At night, the village of Fox shines with enchanting light, like a warm pearl on the plains, telling of peace and tranquility.

A cow in the cowpen at the entrance of the village was comfortably nibbling on the grass, occasionally calling twice, and the "jingling" sound from the blacksmith shop next door constituted a beautiful serenade.

As someone who has lived in Fox for generations, Maldini Sr. has a popular dream, and he longs to see his little granddaughter marry a kind young man, and then have a big fat boy, and the family can enjoy family life in peace.

Inheriting his ancestors' blacksmithing skills, Maldini the Elder ran a blacksmith shop all his life, and countless ironware flowed from his hands. The elder Maldini was a kind man who often helped his neighbors mend shovels and hoes without paying a penny, so he was loved by the villagers, who affectionately called him "Papa Maldini"!

Even the military lords in the city were polite to Maldini's father.

The knights' iron swords were often damaged after the battle, so they were sent to Daddy to repair them, and each time they were repaired as new. Pay Daddy a few silver coins after leaving, which is much cheaper than the big weapons shops in the city!

Sometimes the knights would give Daddy two pheasants or baby boars in lieu of repairs when they came back from hunting, and Daddy Maldini would be happy to make a pot of fragrant chicken soup with bamboo shoots for his growing granddaughter.

Last month, the captain of the knights in the city sent a batch of high-quality raw iron for Papa Maldini to craft a knight's sword as a gift for Viscount Charlotte's 50th birthday, and the reward was two gold coins!

Two gold coins! That's half a year's income for Maldini's father! It's only five silver coins to buy a little suckling pig in the city, which is quite a lot of money.

Papa Maldini worked day and night. Three days ago, the sword embryo was just beaten and entered the quenching stage. The captain of the knights came to see it once. I am very satisfied with this progress and am full of praise for Maldini's father's craftsmanship. As soon as I was happy, I gave an extra deposit of gold coins!

This makes Maldini's dad so happy!

The eldest son of Aunt Tony's family, little Tony, who was in the business of running a business, went into the city and bought back a cow for a gold coin, and kept it next door to the blacksmith shop. In return with half a pheasant, the little granddaughter and the shepherd Robin learned how to raise cows and milk cows, so that every morning they had two more glasses of fresh and tempting milk for their breakfast.

Maldini's father smiled and saw the improvement of his standard of living, and he worked harder.

"Whew-"

The red-hot knight's sword was thrown into the basin of water. There was a violent wave of steam and heat.

Father Maldini looked at the thin cloud pattern on the edge of the knight's sword, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his dirty sleeve with satisfaction, and calculated the progress and schedule.

This knight's sword, which was used as a birthday gift for Viscount Charlotte, was already a half-finished product, and in about three days, it would almost be engraved and sheathed. Get the remaining two gold coins at the same time.

However, there is only one week left before the Thanksgiving Day. As a major annual festival, it is indispensable to prepare for the festival and clean the house. In this way, the progress will be affected somewhat. Fortunately, there is still more than half a month to go before the 50th birthday of Lord Charlotte.

A pair of slightly moist hands covered Papa Maldini's eyes, and giggles came from behind.

"Hee-hee, grandpa. Guess who I am?"

"Well, let old Maldini guess, hmm. Is it my good granddaughter little Claire is back?" said Daddy Maldini and turned away. patted her granddaughter's little head lovingly, "It's only been two days." My little Claire is getting taller again, and she's going to catch up with Grandpa!"

The little girl showed a sweet smile, blinking big smart eyes, and her long eyelashes flashed back and forth.

"Grandpa, guess what I brought back to you?"

"Yo, my little Claire brought good food to grandpa again?" Daddy Maldini's satisfied expression was overflowing, and he touched the little girl's face with the only clean back of his hand, "Grandpa won't eat it, grandpa is old, I can't eat it, those two snakeberries last time, but I almost sweetened a handful of my old teeth!"

"Grandpa is not old. The little girl pulled out two red fruits from behind her, one large and one small.

These two round fruits are very beautiful, and the whole body is fiery red, like two dancing flames. The skin of the fruit is slightly transparent, and there are traces of veins under the skin, which can be seen faintly reflected in the sun.

"Red dragon fruit?" Maldini's father was surprised, this red dragon fruit is also commonly known as "noble fruit", you can know it by listening to the name, it is a high-end fruit specially for noble lords to enjoy, not to mention that the poor can't afford to eat it, and it is rare to even see it once.

"These two red dragon fruits were given by Uncle Tony when he was leaving, so let me bring them back for you to taste. The little girl looked up at Daddy Maldini, and her beautiful face was full of innocence.

This almost extravagant fruit, each of which costs as much as a small suckling pig. Uncle Tony, the father of little Tony, who was in the merchant business, opened a small shop in the city, specializing in the fruit business. There is no shortage of high-end fruits such as red dragon fruit in fruit shops.

Due to the proximity of the Thanksgiving Festival, the city is already bustling. The nobles and lords also began to prepare things for the festival. This kind of red dragon fruit, which symbolizes status, is naturally indispensable, and the price will definitely go straight up.

Claire was called over to help Uncle Tony see that business has been tight lately. Although the relationship between the two families is quite good, all of a sudden Claire brought back two expensive red dragon fruits, and the weight of this gift is worth scrutinizing for Maldini's father.

"Grandpa, do you smell it?" the little girl asked expectantly as she handed the big red dragon fruit to Maldini's father's mouth.

"Fragrant, fragrant!" Daddy Maldini gently pushed the fragrant fruit in front of Claire, and tossed another small red dragon fruit in his hand, "Grandpa just eats this." You are growing your body, you can eat the big one! Listen to grandpa's words, after eating, go into the house to wash your face, and rush for a day's journey, look at you. The little face is dirty. I'll have to help my grandfather clean up the house later. ”

The little girl pouted and nodded, staring at the fruit in her hand. Suddenly, a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Grandpa!" the little girl mysteriously hooked her finger at Daddy Maldini.

Papa Maldini lowered his head with a smile. The little girl put her arms around Daddy Maldini's neck and stood on tiptoe. Pouting and pecking lightly at Daddy Maldini's face, he took the opportunity to secretly put the red dragon fruit next to the knight's sword, and ran away like a rabbit.

Daddy Maldini turned around and saw the red dragon fruit, stunned for a moment, and shook his head helplessly, but his heart was happy.

"Click", Papa Maldini took a big bite, and a refreshing sweetness flowed into his throat.

"I envy you. Daddy Maldini, there is such a filial granddaughter!" Old man Adam, who lived opposite, walked over with a locust wooden cane and an old broken book in his hand.

"Hehe, that's, Brother Adam, my good granddaughter doesn't dare to say anything else, when it comes to filial piety, that's a hundred thumbs up!" Daddy Maldini gave a thumbs up with a proud face. Grabbed the uneaten little red dragon fruit and threw it to Adam, "I said, Brother Adam, are you studying your broken book again? I've known you for forty years." I didn't see the results of your research. Come, taste, my little Claire brought it back from the city. That's a good thing to sell for five silver coins each!"

Old Adam is ostensibly in his last years. has a posture of falling down when the wind blows, but his skills are not ordinary neat. Put the crutch made of the old locust tree into the ground. He took the red dragon fruit and looked at it over and over again. Lost it again.

"The mouth is not good, there is no blessing!" said old Adam with a wave of his hand.

Papa Maldini triumphantly ate the red dragon fruit, eating no dregs left, and then washed his hands in a basin of water for quenching the iron.

Old Adam sat on the stump of an old locust tree in front of the door, looking through old books in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The cows in the barn "moo" and call. Papa Maldini had added a handful of grass to the cow, and was just about to walk over and talk to old Adam if he had a good match, but he heard a muffled "bang" from outside the village!

Old Adam was so shocked that he put down the book, and the two old men looked out of the village at the same time.

A burst of dust filled the distant land, as if thousands of troops were galloping across the plain! The half of the sky covered by the dusk dust blocked the view of the people, and they could not see what it was.

Whatever it was, the dust was rapidly approaching, heading straight for the village!

Papa Maldini and Old Adam looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.

"Oh no! Oh no!"

A young man ran over in a panic.

"What's going on, don't panic!" said old Adam, looking anxiously at the young man.

"Chief, chief, Robin's flock has been eaten by a shadow beast!, those, those ......" said the young man, pointing to the clouds of dust in the distance, and said to old Adam.

"Shadow beasts?" Daddy Maldini shuddered in horror.

When the others heard the word Shadow Beast, they were also nervous and afraid.

Shadow Beast, the soul of the dragon has disappeared in the world, and the void spirit transformed by the residual energy is called the Shadow Beast by the temple. Shadow beasts can be found all over the continent, and they retain the ferocity and brutality of the dragon, as well as the attributes and a small part of the dragon's abilities.

Shadow beasts don't have minds, they just wander around the continent aimlessly. This is exactly what happened, as there were often varying numbers of Shadow Beasts intruding into human territory.

Every few years, I hear about a village being slaughtered by wandering shadow beasts.

Well, what are those galloping things in the distance......

As if to confirm Daddy Maldini's conjecture, a sky-high flame reflected a large area of fiery red in the dust, as if the celestial fire god had descended a billowing fire cloud. Immediately after, a deafening beast roar shook the earth!

"God! it's a flame shadow beast transformed from the soul of a fire-type dragon!" someone cried out in horror, "The village is going to be finished!"

The villagers, including Maldini, were all as pale as paper.

On a high slope far outside the village, Ge Wei showed his head and looked at the monster with fire and a void body in the same amazement. He'd never seen anything like it.

"What the hell is this?" he finally came out of the forest after a few more days, but he didn't expect to see this scene as soon as he came out. Ge Wei's gaze turned again, "Huh, that's over there...... The village! It's wonderful, after so many days, I've finally seen people! No! The thing rushed towards the village. ”

Ge Wei immediately jumped down the high slope with agility, and rushed towards the village with his legs. (To be continued......)