Bennett Castle, today is the last day of the year, and tomorrow is the New Year.
During dinner, Knight Bennett took out a letter and a long package and handed it to Zach: "This is Abel's New Year's gift to you. He is still kind to you. Neither your mother nor I have gifts. "
Probably feeling that his words were a bit sour, Nora rolled her eyes at him and said, "The child has been here for less than a month, but he still remembers to write to us. This is already very difficult. Do you want a gift?"
Zach took the letter and package and opened the package first, revealing a large sword.
"This is the hundred-practiced sword made by the master." Pulling out the sword from the scabbard, Zach recognized the sword at a glance. The hundred-trained sword has always been priceless in the market, even though the price is as high as 1,000 gold coins. Everyone was stunned, but there were still countless wealthy people rushing to buy it with their money bags in hand.
The great sword is the standard weapon of knights. When two knights fight, a knight holding a hundred-trained sword can easily cut off the opponent's great sword, thereby causing the opponent to lose his weapon. The consequences of losing his weapon in battle will be for the knights. Anyone can imagine it.
Knight Bennett, who had just heard his wife Nora say that he was not short of gifts, saw the 100-level sword in Zach's hand, and he was still using the 80-level sword. He couldn't help but want to say loudly: "I really Bad gift.”
"Show me." As for good weapons, as a knight, there is no resistance. To take it from Zach is better to say that he has snatched the Bailian sword. Knight Bennett is here He waved in the restaurant and said while waving: "It's true that this kid Abel gave away things from the castle as soon as he arrived at Harry Castle. I will write a letter and have a good talk with him later."
"That's not the case." Zach, who opened the letter and was reading it, said, "Abel said in the letter that this was the first weapon he forged and gave it to me as a New Year's gift."
The big sword in Knight Bennett's hand stopped in mid-air, and he stared at the letter in Zach's hand and asked: "The letter said that this big sword was forged by Abel himself?"
"Yes, father, Abel's letter made it very clear." Zach replied affirmatively.
"How is it possible that Marshall studied blacksmithing for a year, and a year later he made a table knife that could only be used to cut beef on the dining table, while Abel was able to forge a hundred-practice long sword after only being there for a month? "Knight Bennett felt that he had made a mistake in giving Abel to a friend as his adopted son. Maybe he would regret it in a few years. No, he should have started to Regret it.
The New Year in Bennett Castle was spent in a strange atmosphere, with Zach's surprise, Knight Bennett's regret, and Nora's longing, but Abel, who was in Harry Castle, did not know all of this.
In Harry Castle, Knight Marshall took Abel in a carriage to Harvest City to attend the New Year's reception hosted by the city owner, Viscount Dickens. The reception started in the evening, but Knight Marshall took Abel out early in the morning.
The road from Knight Marshall's castle to Harvest City is particularly well built. The entire road is made of small rocks smoothed to form a curved road with a high center and low sides. There is only a slight bump when the carriage runs on it. , the 100-mile journey took just over an hour.
From a distance, Harvest City looks like a prostrate tiger. Only when you get closer can you feel its majesty and grandeur. This is the largest city in the south of the Principality of Kamai, with a 20-meter-high city wall and loads of cargo on the city wall. Dozens of cannons are mounted, all showing the severity of this city.
"Uncle Marshall, why is Harvest City so tightly defended?" Abel looked at the 20-meter-high city wall and the large number of defensive equipment on it, and couldn't help but asked strangely.
This is the southernmost part of the Holy Continent, the hinterland of the human world. It is separated from the Orc Empire by a principality, which is known as the safest principality. Why should the city be built into a war fortress
"Abel, every fiefdom in our Principality of Camai has at least one official knight stationed there, and in the Harvest City in front of us, the respected Lord of the City, Viscount Dickens, is a knight captain." Knight Marshall's eyes were a little confused, as if he was recalling memories. Recalling some past events, he sighed and continued: "The reason for this is all because of the Orc Empire."
"But the Orc Empire is in the far north, guarded by Miracle City, which is stationed by the Human Alliance." These Abels know that Miracle City defends the orcs in the north so that the human country can live safely.
In this world, the orcs are the most warlike nation. The crazy fertility of their race causes them to often lack food. In order to alleviate the food crisis, the orcs will launch wars. On the one hand, they use war to snatch food, and on the other hand, they can reduce the population. .
The human beings closest to the Orc Empire became the target of the Orcs. In order to survive, humans pooled all their strength and built a military fortress in the Budapest Mountains, the only passage between human society and the Orc Empire. This city is Miracle City.
All humans know that as long as Miracle City is there, there is no need to worry about the invasion of orcs.
"The Orc Empire has added some attack methods in recent decades. They use flying beasts that can carry people to fly over the Budapest Mountains to destroy the human rear." Knight Marshall said in a somewhat skeptical tone: "When it comes to destruction, I think it's more of a trial."
As he spoke, the carriage had arrived at the gate of Harvest City. In front of the ten-meter-high city gate, a long queue was waiting to enter the city. At the front were soldiers who checked, charged, and then released one by one. The soldiers were not very fast. , if we queue up now, I'm afraid it will be an hour before we can enter the city.
But the carriage did not stop. Under the envious eyes of the people lining up, the carriage entered the city directly from the other side.
This was the first time Abel felt the privilege of the nobility. Before, whether in Bennett Castle or Harry Castle, he felt that he was a child of a wealthy family compared to the people around him.
This makes Abel, who has slowly integrated into this world, still not used to it. In his old world, if you jump in line, others will look at you with contempt. But here, Abel entered the city directly without even getting off the carriage.
The carriage arrived at a courtyard, which was the temporary residence of Knight Marshall in Harvest City. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Robin, the left-behind butler here, greeted him.
"Robin, Abel will stay here for the next two days. Clean up the independent courtyard. It will belong to Abel from now on." Knight Marshall ordered the butler after getting off the carriage.
"Yes Master."
Steward Robin had long heard that Knight Marshall had an adopted son who had directly become the heir to the castle. Now that he heard Knight Marshall's instructions, it could be seen that the knight attached great importance to Master Abel. The independent courtyard was apart from the owner's residence. It was the best residence outside, and the knight became Master Abel's private residence with just one word.
"Abel, are you going to visit your friends with me, or are you visiting Harvest City?"
Seeing Abel's hesitant expression, Knight Marshall couldn't help but smile and said: "Of course, there is no need to ask. I will arrange for Robin to accompany you to visit Harvest City."
Knight Marshall seemed to attach great importance to his adopted son Abel, and did not force him to do so. He knew Abel's choice just by seeing Abel's expression, and the knight respected Abel's opinion.
After rejecting the housekeeper Robin's request to accompany him, Abel rode alone and looked at the shops on both sides of the street while walking. The streets in Harvest City were very wide. Probably because of the New Year, there were many pedestrians on the streets.
As he was walking, there was a noisy sound in front of him. The sound was very familiar. As he drove his horse towards the noisy place, he saw Zach arguing with three young men in leather armor, and a blond man stood beside him. The young girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, was smart and playful, with a cunning look in her eyes when she smiled. She was watching with interest Zach and the three young men arguing.
"Brother!" Abel's voice was a little excited. He was very surprised to see his family here. He jumped off the horse and pulled the reins towards Zach.
"Abel!" When Zach saw Abel, he came up and gave him a tight hug.
Letting go of Abel, Zach turned his head and introduced the three young people: "This is my brother Abel."
Then he said to Abel, "This is Martin, Joshua, and Bob."
The young girl gave Abel a lady's salute, chuckled and introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Emily." After speaking, Emily looked at Abel curiously.
Abel returned the greeting and saw the way his eldest brother Zach glanced at Emily secretly. He secretly smiled in his heart. He had reached the age of love and already had a girl he liked. Should he write a letter to tell his mother.
Martin seemed not to have expected that Abel was so young. He was lost for a moment before asking with a hint of uncertainty: "Are you the Abel who helped Zach forge the hundred-sword?"
Abel smiled and nodded: "Yes."
"It's really you!" Martin immediately saluted enthusiastically and said, "Nice to meet you! I didn't expect you to be so young."
It can be seen that Martin is a very talkative person with a very cheerful personality and feels easy to get along with. Abel had a very good impression of him.