Clear water flows down the hill from the fortress at the top of the mountain, but before it reaches the base of the mountain, it freezes and turns into transparent ice due to the bitter cold weather.

Underneath it, layers of ice were stacked on top of each other, like ice armor that had covered the mountain with a fish-scale pattern.

The armor may not be very hard, but it is so smooth that even the most adept beasts can only sigh and wander at the foot of the mountain in search of food, making it difficult to reach the peak.

Marquis Henry, the commander-in-chief of the Thracian army, looked coldly at the mountains in the distance that glittered in the sun like jewels, and his eyes were full of disdain.

"Those southern businessmen can only play this kind of little tricks. He said to his son, "It's the New Year, and in less than two months the snow melts, and I'll see what tricks they can play!"

"It's just that this war is going to drag on for another two months. His son Jakar sighed, "It's going to cost a lot of military money!"

"How can there be a war that costs nothing?" said Hyde Henry, nonchalantly, "as long as this war is won, the whole South will be completely open to us." This group of businessmen has been in business for hundreds of years, like a big fat pig, with plenty of oil and water! When the time comes, they can scrape it twice and the military expenses will come back. ”

"If the looting is too ruthless, I'm afraid it will not be conducive to the ruling ......"

"Ruling or something, that's something Your Majesty has to think about. Duke Henry smiled, "Remember, we are only dukes, not kings. There is no need to think about what we shouldn't be thinking about. ”

He paused for a moment and said meaningfully, "Your Majesty will be unhappy if you think about it too much." ”

“...... Your method really works!" Through the projection magic, looking at the Thracian army who had completely retracted into the camp and had no intention of attacking the mountain, Duke Norma smiled happily and said to Semiramis, "Sure enough, you are a big star who can start from scratch and establish the world's number one song and dance troupe! Your wisdom is even more amazing than your beauty!"

Semiramis smiled reservedly and said, "There are many people in this world who are full of wonderful ideas, but few people can turn those wonderful ideas into reality. As a person who can turn his imagination into reality, His Excellency the Duke's praise really makes me a little ashamed of my ideas. ”

Duke Norma smiled and said, "Although the method of freezing the mountain peaks can only delay for no more than two months, but in this situation, it is already rare to delay for two months! Lady Semiramis, your merits are appreciated by the whole Federation, and if you wish, I would like to grant you the title of Viscount and the fief on behalf of the Federation." ”

Semiramis smiled slightly and shook his head slightly: "My ideal is to let people all over the world come to listen to me sing, if I have a knighthood, it will be inconvenient for me to sing on stage." As for the fiefdoms...... Running a song and dance troupe has already taken me too much energy, and I'm afraid I don't have much energy to run a fiefdom. ”

Her meaning was very clear, and Duke Norma was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

For the first time in many years, he had met someone who was not interested in titles and fiefdoms.

Originally, he tempted him with titles and fiefs, because he wanted to take this woman with wisdom and means under his command and become one of his staff, and if he had the opportunity, it would be better to receive the bed. Unexpectedly, Semiramis was not moved at all, so his original plan was completely ruined, and there was no way to implement it from the first step.

Duke Norma is not a resourceful person, and his plan is stuck, which suddenly makes his train of thought stuck. Seeing that his eyes were flickering, and obviously thinking about something, Semiramis smiled secretly and took his leave.

After she was far away, Duke Norma hurriedly called his staff to discuss the matter.

"It's the first time I've seen people who aren't interested in titles or fiefs. A young, spirited aide said, "But...... In life, you must have something to ask for, and you can prescribe the right medicine, which is nothing more than a matter of how fast or slow the medicine works. ”

Duke Norma nodded, he also understood, Semiramis's ideal was nothing more than to promote her song and dance troupe, and he could completely start in this regard, even if he couldn't get her into bed smoothly, at least he could let her work for himself.

At this moment, an elderly staff member said with some concern: "Actually...... For those who are not interested in titles and fiefdoms, I think of one. ”

"Who?" asked the duke curiously.

The staff sighed and said, "Barbarossa, the man who stained his hair red with blood. ”

Everyone suddenly changed their faces together, more than one person's face turned pale, and some even had trembling legs.

Duke Norma's face was also ugly, and after a long time, he said astringently: "It is impossible for everyone who doesn't care about titles and fiefs to be a pirate king. ”

The old staff nodded: "You're right, there is only one Pirate King." ”

But both the Duke and the staff lost interest in the topic of how to subdue Semiramis and moved on to other topics.

The name Barbarossa, in the Molai Commercial Federation, is enough to stop children from crying at night. Originally a small businessman, he inherited one of his father's clippers and smuggled between Terrela and Morlai. Later, because he knew something he shouldn't know, he was slandered as a pirate, and he almost died because of it. As he was about to be hanged, a group of pirates attacked the execution ground, who had come to save one of the pirate leaders who had been executed at the same time as him.

Barbarossa was thus saved, and he simply became a pirate, and in the following ten years, his strength continued to grow, and the number of ships he plundered also increased, and he gradually became famous.

His most famous deeds are that whenever someone dares to resist, and one person resists, he will kill the person who does not resist, and when the killing is over, he will spit on his head and face with the blood of the killed, making himself bloody.

Because his beard and hair are all red, there is gradually a legend of "dyeing his hair red with human blood". Later, on one occasion, he provoked the Republic of Western Brulyka, and was hunted down by the famous "Earth Ranger". The legendary powerhouse chased him for three years and made him embarrassed, but he was not killed because of this, but grew rapidly in the battles again and again, and finally broke through the limit, became a member of the legendary powerhouse, and repelled the Earth Ranger.

Although on land, he is not a particularly powerful figure in the legendary realm, but on the ocean, he is one of the strongest in the entire human world!

Because of personal vendettas, he especially "cared for" the Molai Commercial Federation, and after stepping into the legendary level, he even specially gathered a large number of pirates to form a combined fleet and annihilated the Federation Navy. And since then, as long as the Federation forms a navy, it won't take long for the warship to go to sea, and then even the people and ships will be gone.

After suffering several big losses in a row, the Federation was finally instigated by him, obediently paid money to buy peace, and renamed the Navy "Merchant Clippers", using this method that can be called humiliating, ending the decade-long struggle with Barbarossa.

Naturally, the Federation was disgraced by this, but Barbarossa was so powerful that all pirates respected him as their leader, giving him the title of "Pirate King".

Not long ago, the Union was attacked by the Thracian navy, and it was suggested that Barbarossa help was sought out - the man was sprayed with foam in the face, and although the Duke of Norma was not present at the meeting, his representative was also one of the people who spitted at the meeting.

Looking for the help of the Pirate King?

After the discussion, Duke Norma sat in the doorway drinking tea, but he couldn't help but think of Semiramis and Barbarossa.

"If only that beautiful woman with pink hair could really be like Barbarossa......"

He talked to himself, but he didn't say what was going on.