Count Colossius and Baron Perland had not yet entered the fence of the village of Nilmont when several horsemen rushed towards them. The leader of them was a rude man with red hair, a square-faced, broad-shouldered, plain linen shirt barely covering his muscles, and a polished groomed hand cannon pinned to a leather belt around his waist, but this thing, though powerful, was not well suited to the calloused hand that held the reins of a horse.

"It's Oak Fist! As I said earlier, His Excellency Zax must have a close relationship with me. It's not. Here comes the people who greeted us. Arno pointed at the red-haired rider, then dropped his whip and waved it above his head with his hands.

"Oak Fist? I don't remember this guy on our caravan before, he must have been a new guy, but he looked like a red-haired barbarian. Culosius pondered the somewhat unfamiliar name, he didn't remember such a particular red-haired guy working under Zax Sharp or Bill Sharp.

"Don't underestimate this rude red-haired man, except for the brutality on the surface, you wouldn't have thought that this guy is the same as me, I am a smuggler, and this guy can weave the veins of Parma's goods circulation under the king's eyelids." Arno touched Culosius's elbow with his arm, "Lord, if you just look at your appearance, then you are really wrong! ”

"One-eyed dragon! Arno, you bald head! It makes me want to kill you! Fortunately, there is no evaporation in the world! Lord Zax has asked me to wait here for you for a long time. He knew you were coming. Oak Fist and Arno jumped off their horses at about the same time, and the two bears hugged each other, and then Oak Fist beckoned to Count Culosius in a friendly manner, "Presumably, this red-faced Excellency must be the careful Count of Yafen, who His Excellency often said was given good luck by Arcana." ”

"Your redhead and your name are equally impressive. Oak Fist. Earl Colossius rode on the white snow and nodded slightly, his voice sounding very easy-going, Coulosius pondered Arno's words, and couldn't help but have an inexplicable affection for this red-haired oak fist.

"Oak Fist, where is Your Excellency Baron now? I myself can't wait to meet him, and the stone in my heart has fallen to the ground when you have escaped from the hands of the damned Seegal II's pig. Arnault kept patting the broad shoulders of the oak fist, each with considerable force, as if to vent a special emotion that he had not seen in several years.

"What can be produced here? Of course, we are waiting for you in a place where you can drink snowmelt iced tea. The corners of Oak Fist's mouth turned up slightly, and then he turned on his horse, and he led the horseback men who had come with him to greet him, and led Arno and Cullosius, as well as the men behind him and the Squire of Yafen, into the quiet village of Nilmont.

"It looks like a waste of time." Cullosius looked out over the Niermont, a dilapidated log cabin that didn't fit in with the snow on the White Mountains, let alone the barony of Sharp Hills, Murred.

"Oak Fist, is Your Excellency the Baron going to settle down here?" Arno also frowned, he had the impression that this small village would not be in such a situation, "It's very desolate now. ”

"Isn't it? Here we are, do we see the tents behind the trees? There's our Sharpe stationed over there. Soon the dilapidated wooden houses will be renovated, and maybe more will be built one after another. His Excellency Zaks said that this is our place of hope. By the way, His Excellency the Baron also gave us some of the goods we had brought out from Sharp Tie to the local population, and the people here also had some affection for us strangers. I trust His Excellency Zax completely, just as he gave up the centuries-old roots of Mount Sharp and Murred in time, a regrettable decision, but one that preserved the survival of most of the Sharp family. Oak punched his chest and said firmly.

"Good fellow, well said! Only two years ago, the main territory of Perland beside me, Brain, was a dilapidated and dilapidated village on the fringe, and now it has become a hub for the smuggling trade. As long as our faith is not lost, and with the right management methods, even the poorest places will be revitalized. Cullosius nodded affirmatively, listening to Oak Fist's firm voice, thinking about Zax Sharp's faith, he couldn't help but think of his oath with Walker in Al Hali Nonanson, and remembered every effort he had made in the past two years or so, "We will do our best." ”

"I believe that what Your Excellency needs is the Earl, and you can help at the right time." Oak Fist was in high spirits, and happily took Count Gallosius and Arno to stop at the only tavern in the village of Nilmont, although it was not obvious from the appearance of the building that it was a tavern, there were no wine flags, no plaques, only extra stacked wooden tables piled up outside the door, if there was any characteristic, the stacks of dry tea cakes hanging upside down on the wall swayed in the wind, and the base of the original stone and the wooden walls erected on the base looked a little neater than the other houses. Because the embellishments of those scruffy cobwebs are missing.

Count Kurosius and Arno the one-eyed dragon dismounted at the same time, and pushed open the wooden door, and a faint coolness came through the tavern door, and the old long table was full of wooden bowls, each of which was sprinkled with a few pieces of dry tea, and the most conspicuous was the white snow on the large wooden plate, which seemed to be soft and soft.

"Jingle bells." It was a shaking wind chime, and Culotius and Arno followed the voice, and their faces showed a long-lost smile at the same time, "Your Excellency Zax! ”

"Come and sit here, my two old fellows. I've been here waiting for you both the day I came. Zax gently put down the wind chimes in his hand, and the dry wry smile couldn't hide the tiredness on his face, and the six-foot junglewolf shadow could no longer be seen on his face under the tired face.

"I've heard about the Sharp Hill incident at the assessment meeting at the turn of summer and autumn, and I'm really sorry." Cullosius sat down slowly, he didn't know what kind of expression he should use to face the misfortune that had befallen his former employer, and in embarrassment, he subconsciously folded his hands.

"I was surprised to hear the news when I returned from a business trip in Erwinia." Arno touched his shiny baldness, "It's been as unpleasant as it has been along the way." First of all, the obvious extortion of those wood elves, as soon as he arrived in Entle, he heard from the courtiers and nobles of those dukes that the smuggling activities of Sharp Mountain had been detected by the tyrant, but fortunately, the Sharp family gathered and migrated to avoid this catastrophe of extermination. ”

"There's nothing to regret, from the time my brother was killed by that guy Terry Hawking, our Sharp family title has been withdrawn, and it was only a matter of time before it was discovered, not so suddenly. My biggest concern now is the issue of what happens when migration takes root. Zax Sharp got up and cut a piece of snow from a wooden plate and placed it in a bowl with a few pieces of dry tea in front of Culotius and Arno, "It's been a long time since you've tasted this, the old snow of the White Mountains and the gifts of the earth. ”

"So, Your Excellency Earl of White, Anderson Anderson, agrees that your Sharp family should be stationed here? But after all, I am a guest, and I would like to invite Your Excellency to Yafen, and I may give you a piece of territory on the shores of Lake Yafenraif. You've been there, and you know it's a lot more prosperous than here. Colossius didn't move the snowmelt iced tea in front of him, but looked directly at his former employer.

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Culosius. You were my assistants, and now you are the companions my Sharp family needs, and I have decided to keep the Sharp family here, and Niermont is now part of the Sharp family. While I don't know this barren land, it's the best place for us to be reborn. After the Rivensay Bridge checkpoint, we can see the land of our ancestors. Zax Sharp picked up the snowmelt iced tea in front of him and poured it into his mouth, the incompletely melted ice and snow clicked in his chewing mouth, "This is the most memorable taste of my youth, and I didn't expect that Arcana finally led me here." This is certainly not a sarcasm for me. ”

"Oh? Are you now a vassal of the Earl of White? Arno patted his head and asked curiously.

"No, I was transferred to the Duke of Ella by Lord Earl Hengerson, and I and Cullosius you already belong to the same courtiers, and fate really plays tricks on me of the Sharp family - this Easttem imprisoned me for two years, and I still remember the stench of the dungeon of Affin, and then I was provoked by Ressatt Don to break into Jarfenburg at night, challenge the former Walker Easttem, and even kill him to restore my dignity. Defeated, I fled, but I didn't stop all the way, and I knew it was Walker Easttim who was transforming, and his blinded eyes were finally polished by himself. Then I helped the knight Rog you brought with Culosius in times of crisis, and the sword competition made us abandon our old suspicions, and we did not owe each other, and now I have become his vassal, and I originally thought that Easthem and I, Sharp, could only meet each other with swords. Zax Sharp reflected on the past and looked at Cullosius, "You are the lucky one to be favored by the goddess, but I must correct your long-standing prejudice against Earl Jackson of White Town. He was not a cowardly man, and his wits was no less than that of his blood uncle. ”

Kulosius was silent, he finally picked up the snowmelt iced tea in the wooden bowl in front of him, poured it down, and finally nodded silently, his heart suddenly brightened, and the doubts that had once been dense in the town of Yafen and White were also wiped away by Zax's words, "Although he stays at home, this Earl is indeed a thoughtful person. ”