vstars Chapter 209 Another Choice
Chapter 209 Another Choice
"It seems that Lord John has no intention of our plan, so why do we still do this?"
In the carriage, Archbishop Grant asked Archduke Haakon, who had just recovered.
"What else can we do? We're already halfway done. If we give up now, we'll be exposed later. So what's the point of wasting so much energy?" Grand Duke Haakon glanced at Archbishop Grant and spoke slowly.
"What about Edward? Are you so sure that he will choose to assassinate Gurenberudo?" Archbishop Grant changed the subject and started asking about Edward.
"Don't be fooled by how calm my son usually is. In fact, he has probably been unable to control himself for a long time. I will let my insiders to stir up trouble. Then, even if his mother tries to stop him, he won't listen." Grand Duke Haakon said, looking out the window.
In Archduke Haakon's expectation, giving his title and concubine to Grunberud would cause grudges between his son Edward and Grunberud. If he sent someone to stir up trouble at this time, a bloody incident would definitely break out between the two.
As for the subsequent developments, Archduke Haakon made preparations in many aspects: if it was Edward who killed Gulbertsu, he would execute Edward on the charge of killing a national hero, and he would also gain the reputation of killing his own relative for the sake of justice; but if it was Gulbertsu who killed Edward, he would send the Shadow Hands to surround and kill him when he was not prepared, and then spread the news that Gulbertsu chose to commit suicide because he felt too guilty about killing Edward.
"I still think that this is too cruel. He is your child after all." Seeing that Grand Duke Haakon had already decided the fate of his child, Archbishop Grant advised with conscience.
"I have more than one child. I can have more if I want. Besides, I already have enough children now." Prince Haakon said calmly. In addition to his concubines in public, he had dozens of mistresses in private. However, most of them had been solved by the Shadow Hand Party. After all, the original purpose of his founding the Shadow Hand Party was to help himself solve some problems that could not be exposed to the public.
"Instead of talking about this, let's think about the problem regarding the army just now." Archduke Haakon turned the subject back to John.
Originally, the reason why Grand Duke Haakon requested troops from the French King's Office was not because he really needed military support, but to let the French King's Office witness the entire process of his eradication of pagans, so that he could fully integrate into the French King's Office's religious circle after eliminating the local religion.
He had lived in the French King's Hall for a period of time in his early years. After returning to Grant Island to inherit the title, he missed his previous extravagant life in the French King's Hall more and more, and at the same time he began to despise the residents of the island who believed in the local religion.
In his opinion, it was precisely because the islanders believed in their so-called religion that the local area had been out of touch with the mainstream world for a long time, so that Grant was slightly inferior to those countries that believed in the God of Light in every aspect, and his quality of life in Grant Palace was far worse than that of an ordinary manor in the French King's Hall.
In his imagination, after clearing out the residents who believed in the native religion on Grant Island, the French King's Office would definitely reward him with a generous reward. He would then use the money to build a port. With the endorsement of the French King's Office, the countries on the mainland would not regard the principality as a heresy and would be willing to trade with him. Relying on the rich and high-quality iron ore resources on the island, Grand Duke Haakon could quickly obtain a large amount of money to squander.
However, things changed. When Grand Duke Grant explained his plan to John, the response he received was just a few words:
"Go home and wait for news."
This sentence made Archduke Haakon, who had words on the tip of his tongue, swallow the promise he was going to make to John and left in disappointment.
From this sentence, Archduke Haakon noticed two things: first, John was not interested in him; second, John was not concerned about conquering the pagans and even felt a little annoyed. This made him very puzzled as to why the French Royal Court would send an impious lord to be the marshal of the expedition.
Looking at the carriage leaving the tent, John sat in the carriage and fell into deep thought.
First of all, for John, Archduke Haakon's construction plan must be unacceptable. This is not because John is incapable of implementing the plan, nor because Archduke Haakon's plan is ridiculous, but because of the protagonist in it - Grunberudo.
If John was right, Grunberdo should have gotten Behelet by now. If he were to act at this moment and put himself in danger of death, he would definitely use it to transform into a huge dragon knight with solid crystal armor and the ability to spit flames. Then, the unlucky ones would be Grand Duke Haakon and John.
John was not afraid of fighting the apostles. This was the courage given to him by the huge army and the experience of fighting the apostles. However, the strength of the apostles this time was much higher than the apostles John had encountered so far, and their flames could destroy enemies within a certain range in a short time. At this time, whether to bear the huge casualties that might be faced for the sake of an apostle became a difficult question in John's mind.
While John was thinking about this, Flamar walked in from outside the tent, knelt on one knee and said to John:
"Sir, the pagans' stronghold has been explored."
"Tell me." John responded. He wanted to see how powerful the pagans that Grand Duke Haakon mentioned were.
Flamel paused and then said:
"Those pagan strongholds are actually a few small fishing villages. Most of the residents in the villages are members of the Sea Bear tribe who believe in the local religion. In addition to fishing, their daily work is to transport the fish to inland towns in exchange for salt for pickling fish and other daily necessities."
"No more?" John asked doubtfully.
"Um... Regarding the number of pagans, based on the population of each village, the number of pagans that can be mobilized is about a thousand. Most of their weapons are fishing tools such as harpoons, and at most they have some hunting bows for hunting."
At this point, Flamar said to John in a pleading tone:
"Sir, those villagers usually only stay within their own village and have no intention of invading other territories. I beg you..."
"You hope I will spare those of your kind, right?"
Even if Flammar didn't say it, John knew what he was thinking from what he said before. However, he didn't expect that the pagan army that Grand Duke Haakon was talking about was actually a group of villagers from a fishing village. This made him feel a little annoyed.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through John's mind. John called a few White Wolf Knights and said to them:
"You guys go into the city in disguise, then go to the Fire Dragon Knights' base, and invite Captain Edward and the senior officers of the Fire Dragon Knights to have a chat on my behalf."
After watching the knights leave, a plan was secretly brewing in John's mind.
"Don't you, Grand Duke Haakon, like acting? Then this time I will put on a big show with you as the protagonist."