A few days later, the combined fleets of Liguria and the Pirate Kingdom appeared in the Black Sea Straits.
The remaining fleet of the Island Republic fled and completely gave up resistance. The combined fleet occupied the Black Sea Strait without much effort.
Even on the sea, Ayla could feel the commotion of the Alemanni coalition on land.
"Cheer up! We must not let the enemy escape! Everyone must watch the strait, even a canoe. When the First Royal Field Army and the Second Royal Field Army arrive, Ale It's hard for the Alemanni coalition to escape!" Ella encouraged the pirates, "The island republic has no navy. Without the support of the Alemanni coalition, we will soon take over the capital of the island republic. !”
The pirates let out excited shouts. Their trip eastward took much longer than expected, and now they would have missed the planting time by rushing back. But if they could rob the wealthy businessmen of the island republic, they might still be able to make a lot of money.
"Military band, don't be idle, play a tune for those Alemanni barbarians!" Ella shouted again, "Let them feel the spirit of the Seven Hills Empire!"
Then, with the music of Andrea's Avros piper and the chorus of other soldiers, this tune sounded in the city of Constantiniya: "People, gods, lineage, father! People, gods, lineage, father ! Eternal glory, Empire of Seven Hills. In all eras, your army will be famous all over the world! Empire of Seven Hills, Empire of Seven Hills, I am full of affection and love for my motherland..."
Because Aila was so excited, both Constantiniya and the Alemanni coalition that besieged Constantinian were harassed by this song for the whole morning.
At noon, seeing Amy busy taking care of the critically ill slave girl she picked up, Ella wanted to grill a fish for Amy. Amy rejected her righteously: "Your Majesty, please don't touch the fish. If you are really bored, how about you go grab some seaweed and tear it up to play with?"
So in the afternoon, Ella, who had heard enough of the music, lay lazily on the deck and basked in the sun, dipping the seaweed picked up by the pirates with spices and eating it. So many things have happened since Sweden's expedition, and she hasn't been this leisurely for a long time.
It was night in a flash. An uninvited guest dressed in black came to Ella's fleet.
"I am the envoy sent by Constantinier." The man in black said, holding down his hat. "Who is your leader here? Andrea? Or the King of Sweden? Basileus has something to convey."
Ella was a little confused at first - how could Constantiniya send an envoy to the seaside when he was still surrounded by Alemanni? However, when the messenger appeared in front of her, all doubts disappeared immediately: "Drague? How did you become my uncle's messenger? Did you fly here from the sky?"
Different from Ella's excitement, Drague's face showed a trace of fatigue: "I am the only one who can break through Alemanni's siege and send a message. In the past few days, the Alemanni coalition's offensive has become more powerful day by day. Lie. If I leave the city wall, I'm afraid Constantiniya will soon fall. It's only at night that I can get away."
"Then, why is my uncle looking for me? Does he feel that he is too useless and wants to abdicate and let me go back to being Baselisa?"
"Are you kidding... Your uncle doesn't know that you are the King of Sweden. Constantinier has been surrounded. I'm afraid he doesn't even know that this fleet is Swedish."
"Gu...is that really the case?" Ella scratched her head. "Then why did he send you here?"
"A proposal that is beneficial to both of you." Drague said, "Basileus said that although the Seven Hills Empire and the Pirate Kingdom once had enmity, in the current form, there is no need for the two sides to be hostile to each other. As long as you If the fleet is willing to get out of the way and let the First Field Army and the Second Field Army pass through the Black Sea Strait, he is willing to pay you a considerable reward."
"You can actually get money?" Ella suddenly became excited, "I was originally thinking..."
"What are you thinking about...?"
"Ahem, cough, it's nothing," Ella cleared her throat and said deliberately exaggeratedly, "If I give up the sea route, I will save Constantiniya! After all, I have to give...two One Hundred Thousand Nomisma, what do you think?”
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Drague nodded without thinking: "Deal. Your uncle said that we can agree to it for less than one million Nomisma."
"One...one million Nomisma? Wait...can I...can...I...?"
"You just said it, two hundred thousand Nomisma." Drague tilted his head, "You can't go back on your word, you must abide by the contract."
"Contract? What is it? I'm talking about the price..."
"You put forward the price and I agreed, so the deal has just been established. You can't go back on it." Drague raised the back of his hand and let Ella see the blood-red spell engraved on it, "If your words and deeds cause both parties to If we don't trust each other, the contract we made with blood will come back to bite us, and it's not necessarily that whichever party betrayed us will suddenly explode with a 'bang'."
"Hey, hey? I've never heard of such a thing! One million Nomisma..."
"Two hundred thousand." Drague emphasized again.
"Why! Drague! It's me who signed the contract with you, not my uncle!? Why are you turning your elbows outward..."
"I didn't turn away. I am the priest guarding the Seven Hills Empire. And you are now the King of Sweden."
"Okay... okay... two hundred thousand is fine..."
Ella gritted her teeth and reluctantly agreed.
"Well, that's all for business. Next is what Paracelsus asked me to bring you." Drague continued, "He asked me to tell you that after you receive the money, you'd better leave immediately. Black Sea Strait, give up the sea route to the Alemanni coalition forces to facilitate their evacuation from the sea."
"Make way for the sea?" Ella was puzzled, "Why?"
"A plague occurred in Constantinier as you expected, but the severity of this plague is much more serious than you thought." Drague's eyes became serious, "It's the Black Death. If you If you haven’t heard of it, it has another more familiar name – Justinian’s Plague.”
"What did you say???" Ella jumped up in fright, "Justinian Plague? So how is Constantinier doing now?"
"Under the advice of Paracelsus, the number of new patients every day has been reduced a lot, but the number is still huge. Constantiniya now has almost no power to resist the attack of the Alemannic Federation. Leave from you After that, I have to return to the Theodosian City Wall immediately to prepare for a sudden attack by the Alemannic Federation. However, according to my observation, the plague has probably spread to the Alemannic army."
"So Paracelsus wants me to open the sea route and let the Alemannic coalition leave, to prevent them from taking the land route and spreading the plague to more cities in the Seven Hills Empire?"
"This is one reason. Another reason is that Paracelsus feels that you should not waste time in the Black Sea Strait."
Drague's tone became more serious.
"He said that in order to stop the Justinian Plague, there is one thing that perhaps only you can do."
