In the midst of the snow, a petite maid was walking briskly with a large wooden basin of clothes. Suddenly, she looked puzzled at something in the distance. There, someone seemed to be kneeling, and the area around them was strangely free of snow.
"What's going on?" the little maid wondered as she walked over.
"It's the master!" As she got closer, she recognized the figure. It was Lord Dongber Xueying, the lord of the entire Snow Eagle Manor. His bare back was faintly red, radiating intense heat, and steam was rising around him. Within a ten-meter radius, all the snow had melted. This scene would have been astonishing to powerful knights and mages.
But the little maid was just an ordinary person and didn't understand what it meant for the heat from his body to melt the snow within ten meters.
"How did all the snow around here melt? Could this be Aura?" the little maid thought to herself, and couldn't help but call out, "Master, Master, are you okay?"
She was a bit timid.
Because in the past, when Dongber Xueying practiced his spear techniques, he would also sweat profusely and emit steam, even collapsing from exhaustion. So the little maid thought her master must have been practicing his spear techniques again and lost himself in it.
"I'm fine," Dongber Xueying said in a hoarse voice, slowly standing up.
"I'm very well."
Dongber Xueying turned to look at the little maid, "Very well!"
The little maid dared not speak.
"Pass on my order, go to the kitchen and arrange for a whole magical beast to be roasted and brought to me," Dongber Xueying instructed.
"A whole one?" The little maid's eyes widened.
After all, ordinary horses could weigh seven or eight hundred pounds, and the Frostfly magical beast foal weighed two thousand pounds. As for some magical beasts, they were even more robust, generally weighing several thousand pounds, and even up to ten thousand pounds! In the castle, Dongber Xueying's daily main food was magical beast meat, which contained more energy. The knights in the castle also ate magical beast meat.
So the castle's kitchen cold storage would keep one or two magical beasts, but that was to supply the entire castle, usually for several days.
"Yes, a whole one. I remember the last time I checked, there was a third-stage magical beast and a second-stage magical beast. Roast the third-stage one and bring it here," Dongber Xueying ordered.
"Yes, sir." The little maid obediently went to pass on the order.
Dongber Xueying watched the little maid run away with the large wooden basin, smiled, and then walked to the side to put on his clothes. He still looked like the valiant young man he had always been... but except for himself, no one knew how terrifying his young body had become!
"Let's see how high I can jump." Dongber Xueying looked at the main building of the castle where he lived. The castle was magnificent, and the second-floor railing was about seven or eight meters high. In the past, he could barely grab the second-floor railing and climb over it with one jump!
Swish!
With a powerful push from his feet, he shot up like a phantom, soaring high above the entire castle before landing, startling himself.
"Amazing, I can jump so high. The main building of the castle is over twenty meters tall. I remember the city wall of Yishui City, though very tall, was only eighteen meters high. Now I can easily jump over the city wall of Yishui City?" Dongber Xueying was somewhat stunned. From the height of his jump, he began to vaguely understand his own strength.
Dongber Xueying quickly came down from the roof and went to the dining room to wait for the roasted meat.
Because—
He was really, really hungry! He had never been this hungry in his life. Although Dongber Xueying was excited about his improved strength, he ordered the roasted meat first because the hunger was driving him crazy.
"Crunch..." Dongber Xueying picked up some pastries from the fruit plate on the dining table and swallowed them in a few bites. His evolved stomach instantly digested and absorbed them, but the energy was pitifully small.
"Master, Master." A bearded male servant ran into the dining room, his voice rough, "Master wants a whole roasted magical beast, the third-stage one?"
"Yes!" Dongber Xueying glanced at him, "As quickly as possible! Bring it as soon as it's done."
"Understood, understood." The bearded servant was startled and hurried to do it.
Usually, if the lord gave an order, he, as a chef, wouldn't dare to ask any questions. But this order was quite bizarre! A whole third-stage magical beast, which weighed twelve thousand pounds, was very valuable. And the one who delivered the order was not the lord's personal servant but a little maid who washed clothes, so the chef had to ask for clarification.
Otherwise, if the maid was lying, the maid would be in trouble, but the value of a third-stage magical beast would also result in severe punishment for the chef.
"The lord wants a whole roasted magical beast, what a waste," the bearded chef thought, but he didn't dare to ask more. The lord's order was not to be questioned. All he needed to do was... follow the order!
...
Dongber Xueying waited, enduring the hunger that made his whole body tremble.
Finally, he smelled the aroma of roasted meat.
Swish.
Dongber Xueying instantly darted out of the dining room and stood by the railing, looking down. Below, a carriage was slowly moving forward, with a group of male servants following. Inside the carriage was the completely roasted magical beast, cut into two pieces. The twelve thousand pounds of magical beast meat was the pure weight after removing the internal organs and blood. These ordinary servants couldn't move it, and this time, a group of servants had to work hard to transport it.
"Wait, we need to carry it to the lord's dining room. Everyone, we need to work together to get it upstairs," the servants were discussing. Moving over ten thousand pounds of food to the second floor was not easy.
Thud.
Suddenly, the ground shook, and a black-clothed young man stood in front of the carriage.
"Master." The muscular servants were first stunned, then each respectfully called out.
"Alright, the magical beast meat is yours. You can go now," Dongber Xueying said, picking up the large platter in the carriage, which held the roasted magical beast cut into two pieces.
Holding a platter much larger than his body, Dongber Xueying quickly walked to the dining room.
The servants were all stunned.
Heavens?
He just carried it away like that?
Twelve thousand pounds of magical beast meat, even after some of the fat was roasted off, it was still over ten thousand pounds. A group of muscular servants had to drag it with great effort to get it upstairs. Just carrying it away like that? How strong must he be?
"Don't gossip outside," Dongber Xueying glanced down and warned.
"Yes, sir." The servants all responded.
But Dongber Xueying himself knew that ordering a whole magical beast would probably spread. It didn't matter much, as some noble families often did very 'luxurious' things. The more extravagant, the more it showed their family's power.
Without the means, who could afford such luxury?
As for carrying over ten thousand pounds of magical beast meat, it was nothing. His strength would eventually be revealed.
"Master can carry over ten thousand pounds of magical beast meat, he must be a Heaven Rank Knight, right?"
"Probably. A Heaven Rank Knight at fifteen, turning sixteen after the New Year, truly remarkable."
"Hmph, you only see how powerful Master is now, but you don't know that he practices crazily every day. The servants in the training ground say it's terrifying to watch!"
The servants muttered to each other.
...
"Clang!" The large platter was placed on the dining table, causing it to shake.
Thud— Dongber Xueying immediately closed the dining room door.
The servants thought their master was just being extravagant and wasteful.
But in reality—
Dongber Xueying really wanted to eat!
"Here we go." Dongber Xueying picked up the dinner knife and cut a piece of bone meat weighing over ten pounds, eating it in large bites. Crunch, crunch, he quickly chewed and swallowed even the bones, his body rejoicing and absorbing the energy. The moment the food entered his stomach, it was completely digested.
His extremely hungry body was constantly absorbing and drawing energy.
Eat, eat, eat!
Dongber Xueying ate very quickly, and the roasted magical beast, which was golden and oily, was visibly losing meat. The small bones were all eaten clean, leaving only the large, thick bones.
...
"Xueying, Xueying, why are you being so extravagant and wasteful?" The deep voice of Lionman Tong San came, with a hint of anger. In the entire castle, only Tong San and Zong Ling dared to say a few words to Dongber Xueying.
Swish—
Lionman Tong San pushed open the door in anger, but then he was stunned. The large platter was left with only the huge skeleton of the magical beast, the small bones gone, leaving only the basic large skeleton. The magical beast meat was completely gone.
Dongber Xueying, who had already cleaned up, sat to the side and smiled, "Uncle Tong, I didn't waste anything."