December 10, 1996
From Landen's luxurious carriage, you can already see Bristle-Wolf City's 40-meter-high city wall and the tall tower inside the wall.
"Sir, the one in front of you is Bristle-Wolf City. The main body of this city was built 1500 years ago by the first Bristle-Wolf Marquis. At that time, in order to assist Bristle-Wolf Family in resisting Beastmen,
It is said that Demigod from Imperial Capital specially brought a Magic Fairy Queen, and that Queen built the entire city wall in just one month. To this day, Bristle-Wolf City is still repairing the original city wall."
Pete was driving the carriage while introducing Landen in the carriage box behind.
Landen was eating dried fruits while listening to Pete's introduction. Now there is no need to move frequently. The assembleable lookout post behind the carriage is useless and has been changed into an entire storage area.
Gandalf gave Wendy many simple and effective Magic Pattern.
Wendy used these Magic Pattern to repair some incomplete or damaged Magic Array on the magic carriage.
According to Landen's idea, some space was added to the carriage's storage area to refrigerate food and preserve Magic Crystal's carriage. Now Landen's carriage is more like a RV.
Sitting in the RV, listening to Pete talk about Magic Fairy, Landen became even more curious about this legendary magical life.
"Sir, look at that Magic Tower. It is the Magic Tower of the Bristle-Wolf Family's most powerful Grand Archmage Cohen and Bristle-Wolf. However, Master Cohen is usually in Blue Dragon City's school and doesn't come back very often."
"Well, the great mentor always likes to find projects. It's enough to let the apprentices run the laboratory. I understand." Landen complained secretly in his heart.
"Pete? Have you seen Magic Fairy?"
"Sir, I have seen that kind of magical life. I assure you that they are the most attractive existence in the world."
"Oh?"
Bristle-Wolf City is located on a rocky mountain about 200 meters high. The core part of the highest point of the mountain is Bristle-Wolf Family's castle and family shrine. The sunny side of the mountain is Earl Castle, the current Count Bristle-Wolf.
Count's castle, together with Grand Cathedral, theaters, military camps, council halls, guild halls, and arenas in the city, form the core area of Bristle-Wolf City's public facilities. Outside this core area, there are shops, restaurants, taverns, trading markets, and multiple residential areas, and the outermost is the huge city wall.
Cohen Bristle-Wolf's Magic Tower looks like a tower from the outside. In fact, the group of rooms at the bottom of the tower are also several connected castle-shaped buildings, located in the corner of Bristle-Wolf City.
Those who can live in the residential area in Bristle-Wolf City are either Territory Residents and Mana-Wielder directly subordinate to the Bristle-Wolf Family, or Knight, Count Bristle-Wolf's own family, and representatives of various vassals stationed in Bristle-Wolf City.
Ordinary residents working in the city can only live in a few residential areas outside the city. Therefore, outside the Bristle-Wolf City wall, there is a large residential area, as well as corresponding markets, temples, churches, pubs, bathhouses and other facilities.
Because in the living space, there are three types of people living in the Bristle-Wolf City core, inside the city, and outside the city: families, nobles, and civilians. Therefore, there are great differences in public security, religion, taxation, and management.
Bristle-Wolf House is a family that has been running rampant on Northwest Territory for thousands of years. Various clans, big and small, are entangled. Bristle-Wolf Family's castle occupies almost half of the area of Bristle-Wolf City. Among them, the core The size of the Bristle-Wolf Family sacrificial temple is equivalent to the Grand Cathedral area in the city. The family sacrifice has always been held by a Temple Priest (Junior Archmage level) family member Cleric.
The Grand Cathedral in Bristle-Wolf City is the largest religious facility in the entire city, and is also the headquarters of the Temple Alliance in the entire Northwest Territory area. Its bishop is directly appointed by Holy See Holy City. All recognized True God in the entire Human Empire are enshrined in Grand Cathedral, while various Altar, houses of worship, temples, and churches outside the city are places of worship for a certain god or several gods that are more prosperous than incense.
This is not only true for religious sites, but also for security and taxation. The city is patrolled by Bristle-Wolf Knights and a security team composed of Mana-Wielder directly under Count, while the outside of the city is jointly managed by several side branches of the Bristle-Wolf Family.
Landen's team has arrived outside the city. Obert and Mace, who had been to Bristle-Wolf City, found the warehouse where the goods were placed. However, Bristle-Wolf City also needs Count's consent to do business outside the city, so Landen's first stop when visiting Bristle-Wolf City is to visit Count's Mansion.
The team soon arrived in front of the city gate. There were 21 Mana-Wielder in Landen's team, and 20 guards including Pete. The girls' carriage had already joined Neil and them.
"Sir, when we pass, the Bristle-Wolf City guard will charge us tolls."
"I already Viscount, do I still have to pay?"
"Sir, this is the entrance tax required by Count Bristle-Wolf. You don't have to pay it, but the cavalry does. We still have to go from the Count's Mansion at Bristle-Wolf City to Dragon Tooth City."
In big cities such as Royal Capital and Imperial Capital, there are agencies responsible for Teleportation Portal services. However, in small cities like Bristle-Wolf City, you can only go to other cities through the Teleportation Portal in the Lord's Mansion.
According to Pete, the feudal nobles above Count in the empire basically have Teleportation Portal at home or in the city, and there are dedicated Starry Sky Society and Space Mage responsible for running these high-cost Teleportation Portal.
Of course, the existence of Teleportation Portal is undoubtedly a great convenience for nobles like Landen who need to travel far away but do not like the pain of bumpy roads. At least it saves Landen more than half a month of travel between several cities.
Originally, Landen's plan was to ride a horse or carriage directly from Bristle-Wolf City to Dragon Tooth City. Even Hark and Albert didn't know that Count Bristle-Wolf's house had a special courtyard for teleportation.
According to Pete, this Teleportation Portal was established through Royal Capital's connections after Kempins Count succeeded him. He also secured Count's position in the family because of this connection.
At the gate of the city, Landen's convoy received extra courtesy because it was escorted by 20 fully armed cavalry. Not only did the Mana-Lesss stay away, but even Mana-Wielder who was about to enter the city hurriedly avoided it when they saw it.
The chaos of Barbarian has just ended, and everyone is afraid that this is the remaining wandering Barbarian team.
"Pete, your motorcade is quite big. If I hadn't recognized your Gallop flag, I would have thought that some Marquis was here."
Knowing that Landen was coming soon, Count Eldest Young Master Fernando·Bristle-Wolf had been sending people to watch at the city gate, and planned to give him a showdown.
In the account book of Bob Viscount, he spent a three-digit amount of Gold Coin to manage this Eldest Young Master, and specially sent several horses to Black-Scaled Horse before he could communicate with the old Count alone.
For this reason, Bob specifically described the future Count as a perfect inheritor of the Old Bristle-Wolf family's character. He would always salivate over all valuable matters, walk into every store in the city every day as if he were inspecting a doghouse, and his desire for Witch children and magic equipment far exceeds his desire for food.
Landen, who read Bob Viscount's account, was very impressed by this Eldest Young Master Bristle-Wolf, so he made preparations early.
"Fernando·Bristle-Wolf Knight, long time no see, I would like to say hello to you and Mr. Count." Landen heard Eldest Young Master's voice and opened the car door to say hello first.