"Ottem, now that you're back, don't think about the sad things of the past. On the day I received your letter, Helena and I had already arranged for your future work. ”

Baron Aureno began to get down to business after everyone was nostalgic: "There are two directions, the first direction is to go to Salmon City as an official, you used to be the head of agricultural trade in Little Versailles, and now you can be the head of agricultural trade in Salmon City......"

Before Baron Aurenor could finish speaking, Oldem asked, "What about the second direction?" ”

Apparently he was not keen on going to Salmon City to become an official, after all, Salmon City was only the capital city in a remote area, with a population less than one-fifth of that of Little Versailles, and it was far from the Cronokes Lake area, and the climate itself was not good. Accustomed to the extravagant life of little Versailles, his appetite grew.

"The second direction is to go to the other side of the city to serve as the city lord, now the other side of the city has just been planned, and one person is needed to preside over the overall situation, you have many years of experience as an official, I believe you can be competent."

"Then I'll go to the other side of the city to be the city lord!" Ottem hurriedly said, he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, he still understands, if he can be the lord of a city, why do he have to be an official who serves the leader, even if he hasn't even seen a shadow in the other side of the city, there won't be many people settled in the future.

The city on the other side was built on the fiefdom of Oldington, so the city theoretically belonged to Oldington.

He was also very concerned about the construction of his fiefdom, and after the shipyard had built the first large ships, he often traveled between the lakeside city and the opposite city by boat. Personally participated in the planning and construction of the city on the other side, which is more of a transit base, so the area is not large.

Built on a hot spring, the five estates of the Aldington Free Lords were all used to build the city, starting with the outer walls.

There are a lot of monsters here, and if you don't build a city wall, you will often be attacked by monsters.

"The city walls should be high, thick and strong, the demonic beasts on the south shore of Cronokey Lake are not as weak as the north shore, here we mercenaries have very little exploration, only on the periphery of the forest have found many high-level demonic beasts, and even found the breath of phantom beasts." The leader of the Cloud Mercenary Regiment said.

This time, the construction of the city on the other side was not only the participation of the Iris family, but also the other three imperial barons, as well as many mercenary groups.

Aldington became interested: "The breath of the phantom beast, what kind of phantasm beast?" ”

"I can't be 100% sure, but our ranger has analyzed it, and it is likely that it is the breath left by the snake phantom beast." The regimental commander replied.

"Snake Phantom Beasts?" Aldington's interest was greatly reduced, he did not like snakes.

"If it's a snake phantom beast, it's easy to deal with, and the big cat Hogg should be a good hand at catching snakes." "In the past, there were almost no snake monsters in the lynx forest in Red Leaf Town, and I suspect that they were all caught by the big cat Hogg, and the lynx is the natural enemy of snakes. ”

To be precise, the snake meerkat is the natural enemy of the snake, but this world does not seem to have the powerful demonic beasts and phantom beasts of the mongoose class.

"Lord Castle, are you planning to build a gallop around the city on the other side?" A mercenary, who was carrying materials, asked as he passed by.

Oldem was satisfied with the title of "Lord of the Castle", cleared his throat, and responded, "Not in a short time, the other side of the city is more like a place to stay." But when there are more and more people here, and more and more mercenaries go to the surrounding area to mine resources, I believe that the gallop road will be built at that time. ”

……

Urban development doesn't happen overnight.

It was impossible for Aldington to inspect every day, he spent more time practicing in the Dragon Lance Dojo, and his fighting spirit and marksmanship could not stop for a day.

In addition, his divine powers are also used every day.

Help Storm Wolf King Hawk dredge the stagnation, help the Driller Snake Thrathane dredge the stagnation, and help the Golden Cluster Eared Lynx Nid Hogg dredge the stagnation. Even if the beast tooth necklace restored the power of nature, such a high-intensity supernatural power stimulation still made him feel tired.

But what's even more exhausting is that the big cat Hogg hasn't been in good spirits for a while.

Its body has already recovered, the wounds that are deep in the bones have scabbed and fallen off, and new beautiful fur has grown, although there are many stagnant places, but dredge three places a day, and sooner or later it will be able to recover to its peak. But for its mental state, Aldington had no other way but to comfort it, and failed to break through the drake, causing great frustration to the big cat Hogg.

"It's not going to be easy, big cat, and we have a lot of chances to try."

"Whew!" The big cat Hogg responded lazily.

"You are already the pinnacle phantom beast of the second bloom, cheer up, I believe that the next opportunity to promote the dragon beast will come to your head."

"Whew!"

"You're saying you want to be excited, and you don't take this defeat to heart, but you can't get it up?" Aldington frowned.

"Whew!" Hogg the big cat replied in the affirmative.

"Wait a minute." Aldington turned and left, rode back to Fort Petrel, and found Baron Aurenor, who was reading the newspaper, "Father, I have something to ask you. ”

"Does it matter?"

"It's important."

"Let's go to the study and talk." Whenever there was something important, the father and son discussed it secretly in the study, and only when Carson butler brought tea and closed the door did he ask, "What is important?" ”

"As for the big cat, after the last battle against the Snow King Xueman, and the bloody battle with the Hill Druid, the spirit of the big cat has been sluggish. I did my best to heal its injuries, and found that it was still sluggish, and at first I thought it was a decline because it didn't find a chance to be promoted, but it was obviously not. ”

"What kind of emotions does the big cat give you?"

"It said it didn't care about the failure, and that its malaise seemed to be a physical cause, not a mental or belief one."

"Let's go, I'll go see the big cat for myself."

The two hurried to the big cat's shack, who never waited to see Baron Aurenor. However, this time it did not resist Baron Aurenor's comprehensive examination of it, it was already about to condense its personality, and understood that the Baron, as a veteran Phantom Beast Knight, knew more about Phantom Beasts than Aldington.

After about an hour of examination, the baron turned around with a serious face.

Aldington hurriedly asked, "Father, what's wrong, what's wrong with the big cat's body?" ”

"It's aging."

"Aging?"

"Yes, the big cat's body is still in its peak state, but it has begun to enter the aging period, and even the phantom beast cannot escape this situation."

Aldington was shocked: "How can this be, I asked the big cat, when it was promoted to a phantom beast, Butterfly Fort already existed, and it was promoted to a phantom beast near the lynx forest, that is to say, its lifespan as a phantom beast was less than a hundred years, how could it age so quickly!" ”

The first time the Iris family discovered the golden-eared lynx was when Aldington's grandfather was young, and it was only more than 60 years ago.

"Listen, Aldington, I know you're surprised that the big cat isn't that old among the phantom beasts, at least much younger than Hawke. However, the lifespan of phantom beasts is not fixed, some phantom beasts can live for five hundred years, and some phantom beasts can only live for two hundred years, and now it seems that big cats belong to the latter. ”

The lifespan of the Phantom Beast should be added to its lifespan as a Warcraft period.

It is very likely that the big cat was already more than 100 years old when it was promoted to the phantom beast, which caused it to be promoted for less than a hundred years and faced the dilemma of the end of its life.

Looking at Hogg, the big cat licking fur in the shack, Aldington was silent.

There is too much sadness and reluctance, although he has known the big cat for less than a year, but he has already regarded the big cat as his own relative. He also wanted to be promoted to Dragon Knight with the big cat, and then fight side by side for another two hundred years. As a result, the current big cat has begun to age and is about to embrace death.

"I don't believe it!"

He silently clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Father, the big cat still has a chance, as long as he is promoted to the dragon beast!" At this moment, he has a plan, to take the big cat Hogg across the forest again, in the wild life, to find the slightest possibility of promotion to the dragon beast, and save the big cat!

Although he didn't think the big cat had a chance, Baron Aureno asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Aldington smiled slightly: "I plan to leave for a while and live in the forest for a while with the big cat...... My father doesn't have to worry about me, I have a big cat to protect me, and I have a lot of cards to save my life. If it's really impossible, I'll come back with the big cat. ”