Chapter 6

The cold wind blows across the plain and sets off a wave of snow dust. In the long heavy snow, a man is riding a horse and heading north against the wind.

Along the road, Joshua steered the horse into the border of Moldavia, and the horse's hooves stepped down and splashed ice.

Along the way, there are more and more people on the road, not only the local dragon caravan, but also many carriages with various flags. They may be businessmen, or they may be rich people who just go to play. After all, ordinary people will not consume precious heat in winter.

As for those who drive winter wolf sleigh on the roadside, they are basically fishermen or hunters. Because they have to go to the water and forest without road, it is not convenient to ride, so sleigh is the best choice.

"Winter wolf..."

Noticing that group of large white dogs were pulling sleds and running happily, Joshua couldn't help shaking his head. The name sounds handsome. In fact, its habit is similar to that of husky. He remembers that he had one in those years, but he was handsome

Memories go back a long, long time ago, The mainland has just opened its service, but he is still fighting alone in the far south. By chance, he saw a winter wolf at an auction. He didn't want to raise Zhan Chong at all, so he bought it for no reason

"Wait, who's that?" It seems that a familiar black figure flashed in front of him. Joshua's memory was interrupted. His eyes immediately focused and looked into the distance. The figure coming from the main city murmured subconsciously: "I'm so familiar."

Just a glance made him feel familiar, which made Joshua serious. He urged the horse to approach the slow figure, but the closer he got, the more familiar he felt, but he couldn't figure out who it was.

After a while, when he and the man face to face, the doubt was solved. Joshua was surprised and said, "old housekeeper... Fan?"

The old man named fan, who was wearing a black housekeeper's uniform, raised his head and looked around in a bit of surprise after hearing the voice. After finding Joshua, he dismounted with a smile and bowed politely

"Ah, long time no see, master Joshua."

There was no reply. Joshua's eyes were full of doubts. He got off the horse and quickly went to pick up the old housekeeper. Then he quickly frowned and said, "your hair... Hands?"

He took the old housekeeper's hand rudely and looked at it carefully. The old man just looked at Joshua with a smile and let him see.

It was an old man's hand.

The skin has become flabby, and wrinkles cover it. If you are close to it, you can even vaguely see the cyan blood vessels and tendons, while the muscles on the arm are no longer as strong as they used to be.

Looking at these hands, Joshua felt a nameless anger rising from the bottom of his heart.

That's the anger of Joshua of the world.

Van, the old housekeeper of the ladocriff family, has been taking care of him since he was born. They have lived together for more than ten years, and their relationship is no different from that of father and son. It can even be said that van cares more about him than Joshua's father.

In fact, he was too familiar with the old housekeeper who had lived together for more than ten years, so he was surprised and angry for his hands.

In front of this man, the traces of time are everywhere. Even though his white hair is combed neatly, it still shows the breath of aging. Countless small wrinkles are all over his face. Although it makes his face more angular, it also makes people confirm his weakness again.

According to common sense, it seems normal that this middle-aged man named fan is no different from the old housekeeper of other families, and his appearance matches his age - after all, fan is the same age as his father, and his father is over fifty.

It's not strange that a middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties, who has gone through a lot of trials, has white hair.

But that's what's not normal.

No matter fan or Joshua's father, he is not an ordinary middle-aged man!

Not to mention anything else, the Earl of winter is a knight of the golden age, which means that his natural life span is 200 years. It's not difficult to maintain him for 300 years. For this kind of person, 50 or 60 years old is even in its heyday.

And fan

When Joshua was born, van looked 18 or 20 years old. When Joshua ran around the territory and looked after him, van looked 18 or 20 years old. When Joshua was able to wave a huge sword and his father was guiding him with a cold face, he was smiling quietly. Van who served tea looked 18 or 20 years old, Even when Joshua had joined the army and returned to the territory because of the military academy holiday, he was the first to welcome him. Van was still about 18 and 20 years old.In the past, Joshua had asked his father this question - even if it was a magic world, it was still a difficult problem to be young. Except for elves, it was hard for him to think of any race that was born with permanent appearance. However, there was no need for the former Lord of the ladocliffe to answer this question. He actually knew that a man with black hair and golden red eyes, People with normal ears can't be elves.

But it is not human. There is no doubt that he must be an immortal.

Until the end of the day, the count did not answer his question directly. He just said vaguely, "you will know later."“ There is no point in this kind of question. " Or something.

In fact, for this kind of problem, the human beings on the disputed continent don't care at all. So does Joshua. There are so many immortals around him. Maybe the owner of the bar where you often go to drink is a spirit. Who has the patience to prove it one by one?

But this time it was different - the thing that made an immortal grow old like this, no doubt related to a series of recent events - had something to do with the death of Joshua's father.

What happened to the garrison?

"Van, what's going on?" Joshua looked up into the old man's eyes and said, "answer me!"

Since the crossing, the soldier always has an unreal sense of confusion, although everything here is undoubtedly true, but he has no real feeling, everything is familiar and strange, as if at a distance.

But now it's different. The heart is beating violently, the blood is surging all over the body with anger, and Joshua's eyes are extremely cold, as if to pierce the void and point at the unknown enemy.

"Guarding place..." the white haired housekeeper seemed to be hesitating. He pondered for a while and said, "my young master, you can't know now."

"Why?" Words almost threatening, Joshua took a step forward, as if not the slightest feeling of questioning.

"Because you are not qualified, young master." He didn't care about Joshua's question. Fan, as in the past, replied in a light voice, "if you want to know, you must inherit the title of your father, become the master of Moldavia, and protect the Lord of this land. This is a covenant that can't be violated, which is engraved in my bones."

"Qualifications?"

With a short exclamation, Joshua felt an incredible absurdity, "the Earl of winter has only one descendant, that is me, the only successor! After his death, he can automatically inherit the title without the emperor's title. I, Joshua, am the natural Lord of this land

"Now you tell me I'm not qualified? So who has? The uncle who doesn't know where he came from? " At this point, Joshua couldn't help but show a ferocious smile, eyes ferocious said: "yes, he also has the right to inherit, then kill him."

Instead of answering this question, the old man with white hair looked at Joshua's wrists in his left and right hands with his pale golden red eyes, then frowned and turned his eyes to other places.

"Qualification is not some kind of illusory title, but a real object." It seemed that he was pondering his words. A moment later, fan spoke slowly, and Joshua listened patiently: "I don't know where the master put it, but you should know."

"What is it? Where is it? How can I know! "

"Believe me, young master, it's not that I don't want to say it, but that I can't say it."

Joshua was not the kind of person who could talk about things. When he found out that everything seemed to be true because of the "oath", he didn't bother to say anything. He simply called out the system. If he didn't say a word, it was a detective skill.

[investigation judgment... Grade crushing advantage, attribute crushing advantage...]

[successful investigation]

[Name: Van Amos]

[template: excellence]

[race: Shenji - race skills: Shenji, resonating with the blood linked contractor, Incarnate as a weapon]

[level: the contractor is dead, level is 1]

Attribute board: the contractor is dead, and all attribute coercion is the base value

[body shape: medium humanoid alien life]

[health value: the contractor has died, and the health value is mandatory as the base value]

Physical strength: the contractor is dead, Physical strength is compulsory as the base value]

[avatar weapon: Amos dragon chopping sword]

[status: life goes by (remaining life 10 days)]

[Occupation: the sixth generation of manager of wasteland God's magic machine][talent: the contractor has died, all talent will be forcibly erased]

[skill: the contractor has died, all skills will be forcibly erased]

[equipment: Black housekeeper uniform]

A powerful weapon, a loyal housekeeper

Wait... Stop! Please stop first!

Joshua didn't feel very well - he was shocked by the unexpected amount of information, and his expression became strange.

Shenji? Qiao Xiuya vaguely remembers that before crossing, he often mentioned this word in his regiment for a period of time, and the forum was also very hot. It was said that he was a super precious contract race. He didn't pay much attention to the specific ability because he concentrated on the legendary copy of the wasteland.

As his memory became clearer, Joshua recalled a lot of information. Shenji's contract mission was indeed in the northern empire. It was very difficult and time limited. When he finished his attack on the Wanjie sacrificial hall, it was over. There were no more than ten people in the world who succeeded in the contract. Those lucky children deliberately concealed information together, and the whole mission process was full of fog, As time goes by, the craze cools down, and Shenji has become a rumored race.

But now it seems that the ability of Shenji should be incarnated as a weapon! Moreover, the level must be extraordinary. It's like Amos dragon chopping sword, the incarnation of the old housekeeper. It's a powerful sword on which count Lindong became famous. He once killed 12 white dragons and forced Beidi white dragon to sign a peace contract!

And the originator of the Shenji mission... Seems to be the Radcliffe family of Moldavia!

The information buried deep in his memory is gradually reviving. Joshua has a sense of sudden realization. Through the intelligence comparison between the two worlds, he suddenly finds that his Radcliffe family has participated in the historical process of the game. Through scattered information, he can even guess what is guarding in his home, And now the so-called change is what's going on!

If he's not wrong... That's a wonderful thing.

However, compared with these, what is more important now is van's life passing state.

"Fan." Joshua looked at the old housekeeper, frowning. Now the truth has been roughly guessed by him, so he simply pointed out the words and said: "you don't have much time."

"..." he was silent.

"Even if you don't say it, I can probably guess... But it doesn't matter any more. You know, I always thought that when I inherited the family, you are still our housekeeper, and my son inherited the family, you are still our housekeeper!" Joshua just looked directly at Van: "you are my most important family, I just want to know what happened to you, that's all!"

"..." fan raised his head to look at Joshua, the original pair of red eyes with gold rims had become no longer bright because of the passage of vitality, they were turbid, but still sharp.

"I'm very moved." Finally, he seemed determined and said in a very serious voice, "but the oath is the oath. The most I can tell you is something unimportant."

"I - as you can see, I'm not human. Long ago, my elders and I made a contract with Radcliffe's parents and children to serve you. This contract let us live and die together. Now that the master is dead, I will die soon."

At this point, the old man with white hair bowed: "I'm sorry, I can't protect the master."

"I can't say anything else, even if you guess it. Unless you become the owner of the family, unless you shoulder the heaviest responsibility of the radcliffs, I will not be able to tell you the truth. "

In the snow, silence spreads.

Half a ring later, Joshua said, "I probably understand."

The soldier sighed and shook away the snow on his body. The sigh was shattered by the cold wind and disappeared in the flying snow: "so, where are you going now that you have only ten days to live?"

"Don't be sad for me." After touching his horse, the white haired old housekeeper looked at the expressionless Joshua and said with a smile, "to die in order to fulfill his duty is the most glorious end for a soldier. No matter the master or I, I have no shame."

"Now there's only one thing I want to say." Turning around, fan turned his back to Joshua and said such a sentence. His tone was meaningful: "now, we have a group of uninvited guests in our family. Unfortunately, I'm not in good condition."

"Well, I'll sweep away the rubbish just like you did before." Joshua understood what he was saying: "clean, no one left."

"Well, good luck, my master."

"... goodbye, van."The old housekeeper got on the saddle and galloped away in the opposite direction of Moldavia.

And Joshua looked at the distance indifferently.

"To be the Lord of that town." He whispered, then sneered.

At the end of the field of vision is the main city wall, which is covered by heavy snow and has only a vague shadow.

The uncle who came all the way to the north and tried to fight for the title with him was there