Father Mavie

Chapter 666 Escape (two in one, please subscribe!!!)
"Anatole is about to catch up! We must speed up!"

The second prince yelled at Joshua: "Could it be faster?!"

Joshua shook his head: "It's already extremely fast."

Boom!

The warship suddenly shook violently, and there was a tooth-piercing loud noise from one side. Everyone quickly steadied themselves, ran to the side of the ship to check, and found a big hole in the side of the ship, and the river water was rushing into the hold!

"Not good. Not good!"

A sailor rushed onto the deck in a hurry: "The steam cabin is leaking!"

Ma Wei's heart sank. Without the power of the steam engine, the speed of the huge Dicky warship would slow down many times. It was difficult to escape Anatole's pursuit, but now it is even more impossible.

The cabin was flooded, and the mermaids sneered underwater. They were afraid of Archbishop Brandon, but they were smart enough to know that the cabin should be scuttled. In this way, it would be impossible for the Mavics to escape Bonaparte along the river. First Empire.

"Made! Why are these mermaids so smart!" Levin scolded angrily, "They actually know to scuttle the cabin, just like they know that Anatole is chasing us."

As he spoke, Levin widened his eyes and looked at Ma Wei, and found that Ma Wei was thoughtful, obviously reminded.

Yup!

Why didn't the merfolk wait until they sailed to the surface before sabotaging the warship?

If warships sink at sea, they become lambs to be slaughtered
On the contrary, if it sinks in an inland river, at most one warship will be lost!
Mermaids act like they know of Anatole's existence
Who passed the information to the Sirens?

"That's what it meant."

Eyes narrowed, Ma Wei remembered the last sentence Maria said to him, and suddenly realized.

"Nicholas, what do you think we should do?"

While thinking about it, Archbishop Brandon consulted Mavi for his thoughts. There are not many people on board who can discuss it. The second prince is almost frightened, and Joshua doesn't know the inside story. The only one who can really help is Mavi. up.

Ma Wei thought for a while and said, "Abandon ship."

Anatole will catch up at some point. Since it is impossible to reach the high seas, it is better to make a decisive decision and abandon the ship and enter the interior of the empire, so that there is still a chance to escape back to London!
"Abandon the ship?" Joshua frowned, "You can't abandon the ship! I am the captain, and I want to live and die with the warship!"

"Are you crazy!"

Hearing what Joshua said, Ma Wei cursed angrily: "It's just a warship, what's the big deal? As long as people are still there, ten or twenty ships can be built! Ships are dead, but people are alive." ! Without people, what's the use of having a ship! A ghost ship?!"

Ma Wei's scolding scared everyone. The second prince and Archbishop Brandon had never seen him get so angry. Joshua was even more silent after being scolded, his lips twitched, as if he wanted to say something, But Marvie stopped him just in time.

"Abandon ship! Did you hear me! I said abandon ship!"

Joshua gritted his teeth, clenched his fists tightly, and his scar twitched, intending to resist the order, but when he raised his head and saw Mavi's extremely serious eyes, the anger in his heart suddenly vented.

"Ugh!"

Joshua hammered the side of the ship heavily: "Abandon ship!!!"

"Abandon ship!!!"

The sailors passed on the captain’s orders one by one. Living and dying with the ship is not a tradition, but at least it is a kind of sacrifice. But in Ma Wei’s view, this kind of fearless sacrifice is not necessary, and it is not a moment of life and death for human beings. Stay and die!

More importantly, it is Joshua who wants to live and die with the warship. If it were someone else, Ma Wei might respect the other party's decision, but as a comrade in arms who lived and died together, Ma Wei would not just watch Joshua and the warship die together. A ship sank together!

Even if he uses violence, he will take Joshua off the boat!
He had seen too many of his companions die in the water, and he was afraid that one day when he lowered his head to look at the water, he would see Joshua's face again.

After receiving the order to abandon the ship, the chief mate directly turned the rudder to the left, and steered the Dicky to rush up the right embankment. With a violent vibration, the Dicky warship stopped on the shore.

The boarding board fell, and the sailors disembarked quickly, felled the bushes, and cleared a clearing.

"We have entered the upper Normandy region of the empire, through this jungle, the city of Vernon is not far away, but there must be a lot of church eyeliners there"

Holding the map, everyone began to discuss the retreat route. They were located in the northwest of the empire, not far from the Kingdom of Windsor. As long as they went all the way to the northwest and crossed the Perea Strait, they would be the territory of the Kingdom of Windsor.

But the problem is, everyone has lost their last means of transportation, and only relying on a pair of legs, when will they go?

"No, you can't go into the city." Ma Wei said: "There are churches in the city, we have special looks, we will be recognized immediately, and we can't escape even if we want to run. My suggestion is to avoid the city and walk through this area. Forest, looking for a small village to settle down."

"I agree." Archbishop Brandon said: "First of all, I have to change this clothes, it is too conspicuous, and secondly, the number of people traveling together should not be too large. Colonel Joshua, you and the sailors will stay here and wait for the rescue of the empire. They shouldn't embarrass you."

"Okay." Joshua nodded, "Does the second prince also accompany you?"

"I'm definitely going!" The second prince hesitated and said, "What if Anatole uses me to threaten Nicholas and the others if I'm caught!"

Several eyes focused on the second prince, extremely weird, as if asking him if he said these words seriously.

"actually."

Ma Wei said word by word: "Your Highness, you and Archbishop Brandon might be better off staying."

"Ah?!" The second prince was shocked: "Nicholas, are you serious? Without Archbishop Brandon, what would you do if you were in danger?"

"I still have some means of self-defense." Ma Wei was very tactful, he couldn't just say that Archbishop Brandon and the second prince are burdens!
If he said so, Archbishop Brandon must be curious about his confidence, and how will he explain it then?

"Although the fewer people, the lower the risk of exposure, but I must accompany you." Archbishop Brandon said, "I am the only one who can use magic. I need to protect your safety, Nicholas. As for Your Highness"

"Archbishop! You don't want me to stay, do you?"

Looking at Ma Wei, Archbishop Brandon sighed: "Then follow along, Your Highness."

After deciding who to travel with, the topic returned to the issue of the route. Daniel believed that they should head east and return to the Kingdom of Windsor from the Kingdom of Frederick.

Anatole knew that they were going back to the Kingdom of Windsor, and when they found the stranded warship, they would definitely set up checkpoints on the way they had to pass. Only by surprise could they avoid exposure.

Levin was more secure. He proposed to abandon the Perea Strait, head towards the south of the empire, enter the Roman Republic, and return to London by boat from the Mediterranean region, ensuring that Anatole would not think of their route.

The direct route to the northwest is the most dangerous. I don’t know how many ambushes will be encountered along the way. Daniel’s suggestion is more reliable. It is the safest to detour to the Kingdom of Frederick. It just needs to prolong the travel period, and I am afraid it will take a month to return to London.

The most unreliable one is Levin, just listen to his suggestion, thanks to him he can think of a detour to the Roman Republic!
If I really return to London from the Roman Republic, it will be at least three months before I get home!
After much deliberation, the Mavics finally decided to combine the proposals of Daniel and Levin, and head south first to avoid the blockade of the church in the north, bypass Paris from the south, and then go north to enter the Kingdom of Frederick. Return to London from there.

In this way, although it will take an extra week, the safety has been greatly improved. As Levin said, no matter how clever Anatole is, it is impossible for them to think that they will give up Perea who is close at hand. Strait, to the south of the empire.

After finalizing the plan and designing the route, the Mavics decided to set off immediately. After bringing some food and drinking water necessary for life from the boat, they embarked on the road to the southern part of the empire.

As soon as Ma Wei and the others left, Anatole chased after him. When Joshua led the sailors to try to repair the warship, he suddenly appeared in the crowd, looked at the rank, and grabbed Joshua's arm neck, asked in a deep voice, "Where is Nicholas von Manstein?"

Anyone could hear the anger in Anatole's voice, Joshua looked at him indifferently, without saying a word.

Anatole's eyes turned cold, and just as he was about to cut Joshua's neck, he heard a sailor shout, "They're not here, they've already left!"

"Which direction?"

The sailor raised his hand tremblingly, and pointed to the forest on the right. Anatole threw Joshua to the ground, leaped into the sky, and looked at the dense forest ahead, with a flash of golden light in his eyes. His voice rang in his mind.

"Block the border and offer a reward to Nicholas von Manstein. Anyone who provides clues will be rewarded!"

The church, the Knights of the Holy Silver Cross, and believers who received Anatole's order acted quickly. Together with the local police, they set up blockades on the main roads everywhere. People's photos were found in newspapers, and their reward information was published. Within two days, the entire empire would know the appearance of Ma Weiji.

After giving the order, Anatole didn't go directly into the jungle, but waved his arms towards the sky. In an instant, the stars flickered, and several stars lit up, hooking up with the falling projections, and there were small bugs with strange lights shining in blue all over their bodies. Appearing beside Anatole, each one was the size of a fingernail, constantly flapping its wings and making a buzzing sound.

Astrological Magic - Starworm!
He took out a piece of clothes worn by Mavi and threw it to Starworm to smell it. Anatole waved his hand and said, "Go find Nicholas von Manstein!"

buzzing.
The star bugs scattered in all directions, rushed into the jungle and soon disappeared, and Anatole's figure also disappeared, gradually disappearing like starlight.

Seeing that Anatole summoned the starworm, Joshua felt a little anxious, but he had no way to remind Mavic and the others, he could only pray that they could escape the pursuit and return to London safely.

Paris, Champs Elysee Palace.

Maria walked into Napoleon's study in a black dress, and said softly, "Your Majesty, the nobles who intend to plot rebellion are well aware that this is the list of rebel troops seized from their homes, and many of them are generals of the army."

Napoleon did not take the list, but said to Maria: "Take this list to the military region, burn it in front of all the generals, and tell them that the past is past."

Maria smiled and said, "Of order."

"What's going on with Nicholas? Has he fled Paris?"

"According to the informant's report, Nicholas escaped from Paris by boat last night, but this morning the boat they were on ran aground in a river near the city of Vernon. Anatole has already issued an order to block the border and offer a reward to Nicholas."

Napoleon paused when he was dealing with government affairs. Napoleon raised his head, frowned and said, "It seems that Anatole is really in a hurry. He has never passed me to control the police and army of the empire before."

"Are we going to stop him?"

"No, let him go." Napoleon said: "Although this is against Nicholas' personal wishes, I still hope that Anatole can keep Nicholas in Paris, the empire needs him, and I also gave Nicholas a personal letter , the people of the empire will not embarrass him."

"What about the delegation of the Kingdom of Windsor?" Maria asked, "The priests, demon hunters, and saintesses who stayed in Paris have already been imprisoned by Anatole, shall we just watch? If it continues like this, it may trigger a diplomatic incident."

"Anatole should not harm them. Regardless of whether Nicholas is caught or fled back to London, Anatole will eventually send these representatives back and notify the prison to stop treating them as prisoners and take care of them."

"Yes." Maria nodded. "One more thing. The demons invaded last night. They sacrificed the slums on the south bank of the Seine River. According to incomplete statistics, the death toll has exceeded 1."

Putting down his pen, Napoleon walked to the window and looked across the Seine, without speaking for a long time.

"Your Majesty, on the bright side, at least we don't have to worry about cleaning up the chaos in the slums." Maria smiled: "You have been worrying about this, haven't you?"

Napoleon turned his head and looked at Maria calmly: "Why do you think so?"

"Am I wrong? You were telling me a few days ago to make the slums disappear. Are you not happy that they are gone now?"

"Happy?"

Napoleon's eyes turned cold: "Why am I happy? The poor people are also the people of the empire! Since they are the people of the empire, I will be responsible for them!"

"Their poverty has nothing to do with them themselves! Are they not working hard enough? Are they not working hard enough? They are doing jobs that the upper class despise and despise! Their efforts have not been rewarded as they should be, and the empire is ashamed of them! I also Shame on them!"

Napoleon, who realized that his emotions were a little out of control, quickly regained his senses, and his voice was flat again: "What I want to do is to let them live a better life, be able to build their own houses, own their own property, as long as they live How can there be slums on a good day?"

"But they are dead now, they are all dead, and many of them didn't see the prosperity of the empire that I promised! I didn't even have a full meal, I was very sad"

Napoleon's eyes were slightly red, and he pointed to the hill outside Paris and said, "Bury them on the top of that hill. I want each of them to have their own independent tomb, and each of them has an independent tombstone. I want... "

"Let them watch the scene where Paris becomes the center of the world!"

(End of this chapter)