The town of Takkale is in chaos, and the southern part of the town is still the main battlefield.

The battle situation on the northern side of the town was somewhat better, and there were many private armies of noble lords gathered here, and they had set up barricades at the corners of the long streets, at least not to allow the cavalry to run rampant in the streets.

Many lords in the wealthy area sent out their private armies to know first-hand information on the town's frontline.

For example, how many rebels have come this time, and what are the chances of victory if they go all out to fight......

The lords are also communicating with each other privately, whether this battle will be fought or not.

At such times, the noble lords need to stand up and lead everyone to defend against the invaders from outside, which is the responsibility of every noble.

As the noble lords of Takkale, they need to fight at least one decent battle with the invaders, rather than seeing these rebels and fleeing like lost dogs, the noble lords flee without a fight, and if they are held accountable afterwards, they can easily be convicted of collaborating with the enemy.

Even if you don't accept any punishment at trial, you may have to pay a large fine.

Secondly, the town has encountered invaders, and the noble lords of the town have sneaked away, and they will definitely be recorded by the town clerk in the chronicle of the events of Takkale Town, this kind of thing, as long as you become a deserter, this stain will exist in the family for decades, even hundreds of years.

Surdak and these people are not the noble lords of Takkale, they are just passers-by of this town, and there is no reason to fight for this town.

Now, through the news from the Magic Guild, it has been determined that the attack on the town of Takkale is a rebel army in the southern part of the Gampo plane.

There was hardly anyone else in the streets except for the bands of troops.

Almost all the shops are closed, and there is no room for anything on the streets, so even the homeless people on the streets will hide in a safer place at such times.

Surdak walked down the long street of the wealthy district all the way back to the estate of the magician Arvid.

The two-headed ogre was guarding the gate, and there were even traces of a battle here, and Surdak walked through the gate and asked Gulitem, "The traces of the fight outside, are you encountering the vanguard of the rebels?" ”

"No, it was a group of lords' private army who wanted us to join their armed war group, and when they saw that I didn't agree, they actually said that I was a rebel internal response, and wanted to rush in, but I drove them away......"

The two-headed ogre stood inside the courtyard wall, sticking his head out of the wall, and said angrily.

Surdak walked into the courtyard with the magician Arvid on his back and said to the ogre:

"Oh, don't bother with them, throw them out if you dare to break in!"

Immediately afterwards, he said to Gullitham: "The situation is not clear yet, but this time the rebels are probably prepared, and the chances of victory may be greater." ”

"The guards are supposed to be supporters of Lord Macdonnell, so we don't need to help them." Surdak said to everyone.

Shouts of killing could be heard in the distance, and some wailing.

At noon, you can see civilians fleeing from the southern part of the town to the northern part of the town, and it is said that the rebels have captured the three gates of the town, east, west, and north, and have firmly controlled the docks south of the town, which can be regarded as blocking all the townspeople in the town.

Many people wanted to escape the fighting and get out of the city, but by this time they couldn't get out of the city.

I heard that some noble lords in the rich area of Zhenbei organized an armed resistance to the rebels, and some noble lords planned to capture a certain city gate and leave Takale Town at night, so a large number of ordinary townspeople in the town began to gather in the rich area of Zhenbei.

In the afternoon, you can see a lot of civilians looking for shelter in the streets.

Surdak stood on the rooftops and watched the situation outside, and the chaotic streets were full of townspeople trying to flee.

Samira then asked Surdak, "Why don't we get out of here?" ”

Surdak felt that even if he left the town of Takkale, the journey would be very difficult, and now at least the rebels had no intention of completely cleaning the town of Takkale, so he said: "Let's see, at least there is a shelter here." ”

Thea soaked in the pool in the courtyard, and the magician Arvid was very curious about the Cana Sea Clan, and sat on the deck chair by the pool and refused to leave.

Occasionally, the two of them chatted, but Thea didn't seem to have much interest in human magicians, and basically just casually talked and tumbled into the pool.

……

A light snow had just fallen in the village of Wall in winter, and Surdak stepped out of the Void Gate, and the cold wind made his body shiver involuntarily.

Aphrodite leaned against the Guborai horse, pulling the reins with one hand, and her face was faintly bruised.

The north wind whipped up the snowflakes and looked like a herd of galloping horses on the hillside.

It is only separated by a mountain range from the village of Wall, which is a col next door.

In order to avoid people's eyes, Surdak did not return to the village of Wall to open the Void Gate.

He walked over and took the reins of the horse and motioned for Aphrodite to mount.

Aphrodite gave him a 'better to ride together' look, and Surdak reached out to hold Aphrodi's soft waist, easily lifted her onto the horse's back, and then took the reins of the horse against the north wind and walked towards the village of Wall.

"There's a war going on over there?" Aphrodite asked Surdak with a smile.

The smile in her eyes was full of 'you're so unlucky'.

Surdak has indeed had a lot of bad luck recently, he went to the dry cloth plane to carry out a mission, and the rest of the second-turn powerhouses returned smoothly, but when it was his turn, he was left in the dry cloth plane, and he had to wait for the magician Avid to recover before he could come back.

It was not easy to get out of the mountains and come to live in a livable town, but after living for half a day, the rebels attacked the town.

Surdak also said a little depressedly: "Well, the local rebels have invaded the town of Takkale, and we are temporarily trapped in the town. ”

The two of them walked to the top of the mountain, where the north wind was stronger, and there was almost no snow on the top of the slope, and the wind blew into the col below.

The village of Vol was also at the feet of the two of them, and Surdak stood here overlooking the entire fifth-level cistern, which was completely frozen and covered with a thick layer of snow, only near the spring there was a gurgling stream that continued to flow into the cistern, but this part of the spring formed a strange aqueduct in the cistern, which flowed down the top of the sluice on the east side of the first-class cistern.

Because of the existence of this spring, the people of the village have always drunk live mountain spring water.

After the village built a townhouse, the old village head, Uncle Bright, also built a suspended waterway to bring spring water directly into the village.

The weather in the village of Wall is particularly cold, with a thick layer of ice condensed on the suspended waterway, and there are even ice skates like pendants, and several villagers are braving the wind and snow, holding long wooden poles, and are cleaning the sharp ice on the waterway to prevent people from being smashed when passing underneath.

Aphrodite pulled out the Mithril mask from her bosom and placed it on her face.

This time, she was just passing through the village of Wall, preparing to take a magic airship from Highlanza City to Bena City, because the boat schedule had been set, and the mountain road must be difficult to walk in such bad weather, so the time she could stay in Wall Village was very limited.

Surdak had also been away from Wall Village for too long, so he took advantage of Aphrody's passing by Wall Village and returned here to take a look.

Aphrodite did not follow Surdak back to the village, but continued directly along the slopes to the pass of Mount Paglos.

……

The village of Wall is located in a col in the middle of nowhere, and a light snowfall will fill the village with snow, but from the top of the mountain, you can still feel the new atmosphere of the village.

The streets are neat, and the villagers have carved out roads in all directions in the thick snow, and many villagers are removing the snow.

A group of knights of the guard battalion rode slowly through the hillside and out of the village.

It was on this road that Surdak saw a familiar figure sandwiched between a group of girls.

When the group of guards camp knights passed by the group of girls, they actually stopped and said hello politely, and the captain of the guard battalion, Knight Danila, greeted Rita in the crowd, and the two of them chatted casually, and Rita followed the girls up the village stream.

The knights of the guard battalion followed the horse path towards the outside of the village.

It seems that the relationship between the two is not bad, and Surdak also asked Carl to help inquire about the Danila Knight from the side, and Karl said that the young Danila Knight has a good reputation.

Surdak entered the village of Wall through the main gate at the foot of the mountain, and there were a few vendors in the free market who were shivering in the cold wind, and the goods on the stalls were also not afraid of cold.

The Paglos Mountains are also covered in snow these days, and few adventuring groups dare to enter the mountains this season.

As a result, the market in the village of Wall Village also became depressed.

However, the original open-air tavern at the entrance of the village has now turned into an exquisite wooden house, the sign at the door is crunched by the wind, and the sound of pushing the glass and changing the lamp is heard inside, and a rich aroma of wine comes from the door.

The door of the tavern was pushed open, and two merchants in fur coats came out of it, and Surdak happened to see the lively scene in the tavern, and there were actually several coolly dressed wine sellers, shuttling among the drinkers like butterflies.

Surdak stepped on the snow on the road and walked up the street.

I met some people from the village along the way, and everyone greeted him warmly.

"Dark, are you back?"

"Hi Dack, I haven't seen you in a while! I heard that you led your troops to garrison on what plane, how are you doing? ”

"Dark......

Some were familiar faces, some were fresh, and everyone gathered around him all the way up the col, and everyone was happy to ask Surdak all kinds of questions, and he answered them one by one.

When they reached the gate of the villa, everyone quickly waved goodbye to Surdak and let him return home alone.

The courtyard door showed a crack and was not locked from the inside.

There was no janitor at home, so Surdak pushed open the gate and stepped into the courtyard, where he heard the sound of a short sword splitting through the air.

Turning his head, he saw little Peter practicing his sword swing next to the wooden frame at the edge of the courtyard, wearing only a sweater, a pair of thick breeches and delicate riding boots, and kept his lunge, as if wielding a short sword in his hand.

In such a cold weather, there was a layer of shiny sweat on his forehead, and a few strands of soft blonde hair were wet with sweat.

"Peter!"

Surdak stood in the doorway and shouted.

"Daddy, you're back!"

Seeing Surdak standing at the gate, Little Peter put the short sword on the weapon rack beside him, turned around and pounced.

Little Peter's running appearance and green face were very similar to his father's, and Surdak was even in a trance at the moment......

Surdak put his hands on little Peter's armpits, lifted him high in the air, and circled the sky.

"Hey, you've been doing a good job lately, I see that you can swing your sword and break through the air, which is a big improvement......"

Surdak put little Peter down and patted him on the shoulder and complimented him.

Little Peter puffed up his chest with a smug face and said to Surdak: "I practice hard every day!" ”

Surdak took out a magic sword from his magic belt bag and handed it to little Peter, and said to him: "I want to remind you, don't point the sword at your friend, in addition, this sword is very sharp, if your finger accidentally touches the blade, it is easy to fall directly, so this sword is not suitable for practice, you must maintain it often, it will become your partner......"

"So, next you do each movement of the basic swordsmanship ten times, let me see what's wrong with your posture......"

Surdak began to correct the posture of Little Peter's basic swordsmanship, and developed a correct set of basic movements, which was the first step to becoming a good warrior.

In battle, many times it is often too late to think about it to respond, and at this time, whether you can make standard moves will directly affect whether you can take the lead.

It was while Surdak was teaching little Peter that old Sheila slowly came out of the room.

She's aging very fast these days, and she's double. The legs don't seem to be as nimble as they used to be.

Surdak remembers that when she first met Sheila Sr., she was not like this, and now the age spots on her face are becoming more and more obvious.

"Dark, you're back." There was also a kind of weariness in her voice.

Surda took little Peter up the steps, stood beside old Sheila, and said:

"I happened to pass by the village this time, so I came back to have a look, and by the way, I plan to settle Rita's marriage, and I will go to find Danila in the evening, and now he is out of the village on duty."

Seeing that Surdak really kept his promise and rushed back from the plane as scheduled for Rita's marriage, old Sheila had a rare smile of relief on her face.

"Well, it's time to settle down, Rita will be twenty-two years old after the New Year......"

With that, he took little Peter and turned around and walked back to the house.

Natasha helped old Sheila and gave Surdak a deep look.

Surdak followed him into the living room.

Old Sheila sat by the fireplace, and Natasha took out a towel to wipe the sweat from Little Peter's head, and asked a young maid to take Little Peter to the bath.

She was busy bringing Surdak a hot towel for him to wipe his hands and face, and squatting at his feet to help him change into a pair of soft shoes.

Surdak sat on the sofa, took out the magic pattern structure captured from the second archer from his magic waist bag, placed it on the carpet in front of him, and said to old Sheila: "This magic pattern structure will be sent to the magic union in Highlanza City for repair and maintenance, and after repair, it will be one of Rita's dowry." ”

Then he took out a small box from his magic waist bag, opened the lid of the box, filled it with brilliant magic crystals, and said, "This is my second dowry for Rita. ”

"In addition, I plan to build another villa for Charlie next to this courtyard as a third dowry for Rita."