A few more days passed after the remains of Tours were buried. During these days, the convoy still shuttles through the forest, and the roads become more and more deserted. On the rugged road, Luo Miona and the others could still see some ruins. It was clearly not a ruined building from the Crescent Empire, nor was it something left over from the Twin Eagle Empire, but it looked more like an ancient relic from a much more distant date. But these stones have no value, just some obstacles in the forest, and even if there was anything of value in these stone bricks, which have no traces of construction at all, they have long since disappeared in a long time.

Stolen, blown by wind and rain...... Anything of value is long gone, just a few stones in the way.

In the past few days, they have never met a special guest like Tours. Maybe it's because Lulunaka doesn't do weird things anymore, or maybe it's because, as she says, it's rare to come across a living skeleton like Tours in this eastern part of the forest—even less for a skeleton like Tours to be self-aware.

There was a light rain just yesterday, and now the air in the forest is a little moist and cool. Although the cold winter has passed, the early spring has just arrived, and there is still a trace of cold air coming from the northern mountains to the south. This added a little chill to the already gloomy Forest of the Dead, even though it was already midday and the sun was high in the sky.

The convoy stopped at a ruin. It is said to be a ruin, but it is of no value, just a few broken stone walls surrounded by a few broken stone walls, and there are gaps everywhere, a basket that leaks everywhere. The old stone bricks were scattered everywhere, and there was not even a shelter from the wind and rain—presumably washed away by time, the north wind, and the rain, and only a few sections of what looked like city walls remained.

This is not a special place, depending on the scale of the surrounding stone walls, there may have been magnificent buildings here, and there may have been a spacious square, but now there is nothing left, only the walls wrapped in vines, and the bricks covered with moss. It was originally a gray-white stone brick, but after being dyed with a layer of moss, the hair was slippery, which made people feel disgusted from the bottom of their hearts.

There may have been a place name, a resounding name, but now, it's just a nameless relic.

The convoy stopped at the edge of the ruin, which had no value, and there was a relatively flat piece of ground, and because of the abundant sunlight, the stone brick floor was not so slippery, and the horses pulling the cart were easy to walk. If the convoy had been to be parked in the interior of the ruins, the horses would have fallen to the ground because of the slippery ground, and even the wagons that were pulling behind them would have suffered.

As soon as the convoy stopped, Julius walked a short distance in the direction of the inside of the body out of curiosity, and then immediately returned. Not only because I feel dangerous to walk alone, but also because the ground is really difficult to move around. If something strange and unfriendly happens, he won't even be able to run, and he'll fall to the ground because of the moss on the ground, either because his head hits the corner of a brick and die, or because he gets caught by something that might be chasing after him, or he dies.

This allowed Julius to stay around the convoy and not do anything else. It wasn't the safe south of the forest, it was the east he'd never been to, and considering that he had met someone like Turce the other day because of Lulunaka, he thought it better be cautious.

Near where the convoy stopped, he found a place that was not so dirty, sat down, took the two swords off his back and put them aside, and breathed a sigh of relief. Pattin's Cross Longsword was heavier than it looked, and it was an acceptable weight for him, but when you added Tours' broken sword, it was a completely different story. Although it was a broken sword, missing the first half, Tours' two-handed sword was still far heavier than a cross-sword for Julius. This two-handed sword from more than 100 years ago has a different style from today's two-handed sword. The sword grid is arcing, bending towards the blade, looking like two swooping snakes.

The snake isn't much of a symbol of friendship, but in the Double Eagle Empire, the Twin Snake is a symbol, at least once was. The eagle and the serpent, one in the sky and the other on the earth. The hunter soaring in the sky is indeed higher than the lurker lying on the ground. In the Empire of the Double Eagles, the serpent symbolizes loyalty to the Empire.

But snakes are not always under the talons of eagles, and sometimes, snake venom can cause a two-headed eagle to fall to the ground.

However, these things were not understood by Julius, a village boy, and he only knew that the broken sword that Lulunaka had given him was very heavy, and compared to the cross-sword, it was not only unsightly, but also completely unusable. This kind of broken sword has no value in even swinging it, not to mention that he can't swing it. If this two-handed broken sword was still intact, it would probably be about the same length as his height, and now it was only more than half his height.

Julius picked up the broken sword, placed it on his knees, and wiped it with a whetstone.

The broken sword was given to him by Lulunaka, and the whetstone was given to him by Lulunaka. The whetstone Luluna gave him was an elongated square with a blue-gray surface with a shiny sheen, small enough for Julius to hold in one hand. And this whetstone is still translucent, and you can vaguely see inside, like a square piece of jelly - if you don't have it, this jelly can't be eaten, and you can even break your teeth. A very beautiful piece of ingot, if placed at the blacksmith's place, can probably be sold for a good price, even if it is not sold, it can become the sign of a weapons shop there.

Such a whetstone, which seemed to be of great value, Luluna gave it to Julius. However, Lulunaka is not unconditional, and she has some work to give to Julius.

"It's rotten iron, but if you beat it a little, you can still use it. Lulunaka said this when she handed him the whetstone, and then patted him on the shoulder, "Sharpen the knife well, and by the way, you should practice your strength." Don't let me see you're lazy, or I'll confiscate everything I gave you...... Including what you've already eaten in your stomach. ”

There was nothing wrong with the previous words, what Julius had now, whether it was the crossed longsword, the broken sword, or the beautiful whetstone, or even the new clothes and shoes on his body, were given to him by Lulunaka - strictly speaking, the clothes and shoes were all from the team, but the owner was dead - if Lulunaca wanted to take it back, Julius knew that she could do what she wanted to do.

But to take back all the food that he has eaten in his stomach these days, even if it is no longer in his body, and has been used as fertilizer for the forest, is a little creepy. Julius never let go of the suspicion that Lulunaka was a witch, witch, or devil, and when he heard Lulunaka's words, he thought about it in a bad way. Although the food he ate is no longer in his stomach, the meat that slowly grows on his body should be able to be treated as food, right?

Thinking that he might be slaughtered and boiled by the witch as soon as he slackened, Julius did not dare to be lazy in the slightest. Lulunaka said this with her trademark big smile on her face, but it didn't sound like a joke at all.

Therefore, Julius worked very hard when he did this, and did not dare to be lazy at all. However, the matter of using a whetstone to maintain a sword is a little new at first, but after doing too much, it will inevitably make people feel irritated, even if the whetstone in his hand is a delicate gadget, it does not relieve too much boredom for Julius.

Julius placed the whetstone on the body of the broken sword, grinding it again and again, and a slender hiss rubbed between the blade and the whetstone, as if he were scraping iron with his fingernails.

Julius pushed the whetstone, observing the broken sword that had been carrying him for days. The moss and tangled slender vines on the two-handed sword had been cleaned away, revealing its original appearance. However, this original appearance did not look any better than before scraping off the moss, full of rust, there were gaps everywhere, and even the two snake heads on the sword grid had become blurred.

Is there any point in continuing to maintain such broken copper and iron other than to return to the furnace? Julius was extremely puzzled by the work that Lulunaka had given him. But Lulunaka is not a person who explains everything to others, she will speak the truth when she is happy, even if others do not want to listen, but when she is not in the mood, she will only do all kinds of perfunctory things, and will not say much at all.

While Julius was sharpening his knife, Olga happened to be near him. Olga saw Julius sharpening his knife, sighed, and walked over to Julius.

"Sharpen your sword with concentration, or you're ruining a sword. Olga said to Julius.