The Red Dragon Treasure incident finally came to a halt as November began, when the Bena Provincial Guard Battalion and the Law Enforcement Regiment thwarted the plot of the Darkmoon Gate and the Dark Magic Retreat in the Paglos Mountains, and news of all kinds filled the streets like snowflakes.

All of a sudden, the whole province of Bena was talking about it, and there were many heroic characters born out of it.

It's already cold this season, and the city's residents are looking forward to the first snowfall.

The streets are covered with the leaves of the plane trees, which rustle when stepped on with leather boots, and some cleaners with handles gather these leaves at the roots of the trees, piling them up so thick that they will not carry them away.

In winter, these leaves will serve as a quilt for the trees, preventing them from freezing to death in extreme cold.

Pedestrians on the street donned thick tweed coats, and they put up their collars and hurried away in the bleak autumn wind.

Some cafes and rotisserie are full, and people prefer to meet the cold winter in this way.

Order a cup of milk tea, find a table next to the window, and sit leisurely for an afternoon, while several people gather together and talk softly.

Some people will discuss the Supreme Commander of the Guard Battalion Coalition this time, Grand Knight Glenn, it is said that this knight is a second-turn powerhouse who was transferred back from the front line of Warsaw, and there are many deeds about him, but the most talked about is his feat of piercing the protective shield of the teleportation array with one shot. This trip to Bednar at least did not make him sit in the position of the commander of the guard battalion, and he returned to the Warsaw plane in a gloomy manner.

At this time, as if these people had been there in person, analyzing every detail (including the precise angle of the shot) clearly, the Grand Knight of Glenn became the biggest talking point in the city of Highlandza, and even many noble lords moved the idea of marrying their daughters to him.

Another name that everyone talked about the most was the Morrison Archmage of the Magical Guild of Bednar City, who finally cast a 'fire cloud' to disperse the 'thunderstorm' of the enemy mage, making the citizens of Highlandsa think that the Morrison Archmage was probably on the verge of becoming a Magister.

There is also talk of Wizard Gerald, who is still able to keep his mouth shut about this leader of the wizarding world in Highlandsa City. It is only said that he was heroically wounded on the battlefield to cover the retreat of a group of men, and there is little talk about anything else.

As for the brave guards battalion knights, they have been unanimously praised by the citizens of Hylanza, since these guard battalion knights participated in the maca plane, these large-scale operations have been recognized by the citizens of Hylanza, and some people even publicly complained: This is still not the Hylantha guard battalion I know? How do you feel like you're building a reserve of the Knights?

There is a new definition of the legendary 'Quircella' dragon-slaying sword, and everyone says that the sword is not actually a dragon-slaying sword, but the dragon knight Angus. The Duke of Bradbury's sword, which may be buried under Lord Angus's tombstone.

And the so-called Red Dragon Treasure, some people think that Angus. If Duke Bradbury was really that rich, maybe he should buy more territory or something, so that his descendants would not be so devastated in a few hundred years.

Of course, the biggest winner this time, the citizens of Highlandsa generally believe that it is the law enforcement team of the Magic Guild.

Because this time the law enforcement team has obtained a complete set of temporary teleportation arrays, from the cornerstone to the central system, to the rune pillar, these are all high-level magic pattern arrays that the space magicians of the Grimm Empire cannot complete independently, and such a complete set of temporary portals is worth at least a few thousand magic crystals.

Except for the lack of astrolabe, the rest of the temporary teleportation array was intact, so the law enforcement team had picked up a big bargain this time.

These topics were talked about everywhere, and Surdak's position as the leader of the security squadron of the Guards Battalion in the Badlands also came quietly during this time.

The only person who rushed to Surdak's house in the village of Vol to celebrate was his friend Karl. Kesment and Reims the Wizard, but this also means that Surdak has officially entered the aristocratic circle of the city of Highlandza.

Before leaving, Karl's words were still a little sour.

Karl felt that he had been in the guard battalion for more than three years before he gradually climbed to the position of squadron leader of the support squadron, and Surdak had joined the guard battalion a year earlier, and the original purpose of the guard battalion was to give him a convenient position in the city of Hylanza, and he could also receive a set of weapons and equipment for free maintenance.

But now! In just one year, Surdak actually became a squadron leader in the Haylanza Guard Battalion.

His friend Lance Wizard once again expressed his gratitude to Surdak for Gerald's mage, who was recuperating from his injuries at the Magic Tower of Highlandsa, and this time he made a special trip for Lance to come over to express his gratitude to Surdak.

Surdak said to Lance Magician in his heart, 'Can you change that shield of Moses' blessing to a new ......?'

Now the metallurgical forging process in Bena Province is really bad, all of them look beautiful, but they are all some kind of goods, and they can't stop the bite of the three hellhounds......

Surdak sent the two to the entrance of the village, and the Lance magician had something to do, and flew away with a 'whoosh' on the magic sage.

Carl climbed aboard the magic caravan alone and rode in Lady Mariana's luxurious magic caravan all the way back to the city of Highlandza.

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The fourth embankment of the Wolcun Cistern is like the outermost rampart of the castle, encompassing almost all of the upper valley.

In order to have enough water for irrigation next spring, the sluice gate at the bottom of the reservoir has been closed after the harvest festival, and the creek that crosses the village has exposed the bottom of the river, and the daily water of the villagers of Wall comes from the trough that leads down from the upper valley, which is a drinking channel over the village village, from the cistern to the village square, and the clear spring water flows into the circular pool in the center of the square.

A group of village women squatted by the pool and chatted quietly with the clothes they wanted to wash.

The townhouses in the village have all been completed, and the street in the middle of the townhouses has been paved with a smooth layer of pozzolanic cement, and the whole village of Wall has now been completely renewed.

Standing at the entrance of the village and looking up, the townhouses of the village are arranged very neatly, and some bed sheets and cotton clothes are drying on the terraces on the second floor of some buildings, making the village full of life.

Six hundred kobold slaves, led by Luke, went to the sulfur mine on the other side of the lava river, this time the old village chief Brett expanded the scale of sulfur mining, mainly because he was worried that Surdak's money bag would be hollowed out by many projects in Wall Village, and at present, the sulfur mine of the lava river is still Surdak's largest source of income.

The supply and marketing contract signed with the Constantinople Firearms Workshop also successfully completed the first order.

After the wagon company's convoy returned to the city of Highlandza, the chief of Bright received the first payment for the sulphur mines, and immediately loaded the second batch of sulphur mines onto the wagons of the carriage dealers, which needed to be transported to the city of Hylanza first.

These goods must first be transported to the city of Highlandza, and the carriage company will arrange the wagons to Constantinople.

After the first heavy snow of winter, the road to Constantinople will be very difficult, and the village chief of Bright does not care who can transport the ore, but for now, the carriage company of the city of Highlandza is the safest partner.

Surdak has been busy these days with the formation of militia battalions.

After the harvest festival, the wheat fields in the villages had been harvested, and Surdak decided it was time to gather the militia camps.

When the last trace of green on the barren land disappeared from people's sight, the militia battalion began its first round of training.

Surdak's militia battalion had a total of 150 militiamen, but he was not full of militia, and now there were less than 100 people gathered at the police station, and almost all of them had some cripples, most of which were left over from their military service.

These veterans return to their villages from the battlefield after four years of military service, and their lives are not changed by how many exploits they have made. Whether it's a lame leg or a veteran with a broken arm, those exploits can only be exchanged for a small amount of silver, and this money can't support them for a lifetime.

During the summer months, Baron Surdak's militia battalion recruited men with no restrictions on disabled veterans, and when he joined the militia battalion, he received a monthly allowance of rations, which was not enough to feed the whole family, but it was better than eating wild vegetable porridge mixed with grass roots and cassava.

It was at that time that these veterans joined the militia battalion.

At that time, almost all the healthy villagers went to the city of Hailanza to beg for a living, and the only ones left in the village were those who could not go far.

Carol was injured in the spring when he went hunting in the mountains of Paglos, stayed in the village due to his injuries, somehow joined the militia battalion, and received three months' rations in a daze, and then the first task issued by the militia battalion was to keep an eye on outsiders in the barrens, especially the magicians.

Now, thankfully, Carol was able to join the militia battalion in the first place.

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The first field training of the militia battalion was a little different from what the militiamen thought, there was no survival in the wilderness, nor did it trek on foot in the wilderness, crossing dozens of kilometers......

Surdak just asked the militia to lead the way, to the villages to take a casual walk, to learn about the current situation of the residents of the barren land, it is about to enter the winter, the villagers in each village are hurrying to make winter reserves, the villagers prefer to go to the Oak Ridge, where there is no danger, but the mountain goods there have basically been searched over and over again, and it is not easy to find some fish that have slipped through the net.

In contrast, the woodland resources on the edge of the Paglos Mountains are more abundant, but there are monsters rampant there, and it is very dangerous to rush into the Paglos Mountains.

Surdak only had a pair of eyes this time, and did not say anything about the current life of the villagers in the Badlands, he devoted all his money to building the village of Wall, just because of some of the best-selling ones in Handanar with someone, and the original promise has now been fulfilled step by step. He didn't plan to pay out of his own pocket to improve the living conditions of all the villagers in this land.

He just walked around and looked everywhere.

Along the way, he and the half-elf archers held a map and wrote and drew on it, constantly correcting the markings of the villages, and connecting some roads with dotted lines, especially the Great Rift Valley in the Badlands.

This training was more like an inspection to the villages, and then the militiamen went back to their villages, and Surdak's request to them was only to pay attention to collecting some information from outsiders, pay close attention to the bandit groups on the other side of the desert, and once they found the traces of those bandit groups, they should communicate with the village of Vol as soon as possible.

Surdak took Samira back to the village of Vol and took out a map that clearly marked the specific location of these natural villages, and the biggest hidden danger in the barren land was the bandit groups from the desert, and every spring and autumn, these bandits would sneak out of the desert and loot the villages in the barren land.

When the robbers ransack the village, they usually only take half of the food, and the villagers will not survive.

As the sheriff of the Badlands, Surdak's duty was to rid them of bandits, and of course to build an effective intelligence network.

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Sitting in front of the window, watching the snow fall from the window, Surdak used a stick to pluck the ripe chestnuts out of the charcoal fire in the fireplace.

Signa crouched opposite Surdak, her hands clasped on her knees, her eyes wide open as she looked at the burnt roasted chestnuts, and her little hands were a little eager to catch them.

Surdak used a wooden stick to precisely divide the chestnuts into two piles.

Signa squatted aside and sighed a little disappointedly, although she was dissatisfied with Surdak's distribution, she had nothing to say, and her expression was extremely cute.

The door was pushed open, and a cold wind blew in outside, Selena walked in from the outside with a puff of wind and snow, she stood at the entrance and dusted off the snowflakes on her body, hung her coat at the door, and walked into the living room with a faint smile on her face, first kissed Signa on the forehead, and then stood behind Surdak, and hugged him gently from behind, her pointed chin resting on his broad shoulders.

"It's snowing so hard, and I don't forget to go to the kobold's slave camp......"

Before Surdak's complaining words were finished, Selena blocked Surdak's mouth with soft lips with a slightly cool breath.

"Uh......h Oh! ”

Surdak could feel it, this time Selena was extra active, separated for a long time, he patted Selena's delicate face with his hand, and asked curiously:

"What's the matter, you're so happy?"

Selena waved her fist a little excitedly, leaned into Surdak's ear, and whispered:

"The kobold slave's prayers have been answered by the goddess of darkness, Celine, and I have finally developed some goddess believers!"

Surdak looked stunned, he didn't expect this group of kobold slaves to become believers in the Goddess of Darkness, he asked with some concern: "They have become believers of Goddess Celine, will the Goddess liberate their slave status?" ”

Selena kicked her shoes off and curled up comfortably on the soft couch, smiling and shaking her head.

Surdak looked at her with a flattering smile and asked suspiciously, "...... You don't want to go to the Lava River Brimstone Mines and develop the six hundred kobold slaves there, do you? ”

Selena's big blue eyes widened, and she asked with a stunned expression, "Did you guess this?" ”