Half Ghost Beast

"Half Ghost Beasts are beyond saving. Perhaps if Baron Lord takes action, with Lord Ross's help, they can expel the Snow Demon's interference."

Charles, sipping his tea, explained the situation of the Half Ghost Beast to Russell in detail: "But even if the interference is successfully removed, the Half Ghost Beast will at best revert to a normal wild beast. It's highly unlikely it can still evolve into a Phantom Beast, so it's not worth the effort."

"We have to try, don't we?"

"My Lord, I mean, a token gesture would suffice," Charles said with a smile. "There's no need to trouble Baron Lord with this. Earning a favor from the Wildcat Sisters is enough. When we deal with Lone Wolf Lisbon, the Wildcat Sisters can be of assistance."

Charles's words were pragmatic and represented the most advantageous choice.

Russell offered no opinion, having his own ideas. He simply had his manservant, Tom, fetch a chessboard and played a few games with Charles.

"Aren't you going to rest?" Charles asked, yawning.

"No rush. I want to see what this Half Ghost Beast looks like first," Russell said, arranging the chess pieces. He decided to play until late into the night.

"Alright." Charles rubbed his eyes, resigned to staying up with Russell.

At two in the morning, Eric returned with his Knight Retainers. A carriage behind them carried the Half Ghost Beast that the Wildcat Sisters had transported.

"What kind of Half Ghost Beast is this?"

Russell looked at the dying monster on the carriage and asked.

The Half Ghost Beast resembled a wolfdog, but it was covered in large, fleshy tumors, making it look incredibly ugly. Several huge tumors even grew on its head, forcing its eyelids open so wide it could barely see. It could only let out weak whimpers.

Eric had already studied it on the way: "It's a common wolfdog, possibly mixed with Siberian Husky and hound bloodlines. It's a mutt."

"Hmm," Russell nodded, no longer wanting to look at the wolfdog.

The large, flabby tumors were truly nauseating, but he patiently cooperated with Eric to examine the Half Ghost Beast carefully.

He could sense two invisible forces clashing within the Half Ghost Beast.

One half originated from Earth Power, and the other from the Snow Demon's interference. Invisible and intangible, they were constantly eroding its body.

"If it doesn't receive treatment, it won't survive a few more days," Eric stated.

"Do you have a way to treat it?"

"No."

"What about Teacher Charles?"

"Apologies, my Lord. Unless Baron Lord can persuade Lord Ross, there's a slim chance of saving this poor dog. I can't think of any other way," Charles clicked his tongue twice, feigning regret but showing no real concern.

After a brief discussion, they found no good solutions and could only place the Half Ghost Beast wolfdog in the kennels outside the manor's separate courtyard.

The kennels had long been abandoned and used as a storage room.

Butler Morris and the servants worked for a while before cleaning out the kennels, giving the Half Ghost Beast wolfdog a temporary shelter.

"Master, do you need the servants to watch over it tonight?" Butler Morris asked.

"No, you all go rest normally. Oh, it's so late already, tell the servants they can wake up an hour later tomorrow. The kitchen too."

"Master, you are truly benevolent."

It was a casual remark from Russell, but to the servants, it was a benevolent grace. The standards for a good noble lord were indeed quite low.

In a dry cave within the Xiangshui River Cave, though small, it was decorated warmly, giving it a homey feel.

A small campfire burned, illuminating the entire cave room.

"Sister, do you think that newly adult Lord will really ask the Baron for help and rescue Kevin?" Catherine asked, frowning. Two deep, long nasolabial folds made her look like a woman in her forties, though she was actually in her early twenties.

Katy, on the other side of the campfire, appeared much younger. Not yet thirty, she looked like she was in her mid-thirties.

"I don't know."

"You don't know?" Catherine was speechless. "If you don't know, why did you have me deliver the letter and send Kevin over? What if they kill Kevin and eat him... Sister, you're truly cruel. Kevin has been with us like family all these years!"

"I know."

"You know again?"

"How are you speaking to your sister, Catherine?" Katy looked up, sternly at her younger sister. "No matter what, let Kevin protect us Wildcat Sisters one last time... If Kevin is killed by them, we'll abandon all hope and pledge our allegiance to Boss Lone Wolf."

Catherine asked, "What if he isn't killed?"

"Then it means Russell is at least a trustworthy Lord... Catherine, life in the caves is too dark. If there's a chance, I hope to see the light again... My life is set, but I hope you can marry and have children under the sun..."

"Sister..."

"You've always fantasized about life in the manor, haven't you?"

"But aren't we free now? Although Boss Lone Wolf is powerful, we're not afraid of him. We can always hide from him!" Catherine found an excuse.

Then she gritted her teeth and said, "Russell is handsome, but he's not a gentleman at all... He slapped me several times!"

"Who told you to get caught red-handed?"

"I just intended to slip a letter through the window crack and take a peek at what the Lord looked like from outside. Who knew..." Catherine still couldn't understand how she, who had always moved freely around the manor, was caught that night.

Katy sighed softly. "Forget it... Lisbon has forgotten his status as a commoner. He's playing with fire... Just watch, he'll eventually burn himself. Baron Gloomlight won't allow a commoner to cause trouble around his territory!"

Catherine suddenly asked in a low voice, "Sister, did the Lone Wolf boss really find a mushroom worm?"

"Who knows."

"He definitely did, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant. Tsk tsk, if Baron Gloomlight heard this news..."

The bonfire extinguished at this moment.

Katie clapped her hands, "Alright, sisterly heart-to-heart time is over. Let's sleep, Catherine. We don't have much provisions left, and we still need to pick mushrooms and moss tomorrow."

Meanwhile.

In the manor's separate courtyard, Russell entered the Dark Dreamscape once again. Accompanied by a "squawk," the Little Dream Dragon arrived as expected.

"Come quickly, Snowflake, I might need your help today," Russell beckoned.

The two cartoonish figures, one person and one dragon, quickly took flight and lit up the magic power in the Dark Dreamscape.

Russell saw the location of the doghouse almost immediately. There were two faint lights, one blue and one white, intertwined.

"Let's go!"

"Squawk!"

The Little Dream Dragon carried Russell to the doghouse. Russell could clearly see the blue and white lights intertwined, outlining the clear silhouette of a Half Ghost Beast wolfdog, including the tumorous outlines on the wolfdog's body.

"The white one should be Earth Power, and the blue one is similar to the power of the Hail Bead, clearly the interference power of a Snow Demon."

"Squawk?"

"Snowflake, do you have a way to extract the blue light, this light?" Russell asked. The reason he agreed to Katie today was to try and see if his Snowflake could help the Half Ghost Beast, to conduct an experiment.

Firstly, he deduced that the Little Dream Dragon was a Dragon. If Lord Ross, a Wyvern, could heal a Half Ghost Beast, then the Little Dream Dragon, being a Dragon, could naturally do so as well.

Secondly, after the Little Dream Dragon swallowed the Hail Bead, the Dark Dreamscape expanded. If it could swallow the Snow Demon power from the Half Ghost Beast, perhaps the Dark Dreamscape could expand again.

Thirdly, if the Half Ghost Beast wolfdog was truly healed, and the Wildcat Sisters were won over, it would be an excellent aid for him to defeat the Lone Wolf, Lisbon.

In conclusion.

It was a rare experimental opportunity, and Russell would not give it up for any reason.