The war between the two tribes was completely over, and the border area was once again peaceful.
The people who had fled before returned to their hometowns one after another, because of the vast and fertile land, people were still willing to take risks to reproduce and live on this land.
The war was over, but Arthur and his military career did not end because of it. According to the requirements of the Blood Glory Academy, they had to stay in the army for two years.
The military career may be a bit monotonous in the days without war, but it is also a good time to invest time in the practice of fighting spirit and magic, and transform the perception and harvest of life and death on the battlefield into their own combat power.
Time flies, and when time quietly came to the early winter of the 797th year of the human race's ganging calendar, Arthur's two-year military career was about to end.
In two years, Gold, Hughie, and Joan broke through one after another and became fifth-level war lieutenants and fifth-level magicians, officially becoming the intermediate force between warriors and magicians. This is the result of both talent and unremitting hard work, and naturally the help of Nanjing. At this time, several people are less than 20 years old, and their future on the road to strength is limitless.
Arthur and Moral are still at level 4. Arthur knows his own situation, so he plans to save all the crystals for the critical moment of breaking through the battle school. Moral used up all the three crystals he got purely because of laziness and poor talent, and only then did he pile his magic power to the peak of level 4.
Dino hid Alia in his secret mansion in Dawn City and arranged for someone to take care of her. Arthur would sneak to Dawn City to see her whenever he had time. Unfortunately, Alia did not change at all and still maintained the state when she just came out of the canyon.
As for the old dwarf Telugu, the idle old dwarf left shortly after the war. Tulutuk hopes to visit more places on the continent before he dies of old age.
Before leaving, the old dwarf gave Arthur a badge with a volcano and a hammer on the front of the badge, and told Arthur that if he went to the Dwarf's Earth Fire Fort one day, he would be warmly welcomed and entertained by the dwarves.
Arthur readily agreed. He planned to visit the dwarfs' Earth Fire Fort, the elves' dreamy mother tree, and even the dragon's nest in the dragon's legend.
Young Arthur was full of longing and fantasy for this magical continent. After all, his legend had just begun...
When the first snow of early winter fell, three four-wheeled carriages appeared on the official road from the border to the inland area of the human race.
The driver of the first carriage was a skinny middle-aged man. The man's temples were slightly gray. Although he shrank because of the cold weather, his eyes were bright and sharp when he occasionally looked up, revealing his identity as a warrior with a high level of cultivation.
Several huge rocks suddenly appeared in the middle of the flat official road, and the middle-aged man hurriedly pulled the wildebeest driving the carriage.
"What's wrong, Jose?"
"Captain, we encountered robbers again. We only have three cars, no big business signs and mercenary guards, so they think we are fat sheep?"
"How long has the war on the border been quiet? Why are there so many robbers again?"
"There are always some people who don't want to live a peaceful life. They think that this kind of business with no capital makes money quickly, but they don't realize that the capital of this business is their own life."
The conversation outside and inside the car is naturally between Jose and Arthur. Although it is not the end of the year yet, because Arthur arrived at the military camp two months earlier than others, he also ended his two-year military career early.
After a long talk with Gino and Hero, and visiting Alia in Dawn City, Arthur set off on his return journey ahead of time.
The reason why Arthur returned earlier than his companions was not because he was eager to go home, but because he had another thing to do. Because of his great contribution in assassinating the son of the Lion King, Arthur was canonized as Viscount Jiang by His Majesty Stacey. The title of Viscount has a fiefdom. After Arthur was canonized, he has been staying in the army and has not officially received his Viscount territory.
The important reason why Arthur returned early this time was to receive his Viscount territory along the way.
Jose and twenty newly retired veterans also went to the fiefdom with Arthur. These veterans were the warriors who followed Arthur to the Orc Wasteland. There was no war in the army in the past two years, and they were tired of the time, so they took the opportunity of Arthur's retirement from the army to follow Arthur to the fiefdom.
If the environment of Arthur's fiefdom is good, they plan to take their families to Arthur's fiefdom to settle down. With a lord like Arthur to take care of them, their families will not be bullied by nobles and outsiders.
Of the warriors who followed Arthur in the past, only less than a hundred people, led by Monkey, are still left in the army, and they are still spreading the magical experience of that year in the army.
When Jose and Arthur were talking, more than a dozen robbers with weapons rushed out from the roadside.
The robbers were wearing fancy clothes, and none of them had any decent armor. The weapons in their hands were also uneven, and they were not as good as the wind bandits who appeared in the mountains every day. Jose couldn't help shaking his head.
"You decide how to deal with them?" Arthur lifted the curtain, took a look, and then put it down. This rabble were not worth his effort at all.
"Who of you is bored in the car? Get off and move around." Jose also sat on the shaft of the car without moving, just turned back and shouted.
Then seven or eight wolf-like veterans jumped out of the two cars behind. These veterans jumped on them without saying a word and attacked them directly. After experiencing many life-and-death battles with orcs in the wilderness, these robbers, who were only level two at most, were like weak chickens in the eyes of the veterans. None of them escaped after they jumped on them.
The soldiers dealt with the robbers in a simple and rough way. They interrogated the leaders of the robbers who had killed people and killed them on the spot. The rest were released directly after breaking their hands and feet.
Good and evil will be rewarded. Since they chose to rob and kill people, and they were unlucky enough to meet Arthur and his men, Arthur gave them the retribution they deserved.
This group of robbers was just a small episode on Arthur's way back. He didn't even bother to ask their names, and dealt with them in the same way as before.
After dealing with this group of robbers, Arthur arrived at his fiefdom, the town of Fuel, after half a day's drive.
According to the king's canonization rules, the fiefdom of a baron is a village of several hundred people, the fiefdom of a viscount is a small town with thousands of people and an affiliated village, and the fiefdom of an earl is a small city with a population of tens of thousands and a castle.
Fuel Town is a medium-sized town not too far from the northwest border of the kingdom. It has eight villages under its jurisdiction, with a total population of more than 5,000 people, which is a regular territory.
Arthur's carriage was still three or four miles away from the town, and the local mayor and security captain brought forty or fifty people to greet him on the roadside.
Before the king conferred a territory to a noble, the officials in the territory were appointed by the kingdom to maintain local order and collect taxes. After the noble was conferred, the noble had the right to replace the officials appointed by the kingdom before. Of course, if they thought they did a good job, they could continue to use them, but the salaries of these officials would be paid by the nobles themselves.
Therefore, these people were so attentive after hearing the news that Arthur was coming to take over the territory, hoping to make a good impression on the new lord so that they could continue to stay in office.
The mayor of Fuel Town was a fat man in his fifties. As soon as Arthur's carriage stopped, he ran up to open the door for Arthur.
The mayor was respectful and polite, and the people below had respectful smiles on their faces. Everything seemed so beautiful!