After parting ways in Cloud Marsh Province, Russell traveled back home alone with Eric.
In truth, if Russell had returned alone, Unicorn Polly's speed could probably have gotten him back to his territory in two or three days.
After all, Polly could fly at speeds of up to two hundred kilometers per hour, while even a carefully bred warhorse could only run at sixty kilometers per hour—a difference of more than threefold.
"Eric, once your minds are perfectly synchronized, you can try contracting another Phantom Beast. It would be best if it can fly," Russell suggested along the way. He felt that, given Eric's talent, he had a good chance of advancing to the second rank.
"I'll work hard," Eric replied in a muffled voice.
"Of course you need to work hard, because this isn't some casual encouragement. I genuinely hope you can achieve it."
"Yes." Eric did not understand why.
Russell decided to reveal a little more to this fiercely loyal Knight Captain of his. "I won't be the lord of Wuyou Snake Manor for much longer."
Eric's eyes widened, but his mind raced at that moment. "My lord, are you going to Sancha River Mouth?"
He thought of Blue Crystal Dragon Medicarren and assumed Russell was going to serve under Count Merlin as a dragon rider.
"Haha." Russell laughed. "No, no. Although Lord Medicarren and I share a deep affinity, and it may acknowledge me as well, I would never ride it, because I have another Wyvern to ride!"
"My lord!" Eric was stunned.
"Don't ask too much. In as long as a year, or as little as half a year, I'll advance to become a Wyvern Knight." The corners of Russell's mouth curled smugly upward. "This is a gift from the Shadowflame Dragon. Don't you always say