The quarrel continues.
This group of northern tribesmen cannot bear the long-term verbal dispute. After a few words came and went, a strong smell of gunpowder appeared on the conference table. Some of these lords have followed Hestein and converted to the Olympian gods, while others still cling to their ancient myths, and they even dislike each other.
This situation often occurred when the Seven Hills Empire was a republic. At that time, the senators of the Qiqiu Republic Senate were always discussing and throwing things at each other. Whenever the guards saw this happening, they would silently exit the Senate House, close the door, and let the old guys tear each other apart inside - no one would die anyway.
But now that this kind of thing happened in the Pirate Kingdom, it seemed very bad. After a few words, there was no discussion on whether to explore Vinland, but the lords had already discussed the duel clearly.
Harald drew the sword from his waist and shouted the name of Ares; Togar raised the mace and shouted the name of Tyr. The other lords have either already found their opponents, or are cheering from the sidelines without any intention of dissuading them.
Even Hestein had no intention of stopping them. The duel was entirely a private matter between the lords, and had nothing to do with whether they agreed with his proposal or not. He stood up, clapped his hands in front of the lords, and said, "May my strongest warrior win."
This means that the King of Heroes recognized the legitimacy of this duel. As a result, the smell of gunpowder that had long filled the venue was ignited.
The two parties in the duel overturned the table and fought with red eyes. This group of tribesmen don't have the concept of finishing first, and every move they make is intended to kill their opponents. If the duel is allowed to proceed, a quarter of the lords in the entire Pirate Kingdom will be shuffled.
Harald seized an opening, kicked Togal over, stepped forward and stepped on his body. But Togar had no intention of begging for mercy. Harald's eyes were red, and he was about to stab Togal in the chest with his sword!
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. A soldier walked in quickly, holding something above his head with both hands.
Hestein's seat was facing the door. When he saw what was in the soldier's hand, he stood up with an excited "shu". Among this group of people, Hestein is the strongest protected one. As soon as he moved, everyone in the duel suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and they all turned their attention to Hestein. Seeing Hestein looking outside the door, they all turned their gazes there.
After seeing clearly what the soldiers were holding, the people shouting and cheering on the side immediately fell silent, and the people scuffling in the middle immediately let go of their opponents. Harald glanced at the thing. Although he seemed a little unconvinced, he still kicked Togar away from the ground and returned to his seat.
The object the soldier was holding was a crowbar with an iron snake wrapped around it. This is the personal token of the "Triumph". Seeing this crowbar is like seeing Ella Cornelius Scipio.
Among the many lords present, some admired Ella, while others feared and hated Ella. But no matter which one it was, it automatically moved out of the way before Ella's crowbar.
The duel is sacred and Ella cannot interfere even if she comes in person. But before that, none of the lords, big and small, dared to block Ella's way!
The soldier held the crowbar high, walked all the way to Hestein and knelt down. The two groups of people stood on both sides, staring at each other, just waiting for this matter to be over before continuing to fight.
Hestein sat back down with a sullen face and asked, "Where is the King of Sweden now?"
The soldier lowered his head and replied: "The King of Sweden cannot go to sea with the King of Heroes for some reasons."
As soon as these words came out, the shocked lords, big and small, forgot about the duel and all focused on the soldier. The "Hero King" is the supreme king of the Pirate Kingdom. Although Ella Cornelius Scipio is the King of Sweden and enjoys privileges such as tax exemption and coinage, he is still nominally under the Hero King. of a lord. This time she actually dared not to respond to the call of the King of Heroes. Could it be that she had the intention of overcoming others?
Sure enough, Hestein's face suddenly turned ugly. Although Ella helped him obtain the throne of the Pirate Kingdom, he also gave Ella land and privileges accordingly. That war was started by Ella in the first place. Without Ella, Hestein would still be at least the lord of Sealand. But without Hestein, whether Ella can survive now is a question! To put it bluntly, Ayla is now a vassal of Hestein. How can he bear it when she openly disobeys him?
People saw Hestein clenching his fists, as if he was about to explode at any moment, and couldn't help wiping their sweat. When they thought that the shadow of war might soon cover Scandinavia again, the lords no longer thought about dueling, and began to silently consider the issue of taking sides in their hearts.
Only Harald smiled unnoticed in the crowd. When he was loyal to Sigurd in his early years, he fell into Ayla's trick and mistakenly thought that Ayla's army was marching towards Sigurd's capital. For this reason, he almost died at the hands of Sigurd. In the past two years, he has been looking for opportunities to avenge himself. But now, the opportunity seems to have arrived.
Hestein finally calmed down. Although he was not very happy, he still said in a more stable tone: "People can't avoid injuries. If the King of Sweden is really injured or sick and cannot come, I will There’s no need to force it. As long as she sends another confidant to lead the team, it’s the same thing.”
However, despite his calm tone, Hestein's eyes were filled with murderous intent. His every move exuded a strong sense of oppression, which frightened the soldier into stuttering: "That... King of Heroes... The King of Sweden has no intention of sending troops to support this time."
Hestein hammered the chair and spoke louder: "Since she didn't come herself and didn't send troops to support her, she must have sent some supplies as compensation, right?"
"This...yes, yes! The King of Sweden asked me to send two things!"
The soldier wiped his sweat, clapped his hands and asked the people outside to bring up the two boxes. The two boxes are not big. One of them is flat, as wide as the shoulder and as high as half a thumb. The other is a square, half as wide as the previous box.
When everyone heard that Ella had sent supplies, they were already a little relieved, but when they saw these two boxes, their hearts began to rise again - these two small boxes probably couldn't contain anything valuable. .
When the box was opened, people's hearts became even colder. Inside the flat box was an iron plate with some incomprehensible symbols engraved around it, and an iron spoon placed on the iron plate. What was contained in the square box was a strange fan-shaped object, about one-sixth the size of a circle. It was also engraved with strange symbols. There was also a small cylinder of unknown purpose installed on the fan-shaped object.
Not to mention valuable, these two things, even if they were caught and beaten, the pirates would do it.
