After more than three years of development, Depero's population has already exceeded 10,000. It can no longer be called a small town, it has begun to take shape and has developed into a city. There are already several small farms outside the city, and there are pastures under construction further south.

The church is already topping out, and it is estimated that it will be completed in a month or two, and all that remains is painting, frescoes, floor tiles, furniture and other interior decorations.

Depero's deal with the Imperial Mage Legion had been done in the shadows, and the Magic Skill had been exchanged for a large number of magic crystals, magic plants, and some magic metals.

Mark and Liya have grown a lot taller, but Peaceut doesn't seem to have grown much. Peeweed was more than half a head shorter than Mark, and Peewee was less than Liya's shoulders.

Despite being the best performer in agility and strength training, Peewee is distressed and finds Yelena.

"Mom, did you give birth to me? Why can't I grow up? Mark and Leah are so much taller than me! ”

"Silly boy, of course you were born to me, I swear. If you grow slowly now, it doesn't mean that you will be short in the future, you are better than them, you are the first in training sessions, and you are better at meditation than your mother. Looking at the gray hair and the pointed ears, sometimes Elena wondered how her son was becoming more and more like an elf. This is the flesh that fell from her body, at least blonde at birth.

Yelena gently hugged Peewee and patted her shoulder. "You will grow taller and taller, rest assured."

De Pero and Depp also had no way to find out what was going on inside Pee. After seeing the magic pattern on Douding's body for the first time, Old Man Depp didn't believe in evil and had to record it. As a result, the magic pattern flashed a few times, and the old man Depp was stupid for a long time, and when he woke up, he seemed to have lost his memory.

Depero and Depp can only make some assessments, and the fact that Peewee has a lot of magic in his body and can't cast spells is the result of the operation of the two magic patterns. The magic of meditation was constantly strengthening his body, and a normal person would have exploded so early.

"I guess it's the lack of magic that keeps him from growing up." The old guy analyzed

"I didn't learn meditation before and didn't grow up, but now I learn it slowly, and my strength and agility have been growing, maybe it's really strengthening the body, and I can't find out, so these can only be guessed." De Pero is also powerless

"I don't want to, just the kids are healthy. My old bones are still there. De Pero looked at the old guy to see what else he had to say.

"It's just that it grows a little slower, it's not a problem, or I'll refine some fierce growth potion."

"Is that for the old bastard?"

"Forget, potions for plants."

"If you can be reliable, then thank God, I was careless in making friends!"

When it was time to train in riding, each of the three children was given a mountain bantam, a very docile horse just over a meter tall.

The children were overjoyed and listened attentively to Natasha's teachings.

"Mounts are friends, so you have to take care of them so they are obedient. Feed them regularly and take them for a run, otherwise they will grow too fat. They sweat just like humans, and you have to bathe them later. These are domesticated horses, very docile, and you are now riding them for a few laps. ”

The children followed Natasha's instructions, led the horse to the side of the stool, walked onto the stool, grabbed the reins and rode on the horse's back, stepped into the horse's pedals, tapped the horse's belly, and the horse walked slowly.

"Mark, your waist is straight."

"Yaris, clamp the horse's belly, don't look around."

"Evan, loosen the reins, don't pull too tightly."

Natasha rode a tall horse and followed, very slowly.

"Pull the left reins and prepare to turn left."

"Okay, turn around, loosen the reins on the left."

"Knock the horse's belly again and let the horse trot. Very good, everyone clamped the horse's belly, the person sat up straight, and the waist relaxed. ”

"Very good, the front is going to turn, everyone is ready."

The three children had been practicing for half the morning, and when the servants had taken the horses to wash, Natasha told them that the horses were tired and needed to rest and eat forage. People also have to rest for a while, and their legs must be relaxed, otherwise their legs will hurt tomorrow.

Children are growing day by day and getting stronger day by day.

In addition to the basic workout every morning, Mark and Liya began to learn vindictiveness, and Douding began to learn alchemy with the old guy.

Although Peewee can't release spells, he has an extraordinary magical sensibility, which is the most crucial element of alchemy. A person with strong sensing ability can observe the slightest changes in the alchemy process.

"To learn alchemy, you need to know all kinds of ordinary plants, magic plants, minerals, animals, magical beasts, etc. There are also various tools for alchemy, and in short, alchemy is an erudite process. "The old guy who is usually unreliable is extremely rigorous when it comes to alchemy.

"You need to be able to get to know some of the commonly used plants and minerals, starting with these samples." The old guy took out some herbs and ores and began to teach the basics of Pee.

Douding learned very seriously, and the old guy said that he would go to the mountains and forests in a few days to look for these plants. Because the sample has been dehydrated and dried, it is somewhat different from fresh plants.

An old man and a young man, wearing medicine collecting gloves, leather boots on their feet, and carrying a basket of herbs, walked in the mountains and forests. The old guy taught Douding as he walked, and explained in detail every time he encountered herbs, the medicinal properties and effects of herbs, and how to dig them. Then it is picked by Peewe, and the old guy guides on the side.

As we went deeper, the woodland was no longer flat, and Douding was so small that he almost fell down several times.

The old guy pulled out a staff and let Peace walk on crutches, and he tried to slow down.

"I know you're unhappy with your slow growth, and that's probably a good thing, the legendary elves had a hundred years of childhood, and you see they're about the same age as me, but they're still children!" Douding looked at the guy in disbelief, this old guy was just guessing, there was no basis.

"Don't look at me with such suspicion, I haven't seen an elf, but I've seen a half-elf, an old friend, a friend who is just coming of age in his hundreds. Some of my knowledge of herbalism was what he told me, and they lived in the depths of the great forest, far, far away from here. We've fought together with mages who wield their staff as sticks! A staff of all metal! The old fellow said as if it were yesterday, as if it were yesterday.

"Metal staff, how heavy it is! Can a mage still wield? "Douding didn't believe it

"Northland Wizard, an early branch of the mage profession, also known as Northland Battle Wizard. Depero should have told you! This is common sense for mages! "The old guy was a little skeptical of Depero's teaching attitude

"Oh, I said, I just said they had warrior-like bodies, not metal staffs."

"This old boy usually always says that I am unreliable, and I think he is similar."

"Now let's tell you about the wizards of the Northland, which refers to the northern part of the former Roland Empire, and the northern part of the current Roland Alliance. More than a thousand years ago, some battle fanatics among the mages left the mage's guild due to disagreement, and they called themselves wizards. They modified the training system for mages and were no longer pure mages. They cultivated the strong physique and combat skills of their warriors, and only selected a few spells that were very aggressive. ”

"They burned some single attack spells in their staffs. Such as ice archery, bursting fireballs, lightning arrows, etc., selected according to their own magic attributes, almost invincible at the same level in battle. ”

"They wear magic armor, magic shields, and melee wielding metal staffs to confront warriors. Ranged can easily crush mages, archers. The metal staff in his hand is a lethal magic that can be burned instantaneously at any time. ”

"That's amazing!" Peanding looked yearning and waved the staff in his hand.

"Poof", a small fireball flew towards the old guy.

"it!" The old guy was defenseless, his beard was on fire, and he hurriedly shot it out, and the magic shield was opened. Peewee looked confused, why did he fly out a fireball.

"Good boy, you can activate the magic burned in your wand." The old fellow had an excited expression on his face, completely ignoring the fact that half of his beard had been burned off.

Peewee wanted to try again, but was stopped by the old guy.

"This is a dense forest, and if a fire is lit, a large area of woodland will be burned, and herbs, magic plants, and even animals will be burned to death. Wait until you get to the open space before you try it. ”

Peeding nodded, and followed the old guy with his staff, with a lot of herbs in the basket behind him.