Chapter 479, Clues of the Rogue Knight
At 4:30 in the afternoon, in the officer's dining room of the Boldero galleon "Mannann's Wrath", Ryan gave an opportunity to Fedmond face-to-face: "We didn't give him these gifts for free. When we catch those Rogue knight, catch the mastermind behind the scenes. If there is any evidence that the Estalians instigated it, we can go directly to the main temple of Mirmidia in Magritte with our weapons, and find Archbishop Giovanni or Luo Your Excellency, Renzo, ask for an explanation!"
Isabella Giovanni, Archbishop of Mirmidia, the most powerful person in Estalia, a woman.
Lorenzo Marco, head of the Eagle Knights.
Both of these two people have unparalleled political energy in Estalia. Even Rubio, the most powerful Duke Magritte-Sunwatcher, dare not mess with them. After all, more than half of the entire Estalia The army is all followers of Mirmidia.
Fedmond frowned, he remained silent, and no one knew the reason for the change in the face of the newly promoted Holy Grail Knight.
Olika sneered. On the one hand, the dark elves laughed at humans for using such a troublesome way to get back their own things. On the other hand, they felt that the son of the Duke of Poldero in front of him had only this little IQ. It's really hard to justify.
For the dark elves, they have to live in endless blood, killing and conspiracy from the beginning of their growth. Even when they are adults, they cannot relax for even a moment. The same is true for Olika. She has always tasted the eternal struggle. Lives her life in murder and intrigue until she becomes Lane's handmaid...
Still the most handsome and powerful master! The dark elf thought happily.
Ryan somewhat understood why Bo Derick asked himself to bring his son.
As a Holy Grail Knight, Fedmond's bravery and virtue are qualified.
But as an heir to the Duke, Fedmond's political skills and political sensitivity were unqualified. After the long Holy Grail Crusade, Fedmond became fond of using force and invoking chivalrous virtues to solve problems.
Duke Boderick was dissatisfied with this, and the embarrassment happened here. Duke Boderick was not a Holy Grail Knight, and sometimes he was not very good at dictating Fedmond's words and deeds.
So I'm here to help you with your son, right? Ryan thought so.
Forget it, there are still many advantages to bringing the future heir to the duke with him. Ryan needs such a solid iron with a strong relationship. Francois is, and Fedmond will be in the future, and the conditions given by Duke Boderick are really good .
"It's not what I imagined,
I thought we'd be able to start investigating as soon as we got to Billy Barry, but now it's not that easy. "Fedmond can refute Boderick's guidance to him, because his father is not a Holy Grail Knight, but this man in front of him is not only the leader of the Holy Grail Knight, but also the God-Chosen Champion of the Fairy of the Lake.
"This is the mortal world, the kingdom of man, we are the people of order, and we have always ruled our people through faith and law. Similarly, since we want to board Estalia, we must cooperate with the local dealing with the nobles.” Ryan took a sip of the Imperial dark beer, and he continued: “People are social, we can’t play aggression under the banner of looking for rogue knights, so what is the difference between us and the Norscans who believe in chaos? ?”
"But...we don't have many clues so far." Fedmond finally accepted Ryan's opinion reluctantly, but due to the theft of family treasures and the hatred of being dug up his ancestral grave, he was only temporarily calm It's all over: "If too much time is wasted, I'm worried that those rogue knights will transfer the Seagod Trident away."
"How did you determine that the rogue knights are in the Principality of Billy Barry?" Ryan then asked.
Fedmond began to talk about the whole story.
After the tomb was stolen, Duke Boderick's first reaction was that Musilon's vampire army in the north wanted to steal the Trident of the Sea God, so he sent troops to guard the various ports and Musillon's epidemic prevention belt to check travelers and Passers-by, but did not find the Seagod Trident.
Just when Duke Boderick was at a loss, Mananen, the god of the sea, dreamed to him that the person who stole the trident of the sea god was heading south. A...serf.
The serf took the initiative to find Duke Boderick and wanted to flatter him. He said that he had news of the rogue knight and asked for a reward. The Duke, who had no time to chat with the serf, tortured the serf on the spot. Forcibly prying his mouth open, it turned out that this group of rogue knights had planned a long time ago. They took advantage of the chaotic political situation in Berleon and stationed here. The serf happened to overhear their conversation when he went hunting in the mountains.
Several Estalians paid a lot of money to hire this group of rogue knights to steal the Trident of the Sea God, and agreed that the two parties would deliver it in the forest near the Principality of Billy Barry.
This is what happened, the serf didn't know anything else, and some time had passed since the incident, and the rogue knights must have been close to arriving at Billy Barry for delivery.
"I see. So we have to take back the Sea God Trident from those rogue knights before they deliver it?" Veronica also felt the difficulty of the problem. This kind of military operations in other countries has always been necessary. Be very careful, a bad one will face the siege of the whole country.
"What if we find out that the Sea God Trident has been traded by the rogue knights to the Estalians behind the scenes when we arrive in Billy Barry?" Templar Alfred asked his own question.
"That must also take back the family artifact of our Duke Boldro's family." Fedmond's attitude towards this was concise and to the point.
"It shouldn't be so easy to deliver." Ryan objected to this, and he shook his head: "If those Estalians really plan to hide behind the scenes, then the delivery must be very cautious, and Take the chaos in Estalia as an example... In short, wait until we arrive at Billy Barry to see the situation, Fedmond, other than these, is there any other news?"
"No more." Fedmond shook his head.
"Hmm..." Ryan picked up the information on the table.
The Principality of Billy Barry is mainly composed of three forces, namely Silva, Duke of Billy Barry, Estalia's Merchant Alliance, and the aforementioned branch of the Sun Knights.
Silva, the Duke of Bilibali, controls part of the army and navy of the principality. This principality is located in the north of Estalia and controls part of the coast. The land here is very desolate and the cliffs stand tall, so the main income is to rely on ocean trade. , as the Duke of Billy Barry, Silva has a powerful fleet to protect public order.
In addition, Estalia's merchant alliances also have a place here. In a more free southern country, people want to be more free and disorderly because they are far away from the threat of chaos and green skins, so merchants are like Fort Marien also achieved a certain status.
Then there is the branch of the Empire's Yanyang Knights. There are less than sixty knights from the empire, but no one dares to underestimate them, because they have a powerful country behind them.
"Karl Franz may be the leader who is best at using diplomatic means." Ryan pointed his finger on the map, and the earl smiled: "It is also because of him that Estalia lacks a strong army from the beginning to the end." , because in Estalia, all the troops are eager to join the empire and serve the emperor. Compared with the divided Estalia, the powerful empire is obviously more attractive to the people here. The power and strength are so eye-catching that a large number of high-quality people flow to the empire every year to serve Emperor Karl Franz. This is the "imperial minister" diplomacy established by Emperor Karl, mainly targeting southern countries. Get heroic recruits and a quality population from Estalia."
"The Duke of Billy Barry is a tyrannical mercenary. He only cares about his port, and he doesn't care about the Beastman tribe that is raging in the southern forest. The merchant alliance is open to money. They will only seek more wealth and open up New routes, and at their instigation, the Estalians have had sea power disputes and border frictions with us many times, these people will only hinder our investigation!" Fedmond frowned: "Finally It is the branch of the Imperial Sun Knights, there are too few of them, I can't think of what they can do to help us."
"You can't think of it that way, Fedmond." Ryan shook his head, and he first put his finger on the port of the Principality of Billy Barry.
"As you said, Duke Silva of Billy Barry is a tyrant. This may be a disaster for the subjects, but for us, this is something we can only wish for."
"Would you like it?" Fedmond was a little puzzled.
"People have their own demands. Since Silva, the Duke of Billy Barry, can ignore the Beastman tribe in the southern forest, as long as we find out his hobbies, he can also pay attention to our investigation. Even sending troops into the country to fight without paying attention, isn't this good news for us?" Ryan said slowly.
"That's right, that's true." Fedmond nodded repeatedly.
"As for the merchant alliance, we don't have to worry about them embarrassing us. On the contrary, this group of merchants will treat us as VIPs." Ryan continued.
"But this group of merchants always encourages the nobles of Estalia to go to war with us in Britannia..." Fedmond seemed to have caught something vaguely.
"Yes, this is a businessman. As a businessman, this group of people is doomed to follow the flow of interests. They abide by the basic order, but desire enough chaos." Ryan continued: "The instigation of war is not because they really want a full-scale war. Merchants just want to create chaos, creating chaos means price fluctuations, merchants are profitable, but as long as we make a gesture, that is, if we can't find the Sea God Trident, we will overturn the table and cut off business routes. What challenge us? Their escorts? Mercenaries? Are you so unconfident in your skills and the Poseidon fleet behind us? Federmond? Merchants will not go to that step, they are better than us It’s even weaker than I imagined, but if the situation is really tense to a certain extent, they will definitely stand up and help us.”
"So that's it! I understand!" Fedmond breathed a sigh of relief. After listening to Ryan's series of analysis, the Duke's eldest son already had a clue in his mind: "Then what about the Yanyang knights?"
"The Knights of the Sun will be our allies, and we must know how to use them." Ryan moved his finger along the trade road from Estalia to the Empire, all the way to Tara, the headquarters of the Knights of the Sun Beheim: "The Empire and Britannia have an alliance that lasts hundreds of years. We have been fighting side by side in the face of many enemies. The Knights of the Sun also value chivalry. In addition, I have signed many alliances with the Empire. And terms of cooperation, communicating with them should not be a problem."
"The Sun Knights have operated the business routes between the Empire and Estalia for five hundred years. They have strong influence and recruitment channels in Estalia. At the same time, all major roads have their peripheral personnel. Even a small fortress, if I'm not wrong, looking for the whereabouts of the rogue knights, maybe this group of Sun Knights can provide us with more clues."
After talking, it was six o'clock in the evening, and the chefs served a feast of bread, cheese, bacon and fresh fish, accompanied by Boldereau's wine.
"Your Excellency Ryan, I really admire your wisdom!" After Ryan's series of analysis, Fedmond calmed down a lot, and he took the initiative to fill Ryan's glass with red wine: "This time you and Together, we will be able to take back the Seagod Trident!"
"I'm not worried about these people now." Ryan still frowned: "Human compatriots still obey some rules. What I'm really worried about is... According to intelligence, the Beastman tribe has been rampant recently in Estalia. A lot of villages were destroyed."
"There will be a solution, Ryan, it's useless for you to think so much now." Veronica patted Ryan's hand: "Our Garland Council has an office in Magritte, and Ms. Melissa will help We help."
"I remember that Ms. Margarita, the speaker, was born in Estalia?" Ryan suddenly remembered something.
"Margarita, Margarita, dear, don't you understand?" Veronica said with a coquettish smile, "If you listen to the name, you will know that she should be from Estalia."
"I've never cared much about this kind of issue..." Ryan complained: "Not to mention, Nord's name is Ryan, Britannia's name is Leon, and Estalia's name is Leo, but these three The meaning of the word is lion, so is it true that a person called a lion is a member of a country?"
"It's right that they are all human beings." Alfred made a conclusion for the dinner.
"Hahahaha~"
After dinner, Ryan and others returned to the cabin, and Alfred said goodbye to them: "Then... good friend, I'll go down."
"I wish you a good night, Alfred." Ryan also bid farewell to Alfred, and then he opened the door of the room, and the earl himself fell on the sofa a little bored, and the dark elf made black tea for him: "Master , tea, please."
"And Lady Veronica."
"Thank you." Veronica kicked off her high heels and sat on the bed naturally. Witch Garland sneered, "You really came to bring up Duke Balderick's son."
"Why not?" Ryan motioned for Orika to come over and let him hug her. The dark elf maid took off her shoes and obediently slipped into Ryan's arms.
"That old nephew of yours still needs to be trained~ he's already in his fifties, and he still seems so immature about this." Veronica rubbed her waist, and she always spoke frankly in front of Ryan.
"Old nephew...hahaha~" Ryan couldn't help laughing after hearing Veronica's words, what the hell is old nephew? Fedmond is in his fifties, and he himself is in his early thirties.
"By the way, Olika, Veronica, have you discussed it, who will sleep on the sofa at night?" Ryan hugged Olika's soft body and smiled maliciously.
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