A hippogryph fell from the sky. The World Eater geno prototype returned to Gene Town with a full load of goods. He was holding a gold-plated name card. It was the name card of a bounty hunter.
After the war ended, Brenner stopped Angelang, who was about to go on a killing spree. The bounty hunter said that there was no benefit in joining the war and that it was very dangerous. It would also lead to a series of problems. The Skaven Ratmen were famous for their vengeance. Angelang did not want to cause trouble for Earl Laing, did he?
Brenner spoke for five minutes with a dry mouth. Fortunately, Angelang listened to his last sentence. Angelang felt that it was not a problem before, but now that he was finally able to live a good life, he did not want to cause trouble for Ryan because of his recklessness.
Therefore, Anglo chose to take out a towel to cover his face and rushed forward. Under Brenner's dumbfounded expression, he slaughtered an entire army of Storm Rats. He tore two Storm Rats in half and took the head of the Skaven warlord on top of the Storm Rats.
The former Demonoid, Khorne, the Demon Prince, took advantage of the chaos caused by the ratfolk fighting for the position of warlord. Anglo used the ratfolk's blood to draw a not-so-standard 'U' pattern and signaled the bounty hunter to retreat.
Back in Tyrell, Angelang received the bounty. Brenner kept his word and gave Angelang 300 crowns. He also gave Angelang his name card. The name card told him where to contact the strongest bounty hunter in Tyrell. The two parted ways.
"Where is Laing? I brought some Tyrell specialties. " Angelang brought many gifts and approached the winery. He saw more than 100 fully armed Sea God Knights near the winery. Luo Jia was selling the drinks he made to the Sea God Knights. "Laing is in a meeting. Angelang, do you want to try the drink I made? It is full of the taste of loyalty."
Luo Jia used fruit juice, vegetables, and wine to make the drink with strange colors. It was blood red, dark blue, dark green, and pinkish purple. Judging from the Sea God Knights' expressions, it tasted good.
"The taste of loyalty?" Angelang heard that Laing was in a meeting. He stopped and looked at the drink Luo Jia made.
"The Black Army's drinks are personally chosen by Abaddon! After drinking it, you will be one of the Zhan Shuai's men! Hehe, April Fool's Day. It's just a joke. Don't take it seriously. " Luo Jia seemed to be quite proud of his work. He whispered, "I made four flavors. Khorne Skull Flavor, Treacherous Bird Head Flavor, Nurgle Soup Flavor, and Perverted Snake Flavor."
"None of them sound like good choices." The relationship between Angelang and Luo Jia was established after the big rebellion. They belonged to the same circle. After hearing Luo Jia's recommendation, Angelang didn't look good.
"Just take it that I tricked you. Try it. I promise you won't regret it." Luo Jia encouraged Angelo. "It's definitely worth it."
"Alright, then … Khorne skull." Angelo pointed at a random one.
The blood-red turbid liquid was bubbling. Luo Jia poured a glass full of it from the glass bottle. "Please."
Anglo took the glass and gulped it down in one gulp.
Spicy! So spicy! The drink tasted sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy. Anglo narrowed his eyes because of the strong taste of the liquor. However, the taste of the tomato juice and the unique spiciness and smoothness of the vodka lingered in his mouth. He let out a long sigh of relief, and the stimulating taste of the drink rippled on the tip of his tongue and between his lips. "This tastes really good."
"Isn't that so? I added tomato juice, chili, pepper, and vodka, as well as some lemon and celery juice, "Luo Jia said to Anglo proudly." It's proven that the effects are not bad. "
"Interesting."
There was a new wine sales event outside the winery. In the manor, Duke of Bordero, Bodrick, and Laing were seated opposite each other. This Duke of the Sea God's countenance was very dark. He raised his wine glass and drank all the red wine in it. "I heard that you're also planning to head to Estalia. Can you do me a favor while you're at it?"
Laing was indeed planning to make a trip to Estalia soon. Duke Bodrick had gotten wind of this news at some point in time.
"The Poseidon's Trident is the family heirloom of your Bordero family. How did it get stolen?" Laing asked, puzzled.
"A group of rogue knights. They dug up my family's tomb and stole the Poseidon's Trident that I placed in the mausoleum." Bodrick, Duke of Bordero, said hatefully, "I've already investigated it. Without a doubt, the other party is the bandits of Estalia. The hatred between us goes back a long time. This is an organized and premeditated operation."
Laing began to listen carefully to Duke Bodrick's account of the feud between the Bordero family and Estalia.
Estalia was a country that bordered Brittany to the north, Tyrell to the east across the sea, and the Nicohalla Desert to the south across the sea. This country was made up of seven autonomous city-states that had never been unified. Its total area was about the same as Brittany's, and its population was about five million. Its flag was red, yellow, and red, with the emblem of a white lion on it.
The first contact between Brittany and Estalia was the famous "Red Flame Expedition" (also known as the Arabi Holy War). About five hundred years ago, the desert country of Arabi was unified under the leadership of the famous Sultan King Jafar and invaded Estalia. This ancient human country was almost wiped out. The desert cavalry of Arabi did not abide by the conventions between humans at all. They killed anyone they saw.
This attracted the attention and indignation of the Empire and Brittany. The Empire's Emperor and Brittany's Knight King announced an alliance. Together with Tyrell, they established an expeditionary force consisting of dozens of orders of knights and tens of thousands of knights. This expeditionary force not only liberated the entire Estalia mainland, but also directly crossed the sea and landed in Arabi. After more than ten years of arduous expeditionary force, the expeditionary force seized an astonishing amount of gold (filling dozens of ships) from Arabi. They even chopped off the head of King Jafar of Arabi and brought the huge wealth and endless glory back to the Old World.
However, the Estalians who were saved were not very grateful. On the contrary, they were jealous of the huge wealth that the Knight King and the Empire obtained from Arabi. Therefore, the border friction and maritime disputes never stopped. As the Empire and Brittany blocked the southern invasion of the Chaos from the North and stayed away from the harassment of the Green Dwarfs, Estalia successfully developed and built a powerful fleet known as the "Invincible Fleet". They began to covet the rich land of Brittany.
Due to the Tower of Dore incident and the frequent attacks from Noska and the barbarians in the Northern Wasteland, the Estalians judged that the Brittany navy should be weak. Therefore, they planned to attack Bordero. First, they wanted to take over the rich port that they coveted.
Fifty years ago, the "Invincible Fleet" officially set off from Magritte, the most powerful country in Estalia and the publicly acknowledged capital, to attack Bordero. But because of the ocean currents and the chaotic wind, it took them three weeks to reach Bordero.
The ones who came out to fight were Duke Bordero and his Sea God Fleet. The unprepared Invincible Fleet was attacked by the Sea God Fleet, and their formation was in chaos.
In the fierce battle, Duke Bordero summoned the Sea God's Wrath. Huge tides and waves engulfed the "Invincible Fleet" and stranded most of the ships. A large number of ships and resources were seized by the knights, and the sailors and soldiers were captured. The Estalians suffered a complete defeat in this battle. Less than thirty ships returned to Magritte, and they lost more than twenty thousand soldiers. The country's navy was never able to recover from this setback.
This was the grudge between Duke Bordero and Estalia. After Duke Bodrick investigated, he found out that this group of rogue knights had been instructed by the Estalians to come and steal the Sea God's Trident.
This matter originally had nothing to do with Laing, but Duke Bodrick knew that Laing was also planning to go to Estalia recently, so he took the initiative to come to Laing's territory and asked him to lend a hand in this matter.
"What can I do for you? My Duke? " Laing nodded, indicating that he understood. The Count crossed his arms. Obviously, Duke Bodrick was not here to teach him a lesson. Now was the time to negotiate.
"According to my subordinates' investigation, this group of rogue knights has already set up a stronghold in the forest near Billibari Duchy, but I am unable to know their exact location at the moment. I need you to help me investigate and then report to me the movements of this group of rogue knights," Duke Bodrick said in a low voice. "Fedmond and I need your help, Laing."
"But …" Laing hesitated, and the Duke immediately raised his hand to signal him to listen. "Laing, you know, Estalia is a country, and Billibari is an independent duchy. If my army directly enters Estalia's territory, it is equivalent to the Brittany declaring war on the city-states that make up Estalia!"
Laing's expression became serious. Indeed, without the lord's permission, sending a large number of troops into another country's territory without permission was equivalent to declaring war. "So your plan is for me to deal with a group of rogue knights and take back the Sea God's Trident? That's crazy. "
"No, I won't be that harsh on you." Duke Bodrick shook his head. "But I hope to borrow your strength, and I also hope that you can guide Fedmond more. His bravery and virtue are unquestionable, but as my successor, he is still too inexperienced. You have to teach him more. This is what I hope. As the Lady's Chosen Champion and the role model of chivalry, there are some things that your words are more persuasive than mine."
"I will assign you a small group of the most elite knights. You will be responsible for bringing them to find out the situation." Duke Bodrick said in a low voice, "The Sea God Knights and I will be waiting on the high seas. Once you find out the whereabouts of the Sea God's Trident, our army will directly enter Estalia and take back the divine weapon passed down in my family. Then, we will immediately retreat before this country can react."
"Isn't that the same as declaring war?" Laing complained.
"No, as long as we inform them, land in a short time, and retreat immediately after taking back the Sea God's Trident, the Estalians won't have the guts to declare war on me." Duke Bodrick was very confident. "Unless this group of Estalians' Invincible Fleet wants to be destroyed again."
'Alright, you're the one with the bigger fist, so you can talk.' Leon could only nod. Indeed, due to Estalia's unique geographical location, the strength of this country's army was not that great. After the destruction of the Invincible Fleet, how could Estalia's army be a match for the Brittanian knights?
"Then what can I get in return?" Laing asked with a smile. It was time to negotiate the terms.
"Two thousand crowns and the friendship of our duke's family." Bodrick's blue eyes were filled with sincerity. "And my support."
"I think that's too general a condition." Laing shook his head. "I am indeed going to Estalia, but I think that as an excellent Holy Grail Knight, Fedmond can completely solve the problem by himself …"
"My support includes but is not limited to your future attack on Mu Xilong, as well as your stance on the king selection." Duke Bodrick began to increase the price.
"There's also the shared trade route. I need to share a portion of the trade route between your family and Araby and Luscia. Of course, according to the rules." Laing continued to increase the price. The shared trade route would open up the ocean trade route that he and Forgen had established with the Ashes Legion. This was a trade route paved with gold.
"Alright." Duke Bodrick nodded.
"Then … it's a deal. I'll take care of the matters in the territory and leave the day after tomorrow." Laing nodded. "I also need to find a few people to go with me."
"My son Fedmond will bring fifty Sea God Knights to Bordero's Mannan Dry Dock and wait for you to set off."
After negotiating the terms, Duke Bodrick hurriedly left.
"Laing, what's Bodrick doing here?" Not long after Duke Bodrick left, Suria came in through the door. The countess walked to Laing's side and sat down.
"Yes, I was going to Estalia anyway, so I wanted to help." Laing nodded.
He was indeed going to Estalia after the spring plowing. This had nothing to do with Duke Bordero's family, but had to do with the Lake Fairy, Lilith.
The high elves' Moon Goddess, Lilith, once possessed three divine artifacts, each of which could determine the survival of an entire race.
Lilith's Crown. This divine artifact was destroyed in the attack on Ossouin by the Shaman King Malecis. It was broken into many pieces, and Tegris and the Great Magus Council were working hard to gather the pieces and reforge them.
Lilith's Moon Staff was in the hands of High Elf Savruihus, the supreme mage of the White Tower Magus Council, Tegris.
The third item was the Sun Fire Amulet. It was a divine artifact that could resist the corrosion of Chaos and summon the Fire of Heaven to burn everything.
The Sun Fire Amulet was lost during the reign of the Phoenix King, "Boor King" Moville. Moville bestowed it to his son, Elf Prince Alaweir, who went out to sea. In the end, Alaweir was defeated and killed, and the Sun Fire Amulet was lost in the sea.
Laing received news that the Sun Fire Amulet seemed to have been obtained by the merchants of Estalia, and was brought back to Magritte as a sacred artifact of the Goddess of War, Milmedia. As the champion of the Lake Fairy, he immediately received an oracle, and that was to take back the Sun Fire Amulet!
Suria also knew that Laing would definitely make this trip. The female knight only complained, "Bodrick really knows how to find opportunities."
"It's no big deal." Laing shook his head and held his wife's hand. "It's not a big deal this time. You can stay in the territory. You can manage this place."
"Who do you plan to bring with you?" Suria asked the question that she was most interested in.
"I plan to bring Veronica and Olica along, as well as Alfred Frey." Laing made a list in his mind. This time, there should not be too many people, and they had to be elites. Veronica was good at investigation and participating in various social activities. Olica was proficient in interrogation and all kinds of dark magic. Alfred Frey was decent enough. The Holy Knights could easily make people believe that they were here for fun, and the Church of Justice behind the Holy Knights would also make these people in the Southern Kingdoms afraid.
"Well, Madam Teresa's wizard tower is in the critical period of acceptance. She really doesn't have time to go with you." The female knight accepted Laing's suggestion, but she was still a little resentful. "Come back early …"
Emilia already had a child, but as the wife, she still had to …
"The day after tomorrow, bring your people and set off. But tonight, you have to come with me. This is also the Lady's oracle." Suria's face turned red. She wanted an heir, very much!
"Okay!"
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