My Stubborn Soul Card Follower-Chapter 601 - 436: Pirate Queen of the Seas
When Shen Sui returned home, Alice had just completed the pre-war mobilization for the attack on Juhai City.
It was unclear whether it was due to the Master of Thunder Church doing too many outrageous things at sea or Alice’s charismatic speeches, but when Shen Sui got home and opened the Dueling Device, Alice’s original fleet of thirteen warships had transformed into a grand fleet of over a hundred warships and numerous auxiliary vessels.
Goodness, this scale is almost comparable to the navy of the Roland Empire.
Seeing this, Shen Sui was filled with questions and immediately opened the records of the Dueling Device, flipping through to see how she achieved it.
Alice’s method was exceedingly simple, purely a matter of interest exchange.
Juhai City is the most important port city of the Roland Empire, but due to the presence of the Master of Thunder Church, all trade guilds must pay a hefty rent to use this port, which leaves many trade guilds very dissatisfied with the Church’s rule. But they dare not openly defy the Church’s control.
Centuries of experience have taught them that if you do anything that goes against the Church’s interests or intentions, the Church will label you as a Twilight Apostle and make you disappear completely.
But if there is a leader, things change.
Although the guilds wouldn’t naively participate directly in Alice’s crusade, disguising themselves as pirates to join this Pirate Queen’s fleet was doable.
Alice had just three goals: to obtain the Sea Chart to Dragon Island, rescue the Sea Race captured by the Master of Thunder Church, and eliminate the Church from Juhai City.
As for who Juhai City belongs to, she didn’t care.
Even though she was still nominally the Pope of the Master of Thunder Church.
But Alice was willing to sell out some of the Church’s interests in exchange for their support. After conquering Juhai City, it would remain under Alice’s control, just no longer in the Church’s name.
[Alice stood at the bow of the Dawn, gazing at the surrounding formidable fleet, feeling the breath of the sea blowing towards her.]
[In this moment, she was like a queen of the ocean.]
[The pirates asked for her name.]
[Alice once again invoked the name Hozerville.]
[The name of Hozerville was destined to echo across the sea tonight as a sea queen.]
[Ding! Your Soul Card has acquired a new form: Pirate Queen Hozerville]
A fleet of that magnitude couldn’t escape the watchful eyes of Juhai City’s watchtower, and soon news of a vast fleet approaching Juhai City reached the church in the city.
Such a scale, with no prior warning, if the leaders of Juhai City’s Church weren’t fools, they would understand the seriousness of the situation.
This group was clearly coming to seize Juhai City.
However, at this point, it was too late to issue a distress call.
Under the leadership of the Dawn’s windbreaking speed, the pirates launched a massive barrage at the crucial magic guide sites in Juhai City, directly eradicating the city’s ability to resist.
Then came the classic landing operation.
Residents of Juhai City, who originally feared the worst, were surprised when the fearsome pirates refrained from harming civilians and targeted their plunder directly at the city’s nobles and clergy.
[This wasn’t due to any inherent civility among the pirates of the Dawn Continent.]
[It was because Alice restrained her subordinates, and those pirates who were conquered by Alice’s might were willing to obey the orders of this powerful leader.]
[How much money could be made from robbing civilians?]
[Instead, sparing the civilians while pillaging would naturally make them see us as heroes helping them rebel against the cruel upper-class rulers.]
[Alice’s words made sense to the pirates, and of course, under Alice’s power, they had no choice but to think so.]
[The pirates’ only truth is powerful force and cannon fire.]
[Ding! You have obtained the Spell Card: Cannon Truth]
[Ding! You have obtained the Spell Card: Pirate Plunder]
Then, Shen Sui witnessed something that puzzled and astonished him.
Alice limited the pirates from plundering civilians, and it wasn’t merely out of kindness, but for a clear purpose.
In the midst of a city’s fall, the people’s awe of authority quickly dissolved under the pirates’ bombardment.
Civilians spared by the pirates began joining Alice’s ranks, starting to attack the nobles and clergy’s gathering areas. Although they had little fighting capability, their familiarity with Juhai City made them excellent guides, expertly helping the pirates locate hidden nobles.
Many of these attacked nobles were quietly part of the fleet sent to join Alice’s siege.
The nobles of coastal cities were mostly involved in maritime industries, and the orchestrators behind Alice’s operation often included them.
