Super Righteous Player
Chapter 497 - 38: The Most Important Frost Beast (3rd Update)_1

Chapter 497: Chapter 38: The Most Important Frost Beast (3rd Update)_1

"Meeting me here... is it also part of the ’future’ you saw?"

Dmitry stared at Giralda and spoke bluntly.

He took the cigar from his lips, and as his deep, magnetic voice rose, smoke naturally wafted from his mouth: "Giralda... Your Excellency?"

At Dmitry’s address,

Leona was startled, looking at Giralda in astonishment.

She was not one of those lower-class citizens unaware of the Transcendent world.

By now, she had already realized:

Being addressed as "Your Excellency" by Dmitry, coupled with the vague term "future"... and that seemingly intricate decorative silver ring.

Could this be a grand wizard from the School of Prophets?

"...Oh?"

Upon hearing Dmitry address him in such a way, "Giralda" was also visibly taken aback.

But he did not reveal his identity directly.

Nor did he ask Dmitry how he came to know it.

Instead, he spread his lips into an interested grin, revealing a gentle and harmless smile: "I haven’t heard of you having a smoking habit."

"Ah, I picked it up in recent years. It’s not a good habit."

Dmitry replied offhandedly.

His gaze fixed on Giralda, he slowly began to speak, "I still suggest you make everything clear.

"Since you can see the future, you should also know why I came."

"Not very clear, actually."

Giralda replied with a smile.

——Bullshit.

Dmitry didn’t buy the nonsense of these prophets’ mouths.

But he didn’t dare to strike at them heedlessly.

Those who could see the future were never troubled by any "accidents" or "problems"... When they appeared before others, it was either because all their arrangements were complete, and it didn’t matter anymore; or because taking action against them would fall right into their traps.

Dmitry was somewhat irritable.

He rose to walk over to the wine cabinet, selecting a small barrel of fine wine. He scattered silver coins into the shallow trough where the wine was placed, matching the number indicated on the wine barrel.

This self-service tavern was a service building unique to Winter.

It looked like an ordinary residential house, always open, with a thick black animal hide curtain at the door—inside, there were no people, just a full cabinet of wines, a solitary lamp, a barrel of complimentary pickle-like snacks for the drinks, and a very small round table.

Winter is cold, so the people of Winter love their drink.

Even during the years unable to grow crops, the Duchy of Winter would still buy large amounts of wine and purchase grain from Noah to make more wine. Taverns were frequented, of course, for their liveliness and hot meals, but the wine in the taverns was clearly priced much higher than its actual worth... that’s how the taverns made their money, after all.

So, some people would bring their own snacks, finding a cheap private tavern to drink and chat with friends. Those without money would just have some pickles, and of course, there were also those who simply drank with abandon.

The owners of these private taverns usually operated several "outlets" simultaneously, responsible for restocking, while they generally had other jobs.

Since the people of Winter worried about the owners not sustaining or losing too much money, they dared not consume without paying... and if they had spare cash, they would tip extra. The Winter folk were proud of appearances; the term "wine thief" in Winter was even a very dirty insult, implying a combination of being poor, uneducated, and having no living elders in one’s family.

Of course, if a beggar truly had no money and was about to freeze to death... entering the house and taking some of the cheapest wine to warm up and prolong their life was tolerated by the people.

After all, those times were hard for everyone.

As the son of a grand duke, Dmitry certainly wasn’t one to drink without paying. However, his personality wasn’t the kind to tip extra either.

He poured himself a glass of crimson liquid and then glanced at Leona, pouring her a cup as well. He then unhesitatingly poured one for Giralda too.

Unlike Leona, who enthusiastically urged Annan to drink without end,

Dmitry didn’t even drink after pouring the wine, instead taking another draw from his cigar.

His cigar, not having burned long enough, gave a somewhat bitter taste with the new draw.

But this bitterness made him feel somewhat invigorated.

...Never mind, there’s nothing much to hide anyway.

"You must have seen the convoy yesterday. The one transporting the Frost Beast."

After receiving Giralda’s affirmative reply, Dmitry continued in a low voice, "In theory, they were just passing through here. They should have set off for the Frost Speech Province this morning."

Dmitry slowly exhaled the smoke.

He glanced at Leona.

"But this morning, they discovered they were missing an important Frost Beast. Presumably, that Frost Beast is still in this city... I was nearby Razor Domain, so I immediately came over."

"A Frost Beast... It doesn’t seem appropriate for Prince Dmitry to personally search for it, right?"

"Is it a dangerous type?"

Giralda’s first thought was of the wolf belonging to Dorin.

But Dorin had played the role of a mind thief not just once or twice, so it should be improbable.

Moreover, it was just a Frost Beast...

Frost Beasts are not rare in Winter, they are everywhere in the wild. Only those that have been preliminarily domesticated by the Winter family can be called "trained Frost Beasts."

The valuable ones are those that have been tamed.

Uncontrolled Frost Beasts that attack other creatures at will are likely only worth their pelts and blood. They are not particularly valuable... just natural disasters.

Even a lone Frost Beast, for a Hunter, is roughly equivalent to the threat level of a Noah brown bear—after all, both are inevitable death up close and both have high defensive power, so there isn’t much of a difference.

Given that smaller Frost Beasts are more agile, their threat level is actually higher.

"If it were just an ordinary Frost Beast, that would be fine... I’ve seen Frost Beasts in the forms of rabbits, foxes, and even crows."

Dmitry glanced at Giralda and explained patiently:

"You should know what the essence of a Frost Beast is."

"It’s a beast that has absorbed the curse from the ancient grandmother dragon’s breath, right?"

Giralda nodded.

This wasn’t a secret.

Essentially, "The Heart of Winter" and the force that causes the mutation in Frost Beasts, along with the Frost Beasts’ ability to feed off the emotions of living creatures, are different manifestations of the same type of power.

"The problem is,"

Dmitry said slowly, "humans... are also a type of animal."

Upon hearing this, Giralda hesitated for a moment.

His pupils slightly constricted.

Noticing this detail, Dmitry felt a great sense of satisfaction—so even you mystical Prophets don’t know everything!

"To be precise, it’s a werewolf.

"She was attacked and fainted while in her wolf form in the wild. When she woke up, she found herself turned into a Frost Beast. But the problem is..."

Dmitry continued slowly: "After she transformed back into her human form, she retained all the special abilities of a Frost Beast. She also regained her own reasoning. Her name is ’Milksop,’ and she is currently the only humanoid Frost Beast... You understand her significance.

"The main mission of this convoy was to escort her to Frost Speech Province. But this morning, the person in charge of the convoy told me... he lost Milksop.

"So, Lord Giralda. Tell me, when did you arrive at Razor Ridge? When are you planning to leave? What are you intending to do here?"

The man, biting on his cigar and with a somewhat muffled voice, extended his right arm from underneath his cloak, raising his glass high towards Giralda while asking in a low voice, "Can you answer this question for me, brother?"

Giralda paused upon hearing this.

He chuckled softly.

And also raised his glass, gently clinking it with Dmitry’s.

"Why not... my brother."

Giralda said with squinted eyes and a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

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