There was a long queue of gray dwarf civilians, merchants, and even many mercenaries who had reached the level of official knights. They all looked at Richard and his party with envy as they entered the VIP passage under the protection of the gray dwarf argali knights.
"Look! Here comes another great wizard." A lizardman carrying a short bow, sticking out his long forked tongue, said to another companion next to him, with envy in his eyes beyond words.
"Tsk tsk, with a team of argali knights guarding him, he is probably not an ordinary wizard. Usually, only the nobles above the rank of marquis among the gray dwarves, or the kind of prestigious senior wizards, can receive such treatment."
The companion next to him introduced it, and the envy in his eyes was obviously no less than that of the lizardman who was speaking next to him.
"Hey, tell me, when can I be so majestic, have a team of argali knights to protect me, and then walk through the VIP channel without having to squeeze in the smelly queue."
Apparently, the young lizard man was already looking forward to the day in the future when he would also have privileged access like Richard and the others.
At this time, an elder lizardman next to him, leaning on a gray wooden staff, shook his head and said unhappily:
"Stop daydreaming! Just hone your archery skills and find opportunities to kill more low-level monsters, and you'll live a better life than many people."
The lizardman elder looked at the several descendants of his family, who had no talent as wizards at all, but dreamed of making a name for themselves every day.
Young people really don’t know the immensity of the world.
But when I was young, I was like this too! You have to have dreams, otherwise you will be no different from a wild boar leg hung on a beam to dry.
When Richard and others arrived at the VIP passage on the side of the city gate, there were very few people in line. And judging from their clothes, they were either rich or noble. They were either nobles wearing complicated patterns or wizards holding magic wands.
Compared to the long queue at the main entrance, the difference is huge.
However, there was not a single team like Richard's, which had twelve argali knights guarding it.
At this time, the twelve argali knights who had escorted Richard from Grey Fern Town to Tug City collectively pulled the reins and stopped. One of the gray dwarf argali knights came forward. He should be the captain of this team. He bowed slightly and said, "Respected Lord Disor, since we have arrived safely in Tug City, our escort mission is over. Here, I say goodbye to you all. We will be returning to Grey Fern Town soon."
"Thank you for your hard work!" Disol had a kind face and turned to nod to the twin gray dwarf girls beside him.
The twin gray dwarf girls walked forward and handed a large package to the captain of the argali knights while talking. It looked like it was quite heavy.
"Thank you for your hard work. This is a small token of gratitude from Lord Disol."
"This" the captain looked quite hesitant. You know, even their leader Hansel, was half a level lower in status and position than Lord Disol in front of him.
If I accept the gift from Lord Desol The elder twin girl chuckled and said, "This is not a valuable item. It is just the barley liquor that my sister and I brewed. Please accept it."
This made the Argali Knights look happy, and the captain immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Disor! Thank you, ladies!"
No duergar would refuse a glass of wine that was brought to their doorstep.
The captain of the argali riders immediately accepted the package and opened it. It turned out to be a sheepskin wine bag that had been packed long ago, emitting a faint aroma of beer.
Richard couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. It seemed that the gray dwarves' love for wine was completely correct as recorded in the books.
However, he did not expect that the gray dwarf twin sisters were actually winemakers. No wonder Disol cherished them so much.
After all, given the population base of the gray dwarves, a pair of ordinary twins would not be so rare for a senior wizard.
It turns out that he is also a winemaker, which is indeed quite rare. In addition, Desol not only likes good wine but also likes women, so naturally he treasures her very much.
After greeting and saluting Disol, Richard and the others again, this team of argali knights could not wait to take out their sheepskin wine bags and drink. While drinking the fine wine, they drove their sheep out of Tug City and headed towards Grey Fern Town.
At this time, a gray dwarf who looked like an officer walked out of the VIP passage first, followed by a gray dwarf dressed as a clerk and several gray dwarf guards. He stepped forward and said, "Dear guest, welcome to Tug City!"
After saying this, he bowed slightly and saluted Richard and the others.
Obviously, the other party also saw what happened just now and knew that Richard and his group had extraordinary origins.
"According to the regulations, official wizards can enter the city for free, but the number of servants accompanying a VIP cannot exceed two. If there are more than two, they will need to pay an entry fee."
However, before the other party could finish speaking, Desol threw a black diamond-shaped token to him and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Isn't Simon here? I am Desol."
Apparently, the gray dwarf officer had heard of Disol's name, and he quickly said, "Master Simon is out on patrol and is not here right now. It turns out to be Master Disol of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood. I heard Master Simon often mention your heroic deeds."
The other party became more respectful and took a crystal ball from the clerk behind him. When the token and the crystal ball came into contact, Disol's appearance and identity appeared in the crystal ball.
"Lord Disol, please tell me the verification password you used to stay in Tug City last time."
"The verification password is, let me think about it, it should be: I want to brew the best wine!" Disol frowned and tried to recall, and said after a while.
This made the twin gray dwarf girls next to them cover their mouths and chuckle. It seemed that their adults were not very talented in brewing wine. They collected many rare brewing recipes, but the taste of the wine they brewed each time was very different from the taste described in the recipe.
"The password is correct. Welcome home, Lord Disol!" The gray dwarf officer smiled and handed the sign back to Disol.
Richard looked at it and nodded slightly. There should be some kind of verification mechanism between the crystal ball and the token. The crystal ball can verify the authenticity of the token and then read the information of the token.
At the same time, the token holder needs to say the password left before leaving Tug City last time for secondary verification.
In this way, even if someone obtains the token by stealing, they will not be able to pass the secondary verification.
From the perspective of the gray dwarves, this should be considered a very remarkable method.
However, Richard, who had experience from his previous life, immediately discovered the loophole.
If the owner of the token is killed by an enemy wizard and his soul is searched, then the secondary verification will naturally fail. If the enemy wizard is proficient in witchcraft such as mimicry, he can still enter the city of Tug openly.
Of course, only a few people have such ability.
In comparison, the pupil plus fingerprint verification in the previous life is more advanced.
"By the way, who is this gentleman?" The gray dwarf officer had the strength of a third-level wizard apprentice, so he could easily tell that apart from Disor, Richard had the most powerful aura in the team.
"This person is also a leader of the Gray Dwarf Brotherhood. I will guarantee Sir Levi, so there is no need to check him. These two are Sir Levi's followers." Disol interrupted.
"Okay, Master Disol, if you guarantee it, it will be fine."
After entering the city, the prosperity is naturally much better than that of Grey Fern Town, but the living standards of ordinary residents do not seem to be much different from those of Grey Fern Town.
The appearance of the houses is still similar to small cubes, built with hard stones, and the area of the houses seems to be even smaller than the houses in Gray Fern Town.
Is it because the housing prices in Tuge City are relatively expensive?
In the city of Tug, Richard and his two servants followed Disol and continued riding towards the city center for about half an hour.
Slowly, the flow of people began to become sparse, the pedestrians were dressed more and more richly, the surrounding environment became better and better, and there were more and more flowers and green plants.
It seems that we have arrived at the wealthy area of Tug City. The house types of the surrounding buildings are beginning to become more diverse and are no longer boring block-like shapes.
Two- and even three-story buildings began to appear, and almost all of them were villas of considerable size, with beautifully designed gardens and lawns.
You can imagine how luxurious this is in the center of Tuge City, where every inch of land is valuable.
Walking into the gate of Disol's villa, Richard's eyes lit up. There were many flowers planted in the yard and a fountain. The whole villa covered a large area, and the yard alone was about four or five hundred square meters.
But the next second, he was shocked! He saw more than a dozen beautiful gray dwarfs with different styles waiting on the side. When they saw Disol appear, they said in unison: "Welcome home, Master Disol!"
The age range of these more than ten gray dwarf beauties seems to be very wide, including mature gray dwarf women and gray dwarf loli girls. This old pervert, can he really handle it? !
"Aunt Ecosela!"
At this time, the twin gray dwarf girls stepped forward and saluted one of the extremely mature and charming gray dwarf young women.
"What? Aunt!" Richard was stunned!
"Fuck, I still underestimated the fighting power of this old man Disol!" Richard shouted in his heart. This old man is too explosive! I thought that these two twin gray dwarf girls along the way were all Disol had . But it turned out that they were just the tip of the iceberg of Disol's concubines! In his previous life, this old man Disol would definitely be an explosive existence.
Seeing the strange looks Richard and his two servants gave him, Disol's old face blushed rarely.
"Ahem. Lord Levi, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Disol coughed to cover up his embarrassment.
Although Richard was very envious, no, he did not agree with Desol's behavior, but he still had a pleasant journey with Desol.
Moreover, since he had just arrived in Tug City, he still had to establish good relations with Disol. Obviously, not only could he not mock the other party at this time, but he also had to let the other party have a way out.
So, Richard looked at Disol with a "sincere" look and said against his will: "Sir Disol, liking young girls who are inexperienced in the world is out of pity for their weakness, which is kindness, and liking mature women and not abandoning them because of their age is loyalty. You are a gray dwarf wizard with noble character!"
"What!"
This stunned everyone, especially Disol's concubines, who looked at Richard with sharp eyes.
I didn't expect that even though Disol was so lustful, his friend, the young wizard, Lord Levi, could explain it like this!
Are all human wizards like this? Good at rhetoric? Stephanie, who was standing by, couldn't help but cover her face with shame and lowered her head. She was too embarrassed to look at the expressions of the people around her when they looked at her master.
The master had only spent a few days with the old pervert, Disol, and was already led astray by him.
No, the master's speaking style seems a bit like Fingart! Immediately, Stephanie raised her head and glared at Fingart, and Fingart felt a sudden chill on the back of his neck and shivered.
Richard himself didn't quite believe what he said, but it deeply moved Desol.
At this moment, Disol felt like he had found a confidant, so he pulled Richard aside and said:
"Sir Levi, you really understand me too well. Father Titan, I wish you could be born a hundred years earlier."
"By the way, Lord Levi, I'll show you around my residence."
That night, there was singing and dancing in the banquet hall of Disol's villa. Although the average height of Disol's concubines was only about 1.3 meters, their breasts were all curvy and had an exotic charm.
However, Richard still couldn't appreciate these gray dwarf beauties who were less than 1.3 meters tall.
Disol, on the other hand, was drinking happily. After a few glasses of liquor, he started to touch everyone and had a lot of fun!
Stephanie glanced at Disol with disdain, then looked at Richard beside her, and couldn't help but think, as both were official wizards, why was there such a big gap? "Sir Levi, this is the famous Gray Iron Beer in Tug City! It originated from the workers who mined the gray iron ore, and later, after several improvements, it became the famous beer in Tug City."
Richard was quite surprised. He didn't expect that there was beer in this world. At least, in his impression, there seemed to be no such alcoholic beverage as beer in the human kingdom on the surface. There were more ordinary alcoholic beverages brewed from barley.
If you want a higher alcohol content, distill it; if you want a lower alcohol content, blend it.
"Huh! There are no bubbles in the beer!" Richard said to himself after taking a sip.
Disol, who was already drunk, obviously didn't hear Richard's words clearly.
Richard thought about it and decided that it would be better to ask the twin gray dwarf girls about matters related to wine rather than asking Desol. After all, as winemakers, they must have some knowledge about the types of wine.
If the wines here among the gray dwarves are all without bubbles, maybe I can start a side business out of it.
After all, there are so many gray dwarves who love drinking, and these are the target groups!
So, Richard waved to the twins.
"Hello, Sir Levi!" Two gray dwarf girls came to Richard very obediently.
After some investigation, he found out that in the territory of the gray dwarves, there was no beer with a lot of bubbles as Richard knew, but only so-called "beer" similar to the rice wine in his previous life.
This made Richard very happy, but the next second, he thought of a question. He didn't know if there were hops in this world. Just as Richard was lost in thought, the drunk Desor staggered to Richard's side, with a look that every man knows, and said with a tongue tied:
"Mr. Li Liwei, do you like these two girls? Then I will give them to you."
This immediately embarrassed the twin girls and also made Richard speechless. They really love food and drinks! Although Richard had little interest in the singing and dancing of the gray dwarf beauties, he was full of praise for the table full of gray dwarf specialties.
Magis is a high-end staple food of the Gray Dwarves, which is made by mixing hulled barley with chopped argali offal and adding various spices. Generally, only very wealthy Gray Dwarves can afford it on a daily basis.
A plate of sliced smoked wild boar meat, which is said to be smoked with cherry wood, so each slice of wild boar meat has a light fruity wood fragrance. The small dipping sauce next to it is honey strawberry jam. Take a slice of wild boar meat, dip it lightly, and put it in your mouth.
Hmm~ It has a rich aroma, slightly sweet but not greasy, and it whets your appetite.
There was also a plate of blood sausage made with bear meat, which also made Richard admire it.
It is said to be made by chopping up the spine of a spotted black bear, mixing it with coagulated bear blood and stuffing it into sausage casings, then adding a large amount of spices to enhance the flavor and remove the fishy smell.
Fingart ate eight half-meter-long bear blood sausages in a row. It was the first time that Richard discovered that his number one servant was such a big eater!
After the meal, a bunch of desserts and something similar to vegetable salad were served.
But at this time, Richard and his two servants could no longer eat.
Looking at Disol who had already fallen into the warmth and softness of jade, Richard couldn't help but shook his head.
The dinner ended hastily - Richard returned to his room, but did not rest immediately. Instead, he sat down on the chair behind the desk and began to think with his eyes closed.
Just now, through some indirect inquiries, I learned about the general situation of the wizard organization in Tug City from Disol and several of Disol's concubines.
Not all of Disor's concubines are ordinary gray dwarf women, but there are several women at the level of third-level wizard apprentices.
Because some of Richard's problems were not a secret in Tug City, not to mention that "Sir Levi" was the master's VIP! Several concubines were completely defenseless against Richard, and they introduced the wizard organization in Tug City clearly, almost like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
This made Richard happy. He had originally planned to find an excuse to arrange for Fingart and Stephanie to go out and investigate early the next morning.
It seems that we can just send Fingart out to verify it tomorrow.
First of all, Disor is not bragging. The Gray Dwarf Brotherhood is indeed the leading large wizard organization in the city of Toug.
But it is not the only large wizarding organization.
By the way, one thing I want to explain here is that for Tug City to be recognized as a large wizard organization, it must have three second-level great wizards in charge before it can be evaluated as a large wizard organization.
There are four large wizard organizations in the entire Tug City, 17 or 18 medium-sized wizard organizations, and countless small ones.
This surprised Richard. There were so many wizard organizations in just one city, Toug? This was too unreasonable! If Toug had such a strong power, he believed that not only would the night elves not be a match for the gray dwarves, but even all the human kingdoms on the surface would not be a match for the gray dwarves.
There must be some secret that he doesn't know about.
(End of this chapter)