When Asker woke up, he opened his eyes and saw Miya's face close at hand.

If last year's Miya still had a girlish childishness on her face, then now Miya has completed her initial transformation in the direction of a little beauty. The eyelashes are long and curved, the wings of the nose are delicate and small, and the lips are slightly open, exhaling a warm, moist and hot breath.

Asker: ..................

He quietly withdrew his hand from under Mia's neck and silently said "I'm not Lolicon" before getting up from the mattress.

After eating a little of the food on the table next to him, Asker sat down in his chair and looked around quietly.

He's waiting for the synth to come back.

Sure enough, about 5 minutes later, the door to the room opened.

"Good morning, visitor." Capet, who is named a synth, walked in, "Did you sleep well last night?" ”

"It's not very comfortable." Aske said with a wry smile.

The spiritual erosion of the abyss is everywhere, and it is even more intense at night. Last night he had several nightmares in a row, so much so that when he woke up, his brain was still a little weak.

Of course, compared to the perilous outside world, the research institute is undoubtedly much safer. Even at the risk of erosion, Asker wants to stay here as long as possible, waiting for help from the main plane...... Or let Mia master the Sword of Ripples at a deeper level and find a way to teleport back.

"Normal." The Capetian synthetics replied, "There are diazepam tablets in the pharmacy, which have a certain effect in the treatment of phobias, you can go with me to get them." ”

"Okay." Asker nodded.

Following the synth for a moment, Asker suddenly asked:

"What did this research institute do in the past?"

"Study how to resist the spiritual erosion of the abyss." Capetian replied.

"Oh." Asker didn't ask much.

Arriving at the pharmacy, the synth took out three small vials, handed them to Asker, and said:

"Two tablets twice a day, one for minors, can help alleviate the effects of fear."

"Okay."

Taken back to the room by the synth, Asker saw that the two little girls were still asleep.

He sat down in his chair and took a moment before pulling out the three vials that the synth had given him.

His instincts told him that there was a slight danger associated with taking the drugs inside.

After thinking about it, he didn't choose to take it, but put the medicine back away.

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Palermo City, Chamber of Secrets.

"So the rumors in the city are true?"

"It's true, I heard them discussing the abyss with my own ears."

"The Licinius emissaries have left for Milan, and the Watch Order has taken over their business orders and is on a spree to purchase equipment."

The atmosphere of the meeting immediately became a little chaotic.

"Even so, what can we do?" Someone suddenly objected and poured cold water on everyone, "Don't forget, there are no demigods in the Outville family today. ”

"Even if they send one demigod, or both, would we be able to beat the Blue Sword gang now? How much of the army of the Northern Horn is in our hands and can pull out the forces of the Sicilian guerrillas and even the Licinius family to fight desperately? ”

The discussion came to an abrupt end.

Indeed, even if the other party's two demigods and the Azure Sword all went to the abyss, the Outville family, which had already suffered a lot of vitality, would not be able to quickly drive the guerrilla forces and the Licinius family out of Sicily.

"Of course, it is not realistic to rely on our family alone." Suddenly a woman appeared from the inner chamber, draped in a black veil of mourning, but someone immediately recognized the slightly masked woman as Gaita, the widow of the fallen demigod Robert.

"Mrs. Guiscut, we understand your feelings." One of the Huscal guards whispered, "But even if your family in Burgundy sends troops, I'm afraid it won't be able to restore the glory of House Outville." Due to the lack of demigod combat power, once we turn against the Licinius family, we cannot be the opponent of the Holy See. ”

"Don't be delusional." Gaita said disdainfully, "Of course, the Outville family can't be revived, what we have to do is save our lives." ”

"Survival?"

"None of you men can see it? Sidlifa's slut is just a puppet supported by the Azure Sword and backed by the blood of the Outwell family. "They want to use her, use that patricide scum to enslave us, force us to submit and lose our ambitions, and then when the time comes, they will kill us all!" ”

"This ......" everyone in the secret room looked at each other.

Saying that Sidlifa is a puppet is something that everyone agrees with. After all, unlike William, that girl usually doesn't hold much family meetings, and never shows up at the Palermo court, but she always stays with everyone in the Blue Sword team, as if that side is her flesh and blood.

As for saying that the other party will kill the Ottwell family, this speculation is a bit sensational. The Northern Trumpeter army has not been completely wiped out! With an extraordinary army of this size, it is already a large military force in southern Italy, and unless the other party is stupid enough to destroy its own strength for no reason, it will whimsically kill all the Normans who have surrendered.

"Idiot! So without my deceased husband and His Excellency William, the current Outville family can't even get a single person with a brain? Geta unceremoniously insulted and denounced the crowd, so that many people's faces were faintly unsightly, "Do you know what the identities of the two demigods who led the Sicilian guerrillas?" ”

No one spoke.

"The female demigod among them is the leader of an Assassin organization from the East." "The other demigod is a corpse witch lord from the Hafs dynasty in the Southern Continent. ”

"Corpse Witch Lord?!" At this time, the faces of many people immediately changed.

The Outville family has been fighting against two major enemies for many years, the Holy See in Italy and Canada in the north, and the Hafs Undead in the south of the Mediterranean.

Therefore, the Normans also knew very well about the habits of the undead, and if there was one sentence to sum up the character of the undead, it would be:

The undead do not trust the living.

In the vast majority of cases, undead transcendents do not leave captives, preferring to kill them all, then pile their corpses in one place, and summon a large number of skeletons, zombies, or wraiths using spiritual materials and ritual circles - their fighting style is more in line with the abilities of the undead transcendents, and they will never betray.

So, when we connect the two conclusions of Geta, we naturally come to a frightening inference:

Sidlifa is actually a puppet leader pushed out by the demigods in order to appease the temporarily defeated House of Ottwell.

As for why the undead demigod did this, it was clearly a scruple about the remaining Northern Horn army. This does not mean that he will give up on attacking the Outwell family, after all, it is well known that the Norman transcendents who are known for their physical strength, and the undead born from their corpses are more powerful than ordinary undead, and are more suitable to be a source of strength for the undead.

Seeing everyone's faces change suddenly, Gaita narrowed his eyes slightly, and took the opportunity to say:

"Because of this, there is no possibility of peace between us and the undead. Or even if there is, it is impossible for us to pin the future life and death of the family on the illusory thoughts of the other party. ”

"But even so, we don't have the power to restrain the other party's demigods." Someone hesitated and said, "Since the fall of Lord William and Lord Robert, there are no otherworldly forces around Sicily that have demigods, except for the realm of the undead. ”

"No, there is." Gaita immediately denied his claim, "Among the four bloodline routes of the undead, there is a bloodline that does not rely on creating and driving the undead to fight. So we can work with them with confidence. ”

"You mean......" After her reminder, someone finally reacted.

"Bloodline? Could it be...... Pure-blood hermitage? ”

"Yes, it's our pure-blood hermitage." From the secret room behind Gaita, a person turned out again, revealing a hideous and evil smile.