Chapter 88: Handing out Candy_1
Yan Xing led his retinue and finally arrived at Nuta City. Thanks to Hibel having informed the city gate guards in advance, they avoided excessive trouble despite the accompanying Swamp Werewolves.
However, the officer commanding the gate did not give Yan Xing a warm welcome. A human Lord who recruits barbarians from the Swamp Tribe must surely be a barbarian from some remote place himself. To associate with a despised race is to invite contempt.
Had Knight Hibel not been the City Lord’s youngest daughter, the Duchy Soldiers at the gate would have certainly stripped the armor off these Werewolves and expelled them all.
The armor on these Werewolves was truly exquisite. They must have stolen it! And what are those things the Werewolves are riding? Contraptions with two wheels that speed along the stone road without falling over!
Yan Xing, clad in full plate armor, rode a magnificent Akhal-Teke stallion, itself clad in barding, with great pomp through the city gate. He entered Nuta City under the varied gazes of the Duchy Soldiers.
The city roads were paved with roughly dressed bluestone blocks. Though the bicycles bounced a bit on them, their effective suspension systems made riding far more comfortable than on the grasslands.
The arrival of the Swamp Werewolf Warriors in the city was immediately noticed by pedestrians.
Frightened commoners scattered, taking refuge in the houses lining the road, while warriors and mercenaries vigilantly drew their weapons to protect their masters and employers.
The streets fell silent, everyone holding their breath as they watched the strange procession advance down the middle of the road.
The Knight leading them exuded an air of grandeur. His armor, gleaming like a mirror, reflected the sunlight. The aura of a powerful individual made the decorative ribbons on his armor flutter audibly, and Magic Power seeped from the gaps in the plates, casting shifting glows. His steed’s breed was indiscernible, but its aesthetically pleasing physique and noble temperament clearly marked it as belonging to a most prestigious lineage.