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v12 Chapter 129: Abner's influence

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In deep winter, in a certain sea area south of Pritz Harbor, a privateer fleet apparently formed by pirates is cruising the vast sea, looking for "suitable" prey.

Since the main force of the Church of the Storm's fleet is still guarding the Rorsted Islands and other overseas colonies, although Loen's naval strength is not weak, it is difficult to resist the coalition forces of Fenepot and Feysac, so they can only retreat near Pritz Harbor. Only a privateer fleet dared to swagger to block the main shipping route and intercept passing material transport ships.

Although under the instruction of Abner, all countries have signed the "Tilis City Convention" and no longer indulge the army to plunder civilians and caravans at will, how could the Fusac and Fenepot military forces just because of a piece of paper The agreement allows all kinds of materials to be continuously transported into Backlund?

Therefore, there were naturally more "pirates" near the ports of Loen.

Some of them were real pirates hired by the Feysac and Fenepot military forces, while others were simply pretended by the navy. The "Convention of Tilis City" can restrain the regular army, but it can't restrain the pirates, can it?

And the current commander of this privateer fleet, Al Manaus, is similar to Alger. Although he has always been a pirate on the surface, his real identity is an officer of the Feysac Navy.

"Captain, there is a fleet coming from the direction of Damir. They should have spotted us, but they didn't turn around." At this moment, the watchman reported loudly to Commander Arhui.

Before Al could reply, the young lieutenant next to him spoke first: "Captain, get ready to fight, our chance to make meritorious service has come!"

Al Manaeus squinted at his adjutant, dissatisfied with his arbitrariness in making decisions for him. If the other party hadn't been a stupid young man forced into his ship by the military as a "supervisor", he would have tied him up. Throw it into the sea to feed the murlocs.

This kind of ship that dared to come over after seeing the privateer fleet needs to be treated with more caution... Al Manaeus ignored the clamor of the young adjutant, and shouted directly to the watchman on the mast: "Can you see the flags of those ships?"

"Captain, I still can't see clearly...wait, that...that seems to be the badge of the 'Foundation'!" The watchman was confident at first, but his voice began to tremble after speaking.

The foundation...the Blaine Charitable Foundation? ! Captain Al's eyes widened in an instant, and then he ordered loudly without thinking: "Order all ships to disperse and retreat, and leave this sea area as soon as possible."

After hearing the order, the rest of the crew did not have any objections, and quickly returned to their respective posts. Only the young adjutant was a little dazed, and after a while, he asked sternly, "Captain Al, what are you going to do? How dare you let go?" Loen's merchant ship, do you want to betray..."

"Shut up!" Before the adjutant finished speaking, Al slapped him down on the deck, and then the pirate captain who was over forty years old warned in a harsher tone than the other party, "I tell you, in today's On the open sea, the Foundation's fleet is an absolute no-no!

"Even if we go to war with Loen's ironclad ships, we can't mess with the 'Foundation' ships.

"If you provoke Loen's fleet, at most you will be far away from the sea area controlled by the other party, but if you provoke the 'Foundation' ship, there will be no room in the sea!

"That is the object that the four pirate kings and the seven pirate generals jointly declared that they could not plunder!

"Before, a pirate group several times larger than ours unbelievedly blocked the "Foundation" fleet. As a result, the "Golden Dream" passed through a huge circular gate surrounded by flames on the spot." Shuttle came and wiped out most of the main force of the pirate group.

"And none of the ships that escaped from the pirate group ended up well. The Pale Maiden, the Black Throne, the Black Death", the Future, and the Dawn joined their roundup one after another.

"There was even a pirate ship that "luckily" broke out of the encirclement and escaped into the "Abyss Vortex", but was still destroyed by a sea monster...

"Abyss Vortex" is the name of a dangerous sea area, not a real abyss.

Captain Al said this, paused, and continued: "And those who fled to land also have no good results... You should have heard of the 'Guardian of the Convention'

Bar? "

The young adjutant's face was extremely ugly, and he didn't know whether it was because he was afraid or unconvinced, but after hearing the other party's question, the stunned young man trembled, his eyes widened and he said: "Guardian of the Convention 'Do you still care about this?"

"Defenders of the Convention" is a newly born assassin organization. The purpose of this organization is to maintain the "Convention of Tillis City" can be seriously implemented. Those who are sanctioned will be included in the "purification sequence" by the organization and "killed" after three warnings to no avail.

At the beginning, all parties scoffed at the so-called "purification sequence" and even openly boycotted the "Convention" signed by high-level officials. However, after the assassination of a demigod general of Feneporte, everyone corrected their attitudes. No one dares to ignore the "sacredness" of the "Tilis City Convention".

The young adjutant came to sea because he witnessed his boss being killed by a female assassin because he was looting civilians, so he was very afraid of the "Guardian of the Convention".

"Isn't what we are doing destroying the sanctity of the "Convention"? Although the power of the "Guardian of the Convention" has not yet spread to the sea, the looting of the "Foundation" ship itself is enough for us all to die. "Purification sequence! "Captain Al said angrily.

The adjutant had completely lost his temper so far, and obeyed the captain's arrangement.

But their luck was not very good. Shortly after dispersing and fleeing, Al's flagship lost its course due to thick fog. Those black thick fogs are cold and smooth, soaking their flesh and soul after a while....

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On the outskirts of Backlund, in Abner's newly-purchased Bryan Manor, the various nobles and celebrities of Loen gathered together to jointly hold a charitable donation to raise food for the common people.

Unlike in the original book, Earl Hall, Duke Negan and other great nobles had a lot of food in their hands, but sat back and watched the residents of Backlund fall into famine, this time they were all very generous.

The reason is that the situation is different.

In the original book, because Earl Hall no longer needs to show his love or political show, and there is no benefit in doing charity, he naturally focuses on maintaining his own decency and survival, and is unwilling to share even a trivial point for him.

But after Audrey led the people to protest, he immediately discovered the hidden risks that threatened his family's survival, so he decisively agreed to take the lead in donating food.

In the final analysis, Earl Hall and other nobles only calculated gains and losses.

But now, in Backlund, in most parts of the Northern Continent, following Viscount Bryan's wishes ~lightnovelpub.net~ is where the greatest interests lie.

Therefore, they are naturally willing to donate the food they have hoarded at home...because it will make Viscount Abner Bryan happy. Only when Abner is happy can the interests of each family be guaranteed.

In the corner of the ball, Audrey, who seemed to have lost all sense of existence, just quietly looked at everyone's hypocritical faces, and quietly listened to everyone's utilitarian voice, her green eyes were like gems.

"I just realized that I am actually a little proud of my noble status in my heart, but..."...

After a ball, once again maintaining the food prices in Backlund and several surrounding cities, Abner was just about to report to Her Majesty Queen Vera, when his expression suddenly changed, and his eyes immediately revealed a look of joy. thought:

"It's only December, and Cattleya has digested the "Master of Prophecy potion?"

"This speed is slightly slower than that of Klein and me. It's worthwhile for me to spare time every day for her to "peek" at her secrets...

"Well, about her promotion ceremony, there is also a clue."