to form the Council of Elders… Ten years later, your maternal grandfather defeated the old earl and retook control of the Council of Elders…”
Marquis Quntro was the son of the forr duke, rumored to have been ntally slow from birth due to a difficult delivery.
Therefore, after the demise of the forr duke, Marquis Quntro was unable to inherit the duke’s position, and they had to wait for him and Princess Anxia to produce an heir.
This led to the twenty tumultuous years when the Council of Elders ruled.
Lady Ingrid spoke with boundless emotion, “In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have gone by, you and Roland, the two youngsters, have grown into adults, and Royer and Royal are starting to toughen up their bodies.”
“Mother,” Uncle Roson, while drinking his milk tea, smiled as he said, “The young ones are all grown up, which ans the impact of the disastrous battle should be behind us. From now on, whether it’s the Grand Duchy or the family, things will gradually improve.”
“Yes, they will improve. From now on, our Ghostfire Family will rely on you young ones,” said Lady Ingrid happily, enveloping Royer in an embrace.
Just then.
The steward from Great Wind Manor rushed over with a knight: “Master, a ssenger from Fluorescent Castle has arrived.”
The knight bowed and said, “Lord Roson, Sir, you are summoned to attend a eting at Fluorescent Castle.”
Seeing that Russell was present, the ssenger Knight added, “Since Lord Russell is here too, he should join us at the eting in Fluorescent Castle.”
“What is the eting about?” Roson inquired.
“The Snow Giant… Da!”
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