Lu Cheng followed the expedition team to the Far South Empire...disguised as a refugee, sitting in a carriage pulled by a walking beast.
Sitting opposite Lu Cheng was the Earl of Lionheart whom Zhou Hua had rescued before. He had now changed out of his heavy armor and put on civilian clothes.
The Earl of Lionheart was being hunted by unknown forces in the Far South Empire. He was now seriously injured and had no ability to fight at all. He could only rely on Zhou Hua, whom he met in the forest, to escort him back to the country.
This matter must not be publicized too much, so Earl Lionheart spent money to buy a team of refugee vehicles, disguised himself and mixed in with... a group of spies.
Lu Cheng felt that his current identity should be considered a spy going to the Far South Empire to collect intelligence.
This was already the seventh day for this refugee caravan on its way to the Far South Empire. Earl Lionheart's eyes were fixed on Lu Cheng who was sitting opposite him.
Earl Lionheart had thought that this journey would be dangerous, as the Gray Feather Kingdom was in turmoil and there were gangs of thieves everywhere. However, the journey turned out to be smooth and peaceful.
This made him feel that he was favored by the goddess of luck. Ever since he met Zhou Hua, the magical young spellcaster, the scales of luck began to tilt towards him.
However, what he didn't know was that this caravan of more than 50 refugees had indeed been targeted by many gangs of thieves and assassins, who had never given up on eradicating Earl Lionheart's mastermind.
The problem is that no matter how many assassination convoys and thieves there are, they can never be a match for a "migrant convoy" equipped with automatic rifles and drone reconnaissance equipment.
In a sense, Count Lionheart was indeed very lucky... he was being escorted by the rabbits, but he didn't know it.
"What's your name?" Earl Lionheart suddenly asked after staring at Lu Cheng for a long time.
"Louis Napoleon."
Lu Cheng made up a name at random. Lu Cheng joined this refugee caravan purely for fun.
This kind of fun is equivalent to teasing a cat with a cat toy, watching the cat react to the toy in various ways, and the Earl of Lionheart is the "cat".
Of course, it was impossible for Lu Cheng to spend all his time playing during this week. Lu Cheng would only appear in the refugee convoy at noon. In the morning, he would go to Osprey Harbor and incite more people to immigrate to Skare with the half-elf prince Ajan. In the afternoon, he would return to the camp to participate in the construction, pick up Noi from school, and guide her to do some homework.
The portal that the seal gave to Lu Cheng allowed Lu Cheng to simultaneously serve as an agent of the expedition team, the commander and builder of the camp, and the guardian of Noi.
Now is Lu Cheng's entertainment time... Lu Cheng likes to communicate with people. Except for people like Elena and Nancy who get along with Lu Cheng on the premise that they know his identity, Lu Cheng also likes to communicate on the premise that the other party does not know his identity, or in other words... on the premise of playing a fake identity.
So it is very interesting for Lu Cheng to communicate with the self-important Earl Lionheart as a refugee and wait for his future development.
"Napoleon? As a refugee, you actually have a surname?" Earl Lionheart looked up and down at Lu Cheng's clothes. Lu Cheng's current clothes did not look like that of a wealthy man, and his face was deliberately painted with some dirty dust.
This required Lu Cheng to wash his face thoroughly every time he returned to the camp.
"I come from a small clan in Shalan. In my clan... my last name means conquest."
Lu Cheng couldn't explain to the old count who Napoleon was now, but this was all irrelevant.
The Lionhearted Earl was obviously very interested in Lucheng. Nearly two-thirds of the elite guards he had worked so hard to train were killed in that attack.
The Lionheart Territory is in urgent need of recruiting outstanding warriors. Now Earl Lionheart has been targeted by certain people in the Far South Empire. It is difficult for him to be sure whether there are assassins among the targets he openly recruited from the Far South.
So Earl Lionheart began to look for suitable targets among this group of refugees. If there were assassins sent by those people among them, he would have died in the carriage long ago.
"I have met many Sharan people like you. Why did you come to the Far South?" Earl Lionheart asked Lu Cheng.
Earl Lionheart was not bad at judging people, he only observed whether the other person was a good candidate to be a swordsman or knight, or whether the other person was a strong man.
In the eyes of Earl Lionheart, Lu Cheng is undoubtedly a good seedling for practicing swordsmanship. It should not be said to be a seedling. From his observation of Lu Cheng, Lu Cheng is an excellent warrior.
"Money and status are the same as what ordinary people pursue." Lu Cheng said with a smile.
The country of Shalan is a neighboring country of Skarre, separated only by a large desert. This country is also the "country with black water" mentioned by Hubert.
The customs of this country are mainly nomadic. Every Sharan is a brave warrior, but their minds are not very clear, so the manufacturing technology is far behind other countries. Therefore, half of the famous gladiators in the arena of the Far South Empire are Sharan.
"Young man, are you willing to join me?" Earl Lionheart didn't waste any words and directly extended an olive branch to Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng did not rush to agree, and directly asked him, "Who are you?" Earl Lionheart was really in a mess now, like a down-and-out old man, with a lot of blood on his long beard, which was tied together after solidification.
Under this circumstance, if Lu Cheng directly agreed, it would arouse the other party's suspicion.
When Earl Lionheart heard Lu Cheng's question, he laughed out loud and threw a gold-plated badge to Lu Cheng. The badge had a huge cat on it.
The next moment, Earl Lionheart proudly introduced his identity to Lu Cheng, such as "pioneer of the Far South Empire", "the strongest warrior in the Far South", "former leader of the Lionheart Knights", and a lot of other titles that Lu Cheng theoretically could not understand.
All these words boil down to this: 'Follow me and you will have whatever you want.'
Hearing this, Lu Cheng glanced at Zhou Hua, who was sitting next to Earl Lionheart with his eyes closed. Zhou Hua had completely entered the state of a 'mysterious master' for the past week. He had perfected his character. Judging from Earl Lionheart's attitude towards Zhou Hua, the old earl should have completely believed in his character.
Since he had already cheated him once, Lu Cheng didn't mind cheating the old earl a second time.
"This thing is gold-plated. If you give me this badge, I'll consider doing some work for you." Lu Cheng didn't intend to return the badge to him. A poor Shalan man was a typical example of someone who was greedy for money.
"Take it! Once you join my army, not only will you get gold, you can also choose jewels and women as you like!" said Earl Lionheart proudly.
Lu Cheng did not answer the old earl, but looked outside the carriage... The Black Sword City of the Far South Empire was already within reach.