60: The upcoming neighbors

Hearing that a merchant caravan was at the pier, Reyn put down the book in his hand and rushed over immediately.

"Reck!"

Reyn gave a shout, and a white shadow lunged in front of him.

After digestion, Reck had already absorbed the Shadow Leopard flesh he had devoured, and Reyn had also fed him the blood of the wild wolf and blood of the magic wolf potions.

At this moment, Reck had already broken through to the Bronze Rank. He was nearly three meters long and almost two meters tall, his entire body snow-white, looking majestic and handsome.

"Hahahaha!"

Every time he saw the handsome Reck, Reyn felt very happy. Every man fantasizes about having a majestic and handsome mount, and now Reyn had one.

"Let's go!"

After breaking through to a magical beast, Reck awakened the wind elementals attribute, allowing him to control the wind around him. His running speed became even faster with the boost from the wind elementals. As the white wolf's slender limbs continuously galloped, wind elementals swirled around them; once he accelerated, from a distance, it looked as if Reck was walking on air.

Reyn, riding on Reck's back, also had a wind elemental barrier in front of him to block the oncoming gale, preventing him from being disheveled by the wind.

"Lord Baron!"

"Lord Baron is heading out again!"

Reyn, riding the white wolf, was very conspicuous, and many subjects saw his figure.

Just after Reck completed his promotion, Reyn couldn't help but ride him around the territory to experience the magic wolf mount. Therefore, the people of Red River Town all knew their Lord had a handsome white magic wolf mount.

In the blink of an eye, Reyn arrived at the pier.

Looking up, Reyn saw seven or eight merchant ships moored at the pier. Each ship looked fully loaded, sitting very deep in the water.

"Is it him?"

Reyn also saw an acquaintance.

Sensing his master's thoughts, Reck leapt into the pier area.

"Oh, my brother, you've truly given me a big surprise!"

Rex looked at the handsome white wolf beneath Reyn, somewhat shocked and speechless.

He could feel that the white wolf was already a Bronze Rank magical beast; the mana aura radiating from the magic wolf was very obvious.

Rex hadn't expected that in just a month and a half, this white wolf could break through from an ordinary beast to a Bronze Rank magical beast.

"Brother Rex, long time no see. I didn't expect to run into you here, and I'm surprised you even have a fleet."

The acquaintance Reyn saw was precisely the quartermaster of the Iron Wall Fortress, Baron Rex.

"I don't have that kind of strength. These merchant ships are all rented from Rage Bear Fortress. I'm just helping to escort them along the way."

"Rented?"

"Brother Rex, what kind of business are you doing?"

Rex glanced back at the eight cargo ships behind him and began explaining to Reyn.

"Reyn, you might not know yet, but the remaining four baronies in your Red River Valley have already been enfeoffed by the Grand Duke. In a few days, four new Red River Valley Barons will arrive here."

"Among these four Barons, one is Baron Paris, who comes from our Iron Wall Fortress Border Defense Army."

It was only from Rex that Reyn learned the remaining four baronies in the Red River Valley had been granted.

These four ownerless baronies were bound to be enfeoffed, but Reyn hadn't expected it to happen so quickly. He thought the new lords wouldn't arrive until at least after the winter.

"The Grand Duke has already enfeoffed four Barons? So fast?"

"Yeah, for some reason, the speed of this enfeoffment was very fast. Based on past experience, this kind of thing wouldn't be settled without several months of arguing and stalling, but I didn't expect it all to be finished in less than a month."

Rex also felt somewhat impressed that the efficiency of the Thunder Hall this time was much higher than before.

"So these ships of goods aren't all yours, Brother Rex?"

Rex nodded.

"Most aren't. My caravan was going to Rage Bear Fortress for business, and I happened to have some matters to handle, so we went together."

"I didn't expect Baron Paris to receive his title so quickly, and the Grand Duke even required them to reach their fiefs as soon as possible. So Paris was purchasing supplies at Rage Bear Fortress, preparing to rush here."

"However, the knights under him are limited, and the supplies he bought are too many. He was afraid of accidents on the way and happened to run into me."

"So he asked me to bring part of the supplies he bought and rush here first. He'll follow immediately after buying the rest of the supplies at Rage Bear Fortress and packing up."

"Some of these goods are mine. How about it, Brother Reyn? If there's anything you need, you can take a look. I'll give you a discount!"

After saying that, Rex unconsciously began pitching his goods.

At the same time, two ships of goods at the pier began to unload.

"Brother Rex, why are you starting to unload here?"

"I took the water route just to help Paris escort these cargo ships. My things still need to be transported to the Iron Wall Fortress. The Red River doesn't pass through the Iron Wall Fortress, so I still have to go by land."

"My people and goods will depart from your place to head back to the Iron Wall Fortress."

Reyn looked at the remaining few cargo ships.

"What about them?"

"Oh, I was just about to tell you!"

"These remaining cargo ships will temporarily stay at your pier for two days. Paris will arrive in about five days. His fief is right next to yours, in the original Redwood Territory."

"Leave them with me? That's not good, is it?"

Reyn didn't want to court trouble. These ships of goods were worth a fortune. If some accident happened while they were moored here, he wouldn't be able to explain it.

"Don't worry, Brother Reyn, just let them stay for two days. There are people on the ships watching them; you don't have to do anything. Paris will take them away in a few days."

"The main fear is that there are foreign races over in the Redwood Territory. Once my people leave, the remaining cargo ships won't have much escort power. If they're raided by foreign races, Paris will suffer a huge loss."

"At your place, there's no need to fear threats from foreign races."

"Paris is a veteran of our Border Defense Army. You've had contact with him before and know his character—he's an honest man. It's just a small favor, a simple lift of a finger!"

"You'll be neighbors in the future, so it's good to get along."

Reyn also knew the Paris that Rex was talking about. He was already in his forties and had fought in the Border Defense Army for half his life. He was indeed an honest man who always worked hard without complaint. The original Reyn had a good impression of him.

However, looking at it now, Paris also had some background and means. Otherwise, there were seven or eight titled Barons without fiefs in the Border Defense Army, yet none of the others managed to compete for this fief while Paris got it.

Reyn thought about it and finally agreed to Rex's request.

"Alright!"

"Brother Rex, Paris is coming within five days, but what about the others? Who are the other Barons? Do you know them?"

"The Grand Duke's appointments were announced six days ago, and I set out that very day. The remaining Barons should be setting out a few days later. They wouldn't dare stay longer with the Grand Duke's orders."

"Under normal circumstances, their parties are large and slower than my pace, so they'll probably arrive in about five or six days."

"Of the remaining three Barons, one is a clansman of Count Horn, one is a clansman of Count Lambert, and the last one is quite important."

Rex specifically emphasized the last person.

"The last one is the Grand Duke's own son, the Favored of Thunder, His Excellency Alistair."

Favored of Thunder was the title for direct members of the Raging Bear Family, because that Grand Duke of the Raging Bear Family mastered powerful lightning combat technique secrets. As direct descendants of the Grand Duke of the Raging Bear, they would all be able to use these lightning combat techniques.

"It's precisely because the Grand Duke ordered His Excellency Alistair to set out as soon as possible that the others also had to leave quickly without delay."

"The Grand Duke's own son!"

This news immediately made Reyn think of many things.