After leaving the Black Wave Snow Forest, Russell returned to the Knight Order and continued protecting it as it fought across the snowfields.
Of course.
His protection consisted of showing his face now and then. Most of the time, he searched for Snow Demons alone, venturing deep into the endless snowfields to hunt.
Collecting Ice Soul Beads while searching for Snow Giant Da.
Unfortunately.
The snowfields were too vast. If Snow Giant Da wanted to hide, no one could find him. Last time had been nothing but a stroke of incredible luck, and all they had managed was to gnaw off one of Snow Giant Da's little fingers.
"Caw."
Under the cover of night, Little Dream Dragon in the Dark Dreamscape swallowed an Ice Soul Bead in one gulp and did not hurry off to sleep and digest it.
Ever since swallowing the Star Crystal, Little Dream Dragon no longer needed to sleep in order to digest Ice Soul Beads.
But the problem was that Ice Soul Beads could no longer satisfy Little Dream Dragon's appetite. It had set its sights on the rest of Snow Giant Da's body.
"There's nothing I can do, Snowy. It's not that I won't take you to find him—the key is that we can't find him." Russell sighed. "We can't hear Snow Giant Da's Lucky Whisper the way we can hear Ouroboros Snake's Lucky Whisper."
"Caw!" Little Dream Dragon refused to listen. It was simply angry.
"Take it slow. Haste makes waste. Patience is the best quality for climbing to the pinnacle of dragonhood. You don't want an unstable foundation and to become a hollow dragon like the Shadowflame Dragon, do you?" Russell had no choice but to begin another round of instruction.
He barely managed to soothe Little Dream Dragon's impatient mood.
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