Chapter 51 Hope in a Strange Land
Chapter 51 Hope in a Strange Land
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The ships finally arrived at a shipyard. All the rescued people disembarked.
Eric looked around the shipyard, noticing that no one seemed to be working there.
"Hey you, if I remembered correctly, your name is Eric," a man in a white navy suit said while walking toward Eric.
Eric nodded in response to the question, "Yes, but can you tell me where we are?"
The navy officer replied in a stern tone, "You are now in the Bernard Empire."
"The Bernard Empire!? I've never heard of a country with that name," Eric exclaimed.
Ignoring Eric's surprise, the navy officer continued, "By the way, I heard you are a former prince. Is that true?"
Eric shook his head sadly.
The naval officer then turned to everyone, "Attention, everyone! I am Captain Paul. I have been ordered to take some of you to the capital. However, only those who are deemed most valuable will be allowed to go. The rest will be sent to prison as a temporary measure."
Everyone started to panic after hearing Captain Paul's words. All the people started to protest because they did not want to go to prison.
Edith, who looked a little tired, quickly went to Paul and asked, "What about Hanna? We need to take her to a powerful healer quickly. Please take her to the greatest healer in your country! Please!" Tears welled up in her eyes.
Paul replied, "Don't worry, she and all the injured will be sent to the nearest hospital."
Edith didn't know what the hospital meant, which made her worried about Hanna. Paul saw that Edith was getting worried about her friend, so he immediately explained what a hospital was.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"A hospital is a place where we bring sick people for doctors to cure them of their sickness."
Hearing this, Edith felt somewhat relieved, though the concept of a "doctor" remained foreign to her.
Paul turned back to the crowd. "Now, who among you thinks they are valuable to me?"
Gareth stepped forward, his body showing signs of some wounds. "Young master Eric should be valuable to you. He is the former Prince of Latvia."
Another one then started shouting. "Commander Misthia shouldn't be in jail, either. How can our beautiful commander sleep in a rat-infested, diseased jail?"
The remaining Blue Flag mercenaries joined in, vocally supporting their commander.
Hearing their shouting, Paul started speaking. "Okay, then Mr Eric and Commander Misthia will go to the capital"
Gareth and other sailors saw several horseless carriages.
At first, they were shocked at the carriages which were moving without any horses. They were thinking that the carriages were using magic to move, so they immediately didn't care about how it moved.
The white vehicles stopped, four white vehicles in total. Many people dressed in white got out of these cars, they took out stretchers and started running towards the ship to take the injured people to the hospital.
The Navy was able to rescue a total of 102 people alive. Of these, those who were seriously injured were being taken to hospital, while others with less injuries were already treated by the Navy.
The giant vehicle stopped in front of them, a man wearing a gray officer uniform, got out of the bus. The man stared at them like he was looking at scums. The man spoke in a tone similar to a Drill Sergeant ." OK, you pigs I didn't know what you did to get in jail. But I was happy to know I got to have prisoners there, my boring life would have finally felt happiness as I got to hear the screams of pigs."
This was Roger. A prison warden. He quickly came here when he was informed by the Navy that there were people here for him.
He was inspecting all the people from head to toe. Almost everyone had bandages on their bodies - some on their hands, some on their feet, some on their faces. Roger wanted to scare them, but he saw no fear in these people's eyes.
But seeing their injuries, he wondered, {How did they get so hurt?}
Roger was informed that the Navy had rescued several people from their waters who were to be sent to prison. He didn't know much more about it, or rather, he didn't express any interest in knowing.
Then a member of the Navy approached him and gave him some papers.
"Hehe! Thank you, I'll take charge of them from here," Roger said with a smile.
The Navy officer nodded, "Okay, then we'll take our leave."
The Navy personnel handed over everyone to the police.
Then several more cars arrived with red and blue lights flashing on them. Several people got out of the cars.
Seeing them, Roger quickly saluted.
People are surprised to see this man salute while boarding the bus. But they realized that these people were higher than him.
"Officer Roger, so these are our first batch of criminals?" A female officer approached the man and said. There was a happy and enthusiastic tone in the female officer's voice. The woman is wearing a white female police officer outfit, black gloves, and black sunglasses.
"Yes, Assistant Commissioner!" Roger said with a smile
"The Prime Minister and the Finance Minister can no longer blame us for taking money lazily"
"You are right, I am also tired of this boring life. But there are very few of them. If there were more of them, I would be happier. If more criminals were coming like this, our lives would change."
"Hmm, you are right," the female officer said, looking at the bus full of criminals.
"By the way, Commissioner Roberts will be visiting your prison in a while. He was very happy to hear about these criminals."
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