Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 500: Queen of Eternal Night, unexpected incident

November of the Silver Age 1472.

Woo woo woo.
The north has gradually entered the polar night. The wind is getting stronger and stronger. The biting cold mixed with huge snowflakes is blowing towards the south in waves from the polar region that has long been completely frozen.

The three countries of the Kalmar Union located on the Eternal Night Peninsula were the first to be hit.

"Water turns into ice" is not enough to describe one percent of this severe cold. You must bring a wooden stick when going to the toilet here, and it is definitely not a joke.

The cold winter will also teach a lesson to any fearless person who dares to touch iron tools with bare hands outdoors.

The howling blizzard submerged the vast coniferous forests and deep river valleys, and also covered villages, towns, castles, and scattered large cities.

Even if you look down from a high altitude, it is difficult to find many traces of human civilization.

Only the dense network of laws that emerged above the three kingdoms enveloped every large city and every human settlement shrouded in wind and snow.

[Iron Law of the King: Code of the North] It may not have the power to rule over nature and the world of the dead, but it still tries its best to resist all kinds of monsters, weirdness, and evil spirits that come with the northern snow.

Ice elemental elves, extraordinary winter wolves, the bizarre "White Ghosts" made up of corpses and ghosts that have frozen to death in the forest, the "Knockers" that knock on doors everywhere in the long winter nights, and of course the mysterious "Wild Hunt Legion".
The [Northern Code] is the most absolute monarchy of all absolute monarchies in the Old World.

The power of the legal network is also stronger than in other places, which allows the people of Beidiwan to survive tenaciously in such a cold place.

Cedar Palace in Amalienborg, the capital of the Kalmar Union.

The charcoal fire in the fireplace was red, and there were no other paintings and artworks loved by the royal family on the walls. Instead, there were furs and heads of snow bears, elks, and even sub-dragon monsters.

The Taiwanese people's axes, spears, scimitars, and muskets were hung everywhere, and when people came in, they thought they had not come to a palace but an armory.

An elderly woman wearing a purple court dress and a jeweled crown stood in front of the French window that had been carefully enchanted by the [Craftsmen].

Looking at the snowy night outside the window, and at another room opposite the small garden where whale oil lamps were lit and a few coughs could be heard faintly, worry was hidden in his eyes.

The old woman looked to be in her sixties. Even though she took good care of herself, wrinkles already appeared at the corners of her eyes. Her haggard look made her look even older.

But his face was as cold as winter, and his eyebrows were sharp, making people feel that he was very difficult to get along with at first glance.

"Your Majesty, you should rest early. With the treatment of [Dr. Crow], who has the best Chinese medicine in the Three Kingdoms, Prince Eric will be fine.

This winter has just begun, and the burden of the three northern kingdoms is on you, so your health is more important."

Behind her, the bishop of the King's Right Hand, also her Prime Minister Droz, leaned forward and advised.

There is no doubt that this old woman is the Queen of Eternal Night Margaret I who has ruled the three northern kingdoms of the Kalmar Union for thirty years.

Now I have inevitably entered old age.

But as a devout believer who is unique among the Taiwanese, she always adheres to the teachings of the Gospel of Creation.

Even though he had countless opportunities to study the forbidden book, or even to get the complete [Bloodline Codex] and set foot in the divine realm, he was never moved.

When her daughter Vanessa personally brought her the "Disaster Curse" after obtaining her husband's consent, she still didn't even look at it.

She even became so furious over this incident that she drove out the blasphemous object and her daughter, and even severed the mother-daughter relationship for a time.

He was already very old at this moment, but his back was still straight, his silver hair was combed meticulously, and he had a knight's sword hanging around his waist. His every move was full of majesty.

People subconsciously ignore her age.

Margaret I looked back at the Prime Minister, who was also not young anymore, and with a somewhat cold expression, she pierced through his words of comfort:

“Droz, is Eric really going to be okay?

Nine out of ten people will die from the lung disease called 'white plague'. Given his physical condition, even if he can survive this long winter, what about the next one?

Lies can deceive yourself but cannot deceive the almighty Creator. Everyone is equal in the face of death!
He is like this, you are like this, and I am like this too.

But this is not the case for some heretics who blasphemed the teachings of the Creator. Hum!"

When he said this, he suddenly thought of someone in his mind. He couldn't help but snorted coldly, which also made the old prime minister tremble violently.

He was clearly aware that although his queen was already in her twilight years, as long as she was alive, she would always be the "Queen of Eternal Night" who could make all the forces of the three countries dare not breathe.

Even if an Anti-Creator Consciousness Act is enacted, which is a crime even if you just think about it, you still have to stick to it on the surface.

As a confidant of Margaret I who had followed her forty years ago, the old prime minister witnessed from the beginning her rise like a heroine in a knight novel.

As I was filled with emotion, all the memories of the past came to my mind.

The Kalmar Union consists of the three Gulf states of Aalborg, Gothenburg and Oslo.

[Queen of Eternal Night] Margaret is the daughter of King Valdemar IV of the Kingdom of Aalborg. She married Haakon VI Magnus, the former King of the Kingdom of Gothenburg, and gave birth to a son and a daughter.

The eldest son is Olaf III and the youngest daughter is Princess Vanessa.

After the death of her father Valdemar IV, Margaret I's then underage son Olaf III became King of Aalborg. As regent, she became the real ruler of Aalborg.

After the death of her husband Haakon VI, she helped Olaf III inherit the throne of Gothenburg.

A few years later, her son Olaf III also died unexpectedly, and she was elected as the "full ruler" of Aalborg and Gothenburg.

It then took Margaret I another six years to defeat her arch-rival Albrecht, conquer the Kingdom of Oslo, and be crowned King of Oslo, thus becoming the queen of the three countries of the Kalmar Union.

She was undoubtedly the founder of the Three Kingdoms monarchy, a very wise politician and military strategist, much stronger than her father, husband, and son.

Relying on the highly centralized [Northern Code], she possesses supreme authority in the three kingdoms.

Even in his old age, he refuses to admit his age and is as ambitious as any young person.

He also wanted to emulate his ancestor [Blue Dragon King] Reinhardt and continue to take over the other two Bay People's Countries: Anchor Bay and Hastings, to complete the territory of the North Sea Empire and turn the North Sea into the empire's inland sea.

One of her famous sayings is also widely circulated among the upper classes of various countries:

“I have to study politics and war, and I can’t leave these things to the next generation.

Only in this way will the next generation of this country have the freedom to study mathematics, philosophy, geography, natural history, shipbuilding, navigation, commerce, agriculture, astrology, and prophecy.

Their children will have the right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, sculpture, weaving, art design and ceramics!"

And she did just that.

My daughter became a [Prophet] in the Tower Sequence, and my granddaughter studied at the Vinaya Academy of Arts and became a [Craftsman] in the Tower Sequence. In theory, these have nothing to do with war.

Margaret I may not be the founding monarch, but the great achievements she created are in no way inferior to those of the "founders of the nation".

Unfortunately, the family is declining and is almost extinct.

Of course, the old Prime Minister Droz knew who the person was who the Queen said blasphemed the teachings of the Creator and was "not equal in the face of death."

However, considering the health of the crown prince and the recent celebrity who has become famous in the Gulf Citizens and even the entire Old Continent, he had to bite the bullet and try for the future of the Kalmar Union:
“Your Majesty, although Princess Vanessa, who was promoted to the [Witch of Disaster], has gone astray, she is still your biological daughter and one of your few remaining blood relatives in the world.

It was indeed wrong for her to learn forbidden knowledge in violation of the church's ban.

But back then, under pressure from the Inquisition, we allowed a group of Inquisition Knights, Correction Priests, and Demon Hunters to join forces to capture Her Royal Highness the Princess, which was not a glorious thing to do.

Moreover, the church, which claims to be upright, announced to the outside world that Her Royal Highness the Princess had passed away, but in fact they used her safety to threaten the Pirate King [Whale Hunter] to do things for them.

God’s servants are not as righteous as they claim to be.”

It has been more than ten years since the incident, but the old prime minister has still not been able to express his feelings.

Now that he had said it, he continued to say what he wanted to say under Margaret I's increasingly fierce gaze:

“You may be a role model among devout believers, strict with yourself, and abiding by doctrine and family motto, but are all the traditional church leaders the same as you?

If a real "Creator" were to come, I'm afraid some parasites in the traditional faction would immediately gather an army to fight against the "heretics", right?
You are well aware of Prince Eric's situation, and we really don't have much time left.

The first option is that the Kalmar Union will no longer be a devout believer and seek help from overseas black magic to cure the "white plague" on the prince so that he can inherit the throne in the future.

The second option is that if you let the crown prince die, you will need to identify a new heir as soon as possible.

According to the inheritance law of the [Northern Code], after Princess Vanessa's 'death', her and His Majesty the [Whale Hunter]'s daughter Princess Violet Harold will become the first in line to the throne.

News came from the colony two days ago that Princess Violet has officially been engaged to the new pirate king [Uncrowned King] Byron Lancaster.

Not to mention their huge reputation among the people of Taiwan, the mere combination of the direct bloodlines of the two pirate emperors would allow them to gain the right to claim all the countries of the people of Taiwan.

There will be countless supporters.

What we don’t give them, they can also come and get it themselves. So.”

However, Margaret I rejected the old prime minister's heartfelt words. She waved her hand without waiting for him to finish his conclusion:
"Absolutely impossible!

When Violet came to me for help at the beginning of the year, she had not yet revealed her forbidden knowledge, and I thought my granddaughter could still be saved.

Who would have thought that in just one year, she had become a new fourth-order mythical creature [Witch of Disaster], catching up with her mother's rank back then.

This is a heretic with a higher talent!

Moreover, Byron Lancaster’s title is the “Wild Hunt” once held by the God-King of the Bay People. It is very likely that he is the Son of Prophecy, which is even more of a heresy among heresies.

The Anti-Creator Consciousness Act that I enacted was designed for them. They have already seriously violated the law and are all deeply sinful.

If the two of them were allowed to rule the Kalmar Union, the Evernight Peninsula would immediately regress to a thousand years ago.

The people of Taiwan, who were born as pirates, do not have enough civilizational background. Only by kneeling devoutly to the Creator and striving to completely integrate into the continental system and the collective subconscious sea can they resist the coming flood.

Other than that, there is only one way to go, which is death.”

Apparently Margaret I had already learned the truth about the flood from the church.

But the development path planned by the "Queen of Eternal Night" for the country and the people is completely different from Byron's independent proposition.

It is believed that only by completely abandoning the loser [God of the Wild Hunt] Woden, and surrendering, bowing down, and converting to the Creator, the winner of the last war of the gods, can the people of the Bay have a chance to survive the next flood.

In fact, this idea of ​​surrender was not original to Margaret I.

After the collapse of the North Sea Empire, the Kingdom of Aalborg was the first royal family of the Bay People among the descendants of [Blue Dragon King] Reinhard to convert to the church.

At that time, the basic national policy of clinging to the church was established. In order to express loyalty, even the family motto was changed to: "Love what God loves, hate what God hates!"

It seems that it has shaped itself into a sharp sword of the Creator, which is comparable to the staunch traditional country, the Kingdom of Castile.

From then on, after the death of royal family members, their souls would not return to "Valhalla" but go to the "Heaven" of the church.

Margaret I, who relied on herself to break through the fifth level [King Title], also had this motto as her lifelong obsession.

Denying her choice and changing her ways from then on would not only negate the years of hard work and sacrifice of the Aalborg royal family, but would also completely deny her extraordinary path and everything about her!
This was something she absolutely could not tolerate.

"Believe in the church and you will have eternal life" has been deeply engraved in her bones.

However, the real problems that the Kalmar Union is now facing must be considered.

[Queen of Eternal Night] had a frighteningly cold expression:
“You’re not wrong about one thing.

If the king who rules the three countries of the Kalmar Union does not have the blood of the Blue Dragon King, he may not be able to sit firmly on the throne and shepherd his lambs for the Creator.

Although Violet has followed her mother's path of heresy, I believe her descendants still have a chance to be redeemed by the Creator.

So, I could compromise on the choice of heir and have her husband and children come after Eric.

But the prerequisite is that she must not marry [Wild Hunt] Byron Lancaster."

The old prime minister immediately looked embarrassed, feeling that his master was playing with fire:
"You mean to find another husband for Princess Violet?
But I heard that the two of them fought together from Anchor Bay to Black Sail Harbor and they have a very good relationship.

Breaking up a happily engaged couple and arranging a political marriage for them, isn't this too cruel for Princess Violet?

And, do you have the right person for the job?”

After Margaret I made up her mind, her expression relaxed a little:
"Cruel? That's better than death.

When the last red rose Lancaster cried out the runes of the Bay people: 'rose! rose!' and was tragically drowned in the flood.

Violet and her descendants were able to survive in the collective subconscious of all believers across the continent because they turned from darkness to light.

She will definitely thank me then.

As for the marriage partner

He silently turned his head and looked back at the room of Crown Prince Eric across the street.

As the door opened, a burly man with thick body hair, almost shirtless even in the cold winter, walked out with a group of mid-sequence doctors from the hospital sequence.

All of them looked solemn, and it was obvious that no miracle had happened.

The old prime minister also realized that his master seemed to have been prepared in his mind, and the candidate was most likely the man in front of him.

"【Bearman】Ulysses?"

The burly man in the lead was the grandson of Margaret I's cousin, Lady Ingeborg, and was twenty-five years old.

He is currently a Knight in the King's Right Hand and also a fourth-rank Baymin Berserker.

He is the undisputed leader among the next generation of nobles in the Kalmar Union.

Moreover, he always followed Margaret's lead in everything, and was even more radical and cruel in his attitude towards Protestants and stubborn Bay residents.

Such a person will definitely be able to continue the basic national policies formulated by the Queen.

In terms of age, she is only three years older than Princess Violet, who is 22 years old. She is also much older than the Queen herself, who married King Haakon VI Magnus, who was 15 years older than her.

As an object of political marriage, it doesn't seem so difficult to accept.

The door opened and closed, and Margaret I heard her grandson's sudden and violent coughing. Her expression remained calm:

“My original plan was to have the cousins ​​Eric and Violet get married and reunite the royal bloodlines of the two families.

But now it seems that Eric will soon be called by the Lord.

But death is just the beginning of another great journey.

Under my guidance, Eric is also a devout believer and has a place in heaven.

The Lord taught us that only pure people are qualified to ascend to heaven, so I will never allow his soul to be tainted by forbidden knowledge. Today's result is actually not a bad thing. "

In these words, he announced his granddaughter's marriage and also sentenced his grandson to death.

In her eyes, no one, whether son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter, can be an exception.

In order for the three countries of the Kalmar Union to successfully survive the flood, and to uphold the family motto: "Love what God loves, hate what God hates", the individual wills of family members are not important.

The two people did not notice that a raven that had been staying on a treetop for who knows how many days in the snow and wind heard their conversation clearly.

The raven Fujin, who had fought his way from the Malta Monastery in the Sea of ​​Time to the Eternal Night Peninsula, rolled his eyes and took the initiative to send the message to Byron's original body.

"My guess was correct. My mother-in-law is not dead. This [Queen of Eternal Night] was one of the participants in the plan.

You say that those of us who practice forbidden knowledge are inhuman, but I think you, purely political creatures, are even more inhuman!

Although the goal seems noble, it treats everyone as pawns that can be exchanged.

But the reason why a conspiracy is a conspiracy is that it must never be exposed to the sun. My mother-in-law was deceived by you once, so how could we be deceived by you a second time?

As long as your real body does not come to your territory, even if you have three crowns, what can you do to us? If you dare to come to the sea, I will teach you a lesson immediately. "

Then, referring to the information obtained from Valhalla, he put his mother-in-law Vanessa, who was said to have died more than ten years ago, into the puzzle.

Byron arrived at the answer quite easily.

It was enough to make a strong man like [Whale Hunter] who stood at the top of the secular world leave his daughter and country and go away for ten years.

Apart from the ideal of Taiwan’s rejuvenation, the only thing he cared about was the life of his wife.

My mother-in-law Vanessa must have been locked up in some extremely secure place by the church. Even my father-in-law at that time couldn't find her whereabouts, so he had to compromise with the church and help them find [Noah's Ark].

Byron finally connected all the clues of the puzzle in one go and breathed a sigh of relief.

But new problems arise.

The church can threaten my father-in-law with my mother-in-law's life to force them to submit. It is obviously not enough to just rescue my aunt and the others.

But there are so many churches and monasteries on the mainland that it is impossible to count them all. Where can I find Vanessa?
One channel is to ask the saints of the church directly, and the other is to ask the Queen of Eternal Night.

Byron's consciousness descended into Fukin's body, and he tilted his head towards the room where the violent coughing sound was still coming from.

Faced with the "family head" with an extremely controlling desire like the Queen of Eternal Night, Byron did not have much hostility towards Prince Eric who was about to die of illness. Instead, he felt some sympathy for him.

“Things are getting a little tricky now.

This old woman's family affection is so indifferent that it is as smelly and hard as a stone in a toilet.

He had originally wanted to use Eric's treatment as a condition for her telling him where his mother-in-law was imprisoned.

Even if we save him, there will be one more contender for the throne. The worst that can happen is that he will just snatch the throne away.

No one knows how to steal a country better than me, the Pirate King.

Violet has the claim in her hands. How can a sickly person compare with the lofty reputation of the Pirate King [Wild Hunt] and the Bay Princess [War Witch]?
By then, there might not even be a need for a heated battle, as the people of the Bay might line the streets to welcome King Byron and Queen Violet back to their loyal Kalmar Alliance."

However, the [Queen of Eternal Night] would rather let her only grandson die than to exclude the forbidden knowledge.

His initial plan failed.

At the same time, Byron also realized that even using force would not be enough to pry open the mouth of the Queen of Eternal Night.

Not only because she now wears the three crowns of the three kingdoms, it is extremely difficult to defeat her head-on.

Moreover, this kind of stubborn martyr is the most difficult to deal with. Even if she is killed, she will probably feel that her death is worthy and there is absolutely no flaw.

Byron felt that things had reached a dead end.

Unless we can make the Queen of Eternal Night change her mind, I'm afraid we won't be able to get any information from her.

Another route is to go through the upper echelons of the church and use the relationship between [Holy Hammer] Oliver and [Sister of Mercy] Theresa to look for clues, but since it concerns Noah's Ark, it must be top secret, and there is no telling when clues will be found.

Byron is now extremely eager to infiltrate the "Church of the Creator Group Co., Ltd." and participate in church affairs as the "Holy Spirit."

At that time, you can directly call the database of [Silver Law].

Even breaking the obsession and belief of a paranoid like the Queen of Eternal Night only takes a few words.

The Holy Spirit's words, "You are not faithful," can make her life worse than death.

Just when the investigation was in trouble, Byron had already returned to the colony, but suddenly received an urgent warning from the "Lighthouse Federation":
"Attention, fellow councillors!
Recently, a large number of Lighthouse Sequence Extraordinary people have disappeared without reason on the southern continent. Please be vigilant and report to the Federation immediately if you find any clues. "

at the same time.

In a tropical rain forest in the southern continent between Remit's "Golden Restoration Party" and the "Barbary Pirate Kingdom", a group of people are fleeing for their lives.

The green-haired pirate captain running in the front is named Schindler. He is one of the first captains who grew up under the "721 Captain Fission Model" of the Pioneer Navigation Colonial Trading Company.

Now he has joined West Wind Express, responsible for escorting and distributing various goods dumped by the company to the southern continent, and is very familiar with all the major colonies.

Now it's obviously in trouble.

He used the pirate ability [Mountain Goat Footsteps] to jump five or six meters on the branches. While observing the enemy situation, he did not forget to greet the large group of Barbaries who had immigrated from the west coast behind him.

“Although we only met by chance in this border area, I, Schindler, have never been able to tolerate the brutality of the Remit people who treat all foreigners as slaves and livestock.

They even robbed the neighboring country that had kindly taken them in. The Creator would be furious if he knew.

Everyone, run faster and hold on for a while. As soon as you reach the river, the inland transport ship of Pioneer Navigation Trading Company will pick you up.

Once we're on the boat, those damned Remet slave-hunting squads won't be able to catch up with us!"

(End of this chapter)