The next day, Russell woke beneath the sunlight.
Unicorn Polly was still imprinted on Russell's forehead in the form of the Lord of Thunder Mark, faithfully guarding his safety.
"Ha! Polly, we struck it rich, we struck it rich!"
"You found Snow Giant Da?"
"We did, and we got a huge boost from it too!" Russell briefly recounted what had happened in the Dark Dreamscape the previous night. "I don't know why Snow Da Pilot wanted to refine Snow Giant Da, but we tore off another huge chunk of meat!"
"Congratulations."
"Congratulations to us both. The stronger Snowflake becomes, the stronger our whole Dark Dreamscape family will become." Russell was overjoyed.
He felt that he had taken another huge step toward becoming a Dragon Knight.
Then, man and unicorn swiftly left Black Wave Snow Forest, crossed the boundless snowfields, and returned to Cigar Courtyard.
Black Oil Dragon Rosai was there, guarding the Star Crystal formed from Snow Giant Da's eyeball.
"Quack!" Harpy Dragon Harpe came over as well. She had remained at Cigar Courtyard all along, protecting Wuyou Snake Manor.
"Last night was truly thrilling and fulfilling. What a harvest." Russell sighed and rubbed the silly tuft atop Harpe's head.
At that moment, Rosai, perched on the roof of the third floor, poked his head down and opened his mouth to spit out a Star Crystal the size of a human head.
Its irregular edges were covered in sharp starlight like a star's points, while a deep blue glow had solidified within the crystal. It was incomparably hard; even Rosai could not bite through a single thorn-like ray of starlight.
Holding it in his hands made them sting.
"I have no idea why this is so impressive." Russell could not sense what special power it possessed compared to a Hail