The sound of the mechanism starting, and to Shepard's surprise, the entrance was not a bookshelf, but the wall where he had broken the brass candlestick.

I saw that the one-person-wide wall slowly sank into the wall, revealing a small space that could only accommodate three or five people, and in some dark space, two women, one big and one small, supported each other out.

Although he knew that this was not suitable, he still moved slightly in his heart, because the mother and daughter were very similar in appearance, just like the two temperaments of a person in two periods of maturity and youthfulness, and even more so they were wearing a noble long skirt, revealing a piece of white tenderness on their chests, and the plumpness of the mother and daughter was almost comparable.

The baroness was still strong in holding her daughter, and there were still a little tears on the pretty face of the, and the frightened daughter beside her was also crying silently.

But the baroness glanced at the bloodstain at the door of the study, where there was originally the corpse of a fishman, which had been reduced to ashes, the murderer of her husband, but was easily killed by the powerful man in front of him.

The Baroness sobbed a few times and reluctantly saluted Shepard: "Thank you for saving us, Mr. Traveler, and for avenging my husband......"

The baroness's voice suddenly lowered, and a wave of weakness came, and she immediately became weak and could not stand, and the girl who was in her arms exclaimed in surprise and tried to help her, but she was also very weak from hunger and thirst for a long time, and saw that the mother and daughter were about to fall to the ground.

A gust of wind blew, and the tall figure held the mother and daughter firmly in his arms, his hands were on the soft waist of the mother and daughter, and he silently put some strength into their bodies, allowing the two to temporarily recover some strength, and said in a low voice: "Madam, you two are too weak, I will help you find a place to rest first, and when I find some food and water for you to eat, don't worry, you can talk slowly." ”

The mother and daughter were held in the arms of a man at the same time, and they both immediately blushed, and the baroness was ashamed and annoyed, especially when there was a warm stream on the waist where the man was holding up, which made her think that she was a shameless woman.

The baron's daughter felt the sadness of not having time after facing the blow of losing her father, and she was already close to collapse, but at this time she was suddenly saved by a man who saved herself, and the warm current on her waist flowed into her body, and it seemed to flow into her heart, so that the girl's broken heart suddenly had a warm feeling.

Shepard didn't expect this, he looked down at the two pretty faces in his arms that were seven or eight points apart, and he could still feel the softness of the and the tightness of the girl in his hands, which made his heart flutter, raised his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Madam, I regret letting you come out, your beauty is enough to move any man......"

The mother and daughter were so ashamed that they couldn't get into the wall, but their hands and feet were weak, so they could only be carried by the man's strong body and walked to the sofa on the side of the study.

Considering that the Shura scene outside was too terrible, Shepard didn't take them out, but just let them wait in the house, and walked out of the study by himself, the kitchen was on the first floor, he first carried the corpse along the way, the baron's body was broken, such a cruel scene was really not suitable for the mother and daughter to see again, so he moved the baron's body out of the castle and dug a pit, lit it with a sacred fire, and buried the ashes.

The rest of the corpses were also dealt with, he first went to the kitchen to find some water and food, brought it to the mother and daughter to eat, reminded him a few times not to eat too much, and then he went out of the study again, dragged the corpses of the other people in the castle to the courtyard of the castle, and then lit them with sacred fire.

The hot flames barely burned much smoke, and the raging flames quickly burned the corpses to ashes, and then buried the prepared pit, Shepard still had a deep-rooted concept of being buried in the ground, so whether it was a victim or an ordinary deceased, he would bury it when conditions permitted.

More than an hour had passed since everything had been cleaned up, and when he returned to the study, sure enough, the mother and daughter had only eaten half of the food, and it was obvious that they also knew that it was not advisable to eat too much after a long period of hunger.

Stepping into the room, I saw the mother and daughter trembling suddenly, knowing that they were the sequelae of the panic, so Shepard didn't care, just looked at the two of them and said: "It's not early, with your current situation, there is no way to leave or take over the manor, so I'm afraid we will have to stay in the castle for one night." ”

The Baroness shuddered and muttered, "Also, do you want to stay one night?" ”

Shepard said softly, "You don't have to worry, those corpses ...... And the barons, I've buried them all, and though there is still some blood, you won't see them as long as you don't go to those rooms, and I'll stay here, so make do with them and rest here for the night. ”

Thinking that there was really nothing to do, and the mother and daughter did not have the strength and courage to walk out of the study at this time, the baroness looked at her daughter and nodded reluctantly.

At night, the mother and daughter huddled together on the sofa, unable to fall asleep completely, and a little dazed, especially in the castle, which was already cold, and the previous two days were spent in fear, and they had no intention of sleeping.

Seeing this, Shepard walked up to the two of them, he didn't want to use his magic to avoid revealing his identity, so he only used the power of the flame to release some warmth, so that the two of them could sleep peacefully.

What I didn't expect was that the baroness muttered, and subconsciously suddenly pounced, Shepard was caught off guard, and because there was no danger and didn't realize that he wanted to dodge, he was hugged by the baroness in a daze, pulled him to sit on the sofa, curled up into a ball, and pillowed his head on his chest, and his hair that had not been washed for a few days was a little greasy and sticky together, this scene was not charming, but a little funny.

On the other side, the baron's daughter also rubbed against Shepard, lying on his lap like a cat.

Listening to the even snoring of the mother and daughter, Shepard let them fall into a rare restful sleep.

……

Outside Blouce, Tester's advance army.

Count Doom Vaster Popple's men, the commander of this advance army, Viscount Duris was sitting in his tent examining the map.

Although he was only an honorary viscount under the Earl's command, he was a trusted confidant of the Earl, and before this departure he had been promised by the Earl that he would seize a fief for him, and then let him lead the Earl's advance army to set out first, and the Count waited in the rear to join the forces of the other nobles and the royal family.

"Your Excellency, a mage has asked to see you." One of the guards stepped into the tent and reported to the viscount.

"Mage?" Viscount Dures Franz frowned, "Are you sure it's a mage?" ”

"Yes, sir!" This guard is the personal guard arranged by the earl to the viscount, the intermediate professional [noble personal guard], a more common, more defensive and guarding profession, although there are slight differences in attributes and equipment, but most of the nobles' guards can be classified into this profession.

The viscount loosened his brows and said lightly: "Then invite him in." ”

The guard saluted and walked out of the tent, and after a moment he saw him enter with a man dressed in a traveler's robe.

This is Shepard, who has placed the baron's widow and daughter in the manor, with his deterrence and the protection of the guards left behind in the manor, at least for a short time.

Shepard took off his robe, with natural pride on his face, and saluted the viscount more reservedly than the nobles: "The light of magic is the light of wisdom, good day, Your Excellency the viscount." ”

"Justice is never late, good day, Mr. Mage."

The two sides began with the words of the gods they believed in, which was a very formal way of greeting, and Shepard had dealt with many players and NPC mages in his previous life, and he learned from those mages who were above the top of the eye.

Although Viscount Duris still had doubts, he had already believed most of them at this time, because in addition to his noble status, he was also a mid-level professional close to the high-level, and he was also an absolute intermediate force in the army, and as soon as this stranger walked into the tent, he had a faint sense of oppression, which he was very familiar with, and he would also feel this way when he faced his lord, Count Vaster.

can make him feel oppressed, the other party at least already has the strength of a high-level mage, according to the estimation method of a mage meeting a higher level, even if the other party is not equivalent to an epic powerhouse, it is still an existence standing at the top of mortal things.

A high-level professional can rule a city-state, an epic strong man is enough to suppress a kingdom, and a legendary-level existence is claimed to be able to look at the gods at eye level.

But Shepard knew that although the legendary level was strong, it was only equivalent to the medium divine power without the kingdom of God, and it was okay in the main plane where the gods were suppressed, but when they went to other planes, most of the professions would be affected to some extent, except for a few special professions such as mages, thieves, and warrior monks.

The clergy are rarely legendary, they are usually the chosen people of the gods, and it also depends on the strength of the gods, such as the Pope of the God of Justice with powerful divine power in the main plane, the proper existence of the Legend level, the existence of the God of Suffering, and the Pope is too strong to find guilt for himself.

Shepard looked at the viscount and smiled slightly: "Your Excellency may be very strange about my intentions, please allow me to introduce myself, Shepard Preel, I am the distant cousin of Baron Domino Prell in the north of Brest, I have studied magic with my master for a long time, and I have just returned to the Kingdom of Am. ”

Viscount Dures looked at him suspiciously: "Baron Domino Preel? Is it the lord of Riverbend North of Bloucester City? ”