Protect the Fire City.

The sun shone slanted on the palace corridor, and the projections of pillars were swaying forward along the corridor like steps.

Alpens walked out of the bedroom, and his tall figure stood at the door. The sun slowly rose in the morning, but there was a faint twilight breath on Alpens.

Many things are not changed by will and will not admit defeat. The aging and decay of the body is irresistible to mortals.

The waiter brought the basin of water and told Alpens that it was time to clean it.

Alpens put his hand into the basin and took it for a while, then rubbed his face hard.

He held both sides of the basin with his hands and looked at his reflection in the water.

The water waves gradually calmed down and the appearance gradually became clearer.

"It's really old."

Although his body is still straight, he is already over 120 years old, and wrinkles and brown spots are spreading on his body.

It is rare for a snake man to live to his age. He knew that the part of his body that really belonged to him had rotted like a piece of wood that could be broken when squeezed, but the blood-red pattern on his back forced the rotten and withered wood together like glue.

“It’s time to pay the price.”

Facing the approaching of death, Alpens laughed loudly.

He has nothing to be dissatisfied with, and his life has been extremely glorious.

He has done everything he wants to do and what he can do.

He looked at his reflection in the water, and he seemed to have become younger little by little, his white hair recovered little by little, his headlines and brown spots faded little by little, and he became Alpens in his prime.

At that time.

He is a famous warrior in the city. He defeated one famous warrior after another and became the captain of the guard under the Fireguard.

He experienced rebellion, and he witnessed the disappearance of the Fire Protector family, and he went to the mountain of origin of life to find his beliefs and future.

In the chaotic times, he formed an alliance with one village after another, defended the people who could not resist the robbers of the herds and beast tribes, and finally established the Suinhall city-state.

Wherever he went, he would follow him with his arms and shout.

The title of hero is as if it was specially prepared for him.

Alpens approached with his cloudy eyes, wanting to see more carefully.

However, when the hand shook, ripples rose.

The picture in the water was broken.

Alpens shook his head: "What a glorious life!"

"It's a pity that I didn't get a perfect ending."

He asked the waiter to clean up, and he walked towards the palace where the government affairs were handled.

The so-called failure to draw a perfect end naturally refers to the problem of the heirs.

His son Smerkel can be said to be an excellent heir in all aspects. Unfortunately, he grew up in the palace since childhood and was not as good as Alpens, who came out of blood and fire, especially in his firm personality.

But Alpens still hopes that Smerkel can realize his responsibilities as the heir of Suinhall City-state, and hopes that he can consciously assume this responsibility.

But at this time, Alpens didn't care about anything.

No matter what Smerkel thinks, he must inherit this throne.

He wants to get Smerkel back.

He sat at the table and called out to his court attendant: "Let the prime minister come here."

The attendant beside him said carefully: "King."

"The Prime Minister has passed away. You have not yet enthroned the new Prime Minister."

Only then did Alpens remember that the prime minister of the court who had been with him for half his life also passed away this year, but he was still not used to this companion leaving his side.

Alpens was silent again, and he waved his hand and asked the attendant to retreat.

The King of Gods sat on the chair, quietly thinking about the problem.

At this time, a noisy sound suddenly came from outside, interrupting Alpens's thoughts.

Alpens walked out and heard cheers and screams outside.

"What's going on?"

The people around didn't know what was going on. One of the waiters was about to check it out when someone ran back from the front.

The other party expressed excitement and said loudly before he could stop.

"king."

"Your Highness is back."

A hint of relief and joy came up on Alpens' face.

There is only one His Highness in Suinhall City-Sumerkel.

When Alpens heard that his son was back, he did not rush to see Smerkel, but turned around and returned to the palace.

He tidied up his messy hair, then sat at the table and picked up the wooden pieces with words engraved, sorted out the things, and then read them with a leather booklet.

The sound outside became louder and louder, but it became quieter when it arrived at the door.

Smerkel stepped into the palace and looked at his father.

Alpens, the king of God's favor, then raised his head and looked at him, and said, "You are back."

Prince Smerkel nodded: "Father, I'm back."

Alpens waved and asked him to sit down by the table.

He looked at his son and couldn't help laughing.

“It looks pretty good.”

"I've been a lot darker, so I'll look like a man."

Smerkel replied: "Of course, it's not as good as in the palace."

Alpens also said: "But beasts will only be born in the jungle, and only the tooth beasts that serve as food will be content with the beast cliff."

Immediately afterwards, he asked Smerkel another question.

He first looked at a large backpack that Smerkel was carrying, and Smerkel brought back a lot of things.

"What have you brought back? What happened to me in the past few years? Let me talk to you."

Smerkel took out the things in his backpack, including the leather kettle containing sweet wine, the stringed talisman he loved, the cup of the sun given to him by Iva, and a plant called the rope net vine.

Smerkel took it out like this, the first thing was his harness.

"I bought this piano in Kurozo City. It was the first city I went to. I was a little confused at that time, and the city was holding a sacrifice ceremony to the gods, so I took this piano to attend."

"I also wrote a poem, but it was not very good."

Smerkel talked about his mood at that time and the grand ceremony in the city, the burning flames were as high as ten meters.

Alpens listened quietly, without saying or interrupting, just listening.

Smerkel took out the leather kettle and asked his father to taste the wine inside. This was the wine brewed by Meiya City, where Smerkel stayed all year round.

Meiya City is the largest city outside the Fire Protection City of Suinhall. They worship gods extremely and often hold sacrificial activities.

Even many things in the city will ask the gods and make decisions by God. Of course, the so-called Gods make decisions in the end is just divination that is left to fate.

Because of the frequent sacrifices to gods, wine is of course a must, so the wine in Meiya City is the best among the city-states.

Smerkel talked about the situation in Meiya City again, disdaining their divination, believing that it was just a scam trick played by the city lord.

At this time, Smerkel took out a plant called Ropenet Vine.

At this time, his expression would be much more serious.

"This is something I found in a village near the coast outside the city of Black Swamp, which locals call Ropenet Vine."

"The ropes they made are completely different from the ropes we usually use. They are entangled with many dense, small ropes that are smaller than their hair. They also use this kind of thing to make a net for fishing in rivers or seas."

"And what they make ropes and nets is this kind of thing called rope nets and vines."

The fibers of this plant are easily separated and have very good toughness. They are very suitable for making fabrics and rope mesh. Smerkel felt very special after discovering this plant.

After saying that.

Smerkel took out the nets and ropes made by the locals from the basket, as well as small pieces of cloth he had made himself make.

It is a bit difficult to call it cloth because the holes on it are really big.

Alpens looked at it and it was indeed completely different from what they usually use.

Alpens asked Smerkel: "Do you think it has a big effect?"

Smerkel nodded: "I didn't think of any specific purpose of it, but I met a person, a person wearing very gorgeous clothes..."

Speaking of this, Smerkel suddenly paused.
To be continued...