In the dense forest, a stag with horns on its head like a crown is lowering its head to eat tender grass. The plants in midsummer are growing very lush, which gives the deer a rich source of food. When the stag is lowered to eat grass, it does not forget to raise its head and look around vigilantly. As the leader of a deer, it shoulders the responsibility of protecting the deer, but between the branches and leaves of the woods, a pair of eyes are staring carefully at this king-like buck.

"Swish swish~~~." The stag seemed to feel threatened. It raised its head and looked around with big black eyes in panic. The slender legs stepped on the ground uneasyly, making a sound, making an uneasy sound. When it heard the warning from the stag, the other deer ran away and ran in the forest.

"Swoosh, swosh~~~." Two arrows flew out between the dense branches and leaves in the forest, one of which stabbed into the stag's neck accurately. The frightened stag ran behind the deer with arrows, as if trying to escape from the pursuers behind him.

"Wool~~~." Suddenly, two black and flower-like hunting dogs rushed out of the grass. The two hunting dogs barked wildly and rushed towards the stag. Following the hunting dog was a team of horse riding people. The riders on the mount shouted and shouted and chased their prey.

"Sir, I caught it, the small class and the flowers bit the prey." The rider of the leading leader ran quickly to check. He saw two hunting dogs biting the stag and pulling it desperately. The stag made a miserable sound, and the deer blood was sprinkled on the weeds on the ground, but no matter how hard he struggled, he could not get rid of the hunting dog's fangs.

"It's so pitiful, let me deal with it." Aruod was riding on the horse. He was wearing a noble shirt and holding a bow in one hand. On the left side of the mount was placed with the leather bags that were loading arrows. The two arrows just now were shot by Aruod. He turned over and got off the horse, pulled out a sharp short sword from his waist, and penetrated it hard towards the heart of the stag. The buck's mouth and nose were sprayed out, and he stopped struggling after a moment of gasping.

"Leave the rest to us, Lord Earl." When Arod stood up, the two young attendants jumped out of the horse quickly. They were selected from the academy of the Rage Lion Castle. The very outstanding young men served as servants. Originally, they were just slaves from other countries. But Arod released their freedom and gave them the opportunity to take care of and learn in the schools in the Fortress.

"Oh, do you know how to divide venison?" Aruod looked at the two teenagers nimblely tied the deer, then used a wooden stick to pass through the four hooves tied by the deer. The two of them lifted the deer up and followed Aruod.

"Don't worry, Count, we have been trained by the St. Jom's Monks' Knights. We know how to use a knife to divide prey and cut meat." The two young servants said to Arod happily.

"Sir, I didn't expect you to be so excited." At this time, the bushes behind Arod came from it. The monk Elvit sat on a docile mare. The thorns of the bushes hooked his monk's robe, making him in a hurry.

"This is because the hunting dogs that Duke Mason gave me, which made me unable to help but try their skills." Arod reached out and stroked the hunting dogs that shook their tails and asked for credit to his master. He was definitely a good assistant to the two hunting dogs when hunting. Although Arod was very surprised that Duke Mason not only did not blame him for not obeying his orders, but instead gave him a pair of hunting dogs to show goodwill, but being able to ease the relationship with Duke Mason made Arod secretly relieved.

"But your archery skills are really superb. You can hit the deer with just two arrows." Monk Elvit finally broke free from the bushes. With the help of his servants, he got off his mount, walked towards Arod with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and he still exclaimed.

"Two arrows were shot. You are saying that my archery skills are not good. Haha." Aruod joked and pulled the arrow from the deer, but the other arrow flew under a tree, which was more than ten steps away from them. "Elvet, can you help me pick up the arrow?"

"Oh, yes." Monk Elvit felt very strange, but the attendants were busy carrying the deer shot by Arod back to the camp. So at this time, there were only two of them in the forest. When Arod, as the count, did not want to pick up arrows, only the monk Ervit in front of him could serve. Therefore, he unscrupulously pushed apart the bushes and walked in the direction where the arrow fell. Arud's gaze became strange, and he picked up his bow and pulled out an arrow from his horse's skin.

"Crack~~." The arrow was placed on the bowstring. Under the force of Arod's arm, the bowstring made a slight sound. The sharp arrow of the arrow aimed at the back of the unprepared Monk Elvit.

Duke Mason looked at the wine glass in front of him. It was a wine glass made of silver, with several floating pictures of the gods of the Lomwa. The wine glass was very exquisite and could be seen to have a long history. This was one of the treasures of the Lomwa that Arod gave him as a gift from Duke Mason. Unexpectedly, the Slavs had so many treasures. Why didn't he find that Duke Mason couldn't help but think in his heart that he actually gave the young boy a free gift, but can he really defend that land? As Count Lauziz said, he was just an occasional lucky guy.

"Father, what are you thinking? Are you dissatisfied with the gift from Earl Arod?" At this moment, a sweet voice came from Duke Mason. When Duke Mason heard this voice, he rarely had a smile, his gloomy face couldn't help but smile. In this cold palace, only his lovely daughter Josie could bring him joy.

"Now, as you wish, that ungrateful boy offended me, but I let him go so easily, and the nobles of the entire empire will laugh at me." Duke Mason wore a golden crown on his head and a red robe with sable hair on his body. His hands were covered with rings of various gems. One of the most ordinary iron rings was indeed the most precious. It was the ring representing the duke's seal. Duke Mason leaned on a high-back chair wrapped in red wool cloth from the south. His hands were comfortably placed on the smooth armrest, and a pair of white and soft jade hands were holding his left hand.

"Earl Arod will be your most capable assistant, and it is indeed abrupt thing for you to send an envoy to ask him to serve in the military. His answer is not wrong." Princess Josie leaned her head against her father's arm. She sat on the floor covered with thick carpets, and the large windows inlaid with colorful glass shone the sun on her body, making her as beautiful and pure as an angel.

"Hey, my daughter, you haven't married yet. Why do you speak like a member of another family? You are completely partial to that boy and forget the majesty of your father." Duke Mason jokingly stretched out his finger and shaved Josie's small nose. Duke Mason was very dissatisfied with Arod's offense, but it was because of Josie that the Duke gave up his revenge and turned to Arod, and the Duke also realized that his little daughter's thoughts had already flown to Arod.

"Hu~~." When Duke Mason and his daughter enjoyed the warm sunshine and family happiness, a small gap appeared in the bedroom door, and a pair of eyes full of jealousy and resentment flashed, and then disappeared into the dark corridor.
Chapter completed!