Chapter 178: The Risk of Assassination
"Honey, honey! Look what I've brought you to eat...... Ahh ”
Mia, who rushed into the room with food, was immediately startled by Asker, who was standing there:
"Captain Tuantuan! Why are you here? ”
"I'm here to see what good you've done." Aske said slowly.
"I ......," Mia tucked the food behind her, "this one was given to me by the chef in the kitchen!" ”
"Oh, I guess I gave it to you without knowing it, right?" Asker said.
Mia:..................
"Well, that's going to give you a little bit at most!" With some reluctance, she took out a box of candied fruit and stuffed it into Asker's hand forcefully, "Shut your mouth, you don't know anything!" ”
What is this, why do you think I will be bought by your little food!
Asker couldn't laugh or cry, so the most difficult thing to understand was the mind of this little girl, and there was no way to guess it.
"That's the ......" Asker told the two of them about it, and the two little girls were stunned for a moment.
"So Asker, you're finally going to start killing demigods again?" Mi'er asked.
"What do you mean by re-entry?" Asker asked.
"Didn't you kill you once last time in Constantinople?" Mi'er reminded him, "I told Mia, and she still doesn't believe her. ”
"Last time, it was an ultra-long-distance sneak attack, and the other party accidentally lost control in order to protect Governor Venis. This time it's completely different...... "Asker's attempt to educate the two about how unreliable and dangerous it is to "kill a demigod".
"Can't you sneak attack from a distance this time?" Mia asked curiously.
"Of course not." Aske said, "Mi'er has already tried, right?" Bullets simply can't penetrate the opponent's defenses. ”
"But doesn't the head of the regiment have that cheating nine swords?" Mia asked again.
"It's the Nine Styles of the Stars." Miel said.
"Then you can defeat the demigods by cheating." Mia said, "Aren't demigods supposed to be able to cheat?" ”
Asker was speechless.
He didn't know how to explain to the two little girls that "with the Nine Styles of the Stars, he couldn't beat the demigods", and he blamed himself for the image he had set up before, and they were already about to become gods in their hearts.
Now to emphasize how dangerous the demigods are, they are slapping themselves in the face.
"Don't talk about that." Aske mentioned the latter thing, "When this imperial civil war is over, the emperor will go south to Italy." ”
"Why did the Emperor fight the Holy See?" Mia asked curiously, "Which side is good and which side is bad?" ”
"Eleanor's family is on the Emperor's side." Miel added.
"Then the Holy See is bad." Mia said, "Can the Emperor's army beat the Holy See?" ”
"I can't." Asker said.
"Then we shouldn't fight." Mia said, "Why fight a war that is bound to be lost? ”
Asker was speechless by her, and only after a while did he say, "Because we have taken over the task to investigate the targets in the Emperor's camp, we must join the Emperor's camp." ”
"Is it okay to investigate and not fight?" Mia asked again, asking as many questions as a "little Eleanor".
"I'm afraid not." Aske said, "When we find out the identity of the other party, if it is revealed, the other party may gather the emperor's men to besiege us in order to kill people." ”
"So the safest way is not to startle the snake for the time being, and when the situation is the most chaotic, we will find out who is behind the scenes, and escape by the way."
It's okay to take advantage of the chaos to escape...... Both little girls had some headaches, because the tactic sounded complicated.
No matter, let these adults care.
"I'll listen to the captain." Mi'er is well-behaved.
"I listen to Asker." Mia followed suit.
That's fine, Asker thought. If it is this kind of player who is completely empty-minded, he will not think about it at a critical moment, but he can also exert enough strength.
After leaving Weissbach Palace, all the team members talked about it, and Asker basically made it clear about the main tasks of himself and others in the future:
Kill the demigod of House Wolf as soon as possible, prompting an early end to the civil war, so that the Emperor's coalition can safely wait for the Demon Tide to come before marching south.
In this way, at least in the early stage of the Southern Expedition, everyone in the emperor's camp will not have to face all kinds of high-tech equipment of the Holy See, and the difficulty will be much easier.
As the Emperor's coalition forces penetrate deep into Verona and Lombardy, the Holy See will gradually surpass the Empire in military strength as it recovers from the destruction of the Demon Tide, and then at the stage of strategic stalemate between the two sides, everyone can quietly start an investigation.
Since the mastermind behind the scenes can affect the emperor's mind, it is estimated that his ability will not be weaker than that of ordinary demigods. If the other party finds out, everyone can run away in time and ask Nuo to call someone to come to support.
Perfect plan.
From this point of view, killing the demigod of the Hidden String early will objectively hasten the end of the civil war, which is also beneficial to Asker and the others.
However, compared to the risk he had taken, it was only 1 bottle of Tier III potion and 1 bottle of Tier IV potion that seemed to be a little cheaper, at least this was definitely not the bottom line of the price that Rasul could accept.
"Add this sword to the reward." In the chamber, Aske put the keel sword on the table and said.
"This is the only longsword in the world made of keel." Rasul said with a frown.
"In the same way, in this world, you won't find a second sword art that can penetrate the defenses of the Hidden String." Asker said, "Or can you find other demigods?" ”
Find other demigods...... Of course it is impossible. Under the upper limit of the demon tide, who would risk the consumption of spirituality to fight another demigod to the death?
In other words, if it weren't for the strange Agrippina, Rasul wouldn't even have come up with a viable plan to kill the demigods.
It is conceivable that most of the benefits after killing the demigods have already been predetermined by Agrippina, so if Asker can't get enough benefits in advance, it will be even more impossible afterwards.
"So be it." Seeing that the plan was about to be completed, of course it was impossible for Rasul to give up at this juncture, and said with a frown, "This sword...... How about lending you 30 years? ”
"Okay." Aske nodded, much to Rasul's relief.
"In 30 years, I'll kill this demigod again." Unexpectedly, his next sentence made Rasul almost jump.
"How's that going to work? 30 years...... It's not funny, Lord Asker. ”
"Then you have to admit that you said 'borrow for 30 years' is also a joke." "This kind of high-risk employment contract always has to be paid in full by the employer first, otherwise if I have any strengths and weaknesses in the execution of the mission, who has the ability to come to you to collect the debt?" ”
"You're too out-of-this." Rasul laughed, "After all, you are an honorary member of our Assassin Order, and as an Assassin Mentor, I will certainly not deny you even if I owe others compensation." Otherwise, when Miya comes to the door, I don't want to lose face? ”
"When the time comes, you will definitely say that the head of your family is injured and can no longer use such a heavy weapon." Aske also haha, "It's better to exchange it for the equivalent money." ”
Rasul: ..................
"So I guessed right." Seeing that the other party was speechless for a while, Aske said with a straight face, "The assassination itself is still a certain risk for me. ”