Chapter 259 6.7 Ekbert's Concerns

The long meeting lasted for a day. In the end, Northumbria, Kent and East Anglia funded some warships. The four countries together had nearly 100 ramming warships and 3,000 navy.

This number was enough to defend the Viking longships from any defense line east of the North Sea.

Although Ecbert lost three dragon knights last fall, he was not stingy this year.

The Kingdom of Wessex planned to send out three dragon knights to patrol the sky above the North Sea every day, and report immediately if they found any trace of longships.

East Anglia and East Saxon, two countries that are often tied together on weekdays, also sent nearly 100 Moa Knights.

This is a "new species" discovered by the holy bishop monks in the New World ruled by Quetzalcoatl when they crossed the ocean.

After being carefully transported back to Constantinople for breeding and reproduction. The monks in Constantinople just treated them as ornamental animals in the zoo. However, the Arab Empire, which was under the rule of the Abbasid Dynasty and spanned the east and west continents, discovered their strategic value.

After eugenics and breeding, these birds with thin skeletons but huge wings can carry humans weighing less than 50 kilograms. Therefore, the slender "terror bird knights" carrying bows and arrows began to appear in large numbers.

Although the terror bird is not comparable to the dragon in terms of power, it is better in flying speed and high flying distance.

In the sky, the knights can use bows and arrows to snipe the dragon knight. As long as the dragon knight dies, the dragon that loses control is not a huge threat.

After all, in the dark corners of the world, wild subspecies dragons are often seen.

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The meeting lasted nearly a whole day until late at night. For this crucial joint defense operation, the seven kings, plus the Celts living on the northern deserted island, reached an unprecedented consensus.

They finalized many details, including how to send troops, how to manage logistics, and try to make all countries in the seven kingdoms bear the cost of this war equally. Everyone showed sufficient confidence in being able to defeat the invading enemy on the sea.

They were also aware of the crushing damage caused by the Mercian Navy to the reinforcements of the O'Sullivan family on the North Sea last year.

After the meeting ended that night, everyone returned to their suites with a smile. Only Ecbert, the lord of the Kingdom of Wessex, still felt that something seemed to be wrong.

After returning to the room, he drove away the maids and servants in the house. Standing alone by the window, he opened the heavy glass and wooden windows, allowing the cool evening breeze of early spring to pour into the suite.

Facing the cold spring breeze, he closed his eyes tightly and let the cool evening breeze soothe his hot forehead.

For the lords of the seven countries of the English Isles, this day's meeting seemed to be a happy time of drinking, but in fact it was no different from warriors wielding giant swords to attack each other.

The seven countries seemed to be united in sincerity, but in fact there were undercurrents. All countries wanted to gain as much benefit as possible for their own countries.

To put it bluntly, it means that others should do more work and I should do less work.

"That's not right."

The cool evening breeze not only failed to calm his hot brain, but made his heart beat more intensely.

He felt chest tightness and nausea. Just when he was about to feel uncomfortable and want to vomit, a gentle external force, like two warm palms, calmed his heart that was pumping blood.

Looking back. A pair of cold palms pressed on his temples.

"Your Majesty, what troubles have you encountered today?"

This is a woman covered in a bright red robe. She is Ekbert's wife, and other countries in the Western Continent call her the "Red Queen".

Her name is Iphitus Blood.

Compared with Ekbert, Queen Blood is obviously younger. She looks to be in her early thirties at most. There is no wrinkle on her tight skin, and there seems to be water waves flowing in a pair of purple eyes. While she looks charming, this weird outfit adds three points of danger to her appearance.

Whenever the Blood-stained Queen appeared in front of the world, she was always dressed in a traditional red linen robe.

There are many different opinions about her origin. Some say that this dress was inherited from the red-robed lamas of the Tang Dynasty, and some say that she came from the top of a high mountain, where there was a group of prehistoric "ancestors" who had lived alone for tens of thousands of years.

Of course, there have always been endless rumors that she was the incarnation of an evil god. Most of this information was secretly spread by the monks of the Holy Bishop, and the biggest reason they compiled these rumors was probably because Ecbert was the only one among the seven monarchs of the English Isles who had not been baptized by holy water.

He was not a believer in the Holy Bishop.

"For so many years, whether it was the political situation or the war, I have never felt so flustered." In front of his queen, Ecbert did not hide anything.

All the achievements he had made in his half-life struggle were inseparable from the mysterious woman beside him, and there were no secrets between the two of them.

"Why is your majesty so anxious?"

"These rough Vikings across the North Sea did something I thought they would never accomplish." Ecbert read the beard on his chin while looking at his queen.

"They actually eradicated the 'Fire Sacrifice Site' hidden in the valley!"

"No one is alive, no news, and even the intelligence dealers in the 'Fire Worship' can't tell whether they have really been eradicated!"

"Don't even mention those rough northern bumpkins. It is extremely difficult for the English to completely eradicate a fire sacrifice site. You have fought with these cockroach-like stubborn things in Southampton, and you know how difficult they are!

But these Vikings cut off all the hidden stakes silently without the knowledge of the 'Fire Worship'!"

"Not even a hint of wind was revealed!"

Ecbert is a lord with two precious qualities: ambition and prudence. He was born to be better at thinking than his peers. He can see the flaws in many conclusions that ordinary people rack their brains to get.

And all the flaws actually come from this little bit of "irrationality".

"In the past few years, there was a lot of information about the Vikings in the intelligence market! As long as you want to spend money, you can even know what color underwear the Viking king wears, which concubine serves him at night, and which hole he pees in at night!

But this year

For the entire winter, there has been no news about the new Duke of the Valley since this 'Loki Starrag' took office. If we want to obtain intelligence, we even need to rely on the secret agents managed by Hummel Blood Pigeon himself!

If he hadn't sent someone to find me at the right time, I wouldn't have known that these Viking bastards would dare to invade my English Islands at the cost of everything they have!"