The bad scenery did not affect the mood of Earl Walker and Coulosius, who rode freely through the endless wilderness, with their knowledge of the Perland Heath, the former ruling the place, the latter by memory. A small black dot appeared near the horizon of the endless Perland Moor, and as they got closer, the small black dot turned into a faint outline.

"That's the settlement of Brayn!" Earl Walker shouted excitedly, as if Jarfenburg was already in front of his eyes.

"We're lucky, it's all luck to see this settlement in the Perland Heath! There are often flying sand and rocks here for no reason. Earl Walker rode on the dot and pointed at Braning.

"Yes, only when there is no sand and haze in the sky, can it be found alone dotted with the horizon where heaven and earth meet." A relaxed smile appeared on Culosius's red face, and he knew that when he saw Brain, Yafen would not be far away, "Most of the time, except for the rare sunny sky in the spring of Talke, Perland always has a hazy sky and a harsh wind in other seasons, and when the wind rolls up dust, it is undoubtedly a disaster for adventurers who walk in Perland. However, I have encountered all of these situations. This year is particularly diligent. ”

The vague outline became clear, that is, the settlement of Buranin was a backward village, and many of the hedges surrounding it had long since been dilapidated. In this way, the fence that surrounded Braning to protect against wolf attacks became a bleak ornament of this lonely settlement in the northwestern wasteland of Yafenburg. In the Buranin settlement, surrounded by a dilapidated fence, the ruined houses also look like ruins, and the broken tiles are weakly built on the roofs of the shabby houses, which still retain a trace of the ancient style of the Grinster dynasty, and the tallest building here is a two-storey dilapidated house, the roof of which coldly reveals a large hole in its black rumbling, as if telling the story of the past that was once hit by a stone bullet from a catapult.

The settlements of Braning are deserted except for poor farmers. The earthy yellow faces looked enviously at the two horsemen, and in their memories, except for the smuggling caravan with pack horses, such war horses had rarely appeared here.

"Culosius, look, your territory." Earl Walker pointed to the ruined settlement of Branine, and could tell that he was in a good mood.

"No, it's your territory. I'm just about to become the manager of your place. Colossius winked at Count Walker.

"You'll probably have to build your own castle like Fende's Fortress." Earl Walker pointed to the two-story dilapidated house and said with a playful face, "But you have to demolish it before you can build a castle!" ”

"It's going to take some time, but I think it's not bad, a legacy of the Griminster Guardian's house." Culosius was a little unimpressed, he remembered the night of the rainstorm, and the caravan had spent the night under the dilapidated house.

After passing through the settlement of Braenin, Yafenburg is almost as far as the eye can see. They arrived before sunset outside of Jaffenburg, where the original wasteland had been cleared by the inhabitants of Jaffenburg, and where the ploughed fields had grown green sprouts of wheat, and although it was a dry field, the clever farmer had managed to bring water from Lake Raif. The peasants who were cultivating the newly opened fields recognized the earl who rode through their fields on horseback, and paid their respects to their earl, even though the former earl was a violent man, but the "New Law of Javen Lawrence" undoubtedly made them greatly change their bad impression of the ruler of Yafen, and they received the benefits of the field, for them, it was like a rain of life and roots that were about to wither. Earl Walker smiled and waved at the farmers, nodding his head happily in response.

Behind the taiga, the blue tiled spire of the castle shows off the horns of the castle, and the fluttering banner of the Jarfen diagonal banner is not just a reference to his own territory, but the glory that his father has won in the history of the Jarfen behind the flag. Looking at the Arfenburg behind a neat row of taiga, Earl Walker threw away the reins of his horse, opened his arms, and shouted to Offenburg, "Walker Easttim is back!" ”

Earl Walker's shouts had already alarmed the soldiers on the spire of Jarfenburg, and news of his return soon spread throughout Jarfenburg. As Count Walker and Kurosius approached, the gates of Jarfenburg opened the iron gates of Jarfenburg, and the soldiers lined up and stood on both sides of the gates of Jarfenburg, holding halberds and waiting for the earl who was about to return. In just a few Talk months, the soldiers' spirit and appearance have been completely renewed.

"It seems that the recruitment coordinated between Treasurer George Landmark and my military governor, Wayne Landmark, is doing a good job!" Count Walker admired George Landmark, the minister recommended by his teacher, and the whole person seemed to be in a radiant state, although the earl's face was covered with a layer of mud, and the chain mail of Yafen was also tattered, but these did not affect Yafen's identity with this master.

George Landmark, the reincarnation of the treasurer, with his bald and bald head, and the courtiers of Affenburg came to the gate of Jarfenburg to wait for the returning earl, and he looked happy, stroked his chest until he finally took a long breath, and then bowed his head to Earl Walker, who was riding his horse, and shouted, "Greetings to the return of the lord, courtiers of Jarfen!" ”

Earl Walker didn't say anything, just turned over from the horse and walked straight to George Landmark with open hands, the earl gave the treasurer a warm hug, and the rest of the courtiers cast a rather puzzled look at the two people who embraced each other, and many courtiers quietly moved their eyes to the earl in tatters and Colossius who was riding on the white snow behind the earl.

However, Count Walker only bowed his head slightly to the bewildering courtiers, turned and motioned for Coolosius to dismount, and after the two had thrown the whip to the guards leading the horses, he took Coolius and George Landmark by the hand and walked into the castle of Jafen as if nothing had happened, surrounded by the courtiers and the soldiers.

The servants of the castle of Jarfen immediately greeted the lord of Jarfenburg as soon as he stepped into the castle and led him to the bedroom of the castle, the snowhound Bai Bo heard the footsteps of Earl Walker, and began to scream excitedly, he sat at the door of the bedroom and wagged his tail, when Earl Walker pushed open the door and appeared in its field of vision, he jumped into Earl Walker's arms at great speed, stretched out his saliva and licked the earl's face, Earl Walker hugged Bai Bo tightly and gave it an affectionate kiss, "Oh." Look at. Who's this! My good boy Bai Bo. ”

After Earl Walker changed into a new dress, Count Walker walked to the castle hall where the courtiers led by Colossius and George Landmark were served, and sat down on the Earl's silver chair in the middle of the castle hall. His new aristocratic service made the Earl Walker after changing clothes show a noble and extraordinary temperament, and he did not have the pride he once had, but with a solemn face. The tan aristocratic service was decorated with tightly arranged patterns like waistcoat scales, the Yafen diagonal striped coat of arms sewn on the chest shimmered with silver light, and the thick snow rabbit's fur collar pinned to the silver brooch was naturally placed on Walker's shoulders, which made Cullosius marvel, he had never seen such a solemn Ranger Rog, nor had he seen such a majestic Earl Walker. It wasn't until Earl Walker motioned for him to sit next to him that Curosius came back to his senses from his memory of Count Walker, and carefully sat down in the seat under Count Walker.

"My dear assistants, let me introduce you to Mr. Cullosius Colono, who is my brother." Before Earl Walker's words fell, the courtiers under the earl's silver chair began to talk one after another.

"It's strange, we don't know how we didn't know that the Lord was out of the castle this morning." The courtiers were very surprised by the Earl's sudden entry into the city this time, and they speculated every word, "Moreover, when I entered the city just now, why was the lord's chain mail full of sword marks. Could something have happened. ”

"Oh, there's nothing strange about that. Isn't that Baron Horton Sandersfijer guy already showing that he's ambitious? It is possible that the Lord met Horton Sandersfeger, and that guy sent an Assassin. The stranger helped the lord kill the assassins. So" was the whimsical conclusion of these unwitting courtiers, and it sounded like even Culosius couldn't help laughing, though his face had always been red.

"Notice the use of the word 'brother' rather than 'helper' by His Excellency. Apparently not so. But I have never heard the lord say that he had a brother from a baron other than the Baron. There were also voices of rebuttal among the courtiers, but only the chief financial officer among the courtiers smiled slightly but remained silent.

"It seems that my treasurer, Mr. George, has done a good job of secrecy, and you have not even noticed that your lord has disappeared in Yafenburg for so long." Earl Walker looked at the balding George, who was silent.

"I'll just say it's strange that I have been turned away from visiting the Lord several times. However, although the sovereign rejected my offer, he was able to issue a decree in a few months without leaving his house. "There are not a few late awakens among the courtiers.

"I have heard people talking about why this is, and now that I have returned, I would like to reward Mr. George for his meritorious service, and it is not me, but he who has issued the decree to you. Today I saw a thriving city in Jarfenburg, and I was really gratified. There are also people who have sold my trust to money, and I have declared that Spiket is no longer our Spymaster of Jaffin, that he has turned his back on me, and that he may have been one of the people I trusted, but now he is on the same page as Ressart Don. He turned his back on me at a critical moment, he chose Segal II, who was higher than me, who put me in danger, even to the point of death, and unfortunately I did not lay my body in the Knights' Arena as he and Segal II had expected, and my dear Monsieur Cullosius did not fear the king's power and the mad pursuers, but saved me. Earl Walker's voice was loud, and he did not shy away from the details of his hunt for the king, for in his eyes, Segal Saxon was no longer his king, nor was he the crown prince he used to talk to.

"I see, after making detailed arrangements, the Earl secretly went to the royal city of Parma!" The courtiers were talking louder and louder, "Could it be that the lord is the knight of Offenburg who was hunted down by the king's army, Rogge?" My relatives have returned from the Intralogous City, and the knightly competition at Sidrion Pulling Weeds is truly thrilling! I heard that there was also a massacre. And this Rog is not simple, I heard that he has a relationship with a man called, ah, yes, called Culosius, that is, that's him. ”

"Alright, alright, my gentlemen, I heard someone talking about Rog and Kulosius, yes, this Mister Kulosius and I are the protagonists of the nine-headed sea monster on Lena Island, I am Ranger Rog and Knight Rogge. I thought I should share my experience with everyone. I do not say this today to hold Spiket accountable for his betrayal of me, and that his treachery will be mercilessly punished by me. The Earl Walker courtiers waved their hands to silence them, and he raised his voice, "Obviously, Spitcot is no longer worth mentioning, and the reason why I bring up that traitor now is only to flatter the loyalty of this brother beside me." Venerable Mr. Coulosius is a true hero, and perhaps he slew the Hydra with me on the island of Lena out of brute force, but he was able to sacrifice his life to save me in the royal city of Parma, at the cost of putting himself in danger, he was already a celebrity on the King's Wanted List, and he put his 'wives' in a very dangerous situation, how many of you can be so loyal to me? ”

When the courtiers heard what their lord had to say, they lowered their heads and fell silent. Immediately cast an approving glance at Culosius. Colosius was a little red-faced, especially after hearing the word 'wife' in Earl Walker's mouth, Colossius couldn't help but feel that his ears were burning, and the temperature was still very high, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at his former companion sitting upright in Earl's silver chair.

"So, in view of this," Count Walker motioned to Culosius as he walked in front of him, "Mr. Cullosius, as lord of the land of Yafen, and of this sacred land of the House of Eastem, kneel down before me, and I will grant you the glory you deserve, and fulfill my promise." ”

"But he's the king's wanted man." The courtiers eventually popped up with such words to show their presence.

"I'm not the one the king hunts down." Earl Walker glanced solemnly at the courtiers below.

"The Lord has said that the King is no longer the King of Yafen, although nominally he is still our Suzerain. Not only is he hunting down the knight Rog, but he is also the leader of our lord House Easttim. "Don't you know that this is a signal from the lord to this treacherous king?" We are not the king's prostitutes, he needs to know that we are not just a pawn at his mercy, we must not only appoint the valiant men, but also develop the Perland wasteland. And you just have to verify all of that. I fully support the Sovereign's approach. ”

The bald George's words made the courtiers stop these meaningless arguments, and they could not help nodding in agreement with the Yafen minister, who had only been in office for a few months, but had done the work of other courtiers for ten years, and he looked at the dusty Cullotsius, and his eyes seemed to say to Cullotius, "Go, go and accept your glory." ”

Cullosius understood George Landmark's gaze, and although it was only a first acquaintance, he had an inexplicable affection for him, and he could see that the bald treasurer was indeed a trustworthy man, and then he walked up to Walker, and got down on one knee, his hands folded together, his thumbs folded in the shape of a large Arcana cross, and with a little nervousness he read the prayer and oath in his heart, "My life is connected with yours, and I will guard the glory of Yaphen with the sword of the Eastem family heirloom you have given me, Arcana is my goddess, and the Count of Jarfenburg is my eternal master, and I voluntarily pledged my allegiance to Count Walker as a vassal until the end of my life. ”

"Ha, what a self-willed oath, but it sounds from your heart. I accept this vow from you and will remember it as I remember the life given by the Goddess, and you should remember the glory I have bestowed upon you, and your loyalty has now been rewarded by me for it. I declare that Cullosius Conoro will be appointed Baron of Perland, and that you will be appointed to guard the wasteland of Perland, northwest of Javen, and that the village of Blanin will be your administrative center, and from there it will all begin. He picked up Culosius from the ground, and he smiled and whispered to Culosius hurriedly, "I've got you all figured out what Perland's banner will look like." Remember to go there according to your vision, don't stay there and let me fade out of the bird. Since you have a dream and a detailed set of ideas, let me do it. ”

"You, too, oh, I've been described by you as a married man. Besides, don't write to me when I go to Braenin to say you're idle in Jarfenburg. I'll be very busy then. If you were really idle at that time, why don't you find your treasurer, then the bald George chat, maybe it will be relieved, ha, the most trustworthy people in the court are bald now, he reminds me of the trusty one-eyed dragon. Curosius whispered to Count Walker, and after glaring at each other affectionately, the good boy who came out with the count bit Colossius's ass and ripped off a piece of cloth from his pants, and the courtiers laughed amusedly, "Ouch! ”