It was noon. When Du Wei walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, the ship had almost stopped. Lao Yan got Du Wei's order and ordered all the guards to be alert and ready. They got their weapons and short crossbows, and when they saw Du Wei coming out, most of them gathered around Du Wei.

That Rhine also came to the deck. This giant man was right in front of Du Wei. His body was like an iron tower. Du Wei saw this guy take out a weapon from somewhere. As expected, Maximus did not lie. The guy really doesn't use a sword. Rhine's weapon is a giant battle axe, which is as tall as a man. It is made of fine steel. Such a big ax probably weighs several hundred kilograms, but he holds it in one hand. It was as easy as holding a broom. He carried it casually in his hand, his eyes narrowed, and the beast-like aura of defiance in his body became stronger and stronger.

At this moment, on the river, a big boat in front was indeed lying across the middle of the river. If that were the case, Du Wei's boat could also go around it from the left and right. But the other party seemed to have made up his mind to intercept it, and put down several boats around the big boat. A small boat came and blocked the river.

They dared to openly block the river in broad daylight... These guys are so brave. Du Wei felt a little unhappy: I want to see what these magicians have to say!

At this time, the other party noticed that Du Wei's boat had stopped, and several small boats came over. There were dozens of people standing on these small boats, everyone wearing big cloaks, but with Du Wei's From a distance, I could see that these people were covered with armor under their cloaks. The large cloaks could not hide the swords hidden inside them.

At this moment, the golden tulip flag had been raised on the flagpole behind Du Wei. But Du Wei did not expect to scare the opponent away with just one flag.

Firstly, the other party even attacked the archbishop of one diocese. As a duke, I would never be able to suppress the other party. Secondly, the other party could actually intercept him here. It was obvious that he already knew that Maximus was on his ship. Of course, the other party will not know your identity.

Lao Yan stood at the front of the deck, stared at the approaching boats, and shouted loudly: "Who dares to intercept the Duke's boat! Get out of the way of the river quickly!"

The other party did not speak. When the distance between the two parties reached about a hundred steps, he suddenly heard the leader of a boat shouting: "Let's do it!"

Immediately, all the people on the boats lifted up their cloaks, and then half of them had bows and arrows hidden under their cloaks. The others also revealed their armors and held sharp swords in their hands. Several small boats formed an encircling formation and surrounded the front of Duwei's boat.

Du Wei sneered, and he cast a little magic. His voice spread far away, and he said loudly: "Didn't you lie that the boat was broken? Huh, are the robbers trying to rob on the river? Hehe …Is it possible that these days, bandits have begun to dress up as holy knights and work?”

Du Wei's voice was merciless and full of ridicule. When it reached the ears of these people, everyone's face changed color. Except for a middle-aged man in the middle boat, who was headed by a small boat, he was very calm after hearing it. He was deeply moved. After taking a breath, the voice came through clearly.

"Sir Duke, we know that this is your ship, and now the temple is handling internal affairs. Please don't interfere, Duke Tulip!" After the man finished speaking, he leaned slightly from a distance.

"Nonsense." Du Wei sneered: "The temple? Even the temple has no power to block the river and openly intercept the ships of the Duke of the Empire! Who gave you the power to do such a thing? Isn't it possible that the emperor of the Roland Empire is no longer a thorn?

Is the Hua family involved? Can the temple blatantly trample on the empire's code? You intercepting an imperial duke's ship here by force is a major crime of rebellion! You just lied that the ship was broken... Could it be that the Holy Knight has begun to learn to use this method?

Is it a despicable method?"

Du Wei's voice became stern as he spoke, and his Tulip guards also picked up their shields and stood in front of Du Wei. Although the Tulip guards had military short crossbows, these short crossbows were not suitable for long-distance combat.

The guy on the other side's boat seemed to be a leader. He was not angry after hearing Du Wei's scolding, but his voice deepened. He said loudly: "Your Majesty the Duke! Just now we lied that the boat was broken.

In order not to alert others, there are several important criminals in the temple on board your ship, and we have been ordered to catch them..."

"What's the crime?" Du Wei smiled and said, "There's nothing on my ship."

"Your Excellency, they are the former Archbishop of the North Central Diocese, Maximus, and his entourage!" The leader shouted loudly: "I have here an order signed by the Lord Judge of the Trial Office of the Temple of Light. Maximus betrayed the temple and violated the doctrine.

He has been deemed a traitor by the trial court, and I am here to arrest him on the order of the Lord Inquisitor! Lord Duke, this is an internal matter within the temple, so please don't interfere."

When Du Wei heard this, he realized that the other party also had a warrant from the presiding judge?

At this moment, the angry voice of Archdeacon Rams came from behind him: "Don't listen to his nonsense, Duke! The current presiding judge is a big conspirator with ulterior motives! He is the leader of the Yeni sect, and of course he wants to kill them all.

We Mossads! Moreover, according to the canon of the temple, if you want to deal with a senior clergy at the archbishop level, you must convene a presbytery, and the archbishops of several common dioceses will observe the trial, and the archbishop being punished also has the right to sit in the presbytery.

Self-defense, and then the Presbyterian Council will make a ruling. The order of the final trial can only be effective if it is signed by His Majesty the Pope! The presiding judge of the trial has no power to skip the Presbyterian Council and the Pope and judge an archbishop at will!"

At the end of the sentence, Ramsay was so angry that he shouted loudly in the distance: "Damn Geppede! This is clearly a conspiracy and chaos! The presiding judge has no power to issue such an order! You are blatantly trampling on the scriptures.

!!”

Unfortunately, Archdeacon Ramsay does not have the ability to cast magic at will like Duwei. Although his voice is loud, it cannot be heard far away.

After hearing this, Du Wei calmed down a little. Of course, he hoped that this kind of civil strife would be as noisy as possible. Just now the other party said that he was ordered. Du Wei also muttered in his heart, if it was really the Pope who ordered it, what would he say?

He couldn't interfere anymore. But when Ramsay said this, Du Wei felt reassured.

He glanced at Ramsay and whispered: "Don't be angry, Lord Archdeacon. There is nothing reasonable to say to such a person."

Ramsay's face turned red with anger. Hearing Duwei's words, he nodded reluctantly. But he also warned: "Be careful, Your Excellency, the person speaking is called Geppeed, and he is a seventh-level member of the Holy Knights of the Southeast Parish."

Knight, his martial arts are very powerful."

Du Wei nodded, turned around and shouted loudly to the guy named Geppede in the distance: "Knight Geppede, don't bully me for not knowing the scriptures! According to the rules, the presiding judge has no right to make such an order. He is exceeding his authority.

Behavior!"

That Geppede snorted gently. He said angrily: "Duke Tulip! I have already said it clearly, you must intervene in the affairs of our temple! You are not from the temple, how can you question whether the order of the presiding judge is valid?

I give you one last chance, Duke Tulip. I have an order signed by the chief judge and all the judges. I execute the order of the temple in the name of the sacred goddess of light. The temple gives me the power to act cheaply. If you stop it again

, then don’t blame me for being rude!”

Du Wei laughed after hearing this: "You're welcome... Geppede, are you trying to scare me? Humph! Are you acting cheaply?"

Looking from a distance, Geppette's face was gloomy to the extreme. He finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily: "Grand Duke Tulip! I count to ten, and you ask your people to put down their weapons! The goddess of light is kind and can forgive you for your mistake just now! Let me!

My people board the ship to inspect and take away the people we captured, otherwise..."

"Fuck you."

Before the holy knight could finish speaking, Du Wei suddenly said this loudly and lukewarmly. This sentence made Geppeed's eyes widen, and he couldn't help but swallow the rest of the words, and stared at it with his mouth open.

Du Wei finally shouted: "What did you say?"

Du Wei raised his hand and stretched out his little finger, took out his ears, and said with a look of disdain: "Is there something wrong with your ears? I said, 'Fuck you'! Did you hear it clearly this time?"

Gepede's face was livid with anger, and Du Wei had already continued: "I care about your bullshit judge and bullshit orders! I don't care if they are effective or not! Do you understand? I am not a believer, nor do I belong to your temple.

Man! I am an imperial official, an imperial duke! Don’t talk about bullshit orders from the presiding judge. Even if it is an order from the Pope, whether I will listen or not depends on my mood."

This robbery made Geppeude furious. He no longer tried to reason with Du Wei, but just announced loudly: "I am starting to count now. If I count to ten, if your people don't put down their weapons, we will start to take action!"

!Two! Three!”

When he counted to three, he pulled out his long sword with his right hand and made a false strike. The subordinates around him saw his order, and all the archers on the boat pointed their arrows at Du Wei.

When he counted to "five", someone nearby had already used torches to quickly distribute them to each archer. Those arrowheads were obviously wrapped with something. When the torch was touched, the arrowheads started to burn with fire.

After reading it, Geppeude was determined and sneered: "Duke Tulip, I've already counted to five! You saw that with so many rockets shooting over, your ship is all made of wood... six!"

"Wait a minute." Du Wei sighed.

Hearing Du Wei say this, Geppeed's face relaxed: "Oh, have you finally changed your mind? Duke Tulip, although you are rude, but as long as you..."

"There's so much nonsense." Du Wei raised his hand, as if to drive away some flies in front of him, and then coughed: "A few broken bows and arrows, are they really annoying?"

After speaking, he shouted to the sailors on the deck below: "Brothers, they used bows and arrows to scare us. What do you think we should do?"

The sailors below burst out laughing, pointing at the boat in the distance and laughing and cursing.

Then, without waiting for Du Wei's instructions, a dozen sailors ran over and pushed out a few things covered with large oilcloths that were originally on the side of the deck. They lifted up the oilcloth and immediately revealed what was underneath!

These sailors were well-trained in their movements, as if they had received strict training. In a moment, they pushed these things to the front of the ship and aimed them at several small boats in the distance.

Originally, the people on the other side of the boat looked smug and arrogant, but once they saw clearly these things on the Tulip Duke's boat, many people's faces suddenly fell. Even that Geppette,

It's moving.

On Du Wei's ship, the oilcloths revealed were none other than "ballistas" specially designed for warships at sea!

This kind of crossbow is definitely not comparable to bows and arrows. In this world of cold weapons, it is definitely a long-range heavy weapon! Although the name is a crossbow, it is not actually an artillery, but a kind of power amplification.

It is countless times more powerful than a crossbow! It is pulled by an iron cable winch. Each long crossbow is made of metal and is about the same size as a spear. When launched, it can easily penetrate a stone wall within a thousand meters!

During naval battles, this is the most powerful long-range weapon for naval warships!

The guys on the other side never imagined that there would be such a thing on Duweidi's ship!

Don't forget, these ships under Du Wei are not commercial ships used by civilians or luxury ships owned by other nobles...

All of his ships are pirate ships! These pirate ships have been plundering at sea for a long time. They occasionally fight against the Imperial Navy, so such long-range heavy weapons are naturally indispensable!

Although there are not many ballistae on the ship at the moment, there are only four, but the four are aimed at the opponent's four boats respectively. As long as the launch hits, the opponent's small boat of the size can easily penetrate directly with just one hit.

The opponent's hull and deck were blasted through the opponent's boat!

The other party would naturally recognize such a weapon. Seeing this ballista aimed at their own boat, everyone changed their minds.

Then Du Wei laughed loudly. He laughed at the sailors and said, "What are you doing! Don't point at those small boats. All the ballistae were pointed directly at the boat in the middle! Well, I just said dozens of times

That guy on the ground, if anyone hits the target when the cannon is fired later, I will reward you with a hundred gold coins!"

Many sailors cheered loudly, and immediately turned their guns, and four heavy ballistae aimed at the small boat where Gepede was. Gepede's complexion turned green and black. Although he had the strength of a seventh-level knight, he was beaten by the strongest heavy-duty ballista in the Imperial Navy.

Weapons. Moreover, four of them are aimed at the same time, which still makes my heart tremble! What’s more, the range of this weapon reaches a thousand meters. But now the distance between the two sides is only a hundred meters! The power is even more terrifying! At such a close distance, if the opponent has four

The ballistae were fired at the same time. At such a distance, I was not sure that I could dodge it. Even if I had the ability to dodge, a blast from the four ballistae would be enough to shatter my small boat in an instant!

Du Wei also smiled to himself: "Yi? Knight Geppede, why don't you count? In this case, if you don't count, I will count! I don't have to count to ten, I only count to five! If your people

If the river is not allowed to open, I will give the order to fire! One! Two, three, four..."

Du Wei counted quickly. When he said "five" just now, he heard an old and deep voice from a distance.

"Duke Tulip, you are too presumptuous!"

Before he finished speaking, Du Wei saw a white figure flying rapidly on the opponent's large ship in the distance, and an old man wearing a white robe quickly floated towards him.

"Magician?" Du Wei raised his eyebrows.

"He is a magician from the temple. Only magicians from the Trial House will wear white robes." Ramsay's anxious voice sounded from behind: "Your Excellency, this guy is a magician from the Trial House. Be careful..."

Before he finished speaking, the old man in white robes had already chanted a spell quickly in mid-air. With a flick of his sleeves, he had rolled up two whirlwinds. The two small tornadoes visible to the naked eye were heading towards Du Wei's body.

A ship is coming.

The other party was willing to fight. But was Du Wei afraid of him? With a sneer, Du Wei raised his sleeves, but instead of chanting any spells, Du Wei directly shot out a magic scroll.

Du Wei had already used up all the scrolls that Gandalf in the white robe had in the past. Fortunately, he now had a Gandalf in the green robe at home. This old guy was also good at making scrolls. Du Wei had been blackmailing him a lot these days.
To be continued...