Chapter 309: Enemy at the Gate
"Boss, the Binhai Town is just ahead. Do you want me to take a few brothers over to check out the situation first, so as to avoid being discovered by the guards in the castle?"
Less than a few hundred meters outside the town intersection, all the pirates approached the roadside. Benny, Wright and others in front did not know that they had been discovered by Abby and were still thinking about sneaking into the town and the castle.
"Well, Benny, if you do a good job this time, I'll give you the credit, gold coins, women, and status!"
Wright nodded and agreed to Benny's proposal. It would be the best thing to capture the castle by surprise. As long as the castle was captured, Gervis would have no chance to escape.
Then, Wright called over a dozen pirates and said, "Follow Benny into the town. Be smart and don't show yourselves!"
"It's the boss, don't worry! Hehe!"
The pirates had already seen the castle in the distance, and they were all very excited at the thought that they would be able to plunder a castle one day. Just thinking about the maids with smooth, clean and beautiful skin made them impatient.
Soon, Lanny led more than a dozen people, hiding their weapons in their wide robes, and walked towards the town. However, when they arrived at the coastal town, they found that there was not a single person on the long street.
"Benny, something's wrong. How come there's no one in such a big town?"
A scruffy pirate asked Lanny.
"The population of Storm Territory is only about 2,000 people, and it was about the same before. Let's go in and take a look first!"
Although Benny felt that it was a bit too quiet, Storm Territory was often like this before. It was rare to see anyone on the street, so he didn't dare to determine what was going on.
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"Damn it, they must have discovered us. Look, the castle gate over there is already closed, and there are a lot of people sticking their heads out from above, staring at us!"
Benny and his companions carefully walked along the avenue through half of the town, but still did not see a single person. At this time, everyone noticed something strange and looked towards the castle. They saw that the castle gate was closed and there were still many people standing on the city wall.
"Let's go back and report to the boss!"
Benny and his friends had no choice but to run back to Wright in shame.
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"What's going on? Have we been discovered?"
When Wright heard the report from Benny and the others, he realized something was wrong. He now only hoped that Gervis was not in the castle, otherwise they would return empty-handed today.
"Let's go. Since we might have been discovered by them, we don't need to hide anymore. Let's go to the town to check, and then go see if there are any of our people outside the castle."
"If there is, it means that Gervis has already hidden back in the castle. If we don't catch Gervis first, it will be useless even if the castle is closed."
Wright roared, and all the pirates stood up again. A black mass of nearly nine hundred people poured into the coastal town.
This time the pirates no longer hid their presence. All the pirates dispersed and began to search the town.
"No one, boss!"
"Boss, there's no one here!"
Hundreds of pirates quickly searched the coastal town but found no one, so they returned to the main street to report to Wright.
"But boss, there's no one in the house, but we found a lot of plants growing in their yards. Do you think it could be grapevines?"
The pirates' search was not in vain. They knew about the mission before they went ashore. Wright told them that there was a kind of fruit in Storm Territory that could be used to make golden wine. Such grape vines were worth several gold coins if taken outside, so the pirates were keeping an eye on the fruit trees.
Although there were no grapes on the vines anymore, every household still planted grape vines, and it seemed that they planted them with more care than wheat. The pirates already had some guesses in their minds.
"Oh? Take me to see it!"
Wright was also stunned. Were the grapevines planted here with such fanfare? Shouldn't they all be taken into the castle or planted in a manor?
Soon Wright went to the courtyards of the houses to check, and indeed saw that every household had trees planted.
"Boss, these trees used to be wild fruits on the roadside. I used to eat them often. Now they have been transplanted and carefully planted by these serfs. They must be grape trees!"
Benny had lived in Storm Territory for two years and immediately recognized the grape vines as the wild fruits that he had grown on the roadside.
"Haha! We're rich! Boss, should we start digging now?"
After hearing what Benny said, the pirates' eyes sparkled with stars. Each of these grape vines represented several golden coins. Everyone was excited and wanted to dig up these grape vines immediately.
There are hundreds of households in this town, and there are at least thousands of grape vines. Some pirates are ready to start digging while thinking about the large amount of gold coins.
"Let's not dig now. Let's go find Viscount Gervis first. It won't be too late to dig after we finish our business!"
Wright immediately stopped his men's actions. If he let these people dig up the grape vines now, they would probably only be thinking about the grape vines during the battle later, and how would they fight against Gervis?
Wright was born into a noble family, so of course he knew how to lead troops.
"Let's go. We can't delay any longer! Since the town is safe, let's go to the castle to see if there are any of our people!"
At Wright's command, although the pirates coveted the grape vines, they were intimidated by Wright's power and all obeyed his orders obediently, and rushed towards the castle with their weapons.
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Bernard, Thomas and others were standing on the city wall, and every move of the pirates in the town was under their watch.
At this moment, there were seven or eight servants and more than thirty strong slaves standing on the city wall. These servants and slaves were temporarily used as guards. Weapons had been distributed to them. They were all weapons that Gervis had seized before and kept in the castle as spares.
The slaves all had longbows in their hands, while the servants held long swords. Although neither the servants nor the slaves had ever used these weapons, it did not prevent them from standing on them, drawing their bows and shooting randomly to intimidate the enemy.
"There are at least eight or nine hundred of them. How could there be so many pirates? Will Lord Gervis be in danger?"
When Thomas saw a large group of pirates coming from the direction of the town, his face turned ugly and he muttered to himself.
"There is definitely danger. There are several titled knights inside, and they are quite powerful!"
Bernard had good hearing. He heard Thomas's mumbling and answered with a frown.
"Father, can you see that?"
Alec suddenly became curious.
"Oh, take a closer look at the people walking in front. What are they wearing? They are all iron armor. Can ordinary people move freely in such heavy armor?"
Bernard knew that he had let something slip just now, but he was not panicked. Instead, he said something to Alex in a bad mood.
"Blacksmith Bernard is right. Those pirate leaders are indeed very strong, and four of them are at least bronze or silver knights!"
At this time Brian added that he had used his perception to check and found that several pirates over there were much stronger than himself, a mid-level bronze knight.
Now the people nearby are all old acquaintances, and Gervis has asked him to strengthen the inscriptions several times. Brian's identity as an alchemist is semi-public. In addition to the serfs, people like Bernard and Thomas know about it, so he no longer hides it.
"What should we do? Lord Gervis is still at the beach! It will be dangerous if we run into him later!"
"Yes! The lord will be in danger! No, I have to go and inform the lord and tell him not to come back. Butler Thomas, get me a rope. Before the pirates surround the castle, I will go down and inform Lord Gervis now."
Thomas and Alec were both shocked and extremely anxious when they heard Brian's more certain words.
Gervis is the lord they are loyal to, and everything they have now is built on Gervis.
Alex is Gervis's personal guard. When he first joined the guard, Gervis stated that the guard was specifically established to protect his safety.
At this moment, Alec could no longer stand and wanted to leave the castle to inform Gervis.
5 chapters owed!
(End of this chapter)
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