Duke's heart was burning and he was ready to go to the newly built camp to wait for the first occupants of winter.

One of the guards brought him news that was both expected and unexpected: an elderly homeless had arrived at a pre-set aid station.

Duke didn't expect that so soon a homeless person would come and ask for help, and his resettlement area would come in handy so quickly.

"Do you mean there's only one old man?" Duke confirmed, somewhat uncertainly.

Usually these homeless people wander in groups, rarely acting alone, and the long-term life of the homeless has taught them to stay together to ensure their survival, and those who are alone can only fend for themselves, and generally everyone knows what the final result will be.

"We've confirmed, it's really only one old man, and it's ......"

The guard who spoke was a little hesitant, as if he had encountered something difficult.

"And what?"

"And this man is from the north. ”

"North!?"

Duke looked at the guards in front of him and wondered if he hadn't woken up or if he hadn't woken up, how could someone have come from the north?

The northern side of the fortress is full of dense forests and shrubs, and is uninhabited by any humans.

What's more important is the famous dark mountain range to the north, what the hell is the outcast who ran out of there, can it still be a human?

"It's really the north, it was the soldiers patrolling at the north gate who saw him and picked him up and took him to the temporary shelter for the homeless, and we took him in according to your latest regulations. ”

Taken in according to my latest rules?

Hearing the guard's reply, Duke felt that these people were probably elm heads, and they really stuffed them into their camp without thinking about what they were saving, how did these people carry out their orders, Duke was very suspicious of this.

"Wait a minute, I'll be there shortly. Duke turned to get his clothes, and suddenly felt that it was not very appropriate, "No, you should rush back now, control the scene, and don't let that person enter the camp!"

The guards were still in place waiting for the lord to go to the scene with him, but when Duke said this, he hurriedly turned around and retreated to convey the lord's order.

A moment later, Duke also appeared from the castle gates, took the horses that the guards had prepared, and drove the horses to the newly built camp on the outskirts with a neighing sound.

When he felt the camp of the homeless camp, he saw at a glance four or five guards standing around the perimeter of the camp in a dark shadow, not knowing what they were doing.

It wasn't until I got closer that I realized that they were helplessly holding all kinds of food and serving them to the old man who was lying on the ground.

"What's going on now?" Duke frowned, handing over the guards he had just reported to inquire about the situation.

"I heard that it was the old gentleman who asked for it, and he said he knew you. ”

Know me?

There are so many inexplicable things happening today that Duke is still a little confused, how can anyone from the north know him?

"And we can't beat him, and those who don't do what he says are taught a lesson. ”

Well?

At first, Duke felt a little strange, but soon a very credible idea came to his mind.

The sloppy old man who came out of the north, who was strong and strong, taught several guards in a row, and also threatened to know himself, these eight achievements are the moral model of a long-lost person named Simon.

And with this old man's style, Duke also felt that these things were indeed done in his style.

But if it's really old Simon who is now running out of the depths of the Dark Mountains, and except for some ragged and slightly embarrassed accidents, he is almost unscathed, it can really be regarded as a miracle.

You must know that he is not only chasing after the upper echelons of the Ultimate Church who are almost close to his strength, but also going deeper, and the danger factor of this kind is multiplied compared to what Duke and they encountered.

"Simon?" Duke tentatively asked the old man in front of him, only to see that the other party only raised his face covered by his messy hair to face Duke after hearing Duke's call, and there was no expression on his face at all.

"Are you okay?" Simon made Duke uncomfortable just like Agnes, and this situation made him a little worried that something was wrong with the other party, "Your face doesn't look good, and you don't speak......"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Before he could finish speaking, Simon clutched his chest as if he was about to cough up his lungs, and coughed violently, pounding the ground desperately.

Seeing this strange and terrifying sight in front of him, Duke quietly moved a few steps back, keeping a distance from Simon who thought he was safe.

"Water ......"

One of the guards shuddered as if he had heard a spell, and hurriedly handed the jar in his hand to Simon to use.

After taking a sip, Simon let out a satisfied sigh, and then he said to Duke as if he had reacted, "Yo, Lord Duke, it's been a long time. ”

As he spoke, he stroked his throat with palpitations and said, "I almost coughed up the old man to death." ”

He was choked by silently not speaking just now, and Duke thought that he had been transformed and blackened by the unknown energy of the Dark Mountain Range, and had become normal, but he didn't expect it to be so original.

And his guards really can pick up such a living treasure on daily patrols, and they really don't know where to start complaining.

But thankfully, it was Simon who picked it up, and if there were other unknown humanoids from the Dark Mountains to the north, Duke felt that his territory would be in danger again.

"Why are you so leisurely here?" Agnes is still very worried about your safety. ”

After confirming that the other party was really not affected, Duke couldn't help but talk to him, and he was a little happy that the other party could come back so intact.

"It's not that the guards on your side are too enthusiastic, saying that they want the old man to register the homeless people. He burped with some satisfaction and picked his teeth with his nails, "But the treatment here is really good, and I will come to stay with you when I am tired of traveling with Agnes in the future." ”

Don't!

Duke roared in his heart, if he did this, his achievements would be immediately disintegrated from the inside by these two living treasures, and all his efforts would be ruined.

"As a legendary hero of great fame, don't say anything like that. The corners of Duke's mouth twitched and he snuggled him, making the other man a little smug, "Let's go and talk to Agnes about the situation now, I'm sure she'll be glad to see you back in good condition." ”

Simon was also a little moved by Duke's words, thinking that he and Agnes still had some feelings, and he was looking forward to the reunion scene in his heart, so he nodded and agreed to Duke's proposal.

With a thud, Simon had already stepped onto Duke's warhorse......