"Your station, let's stay here for the time being. After 4 hours, we'll clean up the nearby undead anomalous area. ”

Quasimodo found a vacant lot on the outskirts of the tent cluster and said.

"Thank you." Aske said with an unchanging face, "By the way, can we make a deal with the Night's Watch?" ”

"Normally, we don't open our trade to outside mercenaries." Quasimodo refused.

"Since it's 'usual,' that is, there are exceptions?" Asker said with a smile.

Quasimodo, the night watchman, sighed, and suddenly pressed his shoulder hard, and said viciously:

"Listen, I know you mercenaries too well. You are like flies that smell blood, forever buzzing around on the edge of the battlefield, never letting people rest. ”

"When you encounter a weak, transcendent creature, you rush up and besiege it like a bee; When you encounter powerful and evil undead, you can escape faster than anyone else, without the honor and shame that a warrior should have! ”

"The reason why we let you in is not because we are willing to accept you, but because we are worried that you will follow us and cause trouble, because you are not enough to achieve and more to lose, you know?!"

"If you're honest enough to follow our Night's Watch obediently, I don't mind letting you pick up a little bit of loot, but that doesn't mean I'll allow you to do anything wrong."

"My patience is limited. And you don't want to see me when I lose my patience. ”

He dropped a last threatening word, shoved Aske forward hard, then turned and left.

Aske took a half-step back, steadied himself, and then stretched out his right arm and pressed Peggy, who had already drawn his sword and was about to charge forward.

"Let go, let me kill him!" Peggy turned her head, revealing her sharp little tiger teeth.

"Hold off, Peggy." Aske said leisurely.

"Aren't you angry, Asker?" Mia said puffing beside her. Not only her, but the other girls also looked ashamed, and they all stared at Asker to see how he would answer.

"Don't be angry." Asker said calmly, "Now that you are angry because of the contempt of others, and wait for others to worship you in turn, do you still want to be complacent about it?" ”

"Everyone is an adult, you should learn to focus on your own business, and not be shaken by other people's opinions, understand?"

"Understood." Mia showed a look of sudden realization, "So you adults must not be shocked by honor and disgrace, only a little girl like me who is underage and loves to hold grudges can have grievances and revenge, right?" I went into his tent and stole all his money and clothing. ”

As she said this, she was about to move forward, but Asker grabbed her head and forced her to turn around.

"I didn't tell you to trick or treat you just because you're young." Asker couldn't help but laugh, and said to everyone with a straight face, "Have you done all your homework today?" Still have time to get angry with others? ”

"Eh!!" The girls lengthened their voices and cried out in dissatisfaction.

Return to Hearthfire Island.

"It's amazing." Sheila stood alone on the edge of the mountain, looking out at the woods, rivers and sea below, and couldn't help but wonder in amazement.

No matter how many times she came here, she couldn't help but be amazed by the existence of this half-plane, who would have thought that this island in the ocean, which was no different from reality, was actually located in a separate plane fragment?

Why did this precious spatial treasure fall into the hands of the Azure Sword Mercenary Group?

She sighed slowly, thinking again.

There is no future for being a mercenary, and it can be seen from the attitude of the night watchman towards them today that the mercenary is an ugly image of unscrupulous means in order to make money on the entire continent.

Even if her true identity is revealed one day, the fact that she used to be a mercenary will definitely become a stain on her background.

However, she had no other choice, because when she was in Constantinople, she was already under house arrest, not only did the Orthodox Church not support her, but even her forces were almost purged by Zoe.

If you don't agree to join the Blue Sword, it is estimated that she will be immediately abandoned in Constantinople, discovered by the authorities and lose her freedom again, and become the so-called "former empress".

Of course, considering that Constantinople has now fallen, it is estimated that her title should be added: Death of the Nation.

What is the value of the identity of the former empress of the dead country? The only way out is probably to make good use of this noble body with the blood of Solomon's royal family, and regain power through marriage and other means.

Even so, it is still very difficult to complete the final task of restoring the country.

And Asker's statement that day did provide her with another possibility: to quickly improve her strength with the help of the upcoming magic tide.

If you can rise to level 20 or above and become a demigod, then the possibility of recovering will be greatly improved.

With the support of the Demon Tide, a demigod is almost comparable to an entire elite army.

When the time comes, will it be much easier to return to the province of Ciris, regain power with strength, and then try to restore the country?

"You have nothing to lose anyway, Theodora, you have nothing left." She looked at the end of the sea and sky in the distance and muttered.

"Just let me drown in this ethereal dream......"

"Sheila!" In the distance, Miss Nun's crisp and pleasant voice was heard, "Swordsmanship training has begun!" Asker tells you to come here! ”

"Good!" Sheila replied loudly, pulling a mask out of her sleeve and slowly placing it on her face.

It is the mask of the heroic odyssey in the play of Ancient Cyris.

…………………………

In the real plane, in the night watchman's tent, a remote video conference is being held.

"The anomaly is centered around the village of Palamos, and the area is about 40 square kilometers."

"Judging from the footage of the Eye of Mercury, there is already a darkness with zero visibility in the center of the village, which can be confirmed to be the undead canopy caused by the arrival of the underworld."

"We've found a large number of active ghouls on the periphery of the anomaly, and there are traces of dirt on them, which must have recently broken through the ground in the cemetery on the outskirts of the village."

"No higher-level undead creatures have been found at the moment, but it's hard to say if we go deeper. Further reconnaissance information is to be sent back by the front-line scouts. ”

Across the screen is the headquarters of the Night Watch in Florence. After listening to Commander Bryce's report, the headquarters quickly replied:

"Understood, Lord Bryce."

"Please continue to be cautious about the periphery, and don't rush in."

"We applied for access to the historical database of the Holy See in Milan and found another possible clue."

"The village of Peramos in the province of Cirius, which in the First Age was once a seaport city of the ancient high elves, was called 'Daraço Casados', which in Elven language means 'the place of recovery on the other side'."

"There is an elven supernatural organization called the 'Order of the Other Side' here, who are dedicated to the study of the extraordinary power of the undead system, hoping to open the entrance to the underworld and the main plane."

"Due to the extinction of the elves at the end of the First Age, we have not been able to find much truth from the dusty history. It is only known that in the Second Age, this area was under the rule of the human kingdom of Macedonia. ”

"When Alexander the Great suppressed the rebellion of Ciris, his army also suffered an undead mutation here, and was finally suppressed and quelled by Alexander himself."

"At that time, Alexander the Great was already the pinnacle of the law rank, a level 20 destruction warlock. According to records, he was attacked by banshees, wraiths, and black knights during the suppression of mutations. ”

"Therefore, please also be fully prepared on your side, especially for dealing with high-level undead."

Bryce was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "I'll let the Night's Watch be careful." ”

"Stay in touch at all times, Your Excellency, Commander. Good luck with your safe return. One last word was said on the other side of the screen, and the communication was cut off.

Standing in front of the command table, Commander Bryce crossed his arms and fell silently into deep thought.

At this stage, the Demon Tide level will suppress all the undead below level 5, and with the current strength of the Night Watch Eastern Legion, the original estimate should be able to deal with it.

However, according to the bad news given by headquarters, it is likely that there are high-level undead such as banshees, resentful spirits, and black knights.

Even at level 5, the spirit of the banshee screams, the possession of the resentful spirit, and there is still great restraint on the power armor knight.

Not to mention the Black Knight. As an undead who is proficient in martial arts, even if there is not much difference in physical strength, a single black knight can kill more than a hundred ghouls of the same level.

It's definitely an uphill battle.

Then the original strategic plan will inevitably have to be revised accordingly.

"Escalate Urgency Level to S3." Bryce finally ordered, and commanded into the communicator.

The news of the increase in the emergency level soon spread throughout the tent cluster, and many knights and priests showed stunned expressions.

Emergency Level S3 means that only official Knights of the Night's Watch can participate in the mutation suppression, and all knights are excluded.

At the same time, it also means that the danger of this undead mutation is beyond imagination, and it has reached the level where it can cause a large number of casualties to the knights.

You must know that almost all of the senior knights and servants of the night watch have more than three years of military training background, and an armed assault squad can take out a mountain bandit.

Even the knights were not allowed to participate in the suppression, so how dangerous should the undead mutation be?

When the news reached the Morning Star III, the Knight Captain Quasimodo immediately called a meeting of his subordinates.

The Night Watch Knights are divided into three parts: Holy Day, Silver Moon, and Morning Star, and their strength decreases in order of strength, and the proportion of official knights is also smaller.

Take the three teams of the Morning Star, for example, the total number is 20, but excluding the knights, there are only 7 official night watch knights left.

"Without the support of the servants, the firepower projection of our knights is too thin!" Knight Lorent protested, "What about my minigun?" Do I have to carry the ammunition box myself? Without enough ammunition support, the machine gun is just a pile of scrap metal! ”

"And the shield blockade? Who will install and who will debug? We are wearing power armor, and there is simply no way to nimble the equipment with our fingers! Do you have to withdraw your armor on the battlefield and build a shield? Another knight, Langri, also complained.

"This is the commander's order." Knight Captain Quasimodo said helplessly, "If the attrition in the battle is too large, even if this undead mutation is quelled, our Night Watch Eastern Legion will be greatly damaged." ”

"The problem now is that if you don't bring your followers in, it's our knights who will be attribution!" Lorente said angrily, "How can the seven-person team protect itself in a mutation of this level? Are the commanders and staff officers stupid! ”

"More than 7 people." Quasimodo was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "There is a team of foreign mercenaries, nine people, who will follow us this time. ”

"Alien mercenaries?!" All the Night's Watch knights were shocked.