Chapter 66: Interlude
The shelling from the crusaders at the bottom of the hill has been going on for a whole week.
During this time, the people of the Azure Sword Mercenary Regiment had nothing to do, after all, when the war escalated to the level of mortars and projectile spells, the role that individuals could play in it was quite limited.
So Asker lined up the daily training of professional players, including positioning, rhythm and operation.
As part of the day's transactions, the lord of the city, Appilius, sent two things shortly after that.
The first is the Wizard's Head Ring, which is made of brass with a gilded base and inlaid with 13 turquoise Wizard's Stones.
This stone has a special magnetic field, and as long as it is worn around, it can slowly replenish the spirituality consumed by the transcendent.
In fact, it is said that the magic tide magnetic field that envelops the entire planet comes from the huge amount of wizard stones stored in the planet's crust, but this mineral is buried too deep and it is too difficult to mine from the surface, so the wizard head ring has a nickname called "RMB head ring" in the previous life forum, which is a noble symbol that only kryptonite liver guys can afford.
Although Apperius had indicated that it was for his precious granddaughter Theodora, Aske knew that it was meant to help master the Immortal Sword.
As long as Peggy wears it, she can greatly improve the endurance of practicing "stealing" without worrying about the loss of spirituality.
Liver and krypton are the only two modes to improve strength. Now that Peggy has collected both, if she can't learn the Immortal Phantom Sword again, it can only be said that she has no chance with this swordsmanship.
The other thing is the precious original of the Song of Roland, Charlemagne's chief paladin, and this epic book records his life and is said to contain the trick of learning the "holy sword".
It is said to be said, but no one has really discovered the trick - at least not the NPCs at this point in time, and the secret hidden in the previous life was discovered at almost the speed of light after falling into the hands of the player.
After all, players are a kind of magical creatures that can be online 24 hours a day without sleeping, running in all directions on the game forum post bar Weibo, and even the official planning to send a poster picture can use Leeuwenhoek's observation power to see N clues and details from it.
They soon discovered that as long as the transcendent possessed the extraordinary ability of the "will" sequence, they could obtain the knowledge of the holy sword from this book.
The "Holy Sword", also known as the "Charlemagne Holy Sword" and the "Unyielding Holy Sword", its extraordinary threshold is the "will" sequence. The higher the Transcendent's own will sequence, the more powerful the Holy Sword can be.
As a result, the book was thrown to Eleanor by Asker, after all, she was the only one who currently possessed the "will" sequence.
As for whether she can learn this transcendent swordsmanship, at least for a short time, Aske has no hope, just look at the difficult progress on Peggy's side.
On the main plane outside Hearthfire Island, due to the more frequent artillery bombardment of the Crusaders, many buildings in Olin City shook and collapsed, so that people began to panic for a while.
Many citizens even gathered at the gate of the barracks floor day and night, waiting for the day when the Crusaders really invaded the city, and the Blue Sword mercenary group inside would escort them out.
Hood was also struggling at the door, reassuring the townsfolk not to panic excessively, and beware of some agitated fellows rushing in.
Some people saw that he was an underage teenager, so they were very unkind to him verbally, and directly asked him to get out of the way and leave, and everyone had to find the blue sword inside to save the dog's life.
Hood was also annoyed by the pushing, and simply pushed the saber turret with pulleys out of the workshop, and no one dared to speak harshly to him again.
After all, truth cannot be twisted in words, and turrets are about equal to truth.
As the siege artillery grew stronger day by day, the scaly circle maintained by all the mages began to appear intermittently hollow.
Seeing that the strength of the defense of Olympia had begun to decline, the morale of the crusaders in the camp at the bottom of the hill was immediately high, and His Majesty Bernifasius, King of Thessaloniki, even made an impassioned speech in front of the army, declaring that Olympia, as a city of sin under God's sight, would soon be eliminated by the brave and fearless crusaders!
The Crusaders also excitedly struck their shields with their guns and cheered loudly - but guns and spears were different after all, so that there were more than a dozen misfires on the spot, and His Majesty Bernifaxiu on the stage thought that a sniper was stabbing him, and was instantly knocked down by several bodyguards around him.
On the other side, the newly appointed front-line commander, Viscount Joel, found Alfred in the rear camp with a wine bottle.
"Alfred! My friend! The defenders of Olympia will not be able to hold out...... Hey, what are you doing? He asked drunkenly.
"Of course, it's back to the Holy Solomon Empire!" Alfred didn't look up at him at all, just took care of himself and packed his valuables.
"My dear friend, even if you have been stripped of your position by our venerable King Majesty, why should you be so angry and leave the East." Joel laughed, "What about your fiefdoms and estates in Macedonia?" What about your factory and investment? Can't you bear to leave all this wealth behind and go back like this? ”
"What if you don't go back? Do you want to stay here and die? Alfred said angrily.
"Waiting to die?" Joel was stunned and said, "No. Since you have lost your military position, Your Majesty will never ask you about your sins afterwards...... What's in it for him? ”
"Stupid Joel, you don't understand anything." Alfred looked at him with disdain, "Do you know the Demon Tide? Know about the Transcendent Riot? Sometimes I really admire you mortals, who live in this world in a state of confusion, and are still ignorant and fearless when they die. ”
"Uh......" Joel was so choked by him that he couldn't speak, and hiccuped as he watched Alfredra zip up his suitcase, and then asked in confusion:
"Transcendent riots? You mean......"
"There's no time." Alfred interrupted him impatiently, "I said from the beginning, to quickly capture the city of Olympia in a few days and master its defenses. Did anyone follow my advice? ”
"It's been nearly two weeks now, and I've really served you stupid nobles. I don't know if Orin City will be captured, but the Crusader knights present here are sure to die nine times out of ten. ”
"That Bernifascius is an opportunist, and he doesn't know that he is being treated as a pawn by the Holy See. The pawns are meant to be discarded, but I'm sorry, I'm not going to stay on this shipwreck, I'm going to have to take refuge first. ”
He shoved Joel away and hurried out the door with his suitcase. Joel was pushed by him and staggered, and the cold wind blew a spirit, and suddenly the wine also woke up.
He and Alfred were classmates at the HRE Military Academy, so they knew his friend's temperament:
When Alfred triumphantly said, "This can be done," in the end eighty percent of the time it won't work;
But if Alfred says "this can't be done", it's almost 120% a failure.
In short, it is Alfred's judgment, the good and the bad, alive and well.
The more Joel thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, although he didn't know what was wrong, but it was precisely because he didn't know that it was terrifying!
He shivered in the cold wind, and immediately returned to his barracks tent, and asked the adjutant to preside over the military affairs for him from tomorrow.
Well, let's just say that I have a cold and can't fight, so let's go back to the rear stronghold to recuperate for the time being.