"Hey!"
An eight- or nine-year-old boy held a wooden sword high, exhaled and stride down.
Bang!
The boy opposite him swung his sword to block it, and the two swords clashed with each other, making a dull sound.
The scorching sun shone, the two boys were sweating profusely, and water droplets slid down their cheeks to their necks, but even so, they were still gritting their teeth and practicing swordsmanship intently.
On the steps next to him, a blonde and brown-eyed man nodded slightly, expressing satisfaction with the practice of the two boys, he looked young and handsome, with a mature and stable temperament, it was difficult for people to judge his exact age.
But at this time, his eyes were a little dazed, as if he was looking at the distant place through the child in front of him.
"John, what are you thinking?" Behind him came a slender and tall beauty, with a gentle temperament, blond hair and blue eyes, which was different from Holm's general style.
John's eyes returned to clarity, he smiled and turned his head, and said to his wife Kailin: "Seeing the children practicing swordsmanship so diligently, I think of when I was a child, Lucian and I also sparred like this, in the open space of the Aalto ghetto......"
Kailin stood behind him, hugged his waist with both hands, and said with a gentle smile: "Who would have thought that the two children in the Aalto ghetto, one became the Earl of the Empire, the Heavenly Knight, and the vice-captain of the Knights of the 'Sword of Truth', and the other was even more terrifying, god-like, great arcanist, imperial prince, great musician......"
"Yes, life is like a drama." John patted his wife around his arm and said with emotion, "I originally just wanted to become a full-fledged knight, change my family's lives, protect them, and protect the principality.
Kailin was tall and could rest her chin on John's shoulder, and when she heard his words, she couldn't help but burst into a smile.
John looked ahead, his expression became dazed again, and he said with a smile: "Lucian never thought that he would be where he is today, at that time his biggest wish was to be able to become a commoner with a fixed income, fate is really magical, even astrologers are unpredictable, I remember, Lucian and I used to stand outside the Psalm Hall, fantasizing about listening to a concert inside one day, hehe, I have forgotten what the Psalm Hall looks like......"
"Miss Alto?" Kailin asked keenly.
John smiled calmly and said, "Yes, I miss the Hall of Psalms, the old house, the Black Forest where I trained as a knight, and the bards and street performers everywhere on the streets.
"Old? You mean I'm old too? I am only a few years older than you." Kailin deliberately scolded, "Do you regret not choosing the territory near Aalto, but continuing to stay in Rentat?"
When he became an earl, John had the opportunity to choose a hereditary territory, at that time, Natasha had already served as the Grand Duke of Vaurit and could grant him a territory near Aalto, but John finally chose to stay on the side of Stormstorm Strait.
John didn't answer, clapped his hands, motioned for the children to stop, and then, ordered them a few words, and pulled Kailin upstairs to the villa.
"It's time for me to do my routine patrol." John said in an unhurried tone.
Kailin nodded: "I have prepared your knight's suit and armor."
As he passed through the hall, John took Kaylin and pointed inside: "Listen, the beautiful music, my mother is holding a salon again."
"Yes." Kailyn didn't quite understand what John meant, and her mother often invited noble ladies to the salon, what's so strange about that?
John pointed to the location of the study upstairs: "My father should have gone to the Musicians Association."
"Yes." Kailin still didn't understand.
John smiled and said: "Lentart has a magic gramophone, a magic air conditioner, a home TV, a magic refrigerator, an alchemy car, and many alchemy items that have changed lives, and it is the place where the popularization of magic is at the forefront, and my father and mother have been accustomed to this kind of life, enjoying this kind of life, and also have their own hobbies, and then let them return to Alto is a torture for them, besides, now there is a direct airship, even if you don't need a teleportation array, you can arrive in Aalto for vacation in a few days, so, I never regret my choice."
Finally, he added: "For me, the place where you are is home, where you like, I will naturally choose wherever you like.
Kailin blushed slightly, didn't speak, and pulled John back to the master bedroom on the second floor to help him change his clothes.
Bang!
Just as John was standing in front of the full-length mirror and sorting out his clothes, a dull explosion came from the other end of the corridor.
Neither John nor Kailyn reacted abnormally, as if it was a normal thing to open and close a door.
"Evan's experiment has gone awry again......" John listened attentively, heard the footsteps of people walking around in the laboratory, and then, felt the breath of Avan's life, and then, he sighed slightly helplessly, "With the help of potions, he became a second-ring mage, but he always refused to study the arcane with his heart."
Evan has a detached personality and doesn't like boring arcane and magic research, but pursues changeable spells and colorful popularization of alchemy items, in Lucian's words, more like an inventor than an arcanist.
Kailin comforted him: "Evan is very smart, but he is interested in popular alchemy items, and when he understands that he cannot effectively transform himself without a deep foundation in arcane and magic, he will work hard."
Kailin herself is a second-level arcanist and a four-ring magician.
"Hmm." John nodded and put on the last piece of the armor.
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Over the Stroop Forest, John asked his subordinate knights to patrol in their aircraft, while he strolled in the air, observing the situation in the forest intently and carefully.
Since many elves have integrated into human society, the current protection of the Abyssal Rift is jointly borne by the Elven Court, the Druid Elders, and the Magic Council, while the Empire's major knights are responsible for dealing with demonic creatures or demons that leak through the net in the surrounding forest.
The elves hope to seal it completely, as well as the nobles and commoners of the surrounding counties, after all, no matter how closely guarded there are, there are fish that escape the net, not only the polluted area of the forest is slowly expanding, but also some demonic creatures or escaped demons have entered the countryside, towns or cities, although they have been solved in time every time without much impact, but there are still people who are disabled and die because of this.
However, most magicians and knights want to keep this gap and the "Nameless Town", because it limits the strength of invading demons, and there is no need to worry about terrifying beings such as demon kings or dukes
As far as John knew, the Supreme Council had made a resolution to set up a research group, with the goal of separating the two realms while keeping a buffer zone on the first level of the abyss for easy adventure and exercise.
Oh!
There was a painful snort from John's communication earplugs, and his expression immediately became solemn, and the eagle flew downwards.
In the forest, several knights were back to back resisting the attack of a beautiful woman, her forehead had small and cute demon horns, and part of her body surface was covered with a layer of pale black scales.
Several riders were injured on their bodies, and they were caught off guard just now, and some of them were seriously injured and dying, and they were in urgent need of rescue.
The succubus held a barbed leather whip in his hand and attacked at high speed, and all kinds of talent spells were filled with pink or pitch black mist.
Suddenly, a long sword wrapped in a faint black light slashed from the sky, causing the mist to dissipate at once, causing the various spell effects blessed by the succubus to disappear.
John has no elementalization, no lighting, the whole person is ordinary, like an ordinary great knight, but wherever the long sword goes, all his extraordinary abilities are ordinary!
"Eliminate the bloodline!" The succubus was shocked, flapped its wings behind its back, turned around and fled.
But her speed had been greatly weakened, and she was caught up by John and fell to the ground with a sword.
"No, don't kill me, I can recognize you as the master, sign a contract, and serve you well!" The succubus deliberately twisted her seductive body in exchange for a chance to live.
"You didn't think about not killing people when you attacked my team." John's gaze remained unchanged, and the long sword fell, directly killing the succubus.
The succubus's astonished expression froze on his face, and the knights behind him who were attacked were also full of regret.
Boom!
The earth suddenly shook violently, making the knights almost unable to stand.
"What happened?" John looked in astonishment in the direction where the vibration was coming from, and saw a blood-colored plain hazily floating in the sky, the space in front of it was twisted and intertwined, forming an exaggerated and ferocious gap, and behind it were layers of different abyss scenes.
In front of the prominent abyss gap, a young man in a black double-breasted long dress was floating there, wearing a black bow tie and a single eye on his right eye, handsome and gentle, surrounded by darkness and twisted like an abyss.
"Lucian?" After seeing the familiar figure, John blurted out.
At this time, Lucian stretched out his hands forward, and his whole body became blurry, as if he was in another world, unable to touch or approach, and behind him was the infinite starry sky, vast and dazzling.
Boom!
The black mist near the gap was deep, and I didn't know what had changed, John only saw the surrounding space collapse, and the blood-colored plain and the abyss behind it slowly broke away from the gap!
At the same time, a huge storm swept across the Blood Plains, completely enveloping it, and the thick and long silver-white electric snake was like a forest, separating it from the connected second layer of the abyss!
Directly pushed the "abyss" away?
John looked at Lucian, who was like a god in the sky, and was speechless for a long time, and a faint sadness suddenly surged in his heart.
(End of this chapter)