Throughout August and September, aside from reorganizing the officials and knightly posts of the Shadowflame Grand Duchy, Russell's busiest task was receiving foreign envoys.
The envoy from the Scorching Torrent Kingdom was naturally represented by Marquis Arno.
The Hurricane Thunder Kingdom and the Clear Sky Dark Kingdom each dispatched a Wyvern Knight; the Rock Grand Duchy, Mist Grand Duchy, and other nations also sent delegations of envoys. Even the Molten Fire Grand Duchy had sent the grand duke's son to offer congratulations.
"Lord Fred, thank you for the effort of the journey." Russell received the heir of the Molten Fire Grand Duchy, Viscount Fred Moltenfire, in the grand hall of Red Castle.
Viscount Fred was already past thirty. He was both a Wyvern Knight and a Tier 3 High Phantom Beast Knight, a renowned prodigy in his own right.
"Though the journey was long, merely thinking that I would meet the world's first Phantom Dragon Knight filled Fred with excitement." Viscount Fred's full beard made him look ten years older than his actual age.
"The Knight's Path lies in each of our hearts," Russell said gently.
"Even so, without Your Highness the Grand Duke blazing the trail ahead, how could the rest of us have found hope and persevered onward?" Viscount Fred had a very pleasant way with words.
He was full of expectations for Phantom Dragon Knights.
But Russell felt that Fred ought to first consider how to advance to Dragon Domain Lord, rather than set his sights on becoming a Phantom Dragon Knight.
However, Russell soon learned why Viscount Fred was so confident. Fred said, "I have contracted a Phantom Beast Pseudo-Dragon Descendant, a Pseudo-Griffon Dragon. It has already begun attempting to comprehend the claw left behind by its ancestor."
Griffons were a type of pseudo-dragon that had