Your war hammer is too fake

The Hives have almost no metal processing ability. They are excellent miners but cannot smelt. Among the entire Hive, only Namtaru's own Overmind Guard is equipped with some armor plates as an additional supplement to the chitinous shell. These things are spliced ​​and modified from the armor stripped from the dead cavemen soldiers. Each set of armor plates looks different... In addition, although it sounds a bit incredible, the cavemen are very good at forging, and their talent in this area is comparable to that of the dwarves.

Although the Nest Clan had the concept of trade, they understood "trade" as the regular exchange of materials between different clans, the kind of barter. After all, many specific materials are often only produced in the territory of a specific clan. Whether it is the Faceless Ones or the Nest Clan, after squatting in the barren underground world for thousands of years, they no longer know what "currency" is.

Barrel took great pains to make Nadel, who came to discuss trade matters, understand what money is and the desire of the surface races for shiny gold. The queen of the nest tribe hesitantly accepted the 100% gold dwarf gold coins paid by the dwarf king, and then carefully used these newly received gold coins to place an order for a batch of materials needed by the nest tribe, and prepaid the wages of 20 dwarf blacksmiths.

Naturally, due to her lack of knowledge of prices and her extreme desire for forging skills, the wages Nadel paid were a bit too generous even for the dwarves. When the two sides formally signed the non-aggression treaty and trade agreement, more than a dozen dwarf blacksmiths who were attracted by the high wages took the initiative to join in, and Nadel naturally accepted all the money.

"When we have been together for a long enough time and have a deeper understanding of each other, it is not impossible for you to return to the surface," An Jiyue said as she shook hands with Nadel. "There are many hateful guys in the Southland. Attacking their territory will not only not offend us, but will help to bring us closer."

"Sooner or later, our people will take back everything that belongs to us," Nadel took the initiative to lie on the ground so that An Jiyue could hold her hand. "The servants of the ancient saints must pay with blood for the sins they committed against our ancestors."

The governor was indeed considering the feasibility of releasing the Nest Clan. Her hesitation was mainly due to her uncertainty about how strong the Nest Clan's explosive power was, and whether they had any hidden cards that they had not yet revealed. Most importantly, she was unsure about the Nest Clan's ability to resist chaos. If the Nest Clan was corrupted by an evil god, the consequences would be disastrous.

After the agreement was signed, the Plateau Fort Legion left over 10,000 soldiers and a batch of cannons in the Reflection Fortress, and the rest began to pack up and prepare to return to the fortress. The renovation of the Reflection Fortress is still proceeding in an orderly manner. The dwarves will not relax their vigilance just because they signed a treaty that could be torn up at any time. In addition to the fortress itself, the dwarves also built a large trading station with a wall outside the fortress for trade with the hive tribe.

What the future will be like is still unknown, but at least now the two sides can still live in peace.

After handing over the follow-up work to Barrel and Gotrek Starbreaker, An Jiyue immediately came to the Orion camp. Suseb had already returned to report, and Morgan specially sent a team of Eternal Guards to escort him back to Ka Sabai. William Martin was still staying in Tal Zhunr, and it seemed that the explorer was quite curious about the Crucified Wood King's Court.

Morgan was already a little impatient with this guy who refused to leave. He was obviously trying to gather information, and this behavior made Morgan very unhappy. Especially when they first met, this guy tried to use mental suggestion to get secrets from her. His unscrupulous attitude seemed to assume that no one else had seen psychic power.

"He didn't think about it. He was driven crazy by psychic power. Now he has returned to normal. It is obvious that someone has treated him." Morgan angrily took a big sip of cold juice. "After I pointed out his behavior, he apologized immediately and his attitude was quite sincere. As a result, my men told me the next day that he tried to sneak into the area of ​​the library that is not open to the public and wanted to secretly take away historical books... <Aslai swear>!"

"So why are you still keeping this guy? Just throw him out." An Jiyue said as she stirred the crystal glass full of juice with a silver spoon.

"Uh..." Morgan scratched the back of his head: "I don't think it's necessary to be so radical..."

"Did you become stupid because you worked as a grassroots civil affairs officer before you traveled through time? There is no party here that tolerates such people," the governor rolled his eyes at him, "This kind of guy who takes advantage of others is obviously a veteran. Remember, don't reason with such people. You are the biggest leader here now, you don't need to tolerate fools and scoundrels."

"Eh, I feel like I still haven't changed my mindset..." Morgan pushed the cup away and slumped down on the stone table. "Then let's do as you say. I've sent people to chase them away. Oh, and there's also the tracker who's in charge of tracking them."

"You should have done this a long time ago," An Jiyue said, "Besides, I came here today because I need to discuss something with you..."

The author says:

Author's words: It was another day of having a big fight with my mom.

In addition, I would like to reiterate that Ke Shuzhan is not the Lord of the Holy Scripture. He is just a disposable tool who will be thrown away after use.

Chapter 247: Unfriendly Colleagues

Plans must adapt to changes.

As early as the first month after arriving in this world, An Jiyue learned that she was not the only one who traveled through time. However, in the real world, those travelers who did not have plug-ins or had weak plug-ins were already doing their best just to survive, not to mention influencing the course of history and leaving their mark in this turbulent era.

The witch hunters and shadow wizards sent by Evelyn had no trouble investigating the truth behind the recent events in Middenheim. Katarina, the eldest daughter of Boris Todbringer, was basically confirmed to be a time traveler. She sent someone to poison her brother Heinrich's wine and tampered with the medicine of her other brother Stefan.

Katarina's method was rather crude, and the reason she was not exposed was purely because someone was secretly cleaning up the mess for her - the witch hunters under the Knight Princess captured a Tzeentch follower, who confessed that he tried to use Katarina to spread chaos in order to please the capricious Tzeentch, and at the very least mess up Middenshire.

Ever since Horstmann was killed by "Deedlit" in the Battle of Altdorf, the underground cult network originally controlled by this legendary Tzeentchian sorcerer has fallen into unprecedented chaos. Without a leader who can convince the majority of people, almost every cult leader who thinks he has a chance to go further and even become the next Horstmann is trying hard to make trouble to please the evil god he believes in. At the same time, the people of Tzeentch have not forgotten to trip up their colleagues to prevent others from getting promoted first.

When the eldest daughter of the Wolf Lord appeared at the black market in Middenheim without any disguise and asked to buy poison, the Tzeentch believer immediately noticed this extremely abnormal situation. After repeated investigations and tests, confirming that this was not a witch hunter or the Church of Ulric fishing, the ecstatic Tzeentch believer immediately took action.

With his unbridled flattery and a handsome face, this Tzeentch follower, who showed no signs of mutation, successfully won Katarina's trust. According to Egwene, her witch hunters searched him according to standard procedures after capturing him, and found that he was tattooed with Katarina's name and various extremely disgusting love words...

"Why does this sound like xxn?" Morgan was confused.

"That's nothing," An Jiyue shook her head, "This colleague's incredible actions are not limited to these..."

After consciously starting to collect relevant intelligence, Aiwen discovered that this person came quite early, about a month earlier than An Jiyue. From the known information, Katarina was normal a year ago, until a year ago when she suddenly fell into a coma for several days without any signs. After waking up, it was said that she was mentally disturbed for a while, talking nonsense all day long, and using Aurora language... At that time, Boris personally came forward and asked Big Yurik to exorcise his daughter. After all kinds of medical examinations, blessings, and prayers, "Katarina" almost lost half her life.

Perhaps frightened by the scene, "Katarina" remained silent for about half a year. Until half a year ago, perhaps she finally recovered, "Katarina" began to take action, including but not limited to trying to make money by inventing small things, preaching "equality for all" to people of higher status than her, and treating people of lower status with contempt, beating up her nose and kicking her servants if she was not satisfied with them, and later even lynching those who she thought offended her.

Most of the nobles in the empire were humanized nobles who were worse than pigs and dogs, but Boris Todbringer happened to be one of the rare exceptions. In the eyes of the Wolf Lord, there was nothing wrong with disciplining servants who made mistakes, and they should be punished. As people of noble blood, they naturally had this power; but pulling out the nails of the servants just because they couldn't get fresh fruits in winter was too much anyway.

The hot-tempered wolf lord walked around the basement, which was full of various torture instruments and smelled of blood in every crack of the stone bricks. When he came out, he slapped his daughter hard on the spot and ordered her to stay at home and not to do such things again. From then on, at least on the surface, "Katarina" did not continue to make trouble.

Well, on the surface.

After that was the Electoral Conference. Boris Todbringer, who was busy with state affairs, really had no time to discipline his daughter, who had been behaving increasingly erratically since she had fallen into a coma. He also did not notice that "Katarina" began to frequently go to various places where noble ladies should not go, and spent the whole day hanging out with some guys of suspicious origins.

When the Wolf Lord lost the election at the Electoral Counts Meeting and returned to Middenheim in humiliation with cat ears and a cat tail, "Katarina" felt that her chance had come. The Lords of the Holy Scriptures already knew what happened next.

"According to the plan of this humanoid creature, she planned to wait until Stefan died and then make her cheap dad 'too sad' and die with him," An Jiyue said as she picked up an apple from the table and put it back immediately. "That Tzeentch believer has been busy cleaning up her mess, dealing with those insiders who knew too much, and preventing these abnormal deaths from attracting the attention of the Elector's Court and various churches... I can only say that he is really a model worker."

"Speaking of which, how exactly was this man caught?" asked the Weaver Lord.

"A Tzeentch believer from the same underground sect as him reported him to the Church of Sigmar in Middenheim. Egwene's people intercepted the report by chance," the governor shrugged. "It is said that the two sides are competing for the position of the leader of the sect."

"Pfft... this way of exposing oneself is too strange."

"Anyway," the alchemist girl waved her hand, "this colleague whose real name I don't know is such a stupid, evil, and incompetent thing that he completely ruined my original plan. Now I must and can only go to the Empire as Arwen to remove the 'curse' on Boris as soon as possible and make this old wolf cheer up for me."

Morgan nodded first, then tilted his head: "So what do you want to discuss with me?"

"Borrow troops. Middenheim is in a very bad situation right now. If the Chaos army gathering at the Brass Fortress really goes to attack Middenheim, I need an army so that I can intervene at the critical moment," An Jiyue explained. "As 'Arwen Duskstar', I certainly can't bring my own army with me. Otherwise, how can I perform this play?"

"It's no problem to borrow troops," Morgan said immediately, "but I'm afraid I can't give you many troops. The Deep Forest scouts reported that there have been a lot of wild orc activities in the south recently. They suspect it may be the prelude to a new WAAAGH!!. My main force needs to stay behind to watch over the house."

"How about this," the Jiedushi thought for a moment and said, "Although we can only recruit soldiers from our own faction, system units can be transferred. I provide the points and recruitment cards, and you recruit troops according to my requirements and then transfer them to me. How about that? And this way, the troops are my own, and I can use them with fewer concerns."

"No problem. What types of troops do you need, and how many teams of each?"

It was already mid-January in 2503. Snow and ice covered most of the empire. Land transportation had basically come to a standstill. Only inland water transportation was still running as usual, maintaining this country that had stood firm in war and turmoil for 1 years. Various chaotic enemies were still wreaking havoc in Midden, but Boris was still only concerned with himself, indifferent to government affairs and the numerous requests for help.

An Asrai army with a total strength of over 5,000 troops set out from the Orion Camp in the heart of the Southland, and used the root network of the Oak of Ages to head towards the Old World - more specifically, towards the Westland of the Empire.

The author says:

Author's words: It's hard to adjust to the state

Chapter 248 Aslay’s Army Front

In terms of user experience, the Roots of the Oak of Ages is the medieval version of the Webway.

The 5,000 Asrai troops (without wooden men) led by An Jiyue took only one week to run from the Orion camp to the Westerland of the Empire, more specifically to a place in the Duncanwald Forest located in the Westerland. An army under Egwene had been waiting there for a long time, and the commander in charge was Sir Almalik.

Out of his own position and interests, Theodoric Geisel, the Elector of Nordland, was extremely dissatisfied with Egwene becoming the Count of Marienburg and the Elector of Westerland. He publicly declared that he would never accept a weak (?) Bretonnian woman as his colleague, and would not allow his family's territory, Marienburg, to be openly occupied.

In addition, Nordland suffered heavy losses in the Marienburg speculation crisis (see Chapter 216). The Nords, who were so angry that they lost, wanted to take a bite of anyone they could catch. Even if Karl personally tried to mediate, the Nords stubbornly refused any form of compromise. In order to express his indignation and to avoid a large amount of debts owed in the speculation crisis, Theodoric sent a Nord army across the border and occupied an area in the northeast of Westerland.

As we all know, Westerland is Marienburg and its accessories. Apart from Marienburg itself, the rest of Westerland's land is basically some worthless rotten land. The Nords' behavior is not so much about seeking Westerland's land as it is about forcing to create bargaining chips when they have no bargaining chips. Fortunately, there is a handle in the negotiation with Egwene.

The Knight Princess certainly would not indulge the Nords. Aiwen responded quickly to the Nords' behavior: she sent Sir Almarik to lead a team, and then, nothing happened...

Thirteen of the Holy Grails of Ai, including the knight himself, charged forward. Half of the hundreds of Nords went to Mor's garden on the spot, and the remaining half went to the prisoner-of-war camp, which they built themselves under the supervision of the Holy Grail of Ai. Afterwards, Karl came forward again to mediate. In a private letter, the Emperor clearly warned the Elector of Nordland that if the latter insisted on being disgraceful, the Emperor would not care about him. Even if West led his army to the city of Sessenmond, it would be his own fault!

In the end, with the personal intervention of Karl Franz, Evelyn agreed to forgive all debts owed by Nordland and release all captives in exchange for Theodoric's public recognition of the Knight's legitimate right to rule over the entire Westland. Anyway, Evelyn didn't care about the debt.

After the Nords left, Sir Almarik de Godardon did not return to Marienburg, but Egwene sent him more troops. On the one hand, Knight Ji was not very confident in the credibility of the CK2 players in the Nords; on the other hand, since they were already here, it was a good opportunity for Sir Almarik de Godardon to clean up the local beastmen and greenskin tribes.

The place where the border conflict between Westland and Nordland broke out is not far from the Dark Abyss. There are a large number of forest goblin tribes active here all year round, and beasts and beasts often roam here. In general, this is not a suitable place for garrisoning troops. Not only is the transportation inconvenient, but it must also face frequent harassment from various enemies. The local poor output is also difficult to feed a large number of standing troops without production; however, if it were replaced by wood elves, this place would be very suitable for opening a branch mine.

"Hello, Lady Arwen. By the order of my Lord, I will assist you in the next operation." Sir Almarik, who was wearing a full set of imperial-style plate armor without any personal emblem on his robe, saluted An Jiyue with his chest. "I will obey your command in battle, and so will my brothers."

West's army has been living a very fulfilling life recently. Ever since taking over Marienburg, Evelyn has been planning to clean up the Misty Swamp. Unlike the ignorant locals, she knows exactly what is hidden in the swamp that is shrouded in fog all year round. Cleaning up the swamp monsters is partly to eliminate this potential threat, after all, the Misty Swamp is right at the doorstep of Marienburg, and partly to make some extra money, as she still owes An Jiyue a large amount of points, plus a rare unit recruitment card.

After learning that the Chaos Army in the Brass Fortress had made some unusual moves, Knight Ji had her eyes on this group of walking points. Compared to the valuable but rare Swamp Monsters, or the huge but worthless Rats, the "cost-effectiveness" of Chaos Warriors was second only to Chaos Demons and equal to Chaos Dwarves, so she decisively sent out the only team of Imperial Holy Grail Knights she had.

It's not that she can't send out more troops, but she has to be sensible. The Chaos Cubs in the Empire are not as endless as those in the Fortress. They can never be eliminated. An Jiyue is willing to take her along to get fries out of kindness. If she takes kindness for granted and greedily pushes for more...Anyway, Aiwen will never do such a stupid thing.

"Heavy-armored shock cavalry is exactly what I need," the Anxi Army Jiedushi thought to himself, after all, he couldn't bring the Yulin Guard with him on this operation, "although I'm not sure whether the enemy will act as the rumors claim."

"Since our Lord has sent us here, it means He has foreseen everything," the Holy Grail Knight said confidently, "We will use the tip of our spear and the edge of our sword to purify all filth."

An Jiyue nodded. She wasn't agreeing with anything, she just didn't want to continue the topic. "According to the plan, I will go to the Wolf Lord's palace to perform another mission," she said, "This will take some time. My army will be hiding here and waiting, during which time you can continue to do what you want to do."

"Since we have received the order, we will not be half-hearted in carrying out the mission," the knight shook his head. "When I was not a Holy Grail Knight, I mean, I was not a slave of that fake creature, I often hunted in my territory." The knight said and glanced at Arwen's pointed ears. "Waiting is also part of hunting." He said so.

"You don't have to worry about anything in front of me. My opinion of that bitch Lilith is even more negative than your master's, sir." An Jiyue rarely swore unless she couldn't help it. "There are too few swear words in Elsalin. I personally have always deeply regretted this."

"Well, my lady," Sir Almarik spread his hands, "is there anything else for me and my brothers to do besides wait?"

"You will have a chance to win honor, and I can guarantee this alone," An Jiyue looked at him deeply, "Gather your strength and wait for orders. This is my only request to you before the war really begins."

After settling 5,000 troops and ordering them to build a camp on the spot that could withstand the severe winter, An Jiyue took Jin Zhifan, who also used magic to disguise himself as a wood elf, to Altdorf first to prepare to communicate with Kagaba.

Mainly, she wanted to obtain more information about the Brass Fortress.

The Wood Elves were a highly specialized armed force, and their military composition was extremely biased, with no heavy armor units other than wooden men, which was a fatal shortcoming. Admittedly, the Wood King's Court was much stronger than the crazy people in Athel Loren, at least they had enough Eternal Guards, but head-on confrontation was still not what Asrai was good at.

Militarily, the elves are a race that is capable of both long and short range combat, but different branches often have significant differences: the High Elves are balanced, with melee and ranged abilities being basically equal, without a clear preference, and their military composition is the most complete and comprehensive; the Dark Elves are melee-oriented, and although these vicious sadists are also skilled in archery, they are clearly more inclined to melee combat; the remaining Wood Elves are ranged, and their archers are unrivaled in the world, and no one can compare to them.

Although in a certain Total War, the Ranger and the Avalon Archer are both top-level foot archers, and they have their own strengths, but in fact the Archer's strength is somewhat due to the enchanted bow. In terms of their own combat skills, the Ranger is the strongest archer in the entire Warhammer, no one else - the Ranger can accurately shoot arrows into the gaps in the enemy's armor at a distance of hundreds of meters, and the Chaos Warriors in baroque heavy armor are almost naked in front of them.

Even by elven standards, this archery skill was miraculous.

If fighting against an enemy like the Chaos Warriors, the best option is for the Imperials to hold the front line, while the Wood Elves take advantage of their mobility to outflank the enemy. Since it is not yet clear what the target of the Chaos Army of the Brass Fortress is, An Jiyue needs to communicate with Carl so that she can join the battle as a reinforcement invited by the Imperials.

No matter how fragmented the empire is, the emperor is still the emperor, and his words are still useful.

Chapter 249: The Flying Fleet's First Battle (Part 1)

Coming to Altdorf again after several months, An Jiyue felt a little weird.

Thanks to the compensation paid by Lawn Leocornwall on behalf of the Parraonians, not only was the military expenses of Karl Franz's trip north to support the Nords settled, but the emperor even had some money left for other things. All the damage caused by the fierce battle between the various forces in Altdorf had been repaired, and the square in front of the palace was almost paved again.

The stone bricks that were burned by supernatural flames, soaked in blood, and covered with body parts were all replaced with new ones, and even the ground was re-leveled, and the outer walls of the palace were also renovated and reinforced. Karl did not need to borrow money from merchants, and the financial income of the territory itself was enough to support the reconstruction of the First Fleet (Note 1).

The return of Westland to the Empire meant that the Empire once again had the material basis for building a strong maritime force: a port with excellent conditions in all aspects. According to Egwene, when she was staying in Altdorf, Karl proposed to her in a meeting the idea of ​​establishing a third fleet with Marienburg as the home port to protect the Empire's maritime trade lines. Egwene's attitude towards this was ambiguous.

[Ewen de Richelieu: It's a different era now, who still plays with traditional navy? (Really true)]

Marienburg's independence was of course its own will, but without the High Elves' instigation and even their personal participation in the war, these weak merchants would not be able to defeat the martially virtuous imperial provincial legions. Seizing Marienburg would mean severely offending Ulthuan, and the High Elves happen to have the most powerful navy on the planet. In fact, not long after the Knight Princess accepted the canonization and returned to Marienburg, an Asur envoy from Lothern stepped onto the dock of Marienburg.

This lord, sent directly by the Phoenix Court, asked Evelyn in a polite but cold tone to explain her blatant violation of the Treaty of Caldesset, invasion of the land of the high elves (Elf Town), and massacre of the people of the Phoenix King. Otherwise, the Son of Asuryan will use all means to seek justice.

The Knight was destined to defend her victory with war. She did not use any diplomatic rhetoric. It was a sheer humiliation to play this game in front of the high elf nobles who were good at this. Egwene told the ambassador that if he didn't accept it, he would fight. There was no need to talk so much nonsense. Being decisive would benefit everyone.

"When the hosts of Ulthuan crush your ragtag bands and burn your banners, I hope you will remain as confident as you are now, human," the Ambassador said, and walked away without looking back.

Then, a fleet of high elves consisting of four eagle ships and nine falcon ships blocked the sea off Marienburg, prohibiting any ships from entering or leaving, no matter who they owned. All of Marienburg's external ocean trade routes were completely cut off, the market was depressed, rumors were everywhere, and merchants complained about the decision of the Knight Princess. They hated the nobles and united to put pressure on the provincial government, but Egwene was completely unmoved, and even the operation to clean up the misty swamp was still proceeding step by step.

The indifference of the Elector angered the merchants who suffered heavy losses. They gathered in front of the City Hall to petition and demanded to negotiate with the high elves outside. After being flatly rejected, the situation got out of control. The emotional merchants and their bodyguards tried to storm the City Hall. As a result, the system unit responsible for guarding the City Hall, after a warning was ineffective, aimed at the crowd without hesitation and pulled the trigger, resulting in 21 deaths on the spot and hundreds of people injured in the stampede.

The merchants who could no longer tolerate this began to collude frantically in private, preparing to incite the equally dissatisfied citizens to launch a large-scale riot to overthrow the "cruel rule of the Bretonnian tyrant."

[Group leader #An Jiyue: The time is almost right. It’s time for the grasshoppers to make their debut. ]

[Aven de Richelieu: No need to wait any longer? ]

[Group leader #An Jiyue: Unless there is no other choice, I personally do not recommend playing that kind of overly extreme operation. The Four Crossings of the Chishui River is certainly a myth in military history, but how many instructors can there be in this world? The micro-manipulation instructors like the bald guy are the most common. ]

Even for the Lords of the Holy Scriptures who have gained power, competing with the High Elves with a traditional navy is an extremely foolish idea. The correct solution is to overtake them on the curve - as for how to overtake them on the curve, it can be a steam-powered ironclad ship like the dwarves, or a more powerful war machine, or even a fleet flying in the sky.

The users of Grasshopper Class are not just the two time travelers of An Zhendan. As early as when planning Marienburg, An Jiyue and Aiwen were thinking about how to deal with the inevitable high elf interference fleet. The two conceived several plans for this purpose, and the appearance of the airship turned all the plans into an unprecedented track.

Almost at the same time as the Grasshopper-class gunboat successfully completed its first flight, its improved version was also put on the slipway. This derivative model, named Grasshopper II A by An Jiyue, abandoned the bombing function, and its entire lower half of the hull was redesigned, with four flame guns installed in a rotating turret with the muzzle facing downward.

This weapon comes from the Mountain Kingdom. It can use high-pressure steam to eject a deadly liquid alchemical mixture. The ignition device at the muzzle will ignite the ammunition when it leaves the barrel. With An Jiyue's face and a large sum of gold, the Xuanshui Arsenal introduced a full set of technology from the dwarves and successfully trial-produced it, and then installed it on the second batch of grasshoppers.

Although An's Zhendan has a fierce fire tank, this thing is more similar to the flamethrower in the "hometown" of the traverser. The range of the fierce fire tank when firing on flat ground is only a little over 100 meters. Even if the flying ship shoots from a high position, it can't hit too far. It does not meet the tactical needs of the air force. Finally, after a series of rigorous tests, it was eliminated.

The first batch of Grasshopper II-A totaled four ships, all of which were delivered to Aiwen. Of course, at present, these four gunboats are operated by the air force personnel of Anshi Zhendan, and the crew and engineers sent by Knight Ji are still in the learning stage.

It can be said that from the beginning, the Lords of the Holy Scriptures had thought about how to "entertain" the high elves who came from afar. Egwene's indifference to the merchants was also part of the plan. In the final analysis, the group members did not believe that these people would be obedient. Before, these merchants were simply frightened by Egwene's military strength and did not dare to act rashly.

No matter how submissive they had behaved before, the purge of Marienburg's old merchants was part of the established plan, and this time they took advantage of the blockade of maritime trade to trick them hard.

In order to ensure the success of the operation, the Lords of the Codex used the intelligence network set up by Dustan in Ulthuan and managed to obtain detailed intelligence on the blockade fleet, including but not limited to the hull conditions, armaments, additional troops carried, the captains and fleet commanders' personalities and past experiences, etc. As a professional counterintelligence agency, the Swordmasters of Hoeth (Note 2) and their magic swordsman leaders were also good at collecting intelligence.

Using various means, Egwene had already mastered the trajectory of the blockade fleet. She had not taken action before because it was not yet time to close the net. When Arwen Duskstar and her maid, who inherited the three-nothing skills from her mentor Deedlit, stood in front of a city gate in Altdorf and revealed their identities to the imperial soldiers, Egwene, who was wearing a helmet and armor, also started to act at the same time in Marienburg.

"Let's get started," the Knight Princess said to the officers and witch hunters in front of her, "Let's fight quickly and end it quickly."

……

Note 1: The Imperial Navy can be roughly divided into the First Fleet and the Second Fleet. The former is the Reikland Navy, while the latter was originally headquartered in Marienburg. After Marienburg became independent, this number was assigned to the Nordland Navy.

Note 2: Yes, the heavily armored, big-sword-wielding Swordmasters of Hoeth are actually a group of agents. This group was originally formed to deal with Druzy's rampant espionage activities.

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Author's words: Reply to reader "Reader1655624610":

Do we need to send out all the high-level combat forces to kill some small monsters? And, that person is called Sir Bayar.

Chapter 250: The Flying Fleet's First Battle (Part 2)

Of course, Evelyn would not wait until a riot actually happened before taking action.