Chapter 73, First Arrive in Marienburg
PS. I have something to do today, so I updated it in advance.
The five-day long journey was finally coming to the end. Standing at the end of the passenger ship, the magnificent city group and towers in the distance appeared in front of Ryan.
"It is said that Marienburg is a paradise for opportunists and a hell for the incompetent. There is gold everywhere. As long as you are strong enough, you can get enough wealth." The captain said with a smile: "I have traveled this route many times. Yes, I was lucky this time, I didn’t encounter any pirates.”
Countless ships were loaded with cargo and sailed to the largest trade center in the old world. In comparison, the passenger ship Ryan was on was like a toddler, constantly avoiding the passing cargo ships. Ryan even saw people from Lou at the port The Lizardman Merchant Ships of Scia and the High Elf Ocean Ships from Ulthuan.
The towering urban agglomeration is in front of everyone, like a new world, all you can see are brown towers and tall buildings, the scale of this city is so huge that the buildings from this side of the coast Spreading to the end of the line of sight, there is no desolation. On both sides of the city, two wizard towers shining with arcane light, and groups of forts on both sides of the coast warn passing ships.
Don't mess around!
"Wow~ It's really spectacular. I was thinking, it would be great if the headquarters of our Justice Church was set up here." Alfred looked straight.
"I don't think so. If your Church of Justice sets its headquarters in this city, then the Church of the Sea will definitely fight you." Ryan complained, this is one of the two strongholds of Sea God Mananen, and Sea God will definitely not Sit back and watch other churches come to their own territory to grab the faith.
Due to the agreement among the gods, Faith competes fairly, but Mannan will never sit back and watch other churches move their headquarters to Marienburg. This is called fishing across the border.
"Ryan, have you seen those two wizard towers?" Teresa pointed to the two tall towers on the coast: "That is the masterpiece of the Wizard Union, which provided the Duke of Marienburg with two legendary wizards to sit in and serve He answered doubts about magic, and the gift from Marienburg is these two wizard towers and an annual commission."
"Knights desire glory, nobles care about prestige, churches praise piety, and everyone loves gold"
——Ludwig "The Savior"
The Alliance of Wizards is one of the three major organizations of spellcasters in human beings. Its history is far longer than that of the Garland Council and the Royal Wizarding Academy of the Empire, because before the Great Holy War, spellcasters were heretics and dangerous elements in the human kingdom. Magister Teclis led the elven wizard group to help Ludwig. Maybe spellcasters will continue to be regarded as dangerous elements, so the emergence of the Wizarding Union was much earlier than the other two organizations. The current leader of the Wizarding Union is Ai Rick Williams, a great wizard at the pinnacle of the sanctuary and a part-time berserker, during the great holy war, the president of the Wizards Union chanted spells while wielding his sword, single-handedly facing the great demon of chaos.
He is also the only human so far known to be able to cast spells and fight at the same time.
"I don't have my own wizard tower. I really hope that one day, I can have my own wizard tower." The sorceress looked at the arcane light shining on the tall wizard tower spire with envy.
"Oh? Your family is so rich that you don't want to build a wizard tower for you?" Ryan joked, and the behavior of the White Wolf Knight was quickly rewarded with a hygienic eye: "The wizard tower costs far more than you imagined, I remember you Got three god gold coins from Albert?"
"Exactly." Ryan didn't deny this, and he didn't need to lie to the sorceress.
"The money is only enough to build a wizard tower of the lowest level, not enough to fill it up." Teresa took Ryan's hand and let her plumpness lean on the man's arm: "So you have to work harder .”
"??? What does this have to do with me?" Ryan said he didn't quite understand.
"Hmph!" Seeing the blank expression on Ryan's face, Teresa snorted angrily, and then let go of Ryan's arm.
The lighthouse guides the landing of the flight,
Everyone on board noticed that the pier was full of heavily guarded soldiers. The iris family emblem on their bodies showed that they were the private army of the Duke of Marienburg, and an army of hundreds of people guarded the Duke of Marienburg standing in the middle.
"What's that? Is there any important person who is docking and needs to be received by the Duke himself?" People on the passenger ship whispered to each other, and only the sorceress guessed one thing: the news here in Marienburg is really fast.
When the passenger ship docked, the answer was revealed.
The Grand Duke of Marienburg "The Lender" Van der Gouber-Schulz laughed and walked towards the passenger ship surrounded by guards: "Look, look! Which great hero has come to my city? Which of the Warriors who won the title matchup put a new light on the city?"
"Woo~" Ryan's old face was a little red, and he hurriedly stepped off the side of the ship in embarrassment, and saluted the Grand Duke of Marienburg: "Hello, Your Excellency Schulz! It is an honor for you to come here to welcome me."
"Hahahahaha~ Hello! Warrior against the barbarians, from the first moment I saw you, I knew we would be friends." The Grand Duke of Marienburg is in his thirties from the outside, with a good figure A slightly fat middle-aged man, he has black hair and beards, and his whole body is very simple. He wears a magic ring made by the high elf magister Teclis himself. The family crest of the iris was on the aristocratic silk dress, and the grand duke walked like a dragon, with a terrifying power on his body, at least Ryan only felt this kind of power from the Nord King.
Although Schultz is in his fifties, he looks younger than the previous Earl Albert, which proves that the Duke's strength is not bad. Compared with the arrogance of Villard's words, the Grand Duke of Marienburg On the contrary, he is more humble and approachable.
In fact, this is the case. The nobles are also divided into levels. Contrary to what normal people imagine, the nobles with higher titles tend to be more modest, approachable, and polite. Those nobles who are really arrogant and bullying are often small nobles.
"Don't dare to take it~" Ryan expressed a little humility: "I just did what I should do."
"As long as you eliminate the barbarians and deal with those damned pirates, you're good." The Grand Duke of Marienburg stretched out his hand to Ryan in the eyes of everyone: "Welcome to Marienburg."
"Thank you." Ryan also reached out and shook Schultz.
The moment the palms came into contact, both Ryan and Schultz opened their eyes wide. The Grand Duke of Marienburg and the Primarch looked at each other in surprise, and both of them were stunned.
The Grand Duke of Marienburg saw the red and white pattern on Ryan's shoulder armor, a sharp sword passing through a book and a pattern of silver skulls.
Ryan saw a capital I letter on the Duke and a skull pattern wrapped in a circle in the middle of the letter.
The atmosphere suddenly became loyal.
The scene was very embarrassing for a time, the army on the pier and the people who got off the passenger ship didn't understand, so they could only watch the two hold hands without saying a word.
Until His Excellency the Duke laughed a few times, until tears came out: "Hahahahaha! I just said, Ryan, from the first moment I saw you, I knew we would be friends!"
"Hahahaha~ Yes, I firmly believe this, Lord Duke, I think we are already friends." Ryan also laughed.
"Don't say anything else, Ryan, this is the key to No. 53 Amber Avenue, please accept this gift, I will arrange a grand banquet tomorrow to welcome this brave man from Nord!" Marin Fort Grand Duke Schulz said loudly.
"Wow!" Everyone around was amazed at the Grand Duke's generous spending. Amber Avenue is the core area of the rich area of Marienburg, where every inch of land is expensive, and a simple house is worth thousands of gold coins, and there is no place to buy it. .
The rich and aristocratic on Amber Avenue also enjoyed the only precious thing that was lacking in this city - tranquility.
"Then I won't be polite." Ryan took the key from Schultz without hesitation.
"It's been a long journey, our hero needs to rest, Muller? You go and lead the way for my friend." Schultz didn't say much, he gestured to the courtier standing beside him, and then took out a The small bag was handed to Ryan: "Here are two hundred gold marks. Take it as a meeting gift from me. Muller will take my friend to find his residence, and we will not disturb our hero's rest."
After finishing speaking, Schultz left with his guards, leaving his courtiers to lead the way for Ryan: "Mr. Ryan? This way please."
"thanks."
Ryan and Teresa left with Mueller. Lopes had nothing to do with Ryan. The wandering knight felt that he was not qualified to follow Ryan. He went directly to the city to find a hotel for lodging, and Alfred went to Marienburg. According to Ministry reports, Estelle also has a place to go. As a half-elf, he can find a place to live in Iftaul, the only enclave of high-elf civilization in the Old World, and the elf embassy is also located in this enclave.
The high elves almost only trade with the empire in Marienburg. The main reason is that only Marienburg can berth the ocean-going ships of the high elves. With all the resources they want, they are too lazy to open up other routes.
By the way, the high elves also trade indirectly with the dwarves in Marienburg. Due to natural hostility and indifference, the high elves and the dwarf kingdom do not establish diplomatic relations. Therefore, the trade between the high elves and dwarves must go through humans as intermediaries.
On the way back, the Grand Duke of Marienburg asked the black-robed man behind him: "Elliott? How strong is this young man?"
Elliott, a member of the Wizards Union, a legendary high-ranking wizard, is one of the two legendary wizards stationed in Marienburg by the Wizards Union.
"Very strong, very strong, I am not sure that I can take him down, I can feel that he has a strong magic resistance, his eyes are full of confidence and a sense of glory, I think this has something to do with the countless battles he has experienced, I think he is qualified to be another guardian of this city, my Duke." The man in black said in a deep voice.
"Very well, and Elliott, you need to know that he is my friend, my closest friend." Schultz explained very seriously.
"Yes, duke."
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Although he was prepared in his heart, the magnificence of Amber Avenue surpassed Ryan's imagination.
The decoration here is already a bit close to those communities where Ryan lived in his previous life. The clean and tidy streets are paved with whole blocks of marble. There is a magic street lamp every twenty or thirty steps. The streets are composed of single-family houses. Almost every house has its own small courtyard and walls. Most of the houses are composed of white, brown and red bricks and stones with wooden structures, triangular gables, high roofs and protruding eaves, and wheel-shaped or fan-shaped bucket arches. There are stylish turrets, and balconies with porticos.
The only regret is that the walls of each household are built higher, usually around two meters, which makes it difficult for Ryan to see what is going on in the courtyard.
"Mr. Ryan, No. 53 Amber Avenue is here." Mueller led Ryan to a house, which was a three-story house with a mansard roof. It had a classical shape, high windows and many Patterns, the roof is a Gothic spire, the entrance of the house is a thick wooden door, and it has its own garden courtyard.
"It looks really good." Ryan nodded. It was a surprise that the Grand Duke of Marienburg would arrange such a residence for him, and it was reasonable.
The unexpected joy is that Ryan really did not expect that he would be treated so favorably.
It is reasonable because when he saw the pattern on Schultz's body, both of them realized a serious problem.
My own people, don't shoot.
"That's right, Mr. Lane, No. 53 Amber Avenue was originally the property of Earl Eduardo of Brittany, but the nobleman of Brittany was unable to repay the Duke's debt, so he handed over the property. Mueller nodded, and the courtier's expression was neither arrogant nor humble: "All the furniture is available in the house, and we will send someone to clean it up right away, so we can move in at night."
"Do many people in Brittania owe the Duke money?" Ryan asked casually.
"I couldn't answer this question originally, but considering that Mr. Lane is a friend of the Duke, I can tell you in private." Mueller whispered in Lane's ear: "More, a lot, than the tax revenue of the entire kingdom in a year Much more."
"Oh~" Ryan said meaningfully.
Let me emphasize again that the debts of this world are often double-justified by the Church of Justice and the Church of Wealth, and no one can deny it.
Open the door, the interior of the house is unexpectedly very clean, all the furniture is exquisite sandalwood, the first floor is the living room, bathroom, dining room and servant room, the second floor is two bedrooms and study, the third floor is the top floor. The balcony, the large multi-functional room, and the cellar downstairs have a total area of about 350 square meters.
Teresa was very excited, and she took Ryan to visit the whole house.
"Mr. Ryan can take a stroll in the city first. If you have anything to do, you can deal with it first. This is a map of the city. We will wait until five o'clock in the afternoon. After we clean up, you can take this lady to check in." Mueller nodded : "Or you can also supervise our work here."
"What are you going to do? Teresa?" Ryan didn't care. He decided to ask the sorceress for advice.
"Go to our Jialan stronghold in Marienburg." Teresa shook her head, the woman's face was full of anger and reluctance, obviously she had just received the news.
"Veronica can't wait."
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