Lord Helanza

When John first saw Surdak Knight, the smile on his face was worse than crying.

'Surdak' slashed on John’s embarrassed expression, and immediately realized that John’s military service period was not full, and after he escaped from the expeditionary camp in Mo Yun Mountain Range, he had been renewed. Incorporated into the catapult camp, supposedly now he should work as a catapult repairer in the catapult camp.

But at this moment, he actually appeared in the free market outside Epson City, and he was still in front of a second-hand furniture stall. He was still repairing the old furniture. After seeing Surdak, he first glanced It wasn't the joy after the reunion, but a smile that was uglier than crying, which made'Surdak' wonder in his heart, why did John appear here?

"You... hello, Surdak Knight!" John stammered. He looked a little cramped and didn't dare to look directly into the eyes of'Surdak'.

Seeing that Surdak Knight didn't immediately rush to catch him, John Restless's heart was sighed slightly in relief.

He sat next to the pile of wooden utensils, took out a greasy linen towel, wiped the sweat on his face, and got up from the chair.

'Surdak' smiled slightly to him and said in the tone of an old friend: "When will this job end? I want to buy you a drink before I leave Epson City."

John saw that Surdak didn’t expose him on the spot, he couldn’t wait to say:

"Anytime, I am here to refurbish these old furniture pieces by piece."

The merchant Elijah saw that Surdak Knight was familiar with the carpenter. He stood aside and couldn't say goodbye. He said goodbye to Surdak Knight very interestingly. Before leaving, he did not forget to invite Surdak Knight to be free. When I went to his caravan to sit down.

'Surdak' also wanted to keep the businessman Elijah. After all, the businessman took great care of him along the way, but at this time the businessman Elijah had already mixed in the crowd and disappeared quickly,'Surdak 'Haven't even had time to speak.

John untied his leather apron and walked out of the pile of wood. While brushing off the sawdust from his body, he wiped the oil and sweat on his neck with a towel. This free market is so hot that it makes people breathless. , The boss of the woodware booth immediately went to count the furniture that John had repaired, and then counted a few silver chucks in person and handed them to him.

'Surdak' led the horse and John walked side by side in the crowd. John was familiar with this place. Soon the two of them walked out of the bustling free market and found an open air outside the free market. The tavern sat down.

It seems that there is a tavern that can provide some simple meals at the outermost periphery of every free market. Scones, white bread, stews and sausages will always be the same themes in the tavern, and the open-air tavern With more than a dozen simple wooden tables, these wooden tables seem to never be wiped clean, and there is always a sticky greasy stain on them.

An acne-faced waiter brought a plate of sausages and a plate of white bread, and served two glasses of ale.

John was holding a wine glass, drank a sip of ale, his face flushed all of a sudden, he mustered up the courage to whisper to Surdak: "Surdak Knight, I escaped from the battlefield, you don’t Will expose me, right?"

After speaking, he cautiously looked towards both sides, worrying that someone would be eavesdropping next to him.

"Can you tell me your reason?" Surdak looked at all around. The drinkers drank and no one noticed.

John said with a bit of frustration: "They said I was a deserter. Not only did I lose no merit in the victory of this battle, the new Great Captain would also send me to the trial room to be judged.

I have given the devil head to them. In fact, I have already said it. I donate the merits of this devil head. As long as the merits are paid off, it will be fine. They agreed very well at the beginning.

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Just after the battle was won, the Law Enforcer of the upper court went down to check the number of deserters in the Mo Yun Mountain Range expeditionary army. They handed me over without the slightest hesitation. Go to him, this group The guy turned his face and didn’t recognize anyone."

Surdak is lightly sighed, and now it seems that the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment performs much better in this respect, at least Baron Sidney won’t be so blatantly robbing his soldiers. When the second squad went out to perform missions, the harvested devil heads were completely processed by themselves, and that many devil heads have never seen Baron Sidney jealous.

I remembered the second squad, the faces filled with youthful smiles, dangling from'Surdak' Knight's eyes like a slideshow, and the corners of his eyes became a little moist.

John thought that'Surdak' was deeply moved because of his misfortune, and said with some excitement:

"Surdak Knight, do you know? Once you enter the courthouse, I may stay in the army for the rest of my life..."

After hearing John's call,'Surdak' woke up, and then asked him curiously:

"Then how did you escape?"

John’s face showed a pain, but he didn’t hesitate to say to our'Surdak' Knight:

"Actually Although the devil head was handed over, the black magic crystal inside was still in my hand. I used this black magic crystal to buy out an old soldier guarding me. He secretly let me out, and I left it overnight. They escaped from the barracks and came to Epson City with a convoy."

Speaking, the beer glass in John’s hand has bottomed out, he raised his hand, and the waiter in the distance immediately Bringing two large glasses of ale to him.

Almost all the ale, grilled sausage, and white bread on the table were stuffed into John’s stomach.'Surdak' looked at John and asked:

"Then what do you have in the future Planning?"

John is a skilled carpenter. No matter where he is, this kind of craft can save him from worrying about his livelihood, but he has no way to return to his hometown.

"With my craftsmanship, if I want to live here, although it will be a little bitter, but the life will go on..." John rubbed his red nose and said.

Seeing that Surdak only drank a glass of ale in front of him, he didn’t seem to have any appetite. When he came to the pub, he just wanted to chat with himself. John looked at the messy dinner plate and some sorry asked: Don’t come to me to sit down?"

Surdak still thinks about how he can help John as much as he can. There are six devil heads in his backpack. For this comrade-in-arms who once went through life and death together in the wilderness and hills , Surdak intends to give him another Devil Crystal Stone, or it can help him through the hardest days before him.

After that, I felt that it was not so reliable to hand over a precious Devil Crystal Stone to a carpenter who had little self-protection ability in the tavern. Once it was peeped by someone with a heart, it was inevitable. There will be some murderous incidents.

Hearing John's invitation, Surdak happily agreed.

John rushed to pay for the meal. Seeing that what he brought out was the silver pewter just given by the old furniture vendor, Surdak confirmed that John was actually not well-off. Probably the money earned that day can only sustain the expenses of the day.

Then the waiter took out a yellow paper bag and put the remaining white bread and sausages into the bag. Apart from this also took out a few slices of white bread from the back kitchen and put them into the bag. Here, it was handed over to John. The two had little communication. They just told Surdak with tacit eyes that the two people in front of him not only knew each other, but they should also be very familiar.

When John took Surdak out of the tavern, John was flushed with two large glasses of ale, but he smiled happily at Surdak and said, "My wife I used to work in this tavern. The boss and the waiters in the tavern took good care of her, but they couldn't work recently and could only stay at home to rest. Every time I came to the tavern, they would give me the white bread and sausage. Take it back."

Surdak didn't expect John actually had a wife, and the wife actually lived here in Epson City.

Seeing Surdak’s expression of surprise, John showed a shy smile on his face, and explained to John: "I followed Pena Legion to the plane of Warsaw, and my wife followed all the way. , Because our craftsmen who repair the catapult are usually stationed in Epson City, and only move with the team every time the catapult is mobilized, so some of the craftsmen’s families will come to the Warsaw plane with Legion."

Speaking, John took Surdak through an ash-gray tent area and finally came to the riverside slope, surrounded by white tents. From a distance, he didn’t pay much attention to it. Wood house, John's house is one of the most exquisitely built row of wood houses. I saw some civilian laborers on the street. Many people actually knew John and greeted him from a distance.

'John, I came back so early today...'

'John, are you here? There is also half of the golden pheasant in the family. Let Lisa come to fetch it and entertain the guests, so that we can give others a taste of our Epson flavor. '

'John, the roof here is leaking rain again. If you have time, let us see...'

'Okay, Eric uncle, I'll give it tomorrow morning You fix it. '

"I don't see it, you are quite popular here!" Surdak led the horse and said to John with a smile.

"I am a carpenter. Life here is inseparable from a carpenter. As long as you are diligent, you will always gain something." John said with a smile.

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This is a not very big wood house, connected to this small kitchen at the back, the hostess decorated this wood house very beautifully, The furnishings in the room are also very tidy, all the furniture is covered with hand-crafted skirts, and even the floor is polished oily.

When John opened the door and walked in, Surdak didn't even know what to do. He looked at his dusty boots and stood at the door hesitating for a long time.

Although the furniture in the room is made of ordinary wood, everything is exquisite. The sofa, coffee table, desk, dining table and double bed are arranged in this small space in an orderly manner, entering the living room from the entrance of the door. A young woman with a big belly was sleeping soundly on the couch by the window. She was just wearing a loose-fitting gauze dress. Her swollen abdomen showed that she was pregnant at a glance. Even in her sleep, her hands were still He held it on his stomach, with a smile in his sleep.

Maybe the sound of closing the door awakened her. She woke up from sleep, her panic eyes fell on John's body, and she calmed down.

She rubbed her face vigorously, and said with embarrassment: "John, you are back, my God! I seem to have overslept and haven't made dinner yet, is this your friend? "

As I said, I was struggling to get up from the recliner.

The woman's voice is very soft. Although the first time we meet, there is always a feeling that touches Surdak's heart. This is probably John's happiness.

John said to Lisa: "Uh, we ate outside, and I brought you some white bread. This is my wife Lisa. This is Surdak Knight. I I told you that when I was fleeing in the wilderness and hills, I was fortunate to meet Surdak Knight. He took us all the way to kill Devil and escaped from Mo Yun Mountain Range in Gandaul."

Although Lisa became a little puffy because of her pregnancy, she still couldn't hide her beauty. She smiled slightly and said:

"Surdak Knight, John often talks about you to me."

"Mrs. Lisa, good afternoon!"

'Surdak' finished saying, tried to make a Knight ceremony, but he was obviously a little rusty about this...

Surdak only sat in John's house for a while, and felt a little embarrassed that he didn't know what to talk about.

It is true that he and John have nothing to talk about. The world of the two people seems to be completely different, and the things they come into contact with are also different.

Since a while,'Surdak' finally said to John:

"This time I come to Epson City, I am going to leave here.

I take I arrived at a teleportation voucher, I can leave here at any time, and my service period has expired, I am going to stay in Epson City for a day, so I set off to return to Iverson City, and then take the magic airship back to Pena Province."

John slightly startled, as if thinking of something, and then said to Surdak as usual:

"Congratulations, Surdak Knight, you can finally return to your hometown!"

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Surdak laughed, turning his head to Lisa who was walking up with the teapot and said:

"Before I left, I rushed over to share the spoils of war with John in the wild hills. This The guy hadn’t been assigned at the beginning, so he went to participate in the conference battle. There was no news as soon as he left..." Lisa placed the Devil Crystal Stone on the wooden table in front of their wide-eyed eyes.

There seems to be a haze flowing continuously in the spar, and it emits a faint pure mana continuously outwards. It can be recognized as a genuine Devil Crystal Stone by just a glance.

Surdak rubbed his hands, and before the two of them reacted, he stood up and said to them, "So I will leave, and before the city gate closes at night, I will rush into the city. Looking for a hotel..."

As he said, he strode out of John’s wood house. When John chased out of the house, Surdak had already mounted a Gubolai horse and lightly crossed the wood. The temporary street in front of the house disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye. John and Lisa stood at the door of the wood house, some looked at each other in blank dismay, again looking in the direction where Surdak Knight disappeared, with gratitude in their eyes.

When we arrived at the city gate of Epson City, the soldiers who were catching up with the defending city were about to close the city gate. Surdak rode a horse and finally entered Epson City at the last moment. The moment he entered the city, he discovered how crowded the city was described by the merchant Elijah before, but now it really doesn’t seem to be an exaggeration...