ocean-life Chapter 177 - 177 176 Terrifying Night on the Snowfield
Chapter 177 - 177 176 Terrifying Night on the Snowfield
Chapter 177: Chapter 176: Terrifying Night on the Snowfield Chapter 177: Chapter 176: Terrifying Night on the Snowfield “Lord Russell, Knight Commander Karis!” Lord Stephen, with his long, horse-like face, responded indifferently from the northeastern corner of the campsite.
As a fellow lord, it was only proper for Russell to come over and greet him.
However, seeing that Lord Stephen was not enthusiastic, Russell couldn’t be bothered to make further conversation and went back to his own campsite.
Knight Commander Karis quickly followed suit, “Lord Stephen is always like that, cold to everyone, even when meeting the Earl, he’s the same. Don’t take it to heart, Sir.”
“I haven’t.” Russell smiled, “It’s been a hard day, Knight Commander Karis, let’s have a glass of frozen grape wine together.”
“As you wish.” Knight Commander Karis readily agreed.
Once personal servant Ram had prepared the evening meal, the two sat on the ground and, with a simple dinner, sipped the frozen grape wine in small mouthfuls.
“Drinking a glass of ice burn in the snow, it truly is refreshing,” exclaimed Knight Commander Karis.
Russell laughed, “Isn’t that the truth.”
Ice burn is frozen grape wine, ice-cold on the lips but fiery as it goes down the throat, hence commonly known as ice burn.
Russell wasn’t much of a wine enthusiast, so he hadn’t studied it much, but he knew knights and merchants traveling through the snowfields favored frozen grape wine.
The so-called frozen grape wine is made by icing the wine until it begins to freeze, then removing the frozen parts first. The remaining liquid is the frozen grape wine, also known as ice burn.
In Russell’s view, this was probably because alcohol has a lower freezing point than water, so the water freezes first, and removing the ice is like distilling the wine.
That’s why ice burn is so potent, burning like fire as it goes down the throat.
After finishing a bottle of ice burn, Karis stood up, took his leave, “Thank you for the hospitality, Sir. You should rest early; I shall take my leave.”
“By all means.”
After finishing dinner, although it was still early, the lively atmosphere of Cold Spring Point had already dissipated, with most of the caravan having eaten and gone to sleep.
Only a few livestock made occasional noises.
Russell likewise quickly fell asleep, and before he knew it, his consciousness rekindled, and Gloomy Dreamland had descended upon him.
“Ga!”
“Depart!”
Without even a glance at the nearby situation at Cold Spring Point, Russell rode on Little Dream Dragon, opting to fly south, “This direction, south of Twin Rivers Trade Route, also is the whole southern part of Shadowflame Duchy, where I’ll surely find the Snow Demons!”
The Twin Rivers Trade Route runs east-west; it’s the southernmost trade route in the Shadowflame Duchy. Further south lies the boundless snowfield.
Little Dream Dragon bared its teeth and cried out loudly in agreement with Russell, “Ga!”
Thirty kilometers per hour!
The wings flapped without stopping; there was no wind in Quiet Dream, but Russell could feel his hair fluttering.
He had thought it would take some time to