At night, the tavern is still noisy.

However, this time, most of the people in the room were Allen's subordinates.

After a trip to Grey Wing City and successfully solved the troubles of the Peters Chamber of Commerce, Alan naturally wanted to let them relax.

"Boss, I'll give you a drink!"

Cobb raised the wooden cup as thick as a bowl to Allen, and before he could respond, he drank the ale from the grunt.

"Give me a full load!"

Cobb slammed the cup on the table with a "bang", and if it weren't for the good quality of both, it would probably have been shattered into powder.

The bartender did not dare to slack off at the request of this strong man who occupied two stools under his buttocks, and immediately filled the wooden cup with wine.

"I really like the hammer you gave me!"

As he spoke, Cobb picked up the red hammer beside him, which was bigger than two watermelons combined, and kissed it violently.

This sledgehammer is the only weapon found in the Peters family's vault, and there are two of them.

As for the specific weight, Alan didn't know, Locke tried it in his hand at the time, and shook his head at Hannah, thinking that the sword was still comfortable to use, but Cobb didn't put it down after picking it up, and his face clearly showed his love for the giant hammer.

It just so happened that the giant sword that Cobb used was already full of various gaps, and these two giant hammers were not easy for others to use, so Alan simply gave them to Cobb.

"Come, boss, I'll give you another drink!"

Cobb grunted the whole glass into his stomach again.

Alan couldn't help but smile bitterly, the cup in his hand had just left the table, and Cobb had already drunk two glasses in a row, and he suspected in his eyes that this guy was just trying to find a reason to drink.

"Alright, drink less and see what your belly looks like. ”

"Hey......

Cobb grinned twice, patted his stomach, and went to another table to drink.

At this time, the crescent moon next to him shifted its position, and came to Alan with a small cup in his hand.

"Why, you want to toast too? Don't forget that you have sour juice in your cup!"

Crescent didn't like the taste of ale, and as Alan's personal bodyguard, she didn't get any alcohol, so Alan had the tavern prepare this sour juice, a drink much sour than grape juice.

In fact, most of the half-elves who followed Eren didn't like ale very much, so the men with bows and arrows in the tavern basically had small cups in their hands.

The crescent moon didn't know the culture of toasting in Allen's hometown, so naturally she didn't understand the casual joke in his words, but hesitated and withdrew the cup.

"This rune, it's very strong. ”

“......”

Alan estimated that it was when the crescent moon burst out with the strength that surprised him when facing the four guards today, so he came to say such a thing to him.

But what exactly this underage half-elf girl meant, Alan didn't quite understand.

But the crescent moon obviously didn't intend to give him this chance, and after drinking the sour juice in the cup, he leaned aside and looked at the crowd.

Alan pursed his lips, and he didn't want to say anything more, just as Ou Siman finished swimming away from the others at this time and returned to Alan.

"If you don't have runes on you, I suspect that you're trying to snatch them all from time to time. ”

Ou Siman looked at Alan and shook his head, "Even if I don't have runes on my body, I won't break with you, because it's so easy to do things with you." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Allen, pinching his glass, curious.

"In less than three months, you have easily solved the problems that bothered me, and you have also allowed me to achieve a position that I never thought of before. ”

"Haha, that's because I can make runes, it's too much of a boost to strength. ”

"Perhaps, but more than that. ”

Ou Siman shook his head, "I find that you can do something that makes sense, but is not expected, every time.

Looking back on these few plans, they are obviously very simple things, but in my opinion, they are a little unbelievable, but after thinking about it carefully, I think it is the best way. ”

Just like this time, in the afternoon, those elders were submissive in front of Allen, basically they agreed to whatever Ou Siman said, and they didn't dare to resist at all.

Although Ou Siman also gave these elders enough kindness, if it weren't for Allen, it is estimated that these people would not be willing to be at her mercy so easily.

"Maybe it's because you've been living in some subtle rules, and I don't happen to care about that. ”

In fact, Alan has long seen through the hypocrisy of the nobles of this world, flaunting the so-called justice, because all kinds of empty etiquette and glory trap everyone's hands and feet.

But he also understands that in this world of the jungle, some powerful people who are born with no force deliberately create rules and regulations to restrain all kinds of people in order to protect their own interests.

Under the dual effect of wealth and rules, they pushed many people who should have stood in the middle class to the margins, and then told the world that this was the treatment that the aristocracy should enjoy.

But Alan doesn't care, he may not easily break these rules, but he will not follow them, and he will try his best to use them against his enemies.

After listening to Allen's explanation, Osiman nodded and began to think about the meaning of his words.

"Alan, what are you going to do next?"

While the two were silent, Dinah leaned over to Alan's side,

"Uncle Horn said that you are going to study at the Academy, so do you want to consider going to the Academy of Magic and War in our Goethe family territory, that small academy in Greywing City is not worth your time to waste. ”

Alan nodded, then shook her head again, leaving Dinah confused.

"I do want to go to the North, but instead of going to school, I want to go to the Northern Battlefield. ”

The northern border of the Astor Empire is bordered by the Northern Wilderness, where various orc tribes live.

Because of the barren land of the Northern Wilderness, the orcs who lacked food launched attacks on the northern frontier from time to time, and often crossed the border into the territory of the Astor Empire to raid.

Therefore, the army of the empire is stationed there all the year round, and many noble children will also go there to experience and exchange orc heads for meritorious service.

At the same time, the borders of the Northern Wilderness stretched, and the empire established a large number of outposts, but it was still unable to completely block the pervasive tribes of the Northern Wilderness.

So the empire designated a large expanse of land between the border and the northern wilderness as a borderless land, whether it is a nobleman, a knight, or even a mercenary, as long as it can be defended, the land occupied is owned by everyone.

Even, if the results are big enough, they will be rewarded by the Empire.

Eren didn't expect him to raise the Merlin family's title by hunting orcs, but the battlefield was an excellent way to quickly increase his strength, and the merits obtained on the battlefield could be exchanged for some materials.

"Okay, then I'll go back to the family and apply for a team of followers to go to the battlefield with you!"

Although Dinah has not yet graduated from the academy, this does not prevent her from abandoning her teacher and following in Allen's footsteps.

She may not believe anything else, but with Allen's strength, maybe she will really have the opportunity to become a war lord and establish her own territory in the Northern Wasteland.

"Well, no problem, I'll take care of everything in the territory, and I'll go directly to the Northern Wilderness to kill the orcs!"

......

Years later, whenever Alan remembered his conversation with Dinah in the tavern, he would always feel that he really wanted to go to the northern battlefield to temper himself, but fate did not give him a chance......