Wizard From Afar

ancient wood forest.

A quiet place surrounded by endless wilderness and hills, a mysterious place containing countless secrets, treasures and creatures, the kingdom of elves, and the empire is full of dangerous land.

On the fourth day after arriving at the Duchy border of Lothar, after a few days of staying for a few days to complete the supply, the imperial mission team continued to march and entered the range of the Deep Forest.

And when you cross the deep Limburg and continue westward, after passing through the dark jungle and several winding paths, you will reach the largest eastern part of the ancient wood forest, and Loren’s most familiar elven settlement, Morning Star Forest.

"Loren ·Torino...you are finally here, do you know how long I have been waiting for this day?"

A happy voice, like a lion seeing its prey It came from the room of Shen Limbao count.

The arrogant tan hair tips, the eagle-like eyes, and the hearty face are the beards deliberately reserved to show maturity, but they can't restrain the abundant and endless vitality under the strong body.

The person who said these misunderstandings is the Lord of Deep Limburg, the heir of Lothar Duchy-and Loren's first employer and friend-Ruben Fried , "Hehe" looked at the black hair wizard with a smile:

"Tell me the truth-if the emperor hadn’t personally ordered it, would you really not return to Lothair for the rest of your life?! "

"Speak frankly, one of the things I most hope to do in a few years is to return to Deep Limburg." The tired sighed, rolled the eyes of Loren's face was covered with didn't The helplessness of know whether to cry or laugh:

"It's a pity, it seems that every time I don't want to be fulfilled."

"Of course, our Duke of Byrne is very busy. Humans, how could it be possible to return to a small remote place like Deep Limburg!"

Even if it seems to be mystifying, Ruben can be very hearty to say it; of course, there is His shoulders that slapped "peng~ peng~!" made the wry smile black hair wizard's mouth twitch:

"hehe …to be honest, the first time I knew your surname Torino, I I just remember that this seems to be a southern surname; didn’t expect...You are actually the clansman of the'Black Duke', and you really became the Duke of Byrne—what can I say, Great Thousand Worlds there is no lack of Strange things?"

Well, I also want to know... How did I become the Duke of Byrne from a small Knight attendant?

The corners of the black hair wizard's mouth twitch more severely.

"But now that you are here, you can't let you, a bastard who has forgotten your friend, leave so easily!" Excited Ruben strode to the door and pushed it open:

"Aaron! Let me know, welcome all the duke’s mission members into the castle, and move out the best mead in the wine cellar. How much is moved—today, the Knights in the wine country will all Have a good drink!" The Knight outside the door responded with a deep voice, with a pair of meaningful eyes on his solemn face glanced at the black hair wizard from outside the door, and turned to leave.

It wasn't until the sound of his footsteps faded that Ruben Fried "dong!" shut the door heavily.

Loren smiled indifferently, staring at his back.

"Loren Torino, you..." With his back to the black hair wizard's deep Limburg count, he sighed: "It's too late to come!"

Slightly lower your head, Loren lowered his voice: "Elf?"

"Otherwise?!"

Turning back suddenly, Ruben gave him an angry look; he walked from the fireplace in the room. He took off the bottle of mead, bit off the cork, and pushed a full cup into the arms of the black hair wizard.

"Uh...Is it right, it’s not night yet."

"Which so much nonsense, Hah!"

Lightly sip the pottery cup, The black hair wizard silently looked at Deep Limburg Count standing silent in front of the fireplace, and poured himself a large glass of mead.

Drink it all in one go.

With a strong "peng!" slam the wine glass on the fireplace, Ruben Fried heavily sighed: "Almost... half a year ago, the elf settlement in the eastern forest suddenly began to block the forest. Drove out the caravan we sent for trade and refused any contact."

"I didn’t think much about it at the time—you know, these elves would never do anything unless they were helpless. I will notify you in advance, or discuss it with you; so I only ordered the hunters and merchants in the territory not to enter the forest casually, and sent Aaron to negotiate with Morningstar Forest and ask what's going on."

"I guess..." Putting down the glass, Loren asked indifferently: "Our loyal Lord Knight, has been gifted out of the country?"

"Gifted out of the country?" Ruben was unhappy again. Raises eyebrows, and then rolled the eyes:

"You are too polite-these elves didn't even let him in the settlement, and they were almost captured alive; I doubt it was because of both sides. The relationship has always been good enough, and it’s unknown whether Aaron can come back alive."

"I now finally understand why the counts of the Deep Limburg and the Duke of Lothar in the past, and the ancient wood forest elves, have nothing to do. I’ve dealt with it; it’s really too believe oneself infallible, too capricious!"

coldly snorted, the irritable Ruben poured himself a large glass of mead and drank a clean one:" I didn't say hello, I didn't explain it-I really regarded them as friends!"

He sighed and poured himself another glass.

"Well, it seems that the situation is more troublesome than expected." The black hair wizard said, turning his eyes to the lively and cheerful mission outside the window: "But fortunately, at least Ruben, you are still restrained. "Yes, restraint... Am I not restrained?" Sighed, Lothar Duchy’s heir rolled the eyes to him: "You don’t know that my father heard that he had a business The team was driven out of the ancient wood forest, what did the anger become!"

"On the day the news came, the Knight and divine archer guards of Eagle Hunter arrived in Deep Forest for a week. Four thousand troops were assembled, and half of Lothar’s Knights and lords were assembled at the Eagle Hunter!"

"Let’s put it this way, if I don’t restrain, you, the Imperial Envoy, will probably pay I can show up here a few months in advance, holding the empire's declaration of war against the ancient wood forest elves-because by then, Lothar must have been fighting with them!"

Ru Wen His expression was tangled to the extreme, and his helpless eyes were also exhausted to the extreme.

Black hair wizard can guess that with the carefree, bold and unscrupulous character of Ruben Fried, there is nothing that excites him more than war and duel;

But in this situation, one is his father and the lord, and the other is a friend who has saved his life and fought side by side; he must be patient and try his best to persuade father to give up the use of military force and avoid letting The already messed up situation has become even more unmanageable.

The difficulties can be imagined.

Slightly raised the corners of his mouth, Loren’s gaze swept across the room—the floor and desk were as clean as new, but the weapon racks in the corner were hunting bows and saddles with a little dust. It seems that I haven't been passive for a long time.

Maybe the beard at the corner of Ruben's mouth...not just to appear mature.

"Later, when the Sky Palace ordered Duke Byrne to be a special envoy, I knew when I visited the ancient wood forest... it might not be that simple."

Ruben Fried’s expression gradually became solemn: "Loren, I am by no means alarmist—I don’t know anything about the Azores, and I don’t have much interest... But the ancient wood elves today are no longer what you used to be. They used to fight side by side."

"I don't know what happened, but something must have happened. The seriousness of the problem is even far greater than the original ogre invasion!"

"That's why I said, you really didn't come at the right time!"

The voice fell, and he sighed heavily again.

The atmosphere in the room is a bit low.

"On the contrary..."

The black hair wizard lifts the head, staring at Ruben with a sincere gaze: "I feel that I just came here. At the right time!"

Especially before jumping into an unknown disaster, there is a friend who can stand up and remind himself.

You don’t have to fight with unknown enemies like in the past, this is really... it couldn’t be better.

Ru Wen was surprised at first, and then he grinned: "Loren Torino, it’s so good to be able to meet old friends again... it couldn’t be better!"

"You can’t even imagine. How did I come over the past six months-dozens, no! Hundreds of times, I wish you could stand where you are now!"

"Um... Lothar Grand Duke doesn’t think so.” The black hair wizard laughed: “I heard that he has accused me of this'unbelief' duke more than once. Let me stay here, and he will worry that I will lead you to bad.”

"Because of this, I didn't dare to stay at the castle when I passed by Eagle Hunter, and went straight around."

"hehe hahahahaha..." Ruben smiled heartily, crooked He cocked his chin proudly: "Don't worry about this. In a few years, my father will take the initiative to abdicate. When the time comes, I am the Lord of Lotaire——when the time comes, you can come and leave. Go."

"As far as the river valley in the south, as far as the deep forest in the north, I am here, see who dares to stop you!"

Looking at his appearance, Loren could only follow him. Shrug

As the first duke’s son to have the inheritance rights of both Deep Limburg and Eagle Stalker, Ruben Fried will be the first person to be able to completely control the North and South of Lothar ; Grand Duke Fred abdicated early, probably to avoid turmoil in his sudden death, and to ensure that Ruben can actually take power without being emptied by the nobles below due to character factors.

My friend is about to become the Duke of Lothair. This is good news for the black hair wizard. For the Holy Cross Church, Lothair duchy is like the rear base camp. They will be able to confront the duchy capital until now.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled in a "tacit" look at each other.

"Well, now that you have come-although you don't know whether you volunteered, or as Father said, you were just coerced by His Majesty the Emperor, for some kind of balance... Barabala... …"

As if thinking of something very complicated and troublesome, the impatient expression flashed across Ruben’s face, and then he looked at the black hair wizard solemnly: "Tell me, What do you need me to do for you?"

Not "what can I help", but "what can I help".

The difference in one sentence is here.

"I do need you to do me a little favor." Loren said with a smile: "It's very simple, let the army of Deep Limburg exercise restraint; no matter what happens, don't provoke conflict without authorization, or Do any action on the ancient wood forest."

"Deep Forest Castle’s army, didn’t I just tell you? I have persuaded the father over there. Lothar’s army has all withdrawn. The respective stations are basically impossible in a short time..."

"No, I'm not just talking about Lothar's army." Loren interrupted him suddenly:

" All the troops that appeared in the Deep Forest Castle must not act rashly!"

Lu Wen was taken aback, his expression finally serious: "You mean, the Emperor of the Sky Palace is possible..."

"Don't be too careful, just in case." The black hair wizard waved his hand to dispel Ruben's worries: "It may just be that I think too much. In short... It's always better to be prepared. You can’t be too cautious when it comes to diplomatic relations.” Although Eckhardt II gave himself full power to represent the empire and promised that he would never interfere, no one said Not sure if he will change his mind halfway through.

Or...from the very beginning is just a lie, a means to confuse yourself and Brandon, and the ancient wood elves.

In any case, it's always good to be prepared-to this day, "surprise" and various accidents are still Loren's most hated things.

"Understood, I will keep an eye on this side of Deep Limburg; if the Empire Legion enters, the father should also be able to stop a little bit." Gritting his teeth, Ruben solemnly nodded: " If I’m really helpless, I’ll ask Aaron to notify me in advance."

"In addition...Although there is no way to enter the ancient wood forest, I also arrange manpower on the periphery; if necessary, I will find a way to get it out. A signal can pick you up and leave at any time."

"Even if I rushed into the Morningstar Forest, a fire would set the cloud crown tree in their settlement to take you away, and I would never wrinkle. Click on the brow."

Loren slightly paused, staring at the unchanging eyes on Ruben's face.

"Thank you."

"It's okay." This time it was replaced by Ruben waving his hand: "By the way, do you remember Liya?"

"The war dancer female elf of the Morning Star Forest...Um...Of course I remember." black hair wizard eyebrows raised: "What's the matter?"

"Nothing, but she came here about half a year ago and asked Where have you been; I told her that you are now the Duke of Byrne, unless you accidentally come, it is rare to come." Ruben said casually.

"Oh, what then?"

"Then she left—as if she had come to ask about it specially." Shen Limbao Count shrugged and raised her shoulders again. A glass of wine was handed to Loren: "I also told her that you are 80% married and married to your female relative in your hometown. Maybe you even have a child... Hey, are you married yet?"

"pu ————!!!!!!"