Reims prepared a very hearty lunch with fresh honey, tender beans, brown bread, slightly sour grapes, kale, and a small plate of half-cooked cheese. Merlin ate very happily, and the food in Ashfurnace Mountain was even better than that of Adrianople.

However, it was not Stirico who intended to abuse his son, because his food was the same as Merlin's, and for Adrianople, it was enough to be fed, and they would not be overly hungry. But Merlin doesn't think so, the world is big, and the food is the biggest.

Dididi, a series of voices sounded in Merlin's ears, and he put down the pottery cup in his hand and clicked on the Great Lord's task system. The discovery system has released a new task for him, click on it to see: story mission, the population of Ash Furnace Village reaches 200, and the reward is 1/1 of a small sweet spring, and 1/1 of a first-level treasure chest.

Merlin points out his attributes and discovers something new:

Name: Merlin Tesla

Lord of Ashfurnace Mountain

Talents: Unknown

Abilities: Unknown

Grade: Zero

Equipment: Zero

Package Item: 3/12

Gold: 19,000 gold, 241 silver, 2,853 copper

Territory manpower: 197

At the market in Hippo, Bill bought a lot of grain, as well as some tools. These things cost Merlin more than 1,000 gold coins. Just as Merlin was concentrating on the Great Lord system, he suddenly felt someone tugging at his sleeve.

"Your Highness Merlin, the captain of the guard of Adrianople is here to take his leave, they are leaving Ashfurnace Village and returning to Adrianople!" said Bill.

"Are they going back," Merlin couldn't help but think of the task given by the system, if he wants to increase the number of people in this place, there is almost no other way except to give birth, if he can dig three people from these guards, he can complete the task given by the system, this is the first time Merlin has received a rewarding task.

"Yes, my Highness," said Bill, with a wry smile, "the guards are going back to their lives, and although there is no war now, Adrianople's training has not been slackened, and the warriors of the King of Cyris are looking forward to returning to the battlefield!"

Old Bill had some worries in his heart, and it was in the morning that some bad words had spread among the guards, and Merlin was still asleep on the mat of the rush.

"Ash Furnace Mountain is really remote, and there is no more remote place here in the whole of Selis. Someone said.

"The king of Cyris is really eccentric, the handsome eldest son came to the poor countryside to be a lord, and the younger son went to the holy city to be a young master, it seems that the position of the king of Cylise will have nothing to do with Ashfurnace Mountain in the future!" someone said.

"No, His Majesty Stilico will know, His Highness Merlin has magical powers, and the monks of Michel's Abbey are helpless, and he can save the sick. "This is a guard named Tom, one of the two guards who follow Merlin to Michel's Abbey.

"Yes, perhaps His Highness will become a big man in the Abbey of Michelle!" the guards laughed. Tom was a little angry, but he couldn't refute it.

His Royal Highness Merlin in the Grey Furnace Mountain Territory didn't know at all, at this time he was resting, recovering the energy he had expended during the journey, as a sixteen-year-old young master, His Highness Merlin was still going out for the first time, and even his inner thighs had been ground on the horseback.

"Are you here to say goodbye to me?" asked Merlin, looking up and smiling at Tom in front of him.

"No, it's not," Tom said, "the Adrianople guards have left. Tom looked at the young Lord of Ashhearth with some pity, in the eyes of the swaggering Goths, the Lord of Ashhearth Mountain had been abandoned by Master Stilico, and from now on Varins Tesla would be the next Lord of Cyris.

"Very well," Merlin felt an invisible substance swelling in his chest, and he ripped open his robe in annoyance, trying to release the hot breath, "Then why didn't you two leave?"

Tom was surrounded by a thick, thick-haired, fair-faced, sparsely bearded guard named Jerry, but the two of them accompanied Merlin to Michel's Abbey, and on the way back, they saw Merlin revive the dying woman.

"We want to be loyal to Your Highness!" Tom bowed deeply, "We both want to be subjects of Ashfurnace Mountain. ”

Bill's face changed suddenly, and the guards sent by Stirico to escort His Highness Merlin refused to go back, which was a tricky matter. He was worried that Merlin would be reckless in agreeing. Even if Merlin is the son of Master Stilico, it is a red line that cannot be crossed when it comes to territory and guardian knights.

"Have you sworn allegiance to Master Stilicori?" Merlin was clearly aware of some of the obstacles.

"No, Jerry and I are actually just mercenaries in Adrianople, we were originally planning to leave in the fall, but now it's not a few months in advance. "It seems that the one who is the master of the two is this big man, "Your Highness's feat of saving people at the expense of his life has touched us, so we hope to stay in Ash Furnace Mountain." ”

Of course, Merlin would not refuse, but the feeling of being despised by the guards just now was slightly diluted. Whatever Tom and Jerry's reason for staying in Ashfurnace Mountain, at least now they were only one person away from their goal of 200 people. Merlin was curious about what the system's reward Ganquan was, as well as the first-level treasure chest.

With a clang, there were weepings and cursing on the hillside not far away, Merlin beckoned, and led the group to run there, only to see a girl of the frost giant curled up on the grass on the green hillside, and at her feet was a broken clay pot, and the old man of Ashfurnace Village Lance was whipping her with a leather whip in his hand, cursing and scolding, and whipping her hard.

"Thief, big, filthy, clumsy scoundrel!" Lance's whip drew blood from the frost giant, who was a head taller than him.

The Frost Giant's girl, her face was immature, her arms were cut by brown clay skin, her gray vest was stained red with brown-red blood, and she curled up in fear, trembling all over.

"Stop, Lance!" Merlin couldn't help but shout as he saw that the village chief of Ashfurnace Village had no intention of stopping. "She's just a child, what's the wrong thing to talk about?"

Lance still raised the whip in his hand high, and before the whip could fall, he flew out of the air.

"Remember, from today onwards, this is the end of not listening to His Highness in Ash Furnace Mountain. Bill stood behind Merlin, slowly retracted his feet, looked around, and spoke slowly.