"Greetings to you, Lord Lord!"
Cohen, who was leading the horses back, saw Ganouen falling and immediately dismounted and saluted.
Ganon frowned as soon as he saw Cohen: "What's the matter with the injury on your face?"
Cohen's face was obviously swollen and there were several obvious scratches.
"Ahaha..." An awkward smile appeared on Cohen's face, and he glanced towards the fence, "It's just a family matter..."
Ganon looked along and saw a female elf there who was helping to build a fence. She was looking sideways in the direction of Cohen, but as soon as she caught Cohen's gaze, she turned away with an unhappy face.
That was Cohen's wife who was liberated from Elmira's lair. Elmira had been using her to blackmail Cohen into working for her.
Ganouen was not interested in the conflict between the couple and turned his attention to the horses returning from grazing: "Why does it seem like there is an extra horse?"
"I met a herd of wild horses on the grassland, so I used 'bestiality' to kidnap one back. There seem to be wild goats nearby. If your lord needs it, I can help you tame a few after the ranch is built." Cohen answer.
"You are very suitable for this job." Ganon nodded.
As a druid, Cohen can use the "Beast Whisperer" ability to communicate with animals, and he can also use "Animal Tamer" to briefly control animals. It is perfect for him to take care of the animals in the pasture.
"Lord, do you really plan to let us go back after all the work is done?" Cohen asked cautiously.
"If I don't want to let you go, you can't leave either. There's no need to lie to you." Ganouen replied calmly.
He has now become hostile to the empire to the south, and it is definitely not the best idea to have another relationship with the Dusk Summer elves to the east.
Cohen thoughtfully sent the horses back to the stables, and looked at Ganoen from a distance for a while as he continued to inspect the pasture.
After spending the past few days together, he could feel that this red dragon was indeed not evil as the human female knight said. On the contrary, it was quite humane.
He asked the rescued elves to repay him for his work, which was a very reasonable request, and he was not bad at treating people. He provided shelter and meals, and the work was not too heavy. Most of the work was taken over by the golem. .
Precisely because he had come into contact with real evil dragons like Elmira, he could better see the essential difference between the other party and those evil dragons.
He thought about it for a long time, walked near Ganon, and plucked up the courage to speak: "So, Lord, are you willing to hire me for a long time in the future?"
"What do you mean?" Ganon turned around.
"I hope the Lord will allow me to stay here for a long time in the future. I am willing to take care of this ranch for you." Cohen said seriously.
It was natural for him to have such a druid taking care of the ranch Ganon, but he also had a question:
"What? You don't want to go back to your hometown?"
"Actually, we did a lot of evil things under Elmira's coercion. We once kidnapped some compatriots for her. In late summer, we actually became wanted criminals." Cohen explained.
"What?" Ganon immediately frowned.
These people are actually wanted criminals. Then sooner or later, the forest guards of Mu Xia will focus on this place to hunt them down?
While it's unlikely that they would go to war with a red dragon over a few wanted criminals, they might see it as a patron of criminals.
If Cohen wanted him to take such risks to protect himself, then he would definitely not agree.
Cohen saw the other party's concerns and quickly waved his hand to explain:
"Please rest assured that the wanted order will be lifted soon. As long as it is found that we were forced by the Green Dragon, the legal charges should be dropped, and we will most likely be pardoned. At most, it will only be solved by hard labor. It’s a misdemeanor and I won’t cause you any trouble, I swear.”
"Then why don't you want to go back?" Ganon asked. Due to the constraints of the contract, what Cohen told him should be the truth.
Cohen sighed: "Even if the crime can be pardoned, we will inevitably be criticized. The law of Mu Xia may let us go, but the stain of being an accomplice of the Green Dragon will be with us for life, and I will not Dare to face those compatriots and their families who have been harmed by us. My two teammates, Leichhardt, plans to go back, and Luliye plans to leave Muxia just like me.
We are not used to settlements of other races, but the ownerless wilderness is too dangerous. If you allow me, I ask you to take in Luliye and I, as well as our respective families. Please allow us to build a tree house in the area by the river and cultivate a field. We are willing to manage the pasture for you all the time! "
"Where is your wife? Is this the reason for the injury on your face?" Ganon asked casually.
"I didn't want her to suffer with me, so I asked her to go back and treat me as dead. She was just a simple victim. She should be able to live a happier life when she returned to her hometown and remarried someone else. But she refused. I tried to persuade her too much. It’s like this…”
Cohen touched his swollen face and actually laughed.
"Cherish her well." Ganouen also smiled, and then became serious, "But I have to say it first, my place is not peaceful. The Empire people attacked her a few days ago."
"How can there be true peace in the world? We were all kidnapped by a green dragon once in our hometown." Cohen said with a bitter smile.
Ganon thought carefully and nodded: "Well, if you really won't cause me any extra trouble, I will allow you to stay. When the construction period is over, we can renew the employment contract."
Leaving a piece of land for two elves to live and cultivate by themselves is not a huge resource for him.
He is lacking someone to manage the ranch. The stone is a golem, and the animals in the ranch are not used to him. Ganon himself cannot manage the ranch. If he accidentally reveals a bit of dragon power, it may cause a riot among the animals in the ranch.
Having Cohen and the female elf druid manage the ranch for him will undoubtedly greatly improve the output efficiency of the ranch.
"Thank you!" Cohen saluted Ganon.
Ganon nodded and turned to inspect other places.
After a while, he felt that the [Watcher] had discovered something.
He frowned, activated [Watcher] in his mind, and found that the unusual reaction came from a sparrowhawk that flew into his territory from the outside world.
The sparrowhawk itself poses no threat, but the [Watcher] identified traces of spellcasting on it.
He had actually seen this kind of animal recently - the animals controlled by Cohen and others using "animal trainers" had such a reaction.
Ganon tried to unfold the picture of the sparrowhawk and observed it carefully, and found that there were notes tied to the sparrowhawk's feet.
Are you here to deliver a message?
Ganon stood there and raised his head and waited. After a while, the sparrowhawk appeared in the sky near the tower and let out a cry.
Cohen raised his head following the sound and his eyes widened: "Skyhawk? That's the messenger hawk of the Forest Guard!!"
Ganon watched the sparrowhawk circling and singing, obviously trying to attract the attention of the owner of this place.
And he is the owner here, and the other party sent the letter to him.
"Can you call it down?" Ganouen shouted to Cohen. He didn't want to bother flying up to catch it.
Cohen nodded, picked a blade of grass, rolled it, put it in his mouth and blew a long, sharp whistle.
The sparrowhawk came down quickly. Cohen stretched out his hand and let it rest on his wrist guard. He reached out and took off the note, then respectfully walked over and handed it to Ganouen.
There was only a short line of information on the note, written by elves. Although the other party was not sure what kind of text a red dragon could read, he seemed to know that there were some elves around him.
Ganon has never learned Elvish, but at this time he felt the [Watcher] automatically activate, and then the information interpreted from these words flowed into his consciousness:
"Thank you very much for killing the evil green dragon for us. We hope to have the opportunity to interview at the corner of the long river outside Breeze Forest at sunrise tomorrow. We look forward to your reply."
The signature is Jamil Twilight.
Ganon thought for a while and handed the note to Cohen. Cohen glanced at it confusedly and said in surprise:
"Jemiel of Late Autumn, he is the garrison commander of Late Autumn City in the Western Region. I have served under him before. Elmira was targeted by the Forest Guards because she ate his mother!"
He thought for a while, looked at Ganouen's face and asked, "Lord, what are you going to do?"
Ganon thought for a while, and found that the area at the corner of the long river outside Breeze Forest was not a suitable place for an ambush. On the contrary, when the two sides were talking across the river, the other side could retreat to the forest at any time, and he could fly back to the vicinity of the tower at any time. .
This is a safe spot for both parties, and it can be seen that the other party really wants to try to talk.
"If he wants to talk, just talk to him. I don't mind entertaining guests who know the reservation." Ganouen replied calmly.
