Durin's Diary

Chapter 739 Retract and release freely
When Dulin walked into the study, Duke Alkin was just drawing back the curtains. He smiled as soon as he saw Dulin: "Dulin, you're here."

"Yes, sir, Tanya said you wanted to see me." Although Du Lin was an old man in his previous life, as a young man who has been reborn in this life, respecting the elderly and loving the young is a tradition.

"I heard that you are planning to expand your army next year, right?" The old man tried to take out a lighter from his pocket.

Looking at the cigarette in his mouth, Du Lin smiled and lit it for him with a lighter using the Mage Hand Sword.

"I have a little trick up my sleeve, and you know all about it. It's because the territories of Lublin and the Great Forest have been booming lately. Young people from all over are coming here to make their fortunes, filling up the farms and new factories. I'm planning to recruit young people and train them well as a reserve force. After all, astrologers say this is a year of turmoil, right?"

Duke Alkin was smoking a cigarette, and he actually laughed at Dulin's nonsense. "Do you have anything else to talk about?"

"Really, if the greenskins attack again next time, I guess I will have to send troops to resist them." Du Lin said seriously.

"That's right. If we don't get rid of the greenskins, we'll just have to live like this." Duke Alkin took a puff of his cigarette and then looked at Durin. "I have quite a few young noble descendants here, the kind without inheritance rights. I want them to follow you to the Great Woodland and fight for a better future. After all, leaving them to live a life of idleness and waiting to die in their hometown is not a solution."

"That's no problem. When the time comes, I'll have them go directly to my territory in the Great Forest. I'll form an independent army for them. But if I do that, I might have to recruit some more young men from you."

"That's no problem. There will always be young people who want to fight for a better future. There are also many young people in my farm. Some of them don't want to spend their whole lives in the fields. I will hand them over to you when the time comes."

"That's no problem. I will train them well then. But let me say something unpleasant first, Your Excellency. If those young nobles come to you and complain that my training is too harsh..." "I will personally beat their buttocks with a stick to prevent their fathers from capturing them and breaking their legs."

"That's no problem." Since Duke Alkin said so, what else could Du Lin complain about, right?

After saying this, the old man took two more puffs, then asked out of curiosity, "Why do you and the Church of the Original Creator want to kill the Demon Lord?"

"It's a secret, sir." Du Lin said with a smile.

"Then I understand. The secret that cannot be told must be related to the church. Well, young man, you can go downstairs. We'll see you at dinner time."

"Very well, sir." Du Lin stood up and handed the old man a carton of cigarettes before leaving. "I don't have much to offer this time. You can smoke this first. I'll prepare some more for you during the Prairie Elf New Year."

"Okay, I trust you to do things."

Duke Alkin stood up and personally escorted Dulin out of the study.

Then he returned to the window and looked at the young girls in the garden - there was something really strange about this.

At first, the Goddess of Wealth disappeared, and it was unknown whether she had been murdered, as rumored, or if she had shed her shell and escaped. Then, astrologers and fortune tellers predicted that the prosperous years were over, and that the next year would be a turbulent one for all.

Legend has it that in turbulent years, gods will encounter misfortune, either falling to the mortal world or dying. But just a few months have passed, and the Demon Lord is already dead.

Who will be next?

How dangerous this land will become.

Because of this, Duke Alkin was a little impatient - he couldn't wait to see the birth of Dulin and Tanya's child, and he couldn't wait to see the Alkin family have a new heir.

This damned world... Alkin is old, and I'm really worried something might happen. His granddaughter is still too weak. Dulin might be able to protect her, but if the gods really do walk the earth as the legends say, then she'll be hard-pressed. No, I must teach my granddaughter a stricter lesson, at least to give her the ability to protect herself, so she doesn't become a burden to Dulin.

Thinking of this, Duke Alkin began to think again - because he wanted to find a way to train his granddaughter faster and better.

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When Du Lin walked out of the corridor and started walking downstairs, Daju spoke.

It seems that the time to kill the Demon Lord is too close. The death of the Goddess of Wealth and the death of the Demon Lord are too close in time, which makes this old man too anxious.

Yes, it's not just Duke Alkin. I'm afraid all the nobles are a little anxious now. We acted too quickly.

Eleven thinks so too.

I'll find a chance to talk to the embodiment of rationality. If the nobles are really driven crazy and cause some trouble, do we have to clean up their mess?

Du Lin really declined such a future.

But now, he came to Anta - her lecture was finally over.

"How much have you told them?"

"One-third, I think. They're truly children of the nobility. Even though they don't understand what I'm saying, they absorb it quickly." Having said that, Anta looked at Dulin and smiled. "I've only said one-third. If I don't finish, I'll feel embarrassed. How about we stay here for two days before going back?"

"That's fine." Du Lin felt that there was no problem. Besides, if he left in a hurry, old man Alkin would probably become anxious again. Once he became anxious, those old men who were familiar with him would probably become anxious as well. Then, it would spread like wildfire and become a secret known to the whole world.

That wouldn't be fun, right?

"Then let's just stay a few more days. You can let Gumi take care of Natalia. After you finish your classes, I will take you to visit the nearby towns. Speaking of which, I haven't been to the Northern Kingdom for many years." Du Lin said with some emotion.

He deliberately said this in front of many northern girls.

So the girls surrounding Anta all suggested that Dulin could bring his wives to their territory to play.

"That's no problem. You can talk to Anta and let her choose." Du Lin said with a smile, and sent the girls away with Anta - if they didn't leave now, it would be dark by the time they got home in the carriage.

"Come around nine o'clock tomorrow and we will start class at ten o'clock." Anta also arranged tomorrow's classes.

"What about lunch?" Du Lin asked.

"It's okay. The mages can just make some arcane rations and it will be over. I have to test them. If they can't endure the hardship, I won't let them come on the third day." Having said this, Anta looked at Du Lin and said, "What do you say, okay?"

　Things on Xiaohongshu these past two days are really interesting. I almost forgot to write today ()

　　
　
(End of this chapter)