Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 422: Blood Shark

The work of the Church proceeded in an orderly manner, and the members of the Church would distribute leaflets in the streets, preaching the doctrines; When people who were interested in the church came to the church, the church would give them a small gift to increase the favorability of the church in their hearts; Then Father Miro used his three-inch tongue to persuade these people, and called them Summoning; In the end, Vera would occasionally make a random prophecy about someone in the church. Often, a few days later, the person who had Vera prophesy would be found crying and shouting for permission to join the church.

Such a person would bring along his family, friends, and even relatives to join the Church. Under such a chain reaction, Father Miro's church was growing at a geometric rate. In just a few days, more than half of Storm City's territory had become believers.

This influence was still growing, as Storm City and Violet Harbor continued to trade more and more frequently. Many merchants had already brought all sorts of miracles of the church to the harbor. Alan had even intentionally pushed the Lily Chamber of Commerce and Roger to organize a church event, allowing Father Miro to set off for the harbor to preach.

It could be imagined that when the Church took a foothold in Violet Harbor. Then it would spread the image of Christianity to the other territories of the empire through the merchants in the harbor, laying the foundation for the church to enter the empire's hinterland. Of course, before that, Allen needed to enter the hinterland ahead of time and establish a foothold to take root. Only when Allen's forces were able to pass through the heart of the empire would the Church be able to pass unhindered.

In turn, when the Church took root in the empire, it would eventually shade Allen. At that time, with secular power and divine power in his hands, Allen's forces would sweep across every lord in the empire, including the Duke. At that time, only the royal family would be able to contend against it. However, with the penetration of the Church, this threat would eventually become a threat.

The blueprint was already planned, and what was lacking was to push it forward and realize it. Of course, Allen knew that achieving the final goal was much harder than planning the blueprint.

On the second day after the cathedral ceremony, Hagrid was going to take his leave. However, when he left, he left behind a Black Cloud Knight. Haggers told Alan that if Storm City was in danger and needed reinforcements, he would have the knight informed. He would naturally notify Haggers through Black Iron Castle's own methods. Allen accepted it happily, knowing that the pressure he had arranged at the ceremony had worked. Otherwise, how could Hagrid be so kind?

However, leaving a Black Cloud Knight in Storm City might not be a good thing. He could be Hagrid's most righteous eye, and he could report the situation of Storm City to Black Iron Castle from time to time. However, this arrangement was not taken seriously by Alan. He was determined to forge ahead, constantly striking at higher authority and larger territories, following a dignified and upright king pattern. Since Hagrid wanted to see it, he could just let him see it enough. When he saw Storm City grow stronger and stronger at a faster rate than he had expected, Alan knew what he would choose.

Alan received an invitation from Roger after seeing Hagrid off. Roger's team of slaves will go to sea in a week's time, when they will go to Ark Harbor to pay their respects to an Earl. Roger invited Ellen to go with him so that he could understand the situation in the heart of the empire and see if there was any possibility of cooperating with the count. Alan naturally agreed. Just as he was about to set off, the messengers from Bauhinia and Dawn Castle arrived.

Alan met them in the study.

The messenger of the Bauhinia was actually a woman. She was less than thirty years old, and it was the most sexy and mature time in a woman's life. When the woman named Celine saw Allen, she kept looking at him. Her eyes were cold at first, then focused, and finally filled with enthusiasm. She almost wanted to swallow Allen in one bite. When she handed Allen a ransom list, the two majestic peaks that were about to appear gently brushed past Allen's arm and whispered, "Your Excellency is so young. In the city under your rule, you are as vigorous as you. I am very interested."

She glanced at Alan, wondering if she was interested in the city or Alan himself. Ellen could only pretend to be stupid and said, "Since Miss Seelene is interested, please stay in the city for a few days and have a good time. Oh, we have recently opened a cathedral. It's a special scenery in our city. I'm sure Miss Seelene will like it."

"Oh, it would be even better if I had an adult accompanying me." Celine bit her lips and retreated with a smile.

The other messenger appeared to be much more arrogant. He looked at Celine with disdain and snorted. Then, he handed over the ransom list of Dawn Castle and another letter. Ellen picked out the letter and asked, "This is?"

The messenger snorted and said, "This is a letter from Sir Unicorn, Lord Daniel, the great viscount of power. We have lost this battle and have nothing to say. Even if we pay the ransom, we will redeem our commander. But as for the war reparations, we will not pay them. The reason is in that viscount's letter. Please read it yourself."

Alan smiled and said without looking, "Since it is a letter from a viscount, I will not ask for your war reparations for the sake of this viscount. As for the two commanders, they are free from this moment on."

The messenger was slightly surprised and couldn't believe that Ellen was so easy to talk to. He didn't even read Daniel's letter and agreed to waive the war reparations. This smooth negotiation process made him a little uncomfortable. After spending some time adjusting, the messenger told himself that Alan was afraid of the Viscount.

It wasn't until he left that he suddenly felt that Alan had thrown away Daniel's letter with a hint of contempt and rudeness, not just fear?

"Your Excellency is truly straightforward. I wonder if other aspects are as pleasing as this." Xi Lian said with some intent, then left with a smile, so as to send the commander of her side back as soon as possible.

Alan shook his head. This messenger, Bauhinia, was really a bit difficult to deal with. He thought for a moment and decided to throw the hot potato to Roy.

After arranging the affairs of Storm City, Edward also came to the city to take care of it. Alan then left with his team at ease so that he could go to Violet Harbor to attend the appointment. This time, he brought along the Mountain King, Dark Blade, and Inch Fire to form a 40-man army. Alan believed that even if he encountered any dangers along the way, this squad would be enough to deal with any situation.

On the other hand, he brought Regis, Belmond, and Zillah with him. Although Qila's strength wasn't outstanding, she was once an adventurer, so she was better than Alan and the others. Alan was also interested in making them feel more affectionate when they traveled with Belmond this time. After arriving at Violet Harbor, there would be another Wilick. Currently, there were basically no enemies in Violet Harbor, so there was no need to waste Wilick's elite combat strength.

As for Adele and Lucy, Alan didn't bring any with him this time. The former continued to raise funds, while the latter joined Lin Si's team and was working on the development of the weapons workshop.

After Ellen left, when Celine saw that the person in charge of entertaining her had changed from Ellen to Roy, the woman's eyes were slightly disappointed. However, after carefully examining Roy, her tall figure, gray pupils, and naturally a layer of indifference gradually attracted her. And the night before leaving the city, Roy conquered her body. Until she left Storm City, Celine could not forget how touching it was when the strong man used a powerful attack to open her city gate.

To Roy, this encounter was a small seasoning in the process of the war in the Outer Realm.

It had already been six days since he arrived at Violet Harbor. He passed through the arch of the harbor city once again and headed for the city along the mountain path. Alan breathed in a slightly fishy sea breeze. This was the third time he had come to this city. Every time he came, his mood was different. The first time was to break through the city's barriers and find business opportunities for Sur City. The second time was to establish a cooperative relationship with several chambers of commerce in the city. That time, he harvested friends as well as enemies. This time, he had to go to the heart of the empire through this city, and his mood was different. josei

Ellen first met Wilick on Orioles Street, then followed Roger's invitation to one of the docks in Violet Harbor. However, when they entered the harbor, they were stopped by someone. At some unknown time, a roadblock was erected here, and a tree trunk crossed between the two wooden frames, sealing off a passage several meters wide. There was also a flag tied to the roadblock, which depicted a shark swimming on the surface of the blood-colored sea.

"Stop!" "What are you doing?" Shouted a burly man with a flame/gun in his hand. "If you want to go over, each of you will pay five gold coins. The warhorses and goods will be different."

Alan frowned. "We are Mr. Roger's guests."

"Roger? The slave trader?" The burly man chuckled and said coldly, "Roger is nothing in front of our Blood Shark Merchant Guild. Since you are his guests, you can go there as well. The charge will be doubled!"

Alan was slightly surprised. He had never heard of a Blood Shark Merchant Guild in Violet Harbor. Moreover, the other party's attitude was extremely rude, and his expression immediately darkened. Seeing Alan's face sink, Wilick, Belmore, and the others immediately looked at the big man in front of them with ill intentions. The aura they emitted caused tremendous pressure. Sweat dripped from the man's forehead as he shouted, "Someone, fuck, Roger's men are going to cause trouble!"

With this roar, more than twenty men immediately ran over from the dock. They held fires/spears/swords in their hands with a menacing look on their faces.

Ellen snorted coldly, "The Mountain King will not die if he makes a move. I want to see what the Blood Shark Merchant Guild is like!"