Valkyrie Europa

Chapter 470
On the vast ocean, a huge fleet is heading west, sailing rapidly.

That's the Spanish Royal Fleet.

"My lords, it is like this." On the flagship of the Spanish Royal Fleet, the great navigator Columbus introduced to the Holy See in detail: "Generally speaking, pirates are divided into three types, one is offshore pirates, and the other is mid-sea pirates. Pirates, one type is ocean pirates, their strength varies greatly depending on their size."

"Then what about the two who are fighting now?" the fourth cardinal, Lord San Marco, asked calmly.

"According to the information provided by the previous merchant ships, the warring parties are the Viking pirates in the Northern Ocean and the Pirate Alliance in the Caribbean Sea of ​​the Southern Ocean." Columbus explained in detail: "The Viking pirates are the biggest pirates in the Northern Ocean. They are also the largest offshore pirates. They usually make a living by robbing offshore merchant ships, that is, the kind of offshore merchant ships that engage in transportation and trade between countries. Occasionally, when they are not old, they will go ashore to rob some small coastal cities. Some money women."

After a pause, he continued: "The pirate alliance on the Caribbean side of the South Seas has always been active in the south, and it is also the largest ocean pirate alliance. It makes a living by robbing passing merchant ships. You adults also know that the Nanyang side is different from the Beiyang side. , the products are rich, the maritime trade has never been interrupted, and there are many islands, which are easy to hide, so the pirates here are getting stronger and stronger, until they formed the huge pirate alliance."

"Isn't their territory divided well? Why did they fight?" Lord San Marco expressed his confusion.

"This problem is complicated." Columbus thought for a while, and then said: "Simply speaking, it is because this Viking pirate is different from other pirates. Most of the other pirates are fugitives, villains, and offended the nobles. Poor people, they become pirates only for money and to satisfy their own desires. In essence, they are no different from those bandits and bandits on land. The Vikings are different from them. "

"Oh?" Lord San Marco leaned forward and asked with great interest, "What's the difference?"

"How should I put it? Well, they are more like farmers." Columbus explained: "They are actually a nation, similar to the Anglo-Saxons in England and the Germans in Germany, except that the place where they live is the sea. They have almost no land for production. So, to them, the sea is their pasture, their land, while plundering merchant ships and raiding coastal cities are to them, and farmers grazing , farming is the same.”

Columbus laughed: "My lords also know, which farmer would like others to graze and harvest wheat on their pasture? Even the dullest farmer would not be willing to encounter such a situation. The Vikings are the same , It is said that about four or five years ago, when the Nanyang Pirate Alliance was just formed, the Vikings came once and had a fight with them, and the result seemed to be that the Vikings lost."

"Losing?" Lord San Marco frowned, puzzled and said, "How could you lose? I seem to have heard that this Viking pirate king is a martial saint, and a well-known veteran martial saint. Strength is also possible, how can you lose?"

"Of course this is because there is also a veteran martial artist in the Nanyang Pirate Alliance." Columbus shrugged and replied: "In the early years, there were many pirate gangs on the Nanyang side, and their sizes varied greatly, as many as ten. A few ships, at least one or two, are all doing their own things, there is little cooperation, and there are many cases of gangsters eating gangsters. Of course, in order to deal with these pirates, the fleets formed by sea merchants are getting bigger and bigger. Most of the time, many sea merchants act together, often thirty or forty ships set off together, and most of the time, there are fifty or sixty ships. Such a fleet is not something that pirates can mess with. The Spice Islands They also often organize fleets to sweep away the surrounding pirates, so it can be said that the life of the pirates was not easy at that time.”

"Until the Nanyang Pirate King appeared and established the Nanyang Pirate Alliance. It is said that this pirate king was named 'Blackbeard', and when he first appeared in Nanyang, he had the strength of a venerable. With his own strength and all kinds of conspiracies, he became the leader of one of the pirate groups, and then became bigger and bigger, becoming one of the best pirates in the entire South Seas. Then he was promoted to Martial Saint, and truly became the number one pirate in the South Seas Those who conquered the rest of the pirates one after another, formed a pirate alliance, gathered people on weekdays, and even dared to snatch those large fleets of forty or fifty ships."

"Besides, according to gossip, this 'Blackbeard' is a warrior who has advanced to swordsmanship. His swordsmanship is astonishing, and it is very likely that he has some origins with England. His strength is not inferior to the Viking Pirate King. The last time he Successfully repelled the invasion of the Viking pirates and established their status. This time, the battle was obviously because the younger brother of the Viking pirate king was also promoted to martial arts. The Vikings felt that they had the strength to overwhelm each other, so they went south , triggered this sea battle."

After hearing his explanation, Lord San Marco almost understood the relationship and nodded: "Okay, I understand, but what about the other two martial saints?"

"According to the descriptions of the previous merchants, the two should be the dwarf warrior Hydra of the Assassin Brotherhood and his younger brother Harvey the Chameleon. Willing to do anything, this time Blackbeard should be invited to help, so the Vikings may not be able to win this time." Columbus explained in detail.

"That's the five martial saints." Lord San Marco rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a while, he turned his head to the left, and sitting there was the old woman in black, with her eyes closed, holding a small cross in her hand, opening and closing her mouth, muttering something, It seems that he doesn't care about the outside world at all.

Then, Lord San Marco spoke, his tone was even faintly respectful: "Mother Teresa, what do you think?"

As one of the cardinals at the pinnacle of the power of the Christic Valkyrie, the fourth cardinal, Lord St. Mark still showed enough respect for this old woman.

The old woman still didn't open her eyes, but let go of the cross she was holding tightly. Her tone was light but cold as ice: "Since they are all the enemies of the Lord, let's destroy them all along the way."

After hearing what the old woman said, Lord San Marco nodded seriously: "Okay, I understand."

At this time, there were three rapid knocks on the door, and then a Templar came in, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "Not far to the west, we found several ships that were chasing and fleeing. The warring ships, judging by their flags, are those pirates!"

(End of this chapter)