Chapter 3164 The Final Storm (One Hundred and Six)
Chapter 3164 The Final Storm (One Hundred and Six)
At the same time (?), France, the docks of Montpellier.
"Is that the one?" With Queeg's support, Elaine limped closer to the unique-looking ship. He should be surprised, but because there were many such ships parked throughout the dock, he
On the contrary, I was no longer surprised.
The medium-sized ship in front of him was slender in shape and had a bow that looked a bit like a hammerhead. It was the so-called "amphibious landship" - the "Flying Frenchman".
This medium-sized ship, which can carry less than a hundred passengers, is amphibious. They usually travel by water to save fuel; they also have the ability to travel on land when the river is too narrow and there is no convenient river to use.
The bottom of the ship is naturally covered with photon reflectors and has certain anti-gravity flight capabilities, allowing the ship to levitate more than thirty feet above the ground. However, the bottom of this kind of land ship is often in contact with seawater, and impurities in the sea
and organisms will adhere to and corrode the photon reflector, so the bottom of the land ship is equipped with additional armor plates. When sailing on the water, these armor plates will be combined to properly protect the photon reflector layer.
Of course, unlike spaceships and maritime ships, the land-based ship itself is a compromise design. The basic concept of the design is to "save resources." Therefore, it does not have the long-distance air flight capabilities of a spaceship, nor the maritime capabilities of a maritime ship.
The long-distance navigation capability is also slightly inferior, and is generally only used for special purposes.
For example, the Montpellier pier is responsible for transporting passengers from Montpellier in southern France to Bordeaux, a city in western France through the South Canal of France. The South Canal is currently half-explored and is in unsatisfactory condition.
It is basically connected to the Garonne River on the Bordeaux side, and there is only a small amount of land that requires traveling on land. In this way, the land ship travels on the canal and the Garonne River for most of the voyage, and only needs to cross part of the land.
You can complete this journey.
Compromises. Everything is a compromise. Years of war, internal and external troubles, have made France unable to complete the complete excavation of the South Canal, completely linking the southwest and south of France. And because of the incompleteness of the canal, the transportation process requires a lot of effort.
The product of compromise between land and ships finally formed this strange, half-finished route.
However, this half-finished shipping route is so... developed and prosperous. All because Montpellier is one of the largest slave markets in France (and perhaps in Europe).
Even now, there are many landships specially used to transport slaves to various places in Europe, or to transport slaves from Bordeaux to Montpellier. Because slave ships are easily attacked or
The voyage was suspended due to the need to capture escaped slaves. Even the Yangyan ships were divided into two types: those used for carrying passengers and those used for transporting slaves. The [Yangyan Ship - The Flying Frenchman] that Elaine and the others boarded was used for carrying passengers.
The hulls of the landboats were painted a light and luxurious silver. The landboats used for transporting slaves had black iron-colored hulls. Almost the entire dock was made up of black iron-colored landboats used for transporting slaves.
There are only five or six silver-hulled land-ships in Keke.
No... whatever happens is fine.
When Elaine arrived at the dock, his body was about to collapse. Not only because of fatigue and the curse on his body, but also because of the mess of medicines and corresponding antidotes in his body that were affecting him. The heavy feeling even made him unable to
He really wanted to lift his legs and walk. If it weren't for the fact that it was not a pleasant thing for Queeg to hold him in front of everyone, Elaine might have put down her dignity and let Queeg carry her away.
"Can you hold on?" Queeg asked.
"A little more..." the white lion boy said weakly, and with the help of Queeg, he slowly climbed up the ladder of the land ship. This level of movement made him almost unable to breathe, and he really wanted to enter the cabin as soon as possible.
In the room, find a bed and lie down to rest.
Queeg seemed to know how hard it was for Elaine, so he supported Elaine a little harder, almost carrying Elaine as he walked. In the eyes of others, it looked like a sickly White Lion boy walking with his companions (
With the help of his servants or servants, he boarded the ship with great difficulty. Elaine only knew that this appearance was very embarrassing, but he had no other choice.
He finally boarded the deck of the ship, and while taking a few breaths on the flat deck, a group of female knights on the deck caught his eye.
The lily pattern on the chests of the female knights says it all. They are the famous Knights of the Holy Lily in the Kingdom of Orleans, a knighthood composed only of women. They are devout believers and a symbol of chastity and loyalty - and
Or at least that's how it was publicized to the outside world. These female knights swore an oath to King Clodomaire of Orleans from the moment they were canonized as knights - until two years ago, Clodomaire died in a battle against the Burgundians.
Elaine doesn't care about current affairs and politics, at least not in this life. However, among his companions was the Holy Lily Knight, the dark elf Chanel, so Elaine paid more attention to current affairs in France. And nine
The history that continues in the different world a hundred years later seems to follow the same trend as in modern times. The collapse of the French Kingdom also began with the death of King Clodomel of Orleans in battle.
If the historical trend that Elaine knows is followed, King Clotier of Soissons (madman) and King Hildebert I of Paris will divide the property and land of Orleans. Then there will be a war between the brothers, Clotier and Hilde
The Bert Is conspired against each other, conspired and betrayed, instigated and alienated each other, and France continued for hundreds of years of internal strife and turmoil.
All of this will be written in the future history of France, until nine hundred years later. Elaine has lived in France nine hundred years later for more than ten years, so she is naturally very familiar with these dark histories. Even though she was raised in France for ten years,
Years ago, Elaine still had no good impression of these French royal nobles. In his eyes, these people were just power-hungry lunatics who would betray even their own brothers for the sake of profit.
Elaine naturally had the same idea about the Knights of Holy Lily who served the former King of Orleans. Although Elaine had a good impression of Chanel, she had no favorable impression of the Knights of Holy Lily to which Chanel belonged.
He glanced at the three female knights on the deck from afar and then looked away.
"Lina, haven't you found it yet?" one of the female knights said.
They spoke very quietly, but Elaine, who was in physical and mental pain at the same time, had extremely sensitive hearing and actually heard them.
"Not yet." The younger female knight named Lina replied: "And what do you think of how to find it, Sister Lancome? It says that what you are looking for is a piece of cloth, but it doesn't even have the shape or shape of the cloth.
The color and size are not clearly stated. Isn’t this like finding a needle in a haystack? How about we just find a piece of cloth and go back to make a comparison?"
(cloth?!)
"Be serious, Lina." The third female knight snorted, "There is no explanation above, which proves that they don't know the specific situation. However, since that piece of cloth is a national treasure stored in the national treasure house, it must have something special about it.
Whenever we encounter something unusual, if we observe carefully and search carefully, we will eventually find it."
——The national treasure? Cloth? Could it be the [Holy Skeleton Cloth] you’re talking about?
The white lion boy trembled in his heart. He had heard the red werewolf boy Io say before that the people in France are trying to retrieve the national treasure [Holy Cloth]. The people in France will send out the female knights of the Holy Lily Knights.
Finding national treasures is a matter of course.
"Ah, are you talking about that prophecy, Sister Guerlain." Lina hummed: "[The Fool] and [The Hermit] said goodbye to [The Sun] and embarked on a journey together. They rescued [Stars] and [Moon]
, met the [Hanged Man], confused the [Priestess], and defeated the [Devil] with the help of the [Magician]. Riding on the [Chariot] and crossing the [Tower], they finally reached the end of the [Judgment].
He sees through the [world] in [the lover's] phantom.
——Who does this riddle-like prophecy refer to, and what does it want to express? I don’t understand it at all.”
"[The Fool]." The female knight named Guerlain said: "I think the protagonist of this story is the [Fool]. He is put in the first place, which must have a special meaning. So we should start from the [Fool]
] Start looking for it, maybe the piece of cloth is on [The Fool]."
[The Fool]——This word hurts Elaine. If the piece of cloth mentioned is really the [Sacred Relic Cloth], then the cloth is on [The Fool], and this [The Fool] refers to Elaine.
I don’t know who made this damn prophecy, but Elaine secretly cursed the person who made this prophecy. This was almost pointing at Elaine’s nose and saying he was stupid... although he was indeed stupid.
"Huh?" The female knights over there noticed that Elaine was walking very slowly, and began to notice the white lion boy: "What's the matter, kid?"
"No--"
"Don't worry, young master, I'm not in good health." Before Elaine wanted to say anything, Queeg said: "Come on, young master, it's windy here, come into the cabin."
"Well..." Elaine replied weakly, and entered the cabin with the help of Queeg.
"Please take care of yourself." The female knight Lancome nodded slightly and saluted, watching Elaine and Quigg leave.
"Were they eavesdropping just now?" After the lion and leopard left, Guerlain asked: "It seems that they walked very slowly when they were close?"
"No, I have been paying attention to those two orcs for a long time." Lina said: "The little lion is indeed in poor health. When we got on the boat, it moved slowly there. It made me anxious to death."
"Well, if Lina said this, there should be nothing wrong." The female knight Guerlain relaxed her vigilance: "But... the lion man. It's really rare."
After all, the Kingdom of Solis has been destroyed long ago, and most of the lions in this world are either slaves or have a more miserable fate than slaves.
"That's not something we should care about. Let's get down to business first and then talk about it," Lancôme said.
"What do you mean [business]." Guerlain sighed: "That thief Clotier legally seized the national treasure of Orleans by forcibly snatching the Queen of Orleans, and included the national treasure as his property. And we have to help him find him to rob it.
The acquired property. Is this called [business]?"
"Guerlain, pay attention to the way you speak, be careful that walls have ears." The female knight Lancome stopped: "The Knights of Saint Lily have sworn allegiance to the Kingdom of Orleans, but before that, the Kingdom of Orleans was also part of the Kingdom of France. King Clotier was also
King, even if we are not the master we are loyal to, we are not allowed to disrespect the king."
"Yes, yes, I understand, Sister Lancôme." Guerlain laughed and said, "There is no need to be so serious."
"This is a matter of stance. If what you just said falls into the ears of someone with ulterior motives, King Clotier can still think of a way to move your head. Anyway, be careful." Lancôme said: "It's windy here.
, let’s go into the cabin as well. Besides, how is the condition of [the one] responsible for transportation?”
"Dior is watching over him." The female knight Guerlain shrugged and lowered her voice: "It's his first time riding a sailboat. He should be very excited. There are not many opportunities like this anymore. Let him have fun.
."
"Are you too pampering the third prince?" Lina complained: "If you are always pampered, you will not be able to become a great lord?"
"Compared to that -" Guerlain's pretty but slightly depressed face showed a slightly sad look: "First, let's worry about whether he will be assassinated by [Madman] Clotier."
"How is it possible, no matter how crazy [the madman] is, he would not assassinate his nephew? After all, blood is thicker than water." Lina said innocently: "Now that he is married to Queen Gansico, that is also his
Step-son."
"I hope so." Guerlain showed a profound expression and looked up at the hazy sky.