Start with the Readers Chapter 129: Abner’s influence

The latest website: In deep winter, in a certain sea area south of Pritz Harbor, a privateer fleet apparently formed by pirates is cruising the vast sea, looking for "suitable" prey.

Because the main fleet of the Church of the Storms is still guarding the Rorsted Islands and other overseas colonies, although Loen's navy is not weak, it is difficult to resist the coalition forces of Fenepot and Feysac, so they can only retreat near Pritz Harbor. , That's why this privateer fleet dared to swagger to block the main shipping route and intercept passing material transport ships.

Although under the instruction of Abner, all countries have signed the "Convention of Tillis City" and no longer indulge the army to plunder civilians and caravans at will, but how could the Fusac and Fenepot military only Because a paper agreement allows all kinds of materials to be continuously transported into Backlund?

Therefore, there were naturally more "pirates" near the ports of Loen.

Some of them are real pirates hired by the Feysac and Fenepot military, and some are simply pretended by the navy. The "Convention of Tilis City" can restrain the regular army, but it can't restrain the pirates, can it?

The current commander of this privateer fleet, Al Manaus, is similar to Alger. Although he has always been a pirate on the surface, his real identity is an officer of the Feysac Navy.

"Captain, there is a fleet coming from the direction of Damir. They should have spotted us, but they didn't turn around." At this moment, the watchman reported loudly to Commander Arhui.

Before Al replied, the young lieutenant next to him spoke first: "Captain, get ready to fight, our chance to make meritorious service has come!"

Al Manaus squinted at his adjutant, dissatisfied with his arbitrariness in making decisions for himself. If the other party was not a stunned young man forced into his ship by the military to be a "supervisor", he would have He tied it up and threw it into the sea to feed the murlocs.

This kind of ship that dared to come over after seeing the privateer fleet needs to be treated with more caution... Al Manaeus ignored the clamor of the young adjutant, and directly shouted at the watchman on the mast Shouted: "Can you see the flags of those ships?"

"Captain, I still can't see clearly...wait, that...that looks like the emblem of the 'Foundation'!" The watchman was confident at the beginning, but he even started to speak afterward Trembling.

Foundation...Brian Charitable Foundation? ! Captain Al's eyes widened in an instant, and then he ordered loudly without thinking: "Order all ships to disperse and retreat, and leave this sea area as soon as possible."

After hearing the order, the rest of the crew did not have any objections, and quickly returned to their respective posts. Only the young adjutant was a little dazed, and after a while he asked sternly, "Captain Al, what are you doing? How dare you let Loen's merchant ship go, are you going to betray....."

"Shut up!" Before the adjutant finished speaking, he was slapped on the deck by Al, and then the pirate captain who was over forty years old warned in a harsher tone than the other party, "I tell you , in today's sea, the Foundation's fleet is an absolute taboo!

"Even if you go to war with Loen's ironclad ship, you can't mess with the 'Foundation' ship.

"If you provoke Loen's fleet, you will stay away from the sea area controlled by the other party at most, but if you provoke the ship of the 'Foundation', there will be no room for you in the sea!

"That is the object that the four pirate kings and the seven pirate generals jointly declared that they cannot be plundered!

"Before, a pirate group several times larger than ours unbelievely blocked the fleet of the "Foundation". "Come through the gate and wipe out most of the main force of the pirate group.

"And none of the ships that escaped from the pirate group ended up well. The Pale Maiden, the Black Throne, the Black Death", the Future, and the Dawn joined their roundup one after another. .

"There was even a pirate ship that "luckily" broke out of the encirclement and fled into the "Abyss Vortex", but was still destroyed by a sea monster...

"Abyss Vortex" is the name of a dangerous sea area, not a real abyss.

When Captain Al said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "And those who fled to land also have no good results... You should have heard of the 'Guardian of the Convention'

Right? "

The young adjutant's face was extremely ugly, and he didn't know whether it was because he was afraid or not convinced, but after hearing the other party's question, the stunned young man trembled, his eyes widened and he said: " Covenant Defender' still care about this?"

"Guardians of the Convention" is a newly born assassin organization. The purpose of this organization is to maintain the "Convention of Tillis City" can be strictly implemented. * Those who are sanctioned by the court will be included in the "purification sequence" by the organization and "killed" after three warnings to no avail.

In the beginning, all parties scoffed at the so-called "purification sequence" and even openly resisted the "Convention" signed by high-level officials. Attitude, no one dares to ignore the "sacredness" of the "Tilis City Convention".

The young adjutant came to the sea because he witnessed his boss being killed by a female assassin because he robbed civilians with his own eyes, so he came to sea on the basis of his relationship, so he was very afraid of the "Guardian of the Convention".

"Aren't what we are doing destroying the sanctity of the "Convention"? Although the power of the "Guardian of the Convention" has not yet spread to the sea, the looting of the "Foundation" ship is enough in itself We're all on the "cleansing sequence!" "Captain Al said angrily.

The adjutant lost his temper completely and obeyed the captain's arrangement.

But their luck was not very good. Shortly after dispersing and fleeing, Al's flagship lost its course due to thick fog. The thick black fog was cold and smooth, soaking their flesh and soul after a while....

......

On the outskirts of Backlund, in Abner's newly-purchased Brian Manor, the various nobles and social celebrities of Loen gathered together to jointly hold a charitable donation to raise food for the common people.

Unlike the Earl of Hall, Duke of Negan and other great nobles in the original book who clearly had a lot of food in their hands, but sat back and watched the residents of Backlund fall into famine, this time they were all very generous.

The reason is that the situation is different.

In the original book, because Earl Hall no longer needs to show his love or put on a political show, and there is no benefit in doing charity, he naturally focuses on maintaining his own dignity and survival, and is unwilling to give away even insignificant things to him. a little.

But after Audrey led the people to protest, he immediately discovered the hidden risks that threatened his family's survival, so he decisively agreed to take the lead in donating food.

In the final analysis, Earl Hall and other nobles are only calculating profit and loss.

But now, in Backlund, in most parts of the Northern Continent, it is in the greatest interest to follow Viscount Bryan's wishes ~IndoMTL.com~ Therefore, they are naturally willing to donate the food they have hoarded. ...because it pleases Viscount Abner Braine. Only when Abner is happy can the interests of each family be guaranteed.

In the corner of the ball, Audrey, who seemed to have lost all sense of existence, just quietly looked at everyone's hypocritical faces, and quietly listened to everyone's utilitarian voice, her green eyes were like gems.

"I just realized that I am actually a little proud of my noble status in my heart, but..."...

After maintaining the food prices in Backlund and several surrounding cities through a ball, Abner was just about to report to Her Majesty Queen Vera when his expression suddenly changed, and his eyes revealed Happy, thought to himself:

"It's only December, and Cattleya has digested the potion of the "Master of Prophecy?"

"This speed is slightly slower than that of Klein and me, and it's worthwhile for me to spare time every day for her to "peek" at her secrets...

"Well, about her promotion ceremony, there is also a clue."