The next morning.

Probably received a message from the queen that the demigod in charge of guarding the prison happened to be "out for something" today, and by the way, he said to everyone in the prison with the Blue Sword.

So, taking advantage of the demigod's absence, everyone returned to Hearthfire Island en masse, and Aske assigned a new mission.

"Assassination?" Eleanor was a little surprised.

"Yes, assassination." Aske said calmly.

"Do you remember that we were in the Swabian Duchy of the HRE Empire before, and we once accepted the 'persuasion mission' of the Falcon family? In fact, the current Lusitanian half-elves are in a similar situation to the original Falcon family. ”

On the one hand, they are all facing a severe external crisis: the Falcon family is in a power vacuum in the Duchy of Swabia, so much so that they have to fight against the surrounding military aristocracy, fighting for territory and resources; The Lusitanian Half-Elves encountered the Iberian War, where the undead and humans were at war with each other outside, and the Half-Elves had to choose sides during this period, otherwise they would fall into a diplomatic dilemma after the war. ”

"On the other hand, the powers within the two sides have not yet been fully integrated, and there are a lot of conflicts and disagreements. Since the Falcon family is a community of interests, the contradiction is relatively simple: should it be actively expanded, or conservative and defensive? ”

"And the current problem of the half-elf is more complicated. The combination of isolationism, conservatism, and racism makes it difficult for the Half-Elves to trust humans from the outside world. Until then, Lusitania had remained neutral in the Iberian Peninsula with a detached attitude. ”

"Therefore, before they can take action, they must first integrate the factions within themselves. The original plan chosen by the Falcon family was 'persuasion', that is, Medea's psychological brainwashing method, which was based on the fact that the Falcon family was relatively unfamiliar with psychic warlocks. ”

"On the half-elf side, they have a deeper understanding of extraordinary powers, and it is easy to leave loopholes and flaws with 'psychic persuasion', so I discussed with Her Majesty the Queen and decided to use the method of 'assassination'."

"Wait, Captain, you actually had a private meeting with the Half-Elf Queen? Why don't we all know?! Peggy yelled in disbelief.

"Shut up, that's not the point." Asker didn't have a good breath, "The reason why I chose to assassinate is also because Her Majesty's political enemies took the lead in using despicable assassination tactics in an attempt to put the black pot on us. ”

"Therefore, we also retaliated with assassination tactics and assassinated the important high-level leaders in the opposing camp, and then Her Majesty will mobilize public opinion and pin this pot on the body of the undead in the outside world, so as to help her complete the integration of forces and the whitewashing of motives at the same time."

"Wait, you mean......," Sheila asked, confused, "pretending to be an undead to assassinate the conservatives within the half-elves?" ”

"That's right." "The current situation is that our employer, Her Majesty the Queen, is the leader of the reform camp's opening up faction, and her political opponent is the isolationist of the conservative camp. ”

"By framing us, they tried to incite the hatred of the half-elves against humans, then we will frame them as well and transfer the hatred of the half-elves from humans to the undead."

"I see." Eleanor chimed in, "Don't forget, there is an essential difference between humans and the undead. ”

"If the opposite side is human, the isolationists in the half-elves tend not to associate with each other because they lack trust in humans; But if the opposite side is the undead, even the most stubborn conservatives know that war is inevitable. ”

"Because the undead do not accept the surrender of the living." Peggy also suddenly realized.

"That's right." Eleanor said in a deep voice, "Half-elves and humans can still live in peace, but there is no such thing as an option with the undead. ”

"By launching similar undead attacks, the hostility and fear of the undead will be exacerbated by the half-elves, so as to force them to eliminate the luck mentality and realize that humans and the undead are fundamentally different, so that more half-elves will be inclined to cooperate with humans from the outside world, even if it is coerced, excluded and distrustful cooperation."

"I see." The girls also understood.

"That's right." Asker pulled out a list, "After talking about the background, let's talk about the assassination mission itself. ”

"The political structure of the half-elves is different from that of humans, they do not have a large and complex bureaucracy, and the system is relatively flat. The power base of the superior himself depends more on his own transcendent rank than on his connections and prestige. ”

"Therefore, the ones on our list are basically Lv.10-19 law-level transcendents."

"There are no demigods in this, which does not mean that the assassination mission is simple, because the key to the so-called assassination is that it cannot be discovered throughout the whole process."

"I understand." "If you're witnessed, kill them." ”

"That's pretty much it." Aske nodded, "But don't forget, we're assassinating in the city of the royal capital, Elora. ”

"Once you're spotted and shouted by witnesses, you're likely to be discovered by more witnesses when you go to assassinate witnesses. The spread of this chain reaction is extremely dangerous, because soon the number of witnesses will explode to the point where you simply can't kill them all. So the safest thing to do is – don't be spotted by any eyewitnesses, understand? ”

"Understood." The girls nodded. Kind-hearted people like Nora and Eleanor breathe a sigh of relief at the thought that they didn't need to murder innocent witnesses.

"Plus, we're still in prison on the surface, so we have a natural alibi. As long as we are not witnessed, no one will be able to testify that we did it. ”

"As for how to get out of prison, everyone should know it, right?"

The girls all pointed at Mia.

"Good." Aske said satisfied, "Then we'll ......"

"Make a plan first?" Eleanor groaned.

"What a plan! We don't have any intelligence information other than an assassination list, what kind of plan do we have? Aske was speechless, "Just do it, and when the time comes, let's improvise." ”

"Next, let's start the detachment." He looked at the girls, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's divide into two teams." Mia, Nola, Eleanor, and Sidlifa are on Team A, and Mier, Medea, Sheila, and Peggy are on Team B. ”

Sheila pondered silently, and soon understood the reason for such a detachment:

Team A's main assassin is Mia, and the assassination method is teleportation + melee assassination, so Nola, Eleanor and Sidlifa, who are partnered with her, are almost all good at short- and medium-distance control/defense/output;

Team B's main assassin is Mier, and the means of assassination is long-range sniping, while both Medea and Sheila can perform ultra-long-range manipulation/output. Although Peggy is a close combater, she is extremely mobile and adept at stealth infiltration (flesh shapeshifting, turning into a bat or a mouse), so she can be a perfect complement to Mi'er.

Thinking like this, Sheila couldn't help but admire the head of the regiment a little. Looking at Medea and Eleanor, it seems that they have already understood the basis for such a detachment.

Some of the rest of the girls were thoughtful, while others looked indifferent, just listen to the command of the head of the regiment anyway. Only Mia, who was not sensible, raised her hand and asked:

"I have a problem! Team A is 4 people, Team B is 4 people, so captain, are you going to be lazy again......"

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" Aske hurriedly interrupted her, "I'm planning the overall situation!" Do you know the co-ordination? ”

"What is co-ordination?" Mia was confused.

Aske gave Medea a color, and the latter patted Miya on the head and said in the psychic communication channel:

"The co-ordination is that if Asker makes a move, he will be able to solve all the targets on the list in no time. So he can only choose not to shoot and leave these goals to us to exercise. ”

I see! Mia immediately realized. With the ability of the regimental commander, this is indeed the case! The head of the regiment is really well-intentioned!