It snowed for the first time of the year in Liberty City.

On this day, Annan routinely opened the portal of the Snow Mountain Fortress.

Tasia was there, Brino Cana was there, and there was a strange knight in dark gold armor.

His face was obscured by his helmet, revealing only a pair of deep, old eyes.

"I'm a champion knight."

Annan also knew from the position of Tasia and Brino Cana that he was the most powerful man in the fortress, and expressed his respect: "I am the Lord of Free City, the champion warlock Annan Reeves. ”

The armor of the Champion Knight was badly damaged, littered with dents, scratches, and patches, but it was more striking than the polished armor.

"Jana told me about you, and said you wanted to take us in—"

"It's not a take-in."

Annan suddenly interrupted the champion knight with a serious expression: "You have done too much to protect the peace in the north, I just want to make up for it and invite them to come here to start a new life." ”

"Make amends?" A hint of mockery appeared at the Champion Knight.

Annan turned to the side slightly: "I said that no matter how much I said, I wouldn't believe it, why don't you come and take a look?" ”

"Okay."

The champion knights, Brianor Cana, have arrived at the City Lord's Mansion one after another. When it came time to Tasia, Annan offered to reach out.

Tasia smiled softly, and her rough left hand, which was larger than Annan, held Annan.

As a result, Brino Cana retreated to the portal: "What about mine?" ”

Annan couldn't say something like "Tasia is my best friend and you're not", so he had to take Brino Cana by the hand.

Her hands were as rough as a man's, calloused and sandpaper when she pinched Annan's hands.

Annan let go of her and looked at the Champion Knight. He looked at himself with a smile: "Champion Warlock? ”

"The world is always prejudiced against the warlock."

"Is there one? The warlocks on the northern fortresses are even demons. Brianor Cana muttered.

Annan closed the portal: "I'll call the two deputy city lords first." ”

Olmedo and Etilia emerge from their respective offices and see two strangers standing in the living room, but it is Tasia's features that make them recognize who they are.

"This is the champion knight of the Northern Fortress, and she is Brino Cana, the patriarch of the Twelve Kings of the North."

"Acting Patriarch." Brianor Cana corrected.

Annan also introduced: "Olmedo, the lord of Breeze City in the past. Itilia, my sister. ”

"I know you...... Olmedo. The Champion Knight's eyes softened, as if he knew that Breeze City had sent supplies to the fortress in the first place.

Ittilia stayed in the Lord's Mansion, while Annan and Ormedo led the guests outside.

The snowflakes that Brianor Cana was tired of seeing were still falling, and the temperature made the snow no longer melt, only the sea was still not frozen, lapping against the shore day and night.

Because it was the first snow, there were many more people on the streets than usual. Annan and his guests walked through the streets, and successively saw the commercial streets, theaters, mansions, and coastal streets, which could not be seen on the snow-capped mountain fortress.

"My family and I have only been on the Snow Mountain Fortress for hundreds of years, and the ground has changed so much?" Brino Cana looked at everything and felt fresh.

The Champion Knights were watching those guys.

They greeted Annan from the bottom of their hearts and without fear. There were no frozen corpses and poor people begging in the streets, and children chased in the snow in warm cotton clothes.

"I've never seen a city like this." The Champion Knight gave him the highest praise, and it was indeed a great place to start a new life.

"But what do you use to protect yourself?"

Annan's eyes turned away from Cathy and Ivana Serre, who were leading the children to play, and continued to lead the champion knight to see the mage tower that was being built on the second floor, the northern city wall, and the arcane core under the city lord's mansion.

And finally, the musketeers.

He asked Lotie to select a hundred musketeers and show them in formation.

"My soldiers are a bunch of ordinary people, but they will not hunt fewer rat people than you."

The Champion Knight was noncommittal. Brino Cana couldn't see it, but he could see that the soldiers had forged their will......

They will not be much inferior to the soldiers in the fortress.

"I have six thousand such soldiers."

The champion knight looked at Annan squarely: "In the past, these were enough......"

Annan knew what he was talking about: "And what if I say that Liberty City has been less than a year old? ”

"Really?"

Rao is a champion knight can't help but be surprised.

"We left the northern frontier as the rat tide approached the foot of the snowy mountains. Ormedo bought a town to recuperate, and I roamed Middle-earth, earned the title of Champion Warlock, and began to grow here. ”

"It's not the safest place in Middle-earth...... But I guess those veterans shouldn't mind going out and killing a few rat people and demons if they're fine? ”

"You convinced me, but I can only represent myself."

The champion knight suddenly took off his helmet. His hair was brown, short and thick, and his face was resolute and deep, standing there like a well-defined statue.

"I'm Leo Blade."

"Nice to meet you."

They also saw orcs. He was surprised to learn that Annan had subdued the orcs and that there were still many aliens in the city.

A meal ensued, but Leo Blade turned him down and prepared to return to the fortress.

"Please wait a minute."

Annan asked Ingrid to bring four philosopher's stones and gave them to Tasia: "This is my gift to the soldiers. ”

The portal opens, and Annan says goodbye to Tasia and Leo Blade. Tasia said that when it was time to retreat, she would come with her people.

Brino Cana was reluctant to leave, and Annan reassured her: "I will leave you and your people a mansion with a view of the bay." ”

"I can't bear you." Brianor Cana's cooled heart is burning again with the news of Liberty City.

Maybe it's what the champion knights see and hear in Liberty City, or maybe it's the magic images that touch the softness of the warriors' hearts. The Snow Mountain Fortress took the initiative to send a group of people three days later...... But all of them were wounded, disabled soldiers.

They saw it as a test for the snowy mountain fortress.

Annan housed fifty veterans and did not care about their condition. Even if most of them will never be able to fight again, the experience of fighting demons will be invaluable.

At the same time, the second group of elven messengers arrived.

For Liberty City, it's a win-win: veterans who see elves think even elves want to stay here. The elves who saw the veterans also had the same respect for the warriors who fought against the demons.

After three months of not seeing, the elven mentor seems to have completed her spell and regained her former enthusiasm.

She snuggled Annan in her arms, which was described as follows: Annan was hugged by Irilanze as if he was entangled in a spider's web.

(End of chapter)