The Duke of Aquitaine nervously patrolled the city walls every day.

He had arranged enough infantry and archers on the city wall, and prepared enough arrows and spears. Other props such as rolling stones, hot oil, giant crossbows, and giant hammers used to knock down enemy ladders were all available. A large number of civilians came and went on the city wall, repairing the broken walls that were smashed by the catapult.

He has made the best defense preparations he can do. If it is still not enough, he can only wait for subsequent reinforcements.

What was completely inconsistent with his sufficient preparation was the fleet of the pirate kingdom that was extremely lazy. They parked the ships far away from the city, and every day they had to wait until the sun shone on their butts, and then drove the ships to the bottom of the city walls, slowly set up the trencher, and symbolically threw a stone bullet or two. Then, regardless of whether they hit it or not, they stopped work and returned to the camp.

After a few days, the morale of the Duke of Aquitaine was greatly affected. At the beginning, as soon as the enemy's sails appeared from afar, they nervously held their spears, but now, the stone bullets thrown by the trencher hit the city wall, and there were still people lying lazily on the city wall and they couldn't get up.

From time to time, you can hear the officers' angrily shouting on the city wall: "Get up! Get up! Get up! Why are the enemy's fleets leaving, and you are still lying on the city wall?"

Then you can hear the soldiers' muttering: "But the enemy's fleet has left, why am I still getting up and doing..."

Finally, several lords found the Duke of Aquitaine.

"Duke! If you keep defending like this, the morale of the soldiers will be gone! I suggest that we take the initiative to attack and wipe out the enemy's fleet!"

"Take the initiative? Are you trying to stuff my infantry and cavalry into a broken ship and then fight head-on with the Navy, one of the world's best pirate kingdoms?"

"But Duke, we are guarding the city wall, aren't we being beaten in vain?"

"What do you know! The enemy is like this, just want to lead us out! You will be fooled when you go out! Don't forget that Hestein can beat you all by himself! Wait for reinforcements first! Where is Earl Kelsey? Has he not arrived yet? Has half of my army been in his hands!"

"It should be time soon, I'll send someone to visit you right away!"

"I'm just sending someone now? What have you done earlier? Go quickly, go quickly!"

The Duke of Aquitaine kicked the lord hard in the ass. His mood was obviously becoming increasingly irritable, and his scolding and punishment for the soldiers and even the noble lords became more and more.

"Have you found out where the priest of the Tianfang Empire, named Crodis, lives? When you get involved in my good deeds, you can come out from anywhere. The enemy comes to attack Paris, but there are no people!"

"I happened to find out this matter yesterday," said a lord. "He doesn't live in the church. No one knows where he is and what he does every day. But every night, he will appear by the river."

“Where is by the river?”

“Located near the bridge!”

The Duke of Aquitaine stopped and adjusted his emotions.

"Prepare some gifts, I'll visit him tonight."

When the sun fell from the horizon and the stars floated on the surface from the heavy, muddy darkness, Crodis's figure appeared next to the bridge by the river. He leaned on his cane, his body appeared and disappeared in the darkness, like the rippling moonlight shining in the river. But his head was raised from beginning to end, looking at the endless stars.

"Master, be careful of the fact that there are fast stones under your feet. If you step on them, you will fall."

The Duke of Aquitaine, who came to find him according to the information provided by the vassal, smiled and said without a smile.

"A thousand years ago, someone wrote a fable."

Crodis said, but his head still looked at the sky:

"The story says that there was an astronomer who, when he was staring at the sky with all his concentration in the suburbs, accidentally fell into a well. A farmer came to him and laughed at him and said, "You honestly look up at the intangible sky, observe the stars that are out of reach, but why did you forget to pay attention to the earth where you stand and see what is under your feet?" They wrote this story to mock those who always use the stars as a scholar."

"But, this is just the opinion of ordinary people. The heaven and the earth are not irrelevant. The things that happen in the sky and the things that happen on the earth are closely related. It is precisely because of this that I am the author of "Astronomy" and I am the author of "Geography"."

The Duke of Aquitaine laughed at the social scene. He had never heard of any fables Crodis said, "Astronomy" and "Geography".

"The pirate king of the Pirate Kingdom is leading a large army to siege Paris, and has been besieging it for a while." said the Duke of Aquitaine, "Master, since you have tried to subdue him once, then for our alliance, it is reasonable, should you all do it again?"

"You stare at the earth, and then tell me that the pirate king of the pirate kingdom is besieging Paris. But the stars in the sky I am watching tell me: the army is not a large army, and the siege is not a siege. The enemy is not here, but elsewhere."

"Other?" The Duke of Aquitaine suddenly raised his ears, "You mean that the fleet that besieged Paris was a feint attack, and the enemy's purpose was in other directions?"

Crodis shook his head, and a little anxiety appeared on his face:

"I don't know. I can't see clearly. The pirate king's swordsmanship is beyond my knowledge, and I can't see clearly; the power of Juvaus is closely related to the Son of God, and I can't see clearly either. As for Scipio... I thought I could see clearly, but the ending was always beyond my expectations. I could not give any prophecy for this group of people."

"Master, there is no need for prophecy." said the Duke of Aquitaine, "Just take action and clean up the Pirate King outside the city."

"No, I'll wait here." Crodis slowly closed his eyes, "What I have been looking forward to for the past thousand years is this moment. I want to see how this unseen fate will look like in the end."

"Master." The Duke of Aquitain couldn't help but say angrily, "You mean, don't give me any support at all?"

"I can't give any support. Because I don't know whether my current prophecy is right or wrong."

Crodis finally lowered his head.
Chapter completed!