Far south of the continent, in the unassuming countryside of the Duchy of Thunder, Knight Howard James is patrolling the territory with his two sons. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 When the farmers saw the knight father and son passing by, they all stopped what they were doing and saluted them.

The salute was almost pure etiquette, and the once popular Kean Leader peasants were much more polite than the uncultured and rude Northwesterners of the pioneers.

James Knight is forty-two years old this year, and for a mid-level knight, his body is almost at the end of his prime, and it will start to decline after a year or two at most. On the other hand, his two sons, 22-year-old Bonn and 18-year-old Sean, have grown up, and the eldest son has even added a granddaughter to him, plus a fifteen-year-old daughter, which can be described as a full house of children and grandchildren.

He was much more fortunate than Knight Divor, who was left with only two sons, fifteen and twelve, after he died in battle. When he first set out on the expedition, Crick left him in custody because of his weakness and familiarity with the territory. Divor, on the other hand, had no choice - the lord needed at least one knight under his command.

They participated in the earth-shattering battle, and in the end, only twelve of the more than 100 people returned to their homeland alive, and not even one of them was able to complete the whole thing, not even the lord Crick was injured. In contrast, although James Knight has not been able to get enough commemoration to boast of to future generations, at least he is still alive and unscathed.

This made him very grateful, although it was difficult to say, although it was slightly stupid. But he was still very clear in his heart - the intelligence nine was actually not very stupid, it was very common among warriors. I haven't seen a single warrior with nine intelligence being treated as mentally retarded.

However, this incident also sounded a wake-up call for him. Since the winter, whenever he patrols the realm and conducts government affairs, he has taken his two sons with him, hoping that these two fellows will soon learn the skills of a lord, so that they can take over after his retirement and continue to serve the Baron.

"Lord Baron" is not Anna, of course, but Crick. Although officially, the current Baron Keane is Anna Keane, in fact everyone knows it. Miss Anna has neither the interest nor the talent to be a lord, and the future of Barony Keane still depends on Lord Creek.

"Well, I don't know when my lord's body will recover......" Thinking of Lord Creek's current situation, the loyal Knight Captain couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Dad, don't worry!

"Yes, how can a man who can come back alive from the battlefield of the 'day the sun goes out' be defeated by a mere disease!"

If Crick is here, use his "traversal" ability to see Bonn and Shaun. You will find that these two young knights are as loyal as their own fathers, and they are both worth a hundred.

Before he entered the great war, the two young men were not very convinced of a poet lord. But when he took part in that horrific bloody battle, he dragged his god-cursed body and seriously injured body to escort his best friend's body back, and killed the evil female demon on the way. His image in the hearts of young people suddenly became tall, like an idol.

What does the Divine Curse mean? It means that he has been involved in battles at the level of the Divine Envoy or even the Holy Spirit. Engage in such battles as mere mortals. How brave!

What does it mean to come back with the corpse of the Knight Spencer Smith? It means that he was there when the knight died. Famous masters died in battle. The fact that he was able to survive and leave with the corpses of his companions required very accurate judgment and extraordinary wisdom, after all, he was a believer in the god of literature and art, not the god of luck.

As for the way back, he was injured and sick and killed Miss Maggie, who had done evil many times and had become the head of the Church of the Noble God in this area, which proved that he was an iron-clad tough guy, even if he only had one breath left, he should not be underestimated.

Heroic, wise, strong, and well-governed, with integrity and nobility, Lord Crick is like a hero who has come out of myths and legends, enough for these young people to look up to and admire.

Although Crick himself has repeatedly emphasized that there are many errors in these statements, and there are some random derivatives. But everyone thought he was being humble, and no one believed him.

The more he explained, the more everyone thought he was covering it up - after all, the tragedy of the battle was well known, and the volunteers were fighting in the most dangerous places on the entire battlefield, and it was an ironclad fact that he could not only come back with all his beards and tails, but also bring back the corpses of his friends.

...... Although in fact, the Spencer Society was rescued from the battlefield alive by him.

Crick was also reluctant to damage his friend's reputation, and the relationship between the Smith siblings was a bit strange in any way, reminding him of some unhealthy works he had seen before the time travel, so he repeatedly told himself not to say anything he shouldn't say, and even try to forget what he shouldn't remember - that's what he told Donaldson.

Donaldson is the man who was hired by Maggie, bearded and heavily armoured, posing as the legendary adventurer Paul.

Of course, this guy's strength is not bad, but he is also a character with a total level of twelve, although his loyalty is only sixty, but Crick has a plug-in and can monitor his loyalty changes at any time, as long as the loyalty does not decline, sixty is okay. The most rare thing is that his intelligence is as high as sixteen, which is simply the level of a mage!

With such a high intelligence, it is no wonder that he was able to disguise a legendary powerhouse vividly with the strength of a mere middle-level warrior, and even the Spencer Society, who almost stepped into the legendary realm, was deceived.

Paul was a wandering legendary warrior who went around doing chivalrous deeds. However, in the last two hundred years, he has rarely appeared in the world. Some people think that he is a god, and some people think that he feels that the main plane is not a challenge, and he has gone to other worlds to adventure. The last known time he was seen was when he rescued the Smith siblings, who were kidnapped by bandits and nearly killed more than twenty years ago.

Speaking of fate, maybe it's fate, in that dark and tragic battlefield, they actually met a person who knew Paul - the general of the Southern Theater of the Orc Empire, "Iron Fang" Ilo.

Paul is a half-orc, a lion like Morani, and when he didn't awaken into a half-orc, he used to use Renard's name, when he was called the "Heavy Lion", a fierce general of the Orc Empire, and friends with Iro. Later, Renard woke up, embarked on the path of a good ranger, parted ways with his old friend, and changed his name to "Paul" - Paul, a famous knight in history, who devoted his life to protecting the weak, and saved countless people in his nearly four hundred years of life.

With the passage of time, few people still remember the former "heavily armed lion" Renard, but the ranger Paul is more well-known.

But...... In fact, Paul has also become a legend, and the last time Iloh met him was sixty years ago, when he looked very haggard, sitting alone on a stone by the lake and meditating, not knowing what he was thinking.

Iloh invites him to drink, and he says he's quitting.

At that time, Yiluo had a ghostly expression, a dignified "heavily loaded lion", a good man who can drink dozens of catties of wine in one meal, actually quit drinking?!

Iloh hadn't seen him since, and according to the orc general, Renard, who didn't even drink alcohol, was no different from dead.

Of course, Crick didn't think so, he always felt that the ranger Paul must still be alive, maybe he was lost on the road of life, or maybe he was just trying to retreat and level up? In short, even if he couldn't see it, sooner or later this legendary figure would reappear on the stage of history.

...... Of course, this did not prevent him from asking Donaldson to hang up his beard, change into light armor, and return to the appearance of a normal warrior.

In other words, Donaldson's real profession is not even a hoplite, I really don't know how he can play a legendary hoplite so much!

He obviously doesn't even have a first-class bard rank!

Donaldson's current job is Creek's retinue, handling a lot of chores for him. It's not easy, but it's not hard either, and the point is that it's not dangerous. Donaldson is not weak, and he looks very imposing, but in fact he is not very bold, and he is completely a silver gun wax pole head. If he wants to fight hard with others, then he may not even be able to exert seventy or eighty percent of his strength, and it is really a shame that he has such a big body and such a mighty face......

"Let's sort these pieces of information together. "While James Knight was patrolling the territory with his sons, Creek was also doing something. After reading the regular news reports he bought from the Thieves' Guild, he asked Donaldson to sort them together. Aside those that may have a significant relationship with the territory, those that may have a direct relationship with the territory but not very important are put aside, those that are important but not related to the territory are put aside, and those that are not important are placed on the other side.

Donaldson is quite familiar with this job, nothing has gone wrong, and it is worthy of having been with Maggie for a long time.

At this time, the most important news is naturally the independence of the Duchy of Griffons. But this news has nothing to do with Barony Keane and does not deserve much attention. In contrast, it was the toppling of the upper echelons of the Principality of Thunder that made Crick a little worried.

Although Baron Keane seems to be a person, it is really nothing in the entire Principality of Thunder. The small confrontation between the big names before caused heavy losses to the territory, and Crick himself almost died. If he is caught up in such political waves again, the small ship of Baron Keane may be beaten to pieces by the stormy waves at any time.

So Crick has been thinking about what way to avoid these upper political strata and let his small territory develop slowly and peacefully?

After thinking for a long time, he sighed deeply, coughed twice, covered his chest, and shook his head helplessly.

After all, the cards in his hand are still too few and too small, and there is really nothing to do in the face of such strong winds and waves...... (To be continued.) )