Located in the West Thalapakant district of Bena Province, the city of Hailanza is a very beautiful mountain town.

Surrounded by mountains at the southern foot of Mount Pagros, the city of Hylanza is rich in gold and silver acorns, which do not really contain gold or silver, but describe the color of the acorns' ripe shells, which contain a lot of oil and are a very valuable fuel when dried.

The nobles like to throw a handful of acorns in the fireplace, these acorns burn with a unique fragrance, the fish and hares and pheasants smoked with acorns will have a unique taste, every autumn, a large number of merchants gather in the city of Highlandza, everyone buys gold and silver acorns here, they will ship these acorns to all parts of the empire, as the acorns opened the market in the imperial capital, more and more nobles began to try to buy, and the price of acorns continued to increase every year......

Highlandsa, a small mountain city with an unknown name, began to gradually enter the eyes of the nobles of the Green Empire.

Surdak rode his horse and saw from a long distance the beautiful mountain town built on the mountainside.

The mountain castle is surrounded by green hills, and at the foot of the mountain there is a clear stream that meanders, and a winding mountain road leads to the only gate of the mountain castle.

The mountain in front of it is called the camel hill by the locals, from a distance, this mountain looks like a dromedary lying on the ground, at the foot of the hill a mound is a huge rock, it looks like the head of a camel, the city of Highlanza is built on the hump, stacks of white houses are distributed in the form of steps in the mountain city, from a distance it looks like a row of rows are very neatly arranged.

When he arrived at the mountain city, it was almost ten o'clock in dusk, and Surdak rode into the mountain city that did not look very large, and the guards at the city gate did not even check Surdak's identity, only with his leather armor and the badge on his chest, and the road was unimpeded.

The layout of this mountain town is very limited, all the buildings are crowded together, most of the buildings in the city are built on the mountain, it looks like building blocks stacked together, the streets are very narrow, you can always find narrow overpasses on the head, and the only main street here is also a gentle slope, and it feels like climbing a mountain along the street. The guards standing at the head of the city, consisting only of spearmen and archers, looked at Surdak with envy and awe in their eyes.

Pedestrians on the street avoided Surdak when they saw him, for fear of offending him.

Suddenly, I heard someone on the stone arch bridge overhead, "Mr. Knight, where are you from?" ”

Surdak looked up just in time to see a young man dressed as a ranger looking at him with a grin.

"Handanaarshire." Surdak spoke in a local accent to the young man on the bridge.

The young man propped himself on the railing of the stone arch bridge with one hand, rolled over and jumped off, his body very light, and he landed firmly in front of Surdak.

The young man had a badge on his chest, and it looked like he was supposed to be a nobleman, so Surdak obediently dismounted, otherwise it would not be a big sin to offend the nobleman, but he didn't want to make such trouble for himself as soon as he arrived in the city of Highlandza.

The young man has chestnut curly hair, a high nose, deep-set eye sockets, and a sunny smile, but he is a little thin.

"What did you want to do when you came to Highlandza, and is there anything we can do for you?" The young nobleman spoke very politely, he pinched his waist with one hand, and the other hand on the dagger at his waist, and stood in front of Surdak, who was actually only a finger shorter than Surdak.

Surdak thought about the purpose of his entry into the city, in addition to asking where some Vol villages were, the most important thing was to register his status as a reserve knight, as for the place where the knight's identity was registered, of course, it was the local knights, so he asked casually:

"Where is the Knights of Highlandza?"

The young nobleman looked at the badge on Surdak's chest, with an inexplicable smile in his eyes, and pointed to the road ahead cheerfully, and said:

"From here, go straight on, after three streets, turn left, then go all the way to the end, turn right again, go through a circular arch, go around the little garden over there, and the third house in the alley behind the garden...... Forget it, I'll take you there. ”

In the end, the young nobleman felt almost dizzy and decided to lead the way himself.

Along the way, the young nobleman was very enthusiastic to introduce Surdak to the layout of the city of Hylandza, the trading houses and shops on the streets, those who can trade with confidence, and which ones need to be more careful when doing transactions, and said that this city is not too big, as long as there is a small half a day, it is enough to visit this mountain city.

The young nobleman did not ask for any information about Surdak.

The layout of this mountain castle is very compact, and the two of them passed through a circular archway, and sure enough, there was a circular garden surrounded by red bricks in front of them, and they went around the circular corridor in the garden, and sure enough, they found the stone-paved alley.

At the door of a low building in the alley, there was a plaque of 'City Defense Department', and the young nobleman pointed inside, and then pointed to the stairs outside the low building, and said casually: "Second floor! ”

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Surdak tied his horse to a stake at the doorway, and the young nobleman had no intention of going upstairs, so he climbed the oak staircase alone.

On the second floor, Surdak knocked on the door, then pushed the door and walked in, and saw that it was a very small room, and the room was full of various roll cabinets, and an old knight in half-armor was sitting on a chair, resting his feet on an oak table, and a pipe in his mouth, squinting and sleeping.

Surdak walked in, and without waking him up, stood in front of him, took out his reserve knight certificate, and laid it on the oak table.

With that done, Surdak sat on a bench on the side of the room and waited patiently.

After a while, the old knight snorted violently, and he woke himself up from his dream, and then he opened his eyes and looked around, and found himself sitting in a small room, and saw the neat cabinet behind him, and then he came to his senses, just now he had only had a nightmare, and did not fight on the battlefield.

Then he saw Surdak waiting in the room, quickly put his feet down from the table, coughed, and then picked up the certificate of reserve knight on the table, carefully checked it for a long time, and then raised his head, looked at Surdak from top to bottom, stared at Surdak and asked:

"Your name is Surdak?"

Surdak nodded and said honestly, 'Yes'.

The old knight glanced at the name on the knight's certificate, stood up with some difficulty, limped to a roll cabinet, and kept talking:

"I'll see, enlisted in 2583...... Oh, here...... Are you from Wall Village? ”

"Yes." Surdak replied.

The old knight turned out a bundle of roster scrolls, found Surdak's name on it, and asked him the number of the army, Surdak answered very fluently, and the old knight took the reserve knight certificate, and said with emotion: "Not bad! Lad. ”

He looked at the roster, and then said with great regret:

"Born as a civilian, I didn't go to a knight's academy, and when I retired, I actually mixed up with the status of a reserve knight, didn't you think about continuing your military career? Already retired? ”

Surdak nodded and said frankly, "Retired? A little homesick......

The old knight nodded slightly, then recorded the information on the certificate of the reserve knight, and said to Surdak:

"You can't be considered an official knight yet, you still need to go to the knight academy for an official graduation certificate, if you are ready, you can come to me at any time. I can help you write a letter of recommendation, our Knight Academy in Highlanza City is very good, of course, you can also choose individual colleges, but whether my letter of recommendation is useful or not, I can't guarantee it, as long as you successfully graduate from the Knight Academy, you can come to me with a diploma from the Knight Academy, and you can exchange for an official knight certificate. ”

"With the official knight credentials, you can get a fief that belongs to you at the Hall of Consulate in Highlanza City."

After the old knight finished speaking, he waved his hand without waiting for Surdak to ask, signaling that Surdak could leave.