Chapter 333
Chapter 333.
On the western ocean of the Kingdom of Aldo, a merchant ship was slowly sailing towards the Kingdom’s largest harbor, West Harbor.
This merchant ship was a paddle sailing ship, with a very huge hull and 20 long wooden pulps sticking out from each side, going up and down in the seawater in unison in step under the command of the drums.
There were a number of men on deck, watching the sea around them vigilantly, and from the look in their eyes they appeared to be more warriors than merchant seamen.
On the high stern at the stern of the ship, two men were holding onto the railing, each with a mug of ale in his hand, gazing far out over the land that appeared in the skyline.
“It’s a beautiful day, Captain Edward.”
The young man with long dark hair and earrings said with a smile to the tall, middle-aged man beside him.
“Indeed, a fine day to pry for information.” The middle-aged man raised his glass to the other and took a sip of wine. He had a stocky figure, but his face was thin, the beard above his lips stretched out to the sides like a sword, his skin was tanned, and his face had an ineffable sense of vicissitude, but his two eyes were awkwardly sharp, and he had a sharp gaze that one could not forget after a single glance at him.
No one knew that Captain Walker Edward, the great pirate who once ruled the northwest waters of Aldo and then mysteriously disappeared, would soon reappear before the eyes of the world. However, the current him had an additional identity – a member of the mage organization Secret Law Society.
He was ordered by the organization to come to attack the west coast of the kingdom, but the habit of many years of pirate career, naturally, beforehand, he had to make a good exploration.
The youth raised his cup in response to the pirate captain, ”Once again coming to the sea of Aldo, Mr. Captain is also considered to be revisiting his hometown, right? Is the heart particularly emotional?”
The pirate captain named Edward shrugged his shoulders, “To your disappointment, before my men and I were wandering around in the northwest bay, the central sea of the kingdom has only come a few times, to say that there is any emotion or forget it. Besides, the royal navy is not as good as the Horned Bay Kingdom, but it is not vegetarian, and does not want to be as good as that vote of lords in the Northwest to deal with. Oh, right …… Nathan, speaking of the Northwest Bay, not long ago you did not go to a trip? Why did you go? If it is convenient to disclose words ……”
The youth in front of him is called Nathan, although young, but in the organization is very important member, its own is also very capable, the most people smacked one thing is last year in the eyes of Princess Catherine burned down the grain silo of the capital of Aldo, know that at that time, the kingdom army has just recaptured the Jingyao, it is the whole city under martial law time ah.
Nathan thought for a moment and tilted his head, “Not that there’s anything that can’t be revealed to you, Maltz Kent you know, don’t you?”
Walker Edward laughed a little, “Earl Kent? That’s a tough one to deal with, ambitious, cunning and cruel, but that’s how their family has been in charge for generations. What, did he mess with us?”
“Heh heh, instead of messing with us, he’s even trying to defect to the Secret Law Society. It was Master Barnett who approached him in the past, planning to make him our peripheral force.”
“He’s not a good person.”
“It’s precisely because he’s not a good fighter that he can be of use to us, isn’t that the case with Giles?”
“That’s true, is that why you went over there? Did it go well?”
Nathan shrugged his shoulders and grimaced, “Fizzled out.”
Edward was a little surprised that with the power of the Secret Society there was anything that couldn’t be managed, and wasn’t the other side interested in joining?
Seeing the pirate captain’s expression, Nathan explained to him, “Originally, according to Master Barnett’s plan, it was to first let him sit on the Northwest Duke’s seat, and then clear out the disobedient pricks, and foster them into the second Greedy Wolf Archduke, but unexpectedly, there was a mistake in the middle.”
“What went wrong?” “Master Barnett didn’t know what to do in the middle of the day, Maltz Kent took matters into his own hands without waiting for him to come back, and as a result, he turned himself into a target, what a fool who doesn’t know the heights of heaven and earth, and who doesn’t think about what kind of reputation he has in the Northwest Bay.”
“And?”
“Then the lords of the Northwest Gulf who had an old grudge against him united to wage war against him. Heck, his own army was useless, and he was beaten to his doorstep before his seat as Duke was even warmed. And then after that, the man was lying in his coffin.”
At this point in the story, the corners of Nathan’s mouth grinned and he said slowly, “I did it.”
Edward asked in disbelief, “Why? Was it to silence the man so he wouldn’t leak information about the organization?”
“There’s that reason, what’s the point of keeping a loser like this around? But there’s another layer to it, this guy had the audacity to blackmail us into providing assistance to him, hmmm, it’s time to get off the pot when an underfed dog dares to bark wildly at its master.”
Edward continued to ask, “What about Master Barnett?”
Nathan shook his head, “Who knows, this lord has always been erratic.”
Edward asked a little worried, “There wouldn’t be any accidents, would there?”
“Haha.” Nathan snorted, “You probably don’t know him too well, as a member of the Ten, Lord Barnett’s strength is unfathomable. He can deal with a small army by himself, and even when a large army is present he can retreat in one piece. The power of secular lords couldn’t help him at all. The Maltz Kent mentioned just now is also the number two lord in the Northwest Bay after the Duke, but he is still under Master Barnett’s control. You and I should not worry unnecessarily.”
Edward nodded and took a sip of wine.
Nathan looked up into Edward’s eyes, “Speaking of which, how did Lord Captain join the Secret Society?”
A reminiscent expression appeared on Edward’s face, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, “Ten years ago, I obtained an ancient scroll from a merchant ship, and by chance, I came into contact with the power of the arcane spells, and the incredible things that used to exist only in legends came alive before my eyes, and ever since then, I have been fascinated by this kind of spells, or rather… . enchanted.”
“It’s really heaven’s favor, after that my body even awakened the potential of casting spells, and since then I’ve been desperately collecting things related to magic, even if it’s a kind of taboo in the eyes of the worldly people. But this circle is so closed that many people treat magic as a falsehood.”
“The effort eventually paid off, I came into contact with the Secret Society, the doors of the magical world were finally opened to me, and the Secret Society surprisingly stood behind …… stood that admirable Your Highness. After I heartily contributed my strength, the organization finally accepted me.”
Edward turned around and leaned against the railing, looking up at the clear sky, “At that moment …… how can I put it, for me who has been an orphan since I was a child, it was like returning to my real home in an instant.”
Nathan pondered, “Yeah, when our abilities as mages awaken, we basically draw a line with mortals. Even if you don’t have this realization at first, after day after day, you can slowly experience that you are different, or …… are not allowed by the world. Mr. Captain, you are very smart to know to seek out your own kind from the start, only by being the same mage can you understand and tolerate each other.”
He turned his words around, “But there are some fools among our kind, who are so naive as to think that they can blend in with the mortals, without realizing the price they pay with their lives once their identity is exposed.”
A hint of coldness flashed in Nathan’s eyes, “What we need to do is to break this naivety of theirs and recognize the cruelty of the world.”
(End of chapter)