It was the second year since Mark traveled to this world. Apart from the big move made by the Bill Empire at the beginning of the year to clean up the remaining power of the Ice and Snow Goddess, the guys from the All Worlds Unification Sect were making trouble.
Peter the Great's forces basically quelled the domestic unrest within two months. At a national level, this speed is enough to be called Operation Thunder. After all, for other countries, it takes only two months for the country to mobilize its capital.
Not enough, let alone talk about going to war.
The emperor acted so quickly that other countries had no chance to intervene. The war was already over.
However, Peter the Great's troubles were not over.
Because someone saved the Ice Saint Anastasia in disguise, the Ice and Snow Church survived in a relatively complete way.
Unlike the old Grand Dukes who were directly defeated, the Saint's side maintained a relatively complete structure of the Church Knights.
She is like a towering lighthouse on the other side of the ocean, guiding all the people who are dissatisfied with the emperor's betrayal of the Ice and Snow Goddess in the direction of escape.
The great nobles of the Bill Empire who were defeated but escaped the purge chose to seek refuge with the Saint. They took all the gold and silver they could take with them and continued to be loyal to them. The believers who believed in the Ice and Snow Goddess began an exaggerated war.
migration.
Of course, they would inevitably be chased by the emperor's imperial army on the way, but as long as they reached that place...
"Our destination doesn't matter at all. As long as we reach the east coast, the ship promised by the Saint will come to pick us up!"
Every ice and snow believer spreads this word of mouth.
The truth is somewhat close.
Thanks to Mark's killing of the entire Eastern Squadron of the Bill Empire, and his domineering blackmail of the emperor's 30 million, after careful study, the Ice Saints and the others decided to use Mark's name to do crazy things. No, yes
Save the Ice Cultists.
Originally, the saint didn't have much money, and there were many nobles who couldn't stand it and took refuge.
When the first ducal family successfully escaped and donated half of their wealth, the poor saint became rich on the spot.
How much money can a ducal family that has been passed down for thousands of years make with the strength of the whole family?
This is something that cannot be counted clearly.
Anyway, the next day, Anastasia chartered all the ships in several ports in the northwest of the Wright Empire. She had only one mission, asking the captains to follow the Ice and Snow Cultists to patrol the east coast of the Bill Empire and rescue all the Ice and Snow Cultists that could be rescued.
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Originally this was a very risky matter.
Interestingly, when the Saint made this decision, Mark had not yet waited for the messenger from Peter the Great. Mark, who was still in a state of rage, directly asked Conrad to drive the ghost ship along the coast of the Bill Empire.
An extraordinary ghost ship plus an S+ abyssal behemoth [Abyss Ghost Crab Queen] is simply not something that the Bill Empire, which has a weak navy, can contend with.
Within three days, Conrad unceremoniously beat up two smaller Bill Empire squadrons, and sank several official transport ships flying the Bill Empire flag before he received the news that his boss Mark was receiving money.
Yes, continue to remain [Neutral].
This is a disguised cover for the saint's rescue operation.
In fact, Emperor Peter could not figure out the relationship between Mark and the Saint.
The ship used by the Saint to escape originally carried Mark's family crest and the flag of the God of Knowledge. However, it was accidentally damaged. Mark went berserk on the spot and turned around to overwhelm an entire Imperial squadron.
Who can guarantee whether their precious rebellious daughter will repeat her old tricks on the boat?
Don't worry about hanging the flag of the Ice and Snow God Cult when rescuing people. When the Imperial Navy arrives and kills you, it will shoot you over with one shot and change the flag for you at the critical moment. That will be wonderful.
Scoring twice is not impossible.
At that time, it will not be something that can be settled with 30 million lite dollars.
It is strange that Peter the Great was not angry, but this is the tragedy of not having sea power.
No matter how powerful the army is, without ships or behemoths of the deep sea, it will have to stop when it reaches the sea.
The final order issued by the emperor was: "As for the Ice and Snow Cultists, we will only pursue them to the east coast, five kilometers away from the seaside. Anything beyond this range will be ignored."
The reason why this order was given was because there was a hired Wright armed merchant ship. The Ice Cultists who were rescuing people saw Bill's Forbidden Forces on the shore and fired a few cannons.
Of course, the weak 40mm small artillery is not enough to deal with the tidal force of the Forbidden Army on the shore. However, the Forbidden Army has long-range firepower and does not dare to fight back casually. This is very frustrating.
In order to avoid unnecessary losses, the Imperial Army retreated and reported to the emperor, receiving such instructions.
In fact, this matter also reached Mark's ears, and he even summoned Anastasia a little annoyed.
right!
Summoned!
With the momentum of ‘coming soon’.
In the reception room of the Caribbean, Mark crossed his fingers into fists, placed them on his lower abdomen, and glanced at the saint opposite him with an unfriendly look.
"Your Highness the Saint! You should know that you are borrowing my power of intimidation without my consent. I need a reasonable explanation, otherwise what you and your men do is also a violation of my [neutral] policy.
A kind of blasphemy.”
Mark's words were not loud, but not everyone could bear the heavy weight.
The female knight Natasha next to the saint immediately wanted to help the saint with her excuse.
Anastasia took a step forward and performed a standard curtsey:
"There is no doubt that this is our borrowing and infringement of your power. I swear in the name of the Saint of the Ice and Snow Goddess Sect that the Ice and Snow Goddess will repay this favor. However, before getting feedback from the goddess, please be sure to keep
This kind of tacit understanding is very important to millions of believers."
Mark's eyes flashed coldly: "What if I have to break this tacit understanding?"
"Don't! If this doesn't appease you, I'm willing to take a trip to 'that pool'."
When the saint said this, there was no expression on her beautiful face, and she looked calmly at Mark's overly handsome face, without anger or joy. Coupled with the white orchid dress she was wearing,
The beautiful ice crystals that had been hovering around her looked both ethereal and sacred, so beautiful that they transcended reality.
But what she said was actually using herself as a bargaining chip.
Isn't this like a martyrdom drama of sacrificing oneself to save millions of people?
In contrast, the person sitting in the armchair became the greedy devil.
The moment the saint's words fell, Helena, Rosalind, Marianne, and Yolanda all turned their heads and turned their attention to Mark.
Not necessarily every pair of eyes contained blame or contempt, more probably, they just wanted to see what Mark would do.
But this was enough to put an invisible pressure on Mark.
but……
Mark laughed.
Bad smile!
"Your Highness the Saint, do you have a misunderstanding about my character?"
For a moment, Anastasia thought that she had really misjudged Mark, and felt that he might be extremely noble in his heart...
Who would have expected that Mark’s next sentence was:
"You want me to maintain a tacit understanding? Yes! You have to pay more!"