Entering the hottest period of summer, even a wisp of breeze blowing in your face will be warm.
Only during the short period of time when dawn and night alternate, can you feel a sense of coolness in the mountain city.
At this time, people were still immersed in sleep. Only some night watchmen could be seen on the street extinguishing the street lights, and then working with horse-drawn carriages to transport the city's domestic garbage to the outside of the city. Those who hung on park benches and street bushes
The homeless people beside the low wall were driven away by the sheriffs, and these urban facilities no longer belonged to them during the day.
The night watchman completed the last bit of work, ending a hard day's work before the first rays of sunlight shone on the city.
In the early morning, the city streets become clean and tidy.
The first people to get up are always the street vendors serving breakfast.
They quickly occupied every street corner in the city and silently prepared delicious food in the morning light.
In the city of Helena, scones and oatmeal are always the main themes on the citizens' morning tables. Of course, some people are willing to try some vegetable soup, fried steak, fried fish and mixed chips.
When summer comes, there will also be a variety of fresh jams spread on crispy scones, which is considered the most popular breakfast in Helensa City.
This summer, a new type of food quietly landed in Helensa City.
In the beginning, it was circulated among the carriage drivers in the carriage shop. It was a new type of flour that was very white and delicate.
Coachmen called it starch. They boiled this starch into a paste in an iron pot and cooled it into a cold cake. This cold cake was originally fried in a pan until browned and eaten.
The creative Halanza people redefined this food. They directly cut the cold cake into thin slices and topped it with sweet and sour jam. This way of eating became very popular in the city.
It's just that the new type of white and delicate flour is not easy to buy, and can only be purchased occasionally on the free market.
Surdak got up from the bed, wearing only a pair of linen shorts, and walked to the terrace next to the attic with his upper body naked. He raised his hands and stretched in front of the rising sun. His whole body was covered with extremely horrific burns.
Scars, these scars almost cover the whole body, and the fire in the fragments of memory seems to have taken away the most important thing from him.
Surdak rubbed his head, looked down at his belly with an extra layer of fat, turned around and took out the blood-red crescent and the brand-new round shield from the wall, stood on the terrace in a defensive posture, and began to repeat
Basic movements of parrying and slashing while seated.
This level of practice cannot improve strength or fitness, but it can enhance body memory.
During his stay in Wall Village, he neglected his morning exercises, and his body had begun to gain excess fat. However, Surdak found that these scars did not seem terrible in the eyes of others. Many veterans who came off the battlefield were
There are scars all over his body, but the only ones on his body are some burns.
Occasionally, when Natasha hugged him from behind, she put her face against his back and asked him about the battle. Surdak always replied calmly: "I forgot!"
Natasha thought that Surdak didn't want to recall that nightmare experience, but she didn't know that Surdak had really forgotten it.
Sweating profusely, feeling that every group of muscles in his body was completely activated, and all the fat in his body began to burn, Suldak stopped.
He held the terrace with both hands and looked out to the city.
Hiranza City is a mountain city. All buildings are built on the hillside. They are low in the south and high in the north. Therefore, as long as you get on the roof, you can get an extremely broad view. From this hotel in the Garden Square, you can see the oak trees all over the mountains.
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The city of Hilanza is the most beautiful in this season, and it is usually cloudy and rainy, so it is difficult to have such good weather.
Mrs. Cohen, the proprietress of the hotel, wore a thin nightgown and walked onto the terrace carrying a plate of green wild fruits. The material of the nightgown could not cover her breasts. Her eyes were a little provocative due to the pair of proud car lights in front of her. Her eyes fell teasingly on Sur.
Surdak generously took the fruit plate from Dak's body, turned around and said hello to Cohen, the hotel owner who was cutting alfalfa next to the stables in the inner courtyard, and raised the fruit plate in his hand.
Mrs. Cohen rolled her eyes at Suldak, raised her white pointed chin, turned and left the attic terrace.
Facing the landlady who always made all kinds of teasing, Suldak felt that it was probably because his attitude was not firm enough.
On the terrace on the top floor, Surdak began to consider whether to change to a hotel next time he came to Helensa City, but the only place he was most familiar with in Helensa City, apart from the Knight Academy and the Guard Camp, was this hotel.
He is the kind of person who likes to be nostalgic. He really doesn't want to change this comfortable hotel if he doesn't have to.
Surdak entered the sea of spiritual consciousness, mobilized the sacred aura in his body, and was about to light up more nodes in his waist and abdomen, but encountered obstacles.
If his body is compared to the universe, below the second abdominal muscle is the lower half of the universe, where all the nodes are not lit.
Countless lit nodes on the upper body of the body are shining brightly among the stars in the sea of spiritual consciousness, but this extremely bright sea of stars seems to be only half now. His lower body cannot light up any star in any case, and the two spaces seem to be distinct.
There is a dividing line.
In that space, everything seemed to be turned upside down. In that half of the void spiritual sea, Surdak's consciousness could also roam freely, but everywhere was dark and chaotic, and his consciousness wandered.
It took a long time to find a dark star in a secluded corner. It was a dark purple node. If it were not close, the star seemed to be completely integrated into the darkness.
Just as he was approaching the dark star, countless emotions of fear, hatred, and destruction that grew in his heart were quickly absorbed by the dark star. Countless scenes of killing on the battlefield flashed through Surdak's mind instantly, just like
It's a terrifying slideshow.
The sea of spiritual consciousness kept echoing: Tasamat! Tasamat! Tasamat...
When everything outside the dark star turned dark purple, the star closest to the dark star emitted a lavender light in the endless darkness.
Surdak looked stunned. He had no idea what was going on with his spiritual consciousness. The aura training methods he learned in the Junior Knight Academy were completely inapplicable to him. Surdak felt as if his training was like entering a certain place.
a bottleneck.
He woke up from meditation and found that there was no change in his body, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
After taking a cold shower and eating a simple breakfast, Suldak left the hotel on horseback and headed to the Hellanza City Hall.
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This time when they came to Helensa City, neither Andrew nor Samira accompanied them.
The main reason is that Surdak is worried that Wall Village will suffer another attack like that more than half a month ago. After all, until now, the rebel knights who sneaked into the territory of Hailansa City have not been cleared away. For this matter, Hailansa
The Lanza Guard Battalion has dispatched ten knight squadrons one after another.
But those rebels are accustomed to life in the mountains and forests. At the same time, they are more alert and better at hiding than the knights in the guard camp.
Once encountered in the mountains, the guard camp has a large number of people, and the rebel knights will lead the guard camp knights in circles in the mountains.
When the number of guards in the camp was small, they did not dare to get too close to the rebels.
In order to ensure the safety of Wall Village, Surdak asked Andrew, Samira, Gulitem, and Aphrodite to stay in the village, and rushed to the city of Hiranza alone.
The Hellanza City Hall and the Guard Barracks are not far apart.
The pace of life of residents here is relatively slow, and many people are reluctant to get up early.
When Suldak came to the door of the city hall, he saw many city hall staff hurriedly coming from all directions. Some people even carried bulging breakfast bags. When a group of people said hello, they even
If we are not too busy with work during the invitation, we can have morning tea together.
Seeing Suldak waiting outside early, the guard at the door told him tactfully that he could go to the cafe opposite to sit for a while. The normal office hours here are basically after noon, because those people have to work in
Have breakfast during working hours in the morning.
Suldak shook his head and said that he had made an appointment with someone and wanted to wait at the door for a while.
Seeing that Surdak insisted on doing this, the guard ignored him.
A gorgeous silver-encrusted carriage drove out of Christie's Castle and arrived at the City Hall not long after.
Everyone who saw this carriage, whether they were nobles or commoners, took the initiative to give way to this gorgeous carriage.
The carriage stopped at the door of the city hall. The coachman jumped down from the driver's seat and took the initiative to open the door. A young assistant walked out of the carriage. Then Suldak saw the figure of Marquis Bernard Christie.
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Wearing an exquisite aristocratic dress, he stepped out of the carriage, stood beside the carriage and paused for a moment, then climbed the steps and walked towards the door of the city hall.
When passing the main entrance of the city hall, the assistant beside him quietly took a step forward, approached Marquis Bernard and whispered: "My lord, that is Baron Suldak..."
Marquis Bernard Christie was slightly startled. He raised his head and looked towards the door of the city hall. He saw a construct knight standing quietly at the door. Bernard thought he looked familiar and couldn't remember where he saw him for a moment.
Pass.
Suldak was able to enter the sight of Marquis Bernard Christie entirely because of the strong recommendation of Marquis Luther and a group of lords, who made an exception for His Majesty Charles to confer the title of Baron Suldak.
Common people are promoted to nobles. Generally speaking, only magicians can enjoy such rights. Although warriors who awaken their magic sense along the way are rare, they are not unheard of. Demon swordsmen and demon archers often appear in elite battle groups.
Because they have a keen sense of magic, they have an innate advantage in fighting. Generally speaking, their combat power is much stronger than that of ordinary warriors.
But these alone do not allow them to obtain the title of nobility.
Suldak was wearing a set of 'Earth Shield' magic pattern structure, standing upright at the door of the city hall. Just looking at his piercing eyes as blue as lake water, Marquis Bernard suddenly felt good about him.
He strode over and stood in front of Surdak. With a friendly smile on his face, he asked him in a gentle tone: "Are you Surdak?"
Of course Suldak knew Marquis Bernard. The first time he met Marquis Bernard was at a dance invited by Darcy Christie.
He stood up, performed a knightly salute to Marquis Bernard, looked straight ahead, and said word by word: "Yes, Marquis Bernard."
Marquis Bernard took Suldak into the office on the third floor of the city hall. A female secretary brought prepared refreshments and placed them on the tea table in the rest area.
As soon as Suldak entered the office, Marquis Bernard asked him to walk to the sand table and continued: "Your outstanding performance in the war on the Maca plane has been transmitted to the Green Imperial Capital in the form of a written report.
In front of His Majesty Charles, Marquis Luther's joint recommendation made you a noble. His Majesty Charles canonized you as a third-class baron. You must have known this news in advance! The main reason for calling you to the city of Helensa this time is
Research the barony thing."
The assistant handed a thin stick to the Marquis Bernard.
Marquis Bernard pointed to a mountain range on the southern outskirts of Hiranza Mountain City and said to Suldak: "I heard that you don't want the territory on the small plane, so with my authority and ability, I can only let you stay in Hiranza."
We have chosen a territory on the outskirts of the city. This manor was once the private territory of Earl Hoyle. Since Earl Hoyle died in the accident last summer, most of his property is now inherited by his daughter. This farm is
Are you interested in taking over the land divided by Hoyle Manor?"
"Although I don't know what concerns you have, I promise that there will be no trouble taking over this part of the land..."
Marquis Bernard Christie added another sentence.
"Grenfell Manor and Fornack Manor are also good lands. I heard from Johnny that you wanted to place the Baron in a deserted land because you wanted to expand the original territory of the Knights. After I
It seems that this move is unreasonable. The desolate land is remote and the land is barren. If you want to operate it, you need to invest huge manpower and material resources. It is far less affordable than the existing manor in the suburbs of Helensa City.
Comfortable."
Marquis Bernard pointed to the two manor areas on the sand table with a stick and suggested to Suldak.
Surdak picked up a small red flag from a wooden box next to the sand table, turned it to the northwest corner of the sand table, leaned over and planted the small flag on the pustule mountain deep in the deserted land, smiling at Bernard
The Marquis said: "Your Majesty, if possible, I would like to get a territory here!"
"..."
Bernard Christie looked at Suldak with suspicion, unable to understand why he chose this way.
Suldak explained to Bernard: "Your Majesty the Marquis, I discovered a sulfur mine in this area. In order to ensure the ownership of this sulfur mine, I want to elect the baron here..."
"Okay, as long as you think about it seriously." Seeing that Suldak insisted on this, Marquis Bernard nodded in agreement.