Chapter 18 Harvest City

Bennett Castle, today is the last day of the year, tomorrow is the New Year.

At dinner, Knight Bennett took out a letter and a long package and handed it to Zach: "This is Abel's New Year's gift to you, he still treats you well, neither your mother nor I have gifts. "

Probably thinking that his words were a bit sour, Nora rolled her eyes at him and said, "The child has only been there for less than a month. Remember to write to us. It's not easy. Are you sending a gift?"

Zach took the letter and package and opened the package first, revealing a large sword.

"This is the Bailian Great Sword made by the master." Pulling out the great sword from the scabbard, Zach recognized the sword at a glance. The Bailian Great Sword has always been valuable in the market, although the price is as high as 1,000 gold coins. Let everyone sigh, but there are still countless rich and rich people rushing to buy with their money bags.

The great sword is the standard weapon of knights. When two knights are fighting, a knight holding a great sword can easily cut off the opponent's great sword, so that the opponent loses the weapon. Losing the weapon in the battle will have consequences for the knight. It's what anyone can imagine.

Knight Bennett, who just heard his wife Nora say that he is not bad for gifts, saw the Bailian sword in Zach's hand, and he was still using the 80 sword, and couldn't help but want to say loudly: "I really Bad gift."

"Show me." For a good weapon, as a knight, there is no resistance whatsoever. From Zach's hand, it is better to grab the Bailian Great Sword, and the Bennett Knight is there. Waving in the dining room, he said while waving, "Abel is a real kid. When he arrived at Harry Castle, he gave people things from the castle. I'll write a letter and talk to him later."

"It's not like that," said Zach, who was reading the letter. "Abel said in the letter that this was the first weapon he forged, and it was given to me as a New Year's gift."

The great sword in Knight Bennett's hand stopped in the air, stared at the letter in Zach's hand and asked, "The letter says that this great sword was forged by Abel himself?"

"Yes, Father, Abel's letter is very clear." Zach replied affirmatively.

"How is it possible that Marshall studied blacksmithing for a year, and a year later he made a table knife that could only cut beef on the dining table, and Abel only went for a month and was able to forge a long sword? "Knight Bennett feels that he made a mistake in giving Abel to a friend as his adopted son. Maybe he will regret it in a few years. No, it should have started after seeing this long sword. sorry.

The new year at Bennett Castle is spent in a strange atmosphere, Zack's surprise, Bennett's knight's remorse, Nora's longing, but Abel in Harry Castle doesn't know it. .

In Harry Castle, Knight Marshall took Abel by carriage to Harvest City to attend the New Year's reception held by Viscount Dickens, the lord of the city. The reception started in the evening, but Knight Marshall set off with Abel early in the morning.

The road from Marshall Knight's Castle to Harvest City is very well built. The whole road is a curved road with high middle and low sides on both sides, and the carriage rides on it with only slight bumps. , The 100-mile journey took just over an hour to arrive.

Seeing Harvest City from a distance is like a crawling tiger. Only when you get close can you feel its majesty and splendor. This is the largest city in the south of the Principality of Kamai, with a city wall as high as 20 meters, and the load on the city wall. Dozens of cannons are still on display, all showing the strictness of the city.

"Uncle Marshall, why is Harvest City so tightly guarded?" Abel asked curiously, looking at the 20-meter-high city wall and the large amount of defense equipment on it.

This is the southernmost part of the Holy Continent, the hinterland of the human world, and is separated from the orc empire by a duchy. It is known as the safest duchy. Why should the city be turned into a war fortress?

"Abel,

Every fief in our Duchy of Carmel is guarded by at least one official knight, and in this harvest city, the esteemed lord Viscount Dickens is even a knight commander. Knight Marshall's eyes were a little blurry, as if recalling some past events, he sighed and continued: "The reason for this is all because of the Orc Empire. "

"But the orc empire is in the far north, and is guarded by the miracle town guarded by the human alliance." These Abels know that the miracle city defends the orcs in the north, so that the human kingdom can live safely.

In this world, the orcs are the most warlike races. The frenzied breeding of their race leads to their frequent lack of food. In order to alleviate the food crisis, the orcs will launch wars. .

The human closest to the orc empire became the target of the orcs. In order to survive, the human beings gathered all their strength and built a military fortress in the only passage between the human society and the orc empire in the Budapest Mountains. This city is the city of miracles.

All human beings know that as long as there is Miracle City, there is no need to worry about the invasion of orcs.

"The Orc Empire has added some attack methods in recent decades. They use flying beasts that can carry people and fly people over the Budapest Mountains to destroy the rear of humans." Marshall Knight said in a somewhat skeptical tone: "It's a sabotage, but I agree that it's a trial."

As he spoke, the carriage had reached the gate of Harvest City. In front of the ten-meter-high gate, a long line was waiting to enter the city. At the front, soldiers checked and charged one by one, and then let them go. The speed of the soldiers was not fast. , If you line up at this moment, I'm afraid it will take an hour to enter the city.

But the carriage did not stop. Under the envious eyes of the crowd, the carriage entered the city directly from the other side.

This was the first time Abel felt the privilege of the nobles. Whether it was at Bennett Castle or Harry Castle before, he felt that he was a child of a wealthy family relative to the people around him.

This makes Abel, who has slowly integrated into this world, still a little unaccustomed to it. In his original world, other people queue up. If you cut the queue, others will stare at you with contempt. And here, Abel entered the city without even getting off the carriage.

The carriage came to a courtyard, which was the temporary residence of Marshall Knights in Harvest City. As soon as they arrived at the courtyard gate, Robin, the left-behind housekeeper, greeted them.

"Robin, Abel is going to live here for the past two days. Clean up that independent yard. It will be Abel's in the future." Knight Marshall instructed the butler after getting off the carriage.

"Yes Master."

Butler Robin has long heard that Knight Marshall has an adopted son and he has become the heir of the castle. Now that he hears Knight Marshall's orders, it can be seen that the knight attaches great importance to this young master Abel. The independent yard is in addition to the owner's residence. In addition, the best residence, the knight became Master Abel's private residence in a word.

"Abel, are you visiting friends with me, or are you playing in Harvest City."

Seeing Abel's hesitant expression, Knight Marshall couldn't help laughing: "Of course, no need to ask, I will arrange for Robin to accompany you to visit Harvest City."

For his adopted son Abel, Knight Marshall seemed to attach great importance to Abel, and did not force Abel. He knew Abel's choice just by seeing Abel's expression, and the knight respected Abel's opinion.

Rejecting the request of the housekeeper Robin to accompany him, Abel rode a horse alone and looked at the shops on both sides of the street while walking. The streets of Harvest City are very wide, probably because of the New Year, there are many pedestrians on the streets.

As he was walking, there was a loud noise in front of him, the voice was very familiar, and he drove the horse to the noisy place, and saw Zach was arguing with three young men in leather armor, and standing beside him stood a blonde. The young girl, seventeen or eighteen years old, smart and playful, smiling with a sly look in her eyes, is watching Zach arguing with the three young people with interest.

"Big brother!" Abel's voice was a little excited. Seeing his family here made him feel very surprised. He jumped off the horse and pulled the reins towards Zach.

"Abel!" When Zach saw Abel, he came up with a tight hug.

Letting go of Abel, Zach turned his head to introduce the three young people and said, "This is my brother Abel."

Then he said to Abel, "This is Martin, Joshua, Bob."

The young girl saluted Abel, introduced herself with a chuckle, and said, "Hello, my name is Emily." Emily looked at Abel up and down curiously after speaking.

Abel returned a salute, saw the eldest brother Zach peeked at Emily's expression, and laughed secretly in his heart, the eldest brother has reached the age of love and already has a girl he likes. Do you want to write a letter to tell his mother.

Martin didn't seem to think that Abel was so young, and he asked with a hint of uncertainty for a moment, "Are you Abel who helped Zac forge a great sword?"

Abel smiled and nodded, "Yes."

"It's really you!" Martin immediately gave a very enthusiastic salute and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you! I didn't expect you to be so young."

It can be seen that Martin is a very talkative person, has a very straightforward personality, and feels easy to get along with. Abel has a very good impression of him.