Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 56 Hunting and Counter-hunting
Under the same night sky.

Byron, who had no idea that he was considered to be in cahoots with the Gunpowder Artist by Red Beard, once again came to the prostitutes' street and began to select a suitable replacement target.

Activate [Cognitive Correction] to turn yourself into a roadside tree.

As Bruch fully recovered, the "anchor" representing his interpersonal relationships gradually became more stable, and the texture of his spiritual glow became thicker.

During the day, in addition to the massacre order, Byron also learned from Bruch.

After the war, all the women of the Lancaster family, including his aunt Queen Margaret, were handed over to the church and imprisoned in a monastery on an isolated island.

Most of them were foreign nobles who married into Lancaster. They were not recognized by the [Iron Law of Kingship and Magna Carta], but their lives were guaranteed.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will most likely die alone in the monastery.

As for the surviving female family members of the core vassal families of the Lancastrian Party, Bruch was not sure.

“Whether it’s advancement or in-depth research into forbidden knowledge, a sufficiently stable [Anchor] is a prerequisite.

In addition to the family members who have all been confirmed dead, there are probably a few core vassals who are being hunted down and will not be able to escape.

But I only have so many anchors that represent relationships, and I must not give them up!
It is imperative to penetrate into the York Party.

This time the whirlpool in Anchor Bay is my best chance."

Compared with these close relatives, Byron never worried that the non-core vassals, officers and soldiers of the Lancastrian Party, who were the largest in number, would be liquidated and massacred.

It's not that Byron is utilitarian and cold.

It’s because even when his uncle, the Mad King Henry VI, had an intermittent attack, he could not do such a crazy thing.

Anyone who has lived in the countryside will probably have a deep understanding of this.

How much power can a local household with a large population have in the local area?

What’s more, there are lords who monopolize all aspects of local politics, economy, culture, justice, etc., and even use knights and private soldiers to control the local military?
To them, the saying "a big tree has deep roots and tangled webs" is not just an empty phrase.

Death in war is normal, but death in a massacre outside of war will 100% lead to further rebellion.

After all, even the emperor of the Celestial Empire with centralized power could not do anything about the powerful families in the country, so how could the king, who was restricted by the Magna Carta, do so?
No matter who sits on the throne, he will need their assistance.

Byron knew that during the war, Lancaster's vast land and wealth were used to bribe the nobles in order to gain their support.

There is even a case where the eldest son in a family works in Lancaster and the second son works in York.

If there is a thorough purge from top to bottom, the ruling order of the entire country will be shaken, and the king himself will also be doomed.

Byron believed that he had the strength to fight back to Hastings.

These people may become your potential strength and your potential [anchor]!
As long as it can bring them greater benefits.

His most important task now is to focus on improving his own strength.

Wait until late at night.

Several second-level professional extraordinary people from the Privateer Alliance were released one after another.

Byron finally saw two staggering first-level attendants walking out of a Moulin Rouge theater and a bar respectively, two minutes apart.

One goes east and the other goes west.

After weighing the pros and cons, Byron signaled toward the darkness and quietly followed the one walking eastward.

There is no other reason, I just feel that after being exhausted by the dancers' enthusiasm, this one's physical strength must be worse!

[Know-it-all] Franklin Joshua, the [Naturalist] of the Tower Sequence.

Sequence motto: Use knowledge to drive out ignorance!
Naturalists are undoubtedly the most knowledgeable group of people in the world, and they possess a high degree of universality in all kinds of extraordinary abilities.

During the Servant stage, you can ignore knowledge, judgment inscriptions, and chanting, and use all witchcraft creations, artifacts, and relics of the same level without any threshold.

At least they can bring out their basic abilities.

If it is a general-purpose supernatural instrument, it can exert an effect far beyond that of other professions and greatly reduce side effects. In their brains, there is also a public library called [Key of Omniscience], which is divided into seven levels, just like the levels of the law.

The higher the rank of naturalist, the higher the level of knowledge that can be accessed.

It can even retrieve all existing human knowledge.

Unfortunately, although this "know-it-all" knows everything, he just doesn't understand human nature!
The Privateering Alliance accepted the mission issued by Edward Red Beard, but they were really worried that they would be assassinated afterwards.

Almost all the first-level servant-level extraordinary people were restricted from going out, but he and another unlucky guy were allowed to wander around.

As a [naturalist], how could he not know why?
Even a deaf person knows that there is a Wild Hunt that is madly hunting down pirates from the Privateering Alliance.

This morning, even the middle-sequence transcendent Captain Edward [Red Beard] was attacked in public, which shows how crazy the attackers were.

The Privateer Alliance immediately launched the "Operation Cage" to capture the Wild Hunt.

And these two first-level servants are just baits.

The captains were worried that sending out only one person would arouse the suspicion of the Wild Hunt, so they simply sent out two and arranged for the Faceless Man and the Ripper to ambush separately.

As long as any party lets the Wild Hunt take the bait, this mortal enemy will surely die!

It was also Franklin's fault that he considered himself to be a rare scholar among pirates, was too arrogant, and always looked down on other crude pirates who could not even read.

But he also likes to pry into other people's secrets, especially the side effects of various forbidden knowledge.

This desire is almost strong to the point of being a “price”.

In just a few days, he offended a lot of people.

When "Know-it-all" asked someone today why Captain Red Beard couldn't die, he was decisively pushed out as bait.

“I am just an ordinary scholar. I am more interested in treasure hunting than killing and arson. I just want to follow Red Beard to see the great secret treasure in the legend of the Bay people.

Don't come looking for me, go look for Hunter Blake!"

At this time, Franklin, who was not a combat profession, was like a frightened bird, suspicious of everything he saw while walking on the road.

He didn’t know where the enemy was, nor did he know where the “yellow bird” that the alliance had arranged to protect him was.

He tightly clenched the several whale bone amulets in his pocket that he had bought at a high price.

Hey!
In the darkness, where the only sound he could hear was his own pounding heartbeat, there was a sudden and very obvious sound of footsteps.

Franklin carefully looked behind him with the silver mirror he carried with him, but found that there was no figure there at all.

The legend of the Wild Hunt told by the people of the Bay came to my mind involuntarily.

Their privateering alliance came to Anchor Bay to do bad things.

Even though he knew that the attacker was most likely a human and not some local elves or ghosts, he still couldn't help but get more and more scared the more he thought about it.

[Know-it-all], just like the six predecessors who fell under Byron's sword, gradually lost his rhythm and ran faster and faster.

And the footsteps behind him were chasing closely.

Guts, who couldn't wait to complete the [Ritual: The Phantom Killer's Serial Murders], followed quietly.

Next came Byron who activated [Cognitive Correction].

A tactic that has proven its superiority will only be improved before it actually fails, and will not be abandoned at will.

Their hunting methods are no exception.

The only difference is that it is a little different from the previous actions.

Just when Byron made a gesture to Gus, indicating him to take action, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him!

(End of this chapter)