After both Asker and Peggy became demigods, the Azure Sword bid farewell to the Plantagenet mercenary group stationed there and set off for Valencia City.

When they arrived at the Bull Mercenary Regiment on the outskirts of Valencia, they saw a carriage driving out of the town. The leader was a young aristocratic young man, riding slowly on his horse.

When he saw the faces of the Blue Sword and his party, especially Aske, the aristocratic young man's face spasmed for a moment, and then he hurriedly lowered his head in a panic, shook his whip tremblingly, and urged the horse to speed forward so that he could leave the other party's sight as soon as possible.

Three shots, three defeats, the current Prince Ferdinand has no courage to make a fourth shot.

Mi'er looked at the figure he was urging the horse away, sighed, and only heard Aske ask:

"Who's that guy?"

The head of the regiment, who had an intuitive sequence, naturally sensed the other party's complicated gaze, but he had never seen the prince from beginning to end...... Thinking of this, Mi'er chuckled and shook her head.

"Mi'er?"

"Nothing." Mi'er said perfunctorily, "I remember happy things." ”

"Oh." Asker didn't ask anything, and continued to walk inside.

As soon as he entered the station, he ran into the recruiting officer Pablo the Elder. The old man seemed to have just drunk wine, and when he saw Asker's group, he immediately ran over with a red face:

"Lord Asker...... Fuck off! Lord Asker! ”

"What the fuck?" Asker's face darkened.

"Ferdinand!" Old Pablo laughed, "The prince of that dog day...... Fuck off! ”

All:???

After confirming a few words with old Paboro, Aske understood:

It turned out that in the bull mercenary group, the prince Ferdinand, who had been fighting with Grand Master Deslar for power and trying to incorporate the bull mercenary group into the royal family of Aragon, had officially announced his resignation from the position of deputy head yesterday and left in disgrace.

It is said that the reason seems to be due to pressure from abroad. The Iberian Peninsula is different from Britannia, which is, after all, isolated abroad, and can openly incorporate the Plantagenet mercenary group regardless of the surprise of its friends...... After all, the Kingdom of Aragon is still part of the mainland, and after receiving diplomatic inquiries from the Holy See and Shinra, it is said that even the prime minister was alarmed by this.

Under the persuasion of a large group of powerful nobles and the prime minister, the king had to decide to withdraw Prince Fernand and abandon the plan to incorporate the bull mercenary group.

As the members of the royal faction departed in disgrace, the mercenaries sent by the regimental commander immediately reveled, brought a large amount of alcohol and meat from the warehouse, and began to celebrate the victory in the station.

As Aske continued on his way, he saw that the road ahead was heavily blocked, full of mercenaries singing, heckling, drinking, and fighting.

"Forget it." Asker sighed and slipped the mission contract to old Pablo, "Help me give this to your Grand Master." ”

"It's ...... What the? The drunken old Pablo unfolded the scroll of paper, only to find that it was a contract to go to Segovia to support the Plantagenet mercenary group.

At the bottom of the contract, there is a signature confirmed by the entrusting party that has been completed, as well as the signature and seal of Eric, the head of the Southwest Branch of the Plantagenet Mercenary Regiment.

In the Grand Master's office, Deslar was also having a few drinks.

Driving out Ferdinand and freeing the Bull Mercenary Regiment from the constraints of the royal family was naturally a big surprise for him. Not to mention that he didn't put any money into it...... It was the Holy See and the HRE Empire that really made the effort.

As for why the Holy See and the HRE Empire would brazenly intervene in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Aragon, of course, it was because some members of the Azure Sword had unspeakable identities behind them.

On Deslal's desk are two pieces of information that have only recently been investigated:

One is information from the Iron Cross Mercenaries, who have confirmed that Miss Eleanor of the Blue Sword is the biological daughter of Emperor Otto II. At present, the news has been circulating within the Grand Palace of Aachen, and it seems that the dragon family is releasing the wind to the outside world in advance to prepare public opinion.

Another piece of information comes from Italy Plus, saying that Miss Nora of the Green Sword Mercenary Group is a direct descendant of the highest-ranking Licini family in Italy and the Thirteen Giants.

Together, these two people are behind the alliance of the royal family of the HRE Empire and the Licinius family, and the entire continent will tremble a few times with a single stomp. I don't know why they're in a small mercenary group...... It doesn't matter so much, in short, Deslar has decided that when they come back, they must take advantage of each other's relationship.

Our bull mercenary group will be your permanent ally of the Blue Sword in the future, okay?

Deslar, who was immersed in his own thoughts, was suddenly interrupted by a knock at the door, and stood up to open the door.

After listening to the old Pablo's intermittent narration, Deslar was a little dumbfounded, and when he rushed out of the office to find the figure of the Azure Sword people, he saw that all the mercenaries who were still bingeing and drinking, and the other party had already left the station.

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In a harbor town southeast of Valencia, the Green Sword welcomes a ship from Solomon.

It's a strange ship, with black smoke burning from its chimney, and it looks like a coal-burning ship at the beginning of the industrial revolution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a steampunk flavor.

But the streamlined shape of the metal shell throughout, as well as the busy synthesizers on board, show that the technical content of this ship is actually not simple.

"Lord Asker." Led by a synth dressed in a captain's uniform, he took off his tricorne-brimmed hat and said, "The wrath of the sky is ready. Next, you just need to take this and stay within the limits of the Gibraltar Fortress until the red light on the installation comes on. ”

"Tell me about the fortress of Gibraltar." Asker said.

"The Gibraltar Fortress is a base point of the dark canopy." The synth continued, "There, the undead opened the entrance to the underworld, causing the space to be distorted there, and the gyroscope inside the missile will produce a large number of uncontrollable errors when calculating the inertia, so the hit rate of inertial guidance alone is extremely low, and it is necessary to carry the transmitter and cooperate with another tracking system to lock." ”

"Well, I don't understand the science." Aske interrupted, "What I'm asking is, what is the state of defense in the fortress of Gibraltar?" How many troops, how many demigods? ”

"Gibraltar currently has more than 3,000 transcendents and six demigods." The synthesizer replied, "In addition, due to the circulation of the underworld, the death qi inside is extremely thick, and the living are as obvious as lights in the dark. Banshees have been placed on a large number of main traffic arteries and in the corners of buildings to monitor for non-undead life, and it is recommended that you send undead from your party to infiltrate with the source. ”

"How long does it take to lock?" Asker asked.

"8.3742 seconds." The synth replied, "Float up." ”

Takes the transmitter from the synth, which is a walkie-talkie-talkie-like thing with a vertical antenna and two indicator lights.

"The transmitter contains a precision device, so please be careful not to shake and shake, and don't fall to the ground, ...... the synth said," before the synth could finish speaking, he saw Asker casually throw the transmitter to Peggy, and was shocked that its sound generator was unusually stuck.

Fortunately, Peggy caught it steadily, so that it was almost overloaded with the central processing core chip, and the computing speed was slightly reduced.