Chapter 723, Code of Pirates
The fire-battered eagle-claw military flag is flying above the giant port pier in Marienburg, and the military band is playing passionate music.
"Undead pirates, Skaven, and northern barbarians invaded our country again! But this time, we are fully prepared! The powerful fleet and artillery will help us destroy the enemy!" On the flyer, the cartoon of the Legion of Ashes recruiting In the middle is a huge fleet, which is destroying undead pirates through fierce artillery fire.
"Young men and women of the old world, fight for the future of all mankind!"
"We have a fleet!"
"We have weapons!"
"We need soldiers!!!"
"We need an excellent officer like General Fernando Pirazzo!" The Phoenix Guard Captain of the Ashes Legion, Fernando Pirazzo's tall shadow and full purple gold plate armor, holding a two-handed sword in a domineering posture makes people dare not go straight look him in the eye.
"A pious knight like His Excellency Julius!" The expedition knight held a two-handed sword and dealt with a dozen greenskins alone, and the light of the lake god shrouded him.
"Warriors like Captain Pedro and General Felix Edmondovich!" In the cartoon, the hussar general Felix with a cold face was about to set off, and Captain Pedro roared angrily: "Fight hard, soldiers, who of you wants endless glory and wealth?!"
"The Legion of Ashes needs you! Soldier, follow Captain Fulgrim to conquer the new world!"
"As long as you enlist in the army, any crime can be retried! Enlist in the army and become a free citizen!"
"Want to know more? Please go to the Ashes Legion's conscription office in Marienburg immediately for more detailed information!"
After more than ten years, Marienburg is still as prosperous and hot as before. Even though the Winter Veil Festival is about to come, large groups of freighters and warships are still coming in and out of the port, prosperous to the extreme, crowded to the abnormal streets, People gathered at the promotion site and conscription site of the Legion of Ashes, and many vicious bandits and adventurers who wanted to gain a better future rushed to inquire about the treatment and environment.
On the contrary, the place where the national debt of Bafeng Mountain was sold was just opposite to the Ashes Legion's conscription office. The simple mansion was really empty, and no one paid attention to it at all.
Grand Duke Van der Gouber-Schulz of Marienburg and his butler Müller stood on a single-family villa belonging to him, staring at the conscription point in the distance, Schulz lowered his head, obviously thinking What, while his courtiers and steward Muller stood respectfully behind Schultz. More than ten years have passed, and Mueller has not shown any signs of aging. It can be seen that this Schultz's Butlers are certainly not weak.
"Can't the national debt of Bafeng Mountain still be sold?" Schultz was wearing a luxurious silk dress. Compared with before going to Courona to watch the enthronement ceremony, Schultz's clothes had an extra golden double-headed eagle coat of arms. Looking at the noisy crowd, he turned to Mueller and asked.
"A dozen or so people should have bought it these days." Mueller stood behind Schultz and said respectfully.
"Have you found out who blocked it secretly?" Schultz frowned, and then asked.
"It's the Juton Chamber of Commerce of Van Hoogmans, Casanova of the League of Gentlemen, and... the flirtatious Adabbe Huntsman." Muller whispered: "They think they are doing it very covertly, But everything is under our control... just my duke, they have clean hands and feet this time, can't find any problems, they manipulated this time through complex cash flow and various organizations, trusts, banks Action, neither force nor hostile takeover, we have no excuse to act."
"Hunsman? This old pervert, what does he want to do against His Majesty Ryan?" Schultz's face was a little uncertain: "Don't he know that it was released through my channel? It seems that this old dog I'm not listening anymore."
all the time,
A delicate peaceful relationship has always been maintained between Schultz and Adaba Huntsman. Since Schultz came to Marienburg, he has been committed to eradicating vampires and mastering the upper and lower houses of Marienburg. After he gradually eliminated the hidden vampires in the whole city, naturally, the vacated gray area needs to be mastered by people. Adabé Huntsman seized this opportunity very well and became a famous underground organization in Marienburg in one fell swoop. leaders, the two sides formed a certain tacit understanding.
Schultz acquiesced to Adabé Huntsman's move, because even Schultz could not control the slums in Marienburg, the dark tunnels underground and the dark corners in ordinary blocks, the cost was too high, The income is too low. Therefore, Huntsman and Schultz are like the positive and negative sides of a coin. Fort caused trouble, while Schultz turned a blind eye to the Huntsman matter and reached a compromise.
From another perspective, Huntsman is indeed a very capable guy. This guy once accomplished an amazing achievement, that is, sleeping the current Grand Duke of Nord and Elector Theodoric Geiser Er's wife! And it was not an accident, but a trap carefully designed by this guy. When the Nord Kingdom suffered heavy losses in a series of wars and the invasion of Egil-Red Eye, Huntsman relied on his rich contacts and financial resources He said that he could grant a low-interest loan to the Nord royal family on the condition that he leased Sessenmond, the original capital of the Nord Kingdom, for three years plus other additional conditions. In order to reverse the bad financial situation and tide over the difficulties, Geisel agreed to negotiate. Relying on this opportunity, Huntsman achieved his goal. This is one of his most proud masterpieces. This romantic traveler has a very special hobby for those beautiful ladies of the great nobles.
The situation of ruling Marienburg is different. Schulz certainly cannot judge by posting, evidence by confession, and verification by imagination like a certain platform. Suspected crimes must be punished, and the death penalty must be sentenced. It is impossible for him to be in charge in this way. Thirty years of Marienburg.
"Pay close attention to the movements of Huntsman and several other chambers of commerce." Schultz said to Mueller: "Since they haven't broken the rules, we can't act for the time being. The only thing we can do now is to wait for King Ryan's victory." news, and then we can fight back."
"Yes." Mueller nodded.
"Now, we can only wait for news from Ryan."
………… I am the dividing line between the death penalty and the country’s peace and prosperity………
At the same time, the Old World, the Southern Kingdom, Tyrell, and the Pirate Principality of Sartosa.
Even in a southern country that advocates freedom and democracy, Sartosa is a special existence. This offshore island located in the south of Tyrell has always been called the "Pirate Principality" or "Land of Freedom". Like the Realms, it is a notorious criminal haven that harbors all manner of pirates, bandits, lawless mercenaries, and anyone else seeking to hide from the various law enforcement agencies of the Old World.
It's a dangerous place, with drunken pirates drafting the unsuspecting, brawls and duels happening at all hours, and thieves prowling the squalid and crowded docks looking for easy targets.
Yet despite the risks, it is a place where those with a strong will and the will to survive can not only survive but thrive, free from unfair taxes, imperious nobility and strict laws, from Sartosa to Araby to the south, the Border Princes to the east, and the endless exotic lands across the sea.
All in all, Sartosa is the perfect place to find fame, plunder, and endless adventure.
There are few beaches or shallows on the island, since most of the land is lifted above the sea by limestone cliffs rising from tens to hundreds of feet in the air. These walls are riddled with countless holes, tunnels, and potholes, many of which are accessible from the water, making them particularly popular with pirates who want to establish pirate bases outside the city's boundaries, as they can provide Perfect defense from the enemies who come to attack Sartosa.
When Ryan led a team of old guards, together with dozens of knight attendants, Karard, Antelm, Fedmond, Veronica and Olika, and others followed Ariana Sa-Saltwater When Zhihen stepped on the land of Sartosa, the entire pier was full of hostile and vigilant eyes.
The pier is wide and full of guards. In this place, everyone wears machetes and muskets. Everyone responds to each other with deep hostility. Most people on the pier are often pirates, sailors, workers, pickpockets and The occupation of small traders, seeing these well-dressed knight nobles and old guards appearing, these robbers are both greedy and fearful, they gathered together in twos and threes, carefully watching the newcomers, Whispering.
The sense of order on the knights and old guards is too obvious, which is simply a natural enemy for the chaotic pirates.
"Big... big sister, you are finally back, these people..." Several pirates with headscarves on their heads, pistols and scimitars hanging from their waists, and short sleeves and trousers came up and stood in front of everyone. .
"This is our...partner. I have something to do when I come to Sartosa. I'm following my father's order to bring them here." Irenasa-The Hate of Salt Water frowned, holding a handful of Harpoon said to Ryan and the others: "You are not welcome in Sartosa! But since you are looking for Captain Ross, I grant you permission to land on the island. In this place, your chivalry and imperial laws don't matter. Yes, this is a free land, belonging to pirates, absolutely free, the only thing that needs to be obeyed is the Pirate Code!"
"The Code of Pirates? This is the first time I've heard of it." Standing on the pier, Callard could feel an instinctive sense of disgust, which is the instinctive disgust of order to chaos. He suppressed his unhappiness and said to Salt Grudge : "What code? I force me to be justified? If I steal it, it's mine?"
"There are only three laws that you need to abide by. First, the murderer shall be punished with his life. Second, the murderer and the thief shall be punished and his ears and nose may be cut off. Third, everyone has the right to protect his life and property. And honor." Yan Ren said loudly: "This is the rule of the island, in the name of father, you can leave here if you get what you want."
"If no one violated us, we would naturally not kill, steal, hurt or do anything else." Fedmond stepped forward: "We need clues."
"...Come with me!" Salt Resentment had a better attitude towards Fedmond: "If you want to know about Captain Ross, you should go to that person."
Ryan and others look at me and I look at you. Everyone really doesn't know the situation in Sartosa. The only thing they can know is that Captain Ross seems to have been the biggest pirate leader in Sartosa in the past. Fleet and extremely amazing wealth, but finally disappeared forever in the depths of the vast ocean.
But now, the most powerful fleet in Sartosa is the pirate fleet of Salt Resentment, and the most powerful pirate leader is Salt Resentment herself. She occupies this pirate principality, but even so, Salt Resentment is only a few dozen One of the largest pirate forces, Ryan held Veronica's hand when he saw this: "Okay, let's follow her first."
"I suspect she will take us to the city and sell them to ogres, wow, a bunch of delicious tin cans." Veronica joked.
Everyone laughed when they heard the words. Strictly speaking, Veronica might not be joking.
In Sartosa, people can see almost all races in the old world, except for humans, dwarves, elves, ogres, green skins, even ogres, lizardmen, and undead can be seen on this island Well, the composition of the pirates under Salt Resentment is really varied and diverse, and the only ones in Sartosa are Chaos Cultists and Chaos Wizards.
The city of Sartosa was built on a 30-meter-high coastal cliff, and now it was temporarily controlled by the Salt Resentment. The residents of Sartosa built a labyrinth of bridges and scaffolding directly on the rocks. On this pile of planks, posts, and logs, several houses cling to the side of the cliff.
Others of the Sartosa carved their homes directly into the porous limestone of the cliffs. Most of these dwellings are filthy hell, but some are usually the oldest, stately and well-appointed.
But no matter who it is, humans or dwarves, even undead and green skins, everyone is showing their weapons and strength. The main road of Sartosa city is called Nail Street, and to some extent it has become On this street, all kinds of rare treasures and special products from all over the world are sold, most of which are fakes, but there are also many real things. The streets are lined with crumbling houses, leather factories, fishmongers, weapons manufacturers, and dozens of taverns and inns. The pigs, cows, and chickens peddled by food vendors along the street are most likely made of mice and ducks.
"Ms. Arinasa, where can we get news about Captain Ross?" Ryan tried his best to look amiable.
"Captain." Yan Yuan said impatiently: "I am not a woman, I am the captain, you must call me the captain."
"Very well, Captain?" Ryan said with a smile.
"About Captain Ross, there is Mrs. Keesler who knows a lot, I suggest you go to him." After hearing the captain's address, Yan Ren finally showed satisfaction, her tone was still blunt: "This Kisler Mrs. Schiller probably many of you here have heard his name."
"His name is Lev Davidovich, and he used to be Kislev's chief minister of the interior. After the Great Holy War, he and the then Tsar Boris-Bokha established the Kislev Battalion and Artillery Army, known as the 'founder of the Kislev New Army' and 'the leader and organizer of the Kislev New Army', but gradually lost the trust of the previous Tsar Boris Bokaha due to political differences , his proposal to limit the tsar's excessive control of military power and oppose Boris's spending all the treasury savings to forcefully carry out the 'Great Cleansing' campaign led to his final hostility from Boris tsar, and he was eventually expelled and exiled."
"After several years in exile he still vehemently opposed Boris' rule and even escaped an assassination attempt by a Kislev assassin using an ice pick blessed by the Ice Witch. He killed the assassin with an ice pick, and then fled south to Sartosa, where he lived in seclusion for more than 20 years. He once worked with Captain Ross, the pirate king."
"If you want to know about Captain Ross, ask him yourself."