vstars Chapter 205 Unknown Conspiracy
Chapter 205 Unknown Conspiracy
After two days of turbulent sea travel, the fleet carrying John's army safely docked at the port of Chiusta.
After years of continuous patrols by the navy, no Yoda navy or pirates can be seen on the route from Beigang to Qiusda anymore. The stable environment has led to a large number of Isu merchant ships sailing on this route, which has indirectly promoted the development of trade and ports in this sea area.
The governor in charge of the Chustar garrison and managers of various fields of Chustar gathered at the port at dawn after receiving the news that John was coming. John stood on the Seawolf and observed the port below. He was greeted by the black eagle flags fluttering in the wind and the warm welcome of the residents of Chustar.
Perhaps this kind of scene was nothing to every lord, but Pros, who was wearing the inquisitor's clothes behind John, was frightened when he saw the scene under the ship, because the soldiers responsible for maintaining order below were different from the soldiers Pros had seen before in terms of equipment style and appearance. These people under the ship were more like the pagans mentioned by the French King's Hall.
After coming to this conclusion, Pros hurriedly grabbed John's arm and shouted:
"John, what should we do now? The port has been occupied by these pagans!"
"What the hell?" John looked back at Pros, then looked back under the ship, and immediately understood what Pros was worried about. Because the soldiers maintaining order under the ship were none other than the Nordic mercenaries John had recruited after his first landing on Grant Island.
At that time, the main culture on the island was the Nordic Viking culture. In order to consolidate his rule over Chusta more quickly and guard against the remaining Yoda people on the island, John was forced to recruit about two thousand Nordic mercenaries. These soldiers were just as their culture showed, all of them were strong and sturdy. Most of them had exposed upper bodies with tattoos, and their weapons were mostly battle axes and round shields.
But what surprised John was that these soldiers did not call themselves Vikings or other Nordic people, but all replied that they were the Sea Bears who had lived on this island for generations. John was not sure what the Sea Bears were, and could only attribute this to the system undergoing some changes in order to adapt after receiving information from this world.
After sensing Pross's panic, John patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Don't worry, these are converted pagans. Although they have maintained their original clothing style, these people have converted to the God of Light. So now they are no longer cultists, but devout believers like you and me."
"is it?"
After hearing what John said, Pross plucked up the courage to move to the side of the boat and looked down. After making sure that the crowd below did not commit any violent acts, Pross finally let go of his worries.
After John got off the boat, he was greeted by the governor who was in charge of the garrison in Chusda and several Nordic mercenaries. However, compared to a few years ago, although the Nordic mercenaries still kept their original hairstyle and beards, they were wearing steel helmets and chain mail that shone in the sun, and holding long-handled battle axes that gleamed with cold light and round shields inlaid with iron sheets. It seemed that they were living quite well here.
"Lord John, after learning that you were coming, we soldiers and local people have been waiting at the port for you and your soldiers to set foot on this land again. Especially the soldiers who have been guarding here for several years, after hearing the news of the upcoming battle, everyone is rubbing their hands and is so excited that they can't sleep."
As soon as the two teams met, the heroic voice of the current Governor of Chiusta came from the opposite side. If John remembered correctly, the governor he hastily appointed seemed to be named Flamar, which means something like "brave warrior".
"Thank you all soldiers for your silent contributions in Qiusda over the years. Thank you all the people and friends from Issu for sacrificing their rest time to come and greet me." After seeing the love the locals had for him, John expressed his gratitude.
"No, no, if you hadn't opened up the route, we merchants would have returned to Isu to beg for food." The Isu merchants with dark circles under their eyes responded quickly. They didn't intend to welcome them, but the bearded soldiers knocked on doors with axes. Under the threat of life, the merchants, no matter how reluctant they were, didn't dare to bet their heads on whether the bearded soldiers would chop off their heads with axes when they were angry.
After the polite words, John and Flamar went to the Governor's Palace of Chiusta together. On the way, John asked Flamar:
"Has there been any war near Qiusda in recent years?"
"Hmm..." Flamar thought for a moment and said to John:
"After you appointed me as the Governor of Chustar, the remaining Yoda people on the island launched several rounds of attacks on Chustar. However, they were already exhausted by then. The largest attack only had a few hundred soldiers, and they were quickly beaten and scattered by Odin's warriors."
"What about the last month?" John continued to ask.
"In the last month? Nothing much happened. Everyone lived their lives peacefully and no one had the courage to attack Chusda." Flamar said doubtfully.
"This is strange, why is it different from what the French Palace said?" John thought to himself, didn't they say that pagans were rampant on Grant Island? Why does it seem different from what was said in the letter?
"So what's going on on Grand Island lately?"
Faced with the question raised by John, although Flamar didn't know what John was concerned about, he still followed John's instructions and recalled the major events that he knew about Grant Island in the past month that could attract people's attention.
"Oh, I got it!" Flamar suddenly said casually, and then said to John:
"I seem to have heard of such a thing. It seems that Grand Duke Haakon is going to abdicate and let his concubine marry to Gurenberudo of the Fire Dragon Knights. At that time, he may become the new Grand Duke Grant."
"what?"
Hearing such absurd news, John did not care to maintain the etiquette of the nobles and asked Flamar:
"You mean to say that the Grand Duke wants to pass on the title of Grand Duke to someone who is not of his family bloodline, and also wants to give him his wife?"
"That's roughly it. It seems that the Grand Duke felt that his descendants were ignorant and unskillful, so he did this. But this is just a rumor, and I don't know how he did it specifically." Flamar explained when he saw this. When he first heard the news, he was no less shocked than John.
Just when John was shocked by this incident, everyone in Nord City was also discussing the fact that the Grand Duke would pass the throne of Dukedom to Gurenberdo.
"Grunberudo, what do you think about this matter?" On the way to the palace, Kiersten, who was in charge of commanding the Nord garrison, asked Grunberudo.
"To be honest, I'm a mess right now." Grunberdo, who was wearing a fire dragon armor, responded.
"Be careful. I want to investigate this matter myself. This matter is too strange."
"Investigate? How to investigate?" asked Gulenberudo.
"The atmosphere in Nord has been a little strange recently. Even my blind granddaughter feels uneasy about this place." Kiersten explained. He knew that his granddaughter could feel emotions that ordinary people could not. So when Benetic told him that she saw a foul smell floating in Nord City, the perceptive Kiersten immediately sensed that something was wrong.
"I have my own ways, but Grunberdo, I want to ask you a favor." Kiersten suddenly asked Grunberdo in a gentle tone.
"But there's no harm in talking."
"I hope you can protect Benetic when I'm away. I have a bad feeling that a lot of people may die after this incident." Kiersten said slowly while looking at the palace standing in the dark clouds in the distance.