The wheels covered with cork and resin are "rolling" and speeding on the flat street...
In the carriage, Professor Marin leaned on the sofa seat in front and let out a slight snoring sound. Lorist was extremely satisfied with this new carriage that belonged to him, it was good, smooth and comfortable. The horses are good and well trained. Even Reddy, who was driving, surprised himself that he possessed such good driving skills. It seemed that he was right to accept Reddy. El was right, this kid would be a good attendant.
Well, there is a small latch here. It turns out that the window can be opened inwards. The cool evening breeze is blowing, which is really refreshing. Lorist simply opened the window, watching the street scene passing by in front of his eyes.
Huh? "Stop!" Lorist yelled.
"Woo..." Reddy pulled the reins tightly, and the carriage rushed forward seven or eight meters before coming to a stop. The two Zeno horses pulling the cart snorted dissatisfiedly.
"What's the matter, master?" Reddy asked.
After becoming Lorist's servant, Reddy changed his address. In Galintia, a servant calling the object he serves as a master does not refer to the relationship between a slave and a slave master, but refers to someone who can be the master of his servant. people.
"Turn around, go back, and stop at the small square with street lights." Lorist ordered.
"Okay." Reddy pulled the reins, directed the two Zeno horses to turn, and galloped towards the small square with street lights.
The carriage stopped, and Lorist jumped out of the car and walked towards the bench next to the flower garden in the middle of the small square.
The bench was just under the street lamp, and there were three people sitting on it, one big, two small, cuddling tightly together. At this time, the middle-aged man sitting in the middle heard the movement, opened his half-dream eyes and looked over, seeing Lorist approaching, he couldn't help but startled: "It's you..."
"It's me. You...they are your children?" Lorist suddenly understood something.
This middle-aged man was Lorist's last challenger in the duel match in the morning, the middle-aged mercenary Gulei Bodfinger who left a deep impression on Lorist.
"Well, this is my son Schwader, twelve years old. This is my daughter Alyssa, seven years old." Bodfinger introduced his two children.
"You and the children are going to spend the night here?" Lorist never imagined that a swordsman at the peak of silver would be reduced to such a state, and the only ones who made do with the benches in the small square by the road were homeless. and beggars. If he hadn't seen this admiring opponent sitting with the two children in the carriage just now and confirmed that he was not dazzled, Lorist would not have told Reddy to turn the carriage back.
There was a bitter smile on Bodfinger's face: "We just came here from the Krissen Empire. We didn't have a lot of money, and I was greedy. I thought I was absolutely sure to succeed in the challenge, so I gathered all the money around me. I have used all the money to sign up. I have been relying on pawning and selling luggage to make a living. Until today, I am full of confidence. I never thought that I would lose in your hands and let the children down. I paid a lot of money, and I also owed rent for many days, so they kicked us out, and now we have nowhere to go, and we have no money, so we can only make do with one night here."
Lorist felt dejected, if he really had the Dou Qi of the Black Iron Rank, he would not be Bodfinger's opponent, but no one would have guessed that what he cultivated was not Dou Qi, but the Jinshui Jue from his previous life.
"You didn't want to find some temporary work first?" Lorist was very surprised. Logically speaking, there should be a lot of people vying for a silver-ranked expert like Bodfinger, and the job of looking after the home is fine. Or you can join the mercenary group, many mercenary groups even pay a lot of franchise fees in order to attract such a master as Bodfinger to join.
"I found it, but it doesn't work." Bodfinger shook his head with a wry smile: "I already regret coming to Morente City. I didn't expect the residents of Morente City, who claim to pursue freedom and equality, to be so xenophobic and discriminate against foreigners. people. In the mercenary union, it is very difficult for us foreign mercenaries to receive good missions. Even if we do, we must provide guarantees beyond our capabilities and other very harsh conditions. Especially as we are from the Krissen Empire, here We are even more humiliated and hostile. They contemptuously call us the defeated, and look down on the people of our Krissen Empire. Twenty years have passed since the war, and the Krissen Empire no longer exists, but people here still regard us as As an enemy. In addition, I have two children with me, and I will consider my own safety when doing tasks, so those mercenary groups think that it is impossible for me to do my best for the mercenary group... If I win in the morning, I will Will take the bonus and leave, take the children to another country, here, not the city where we think we can live a free and happy life... "
There was grief and a touch of loss in Bodfinger's tone, and there was also a trace of remorse hidden. If I hadn't thought I could win, if the landlord hadn't been instigating me, if I hadn't been lost by the high bonus, I wouldn't have put all my money into signing up for the duel. The registration fee of ten gold coins is enough for me to leave this city full of money and indifference early with my children, and I can even buy a few acres of land and a small house in a remote mountain village for my children to live in. live a stable life.
Alas, I only blame myself for being too greedy and not thinking about it calmly. A trainee of the black iron rank dares to challenge all the silver ranks. The same level as silver. I didn't realize it until I lost the duel, but it was too late to regret it, and Bodfinger lowered his head in annoyance.
"Where are you from the Krissen Empire?" Lorist asked.
"I am a Northlander of the Cresson Empire," said Baldfinger.
"Huh? What a coincidence. I'm also from the Krissen Empire, and I'm also from the Northland. I announced my name when we duel in the morning, Norton Lorist, do you know the Norton family in the Northland?" Lorist was pleasantly surprised , it is rare to meet fellow countrymen.
"Norton? The roaring giant bear in the extreme northern wilderness? I've heard of it, a famous military nobleman in the Northland. But I heard it in the army. Many civilians enlist in the army are also eager to make military achievements and become nobles like the ancestors of the Norton family. , to obtain a hereditary territory. It’s just that how many people have been able to achieve their wish in the past few hundred years? But why are you still accepting the challenge of a silver-ranked swordsman in Morente City?” Bodfinger was a little puzzled.
Lorist smiled and said, "Well, it's hard to explain. I left home ten years ago and came to Morente City to study. Later, due to the civil war in the empire, I lost contact with my family and had no contact for six or seven years. You You are from the North, you should know about our family's current situation, right?"
Bodfinger was relieved, but then shook his head: "Sorry, I don't know, and I haven't been back to my hometown for nearly twenty years. The Northland is very big, and my hometown is in Mond Town, which is far away from your family territory Even riding a horse would take three or four days. I left home to serve in the imperial army when I was twenty-one. I was later promoted to an officer, and I have been working in the army. Because I have no relatives in my hometown, I set up my home when I got married. The imperial capital. It’s just that I didn’t expect civil strife in the empire. The three princes fought for the throne for six years and turned a good empire into ruins. Finally, the war ended, and when I returned home, I found that everything was gone. My wife died , the house was burned down, and the two children made a living by picking up trash. If it weren’t for the help from the neighbors, I would have almost lost sight of them. I brought the children here after packing up the house. A peaceful home for the kids...”
Oh, it turns out that Bodfinger was born in the army and has been in the field for a long time. He is used to seeing life and death. No wonder he remained calm and calm during the critical moment of the duel in the morning. And with his peak silver skills, he can get money from ordinary people without anyone noticing, so that he is no longer embarrassed. But he didn't do that, preferring to involve the children and spend the night with him on the side of the road. This determination is really rare and admirable.
At this time, Reddy came to Lorist, glanced at the three of Bodfinger, and asked in a low voice: "Master, what's the matter?"
Lorist smiled at Bodfinger and extended the invitation: "We don't know each other without fighting, not to mention we are fellow villagers, brother Bodfinger, we can't just stand here and chat until dawn. May I have the honor to invite the three of you?" As a guest in my humble house, I just want to inquire about the current situation in my home country."
"This..." Bodelfinger hesitated, he knew that Lorist had good intentions, but he was unwilling to accept this invitation in such a desperate situation.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and the two sleeping children shivered.
Lorist took a few steps forward and blocked the wind: "Brother, I know you still have the pride of a soldier, and you are unwilling to accept sympathy and pity, but you have to think about the children. Although it is spring, night The wind is very cold, and it is easy for children to catch a cold if they sleep like this. If you get sick, it will be even more troublesome. Besides, we are fellow villagers. If I don’t help you in this situation, I will feel sorry for myself. You should know that we are from the Northland But what is there to think about, who is famous for his generosity and hospitality? Let's go."
"Okay. Then we will take the liberty to interrupt." Bodfinger no longer hesitated, and nodded to accept the invitation.
Bending over to pick up his sleeping little daughter, Bodfinger was about to wake up his son, but Lorist "shushed" and said, "Don't wake him up, I'll do it."
"Let me do it, master." Reddy strode up, bent down and picked up the little boy.
Well, the 16-year-old Reddy hugged the 12-year-old boy as lightly as nothing, and he didn't blush or breathe. El said that he really deserved his reputation for being strong.
Bodfinger bent down again and picked up a small bag wrapped with a long sword on the bench. This was a personal item, and Lorist felt embarrassed to take it without permission.
"Get in the car first. There is a drunk colleague in the car. We have to send him back first. Anyway, we are on the way, but I'm sorry to bother you to squeeze in." Lorist pointed at the carriage and said.
"It's us who have troubled you, and you are welcome, Mr. Norton." Bodfinger expressed his thanks.
Lorist turned and walked towards the carriage: "Call me Locke, I feel uncomfortable when I hear you call me Mr. You should call me by my name, I'll just call you Bode..."
"Careful! Left!" Baldfinger's exclamation sounded in his ear.
Lorist turned sideways quickly, and what caught his eyes was four half-foot-long light blades attacking him at high speed...
Dodge, no, behind him are Bodfinger holding his daughter and Reddy holding a little boy. As long as he dodges these four light blades, he will surely cut them down. The silhouette of his eyes has already seen Bodfinger turning around, and he wants to use His body protects the daughter in his arms. He obviously thought that Lorist would dodge, so he was ready to be cut by the light blade. Reddy, on the other hand, froze in place due to the sudden crisis.
Sun is the enemy of the Golden Order, where is my sword? As soon as Lorist felt that the long sword was not there, he remembered that when he got into the carriage, he took the long sword off and put it behind the sofa in the back seat. Fortunately, the dagger was still hanging on his waist.
"噗" the dagger was out of its sheath, "clang, clang, clang, clang!" Between lightning, thunder and fire, the dagger fluttered and cut off the four light blades before they got close. Lorist was determined in his heart that this power and speed were nothing more than the light blade issued by a gold-star swordsman, and there was no threat to him, and he was nothing to be afraid of. It's just that I use the short sword as my main weapon now, and it feels a bit uncomfortable for a while.
"You take the children into the carriage first, Reddy, and drive back to the tavern. I'll take care of it here, hurry up..." Lorist shouted in a low voice.
"Hey, you can actually block my four light blades. It seems that your black iron steps are really capable." Two figures appeared on the edge of the small square, slowly approaching.
"Don't worry, we don't want your life. We are just entrusted with your arm. It will be fine soon. You just need to bear with it. Hehe." One of the figures thought he was humorous, or maybe he was winning .
"If you want my arm, you have to exchange your lives." Lorist replied coldly.
"Hehe, we are not of the silver rank. It is easier for two gold swordsmen to kill you than to kill a chicken. If you are in a hurry, you will go to the house. Where are you so big?"
"Senior brother, stop talking nonsense, are you going to go or should I go? Go back to drink early and finish the work early, the two women that the junior brother found for us are still waiting in the room." Another figure was a little impatient.
"Sword." A long sword was handed over.
This was the long sword that Lorist put on the carriage, but it was Bodfinger who carried his daughter into the carriage, took Lorist's sword and came back.
"They're coming for me, it's none of your business." Lorist took the long sword, glanced back hastily, and saw that Reddy was driving away in the carriage, he was half relieved.
"The light blade they fired just now was also aimed at me and Alisa." Bodfinger was angry and pulled out the sword in his hand with a "clang". If Lorist hadn't blocked the four light blades, disaster would have happened to him and Alyssa. Even though the other party was coming for Lorist, but indiscriminately regarded his father and daughter as targets, how could he bear this tone.
"They are the golden rank, you have to be careful." Lorist reminded.
"Hmph, it's not that the Golden Rank has never fought, I've killed several of them on the battlefield." Bodfinger said.
"Hehe, what a big tone, I want to see how you can kill me at the golden rank. Junior brother, there are exactly two of us, one for each of us. That Locke needs to support his arm as the junior brother said, this silver-ranked slaughterer Forget it."
"good."
As soon as the words fell, the two figures on the opposite side rushed towards him with a murderous aura...