Tobias didn't answer, and Burning Steel didn't go any further.

The bitter cold night continued to drown in the faint light of light, as if it almost swallowed up the silence of the two men.

It was a long time before Tobias sighed and looked up at the burning steel.

The light still couldn't penetrate his hood, but in vain it left half of the light and darkness on Tobias's face.

"Steel-burning...... Ten years later, you still refuse to give yourself back a freedom?"

"Freedom? Since that incident, in the past ten years, Lao Tzu has not been free for a single day. The reverberations in the furnace were still cold and hollow, leaving a feeble hissing sound like cooling slag.

The corners of Tobias's mouth quirmed for a moment, and a few words were muffled out, almost as inscrutable as a breeze.

But it was this faint wisp of wind that made the furnace roar and burn suddenly, almost like a volcano, spewing endless flames!

"Accident?! You go down to the Isterian abyss and say to the ghost guarding the gates of Hell, 'It was just an accident,' and he will return my Windsor!" ”

A mouthful of thick phlegm flew across the table and threw it heavily on Tobias's face.

Tobias didn't move, just let it drip down his face.

It's as if there was a painter with poor technique who added a drop of extra tears to Tobias's eternal snake face.

The blazing remnant roared, "For Windsor's sake, I warn you one last time, Tobias! Don't let me see you and that filthy and vile shadow behind you anymore! I'd rather rot in this bottom ross, rot in the cornfield and turn into fertilizer, and never go back! ”

"Dirty and despicable?" Tobias finally moved.

Flipping the hood casually, Tobias almost roared out!

"Filthy and despicable? You say here? Or is it here? Or is it here? He raised a hand, pointed at several parts of his body, and threw his words back at the burning steel like a javelin!

"What's the use of something like this, which has long been in your blood, to talk about it now! Even if you rot into dung in a cornfield, will you be able to feed the killer who will avenge you? Will you be able to avenge my sister? ”

Blazing Flame was angry and grieving, but no sound came out.

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar man in front of him, Tobias hesitated for a moment and took out the last straw.

"After this mission is completed, there will be an opportunity to meet at the headquarters."

"Audience?"

"Yes, the audience, and the interpreter directly, you go with me."

Burning Steel raised his head and looked Tobias in the eye.

At this moment, Tobias almost thought that he was staring directly at a piece of red-hot steel!

"Is that true?"

Tobias raised his hand and pointed to his forehead.

"Vouch for it with my head."

With that, Tobias touched it in his arms, took out a thick envelope, and handed it to Burning Steel.

Ran Gang didn't even look at it, snatched the envelope and stuffed it into his robe. Then he stood up, his tall figure almost hitting the low ceiling of the shack.

"I am waiting for you and fulfilling your promise."

Looking down at Tobias in front of him, Burning Steel coldly dropped the last sentence, and then kicked the already rickety wooden door and walked away.

Darkness accompanied by a cold wind, engulfing Tobias completely.

......

Outside another shed in the Terross Pit, a tall, muscular figure appeared in front of the door.

Ran Steel stretched out his hand and fumbled for a moment in an inconspicuous hole in the door of the shed before pushing it open.

"Bang Bang"

A rope hung from above the door, and a pegboard at the end of the rope shook weakly in the air.

If he hadn't loosened the mechanism earlier, the moment he opened the door, the nail board would have been firmly pasted on the intruder's face.

However, it is only a pegboard, and as long as the intruder has a little strength, it is unlikely to be harmed. The role of this small organ is only to declare the sovereignty here.

As for the fools who can't even see through this mechanism, most of them are sleeping in the cornfields.

Besides, judging from the situation in the house, there really is nothing to take.

Pushing away the shaking pegboard, Ran Steel walked into the shed and stood in front of the mirror.

It is said that it is a mirror, but in fact it is just a piece of iron that is barely polished and smooth. And in the shacks, almost all kinds of rudimentary utensils are handmade from this iron sheet.

And in the corner of the shack, a blanket that has been so black that it has not been seen at all after a long time is on a pile of torn cotton wool, playing the role of a quilt.

In the past ten years of wandering, I can't remember how many such "homes" there are.

In front of the mirror, Burning Steel slowly took off his burqa and untied the strips of cloth wrapped around his body layer by layer.

Although the mirror is simple and shabby, it still fulfills its task well, reflecting the muscular man completely and clearly.

On a man's body, there is not a single intact skin.

Knife wounds, gunshot wounds, burns, and even a few bites that appeared to have been inflicted by some kind of beast...... Scars, big and small, almost weave a net on a man's body!

And on his chest, there was a knife wound that almost stretched across the entire chest, but it was very shallow.

At the beginning of the knife wound, there was a rather deep wound, which seemed to be the murderer who originally planned to stab into it, but for some reason he hurriedly withdrew his hand, which cut the man's entire chest.

No matter what kind of wound it is, it has become a small scar on the man's body, which shows the strength of his body.

Only the wound on his chest, almost as if it had never healed, still remained in the original tumbling state.

The flesh at the edge of the wound had all become dry, and at this moment, the man's fingers were slowly brushing the dry flesh, almost as gentle as brushing the face of a lover.

It looks simply weird and terrifying.

It's not that it can't be healed, but that the burning steel deliberately retains it.

In that encounter ten years ago, she recognized Burning Steel, but Burning Steel didn't recognize her.

So on the chest of Burning Steel, she was left with such a scar; And in Burning Steel's heart, he pierced his whole world with his own hands.

In these ten years of wandering, this wound is like a bellows, always stirring up the fire of revenge burning in his chest!

In this way, he took this unquenchable flame and crawled towards the exit of the abyss step by step, but fell back into the abyss again and again.

This abyss, called the "Shadow of Order", is too large and too far-reaching.

And tonight, he finally caught a glimpse of some starlight at the bottom of this abyss. It has been three months since the lop melon and the white leaf melon were cultivated in the alchemy workshop.

During these three months, Liu Ergou led a large group of people to reclaim a large area of farmland outside the city, and introduced irrigation water from the moat, and began to grow these two food crops on a large scale.

Even after adequate irrigation, the loess in the planting area has only turned into yellow mud, and it is still very barren. Fortunately, the two crops cultivated by Dries are very "hard-working" and grow quite well.

So today, three months later, Liu Ergou has harvested enough grain to fill three granaries.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the design of Yastun, there was plenty of room for the construction of the large granary. Therefore, there are twenty large granaries in the current Beiyuan City, and they are not the simple granaries of the cellar type before.

Three of these granaries are now filled with jerky, and one is filled with various semi-finished herbs. Coupled with today's newly harvested Sankura grain, today's Beiyuan City, the reserves are quite sufficient.

In addition to the three warehouses of grain harvested, in fact, part of the harvest was buried in the ground by Liu Ergou's order. In this way, after a winter of decomposition, the fertility of the land will be greatly improved at the beginning of spring of the following year.

In Drissy's alchemy workshop, several new fruits and vegetables have been successfully cultivated. In this way, by this time next year, the residents of Kitahara Castle will be able to basically solve the problem of malnutrition.

However, even now, the standard of living of the residents has improved dramatically.

Instead of being poor in the past, the inhabitants are now accustomed to the easy purchase of food and meat in the market, and not only have Olo and Mais become significantly stronger, but even the number of newborns has increased significantly.

As for the money used to buy things, it is naturally the coinage of the new hairstyle in the city.

When the shape of the coinage was decided, the congregation unanimously decided to use the Origin Tree in the center of the castle as the obverse design of the coinage to commemorate the opening of Kitahara Castle.

But for the reverse pattern, a few old guys led by Elantst, I don't know what to think, they must cast Liu Ergou's head!

Naturally, Celia and Avril and the others would not object, and even Drisi was quite supportive of this proposal for some reason! As for Abel Boudley, he was also coaxed on the side.

Could it be that in the future, his big face will be engraved on coins and flow to the entire continent? Liu Ergou made up this picture in his brain, and immediately decided to say that he had to put this proposal back!

In the end, under the death of the city lord himself, Liu Ergou's head was saved from being minted on the coin. Instead, it was a long sword with two crossed handles, and a pattern of a huge gear superimposed in the middle.

This is the city emblem designed by Liu Ergou himself, but if you really want to talk about it, this idea is still to copy the metal plaque that was picked up in the ruins......

Anyway, the mountains and rivers are far away, and the group of elves on the other side of the sacred forest will not come all the way to find trouble for their own copyright.

Probably......

In addition to these, Drissy has also made great progress in the cultivation of several herbs.

Today's Beiyuan City has the ability to manufacture several commonly used medicines; In order to increase production, Drith also requisitioned a large house and converted the second floor into a greenhouse dedicated to growing rare medicinal herbs.

As for the first floor, it was naturally converted into a pharmacy that made and sold medicines. And Avril sat behind the counter every day boringly, acting as a physician and pharmacist in Jeonbuk Harahara City.

It's hard work for Avril to keep a rabbit from running around in the same place all day.

The only fly in the ointment is that the cultivation of cotton and flax is still affected by the climate and has not formed the desired scale.

With the current production capacity, I am afraid that it is not enough to provide cotton clothes and quilts for the whole city, and most people still rely on traditional methods such as burning wood to survive the cold and harsh winter of the northern plains.

So recently, Liu Ergou specially divided a team of people to collect firewood for winter in the nearby woods. At that time, the firewood will be distributed to each resident free of charge according to demand, which is considered the first citizen welfare of Kitahara Castle.

Liu also plans to use future tax revenues to build more public service facilities. But that was for later, at least for now, and he, as a lord, had not collected taxes from his lords.

In addition to Kitahara Castle, the forward base on the edge of the Sunset Mountain Range has more than doubled.

The current advance base not only has a city wall and fortifications similar to the scale of Kitahara Castle, but also a series of complete facilities such as dormitories, granaries, and pharmacies.

After further optimization of the production process, the materials consumed by the Charged Crossbow Bolt were greatly reduced, but the power and range were not greatly affected.

After testing, a fully charged crossbow bolt can blow up a large crater with a diameter of ten meters and a depth of two or three meters on the ground! And the firing range has reached 700 meters!

And with such a charged crossbow arrow, each dragon hunting crossbow is equipped with a full twenty rounds! Three ballistae fired a salvo, even if the gargoyle lord was reincarnated, I am afraid that he would have to be bombarded into slag!

Now it is the gargoyles led by Winston who are leading the forward base. These gargoyles have already proved their loyalty to Liu Ergou with their own performance, so Liu Ergou is relieved to hand over the forward base to him.

Today, however, there were only a handful of guards in the forward base. Everyone else was recalled to Kitahara Castle, even Winston, who was the prefect.

At this moment, except for those guards who still needed to fulfill their duties, everyone in the city gathered on the central square and looked at Liu Ergou on the balcony of the bell tower.

Today, we will unveil the bell of the bell tower, and we will celebrate today as the harvest day of Kitahara Castle!

Looking at the excited, satisfied, happy, and slightly expectant faces in the square, Liu Ergou now feels that he finally has his own roots in this strange world.

Not only himself, but also the North Plains Castle, which everyone built with their own hands, is the common root of everyone here, including Celia.

After glancing around again, Liu Ergou took out a pocket watch. This pocket watch was borrowed from Yayaston, the only timekeeping tool in the city so far.

Glancing at the time, Liu Ergou turned around and ordered Hoffman, who had already been prepared

"Ring the bell!"

"Okay!" Hoffman received the order and immediately began to shake one of the turntables next to him vigorously.

With the drive of the turntable, the whole mechanical structure designed by Hammer himself began to run with a bang! With each swing of the dial, Hoffmann oscillates the clock under the auspices of this complex mechanical structure.

Eighteen bells, these eighteen bells, are recorded as the most solemn ceremony of Kitahara Castle and recorded in the newly compiled "Kitahara Castle Code".

Today, these eighteen bells represent the laying of the foundation stone of Beiyuan City and the new beginning of the city.