Durin's Diary

Chapter 803 Farewell and Goodbye

The meal was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests. Durin obtained the old Duke's promise, and he also confessed his plan to Durin - in two years, he would retire, hand over the dukedom to his eldest son, and then go to the Everburning Nest.

As the old duke and elder, Du Lin was naturally willing to give the old man a free room - this was a heart-to-heart talk, and Du Lin was naturally willing to give the old man face.

After dinner, Durin handed the room over to the Duke's maids and took the full Reed back to the Everburning Nest.

Unlike the eternal winter nights of the far north, the Everforged Fortress was still sunny at this moment. Durin brought Lid back and bumped into Anta. The girl had already taken her sisters to eat and drink. When she saw Durin and Lid, she smiled and said, "I knew you took Lid out to play. She looked very full. Next time, don't take a sister to eat alone. I also want to eat your delicious food."

Since Anta said so, what else could Du Lin say in defense? In the end, he could only nod in agreement.

Then Anta took Lid away from Dulin.

Well, in the end, Du Lin was still a lonely old man.

He sat on a lounge chair in the garden, enjoying the sunshine while listening to the girls' gossip.

At this moment, they were discussing a girl who worked in a pastry shop in the downtown area. It was said that she was engaged, but because she didn't like the other party, she got acquainted with a young businessman from Changtang. As a result, a few days ago, she took advantage of no one's attention and ran away with the young businessman's friend onto the ship.

Now, someone is blocking Chang Tang’s Chamber of Commerce in the Lower Town and throwing shit at him. It’s really disgusting just to hear it.

For this kind of thing, Du Lin was just listening to the excitement, but it was true that the excitement was not pleasant, because soon a young child appeared in front of Du Lin with a messenger.

"Whose news did you bring?" Du Lin asked with a smile.

"Lord Durin, I am a messenger from Farol Sulem Forest. Chief Inspector Royce Haze was seriously injured in the operation against Chaos Followers last night. He was already in a dying state when I arrived."

Du Lin's laughter immediately stopped. He stood up and asked, "Where are the people?"

"Farol Royal Hospital."

"I have the coordinates." While activating the portal, Du Lin came to the girls and explained the situation.

"Elaine and I must accompany you on this matter." Anta stood up immediately with Elaine upon hearing this.

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Farol Royal Hospital is very busy right now.

When Du Lin arrived, there were more than a dozen wounded people lying on the grass in the hospital. Most of them had fractures and no other injuries, so they sat in the tent. Because there was a fire, they didn't have to worry about the cold.

Du Lin followed the messenger into the building, and then he saw a hellish scene - several barrels were filled with broken limbs, and the corridors were full of beds with one seriously injured person after another lying on them.

"Sir, Lord Du Lin is here." The messenger found a person in charge. The latter turned around, and what appeared in Du Lin's eyes was a young man with short gray hair. There was some blood on his chest, but it was probably not his.

"Sir, I'm sorry to have shown you the dark side of Sulem Forest Farm." He extended his hand and said, "Please follow me."

"What happened to you? Why did you suffer such a big loss?" Du Lin asked curiously. He was not worried about Anta and Elaine behind him. They were no longer children, and these blood spots in front of them could not hurt them.

"We received intelligence that Chaos followers were planning to assassinate His Highness. When we stormed their gathering place, we discovered it was a trap. The Chaos followers had better guns than ours, and they had also set up numerous explosives in the surrounding streets. Many of our men and passersby were killed or injured." The young man gritted his teeth. "The Director was shot seven times and died instantly."

"Where's Royce?" Du Lin frowned. When did Chaos followers become so powerful? "Old Royce is almost done. His healing threshold has reached its limit, but the internal bleeding won't stop." Going up to the second floor, the young man pointed to the corridor on the left. "The innermost room. Royce and his new partner are in there."

"Where's Inspector Melissa?"

"She's been transferred to Military Intelligence."

Hearing this, Du Lin felt that it was not bad news - at least Melissa was not at the scene. Although the target was smaller for small targets in a gunfight, as long as the target was hit, it meant that the bullet was much larger.

This is not a good thing.

Thinking of this, Du Lin walked to the innermost room.

I saw an old man lying on the bed, shirtless, with blood on the bandage on his chest.

He also saw a young man whom Du Lin almost couldn't recognize.

Ross Pierce.

After not seeing each other for several years, the widow who lost her fiancée was sitting beside the bed, wearing the black clothes of the Sulem Forest Farm, with a numb look on her face.

He faced the door and naturally saw Du Lin.

Perhaps it was because Du Lin had changed so much that he spoke after a long while: "Sir Du Lin."

"Just call me Du Lin, as before." Du Lin said as he walked to the bed: "What's going on? How did you end up in Sugemu Forest Farm?"

"The Sulem Forest Farm is short of people right now. Nobles like us who are not high-ranking heirs are all heading to Sulem." At this point, he looked at old Royce on the bed and said, "Old dog, you took the bullet for me."

The young man no longer had the youthfulness of his past. He covered his face as he spoke, "I'm such a fucking good-for-nothing. Old Royce shouldn't have participated in the operation, but he said he was worried about a young man like me doing field work in my first year. He said he wanted to help me... I ruined him."

As he spoke, Ross could no longer hold back his tears. He sobbed uncontrollably, tears rolling down between his fingers.

Du Lin used a surgical technique to examine the old man and found that the treatment threshold had been exceeded, but there were still at least five bleeding points in the old man's body. Even if Du Lin was a god, he could not save him. With the current technology, Du Lin could not open Royce's chest and block all the bleeding points in his chest cavity.

And most importantly, Daju has just confirmed that Royce has entered a state of excessive blood loss.

There were footsteps. Du Lin turned around and saw Melissa. She walked into the ward panting and looked at the unconscious old man on the bed. "Will he wake up?"

Du Lin shook his head: "He lost too much blood. There are multiple internal bleeding points in his body. The doctor has done his best."

Melissa couldn't hold it back any longer, she grabbed old Royce's big hand and burst into tears.

The inspector's makeup was ruined by her tears.

Du Lin remained silent until he saw the old man on the bed open his eyes. He smiled and put his hand on Melidiosa's head.

Everything in the room turned gray in an instant, only life was alive.

(End of this chapter)