Blue Sword

In the restaurant.

"Why did it take you so long to go to the toilet?" Ask asked strangely.

"My stomach feels uncomfortable." Mi'er said with a smile, and there was nothing strange on her face.

"Where are the others?" She looked at the empty seats strangely.

"I went back a little bit beforehand." Ask said, "I packed the cake on your table."

He picked up the bag and stood up, Mi'er quickly followed his footsteps.

When they arrived outside the coffee shop, the vehicle arranged by the Licinius family was already waiting at the roadside. Ask took Mi'er into the car, and the car drove towards the Lateran Palace.

"... Recently, the undead army has crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and invaded the Iberian Peninsula. His Highness the Holy See has expressed strong condemnation..." After a piece of music, the car radio suddenly began to play news.

"Turn it off," Ask said.

The driver turned off the radio, and Mi'er hesitated for a moment and asked:

"The reason why they left is related to this?"

"Well." Ask said, "During the time we were in the abyss, the undead army of the Hafs Dynasty declared war on the Aragon-Castilla Empire in the Iberian Peninsula in the west. So just now, Novo People from La’s family came over urgently and took everyone to the Lateran Palace in advance.”

"Well, I guess the Holy See wants us to go over and rescue them," Mi'er said.

"You guessed it right." Asik said, "Actually, I don't really want to agree to this, because with the current upper limit of the magic tide being Lv. 20, your main task is to become stronger as soon as possible, rather than rashly going to an unfamiliar continent. , fighting against a group of enemies we have never fought before.”

"In other words, we have a reason to go, right?" Mi'er's intuition is very sharp.

"If Iberia falls," Asker said, "the Holy See will lose a large parish, and the Licinius family will lose a dumping market for goods. The frontline of the undead army will next reach the Pyrenees Mountains, threatening The southwest border of the Kingdom of West Francia, or control of the Balearic Islands as a springboard to further invade Sicily.”

"The former is absolutely unacceptable to the Holy See, and the latter... we are the ones who will suffer."

"Sounds very familiar." Mier thought for a while, "I remembered it. Sheila once said in history class that the Punic War in the early third century, the war between the Carthaginians and the Solomons, the situation seemed to be similar to the current situation. Very similar.”

"Yes." Asker said, "It depends on the geographical environment, so the current war situation is similar."

The car arrived at the Lateran Palace and stopped in front of a certain church.

Asker walked into the church with Mi'er and saw that a special curtain had been lowered behind the podium where mass was held, and the current situation in the Iberian Peninsula was projected on it.

Cardinal and Pope Innocent sit on the right, while members of the Licinius family, other members of the Italian and wealthy families, and the girls with the Blue Sword sit on the left.

"Sorry, I'm late." Asik walked in from the side door.

The cardinals turned back one after another, but there was no sign of dissatisfaction. The Pope waved his hand and asked a guard soldier to lead the two of them to their seats.

"...Andora Valley." The bishop on the stage waved his electronic pen and drew a circle on the location of the Pyrenees Mountains on the screen map. "This valley is located at the eastern foot of the Pyrenees Mountains. The Catalan people living in it The residents are brave and good at fighting, and have the custom of cultivating extraordinary people. We can persuade the West Frankish Empire to cede the border territory and establish the Principality of Andora and a chartered parish here."

"In this way, the Principality of Andora can serve as a buffer state on the border between the Iberian Peninsula and the Kingdom of West Frankia, using its terrain advantages to block the northward invasion route of the undead army."

The cardinals nodded in approval.

"So what about the Aragon-Castilla Kingdom in Iberia? Have you given up?" Nora's sister Capasilin asked mockingly.

"Ahem." The cardinal on the stage coughed awkwardly and could only explain the international situation tactfully.

It has been almost half a year since the last demon wave, and the next wave of demons may come at any time. Therefore, it is impossible for the Holy See to send troops to the Iberian Peninsula, otherwise the technological army would lie down in the middle of the war. Wouldn't that be funny?

The Holy See cannot send troops, so it can only use the slogan of jihad to ask the Christian countries to send troops. However, the Kingdom of West Francia was still making tentative contacts and fighting with the Kingdom of Anjou across the strait around the Aquitaine region.

Both countries are in trouble and cannot be expected to contribute to the defense of Christianity.

The Holy Solomon Empire was defeated in the last southern expedition and was severely weakened. It is said that the Chamber of Commerce Alliance in the northern towns is in conflict and friction with the Kalma Empire in the north. In addition, the journey is far away, and it is estimated that they will not be able to support Iberia.

In other words, all the countries in the mainland have too much to take care of themselves, let alone respond to the holy war of the Holy See. The only way is probably to hire a mercenary team from the mainland.

Of course, in the world of "Song of Iron and Fire", mercenaries have always been one of the important military forces on the continent, especially after players sneak in... Even if there are no players in the world, a large number of mercenaries can easily Defeat any small country.

As long as there is a super rich donor who spends a lot of money to gather all these scattered small mercenary groups.

There is no doubt that the Holy See can only take this path, and it intends to "maintain quality" and "guarantee quantity" at the same time. The latter hired a large number of small mercenary groups to station in the Andora Valley to help defend; the former hired elite mercenary groups from the mainland to go deep into the Iberian Peninsula to assist the Kingdom of Aragon and Castile of Christ.

In the face of the undead, a large number of low-level extraordinary beings will die, and only high-level extraordinary beings can be effective.

After discussing with the Christian countries, most monarchs have expressed strong support for the Holy See's hiring of large mercenary groups from their countries - as long as we don't ask us to provide manpower or money, anything is easy to say.

As for the mercenary community, the response has been mixed, both good and bad.

The good news is that there are money to make, wars to fight, and after killing the undead, you can also gain extraordinary strength and complete extraordinary characteristics; the worry is that even a country cannot withstand the invasion of the undead army. Will we mercenaries be the same in the past? Delivering people?

(The undead can resurrect new undead from the enhanced corpses of extraordinary beings, so it is commonly known as giving away people)

"Currently, we have contacted five major mercenary groups that have agreed to fight: Iron Cross, Free Wind, Viking, Golden Bullet, and Plantagenet. The Bull Mercenary Group has been hired in advance by the King of Aragon, so it is equal to The top six mercenary groups in terms of strength in the Northern Continent all participated in the battle."

Having said this, the bishop on the stage paused subtly, and looked at Ask, the leader of the Blue Sword, who had just taken his seat.

Look, other seniors in the mercenary world have agreed to participate in the war. Don't you think about making a lot of money too?

Following his gaze, the other big guys in the church also looked at Asike in unison.

"Sorry." Asik shook his head, "We still have to think about this."