It's already November, and the weather is dry and a little cold, and although there is no snow yet, the cold winds from the ice fields have swept across the plateau and into the flat land of the south. The weather has dropped sharply in the past two days, and the Thousand Needles Stone Forest, located in the northernmost part of Durontal, has entered a state of winter.

Eric, the Priestess of Wands, wandered through the clearing with his pet, enjoying the warm morning sun. The drop in temperature made Bill very uncomfortable, and he wanted to sleep after sitting for a little longer, which is the phenomenon of "hibernation" of the Bill people. It's the same as the "winter sleepiness" of other races, but the Bill is a little more severe.

With hot honey tea in his hand, Eric strolled towards the mine with his pet in the warm sun. His pet was also a bear-like beast, but unlike its owner's small body, it was a large bear with shiny brown fur, and one of its front legs was much larger than the owner in front of him. Eric took advantage of this beautiful morning to release this pet who had been in the "hibernation barrier" for a long time to enjoy the last sunshine before this winter, and by the way, to suppress the noisy guys in the mine.

Ever since the two Vienna disciples took the mastiffs away a few days ago, the unruly guys in the mine have started to make trouble. Thinking of the constant fights all day long, Eric can't help but miss the mastiffs a little. In the past, there was the suppression of the mastiffs, and these prisoners who were undergoing labor camp together were all very well-behaved, and the mastiffs always worked silently without saying a word, never like these guys who were lazy all day long and kept making trouble.

Looking at the group of prisoners who put their tools aside and watched the two people in the arena duel, Eric coughed lightly and took a sip of honey tea. The giant bear following him saw his master stop and snorted heavily at his tail, which was swinging leisurely, and sprayed white vapor on Eric's tail.

was making a commotion, when he saw the highest status of the sacrifice in the Thousand Needles camp appear, followed by an imposing giant bear, he immediately stood up from the ground and saluted Eric.

In the kingdom of Beamon, anyone who still considers himself a Beamon will maintain some respect for a scepter sacrifice, whether you are a king on high or a prisoner who has done the dirtiest thing.

The fellows who received labor camps here were not extremely vicious people, and they respected the scepter sacrifice of the Bill tribe, and when they saw him appear, they all restrained the ruffian and hooligan virtues.

Eric took a sip of tea before he said slowly: "You guys, you guys are lazy and make trouble for me, it seems that the mastiff has been gone for a few days, and you all have itchy skin, so you two come over to me!" Eric pointed to the two wolfe werewolves who were fighting just now, "My big bear has grown fleas on its body after staying in the 'hibernation barrier' for a long time, you come and help it scratch the itch." ”

And the big bear snorted very cooperatively.

The two Wolf's faces changed when they heard this, and they said, "Lord Erik, you are really joking! Look, you've finished our warm-up, it's time to get to work. ”

Eric snorted twice and said, "That's a nice thing to say, you guys don't want to pick up snow here in winter, so you can finish these few days for me! If you give me trouble, it's not you who scratch my big bear, but my big bear that scratches you!"

When the prisoners heard this, they nodded yes again and again, grabbed their tools, and got to work earnestly.

At this time, a sentry came up to Eric and reported, "Lord Eric, Lord Hogarth and Master Luke, who had been on the plateau for trials for a few days, have returned, and the battalion commander has called you over. ”

When Eric heard this, he turned his round eyes and said, "I'm back so soon, those two little guys won't have touched a nose of dust on the plateau, haha!"

The sentry heard Eric's speculation and quickly explained: "Lord Eric, I think the trial of those two adults should have been successful, so please go over and see for yourself the specific situation." ”

Eric was a little surprised: "Succeeded? It seems that they are worthy of being Vienna's disciples, and they are worthy of being the sacrifice of the 'genius line'! Well, I'll take a look at it with you. ”

After saying that, he didn't care about the prisoners, and led the big bear towards the camp gate.

When the prisoners heard that the two priests who had been in the mines the other day had successfully returned from their trials, they began to talk about it.

One of the two wolves in the gladiatorial fight just now put down the hammer in his hand and said to the other: "Hey, Jack, do you hear me, those two new priests are back, and I don't know what happens to those arrogant mastiff bones." ”

When Jack next to him heard this, he smashed the hammer down fiercely before he said: "Phew, those guys with long brains and bones, followed the two soul sacrifices into the plateau, and can they come back alive? ”

"Haha, I think so too, those stupid people don't enjoy the comfortable environment here, and they even run to the plateau to die. Or what is Doug's glory, what kind of is funny! What kind of glory do they have for a group of cowardly Doug who can only bite people indiscriminately! I also say that our great wolf cavalry is glory! The officials in the imperial capital are not good things! The guys in the temple are not good things either! If they had half of Master Eric, we wouldn't have to mine here, but rode the giant wolf through the Pampers grassland. ”

The Pampers grassland is home to Bimon's homeland. After the defeat of the war between Beamon and the humans, he was driven out of the ancestral land by the humans, and the humans occupied the grasslands, and every passionate Beamon hoped to be able to fight back into the human empire.

Jack listened, spat fiercely, and said: "I, Mike, say that these are a piece of, without the wolf's back, the glory of our warriors will not exist! We are no longer Wolf warriors! Think about our wives! Think about those who have and don't, it is better to dig two more mines as Lord Eric said, at least you can make two protective weapons for those who still dream of attacking the human empire." ”

"Hehe~~" Mike smiled sadly as if he was told the sore spot, and then said: "Yes, it's useless to say anything now, those two young priests seem to have been embarrassed by the guys in the temple to come here." It seems that those people have forgotten what is in our blood, and even the sacrifice is ruthlessly persecuted for the sake of what is in their hands, haha......"

The two of them took the lead, and everyone began to talk about it, and if Hogarth had heard their conversation here, she would have thought that they deserved to be imprisoned here.

Outside the gate, Eric looked at the team brought back by Ouyang in surprise, six Bill, six House, and twenty-seven mastiffs, which made him a little suspicious if the two young men had been to the plateau.

However, seeing the huge team following them, the harpy banshee flying in the air with their families, and the land spirits carrying large bags and small bags, a large group of people made a lot of noise. The precious ceramic cup from the Eastern Silk Continent in Eric's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and he almost didn't shout the words "the enemy is coming".

The big bear behind him also roared with the mood fluctuations of his master.

However, when Eric saw the barefoot little girls standing on Beamon's shoulders, he immediately understood that it was not his first thought, and that it must have been the two little ones who had subdued the two bandits by some means.

Ouyang walked up with a big haha, helped him pick up the cup on the ground and handed it back to him, and said with a smile: "Lord Eric, you don't have to be so surprised to see the kid come back safely, don't you think that Lord Vienna's disciple is domineering? But now that there is no thunder in the sky, you don't have to drop the cup." ”

Ouyang borrowed an allusion from Beamon's two heroes, "Lion King" Simba and "Shigong" Stone, three hundred years ago, when Stone was so frightened by Simba's words that he dropped the cup in his hand, and Stone used a thunderclap that happened to sound in the sky as a cover.

Eric took the cup and scolded with a smile: "Boy, don't bury me, tell me how you subdued these two races." If I'm not mistaken, when your ancestor Vienna was trained on the plateau, she fought with the Queen of the Harpy, and I was pitted by the Earth Spirit a few times a few years ago. ”

At this time, Cullen, Kosha, and Verren also came up to greet Eric, who waved his hand and motioned for them not to interrupt him from listening to Ouyang's story.

Ouyang cleared his throat, made a look of listening to you, and said, "My lord, didn't I say it just now, boy, I was domineering and leaked, and as soon as the tiger's body was shocked, they naturally obeyed." ”

When Eric heard this, he was so angry that the two mustaches on his face straightened.

Ouyang saw that he was about to have a seizure, and said again: "My lord, just kidding, I will tell you about this matter without asking." And it came to pass, as you can see, that these harpies and land elves are now under my command and will become the people of my realm. It's all thanks to these mastiffs, and I want to take them all as real retinues, and now they have made meritorious contributions in my trials, ...... your lord."

Ouyang stared at the ceramic cup, with an expression that you are old and convenient, and you have accepted the gift.

Hearing this, Eric's beard really stood up, and he gritted his teeth and said: "You kid, I really don't understand how Veena can have such a disciple grandson as you! Do you think I can snatch this group of mastiffs back from you? I agreed to this, and I have good news to tell you, the application submitted by Knight Cullen has been approved, and the imperial capital has agreed to his application to resign as the commander of the larch camp, and now he is the retinue knight of Hogarz. However, if you don't want to talk about it, you have to tell me the results of the trial. ”

Ouyang laughed and said, "Of course, I was lucky, I came across a group of thunder and lightning manta rays and fished a bunch of fifth-order magic crystals, how about it, I didn't embarrass my ancestor." ”

Eric nodded: "It's not bad, you have a seventh-order golden dragon eagle, and the best Beamon warriors, it's not difficult to do this, you can barely pass the trial." ”

Seeing his expression of looking at the "three good students", Ouyang grinned, and continued: "My lord, we encountered a group of thunder and lightning manta rays led by seventh-order demonic beasts at the same time, a total of eight of them, and ...... them."

"And what? You can say that you are more powerful than I estimate for a group of lightning manta rays. Eric was a little surprised.

"And what surprised you even more, when fighting the Thunderbolt Manta Ray, a ninth-order demonic beast was killed halfway. ”

"What?!ninth-order demonic beasts, then you ......" He wanted to ask if you were okay, but after reacting, it was obvious that this worried sentence was not said at all, and they had already appeared in front of him unharmed.

"Of course, we hunted that ninth-order earthly python by the way. Ouyang looked like he was waiting to see Eric's surprised expression.

"What?!The legendary earthly python?!How did you do it?!" Eric did not disappoint Ouyang, he was so surprised that he threw the precious ceramic cup to the ground again, but this time this treasure from the distant Eastern Empire was not so lucky, and shattered into several pieces.

When Eric reacted, he screamed again, "You kid did it on purpose!"

"Don't be angry, sir, don't you want to hear about our trials, now look at your surprise. It seems that you want to find something interesting to listen to the purpose of the goal, isn't it just a ceramic cup, I will pay you one in the future. , but seeing that I have made you so satisfied, you will promise to give me a few of your House retinues, and do you see if there is a human priest over there on a winged pegasus, do you see?"

Eric looked at it, and sure enough, he saw a human woman wearing the black robe of a nun of the Human Light Holy Court riding on the back of a snow-white winged pegasus, and nodded. But he reacted immediately, and just wanted to refuse, but Ouyang held his hand tightly and said, "Lord Eric, you really said that to Master Vienna, you are generous and generous, and you take good care of your juniors, thank you so much for your gift." ”

Eric had a bitter face, he was pitted by this kid today, and hurriedly invited him into the camp, not wanting to tell him more, lest he lose anything, just hoping that he would leave here quickly.

Sure enough, as he wished, Ouyang and the others left the Thousand Needles camp early the next morning and went back and forth to Witherston.

However, before leaving, Ouyang "snatched" a lot of weapons from him.

In the name of the fat man's "grabbing things", after Eric said "The people of the temple reject you, you kid will be more cautious in the future", and then Ouyang said, "Since adults care so much about the safety of the kid, it is better to give two more weapons to defend yourself".

After Ouyang left, Eric felt that he had underestimated this fat, round, seemingly simple-minded guy! No, not only him, but even those guys in the temple underestimated him, maybe Vienna didn't know what this guy was really capable of.

He looked at the figure of the team leaving, and only hoped that he would be able to endure and not make any trouble in the temple, otherwise even his ancestor Vienna would not be able to cover him.

As for what would happen to Ouyang when he returned to Witherston, he used his own answer when Epli asked him what his plans were:

And that's just the beginning.