Palermo, Normandy court.

"How many challengers are you?" Robert asked, leaning against the palace wall and crossing his arms.

"I can't remember." Sidlifa looked at the Norman young man who fell to the ground and groaned, and said lightly.

"If I were you, I'd pick a few to cut my neck right now and scare off the would-be lunatics who were about to make a move." Robert suggested.

"There's no need for that." Sidlifa said coldly.

She didn't fully trust her "father", and certainly wasn't as cold and hostile as she had been. In any case, since Medea reached an agreement with Robert on behalf of the team, it was natural that she would not be able to make the relationship too stiff in the middle, although she still felt that it was very tortuous.

"There's a little bit of a change in next month's Viking Trials." Robert continued, "There are too many juniors who have signed up for the trial this time. ”

"That's why you're asking me to kill more people?" Sidlifa asked.

"Of course, there is an element of this." Robert said calmly, "The final part of the Viking Trials is a showdown, where contestants kill each other to please 'Navia Bone Fang' in exchange for its continued use next year (i.e., the 'Relic of the Earth Shaker Wolf' owned by the Outville family and called for in Mia's ritual quest). ”

"If there are too many people participating, then the last one-on-one session will drag on for too long, so we have to eliminate a group of people first."

"That's also your elimination." Sidlifa's meaning is clear, don't do black work with my hands.

"Good girl, whether you understand it or not, the hands of the Normans are always stained with blood." Robert said indifferently, "Being soft-hearted now will only make you underestimated, and sooner or later you will have to kill more people to make up for it." ”

Sidlifa ignored him.

"Recently, the Hafsda Undead Nation in the Southern Continent is constantly sending ghost fleets to privateer the Mediterranean caravans under our protection." Robert was unimpressed, and continued, "If you have time, you can familiarize yourself with naval battles and find the captain named 'Auger' in the port east of the city. ”

Sidlifa was silent. She knew Robert was hinting at him that the next first-round elimination could be related to naval battles. However, naval battles ...... Do I still need to be familiar?

Meanwhile, on the other side of Sicily, Medea and Mi'er are listening to Derek, a demigod who has been roaming the undead realm of the Southern Continent for years, with her own territory and army of necros, and is now serving Mi'er, who has inherited the name of Messiah.

"Hafsta, the land of the dead, has been plotting for many years on the Iberian Peninsula on the western side of the northern continent, but it is more worried about the ......threat of the Holy See," Derek said, suddenly asking a little strangely, "Minerva, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's fine." Mi'er rubbed her belly and said, "You go on. ”

Medea next to her was applying an ice pack to her face, grinning as if she was in pain. In the case of experienced Derek, the two should have been seriously injured, and then healed by extraordinary abilities, so that they would have no wounds but still in pain.

"That's right." Derek continued, "Because of the war between the Holy See and the Empire in the first half of the year, and the current containment of the Normans in Sicily, the Land of the Dead considers this an excellent historical window to cross the Strait of Gibraltar to the north. ”

"Until then, of course, they have to secure the blockade of the Tyrrhenian Sea, so that the Holy See's navy does not go by sea to support Iberia, or go south to wage jihad. The Mediterranean Sea is currently controlled by the Normans of Sicily, so ...... Miss Medea, do you understand what that means? ”

The question was tentative and sophisticated, and Medea smiled and replied:

"The Kingdom of Sicily also believed in Christ, so the Holy See and the Normans were willing to make peace, but there was no reason to make peace with the Kingdom of the Dead. If the undead go north to attack Iberia, the Holy See will be willing to pay a certain price to negotiate with the Normans, and then unite to go south to wage a holy war. ”

"Therefore, if the kingdom of the dead wants to march north, it must first destroy the possibility of cooperation between the Holy See and the Normans. Considering the haughty, arrogant, and extremely sensitive psychology of the Normans, the low-intensity and frequent friction at sea could be used to arouse the aggressive minds of the Normans. ”

"If the Normans were to be attacked by a small number of ghost ships for a long time, they would inevitably become extremely sensitive and suspicious. And a kingdom of Sicily, which was caught in a tug-of-war of naval warfare, was even more unlikely to accept the Holy See's request for a passage, in case they suddenly stabbed in the back halfway. ”

"That's right." Derek said approvingly, "In fact, if the power that rules Sicily were replaced by someone else, the undead would definitely choose to ally with them and cooperate against the Northern See." ”

However, it is well known that the Normans had no concept of loyalty, and that an alliance with them would only be a matter of seeking the skin of the tiger. Conversely, the Holy See is well aware of this. Therefore, as long as the Normans were aroused to be bloodthirsty and aggressive, and the Tyrrhenian Sea was kept in constant war, then the sea power of the Holy See could be greatly contained, after all, they did not dare to fully trust the Normans, and the Normans who were caught in the war would be wary of them. ”

"Since you said so." Medea smiled, "Presumably, the undead fleet has already headed north at this time and is starting to head for Sicily, right?" ”

"Coming across the Tunis Strait." Derek replied.

"Well, let's continue to act according to the original plan." Medea thought for a moment, then turned to Mi'er and asked, "How?" ”

"That's right." "First, after about 1-2 weeks, the fleet of the undead arrived on the Tyrrhenian Sea and engaged in a guerrilla war with the Norman fleet. ”

"Secondly, at the end of October, when the naval battle is deadlocked, we need to have the guerrillas rebel in Catania."

"Since the main forces of the Normans were concentrated at sea, they could only detach part of the Northern Horn Army and go to Catania to quell the rebellion."

"We can devour this Transcendental unit and inflict a heavy blow on the Outervilles."

"The one in charge of leading this army should be the demigod father of Sidlifa, right?" Medea frowned and said, "No problem, can the other party be trusted?" ”

"Of course, there is a reason why the battlefield was chosen in Catania." Mi'er didn't answer her, just smiled and said.

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On Hearthfire Island, Aske is explaining to Eleanor about the choice of follow-up law skills.

"You are now Lv.13, and you have the skills 'Unyielding', 'Glorious', and 'Armed Will'."

"Indomitable shields you from the control of the psychic class and prolongs the duration of the holy sword; Optical Flow increases your mobility, allowing you to move freely in a Optical Flow, regardless of the influence of the terrain environment; Armed with Wills frees your attack from your equipment, making your tactics more flexible. ”

"If you consider the role of the Holy Sword, your tactical system is quite balanced at the moment: there is output, resistance, and mobility. However, in the actual combat this time, we found a problem, which is that you lack effective means to deal with long-range enemies. ”

"The ranged enemies here include those who fly through the air, those who are highly mobile and keep your distance, and those who can strike from a distance. Against these people, you can probably only use the Willlight Flow Extension to stab them, which is too slow. ”

"For example, this time I used gravity to control you, although I couldn't penetrate your defenses, but your movement was also restricted, and you couldn't attack me at all."

"On the battlefield, if you can't interrupt the enemy's attack in time, then you will inevitably fall into a situation of being passively beaten. Your holy sword can last for more than 1 minute, so what will you do if the enemy bombards you indiscriminately or controls you for more than 1 minute? ”

"Hmm." Eleanor thought about it carefully, and had to admit that Asker was right.

If an enemy with the law of gravity comes and uses amplified gravity to directly suppress her from a long distance, she seems to have no good way to carry it except to turn on the holy sword state.

"So, what do you do?" The female knight asked seriously.

"There are three ways to deal with this kind of ranged enemy." Aske held up three fingers.

"A quick long-range attack, interrupted by sniping in advance."

"A wide range of AOE continues to damage, just throw it directly with your eyes closed."

"And, effective means of control, the first strike is stronger."