Chapter 129: A Grand Welcome Ceremony
Three days after changing the itinerary, the elf convoy arrived in Renze City as scheduled.
The name of the Evil Wolf Territory originally came from the large group of evil wolves that ruled this grassland area, and it was the ancestors of the Renze family who worked hard for several generations to clean up the evil wolf pack on a large scale and incorporate this grassland into the territory of the Shenghui Empire. With a large area of fertile grassland, Evil Wolf Ridge has always been a treasure land for light cavalry in the Shenghui Empire, and has the largest horse farm in the Shenghui Empire. In this way, the Lei Enze family has also endured in this Shenghui Empire with a history of more than 1,000 years, and the Wolf Knights established by the family have also shown their style several times in the history of the Shenghui Empire.
Before the Shenghui Empire used the Frozen City Rebellion as a breakthrough to expand their territory, the Wolf Lord, who owned the vast grasslands, had always been the strongest shield in the northern part of the Shenghui Empire. It's not because it has any majestic fortresses, nor because it has a treacherous terrain advantage, but because of the prestige established by one after another wolf knights with their blood and life, the young people in the north of the Shenghui Empire dare not take a single step. Although now due to the rapid expansion of the Shenghui Empire in the past 100 years, the Wolf Territory has completely become an inland ridge, but the fierce folk customs that have been cultivated for a long time have not changed.
Therefore, the young elves born in the forest kingdom began to appreciate the different grassland climate and the different cultural atmosphere brought by the humans living here in the past few days. For these elven children who have just begun to step out of the shelter of the forest and contact the continent of Ella, the impact of this climate and culture that is different from what they know is very strong. Except for the aristocratic children who professed their status, after discovering that the wolf knights guarding the convoy were not too difficult to contact, the other geniuses turned into curious babies and began to ask them all about what they had questions. Before leaving, the wolf knights who had already been given a death order by Count Mirek had to become enlightenment teachers one by one and began to explain this grassland area to the geniuses of the elven race. Of course, Drew, who had been to the Mongolian steppe in his previous life to experience the grassland scenery, did not become a curious baby with everyone, but continued to squat in the carriage to make his own and Jamilia's equipment.
In the previous formation, the elven convoy was not without passing through the human city. Like the city of Sessym, which has just been established for less than 100 years but already has the glory of being one of the 20 largest cities in the Shenghui Empire, it has completely turned this group of elven geniuses into dirt buns after a while. When the convoy arrived at the city of Renze, which was not surrounded by a huge stone wall, the young elves who were firmly trapped by the impression of a human city surrounded by a stone wall in the book finally knew that there could be such an eclectic city in the world.
The city of Renze has never protected itself with walls since the moment it was built. It was very difficult to find the stones to build the walls on this steppe, not to mention that it was impossible for the ancestors of Renze, who were poor at the time, to obtain these expensive stones through trade. But they still stubbornly took root in this area, and after exterminating the wolves, ringing horses, and armies of other countries a few times, the nobles of the wolf leader suddenly found that there was nothing in this grassland that could threaten the safety of Renze City. Even the most cunning and powerful wolf king understood that the place occupied by humans was a dead place for it, and if it wanted to live well, it must not go there to wander around.
In this vast grassland, the city of Renze, which was established on the bend of the Ma'an River that irrigates the entire grassland, is the best testimony to the strength of the Wolf Knights!
At the gate of the city, or at the end of the junction that stretched out from the middle of the city, the elves on the convoy spotted a group of wolf knights who were also ready to go, divided into two formations, left and right. In the middle of the two arrays of knights stood a human in his mid-50s dressed in fine magical leather armor. Even from such a distance, the geniuses of the elven race felt an invisible pressure from this human. You don't have to think about it, this is the lord of the Evil Wolf Lord, the most powerful Count of the Shenghui Empire, Count Mirek Reinze.
The convoy of the elves was called by the knights on their own orders, and Count Mirek, who was born in this rough steppe, certainly did not play a big role like some nobles of the human race. After receiving the news that the elf convoy would arrive today, he immediately pulled over about half of the wolf knights in his hand and set up at the entrance of Renze City, and stood there in person waiting for the arrival of the convoy. Behind the Count stood a group of brightly dressed humans, who were the other nobles of Renze City if one looked closely.
Originally, the Lei Enze family was a very powerful veteran family in the Shenghui Empire, and this time the Lei Enze family made a lot of efforts in the crusade against the tyrant Sheng Hui 49th, and Sheng Hui 50th directly took out another real power earl and rewarded the Lei Inze family. It's just that the Earl of Mirek, who has a deep understanding of the way to advance and retreat, refuses the reward of the land, and only takes the title of an earl for his brother. Therefore, at present, there are two Counts of Rainze in the Evil Wolf Territory, and in order to distinguish these two nobles of the Shenghui Empire, they have to use the Evil Wolf Territory and add the name, that is, "Count Mirek of the Evil Wolf Territory" to distinguish the two Counts of Rainze.
In this case, the other nobles of the Evil Wolf Territory are naturally eager to take out their hearts and livers to prove their loyalty to the Lei Inze family. This time, Count Mirek made such a big move, of course, it would alarm these nobles whose ears were smarter than rabbits, and they all came directly behind Count Mirek and became his old man's followers. Fortunately, this group of nobles from the grassland is relatively much more than the nobles in other places, and they are usually practical, and this time Count Mirek wants to let the geniuses of the elves see the human nobles. Otherwise, Count Mirek, who has always been indifferent to this kind of aristocrats, would definitely follow this excuse and clean up this group of nobles.
Seeing his grandfather at the entrance of the city from afar, it was certainly impossible for Joseph to continue to brag and ass with the leader of the Guiding Knights named Jonas Sillbo and Peter Etoile. With two confessions, Joseph and one sped up in front of his grandfather.
"Well done, my grandson, I didn't expect you to bring the whole convoy over. And it seems that you have a pretty good relationship with those Guide Knights and Elves. It's a matter of course, and if you don't get those Guiding Knights right, then their bunch of fellows with His Majesty's orders as talismans won't bother you with your proposals. While I know you also hate wasting your mind on this kind of relationship-building thing, you like to solve problems with your fists as much as I do. But since you're able to handle things so tactfully and not be as unenlightened as your daddy, that's the best news for our wolf leader. ”
The Evil Wolf Earl, who himself possessed the initial strength of the Adamantite Rank, saw the convoy from a long distance, and of course he also saw his ability to pull the relationship with his eldest grandson. Sharp-eyed Count Mirek, but at a glance he could see that the two people chatting with his grandson were the Guiding Knight and the leader of the convoy. Count Mirek, who was very pleased with his grandson's performance, laughed and patted Joseph on the shoulder, who was kneeling in front of him, as a sign of encouragement.
"Leave that aside, do you know which one of the teams is Drew Mapletree?"
He retrieved the very funny-looking badge from Joseph and carefully put it back into his spatial ring, taking advantage of the group of nobles not paying attention, Mirek secretly asked his grandson. Although he knows Drew's name, he has never met and certainly cannot recognize our protagonist.
Joseph, who has a heart for this, has not been in love with Peter in vain in the past few days, and Peter, who has not paid much attention to it, has long been tricked out by Joseph of all the information about Drew, and he doesn't know that the information about Drew he said is what Joseph cares about the most. Of course, through White's guidance, at dinner yesterday, Joseph kept in mind what seemed to be a sleepwalking Drew. At this time, in the face of Count Mirek's question, Joseph first looked left and right, and then nodded slightly.
Count Mirek didn't say anything more, but got up and rode to the front of the elven convoy with his grandson, who was also on his horse. The wolf knights who followed the earl also slowly accelerated with Count Mirek's movements, and after meeting with the wolf knights guarding the convoy, they quickly changed formations and lined up on the left and right, enclosing the distance between the elven convoy including the convoy and the entrance of Renze City. Then, at Joseph's command, they turned neatly and half, forming a welcoming procession from the convoy to the entrance of Renze.
Seeing that the performance of his sons and daughters completely suppressed the group of geniuses of the elves, the corners of Count Mirek's mouth couldn't help but show a satisfied smile. After loudly informing Peter of his name, he began to guide the convoy to the center of Renze City, which was their family's mansion.
When the convoy reached the entrance of the city, the Evil Wolf Knights, who had already formed a phalanx behind the convoy, shouted loudly: "Welcome to the elven clan to Renze City!" The latter turned and left in unison to the left, and in a moment they were gone. At this time, the nobles from Renze City also looked like they had taken over the escort of the Wolf Knights, and they ran to both sides of the convoy and began to talk with the geniuses of the elves.
In the impression of this group of nobles, except for the current King Sheng Hui 50th generation, only when the Duke of Cookham arrived, this Count Mirek put on such a welcoming ceremony for the wolf knight. Since such a grand welcome ceremony was used this time, it was clear that this convoy had a distinguished guest that made the Count of Wolves worthy of it. So of course, this group of thoughtful nobles will not let go of such a good opportunity.