Chapter 668: Chapter 47: Team Building Trip
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Mopping-up operations.
After William’s fall, Sigrdrifa successfully subdued the remaining Knights of the Northern Horn.
Of course, there were a few knights who refused to be subdued, determined to die for William, and Sigrdrifa naturally chose to respect their wishes.
With two demigods falling in succession, the remaining members of the Otwell Family naturally lost the courage to continue resisting. After all, there were still two demigods present.
“So next, Sherry will stay temporarily in Sicily to help maintain the restored order of the Otwell Family,” Medea said lightly in the hall of Stovefire Island Manor, “Of course, the rebuilt order will also be under our indirect control.”
“The remaining troops of the Northern Horn, I plan to reorganize them into a Mercenary Group,” Sigrdrifa added.
“Reorganize into a Mercenary Group?” Nora asked in surprise.
“The Azure Longsword will have the first, second, and third Mercenary Groups under the banner of the Northern Horn,” Sigrdrifa said with a grin, “What do you think?”
Aske: ……
Well, once the order of Sicily is restored, relying on The Azure Longsword’s good relationship with the Church Court, the Otwell Family, ostensibly subservient to Sigrdrifa, will certainly have no motivation to invade the North again.
Then, how to maintain such a huge regular army became a rather debatable matter. Retiring to farm was out of the question; one couldn’t expect these Norman Transcendents to settle down quietly and cultivate the land, so the only option was to maintain the status quo temporarily.
It’s better to have them earn money as mercenaries than to dismiss them and have them cause trouble. Besides, the Nora Family has money; it would be perfect to hire these Norman Knights to protect the business activities of the Lixini Family in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
In this way, the future Sicily would be governed by three major powers: politically, the Otwell Family led by Sigrdrifa with a legal claim, militarily overseen and intervened by Demigod Miel, and economically supported by the Nora Family.
A tripartite balance, most stable.
Aske, of course, noticed this and after sighing “The girls are all starting to have their own little thoughts,” he no longer concerned himself with this matter.
For him, the more important thing was, of course, the team’s strength growth plan.
After this battle, Sigrdrifa, Mia, and Thira all successfully completed the Ritual Task and comprehended their corresponding Laws.
The highest level still belonged to the Fate-favored girl of the Blood Clan, Lv.16 Peggy; followed by Aske, who had just completed Law Embodiment, at Lv.15.
After understanding the Judgment Skill, Eleanor’s level also rose to Lv.14, and she needed to enter the Law Embodiment stage; then Miel, Medea, and Nora, with levels 12, 11, and 11, respectively, and more skill development space.
The last three newly appointed Law Level Transcendents would probably only include Mia, who had comprehended the wormhole opening skill, smoothly advancing to Lv.11, while Sigrdrifa and Thira were still at Lv.10.
But that was okay, as the difference between the Path of Law and the Bloodline Path lies in that the Bloodline Path upgrades step by step, and if one gets stuck on the corresponding Magic Potion, it can take a long time; whereas the Path of Law is more akin to some kind of experiential absorption, the strength grows at a uniform pace.
So as long as everyone participates in more training, the levels would naturally rise, and there’s no need to worry about encountering an upgrade bottleneck similar to a lack of Magic Potion.
For example, that future Sigrdrifa, by her tone, clearly could not beat the Aske of that world. After all, there is now a 5-Level gap between Aske and Sigrdrifa, which of course is not so easily caught up.
Thinking of Sigrdrifa brought to mind that inexplicable kiss. Casting these stray thoughts out of his memory, Aske subconsciously looked towards Sigrdrifa, who was still talking to Medea, and suddenly she blushed and turned her head away.
Aske: ???
“Hey, have you done something to Sigrdrifa recently?” Medea asked with a smile, hugging her arms, her eyes squinting into slits, “Why is her attitude towards you so strange?”
It’s not that I did something to her; it was “she” who did something to me! Aske was practically speechless.
“Eh.” Medea suddenly leaned in close, sniffing him a few times, her nostrils flaring slightly.
“What are you doing?” Aske quickly backed away.
“Why can’t I read your thoughts anymore?” Medea asked suspiciously.
“Oh,” Aske replied frankly, “I plundered your Mind Power and put a protective layer on myself.”
Medea: ……
“That Plunder Skill of yours is really powerful, huh? Can it copy any ability?” she said, a bit sourly, “So it seems we are all just repositories of your Extraordinary Laws, for you to pick and use at will according to your mood, right?”
“What are you talking about, Medea?” Aske’s face darkened, “I’m just ‘borrowing’ your abilities, that’s all.”
“Borrowing is fine, but when will you return them?” Medea asked impatiently, “How do we calculate the interest?”
Aske: ???
“Let’s do this,” Medea said with a grin, “I won’t fuss over you ‘borrowing’ my ability. In compensation, why don’t you spend the day with me, how about it?”
“Uh…” Aske pondered for a moment, then saw Miel pop out from somewhere.
“Are you guys going out to play?” the Half-elf Girl asked excitedly.
Medea turned her head away, casting a sharp glare at her from the corner of her eye. Miel responded with a sweet smile, saying crisply:
“I just took a look at the timeline and found out you two went out today. Can I join you, Aske?”
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