On the Seven Towers

Li Jia, Du Mei and Shi Hao rode slowly on the mountain road. Li Jiaming clearly felt that the old knight named Alfonso who was leading the way had a very strange attitude. His expression towards them was uglier than an iceberg, but he didn't do anything extraordinary. Receiving Li Jia and his party seemed to be something he hated and had to do. His unwilling appearance looked like a donkey's head being forced to drink water. The few soldiers following them looked nervous and defensive, glancing back and forth at them from time to time.

Du Mei obviously felt this strange atmosphere. She asked with some fear: "They don't seem to welcome us. Is there... some conspiracy to harm us?"

Li Jia smiled gently and said: "Don't worry, there are only three of us. If they really want to harm people, they should have taken action long ago. In my opinion, they seem to be guarding against us."

Du Mei turned her head very carefully and glanced at the cavalryman next to her, and she happened to meet his eyes. The man's face was so sinister that her heart skipped a beat, and she let out a short "Ah" sound. scream.

Li Jia saw all this and shook his head secretly. There was really no one to send to the school. How could such a little girl do anything? He couldn't help but think of that beautiful and energetic figure again...she wouldn't be like this.

"Hey! Be polite to ladies, understand?" Shi Hao heard Du Mei's cry and looked back. When he saw the soldier staring at Du Mei, he immediately made a fierce face and used unskilled language. said loudly.

Li Jia wanted Shi Hao not to act rashly so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. But unexpectedly, after the soldier was told, he didn't even dare to reply. He immediately lowered his head and remained silent. Alfonso, the team leader, just looked back and said nothing.

"These natives seem to bully the weak and fear the strong, so you can't be too polite to them." Shi Hao said with a hint of contempt.

"Brother Shi, you must protect me. When I came out, I didn't expect these people to be so vicious." Du Mei flipped the reins unskillfully and let the horse walk to Shi Hao's side.

"Don't worry, it's here." Shi Hao pointed to the gun behind him and made a reassuring expression for her.

"Yeah." Du Mei nodded repeatedly.

"I have said before that asking for help rashly is just a hot face but a cold butt. If there is not enough benefit, who will help you fight for life or death? In this world, you still have to rely on yourself for everything. I am now The most important thing to do is to arrange patrols in the school and train the militia instead of coming to see this viscount," Shi Hao said with some boredom.

"However, the committee said that we can still get some things to trade with Viscount Ruiz. Besides, we are also his nearest neighbors. If the bandits keep wandering around, it will also cause huge losses to his territory, right?" Du Mei argued in a low voice.

"That's hard to say. Maybe he just wants to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. These aliens look so weird that they are unreliable no matter how you look at them." Shi Hao snorted coldly.

"Don't rush to conclusions. Let's meet the real owner first." Li Jia said, looking at the yellow stone castle on the top of the mountain.

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At the same time, in a room on the upper floor of the main building of the castle, Li Jia, who had been thinking about him day and night, was looking away from a narrow stone window and looking at Viscount Ruiz sitting at the coffee table in the room.

"Well, dear Selinda. Alfonso has gone to fetch them. If you hadn't insisted, I would have been ill. You know, I tend to get fever whenever I hear the war horn. But even if I see What will happen to them? I am not your father. I have countless vassals. The loyal old Alfonso is the only knight I can use. Do you want this poor old guy to fight thousands of horse thieves? ?" Viscount Ruiz leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands elegantly, and looked at Selinda, who was dressed in a smart outfit, with a smile.

Selinda's red hair was tied up, giving her a more mature look. She was wearing a set of elegant black leather armor with a long sword hanging on her waist. She looked heroic: "Uncle Ruiz, you should know that the leader of those horse thieves is Cadiz."

"I met this boy before when he was your father's bodyguard. He was a little rough and full of mountain atmosphere, but very shrewd. Maybe the life of a horse thief is more suitable for him than that of a bodyguard."

"He has a close relationship with our family. You know this, and so do others. This news may one day reach the ears of some angry magicians."

"Your father will not let anything go." Viscount Ruiz smiled gently.

"The handle is used between people who abide by the rules. How many magicians...how many care about the rules?"

"Maybe you should trust your father more. Believe that he will handle these things well. Whether it is a magician, a noble, or a horse thief, your father has dealt with many such people in his life. And you, last time I saw him When you were young, you were still a cute little girl jumping up and down. "

"But I don't think he did a good job. How much reputation does the Arias family have now? What did he do during his time in the capital besides being known as a playboy? He said he was here to inspect the territory, but he had a conflict with the people, and now he has to make enemies with the magician." Serinda was obviously a little excited, her red eyes seemed to be burning, "What the Arias family needs is more allies, not inexplicable enemies. I think it was a big mistake for him to use horse thieves to test the magician whose background he didn't know. He... I really don't know what's wrong with him, he sometimes behaves like a coward, and sometimes behaves like a madman."

Viscount Ruiz was still very calm, "Your father may not be a berserker, but he is definitely a good Arias."

"Uncle Ruiz, anyway, in this matter, I... I must do something for the family."

Viscount Irus stared into her eyes, but Serinda did not back down.

"Really." He laughed, "Kadis is a wild horse. Even your father may not be able to control him, let alone us. Moreover, as far as I know, almost all the decent horse thieves in the Black Mountain area have come this time. The damaged magician castle, the magician who left home, and the treasures gathered by the magicians, you know how jealous the horse thieves will be. If Kadis wants to stop now, his head will definitely not be saved until tomorrow."

"I never thought of stopping Kadis." Serinda walked to Viscount Ruiz, sat on the chair opposite him, and said seriously: "But I need an opportunity, an opportunity to join this battle, an opportunity to stand on the side of the magician."

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The castle is dark and small, without the fairy tale romance imagined. Although it is daytime, light can only shine in through the narrow window holes on one side of the aisle. Li Jia and the other two followed Alfonso, walking on a dark red carpet. The sunlight divided the carpet into sections of light and dark grids. The obscure reliefs on the columns, the old tapestries on the walls and the complicated pottery decorations standing in the corners made this journey mysterious and strange.

When they arrived at a door at the end of the passage, a waiter who had been waiting for a long time pushed open the door. Alfonso stood aside and pointed inside with his finger, but did not speak to them.

"Wait." Li Jia hesitated when he saw this. The gloomy castle made him feel quite uneasy.

"We are already here. What is there to wait for? If we are afraid of death, we will not come." Shi Hao put on a fearless look and walked in first.

His voice was shaking, and I am afraid his heart was shaking too. Li Jia keenly noticed Shi Hao's fear. Only the weak need to constantly encourage themselves with words, while the strong..., ha, the three people here are probably not related to the strong. He thought about why Shi Hao was so stubborn, and then he understood that after the goblin incident, Shi Hao seemed to be hoping to prove himself as a courageous man every moment.

In this new world, everyone has to prove something.

Du Mei looked at the two of them, and probably felt that Shi Hao's gun was more secure, so she grabbed his arm and followed him in.

Li Jia glanced at Alfonso, and saw a faint sneer of disdain at the corner of his mouth. He could see full of hatred from this expression.

What exactly is he hating?

When the three of them entered the room, Alfonso followed in and closed the door behind him.

This is a reception room, and there is no one in it. Two rows of simple sofas are placed opposite each other, with a coffee table in the middle. There are several window holes on one side of the room that are slightly larger than the corridor, but because the wooden windows are open and there is no glass or window paper, the cold wind comes in with a gentle cry. Fortunately, on the other side of the room, the charcoal burning in the fireplace brings some warmth and makes the room brighter.

Li Jia looked at Alfonso. After the old knight entered the room, he treated them as air and stood at another door like a sentry.

The owner did not come, so the three could only visit the furnishings in the room. Li Jia noticed that there was an oil painting on one wall of the room. It was a group of warriors without armor, holding axes, and with strong muscles, slaughtering some well-armored enemies. These people fought savagely and looked crazy. Some enemies were torn in half by them, and some enemies had their heads twisted off by them.

"These warriors are so scary." Du Mei sighed as he looked at the realistic painting.

"No matter how scary it is, they only use axes." Shi Hao said while holding a gun.

"This is probably the legendary berserker." Li Jia said thoughtfully.

"This is my ancestor, Lil Bedinyani, who followed Lord Melo Arias in the battle against the Black Dragon Empire. Ah, that's the one who broke the enemy's neck in the painting. He was Lord Arias's right-hand man and defeated countless enemies. It can be said that every inch of land in this country originated from the axes of these berserkers." A clear voice sounded from behind them.

The three saw the door next to Alfonso open. A middle-aged man in a purple double-breasted robe walked in. The robe was a bit slim, with gold embroidery on the chest, hem and cuffs. The collar revealed a white shirt with a flower collar, and the lower body was brown trousers and short leather boots. The first time Li Jia saw him, she thought he was quite handsome and elegant. His loose silver hair and blue eyes were in line with the aristocratic style in the TV series. He was completely different from the ancestor in the painting.

The middle-aged man walked to the center of the reception room, touched his chest and saluted, saying: "Welcome, guests from the Magician's Castle, I am Ruiz Bedinyani, Viscount of Phoenix."

Note: Ruiz Bedinyani, Viscount of Phoenix. Phoenix is ​​the name of the Viscount's territory.