"You must have been recommended by Cahill......"

A strong man opens the door of the house and lets the knocker in. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"I'm Philip," the strong man said, taking the guest's hand, "it's from this village." ”

The guest wore a gray hood, a plain gray coat, an over-the-shoulder strap, various knick-knacks fixed to it, a pair of lizardskin boots that were easy to walk on, and a long strip of cloth tied to the back—a weapon, which Philip guessed.

"My name is Yus. The guest lowered his hood and revealed a face that was young in any way he looked - except for his eyes, which were brown eyes that were vicissitudes and numbness, as if they had seen too much of the world.

"Are you the village chief here?" the guest asked.

Philip shook his head, "I'm just from the village, but everyone in my clan trusts me, so they entrust me with this. ”

Yuss nodded.

"It's a long way to get here from Majestic City, and you must be hungry at this late hour. Philip served a plate of food, but Juss smiled and waved his hand, rejecting his offer.

"I'm on a diet. He said lightly: "All you need is water." ”

Yuss placed the long strip on his back on the table and took off his gray coat.

This should be a battle-hardened warrior, Philip thought.

Just look at his arm muscles and movements.

But how could Cahill recommend a fighter?

To solve such a problem, mages are more suitable, aren't they?

"So," said Philip, picking up a bundle of firewood, went to the fireplace to add some firewood, and turned to hand out a cup:

"You're also a friend of Cahill's, whom he met when he traveled the world?"

"No, I'm not familiar with Cahill...... But I know his brother, Sivi Yelo. Yuss took the cup, took the jug on the table, poured a glass of water, and looked with great interest at the decoration of the room—bows and arrows, traps, hunting gear of all kinds, and trophies, with a look of wistfulness in his eyes.

"Sivi Yeluo?" Philip frowned, "I've heard Cahill say that his brother is very ...... Rebellious?"

Yuss chuckled and put down the cup, took the hunting bow on the wall, and tested the strength: "Yes, it's not your average rebellion...... The Ye Luo family was very troubled for him. ”

Philip sat down and watched Yus fiddle with his hunting bow thoughtfully.

"Can you hunt?" he asked, turning to his guest.

"Hmm," Yuss laughed, "you see?"

"The way you draw your bow," Philip frowned, "not like an archer, but a standard hunter." ”

"I used to be a hunter, living in the birch forests of the Northlands," Yuss sighed, and hung his bow back, "It's been a long time ago. ”

Philip raised an eyebrow: "You must be a good hunter." ”

"It's all in the past," Yuss shrugged, "let's get down to business." ”

Philip's face became solemn.

"So," Yus said as he sat back on the table, "why don't you ask the local lords for help? ”

"Lord, the cold-blooded lords?" Philip chuckled, "We are too remote here, too far from the rule of the Empire - to them, we are just mountain barbarians, what do we have to do with life and death?"

Yus shook his head and snorted softly, "How can the descendants of the Iron Blood King and Medea be mountain barbarians. ”

"Ha, Iron Blood, let's not say that this was two thousand years ago...... Philip said disdainfully, "Queso Rumba is also a descendant of the first king of the north, Takmu, but he protested with his people against the local tax collectors of the empire, and look at his fate!"

"And the republican rebels in the province of Thorns...... They are also descendants of the Founding Six Stars!"

"Will the emperor and the dukes look down on them because of this?"

"You know a lot," Yuss said as he took a sip of water, still smiling, "It seems that you are not as remote as you say." ”

"I went to the city to serve as a soldier more than ten years ago, and although I have gained a lot of knowledge, I ......" Philip shook his head: "It's a terrible experience." ”

"By the way, I heard from the traveling merchants that since ten years ago, the old emperor was beheaded by the black knight......" Philip remembered something, and he immediately raised his head: "The whole empire is in chaos, and there are wars everywhere?"

"Chaos?10 years ago?" Yuss flicked his glass and smiled, "It should be more than 20 years ......"

"For two entire generations of emperors, they could only sit on the throne of the Pegasus, lamenting the disrespect and arrogance of the dukes again and again, and watch them fight each other. ”

"Chaos? This was the case with the Empire long before the Black Knight and his Dark Legion entered the Triumphant Capital. ”

Philip snorted, "Look, this is the end of the tyrant's perverse actions." ”

Yuss smiled silently.

"It's a pity, seven hundred years of empire," Philip shrugged, "but it won't fall for a while......"

The two were silent for a moment.

"How bad is it?" Yuss asked suddenly, for no reason, "compared to what is written in your letter?"

Philip clenched his fists.

The strong man sighed:

"Very bad," he said gloomily:

"Half a year ago, some people began to be afraid of light ......"

"It was even worse three months ago, when someone couldn't even touch a silver utensil...... It hurts ......."

"In addition, we, myself included, began to dissipate our sense of taste, and the food tasted tasteless in our mouths. ”

"And it's getting worse," said Philip, with an extremely serious face.

"I found that some people have started to eat raw meat with blood and water......"

Yuss frowned.

"The desire to eat raw meat?" he began to think:

"Sounds familiar......"

"Any clue?" Philip raised his eyebrows, "Cahill said, you are both knowledgeable and skillful......"

But Juss raised his hand lightly and stopped his words:

"I'm not sure, I'll have to see an example to tell the ...... It's just this symptom that reminds me of the 'corpse trembling' incident two hundred years ago. ”

Philip was stunned: "What is 'corpse trembling'?"

"A baron who has lost his beloved......" Yuss stopped talking and shook his head: "The Alchemy Tower has received a joint warning from the Empire and the Myojin Church for this, and even the Tower of Ascetics ...... It's a disaster, and you won't want to know the details. ”

Philip was stunned for a moment as he listened to these groups that were usually high-minded.

"What do you mean...... But our village is so remote that even the traveling merchants rarely come except for explorers like Cahill, let alone mages......" Philip recalled in confusion.

"I'll send a letter to each of my acquaintances in the Alchemy Tower and the Soul Tower," Yus muttered, "Ask for a record of this symptom...... Of course, I need to look at the patient's condition first. ”

It seems that he has a close relationship with the mages...... Philip's eyes lit up.

Philip nodded, stood up and walked to the door: "I'll go and say hello to them first, and I can visit tomorrow ......"

Yuss nodded.

"Philip!" As he was about to walk out the door, Yuss suddenly turned his head, "You are descendants of Medea, right?" ”

Philip put his hand on the doorknob and was a little stunned: "Yes, that's what the old people say, the Iron King is our ancestor, and Medea is his wife......"

Odd.

Why does he keep mentioning the wife of the Iron Blood King and still call her by his first name?

It's clear that the Iron Blood King is more famous, isn't it?

"I'm thinking, your symptoms...... Could it have anything to do with the curse?" Yuss mused, "You know, a long time ago when you resisted the orcs...... About Medea, a curse in the blood?"

Philip had a puzzled expression:

"Cursed? haven't heard of it...... And, what does the Predator's wife have to do with the curse?"

He shook his head inexplicably: "Blood...... We've been living here for almost two thousand years, what kind of curse can last that long?"

"Yes," Yuss smiled and nodded, "Maybe I'm thinking too much." ”

Philip shook his head and walked out the door.

Yuss sat alone at the table when he suddenly reached out and pressed the long strip of cloth on the table.

"It's not something that can be moved around," Yuss smiled at the boy with a head popping out from under the table, "You're Philip's son?"

The boy nodded in annoyance, let go of the hand that had been holding the strip of cloth, and crawled out from under the table.

"Are you from the Empire?" the boy patted the dust off his body and looked curious at the guest, "The big, big Empire?"

Yuss grinned, "Sort of." ”

The boy's eyes lit up: "Then you must know the Black Knight!

Yuss frowned: "Hmm." ”

"Can you tell me about him?" the boy asked, leaning on the edge of Yus's table with infinite hope, "Enza came back from the city and said that he was the most terrible knight!

Yuss laughed.

"It's impossible for him to kill all the ten knights of the Emperor's throne," Yus shook his head with a lonely expression, "However, he did defeat six of them. ”

"Wow!" the boy's eyes almost flashed with stars, "So he is the strongest knight?"

"No," Yus looked up, showing nostalgia and melancholy, "At least, the Third Knight can tie with him." ”

"Although the first knight died at his hands, in fact, in terms of strength, he is stronger than him. ”

Yuss was silent, his eyes deep.

The boy looked at the ceiling, imagined it in his mind, and then lowered his face.

"But he's dead, isn't he? The boy asked sadly.

Yuss was stunned.

"yes," he took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, "He's dead." ”

"A long, long time ago, I died. ”

The boy sniffed and hung his head sullenly.

Yuss raised an eyebrow: "What, you're not happy?"

The boy shook his head sadly, "The Black Knight is dead—then I can't compete with him." ”

Yuss laughed dumbly.

"Son, what is your name?" he shook his head helplessly.

"My name?"

The boy raised his head, showed his eight teeth, smiled at the guest, and said:

"Listen up!"

"I'm a descendant of the Iron King......

"Philip and Lysa's son......"

"I will definitely become the strongest man in the world!"

The boy held out his thumb and pointed confidently and haughtily at himself:

"Lanley Corleone. ”