Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 459 - 74 Hive

The next day, the group arrived at the designated location on the outskirts of the military camp and met with two demigods.

The bearded demigod was the "Wilderness Bear" Mason from the Weiding Family, whose Law was "Energy Storage," typically becoming stronger as the battle progressed; the other slim demigod was the "War God" Leopold from the Carinthia Duchy, whose Law was "Decisive Kill," with ease of causing effects like armor penetration and critical hits on the enemy.

The Energy Storage Law coalesced from the "Strong" Sequence, while the Decisive Kill Law coalesced from the "Weakness" Sequence, meaning, strictly speaking, The Azure Longsword would also be capable of coalescing these two Laws. However, under Aske’s guidance, everyone had come to look down upon these common-tier Laws.

After all, they had Aske and Peggy as role models. They now either pursued one of the four Great Super Supreme Laws, Compound Laws, or Rare Laws, with no consideration for others.

Of course, even with common Laws, the rank of a demigod ensured they still stood a head above them, so the group was courteous yet not submissive in the presence of the two demigods.

This took the two demigods by surprise; usually, transcendent beings would either flatter or tremble before a demigod, but these young ladies managed to remain calm and composed, which itself was enough to gain a second glance.

In any case, the two demigods would never have imagined that "the others looked down upon their Laws."

"Thira, Light Body Skill," Aske reminded.

Thira flipped her wrist, adjusting the gravity for everyone and the two demigods to 1/10; they immediately felt much lighter.

"Arcane Mage?" War God Leopold glanced at her wrist under her sleeve, which showcased mithril’s magic power circuit. Eastern Luo’s transcendent arcane spellcasters would paint these circuits from the heart to the wrist, thus enhancing precision in manipulation.

That meant this young lady was an Eastern spellcaster, and observing her effortless display of skill, although her Spirituality did not seem to have reached Bloodline Completion Lv.10, her mastery over the gravity sequence was certainly at a Grade IV level.

Looking at the others, the lowest were at Lv.8, and the rest were around Lv.9 and Lv.10. Squad Leader Aske and the young lady named Peggy had already begun their Path of Law; the average level of this team was astonishingly high.

This was a considerably rare occurrence.

Not to mention the difficulty of obtaining high-rank Magic Potions, but in terms of the Path of Law, virtually every transcendent who reached Lv.10 already had a clear concept of the Law they aimed to condense.

And Laws cannot be stacked with resources like Magic Potions; the fact that each person’s contemplation, inspiration, and Ritual Tasks are distinct ensured that transcendent beings with different Laws were far more efficient acting alone than in groups.

Even for a purely Physical Department like the Swordsmen under Richarter, once members reached Lv.9, they would usually apply to graduate and start preparing for their subsequent Path of Law. Therefore, like The Azure Longsword, having all members above Lv.8 and still within the team was very uncommon.

Quite interesting.

"Our mission target is the Church Court’s unmanned drone hive mobile fortress, ’Salmatia,’" the group hastened forward, and War God Leopold suddenly said, "As far as we know, it is currently stationed across the Po River in Motegana Town, surrounded by wall-style Force Field Shields, and enveloped within an Anti-Demon Magnetic Field."

"Under the Anti-Demon Magnetic Field, our combat abilities as Physical Demigods will not be too greatly affected. However, without invoking Laws, it might be impossible to break the Force Field Shield with sheer strength," intervened Wilderness Bear Mason, glancing at Peggy, "Therefore, we had originally planned to ask the Dragon of Imagination, or the Chaos Duke, to smash from a distance or Jump past the Anti-Demon Magnetic Field from outside its range."

"However, you seemed to have dealt with the Anti-Demon Magnetic Field in Verona City, and since the Dragon of Imagination recommended you, we trust that you have a way to deal with it," said War God Leopold, "Help us open up the Anti-Demon Magnetic Field, and there will be a reward for you; as for the subsequent battle, you can choose whether to participate or not."

He slightly paused on the word "not participate," and naturally, Aske understood his implication. Whether they participated or not, the reward would clearly differ.

"We are a professional Mercenary Group," replied Aske.

A professional Mercenary Group, how could they refuse a mission?

"Very well," nodded War God Leopold, looking quite satisfied.

The party of eleven arrived by the Po River, opting not to use the bridge heavily guarded by Synthetic Human troops, but rather to cross the river.

The two robust men didn’t say another word; with a fish-like leap, they jumped into the river. The Azure Longsword members exchanged looks before rapidly communicating through their Mind Channel.

Mia waved her hand, and shadows enveloped everyone, transporting them to the Shadow Realm.

In the Shadow Plane, which the demigods could not see, everyone was teleported again to Fire Island, leaving only Mia and Thira behind.

Thira cast a spell, first eliminating the gravity of both individuals, placing herself and Mia in a state of total weightlessness; then she activated her "Storm" ability, using air pressure to generate a flying wind that quickly and steadily blew them across the river.

Arriving at the opposite bank, the group reappeared in reality, just as two demigods powerfully swam towards them with the agility of butterfly strokes, their bodies drenched as they surged onto the shore.

"Phew," Wilderness Bear Mason said, "I lost, here you go."

He produced a coin purse, which War God Leopold accepted with a smile and casually hung at his waist.

Were these two competing in a swimming contest? The ladies were speechless together—was this how masculine demigods exchanged feelings?

"Let’s go." The Wilderness Bear said as he gestured grandly towards the distant massive fortress.

"Aske," Nora quietly asked, lingering at the back of the group as they marched on, "are we going to join the battle next?"

"Of course, why miss out on the benefits?" Aske replied.

"But..." Nora wore a hesitant and troubled expression, "that’s the Salmatia we’re talking about!"

"If we betray the Emperor’s Alliance and protect the Salmatia, will the Church Court reward us?" Aske inquired.

"I guess not," Nora said.

"And what if we help the Emperor’s Alliance and destroy the Salmatia?"

"We would get a reward..." Nora said with an awkward laugh, "but is this a matter of rewards? If Salmatia were destroyed, wouldn’t that be making an enemy of the Church Court directly?"

"No, no, no." Aske shook his finger, "First, you have to understand, it’s not us who will destroy the Salmatia; it’s the two demigods."

"Second, do you know how many drone hives the Church Court has?"

"How many?" Nora asked, puzzled.

"33," Aske said, "The Salmatia is the most technologically backward among them, because it was built with an insufficient military budget at the time, hence its nuclear fusion reactor is single-phase, not multiphase, and it has long surpassed its service life."

"Still, this isn’t a reason for us to just destroy it..." Nora still hesitated.

"That’s precisely why the Church Court only sent it to the front lines," Aske said, pointing to the sky above, "Do you think the Church Court doesn’t know we are approaching this hive?"

"Do you think the demigods are unaware that this hive was deliberately sent out by the Church Court?"

"Uh..." Now Nora was utterly confused.

What did that mean? The Church Court intentionally sent a hive for the Emperor’s Alliance to attack, and the demigods also knew about it?

"Are you implying there’s collusion between the Church Court and the two demigods?" Nora asked incredulously.

"You have a vivid imagination," Aske commented.

"I really don’t understand..." Nora lamented inwardly, on the verge of tears.

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