"Teacher, why do you know this? Carlos wondered.

"Maybe it's because of my daughter-in-law and granddaughter, who are witches. Augusta scoffed, feeling that she needed to drink some more spirits.

Du Buyi didn't seem to hear the thorns in his words.

"Carlos, too, once saw an awakened big guy. ”

This time Augusta couldn't help it. "Is it in Salt Well? Why don't I know at all? ”

"You used to live in the steam engine room, those demonic beasts in the mountains are preparing to appear on a large scale, hordes are crossing East Cyprus in the snow, there has never been a beast tide of this scale before, and it is such a purposeful movement, what do you think those demonic beasts are going to do?"

Carlos remembered the scene in the Monster Room in the Alchemy House.

"Teacher, why did that two-headed dragon choose to believe you?"

Du Buyi walked to the window and looked out into the night.

He didn't answer directly, sighed and said, "Carlos Stevenson, I must call you that, my student, my old bones have never felt so cold. You just need to understand that the alien race rises, they have the ability to control the beasts, and the bloodline of the pioneers is the only hope that can defend the poor people of the empire against the dark forces sweeping through the north. If that day comes, and you are not prepared, God knows how miserable the end will be for this continent. ”

Carlos could feel the sincerity and heartfelt feelings in Mr. Dubuyi's words, but he couldn't empathize with the prophecy of the end of the world.

The strength he possessed, if you exclude the dark qi in his body that has not yet been completely transformed, is not even as good as a beginner swordsman or warrior, and it is too illusory to prepare himself to take on the responsibility of saving the world.

Du Buyi looked at the night outside the window, finished the words in his heart, and left silently.

Carlos looked at the stumbling teacher, a little unbearable.

"If I don't sleep tonight, God knows how miserable it will be. Carlos stood up, the wine was so strong that he was drunk with just two glasses.

"Lord Augusta, thank you for your advice. ”

"Whatever you decide, be sure to tell me, that's your best thanks. ”

"Yes. ”

After Carlos left, Augusta retracted his expression and pulled out a letter from his pocket that the vanishing scouts had delivered.

A figure dressed as a knight of the guard stepped out from behind the statue by the fireplace, bowing to Augusta with his sword in his right hand.

Augusta waved his hand to block, "De Ligt, did you really decide to live in darkness from now on?"

Augusta had concealed a secret from Carlos, and instead of disappearing completely, his scouts had met De Ligt outside the Blackstone Fortress, and they had their lives to send De Ligt to the port of the Schilling Strait, and De Ligt had been sent to the Sword Harbor long before Carlos and his party arrived.

"Yes, Carlos must be the sole heir, he will have the ability to inherit everything from my father, and finally be the one who revives the glory of the family. ”

Augusta sighed, "Where are you going?"

"Right here, the Sword Master Academy in Sword Master Harbor is one of the most outstanding swordsman academies in the Empire, and I want to improve myself as much as I can until Carlos is ready. De Ligt hid his face in the knight's armor and said earnestly.

Augusta stooped to his feet, "Well, although I can't read you Stevensons, I admire your decision, and I need any superficial help to get a message to the Steam Guard Legion camp." ”

Without any extra nonsense, the knightly figure stepped back half a step and re-disappeared into the darkness behind the flickering fireplace.

Carlos spends an uneventful night at the Lord's Mansion in Sword Master's Harbor.

When I woke up in the morning, it was cold outside the door.

Winters here are a little more humid and cold than in Cyprus, and in heavy fur coats, wearing gloves, they nod to the stiff hapless men standing guard outside the castle.

He took a step, as fast as he could, and walked through the courtyard towards the Martial Arts Hall, which was in a somewhat remote location in the huge castle.

The boots broke through the ice of the cold night, the snow creaked under their feet, and their breath was like a flag in front of them.

He walked faster with his hands folded around his chest, praying that Maclean's morning exercise with the Cadet Knights was not over.

He thought to himself, tomorrow he will have someone make a map of the castle and post it at every intersection, as the owner of the castle he is already in his own house, and he is lost for the first time.

The watchtower next to the Lianwu Hall was close in front of him, but Carlos couldn't help but bypass it and walk towards the ice garden on the wide balcony on the second floor of the castle.

He saw a raven land on the wall of the castle in the open-air garden, standing on the battlements and cooing.

He suddenly thought of something, and slowly walked towards the raven.

A staircase made of thick wooden beams is firmly frozen in the ice of the garden.

The long staircase twists and turns, like a bolt of lightning, and zigzags up the city walls.

Murray, one of the three hunter brothers, was on duty at the watchtower when he suddenly saw Master Carlos climbing the open-air staircase in the castle garden.

Didn't Master Carlos plan to come to the Martial Arts Training Hall this morning to inspect his new training ground for the Cadet Knights?

He had a brief exchange with the brothers on duty next to him, and then hurriedly left the watchtower.

The planked staircase was much sturdier than it looked, but it was so slippery when covered in freezing ice that Carlos had to climb up with both hands on his hands.

He finally climbed the castle walls, but he didn't see the raven's hair, and he anxiously searched along the walls.

Later, Carlos couldn't help but wonder if he was dazzled.

A sense of disappointment welled up in his heart, and he looked down at the battlement.

The castle lord's fortress is located on the highest slope of the Sword Master Port City, and you can easily overlook the entire city.

Condescendingly, you find that this seaside city is so strong.

In the distance, he saw that the port of the Xiling Strait to the north was full of keelboats of all sizes, it was an ice-free port, small and magnificent at the far end of the line of sight.

A thick voice came from behind him, "Fuck, it's that little nobleman." ”

Then there was a violent fluctuation, and Carlos felt the breath of a dark mage in the air, and he turned to see two ravens standing on the battlements not far from him.

"Those people want us to protect him, but he himself wants to come up and die, God kills him. A raven opened its sharp beak and spoke.

On the high city walls, the wind roared and whined and groaned in pain.

Carlos looked in amazement at the ravens on the frozen walls.

"Look at what, silly boy!" said the other raven, dissatisfied.