Lord of Hyranza

The magic airship lifted off slowly, and soon entered the channel in the wind layer. The sails swelled, and the magic airship drove at full speed in the air. After seven days of smooth flight, it finally arrived at Hailansa City.

This time and again, although everything went smoothly on the journey, it was the end of September when they arrived in Hailansa City.

The Harvest Festival and the coming-of-age ceremony are being prepared in the city of Hailansa. Darcy Christie's wedding has long since ended. It seems that he has not received the invitation. Standing on the high tower of the airport, looking at the sea The highest castle in Lansa City, Suldak inevitably felt a little uncomfortable.

Chapter 552 Returning to the Village

Every autumn is also the busiest season in Hailansa City.

The acorns in the mountain forest are almost ripe, and at this time, buyers from all over the world will gather in Hailansa City. They come here for only one purpose, that is, the golden and silver acorns all over the mountains and plains. These acorns are A favorite fuel for nobles.

In winter, as long as these acorns are thrown into the fireplace, when the acorns are burning, the whole room will have a faint fragrance of trees.

When Suldak walked down the airport pier, there were boxes of acorns piled up on the large open space of the airport pier. These acorns were all ready to be transported to other places by magic airship. up.

After receiving the reins handed over by the airship crew, Surdak led Gu Bolai out of the airport town, feeling the warm afternoon sun.

This time when Suldak returned to Hailansa City, the biggest change he felt was that both the White Elephant Trading Company and the underground trading market were closed. The huge White Elephant Trading Company seemed to disappear overnight, leaving only The next empty circular building.

Suldak thought of the Dale magician who had always taken great care of him. After many inquiries, he did not find any information about him. Even the investigation files of the guard battalion only vaguely stated that he had been with The old rebel army had some connections. His younger brother was a senior member of the rebel army. It is said that he died many years ago when Duchess Jingyue put down the rebellion.

The next day, Suldak canceled his vacation with Captain Sauron, and rode back to Wall Village.

When we reached the Paglos Pass, the wooden crosses were still erected on the top of the mountain, but a large wooden frame was built on the side of the pass, which looked like some kind of building was going to be built, and some carriages kept unloading volcanic ash.

When Suldak came to the mountain pass, he found that there were two wooden frames built. The concrete buildings inside the two wooden frames had begun to take shape. It was clearly two archery towers located on both sides of the mountain pass. A group of bricklayers from the village squatted On the wooden frame, these two archery towers were piled up continuously.

A group of guard battalion knights sat in the arbor next to it, and the passing villagers, caravans, and adventure groups all went to the arbor for routine inspections.

Standing on the top of the wooden frame, the villagers of Wall Village saw Suldak approaching on horseback from a distance, stood up and waved at Suldak continuously, and shouted loudly: "Suldak is back..."

I don't know when, Suldak's status in Wall Village has surpassed the village chief Bright. When he came to the mountain pass, the craftsmen in Wall Village greeted him one after another, and then the guards on duty at the Pagros Mountain Pass Battalion knights, these guard battalion knights are all from the support squadron, and they usually have a close relationship with Suldak.

Suldak rode a horse to the side of the awning, and while responding to the knight who greeted him, he asked, "Why are there two arrow towers built here?"

"Not only that, an arch will be built here in the future. This gate can be regarded as completely separating the outside of Paglos Pass from the suburbs of High Lansa City. This can be regarded as an additional barrier outside High Lansa City." The captain of the second squadron of the support squadron came out and explained to Surdak.

"It is necessary to set up the guards of the Arrow Tower who are on duty here all the year round?" Suldak frowned. The addition of manpower to the city defense department will only add an extra burden to the residents of Hailansa City.

The captain of the second team cried bitterly: "There is no way! Who made the rebel army so rampant recently, someone must watch them! And the construction of this arrow tower will not send many more people. The current situation is completely Contain the three squadrons of our support squadron here, and the temporary checkpoint on the Arrow Tower will be cancelled!"

After staying at the Pagros Pass for a short while, Surdak rode back to Wall Village.

The dead tree at the entrance of Wall Village still bears the sign of Wall Village, but there are many small merchants and hawkers gathered in the open space outside the village entrance. It seems that a small market has formed here. A month ago, this market just took shape. Unexpectedly Now the scale has been issued.

A group of members of the adventure group were bargaining around a stall, and the sound was heard far away.

Suldak took his horse and walked around the small market at the entrance of the village. In addition to food, groceries, and magic scrolls, there were also craftsmen who maintained leather goods and repaired ironware in this small market. Unfortunately, due to the scarcity of magic herbs, magic potions were still available. It is because the supply exceeds the demand, and it will never appear in such a small market.

Some adventure groups will camp and set up tents outside the village, and some adventure groups will rent the outermost row houses of the village. The rent of the row houses here is not expensive, and they are also sheltered from the wind and rain. The wooden bed and wooden table are very convenient to use, just like a homestay in the village.

The kobold slave camps were moved to a row of houses near the mouth of the river, which was relatively remote, so that no one would be able to accept that they lived in the same row of houses with the kobold slaves.

After entering the village, the small townhouses in the village have also been built to the end one after another. Only three small townhouses need to be capped with herringbone frames. The other small townhouses have basically been handed over to the villagers of Wall Village. Bricklayers have begun to re-pave the roads in the village. All the roads connecting the places are paved with volcanic ash cement, and there are drainage ditches on both sides of the road.

Looking into the valley from the entrance of the village, these small townhouses are like a row of neat stairs, arranged row upon row on the hillside.

There are still five big pots set up on the square in the village. In the big iron pot, porridge and stewed vegetables are boiled. On the other iron plate, there are two village women who are constantly making scones. They are preparing dinner. After it became a small market, the children in the village could only play in the village square. Old Sheila sat under a tree with a group of elderly people to enjoy the cool air, and little Peter mixed with a group of children, sweating profusely from running in the sun.

Signa squatted at the door of the children's home, looking enviously at the children who kept running hard.

She was the first to discover Suldak who had returned on horseback, standing on a stone at the door and waving at him vigorously.

Then there were children playing in the village square, and little Peter mixed in with them. When he saw Suldak, he rushed towards him.

Suldak jumped off the horse, picked up little Peter who rushed over, and lifted him high, causing little Peter to 'giggle' non-stop.

Suldak hugged little Peter in one hand, and led the horse in the other to greet old Sheila in front of old Sheila.

Old Sheila just nodded with her lips pursed, and said to Little Peter: "Come down quickly, let your father rest for a while, he is tired from the journey..."

Chapter 553

Dinner is simple, consisting of scones, broth and a bowl of stewed vegetables.

For the villagers of Wall Village, broth is not an everyday delicacy.

Rita directly said that Suldak was lucky to come back just in time, and actually drank the broth that only came once a week.

With the improvement of the living standard in Woer Village, small wine sellers have piled oak barrels in the small market at the entrance of the village. Order some free small dried salted fish and dried salted radish. The only characteristic of these snacks is that they are very salty. Probably only those who drink alcohol will twist one and stuff it into their mouths to wake up their taste buds.

Today's villagers have a little spare money in their pockets, and occasionally go to the entrance of the village to drink two cups in twos and threes. A cup of rough ale with wheat residues only needs two copper coins. A year ago, the villagers of Wall Village It is also an unbearable amount of money for them, but now that the townhouses in the entire Wall Village have been built, the pockets of the villagers have become bulging.

Occasionally, the old people in the village can be heard sighing: "That boy Dake is really kind. He built houses for the villagers and gave everyone wages. He was building his own house. What kind of wages do you want..."

The old man on the side couldn't even open his eyes, so he could only say in a low voice, "You have to call him Baron Suldak, he is now the Baron!"

The old man who spoke first said: "I heard that the nobles are all big landowners. Where do you think Duck's land is? Why don't you enclose the land in Wall Village?"

"I heard from my family that Dake's territory is in Pustule Mountain, which is a whole mountain. Even if you ride a horse for a day, you can't finish all the boundary markers."

The old man who spoke first said doubtfully, "What's the use of such a mountain without pustules?"

The old man whose eyes were hard to open said again: "Did you know that volcanic ash can build a house? Look at the volcanic ash all over the mountains and plains. Every grain of ash comes out of the pustule mountain. These all belong to Dafa. It’s like the oak trees in the mountains belong to other nobles. Whoever wants to use the volcanic ash in the future will have to pay taxes to Dak. Dak is worried that we can’t live in such a comfortable house, so he pays for us all from his own pocket. These small townhouses were built."

"I heard that Dak will form an engineering team in the future and take everyone to build these volcanic ash houses..."

"There is no need to be afraid of the heavy snow this winter!"

……

Suldak sat on a large rock leveled out of the fourth-level reservoir. From here, he could just see the night view of the entire Wall village.

Four hundred kobolds are currently leveling the bottom of this land, and then the anti-seepage cement layer at the bottom of the pool will be laid, and the foundation pit for the dam of the fourth-level reservoir will be dug.

After the construction of the main dam of the third-level reservoir is completed, the foundation of the fourth-level reservoir will be poured immediately. According to the current construction speed, it is very likely that the fifth-level reservoir will also be built before the snow falls. .

The old village head, Brett, limped over with a pipe in his hand. Since the last time the rebel army attacked the village and was injured, the old village head's legs had suffered a little bit of disease, and he was a little awkward when walking.

"Coming back so soon?"

He walked over to Suldak and sat down.

"Uh, everything went well." Surdak replied.

The old village chief held the pipe in his hand and took a deep puff.

The wrinkles on his forehead were deep, and his face was as if carved by a knife and an axe, and it became dark after being exposed to the wind and sun.

He grinned, and said to Suldak: "I've been thinking...whether the Wall Village in front of me appeared in a dream, those sturdy houses look so beautiful, clean ground, bright windows, and There is an attic where you can bask in the sun. I just remembered that I saw it in the murals of the temple recently. I thought that I could only live in such a residence when I went to the Kingdom of God in the future. I didn’t expect my dream to come true so soon. Dark, you said we With a more abundant water source, there is more land that can be cultivated, and now there is a shelter that can shelter from the wind and rain, and if there is something to pursue in the future, people... have to pursue something."

Suldak wiped his face vigorously with his hands, and said following the topic of the old village chief: "After a rich life! We need a more stable living environment. For example, we need to transform this place so that this mountain and wild green trees become Yin, it needs to be safer here, there will not be so many robbers and rebels intruding, and the village will not be attacked by monsters in the dense forest of Pagros Mountain. I hope to be recognized and respected by the people around me, am I right? Did you go too far?"

"That's why you have done so much for us?" At this moment, the old village chief's eyes became bright and energetic.

"Actually, this is a blueprint in a person's heart. I remember that he kept telling me about his longing at that time. Yes, he wanted to have a mountain spring that would never dry up, and he would not talk to others during the dry season in spring. Fighting for water, and not being unable to allocate new land because of new life born in each family, not forming a flood at the entrance of the village in summer, not being homeless in storms and snowstorms, everyone I have to live a rich life with enough food and warm clothes, but unfortunately he can’t see these things in front of him, and I just want to fulfill his wish.” When Suldak said this, his voice became very soft, and his emotions also changed. A little depressed.

Those dreams in the past are almost realized now, but those who fell on the battlefield will never come back.

"Is there anyone else who has the same idea as you?" Village Chief Brett asked in surprise.

Suldak grinned and nodded vigorously.

"All of what I did was what he hoped for, but the process was a little smooth. On the way back to Hailansa, I had a little extra income. After returning, I found a sulfur mine on the pustule mountain. "Suldak said.

"Oh, that's right! How's the work on Charlie's side going?" Suldak asked.

A month ago, Charlie took more than 50 craftsmen to Karl Casement's manor to build a large villa for him. It will be almost a month since he left, and Suldak wanted to know where the progress of the project was.

"The initial progress was much slower than expected, but now everything is going smoothly. The main body of the first floor has been poured. We only need to wait for the floor to be laid after it is solid, and then continue to erect the second floor." The old village chief Brett Said.

Suldak nodded and said: "After the townhouse is completed, other craftsmen will be dispatched there, and some trucks carrying volcanic ash will be added. It must be completed before winter! This is the first order we have received. , we can definitely make it a little more beautiful.”

The old village chief nodded.

Not far from the gate of the third-level reservoir, a waterfall fell into the ditch below, making a rumbling sound.

Looking up, the entire reservoir looks like a huge castle, blocking the entire valley horizontally and looking magnificent.

Chapter 554

The old village head, Brett, left the construction site of the reservoir with a limping leg and only his hunched figure remained in the night.

It was only after Village Chief Bright disappeared into the darkness that Andrew and He came over from the security station. Perhaps it was because the power of the 'Rage Flame' magic pattern allowed him to break through the last layer. Recently, Andrew's strength has gained the second level. A rapid growth.

The first time was when the 'Soul of the Berserker' was awakened. During that period, his strength soared until he broke through a turn before gradually stopping.

But now with the help of the power of the 'Rage Flame' magic pattern, Andrew felt that he could break through the shackles of the intermediate level of the first rank in one go, and become a warrior in the late stage of the first rank.

The instructors in the barracks once said that if you want to be promoted to rank two strong, you must understand your own qi in your body. Warriors need to understand 'anger', fighters need to understand 'fighting qi', and swordsmen need to inspire 'sword qi' ', and the knight needs to awaken the 'halo', the second rank strong in the army is a rare existence, Andrew has never understood what anger is, is it just aroused from the bottom of his heart?

Andrew, who has reached the mid-term strength of the first rank, seems to have an epiphany recently. The so-called "anger" can also be called "fighting will".

I have the "soul of the berserk warrior". It is said that once I understand the anger, I can form a "furious" posture. It is said that warriors of this level are tireless on the battlefield and do not feel pain. Even the wolf cavalry in the orc tribe is not a berserker opponent.

"Has your recent strength been promoted again?"

Andrew scratched his head and smiled honestly.

He was wearing heavy armor, and it was a little inconvenient to sit down. He simply sat on the floor, with one leg stretched out and the other slightly bent, with one hand behind his back. He looked up at the night sky. Bian will enter the rainy season again.

The night sky is full of stars, and there is no cloud to be found.

Andrew said to Suldak:

"Yesterday, a veteran of the militia battalion came to deliver a letter, saying that he had found traces of the rebel army in the Western Wilderness on the edge of the desert. Oatfields, perhaps they haven't discovered that they're hiding in that area."

He didn't think it was such a serious matter, and thought about going to investigate it himself tomorrow.

Suldak was a little surprised. The Death Ridge in the Western Wilderness used to be an ancient battlefield. After so many years, some ghosts would appear there from time to time. It is said that there were temple priests and priests who wanted to purify that place. An area, but later it was nothing.

In the past few years, because of the trouble caused by ghosts, the last village living there has also moved away.

He is the sheriff of the barren land, and these information were also found in the files of the Hailansa city hall two months ago.

Suldak asked Andrew: "The Death Ridge in the Western Badlands doesn't mean that weird things always happen there. Every Halloween, countless wandering ghosts appear in the Death Ridge. How can there be people?"

Andrew explained to Suldak: "It wasn't discovered by the villagers, but a group of refugees who lived in no fixed place. There is a piece of fertile land outside the mountain of death. These refugees want to spend the summer there. Plant some oats in the wasteland, and when the oats are harvested in autumn, they will be transferred to Hailansa City for the winter."

"A group of wanderers?" Surdak didn't expect a group of wanderers to go to the wilderness to open up wasteland.

"Yeah." Andrew replied.

Suldak pondered for a moment, and then told Andrew: "Go and send a letter to Karl tomorrow morning, asking him to mobilize some guard battalion knights. I will go to West Wasteland to check first. After the guard battalion knights come, let them temporarily Wait for my news here in Wall Village."

"Yes!" The native warrior Andrew took the order.

Although Andrew was born as an aborigine of the Nanai tribe, their tribe has lived in Wozhimara for several generations, and has already subtly become an imperial man, so they have a strong executive power.As long as it is an order from Suldak, it will be completed without compromise.

"Captain, let me go! My detection ability is better than yours." Samira came out from the darkness and did not know how long she had been eavesdropping in the dark.

Suldak thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Let me go, with Aphrodite here, it will be easier for us to connect."

In fact, he still didn't say a word, that is, 'It's safer this way. '

Seeing that Suldak had made a decision, Samira didn't insist any more, and only asked:

"When to set off?"

Suldak sat up from the big rock, patted the dust off his body, and said:

"It's not too late, let's go tonight."

……

Rita had just added hay to the trough of the stable, and the ancient horse hadn't eaten a few bites when she saw Suldak rushing back from the outside.

He first went to the living room to take a look at old Sheila, then went to the stable to saddle Gu Bolai's horse, and led the horse to the door.

Natasha put Suldak on her riding boots and prepared her horse. Knowing that he was about to go out, she ran out of the kitchen and asked:

"Why did you leave right after you came back?"

Suldak explained: "I found traces of the rebels in the Western Wilderness. I'm going to investigate. I'm worried that they won't be able to find them if they hide too late. This group of rebels who hid in the Badlands is our biggest Now that the Arrow Tower guard post has been built at Paglos Mountain Pass, it will be much more difficult for them to escape to Oak Ridge than before, and they must be dealt with."

Hearing what Suldak said, Natasha blushed slightly, lowered her head and whispered: "Then be careful."

Although a little bit reluctant, Natasha and Rita still helped Suldak put on that heavy set of 'Earth Shield' armor. With the addition of the armor, he suddenly became much taller and taller.

Riding through Wall Village, the local dogs in the village were obediently huddled in their kennels and did not dare to come out.

The market at the entrance of the village is empty, and some simple sheds have not been demolished, which makes the small market at the entrance of the village look a bit too messy.