An oil lamp was lit in the dim wine cellar, and the quill pen rustled on the notebook with the light of extinction.

"On the 14th day of the Rain Palm, as usual, I guarded the tavern left by my grandfather, and used Alto to entertain the guards of the castle. May the Holy Spirit forgive me for mixing water in the wine, but the fortress recently came to another group of guards. The wine in the wine cellar is really not enough. Perhaps, I should ask the guards who have changed shifts to go to Morning Star to help me buy another batch of Alto wine back."

Qatar Sendu thought for a while and added: "I hope that after they shipped the wine back, half of the bottles would not be opened."

With a slight sigh, Qatar closed his diary and listened to the snoring from the upstairs, he sighed again: the soldiers would always get drunk here, but poorly he wanted to send the soldiers back to the fortress and to record their names by the way, so that the next day he would go to the fortress to ask for the accounts.

Qatar sometimes wants to leave here, sell the staggering saber-toothed tiger left by his grandfather, leave Danstad Fort, make a living elsewhere, and even use the money from selling the tavern to prepare a piece of equipment to become a mercenary traveling around. But now twelve years have passed, and his dream of youth has long been buried in his heart. Qatar still guards this tavern here, going to the fort during the day to collect debts, but at night, he has to entertain these soldiers who rarely give money again.

"What's the difference between living like this and dying?"

Thinking of his unchanging life day after day, Qatar smiled bitterly. Just as he was about to go upstairs and drag the drunk soldiers away, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to really... live?"

"Of course!" Qatar blurted out, and after he finished speaking, he suddenly realized, turned around and stared at the darkness in the corner: "Who are you!"

"Human? To be precise, I'm not a human."

The sound in the dark was erratic, and Qatar swept through the shadows behind several barrels, but there was no confirmation of the source of the sound.

Not a human? Qatar doesn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence, but immediately, he suddenly remembered a legend: "You are... a demon god?"

"Ahem..."

The sound in the dark seemed to be choked, and a series of coughs made Qatar determine the true source of the sound. He quickly pulled out a dagger from behind and pointed at the source of the sound: "Who! Come out!"

"I've said that I'm not a human anymore." The man's voice was helpless, "Also, put down the toy in his hand, otherwise it would be bad if he hurts you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qatar saw a figure slowly appearing in the darkness. Although he could only see his mouth clearly, the longbow that was drawn and the arrows flashing with cold light made him throw away the dagger in his hand very simply.

His family knows his family affairs. He actually hit the dagger in Qatar himself. It's okay to scare ordinary people. If it's really used to fight, he can't even cut the worst leather armor, let alone the other party's arrows are still pointing steadily at his throat.

"Who are you? What are you going to do?"

"If I say I'm here to deliver wine, do you believe it?" the man also put down his bow and arrow, took out a bottle of wine from somewhere and handed it over.

"This is……"

Qatar took the bottle and just smelled it, and felt dizzy in his head. He hurriedly stuffed the bottle mouth, but heard the man speak again: "It turns out that it is your grandfather's death day, and all the wine is half price?"

"No tomorrow...oh, that's right!" Qatar was not stupid, and immediately understood the man's intention, but he couldn't help but ask: "Why are you..."

"Why?" the man smiled, his smile seemed to be very entangled: "If I say, because I don't want to kill someone, do you believe it?"

"I...I believe it!" For some reason, Qatar believed the man's words inexplicably, and he let go of the tension in his heart. He asked another question that had been struggling for a long time: "Who are you? Why do you say you are not a human?"

"You are not a human," the man curled his lips, "I should be precise, I should be considered an elf."

"Somo?!"

Qatar screamed and was about to question the man a few more words, but the man disappeared again, and Qatar understood inexplicably: the man had left.

After pretending to be innocent, Qatar returned to the staggering saber-toothed tiger, locked the door, sat quietly in front of the fireplace and began to think.

Qatar's grandfather, Barra Sendu, was a Brighton native from Gaoyan. By chance, he met the old lord of Morning Star City, and then promoted to a general of Morning Star City. After he retired from service, he built a tavern outside Danstad Castle to entertain some old friends who were still in the army. Sometimes the old lord of Morning Star City would come here to sit and chat.

More than 20 years ago, shortly after the Five Years War ended, a group of robbers took advantage of the empty castle force to seize the place. His grandfather was killed by the robbers in his sleep, and his father was also killed by the robbers while guarding the castle. Only he and his mother, who were staying in Morning Star City, escaped the disaster.

Twelve years ago, the new lord of Morningstar City took office and led the army to regain Danstadburg again. At the suggestion of several old subordinates of Balasendou, he returned the tavern to the underage Qatar. The young Qatar moved from Morningstar City to Danstadburg, and lived there for twelve years.

"Do I want to stay here in this tavern for the rest of my life?"

Recalling his simple and boring life, Qatar asked himself, and a trace of unwillingness flowed out of his eyes.

This tavern was left by his grandfather, but would he be tied up by this tavern and spend his whole life in this small fortress?

"No!"

Qatar clenched his fists, finally made up his mind, picked up the special bottle of "wine" from the table, and walked into the wine cellar in the basement step by step...

The next day, a news ignited the military camp in Danstadtburg.

"Hey! Have you heard of it? The staggering saber-toothed tiger tonight is half price!"

"What? Half price!"

"That's right, I heard that Komori Du was in commemorating Lao Mori Du's death day, so don't worry about it anymore, should I go together?"

"Must! How can you miss such a good opportunity!"

The two soldiers reached a consensus in an instant and decided to go early tonight so as not to get the seat.

The same scene was still in other places in the military camp. Even the commander of the military camp received an invitation letter and specially sent a small team of soldiers to the tavern to help. It is said that Komori wanted to set up some tables and benches outside the tavern, as if he wanted to entertain the entire fortress garrison.

In the evening, it was not dark yet. As soon as the disbanded military roar rang, all the soldiers rushed to the gate of the fortress. Even the soldiers who were on duty were on duty, and although the commander saw it, they did not point it out. After all, there was an army stationed in the south. I heard that they had repelled Xueman's attack. It would be good for them to relax for a night, right?

However, just as the soldiers rushed to the staggering Sabertooth Tiger Tavern, a figure was hidden behind the dead trees, quietly waiting for something.

Soon, a snow wolf ran over from the top of the hill, stood up halfway, and ran towards the woods.

"How about it?"

"The devil has already sent a signal to prepare everyone."

"Werewolf" smiled, but it was a soldier wearing wolf's skin. He saw his hands trumpeting around his mouth, and he raised his head and howled: "Aowoo! Aowoo~"

The sound of the wolf howling came into the woods with a unique chord. After a few seconds, the snow in the entire forest exploded one after another. Soldiers lifted their cloaks and drilled out of their respective snow nests. After shaking off the branches on the cloaks, they dragged out packages and started to be trimmed on the spot.

They were the White Horse Army who came from Xueman. Three days ago, under the leadership of Sawyer, they crossed mountains and ridges, and bypassed the enemy troops near the Baiwang Tower. After rushing to this woodland, they lurked here. Although there were no tents and no bonfires, they still lurked here for a whole day and a half!

As for the enemy in the south? After Sawyer left, Hognard led his army to attack once. He cursed outside the enemy's barracks and retreated to the Baiwang Tower. It is estimated that the enemy's generals were still seeking credit from Chenxing City with the "repelling the snowman army".

Half an hour later, the White Horse Army finally waited for the signal from Sawyer. On the tower of Fort Danstad in the distance, a bright light flashed away. However, the White Horse Army members sighed and rushed towards the fortress dejectedly.

At the same time, Qatar also met the elf from last night again: "Somo!"

After hearing the name of Qatar, Soya suddenly staggered and showed a laughing and crying expression. Did this guy really treat him as Somo? You know, he has cheated Somo several times, and even one of Somo's legends fell in his hands.

"I'll formally introduce it, Saoya, Lord Xueman, and the commander of the White Horse Army." After saying that, Saoya added: "I'm an elf, but this does not mean that I'm a Sommer."

"Snowman's General?"

Qatar suddenly realized that this was reasonable, but what about the garrison in the south? Why didn’t there be any news? Could it be that it was surrounded and annihilated by this so-called White Horse Army?

"Thank you for this operation, of course, these guys," Sawyer pointed to the soldiers of Morning Star City who had slept all over the floor: "I would like to thank you when they wake up, otherwise at least half of them will not see the sun tomorrow."

After hearing Soya's words, Qatar was silent. After all, he was still a "white man". No matter what, he was cheating on his own.

However, Saoya was not so much trouble. Looking at the White Horse soldiers coming from afar, Saoya breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that at least one-fifth of the soldiers would stick to his post, but he overestimated the discipline of these guys. A large bottle of powerful sleeping potion solved the guards of the entire castle.

Looking at the dejected soldiers, Sawyer laughed and scolded: "A group of lazy eggs, hurry up and tie up all the prisoners. After counting, we will divide each of you!"

"Long live!"

After hearing Soya's words, the soldiers suddenly burst into cheers. Soya looked at the north and then looked at Qatar, who was at a loss, and showed a kind smile: "Komori, do you want to go back to Morning Star City to see?"

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I forgot to set up automatic update orz after the exam
Chapter completed!