Chapter 175: Chapter 174: Returning Ho Chapter 175: Chapter 174: Returning Ho “A half-step Great Knight, what a bizarre title!” Count rlin stepped into the training ground. “What is it that occupies your mind all day?”
“Grandfather.”
“Grandpa.”
Russell quickly greeted him.
Count rlin drew a fine steel longsword from the weapon rack and looked at Russell, “Your Battle Qi is depleted, isn’t it? Can you still fight?”
“Are you going to instruct , Grandpa? Of course, I can!” Russell responded with joy, the handso elder before him was a Flying Dragon Knight, after all.
The entire Shadowfla Grand Duchy could count the number of its Flying Dragon Knights on one hand.
“Not instruction, but a duel. A pure contest of Swordsmanship, purely Swordsmanship!” Count rlin gripped the fine steel longsword, and his aura instantly transford.
Like a precious sword drawn from its sheath.
Russell held his fine steel longsword with both hands, likewise erupting with an unstoppable aura, and stood directly opposite Count rlin from a distance.
In an instant.
The two clashed, their similar fine steel longswords continuously clanged against each other, and they exchanged blows more than a dozen tis in one breath.
Viscount jie and Cousin l watched on, completely overwheld.
But soon, the two figures moved faster and faster, their longswords clashing rapidly, producing not only a sharp tallic sound but also a piercing sound as they sliced through the air.
Without Battle Qi.
This was a pure contest of Swordsmanship.
It started quickly and ended just as quickly, in less than half a quarter of an hour, snap, both fine steel longswords simultaneously broke.
The figures of Russell and Count rlin separated as quickly as they had co together.
Count rlin stood with his hands behind his back, not out of breath, while Russell was gasping heavily, hands on his thighs.
“Grandpa is impressive!” Russell praised sincerely.
With the enhancent of the Sword Butterfly Amber Bug, he was able to achieve the perfection of Swordsmanship, but Count rlin had no such bug—Russell had observed Count rlin carefully in the Gloomy Dreamland, there was no glow from an amber bug.
This ant Count rlin’s Swordsmanship was entirely self-taught.
One couldn’t help but admire it.
“That little spirit of yours is quite sothing,” Count rlin praised, then turned to l, “l, who do you think won or lost between Russell and ?”
l replied with a smile, “Surely, Grandfather, you won.”
“Nonsense!”
“Er…”
“jie, what about you, can you tell who won and who lost between Russell and ?” Count rlin then turned to his own son.
Viscount jie laughed, “Father, do you want the truth or sothing pleasant?”
“The truth.”
“The truth is, you lost, and you used your superior strength to unfairly break Russell’s fine steel longsword.”
“Haha!” Count rlin wasn’t angry when his son revealed his tactic, instead, he laughed heartily, “Not bad, I did use a little trick, otherwise it wouldn’t have looked good, knowing that in all the years of dueling, when have I not had the upper hand!”
Yet this ti, his swordsmanship was bested by Russell.
He then patted Russell heavily on the shoulder, “I am starting to look forward to seeing how far you will go on the path of Swordsmanship!”
Russell smiled, “I hope to reach even higher peaks!”
Viscount jie mused, “Your Battle Qi talent is average, but your Swordsmanship is astonishing. Given ti, you are bound to beco a powerful Phantom Beast Knight. Keep it up, and asking Grand Duke Kunstan for a dragon to ride might not be impossible.”
Just as the Rainflower Family has many Little Sprites, the Shadowfla Family of Red Castle also has a lot of Bipedal Flying Dragons.
However, despite the abundance of Bipedal Flying Dragons, there weren’t many within the family who could ride them.
Thus, a policy was implented, targeting those Great Knights and Phantom Beast Knights of outstanding talent who were identified as having the potential to ride dragons.
As long as they dedicated themselves to serving the Shadowfla Family wholeheartedly, they would be granted a chance to ride a dragon.
If they managed to successfully mount a Bipedal Flying Dragon and subsequently accomplished outstanding feats in battle, that Bipedal Flying Dragon would be awarded to the Flying Dragon Knight as a reward, helping the knight to establish a new hereditary noble family and defend the frontier for Red Castle.
After Earl rlin and Viscount jie left.
l directly hooked his arm around Russell’s shoulder, cheerfully saying, “Russell, do you want to make you famous? You are the one who defeated Flying Dragon Knight rlin! Keep in mind that in recent years, many have challenged my grandfather, yet none have been able to shake him!”
It could be said that aside from the Shadowfla Dragons, Earl rlin was the strongest in the Shadowfla Grand Duchy.
“Forget it, my grandpa would beat up.”
“How could he? Grandfather has already retired from the grand stage of Red Castle, and now it’s our ti to shine. Using his reputation to build your fa wouldn’t bother him.”
“No way,” Russell said. “I don’t want to serve Grand Duke Kunstan either.”
l’s eyes lit up, “Great minds think alike!”
And so, the subject of making a na for oneself was dropped.
Both n went to bathe and change their clothes, and when they t again afterwards, Russell spoke up, “Cousin, after staying for almost a month, it’s ti for to say goodbye and leave.”
“So soon?”
“Being away from my domain for so long, I’m a bit worried.”
l wanted to say that there was nothing to worry about for such a small manor, but seeing the seriousness in Russell’s eyes, he held back and sighed, “Alright then, since you want to go back, I won’t keep you any longer.”
“Thank you.”
“But rember one thing, Tributary River Mouth is always welcoming to you, and I am always here to welco you as my vassal.”
“Okay, when I figure it out, I’ll co to join you,” Russell said with a laugh.
Thus, at dinner that evening, Russell formally made his farewells to Earl rlin and Viscount jie and his wife.
…
The next day, on the 9th of October in the year 5581 of the Dragon Calendar, a day high with a bright sun.
Russell, with two full carriages of gifts, escorted by a group of knights from Bluebird Castle, embarked on the journey back ho.
Cousin l accompanied him throughout the journey.
After half a day’s travel, they arrived at the estate where the Twin Rivers Trade Route began and stayed there for the night. That night, the two brothers drank themselves into a stupor, but they did not share the sa bed—l had a lover at this estate.
Early the next morning, Russell prepared to set off.
l, with dark circles under his eyes, gave Russell a final hug, then yawned and said, “The entire Tributary River Mouth, so many distinguished ladies and none could capture your heart. Russell, if you didn’t occasionally have that lecherous gleam in your eyes, I might even doubt your orientation.”
“Please continue to look out for , l. Keep an eye out for daughters of houses who are about to blossom,” Russell said with a smile as he mounted his horse.
He lightly nudged the warhorse’s belly with his legs and called out without looking back, “Goodbye, l!”
“Goodbye, Russell!” l waved his hand.
The knights escorting Russell all greeted l in turn, then slowly set out, crowding around the carriages as they took to the road.
“Knight Commander Karis, please ensure Lord Russell’s safety above all,” l instructed.
“Rest assured, Young Master l,” replied Karis, a Phantom Beast Knight and Knight Commander, as he thumped his chest in a knightly salute.
Under l’s watchful gaze, the convoy left the estate and galloped west into the hills, soon disappearing from view.
Russell rode at the very front of the group.
As he neared the Snowfield, he felt a warmth in his palm; opening his hand, he saw the ‘M’-shaped mark burning brightly.
The Little Dream Dragon was becoming restless.
Having been in Tributary River Mouth for a month, it had been a long ti since it had the chance to feast on Ice Pellet Pearls or Ice Soul Pearls, and now it was eager to gorge itself, sensing the scent of the Snowfield!
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