Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1154 Legacy

As a well-known guild in the country and a member of the Descendents of Flor, the Jeffreyt Red Team has a wide range of activities that are not limited to the North and the Scepter Coast. In fact, it has branches all over Corrin-Ishurian. However, Fang He has never heard of any of their personnel appearing east of Elderon.

He and Jeffreyt's Red Team have had a long-standing feud, although that was only an old story from the Elpahin branch, but he was "on the list" of the upper echelons of the Red Team and even the Descendants of Flor. Bai Jia told him that the Descendants of Flor had tripped him and the Seven Seas Brigade up more than once.

Those people were wearing their striking red battle robes with gold edges, carrying rapiers, wearing their iconic tricorn hats with a bunch of feathers, wearing leather gloves, and holding a wanted poster in their hands. They stood at the door, asking the waiter something while looking around the bar.

Fang He did not say anything, but just watched the scene silently - the internal turnover of personnel in the major guilds in the country was extremely high, but he was not sure whether he had dealt with these red-clothed teams in front of him. Maybe he had met them, but he had long forgotten it.

Elisa stood on one side, and obviously noticed these uninvited guests. She narrowed her eyes - the Rain Listeners, from whom she came, had been opposed to the Blood Oath for a long time in Fenris, so she naturally would not give a good look to the old boss behind them.

The members of Jeffreyt's Red Team suddenly turned around, their hawk-like eyes fell on Catherine, with surprise on their faces - or rather, they were coming for this female pirate leader from the beginning.

I just didn't expect the news to be true.

At first they thought it was just a rumor made up by those guys in order to get away.

The leader of the red team then parted the crowd, walked over, looked at the female pirate, and said, "Ms. Catherine, please come with us."

Catherine smiled wildly. She looked down at these people and didn't care much. She was wearing a hat and was a head taller than the man. She asked casually, "I don't remember knowing you, gentlemen in lobster skins, Jeffreyt Red Team?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't know us, but we know you, that's enough," the leading man said slowly, "Catherine Arlands, a privateer pirate. On the surface, she is a free female pirate active in the Saint Hughes area, but in fact, she obeys the orders of the Corinthian royal family."

He looked at Catherine and said, "After the fight between you and Balosha, I heard that the other party swallowed up all your men. You don't have anyone you can rely on right now. Only we can help you. Someone here wants to see you. Please come with us."

Alisa looked at these people with some surprise.

Although some people had doubted Catherine's origins in the past, most of the speculations were just rumors - the pirates were on the brink of death, and no one dared to joke about such a thing.

The other party's words were like a thunderbolt on the calm water. The bar instantly became quiet, and the air seemed to be covered with a layer of ice, freezing everything - only a black cat jumped off the table, knocked over a cup, and made an inopportune noise.

The air was filled with the smell of stuffiness and evaporating alcohol, as well as the aroma of food and spices. Pirates drinking from far and near put down their cups and looked in this direction. The space was dead silent.

But Catherine just smiled calmly: "Since you know who I obey, if you want to move me, you must at least show me the warrant from His Majesty or the Prime Minister. Why? Don't you have it?"

"Ms. Catherine, don't refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit—"

"I'm sorry, I don't understand your roundabout words, but you want to cooperate with me. Unfortunately, I have already found a suitable partner, so you don't need to worry about it." She turned her head and her eyes fell on Fang He who was standing beside her.

The other party also looked over and sized Fang He up and down, but he was obviously not too surprised. "We have also heard about this news, but do you really think he can help you?"

"He is..."

"The Dragon Alchemist," the man interrupted her impatiently, "Of course we know him, but they themselves are all rootless and homeless dogs, Ms. Catherine, you won't really believe those groundless rumors, right?"

"Who are you calling a stray dog?" Elisa couldn't help it. She didn't care what these people thought of her, but she didn't care about the Seven Seas Brigade - but about him. She stayed here because of the military, just like Luo Hao.

But in the final analysis, she stayed because she wanted to repay a favor in some way.

She stared at him dangerously and threatened him in a cold tone: "If I were you, I would be more careful with my tongue."

"Ms. Alyssa," but she didn't expect that person to be afraid. Instead, he looked at her and called out her background. "It seems that you have encountered new circumstances after leaving Listening to the Rain. Otherwise, you wouldn't have grown so fast. Gu Baizhiye has a good vision, but Listening to the Rain couldn't give you this resource back then."

"Are you from the Blood Oath?" Elisa recognized them at once, her voice became even colder, she pulled out her dagger and held it in her hand, looking at these people and said, "That's great, I have an old score to settle with you."

But Catherine reached out to stop the girl and gave her a look - this is Saint Hugh's, don't fall into the other party's trap.

The female pirate looked completely unmoved, and said calmly, "I don't need your opinions on who I should work with, but these are my distinguished guests. According to pirate rules, you'd better apologize to them—"

"Bah, bitch."

Someone behind the man couldn't help but say, "Apologize? Who do you think you are? Without the power behind you, you are just a stray dog. Do you really think the royal family will support you again? Why don't you guess why we are here?"

The leading man did not interrupt him, but waited quietly for him to finish before speaking again: "My people are a bit blunt, but although this is unpleasant to hear, it is the truth, Ms. Catherine. We are not here to discuss anything with you. You have to go today, whether you want to or not."

Catherine did not answer him, but looked around the room. Perhaps because of her past reputation, no one dared to move in such a large bar. Finally, her eyes stopped at a bearded man, "Bachmut, this is Saint Hugh's, you just let these foreign bastards run wild here?"

The man shrugged, looking so gentle that he didn't even look like a pirate. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Catherine, I will not get involved in the internal strife among you, the Corrin-Ishurians. Besides, who are you? You said before that we are not the same kind of people."

He seemed to be thinking about something, and finally his fearful gaze fell on the young man behind the few people - Fang He.

"A bunch of wimps." Catherine cursed inwardly, and with a flash of silver light, a swift sword was in her hand.

"It's better to strike first," someone from the red team shouted, and they all drew their weapons. They obviously understood the strength of the opponent they were facing - a Silver Rank, so their first target was not actually Catherine:

"First, catch that guy who has a false reputation and make her afraid to act rashly."

The man from Jeffrett's red team pointed at the square plover and shouted.

They were trying to bypass the female pirate leader and surround the young alchemist behind them, but Elisa had already stopped them. She used a long dagger to mysteriously block everyone's way, and then turned into a shadow.

After just a moment, someone screamed, covered his arm, and retreated.

All this happened in just a moment. Fang He hadn't figured out what was going on, and why these people called him a "nameless guy". But when he saw someone approaching and trying to pounce on him, his hands reacted even faster than his brain.

He reached out and pressed the azure gem on his collar, and a ray of light appeared in front of the man. Catherine realized what was happening, but she was not worried about the young man behind her, but about -

"Don't!"

With a loud bang, the table in front of Fang He flew out, and a tall construct landed at that place. It was wearing a golden and red glittering armor, like a tall mecha knight. It stood among the ruins, with its tall body, and knocked a big hole in the ceiling.

Dust fell from above and covered the people below. Before the people of Jeffreyt's Red Team could figure out what was happening, a big hand reached down from the ceiling, picked up the two leaders, and threw them out gently.

The two men smashed the window one after the other and were thrown out of the hotel. Outside was a cliff thousands of feet high. People only heard a long, terrified scream coming from far below, while the others were already terrified and couldn't help but look up at the tall construct—

A video crystal that glows red, and blade-like wings behind it.

"what is that?"

But some people drew their swords and tried to resist.

After all, in common sense, combat craftsmen rely on flexible structures to fight, but apart from their mechanical bodyguards, combat craftsmen themselves are not actually considered combat professions and are known for their own weakness.

Their idea was good, but their execution went wrong.

The outside world's last knowledge of Fang He was the great battle in the south. Although the Seven Seas Brigade became famous in the battle of Elpahin afterwards, most of the images left behind were of this "Dragon Alchemist" manipulating his army of fairies that made him famous.

And the famous sailboat - Seven Seas Traveler.

However, few people knew much about the close combat ability of this famous alchemist, or they could not understand that one year later, after experiencing the trip to the empire, Fang He was no longer the person they knew.

They imagined what kind of strength the constructs controlled by combat craftsmen of this level would possess, and even if it was an alien construct, it would never be like this - it would never be like the one in front of them, turning around and punching them.

And how fast that punch was.

The leading swordsman didn't even have time to see the six-winged seraph's moves before a fist had already hit him in the face. You have to know that it was a fist that was almost half the size of his body. The swordsman of Jeffreyt's red team had all his bones deformed under the pressure of the metal, making a sound of breaking under the weight.

But that was only a moment.

With a loud bang, the airflow created by the six-winged Seraph's fist blew away the two tables in front of it and the pirates sitting there. This blow even blasted a huge hole in the outer wall of the "Cork" bar.

One third of the wall, along with a corner of the ceiling, disappeared in this blow.

There was silence in the bar.

This attack shocked everyone, not because of how powerful it was. After all, as a Silver Rank, Catherine could easily destroy the "cork" with just one attack. And the man from Jeffreyt's Red Team in front of her was obviously no less powerful.

But Catherine turned around and looked at Fang He with an indescribable expression - but in fact, it was her fault in the final analysis, she forgot to tell the little guy where this place was - at this moment the hall was silent, as if those pirates who were blown away had never existed.

No one came forward to seek justice for them.

Although pirates are inherently heartless and not easy to deal with.

Not far away, Bachmut stared at Fang He with wide eyes, as if he had seen a ghost. He looked at Catherine, then at the young man, and finally his gaze fell on the bartender in the bar, with an expression as if he was watching a good show.

The man in front of Catherine was looking at Fang He with a half-smile, "It seems that your partner doesn't know the rules."

"It's not his fault," Catherine gritted her teeth. The word "let others take responsibility for their mistakes" was not in her dictionary. "I will bear all the losses caused."

"Bear it?" The man said sarcastically, "Can you afford it, Ms. Catherine?"

Catherine wanted to say something else, but at this moment, a chaotic sound of footsteps came from outside the bar, and then a group of people rushed in from outside. From their attire, the pirates immediately recognized the origins of these people - the Blood Shark's people.

"Catherine," the Blood Shark pirates were somewhat surprised by the typhoon that passed through Cork, but their eyes still fell on the female privateer first, and they gritted their teeth and said, "I didn't expect you to dare to come back here."

"Catch her!"

someone shouted.

All the Blood Shark Pirates drew their knives, but before they could move forward, a silver light flashed, and the scimitar in the hand of the man in front flew out of his hand, turned a few circles, and stuck into the floor, with the handle still trembling.

Everyone was slightly startled, only to realize that there was another person in front of Fang He and Catherine.

A female swordsman with long hair and silver makeup.

"Where did these wild cats and dogs come from, and where did the people from Jeffrey's Red Team come from?" The female swordsman casually retracted the long sword in her hand and looked at the group of people. "I remember I have said more than once that this is not your territory, don't act wild here."

"Yugudora," the man leading Jeffrey's red team changed his expression for the first time, "Are you, the Oak Knights, going to intervene again?"

"Ms. Yugudora?"

Fang He also looked at the person with some surprise.

He had a close relationship with Hongye and Tapolis, but in fact, most of the time, when he contacted the Oak Knights, he was received by this legendary silver-made-up female swordsman, because this girl called 'Gray Lady' was the logistics manager of the new Oak Knights.

However, most of their communication was through letters and text messages. They only met briefly in Goland. He remembered that he was with Zi Feiyu, the chief mage of Tapolis, at that time. The latter was now the deputy leader of the Oak Knights.

But why is the other party here?

"Hey, did you miss me, little guy?" Yugudora turned around and winked at him. "You haven't contacted us for almost half a year. I still have a big account to settle with you."

Fang He couldn't help scratching his head. He naturally understood that the 'Gray Lady' was talking about the supply, but the communication between the two worlds was interrupted and there was nothing he could do - this should be regarded as force majeure in the contract.

The lady in front of him was good in every way. She was friendly and always smiling. There was only one thing that made him very uncomfortable, and that was her ability to calculate carefully. Even the entire Seven Seas Brigade had never gotten a good deal when bargaining with her.

However, Fang He secretly guessed that the other party was not here for the Seven Seas Brigade. After all, they had never informed anyone before deciding on the route, and everything was decided on the spur of the moment.

Instead, Jeffreyt was surprised when the people from the Red Team immediately mentioned Catherine's cooperation with them - where did the news leak from?

Yugudola signaled Fang He with her eyes to be patient.

  Fang He also nodded slightly, then let the six-winged Seraphim step back and stand beside him. As for what those pirates thought, he didn't care much. After all, this is Saint Xuan, and in the final analysis, everything depends on strength. He can't just swallow his anger because the other party provoked him first, right?

He was just a little curious about Jeffreyt's red team's attitude towards him.

  It is true that he has a grudge against the Red Team, but it seems that it was only Jeffreyt's people who wronged him and Miss Scarpe first, and he had not had the chance to retaliate against them. Why do these people seem to be irreconcilable with him?

Moreover, even if we take a step back, his fame from causing trouble in the empire should have spread back to Corin-Ishurian long ago. Why do these people still act as if they don't take him seriously? It would be fine if they had the strength, but they seem a little vulnerable.

"Yugudora."

The man from Jeffrey's red team finally spoke up: "Are you going to help them clean up this mess?"

"Aren't you also responsible for this mess?" The silver-clad female swordsman said with a smile, "As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. If you hadn't provoked him, the little guy wouldn't have fought back. Do you really think Saint Xiu'an has no rules?"

The man wanted to say something else.

But the Blood Shark Pirates on the side interrupted him, "Luo, don't waste time talking to them. The Gray Hairs will be here soon. Saint Hugh's has its own rules. A traitor, a young man who breaks the rules, really thinks that Freeport can be lawless."

The words "lawless" spoken by a group of pirates were really hilarious, but Fang He couldn't laugh because he clearly noticed that the pirates' eyes when they looked at him had changed.

  Those people were whispering:

"Blood feud..."

"Duel, hang them."

"Hang these outsiders."

  Fang He frowned, obviously realizing that he seemed to have offended something. He looked at Catherine beside him, and the usually fearless female pirate also frowned. But she looked at him and comforted him instead:

"Don't worry, it's none of your business."

Not long after the Blood Shark Pirates finished speaking, another group of people walked into the bar. Fang He sensed a distinctly different aura from these people, and their attire was obviously much more formal than that of the disorganized Blood Sharks.

They wore white shirts, grey turbans, and carried weapons. They smelled faintly of blood, and they all looked like veterans of the sky sea, having experienced many battles. "Grey pirates, they are the people of 'Grey Hair' Jiggs," Catherine stepped back and reminded him in a low voice, "These people are considered the 'law enforcers' of Saint Hugh's. Be careful and don't clash with them."

"Saint Xuan... and the Law Enforcer?"

"It's just a saying. There are rules everywhere," Catherine said as she looked at these people. "The pirate code is also a code. If no one follows the rules, they will not become rules. But to restrain lawless pirates, you must be a group of people who are more ruthless and cruel than them."

She pouted at those people angrily, "That's them."

The Gray Pirates did not look at Fang He, or even at anyone else in the bar, but directly issued an order, "All irrelevant people leave immediately, those who violated the code stay, and the rest will be killed without mercy."

The visitor's tone was cold and there was no room for bargaining.

"Wait a minute," Catherine began, "this is not our sole responsibility."

The man then turned his gaze and stopped at Catherine. "Catherine, you are no longer one of us. The words of a traitor are not important. This is the kingdom of pirates. You have no right to defend him."

"Privateers are still pirates," Catherine said. "I have never attacked my own people. You all have some support from the land. I don't want to name the people behind you. I just found a sponsor."

"I'm not here to listen to your sweet talk, Catherine," the man waved his hand coldly, "Arrest him."

Catherine's nerves tensed and she subconsciously placed her hand on the hilt of the sword.

But at that moment, a man passed her from behind and walked in front of everyone - that man was the bartender of "Cork", the tall man who had remained silent since the conflict until this moment.

The other party looked at everyone silently and said:

"Stop it and leave them here."

The leader of the Gray Pirates was slightly startled, and for the first time, he showed a surprised look at the tall bartender, "They destroyed your bar. Boss Gus asked us to help you. Dear sir, what are you doing..."

"They are my guests."

"But……"

The leader of the Gray Pirates was in a dilemma. He didn't want to offend the man in front of him, but he couldn't back down easily. "Dear sir, they broke the rules of Saint Hugh's. Even if you are... we must still act according to the rules."

He lowered his attitude as much as possible and looked at the man in front of him.

The bar fell silent for a moment.

Bachmut, who was not far away, looked even more surprised, and looked at the owner of the 'cork' - he opened his mouth, and immediately realized what had happened, and the way he looked at Fang He and Catherine became completely different.

Fang He also looked at this scene with some surprise. He and Yugudola would certainly not surrender. Saint Xuan had its own rules, but they were not pirates, and he had never intended to abide by the rules here.

Catherine is at the Silver Level, but he and Yugudola also have their own methods. The situation in the bar changed after the two exchanged glances.

The tall bartender looked at Fang He, "The rules of Saint Hugh's were made by the three pirate kings. Under the witness of the storm 'Eye of Gray', everyone must abide by these rules, but there are exceptions."

"How could anyone be an exception?" The Blood Shark Pirates couldn't help but ask, "This is a common agreement among everyone. It has lasted for hundreds of years and has never been wrong. Anyone who betrays this iron rule will be drowned in the storm. Sir, who does he think he is?"

"He is the heir."

The tall bartender said.

And these words seemed to have magic power that struck everyone present. Bachmut, who was not far away, seemed to jump up from his seat and looked at Fang He with a look as if he had seen a ghost. He opened his mouth wide, as if someone had stepped on his tail.

If he had a tail.

The leader of the Gray Pirates changed his expression and looked at Fang He. "Sir, what did you say?"

But the bartender remained unmoved. He just cast his eyes on the unknown black block in Fang He's hand and walked over - Fang He didn't even see how the other party made the move, and the heavy metal block was in the bartender's hand.

The tall man held up the metal cube and presented it to everyone. "Do you remember? This is the man's token, one of the three keys, the proof of the overlord of the Pale Sea, and Rodrigo will only give it to the person he truly chooses--"

"Now, the seal on the key has been broken," he said in a low voice, but with every word pronounced clearly, "This is the proof."

You can hear a pin drop in the bar.

Catherine suddenly turned around and looked at the young man behind her, her emerald eyes full of surprise.

……