Chapter 77, Church of the Sea
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It is often debated among people, which is the most magnificent temple in the old world?
Is it the White Wolf Temple located on the cliff of White Wolf City, occupying the entire mountain peak and cliff, symbolizing the eternal fire of the White Wolf?
Is it located in Brunswick, where several generations of emperors of the human empire are buried?
Is it located in the Principality of Carcassonne, Brittany, with an 80-meter-high statue of the Lady of the Lake, and the Cathedral of the Lady of the Lake where the Knights of the Holy Grail are stationed?
Or is it located on the Eternal Peak, where you need to climb up a thousand steps to reach the temple of the dwarf god Grani?
But no matter how you talk about it, the Poseidon Cathedral in Marienburg will definitely be included. In the largest and most prosperous port in the old world, the Poseidon Temple is more than 60 meters high. The golden mermaid statue holding a trident Deterring everyone, telling the gods that this is the territory of Sea God Mananen.
With scimitars around their waists and tridents in their hands, the Poseidon Knights guard the magnificent temple. The reliefs on the walls of the temple tell the great cause of the Poseidon. Poseidon's compass and Poseidon's sign help humanity thrive.
"Different from normal knights, Poseidon knights fight differently than normal knights. They use tridents instead of lances, and scimitars instead of one-handed knight swords." Ryan and Veronica came to the Ocean Church , said standing outside the temple, looking at the busy priests and Sea God knights.
"The sea god knights often fight at sea~" Veronica expressed her understanding, "both the scimitar and the trident are suitable for use in sea battles."
"The sea god knights are not weak on land. The sea god knights who are responsible for guarding the sea god temple are only three companies in the knight order. Most of the sea god knights are headed by Duke Bodri of Boldro in Britannia. He is also the Grand Master of the Poseidon Knights." Ryan explained in the witch's ear, and then went to the Poseidon Temple with her.
The time came to November. Although the weather in Marienburg was not as cold as Nord, the believers who came to pray and the merchants and captains who came to the church to do business had already put on thick clothes. The guards and pastors all wore sea-blue robes, so it was easy to tell which ones were members of the church and which ones were believers and those who came to do business.
Ryan just appeared at the gate of the Sea God Temple, and a Sea God knight stepped forward: "Hello! Are you Mr. Ryan? It's an honor to meet you."
"Hello." Ryan stretched out his hand to shake hands with the Sea God Knight. Ryan's appearance immediately attracted several Sea God Knights to watch. These knights came to shake hands with Ryan enthusiastically, especially some knights cheered loudly. Shouting that the hero has appeared, it attracts a large number of people to watch, and there is endless drumming and applause.
Idol faction, Veronica looked at her partner with a pair of wonderful eyes. His huge reputation is also her own capital, as long as she grasps him tightly.
The reason is simple, because Marcus, the first Duke of Boldro, was once the grand master of the Poseidon Knights. Now that Ryan has accomplished the same legendary deeds as Marcus, the Poseidon Knights certainly have a good impression of him.
"I'm here about..." Ryan said a little bit about himself.
"No problem, I'll take you to the archbishop!" The captain of the Poseidon Knight patted his chest, his tanned skin reflected a healthy radiance: "This way please, Mr. Ryan!"
Ryan stretched out his hand behind him, and Witch Garland immediately put her small hand wrapped in black lace gloves into the man's arm, and they walked towards the church together.
The Ocean Church opened the main entrance to welcome Ryan. A regional bishop came out to welcome him in person. Numerous civilians and believers cheered continuously around Ryan's figure. Until the main entrance of the temple was closed in front of everyone's eyes, the hustle and bustle outside still rang for a while. just stopped.
The temple is resplendent and resplendent, and the dome made of glass reflects colorful light. There are pools everywhere, and the whispers of believers can be heard everywhere. On the top of the temple, there are many waterfalls pouring down from above, but their source cannot be found. It flows incessantly, creating a wonderful loop.
Aldrich, the archbishop of the Church of the Ocean, learned of Ryan's intention and immediately signaled his guards to fetch the files. The archbishop was a bit old, with almost white hair and wrinkled face. He motioned for Ryan and Veronica sat down: "Hero from Nord, and witch from Garland, please sit down, don't worry."
"The Church of the Sea can help, I am very grateful." Ryan and Veronica sat down in the reception, all kinds of bottles were hung all over their bodies, and Aldrich, who was wearing a robe with the power of the sea god, signaled the waiter to bring green tea and snacks. Divided into eight small boxes, fruit pastries, nuts and candies are all available.
The financial strength of the Ocean Church can be seen.
"I rarely see green tea." Ryan didn't care. Since Aldridge asked the waiter to bring it out, it is the greatest respect to enjoy it seriously.
"Mr. Lane, if you like it, take two boxes with you when you leave. These are special products from Cathay." Archbishop Aldrich's old face was full of smiles.
Cathay, the eastern country of the world, is full of mysteries. However, even if you cross the roof of the world, it is still very far away from this mysterious eastern country. Merchants have to pass through the chaotic land ruled by the chaotic dwarves and several ogre tribes. To go through the giant Kurgan prairie, the existence of countless chiefs on this huge prairie makes this prairie always in war, and the time when commercial routes are blocked is calculated in hundreds of years. Only by sea will there be very few people every year. Fortunately, the ship came to Marienburg, and the tea from the East was worth gold.
"...Hehe, I'm so embarrassed about this." Ryan smiled, and didn't say yes or no.
He sort of knew what Aldridge wanted to do.
The files were fetched soon, and the five clerks of the Ocean Church and Veronica began to search the files of the ships. There is no automatic retrieval function in this world, and the only way to search the records is to rely on manual searches.
"Does the war have any impact on shipping?" Ryan began to inquire about the topic.
"Basically there is no impact, because Nord is generally close to closing the port at this time." Aldrich nodded and said: "Instead, because of the war, a large amount of arms and supplies were shipped to the front line, and the merchants made money."
Sure enough! Ryan squeezed his chin and began to think.
To some extent, war is to stimulate economic development, expand production demand, and increase jobs, and war is also one of the few ways of class mobility in the conservative aristocratic enfeoffment system in the Middle Ages.
"By the way, it is said that Weimeihui often has large transactions during this period of time?" Ryan changed the question again: "Maybe it is some luxury goods?"
"Yes, their recent luxury goods trade is very frequent, and the amount is particularly large. Sometimes I really doubt that Weimei will get so much money." The archbishop said in an old voice.
"I found it, Ryan. We have found a total of five sailing records departing from Nord and arriving in Marienburg. Among them, two cargo ships and one large passenger ship that did not conform to the rules were removed, and only two of the small passenger ships met the conditions you mentioned. "Veronica was nimble, and with the help of the clerk, the witch found the record.
"More than ten days have passed, we need to act quickly, then thank you, Mr. Archbishop Aldrich, Veronica and I will leave first." Seeing that the record has been checked, Ryan immediately told Aldrich Offered farewell.
The archbishop saw that the two people were anxious and did not try to keep them. He took out two boxes of tea and delivered them to Ryan, and then said in Ryan's ear: "Mr. Ryan, I can see that you are very anxious, but after the matter is over After that, can you come here when you have time? We have something to ask you."
"When things are over, I will come here." Ryan nodded: "But I don't promise that I will agree."
"It's okay, we have encountered a lot of trouble." The archbishop of the Ocean Church took out a special gold coin engraved with a mermaid holding a trident: "Take this, and I will see you any time."
"it is good!"
Coming out of the Ocean Church, Veronica held the voyage record in her hand: "The two passenger ships arrived about ten days ago, with a difference of one day. One of the passenger ships returned after three people disembarked, and then the other passenger ship It is...the people on the whole ship have all disembarked and entered the city for activities, and have not yet returned, so it is impossible to determine how many guests have disembarked."
"Then I think the second passenger ship is more suspicious. What is the port where they berth?" Ryan turned back and asked.
"Pier No. 6 and No. 8." Veronica rummaged through the records as she walked.
"Then let's go to Pier Six first."
"it is good!"
While Ryan and Veronica were busy investigating, a war was going on at the same time.
The northern border of Nord, the coast of the Chaos Sea.
The army of the empire, led by their emperor Karl Franz, has laid out numerous ambushes on the coastline. The forests along the coast provide excellent cover for the emperor's army. Dwarf engineers and human engineers are adjusting the cannon Aim for the shoreline.
After casually eating some bread and hot milk, the emperor breathed out a cold breath: "Nord is so cold in November, I really miss the bacon and omelette breakfast in the palace."
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, although we can't eat bacon and eggs for breakfast, we can invite these damned barbarians to eat cannons and long guns!" The morale of the Rick Guards was high, and the imperial army was here to recharge their batteries and wait for work.
"Very good! Soldiers, let us teach these damned barbarians an unforgettable lesson!" Karl Franz nodded. There is still about an hour before the time of the barbarian landing predicted by Master Star, and his soldiers have already Do all the preparations.
After several days of fierce fighting by the Nord navy, despite heavy losses, the leader of the barbarians, Ulfric-Wanderer, returned without success, but several tribes still broke through the naval blockade and prepared to land.
"My lord, can I ask you something?" The great alchemist Belshazer-Gert walked out from behind the emperor leaning on his staff. Walter's whole person seems to have become a little different. He is more loyal to the empire and more concerned about the emperor's affairs. More importantly, his magic power has improved by leaps and bounds. The emperor not only witnessed him suddenly advancing on the way , and for the first time, this great alchemist took off his mask in front of the emperor in private, to let the emperor understand that he is a human being, not any other creature.
Geert's explanation for this was that he had an adventure about the Old Sage and learned more magic. The emperor was sincerely happy for his great alchemist's adventure: "Gert, what do you want to say?"
"After the barbarians come ashore, I will use magic to cooperate with the army's actions. When I raise the black flag in the forest, I will summon the golden retriever and metal storm to help the imperial army defeat the enemy. When I raise the red flag, My lord, please lead your army to charge immediately."
"Why? What have you prepared?"
"This is my carefully prepared spell, eight-ring magic. Within ten minutes, all the weapons, shields, and armor of the barbarian army will be turned into a ball of clay. Please seize this opportunity, my lord."
"Okay! I believe you!"
At the hour's mark a great swarm of barbarian ships appeared on the shoreline, and they began to land in the shallows of the shoreline, ready to bring blood and death to the Nankes, and bring riches and glory back to the North.
The largest barbarian ship had just landed, and the imperial army "warmly" welcomed the guests from afar. Several cannons made a loud noise, and the starboard side of the barbarian ship was smashed by the artillery. The ship began to sink. Shouting: "Abandon ship! Get ashore, get ashore!!! We're ambushed!"
The artillery roared, the crossbow bolts and muskets fired together, and the imperial spears, swordsmen and halberds were all lined up. The imperial army was waiting for work. The barbarians were hit hard just as they climbed out of the water, and the world roared down. Metal fragments rained down on the barbarian army formation, causing them huge casualties. Several golden retrievers five or six meters high ran rampant in the barbarian army formation.
When all the barbarians landed on the shore, only more than 8,000 barbarian soldiers rushed to the shore from the original 12,000-strong barbarian army, and rushed towards the imperial army in a shield formation to start a tragic war. The imperial army was well-trained, well-equipped, well-equipped, and had high morale. They did not give the barbarians any chance. The barbarians were beaten back steadily, leaving behind a large number of corpses, and were driven to the seaside.
Gelt immediately raised the red flag.
Seeing this, the emperor raised the symbol of the emperor, the hammer Gail-Maraz: "Soldiers of the empire! Listen to me!"
"We crossed mountains and ridges, and we spent a lot of time rushing to this place, but when we think that we are facing barbarians, these greedy people of evil gods, I think I am willing to go far!"
"Yes! Yes!" The soldiers of the empire echoed the emperor's words loudly.
"Now, let us drive these damned Norscans into the sea to feed the fish! Let us guard the sacred sea frontier of the empire!"
"Defend the country, defend the sea!"
"For Charlemagne! For the empire!" The emperor raised his hammer and led the Rick guards to charge towards the barbarian army.
At the same time, the barbarians were horrified to find that their shields, weapons and armor had all been turned into clay, and they had to face the Emperor and his Reik Guards with their bare hands.
"For the empire!!!" The imperial army frantically responded to their beloved emperor.
"go ahead!!!"
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