Early in the morning, Vivian and Shukman "brought" a lot of food from the city and returned to the factory to distribute it.
Looking at the hundreds of civilians around them who were eating with gusto and whose faces were full of hope after a night, Vivian and Shukman could only sigh and chose not to tell them the truth.
"Grandpa, I still don't know your name?"
At this time, a boy of about sixteen or seventeen came over, holding half a steamed bun in his hand. It can be seen that he was grateful from the bottom of his heart to Shukman for rescuing them from the farm.
"Me? My name is Shukman...you youngsters probably don't know me."
Shukman grinned.
After all, it was twenty-five years ago that he retired from the position of commander of the Guard.
"Shukerman..."
There were quite a few civilians over the age of 30 who now vaguely recalled some childhood memories about Shukman that they had heard from their parents.
"Are you General Xiu who single-handedly repelled two thousand pirates in front of the city gate?" someone suddenly asked.
They were not very familiar with the titles of the Guard Army and the Commander, but they were very familiar with the three words "General Xiu".
After all, when they were young, they often played the role of General Xiu with branches and played wildly in the mud of the village.
"That was almost forty years ago." Shukman waved his hand.
But it can be seen that he is still very pleased that these young people in front of him can recognize him.
"Fighting off two thousand pirates by yourself?"
However, Vivian, who was standing by, showed great interest after hearing this.
"It was a pirate group called 'Korvina'. I remember it very clearly. The captain's name was Jennings Korvina, and the bounty was 30 million berries."
How much were 30 million Pele worth forty years ago
That would be at least much more than the current 300 million Baileys.
"That guy was very arrogant at the time. After all, he was just a young man in his early twenties. It was normal for him to be arrogant when he had such a high bounty offered to him shortly after he went out to sea."
"Arrogant?" Vivian blinked.
"Yes, that guy underestimated the enemy. When he led his group of pirates to the city, he actually took the initiative to invite me to fight him in a duel."
"So, you won?"
"I won. It took me less than ten minutes to defeat him."
As he spoke, a slightly smug expression appeared on his face.
Although this old fellow said that it was all in the past, he remembered it very clearly in his heart. His arrogant personality was self-evident.
"What happened next was very simple and clear. The captain of the pirate group was killed, and the crew naturally lost their composure. When I saw this, I immediately took advantage of the situation and pursued them. After I killed several pirates with bounties on their ship, the rest of them naturally scattered and fled."
This is the whole story of how Shukman was praised by the people of the Lemon Kingdom for defeating two thousand pirates by himself.
The whole process sounds very calm, even easy, but the danger was real.
"It was after that battle that the people's admiration for me reached its peak, and our Xiangning Kingdom was able to survive to this day as a non-member country under the protection of the guards led by me..."
Since Shukman retired from the post of captain of the guard twenty years ago, his subordinates have taken over his baton and are defending their loved ones and homes with their lives and passion.
Over the past twenty years, the guards have been replaced by many groups, and the number of people Shukman knows has become fewer and fewer.
Today, everything has changed, but his love for the Lemon Kingdom has never changed.
Before he knew it, all the civilians around had gathered around Shukman, surrounding him and listening to the story attentively. A whole day had passed since then.
It was almost midnight when everyone went to bed reluctantly and slowly fell asleep.
Soon, Vivian released the magic circle and placed only himself and Shukman in it.
“I didn’t expect your experiences when you were young were so wonderful.” Vivian praised with a smile.
The fact that he could speak for a whole day and still make all the people present enjoy listening to him is very clear.
"No matter how exciting it is, how can it be as exciting as your Thunder Sword Master?"
Shukman also laughed: "When I had nothing to do in the past, I would always buy a copy of "Biography of Thunder Swordsman" to kill time."
This is not a polite remark. He lives in a small house near the city entrance. Apart from wandering around the streets every day to see if there is anything he can do to help the people, he has no other "entertainment activities". Therefore, buying a copy of "Biography of the Thunder Swordsman" every week has naturally become his "weekly task".
"By the way, has there been any new version of "Biography of the Thunder Swordsman" released recently?" he asked.
"Although Gordon is a serious procrastinator, I think the new volume should be out in a few days, right?" Vivian said.
"I don't know...if I'll have the chance to see it again in the future." Shukman sighed again.
Vivian opened her mouth when she heard this, but swallowed the words back.
The reason was simple. He just wanted to say that if you died, he would burn every magazine he published for you first. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not a good idea to say it, so he gave up in the end.
But seeing the regretful expression on Shukman's face, Vivian pulled out a camera from her storage ring and took several quick photos of Shukman.
Shukman:
"What are you doing?"
"Take a picture." Vivian said, "Put you in the next issue of 'The Biography of the Thunder Swordsman'. The title of the next issue will be 'The Battle to Defend the Lemon Kingdom'. You will be the protagonist and I will be the supporting role."
Shukman: (⊙o⊙)
"Don't worry, I will use a camera to record your posture against the enemy. Then you will definitely appear in the magazine as the protagonist of that issue."
Vivian added another sentence, and then heard Shukman say with great anticipation: "That's great, I really hope to see the content of that magazine...Oh, by the way."
"Hmm?" Vivian looked at him.
"Can you take two more pictures of me so that I look better?"
After saying this, Shukman raised his arms and struck a bodybuilding pose, showing off his biceps that had long disappeared.
Vivian: “…”