From now on the icon for Souske De Blade will be * after he finish his talking, for Grandpa it’s this icon ^ when he’s finished talking.

{{{Markus De Blade Aka Grandpa or Grandfather}}}

The days seem to go by just so slow with the villa being very quiet as of late after my grandson went into closed door cultivation I have nothing much to occupy myself anymore^ doing all the old chores can only take

up so much time and having a whole villa full of servants makes even less work for an old man like me to do even if I wanted to do something^ I wake up at the crack of dawn everyone morning doing my routine in

hand to hand combat^ then do exercise such as you know push up sit ups crunches then doing the finisher six mile run this is how I start my morning^ after all the exercise routine are done I head to the large

vegetable fields and clear new land if there are need or weed the land around the growing field this is what can keep me busy see all this weed all over a 60 hector of land is something that can make any man want to

cry the land is as far as the eye can see^ being a farmer is not so bad, but the commendation from the king all those years ago made me into the rank of count I wonder daily what was the worth of having this rank.

anyways since its only one step above eh knight rank^ considering if you had the rank of Knight you would be privileged such things as being allowed to have 2 personal squires, also 50 men at arms included deed to

land with 20 hectors of land granted by rank not considering the size of the house that is already granted to you from the beginning^ in conclusion the rank of count only allows me to have a Villa and 60 hectors of

land plus knights that are in my area can swear fealty to me this is limited to the maximum of 6 knights with all there dependent and loyal men as well^ now counts own personal men at arms can be limited to

around 200 men can be purely infantry, spearmen, archers, cavalry, last but not least heavy Calvary^ this may all seem pretty good with all of these forces you can have but if you didn’t know you have to pay train

and equip all of the men that swear their loyalty to you this can be really drain on your own personal funds.

Ah my youth all the thing I had done was see a lot of death miracles and hardship that would make any man be will to never go there^ being the poor bastard I was back then if I had money I would of chosen

something else then the army but back then it was the only place paying well covering for gear, food, lodging, all the main things in life you need food and money^ starting as a poor infantry soldier at the ripe old age of 16 which is considered a man’s age in this country and in any other country in the world^

being in a villa wasn’t something I imagined for myself, the imagination of a child my age then was a lot smaller because I was from a poor family my father was a merchant escort as his job but he was rarely around

he taught me my skills in the saber also the left me the tomes on cultivation with such things left to me was to become a cultivator but being one wasn’t as easy you need a lot of resources^ back then when I joined

the army I was in body cultivation was peak mortal rank, now my QI cultivation rank was mid rank Apprentice it was okay strong but you know not enough to shake the world^ back then I thought I was the shit being

this strong and learning the Martial arts and saber kills to mid rank was awesome even though the saber tomes was only in brown rank tomes can be ranked from black, grey, green, brown, red, blue, purple,

copper, silver, gold, Platinum, purple platinum would be highest for mortal cultivators not consider the ones for after you reach the rank of fighter it begins a whole different class of skills.

I guess I never told you guys where iam in this world of Methados I like in the kingdom of Greystone north, north, east, providence next to the mountains nick named abyss filled with all Qi monsters of all ranks up to peak fighter

rank, I live outside the town of diversion with a population of 2000 residents I live outside of town in my villa a few miles away^ now there is a city nearby its name is Thorsten distance from town 45 miles away

would take a half a day to ride there with horse cart or about 8 hours if its only on horseback, it is the only biggest commerce hub around the city population is around 300 thousand people, the city is surround by 20

towns other towns nearby, the towns near the mountain are the frontlines if the monsters ever have there once in a decade stamped towards the city.

to this issue all the knights on the border of the mount abyss

job is to watch out for monster activity, also there is another country to the north, north, west, of are border with mount abyss the distance from are border to the kingdom of Baltis is about 500 miles away they can

reach are borders at any time, in the past 40 years or so when I was the young poor infantry man we had a war with the kingdom of Baltis, even six years ago when my grandson was born we still had battle and

skirmishes with Baltis my son Gerald De Blade with his wife Madison De Blade when they went to war then they still have not returned in all this time I feel bad for my grandson for never ever seeing or even knowing

his parents.

times such as this to be sitting here in the backyard drinking good wine and reflecting abut the past what is there else for an old man to do, the first month has gone by already still 2 more months to till my

grandson is out of closed door cultivation.