Chapter 306 Alice's Worry
An unusual scene occurred on the avenue led by Jones today. A team of more than 200 knights were galloping on their horses on the avenue, stirring up countless smoke and dust.
If someone had a little knowledge, they would immediately recognize that these cavalrymen all had rose badges on their chests, and they were the Rose Knights of the Jones family.
"Nadine, how long will it take to get to Storm Territory from here!"
The person who spoke was a pretty young woman, Alice, the Earl of Jones County.
At this moment, Alice is wearing a beautiful set of silver armor. This silver armor, like a work of art, rises and falls with the curves of Alice's graceful figure. Combined with the red cloak behind her, the already stunning Alice looks even more heroic.
However, there was a hint of worry on Alice's beautiful face at this moment.
"Sir, we will probably reach Storm Territory in half a day's journey!"
The newly appointed commander-in-chief Nadine did not dare to be negligent and answered loudly when she heard Alice's question.
"It'll take more time?"
Hearing this, Alice frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the past half day, so Alice immediately gave an order to Nadine.
"Everyone, keep speeding up! No need to hold back on horsepower!"
Nadine did not follow Alice's instructions immediately after hearing them. Instead, she hesitated and reminded them, "Sir, we have been traveling non-stop for a day and a night. Although the horses can still hold on, if we let them run at full speed now, they will probably be useless after we reach Storm Territory!"
As the newly appointed commander-in-chief, he should have shown his obedience to the Earl at this time, but as this involved the consequences of more than 200 war horses, Nadine could not hesitate.
You should know that the horses of the Rose Knights are all top-quality war horses, and each one is worth more than ten gold coins. In addition to money, top-quality war horses are one of the most precious possessions of every noble.
War horses like this will only unleash their full strength without restraint when they are really fighting on the battlefield. Even during training, people dare not let the horses get too tired to avoid injury.
"I know, you just have to follow my orders!"
Alice's face was cold, and she didn't hesitate at all because of Nadine's reminder.
"Yes, sir!"
Nadine didn't dare to say anything more. The Earl had already given the order again. If he said anything more, it would be of a different nature. Nadine responded to Alice, turned around and shouted to the team behind: "The Earl has ordered us to hurry up at all costs!"
As Nadine shouted, all the knights raised their whips and whipped their horses on their buttocks. The horses felt the whip and immediately began to speed up. In an instant, the speed of this team of more than 200 cavalrymen increased by three times.
This time, not only the Knights of the Rose went to Stormwind with Alice, but also four or five vassals who were summoned by Alice along the way. Gandalf was one of them.
Gandalf was really moved when he heard the conversation between Alice and Nadine. There were more than 200 top-quality war horses, but Alice ignored them at all for the sake of her little Gervase.
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"I hope we can still get there in time. Gervis, you must stay in the castle!"
As the horse's speed increased, the red cloak behind Alice rustled in the strong wind.
Although Alice is a woman, as a Silver Knight, riding a horse is not a difficult thing for her. The only thing she is worried about now is the safety of Gervis and Storm Territory.
When the pirates showed up a few days ago, they didn't attract much attention from Alice at first, because reports from several vassals indicated that this group of pirates numbered only two or three hundred people and they only dared to plunder coastal villages.
Although such incidents do not happen often, the Principality encounters them occasionally during the harvest season every year. These weak pirates will basically stop and flee after looting a few times. Even if they do not stop and flee, once the ships are mobilized, as long as the pirates' traces are found, they can be easily wiped out.
So Alice handed the matter concerning pirates over to Lina, and asked her to arrange for the mobilization of ships to fight the pirates.
Alice originally thought that the pirate issue would be resolved soon, and all her attention was focused on this southern expedition and her own cultivation.
Unexpectedly, just two days ago, Rose Castle received intelligence from a spy. After receiving this information, Alice was shocked and could no longer sit still.
The content of the spy's report was earth-shattering.
The pirates who attacked Jones's territory were not a small and weak group of pirates, but a large and extremely powerful group of pirates that had connections with the Larkin family. Moreover, the real target of these pirates was her cheap husband, Viscount Gervis.
The group of pirates sent by Earl Avery numbered over a thousand people, and there were also ten titled knights, including four Silver Knights. They went specifically to kill Gervis, and secondly for the grape vines in Storm Territory.
Alice did not question the truth of the news, because the spy had been lurking in the castle of the Larkin family for more than 10 years. He would not move easily under normal circumstances and would only take action when something extremely urgent happened.
Similarly, once this information is passed on, it means that the identity of the spy is not far from being exposed, because the number of people who know this information is very small, and it only takes a little investigation to find out who did it.
The spy was now on his way back to Jones's territory. He had sent someone to bring back the news via a caravan.
If it was before the birthday party, if Alice knew that someone was going to kill Gervis, she would have taken action, but she would not have been so anxious and desperate to go there in person.
But ever since she had been with Gervis some time ago, and Gervis had saved her from Roll despite the danger, Alice had regarded Gervis as someone close to her.
Moreover, Gervis himself and his golden wine were destined to bring endless benefits to County Jones, so Alice didn't want Gervis to have any accidents no matter what.
The moment she finished reading the letter, Alice personally gave the order and assembled two teams of Rose Knights, and immediately set off towards Storm Territory.
Worried that her own silver knights were too few in number, Alice sent people to summon her vassals on the road.
Although the spy transmitted the intelligence, due to the long journey, the intelligence was sent back in a caravan. Although the caravan's movement was not slow, it was definitely not as fast as a ship.
Based on the route the pirates took to attack Jones's territory in the past two days, Alice speculated that the pirates would start attacking Gervis's territory today or tomorrow.
Alice only hoped that Gervis would be lucky enough to hide in the castle and not go into battle. These pirates knew how to show weakness to the enemy and deliberately sent two or three hundred people to plunder other territories to give them the impression that the pirates were not strong, most likely to lure Gervis out of the castle.
Because as long as Gervis hides in the castle and does not move out, with the help of the sturdy castle and numerous soldiers and manpower, even if thousands of pirates want to capture Rose Castle, it will not be possible in a short time.
As for in the wild, can Gervis defeat the pirates?
Alice felt that there was not even a glimmer of a chance. You know, in Gervis's territory, the only titled knight was himself. Although the soldiers under his command were elite, facing the numerical advantage of the pirates and the numerous titled knights, the chances of winning were still slim.
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However, the more people fear something, the more things tend to develop in that direction.
While Alice was hurrying on her way, Gervis had no idea that danger was about to come and a huge conspiracy was slowly approaching him. Instead, it made him quite excited.
Because Laurie, who was on duty at the seashore, had sent someone on horseback to report that five large ships had appeared in the sea, and they were probably the pirates who had plundered Jones's territory during this period.
(End of this chapter)
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