Aske pondered for a moment and asked, "Then what are they going to do to transfer people from the direction of the Empire?" ”

"Your Majesty intends to negotiate with the city-states of Venis to the east first, so that they can be released." Eleanor said, "I heard that there is a member of the Venisians named Santo Sawino, a low-level demigod who has mastered the law of 'black holes'. ”

"I see, Black Hole Excavator." Asker immediately understood.

The law of black holes, condensed from shadow sequences, can create a portal that distorts space-time, transferring objects from the main plane to another dimension.

For example, last year in Constantinople, when Asker assassinated Enrique with a sniper rifle at a long distance, the shadow demigods around him activated the law of black holes to wipe out the bullets of the sniper rifle.

This rule is especially useful in civil engineering, when you encounter something to excavate, as long as the black hole is opened, and then press down, the soil under it will not fall, and the player forum jokingly calls it "New Oriental Professional Black Hole Excavator".

As long as this demigod is invited to plow the minefield by activating the law of black holes, then naturally there will be no danger.

Asker groaned, "So you're negotiating with Venis now?" Asking them to come out for help? ”

"Yes, someone has already been sent." Eleanor paused, showing a somewhat crying and laughing expression, "But I heard that Venis has also been in a mess recently, I'm afraid that whether it is negotiation pressure or armed negotiations, it will not go very smoothly." ”

"Messed up?"

"Yes." Eleanor sighed, "I heard that just the day before yesterday, Governor Venis was hanged at the gates. ”

"The murderer is a pure-blood hermit."

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

"Why did they hang Governor Venis?" Asker wondered.

"I don't know." Eleanor shrugged.

Don't guess the motive of the pure-blood hermitage, last time there was a demigod who openly assassinated another demigod because of a personal vendetta, who knows if the Governor of Venis and the pure-blood hermit have a personal grudge?

"Okay." Asker said that it was none of our business, and that the upper echelons of the empire should worry about it, "I'll go upstairs." ”

"Asker......" Eleanor called out to him.

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing." Eleanor shook her head.

What's going on with this girl lately, she always wants to talk and stop. Asker was a little speechless, then pointed upstairs and said:

"I'll go get the potion to Medea."

"Okay." Eleanor nodded, "I'm back to practice." ”

She teleported back to the Isle of Fire, to the clearing where she usually practiced swordsmanship, and picked up her longsword.

Actually, what she wants to say is that her Unyielding Holy Sword has made some progress recently.

Eleanor raised her sword, her will condensing into white light on the blade, and then slashed down with a heavy blow.

The sword body slashed at the sword target, and the white light suddenly collapsed, but it did not directly explode as before, but slowly recondensed on the sword body.

However, it's just such a small progress, I'm afraid he won't care too much about it, right?

It's better to wait for a real breakthrough and then go to him.

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Around the small town of Valdagno, more and more Imperial soldiers were wounded.

Although the dukes were reluctant to risk their soldiers for the sake of preserving their strength, the emperor came up with a new solution.

Reward.

Huge bounties are used to lure soldiers into finding effective ways to clear mines, or to find safe paths from minefields.

Under the heavy money, there must be brave men, but courage after all, there is no way to take mines, so soon some soldiers were blown to pieces, or cut off their hands and feet, lying in the minefield and wailing miserably.

Such a tragic situation obviously had a more serious negative impact on morale, so the dukes again came to Emperor Otto, saying that your policy will not work, after all, the soldiers have not been professionally trained, and it is impossible to deal with such things as mines.

Emperor Otto said that "since the Holy See dares to bury mines on its own territory, there must be a way to dig them up again" and "we just need to find this way".

The Duke of Franconia said in a strange way at that time that the Holy See used Chéng Rén to clear mines, and even if it was blown up, there was no need to feel distressed. Although our empire does not have a Chéng Rén, but Your Majesty has a dragon, why not let the two dragons roll around on the ground, detonate all the mines, and make a way out alive?

As a result, His Majesty the Emperor blew up at that time, pointing at the old griffin's nose and calling him a "traitor", and wanted the Blade Samurai to arrest him.

The duke could only hurriedly go up and persuade him to separate the two angry and scolding guys.

The negotiations broke up, and when the Duke of Bavaria returned, he told Henry and Eleanor about the matter, and asked the two children to think about what to do next.

Naturally, Eleanor went back to Asker and asked the regimental commander to think about what to do.

"Don't do it." Aske said, "Mines are such a thing, either with technology or with extraordinary power, it is unrealistic to solve them manually, and the emperor will understand after a few more bombs." Didn't you say you were going to find the Venisians? ”

"Venis is in chaos now, and there are many citizens who suspect that the empire colluded with the pure-blood hermit and murdered and hanged Governor Venis, so the city council is still discussing whether to cooperate with the emperor's ** team." Eleanor sighed, "But His Majesty the Emperor obviously can't wait. ”

Aske was also speechless, and Emperor Otto was obviously lying down and was also shot. Everyone knows that the Empire's immediate priority is to march south as soon as possible before the papal see's productivity is restored, so how can there be time to compete with you, the small city-state republic of Venis?

However, Emperor Otto and the pure-blood hermit will be linked?

In an instant, another thought came to Aske's mind, when Agrippina wanted to assassinate the demigods of the Wolf family, the reason was that his apprentice was instigated by the other party to invade and die.

Is this reason true? If the Emperor had been in collusion with the Pure-Blood Hermitage Society, he would have ended the civil war as soon as possible and marched south to the Holy See......

Asker suddenly felt that the water was very deep. Saxon royalty, Solomon Curia, pure-blood hermitage, devil, jailer, Venis...... The forces of all parties are intricate, and on the surface the contradiction between the imperial family and the Holy See is the main contradiction, but in fact it is not known which forces are secretly colluding with each other and conspiring and calculating.

It's not at all like the main plot in the original game world: the emperor marches south to the Holy See, can't beat it to the back, and finally surrenders to the Pope and admits defeat...... It's not that simple at all.

It may not be a wise move for this small mercenary group to rush into the center of this whirlpool undercurrent.

Well, either that's it.

"Don't worry about that." Aske finally said, "Anyway, there is no countermeasure to be discussed, and most of the dukes can only deal with it passively. If the emperor wants to offer a reward, let him go to the reward, and if he blows up a few more times, the soldiers will know that there is a problem, and then the emperor will have to come back to the dukes to discuss countermeasures again. ”

"Then again, isn't your Will IV potion yet yet? Now this deadlock doesn't know when it will be broken, the war is coming every night, the danger of the emperor ** team will be a few points more, and escalating as soon as possible is our first priority. ”

Shortly before the Azure Sword responded to the call, Asker approached the Duke of Bavaria and informed you that your daughter Eleanor was only one "Will IV" away from being promoted to Lv. 10.

What he means is that Weissbach has any other tasks on his side, and we will do it for you with the Azure Sword, and exchange the last potion back.

As a result, the Duke of Bavaria actually said that there is nothing to be done at the moment.

Potions can be given as a reward first, but the quest is ...... I owe it, and I'll talk about it later.

The old father's heart is vividly reflected here.

"Father said that the ancestor has commissioned an old friend who is helping to collect spiritual materials." Eleanor said truthfully, "It may take a few weeks to get it here." ”

"Well, can you get them to hurry up?" Asker groaned.

"Of course not!" Eleanor couldn't laugh or cry. The demigods are willing to help you collect potions, which is already very affectionate, okay? It's rude for you to rush the demigods.

But Eleanor also vaguely sensed that something was wrong. His Excellency, the demigod ancestor of his own family, used to live in seclusion and didn't care about mundane things, even if his father asked him for help, it was often difficult to invite him to the old man's house.

Why are you so concerned about my potions this time? Could it be that my father paid some extra price for me?

Just as she was thinking wildly, suddenly the second brother Henry rushed in from outside the door.

"Eleanor!" He was relieved to be relieved that his sister was safe and sound, and said:

"His Majesty the Emperor has been assassinated!"