Blue Sword

Most of the demigods left, and only two demigods remained at the scene, Bruno, the fantasy dragon of the Saxon family, and Otto, the red-haired fire-seal of the Weisbach family.

Of these two people, one has the ability to read minds, and the other has dealt with Asker before and knew that he was definitely not that easy to deal with, so they were not fooled by his rhetoric.

But after all, the emperor was here, and the two demigods didn't ask any questions. They just looked at Asik with a smile.

Eleanor and Peggy were horrified by the sight of the two demigods, but Asik was calm and composed. The comparison between the two made the demigods feel that this young man was even more outstanding.

He is indeed quite good, he is calm, and he has skills. No wonder he can lead so many young ladies in the group.

The emperor praised the Cangqing Sword people again. After all, if they hadn't razed the city of Verona last night, it would have been the two giant dragons of the Saxon family who would have ventured over to charge into the battle today.

After the praise, there is a reward - 10,000 Lorraine gold coins.

Ask:………………

Demigods:………………

Isn’t this a bit missing?

You must know that the Cangqing Sword and others helped the Falcon family capture the city of Stuttgart, and the reward was 7,800 gold coins! This time it’s the city of Verona where the Templars are stationed, and it’s the Holy See stronghold that your coalition has been unable to attack for a long time! Only 10,000 gold coins?

You are an emperor, but your price is the same as that of the Falcon family?

Ignoring the dull expressions on everyone's faces, the emperor continued to boast, to the effect of "the price is very fair" and "because you completed the task of Venis excellently last time, so I will give it to you this time." "Increase mission rewards", and "If the city of Verona hadn't been razed, the reward for you would have been even higher."

Asker is simply unable to complain, what kind of theory... Does razing the city of Verona have anything to do with your emperor's interests? Is it possible that the battle has not yet been won, and the plan has begun to ask the Holy See to cede the city of Verona to the Empire? This stinginess is not that stingy...

Probably sensing the inner slander of Asker and others, Bruno and the red-haired Otto secretly muttered a few times in the psychic communication, and the former said:

"Let's do this. In addition to the reward given by His Majesty, I will also sponsor you a bottle of 'Thunder III' magic potion."

The emperor frowned, feeling that the price was too much. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the Dragon of Fantasy say again with a smile:

"This is my private reward to Lord Aske. He reminded me on a certain issue before."

Well, since it was a personal reward from the Dragon of Fantasy, the emperor couldn't say anything, so he smiled and continued to encourage Asik.

Of course Asker knew that this potion was just mission compensation, not a personal reward at all. If Lord Bruno, who can read minds, wasn't here, this stingy emperor's mother would probably fly... Forget it.

So there was another round of harmony between the king and his ministers, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. After sending away the Cangqing Sword people and the furnace fire, the emperor's expression darkened again and he asked:

"How is the situation in the south of Verona?"

"The two giant dragons have gone to see it." Bruno also showed a solemn expression. "From Verona to Bologna, there are no large-scale mines or trench defense lines."

Both of them felt that things were a little serious. Now that the Holy See is no longer trying to stall for time, does that mean they have...

Don't dare to think blindly. The more you think about it, the more panic you get. It's better to prepare for the worst case scenario as soon as possible.

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Italy plus peninsula, Tuscany region, Monte Argentario military town.

This is an island that stretches into the Tyrrhenian Sea, connected to the mainland by three natural land bridges, and has Solomon's most cutting-edge military-industrial research area on it.

Pope Innocent, accompanied by a group of cardinals, was inspecting the newly developed weapons and equipment.

"Holy Holy See, this is the newly developed military multi-rotor drone 'Delilah', which contains high explosives and wizard stone fragments." The cardinal in charge of the drone project introduced enthusiastically.

"In addition to conventional military shooting, it can swoop close to high-level transcendental beings, stick to the opponent's chest or back, penetrate the body with high explosives, and embed fragments of the wizard's stone into the opponent's body, causing spiritual loss of control and The power runs rampant.”

In the test site below, a synthetic man was looking around with a gun in hand, and a large number of drones flew out from the outside.

The synthetic man started to raise his gun and shoot, but soon a drone came around behind it and attached itself to its back with lightning speed, and then...

boom!

The synth exploded.

"My question is, you must know that extraordinary beings do not rely on firearms." Innocent said lightly, "Can you ensure that these drones can avoid their abilities and successfully hit the target?"

"Holy See, this may be a bit difficult." The Cardinal replied cautiously, "But the advantage of this drone is that its mass production cost is very low. The only expensive thing is the fragments of the Wizard's Stone."

"In this case, as military equipment, it should be divided into vertical segments." Innocent said, "The drone models are divided into two types. The high-end model comes with a wizard's stone to enhance its maneuverability and specialize in Snipe and kill demigods. The ordinary model removes the wizard's stone to reduce costs and expand production capacity."

"Understood, the design bureau is already doing this part of the work." the cardinal said quickly.

Everyone left the drone area and arrived at the next synthetic area. The responsible cardinal also stood up and introduced:

"Previous long-distance precision guidance designs and large-scale fire bombings were actually found to be easily offset by various extraordinary abilities, so we designed a new synthetic human 'Raguel' who is extremely good at close combat. Decapitation. At the same time, its appearance is exactly the same as that of the ordinary Nislok type, so it can be easily blended into the ordinary synthetic team. When the extraordinary approaches it through melee means, it will suddenly attack and cause a lot of damage to it."

In the test area below, a group of synthetics with the same appearance were raising their guns and shooting at the central target while steadily approaching.

Suddenly, one of the synthetic arms waved, and before the bishops on the observation platform above could see clearly, the target was already in pieces.

"What weapon?" Innocent looked carefully at the fragmented shape of the target.

"The high-frequency shock sword." The cardinal replied, "It is hidden in the forearm joint and pops out at the moment of attack to cause damage."

"Don't use high-frequency vibration swords, it's too expensive." Innocent shook his head and said, "Actually, no matter how sophisticated the robot is, without an anti-magic magnetic field, it can't withstand a blow from a demigod."

"The battle damage rate is not a key indicator. What we have to consider is the cost of battle damage. Don't use one cutting-edge synthetic human costing 1 million marks to do what ten synths costing 100,000 marks can do." Inno Sen said meaningfully, "In this way, the related costs can be reduced whether it is production or subsequent maintenance. The empire is not a strong enemy, and we do not need to engage in an arms race with them."

"Industry, academia and research must also be planned clearly." He turned around and said to the cardinals, "Research can pile up a lot of funds to pursue perfection, but industrial production must consider cost-effectiveness. When the performance meets the basic strategic requirements, cost-effectiveness is First, error tolerance comes second.”

For some reason, after listening to Innocent's instructions, everyone suddenly thought of the night when the city of Verona was destroyed.

Under the surveillance of electronic camouflage drones, in the data sent back to the server by the Templars, the vampire girl named Peggy... regardless of spider booby traps or Templars, whether equipped with alloy bones, adaptive Force field shields, electronic dodge devices, or other high-end equipment.

Every time they met, they were directly destroyed by the opponent's ability.

"The Holy See is right." The cardinals all said that this is indeed the case, and the Holy See is wise.

High-precision equipment is too expensive, so let’s play the Steel Torrent tactic to save money!