Basrady, the capital of Arubania. This ancient city, surrounded by two great rivers, is as seductive as a tender woman bathing in the sunset.

This ancient city is a natural barrier thanks to the arching of the rivers Eufradir and Digoril. Not only is it easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also because of the moisture of the big river, the products on both sides of the bank are abundant, and the people live a solid life. The city has experienced numerous wars in its history, in which the owners of the city have changed hands only four times, each of which means the end of one state and the rise of another, and the so-called state of Arubania is a dynasty established after its fourth change of ownership.

The vast state of Arubania is actually very inhabited, with the exception of the vicinity of Basrat, the coast of the Dikiel Sea in the west, the shores of the Arubania Sea in the south (although the Yaqui do not recognize this sea, but the Arubanians insist on it), and the coast of Paz Bay is more suitable for human habitation, and the rest of the area is almost entirely desert. On the one hand, due to the protection of the desert, the capital Basradia is almost impossible to be threatened from the south and west, but the most prosperous areas of the entire empire except the capital are all on the border, and once the border is lost, it means a huge loss to the country.

In order to gain more strategic buffer, Arubania abandoned its intention to compete with its powerful northern neighbor Paz and instead engaged in a protracted war against Yaqui, the result of which the Arubanian people were dragged into an endless abyss, receiving nothing but endless heavy taxes and never-ending military service, and spending their days in remembrance of their relatives and friends who died in battle and prayers for those who were fighting.

A major battle with Yaqui six years ago has left Arubania unable to recover. In that battle, Yaki's priest general, Vulture, successfully raided the back of the Arubanian army, cutting off the supply of the Arubanian army. It turned out to be a near-massacre defeat. In that war, most of Arubania's famous generals were killed in battle, and nearly 300,000 soldiers were killed in battle, and it can be said that the whole country was in danger. At that time, the Yaki army took advantage of the victory and pursued it, preparing to deal a fatal blow to Arubania, and if their plan succeeded, Arubania feared that Arubania would lose all the territory along the coast of the Diqil Sea. However, it was at this time that a general's efforts saved Arubania. He succeeded in stopping the hundreds of thousands of Yaqui's army and inflicting considerable damage, forcing Yaqui's army to retreat. Arubania did lose some of its land after the war, but it was the worst-case scenario. And the general who saved Arubania has become a hero in the eyes of the Arubanian people, and he is now Adlem, the general of Arubania.

Adlem was fifty-one years old, with short, gray hair neatly trimmed, and his ordinary face, if anything, was characterized by his cheekbones being much higher than those of the average Arubanian, and the wrinkles on his forehead in a strangely parallel zigzag.

Before becoming a hero at the age of forty-five. Adlem is just an obscure general. He was withdrawn, disliked people, and unforgiving, and these troubles that annoyed his colleagues were also not liked by the lord, and the main reason why he was able to continue to hold the position of general was because he was a little crooked in command, and his martial arts were indeed outstanding.

After becoming a hero, he was praised as the most courageous warrior in Arubania, to which he simply replied calmly: "I was originally the eleventh ranked warrior in Arubania, but it just so happened that the top ten warriors were all killed by Viscount Libera of Yaqui." ”

For his self-deprecating sarcasm. The praiser can only retreat, and because of this, this unapproachable hero is just a stubborn old man who is not easy to approach.

In addition to the personality is annoying. One of Adlem's love is that he is greedy for money. In order to reward him for his great deeds, the king of Arubania gave him the title of general, countless treasures and ten beauties. The beauties of Arubania are world-famous, but Adrim asked the king if he could cash in on them. Even the king was a little overwhelmed by this request. Adlem calmly explained that raising one beautiful woman is a very expensive thing, let alone raising ten at the same time, which is really difficult to do with his meager income. If you do this with the treasure of His Majesty's reward, it will shrink His Majesty's reward, and then you will feel uncomfortable, and the king's favor will be reduced, and it will be a lose-lose situation. If you cash in on the beauty, you will feel more of the blessing of His Majesty. In the end, the king could only take back the ten beauties and give them ten boxes of gold coins. As a result, Adlerham also received the nickname of "The Quitter".

Now the stubborn old man was sitting in the Basrady mansion, drinking the new mead and milk wine that his wife had made for him. Those who know Aderim well know that he has two hobbies, one is to consult all kinds of classical texts, and the other is to taste low-alcohol drinks of all tastes. Adlerham never drinks in public, but he actually likes to drink "alcohol". As long as he was at home, he drank almost all of them, but these were blended drinks with low alcohol, and he himself had a tireless penchant for what mixtures to add to get a better taste, and his wife happened to be a master at making such drinks.

Some people criticize Adrim for doing nothing all day in the past six years, eating and drinking and not doing business, Adrim laughs off this evaluation - as the highest-ranking military general in Arubania, he will definitely be suspicious of His Majesty the King, and if he shows too much military power, it will definitely be a blessing in disguise. What's more, Adlem has not been idle in the past six years, he has been committed to training a new generation of military generals to fill the vacancy in the command level caused by the great defeat - the so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, one general is hard to find, no matter how many troops there are without experienced commanders, they are just a rabble, and without the implementation of their own orders, the army will become a giant that cannot move, and this kind of behavior of cultivating competitors will definitely make the lord feel at ease. In fact, to put it bluntly, Adlem is not satisfied with his lord, this alcoholic monarch has not done anything decent since he succeeded to the throne except to make his life comfortable and the people suffer, and what he did was just doing his duty as a military general to protect his family and defend the country, although he acted in an orderly manner but had no enthusiasm at all.

"Well, well," Adlerham closed his eyes and savored for a long time after taking a sip of wine before he spoke, "Add a small spoonful of honey and it will be perfect." ”

"Are you sure sweeter is it perfect or more to your liking?" Madame was quite unimpressed with his assessment.

"This question involves the definition of perfection, and this wine is meant to be drunk by me, so my preference is the definition of perfection." Adlem said, brushing the drops of wine from his beard.

"Father, mother, and child are in."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure stepped through the door. The man was a handsome young man, none other than Arufa, Adlerham's only son. The young man, who had just turned twenty, inherited his father's martial arts and his mother's appearance, and had already held the position of commander of a thousand commanders in the Arubanian army.

"What's the matter, in such a hurry?" Aderim glanced at his son with gray eyes, unhappy that his and his wife's world had been interrupted.

Arufa replied with a solemn expression: "Back to my father, I just got the news from the palace that Your Majesty has died. (To be continued......)