readx; The months-long military conflict between North Sunderland and Lorenço finally came to an end with an edict from the Titan Holy See. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Because of Rex's timely delivery, Lorenzo's Crusader Legion on the front line had enough room and time to retreat, rather than retreating in a hurry as in history, which finally gave the North Sunderland army a chance.

This military conflict, which invested a lot of manpower and material resources and will eventually go down in history, ended in a draw between the two sides, and there were no winners and no losers.

Some people have benefited from this, and some people have paid the price in it, but the most injured are the ordinary people who have been affected by the war in the two kingdoms of the Iron Hoof Plains.

His wife was separated, his family was ruined, but no one cared about the life or death of this group of low-level people anymore.

A month after the end of the military conflict, and thirty-two days after leaving Sandshield City, Erwin and Susan finally crossed the vast river valley valley in Lorenço and entered the heart of this powerful kingdom, although the sparse vegetation and plain terrain made the country a little desolate, but at least much better than the border.

Although the military conflict on the Iron Hoof Plain had a wide impact, the flames of war only spread on the border, and the hinterland of the kingdom was completely unaware of the smell of urgency and gunsmoke except for the more refugees from the border, and the cities passed through were also full of life and prosperity.

Erwin and Susan still have a long way to go, they need to pass through the territory of Lorenzo, enter the avenue leading from the royal capital to the border, and then pass through two small countries to be able to return to the south.

Because the road is too far, the two of them have no need to rush at all, and they are walking slowly and leisurely along the way, and at the same time enjoying the exotic customs of the northern continent, which is a very rare enjoyment for the two.

It's just that this kind of tourist-like mentality sometimes makes the two of them encounter something like tonight, because they don't hire a guide, and they haven't carefully considered the itinerary and time, so sometimes they will miss the bustling cities along the way, and can only choose to spend the night in more remote towns or villages.

By the time the two arrived at the township of Massawa, it was already dark, and the setting sun had left a bright red in the distant sky, while the stars began to appear in the sky.

Massawa was on a sloping hillside, outside a valley called the Grove Valley, which was not very large, but there was a small market in it, and fortunately there were taverns and inns in the market, so that Erwin and Susan did not have to run to the villagers' homes to spend the night.

After asking a farmer for the way, Erwin and Susan soon arrived at the market, and the dirty and messy environment was naturally not much to say, and some people who came and went also looked at the two people riding tall horses with strange eyes, but they did not stay long.

It's not overly remote Shadun City, although Massawa is a small town, but it's on the edge of the main road, and there are not many convoys of travelers passing here every month, and young people like Erwin and Susan are common.

The only places in the market that were lit up were the tavern and the inn, but they were close to each other, and when Erwin and Susan dismounted and walked into the inn, they naturally attracted the attention of the people in the tavern next to them.

"Hey, did you see it, that girl just now was very good, that face, that figure, tsk."

In the tavern, among a crowd of people drinking, a man glanced at Susan, who walked into the hotel next to him, and immediately shouted at the people around him as if he had found some treasure.

"It's from out of town, Masawa can't produce such a woman."

Another man saw the same, touched his chin, and asked the people next to him, "Do you want to invite her over for a drink, maybe something interesting will happen?" ”

The others cheered, but the group was just talking, and they didn't dare to really run to the hotel to invite people out.

Erwin and Susan naturally didn't know that anyone was talking about them, and as soon as they entered the hotel, a middle-aged man ran out to entertain them.

However, to the two of them, there was only one room left in the hotel.

It's not a bustling place, because there is a small city not far away, and many caravans and travelers try to get there before dark, so there is only one hotel in Massawa.

There are five rooms in the hotel, two of which have been turned into storage rooms because they are uninhabited all year round, and the other two have already had guests, so now only one remains.

One is just one, Erwin and Susan are not without the experience of living in the same room, so after using up the food sent by the hotel, the two of them generously returned to the room, intending to rest.

But soon the two found out that things were not so simple, although they had the experience of living in the same room, but after all, it was not always like this, the two had slept separately a few months ago, and now they had to sleep together again, and the feeling of this would naturally change very significantly.

For example, like now, the two have known each other for a long time, and there have always been many topics to talk about, but when Erwin sat on one side of the cramped single bed and looked at Susan who was sitting on the other side, he suddenly found himself very clumsy and didn't know what to say.

And Susan was also stunned and silent, not knowing what to say, the two inadvertently touched their eyes together, and then avoided it like a weak heart, Erwin looked embarrassed and nervous, and Susan's cheeks slowly appeared a flush, and she lowered her head slightly as if she was shy.

Time passed like this, minute by minute, and there seemed to be a charming and ambiguous atmosphere rising between the two.

Erwin couldn't stand it a little, he looked at the time and found that it was still very early, although the sky had completely darkened, but it was only about seven o'clock in the night, after all, it was winter, and the night came early.

He coughed, then turned to look at Susan, and asked, "Well, it's still early, do you want to go to the tavern for something, I'm in for a treat." ”

Both of them put their money on Susan's body, Erwin was nervous for a moment but said that I had a treat, Susan stared at him for a while, and suddenly laughed, the delicate and beautiful smiling face was like a spring flower, and Erwin was a little fascinated.

"What else to see, let's go."

Seeing Erwin looking at himself intently, although Susan's face was flushed, she was still very happy in her heart, and couldn't help but kick him lightly.

The two left the hotel and went to a nearby tavern.

The tavern has only one floor, and although the area is not small, the layout is very ordinary, revealing simplicity and messiness inside and out, even the environment of the tavern in Sand Shield City looks much better than here.

However, Erwin and Susan had no choice but to find a random place to sit down, and under the kind recommendation of the tavern hostess, they ordered their special ale and appetizers.

As for the guys, who had been discussing Erwin and the two at first, they fell silent when they saw them come in, and they all stared at them, and soon they got together again and whispered, pointing at them from time to time, and then laughing loudly, as if they were telling some kind of joke.

The group behaved so obviously, of course, that they wanted others not to notice, and Erwin glanced at the group after entering the door, eight young men, two of whom were older, judging from their sturdy bodies and the clothes on their bodies, these people should all be Massawa hunters.

Seeing that these hunters were just ordinary people, Erwin didn't care about them, even if they were used to make jokes, as long as they didn't say it directly in front of him, Erwin was not so narrow-minded that he would be angry about it.

As for Susan, she used to go to many places as a mercenary, because of the identity of a girl and a rare and beautiful girl, she no longer knew how many verbal jokes she had been made, from the beginning she would be angry and embarrassed, to now she is indifferent, and she will hardly have any unnecessary conflicts with others because of these trivial things

However, Erwin and Susan don't mind, it doesn't mean that the group of hunters will stop there, and on the top of the alcohol, this group of guys began to talk more and more unscrupulously about some meat and vegetarian jokes or jokes, and it is obvious that they have begun to make fun of Susan and Erwin.

As the saying goes, wine is bold and courageous, and if these hunters usually met Erwin or Susan, they would not go so far, after all, although the two are young, they can be seen to be mercenaries or adventurers from any way, and they are not angry that these township hunters can provoke.

But most of them were a little drunk by now, and one of the hunters finally stood up with his glass in hand, and walked towards Erwin and Susan with a vain step.

"Both of you are from out of town, right?"

The hunter stood at Erwin's table with Susan, and spoke with a mouth snorting with wine, glancing at Elwin, and then landing on Susan's body, staring at her beautiful face with unbridled eyes.

Erwin tapped his finger on the table, drawing the hunter's attention, looked at him and smiled, "Yes, we're from out of town, do you have something?" ”

"Can't I talk to you if there's nothing to do?"

The hunter had no interest in Erwin, and replied unceremoniously, then turned to look at Susan: "This beautiful girl, my name is Bernie, and my friends and I want to have a drink with you, how about getting to know each other?" ”

As he spoke, the hunter brought the glass to Susan's face, as if he wanted to feed her the half-drunk wine in the glass.

Susan frowned, she couldn't remember how long it had been since she had encountered such a thing, but she remembered the last time she dared to do anything to her while she was drunk, and she ended up breaking her limbs and throwing her into a pit.

But now there was no need for Susan to make a move, and as soon as the hunter put the glass in Susan's face, Erwin had reached out and grabbed his arm, and then slowly pulled it back.

"Why don't I treat you to a drink?" Erwin looked at the hunter with a smile still on his face.

The hunter was stunned for a moment, and struggled hard, but Erwin's hand was as unmoving as steel, and he was in a hurry, and immediately whispered: "Let go, don't touch me with your dirty hands" At the same time, the other hand was about to wave towards Erwin's face.

Erwin's eyes were a little cold, and the hand that grabbed the hunter's arm pinched slightly, with the terrifying quality of his current body, the body of an ordinary person was not much harder than bread to him.

With such a slight pinch, the hunter immediately screamed, and the action of throwing a fist in Erwin's face stopped, and the slightly deformed hand could no longer hold the wine glass.

Erwin caught the fallen glass in one hand, and poured it directly into the hunter's mouth that was wide open in screams.

At the same time, the glass came out of his hand and smashed into the hunter's face, knocking him backwards and falling down.

Seeing this scene, the group of hunters who were about to watch a good show over there were immediately stunned, and the screams of the hunter named Bernie who covered his face and fell to the ground immediately woke them up again, and immediately they all got up from their seats and rushed towards Erwin with great momentum.

Seeing this scene, Erwin exhaled slightly, looked at Susan and said, "I didn't come if I knew I wouldn't come." ”

"It's too late for you to regret it now." Susan suddenly smiled slyly, "It's all up to you." ”

"This is the first battle after the establishment of our Shenhuo Mercenary Group, please be serious, okay?" Erwin was speechless, although the group of hunters in front of him was no match at all.

As he spoke, the first hunter who rushed to the front had already raised his fist and struck Elwin.

"Forget it, let's just warm up after dinner."

Two minutes later, Erwin threw the eight delirious hunters out of the tavern, but as a bit of a heavy compensation, Erwin generously paid for the drinks, and the tavern waitress hiding behind the counter looked at Erwin as if he were looking at some strange creature.

"It's a good mood, and you're still in the mood to fight."

Just as Erwin waved his hand to return to his seat, a very familiar voice suddenly came from the door of the tavern.

Erwin immediately turned around in surprise and saw the iconic black cloak and gray armor, Rex's cold face was still as snowy as a snowy night, but there was a faint joy of reunion in the corners of his eyes.

After a few minutes, the three of them switched positions, with Erwin sitting next to Susan and Rex sitting across from them.

"How did you get here?"

Erwin couldn't help but ask, he was actually a little happy about the reunion with Rex in his heart. After coming to the world of Elend, in addition to Susan, Rex can be said to be his first acquaintance who has a good relationship, and the personalities of the two are also compatible, and there is a faint tendency to develop into a friendship.

It's just that in addition to being happy, Erwin also has a headache, if Rex still has the idea of asking Erwin to help, then he may continue to be disappointed

After all, Rex came to Lorenzo to investigate the group of Finalists, and although Erwin had already decided to make trouble for the Finalists, it was to take his time secretly when he had the opportunity to do so, not to be as high-profile as Rex, because sooner or later he would be targeted by the Finalists.

"Of course I'm chasing that group of people, I'm not like you, so leisurely as if I'm traveling."

The group was naturally referring to the Sect of the End, Rex said as he took a sip of the tavern host's offer, the spicy liquid pouring from his throat into his abdomen, the warmth rising to dispel the chill of the night's journey.

Two months ago in Sand Shield City, although many of the soldiers in the city's defenders and the betrayal of Poruf had devastated them, Rex was not without gains, at least not every one of the Sect's men was not afraid of death.

Rex obtained some information and information about the Sect of the End, and after dealing with the affairs of Sand Shield City, he began to enter the kingdom of Lorenzo and began to investigate the Cultists, but he didn't expect to meet Erwin here by such a coincidence.

"What's the problem? Why is your face so ugly? ”

Although this sentence Erwin asked casually, but there was still a lot of curiosity in his heart, Rex is a very confident and even a little conceited person, and he seems to have a sense of confidence in everything, although in Susan's eyes, Erwin is also like this, but he will never admit it.

And Rex, who was so confident, was now very pale, his lips were bloodless, and there was a tiredness that could not be concealed between his eyebrows, and his eyes showed confusion from time to time.

That's why Elwin wondered what kind of problem or blow Rex had encountered, and he became what he is now.

But hearing Erwin say this, Rex suddenly shook his whole body, and then raised his head and looked at Erwin with disbelief: "I, I'm looking bad now?" ”

"Sure, how long has it been since you've looked in the mirror?" Erwin frowned, Rex's appearance was not right, the curiosity in his heart immediately turned into doubt and worry, and he couldn't help but ask, "What problem are you encountering?" ”

Rex didn't seem to hear Erwin, but turned his head to look at Susan, who was sitting next to Erwin, as if seeking her opinion.

Susan pursed her lips and looked at Rex for a few moments, then nodded, "Your face is as bad as a zombie." ”

Rex seemed to be in some kind of confusion, his eyes staring at the table, his brow furrowing and his lips pursed.

Seeing him like this, Erwin and Susan glanced at each other, both saw the confusion in each other's eyes, Susan opened her mouth to say something to Rex, but Erwin reached out to stop her: "Interrupt him first." ”

It wasn't until a long time later that Rex looked up at Erwin and Susan and said something that shocked the two of them.