Blue Sword

Palermo, Court of Normandy.

"Which group of challengers is this?" Robert asked, leaning against the palace wall and crossing his arms.

"I can't remember clearly." Hidrifa said calmly as she looked at the young Norman man who fell to the ground and groaned.

"If I were you, I would pick a few and cut their necks right now to scare away those potential lunatics who are ready to act." Robert suggested.

"That's not necessary." Hidrifa said coldly.

She did not completely trust this "father", and was certainly not as cold and hostile as she was at the beginning. In any case, since Medea reached an agreement with Robert on behalf of the team, she naturally couldn't make the relationship too tense in the middle, although she still felt very uncomfortable.

"There is a slight change regarding the Viking Trial next month." Robert continued, "There are too many juniors signing up for the trial this time."

"Is this why you asked me to kill more people?" Hidrifa asked.

"Of course, there are indeed factors in this aspect." Robert said frankly. "The final part of the Viking Trial is the duel. The contestants kill each other to please the 'Navia Bone Teeth' in exchange for it to continue to perform next year. Function (that is, the 'Relic of the Wolf that Shakes the Earth' required in Mia's ritual mission, owned by the Hauteville family)."

“If there are too many people participating, the final one-on-one session will take too long, so we need to eliminate a group of people first.”

"That's your elimination." Hidrifa's meaning is very clear, don't use my hands to do dirty work.

"Good girl, whether you understand it or not, the hands of the Normans will always be stained with blood." Robert said indifferently, "Your current soft-heartedness will only make you be underestimated. Sooner or later, you will kill more people. To make amends.”

Hidliefa ignored him.

"Recently, the Hafstad Undead Kingdom in the Southern Continent has been sending ghost fleets to privately plunder the Mediterranean caravans under our protection." Robert did not take it seriously and continued, "If you have time, you can familiarize yourself with naval warfare. Just look for the captain named 'Ogg' at the port in the east of the city."

Hidliba remained silent. She knew that Robert was hinting to him that the next elimination in the first round might be related to the naval battle. But naval battles...do I still need to be familiar with them?

At the same time, on the other side of Sicily, Medea and Mel were listening to Derek's explanation - this demigod was Rasul's childhood best friend. He had been hanging around in the kingdom of the dead in the southern continent for many years and had his own The territory and army of corpse witches are now serving Mi'er, who has inherited the name of Messiah.

"Hafstad, the Kingdom of the Dead, has been plotting the Iberian Peninsula on the west side of the Northern Continent for many years, but it is more worried about the threat from the Holy See..." Derek introduced, and suddenly asked strangely, "Minerva, you guys What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Mi'er said, rubbing her abdomen, "Just keep talking."

Medea next to her put an ice pack on her face, grinning as if in pain. From the perspective of the experienced Derek, the two of them must have been seriously injured and then healed by supernatural powers, so they had symptoms of no wounds but still pain.

"That's right." Derek continued, "Because of the war between the Holy See and the Empire in the first half of the year, and the current containment of the Normans in Sicily, the Kingdom of the Dead believes that this is an excellent historical window to cross the Strait of Gibraltar to the north. levy.”

"Of course, before that, they have to ensure the blockade of the Tyrrhenian Sea to prevent the Holy See's navy from taking the sea route to support Iberia, or directly going south to launch a jihad. The Mediterranean is currently controlled by the Normans in Sicily, so... the United States Miss Dia, do you understand the meaning?"

This question was probing and probing, and Medea smiled slightly and replied:

"The Kingdom of Sicily also believes in Christ, so the Holy See and the Normans are willing to make peace, but there is absolutely no reason for peace talks with the Kingdom of the Undead. If the Undead go directly north to attack Iberia, the Holy See will definitely be willing to pay a certain price and negotiate with the Normans Peace talks, and then unite all efforts to go south to carry out jihad.”

"Therefore, if the Kingdom of the Dead wants to march north, it must first destroy the possibility of cooperation between the Holy See and the Normans. Considering the arrogance, arrogance and extremely sensitive psychology of the Normans, low intensity and frequent maritime friction can be used to To arouse the warlike minds of the Normans.”

"If the Normans are harassed by a small number of ghost ships for a long time, they will inevitably become extremely sensitive and suspicious. And a Sicilian Kingdom that is caught in a naval battle is even less likely to accept the Holy See's request for a passage, in case they suddenly backstab them halfway."

"That's right." Derek said with approval, "In fact, if the forces that rule Sicily were replaced by someone else, the Kingdom of the Dead would definitely give priority to forming an alliance with them and work together to fight against the Northern Holy See."

"However, it is well known that the Normans have never had the concept of loyalty, and allying with them will only mean seeking the skin of a tiger. On the other hand, the Holy See also knows this. Therefore, as long as the bloodthirsty and aggressive mentality of the Normans is aroused, Tyrrheny can be maintained The constant fighting in Anhai will greatly restrict the Holy See's maritime power - after all, they dare not completely trust the Normans, and the Normans who are caught in the war will also be wary of them."

"Now that you said so." Medea smiled, "Presumably the undead fleet has already gone north by now and started heading towards Sicily, right?"

"About to cross the Tunis Strait," Derek replied.

"Well, let's continue to act according to the original plan." Medea thought for a while, then turned to Mi'er to confirm and asked, "How about it?"

"That's right." Mi'er said, "First of all, about 1-2 weeks later, the undead fleet arrived in the Tyrrhenian Sea and launched a guerrilla war with the Norman fleet."

"Secondly, at the end of October, when the naval battle is stalemate, we need to allow the guerrillas to launch a rebellion in Catania."

"Since the main force of the Normans was concentrated on the sea, they could only detach part of the Northern Horn Army to go to Catania to quell the rebellion."

"We can design to eat this extraordinary force, thus causing heavy damage to the Otterville family."

"The person responsible for leading this army should be Sidrifa's demigod father, right?" Medea frowned and said, "Is it okay? Can the other party be trusted?"

"Of course there is a reason why the battlefield was chosen in Catania." Mi'er did not answer her, but just smiled and said.

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On Hearth Island, Ask is explaining to Eleanor: about the selection of subsequent law skills.

"You are now at Level 13, and the skills you possess are 'Unyielding', 'Flow of Light' and 'Arm of Will'."

"Unyielding makes you immune to psychic control and extends the duration of the Holy Sword; the flow of light increases your mobility, allowing you to ignore the influence of the terrain and environment and turn into a flow of light to move at will; the weapon of will allows you to The means of attack are liberated from the equipment, making your available tactics more flexible."

"If you consider the role of the Holy Sword, your current tactical system is quite balanced: there is output, there is resistance, and there is mobility. However, in actual combat this time, we discovered a problem, that is, you lack effective means to deal with long-range enemies. .”

"The long-range enemies here include flying enemies in the air, enemies with high maneuverability that keep a distance from you, and enemies that can attack from a distance. Against these people, you can probably only use the extended light stream of your will to poke them. , this speed is really too slow.”

"For example, this time I use gravity to control you. Although I can't penetrate your defense, your movements are also restricted and you can't attack me at all."

"On the battlefield, if you cannot interrupt the enemy's attack in time, you will inevitably fall into the situation of being passively beaten. If your holy sword can last for more than 1 minute, then if the enemy bombards you indiscriminately or controls you for more than 1 minute, Zhong, what should you do?”

"Yeah." Eleanor thought about it carefully and had to admit that Asker was right.

If an enemy with the law of gravity comes and uses amplified gravity to directly suppress her from a long distance, she seems to have no other good way except to turn on the holy sword state and force it.

"So, what should we do?" the female knight asked seriously.

"There are three ways to face this type of long-range enemy." Asik raised three fingers.

"Quick long-range attack method, sniper in advance to interrupt."

"Large-scale AOE continuous damage, just throw it with your eyes closed."

"And, effective control means, strike first and take advantage."

Medea and Mi'er have formed an alliance with each other, and the first joint layout is about to begin... Thanks to zelas丿 for the 5,000 coins, and thanks to pgmt for the 100 coins~