Chapter 35: Let's talk about it first
The answer, of course, is no.
In fact, Eleanor was also confused by this, after all, she now has two families at the same time...... Emotionally, she prefers to inform the Weissbach family first, but reason tells her that if she does, the sensitive Saxon dragons will inevitably become hostile to the Weissbach family, after all, it means that their highness values the emotional bond with Weisbach more.
On the other hand, if you inform the dragon family first, then although it is more realistic and reasonable, the Weissbach family, especially her father, the Duke of Bavaria, may be secretly sad.
Therefore, let the Iron Cross mercenary group spread the news, and at the same time give the two families time to buffer their cognition, and at the same time skillfully avoid making choices and expressing their positions...... It can only be said that Eleanor is indeed no longer the young and naΓ―ve knight Ji she was at the beginning, and she has begun to have some scheming thinking.
After learning that this highness was already a demigod, Andrea and Herman were also overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to invite the leaders of several other large mercenary groups to come over - in any case, the fortress opposite is not something that a mercenary group can gnaw down, it is better for everyone to quickly push it together and then go to get the reward.
Soon, the winds of freedom, the bulls, the plantagenets, the coins, the Vikings...... The heads of many well-known mercenary groups were also present.
"This is His Highness?" Hagalal, the leader of the Viking mercenary group, a thick-haired Norman man, stared at Eleanor and asked.
Although demigods can't judge people by their appearance, princesses can. With Eleanor's current heroic outfit, she doesn't look like the princess of an emperor - more like a mercenary who has been a knight.
Eleanor smiled and unfolded the realm of light again, so that the head of Hagalal immediately shut up. After all, the Vikings still fear the strong, and even if the blonde girl in front of them doesn't look strong, they don't dare to easily question the strength of a demigod.
However, someone soon raised an opinion, and it was Matthews, the head of the Southeast Branch of the Wind of Freedom, who stared at Andrea and said:
"It's not that I question His Highness's strength, but to be honest, the demigods stationed in the fortress ahead are said to be the 'Guilty Fire' from Damascus, known for their massive fire attacks that inflict weird psychic damage."
"Your Highness is a demigod, so naturally you are not afraid of the killing of the demigods on the other side, but our mercenaries are flesh and blood, and they can't be conceptualized. If it is affected by the aftermath of the battle between the demigods, I am afraid that it will immediately turn into ashes. β
The other party's words are nothing more than saying that Eleanor's strength is there, but she may not be able to cover everyone under the attack of the demigods...... To put it bluntly, they still don't want to fight.
However, Andrea and Herman are also veterans of the mercenary world for many years, and of course they know that Matthews is not worried about any security issues at all.
After all, His Highness is the Highness of the Holy Solomon Empire, and if he defeats the fortress in front of him with his own strength, then the Iron Cross Mercenary Regiment's voice in the Crusader will inevitably be greatly enhanced.
Compared to Eleanor, the Free Wind Mercenary Group naturally hopes to let the demigod Apyrios fight, at least this one has no motive to favor the Iron Cross Mercenary Group. Although the other big mercenary groups didn't speak, they obviously had similar meanings.
"Then how do I prove that I have what it takes to protect everyone?" Eleanor also saw his intentions, and asked.
"It's easy, too." Without waiting for Matthews to come up with any difficult plan, Andrea had an idea and said first, "Let His Highness take the Azure Sword and others to tentatively attack the fortress, so that everyone can see His Highness's strength." β
Matthews sneered in his heart, because everyone knew that as soon as Eleanor's Unyielding Holy Sword was opened, not to mention that there was a demigod on the other side, even if there were ten thousand demigods, they couldn't move her. In order to quickly show the strength of this highness, Andrea has a good calculation.
However, he also knew that the Unyielding Holy Sword had a time limit for opening, so he added:
"How about just half an hour? If there were no demigods on the other side, it would have taken about this time to capture the fortress. If Your Highness can lead the Blue Sword team to support the siege of the demigods and Seljuk transcendent armies on the opposite side for half an hour, then we will immediately cover and suppress the remaining forces and crush the opposite side in one fell swoop. β
"Of course." He ignored Andrea, who looked embarrassed, and bowed slightly to Eleanor and said, "If Your Highness is not sure, you can also lead the team to retreat at any time, and we will definitely immediately dispatch all our forces to cover your retreat." β
"Half an hour is too long." Andrea immediately objected, "Can Louis, the demigod of your Wind of Liberty headquarters, take you to support for half an hour under the siege of the opposite demigods and Seljuk armies?" β
"Of course not." Matthews shook his head, "The demigods may be evenly matched, but there is a high probability that we and the Seljuk army will be swept up in the aftermath and suffer heavy losses. That's why I said, it's better to wait for the lord of the city to also fight, so that if we have two demigods, we will have an advantage in high-end combat power, and it will be more advantageous in terms of casualty exchange. β
Of course, that's true. After all, ordinary people in front of the demigods are cannon fodder, and if they can suppress the attack of the demigods on the opposite side, then the casualties of everyone will naturally be much less.
But isn't the reason why our crusaders are lagging behind is because the Olympia side has not been ready to fight? Matthews, you're right!
So the heads of the regiment argued fiercely. This side accused that there was "afraid of war", and that side accused this side of "rushing", and almost didn't directly draw a knife at the meeting.
Eleanor, as the focus of everyone's arguments, kept her expression of wanting to say something. She actually wanted to say, "I'm not the only demigod in our team", but this makes her feel like she deliberately pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, which makes the straightforward Knight Ji quite embarrassed.
As for the other girls, Mia and Peggy, who were the most uncontrollable, had been reprimanded by Aske just now, so they didn't dare to continue to interject. The two of them didn't speak, and the rest of the crowd naturally didn't take the initiative to speak, so they just turned their inquiring eyes to the regiment commander Aske.
"Ahem." When these people were tired of arguing, Aske took a moment to speak, "Why don't we make a tentative attack first and see how good the enemy is on the other side?" β
Leaders: ..................
Everyone was a little inexplicably ashamed when they heard this. Although it is essentially a struggle for the dominance and discourse of this crusade, it is still a discussion on whether to adopt a more "radical" or "conservative" strategy.
However, as Captain Asker said, you haven't even tested the quality of the enemy on the other side, so wouldn't it be too vain to discuss this now? It doesn't make any real sense! At least send troops to fight a wave, right?
So the meeting quickly reached a consensus: let Eleanor take the Azure Sword to test the attack first, and see how strong the demigods and the combat effectiveness of the army were in the opposite fortress.
If it is weaker than imagined, then the whole army will be destroyed by a sudden attack; If it's about or more tricky than expected, then quickly retrace and renegotiate