The back garden of the Marquis's Mansion was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the gardening plants had been turned into snow walls and ice sculptures, and the corridors had been cleared.

Marquis Luthor walked in front, his thick leather boots leaving a clear footprint on the snow, Surdak followed honestly, and the back garden of the Marquis's Palace, although beautiful, was very deserted.

This is the best part of the noble quarter of Pena City, and the tall tower of Duke Newman House can be seen from the back garden.

The sky was blue, the air was clear, and gusts of cold wind carried the debris of ice and snow, scraping on the face like a sharp blade.

Madame Mabel's three daughters were married after the harvest festival, and the Marquis of Luther was at the time of the Nashah Plane and did not attend the wedding of the three daughters, but the dowry was not inferior to that of any nobleman, and compared to Hathaway's dowry, it was probably only one city less.

The daughters are all married, and the Marquis's Mansion looks a lot deserted.

The Marquis of Luthor has no sons, and everyone knows that the first heir in line to the throne of the Luthor family is Hathaway, so Surdak seems to have become half the master here.

The gazebo in the back garden was cleaned by the attendants, and Marquis Luthor walked into the gazebo and looked at the snow in the backyard, and could see that he was in a very good mood.

Lady Marianne led a group of maids to bring steaming refreshments, and Surdak saw Lady Marianne approaching from afar, and immediately walked out of the pavilion to salute Lady Marianne.

Madame Marianne was not dissatisfied with this young man who had gone from a little knight to the present and became the son-in-law of the great lord of the province of Bena, a young man with a good chivalry, justice, humility, mercy, courage......

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but admire her husband's vicious eyes.

"What are you going to do next?" Marquis Luthor held his hands on the cold railing, his brow wrinkled like a knife cut with an axe.

"Wait until spring, the lord army will continue to expand the Three Rivers Plain, and I plan to achieve the goal of occupying the entire Three Rivers Plain before the summer." Surdak took the cup of hot tea handed over by Madame Marianne and said to the Marquis of Luthor.

Marquis Luthor was very familiar with the situation in the Bailin plane, and he turned his head and asked in surprise, "Oh? So what did you think of to deal with those red-ridged giant tortoises? ”

"Take advantage of the dry season, let them come out of the lake, and then let the ghost-patterned soldier ants fill the ...... with their lives," Surdak said casually.

Marquis Luthor took a cool breath, he had clearly ignored the matter.

While Surdak occupied the Valley of the Dark Worms, he also conquered the ghost-patterned red ants, he was fully capable of dominating those ghost-patterned red ants, and Marquis Luthor suddenly discovered that the greatest value of these ghost-patterned red ants was not the magic core and hard armor in the body, but the ability to become the cheapest cannon fodder on the battlefield......

"Try to keep this kind of thing as secretive as possible."

The Marquis of Luthor wanted to say something, then turned his head to look at Surdak, and when he saw him standing calmly beside him, he gave Surdak some more advice:

"Your territory has risen too fast, and the power you have has is already a clear threat to the real big lords of Bena Province, and they will even worry that once you take over the lord army of the Luthor family in the future, the power in your hands will break the balance of forces of all parties in Bena Province, so in the next period of time, you had better be able to restrain a little."

Surdak nodded and said, "Got it, this time I have decided to give up the territorial distribution of the Three Rivers Plain, regardless of whether the war on the other side of the White Forest Plane can end before the summer, I will return to Ruit City to accompany Hathaway before the end of spring." ”

Seeing that Marquis Luthor was silent, Surdak continued: "Ruit City has now saved up enough funds for construction, and the wealth gained from this plane war is enough to support the paving of the road to the north of the tower and the expansion of the city garden. ”

"In addition, Invercargill Forest and the Valley of the Dark Worm will need time to stabilize the situation, so I'm going to go back to Ruyt City for a while."

Surdak said his plans for the next six months.

Marquis Luthor asked Surdak, "What are you going to do with those birds in the north?" ”“

Surdak didn't think about it, so he said: "The second batch of orders for Sky Shooting Crossbows has been issued, this time I am going to order five three-masted magic airships, I am going to build an airport dock on the Bailin plane, and I am using Sky Shooting Crossbows and magic airships to form a preliminary force for air combat to suppress Peng Bird's activity area." ”

Marquis Luthor didn't expect that Surdak would buy five magic airships at once, knowing that an ordinary magic airship would cost about two thousand magic crystals, and the price of a large magic airship would be doubled, and it would also be necessary to train the captain and crew of the airship, each airship represented a huge expense.

"It seems that you have gained a lot from the ghost pattern red ant this time." Marquis Luthor said to Surdak.

Surdak nodded and said, "And some of the gains will be sustainable...... By the way, I also brought you and Lady Marianne a gift this time. ”

As he spoke, Surdak took out a magic sealing box from his magic belt, this was a No. 3 sealing magic box, it didn't look special, and after Surdak opened the magic sealing box, it revealed a roll of red black pattern demon skin.

Marquis Luthor looked over with some curiosity and said, "Oh? I thought the supplies you brought in by wagon were a gift for us! ”

Surdak sneered, "Those are just some of the trophies that I want you to share with Lady Marianne, but they are not gifts. ”

As he spoke, Surdak took out two rolls of magic skins from the magic sealing box and placed them on the stone platform in the pavilion.

"What is this?" Marquis Luthor asked curiously, looking at the Devilskin Scroll.

It's not that Marquis Luthor hasn't seen magic scrolls, and the magic scrolls made by magicians are much more delicate than these magic skin scrolls, so he asked.

Surdak didn't hide it, and directly confessed: "This is a magic pattern that can enhance the body, and unlike the inscriptionist's magic pattern construction, this magic pattern does not need to be painted, but directly implants the whole magic skin into the body. ”

Surdak unfolded the demon skin, which had been peeled off from the giant ghost-patterned soldier ant, so it was square, but the edges were a little irregular.

"I'm almost at full capacity now......," said Marquis Luthor to Surdak.

When people reach middle age, their physical fitness declines year by year, so even their own carrying capacity also declines, and Surdak didn't expect Marquis Luthor to maintain his own carrying capacity so well.

Surdak explained, "This doesn't really require much carrying capacity, so I have prepared a copy of this kind for Lady Marianne. ”

When Marquis Luthor heard Surdak say this, he asked curiously, "Then what benefits can this magic pattern bring me?" ”

"Build some strength and stamina." Surdak replied.

Marquis Luthor's eyes lit up slightly, and then he said, "It looks like I really can't refuse!" ”

Then he was a little curious about what kind of magic pattern Surdak had prepared for Marianne, so he asked, "So what did you prepare for Marianne?" ”

Surdak hurriedly unfolded the second magic skin, pointed to the magic pattern on it, and said, "Agility and balance, this can make the lady's dancing posture lighter at the ball." ”

Hearing that Surdak actually prepared a magic skin for herself, Lady Marianne said with some curiosity: "Dak, although I learned some swordsmanship when I was young, I was not even a swordsman, so are you sure I can use this magic skin?" ”

"Of course, Lady Marianne, I have prepared this for you!" Surdak swore an oath.

Presumably, both the Marquis de Luthor and the Lady Marianne were looking forward to it, so the dinner that had been prepared very richly was not tasteful.

Marquis Luthor was also going to take Surdak to the ball held by the lords of Bena City, so that he could take the opportunity to get to know more of the nobles of Bena City's high society, because he was going to prepare for the magic skin implant at night, so the event of participating in the ball was also canceled.

In the guest room on the second floor, Surdak spent half a night, finally implanting two life patterns for Marquis Luthor and Lady Marianne.

Marquis Luthor himself is a second-turn swordsman, and he has two magic patterns drawn by the inscription master himself, which are on the lower abdomen and thigh, so Surdak implanted this magic pattern into Marquis Luthor's left chest this time, and the process was of course very successful, after all, Surdak has successfully implanted at least hundreds of such magic patterns.

Feeling the sudden power in his body, Marquis Luthor said to Surdak with emotion: "I finally know now why Speaker Fred always looks at you differently, and when you saved him, did you also implant such a magic pattern in him, and thus improve his body?" ”

Surdak didn't speak, but he didn't deny it either.

Surdak thought a lot about implanting the magic skin for Lady Marianne, but this magic pattern was not too complicated, so in the end, Lady Marianne decided to implant it on her calf.

After the magic pattern was successfully implanted on the right calf of Lady Marianne, she stood up from the sofa and took a step forward. There was a clear sense of stasis in the legs, and the outward steps seemed extremely light.

"What an amazing ability, I wish it was a nourishing pattern, so that it would at least make my skin look younger......" Lady Marianne sighed as she stood in the middle of the room, lifted her petticoat, and stared at her carved calf.

Surdak stared at Lady Marianne speechlessly, and swallowed back the words that had been spit out of his mouth.

Because in addition to this Agile and Balanced Life Demon Pattern, he really had a Nourishing Demon Pattern, but he didn't take it out because he felt that the Demon Pattern was useless.

Madame Marianne eagerly danced with the Marquis de Luthor in the drawing-room, and the light dance made her look like a forest fairy dancing on the petals of a flower.

She whispered to the Marquis de Luthor in a good mood, "I think...... The reason why the elves have such a high talent for dancing is that it is likely that they have this kind of magic pattern somewhere on their bodies......"