While Ella and the others were slowly heading towards Ditmarshen, the Alemanni Federation was already in turmoil.
The first is Amy and her group. When they discovered that Ella was missing, they were furious and immediately started fighting with Duke Otto's men in the village of Brizania.
Valhalla brought a thousand people, but most of them were lying in ambush near the castle where the Count of Île-de-France was hoarding supplies. They were just waiting for the castle defenders to come out of the city to rescue the village of Brizania to launch a surprise attack. Less than half of the people in Zhania Village are pretending to be robbers, and this small half are accustomed to playing caravans with Valhalla, and their combat capabilities are not high. On the other hand, Amy and her group, although they only have five hundred,
But the morale and individual combat capabilities of this group of barbarians are extremely good. Valhalla quickly became unable to withstand this confrontation and obediently raised his hands to become a prisoner.
Valhalla's remaining troops, who rushed back from afar to support them, were vulnerable to the pirates' offensive. They were chased all the way by the red-eyed pirates, and finally had to run to the castle of the Earl of Île-de-France, knock on the city door and ask the garrison to take them in, and they were saved from death.
However, the village of Brizania has indeed disappeared from its place.
Amy and her team searched nearby for three days, plowing the entire land ready for sowing but found no trace. Finally, they had to return to Stade in despair.
Amy had no experience in torturing prisoners. Looking at the captured Valhalla group, she only said to the pirates to feel free to do whatever they wanted, so that day a dozen people's heads were cut off and made into bowls.
The rest endured unimaginable torture for days. There was an unlucky soldier who shook his head one more time, so the pirates tied him into a ball with a rope, put it on a trebuchet and shot him out. There was also an unlucky soldier who became the target of a scorpion crossbow because he missed one nod. There was a soldier who had all his teeth pulled out one by one by pirates with clips, but he received envious looks from his colleagues because his punishment was the lightest.
The way the pirates tortured them was so rough that Amy once wondered whether they were tortured or simply wanted to kill. However, even after undergoing such torture, Valhalla's confession never changed: "The Triumphant" and the village of Brizania disappeared inexplicably. There were only two middle-aged men standing next to the "Triumpher" at that time, one was dirty and the other had tattered clothes.
Although they couldn't figure out what happened, the news that Ella was not dead still made everyone feel a little relieved.
Only Amy kept her brows furrowed from beginning to end. She was the only one in the group who knew that Ella didn't know magic, and she was the only one who knew the consequences of kidnapping Valhalla again. She asked some of the pirates to disperse to inquire about Ella, and then asked the remaining people to race against time to strengthen the city of Stade to guard against the attack of the Alemanni Federation.
In addition, Amy also sent a group of people back to the Pirate Kingdom to report the news.
"You guys, mobilize all the horses in the Swedish King's territory! Ask Glahid to take command. He is the general we can most rely on at present!"
"It's not just Glahid. You guys! Send a message to all the vassals of the King of Sweden, asking them to bring all their troops to Stade immediately! Those who refuse to come will be punished as traitors in the future!"
"And you guys! Go find the other lords of the Pirate Kingdom! Although most of them went to sea with Hestein, there are some who stayed! Harald or Larha, bring gifts. Ask them to send troops to help and have a better attitude! Tell them that the King of Sweden will never forget their kindness in the future!"
"Remember, even if the Alemannic Federation is turned upside down, we will get the King of Sweden back!"
Amy and her group are not the only ones who are anxious about what happened in Brizania Village.
Late at night, Duke Otto's gorgeous carriage rushed back from a "meeting" as usual. However, Duke Otto's expression was not very good today.
There was a group of plainly dressed civilians standing in the middle of the road, blocking the road. The driver of the carriage stopped suddenly, waved his whip in the air, and cursed: "You will die if you block Duke Otto's way!"
However, the man standing at the front laughed and said, "Duke Otto, don't you recognize me?"
Prince Otto felt that the voice seemed familiar, so he stuck his head out of the car window. He recognized the man at a glance: "Fray Avnet? Why are you wearing such clothes?"
Freavenet replied calmly: "That group of pirates haunts Hamburg and the Duchy of Anglia. If I didn't dress like this, I might not be able to get here."
He is the number one wealthy businessman in Hamburg, mainly engaged in the spice trade.
Not long ago, one of his men named Freeman came to him crying and reported that the group of bandits wearing togas ignored his offer of one hundred fen each and forcibly took away all the gold coins from the caravan. This made Fray Aveney very angry. With his power, how dare that group of bandits nearby not give him face?
But when he made many inquiries and discovered that the leader of the group of robbers was probably the "Triumpher" of the Pirate Kingdom, he felt a little powerless.
That's why Fray Avine is here today.
As a nobleman of noble blood, Duke Otto has always looked down upon businessmen. Even though the person standing in front of him was Fray Avine, there was a hint of lightness in his tone: "Fray Avine, if you don't tinker with your spices, how come you have time to come to me?"
"I'm here on behalf of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. This is not the place to talk," Freiavine said in a low voice, "Let's talk somewhere else."
Hearing that Freiavine represented the Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg, Duke Otto's attitude changed slightly.
The Chamber of Commerce is an organization established by merchants in some commercially developed cities in the Alemannic Federation. In addition to bringing caravans together to run businesses to avoid bandit attacks, some powerful chambers of commerce also agree on the quantity of goods that each merchant should purchase and sell in order to control prices and achieve the purpose of making money together. Cities such as Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen are free cities controlled entirely by businessmen.
They are neutral most of the time. However, once they decide to take sides, it will directly affect material preparations for war.
For this reason, Duke Otto put down his posture and invited Freavinet to sit in the carriage with him. The carriage came all the way to Duke Otto's residence. Duke Otto got out of the car first and invited Freiavine into the reception hall.
Duke Otto spent a lot of money to decorate this hall, and it is said that it is even more gorgeous than the court of the Count of Île-de-France. But Frei Avnet looked at the appearance of the hall and kept shaking his head, looking disgusted.
Duke Otto was a little unhappy, and he sat down on the chair without paying any attention to Freiavine, and then asked: "Okay, Freiavine, can you tell me your purpose now? "
"Duke Otto, I heard that you just attended a 'meeting' to discuss dealing with the 'Triumphers'? What was the result?"
"Fray Avnet, do you want to fund our operation? If so, we will welcome it."
Unexpectedly, Freiavine shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, no, Duke Otto, please tell me the results of the rally first. We have to calculate the cost before we can decide whether to be the enemy of the Triumphant."
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