It has snowed on Dark Horse Island, and winter is coming, and unlike the atmosphere of previous years, when there was still a lot of war, the current Black Horse Island is gradually depressed.

A large number of plantations were deserted, and several small towns were almost uninhabited.

The workshops have also disappeared a lot, and only a few places remain, and the lively scene is still preserved. One is the town of Algae, near the sea, which is an important potion production area, and many knights and serfs live in the Algae Forest. The other is Giant Algae City, a harbor city on Black Horse Island that is open to the outside world.

Near Giant Algae City is the Castle of Thorns, and Thomas, as usual, takes the keys to each room and patrols all the rooms up and down the castle.

All the way to the castle's study.

Several young servants were cleaning the study, and when they saw Thomas, they greeted him: "Mr. Thomas." ”

Thomas combed his hair meticulously, his expression was just as serious, he just nodded lightly, and personally joined the work of placing the books: "The books on the most precious Bogu shelf, you must be careful when cleaning, the master said, knowledge is the most valuable wealth!"

Teach the young servant a few words, and he also sorted out the books on the Bogu shelf.

Then I opened the balcony door of the study and came to the balcony covered with snow, from which I could see the needle mound on the back of the castle.

His gaze looked at the hillside, and the familiar huge body had disappeared, which made him feel very lost: "The gray iron dragon Orn has been ridden to the Flame Island by the master, and the elves have also been sent to the Flame Castle, and now the Dark Horse Island and the Thorn Castle have become very quiet. ”

Once his most desired thing was to become the steward of the Castle of Thorns, but now he got what he wanted, but he was not as proud as he imagined.

For the stewards of the Fortress of Thorns now have only a handful of servants.

The servants he was familiar with, Butler Carter, Mrs. Mawson, Mrs. Abbey, Sexy Little Lily, Erin who loved the kitchen, Tom the Fool, and Jesse the Fool, all went to the Castle of the Torch and continued to follow the master. And he, the personal valet of the old man, stayed in the Fort of Thorns.

However, Thomas was not very jealous now, for he had never been liked by Liszt, and the young man did not like the manservant to be close to him.

And as Liszt spent much longer than he lived in the castle, the position of valet existed in name only.

Now that he is the steward of the Castle of Thorns, he is content - as a valet, the greatest goal in life is to become a butler.

If Carter Sr. doesn't die for a day, he won't be able to peep into the position of the grand steward of the Torch Castle and even the future royal palace.

"It's snowing again in winter, and the New Year's Festival is coming, I don't know how the master will celebrate the New Year's Day in the Torch Castle. He shook his head, returned to his study, closed the door carefully, and continued his tour of the next room with the key.

......

Compared to the desertion of the Castle of Thorns, the Flame Castle is bustling with activity.

The minions were busy, and the elves were frolicking and arguing around the castle, and the noise was at its peak these days - for no other reason, the Thorn Plantation had been built near the Burn City, and Zyra and her cordyceps had been relocated here to live in the Burn Castle.

At this moment, Zyra was pinching her waist with both hands, pointing at a naughty elf and getting angry: "Wow, you bastard elf, you dare to throw jade powder and find a fight!"

"Gourd elf, don't be afraid of it, if it dares to beat you, I'll beat it!" said the man-eating tree dragon elf Carly, dressed in Frak Abière, with a knife and fork and tasting a fruit salad.

"Zyra, even though she teaches the gourd elf, I support you. Sitting at a table with Carly is Arti, the Buckwheat Elf, who is not without the intention of provoking Zyra and Carly to fight.

Because of Zyra's bad temper, she didn't like the elf very much, and as for Carly, the dragon elf who had no elves in her eyes, it didn't like it even more.

Zyra turned her gun and yelled at the two dragon elves: "Shut up! I educate the elves and ask you to take care of them!"

"Huh. Carly sneered.

"Hey, hey. Artie smiled gently.

"Liszt, they quarrel again. A big elf with a strange flower on his head crept up on Liszt's shoulder, who was reading a book, and told him.

Liszt put down the book in his hand and smiled at the elf, "I see, Karl. ”

Carl, the troll yam elf, was one of the elves offered to him by Sue, the listener of the Holy Tribe, when Liszt was familiar with the Bird King's abilities and passed by the Holy Tribe on his return. With the help of knights and magicians sent by Liszt, Sue subdued many tribes of moonkillers in one fell swoop, and collected many elves.

The only elf is the troll yam elf he named "Carl".

The giant konjac is a plant unique to the Flame Island, and is called the "corpse flower" by the natives of the Moonmen, Liszt dislikes the corpse flower and forcibly changes it to the troll konjac - in fact, he also wants to change the name of the cannibal tree, but unfortunately Carly likes the name of the cannibal tree and is unwilling to change it.

There are potions in the troll, so Carl is very valuable, and he has a funny personality and likes to make small reports.

Of course, on the other hand, it's called loyalty.

Therefore, Liszt liked Karl very much, and always felt that Karl was also an unusual elf - basically elves with strange personalities, he liked them all and felt full of vitality, and those elves with dull personalities always felt that they were not energetic - but in the study of the Magic Guild, there was no clear correlation between personality and elven evolution.

"Aren't you going to stop them?" Karl asked curiously.

"It's okay, they're still in the run-in phase, and I'm sure soon they'll like each other. ”

"I don't think so. ”

While chatting, the butler Carter knocked on the door and walked in: "Master, the Marquis is back." ”

"Well, I'm going to talk to my father. Liszt motioned for Karl to play, then walked over and knocked on Carly and Artie's table, "You two don't fan the flames, pay attention to unity!"

"Don't worry, Liszt, with me, I can't mess up!" said Kalion, heading up.

Artie flattened her mouth and didn't speak.

When he came to the living room, Marquis Ushio had just changed into his home clothes.

The father and son chatted about government affairs in the living room, mainly because Liszt was more concerned about the college entrance examination that had just ended in the territory, and the Marquis of Ushio took out a document: "The data just summarized, the schools in each town have completed the assessment, and this is the list of outstanding students selected by each school." ”

Liszt took it and flipped through a few pages, but he didn't see too many amazing young students.

He asked each school to specifically indicate the age and cultivation time of the students, and any student who could cultivate into an Earth Knight within three years was a genius worth cultivating.

"Gifted students don't see a single one. ”

"There are still quite a few, look at the schools in Flame City here, there are already fourteen-year-old earth knights, and there is more than one, these two students are definitely geniuses. William Lee took out a list and pointed to one of the students, named Durotan Hongxingguo, and a student named Kusit Windmill.

"Not enough genius, I have the impression of these two students, Durotan is the son of the Count of Durt, and Kust is the son of the Viscount of Delier. ”

Durt Red Apricot Fruit, veteran Juggernaut and Earl, Delier Windmill, Sky Knight, Viscount.

Their sons were all raised from a young age, and at the age of fourteen they were promoted to knights of the earth, and their talents were similar to those of Liszt's brothers Levi and Lytton.

Sky Knight is expected, but Dragon Knight is almost impossible.

"Good enough, Liszt, you can't expect everyone to have the same talent as you and Emily. William Li said speechlessly, "Even Jevic, who has been selected for the Eagle Kingdom's Dragon Knight Candidate Program, is only a thirteen-year-old Earth Knight. ”

"Then leave their arrangements to you, father, and establish the Royal Academy as soon as possible to train them...... When there are seedlings that meet the Dragon Knight alternative plan, I'll pay attention to it. ”

For Liszt, only the Dragon Knight can enter his eyes and be cultivated as the cornerstone of the Flame Kingdom, and the level of Sky Knight is nothing more than a group of high-level means of production.

However, with the arrival of this list, the smoke quest is completed: "Complete the quest and reward the Black Ring." ”