Chapter 132: Awards
Countless slender brass horns protruded from the windows on both sides of the street, playing melodious, cheerful music. Countless people stood happily on both sides of the street, throwing red petals, and the only strange thing was that the people present were all men, and none of the female residents who used to be the favorite of such occasions were gone. Colorful flags flew in the sky, and countless mages floated in the air, shooting colorful balls of light with joy on their faces, blasting a rain of light in the sky.
A dozen dragons flew lazily past the mages, munching on large pieces of beef in their mouths, and inside the bulging packages on their backs were treasures looted from the treasury of the Van Empire. It's just that the posture of these dragons flying is very stiff, extremely stiff. Their bellies were already stuffed with red wine and fine food, and their backs were full of their most nervous jewels, so they dared to flap their wings only to the smallest extent, and did not dare to fly at full speed, as if a dozen huge balls of flesh were flying in the air.
The last thing that the Vatican Empire lacks is people, people who can fill the army. Although a large number of men died in the previous battle, at this moment, only in the four southern provinces, they once again recruited 500,000 soldiers to join the army on the spot, and reorganized into the Five Beast Legion. Coupled with the exquisite armor reinforced by the Smart Empire and the Wright Empire, which was full of their so-called artistic atmosphere, these recruits were brightly armored and shimmering in the bright sun.
Dressed in heavy, mighty gold armor, Lei led the team to the forefront. Behind him was a large red cloak stained with human blood, rippling a fiery red in the sun. This is the cloak that chased and killed the criminals for thousands of miles, and stained red with the blood on the necks of the more than a million criminals. Behind Ray, Rocat, Ingle, and Beamon, who followed him that day, were also dressed in gold armor, and the big red cloak behind him followed him, as for the knights of the family such as Gexia, their faces were a little unnatural, and they followed behind Ray almost like thieves.
Jerry and Lomat, the two men who commanded the coalition forces in the final battle and cooperated with Ray's team to drive the sinners back to the other side of the channel, walked behind Ray with a spring breeze on their faces, and kept winking at the people on the side of the road. The only pity is that on both sides of the streets of 'Crazy Battle City', there are all a group of big men, and there are no beauties to appreciate them at all
A group of more than 1,000 high-ranking knights entered through the west gate of the 'Furious Battle City', and slowly walked along the main road in the city that was more than 200 feet wide, and groups of honor guards joined their team from both sides of the street with smiles on their faces, escorting them towards the palace.
At the gate of the Vant's Palace, Shagru watched Lei and them get closer and closer with a smile on his face, and glanced triumphantly at several other emperors and princes around him. Shagru said proudly: "This time, although we relied on the power of the dragon clan to drive the criminals out, but to speak, the one who performed the best was General Lei." It seems that few generals dare to rush into the enemy's position under the bombardment of the dragon forbidden spell and kill the monster of Stygian Desi, right?"
Carlin nodded unconvinced, and admired with a smile on his face: "That's nature, the generals of our empire are just ordinary humans. How can humans be compared to monsters?" Karin and the other emperors had smiles on their faces at the same time, didn't they? Ray's performance in that battle was really like a monster. The dragon clan used 3,000 adult wyverns that were boosted by magic to deal with Hades Deth, and Hades Deth relied on the strength of one person to fight with 3,000 adult wyverns, and finally the two sides fell into a stalemate stage of fighting for magic power, while Ray ignored the crazy bombardment of other members of the dragon clan in the sky, and rushed directly over and stabbed Hades Deth in the heart.
Thinking that he could conquer the continent and be invincible, Stygian Desi was stabbed in the heart for a moment, and he was immediately shattered to pieces by the huge magic power of the combined forces of three thousand dragons. Seeing that nothing could be done, the members of the Underworld called out to him, and left with the army of criminals, fleeing all the way back in a panic. The dragons set up live targets in the sky, and nearly 30 million necromantic teams were wiped out by the dragons when they chased them to the 'Senko' pass. The journey from the 'Senko' Pass to the 'God-given Prairie' has become the most painful memory of the sinners, their companions, who were ruthlessly pursued by the Wyvern and the Glory Knights led by Thunder and the Bicester Iron Knights, and after throwing down nearly a million corpses and nearly completely annihilating the elites of the clan, the sinners fled into the 'God-given Prairie' in embarrassment.
The dragon was also afraid of the balanced barrier of the 'God-given Prairie', and its actions in the Prairie were much more restrained. And since the dragon has reined, Lei and the warriors who have been chasing and killing for more than twenty days in a row are too tired to move, so they can only slowly follow the sad team of the sinners, send them past the ruins of the 'Divine City', watch them board the raft when they came, and slowly retreat.
Ray was going to kill all the sinners, but the dragon clan, who still had a little affection for the sinners in his heart, resolutely stopped Ray's impulse. Believing that he could not fight against the Flying Dragon's thunder, he could only watch as the sinners, who had shrunk by half, cried and retreated to the other side of the strait. Looking at the figure with long hair flying, the figure who had his right arm cut off by Lei Yijian howled wildly: "Swear by the gods we believe in, we will definitely come back... If I die in the Forgotten Continent, then my children and grandchildren will surely come back ... Humans on the continent, you wait, we know your power, we also understand our power, we will definitely return. ”
The terrible howl was like a curse, and the coalition generals who followed them to kill trembled all over. It was precisely because of the final curse of the figure that the countries of the mainland did not embarrass the residents of the 'Divine City' who had sworn to sever relations with them, but escorted them to the 'Divine City' and replenished a large amount of supplies. At the same time, the countries have also promised that in the next two years, they will send a large number of craftsmen to repair the 'Divine City'.
On behalf of the inhabitants of the City of God, Ri accepted the supplies, but flatly rejected the promise of sending craftsmen from various countries. Ray still remembers Leigh's cold words that day: "We don't need 'God City' anymore, because the place where we are is 'God City'." We will dwell in the 'God-given Prairie', we will reproduce our children and grandchildren here, and we will build our own kingdom here. But rest assured, I will not lead them against you. We will fulfill the promise of our ancestors, and we will be here for generations to fend off the attacks of sinners. ”
Ray drooped his head and pondered all the way through, his head churning until Shagru's kind call woke him up. Shagru smiled and beckoned to Lei: "General Lei, please come to the stage." "This platform, which was erected at the entrance of the palace, was thirty feet high and a hundred feet long and wide, and was specially used to reward the generals of various countries. As the most outstanding Lei in this war, he was naturally the first person to come to power to accept the reward.
Ray fell to one knee in front of Shagru, who drew his sword at his side and placed it on Ray's shoulder. The people around suddenly reined in their voices, carefully looked at Shagru and Lei on the stage, and the brass horns that made loud noises also fell silent, and everyone was waiting to see what kind of title Shagru could reward Lei. Because Ray now has two duke titles, there is really no further reward. Is it necessary to add another duke to Ray? Hell yes. The title of three dukes on a person's head has never happened in the history of the entire continent for more than 100,000 years.
Shagru smiled, and he said loudly: "In the name of the gods, in the name of the ancestors of the Van Empire, today General Tega Fenglei is: 'Empire' frenzied 'Protector Prince'. ”
As soon as Shagru's voice fell, Andre behind him jumped up in surprise. He really couldn't imagine that his nephew would be crowned a prince, you know, the title of prince has always been only available to the imperial royal family. Shagru's favor for Ray is too much, right?
The people were also stunned for a moment, surprised by the appearance of the only prince with a foreign surname in the empire for thousands of years. For a long time, for a long time, the people erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and everyone frantically repeated a person's name in their mouths: "Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder... ”
Medals symbolizing the highest honors of the countries on the continent were sent up, and they were inlaid on Thunder's armor with the magic power of magic crystals. There were seven countries on the continent, each of which had nearly five or six medals symbolizing the highest honors, and for a while, the jewels on Ray's left chest were covered with various badges, as if he had put on an extra piece of armor.
Shagru announced loudly: "Because of Prince Lei's merits, Prince Lei is authorized to set up a personal army of 300,000 people to lead two provincial fiefs in the eastern part of the empire and one provincial fief in the western part of the empire, a total of three provinces as the eternal fief of Prince Lei's family." "Shagru has invested enough money this time, the fiefs of the three provinces are easy to say, Lei already has two provinces, and after the rebellious dukes were killed last time, their fiefs are a lot empty, and there are still vacant fiefs. But the 300,000-strong pro-army is a very prominent glory.
A duke's private army is only 50,000 people, and Lei's prince is now equivalent to the strength of six dukes, and he will definitely become the target of all forces, and his status in the empire will definitely become a top figure.
An old man with white hair and beard as white as silver walked up, and the scepter in his hand gently tapped Ray's shoulder, and said loudly: "In the name of the chief elder of the Imperial Noble Senate, Prince Feng Lei is the honorary elder of the Imperial Senate... When Prince Lei reached the age of sixty, he immediately became a full member. The old man's words were exchanged for a burst of laughter from the people. It's funny, these old senate men. However, only those nobles understand what it means to be an honorary elder of the noble senate, that is, it means that even if Lei ** a duchess, the senate will only say that the duchess ** thunder when it is judged... Although in reality it seems unlikely that any woman would be able to do that!
This is a privilege, the Senate gave Lei a privilege that can do evil in the aristocratic circle and cause trouble without fear of consequences.
Immediately afterwards, it was someone from the military department who came up and loudly announced that according to the military laws of the empire, General Lei had made countless meritorious contributions, especially killing the demon king Shen Desi, who was recorded in the historical classics, and this credit was even more immeasurable and immeasurable. Therefore, the honorary title of Imperial Marshal was especially set up in the rank of Imperial General, and the Imperial Marshal was also divided into one-star, two-star, and three-star levels, and Lei was the highest three-star marshal, nominally commanding the Imperial Army.
It is another honor, and the people are already surprised and excited to the extreme, they can witness the appearance of such a noble freak, and they will have the capital to brag to their children and grandchildren in the future: "I said little grandson, do you know? When he stood up, he was as tall as five people, his fists were the size of a wine tank, and his eyes looked like a plate... ”
Jerry and Lomatt were already in a state of dementia off stage, and the glory Ray had achieved was incredible. Lomat kept muttering in a low voice: "Damn, it's good now, the Prince of Protectorate, he has 300,000 private troops under his command, he is still a three-star marshal of the empire, and even worse, he is the honorary elder of the Senate... Oh my God, who will we be afraid of in the imperial capital in the future? If we see someone who is not pleasing to the eye, we will rush up and fight... Damn, the Garrison Department, do you dare to try it in the Garrison Department?" Lomat is already looking forward to a happy life in the future, with such a perverted big brother covering, who else is he afraid of?
Jerry's mouth also issued slurred words, and his eyes flashed with strange light, probably thinking about how to kill Lei a few times.
And Lomat's father, the old man who was sitting on the balcony of a nearby high-rise building watching the scene, was already clutching his chest at the moment, and almost died of a myocardial infarction. He opened his mouth wide, panting for breath, and looked at the old man friends around him with an indescribable and inexplicable look. Those old nobles, who were also first-class marquis and earls, had already stood up respectfully and kept bowing to the old man.
Just kidding, who doesn't know that this old man in front of him, who is wheezing like a toad with his mouth wide open, is the father-in-law of Prince Lei? The tide is rising, won't this old man call for wind and rain in the future and be omnipotent? He is just a mere marquis, and it is already an incomparable honor to be able to sit with such a noble nobleman now. These old men and nobles began to calculate, thinking about how to slap the horse in order to get the most benefit from the old man's hands. Don't say anything else, Lei Tie will definitely be able to serve as a senior official in the military department, and those ordnance purchases in the future, etc. That's all money.
The ceremony lasted nearly an hour for Ray alone, and in the end, Ray walked off the stage with more than seventy medals, more than thirty certificates of honor, seven imperial swords (one for each of the seven empires), and a large number of miscellaneous ribbons. When he stepped down, Lomat almost laughed when he saw Ray holding the pile of things. If it weren't for the value of those items, Ray would have looked like a street vendor.
Ray stood in the audience and watched as Jerry was called up. Today is the day of the award, and it should be worth rejoicing, but Ray just can't be happy, for him, the only thing he thinks about at the moment is Li's pale face. After the inhabitants of the 'Divine City' settled in the 'Divine Grassland', Li bluntly wanted to drive the mainland coalition forces away. Right on the edge of the 'God-given Prairie', Ray remembers what Leigh said to him that night: "Ray, if you're tired, you're welcome here... Remember, you're only welcome here or someone you recognize. ”
Leigh seemed to want to keep Ray, but she really didn't have a position or reason to say that. In the end, the two could only break up gloomily under the light of the full moon in the sky.
Ray woke up with a loud cheer, and Jerry's award ceremony was completed. Jerry himself already had a duke, and to be honest, in the later stages of the war, Jerry didn't have any outstanding performance, so Jerry only obtained the rank of a one-star marshal, got a bunch of worthless medals of honor, and accepted a few additional lucrative fiefs.
Next, there are generals from other countries, but Lei and the others always feel that when the generals of those countries come to power, they all feel a little gray, and no one accepts those honors and rewards with confidence. Originally, except for the last time when those generals beat the water dogs, where did they have any outstanding results?
Then there are the rewards of the important generals below the commander level of each country. Lomat, Rocat, Ingle, and Beamon were the first to go up. Lomart's knighthood has not improved, but he has gained a lot of practical benefits. Rokat and the other three were suddenly promoted to marquis because of their exploits in following Ray in the 'Turk' Canyon, compared to Kalubu and other Ray's cronies and generals who came to power later, the reward was too rich...
Everything is silent, although this war is not a victory for the human race on the mainland, but it does not affect everyone's mood of having fun.
Drunk, this is the consequence of Ray's attendance at the celebration banquet. He was carried home by several knights of the guard...