My players are so fierce

Chapter 1257 1255. The End of Traitor Island

The bridge conversation between Murphy and King Louis did not involve politics, nor did they negotiate the border conflict between the two countries. Therefore, there was no conflict of interest, allowing the King of the Plantagenets to sit together with the Governor of Transia in an incredibly peaceful manner and have a good chat.

The main content of this conversation was about the establishment of the Gramo Hades and the expansion of the system.

Although it was the Governor of Transia who created the Hades for the Plantagenet Kingdom, King Louis responded with a very positive attitude. The enthusiasm and expectation in his words surprised Murphy. He had already prepared to "move the heart and reason with the king", but he didn't expect that the king who had just found his daughter would be so "reasonable".

This. I haven't even raised the God's Scepter and the big move of reshaping the world, how can you cooperate so smoothly?

Damn!

It really makes people unable to find an excuse to get angry!

Although Murphy slandered King Louis in his heart and he fell to his knees so quickly, he actually misunderstood the kings of the Sealanders and the Issa people this time. Although he did not want to anger the Lord Hades, the reason that prompted King Louis to make such a rational choice was more based on the development of his own country.

He did see with his own eyes the powerful increase in the power of a country by the Hades system in the Songhai Empire. Apart from anything else, the waves of baby booms brought about by the normal cycle of life and death are enough to give a country full stamina on the road of development.

The population of the Songhai Empire of more than 60 million people is destined to be the absolute civilization overlord under the current Old World system, while King Louis worked hard to integrate the Sealanders and the Issa people and worked hard for 30 years before the residents of his territory barely exceeded 28 million, and this was the total number after counting the mountain people in the north of Greeny Island, the islanders of Helms Island and the silver dwarves.

The two are incomparable in terms of size alone.

Compared with the current huge area of ​​the Plantagenet Kingdom, such a small population is really quite desolate.

Kings in this era all hope to have enough manpower available. After all, whether it is farming or developing business, without sufficient volume, it is impossible to form a scale. In addition to bringing a more stable life and death cycle and allowing the population to grow naturally, the symbolic significance brought by the improvement of the underworld system cannot be ignored.

When people know that they will go to the underworld to be judged after death and judge their posthumous treatment based on their various behaviors in their lifetime, then any rational guy will know the simple truth of doing less bad things and more good things.

This is also a good thing for the implementation of the rulers' decrees and the maintenance of stability among the people.

To put it bluntly, if the underworld system is properly promoted and used, then the "eternal stability of the country" that all rulers desire will no longer be an unattainable thing.

After all, King Louis is an ambitious and capable monarch. He cannot pursue the hedonistic and indulgent rule of "floods after my death". He very much hopes that the Plantagenet Kingdom he established can be upgraded to an empire in the future and continue to exist for thousands of years like the Songhai Empire and the Callum Empire.

Just from this ambitious goal, he had no reason to reject the Hades that Murphy would build here.

King Louis even took a very proactive attitude and promised to make Gramo Island a "neutral" area and welcome the believers of the Church of Avalon to visit the holy land here. Of course, preaching is not allowed.

It has only been a few years since the collapse of the old religion, and the people are still very sensitive about it. King Louis does not want the power of Avalon to return to this land.

He obviously has his own plans for the issue of national faith, and Murphy did not ask too much.

After all, this is a matter related to the gods. As the chosen one of the creators, he does not intend to intervene too much. There is a saying that what belongs to God belongs to God, and what belongs to Caesar belongs to Caesar. Murphy, who has multiple identities, must maintain a fair attitude when dealing with these things.

Until the end of the conversation, King Louis and Murphy did not take the initiative to mention the issue of Hermes Island. It seems that for these two people, the "Traitor Island" a day's sail away from Gramo Island does not exist at all.

However, in fact, while Murphy and King Louis were having lunch together in the sun, the Helms Island was not only not peaceful, but also a very fierce conflict was taking place, but it was not a war between King Louis' army and the Helms people.

The Greene Royal Fleet rushed and only just completed the general blockade of the surrounding waters this morning, and was not ready to attack the island. Therefore, the conflict that broke out outside the city of Astor was accurately called the "civil war" of the Helms people.

To be more precise, it was a war between the living and the dead.

The Hades warriors who revived from the tomb in the night were led by several golden men who had been recruited into the "Pluto Guard" and were carrying out a resolute and cold attack on a group of guys in sailor uniforms. The latter were also very fierce. Facing the siege of the dead, they did not cowardly lay down their weapons, but were trying to break through to the harbor.

Several consecutive flares were fired into the sky, in this way notifying the Helms fleet docked in the port to send support.

But unfortunately, at the same time as the dead were taking action, the hunters of Helms' Rangers had already started hunting in the harbor.

Ms. Effie, wearing a hunting suit and holding two crossbows, walked through the shadows. Her face was filled with chills and undisguised anger. She faced the man in front of her who refused to allow the Hermian security officer to board the ship and also washed the dock with blood. Rebels, this gold hunter shows no mercy.

She had no intention of negotiating.

After confirming that the other party was treasonous, he personally led two teams of hunters to break in from the shadows and almost killed everyone on sight in the complex space of the ship.

After the Hermes fleet left alone and tried to kidnap Princess Bridget, which directly triggered the conflict between the two sides, and now there is also a direct act of rebellion by refusing to obey the orders of the Elders, these people have been known as "Helms" for the past thirty years. The former Kingdom of Isha's navy with the "Island Battle Spear" has become a hidden danger that must be eliminated.

Although Effie, as the commander of the Helms Rangers, is also in the position of a high-level leader in the Helms people's unique "elder group" system, her self-positioning is very clear.

As a pure executor of military operations, she abides by the bottom line of the military and never gets involved in high-level politics. However, at this moment when the survival of Helms Island is at stake, she looks back and suddenly realizes that her past adherence to neutrality seems more important now. It's like a "laissez-faire" kind of thing.

It is precisely because of her indifference that the influence of this group of Isha restorers in the middle and lower classes is increasing day by day.

Today, when the Elders have made it clear that they want to cut off from the Isha Restorationists, some Hermes commanders have actually taken the initiative to bring people to join the Isha Restorationists camp.

It's like a giant named "Hermes" has had his brain eaten by another worm called "Zionism" and is parasitic in his head. He wants to control this brainless giant towards another more powerful one. The giants launched an endless war.

They were tied into a dangerous chariot and seemed to be sliding all the way to the abyss.

Alas, power abhors a vacuum.

When the right people are not in charge, the wrong people will do whatever they want. The fact that Helms Island has reached this point is absolutely inseparable from the inaction of its senior officials, but it is too late to reflect on this now.

The only solution for now is to kill all these bastard traitors first, and then let the Helmsians regain control of the fleet and coastal defense lines, and prepare for the Plantagenet landings that will come at any time.

"Ms. Effie! I'm loyal, those renegade lunatics tied me up, damn it!"

When Effie rushed into the captain's room alone with murderous intent, what she saw was the captain of the ship being tied to the bed in a funny posture. His face was covered with scars from being beaten. When Effie rushed into Coming in, the middle-aged man suddenly shouted as if he had been forgiven:

"They're going to sail out of the harbor and attack the Plantagenet Royal Fleet!

They want to lure the opposing navy to initiate a landing war on our island. Those madmen want to use this method to force the calm Hermes people into their camp. They have even crazier plans, which are the outermost ones. That submarine!

‘Glory of Astor’!

The halfling submarine we ordered from Port Chardeau is already filled with powerful gold-burning explosives!

They want to use that thing to break through the blockade and go to the dock of Greene Island to cause a big explosion. They want to use the blood of civilians on both sides to intensify the war! Come on, only you can stop that submarine from sailing. "

"This kind of thing! Why didn't you report it earlier!"

Ms. Effie's head was about to explode when she heard that the Zionists were desperate to use submarines to carry out a KB attack. She threw out a throwing knife and cut the captain's rope, while scolding:

"As one of the local captains of Helms in the fleet, isn't it because we arranged for you to sit in this position so that you can report news at any time? This kind of thing is ridiculous!"

"I reported it, Ms. Effie! I sent three reports to the elders, but they all came to nothing. I originally wanted to go directly to you group of elites, but at that time you were still hunting down the Witch Cult in the Elf Kingdom.

What can I do as an undercover agent trapped among traitors? "

The captain who was beaten said sadly:

“There are bad people at the top!

Forget about this, hurry up and stop the Astor from sailing! Once that thing explodes in a port on Greene Island, the war will be completely unstoppable. "

Effie turned back with a cold face and prepared to jump into the shadows, but at the moment she turned around, the captain behind him, who was bruised and swollen, flashed a fierce light in his eyes, pulled out an injection and stabbed Effie.

"puff"

Blood splattered everywhere, and the smelly liquid splashed on the face of Ms. Effie who turned around to draw the knife. In front of his eyes, the traitor with a fierce face had a wooden flying knife thrust into the temple, causing the latter's body to fall apart. It shook and hit the ground.

"So, this is what this generation of Helms Ranger leaders is?"

Aunt Marian's sarcastic voice sounded from outside the cabin window. Under Effie's silent gaze, the old nanny in a trench coat jumped into the cabin with vigorous movements and threw away a bloody activation key. Gave it to Effie and said:

"The Astor's Glory is currently docked at an isolated island in the outer sea. Vampire agents from the Shadow Intelligence Agency and witch hunters from the Church of Avalon have taken control of it. The matter is urgent, so we acted a little 'roughly'. As a result, that thing may become the first 'ghost submarine' in the Sea of ​​Storms and even in this world.

But I think you won’t blame us for this, right? "

"So, as a servant of the God of Nature, you are now officially working for Transia's intelligence organization?"

Ms. Effie glanced at the mechanical key in her hand.

Although he remained indifferent on the surface, he actually breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

She could not imagine the extremely horrific consequences if that damn submarine really exploded in a port on Greene Island, and in the face of her inquiry, Sister Marianne did not answer.

The "local" stood by the window of the captain's cabin of the battleship, looking at the Astor City looming outside the dock in the hilly area with a nostalgic look.

That was her hometown and the place where she grew up. Unfortunately, she could never go back.

"There are a million Hermes in that city, and there are more than three million people on the whole island, Effie."

Aunt Marianne did not look back, but opened her hood to reveal her long gray hair. She whispered:

"Do you know how much damage Astor City will suffer once a war breaks out, even if it only lasts for a month? How many people will die on the battlefield to defend their homeland? How many people will waste their lives in vain because of the stupidity of the superiors?

I'm not preaching to you.

But the fact is that the Helms Rangers, the organization that is supposed to be responsible for protecting their hometown in the shadows, are really inferior to each other.

You are indeed good at fighting, and you are indeed very powerful. You have inherited the extreme character of the Helms people who are unwilling to die, but have you ever thought about the original intention of your ancestors to gradually establish this organization in war after war?

You keep saying that everything you do is to protect our people, but you completely fail to realize that real protection is not to win every war, but that there should be no war at all!

certainly.

As a deportee, I am not qualified to say this to you, the future Governor Helms, so you can pretend that this conversation did not happen today.

I am here to convey a message to you on behalf of Director Adele. The leader of the moderate faction of the Isha Restorationists has reached a cooperation agreement with Governor Murphy, and the other party has asked us to hand over this roster to you. "

Aunt Marianne took out a stacked scroll from her arms and threw it to Effie. She said:

"This roster records the names of all the Isha rebels on Helms Island. Those marked in green are moderates. Do not touch them. Those marked in red are radicals. Get rid of them all!

After this operation is over, the moderate Restorationists will be responsible for communicating with the Plantagenet Kingdom officials and trying their best to push the situation between the two parties back to a peaceful situation. But this incident is a lesson for you and other elders. Look at the changes on this continent in a more rational way instead of living your life behind closed doors.

Lord Murphy awakened the power of Hades here, and Gramamo Island will become the portal to the local Hades. In the future, the Hermes people will become the guards of the entrance to Gramamo Hades. You will enjoy a transcendent identity among the people. "

"What's the price?"

Effie clenched the scroll in her hand, and she cursed in a somewhat off-guard manner:

"Are you suggesting that we give up resistance and integrate under King Louis' rule? Do you still have the nerve to call yourself a Hermesian?"

"You idiot!"

Aunt Marianne finally lost her patience.

She turned around and cursed with the toughness a Helms woman should have:

"When I fled here with that heartless man, the black witch of Astor City predicted that this proud island of freedom would eventually become part of a powerful place. That was more than seventy years ago. Something happened!

But until now, you are still stubbornly unwilling to accept that future. Do you really have to wait until King Louis' army slaughters the entire island to realize that the era of isolation is long gone?

The restoration of the Isa people was a dream, and now their leader has woken up from his dream to think about the future of the Isa people in a more pragmatic manner.

Why can't you learn something good?

Alas, the men on this island are beasts and the women are mad, you are so, and so am I!

However, creatures that are too aggressive cannot survive in nature, and the faith brought by the old religion has also faded with the collapse of the old religion. But even Avalon has not told you to fight against all forces approaching here.

Effie, wake up.

The Hermes cannot be separated from the continent, let alone civilization. You have seen with your own eyes how chaos is ravaging the material world. If we cannot become part of this whole, then while waiting for the decisive battle in the future, we will still be separated from the continent as a whole. The island of Helms outside will definitely become the first sacrifice.

Lord Murphy appreciates you.

He feels that you and Ranger Helms can shoulder a more meaningful mission on a broader and more important battlefield, instead of being trapped here and being buried until forgotten for a stubborn idea that even you can't understand. . "

Aunt Marian pulled up her hood.

She looked at Ms. Effie who was silent with her head lowered. She sighed, walked forward, reached out and patted Effie on the shoulder, and said softly:

"Many people in the Elders are secretly cooperating with the moderate faction of the Isa Restorationists. They have also realized that the increasingly heavy invitations from the Plantagenet Kingdom can no longer be refused. King Louis can resort to war, but It took him thirty years to express this sincerity.

I know you grew up listening to those heroic stories of pursuing freedom, but child, you can't tie the entire Helms Island to your chariot just because of your own wishes. What's the difference between you and those crazy restorationists?

You are one of the most outstanding hunters on this continent. Don't fight against enemies you can't fight in this field you are not good at. There are wider hunting grounds waiting for you.

You take the Helms Rangers to the mainland to perform missions and come back at least one month later. "

Mother Marian held the hilt of the hunter sword at her waist and whispered to her niece:

"You must be prepared to dedicate your strength, skills and persistence to a greater cause, and those things that bother you will be completed by me, the exile, to help you. Those corrupt and foolish elders have received the call of the underworld, and they cannot refuse this invitation!

I believe that one day, the reputation of the Helms Rangers will resound throughout the universe, and even on the battlefield of the warp, there will be frightened evil creatures shouting your name.

Your war is over, but a new mission is calling. ”