Durin's Diary

Chapter 540 Today
Watching his brother leave, Poole wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

Returning to his own room, he sat down at the windowsill and looked at the small spire in the distance. It was said that his younger brother had been living there recently. The conditions were not good, but he was content with it.

Poole had no idea what kind of person Dulin was before. He only knew that he had a younger brother who took his mother's surname and lived with his grandfather in Lublin, and was destined to inherit the name of the Elsh family.

The father chose to sell out his brother in exchange for everything the organization needed most.

When he was young, Poole didn't understand his father. Why did this man do such a cruel thing? His younger brother left his mother before he could even remember. He had never been hugged by his mother and had never felt the love of his father. He didn't understand anything, but what should he do if his peers bullied him and said he was a child without parents?

It was not until later that he heard that his younger brother was coming to Copenhagen to study abroad.

That sounds nice, but it is said that he was driven out.

Just because he had a childhood sweetheart, and because that girl was incredibly talented, he blocked the path of many talented people of the same age, so he was kicked out.

Later, the younger brother became stronger and became a legend at a speed that no one could understand, and then became a double legend at a speed that no one could understand.

Today, Dürin is the Duke of Lublin, the new leader of the Holy Trinity, and the Protector of Austria-Switzerland, but he is still willing to live like this, willing to help those poor people, and never gets tired of it.

Everyone said that he looked more like a Northernist than an aristocrat.

A sigh came from Poole's mouth.

The younger brother didn't ask because he didn't understand why his brother did that, but he was too embarrassed to ask.

Although you and I have different surnames, after all, we both have an equally stubborn father.

My father is gone, Kalina is getting married, my mother is still young and will remarry, and my brother Dulin's last name is Elsh after all.

In the end, I will be the only one left in this family.

People in the north always say that the soul is immortal after death. Sometimes, after drifting outside for a long time, they will go home to visit. Their mother and sister are married, and their grandmother is old. Even if the old butler Spencer follows them, what should they do if they turn into a candle dragon and their father cannot find home?

Poole pulled a pack of cigarettes from his bag and lit one for himself.

The Corleone family was in turmoil, and as the eldest son, he inherited his father's fame and was under too much pressure.

But I am the last of the Corleone family, and I will hold on until the end of the world, until death consumes me.

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The green-skinned orcs finally chose to retreat - in more than a month of fighting, except for the initial attack that created surprise and allowed them to break into the interior of the Great Forest, but with the support of Zhulong and various rebel forces including Du Lin, the green-skinned orcs were never able to make any progress, but instead suffered heavy losses in the days of fighting.

The green-skinned orcs who invaded inland had no reinforcements and were eventually wiped out.

So on the last day, the green-skinned orcs couldn't hold on any longer and began to retreat.

The Great Woodland did not choose to pursue, but simply fired artillery shells at the beach in their retreat area - Durin personally went up to the sky to guide the artillery fire, striving to make every shell fall into the green-skinned orcs' ranks.

In fact, the Nicolax kittens in Dulin are also very competitive.

According to the footage Durin filmed, the shells almost always landed in or near the crowd. The few that did miss, but considering the distance was about thirty-five miles, this deviation was acceptable, even negligible, to any forest master. Each shell shattered dozens of greenskinned orcs to pieces, with many more falling to the ground, either dead or wailing in agony. But all these wounded were abandoned.

The light cavalry of the Great Wood waited until the orcs retreated and then killed all the green-skinned orc wounded who were still breathing.

Then the bodies were gathered together and burned.

"Your first battle ended just like that." The old man looked at Du Lin with some regret. "If we were at Yumen Pass, those alien monsters would attack the city every day all year round. The mountains behind the pass would have been turned into quarries by us."

"The logistical pressure at Yumen Pass isn't great, and the aliens don't have to worry about their supplies being intercepted. But here, the greenskin orcs can't find food locally. They can rely solely on sea transport, but how can sea transport feed so many mouths? Furthermore, various navies have been deployed over the past week, and the navies of various countries have been attacking the greenskin orc fleets every day. If they don't flee, they might run out of ships and starve to death."

After Du Lin finished his analysis, he asked the old man, "Does Chang Tang have such a cannon?"

"We don't have one like yours, but we have the Old Institution Bureau. At the top of the three passes, there are mortars that are larger than yours. One shot can hit fifty or sixty miles away." The old man gestured the size of the cannon.

"That must be quite big." Du Lin exclaimed sincerely.

"But it's not as small as your cannon. It can't be moved at all. It can only be used for defense, not for offense."

"Either I give you the blueprints, or you send me an apprentice and I'll teach you."

"Just teach Lan En. When you return to Chang Tang one day, you and your wife can go to the Tianshi Academy in Chang Tang to teach the young people." The old man waved his hand: "Anyway, we Chang Tang people are still accumulating strength. It's not our turn to counterattack outside the Great Wall for the time being."

Since the old man said so, Du Lin said there must be no problem.

Now that the battle was over, Durin was ready to return to the Everburning Fortress - the little ones from the Three Saints Society and the children from farms all over the place were waiting for Durin to go back and consecrate them.

However, before leaving, Durin still held one last ceremony. This time, all the children who wanted to participate in the ceremony had a drawing ceremony the day before - leaving their fate to the goddess of luck, allowing her to determine who would be lucky enough to become the last group of children for Durin to hold the awakening ceremony in this fortress.

Of course, Du Lin said that after the New Year of the Prairie Elves next year, he will go to the capital of the Great Forest to hold a ceremony in about half a month.

So even if the children don’t win the lottery, there is no need to rush.

By this time, most of the other girls had left, leaving only Lan En to accompany Du Lin.

The ceremony took place early in the morning, as it was another rainy day at the fort.

Lan En sat aside. Amidst the sound of rain, Du Lin's blessings and the children's gratitude, the girl grew another year older.

At the same time, his Candle Dragon level also improved.

"Watching your ceremony Du Lin has actually improved my realm. Zhulong is kind, you are truly kind." Lan En was amazed.

In response, Du Lin smiled and waved his hand.

"I just don't want the kids to lose hope."

I don’t even know whether I’m good or not.

(End of this chapter)