The Holy See's choice to launch a holy war at this time certainly has corresponding considerations.

One is that the war of the dead in Iberia has ended, and with the reconquest of Sicily, the Holy See can withdraw its navy from the western seas and throw it into the Aegean Sea to contain the naval exit from Constantinople.

The second is the statement of the HRE Empire and the city of Olympia. As we all know, the HRE and the Holy See have always been at odds, and both sides want to fight for dominance of the mainland. As for Olympia, the transcendent city of the core of Orthodoxy, it is naturally more wary of the Holy See, and the two sides will never even sign an open agreement.

However, a certain daughter of the Emperor of the HRE and a daughter of the Licinius family are good girlfriends who can stick to each other, and the granddaughter of the lord of Olympia has a good relationship with them, and the three parties have miraculously gradually turned enemies into friends in recent years - of course, it is mainly due to the excessive rampant infidels in the East and the West, but if there is no such relationship in it, the reconciliation of the Christian camp will inevitably have many twists and turns.

Third, and the trigger for this holy war, was the Seljuk Emperor Suleiman's public declaration that he would rebuild Hagia Sophia into a domed temple.

This was tantamount to on the heads of all Christians, so much so that all Christians from Asia Minor to Ireland, from Africa to Scandinavia, were furious and wanted to make the infidels pay the price in blood.

With all the internal and external troubles resolved, and the international environment being greatly favorable, if Innocent does not seize this opportunity, then he is not worthy of being the pope. Therefore, it is said that the Angevin and West Frankish kingdoms, which had been fighting for many years, were forced to put aside the territorial disputes in the coastal areas at the behest of the believers and began to recruit Crusader knights.

Soon, the emissary sent by the city of Olympia to Lusitania, on the orders of the city lord Appilius, found the returning Blue Sword mercenary group:

"Your Majesty Theodora, Lord of the City, please go to Olympia City as soon as possible......"

He took out the secret letter from the city lord and handed it to Sheila.

Sheila took the secret letter, confirmed the integrity of the wax seal and seal, opened it, read it carefully, and handed it to Asker.

Aske was not polite, glanced at the contents of the letter, and asked Sheila:

"Do you want to go back to China?"

The envoy below changed his face slightly, and he didn't know why this guy dared to speak to His Majesty Theodora in such a contemptuous tone, but Sheila's next answer, like a request, made him extremely stunned:

"If you can."

"Hmm." Asker pondered for a moment, "Let's go, then." ”

Hey, Sheila feels a little wrong, and the head of the regiment agreed too quickly, right? Didn't he always want everyone to speed up the upgrade before?

She looked at Medea suspiciously, and Medea looked back with an intriguing gaze.

"So how do we go back?" Sheila asked, "Boat?" Plane? Car? ”

"When Mia becomes a demigod, we'll teleport back." Aske said calmly.

Strange to say, during the six months overseas, all of them had already completed the specialization of the remaining skills and were promoted to Lv. 18...... However, the first person to comprehend the last skill to enter Lv.19 was not Eleanor, who had always been ahead in level, but Mia.

In other words, the next day is just to find a day for Mia to also sprint towards the demigod threshold. After she breaks through, the team will be able to have a demigod of spatial laws.

Just like when the red-haired Otto led everyone to the Abyss Gate of the Northeast Ice Field, he only traveled thousands of kilometers with just a few skills to seal the coordinates...... As Miya, who specializes in the law of black holes, her ability in this area will only be stronger than Otto's.

Regarding Mia's demigod breakthrough, Mi'er asked the elven queen Maya to provide her with some high-purity wizard stones to replenish Mia's spirituality.

Although the first four team members broke through the demigods as if they were having fun, it didn't mean that Mia's demigod path would necessarily be easy, and the preparations that should be made still had to be prepared.

During this time of preparation, Medea also often ran to find Aske in the middle of the night. Even if I get kicked out every time, I will visit again in a few days.

Although Miss Succubus thought she was secretive and had not been witnessed by anyone, Eleanor noticed Medea's strangeness through the occasional practice of the spread of the mist of will (she had a habit of training at night), and couldn't help but wonder a little.

So she went to Aske privately and asked what Medea was going to do with him every night.

Asker was silent when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Seeing that he was silent, Eleanor probably guessed some clues, and remained silent.

Suffered! A bad emotion suddenly rose from his heart, and it felt as if Eleanor would pull out the will condensed wood knife in the next second, and directly divide him into seven or eight pieces.

"After helping Sheila recover Constantinople, she will probably be able to fully demigod." Asker was in a hurry, and suddenly changed the subject and said, "Then we will go and fight the bronze dragon." ”

And then ...... You're leaving, aren't you? Eleanor asked gloomily.

"Hmm." Asker nodded.

Sure enough, Eleanor's mind was immediately drawn to it. If Asker chooses to be with Medea in the end, Eleanor will probably only bless them. But at least I can see the head of the regiment occasionally for the rest of my life, and I'm quite happy to think about it like this (referring to the joy in suffering).

However, if Asker never returns, then for the people of this world, it will be similar to death...... No, it's worse than death, after all, the dead can still be summoned by necromancers, and leaving this world is no different from being obliterated.

"Asker." Finally, the knight gathered up her courage and asked, "Can you ......?"

"You're not leaving, are you?" Aske smiled wryly.

This question...... You weren't the first to ask, and probably won't be the last.

"It's not." Eleanor's heart was like a knife, but she could only whisper against her will, "Didn't I say that? If you want to go back to your hometown, I'm your ......."

She lowered her head, let the golden bangs cover her eyes, and closed her eyelids hard - she was afraid that the tears would fall.

"Oh, I remember." Aske also remembered that night on the balcony of the Weissbach Palace, where Eleanor had said she would support his decision to go home.

Thinking about it, it seems that only Nora and Eleanor in the team have expressed their stance and accepted his choice to go back?

But Nora is probably some kind of compromise that has no choice, which is inseparable from her own gentle temperament. And Eleanor, the girl...... Dare to love and hate, and never let go if he recognizes right and wrong, and will actually support him to go back, which really surprised Aske.

As for whether Eleanor liked him or not, the deep kiss under the sea on the way to the Iberian Peninsula had already been expressed.

If the current relationship between Asker and Medea is completely deteriorating and corrupted; Then for Eleanor, he was left with pure pity and guilt.

Alas.

"If you can, do me a favor?" Asker asked.

"What's the busy?" Eleanor silently wiped the corners of her eyes and looked up.

"Well, it's when you fight the Bronze Dragon, or after you finish fighting the Bronze Dragon." Asker whispered, "If someone on our team behaves unusually, suspiciously betrayal......"

"Please help me stop her."

Eleanor was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then immediately remembered the prophecy of "betrayal" that Mia from the future said when the Spirit Tree was mutated, and couldn't help but say quickly:

"Asker, what do you mean ......"

"I'm just saying what if." Asque looked out the window with some wistfulness, at the end of Lusitania's endless sea of trees.

“…… Anyway, just in case. ”