flstandardbreds Chapter 206 Strange
Chapter 206 Strange
After a few days of rest and adaptation, John led his army eastward from Chusda. Along the way, John, sitting in the carriage, saw a large number of people coming from the territory of the Duchy of Grant heading towards Chusda behind him.
"Those people are residents of the Principality of Grant. Since Chusta became your territory, local business has gradually prospered. Many Grant people come here to buy the goods they need. This is also thanks to those Isu merchants. Without them constantly bringing all kinds of useful goods here, Chusta would not have been able to develop so well." Flamar on the side explained to John. Although he believed that the Isu people were not qualified warriors at all, the goods they brought were very good in price and quality.
Hearing this, John stuck his head out of the carriage and glanced at the rear of the team. Behind the soldiers in armor, a group of sailors wearing sailor uniforms of various colors were following the army under the leadership of the Issu merchants.
After hearing that John was going to go on an expedition to Grant, the merchants from Issu begged John to take them with him. Even though John said that he was only going to eliminate the cultists, the merchants did not care. John guessed that the Issu people might have some grievances with Grand Duke Grant, otherwise they would not have brought so many armed sailors to meet Grand Duke Grant.
"Don't these people need to be checked? What if a few Yoda spies among them take the opportunity to enter the city and cause sabotage?" Turning back, John continued to ask Flamar questions about the border. At the same time, he also realized that the plague seemed to have not spread to Grant Island. Perhaps it was because of the geographical location surrounded by the sea that the local area did not have frequent contact with the outside world.
"Don't worry, sir. We have built many fortresses along the border to check the Grant people going to Chusda." Flamar pointed forward after she finished speaking. Following the direction of her finger, John saw scattered high-rise buildings faintly appearing in the distance. When John approached, several stone brick tower buildings appeared in front of John.
Under the tower, people coming from Grant lined up and were examined by Viking soldiers. Several Viking soldiers were searching the Grant people in the front row, and behind them, a Viking soldier held a basket and stretched it towards the Grant people who had passed the search. The latter put a few copper coins into the basket and continued to move towards Chusda.
John didn't intend to say anything about this. After all, they had already done what they should do. As long as it didn't affect the development of Qiusda, let them decide the entrance fee.
After passing through the fortress's defense line, they entered the territory of the Grand Duchy of Grant. Unlike the current scene in Midland where corpses were everywhere and crows were flying all over the sky, the blue sky without a trace of clouds was reflected above John's head, and on both sides were plains and hills covered with green grass. Occasionally, villages with smoke rising from chimneys could be seen in the distance, making John mistakenly believe that he had returned to the great plains of Franche-Comté.
After several twists and turns, John saw the Grant envoys coming towards him. Under their leadership, John once again passed through the defense line of the star-shaped fortress and entered the city of Nord in the center of the basin.
After dealing with the resettlement of the soldiers, John once again led the White Wolf Knights into this capital city with hundreds of years of history.
However, what surprised John was that, although he was invited by Grand Duke Haakon to help him clear out the pagans, compared with before, there were no troops welcoming them on both sides of the road. The residents were all walking on their own ways. Occasionally, a few residents stopped to observe the army, and their eyes only revealed confusion, as if John's army had arrived unexpectedly and disrupted their peaceful lives.
Soon the team arrived at the palace gate. John, Pros and dozens of White Wolf Knights entered from the main gate accompanied by the messenger. After crossing the square, they walked up the stairs to the palace above.
After John walked into the palace, he first glanced at the interior environment of the palace. After several years, the palace was still the same as before. However, when John looked at Grand Duke Haakon sitting on the upper seat, he suddenly found that standing next to him was a man wearing the costume of the Archbishop of the French Royal Hall.
"No wonder they are so anxious to clean up the cultists. It seems that they really want to follow the French King's Office." John thought, but when he opened the system to check the local culture, he found that it said: Medieval Western European/Nordic culture
"Two main cultures?" This was the first time John had seen such a situation. Even for Franche-Comté, which used to be a mixed bag, the system only gave it one main culture.
"Your Excellency, the French Royal Court expeditionary marshal has been brought here." After John stood up, the messenger said to Grand Duke Haakon who was in a high position.
"Thank you, Marshal, for coming..." Archduke Haakon, who was sitting in the upper seat with his eyes squinted, was just about to stand up to greet the messenger after hearing the report. However, when he opened his eyes, he saw John's face that he would never forget in his life.
"Why is it him again?" Grand Duke Haakon muttered to himself. The last time he left, he made Chusda his private territory for the next 20 years, which led to him still being resentful towards John.
"Don't say anything extra. My purpose of coming here is to eliminate the cultists. The sooner we finish it, the sooner it will be done. Now that all the countries on the continent are plagued by the plague, I have to go back to manage my own territory." John said to Grand Duke Haakon bluntly. After feeling embarrassed, the latter laughed and said:
"Haha, since you are Marshal John, let's start discussing the strategic plan for defeating the pagans now."
As soon as he finished speaking, four servants carried a table to the center of the conference room. On the table was a detailed map of Grant.
Archduke Haakon got down from his seat and came to the table to explain to John:
"Currently, most of the pagans in Grant are concentrated in the northern part of Grant Island and the islands in the northern waters. When the time comes, we will split our forces into two groups, wipe out all the pagan strongholds along the way, and then cross the sea to clear out the pagan base camp on the other side of the sea."
As John headed to the residence prepared for him by Archduke Haakon, he sat in the carriage thinking about what had just happened.
"This is really weird." John felt that the matter was getting weirder and weirder along the way. Although this was a normal religious war, the weird thing was that it was too normal. It was not as urgent as the letter said. John didn't understand whether Archduke Haakon was bored and had nothing better to do than to write a letter to the French King's Office to cause trouble.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, John felt as if his carriage was hit by something, and then the carriage stopped suddenly, and shouting came from outside the carriage. Countless voices mixed together and John had no idea what was going on. Just as he was about to get off the carriage to see what was going on, a loud shout drowned out the other voices, and the content of the shout made John retract his hand that had just stretched out to open the door:
"There are assassins!"