Warm Dragon

At night, the stars are shining.

In front of the main castle of Cigar Castle, which has not yet been built, a bonfire is burning on the lawn, and the gem lamps on the surrounding shelves emit light.

The whole place is illuminated as if it were daytime.

The knights sat on the ground and chatted comfortably around the bonfire.

Not far away, more than a dozen male and female servants of Cigar Courtyard were busy preparing a barbecue buffet dinner.

Mrs. Moore, wearing an apron, lowered her voice and whispered to the kitchen maid for her clumsy movements: "Move faster, be more careful, don't be impatient, this is the first time the master has held a barbecue dinner in the new castle!"

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Moore." The kitchen maid lowered her head and dared not distinguish.

She is new here. In order to adapt to the future work of Cigar Castle, Cigar Courtyard has recruited several kitchen maids.

And the original old man, Barbara, who was promoted from a kitchen maid to the head kitchen maid.

She came over with a stack of plates and laid them out, and quietly comforted the newcomer: "Mrs. Moore's mouth is like a knife, but believe me, she is a very good person. She is just too afraid of ruining the dinner."

"Really, Barbara, I thought Mrs. Moore hated me."

"That's not wrong. Mrs. Moore hates any kitchen servant, including Mrs. Brown who works in the kitchen. I was scolded by Mrs. Moore before." Barbara said sympathetically, "Anyway, after getting through this period..."

"Will Mrs. Moore stop scolding me after getting through this period?"

"No, after getting through this period, you will get used to being scolded, and you will no longer be sad and afraid because of being scolded."

"What are you mumbling about!" Mrs. Moore's voice sounded, like a hippopotamus being strangled by the neck, "Still not working hard, Barbara, you become the head maid in the kitchen, do you think you can go to heaven!"

"I'm sorry, I'll go to work now." Barbara turned and quickly left the barbecue table, leaving Mrs. Moore, and continued to scold the new kitchen maid.

Suddenly.

A dragon roared in the sky, and the dark black dragon Rose suddenly broke through the darkness and appeared under the light.

This is Russell riding a two-legged flying dragon and rushing to the Cigar Castle.

"My lord!"

The knights stood up and saluted Russell.

"No need to be polite." Russell jumped off the dragon's back, and the mark of the Lord of Thunder on his forehead shone brightly. "Please sit down, everyone. Tonight, it's my first time to entertain you. There will be enough beer and barbecue. Enjoy it."

"Praise my lord!" The knights said.

Russell smiled slightly: "Of course, before enjoying the barbecue buffet dinner, there is another process that everyone is most looking forward to."

The sword butterfly mark flashed and turned into a standard knight's sword.

Russell held the meteor butterfly sword, looked around at the knights who sat down again, and said loudly: "I, Baron Leiyan, Russell Fluorescent Mushroom, will accept the knights who have performed well during this period tonight!"

As soon as these words came out.

The knights' breathing was immediately quickened.

Someone brought a chair for Russell, who sat on it directly and said, "My followers, please come and sit next to me."

Eric, with the golden and silver wolfhound Kevin, came first and sat on Russell's right hand side; then Charles came and sat on Russell's left hand side; then Grove came with the wind blade brown bear Bill, and Katie came with the red-eyed rat king Jerry.

Then came Russell's three squire knights, Tom, Jack and James, and his little fanboy Gronttan Baimaigen.

There were only these eight knights as formal followers.

Although Russell had agreed to Lord Marcus's son Musk, Musk was still young and was still studying at the Knight Academy.

Eight knights and phantom beasts sat cross-legged on both sides of Russell.

The more than 60 knights on the opposite side all looked at these eight knights with burning eyes, wishing they could replace them.

Eric, Grove, and Katie are fine, after all, they are fantasy beast knights; Charles is fine, he is the chief clerk of the territory, and his identity is more of a civil servant than a knight; Gronttan Baimaigen is fine, his identity is different from the second son of a noble.

But Tom, Jack, and James made the knights on the opposite side full of jealousy.

The three of them have wasted a lot of time and are just ordinary armored knights, but because they followed the right lord, they are now thriving.

"If I had followed Lord Russell in my early years, I would have become a fantasy beast knight!" Many knights were resentful in their hearts.

But they did not follow Russell early, and could only hope to be in Russell's eyes at this moment.

"The castle is still being built, the territory is still being developed, and the merits still need to be fought for. All this requires me as the lord and my followers as knights to work together to achieve it." Russell's eyes swept across the faces of the knights one by one.

When his eyes swept over them, the knights all straightened their chests, trying to make themselves look more energetic.

No more nonsense.

Russell started to call out names directly: "Mikel!"

"Here!" The great knight Mikel stood up. He was Lord Marcus' son-in-law and Malena's husband.

"Come to me."

"Yes!" Mikel was excited. Although he had been promised that he would be accepted as a follower by Russell, he was still excited when this moment really came - the sooner he could follow Russell, the sooner he could be knighted!

"Summer!" Russell continued to call out names.

Summer, the grandson of old Lord Sally, stood up like a jump: "Here!"

"Come to me."

"Yes!"

"Edok."

Erdok, the nephew of Lord Atlas, stood up calmly: "Here he is."

"Come to me."

"promise!"

These three great knights are all well-connected people, and they are also the candidates that Russell has promised to become his followers.

Summer and Erdock, in particular, had a good relationship with Russell. During the Second Fall Battle, they were organized into the support formation of the Knights. They accepted Russell's command and paddled with Russell. They were considered old subordinates.

After three names.

Russell named three more names, all of them were great knights. Among them, Kane and Netvis are retired knights of the Dragon Blood Knights; the other Frank was recommended by Baron Roman and is the son of his former colleague.

Six people stood in front of Russell.

Russell placed the Meteor Butterfly Sword on the ground. His expression was not solemn, and his tone was quite casual, but the atmosphere at the scene was extremely solemn: "Six of you, are you willing to become the sword in my hand and dedicate your loyalty and courage?"

Wow!

The six people all knelt down on one knee: "Yes!"

"Very good, I accept your loyalty and courage." Russell raised the Meteor Butterfly Sword and tapped it on the shoulders of the six knights.

A simple follower ritual is accomplished.

But although the ceremony is simple, the meaning it represents is extremely solemn. It is a binding equivalent to a contract.

Those who break the oath will be spurned by the dragon.

And Russell is the one who is being watched by the Shadow Flame Dragon. As his follower, there is no doubt that he will be watched by the dragon.

If you dare to break your oath to Russell, you will definitely be cursed by the dragon.

Russell then named twelve more outstanding costumed knights and accepted them as his followers.

This is the end of a follower ceremony.

But Russell looked at the knights who had become his followers and were beaming with joy, while the knights who had not yet become his followers clenched their fists secretly.

Suddenly my heart moved.

He stretched out his hand to suppress the noise of the knights, turned to look at Eric who was sitting cross-legged beside him, and said loudly: "Eric, come to me!"