Most of the demigods are gone, and only two demigods remain on the scene, Bruno, the utopian dragon of the House of Saxony, and Otto the Red, the Flame of the Furnace of the House of Weissbach.

These two, one has the ability to read minds, and the other has dealt with Asker, knowing that he is definitely not that easy to deal with, so they have not been deceived by his rhetoric.

But after all, the emperor was here, and the two demigods didn't want to ask much, just looked at Aske with a smile.

Eleanor and Peggy were furious by the two demigods, but Aske was calm, and the comparison between the two made the demigods feel that this young man was even better.

It's really good, calm down, and has wrists, no wonder you can bring so many young ladies in the group.

The Emperor praised the Azure Sword again, after all, if they hadn't razed the city of Verona last night, it would have been the two dragons of the Saxon family who would have ventured over today.

After the compliment, there is a reward - 10,000 gold Lorraine coins.

Asker: ..................

Demigods: ..................

Isn't this a little less?

You must know that the people of the Blue Sword helped the Falcon family capture the city of Stuttgart, and the reward is also 7,800 gold coins! This time, it's Verona, where the Templars are stationed, or the Holy See fortress stronghold that your coalition forces have been unable to attack for a long time! It's only 10,000 gold coins?

Are you an emperor of the empire, and the price you pay is the same level as the Falcon family?

Ignoring the sluggish expressions on everyone's faces, the Emperor was still boasting to the effect that "this price is very fair", "because you did a good job in Venis's mission last time, so I will give you a higher reward for the mission this time", and "If you hadn't razed the city of Verona, you would have been paid even more".

Aske couldn't complain, what the hell is the theory...... What does it matter to your emperor's interest to raze the city of Verona? Could it be that this battle has not been won, and it has begun to plot to let the Holy See cede the city of Verona to the Empire? That's not how this door is picked......

Probably seeing the slander of Aske and the others, Bruno and the red-haired Otto muttered a few times secretly in the psychic communication, and the former spoke:

"In this way, in addition to the reward given by His Majesty, I will kindly sponsor you with a bottle of potion of 'Thunder III'."

The emperor frowned, feeling that the price was a little too much. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the dragon of fantasy smile again:

"This is my personal reward for Lord Asker, who reminded me of an issue before."

Well, since it was the personal reward of the dragon of fantasy, the emperor couldn't say anything, so he smiled and continued to encourage Asker.

Asker, of course, knew that this potion was just a task compensation, not a personal reward at all. If it weren't for the mind-reading Lord Bruno here, the mother of this Emperor would probably have to fly...... Never mind.

So it was another time when the monarch and the ministers were in harmony, and the guests and hosts were happy. After sending away the people of the Azure Sword and the fire of the sealing furnace, the emperor regained his face and asked:

"How's the situation south of Verona?"

"The two dragons have been there." Bruno also showed a solemn expression, "From Verona to Bologna, there are no large-scale mines or trench defenses. ”

Both of them felt that something was serious. Now that the Holy See is no longer in a posture of delaying time, does that mean that they have ......

Don't dare to think about it, the more you think about it, the more panicked you become, so it's better to prepare for the worst as soon as possible.

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Italy and the peninsula, Tuscany, Monta-Argentario military town.

It is an island jutting out into the Tyrrhenian Sea, connected to the mainland by three natural land bridges, and is home to the most sophisticated military industrial research area of the Solomons.

Pope Innocent, accompanied by a group of cardinals, was inspecting the newly developed weapons and equipment.

"Holy See, this is the latest military multi-rotor drone, Delilah, carrying high explosives and fragments of the Wizard's Stone." The cardinal in charge of the drone project said graciously.

"In addition to regular military shooting, it can also dive close to high-level transcendents, stick to the opponent's chest or back, penetrate through high explosives**, and embed fragments of the Wizard's Stone into the opponent's body, causing spiritual loss of control and power rage."

In the test site below, a Chéng Rén was looking around with a firearm, and a large number of drones flew out from the periphery.

The Chéng Rén began to shoot with his gun, but soon a drone circled its back, slammed it to its back, and ......

Bang!

Chéng Rén blew up directly.

"My problem is to know that the transcendents don't rely on firearms." Innocent said lightly, "Can you make sure that these drones can evade their capabilities and successfully hit their targets?" ”

"Holy See, this may be a bit difficult." The cardinal cautiously replied, "But the good thing about this drone is that it has a low cost of mass production, and the only expensive thing is the fragments of the Wizard's Stone." ”

"Since this is the case, then as military equipment, it is even more necessary to do a good job of vertical subdivision." Innocent said, "There are two types of drones, the high-end model with the Wizard's Stone, which strengthens its own mobility and specializes in sniping demigod transcendentals. The ordinary model removes the Wizard's Stone, tries to reduce the cost and expand the production capacity. ”

"Understand, this part of the work, the design bureau is already doing." The cardinal hurriedly said.

The group left the drone area and arrived at the next one, Chéng Rén. The cardinals in charge also came forward and introduced:

"The previous long-range precision guidance design, as well as large-scale firepower, have been found to be easily offset by a variety of extraordinary abilities, so we designed a new type of Chéng Rén 'Raguel' (Raguel), which is extremely good at melee decapitation. At the same time, it has the exact same appearance as a normal Nislock, so it can blend in with the normal Chéng Rén team, and when the Transcendent approaches it through melee means, it will suddenly attack, dealing a lot of damage. ”

In the test area below, a team of identical Chéng Réns is shooting at the central target with their guns raised, while steadily closing in.

Suddenly, one of the Chéng Rén's arms waved down, and before the bishops of the observation deck above could see clearly, the target had already been torn apart.

"What weapon?" Innocent looked closely at the shape of the target's fragments.

"High-Frequency Shock Sword." The cardinal replied, "Hidden in the joints of the forearm, the instant ejection of the attack causes damage. ”

"Don't use a high-frequency oscillating sword, it's too expensive." Innocent shook his head and said, "Actually, no matter how cutting-edge the robot is, in the absence of the anti-magic magnetic field, it can't withstand the blow of the demigod. ”

"The battle loss rate is not a key indicator, we have to consider the cost of battle damage. What you can do with 100,000 DM 100,000 ChéngRén, don't do it with a 1,000,000 DM cutting-edge ChéngRén. "In this way, whether it is production or follow-up maintenance, the related costs can be reduced." The Empire is not a formidable enemy, and we don't need to fight an arms race with them. ”

"The industry-university-research should also be clearly planned." He turned his head and said to the cardinals, "Research can be a lot of money to pursue perfection, but industrial production must consider cost performance, in the case that performance meets the basic strategic requirements, cost performance is the first, fault tolerance is second." ”

For some reason, listening to Innocent's instructions, everyone suddenly thought of the night of the fall of Verona.

Under the surveillance of the electronic camouflage drone, in the data sent back to the server by the Templars, the Bloodline girl named Peggy ...... It doesn't matter if you're a spider or a Templar, whether or not you're equipped with Alloyed Bones, Adaptive Force Field Shields, Electronic Dodge Devices, or any other high-end equipment.

All of them were directly scrapped by the other party's ability.

"The Holy See is right." The cardinals have said that this is indeed the case, and that the Holy See is wise.

High-tech equipment is too expensive, let's play steel torrent tactics to save money!