History records that when the Venissea ships loaded with Frankish knights suddenly and unreasonably burst into the Golden Horn, the first reaction of the defenders of Constantinople was to be confused.

When the news reached the Golden Ruling Palace, the expressions of the two Majesties were also confused, and they even subconsciously asked the ministers to confirm whether the alarm was wrong.

After all, Constantinople had not been invaded for hundreds of years.

The Franks landed in the main city of Constantinople along the Galatian Peninsula, which was not protected by any walled walls, opposite the Golden Horn, and soon occupied the nearby industrial complex.

Sporadic police officers and sheriffs were no match for these knights at all.

The remaining defenders could only retreat to the main city along the Galata Bridge, and together with the Capital Guard, who had arrived at the news, began to set up a machine-gun line along the Galata Bridge.

Not far away, on the plain of Thrace, the girls had discovered in horror that black smoke had risen over Constantinople behind the city walls.

"All along, I've been teaching and training your martial arts." "However, in a real war, in addition to the individual's own force, strategy is also a very important factor. ”

"When you encounter such an emergency, you must respond immediately: 1. Quickly judge the situation, 2. Decide how to respond, 3. Implement countermeasures immediately."

Now, let's talk about these two questions: 1. What happened? 2. How can we respond? He looked at the girls for a long time and threw out two questions.

Seeing Asker's calm expression, the originally uneasy people also calmed down. Mia was the first to speak:

"Needless to say? It's all burning, there must be a riot in the city! Perhaps the Seljuks have already arrived at the city and begun to attack the city! ”

"Impossible." Medea immediately retorted, "We are so close to Constantinople that if the Seljuk army had already been in the city, we would have sent scout cavalry to patrol the rear of the siege array—but we didn't encounter any enemies along the way. ”

"So rule out the possibility that the Seljuks are attacking the city." Asker crossed his arms and said, "Go on." ”

"Is there a possibility of civil unrest in the city?" Nora asked.

"That's the biggest possibility." "It is said that at the beginning of the founding of Constantinople, it was often attacked by tribes of mountain giants from the direction of the Thracian plain, so the walls of Theodosius in Constantinople were built to be extremely huge. With a height of more than 100 meters and three floors, there are a large number of machine gun towers, mortar points, and watchtowers, and any position outside the city walls will be subjected to staggered fire from more than three machine guns at the same time, so it is almost impossible to successfully invade from the outside. ”

"Not necessarily." "There is no fortress in the world that cannot be attacked. ”

"Another famous saying is that a fortress is always breached from the inside." Eleanor added, "So I think civil unrest in Constantinople is the most likely. ”

"The possibility of a foreign enemy is not impossible." Medea disagreed, "The largest container terminal in the world is built along the Golden Horn. The frequent entry and exit of trade and logistics makes it impossible to cover this direction with city walls, and it is impossible to achieve perfect city defense and security. ”

"If there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, we will definitely choose to break through in the direction of the Golden Horn."

"There is a lock on the outside of the Galata Bridge, and you can pull up the chain to block the river at any time." Eleanor retorted, "Will the defenders of Constantinople be wary of this?" ”

"Please, you're also a half-foot person who stepped into the mystical realm, and you should know that there are too many extraordinary means to deal with this situation." Medea disagreed, "Disguise yourself as a friendly ship to infiltrate, use psychic power to control the operator, etc., I can name 10,000 plans to make this lock unable to fall." ”

Seeing that the two of them had a tendency to argue fiercely, Aske hurriedly said:

"Therefore, it is obvious that there is unrest in Constantinople, and the difference is whether it is a civil strife or an invasion by a foreign enemy."

"Whatever the reason, order in the city is bound to get out of control to a certain extent, so what are we going to do next to be in the best interest of our team?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Eleanor and Medea thought of the key at the same time, and exclaimed:

"Potion materials!"

………………

Naturally, it was not only Aske who had the idea to hit Constantinople.

Almost all mercenary-based cities will encounter similar problems: in strong times, mercenaries can greatly supplement your combat power; In times of weakness, the mercenaries will in turn show their ferocious fangs.

The last emperor of the Western Solomon Empire was killed by the leader of the alien mercenaries, causing the entire country to collapse overnight.

With the deterrent power of the huge walls of Constantinople placed there, most of the mercenaries today still do not believe that the capital will fall, so they also maintain a posture of keeping to themselves for the time being.

Only a handful of mercenaries with a desire for profit, numbering about a thousand in all, began to plunder the city.

Then they were basically ruthlessly suppressed by the paladin forces sent by the church.

As the stronghold of the Orthodox Church, Constantinople has stored countless spiritual materials, but its supernatural power is also one of the most powerful.

Even if there is no power armor left, the existing stock is enough to crush these thousands of mercenaries hundreds of times, and the high-frequency concussion sword and jet engine warhammer will directly send these outlaws to God.

Every time Asker and the others walked a distance, they saw the corpses of the fallen mercenaries on the side of the road, basically either with different heads or broken bones, and the deaths were cruel one by one. In the Psychic Channel, Nola's somewhat worried voice sounded:

"Asker......"

"It's fine." Asker replied, "Calm down. ”

So everyone could only pretend to be calm and walk through the vigilant sight of the policemen on the side of the road.

Today, Constantinople is much more depressed, most of the shops are closed, and the streets are scattered with pedestrians, wearing hats and masks, but covering themselves tightly in the summer.

When you come to the Colosseum of Constantinople, the streets around you are clean, without any wreckage, corpses and blood stains from the aftermath of the riot.

After all, the arena is full of murderers who are used to killing, and there is no hot-headed mercenary who dares to fight the arena for the time being.

Except for Asker.

Staying late at night at a nearby hotel, Asker and Mia head out into the street.

In the distance, there were still fires in the direction of the Golden Horn, and the sound of gunfire and explosions could be heard every few minutes.

It seems that the Franks have not yet broken through the defenses of the Galata Bridge, otherwise the main city would not be as calm as it is now.

Walking into the arena with Mia, Aske climbed over the iron fence and walked in the direction of the inner glory room.

Suddenly, he held out his arm to stop Mia, and pointed to the ceiling in front of him with his other hand.

There are cameras.

Mia patted her chest confidently, meaning: The camera is trivial, I have a lot of experience in dealing with it, you just go back to the furnace fire island first.

Asker shuddered, God knows how he could read so much meaning from her movements.

Could it be that your thinking has been synchronized with this little girl?

Asker, who had been here last time, had already memorized the route inside, so he gave Mia the map he had drawn in advance, and then began his spirituality and teleported back to Hearthfire Island.

Mia tiptoed to the shadow in the corner, activated the transcendent properties of Shadow I, and slowly "melted" into it.

In the Yin Film and Television Realm, her lifeform has been transformed into an ashen spirit body, and she is free to move forward in the darkness.

The light in the environment is transformed into countless dense clusters of lines, as sharp as knife lines. Once her spirit comes into contact with these clusters of lines, she will suffer a certain amount of spiritual damage.

Bypassing the camera's monitoring range from the darkness, there is a corridor ahead, and the moonlight outside is draped on the ground through the window lattice, which is countless sharp and dangerous lines in Mia's eyes, so she can only withdraw from the shadow film world and return to reality.

At the end of the hallway, a surveillance camera is pointed at this side. If you rush forward, you will definitely be photographed by the surveillance.

Mia didn't dare bet on whether there was anyone in the monitoring room right now, but she had a lot of experience with the situation.

Pull out the gum from your pants pocket, tear off the package, put it in your mouth and chew it vigorously a few times, then take it out and pinch it with two fingers, and apply superglue to the rest of the place.

Lose!

The gum sticks firmly to the camera two centimeters and is crooked...... Mia was silently sweating, but fortunately Aske wasn't around.

There were still two dozen pieces of gum in her trouser pocket, so she pulled out another slice and chewed it, repeating it, this time sticking exactly to the camera.

In the monitoring room, a certain display screen suddenly went black without warning, and the officer on duty stood up suspiciously, intending to go to that location to check.

It is estimated that the camera is broken...... That's what he thought.

Following the route of the map given by Asker, Mia re-entered the Netherworld and soon arrived at the door of the Glory Room.

Here, it is the place where the "single-day champion" receives the prize every day, and the prize is in the warehouse of the room next to it, and the spiritual pressure generated by the stacking of many spiritual items makes Mia, who is an extraordinary person, notice it from a distance of more than ten meters, and her heart is surging suddenly.

The bigger problem, however, is that the warehouse is covered in spiritual walls and infrared surveillance nets, and any way to break into it is bound to immediately alarm the entire arena.

And that's not even the trickier. According to Asker, the owner behind this arena is a demigod.

In today's Demon Tide stage, demigods generally don't make a move, because the consumed spirit can't be replenished.

However, once his property is ransacked, the demigod of the arena will certainly not sit idly by.

At that time, everyone will have to face the hunt of a demigod and the search of the church of Constantinople.

This is not a fun thing, in the game world of "Iron and Fire" in the previous life, you should kill yourself as soon as possible if you provoke the demigods.

Otherwise, if it falls into the hands of the other party, maybe your number will be invalid.

The means to inflict permanent damage on the transcendent, the demigods simply do not lack.

Revisiting Asker's "strategy" plan for her again, Mia took a deep breath and took out the lock picker from her bag.

Man dies for money, and birds die for food. Fight!

The lock picker reached into the keyhole, and with a light two clicks Mia, the door opened—and at the same time, a terrible siren sounded, almost alarming the entire arena.

Mia rushed inside, and before she had time to see what was in the room, her spirit suddenly swirled, and she teleported everything she saw to the Fire Island.

Cabinet? Transmission!

Box? Transmission!

Stool? It's too late to judge, teleport!

It only took five or six seconds for Mia to ransack the entire room, and then she turned and ran out of the warehouse, just around the corner from the opposite figure.

The enemy came much faster than she thought.

She jumped to her feet, curled up in the air, and slammed into the windowpane!

The glass window shattered, and she jumped down from the third floor, ignoring the damage of the moonlight outside, and entered the Yin Film and Television Realm in the air, and then quickly extended her spirituality and transmitted herself back to the Hearth Fire Island.

Only the ancient artifact book "Ridiculous Dream" remained, which fell down in the Yin film and television world and fell into the garbage heap below.

In the next second, the owner of the arena, the demigod Williams, appeared at the bottom with a gloomy expression. He stretched out a hand, and the condensed spirit quickly swept across a radius of several hundred meters.

No one, as expected.

He slowly brought his five fingers together, and his spirit began to scan the secondary planes that overlapped with this space, such as the Yin Film and Television Realm, the collective subconscious, and so on.

Although the sequence itself does not have these abilities, as a demigod, there are always some supernatural items that have been accumulated to deal with various situations.

In the Yin film and television world, there is no one.

Collective subconscious, no one.

……

How could it all be fruitless?! Williams' expression became more and more gloomy, and he scanned them all again without giving up.

Not to mention lifeforms, the surrounding secondary planes don't even have spirit bodies or mind bodies, as if the thief had never been here.

Williams searched again and again, but found nothing.

And in the shadow horizon, an inconspicuous ancient book lies quietly in the garbage heap, mixed with other waste paper, mineral water bottles, and shabby shoes and socks.

If you don't lock the spirit on its body and scan it carefully, you won't find a half-plane fragment entrance hidden inside.