"I received a telegram from Sister Vivien a few days ago, is it the Kingdom of Trebizond?" Consitine asked, that was their destination, perhaps the last land he could go to to resist the Crusaders. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info had left Berthes to handle a series of things for various reasons, and now he was finally ready to set foot on the land of the East.

And Belsch snorted and explained, "Yes, for now, the Nicaeans are not, no, they cannot be trusted. So it's only safe to travel to Trebizond. ”

Time and time again, the Nicaean have been disappointing, and those who are keen on power will never want a knight king to show up to share their power.

"By the way, Your Highness, can you tell me, what did that woman lose and finally make you agree to her?" Suddenly, Berthes asked.

Although even Belsches did not know the specifics, it was certain that Constance, Dante and Miss Elennor had reached a compromise. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to return to the East easily.

As Constance Dante said, Elenore did help a lot.

Although it is a wooden sailing ship, the ship provided by Elenor is also very valuable, even if it is still mainly wind-powered, but there is actually a steam boiler inside. It also made the sailboat much faster than ordinary wind sailboats, which greatly reduced their risk of exposure and allowed them to return to Anatolia as soon as possible.

"Nothing, one way or another, we have to come back, don't we? How's it going, and how far is it now? Constance Dante didn't answer the other party's question, but looked at Berchis and asked, Dicayat was getting better now, so he didn't have to bother too much, he only cared about when he could get to land.

"Half a day at most." Berchis replied that this was already the limit, although both he and Constance Dante understood that with each passing day, the situation in Anatolia deteriorated by a point.

"Half a day?" Constance Dante muttered to himself, but did not say anything.

Berhis...... You say, can my return really make a difference? Or is it just a futile end in the end? Suddenly, Cons Dante's voice was filled with heavy weariness.

"Are you shaking?" Berchis glanced at Constance, Dante

"Almost! I'm just a little hesitant. The only one I can rely on is myself. Constance Dante smiled wryly and said, "But don't worry, at least this time I won't run away again." Since I made a mistake fourteen years ago, I can't allow history to repeat itself! ”

All the mistakes of the past must be corrected!

All the wounds of the past must be healed!

All past sufferings must be redeemed!

At this moment, Constance, who slowly exhaled a breath, opened his eyes, and the depth of his lake-blue eyes made Berschis shudder. At this moment, Berchis felt that he was facing the real knight king, a knight king who had trembled in the West.

Perhaps, he can really change all that!

And just then, the steam alarm suddenly sounded, attracting everyone's attention.

What's going on?

Despite the fact that steam was already used as a power, in essence, the ship on which Cons Dante was flying was still the architecture of an ordinary traditional sailing ship, and as an alarm, the ship relied on the shrill chirping of steam. This immediately alarmed Consdante and Berhis, and according to the original plan, there should be no more danger at sea here.

This was what Elennor had promised, and her father, the Grand Duke of Athens, would be the commander of the crusaders in Anatolia, so that the Venetian and Genoa navies could be transferred from this connection, allowing Cons, Dante and others to return to the East safely. But the current alarm undoubtedly indicates that they have encountered enemy warships.

At this moment, there was a hurried knock at the door.

Report ......

Opening the door, the panting guard said breathlessly.

"What the hell is going on?" Berchis asked, a faint uneasiness in the look in the other's eyes.

"Yes...... It's a battleship, and an unidentified battleship has been encountered in front of it! The guard relented and reported to Consité Dante and Berheath.

"What?" Both Constance Dante and Bersches gasped, and that was undoubtedly the worst thing that could have happened. If it was a battleship, it would be the worst thing, this wooden ship was only equipped with old-fashioned breech guns, and it did not pose any threat to the steelclad ship at all. On the contrary, the naval guns can easily blast them to smithereens! For a moment, the threat of death grabbed the hearts of the two like an invisible claw.

"Damn, you still can't trust that woman?" Berthes muttered to himself and suddenly became angry. He believed that he had been deceived by Elenor, who was already wary of Elenor, the daughter of a traitor.

"Probably not, Berthes, if that man wants me dead, there have been many chances."

But Constance Dante seemed much calmer, he naturally did not blindly believe in Elenor, who had never been masked before, but he did not think that the other party would betray him. The reason is very simple, that is, if you die, it will not be of any benefit to the other party, all political games in this world exist for the sake of profit, and if you are in favor of the Pope, the other party will never easily betray yourself. Because of this, Constance Dante did not immediately judge that it was Elenor's betrayal that caused all this.

I saw this young man look at his subordinates with rare calmness and asked, "Can you see each other's flags clearly?" "It stands to reason that any ship should have a flag other than pirates, and first they should find out where the other party came from.

……

A faint mist floated over the sea, and through the blurred vision, Consité Dante finally cleared the ships that were approaching them. Constance Dante did not order his men to retreat, because even if their sailing ships had steam boilers, they could never be faster than their warships, so it was better to wait and see what happened.

And everyone looked at all this nervously in front of them, not knowing what to do. When they saw the black hole of the giant cannon on the steelclad ship, they all chuckled in their hearts.

"That's—" Berthes's expression froze suddenly, and he finally saw the flags flying from the battleship.

The fierce double-headed eagle seemed to come alive on the banner, which made Cons, Dante and Belchis change their faces at the same time.

"Nicaeans!" Berchis said as he secretly clenched his fists.

"Hmm!" And Constance Dante also nodded, unmoved.

The two immediately returned to normal, while the other Novgorodians were not too surprised, and although they recognized the double-headed eagle banner that symbolized the glory of the Roman Empire, they did not understand the difference between the flags of Nicaea and Constantinople. Cons, Dante, and Berchis saw the gold-trimmed banner of Nanicia at the same time.

Tsk - that's trouble! According to Vivien, the Nicaeans could not be trusted at all, but now they were confronted at sea.

Is this a coincidence or a trap in advance?

Both of them were amusefully unreckless. After all, if they are not careful, they will inevitably be exposed to artillery and eventually disappear.

"What should I do, Your Highness?" Beside Constance Dante, Bersches whispered that in this case, the two of them must coordinate their actions, otherwise it would be bad if they were exposed.

"I know what to do...... For now, the Nicaeans should be ignorant of our coming, it's just a coincidence! ”

"I hope so!" Seeing that Constance Dante was so confident, he could only choose to believe it. But at the end of the day, the danger they face now has not diminished in the slightest, even if the other party does not know their true identity. It is not surprising that unidentified ships have appeared in the war-torn waters of Anatolia, even if they were executed as spies.

Let's wait and see what happens!

The Novgorodians, who were ignorant of the danger, were not as nervous as Consdante and Berhis, although they were also strange about the battleships coming from the opposite side, but this also allowed Consdante and Berthys not to worry about showing their feet, and they had lived in Rus for three or four years, and they no longer looked like they were the same in terms of living habits and dress, and at first glance they looked no different from this group of Rus.

At this moment, on the battleship, a soldier suddenly appeared, and the other party waved two flags in his hands.

"That's—"

"It's a flag signal!" Bershes replied that although there were wars of great or small scale all over the world, there was never a shortage of people who could not make a fortune, not to mention that the nobles of the East and the West were more demanding of luxury than anything else, so even in the war zone, there were countless business trips that secretly came and went. Both sides of the war turned a blind eye to this. After all, I am happy to see it, otherwise I can't buy anything on the black market, which will make many people dissatisfied. But in order to prevent accidental injury, the flag signal was also created, and in the busy Levant region, ships did not know the details of the other side and refused to make too close contact, and over time, both sides tacitly developed a set of methods for safe exchanges. As a result, this set was instead learned by the army. It can be said that both in the East and in the West, the Navy relies on this way to convey orders or make contacts.

"I know," Constance Dante nodded, although he was not familiar with this set, but the intention of the other party was not difficult to understand. "They're asking us what we're doing, and it doesn't seem like we're exposed."

"It's not enough to say that categorically." Berhis, however, was cautious.

"Your Excellency Belhiss and the Grand Duke, what are those people doing waving broken flags on the ship?" At this time, the subordinates beside them were puzzled, most of these Rus' people had never been to the sea, and even if they were, the navigation area of the Rus' people was in the north, and there was no such thing as a flag at all.

"It's just a signal." Without waiting for Consitor Dante to speak, the seamen on board waved their flags to communicate with each other, and it seems that Elenor had thought about this beforehand. Cons, Dante, and Berheath saw that the seamen were trying to tell the Nicaeans that they were merely caravans.

But if that's the case, can you hide it from the world? No one knows. Moreover, the appearance of these Nicaeans is strange. You know, the Seljuks and the Crusaders are now fighting over the south, but what is it about this that attracts these Nicaeans?

I hope you don't get involved in any trouble! Constance Dante could only say this to himself in his heart.

……

And on the battleship of the Nicaeans, Captain Plekhanov walked from the cabin to the deck.

"What's wrong?" The man asked lazily, he had been resting in the captain's room, but someone came to disturb him, which made the man very uncomfortable.

"It's a Polish-flagged ship, sir!" The first mate next to him replied.

"Poles?" At such a time, the Polish ships would appear, and it was still here, Plekhanov could not but be surprised. The warship he commanded, though only of an ordinary tonnage class in the Western armies, was one of the few steelclad ships in Nicaea. He had been assigned an important mission to arrive here this time, but he did not expect to encounter a sailing ship of suspicious origin. This made the man suspicious.

"They didn't say what they were doing?" Soon, Plekhanov retracted his originally lazy expression and became serious, looking at his subordinates and asked.

"Report to the sir, they say it's people passing by on business. It's just a sailboat, so there shouldn't be any problems. "The Nicaeans are used to smuggling by sea, and they themselves are engaged in this business to maintain the expenses of the kingdom, so they will not interfere.

But Plekhanov was surprisingly cautious and shook his head, "Don't jump to conclusions so quickly, maybe the person we're looking for is on this ship." If you let it go because of this, Your Majesty will know, and you and I will not be able to bear the responsibility! ”

Everyone was in their hearts, yes, they came with a heavy responsibility this time, and it was not easy to wait until the Crusader navy left this sea, if they still failed, they couldn't afford to bear the responsibility.

"Tell them to stop and let us check!" Plekhanov shouted.

"Understood, Captain!" The first mate beside him hurriedly received the order, asked all his subordinates to return to their posts, and asked people to use the flag to indicate that the sailboat docked.

"Tsk-" And seeing this scene, Constance, Dante and Bercys, both sank their hearts at the same time, they didn't expect the other party to ask for a search, this is too abnormal, although it is disguised, but it is impossible to guarantee whether it can be concealed.

"It seems that you can't hide!" Berches whispered.

Constance Dante, on the other hand, replied calmly: "In that case, let's improvise!" "There doesn't seem to be much panic. (To be continued.) )