After passing through the storm, the temperament of the sublime inner sea became extremely gentle. A week later, at noon on the eighth day to be precise, amidst the sound of the watchman's order, a black line appeared on the horizon of the same color as the sea and the sky.
It was the mountains of Metz. The sailors re-measured the location of the fleet and confirmed that this was the waters near Fatan. In fact, imperial patrol ships with red sails could already be seen on the sea level.
This imperial patrol ship came from the nearby Fatan Port. The sailors on the ship were obviously frightened when they saw a huge fleet emerging from the clouds in the afternoon sun. They were in a hurry for a while before firing their trumpets and asking questions.
Who is coming?
"They usually use wind communication to inquire when they get close, and sometimes they also use flags. They should be warning the port now." Ephraim stood beside the ship's bow and explained in a deep voice.
Brando nodded and responded calmly: "Tell them our identity."
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"Did you see clearly, what they said?" The captain of the imperial patrol ship Heilman turned around and asked his deputy. The drunken old man had already woken up from the fright. He threw away the bottle and took the brass telescope.
, staggeringly looking at the unfamiliar fleet opposite.
"They said... they are the Buga fleet." the first mate replied tremblingly.
"What, the Bugas! What are they doing here? Are you not mistaken?"
"Sir, I am determined not to make a mistake, unless they have the wrong signal."
"Then what do you think?" Hellman touched his unshaven chin, "Is this the Buga fleet?"
The first mate stared at the sail that shone like silver scales on the clouds with a complicated expression, but still nodded honestly - that was the unique fleet in the world, the fleet of the Silver City-State.
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The nominal owner of Port Fatan, Lord Baron Ludwig Metz, seemed a little restless in his office today. Just a quarter of an hour ago, the men he sent finally tremblingly figured out the sudden appearance of this weapon in his house.
The origin of the fleet at the door: It is actually the Buga fleet, and I heard that they also encountered the Jorgendigon air force south of Loon Port. They fought once, so it seems that these Buga people can be regarded as
Allies of the empire, but wizards rarely intervene in mortal wars. They even watched the previous holy war with cold eyes. Baron Metz didn't understand why the other party suddenly changed his gender, but at least the other party brought south of the Evergreen Walkway.
news, as well as those aristocratic refugees. This cannot be false. His deputy is said to have seen Count Alcorns and several other prominent figures among the refugees. With the testimony of these people, Baron Metz has never thought of it.
The other party will be cheating.
However, seeing the huge fleet moored into the port, Baron Ludwig Metz was inevitably a little worried. What he was worried about was not other things. It was how long these wizards would stay here, considering the supply of such a large fleet.
The logistics of the fleet is not a simple matter. Even if the opponent is self-sufficient, so many warships flooding into the port at once will inevitably have an impact on the port. Not to mention other things. The berths alone are missing out of thin air.
Most of these are money.
On the other hand, Baron Metz, as the lord of a city, has a respected status in the empire, but after all, the other party is a people of silver, and has already surpassed ordinary people invisibly. The empire has always prided itself on being the center of civilization.
But this center is usually limited to the area under the rule of the Temple of Fire. Even Faenzan and St. Osol may not be able to sell it, let alone other places. Most people in the world today advocate civilization and order, and as we all know, this era's
Most of the civilization was inherited from the previous era, and many of them were lost in the war, not to mention the priceless ancient documents stored in the Tower of Babel before the Battle of Dusk. In this regard, the people of silver are better than the civilization of black iron.
They have innate advantages, not to mention craftsmen and wizards who pride themselves on being 'custodians of knowledge'. Therefore, in the eyes of the world of this era, the arrogant and isolated Buga people are simply synonymous with glory and civilization, and they should be born to be aloof.
Among the mortal nobles, the culture of the Silver City-State is highly respected, especially in the major empires, almost to the point of being pathologically arty.
Although Baron Ludwig Metz is quite pragmatic and not a die-hard Buga admirer, as a member of the high-level aristocratic circle, he will inevitably be affected by the thought of actually having to interact with those in the clouds.
Wearing white robes and dealing with gentle craftsmen and wizards, I felt a little uneasy like Mr. Ye for a while.
If Brando knew that he made up an excuse casually, and let a battle-hardened imperial noble have such a mentality, he doesn't know whether he would laugh out loud. But at least he is determined not to believe that there is anything gentle.
As a craftsman wizard, when he was a player, he had stayed in the Silver City-State for a long time. There were generally two types of wizards he saw - either very pragmatic, or similar to scientific madmen, and the former were mostly from Silver.
Parliament, the latter mostly from the Silver Society.
At this moment, the Baron was thinking about what kind of attitude he would use to meet these noble guests later. The sound of footsteps could be heard in the corridor outside. He raised his head, and the door of the office suddenly opened with a creak. This
The unexpected incident made Baron Ludwig Metz frown slightly. He thought that these southerners really didn't understand etiquette. They pushed the door straight in without waiting for the message. He never thought that the people coming in from the outside would be Buga people.
, in his opinion, the people of Silver should be much more civilized than the residents on the earth, and would definitely not do such rude things.
As soon as the door opened, Baron Ludwig Metz did not see the Buga wizard in silver robes, but what made his eyes widen was that he saw a group of people wearing armor, blue shirts, and holding hands.
Soldiers with halberds filed in. Of course, these soldiers were not his subordinates, because he had already watched these soldiers come directly in front of him, pointing their spears at him from left to right.
"What are you..."
Baron Ludwig Metz was stunned for a moment before he finally found out the origin of this military uniform from the deepest part of his mind. His expression changed several times before he finally blurted out:
"Eruin?"
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They are from Eruin.
It's a pity that Baron Ludwig Metz woke up a little late. In fact, this is exactly what Brando hopes to achieve. He uses the Buga fleet as a cover, hoping to make the Fatan Port relax their vigilance.
, Fortunately, the fleet itself was built by the Buga people, and the battleship itself also followed the wizards' usual style. In addition, Count Alkans and others on the ship testified. Even if the Cruz people wanted to arouse suspicion,
A rather difficult thing.
Things developed as he expected. The fleet entered the port smoothly without any obstruction. After the warship docked, the soldiers on the warship rushed down to remove the weapons from the Cruz port guards.
Those guys still couldn't believe how the superior Buga wizard could suddenly turn against them. After all, in their view, the Silver People didn't care about what happened in the world at all, and worldly power was like a passing cloud to them.
, Thousands of years of tradition have almost formed an inertia, and this inertia has given Brando a huge advantage.
He directed Charles, Oni, Marjorie, Ephraim and others to divide their troops to 'take over' the entire port, and then personally led a group of troops to kill Baron Ludwig Metz directly at the castle.
They didn't encounter any resistance. Even the castle guards opened the door for them in person. When they were forced to take away their weapons under real swords and guns, they even asked these Eruin people in shock what they wanted to do.
But when these people finally realized that they were not facing Buga people, but Eruin people, they all showed expressions similar to Ludwig Metz himself. First of all, they were shocked and disbelieving.
, and then I was still shocked and couldn’t believe it.
For these people, Brando had no time to answer their doubts. He locked them all in the dungeon under the castle with a wave of his hand. In this way, he and his fleet took over the port without any trouble.
Of course, this is only temporary. After all, he is just an outsider, and he wants to rule such a huge city. A few Eruin people in his hands are absolutely not enough, because at most he can only kill all the upper-level officials in one fell swoop. As for the middle- and lower-level officials,
He has neither the time nor the ability to arrest all these people. Even if he has the ability, after he puts all these people in the dungeon, who will manage the city for him?
To operate a huge port, it requires a lot of manpower.
Fortunately, he not only has the Eruin people in his hands, but also a considerable number of Cruz nobles. These people are all prominent figures in the empire. With these people in his hands, he can legitimately use military control as an excuse to take over this place.
A city. Who said that the empire is in the midst of internal and external troubles? To the east of the Evergreen Walkway, the empire and the wind elves are fighting inextricably. To the south, there is a sudden appearance of the Qiaogendigang army, not to mention Tuoquining a few days ago.
The lion men finally captured the Anzeruta fortress group. It can be said that at this time, the situation in the southern part of the empire was in a deep quagmire, and even the Metz region was exposed to the military front.
At this time, they were nominally allies of the empire - a Buga fleet. After reaching a consensus with the nobles in the empire, they rested here and helped them fight against the Jorgandigan army. It didn't sound like they would be allowed to do so.
People feel very strange. At this time, letting the nobles of the southern empire contact and order the middle-level officials will not give the Cruz people in the port the illusion of being 'occupied', and make them feel as if the port is still under the control of the empire.
Next, this Buga fleet is nothing more than a temporary talisman.
Of course, to do all this, we must reach a consensus with people like Earl Alcorns.
Brando hadn't figured out how to deal with these fleeing nobles. After all, 'taking over' a port from the city lord of an empire, which sounded like a rebellion, might not be acceptable to these fleeing nobles.
He was willing to be in the same boat as him. But he didn't expect that an imperial merchant ship they captured on the route would help him a lot.
At that time, he originally ordered the capture of the merchant ship because he was afraid that the other party would leak the news that such a huge fleet had appeared in the heart of the empire. However, he did not expect that when they boarded the ship, they found that the bottom of the merchant ship was full of people who had fled from the heart of the empire.
of refugees.
These refugees brought them unimaginable news——
Civil war broke out.
During the week they were sailing on the sublime inner sea, or to be precise the day after they left Port Loon, earth-shaking changes took place in the Cruz Empire. Her Majesty the Queen suddenly took control of an army that had never appeared before.
This army was composed of Senyans and Miners. She directly deprived Vala of his power as the Pope of the Temple of Fire and announced a religious reform. A religious reform initiated by a secular king. This was simply
It was a huge joke. At the very first moment, the church in the empire was divided into two distinct factions. The scholastic department clearly stood on the side of Her Majesty the Queen, while the local department loyal to Vala immediately after a short period of chaos
The flag of resistance was raised.
In short, the empire suddenly became a mess. This was not just a matter within the Temple of Fire. This huge change of interests affected everyone's hearts. As expected, the nobles of Cloak Bay responded immediately.
The Silver Queen's call, but the northern nobles obviously could not accept this fact. In fact, at this time the two sides had already had a battle in the eastern part of Metz. What was surprising was that the traditional military nobles actually lost and suffered.
As a result, Brando was unable to learn more from these refugees for a while. He only knew that the coalition composed of several lords retreated in the direction of Ludwig after their defeat.
But none of that is the point. A real bombshell is:
The Miner people are back.
These remnants from the Dark Dragon Age have finally resurrected.
When they heard the news, the original supporters of Her Majesty the Queen, including Count Alcorns, could not believe it at first, and then became suspicious. However, after repeated confirmation, they fell into silence one by one.
After all, this is still a world dominated by the order after the War of Saints. No matter how dissolute and deviant they are, they dare not deny the justice of the four sages. This in itself is the people of the Black Iron and the sages and nobles.
For a moment, they simply couldn't figure out what happened to Her Majesty the Queen. Was she crazy? How dare she do this?
But after the silence, Brando understood that his opportunity had come, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot to instill his plan into these dumbfounded imperial nobles. In an uncertain environment, it was best to stand firm first and then make a choice.
What to do next? Probably under such a huge change, such a small issue as 'taking over' a port is no longer on the minds of these fleeing nobles. Besides, people like Earl Alcorns are not stupid either.
Of course, I understand what is the best choice when surrounded by powerful enemies and the situation is unclear.
Regarding what Brando did when he took over the port, they unanimously chose to remain silent.
But Brando actually understands that choosing silence at this time is actually supporting it.
As the affairs in the port settled down and tasks were assigned one by one, Brando stood in the original office of Baron Ludwig Metz and saw through the floor-to-ceiling arched window that nothing much happened in Fatan Port.
There was a big commotion. Everything was still in order, and he finally couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This time Buga's wizards gave him a huge problem, and now he finally took the most difficult first step.
, Fortunately, Tullaman did not lie to him, and Her Majesty the Queen indeed took the first step, which left him with more choices.
At least the empire is no longer monolithic.
As for using tiger skin as a banner, Brando thought that Buga's wizards would definitely not mind such a trivial matter with him. He couldn't help thinking with some malice that these damn guys wanted to stay out of the matter.
, but I just can't let them get what they want. So that these wizards who think they are superior understand that there is a price to pay for using themselves as pawns.
He knocked on the table and saw Charles pushing the door in from the outside.
The young wizard attendant looked at his lord with a strange expression, and said, "Sir, the weather is nice today, and there are some unexpected gains in the port."
"Stop talking nonsense," Brando said with a straight face, then was slightly startled: "Unexpected gain?"
"Well, it's a big fish...oh, no, it should be said to be a little mermaid."
What kind of nonsense is this, a mermaid? I still have a siren. Brando frowned and was about to speak, but Charles already knew what he was going to say and quickly interrupted him with a smile: "I didn't say nonsense.
, Lord Lord, you will know when you come and take a look."
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The light penetrating into the darkness is the only connection between this huge mobile cage and the outside world. It comes from the air hole above. This beam of light slants down in the dark environment and falls on the floor not far from Faina.
On her body, a circular light spot formed. She wore cold shackles on her hands and feet. The shackles were not heavy, but they were inlaid with a magic circle that could isolate the magic power, which reduced the magic power she controlled to nothing.
She calculated the day and night based on the changes in the position of the light spot and the food she obtained. Almost a week had passed since she was imprisoned in this cage, and counting the days she was imprisoned in Wagner City, almost half a month had passed.
Thinking about the time she was put in this prison, she was furious and wanted to kill that damn villain Rodney. But as the days passed, she became a little numb. After the rage, she felt deeply uneasy and...
Fear; but what Faina is most afraid of is not her own fate. After all, she is a student of Blue Sword Saint Veronica. She is not willing to kneel down and beg for mercy from the enemy in order to survive. But what she is worried about is her family and her father.
There is also something unexpected that happened to my sister. If by this time she still doesn’t know who is behind the attack on the flower leader, then she is a real idiot noble lady without any political IQ.
