Chapter 22 Choices and the Seizure of Power
Duchy of York, Dam City, Admiralty's Palace.
It is a rather spacious room, with a strong epic relief on the top and a thick red carpet on the floor, full of luxury and opulence. On the north wall of the room hangs a large oil painting of a man wearing a crown and holding a sword, which is a portrait of King Dardarko of the Duchy of York. Underneath the portrait is an antique mahogany desk with a nautical marker and compass, as well as a pen holder with a quill inserted into it.
An old man about 1.7 meters tall, with a wrinkled face and a lean appearance, was sitting in front of this desk, and the fingers of one hand were gently tapping on the table.
It was originally Admiral Tony Wollman's desk, but when Duke Biserius arrived, it was temporarily requisitioned by Biserius and became Biserius's temporary desk.
Biserius, an evergreen in the political and military arena of the Duchy of York, was of noble birth and scheming, and was extremely favored and trusted by the emperor.
More than two months ago, he secretly received a very secret news: the treasure map of the pirate king Athos is indeed there, and it is in the hands of the pirate Barr!
Because of this, Bisselius used his strong influence in military circles to privately mobilize the coast guard of the Duchy of York to arrest the pirate Barr.
And the pirate Barr, Bicelius is all too familiar.
The two men had dealt with each other more than a decade earlier, when Biselleliu, who was then fifty years old, was the naval commander of the Duchy of York, commanding the nation's navy.
One of the most important tasks of his tenure was to clear the growing piracy.
As time passed, the Hamilton Code became less and less deterrent, and some of the newly emerging pirate forces did not take this illusory Hamilton Code into their eyes at all, and they wreaked havoc on the coastal lines of the Duchy of York, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil.
The Emperor of the Duchy of York, Dardarko, was furious and ordered his most important retainer, Bisellius, to do his best to rid the pirates.
Under the cruel and cruel blows of Bisselius, almost all the pirates of the Duchy of York were cleared, with the only exception being the old pirate Barr.
Thinking of this old friend, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Bisselliu's mouth.
At this time, there was a knock at the door.
Biserius opened his mouth and said, "Please come in!"
Entering was Admiral Wollman, a man with a navy tricorne on his head, a crisp sky-blue navy uniform, and dazzling gold medals on his shoulders and chest, and he walked through the door, the golden ears of wheat made of gold thread on his collar swayed slightly, revealing a unique pride and untaminess of the navy.
Wollman, who was not very tall and dark-skinned, but looked powerful, entered the room, saluted, and his eyes flashed quickly over Biserius.
The gray-haired old man was dressed in a white frilly gown with a golden bauhinia embroidered on the hand-sewn lace at the cuffs, showing his royal background, and a lilac silk tunic with white embroidery at the buttons, revealing a strong and compelling aristocratic atmosphere.
He sat at his desk, with a faint smile on his face, and a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and only glanced at Wollman, and made the somewhat unruly man lower his head.
The moment Wohlman lowered his head, his eyes swept to the left and right of Biserius, and his eyes showed a look of shock and fear.
Although Bisselio has great power, the two people around him shocked Wohlman even more.
To the left of Biserius was a tall man dressed in a navy blue tight-fitting samurai suit, with a two-handed sword pinned to his waist, his hands in his chest, and the muscles of his body looked like a pile of hard stones under the constraints of the straitjacket, containing terrifying power.
This man may not look very heroic, but his eyes are extremely sharp, and he stands without hesitation, revealing an indescribable confidence and arrogance all over his body.
This is Sergei, the famous Wind Sword Fighter in the Imperial Capital, a man known for his arrogance and bravery, and I heard that he is about to break through the fourth level of sword fighters and reach the highest level of sword fighters in the entire Duchy of York, level five.
The Duchy of York was not a large country, it was just a subordinate principality under the Pound Empire, and its territory was patterned like a belt, spread flat on the west side of the Pound continent, and nowhere did it not border the sea.
This has also led to the country's military composition skewed towards the navy, which was not rich in sword fighters.
Therefore, even if he is the emperor of the Duchy of York, the royal guards around him are only three sword fighters who are about to break through the sixth level.
In the calm place of Dam City, I suddenly saw a fourth-level sword fighter, which couldn't help but shock!
However, none of this is as shocking as Pisselleu's side and another person brought to Wollman!
The man was dressed in a black cloak, and his figure was all hidden inside, and he couldn't see the slightest bit of his appearance, but he was short and thin, and it seemed that a gust of wind could blow him away!
However, the man's wide sleeves and cuffs, embroidered with five fiery red flames, were bright and blazing.
This is a fifth-level fire mage!!
Wollman was almost shocked, this was the first time he had seen a fifth-level magician in his realm in his forties in his life!
Although it is said that if the sword fighter and the magician start a battle at this distance in front of them, this fifth-level magician will have a good chance of dying under Sergei's sword.
However, the reason why this magician shocked and fanatically excited Wolman was because, in the world of the navy, there is a saying: Whoever gets a magician, wins the world!
Unlike on the mainland, once the magician boarded the sea ship, the combat power of the sea ship would be multiplied, and the power of the magician would also be multiplied.
In land warfare, mages often hide under the protection of many troops, unleashing various kinds of magic from a distance, and their role is like a fixed turret, when the sword fighters appear in clusters or superior forces and achieve breakthroughs, the mages will be slaughtered in pieces.
Therefore, in a war on land, the mage certainly provides a strong firepower output of an army, but it is often the strong, brave and mobile sword fighters who determine the outcome of the battlefield!
But all this, in naval battles, is the opposite!
In the case of the same level, a hundred sword fighters are not necessarily the opponent of a mage, and even a third-level mage can take out a terrifying eighth-level sword fighter!
Because, all this is determined by the range of the magician's attack!
The range of the mage's attack is twice as long as that of the ship's cannon!
In other words, if two ships are fighting, and one ship is full of powerful sword fighters, and the other ship is only one magician, then the sea ship loaded with the magician can use the magician's attack distance to fight and run, dragging the opponent to death until the opponent's ship is sunk, and there is no need to fight the opponent from beginning to end!
Once a sword fighter falls into the sea, it is really worse than a sailor, all their strength comes from breathing, and in the sea, they obviously cannot turn their lungs into gills. The raging waves will engulf them mercilessly, whether they are powerful sword fighters or not.
Moreover, even if a magician mounts the most broken windsurfing board, and the opponent is a large warship, as long as the two sides are not within range at the beginning, then this windsurfing board can also use the power of the magician to consume the opponent alive!
This is the famous law of the sea: whoever wins the magician, wins the world!
The Wizard is on the ocean and is the most terrifying mobile turret with the most range!
Wolman's gaze retracted from the fifth-level magician, and his heart trembled.
He made up his mind that no matter what he was for, he would bring this fifth-level magician to his side.
This is why he spared no effort to fulfill Biserius's orders.
He coughed, cleared his throat, and forced himself to suppress his heart: "Lord Biserius, the man you asked us to arrest, we have already arrested him, do you need me to bring him for you?"
The moment Bearder walked through the door, he took in a series of glances and changes in the man's eyes, and he was a man who was good at checking his face: "What is the reaction of his entourage?"
Wollman looked up and smiled disdainfully, "A bunch of pirate minions are just a bunch of minions, not worth mentioning." If it weren't for the fact that they didn't do anything out of the ordinary and behaved in Dam, I could have crushed them all to death!Of course, if you don't want these flies to cause you trouble in the future, Lord Duke, I can ...... them."
Bisselius still smiled: "Since I said I would let them go, I would let them go." Without Baal, they're just headless flies, and you don't have to pay attention to them. ”
Seeing that Biserius didn't mention the Barr he caught, Wollman took the initiative to mention it: "Then Lord Biserius, what should you do with the person you want us to capture?"
Bisselliu's body leaned forward slightly, his eyes drooping slightly, so that people could not see the tension that flashed in his eyes.
His pursuit was purely a private act by using his powerful influence in the military world, just to obtain the treasure map of Athoth.
Now that Baal has been caught, the fewer people who know, the better, and he can't interrogate him in this place, who knows what tricks this old fox Baal will play in the palm of his hand?
For his old friends, Bisellius can be said to know the roots.
Bisselliu thought for a moment and smiled slightly: "I heard that Jalaren Prison has been a little free lately......
Wollman suddenly understood, and a smile appeared on his face: "I see, this will be done according to Lord Biserius!"
He bowed deeply, and his gaze swept one last glance at the fifth-level magician, fanatical and greedy.
As long as this matter is done for the Duke, this fifth-level magician will be at my disposal in the future!
I just don't know where that bearded old man offended Lord Biserius and was going to be imprisoned in Jalaren's prison, hey, he's finished!
Wollman stepped back respectfully, glanced left and right at the door, and whispered a few words, and the old captain Barr was thrown into the notorious prison, Jalaren's prison.
It is notorious because all the prisoners in this prison are felons of the Principality of York, the most important of which are political prisoners!
Since most of its inhabitants were opponents of the king, the king spent a great deal of money to build it into a fortress! It was so severe that it was hard to imagine that since the time the prison was built, there had never been a single precedent for a prisoner to escape, and anyone who was imprisoned had only two paths.
One is to commit suicide immediately, and the other is to wait for death slowly.
A self-deprecating quote from the inmates of Jalaren Prison could not have described the situation in this prison: the only free creatures in this prison are flies, and animals slightly larger than flies, as long as they do not live in cages, are mercilessly hunted!
This book was first published from 17k, the first time to see the genuine content!
#includevirtual="/fragment/6/3236.html".qrcode{width:590px; margin:0auto; background:#fff; border:1pxsolidc; padding:15px20px; overflow:hidden;}. qrcodeimg{float:left;}. qrcodeul{margin-left:120px; font:14px/1.5"microsoftyahei"; padding-left:15px;}. qrcodeli{list-style:square; margin-bottom:5px;}
Scan the QR code to pay attention to the 17k official WeChat, and the latest chapters can also be seen on WeChat!Click on the + sign in the upper right corner of WeChat, select Add Friends, and search for the official account "wap_17k" to follow us. Reply to "Grand Prize + Your QQ Number" to participate in the event. 10 iPhone6, 10,000 QQ members are waiting for you!