Chapter 232: Deviation from course
"What I know now is not complete. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info I haven't gotten the war briefing in the past few days, but I just heard a little drunk talk from the people who came back from the sea. Luca said.
"It's okay to be drunk, what the hell is going on now?" Mores became agitated.
Lukka relayed the situation that Haken brought back as it was, and said: "There should be battle reports coming in the next few days, and the overall situation will be known at that time." But now, are you going to tell me more about what happened to the Knights of the Seas? It's just the words 'oracle' and 'banishment', that's too simple, isn't it?"
Mores was a little stunned by the explosive news of "Sea Knights Fall to the Empire", and it took a while to come back to his senses, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll start from the beginning." โ
"It happened before the New Year, just after the winter solstice, and I was reading the daily newspaper that I received from Sunset Express, and I thought, you have solved this crisis. I was quite sorry at the time, I should have gone with you, this kind of opportunity, if you miss once, there will be no second time!"
"Don't get me wrong, of course I didn't mean that I wanted another crisis, since I became a knight lord, I haven't had much chance to go to sea, and I've been with you to the underwater ruins for so many years. โ
"On that day, my knights suddenly came to report that the idol in the eastern courtyard had begun to glow. You know, our Knightsโwell, now their Knightsโmay be called the Guardians of the Goddess of the Sea, but in reality, they aren't as close to the gods as they are to the Storm Temple. โ
"History records that about four hundred years ago, the goddess of the sea left the archipelago after giving the Knights the rules, and the Knights only acted according to the laws she left behind. โ
"'Those who obey the law have the power of a knight, and if they turn their backs on the law, they lose all their power and are the enemy of all knights of the sea. These are the words written on the first page of the law, and they are not intended to scare people, but I have seen a few people who have broken the law, and after losing the power of knights, they can't even wear armor. โ
"The law also stipulates, 'All knights should obey the will of the superior knights', you know, with these rules, it is actually quite convenient to manage the Knights, unlike the Archon Taylor, who has to always be on the lookout for betrayal, whether someone will stab him in the back or something. โ
"On the Knights' side, everything speaks according to rank, anyway, except for this zero-level knight on your side, no one else can be above me. โ
"The only exception is the oracle, 'The choice of a knight lord must obey the oracle of the goddess of the sea', although there is such a clause in the law, it is quite conspicuous, and it is always mentioned. But for nearly four hundred years, the oracle of the goddess of the sea has not appeared once. Not only me, but also the generations of knight lords before me regarded this 'oracle' as a blessing word. โ
"But this time, the idol of the goddess of the sea, the tourist attraction where various garlands and streamers are hung every festival, glowed with a pale blue light!"
"I hurried over with someone, and as soon as I arrived, she began to make noises, as if she had deliberately waited for me to arrive. โ
"Don't ask me what she said, who likes to memorize the most unfortunate sentence that makes them the most unlucky, anyway, it is to strip me of all power, make the second-class knight Ander Blair the new lord, let them arrest me or something. โ
After saying that, the idol was restored to its original state, and I became the target of all eyes. โ
"But I think there must be a loophole in her oracle, she let those knights arrest me, but she didn't say that I couldn't resist. โ
"If I resist a little and escape again, it is not a violation of the oracle, let alone the rules of knighthood, you see, the power of my knights is not affected at all, but they no longer obey my orders. โ
Saying this, Lukka suddenly waved his hand at Mores and made him stop.
"I suddenly have a question," said Luca, "if the Goddess of the Sea can strip you of her position so that the knights can no longer obey your orders, why is Daniel's authority not affected?
"She'd like to!" Daniel snorted, "I'm the first generation of Sea Knights, and they're the second generation. At my time, that slut hadn't added the rules of this 'oracle' to the law, and it was only after she found out that she couldn't control me that she left such a hole for the second generation of knights!"
Lukka thought for a moment and said, "I probably understand a little. You're saying that the goddess of the sea can only control the knights of the sea by making laws, and cannot act directly by her own will?"
"That's it, that's why I always say that bitch is just using the power of the ocean itself to add to his chips!" Daniel said puffingly.
"Well, I see," Luca turned his head back to Mores, "you go on, I don't need to go into detail about how you got out, we all know what you're capable of anyway." But why did you come here instead of Taylor?"
Mores replied, "I want to go, but I have to hide my identity from Leighton Island, right?" My property is all in the Knights' Temple, and I can't use the Knights' ships anymore, so I can only hastily write a letter to Taylor to explain the situation, and then use a false name to board a merchant ship bound for North Kaede Island. โ
"But during the war, the route that was supposed to be safe was also unstable, and the merchant ships avoided the Imperial Navy all the way, and then they couldn't hold it anymore, so they hung up your blood-colored staff flag on the ship, saying that coming to Tata Island was the only way to live, and by mistake, I was sent here. โ
Mores' trip was a bit off, but it wasn't anything new.
Since the beginning of the war, most of the merchant ships have retreated back to the port to avoid trouble, and a few brave merchants have ventured to sail, but they have also been harassed poorly by the opposing army, and Tata Island, a pirate station, has now become the safest haven for merchant ships, of course, provided that you pay enough protection money and get the Scarlet Staff Flag.
Mores continued: "I thought, I'm here anyway, and the matter of the Knights of the Sea is not an outsider's business for you, so I just came to you. โ
"I didn't expect that you, the lord, are bigger than me. I arrived yesterday morning, and the guard at your gate will not let me in unless I give my name. You say, even if I hadn't been expelled by the Knights, would I dare to say my name on this island?"
"Then you're not going to give a pseudonym?" Lukka asked, puzzled.
Mores shook his head: "This really can't work. It doesn't matter if you use a fake name on a merchant ship, but for a visit to the lord level, the rules of knighthood stipulate that the use of a fake name is not allowed. โ
"It's good that I'm a mage, not a knight, and that's too much trouble!" Lukka sighed.