Chapter 21 Tasks
Before the people of the Azure Sword could make a plan, the emperor had already sent someone to find them.
"Looking for me?" Asker asked.
"Yes, looking for you, Lord Asker." The royal chamberlain said with a smile on his face.
Following the attendant to the Emperor's building, the Blade Samurai prepared to unload his weapons, first removing the sword and battle axe from his waist, then the short knife on his forearm, the pouch of the gun on his chest, and only to find a row of throwing knives on the inside of his coat......
Why does this guy have so many weapons!
With the case of the last assassination, the Blade Warriors' search this time can be described as meticulous, and they almost made Asker strip naked. In the end, there was a special supernatural ability, and he monitored it with some unknown supernatural ability to confirm that there was no problem before letting him in.
Two blade warriors flanked him, and if the guy moved, they would immediately subdue him.
The Emperor was standing at his desk in his study, looking down at the military map of Italy and northern Canada, and Asker keenly noticed a large red circle drawn somewhere on the map, which was supposed to be a minefield north of Verona, almost completely sealing the exit near the southern foothills of the Alps.
Sure enough, if you have money these days, you can do whatever you want, and the Holy See can block the dilemma of tens of thousands of people in the emperor's army just by relying on these armaments.
"You're Asker?" The Emperor looked up.
The young emperor had blonde hair, a high nose, deep eye sockets, and a reddened skin on his cheeks and neck.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Aske bowed slightly. He was not a vassal of the emperor, so there was no need to kneel on one knee.
"I've heard about you and your mercenary group." The Emperor raised his chin slightly and looked at him with some kind of uncomfortable attitude, "Except for you, all of them are young and beautiful women. ”
"Yes." Asker didn't know how many times he had explained this question, so he replied very fluently, "There are only two criteria for joining our team: strength, or potential. Gender and appearance are not criteria for joining the group, as for what you see, it is just a coincidence......"
"Hah! No need to disguise. From the first time I saw you, I knew you were the same type as me, ambitious and possessive. The Emperor slapped the table and laughed, "At least you are not like those hypocritical dukes, who always start with the honorific title of 'Your Majesty' when you see me, but you think in your heart 'that crazy old Frankish man'." ”
He walked to the wine cabinet next to him: "Have a drink?" ”
"No thanks." Aske politely declined.
The blade warrior next to him pinched his sweat, but the emperor didn't care, and poured himself a glass of red wine, or wine, in short, he couldn't tell what brand of precious wine it was, and quickly took a sip.
"When I was younger." "I also dreamed of sleeping with a lot of women and having more children, so that I could make sure that at least one child would grow up to be like me," said the emperor. ”
"Until my great, venerable father, one day called me to me, and said, Little Otto, I have arranged a family affair for you, and the other party is Miss Theofano of the Eastern Solomon Empire, an absolute family of famous family, absolutely worthy of your status Balabala."
The blade warriors present were pale, and they almost wanted to cut off their ears immediately, but the emperor just said to himself disappreciatively:
"So I can only say goodbye to my harem dreams. Although Theofano bore me four children, one was lost and one died, and only one son and one daughter eventually grew up. ”
"Then I guess your son must be like you." Asker complimented.
"Haha, sycophants are not our Frankish style. But since you are from Constantinople, like my Theofano, I will forgive you with gracicity. The Emperor's eyebrows twitched, evidently very useful to his sycophants.
"So, you don't really need too many women. For me, governing an empire, as difficult as it is, is much easier than falling in love with a woman. Even though my wife loves me very much, her mind is not 100% on me...... It's probably only 84 percent, and the remaining 16 percent is given to the children. ”
"That's why my Matilda and Otto will grow up like me, and a happy family is the most important guarantee for the healthy growth of children." The emperor squeezed his eyes at him, "And too many women will only make you take care of one thing and the other, if you can't satisfy your own women, how can you make your children respect you...... You know what I mean. ”
"I understand." Aske couldn't laugh or cry, but what was this!
"Straight to the point." Emperor Zhengse said, "Although I still have many doubts about your mercenary group, Duke Weissbach and His Excellency the Dragon of Fantasy are willing to vouch for you, and I can only choose to trust their vision." Now that you are in our army, you should know what kind of predicament we face. ”
"I know, Your Majesty." Aske nodded, "The road to Verona is blocked by a minefield. ”
"It's not just that." The Emperor denied his claim, "Our greatest threat is not the minefield, but time...... Sir, we are in a race against time. Every night a minute to breach the gateway to Italy and Canada, one more tank or plane from the Holy See will come off the production line. ”
"There is no doubt that this will lead to more Frankish soldiers dying in the heat of the war, and it is likely that you and the women around you will be among them. So we need to solve the problem of this minefield as soon as possible, and race against time, whether it is to use the mode of manual demining, or to go to Venis to find that demigod, do you understand? ”
"I understand." Asker said that I won't do manual demining, and it seems that he wants us to go to Venis to find the demigods.
"That's good." The Emperor nodded, and said with a smile, "You see, the communication between us is smooth, unlike those hypocritical dukes, who always start and end with cumbersome and polite ceremonial rhetoric. ”
His face became serious: "Your team will go to the Venis City-State for me, no matter what means you use, get that demigod councilor here, and I will allow you to choose any bottle of Class III potions...... Your team is full of Transcendents above Lv.8, right? As long as it's a potion that the Saxon family has, you can choose it. If you are in the other duke's family, if you can tell me, I will mediate on your behalf. ”
Level III potions, this price is okay, it is a normal price without nepotism. Asker nodded and said:
"I will live up to your expectations, Your Majesty."
"Good." The Emperor said with satisfaction, and the self-proclaimed self-proclaimed changed from "I" to "I" again:
"I don't think your team has a record of mission failures, and I hope this streak continues. Albrecht? ”
"Here I am, Your Majesty." A knight walked in from outside the door, it was the knight who was rescued by everyone on the night of the last devil's mutation.
"This is the knight of the House of Wettin from Thuringia, Albrecht, who will escort you to the city-state of Venis." The Emperor whispered, "I don't want to have any conflict with the Prison Guards, but ......"
"If anyone gets in the way of your mission, in the name of the Empire, but kill it!"
"Understood." Aske and Albrecht said in zizi.