Chapter 34 – Sharks in the net 2
Chapter 34 The Sharks Fall Into the Net 2
As Schroeder escorted the Shark gang back to the dock, Paul Gleeman was confirming the identity of the Leachman Adventure Group.
Several local residents of Port Fullan were called in, including the town mayor’s granddaughter, Susan.
“So, the dying old man is indeed the mayor of this place.”
“Yes, my lord.” The townspeople replied cautiously, hardly daring to meet the lord’s eyes.
They cast their eyes towards Susan who was guarding the town mayor’s side and sobbing in a low voice, it was really pitiful, having grown up without a parent and relying on her grandfather, if the old man couldn’t make it through this, what would happen to this child in the future.
Paul looked to Susan: “Little girl, those few people who call themselves adventurers are indeed the ones you invited to rescue your grandfather?”
Susan raised her head to look at the lord, and then she lowered her head once again to look at her grandfather and said coldly, “Yes, Lord Lord.”
Strange, does this little girl have a grudge against me? Paul was very strange, that glance of Susan’s just now was seen by him, it was a gaze of hatred and dislike, coupled with the tone of the opening words, anyone who was somehow treated like this would not feel comfortable.
“Your name is Susan right, I sympathize with you for what happened to your grandfather, is there anything I can do to help you?”
Susan didn’t even raise her head this time, and once again said coldly, “There’s nothing I need to help you with, my lord. As long as you can do your duty as a lord and stop cowering in the castle when the pirates come back to bully us.”
Victor, who had been promoted to lieutenant of the internal defense force not long ago, stood by Paul’s side, and after hearing Susan dislike his lord so much he instantly drew his matching sword and bellowed, “How dare you!”
Several other townspeople were shocked and quickly kneeled down to plead for mercy: “Lord lord, Susan is too young and uninformed, plus her grandfather was beaten like this, her heart is too sad, please don’t be angry and be merciful!”
Unexpectedly, the little girl was Victor’s sentence “wanton” provoked temper, immediately turned around, pulled up the tone slightly crying voice toward Paul shouted:
“My grandfather has been tortured like this, why did you only come here? Do you know how many people’s life savings have been taken away, how many women have been spoiled, and how many people who dared to resist have been killed in this period of time, do you nobles know?”
“You all know how to hide in your high castles and drink and enjoy yourselves, have you ever cared about the deaths and lives of your lords? If it wasn’t for the pirates wanting to occupy this place for a long time would you have come?”
After a round of venting, the girl burst into tears.
A few townspeople did not dare to plead for mercy, paralyzed on the ground with their whole bodies swaying, fearing that the lord’s wrath would implicate them.
Victor looked at the count, waiting for his order, as long as the count is willing, this girl will be dead, civilian insulting the nobles is a big crime, although he himself is very sympathetic to her.
Paul waved his hand, ordering Victor to put away his weapon, he walked over to Susan and reached out to put his hand on the girl’s shoulder, but slowly lowered his arm halfway.
He said, “I understand how you feel right now, a few months ago, my father also died at the hands of pirates, it was the Shark Gang that was entrenched in Port Fullan that did this.” The sinking feeling in his words was obvious.
The girl’s body was slightly stunned and stopped crying.
The other townspeople did understand, and just now wondered how their own lord had turned into a teenager, it turned out that the old lord had been killed by pirates. For killing nobles this kind of thing sharks have not been stupid enough to go all over the world to proclaim, so the residents of Fu Lan Harbor almost all do not know about this matter.
Only to hear the lord continue to say: “As for why so late to clean up the pirates, is not a sentence or two can be said clearly, I before the hands of the power is too weak, must accumulate strength, waiting for the time. Anyway, I’m sorry ……”
A silence.
Whether it is soldiers or civilians in the lobby, hearing this “I’m sorry” all stunned, nobles actually apologize to civilians, unheard of ah!
The little girl Susan turned her head to look at Paul, staring round eyes, just after the exclusion of the thought that they must die, did not think that God gave her such an accident, and …… it turned out that his relatives were also harmed by the pirates.
This than their own not older than a few years of the boy changed to a firm tone said, “However, you asked for ‘do not shrink in the castle’, this I swear to do.” “It’s not just pirates, no one will bully my people.”
Paul added inwardly and silently.
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The members of the Leachman Adventure Group, who had been temporarily imprisoned in the basement, were released.
The handsome blue-haired Dean and the yellow-haired Killmonger Kay were both thankful and thanked Paul.
Meru rubbed her wrists, which were sore and painful from the ropes, and secretly complained, “Those two men are not even a problem, but our two ladies were even treated so rudely, these northerners are so barbaric.”
According to the inquiry, this Lichman Adventure Group was not from the Rohrmann Kingdom, but from the independent territory of Messiah in the south, no wonder this group of people did not look at themselves with the same reverence as the others.
In certain commercially more developed city-states and independent collars in the south, the gap between nobles and commoners was not as big as in the northern kingdoms, but of course this not being big was only relative.
He didn’t intend to make things difficult for this group of people, arbitrarily punishing another country’s subjects might cause diplomatic trouble, and it wasn’t good to make enemies for himself for no reason.
At this time a soldier came in and reported, “Lord Count, the shark was caught by Major Schroeder, and has already been escorted to the entrance of the church.”
“Oh? Hurry up and ask the old knight to come in and bring the captives up as well.”
Soon, Schroeder and the others escorted Shark and the others into the church.
“Lord Earl, the bandit leader Shark and his accomplices have already fallen into the net, this group of pirates really left their companions behind in a vain attempt to quietly escape from the sea.”
The old knight had a look of contempt and briefly introduced the battle.
Shark and his minions were tied up, and he was grunting on the ground with a wound on his leg.
“That’s him, my lord, he’s the pirate leader Shark, my lord can kill him and do right by us!”
The townspeople in the hall pointed out.
Shark suddenly shot up and shouted, “Lord Gleeman, I know the location of Edward’s secret treasure, as long as you don’t kill me, I will tell you the location! Your father’s death was my fault, as long as you spare my life, I’ll be a dog you keep, and I’ll bite whoever you tell me to!”
Hmph! Trying to grab the last straw at the end of his life. Not to mention that the shark is his own “father’s enemy”, so for the sake of money to spare him, spread the word how he still in this world.
This treasure is also in all likelihood a temporary fabrication, Edward’s treasure can let the shark this subordinate small gang know? Even if the shark knows, why he himself do not go to get it? Still need to be here with the Gladman family’s army to fight for their lives.
Paul ordered, “Put these bastards in the basement first, tomorrow I’m going to hold a public trial.”
He didn’t want to believe a word of this pirate leader’s words.
(End of chapter)