In the far south of the continent, in an inconspicuous rural village in the Principality of Thunder, Knight Howard James was touring the territory with his two sons. When the farmers saw the knight and his son passing by, they all stopped what they were doing and paid tribute to them.
This salute is almost pure etiquette. Compared with the rude and uneducated Northwesters composed of pioneers, the farmers of Keeneland where the belief in the God of Literature and Art was once very popular are much more polite.
James Knight is 42 years old this year. For a mid-level knight, his body is almost at the end of its peak period and will start to decline in a year or two at most. In contrast, his two sons, 22-year-old Bonn and 18-year-old Sean, have grown up. The eldest son has even given him a granddaughter. Together with his 15-year-old daughter, he has a family full of children and grandchildren.
Compared to Knight Divor Os, who only left two sons aged fifteen and twelve after dying on the battlefield, he was indeed much luckier. When he first set out for the expedition, Creek considered him weak and familiar with the territory, so he stayed behind to look after his family. And Divol has no choice - when a lord goes to war, he needs at least one knight under his command.
They participated in that earth-shattering battle. In the end, only twelve people out of more than a hundred people returned to their hometown alive. Not even one person could be intact, and even Lord Creek was seriously injured. In contrast, although James Knight did not get a memorial that could be boasted to future generations, at least he was still alive and unscathed.
This made him very grateful. Although it was difficult to say it, and although he was a little stupid, he still knew it very well in his heart - Intelligence nine was actually not very stupid. It was very common among warriors, and he had never seen a warrior with nine intelligence being regarded as such. Retarded.
However, this incident also sounded a wake-up call for him. Since winter, whenever he inspects the territory and handles government affairs, he has to take his two sons with him. He hopes that these two guys will learn the skills of a lord as soon as possible. Fortunately, he took over after his retirement and continued to serve the Baron.
"Lord Baron" naturally does not refer to Anna, but to Creek. Although officially, the current Baron Keane is Anna Keane, in fact everyone knows that Miss Anna has no interest in becoming a lord, nor does she seem to have the talent in this area. The future of Baron Keane still depends on By Lord Crick.
"Alas! I wonder when your body will recover..." Thinking of Lord Creek's current situation, the loyal knight leader couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"Dad, don't worry! He will definitely recover!"
"Yes, how could a man who came back alive from the battlefield of 'The Day the Sun Goes Out' be defeated by a mere disease!"
If Creek were here and used his "time travel power" to look at Bonn and Sean, he would find that these two young knights are as loyal as his father, with a full value of 100.
Before he participated in that battle, the two young men were not very convinced by the poet lord. But when he participated in that horrific bloody battle, he dragged his body that was seriously injured by divine power to escort the body of his best friend back, and even killed him on the way. He became the evil female devil, and his image in the hearts of young people suddenly became tall and lofty, just like an idol.
What does divine curse mean? This means that he has been involved in battles at the level of divine envoys and even Holy Spirits. How brave it is to be involved in such a battle as a mere mortal!
What does it mean to come back with the body of Spencer Smith Knight? This means that he was beside the knight when he died. A famous master died in battle, but he was able to survive and leave with the bodies of his companions. This requires very accurate judgment and extraordinary wisdom. After all, he is a believer in the God of Literature and Art, not the God of Luck.
As for the way back, he was wounded and sick and killed Miss Maggie, who had done evil many times and once became the general person in charge of the evil Church of Noble God in this area. This further proved that he was a tough guy, even if only one person was left. One breath should not be underestimated.
Brave, wise, strong, efficient in governance, and upright and noble in character, Lord Creek is like a hero from myths and legends, enough for these young people to look up to and worship him.
Although Crick himself repeatedly emphasized that there are many errors in these statements and some random derivatives. But everyone thought he was being modest, and no one believed him.
There was nothing Crick could do about it. The more he explained, the more everyone felt that he was covering up - after all, everyone knew how brutal that battle was, and the volunteers fought in the most dangerous place on the entire battlefield. Not only could he be able to do it all When you return home, you can bring back the body of your friend. This is an ironclad fact.
...Although Spencer was actually rescued from the battlefield alive by him.
On the one hand, this was also because Crick was unwilling to damage his friend's reputation. The relationship between the Smith brothers and sisters was a bit weird no matter how you looked at it, and it reminded him of some unhealthy works he had read before time travel, so he repeatedly told himself that he shouldn't say anything. Never say it, and even try to forget what you shouldn't remember - that's what he told Donaldson.
Donaldson was the man hired by Maggie to impersonate the legendary adventurer Paul with a big beard and heavy armor.
This guy's strength is certainly not bad. He is a character with a total level of 12 after all. Although his loyalty is only 60, Creek has a plug-in that allows him to monitor changes in his loyalty at any time. As long as his loyalty does not decline, Sixty is fine. The most rare thing is that his intelligence is as high as sixteen, which is almost at the level of a mage!
With such a high intelligence, it's no wonder that he was able to disguise a legendary strongman with the strength of a mere mid-level warrior, and even deceived Spencer, who was almost on the verge of entering the legendary realm.
Paul is a wandering legendary warrior who travels everywhere doing chivalry and righteousness. However, in the past two hundred years, he has rarely appeared in the human world. Some people think that he has become a god, while others think that he finds the main plane to be no challenge and has gone to other worlds to take risks. The last known appearance of him was when he rescued the Smith brothers and sisters who were kidnapped by gangsters and almost killed more than 20 years ago.
Perhaps it was fate, but on that tragic battlefield in darkness, they actually met someone who knew Paul—the Orc Empire's Southern Theater General, "Iron Tooth" Iroh.
Paul is a half-orc, a lion-man like Morani. Before he awakened as a half-orc, he used to use the name Leonard. At that time, he was called the "Heavy Lion" and was an orc. A fierce general of the empire, and still a good friend of Iroh. Later, Leonard awakened and embarked on the road of a kind-hearted ranger. He parted ways with his old friends and changed his name to "Paul" - Paul was a famous knight in history who devoted his life to protecting the weak. , saved countless people in his nearly four hundred years of life.
Time has passed, and few people still remember the former "Heavy Lion" Leonard, but it is Ranger Paul who is better known.
But... Paul has actually become a legend. The last time Iroh met him was sixty years ago. At that time, he looked very haggard. He was sitting alone on a stone by the lake, meditating silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
Iroh invited him for a drink and he said he had given up drinking.
At that time, Yiluo looked like he had seen a ghost. The majestic "heavy lion", a hero who could drink dozens of kilograms of wine in one meal, actually gave up drinking? !
Iroh never saw him again. According to the orc general, Leonard, who didn't even drink, was no different from dead.
Of course Crick didn't think so. He always felt that the ranger Paul must still be alive, perhaps lost on the road of life? Or maybe you are just trying to practice in seclusion? All in all, even if you can't see it, this legendary figure will appear on the stage of history again sooner or later.
... Of course, this did not prevent him from asking Donaldson to hang up his beard, put on light armor, and return to the appearance of a normal warrior.
By the way, Donaldson's real profession is not even a heavy armored warrior. I really don't know how he can play such a legendary heavy armored warrior!
He clearly doesn't even have a first-level bard level!
Donaldson currently works as Crick's attendant and handles many chores for him. This work is not easy, but it is not very hard either. The key is that it is not dangerous. Donaldson is not weak in strength and looks very imposing. In fact, he is not very courageous. He is just a silver-gun wax head. If he were to fight others with swords, he probably wouldn't be able to exert even 70% to 80% of his strength. It's a shame that he's so big and has such a majestic face...
"Please sort out these pieces of information." While James Knight was taking his sons to inspect the territory, Creek was also doing something. After reading the regular news reports he bought from the Thieves Guild, he asked Donaldson to classify and collect the information. Put aside the things that may have a significant relationship with the territory, put aside the things that may have a direct relationship with the territory but are not very important, put aside the things that are important but not related to the territory, and put the unimportant things on the other side.
Donaldson is quite familiar with this job and has never made any mistakes. He has been working with Maggie for a long time.
During this period, the most important news is naturally the independence of the Griffin Principality. But this news has nothing to do with Baron Keene and is not worth paying more attention to. In contrast, it was the strife among the upper echelons of Thunder Principality that made Creek a little worried.
Although Baron Keen sounds like a person, he is really nothing in the entire Thunder Principality. The previous small confrontation between the big shots had caused heavy losses to the territory, and Creek himself almost lost his life. If it were to be involved in such political waves again, Baron Keen's small boat might be smashed to pieces by the stormy waves at any time.
So Crick has been thinking about how he can avoid these upper-level political strife and allow his small territory to develop slowly and peacefully.
After thinking for a long time, he sighed deeply, coughed twice, covered his chest, and shook his head helplessly.
After all, the cards in his hand are still too few and too small. Faced with such strong winds and waves, there is really no good way...