Chapter 10: The Apostles Dilemma (8)
The carriage carried Gregory wildly. After a while, Stad's hamlet finally appeared in front. At the same time, the legs of the carriage suddenly became soft and fell to the ground, causing the driver and Gregory to fall down.
The coachman rolled on the ground several times. He didn't care about his pain, so he jumped up and ran towards Gregory. At this time, Gregory was extremely weak, and except for being able to hum a few more times, he was no different from a dead person.
The sound of horse hooves came from the rear of the coachman and was approaching them every moment.
The coachman made a loud cry for help, hoping that Stad's garrison could hear it. At the same time, he put Gregorian's hand on his shoulder and limped towards the village.
The pirates stationed in Stad heard the voice of the coachman and opened the city gate and rushed out. They seemed to have dealt with the same situation many times. They only looked at each other and let the coachman and Gregory go, and stopped the soldiers who were chasing them.
When Duke Otto saw the soldiers of the Pirate Kingdom blocking their presence, he hurriedly stopped the horse and almost at the same time, he rushed to the front of the soldier and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way! We are pursuing the demon believers under the order of Duke Otto!"
"The Devil's Believers? Where?"
The soldier pointed his hand in the direction of the coachman and Gregory: "It's them! Get out of here!"
"Get out of the way? You get off the horse first! The King of Sweden is in the village ahead. Don't say that you are just soldiers sent by Duke Otto, even if your Duke Otto comes in person, you will still dismount here and walk!"
The soldier's face turned black and he pulled out the knife from his waist. Seeing this, the pirates also raised their spears and axes. Both sides looked at each other fiercely, and a fierce battle was about to break out.
There was a captain in the cavalry team. He knew that he would never have a conflict with the pirate kingdom here, so he quickly ordered his soldiers: "Put your knife away! Dismount! Let's chase after you on foot!"
When the soldiers heard the order, they swallowed their anger and climbed down from the horse.
"We've all dismounted." The captain of the cavalry said to the pirates, "Can we let us go now?"
The pirates did not reply immediately, but looked at the captain of the cavalry. Just as they were doing these things, the coachman had already helped Gregorian into the city. The captain of the cavalry could not sit still and shouted, "Get out of the way! They are about to run away!"
The group of pirates continued to look at the cavalry captain as if they didn't hear it. The cavalry captain finally couldn't help but shout, "What are you watching there!"
A pirate touched his beard and replied, "We are wondering, are you a noble?"
"No! So what?"
The pirates looked at the soldiers behind the cavalry captain again: "Then do you have nobles?"
"I'm not, how could they be! I don't have time to talk nonsense here!"
So a pirate spread his hands regretfully: "If there are nobles among you, it will make sense to bring the guards in. But there are not one of you, so I will trouble you to remove the weapons here."
The soldiers of Duke Otto were so angry that they pulled out half of the knives that were stuffed back. The captain of the cavalry even stared at the pirates and shouted: "Do you want us to enter the city empty-handed?"
The pirates were not easy to mess with. The soldiers of Duke Otto glared at them, and they also stared back with even more fierce eyes.
The pirate with the largest voice shouted in a thunderous voice: "Let's figure it out, the Swedish king is right ahead! There is not a single noble among you, so it's not for negotiation. The Duke of Oto sent a team of soldiers to rush into Stad with weapons. Is he trying to make a ill-gotten attempt to conspire against the Swedish king?"
This sentence calmed the captain of the cavalry. He knew that Duke Otto did not want to have a conflict with the Pirate Kingdom, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart and ordered the soldiers behind him to remove all the weapons.
"We also want armor!" the pirates added in a verbal manner.
After the soldiers removed their weapons and armor, the coachman and Gregory could no longer even see their shadows.
Fortunately, Stad was backing against the sea. If there were no boats, the only way to enter and exit the city was the only one in front of him. While calculating how many roads Gregory and the others had walked, the cavalry captain said angrily: "Can we let us in now?"
"Don't worry, there's a last point." A pirate cleared his throat. "Since the Swedish king is still in Stad, Stad is a neutral leader. All grudges in the Almani Federation are not allowed to be brought into Stad. We will come out to stop any conflicts that occur in Stad. Please keep this in mind."
"So we can't even catch those two fugitives???"
The captain of the cavalry could no longer hold it back and pointed at the nose of the pirate De in front and cursed: "The King of Sweden wants to cover up the Orthodox Church of Abraham, right?"
"How could it be? The King of Sweden treats everyone equally. If the people of the Orthodox Church of Abraham capture you, we will come out to stop it."
"So, with the intervention of the Swedish king, we can't catch those two fugitives?"
"How could it be? You are waiting at the door, they will always come out, right?"
Captain Knight didn't know what to say for a moment. Even if he wanted to teach those pirates a lesson, there were no weapons available.
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In Stadner, soldiers from the Pirate Kingdom were distributing fresh water and bread to the believers of the Abraham Orthodox Church who came to take refuge. The coachman also got a portion. Seeing that Gregory was weak, they brought some hay to let him lie on it.
The coachman had just escaped from death. Looking at the bread in his hand, he was extremely excited and prayed to the sky: "God! Thank you for saving us from suffering!"
This was just a very ordinary prayer. Unexpectedly, the believers of the Abraham Orthodox Church around them all cast strange eyes on him after hearing this.
A pirate came over and shouted, "What are you praying here? Find out, the one who took you is the King of Sweden, and the one who gave you bread and water is also the King of Sweden. Your God did nothing! The King of Sweden doesn't like your God. Next time he screams, he will throw you out of here!"
"ha?"
Chapter completed!