Pirate Kingship

Kingdom of Hattings, capital of Kingston.

The cold wind is howling outside, and the heavy snow has already dyed the ancient city pure white. However, the bedroom of King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville in Ganquan Palace is as warm as spring.

The exquisite self-ringing clock made of gold "tick-tock" and "tick-tock" goes slowly and slowly.

Just a second before the second hand and minute hand were about to overlap, Edward IV, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes and pressed the chime.

It also made the rotating music box that was about to start go silent again.

He looked back at the beautiful queen who was sleeping soundly with a silky beaver skin quilt draped over her body, and a look of fondness spread on her face.

Apparently, in order not to delay government affairs and disturb the queen's rest, the king's biological clock also made adaptive corrections.

Edward IV was not in a hurry to get up immediately. It was only because [the most beautiful woman in the Channel Islands] was too beautiful that he couldn't help but admire his queen's beautiful body from behind.

Her shoulders and back were as flawless as white jade, her slender waist and hip curves were undulating like a girl who had never given birth, and her skin had a radiant luster that was even more moving than pearls.

The plump thighs all the way to the toes painted with golden croquettes outlined a thrilling and perfect curve that made him reluctant to take his eyes away.

Looking at the beauty that only belonged to him, Edward IV couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.

Even though she has enjoyed this perfect body countless times and given birth to eight children together, she is still extremely greedy for Elizabeth's beauty.

But his expression quickly turned gloomy again.

Because whenever he thought of [Kingmaker] Warwick once brazenly declared in public that everything in this country, including his beloved queen, needed to be given to him, Edward IV couldn't help but feel a surge of hatred.

There is actually another man who is unabashedly spying on his own power, his own wealth, and his own woman.

It would be unbearable for any normal man, let alone a king standing at the top of the power pyramid?

Just like another male lion suddenly jumped out of the Lion King's territory, without external intervention, there is only one possible outcome: one of the two sides must fall.

In Edward IV's heart, ever since Warwick said these words, he was destined to die!

Thinking of this, Edward IV could no longer lie down, uncovered the queen's warm and fragrant quilt, quietly got up and dressed with great perseverance, and prepared to handle today's government affairs.

But as soon as he got out of bed and his feet touched the ground, he subconsciously reached out to cover his waist and kept gasping:

"Ehhhhhhhh"

Some time ago, his waist only had a slight tingling from time to time.

But now, after two months of intense lovemaking, he always felt like his body was being hollowed out and his symptoms were getting worse.

Although the once majestic body was not comparable to monsters and mythical creatures, it was still one of the best among humans. At this moment, I really felt what it meant to be powerless.

Although it has not yet reached the supreme speed shooter state of "one and a half minutes for the whole journey, bathing and showering", visible slippage in condition is inevitable.

Edward IV also knew that this was probably due to excessive sleeping with his queen, but he just couldn't control himself.

In the past, the queen was either pregnant or on the way to becoming pregnant. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't control it.

But since he unknowingly put on the holy relic [Happiness and Carelessness], nothing can stop him from enjoying the most beautiful woman in the Channel Islands.

Edward IV held his waist and waited for a while, then walked out of the bedroom and went to the dressing room, where he changed clothes under the service of a group of chamberlains.

When a chamberlain and palace guard hung up his sword, he reminded him tactfully:

"Your Majesty, although you are strong and healthy, you have not practiced swordsmanship for a long time.

Why don't you wait until you finish handling the government affairs today and go to the Guards camp outside the city to call on the elite Guardsmen to practice?

By the way, we also stayed in the military camp for a few days. The soldiers all missed the glorious days when they defeated Lancaster under your leadership. "

His original intention was to think that the widow Queen Elizabeth, who had killed her ex-husband, was a disaster. He saw the situation of Edward IV and was anxious in his heart.

Not only is she getting thinner day by day, but she also wakes up later and later. If this continues, I am afraid that sooner or later she will die in the queen's bed due to "horse wind".

I thought that if I exercise more and use up my energy, I won't always think about getting into the queen's bed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Edward IV, who was still a little tired due to excessive energy consumption, seemed to have triggered a stress reaction.

He suddenly turned his head, staring into the eyes of the chamberlain like a bloodthirsty lion suddenly awakening.

The waiter was so frightened that he subconsciously took a step back. Even his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a hand, making it extremely difficult to breathe.

Then, the first words out of Edward IV's mouth frightened him out of his wits.

"You want to send me away from Ganquan Palace?

Um? Do you also want to steal my queen like Warwick? ! ! "

The face of the loyal chamberlain changed wildly:

"No, no, Your Majesty, I don't. I am doing this for your own good."

Edward IV ignored the chamberlain's pleas for mercy.

In this palace where the iron law of royal power is the strongest, he is the absolute supreme being.

With just a glare, an invisible rope was tightly wrapped around the eunuch's neck, hanging the second-level knight up. No matter how he struggled, it was useless.

In a short while, his face turned purple and his tongue stuck out. Seeing this, the other servants all knelt on the ground in silence.

Edward IV was still not satisfied, so he pulled out the sword that the other party had personally worn for him and stabbed the eunuch to death on the spot.

He pulled out the sword and continued to stab him five or six times until he became a blood gourd that kept spurting blood. He then stopped, and his cold eyes swept over everyone present, and said coldly:

"Whoever dares to alienate the relationship between me and Her Majesty the Queen will end up like this! Did you hear it clearly?"

The strongest man in the Kingdom of Hattings and the undisputed first beauty in the Channel Islands have always been attracting and influencing each other.

[The Most Beautiful Woman in the Channel Islands] Title Effect:

"Helen's Fate Symphony.

In a male-dominated world order, the foul-like charm of the most beautiful women is itself the source of turmoil.

Therefore, while Queen Elizabeth has the bonus of peerless beauty and can attract any man to be obsessed with her, she must also rely on a strong man.

When this man is lost, or his military power is not enough to deter other males, another "Troy War" to snatch "Helen" will definitely start. "

Usually, Edward IV can still use his own spiritual realm to resist the attraction of the most beautiful woman.

But since he put on [The Emperor's New Clothes], he has gradually been flattered by the lie that "the three phantom suns are the masters of destiny", and has become more and more stubborn and arbitrary.

Today, anyone who advises him has been regarded by him as a malicious person who is eyeing his beautiful queen, and he must be executed on the spot to relieve his hatred.

Even if he is unable to deal with the queen, he will never think of letting anyone do it for him.

Putting the sword back into the scabbard, he murmured:

"I heard that there is a concept among gourmets and dark wizards that food can be used to replenish the body.

My main course for three meals today will be roasted lamb kidneys."

After walking out of the locker room and enjoying a sumptuous breakfast with roasted lamb kidneys, he wiped his mouth and sighed:

"In addition to lust, I feel that my appetite is getting stronger and stronger, but being able to eat and drink means that the body is healthy, which is a good thing."

Then the court ministers entered the palace to report to him.

The finance minister handed him a bill:

"Your Majesty, this is the war damage report just sent by His Excellency Saint Byron, the Earl of Stromberg, the Governor of the Royal Port of the Colony, and the application for military expenditures in the first quarter, which requires your personal approval."

When Edward IV heard this name, he felt that in addition to the pain in his waist, his head also began to hurt.

During this period, not only did he fail to suck blood from the colonies as he wished, but he had to continue to subsidize in reverse to support the defense of [Sea Hunter] Saint Byron against the great enemy [Wild Hunt].

When he saw the six-digit number on the bill, his eyebrows gradually twisted into a knot.

The finance minister knew what the lord who had become more and more irritable recently was thinking, and hurriedly comforted him carefully:

"Your Majesty, think positively.

During this period of time, the war losses of the Earl of Stromgarde and the results released by the Wild Hunt were highly consistent.

This shows that he did not conceal or overreport any expenditure, and did not falsify accounts to cheat the military.

In the current situation, with him helping you in the Bantaan Islands, you at least don't have to worry about being deceived and spending a lot of money.

Now you can just spend money to keep the last Lancaster in the colony and prevent him from coming back to stir up trouble. This money is worth spending!"

Edward IV also felt that what he said made sense.

The White Rose cannot lose the colony and cannot watch the remnants of the Red Rose grow bigger. As long as the Sea Hunter can withstand the pressure, it must be supported even if it tightens its belt.

There are not many "great loyal ministers" who are willing to consume their core team to fight the enemy like the great loyal minister Earl of Stromgarde.

"Alas, the military expenses for the colonies, the purchase of weapons from Rheinmetall, and the rewards for encouraging the extraordinary people in the army to fight behind enemy lines all cost money.

In order to successfully obtain war loans from the big bankers of the Remit people, I not only recognized the country established by the Gold Restoration Party in the southern continent.

An agreement has also been signed to allow unlimited Remit people to settle and do business in the Kingdom of Hastings, but only restrict them from politics and joining the army.

This is all forced by the two bastards [Kingmaker] Warwick and [Wild Hunt] Lancaster!

The biggest advantage of [Sea Hunter] is loyalty. If I tell him to go east, he will never dare to go west. This is probably the only comforting thing in all the bad news."

Edward IV didn't know that Byron's bill did not overstate any "little" water.

Because this bill is 100% pure water, the kind that can be used directly in laboratory experiments.

With the joint evidence of the "warring parties" who are as powerful as fire and water, there is no need to pretend, he has mastered the paper war.

If you compare the bill, you will find that this military expenditure is exactly the same as the research and development cost of the whale oil-powered steam engine of the Torrent Fortress, plus the cost of the transformation of the first batch of heavy cruisers under the command of [Wild Hunt].

Really, thank the boss for the "planetary engine" and the large fleet.

I will use them to fight you in two days!

Edward IV signed the bill and handed it to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and asked casually:

"Why is there no news from Cardinal Barbatilla?

I asked you to take the opportunity of giving him another generous gift in the New Year to ask about his progress, but why is there no news until now?"

In order to capture the families of the Lancaster Party, he spared no expense to bribe Cardinal Barbatilla to poison Margaret and her party so as to threaten the Wild Hunt.

But he spent a lot of money, but didn't hear a single word.

Hearing this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer took out another letter from the church and handed it to his master with a bad look on his face.

Edward IV just glanced at it, and his eyes immediately darkened:

"What? Archbishop Barbatilla is dead?

Even the Malta Monastery sank into the sea due to a landslide. No one survived, and all my hostages were gone!

The most hateful thing is that they did it like this, and the Barbatilla family still shamelessly accepted my New Year's gift?"

He was furious, and he stood up suddenly, but because of his hasty movements, his kidneys were shaken, and he quickly covered his waist, saying:

"Ah hiss hiss"

The symptoms of the kidneys were slightly relieved, but his chest was still violently heaving:

"I you. Huh huff huff"

His face was ugly, as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly.

For a moment, he couldn't even tell whether it was the incompetence of the church or the ugly eating habits that made people more disgusted.

"Okay, okay. You accept gifts even after someone dies, and you kill all the hostages I entrusted to you.

Who do you think I am?

I am the only king of Hattings, the great [Three Phantom Suns] Edward IV!

Sooner or later, I will teach you shameless charlatans a lesson!"

But when he saw the second piece of letter paper in the envelope, which was written on bagasse paper, he had to contain his anger.

Because it was signed: St. John!

The saint was also extremely angry about the incident at the Malta Monastery.

But because of the entry [You are not the murderer], they spent more than ten days in the cold winter to search for clues underwater, and did not find any evidence of the [Uncrowned King]'s actions.

The original plan to use the Iron Anchor Bay and the Black Sail Pirates as cannon fodder failed, and the Kingdom of Hattings had to take over.

The last command was particularly harsh:

"Edward! This is my ultimatum.

Your Kingdom of Hastings must stop the civil war immediately, join the battlefield of the Holy Silver Empire when spring arrives in February this year, and destroy the Protestant princes."

"This!!!"

Edward IV had just been cheated by the cannibalistic Barbatilla family, and he was in a bad mood.

St. John suddenly ordered him like a servant, asking him to put down his enemies and go abroad to participate in a war that did not belong to them. You can imagine how bad his mood was.

He was extremely eager to shout out such a sentence in a domineering manner:

"Arrogant and presumptuous bastard, dare to despise me, the king of the Three Phantom Suns.

Call the damn Saint Saint John and let him kneel under this Union Jack of Hastings and repent!"

But since a person is being kept, don't talk about personal freedom.

He knows better than anyone whether he and Hastings under his leadership have political autonomy.

Some people in this world are human, some are living fathers, and some are just dogs.

So he was extremely angry.

After all, he didn't dare to tear up the letter in his hand.

And just as he was thinking about what to do next with a gloomy face, another bad news directly pushed him into a corner.

The combat command sent a military report.

His father-in-law was also one of the sixteen [Prime Ministers] of the [King's Right Hand]. He was ambushed while presiding over the front-line war and had to flee to the Galt Highlands in the north.

The content of Edward IV's first-hand intelligence was similar to what Therese got, which showed that the succubus was really good at intelligence.

"Damn, how could this happen?!"

Edward IV, who already had an ugly face, now had a pale face.

The Woodville family has never been a deep-rooted noble family, but old Woodville himself is extremely capable.

Although he is only a fourth-level fortress sequence [Highland Knight], he is an experienced hand in both internal affairs and battle formations, much better than his sons.

Old Woodville's power comes from Edward IV. He doesn't have much foundation, so his loyalty is absolutely no problem.

He is the right-hand man of his brother Richard, the Devil Duke.

If he is killed by the Earl's Party, the entire ruling system of the Royal Party will be shaken immediately.

And in connection with St. John's order just now, if Old Woodville gets into trouble, the situation in the Kingdom of Hastings will only collapse in a chain reaction.

"He must not be caught. If Warwick kills him and I can't avenge him, the backyard of the York family will be on fire, and Elizabeth will never forgive me.

The nobles of the Royal Party will also think that I don't even care about the Queen's father, and I only know to obey the church's order to cease fire, so I won't care much about them, and the cohesion of the Royal Party will be lost in an instant.

If Warwick didn't kill him, but took advantage of the church's mediation to exchange for political bargaining chips, it would put me in a passive position, and even create a de facto two kings in one country.

No, if Warwick is allowed to put George in power, his proportion of the royal power in this country may exceed mine, which I cannot allow.

So we must not let Old Woodville fall into Warwick's hands! "

While Edward IV issued an order to rescue his father-in-law with all his strength, he felt inexplicably that a dog had to wipe its own buttocks when it pooped, but also had to wipe its owner's butt with him.

"Coward, this king is so cowardly!

But he didn't even get the dog food that could be used as a pittance! Ahhhh.”

I couldn't help but hold the hilt of the sword tightly, and there was always an urge in my heart to cut something at all costs.

Then he turned to look at the Minister of Finance who had not had time to escape.

On the other side, there is the snow-covered Gaelt Highlands.

The two scout troops whose main members were wilderness sequence [Hunters] met unexpectedly, and without hesitation it was a brutal fight.

After a brief battle, they left a pile of corpses on the ground, and then they followed the clues and followed them away.

Two figures were sitting on the branches of a big tree overhead, legs dangling leisurely.

One is handsome and tall with black hair and blue eyes, and the other is blond and has bright green eyes.

It was Byron and Catherine who rushed back to their hometown immediately after receiving the news. After launching the "Border Mystery Lock", it was as if the two battlefield ghosts had not been discovered by anyone.

A petite succubus clone, no bigger than a palm and with bat wings, flew around them and introduced them to the information it had:

"The reason why old Woodville was able to escape for so long was because of a sacred relic in his hand [the first drop of Rupert's Tears].

Although this is just an ordinary second-level holy relic with low influence, it possesses extraordinary extraordinary abilities.

For example: Possessing nearly invincible defense."

Byron nodded from time to time and learned what Old Woodville's strongest support was.

Rupert's Tears are called "Witch's Tears" because they are extremely hard, but in fact they are just glass, and the preparation is very simple and can be prepared in large quantities.

At first, Prince Rupert of the Rhine City got a tear-shaped glass by chance, but it was different from the fragility of ordinary glass products, but was extremely hard.

So he happily presented glass products as gifts to the Emperor of the Holy Silver Empire.

The Emperor thought that Prince Rupert was provoking him by giving him glass at the banquet, and threw the glass items to the ground.

In the end, something incredible happened. The shattered glass was intact as expected, but instead, a small crater was made in the ground.

Later in the experiment, even if a bullet hit it, it would be shattered into pieces instantly.

Such hard glass broke people's perception that glass is fragile and calmed the emperor's anger.

After the spectacle at the banquet spread, the glass tear was named Prince Rupert, and it was loved by the nobles because of its strange characteristics.

The production method is to let the melted glass drop into the ice water by its own gravity. Due to the rapid cooling, the uneven pressure inside Rupert's Tears makes its head extremely strong, but its tail becomes its weak point.

The greatest pressure the head bears is the impact of a 17-ton hammer, while the tail is easily broken at a touch.

"The nature of the holy relic is stronger. As long as you wear [The First Drop of Rupert's Tears], you can easily withstand the blow of a 170-weight hammer, and can even resist cannonballs head-on.

In the [Ladder of Glory] sequence, this is almost impossible.

But as a price, you will also get a 'cover door' like the one on the fragile tail.

It will be more fragile than usual, almost equivalent to death if touched.

Plus, he can hide himself like glass.

In divination and various detection abilities, it is clear that his true size is that of a normal adult, but what people can observe is that he is only as big as a sparrow, or a bee.

The difficulty of detection immediately increased a lot. "

Therese concluded:

"Now the weak point that could kill him has been exposed in that ambush, it is said to be under the left armpit, and it cannot be changed for at least one day.

During this period, he will most likely not trust anyone, and he will definitely not walk out rashly.

Only after he spent a day switching his 'cover' again, would he take the initiative to join up with friendly forces. "

After listening to the information shared by Therese, Byron also saw the warrant document sent by St. John to Edward IV through the [Key of Omniscient], and was thankful that he had made arrangements in advance.

"The people of Hetings cannot be buried in the imperial meat grinder casually, these are my future team members.

Therefore, old Woodville had to die this time, and he had to die at the hands of [Kingmaker] Warwick's signature ability. "

He issued a declaration that was completely opposite to that of Edward IV, and was about to set off with Catherine to see if he could stop it in advance.

But suddenly he discovered that five kilometers away, a figure stepped into his [divine vision] range.

"Hey, that's...?"

After taking a closer look, I found that the person who came here turned out to be Leonardo, the super all-rounder who was a painter, sculptor, scientist, military engineer and architect, etc. - [Hell Painter].

Byron also did not forget that his true identity was actually a [Devil in a Bottle] from his mother's hometown of the Eastern Continent.

He is also a double agent serving both [Kingmaker] and [Devil Duke].

"There's something fishy!"