Nora sighed beside her, and suddenly said:

"Asker, it turns out that you have long expected the situation in Constantinople today? Did the soothsayer from the Land of Dragons tell you? ”

Well done, Nola! Asker nodded incomprehensibly and continued:

"Not bad. He also told me that the fall of the Solomonic Empire in the East was a general trend, and that even if Constantinople was not captured by the Franks, it would be captured by the Seljuks in the East. ”

"Your sister Zoe will flee to the province of Ciris, where she will re-establish the Apollonian Empire. There, she and Ciris's most powerful banker, Michael Murphy. Paphragonia married, thus stabilizing the regime in Ciris. ”

Soon the Thracians and Serbs rebelled, however, to the point that the nascent empire was simply unable to regain Constantinople. Zoe spends her life dealing with palace intrigues and recovering Macedonia's lost lands, and you are completely overshadowed by her, spending the rest of your life in the deep palace. ”

"That's what the soothsayer said?" Theodora was skeptical.

"As for the prophecy of the future, I'm afraid it's still difficult to gain your trust, so why don't I tell you something that is easy to verify." Asker recalled the biography of "Theodora" on the official website, and said with a smile:

"You were born in a palace, wrapped in swaddling cloth made of purple satin, and your father refused to even allow the church to baptize you, fearing that you would catch a cold."

"Your father doesn't want you to marry because he's afraid his son-in-law will take away the royal power. But once he relented and took you privately to meet Romanus, the judge of the imperial capital at the time, and asked you how you felt about this man. ”

"And your answer is that he looks like an old-fashioned old man, and he is not handsome, and he is older than you."

Theodora was so shocked that her face almost froze. The two things Aske said were the secrets of the palace that had indeed happened.

The former was known only to a few people in the court, and the latter was communicated to her privately by His Majesty Constantine, and there was no third person present at all - how could he possibly know!

Could it be that everything he said was true? Theodora remembered his prophecy about the end of the Empire, and his heart became heavy again.

Is this my fate next? Flee to the province of Syres with her royal sister Zoe and spend the rest of her life in a monastery?

Seeing that her face was full of lost souls, and she looked like her three views had been completely destroyed, Asker, who sensed that the time had come, immediately struck while the iron was hot, and said with a smile:

"Of course, there is another way in front of you."

"Be a mercenary?" Theodora said coldly.

Since the other party is open and honest, she doesn't plan to continue to be hypocritical: "I don't think it's a good choice to be a mercenary." Now that you know who I am, you should know that even if I lose my political status, I will still be able to live a good life in Cirith, and I don't have to worry about the rest of my life. ”

"What can you do as a mercenary? Honorarium? The tortoiseshell hairpin I wore on my head alone could employ the entire mercenaries of Constantinople for a month! ”

"I understand." Aske replied, "Your Highness, you also know that I am from the Achilles family, and my parents left me two shops in Constantinople, and I received 1,000 pounds for selling them to the church alone. It stands to reason that this money is enough for me to go to the West to buy a manor and a knighthood, and live comfortably for the rest of my life. ”

"But why should I be a mercenary, a mercenary, or even a recruit? His Highness Theodora? ”

"Why?" Theodora's frown softened slightly, and his tone loosened slightly.

"Because the tide of demons is coming, Your Highness." Aske said gently, "You know what the Tide means. ”

"The world is going to be in chaos."

………………

In 241 of the Sixth Age, Constantinople fell under the attack of the Frankish knights.

Without the protection of an army of players who were not afraid of death in their previous lives, the empire fell into decline in the first few days of siege warfare.

If it relied on street fighting and fortress tactics, Constantinople held out for a few more days, and perhaps could still drag down the logistics of the Franks.

However, when the Franks reached the walls of the Grand Palace, His Majesty Zoe fled to the province of Cirith by plane.

As a result, the defenders of Constantinople no longer had the will to defend the city, and under the attack of the Franks, they surrendered or broke up one after another.

The Orthodox Church, under the leadership of Patriarch Alexei, had no choice but to stop closing the city, abandon the search for Theodora, and move to the province of Syriss with His Majesty Zoe.

Although it is true that there are a large number of demigods in the Orthodox Church, with the current level of the demon tide, no demigod is willing to fight these barbaric and numerous Franks with the idea of dying together.

Of course, the more important point is that the magic tide is coming.

The aura in the world has risen to a level where demigods can move at will, and it will only be four or five years at most from now.

When the time comes, if the imperial capital is to be recovered, it will be enough for the church to produce two or three demigods.

On the northern shore of the Aegean Sea, the city of Kavala.

An off-road vehicle pulls up on the promenade, and the young woman opens the door and gets out of the car, looking out at the seaside gazebo in the distance.

Dressed in a white nun's robe, she looked like a devout scholar, but the metallic glow of the chain mail looming under the white robe signaled that she was not a weak woman without any restraints.

In the midday sun, she took off her hood, revealing soft, fluffy chestnut curls and a pure and beautiful face.

In the distance, there were some ill-intentioned peeps, it was the war refugees who had moved west from the Thracian provinces, because the imperial capital was captured, and the citizens near the imperial capital who were afraid of being affected could only choose to flee to the province of Ciris.

A brand new off-road vehicle caught their eye. If you can grab a car, the journey to Cires will be much smoother.

However, the nun quickly drew a long sword and drew a sword flower demonstratively, making the homeless people withdraw their eyes with a clean and neat movement.

Not only the long sword in her hand, but also the pistol hanging from her waist.

Another girl wearing a mask also got out of the car. It looks like he's about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his body hasn't fully grown yet.

"That's it." The nun pointed to the pavilion and said, "It was here that we met the old prophet from the land of dragons. ”

Then he summoned a long sword, stepped on it, and flew away from the sea.

"It's amazing." The Masked Girl said with regret, "It's a pity I can't let him make a prophecy for me. ”

After walking around the gazebo a few times, the masked girl returned to the highway in a huff, and the nun was already in the driver's seat.

"Get in the car when you're ready, Sheila." "Remember to put on your seatbelt." ”

"Okay." The masked girl nodded, pulled the door and got into the car.

The buggy started and was soon mentioned above 80 yards. The nun held the steering wheel steadily, humming a little tune, and looked ahead at the road that stretched to the end.

To the right is the verdant forests that roll along the mountains, and to the left is the endless blue Aegean Sea.

"I've never been here." The masked girl looked out the window at the scenery and was a little fascinated.

"I can probably see it." The nun said, "You must have never been out of Constantinople since you were a child." ”

"The so-called princess in purple actually refers to the princess who was born in the deep palace." The masked girl replied, "I won't have the opportunity to see the outside world until I am married off by my father. ”

Her voice paused for a moment, and she said incredulously: "I still don't know why I was so hot-headed that day that I actually agreed to join your little mercenary group." ”

"Asker's words are always wonderfully persuasive, aren't they?" The nun said with a smile.

"Your evaluation doesn't count, Nola." The masked girl said, "You like him, of course you can see everything on him." ”

"Sheila!" Nora pretended to be angry and said angrily, "If you tease me again, I'm going to drive you back to Hearthfire Island." ”

"Then I'll go back and tell him that it's lonely for you to drive alone, and I hope he will come out and talk to you." Theodora, who used to be known as "Sheila", said with a smile.

"Don't! I'll be distracted that way. Nora hurriedly begged for mercy and said.

"Actually, I don't understand why you like him." Sheila said curiously. Ever since she learned about Nola's family background, she has always wondered why she chose to join this little-known mercenary group.

"Although Asker is barely a nobleman, the identity gap between you is too big."

"That's what it shows that we're true love." Nora argued.

"Will your parents agree?" Sheila asked.

"They should respect my opinion." Nora said with some humility.

In fact, she didn't know the bottom of her heart.

At this moment, a roadblock suddenly appeared in front of it, blocking the way of the off-road vehicle.

Nora made a skillful sudden braking that brought the car to a stop in front of the roadblock.

Looking back, Theodora in the passenger seat had disappeared, apparently going to Hearthfire Island to inform the crowd.

After a few seconds, the back row of the off-road vehicle swished, and many figures appeared.

Aske and the girls.

"Barricades?" Asker got out of the car to check, "Random copy? ”

"Random copies?" Nora also stepped out of the car and asked beside him.

"It's a random adventure mission map, most of which are related to various mutations." Aske replied, "Look at the sign on the barricade, it should be the coat of arms of the Night's Watch." ”

"Ah, Night's Watch." Seeing the blank faces of the girls, Medea said leisurely, "In this world, the only three supernatural organizations that are allowed to exist openly by the Holy See are the Night Watch (Night's_Watch), the Prison Keeper (Purgatory's_Jailer), and the Watchman (Abyss's_Overseer). ”

"Is it the Night Watch? I've got a credit for them! I'll look for it. Nora flipped through her notes, found one of the relevant pages, and read, "The long night is coming, and I will continue to watch until I die." I will not take a wife, nor a fief, nor have children......"

"That's not right! I'm mistaken, this is the fiction version. She scrambled to turn the pages again and found the right record.

"The Night's Watch, which originated at the end of the Third Punic War, was a transcendent organization formed by the union of Italian city-states to deal with the necromancers of Carthage."

"It has evolved into a transcendent organization that specializes in dealing with undead mutations, mainly dealing with ghouls and skeletons, but also Wraiths, Phantoms, Lichs, Black Knights, Abominations, and some evil undead transcendents."

"Not bad." A voice rang out from behind the barricade, and everyone looked at it as a knight in power armor, carrying a steel-arced Gatling gun.

The Power Armor's shoulder armor has a golden spray paint painted with a sword inserted from the tip of a skull.

This is the coat of arms of the night watchman.