I picked up the dragon girl at the beginning and I used artillery fire to liberate the other world

Gray stood on the scorched earth burned by flames, looking at the wolf-shaped advanced species in front of him with a dazed look.

He walked forward and patted its head. As it was engulfed by flames, it was emitting hot smoke, accompanied by the aroma of barbecue.

Gray was a little puzzled, wondering when his defense had become so strong.

At the beginning of the explosion, he felt dizzy for just a moment.

As the fire and wind elements tore him apart, the intense pain transmitted from the nerve endings on his skin to his brain caused him to faint several times.

But as the flames continued to spread, the pain actually weakened.

The flames still surrounded him, but they seemed to have lost their temperature, and were disappearing around him.

That's right, the flames seemed to disappear out of thin air. Although it was incredible, it happened.

Gray Carlston looked at his armor. There were some burn marks on it, but the temperature did not seem like that of being burned by flames.

Although it was very strange, he did not think too much about it. At dusk, Gray slowly turned around with the silver-iron sword in his hand, and then walked towards the city gate.

The setting sun in the sky stretched his figure further and further, and his heavy armor was also shining with golden light at this moment.

"Huh, my chief knight is pretty good, right?" Bai Yan showed a relaxed smile on his face. He put his arm on Alicia's shoulder, leaned against her gently, looked at the heroic Uncle Gray, and hummed a little tune.

"Your courage is commendable, but you are obviously a reckless man." Alicia didn't care that Bai Yan put his arm on her shoulders. She shook her head and sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"literal meaning."

After looking at Alicia for a moment, Bai Yan suddenly realized something and nodded gratefully at her.

"Thanks."

"Oh, perfunctory."

"Free ordering for a week, cooked on demand."

"Well, just barely."

. . .

When the citizens of Black Iron Castle learned that the monsters in the Dark Forest were blocked outside the city walls, they all began to cheer.

Throughout the entire night, His Highness Bai Yan was mentioned and praised countless times by the people. The tavern in Black Iron Castle was crowded with people, and everyone was celebrating Black Iron Castle's first winter.

"I told you that Your Highness would kill all those animals that are destroying crops and houses!"

"Hey, let alone the monsters, even if the demons from the abyss come, they will lie down when they see our prince!"

"Hahaha, this is fucking great. All these years of frustration are finally paid off!!"

After these words were spoken, everyone sitting around the table looked at each other in silence, and then several grown men actually had tears in their eyes.

"Life in the past was simply not a good life for us. We had to work hard for that bastard Viscount for nothing. Damn, my family couldn't even get enough food to eat."

"Oh, that's nothing. Those vampire nobles don't treat you as a human being. My six-year-old son was beaten to death by that old man's finance minister! Just because he accidentally touched his clothes, my son was only six years old!"

"Dude, you should be happy now, right? At least, we have His Highness Bai Yan."

After a whole day, there were only a few monsters left in the Dark Forest, which meant that in the coming winter, Black Iron Castle would no longer have to endure attacks and harassment from monsters.

William and Ivan sat on the city wall, leaning against the railing. Looking down, they saw corpses of monsters everywhere. The two sat there for a long time without speaking, but they couldn't stop smiling on their faces.

It was not until the sunset completely faded that William said with ease: "It's great!"

"Have you noticed? Everything has been different since Lord Bai Yan came here." Alvin took out a pack of tobacco from his arms, rolled some with paper and handed it to William.

"Yes, everything has changed."

William lit the cigarette. He had recently learned to smoke. Nicotine could give his brain a moment of pleasure. He exhaled a puff of smoke and stood up. "Let's go, brother. The battle is over. We have to go back to the barracks."

"Why go back to the barracks? The company commander notified us this morning that we can rest for a day after the battle. This is what His Highness Bai Yan wanted." Ivan laughed twice and then put his arm around his shoulders. "Come on, buddy, let's go have a couple of drinks."

Walking in Black Iron Castle, William found that everyone's attitude towards him had changed.

Men would say when they saw him: "Well done bro, you're a hero."

And the woman would smile and nod and say: "Thank you for your efforts, may the gods bless you."

William became a little dazed.

"Brother, did you hear that?" He was so excited that his hands were shaking. "Are they talking about me?"

"Yes, William, you protected everyone, you can be called a hero." Ivan patted William on the shoulder and laughed: "This is what you deserve."

William looked at Ivan, unable to calm down for a long time.

"It's His Highness Bai Yan. He is my hero." The old man, who was nearly fifty years old, wiped his eyes and said almost chokingly.

From a serf, he became a hero in people's eyes. How magical and ridiculous it was. Only William knew how much he longed for everyone's recognition. At this moment, he really could not let go of his previous obsession.

Perhaps, this is what he has been pursuing all along.

Unlike the carnival outside, Bai Yan was looking at Minister Edward in front of him with depression.

"Your Highness, next time you must not risk running to the city wall. If anything happens to you, what should I do?"

Edward looked anxious. He had been worried all day. It was terrible that His Highness had actually climbed up the city wall.

"Okay Edward, I'm fine, aren't I?" Bai Yan didn't know how many times he had said this. He was somewhat convinced by this fat old man.

"Let's not talk about this for now. How much money do we have now?" Bai Yan waved his hand and forcibly changed the subject.

After hearing Bai Yan's words, Edward's frown showed no sign of relaxing. He sighed and said, "There are only about 1000 gold coins left."

"1000? So fast." Bai Yan nodded, but his tone was very calm. "I'll find a way to get the money. Minister Edward, please take care of yourself."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Edward's frown immediately relaxed when he heard Bai Yan's last words, and his mouth above his white beard widened. "Your Highness should take care of your health. If you need anything, just let me know."

"You go back and rest first."

"Your Highness should also rest early."

After Edward left, Alicia emerged from the space gap beside Bai Yan.

She looked at Bai Yan seriously, her face expressionless, and no one knew what she was thinking.

It wasn't until Bai Yan felt uncomfortable being stared at that he asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

Alicia shook her head, and after a moment she hesitated and said, “We have no money, but it won’t affect our meal, right?”