On the east side of Blackcastle, between the city defense barracks and the police station, a large area was divided by a simple fence, and Victor's men were housed in this camp.

It was early in the morning, and several young soldiers of the city guard stood on a high sentry and looked down on the camp below, laughing mockingly from time to time.

"Haha, I'm laughing to death!"

"Oops! It must have hurt a lot! Haha, see it! He covered his ass, it must have been open in the crotch!hahaha!" A soldier desperately pounded the railing of the sentry post, looking overjoyed.

"Look at the expressions on their faces, they are wrinkled like cabbage. ”

"Hillbillies are hillbillies, and they don't even know how to train on a daily basis. Another soldier said disdainfully.

"What are you doing?"

It was an elderly warrior, his face cut by the frost, and one foot was still a little lame, but his gaze was still sharp. Under his look, the soldiers tried to restrain the smiles on their faces, but they all blushed and had thick necks, and they looked like they were working very hard.

"What are you happy about? Don't forget, you're on a mission. The old soldier scolded harshly.

"Captain, I can't help it. What do you see the Victor guards doing? haha. One soldier burst out laughing, and the others laughed along.

The old soldier walked to the fence of the sentry post, and from here he could see every move of the Victor people in the garrison. He saw dozens of people putting one of their legs on the wooden fence, and pressing their heads down to their knees, and their painful expressions of baring their teeth were indeed unbearable.

"These people are Baron Victor's guards, and they are exercising. It's not funny, it's worth learning from. The veteran soldier said: "Although it is a time of war, we cannot let go of our usual training. ”

The soldiers looked at each other, they all knew that the captain was originally a retired soldier of the Fangs Legion, and because of this war order, he was recalled again, and he had great seniority. However, the old soldiers asked them to learn the following dirt buns, and they still couldn't accept it.

One of the soldiers boldly said, "Captain, what's the use of learning that kind of training method? We have the training method of the family soldiers." ”

"That is, I heard that Baron Victor's guards are all lowly mercenaries, what good training methods can they have? ”

The old warrior's eyes widened, and he felt that he had to correct the arrogance of these young warriors, "I haven't seen blood yet, and my eyes are on the top of my head." Don't look down on these mercenary-turned-guards, they may not be as strong as you, but if you fight one-on-one, none of you will be their opponents. ”

Seeing the young lads drooping their heads, the old soldier said angrily: "Raise your heads! Single-handedly you are not their opponents, if they are ten against ten, they are not your opponents." ”

"Captain, should we learn their workouts?"

The old soldier was silent for a while, and then shouted: "You idiots, I just want you to learn from their hard work! ”

Unbeknownst to what was happening on the sentry post, the War Bear mercenaries were immersed in the pain of exercise. Dozens of days ago, three Spirit Monkey militiamen entered the garrison and brought them a simplified primary cultivation method for secret forms. Soon after, Victor appeared in front of the Warrior Bear militia and simply confessed: Everyone exercise well.

The War Bear mercenaries understood and were ecstatic. Everyone knows that Lord Victor has a secret force in his hands, and the strength of these people is directly after Nelson. This also means that Master Victor has a special workout method in his hands, and this method must have been taught to them by the three strangers. Therefore, the War Bear Mercenary had a great enthusiasm for cultivating the primary secret form. But what they didn't expect was that the special training method was really special enough, leg pressing, stretching, which was too painful for veterans with an average age of more than forty. It is precisely because of the pain that the War Bear mercenaries believe that this training method must be effective. In this way, under the surprised and mocking eyes of others, they practiced diligently every day. Of course, no one will know that these are just the basis for cultivating the secret form of barberry, and without follow-up training methods, there is no way to practice at all. This is also the reason why Victor is relieved.

It has been more than 100 days since the ant plague broke out, and the ant colony's attack on Fort Feldstone has been much smaller, and the existing Ant-Man leader found by the scout knights of the York family has begun to return to the Swamp alone, which also confirms the speculation that the ant colony will still return. Sylvia immediately decided to lead three great knights to intercept the retreating Ant-Man leaders, and Victor supported this and asked Black Feather to help them search for the lone Ant-Man leader.

Victor found himself the biggest beneficiary of the ant plague. From the perspective of time, at least more than 200 alchemy humans have been created, secret bases are also being built, and the upper limit of the alchemy tower's soul fire and capital reserves are still increasing.

Now he has formed a secret alliance with the House of York. Victor believes that in the future, whether it is facing Ant-Man's next attack or the political environment within the kingdom, as long as the York family is in front, he will be able to gain time and space to grow.

But this alone is not enough, alchemy humans are not real humans after all, and loyal subordinates are indispensable for Victor to realize the vision he has planned. The only thing Victor can rely on and trust at the moment is the War Bear Mercenaries.

How to ensure that the Bear Mercenaries are completely loyal to themselves is an important problem that Victor needs to solve. Victor believes that as long as he does two things, most mercenaries will not betray themselves. First, it is land and family, Victor decided to wait for the end of the ant plague, allocate a piece of land to each mercenary, and help the single mercenaries find a suitable partner, and when their child is born, Victor's plan can be fully implemented. Second, re-establish a closed benefit distribution system, and tie them firmly to their chariots through dividends, increasing fiefdoms, and subsequent secret form cultivation methods. Victor believes that increasing strength is an irresistible temptation for the War Bear mercenaries.

After a day of training, Victor wandered through the gardens of Rose Manor, where he now grew fond of lush vegetation. Victor found that in places with strong natural breath, his mind became clearer and sharper, and his energy recovered very quickly.

Victor walked as he mentally deduced the simplified method of the secret form of the spirit monkey. He already had a lot of ideas, but the current environment didn't allow them to be validated.

"Good day, sir. ”

Victor looked up and saw Lilia in a beautiful maid's dress, saluting herself with grace.

"Lilia, what are you doing?" said Victor laughed.

"My lord, I'm learning the art of flower arrangement with the maid Mai Rui. You see, this is the rose I just picked. Lilia curtsied to Victor, then raised the basket of flowers in her hand, and said in a warbler's voice.

Lilia's demeanor was completely in line with the etiquette of a personal maid, but Victor's face sank, "Lilia, I don't like you to call me an adult. ”

"My lord, I used to be too rude. Now, with the guidance of the Mai Rui maid, I will definitely become a qualified personal maid. Lilia said softly.

Looking at Lilia's big clear and bright eyes, Victor felt a pain in his heart, he had indeed ignored Lilia's feelings during this time.

Victor stepped forward and hugged the girl and whispered, "I'm sorry. Lilia, I neglected you. ”

"My lord, I've tried hard, but I'm too stupid。。。。。。 Lilia couldn't control her emotions and hugged Victor tightly, sobbing incessantly.

"No! you're smart. Victor said in a deep voice.

"I can't help you, I'm not a noble knight, and I'm not pretty enough... Even a personal maid can't do it well. Lilia buried her head in Victor's arms and cried.

"You don't need to be a valet maid, there are more important things waiting for you to do. ”

"Really, is there anything else I need to do?" asked Lilia, raising her teary eyes.

"Be yourself and always be on my side. ”

In Victor's view, Lilia has no complicated background, although she is simpler, she can follow herself unreservedly, even Nicole can't do this, and this is the most important thing for Victor!

"It's that simple?" Lilia looked at Victor quizzically.

"Simple?" Victor smiled: "It's not easy to stand by my side forever, it's useless to learn flower arrangement, you have to learn other things." ”

"Learn what?"

"Learn math first. ”

Victor pulled Lilia away, and the basket full of roses was left alone on the grass.

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Port of Aden, United Kingdom of Borui, is home to the main castle of Duke Peter.

"Master Raymond, this is a gift from Lord Fili. ”

The neatly dressed butler respectfully placed a box on the table.

A young man who was painting raised his head to look at it, then continued to paint, and asked casually, "What is it?"

"The Sword Saint Draven's Combat Skill Scroll was purchased by Lord Fili from Baron Biree for fifty thousand gold soles. The butler replied.

The brush stopped, and the boy stood up and walked over to the table. He was 13 or 4 years old, with an elegant and handsome face, black hair and black eyes, and slightly pointed ears, and he was also the blood of the Moon Elves.

"How many copies of His Highness Draven's battle skill scrolls are still there before I can collect them?" the young man asked the butler, stroking the animal skin scrolls in the box.

"Young Master, there are a total of seven copies of the battle skill scrolls handed down by His Highness the Sword Saint, and you are still three copies away from obtaining the entire inheritance of the Sword Saint. The butler replied.

The young man pondered for a while, and then asked, "Riley, you were born in the White Tower and studied history. Tell me, is that rumor true?"

Riley stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Young Master Raymond, the rumors are not credible. According to the records of the White Tower, there were only four Moon Elf bloodline awakeners at that time. Three of them met with accidents, and it was then that Lord Ravin became blonde and golden-eyed. Whether there is a necessary continuity in this, no one knows.

The Wimbledon family has flourished again since Draven. Only now, it has declined again. But even so, there are a few more Moon Elf bloodline awakeners at the moment than there were in Draven's time. ”

"You go down first. The young man commanded lightly.

"Yes, young master. I'll quit first. ”

Riley, the butler, saluted respectfully, and walked backwards out of the room, with a slight smile in his eyes, and he had just seen a green veil rise on the back of the young man's hand.