Warm Dragon

The tavern in Stormrage City was noisy. Two knights were sitting on the bar drinking cheap dark beer and chatting loudly.

"Did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?"

"The newly promoted Earl of Thunder Flame killed a frost troll the night before yesterday! The newspaper said that the frost troll sneak attacked the torrent dragon!"

"Is it true? The frost troll, which even the torrent dragon could not defeat, was killed by Mr. Russell?"

"It's absolutely true. My cousin's wife's brother was on duty at the Senate Hall and heard what the Volcano Minister Lord Welch said with his own ears!"

"nice!"

"I'm busy with the ceremony of being promoted to earl during the day, and I'm busy hunting frost trolls at night. Gee, I feel like things are going to change in the Shadowflame Duchy!"

…

In a private room in a teahouse outside the Red Castle, a principal lord invited a foreign lord who had just attended the earl promotion ceremony and had not yet returned to come and taste tea.

Talking about the big event that just happened.

"... That can still be false. His Majesty Ares's visit to the Red Castle today is proof. If Count Russell hadn't killed the Snow Giant, how could His Majesty the King next door come to congratulate him in person? You know, His Majesty the King just visited not long ago Red Fort!”

"This is incredible. Count Russell is not a dragon knight. How can he kill the snow giant?"

"How do you know that Count Russell is not the Dragon Knight?"

"Ah, what do you mean by this? Could it be that Count Russell is already a dragon knight?"

"Haha, although the Red Castle didn't say anything clearly, anyone who is interested can guess that sooner or later Earl Russell... will become the new Grand Duke of our country!"

"What about the three young masters?"

"It's cool. Whoever the dragon recognizes is the Grand Duke. You don't even understand this. To be honest, if it weren't for the face of the Shadow Flame Dragon Blood Family, I'm afraid this news would have been announced a long time ago."

"Hiss, there is another dragon knight in our grand duchy!"

"Otherwise, Earl Russell was able to kill the Snow Giant, and His Majesty the King personally came to congratulate him. Which dragon knight have you seen congratulating a knight who is not a dragon knight casually?"

"What you said is absolutely true!"

"Get ready to swear allegiance to the new Grand Duke!"

…

"At that moment, Lord Russell thrust out his sword, and countless thunderbolts fell from the sky. Each thunderbolt could leave sword marks hundreds of meters deep on the ground..."

"Don't be ridiculous. I've seen the sword marks on the lawn of Evernight Castle. They're only more than ten meters deep."

"This time and the other time, when Lord Russell drew his sword, he was just an ordinary dragon domain lord. Now, Lord Russell is a high-level dragon domain lord. Can it be the same? The sword mark a hundred meters deep is all due to me."

In a manor near Shadow Flame Volcano.

A few knights took a break from their busy schedule and gathered together to chat.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"I don't, but I have a relative who works as a craftsman in the Blackfire Land. He told me this!"

"I do not believe."

"Why don't you believe it?"

"It's only been three or four days, and your relatives can't fly here. How can I tell you this?" A knight knew logical reasoning and quickly judged that the other party was trying to tie the wind. "You must have come from the city." Third-hand information from the tavern.”

"Fart!" The knight on the opposite side blushed, "The shadow guards of the Red Castle have been flying back and forth between the two places for several days, why can't the news get through!"

Another knight helped: "I believe that King Ares came to congratulate Earl Russell just two days ago. This news is definitely not false. Earl Russell can kill the snow giant, it is easy to cut a sword mark a hundred meters deep. but!"

"I didn't kill the Snow Giant, I killed a Frost Troll. What's its name? Yes, it's called 'Ge'. It's much weaker than the Snow Giant. I read the record in your Lord's newspaper. Frost trolls can control snow giants."

The blushing knight shouted: "What a frost troll, it's a snow giant!"

The supporting knight also said, "Even if it's not a snow giant, it's almost the same. They're all on the same level anyway!"

…

"My Lord Marquis, please tell me what the battle between Lord Russell and the Frost Troll was like?"

In the Nightless Fortress.

The famous playwright Nicholas is visiting the Marquis Arnaud in his study.

The fat Marquis Arnaud had enough time to light up a cloud cigar, puffed on the smoke, and then said: "I say Nicholas, you have a very close personal relationship with Lord Russell, why don't you visit him in person?"

"Alas, Lord Russell was too busy. After meeting His Majesty the King, he left the Red Castle the next day. I never found a chance to visit."

On the night of the Earl's promotion ceremony, Russell killed the frost troll Ge.

The next day, King Ares came over on a blazing dragon, first to congratulate Russell on killing Frost Grid, and second to take away the Extreme Ice Sacred Artifact.

Russell is not yet a dragon knight, so King Ares doesn't trust him to continue to keep the ice artifact.

It happened that Little Menglong was sleeping, and Russell lost interest in fishing, so he sent the Extreme Ice Sacred Artifact away.

"Okay, I will tell you." Marquis Arnold put down his cigar and cleared his throat and said, "I have not discussed the specific details with Mr. Russell. I just followed His Majesty and heard others describe it. ”

present.

The Marquis of Arnaud relayed everything he knew about that night's battle to Nicholas.

Nicholas immersed himself in writing and wrote down the contents in his notebook word for word.

Wait until you finish writing.

Marquis Arnold asked, "Are you inspired?"

"Well, the third part of the Russell series already has a preliminary outline." Nicholas patted the notebook in his hand, "As long as I fill in these contents, I can quickly complete the creation... I will try to release it within this year!"

Nodding, Marquis Arnold asked again, "What about "The Dark Chronicles", has it not been revised yet?"

Speaking of this drama, Nicholas sighed and said, "The material provided by Mr. Russell is very good, but I always feel that something is missing. I have made some revisions and shown it to many people, including you, the Marquis, but they all feel that they are not satisfied. . "

"Something is missing." said Marquis Arnold, "After all, the stories of the Dark Ages are all based on random guesses..."

After a pause, Marquis Arnold's eyes suddenly lit up: "I can give you some advice."

"Please speak, Marquis."

"This time, I followed His Majesty to congratulate Mr. Russell on killing the frost trolls, and heard interesting things. His Majesty and Mr. Russell discussed swordsmanship the most... According to them, the swordsmanship of humans in the Dark Ages was unparalleled!"

"Please tell me in detail, Marquis!" Nicholas opened his notebook again and took a pen to record carefully.

"Your Majesty and Mr. Russell both agree that the reason why humans survived the five thousand years of the Dark Ages was not only due to the fantasy beasts, but also the swordsmanship. After the swordsmanship is mastered, that is, reaching the level of Mr. Russell, it can be on par with the dragon!"

After Marquis Arnold finished speaking, he added some of his own comments: "To be honest, my swordsmanship is mediocre. Compared with swordsmanship, I prefer to work hard on fighting skills. But I have to say that the sword at that time shocked me."

He pointed out the window.

Looking out from the window of the study, you can just see a charred sword mark left on the lawn, which has been new for a long time.

Nicholas also stretched his head to look through the window.

It happened that several servants were holding shovels, spades, torches and other tools to maintain the charred sword mark.

The heavy rain washed it many times. If it was not maintained, the sword mark would have disappeared long ago.

As a frequent visitor to the Never-Night Castle, Nicholas was no longer surprised by this. He just said, "But I know nothing about swordsmanship."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You haven't even practiced fighting spirit, so how can you understand knights? Didn't you still write "The Dragon Rider" and "Dragon Land Thunder"... You don't understand, but I do. You can add swordsmanship to it and ask me for advice at any time. I guarantee that "The Dark Chronicle" will be a big hit!"

"Okay!" Nicholas nodded, "I will try to revise it again."

Marquis Arnold said with undiminished interest, "Although there are few records of the Dark Ages, human survival may be in danger at any time. You can write about a snow giant rushing towards the warm land, and then the protagonist relies on swordsmanship to kill the snow giant, just like Sir Russell, I guarantee that everyone will love it!"

As the owner of the Never-Night Castle, Marquis Arnold has forgotten his political mission and is dedicated to providing support for the Renaissance of the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame.