The carriage carried Gregory wildly. I don’t know how long it took, but Stade’s walled city finally appeared in front. At the same time, the legs of the horse pulling the cart suddenly gave way and fell to the ground, causing the driver and Gregory to fall down.
The driver rolled on the ground several times. Ignoring his pain, he jumped up and ran towards Gregory. At this time, Gregory was extremely weak. Apart from being able to hum a few times, he was no different from a dead person.
The sound of horse hooves came from behind the coachman, approaching them every moment.
The coachman shouted loudly for help, hoping that the Stade garrison would hear him. At the same time, he put Gregory's hand on his shoulder and limped toward the stockade.
The pirates stationed in Stade heard the coachman's voice, opened the city gate and rushed out. They seemed to have dealt with the same situation many times. They only glanced at each other before letting the coachman and Gregory go, while blocking the pursuing soldiers in front of them.
When Duke Otto's soldiers saw the pirate kingdom's soldiers standing in front of them, they hurriedly reined in their horses and stopped. Almost at the same time, the soldier at the front shouted: "Get out of the way! We are on Duke Otto's order." , are hunting down the devil’s followers!”
"Devil's followers? Where are they?"
The soldier pointed his hand in the direction of the coachman and Grigory: "It's them! Get out of the way!"
"Get out of the way? Get off your horse first! The King of Sweden is in the walled city ahead. Don't say you are just a soldier sent by Duke Otto. Even if your Duke Otto comes in person, you have to dismount and walk here! "
The soldier's face darkened, and he suddenly pulled out the knife from his waist. Seeing this, the pirates also raised their spears and axes. The two sides looked at each other fiercely, and a fierce battle was about to break out.
There is a captain-like person in the cavalry team. He knew that there must be no conflict with the pirate kingdom here, so he quickly ordered his soldiers: "Put away the sword! Dismount! We will catch up on foot!"
When the soldiers heard the order, they swallowed hard and climbed down from their horses.
"We have all dismounted," the cavalry captain said to the group of pirates, "can you let us pass now?"
The pirates did not reply immediately, but looked at the cavalry captain up and down. While they were doing these things, the coachman had already helped Gregory into the walled city. The cavalry captain could not sit still and shouted: "Get out of the way! They are going to run away soon!"
The pirates seemed not to have heard anything and continued to look at the cavalry captain. The cavalry captain finally couldn't help shouting: "What are you looking at there!"
A pirate touched his beard and replied: "We were wondering if you were a noble?"
"No! So what?"
The pirates looked at the soldiers behind the cavalry captain: "Are there any nobles among you?"
"I'm not one of them, how could they be! I don't have time to talk nonsense here!"
So one of the pirates spread his hands regretfully: "If there are nobles among you, it would make sense to bring the escort in. But if there are no nobles among you, then I have to trouble you to take off your weapons here."
Duke Otto's soldiers were so angry that they pulled out half of the knives they had stuffed back. The cavalry captain stared at the pirates and shouted: "You want us to enter the city empty-handed???"
Those pirates were not easy to mess with. Duke Otto's soldiers stared at them, and they also followed suit and stared back with more fierce eyes. The pirate with the loudest voice shouted in a voice like thunder: "Be clear, the King of Sweden is right ahead! If you don't have a noble among you, then you are not here to negotiate. Duke Otto sent a group of soldiers with Weapons rushed into Stade to plot evil against the King of Sweden?”
These words made the cavalry captain calm down a little. He knew that Duke Otto did not want to conflict with the Pirate Kingdom, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart and ordered the soldiers behind him to remove their weapons.
"I want armor too!" the pirates added in a flurry.
After the soldiers took off their weapons and armor, the coachman and Gregory could no longer even see their shadows. Fortunately, Stade is backed by the sea. If there is no boat, the only way in and out of the city is the one in front of you. The cavalry captain was calculating how far Gregory and the others had walked, and said angrily: "Can you let us in now?"
"Don't worry, there is one last thing." A pirate cleared his throat, "Since the King of Sweden is still in Stade, then Stade is a neutral territory. All grievances in the Alemanni Federation are not allowed to be brought into Stade. Tad. If there is any conflict in Stad, we will come out to stop it. Please keep this in mind."
“So we can’t even capture those two fugitives???”
The cavalry captain could no longer hold back, pointed at the nose of the pirate at the front and cursed: "The King of Sweden wants to protect the Abrahamic Orthodox Church, yes or no!"
"How could it be? The King of Sweden treats everyone equally. If people from the Abrahamic Orthodox Church arrest you, we will come out to stop you."
"So, with the intervention of the King of Sweden, we couldn't catch those two fugitives?"
"How is that possible? Just wait at the door, they will come out eventually, right?"
The knight captain didn't know what to say. Even if he wanted to teach those pirates a lesson now, he had no weapons available.
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In Stadne, soldiers from the Pirate Kingdom are distributing fresh water and bread to members of the Abrahamic Orthodox Church who have come to seek refuge. The driver also got a share. Seeing that Gregory was very weak, they brought some hay for him to lie on.
The coachman had just escaped death. Looking at the bread in his hand, he was so excited that he prayed to the sky: "O God! Thank you for saving us from suffering!"
This is just a very ordinary prayer. Unexpectedly, the believers of the Abrahamic Orthodox Church around him all looked at him strangely after hearing this.
A pirate heard the sound and came over, and cursed: "Why are you praying here? Understand, the one who took you in was the King of Sweden, and the one who gave you bread and water was also the King of Sweden. Your God didn't do anything. ! The King of Sweden doesn’t like your god. If you scream again next time, I will throw you out of here!"
"ha?"
The coachman immediately felt angry. Just when he wanted to refute, Gregory opened his eyes slightly and said in a weak voice: "He is right..." Mark 12, verse 17, 'Render to Caesar what is Caesar's; 'To God'. This time, glory goes to the King of Sweden."
