Morningstar City.

The original sacred lake was reduced to a pit after the shocking changes of the Thorn Flower Challenge, the lake dried up, the land dried up, and the cracked wound could not heal no matter how much water seeped in, as if it had become the ugliest scar on the face of the Morning Star.

Charles III had intended to bury the place, but the ministers had been opposed to it, hoping that the scar would make the king remember the shame.

Then, it was last year. Since the sudden miracle of the Duke of Ashes, the ruin pit was suddenly full of colorful flowers, and all kinds of flowers and plants in the turquoise sea of grass swayed in the wind, faintly exuding vigorous vitality, changing the dead silence of the past.

After that, the statue of Gardon's crown stood in Liberty Square and was revered by thousands of people. The mercenaries and soldiers who lost their limbs in the accident and became disabled were also successfully healed after dedicating their faith, and miraculously grew hands and feet...... Since then, more and more people have believed in Garden, and the gold and red temperament embroidered with the Saffron emblem can be seen everywhere in Morningstar City, and it is full of enthusiasm.

Looking at the past from afar, it is like the scenery of the sword and the flag fluttering in the wind at the beginning of the founding of the Morning Star.

Mu Yan walked through the familiar and unfamiliar streets, sighing all the way.

He has lived in the city for thirty years, and he remembers every brick and tile, grass and tree here, but in Twilight Era, even if it was a festival, even if there were players crowded on the streets, the colors of the morning star were not as enthusiastic as they are today.

Sensing swept across Liberty Square, he couldn't help but smile, the statue of Gardenon seemed to be a brave man, but in fact it was an empty shell, and at its core was another statue, the statue that had been shattered by Surya in the Church of the Word. It was pieced back together by Garden and carefully guarded inside.

Considering the girl's current swordsmanship, Garden's move was no less difficult than gluing back the manuscript in the shredder piece by piece.

However, it also shows his loyalty to Kanlosh, a mystery that has been difficult for Mu Yan to understand and has not found a chance to ask.

He didn't hide his identity along the way, and he was soon found at the door.

The man was the Knight of Langdon, the original chief of the guard, who was dissatisfied with Charles III's behavior of abandoning his subjects and running away alone in the turmoil, abandoning his nobility, and was almost killed by Shanes. Later, Lancelot felt the stubborn temper of this man and the imagination of an old person, so he simply gave him the sword of victory of the oath that had always guarded the Morning Star, and gave him a little guidance, making him the guardian of the Morning Star today.

It's just that as an untrustworthy, Langdon did not return to the Morning Star royal family this time, but became a free mercenary.

A one-armed and powerful freelance mercenary, armed with a sword, and a loner, with these labels, he has made a name for himself.

Naturally, such a man of personality was solicited by Garden, but he refused.

In fact, Mu Yan discovered him from the time Landon followed him, but what surprised him a little was that there was a person next to him......

Three dogs, to be exact.

Shanes was dressed like a dog, and covered his dog's ears with a felt hat, and if it weren't for the broken scar on his face, he really had some bohemian prodigal temperament. He held burning bones with hair as bright as gold in his arms, and the blood boiled at his feet with ugly hairless dogs. Burning Bone seemed to have an inexplicable attraction to the noble ladies around him, causing them to turn back frequently, but they were all driven away by this guy's undisguised lewd gaze and whistle.

Anyway, how did these two guys who have a broken arm get together......

"Lord Garden sent me to pick me up." Shanes was not verbose, and said with a big grin, his eyes pointing directly at Mino behind Mu Yan. The latter recovered from his injuries in the academy, and figured it out after hiding in the crowd and experiencing the night of the celebration day, and this time Mu Yan just brought him over on an errand.

"It's you, kid, right?" The King of Hunters asked.

Mino still kept his head down and didn't say a word.

"Well, here is another ...... of this virtue You say Lord Garden is really, why don't you find a few more interesting guys like Ertus? Zelagar is a stuffy gourd, Chef Fan has been holding his sword in a daze all day, and the newcomer is like this, oops, boring, it's really difficult to find someone to relieve the boredom, it's difficult......"

Mu Yan didn't have time to pay attention to him, so he simply spread his hands, "I sent the person, and I will lose my company first." ”

With that, he turned and left.

"Hey, human." Shanes added, as if remembering something, "Your little lover has not left the Duke's Court lately, so go there to find her." ”

Mu Yan didn't look back, raised his hand and shook it, signaling that he heard it.

"This guy...... Lao Tzu has been a bodyguard for so long, and he doesn't know how to say thank you. ”

"Miss Surya doesn't need a bodyguard who can't even beat her." Langdon, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about! That's if I don't do anything to women, okay, if you really fight...... Hehe......"

"Can you beat me?"

"I ......"

Shanes was momentarily speechless, but quickly retorted: "What does it matter? ”

"But I can't beat Miss Soulia."

"You ......"

Shanes lowered his head in embarrassment, muttering something like "don't let the dog, don't give the opportunity to chat, and don't let the ambush trap" and so on, chattering for a long time, turning his head to catch a glimpse of the wood-like Mino, hurriedly leaning over and putting his arms around his shoulders familiarly.

"What's this friend's name, what hobbies do you usually have, are you married, let me tell you, we have a good treatment in Safron, private custom weapon skills, and if you are single, you will also be introduced to the object...... Hey, that, we're leaving, remember to clean up the scene! ”

The two staggered into a small alley and slipped into the flame portal to leave, and Shanes didn't forget to greet Landon.

The latter expertly cleaned up the scene, then the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he left the place briskly.

……

Duke of Edwards' House, schoolyard.

Because it is not in the Rose Manor on the outskirts of the city, the school field of the Duke's Palace is not large, only half the size of a football field, and it is an underground training ground made of space magic, so the air circulation is a little inconvenient.

In the center of the school field stood a beautiful figure, sweat soaked through the girl's thin clothes, almost clinging to the body, and the concave and convex silhouette looked even more attractive.

The figure disappeared, the purple light flashed, and the next time it appeared, it was already at the other end of the school field, followed by a sword light. The sword light fell, and the trial dummy, which was an imaginary enemy, instantly split into two symmetrical halves, and the incision was extremely smooth.

But the sword-wielding man didn't seem to be satisfied with this attack, and the girl looked down at her trembling chest, a little distressed.

"It's shaking so much...... Annoyed ......"

Surya is just over 20 years old this year, and her growth is not yet over. It's only been half a year since the last time I saw Mu Yan, and the place where it should have grown has faintly expanded again, and it has become more and more mature, but this maturity is a happy trouble for her.

Wiping her face with a wet towel, the girl untied her belt, shook her hair, and looked at the two swords leaning against the corner.

Ignos the black sword and Imotru the white sword were drawn together like magnets, both as thin as cicada wings, almost merging into one sword.

The strange power swirls between the two swords, so much so that it can't fit into any storage items. However, when she picks up the sword, the power disappears again.

She remembered that day in Freedom Square, it was the two swords that collided together to create a whirlpool that sent her to Heru, and then all sorts of things happened.

After a little pause, when she turned around, the girl found that the wet towel she had just thrown stood up at some point!

The towel twisted itself into a human shape, one hand on the waist, the other on the shelf next to it, one foot hooked behind the other, in a lazy and frivolous pose.

The girl's expression froze, and the wooden sword used for training slashed like lightning.

Surya's current level is half of that of his grandfather when he first became a sword master, and even during the exhaustion period after training, the speed of the sword is amazingly fast, but such a sword was jumped up and avoided by the little man twisted into a towel......

The villain not only dodged, but also grimaced, and then pouted his ass and patted her.

The girl blushed suddenly, she didn't know who was doing the ghost, dropped the wooden sword, and said coquettishly: "Come out!" Come out! ”

However, there was no response, but the towel figure floated in front of her, spread his arms, and made a "want to hug" posture.

"I'm annoyed, you ...... person"

Surya had no choice but to close her eyes and open her arms.

Then, she was embraced by a familiar smell.