Blue Sword

Nora snorted beside her and said with sudden realization:

"Asker, it turns out that you had already anticipated the situation in Constantinople today? Was it the prophet from the Kingdom of Dragon who told you?"

Well done, Nora! Ask nodded enigmatically and continued:

"Yes. He also told me that the destruction of the Eastern Solomon Empire is an inevitable trend. Even if Constantinople is not captured by the Franks, it will be captured by the Seljuks from the east."

"Your sister Zoe will flee to the province of Cyris and re-establish the Apollonian Empire there. There, she will marry Michael Paphlagonia, the most powerful banker in Cyris. Stabilized the regime in Siris."

"However, the Thracians and Serbs soon launched a rebellion, so that the new empire was unable to regain Constantinople. Zoe spent her whole life dealing with palace intrigues and recovering Macedonian lost territories, and you He will be completely ignored by her and spend the rest of his life in the deep palace."

"Is this also what the prophet said?" Theodora expressed doubt.

"I'm afraid it's still difficult to gain your trust in predictions about the future, so why don't I tell you something that's easy to verify." Asik recalled the biography of "Theodora" on the official website and said with a smile:

"You were born in the palace and wrapped in swaddling clothes made of purple satin. Your father even refused to let the church baptize you for fear that you would catch a cold."

"Your father didn't want you to get married because he was afraid that his son-in-law would take away the royal power. But once he relented and privately took you to see Romanus, the then imperial judge, and asked you how you felt about this man. "

"And your answer is that he looks like a staid old man, he is not handsome, and he is older than you."

Theodora was immediately frightened, and her expression almost became tense. The two things Asker said were palace secrets that actually happened.

The former was only known to a few people in the palace, while the latter was communicated to her in private by His Majesty Constantine. There was no third person present at all - how could he know!

Is everything he said true? Theodora thought about his prophecy about the empire's fall again, and her heart suddenly became heavy again.

Is this my next fate? Flee to the province of Cyris with the royal sister Zoe, and then spend the rest of their lives in a monastery?

Seeing her face full of despair and her outlook completely destroyed, Ask, sensing that the opportunity had come, immediately struck while the iron was hot and said with a smile:

"Of course, there is another way now, right in front of you."

"Be a mercenary?" Theodora said coldly.

Now that the other party is being honest, she doesn't intend to continue to make excuses: "I don't think being a mercenary is a good choice. Since you know my identity, you should know that even if I lose my political status, I can still live a good life in Siris. You don’t have to worry about the rest of your life at all.”

"What can you get from being a mercenary? Remuneration? Just the tortoiseshell hairpin on my head can hire all the mercenaries in Constantinople for a full month!"

"I understand." Ask replied, "Your Highness, you also know that I am from the Achilles family. My parents left me two shops in Constantinople. Just selling them to the church made me happy. I got 1,000 pounds. Logically speaking, this money is enough for me to buy a manor and a title in the West and live comfortably for the rest of my life."

"But why am I still here to be a mercenary, to recruit people, or even to recruit you? Your Highness Theodora?"

"Why?" Theodora's frown eased slightly, and her tone became a little looser.

"Because the demonic tide is coming, Your Highness." Ask said gently, "You know what the demonic tide means, right?"

"This world is going to be in chaos."

………………

In the year 241 of the Sixth Age, Constantinople fell to the attack of the Frankish knights.

Without the protection of the army of players who were fearless in death in the previous life, the empire fell into decline in the first few days of siege warfare.

If Constantinople relied on street fighting and fortress tactics, it might be able to wear down the Franks' logistical supplies if they persisted for a few more days.

However, the frightened Majesty Zoe hurriedly took a plane and fled to the province of Siris when the Franks attacked outside the walls of the Grand Palace.

As a result, the defenders of Constantinople no longer had the will to defend the city. Under the attack of the Franks, they surrendered or collapsed one after another.

Under the leadership of Patriarch Alexei, the Orthodox Church had no choice but to stop sealing off the city, gave up searching for Theodora, and followed His Majesty Zoe to move to the province of Cyris.

Although it is true that there are a large number of demigods in the Orthodox Church, with the current level of the demon tide, no demigod is willing to fight against these barbaric and numerous Franks with the thought of dying together.

Of course, the more important point is that the demonic tide is coming.

It will only be four or five years at most before the spiritual energy around the world reaches the level where demigods can move at will.

When the time comes to regain the imperial capital, it will be enough for the church to produce two or three demigods.

The city of Kavala on the north coast of the Aegean Sea.

An off-road vehicle stopped on the promenade. The young woman opened the door and got out of the car, looking at the seaside pavilion in the distance.

Wearing a white nun's robe, she seemed to be a devout academic nun. However, the cold metallic light of the chainmail looming under the white robe showed that this was not a weak woman with no power to restrain a chicken.

In the midday sun, she took off her hood, revealing soft, fluffy chestnut curly hair and a pure and beautiful face.

Some malicious peeks came from the distance. They were war refugees who had moved west from the Thrace province. Because the imperial capital was captured, the citizens near the imperial capital who were afraid of being affected had no choice but to flee to Siris. Province.

A brand new off-road vehicle caught their attention. If we could grab a car, the journey to Siris would naturally be much smoother.

However, the nun quickly drew out a long sword and raised her sword in a demonstrative manner. Her clean movements made the refugees look away.

Not only was she frightened by the long sword in her hand, but also the pistol hanging on her waist.

Another girl wearing a mask also got out of the car. He looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his figure had not fully grown yet.

"That's it." The nun pointed to the pavilion and said, "It was here that we met the prophetic old man from the Kingdom of Dragons."

"Then he drew a long sword, stepped on it, parted the sea water and flew away."

"It's amazing." The masked girl said sadly, "It's a pity that I can't let him make a prophecy for me."

After walking around the pavilion for a few times without giving up, the masked girl returned to the road unhappy, and the nun had already sat back in the driver's seat.

"Get in the car after you've seen it, Sheila," the nun said. "Remember to put on your seat belt."

"Okay." The masked girl nodded, opened the door and got in the car.

The off-road vehicle started and soon reached over 80 yards. The nun held the steering wheel firmly, humming a tune and looking at the road ahead that stretched to the end.

On the right is the green forest along the rolling mountains, and on the left is the endless blue Aegean Sea.

"I've never been here." The masked girl looked at the scenery outside the window, fascinated.

"You can probably tell," said the nun. "You must have never been out of Constantinople since you were a child."

"The so-called princess in purple actually refers to a princess who was born in a deep palace." The masked girl replied, "Before she is married off by her father, she will not have the opportunity to see the outside world."

Her voice paused and she said incredulously: "I still don't know why I was so hot-headed that day that I actually agreed to join your little mercenary group."

"Asker's words are always wonderfully persuasive, aren't they?" the nun said with a smile.

"Your evaluation doesn't count, Nora." The masked girl said, "You like him, of course everything about him is good."

"Sheila!" Nora pretended to be angry and said angrily, "If you tease me again, I will drive you back to Fire Island."

"Then I will go back and tell him that you are lonely driving alone, and I hope he will come out and talk to you." The former Theodora, now a girl named "Sheila" said with a smile.

"Don't! That will distract me." Nora quickly begged for mercy.

"Actually, I don't understand why you like him." Silla said curiously. Ever since she learned about Nora's family background, she has been wondering why she would choose to join this little-known mercenary group.

"Although Ask can barely be considered a noble, the status gap between you is probably too big."

"This shows that we are true love." Nora defended.

"Will your parents agree?" Sheila asked.

"They should respect my opinion." Nora said with some guilt.

In fact, she had no idea.

At this moment, a roadblock suddenly appeared in front, blocking the way of the off-road vehicle.

Nora braked skillfully and brought the car to a halt in front of the roadblock.

Looking back, Theodora in the passenger seat had disappeared, apparently going to Hearth Island to inform everyone.

After a few seconds, many figures appeared in the back row of the off-road vehicle.

Asker and the girls.

"Roadblock?" Asik got out of the car to check, "Random copy?"

"Random copy?" Nora also stepped out of the car and asked beside him.

"They are adventure mission maps that appear randomly. Most of them are related to various mutations." Ask replied, "Looking at the sign on the roadblock, it should be the coat of arms of the Night Watch."

"Ah, the Night's Watch." Seeing the bewildered faces of the girls, Medea said leisurely, "In this world, there are only three extraordinary organizations that are allowed to exist publicly by the Holy See, namely the Night's Watch and the Watch. Purgatory's Jailer, and Abyss's Overseer."

"Are they the night watchmen? I have recorded information about them! I'll look for it." Nora flipped through her notes and found a page of relevant records. She read, "The long night is approaching, and I have started to keep watch until my death. Fang Xiu. I will not take a wife, I will not fief a land, I will not have children..."

"No! I made a mistake. This is the novel version." She hurriedly turned the page again and found the correct record.

"The Night Watch originated at the end of the Third Punic War. It was an extraordinary organization jointly formed by Italian city-states to deal with the necromancers of Carthage."

"It has evolved into a supernatural organization that specializes in dealing with undead changes. The main enemies it deals with are corpses and skeletons, but also include ghosts, phantoms, lichs, black knights, abominations, and some evil undead supernatural beings."

"Not bad." A voice sounded from behind the roadblock, and everyone looked intently. It was a knight in power armor, holding a Gatling gun with a steel arc in his hand.

There is a golden spray paint on the shoulder armor of the power armor, with a pattern of a long sword inserted from the top of the skull.

This is the coat of arms of the Night's Watch.

There will be another update at 18:00 in the evening, finishing the first volume.