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Chapter 18 The Magical Genius Among the Elves
At this time, the two teammates who were originally from the north had left, leaving only Daemon and Volame.

They passed by the elven village that was wiped out by the demons. The elves in the village had perished along with the demon king's army, leaving only a severely injured silver-haired elven girl kneeling on the ground waiting to die.

Volame, who had returned from the Demon King's Castle, was already accustomed to this situation.

She first affirmed the strength of the elf girl, and then habitually sneered at her, thinking that her choice to fight a powerful enemy head-on was too stupid.

Of course, despite the ridicule, the soft-hearted Volame still let Daemon carry her on his back, wanting to take her to a nearby town to find the monks in the church to treat her injuries.

But what Volame never expected was that this silver-haired elf girl had extraordinary magical talent and was actually a rare magical genius among the immortal elves!

The girl made a judgment based on her intuition alone, believing that the seemingly weak human in front of her was actually a powerful magician far superior to her.

This discovery surprised and delighted Volame.

In addition, the information he heard from the demons along the way - that the Demon King ordered the extermination of the elves - made Volame keenly aware of the Demon King's fear of the elves.

Without any hesitation, Volame immediately decided to take her in as his disciple and impart all his knowledge to her.

Having written this, Volame's letter has come to an end.

At the very end, she left her itinerary, which was to take Fulilian to see the teacher first, and then visit him in this forest.

In addition, she also shamelessly believed that her new apprentice would definitely be recognized by Lin Yu.

This sentence sounded like a joke between friends, but Lin Yu was still keenly aware of the deeper meaning behind it - Volame wanted to leave his holy book to Fulilian!

For this she needs Lin Yu's approval.

"You're only in your thirties, and you're already thinking about what happens after you die?"

Lin Yu complained, but an indescribable complex emotion emerged in his heart.

Theory of longevity!

He felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that he would lose this friend in a few decades.

Lin Yu shook his head, composed himself, and put the letter in his arms.

"I kept you waiting."

Lin Yu raised his head, looked at the old village chief and Damon and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"without--"

Damon shook his head. The old village chief beside him glared at him quickly, then said respectfully:
"My Lord, regarding the construction of the city wall of Ridgepeak City..."

"Hasn't this matter already been discussed? Just take full responsibility!"

Lin Yu waved his hand, glanced at him and said, "Or do you need me to send some Yellow Turbans...magic warriors to help?"

The old village chief quickly stated, "That's not the case. It's just that while we're building the city wall, we also need to construct a protective barrier. We'd like to ask you for some magic crystals as the energy source for the barrier."

"So that's what happened."

Lin Yu nodded and said, "I'll have Longlongyan move to another place tonight. If you need anything, just go and collect it yourself!"

The old village chief was overjoyed and said quickly, "Thank you, Lord, for your gift!"

Damon next to him looked confused and had no idea what the relationship was between the two.

Lin Yu saw his confusion and explained with a smile, "That place is where I used to experiment with new magic. Due to the theory of magic gathering and magic penetrating matter, a large number of magic crystal veins were formed underground."

"Longlongyan really likes that place. He's been resting on the ore vein for the past few years..."

Is this how magic crystal veins are formed?
Damon opened his mouth slightly and looked at Lin Yu in confusion.

Seeing the expression on his son's face, the old village chief snorted lightly, looking proud.

Afterwards, he quickly adjusted his expression and said to Lin Yu respectfully but nervously, "My Lord, there is one more thing. Regarding the City Lord's Guard that is about to be formed in Ridge Peak City, I want Damon to be the first captain..."

"You are so good at promoting people regardless of their relationship!"

Lin Yu joked with a smile.

The old village chief said sternly, "Damon is the vanguard of Lord Volame's army. He has fought the Demon King and his army head-on. There is no better warrior than him in all of Ridgecrest!"

Lin Yu nodded and said, "That's true."

Hearing what the two said, Damon next to them frowned.

After hesitating for a moment, he bowed and said, "Thank you for your favor, Lord, but I am an adventurer and it is difficult for me to serve you for a long time. If you can accept a captain of the guard who will respond to the call of his companions at any time and abandon his duties to go out on adventures, then I..." "No problem!"

Lin Yu agreed without hesitation, and a hint of appreciation appeared on his face as he looked at him.

Damon was caught off guard and stopped talking before he even finished speaking. He looked at Lin Yu with astonishment and confusion on his face.

He said this in order to make the lord give up, but who would have thought that the other party did not care about his loyalty to his companions at all, and even thought it was a plus point worthy of appreciation.

Of course, this is limited to Volame's companions.

If it were someone else, it would be completely different!

Damon recovered from his shock and said hesitantly, "Sir, this is not good, right?"

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows and asked, "So you just don't want to accept it?"

Damon looked hesitant.

"also."

Lin Yu nodded, turned to look at the old village chief and smiled, "I rarely interfere with your decisions, but in this matter, let Damon make the decision himself. He helped me deliver Volame's letter, so I owe him a favor."

The old village chief had just fallen into ecstasy, but in the blink of an eye he was pulled out by his son.

However, this was only limited to the first half of Lin Yu's words. When he heard the last sentence, the disappointment and anger that had just emerged instantly turned into deep surprise.

The old village chief straightened his robe, turned around, looked at Damon seriously and said:
"Damon, do you really want to waste the Lord's reward on this?"

"..."

Damon seemed to realize something as well, and his expression began to change.

Lin Yu looked at the two of them with great interest and found that there seemed to be some hidden secrets behind them that he didn't know.

After a while, Damon gritted his teeth and changed his attitude after hearing his old father's advice. He suddenly knelt on one knee and swore allegiance to Lin Yu with the etiquette of a knight.

Lin Yu looked at them with some surprise, and said thoughtfully:

"From what you say, you don't want to waste this favor!"

"It's a reward, my lord!"

The old village chief corrected Lin Yu's statement, and then said respectfully: "My Lord, you should know that Damon and I's ancestors were once knights of the Unified Empire. Because a certain generation of ancestors made some mistakes, their noble titles... and even their family names were stripped away!"

Hearing this, Lin Yu suddenly realized and finally understood the old village chief's desire.

In this world, common people do not have surnames, and only the aristocracy is qualified to have a surname that can be passed down to future generations.

"Come to think of it, the Unified Empire seems to have sent a letter acknowledging my status as a lord..."

"Yes."

"I understand. Do you want to become a noble again, or do you want to return to your previous family name?"

"neither!"

The old village chief shook his head, knelt on one knee with Damon, looked at Lin Yu with burning eyes and said: "The ancestor three generations ago has brought shame to that family name. What Damon and I want is a brand new family name bestowed by the Lord!"

ha?
Lin Yu looked at the old village chief with confusion.

It's not his fault. After all, from beginning to end, he has never had any direct contact with the nobles of this world.

For a former knight family like the old village chief, their surname is more of a glory than the meaning of the surname itself.

After all, their previous surnames were also given by nobles, and they did not have the inheritance significance related to ancestor worship like Chinese surnames.

Although he didn't quite understand, Lin Yu chose to respect it.

He thought for a moment, looked at the father and son kneeling on one knee in front of him and said, "Let's call him Stone!"

"In another language I know, it means rock."

rock?
This sounds much better than the previous 'donkey's tail'!
The old village chief was ecstatic and decisively pulled Damon to bow his head in gratitude.

"Thank you Lord Lord!"

(End of this chapter)