Chapter 19: A Guest Comes Under the Frost Morning Moon (Part II)
Moreover, among the human states on the Aegean continent, only their emperors who were baptized by the Pope of St. Paul at the time of coronation could add the word "holy" to their names.
Therefore, the San Francisco Empire has always regarded itself as an old power, and naturally feels that the descendants of the Pompeii Empire, who do not even have the word "saint" in front of the name of the country, occupy the mineral-rich Thunder Mountains of the Aegean continent and are very unhappy, and they are also very interested in it.
Two equally powerful empires, the two sides can't put on the table, and there are a lot of dirty things that come and go in private. It is not uncommon to laugh in front of you, and then turn around and stab you in the back.
This kind of thing is not strange in the human countries on the Aegean continent, and everyone knows it. However, there is a good relationship between the two countries, and there is still a relationship between in-laws, and the royal family has princesses married to each other, so it is not easy to put the private discord on the table for the time being.
The position of the Duchy of Dorot is stuck in the buffer zone between the two huge empires, guarding the main road to the kingdom of Bimon.
Since the Danze family, who have the noble blood of the Pompeii Empire, has the possibility of winning the position of Grand Duke of Dolot. So how could the Pompeii Empire take the opportunity not to intervene?
In fact, the heavily armed scythes of the famous two squadrons (two hundred) of the "Tornado" mercenary group were formed with the secret support of the Pompeii Empire. Although its equipment is not as strong as the regular heavy scythe army of the Pompeii Empire, it can be regarded as an incomparably strong combat force among the civilian armed forces.
It is definitely not possible for the Pompeii Empire to support the Danze family to pry the corner, but the Duchy of Dolot is also a vassal state of the San Francisco Empire, and it will be embarrassing if the bad thing is done too obviously.
Especially at this moment, San Francisco still has a lustful prince in Dorote.
This is also the reason why the Danzer family and the Sherpa family never directly intervened when the Archduke Piero was critically ill and openly seized the throne from each other, when the competition was so fierce.
If it weren't for the lascivious prince's presence, the ten Sherpa families would have been crushed by the Denzer family, even if his family had the power of the Marquis Capello Sherpa of the Duchy.
In the absence of reciprocal strength, it is useless to rely on rhetoric alone.
Of course, this is all unofficial gossip, and it has not been recognized by any of the imperial side, but who cares? In the mercenary guild, the surging crowd is the best illustration of this, and those shaved heads, pigtailed Northland Pompeii men are ironclad proof.
Without the acquiescence of the Pompeii Empire, how could these soldiers with a military background appear in the civilian mercenary group, even if they are retired soldiers, he is still a soldier, and he is definitely a lot higher than the civilian people in terms of combat ability.
But no one knew that in addition to allowing the retired armed forces of the army to spontaneously appear in Valencia City in the form of civilian mercenary squads, the Pompeii Empire also directly mobilized a special army to participate in the operation of the Danze family this time.
The "Tornado" mercenary group is a large mercenary group with tens of thousands of people, and they have their own station outside Valencia, which is fully militarized, and outsiders have no way to find out the real situation inside it.
It was in this context that the Pompeii Empire sent a Tel Aviv Berserker mercenary army of 500 men to be secretly rented to Dorot to be dispatched by the Tornado Mercenary Regiment.
Forty other Hippogriff scouts and two royal court magicians also took advantage of the darkness to secretly fly over the mountains and mountains to help the Danze family in the battle for succession.
The Tel Aviv Berserkers are known for their fighting power and destructive power in the Aegean continent.
The Berserker's combat power is comparable to that of the Heavy Scythe who was hired by the Shabal Slave Catchers from the "Tornado" mercenary group to fight, but was removed by the evil Lord Beamon in the first battle. This can be regarded as making up for the loss of combat power in the high-end attack of the "Tornado" mercenary group.
The Hippogriff, on the other hand, is a flying beast born from the union of a griffin and a mare, and is much easier to domesticate than the ferocious wild griffin. This Pompeii scout, riding a giant hippogriff, is also a secret military force of the Pompeii Empire.
The Pompeii Empire only has a total of fifty Hippogriff Knights and ten court magicians, and it can be regarded as a bloody investment for this operation.
Of course, it's not something that ordinary people and adventurers can know about, and their first task is to fill their stomachs and then go to the treehouse bar with a little spare money to get drunk.
The reality is so cruel.
"Johnny~" A big hand patted the goblin on the shoulder, waking up the goblin who was thinking about the gains and losses of the mission from deep thought, Johnny looked back and saw that the owner of the big hand was his own captain Daniel Knight.
"You should have experience in domesticating large animals, right?" Daniel squeezed his eyes, not afraid of falling out of his sockets, "I don't mean anything else, it's just that your racial talent is very advantageous in this situation, and this task seems to be riskless at all, and it suits us very well, the kind that only makes money and doesn't lose money, you know." ”
Johnny certainly understood what Daniel meant, although goblins were already synonymous with thieves and robbers, but the talent of goblin ancestors left in the bloodline of their descendants determined that they had a great advantage in domesticating animals.
It's just that the abundant fecundity of the goblins spoils it most of the time, and their poor patience can't wait for the animals they raise to breed, so they can't wait to devour them to satisfy their appetite.
When did short-sightedness become the nature of goblins? If the countless elites who died in the Great War of Gods and Demons 10,000 years ago knew about this situation, I am afraid that they would not be able to bear to crawl out of their graves.
"I do know some tricks about domesticating large animals. Johnny nodded and admitted, but unfortunately it wasn't his talent, but the knowledge he had gained from reading a lot of books in the Spire.
Dennis patted Johnny on the shoulder again, this time harder, and said happily, "So what are we waiting for?!" You know that Darwin spent a lot of time in the blacksmith's shop, and he also knew more or less about the maintenance and repair of large equipment. This mission is simply tailor-made for our adventure team, you go and apply, and Ford and I will help you both and earn gold together. Don't hesitate, compatriots, the time has come for the rise of 'Rose and Wine'~ for glory!"
"For the gold!"
"For the ale!"
The three members of the team shouted their own words, but their subordinates were unambiguous, and without waiting for Johnny to object, they crowded around the goblins and squeezed towards the mission information desk in the distance.
Now it was already crowded with people, and as soon as the dozens or hundreds of different types of missions of the "Tornado" mercenary group were released, covering all aspects of logistics and baggage, the information desk was already crowded with people, and the registrars were busy one by one.
It seems that everyone has forgotten the strange scene that just happened in the mercenary guild.
If you have wine, you will drink, and if you have money, you will spend it, and the vast majority of mercenaries and adventurers are just looking at the guys of the moment, and they will not delve into the reasons inside.
But no one knew that this mysterious phenomenon was only a small beginning of the monstrous storm rolling up in the Aegean continent.
This secluded world, abandoned by the gods, has just welcomed a guest who does not belong to this world.