In the 5th year of the Guangming calendar, the Marquis of Xi'anmu of the Old World Tesser Kingdom.

Since the Kingdom of Amm was annexed by the Kingdom of Tether, [Ascalla], as one of the famous large port cities on the coast of Sword Bay, not only did not show any signs of decline, but became more and more prosperous and wealthy, making the border marquis who owned it a lot of money, and repeatedly boasted about the wise choice of the year at salons and parties among nobles.

"Yo roar!"

A tall, old, weather-hardened ship slowly sailed into the docks, and a group of coolies waiting on the docks whistled, and the porters of humans, savages, and dwarves swarmed up.

"Don't worry! Hold your horses! What about your grandmother's, Tom's son? Take care of these hillbillies! The second officer stood on the bow of the ship and scolded a few times, and the landing board was put down, and a group of porters smiled and disagreed, and the second officer smiled and scolded with a smile, obviously not very concerned.

A capable young man came out of nowhere and said with a smile: "Uncle Jerry, you are back!" Didn't you catch a lot of good stuff this time?! ”

The second mate sighed: "Hey, how can it be so easy, now it's not as good as it was at the beginning, when the voyage began, it was really gold everywhere, just bring something back, it's more than ten times dozens of times the profit!" Not now, the forces of the church and the kingdom have almost divided the territory, and we can only get something from those low-class adventurers who are suffering from the small fleet of trade. ”

The young man grinned and said, "Uncle Jerry, you lied to me again, who doesn't know the business of those adventurers...... Ahem, let's get back, my dad asked you to go to my house and have a drink with him in the evening! Come on, brothers, move things! ”

Jerry laughed, "You're really smart...... Tom has a good son, and you can get the daughter of the attorney general's family in your hands and live up to what your parents and I expected of you! But the chief prosecutor is not easy to deal with, hahaha! ”

He laughed, seeing that the porters were about to get on the ship to unload, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it: "Wait a minute, don't unload the goods first." ”

He beckoned back, and saw a group of thirty men come out of the cabin, all dressed in traveler's robes and hoods over their heads, and the leader whispered something to him, put a bulging bag in Jerry's hand, and stepped off the board.

The young man's eyes narrowed, but he didn't say a word, but let his men retreat, and let this team leave the front zone in a well-trained and silent and orderly way, Ascatla's daily throughput of people and goods was amazing, and this team did not go far before it mixed in with the flow of people coming and going, and mixed with all kinds of adventurers and travelers, and did not see the slightest speciality.

He turned his head to look at Jerry, only to see Jerry shake his head slightly, and then said loudly, "Hahaha! Let's get on the ship, I will be careful to carry a lot of goods consigned by the Righteous Church this time! Break one, the priests want my head, and I'll shove you in the back of the shark's eye! ”

The young man chuckled, he grew up in the docks, and naturally knew what to ask, so he also shouted for his men to get on the ship to help the crew unload the goods, and in a blink of an eye, he left the scene just now.

……

Not long after leaving the frontier area, the team of adventurers boarded a merchant ship heading inland under the leadership of a caring person, but there were no other passengers on this ship except this group of adventurers, and the leader looked up, the flag hanging on the flagpole was hunting in the wind, and a fierce griffin covered in metal color swayed in the wind, as if it could turn into a living creature at any time.

"Welcome, guests of Lord Earl."

The easy-going voice sounded behind everyone, and the adventurers turned their heads to see a middle-aged man with gray hair and very close-fitting civilian clothes standing at the exit of the cabin, politely and reservedly saluting everyone.

The leading adventurer took off his hood, revealing a young and solemn face, and saluted in the same way: "Greetings Albert, wise elder. ”

This is the knight of the Knights of the Sun who once followed Freeman, but he was seriously injured while surrounding the falcon body banshee, although he was lucky to survive, but he also recuperated for a long time before recovering, and now the leader of this team of adventurers is the knight of the Dawn Kingdom of the Draenor Continent, the identity of the others is naturally unknown, and the ship they boarded is naturally the private ship of the family of Shepard Prell of the [Count of the Griffon] of the Tysel Kingdom.

The middle-aged man's expression suddenly became serious, and he changed his posture and saluted: "Roger Chandos, I am just the second butler of Lord Earl, Knight Albert does not need to be so polite, may the light illuminate our way forward." ”

"The light will surely shelter you," Albert subconsciously said his habitual response, and was suddenly stunned after speaking: "Your Excellency Chandos, you ......"

"I am also a believer in the Temple of Light, and not only me, but my wife and son are also blessed with the glory of my Lord, which is why the Earl has appointed me to meet you as a connector." Roger explained with a smile.

Albert looked left and right, all the sailors seemed to know nothing about what was happening here, and they were busy with their own affairs, Roger smiled when he saw this: "Don't worry, Your Excellency, all the people on this ship have only one faith, which is the lord of all light!" ”

At this point, naturally there is no need to doubt it, Albert nodded, and the others behind him also took off their hoods, revealing young and energetic faces, although they are slightly different from the humans of the Old World in terms of water chestnuts and faces, but unless they have carefully studied the physiological differences between the humans of Delanor and the humans of various races in the Old World, ordinary people will never think that these people are from another continent.

The two men behind Albert stepped forward and motioned to Roger, "Greetings to Nilandno (Charos), sir." ”

Roger hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency the two knights don't have to be polite. He looked at the others again, and saw that although the number of thirty people in this group was not large, after taking off the hood to cover it, the awe-inspiring momentum was astonishing, and all of them were elite knights who could defeat a hundred.

"A total of thirty high-ranking knights, including the three of us, have come to the aid of Lord Thorpe at the behest of His Majesty." Albert looked at Roger and said, Thorpe is the name recorded by the first doppelganger in the church, and very few people still remember His Majesty the Pope's original name Shepard.

The second butler of the earl's family smiled and pointed to the cabin behind him: "The food and rooms are ready, please bear with me for a while, this ship will go straight to Esmirtaran, in the royal capital...... Oh, that's not the royal capital anymore, and after a little rest there, we'll head south to Port Prell, where your lordship's cavalry will escort you to Bloucester City! ”

Albert and the three looked at each other, turned to Roger and said, "Then, the next journey will be arranged by you." ”

"Praise the light." Roger smiled.

……

Bloucester City.

The Lord's Palace, which had been renovated from the homes of merchants and nobles, had been renovated, but it was a waste of time and money to demolish and rebuild, so Shepard only spent a lot of money to hire the best designers from Esmirtaran, and according to the original layout and environmental design, the thick and tall walls surrounded the entire city center, and the area of the Lord's Mansion was more than twice as large as it was at the beginning.

Bloust originally had no unified lord, until Shepard took over the territory, the city was only at the behest of one voice, griffons and dragons in the sky and outside the city to intimidate all daredevils, the count's army and knights carried the count's orders to every corner, and the prell lord is now a well-known place in the entire kingdom of Tassel.

Especially after the Floating City was summoned back from the other world and crashed into the Wildas Forest in the south, the forces and adventurers who came from it made the prosperity of the territory advance rapidly, just the adventurer town in the south of Bloust City was worth the income of the entire territory of an ordinary fairly wealthy baron, as for the poor rural nobles who mortgaged their land, they were really envious and couldn't even sleep.

The knights boarded the merchant ship from Ascatra until they finally disembarked at the docks in Prell, and then arrived in a convoy all the way to Bloucester City, where they entered the Earl's Court at night, in one of the three back gardens of the Earl's Court.

The knights were looking at the Earl in front of them with some nervousness and excitement, and standing on the side were Tommar Rich, Sidney Henry, Jeff Chandos, and Berghardt Ike, who had awakened the [Moonlight] bloodline for a short time, and other strongest combat forces and powerful factions of the Prell Lord.

The people present were the humans of the Old World and the humans of the New World of Deranor, but what they all had in common was that they all believed in the god of light, Tonatiu, and everyone's faith could be tested, and each of them had more or less, but absolutely commendable merits.

Dressed in aristocratic civilian clothes, Shepard stood in front of a small building carefully built in the garden, as one of the well-known nobles of the kingdom, he was casually dressed in civilian clothes, which were also carefully made by high-class tailors, with a simple and elegant appearance, close and comfortable to wear, and even mixed with some less precious magic materials, which were not worth mentioning for any genuine mage, but it was also considered a luxury for nobles.

"May the light light light the way for all of us, knights, and allow me to begin to commend you for your courage in having made your way through the wilderness, lurking in the expeditionary forces, and coming to this strange land with the help of their ships, and having come here over great distances, and the Church and the Kingdom will be proud of you."

Shepard's deep voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone to hear clearly, and he continued: "Next, it is my arrangement for you, you have been divided into three squads, and belong to the three knights, then Albert, you and your men follow Sidney, and he will arrange for you to enter the city guard; Nilandno, you and your men follow Tommir, and he will arrange for you to enter the Night Watch; As for Charos, you and your men will join my personal guard, and I will make other arrangements in a while. ”

He paused, raised his head to look at the bright moon in the sky, and said lightly: "Charros, you and your people are a little special, you know this, so I will also have some special arrangements for you, although you have already trained the lingua franca of the old continent and the language and script of the Tesser Kingdom before you set off, but I will still give you a period of adaptation, and then you will take my letter of introduction to serve in the territory of other nobles, and the specific arrangements will be notified to you when the time comes." ”

The knights looked at each other a few times, and Shepard smiled and said: "The foundation of the Prell Territory is too weak, fortunately, I have the money, enough to balance the time difference with other nobles, but manpower can never be obtained in a vacuum, with you here, I can continue to expand my military strength and control the entire territory more closely." ”

The knights snorted, either respectfully or obediently took the order, Shepard looked around, and suddenly smiled: "The annual auction will start in exactly two weeks, and when the time comes, I will give you a vacation, so that you can see the prosperity of the Old World!" ”

Naturally, the crowd didn't have any opinions, so Shepard waved his hand and let them disperse, leaving Tommar and Sidney behind.

When there were only three people left in the garden, there was no need to make the atmosphere too serious, and Shepard called the servant to bring the wine, and talked with the grass and flowers all over the garden.

"Count Dures has sent an invitation, he is going to hold a wedding in the city of Franc next week, invite me to come, you two will prepare when the time comes, and join me."

Sidney paused for a moment: "Wedding? Isn't Durex married? ”

Shepard shrugged: "You have also heard of his original wife, and he is very strict with his 'discipline', Du Ruis is also an earl, and he can't even decide the cost of a gold coin, so I don't think it's strange that his wife fell into the water and died, it is said that the bride is the eldest daughter of a merchant in Franc City, not only can bring a rich dowry, but also gentle and considerate, beautiful and kind, and most importantly, I heard that the bride has some advantages that are particularly prominent." ”

Tommar laughed in a low voice: "Count Dures really has a heart, and he has to invite adults to participate in the second marriage." ”

Shepard glanced at him, "Of course, more than that, an earl's wedding is also a good time to meet a beautiful lady, has that dream girl of yours forgotten?" It doesn't matter if you don't forget, I'll ask someone to introduce you when the time comes! ”

Tommar said with a bitter face: "My lord, why do you mention my sadness, I still haven't figured out what good that blacksmith is, why would she rather elope with the blacksmith than marry me?" ”

Shepard shrugged his shoulders and said: "The best way to soothe the pain of a relationship is to start another relationship, this wedding has been invited by the nobles of the entire East Am Territory, believe me, you can." ”

He looked at Sidney again and said earnestly: "Sidney, I know that you are not interested in those immature noble ladies, but there are also a lot of widowed and lonely noblewomen, and you will also consider it when the time comes?" ”

Sidney took a sip of red wine and said lightly: "I'm quite comfortable by myself now, you don't have to worry about me, my lord." ”

Shepard said helplessly: "I know you don't care about this, but you are also a nobleman, and your title and territory must always be inherited by someone in the future." ”

Sidney drank half a glass of red wine in one gulp, and heheed: "When the time comes, you can take it back." ”

"Fart." Shepard couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "Do I care about your vineyard?" If you hadn't resolutely refused, would White Swan Castle be given to the Yorks? Even if you don't think about yourself, don't think about your deceased parents? Are you going to let the surname Henry be severed? ”

Sidney looked hesitant and didn't speak.

Shepard did not mention it again, and the three of them drank for a while, Sidney and Tommar took their leave, and the night breeze blew softly, and the figure of the maiden in the moonlight crept closer, and sat gently beside the Count.