"How come your Phantom Beast talents are so strong?" inside the side hall, King Ares looked at Russell's forehead and said, not without envy.
He too was a Fifth-layer high-ranking Phantom Beast Knight, having contracted with five Phantom Beasts.
But not a single Phantom Beast was willing to cultivate on its own, nor had any experienced life-and-death crises, let alone ascended to the status of Pseudo-Dragon. And after his promotion to Dragon Knight, the five Phantom Beasts were essentially just kept in the Golden Palace.
For daily rides, he rode a contracted Bipedal Flying Dragon, and for longer trips, he rode a Fiery Dragon, without any need for Phantom Beasts.
"It's destiny's guidance that has brought me and those of the same path together," Russell said with a smile, "under the watch of Dragons, bathed in radiant light."