The First Magic World War - Chapter 361 - Chapter 361: 343. Serpent of Destiny's custom: Playing Snake Card

Chapter 361: 343. Serpent of Destiny’s custom: Playing Snake Card

Charles was idle in Strasbourg and couldn’t sit still anymore, so he gathered some gang members from the Lucavaro District…

Well, his Westwind Knights were everywhere, in Behemoth, South Serif, Cappadocia, Saint Michael Island, and Machu Picchu, but almost nowhere in Strasbourg, so he had to borrow some gang members.

In order to enlist these people, he also took the opportunity to clean up the gangs in the Lucavaro District, ensuring that the Westwind Knights were the only force left in his territory, with no other underground power.

After assembling the gang members, according to the list of names given by the Serpent of Destiny in its divine revelations, he captured the followers of the God of Joy. The list from the Serpent of Destiny was very comprehensive, and Charles swept through all the followers of the God of Joy in Strasbourg. He had thought that these followers of the Evil God might have some skills, but to his surprise, the vast majority were just ordinary people, not even a single Transcendent among them.

A special edition of “The Chronicles of Charlotte” devoted to the God of Joy had been published.

In the “The Chronicles of Charlotte” special edition dedicated to the God of Joy, the God of Joy was described as the pet of the Serpent of Destiny, loyal to its master and particularly committed to promoting a custom: playing Snake Card… (Note: The related content in Chapter 340 has been modified)

Yes, it’s the game of Mahjong from Guangdong!

The new edition of “The Chronicles of Charlotte” was slightly more expensive than the standard edition, costing about ten times more. This was because, in the novel, the rules of playing “Snake Card,” such as the scoring patterns and winning conditions, were explained in detail. He had stuffed more than 30,000 characters just explaining how to play Mahjong from Guangdong, and each book came with a set of “Snake Cards.”

Charles didn’t make it too hard for the followers of the God of Joy; he just gave each one a copy of the new edition of his book to memorize. Those who could recite it were only required to pay a fine to go home. It wasn’t that Charles was greedy for money; it was mainly to cover the cost of publishing the new edition, as a set of Snake Cards was quite pricey. Those who couldn’t memorize it were given one meal a day, never more than a half-fist-sized serving of small vegetable buns.

In such a harsh “learning environment,” the memorization progress of these followers of the God of Joy was swift. In just a few days, some could recite one-third of the chapters, and even the slowest learners could remember ten to eight pages.

However, the fastest learners…

were undoubtedly the players of Snake Card!

These unlucky followers of the God of Joy were over half proficient in Snake Cards, and the rest could also understand the scoring and knew how to win.

Charles had not expected that his special edition of “The Chronicles of Charlotte,” which he thought would sell poorly due to high production costs and lots of inserted nonsense, would become an instant bestseller. Not only was it popular in Strasbourg, but merchants from all over Fars came to buy it, many of whom were not even booksellers.

What Charles didn’t know was that even the Red Dragon Emperor and the Lionheart Emperor had a set of the new edition of “The Chronicles of Charlotte” by their bedsides. In fact, due to the appearance of this new edition, the Lionheart Emperor’s harem became much more harmonious. The Lionheart Emperor’s numerous consorts formed several regular groups to play Snake Card.

As the custom of playing Snake Card spread in Strasbourg Rose, the second great naval battle between the four national navies also slowly unfolded.

This time, the provoking side was the naval forces of Byron, who ambushed the Northern Fleet of Duchess Mesunu.

Menilman received the news and led his Imperial Rose Fleet to join the battle. Soon after, the fleets of Black Phoenix and Inglima also arrived at the scene.

However, in this great sea battle, the most legendary figure was not any of the aforementioned individuals, but a newcomer to the navy, Strasbourg Rose–Miss Sophia Garanod. With the speed of the Queen Bee, she continuously sank three of Byron’s Magical Alchemy Warships, creating an opening for Duchess Meisu’s Northern Fleet to break free from encirclement. The Duchess, calm and composed, directed her fleet to counterattack.

For twelve days and nights, both sides fought fiercely on the vast sea, and the first to collapse was the Black Phoenix fleet, even their flagship was captured by Menilman. Along with it, another Magical Alchemy Warship and a large number of ordinary warships were also captured by this Empire Rose.

Although Menilman had come to the aid of Charles, a Sacred Order, she ended up with three more Sacred Orders in her hand, making a total of five including herself.

The newly arrived three were not the ones detained on Saint Michael Island; two were pirates, and the other was Septimius from the Orc Assassin Alliance, known for not consuming humans. It was precisely because she had enough Sacred Orders that Menilman was able to achieve such brilliant results.

The Black Phoenix fleet collapsed, and Byron’s fleet could no longer hold out on their own. To preserve the seed of the navy, they had no choice but to withdraw from the battle.

The Northern Fleet, Imperial Rose Fleet, and Queen Bee relentlessly pursued Byron’s fleet until they were pushed back to their port, after which they sailed back victoriously.

In this battle, the losses on both sides were roughly similar; Fars and Inglima also suffered significant setbacks. The Northern Fleet, being the first to be surrounded, even lost three Magical Alchemy Warships. With the Black Phoenix fleet routed and Byron’s fleet forced back to port, Fars and Inglima achieved a strategic victory.

Though originally far weaker than Duchess Meisu, Menilman now emerged from this battle with her five Magical Alchemy Warships remaining unscathed, and she even captured two of Black Phoenix’s Magical Alchemy Warships, propelling her strength to rival that of the Northern Fleet.

Despite Duchess Meisu’s resounding victory and accumulated achievements, the loss of three Magical Alchemy Warships, with only one captured (and heavily damaged at that, requiring repairs before it could fight again), severely weakened the Northern Fleet.

Because of this battle, Sophia Garanod instantly rose to fame.

Count Garanode, as the Minister of War, had previously not interfered with naval affairs, but took this opportunity to establish a fleet for his daughter, positioning himself as a new “faction” within the Imperial Navy.

While everyone expected Sophia Garanod to name her new fleet either the Rose Fleet or the Garanod Fleet, she surprisingly named it–the East Wind!

What no one knew was Sophia Garanod’s intentions: Isn’t Anne the West Wind Goddess? Isn’t your Knighthood the Westwind Knights? Well, I want to see, will the West Wind overpower the East Wind, or will the East Wind dominate the West Wind? Will it be the Knighthood’s martial glory that prevails, or will the fleet’s fortune in war prosper?

This great naval battle not only changed the defensive and offensive postures of several countries’ navies but also fundamentally altered the naval structure of the Fars Empire.

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No one knew that this was the sign of a new era.

The winds were already picking up.

After two major naval battles, Byron came to the stark realization that it could not contend with the combined fleets of Inglima and Fars at sea. It quickly shifted the focus of the war back to Ferlanden and, within ten or so days, launched seven to eight large-scale battles. Both sides once again spilled copious amounts of blood upon this land, with seventy to eighty thousand soldiers losing their lives.

Charles’ good days in Strasbourg had come to an end…

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