Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

"Damn it! Can't this idiot hang on until after the delivery?" Johannes cursed.

However, he also knew that after suffering such a serious injury, a considerable part of his internal organs were smashed into powder by the magic spell. Rodrigo was able to persist until now because of his extraordinary physique and the result of divine magic to extend his life, so he couldn't be too demanding. many.If you want to blame, you can only blame that Serisian for being too cunning.

The Salt Spray Pirates, who were a little disappointed, arrived in Orleans in the afternoon.

At this time, the city did not know the news that Paris was attacked and the death row prisoners were taken away, and the defense was still lax.But Johannes waited until evening before going ashore to meet the Duke of Bourbon.

In the duke's mansion, seeing the broken corpse brought by Johannes, Duke Bourbon's face was very ugly.

"Your Excellency, Son of Salt Mist, you have promised several times with full confidence that you will bring back my brother-in-law intact. Is this the result you gave me?"

"At least most of them are intact." Johannes smiled and spread his hands.

The Duke of Bourbon was furious.It's nothing to die a cheap brother-in-law. The key is that after Rodrigo's death, his plan to maintain the independence of the local nobles by relying on foreign armed forces to fight against the central government seems to have completely gone bankrupt.

Seeing Duke Bourbon's angry face, wanting to explode but trying his best to endure, Johannes said: "Master Duke, I will return the deposit if the commission fails this time. But this does not mean that both of us should Since then, I have become like strangers, and I have never been in contact with each other. Perhaps, we have the opportunity to continue to cooperate. I need the assistance of nobles on land to do some things. And you also need a strong force to provide support to Against the dictatorship of the king, isn't it?"

The Duke of Bourbon suppressed his depressed mood, and after thinking about it carefully, this is really the case.

The Salt Spray Pirates are not Barbary pirates, or the Knights of the Hospital, a military organization that attacks pagans under the banner of faith.

After the two plundered the wealth and population of the pagans, they could openly carry out activities such as selling stolen goods and supplies in areas of the same belief, and they could also get the support of merchants and nobles, forming a community of interests.

But the Salt Spray Pirates robbed both the Seven Saints and the Mulhollands, and they were even so bold as to collude with cults like the New World Order to smuggle goods for them.Johannes did not easily find collaborators on land, except for unbelievers.So he wanted to give it a try to see if he could cooperate with Duke Bourbon, an ambitious man, to open up a new situation.

The Duke of Bourbon was indeed moved.He thought about it and said, "What do you want?"

"My pirate group needs a place where they can steadily recruit manpower and obtain supplies," Johannes said.

Previously, the Salt Spray Pirates had been wandering around the Mediterranean coast, taking advantage of the contradictions between the two religious camps to survive in the cracks.Sometimes, they even leave the Strait of Gibraltar and go north to Ireland to stay.Those poor and reckless Irish fishermen, as well as the North Islanders who retained the Viking tradition, were all good pirate seedlings.

It's just that Johannes also understands that when the crusade begins and the most intense conflict between the Seven Holy Sects and the Mulholland Sect breaks out, there will not be much room left for him to sway.

When two giants fight, the insects under their feet will be trampled to death first.

Johannes even planned to contact the Ottoman Sultan if he could not find a protective umbrella in the Seven Saints camp.It is believed that Murad II, who urgently needs sea power to fight against the Venetians and Genoese, will welcome his arrival.

"I can contact the King of Aragon for you. Rodrigo is his good friend. Presumably Alfonso V is willing to form an alliance with a sea powerhouse who has a common enemy. At that time, Barial, Sardinia, Sicily, these islands There will always be a suitable place for you to settle down."

"If you really can form an alliance with the Kingdom of Aragon, the Salt Mist Pirates are willing to provide you with the necessary military support at any time."

Duke Bourbon nodded in satisfaction.

Judging from the ability of the Salt Spray Pirates to easily launch a surprise attack and create chaos in Paris, even on land, the combat effectiveness of this gang is not weak.Especially the leader, Johannes, who can use some kind of special power to teleport between different waters.In a country with many rivers like France, its mobility advantage will be difficult for others to match.

Thinking of this, the depression caused by Rodrigo's death also dissipated a lot in Duke Bourbon's heart.He got up and took out a bottle of fine Bordeaux red wine from the wine cabinet and poured two glasses.

"Cheers to our cooperation."

"cheers."

"By the way," the Duke of Bourbon said, "my sister happens to be a widow now, do you want to marry her? With a lady of noble origin, you will have a reliable identity to cover, and it will be easier to move on the shore."

To the Duke of Bourbon, his half-sister was after all just an illegitimate daughter of humble birth. Although she had some family ties, she was nothing more than a duke for marriage.

"Unfortunately, I have to refuse this kindness. I have inherited a great power, so in order to ensure the purity of the blood of future generations, I must be very cautious about the spouse issue." Johannes shook his head.

Chapter 320 Six Spirits of the Seven Seas

The failure of the marriage did not affect the pleasant atmosphere of cooperation. After the two clinked glasses with each other, the agreement was officially reached.

"Mr. Johannes, can you help me get rid of this thing? If you stay here, I'm worried that Ma Youfu will find out something." Duke Bourbon said, pointing to the already cold Rodrigo.

Johannes was in Paris this time, and he had learned the cunning and prudence of the Sirisian.In addition, there is another Donatello, so we have to be more careful.

The Duke of Bourbon is undoubtedly the number one suspect in this prison robbery. If he restrained his brother-in-law's body and found something wrong in the investigation later, the alliance that was just reached would die prematurely.

"It's just a little thing." Johannes raised his hand a little, and Rodrigo's body was quickly wrapped in magic power, and then stored in the dimensional bag.

Then, the great pirate stepped on the water basin specially prepared for him by the Duke of Bourbon again, and teleported back to the boat on the Loire River.

After telling his subordinates the results of this meeting, he said "don't disturb me for the next three days", and Johannes went to the cabin alone and locked the door.

He released Rodrigo's body with a smug smile on his face.

Although the commission of the Duke of Bourbon failed this time, getting the corpse of the robber emperor was the biggest gain.The Duke of Bourbon had no idea how valuable the corpse of this elite professional was.

Johannes begins preparations for the magical ceremony.

He first used the high-concentration seawater mixed with human blood to draw a complex magic circle on the deck.A large number of Greek letters are used in it, and it looks like a very old magic skill.

The materials used in the ceremony include salt from different seas, as well as corals, fish bones, shells, etc., all of which are symbolic symbols of the sea in occultism.

After an hour of arrangement, Johannes finally started the magic ceremony.

Under the guidance of specific gestures and chants, the Seagod's power in his body rapidly amplified.This ancient force completely enveloped Rodrigo's body, and then turned into a pile of faint blue sparkling magic salt.

This pile of magic salt seems to be alive, gradually shrinking, wriggling rhythmically.

The supernatural power remaining in Rodrigo's body began to be transferred into Johannes.

Johannes, who inherited the power of the ancient Poseidon, calls himself the "son of salt mist", because among the many abilities of the sea god, he is best at "salt" and "fog".

Salt, symbolizes corrosion and engulfment.

Fog, a symbol of mystery.

With the power of "fog", Johannes can appear and disappear in the sea, and he can even teleport between waters within a distance of one hundred kilometers.Of course, depending on the teleportation distance and the amount of objects carried during the teleportation, the divine power consumed is also very different.

Before using divine power to teleport people and boats from the Seine River to the Loire River, it not only emptied all the divine power reserves in Johannes' body, but even used up the divine power beads made by sacrificing dozens of slaves up.However, although this teleportation ability has many limitations, it is also a powerful ability that can greatly improve mobility, and it is the foundation of the Salt Fog Pirates.

The power of salt, in addition to weakening the enemy's many abilities from spells to weapons and equipment in battle, also has one of the most important functions, which is to steal the opponent's ability by eroding the corpse of the dead transcendent.

This is not like the star-absorbing method in martial arts novels, simply and rudely absorbing extraordinary power for one's own use, but to obtain the other party's ability by eroding and disintegrating the soul of the deceased.

Three days later, the long magical ceremony was finally completed.Rodrigo's body was completely wiped out in the salt pile, and Johannes stood up excitedly.

This was the first time he corrupted the body of an elite elite, and the harvest was extremely huge.

He actually stole Rodrigo's way for himself!

"The Bandit Emperor... so it turns out that this is not only a nickname, but also the name of Rodrigo's elite path. Through looting and sabotage, one can strengthen one's own strength. This path is really suitable for me, hahaha! "Johannes couldn't help laughing wildly.

Johannes' elite path is "Soul of the Seven Seas".By exploring and taking risks in different sea areas, he can improve his strength in all aspects.However, due to navigation technology and geographical restrictions, he has only been to the four major seas of the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea.In the future, only when technology advances and can explore more distant oceans, will Johannes be able to make further progress on his elite path.

But that future is too far away.

Now the new path he obtained from Rodrigo is very suitable for his pirate status, and it has paved a Roman road for him to rapidly improve his strength.

Just when Johannes was full of complacency, there was an anxious cry from outside members: "Leader, Commander Johannes! Three days are up, we need you to take a look!"

Johannes opened the door, and all he saw were anxious faces.

He asked and found out that just a few hours ago, a team of about 100 people entered Orleans.

This team has bright armor and excellent weapons, and half of them are real knights.Its leaders are "old acquaintances" Ma Youfu and Donatello, and there is a heroic and beautiful girl who is said to be called "Master Saint".

"Hmph, don't be afraid. It's just a bitch from the Seven Saints!"

Johannes had great contempt for the famous French saint.Having received the inheritance of the old gods, he thought that he should be an equal existence with the Seven Sages, so of course he would not take the mortal representatives of the Seven Sages seriously.

It's just that although he looked down on the other party, Johannes didn't think that he could defeat the siege of several elite-level powerhouses now, so he immediately felt relieved.

"Ma Youfu must have tampered with Rodrigo, otherwise it would be impossible to track him to Orleans so quickly. We must leave as soon as possible before the other party reacts."

After receiving the captain's order, the members of the pirate group got busy immediately.The small pirate ship, which was boarded by 22 people and disguised as an inland merchant ship, immediately left the shore and headed south against the flow of the Loire River.

On the other side, in the city of Orleans, Ma Youfu and his party have surrounded the mansion of the Duke of Bourbon.

"Your Excellency, Marquis of La Manche, please come in, we can have a good talk." The Duke of Bourbon stood at the door and extended an invitation to Ma Youfu.

Although he originally wanted to rely on his own identity to refuse the other party's visit, but under the threat of the shining sword and black gun, the Duke decided to soften his attitude first.

"Of course, as you wish."

The three of Youfu Ma came to the living room where the Duke of Bourbon had met with the Son of Salt Mist. After they were seated, they entered the topic.

After the prison robbery incident, although Rodrigo finally died in the dissociation magic circle set up in advance by Ma Youfu, he did not intend to let the prison robber go, but decided to investigate to the end.

Because after examining the bodies of several attackers, he got a piece of information that must be paid attention to: These attackers are all pirates, from a pirate group called "Sons of Salt Spray".

After experiencing the eccentricity of Mont Saint-Michel, completely eradicating the cult of the New World Order was put on the priority list by Ma Youfu.Now that he has encountered the Pirates of the Sons of Salt Mist who had "business dealings" with the New World Order, he must not let this clue go.

After Ma Youfu received a batch of new muskets that had just been developed in Rouen, he decided to lead a team south to track down the Sons of Salt Mist Pirates.

Joan of Arc, located in Burgundy, just finished her "propaganda tour" at this time. The dignitaries of the Principality actively responded to the call to join the Crusade, and donated a large amount of military expenses to the saint.

She had heard the news of the attacks in Paris and had wanted to return immediately.However, Ma Youfu informed her that the damage in Paris was not serious, except for a few small fires and riots.So, Joan of Arc accepted Ma Youfu's suggestion and traveled westward from Dijon to meet him in Orleans.

As for why Ma Youfu went to Orleans, and he targeted the Duke of Bourbon, of course, it was because he had used Rodrigo's hair to perform a biological positioning technique to determine the escape route of the Sons of Salt Mist pirates.

Although I don't know why, the spiritual guidance generated by the positioning spell this morning suddenly disappeared, but Ma Youfu still decided to come to Orleans to take a look.

It is no coincidence that the Duke of Bourbon, the biggest suspect in this prison robbery, happened to stay here.

"Your Excellency, let me tell you an important piece of information, lest you be deceived without knowing it." Ma Youfu said straight to the point, "The Pirates of the Sons of Salt Mist once assisted the New World Order to smuggle the forbidden items of the evil god to Mont Saint-Michel .This is not an ordinary pirate group, but an evil group that has deep ties to cults and committed felony crimes. I hope you can decisively cut off contact with them and tell us their whereabouts."

The Duke of Bourbon set off a stormy sea.If what Ma Youfu said is true, then he seems to be involved in some unimaginably terrible conspiracy.

But these fears were still unable to overcome the burning ambition in his heart, so the Duke of Bourbon just pretended to be ignorant: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Marquis, I don't know what you are talking about."

"What is the purpose of your sojourn in Orleans?" asked Donatello.

"On the way back to the fief from Paris, I want to rest for a few days, can't I?"

Ma Youfu handed over the conversation to Donatello, and began to look around.

He stroked the surface of the coffee table with his hands, feeling the ups and downs of his palms, with obvious graininess.Then, Ma Youfu locked his eyes on the corner of the living room, on a brass basin that was full of discord.

Ma Youfu got up, came to the brass basin, and stroked the clear water in the basin with his hand a few times.

Seeing these actions, the Duke of Bourbon was terrified, for fear of revealing any flaws.

Chapter 320 Seven Falls of the Old Gods

But Ma Youfu didn't say anything after checking it.

After Donatello made some inquiries and failed to get the information he wanted, Ma Youfu decided to leave.

With the status of the Duke of Bourbon, it is impossible to simply label him as colluding with a cult and get rid of him.Even if the trial court is invited to conduct a detailed investigation, at most one charge of "connecting with pirates" can be obtained.At that time, the Duke of Bourbon ran to Charles VII and wept bitterly, made a sincere repentance, and donated some money, and it is estimated that he would be forgiven.

This is the case in the feudal society of the world.In history, the Duke of Bourbon once publicly led troops to rebel against the king, but he still saved his life and title after failure.

"Your Excellency, although we have disagreements on how to deal with the wool soldiers, you should understand that we have no fundamental conflicts in other aspects. I hope you will keep this in mind. Maybe we will cooperate in the future Opportunity." Ma Youfu left a last sentence before leaving.

The Duke of Bourbon always felt that the other party seemed to have discovered something, but he didn't point it out.This made the Duke, who was determined to be an enemy of the opponent because of Rodrigo's death, began to rethink his strategy.

Obviously, Ma Youfu, who is also a local prince, is a natural potential ally of the Duke of Bourbon in order to fight against Charles VII, who is obsessed with centralization.He was fighting against each other at the imperial meeting before, which made him mistakenly think that the other party was a loyal minister of Charles VII.But in fact, that doesn't seem to be the case.