Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 374 - 172 Assassination Plan

The two entered the secret room prepared by Rasul and resumed their discussion.

"It’s not that I want to say this, but you better find someone more capable," Aske said. "A Demigod isn’t something we can handle right now. Under the limitations of the Magic Tide, they just don’t want mutual destruction."

"If they really fought us seriously, ten thousand like you and me would just be wiped out with a flip of their hand."

"What if I make it so he can’t even flip his hand?" Ralph said meaningfully. frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

"Then why don’t you just kill him instantly?" Aske said. "Why do you need me to join?"

"Because to make him lose the power to flip his hand, we need a genius-level swordsman to make a move," Rasul said seriously. "The Law of Hidden Strings is ’Vibration’ and ’Air Flow’. By vibrating the air to compress it to the extreme, an immensely powerful defensive strength can be achieved."

Hidden Strings, naturally, Aske had heard of them when playing games before.

This Demigod, on one hand, can manipulate air pressure like Thira, compressing the air highly to form a manipulable entity.

On the other hand, they can use ’Excitation Force’ to ’force air molecules into compulsory vertical vibrations’, ’drastically decreasing the repulsion between air molecules’, thus compressing the air to even more terrifying levels, nearly able to block and neutralize the majority of external attacks and forces.

Of course, the quotes above explaining the principle, were all analyzed by gaming forum experts.

Whether it’s true or not isn’t clear, but this Demigod indeed permanently attached dense air armor to his skin at the peak of the previous Magic Tide, even sniper rifle bullets couldn’t penetrate this incredibly tough defense, and even the impact force would be swiftly neutralized by the vibration of the air layer.

So...

"So we need a type of swordsmanship that can penetrate this defense?" Aske understood. He had used the Star Nine Forms. Breaking Heavy in the Night Watchman squad, and Rasul must have gotten this information, which is why he had come to him.

"Exactly," Rasul smiled and clapped his hands.

"But if this guy possesses the Law of Air Flow, that means he at least has the ’Storm IV’ sequence." Aske said. "At level IV, one can elementalize their own body into a gaseous state, thereby becoming immune to most physical damage."

"Considering the immensity of a Demigod’s Spirituality, he could even maintain a gaseous state for several years. Even if my sword could penetrate his defense and strike him, I doubt it would be very effective, right?" he asked tentatively.

"So we have found another Demigod to collaborate with us." Rasul slightly smiled, and a middle-aged man with an unfamiliar face came out from outside the door. His flesh on his face eerily twitched and transformed, finally taking on the appearance of Agrippina.

"Lord Poison of Belladonna," Aske greeted with a nod.

"Squad Leader Aske," Agrippina said with a seductive smile, "You’ve already advanced to Lv.10... what a terrifying speed. If it weren’t for the limit of the Magic Tide, you might have already reached the threshold of understanding the Law, right?"

"You flatter me, sir." Aske politely expressed his modesty, but in reality...

In reality, it was pretty much the case; without the limit of the Magic Tide, it might take him just a month to master the War Law, given his extensive experience.

"So, it’s about a toxin?" Aske asked.

"Apply my specially formulated toxin for Demigods on your sword," Agrippina said. "As long as your sword penetrates the defense and strikes the opponent, if he activates his body’s gaseous state, the toxin will spread even faster with the air flow and will completely dissolve and exhaust his Spirituality in less than half a second."

"By then, he will have difficulty maintaining his own Spirituality under control, let alone have any possibility of counterattacking."

Indeed, only a Demigod could kill another Demigod... Aske silently contemplated for a long while.

Since even Demigod Lord Agrippina had been invited, it appeared that Rasul’s assassination plan was indeed well-prepared.

"Poison of Belladonna, Lord," he asked, confirming, "Why do you target this Hidden Strings? Even if he were really killed, the traces of your poison would eventually be discovered by the Wolf Family."

"Just because he instigated my former apprentice to attack the Bavarian Duchy, ending in a tragic death in a foreign land," Agrippina scoffed coldly, "Why can’t I kill him?"

Fine, fine, fine, you are a demigod, do as you please. For the sake of a minor issue of face, Aske was speechless about attacking other demigods.

Nonetheless, the transcendents of the Pure Blood Monastery were generally so, full of arrogance and impulsiveness, which could be seen as their signature traits. The mere fact that they adopted the "Revival of the Solomon Peoples" as their organizational tenet showed just how radical they were.

In fact, what Solomon peoples were there still around these days?

Not to mention Italy, in the late Fourth Epoch after the fall of Western Luo, it had been mixed with various Barbarian tribes numerous times. As for Eastern Luo, their lineage had long since become Sirian-Asia Minorized.

This bunch wasn’t genuinely pure Solomon peoples, yet they still claimed to be pure Solomonites, one could only say they were merely a group of "Jingluo" enjoying their own company.

Since Agrippina wanted to "defend the dignity of the Solomon people," Aske naturally wouldn’t ask for trouble. He just listened as Rasul spoke again:

"The poison of Demigod Lord is not something that mundane materials can withstand."

He picked up a longsword from the corner of the wall, drew it from its sheath, and the blade emitted a certain dull, light-less gray material—it looked like...

Bone?

"This is a sword made of dragon bone, called ’Shadow Wings,’" Rasul said casually, "It can carry the poison of Lord Belladonna."

"It has a problem in that it’s especially heavy, but I believe that isn’t a problem for you."

Rasul tossed the longsword over, and Aske caught it—it was indeed heavy.

He casually swung it and said, "Not bad."

"I’m lending it to you for now," Rasul said with a smile.

"Is the cost you invested worth it?" Aske asked in surprise.

"If this civil war can end quickly, the Holy Solomon Empire can swiftly send troops to attack the Church Court," Rasul said bluntly, "Once the two giants on this continent start clashing, the global situation will rapidly become chaotic."

"And chaos is beneficial for all three of our sides. Whether it’s for the Ilanian Assassins, Pure Blood Monastery, or for you Azure Longsword Corps, it’s the same."

Of course, his words were true. The Church Court was the greatest enemy of Ilanian Assassins infiltrating the West, and Rasul had ample reason to target the Church Court. The Pure Blood Monastery could do the same, possibly negotiating terms with Divine Luo during their southern expedition, procuring more living space in Italy.

As for ordinary mercenary groups, obviously the more turmoil, the more prosperous they would be. However, for Aske, this was actually an issue that required careful consideration.

Were the girls of the Azure Longsword Mercenary Corps truly prepared to face the subsequent full-scale war?

"I’ll go back and think it over, then I’ll give you an answer," Aske finally said.

"You can contact us directly through Peggy’s diary," Agrippina said coldly.

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