Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first? Chapter 175 - 175 79 Top 10 Teams

175: Chapter 79: Top 10 Teams 175: Chapter 79: Top 10 Teams “The Azure Longsword?”

Andrea hadn’t yet reacted, but from beside her, Herman seed to recall sothing and frowned as he asked,

“Is that the rcenary group that got to Fengkexim before you during the hunt for the Temple Knights in Stanimaka, and even made off with his rifle in the process?”

“Oh!” Andrea imdiately realized, then a complex and difficult-to-understand expression crossed her face.

Stealing kills was a common occurrence within the large rcenary groups, after all, it was purely a matter of strength, and there was nothing you could do if your punch wasn’t strong enough.

Moreover, with each mission, the size of the fist was related to the number of people attending, and the number of attendees directly related to the manpower cost.

Therefore, “how to attend with fewer people” to ultimately “overpower the competitors and complete the mission” was an issue that the headquarters of various large rcenary groups studied year-round.

The headquarters of the Steel Cross rcenary Group, for instance, even hired professional accountants and actuaries from Venice specifically to assess and calculate the difficulty of various tasks and the corresponding number of attendees required.

Of course, they could only estimate, not predict.

For example, if a mission was estimated to be solvable with about 200 people, but upon arrival at the scene, it turned out that the “Free Wind” rcenary group had brought 300 people, naturally, you couldn’t compete with them for the task.

If you can’t beat them, then all the various expenses incurred by your 200 people attending the mission, since you didn’t get the task reward, beca a total loss.

The large rcenary groups had also considered collaboration, like today I bring 300 people, you bring 300, and neither of us has the strength to press down the other, and we don’t want to directly kill each other and end up in a lose-lose situation.

Thus, simply collaborating to complete the task and splitting the reward evenly could occasionally happen.

Of course, this was under the condition that no one showed any flaws throughout the process.

If one side suffered heavy casualties during the mission, then sorry, but the agreent had to be changed.

Why?

Because if your punch isn’t hard enough now, why would I honor our deal with you?

The mission to hunt the Temple Knight Fengkexim had all the makings of a cooperative venture between both sides.

At that ti, Matthews from Free Wind brought slightly more rcenaries, while in terms of individual strength, Andrea’s side had the upper hand.

Neither side was certain they could defeat the other; therefore, they could have worked together to kill the mission target and then split the task reward.

Unexpectedly, a small rcenary group called The Azure Longsword intervened, first defeating Fengkexim in a sniper duel, and then shafully fled before anyone else could react.

By the ti the Steel Cross and Free Wind arrived at the scene, Fengkexim was already dead, and his weapons had been taken by them.

A Temple Knight worth 1000 pounds, with half of that prize snatched away, left only 500 pounds for the taking.

If it had been just one rcenary group, it might have been fine.

But for two groups to split this 500 pounds, the cost-effectiveness of the mission took quite an unsightly turn.

Thus, Andrea and Matthews sched against each other all the way, calculating moves to trip one another up, resorting to all sorts of tricks like setting traps, poisoning, misleading, and driving a wedge between bodies.

Several tis they almost broke into full conflict, but they ultimately managed to deliver Fengkexim’s head to the nearest Catholic Diocese.

Then they each collected 250 pounds…

Andrea still felt the pain when she thought about it now, “Damn it, after such trouble, I only earned a asly 250 pounds, and got reprimanded by the headquarters for the sniper’s death, which even affected my year-end performance.”

It was all the fault of The Azure Longsword!

Seeing the complex expressions of the two rcenaries, the two kings of Sparta were sowhat surprised.

They had initially only planned to drop the na and then follow up with “The Spartans have already collaborated with The Azure Longsword, so there’s no need for you Steel Cross rcenaries to bother.”

But seeing Andrea’s face and her reaction, they seed to already be familiar with The Azure Longsword and had so unfriendly run-ins.

So, Kapsos quickly gave a knowing look, and Rudashus imdiately understood, hurrying out the door to find Aske.

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On the open ground near the dormitory, Eleanor, Peggy, and Sigrdrifa were practicing against each other, with Aske watching by their side.

Around the edge of the clearing, it was surrounded by a throng of Spartan Scouts.

Hood was squeezed in the middle of the Spartan youngsters, gritting his teeth and glaring at Aske.

Dragged off to the Scouts for no good reason, then inexplicably put through a whole day of physical training with things like weighted cross-country, standing at attention, 100-ter obstacle sprints, and javelin throwing.

Although adult Spartan Warriors were specifically looking after him, avoiding any harm, the inevitable sweat and muscle soreness could not be avoided.

This bastard Aske, I thought since I wasn’t formally enlisted with the rcenary Group, he would have no reason to train , but I didn’t expect this guy to resort to such sneaky tactics!

I vow to get even or I’m not a man!

“Hey, is that The Azure Longsword rcenary Corps you’re from?” A few Spartan youths asked Hood.

“So aweso!

That warrior with the golden hair!” one exclaid in admiration, “Look at how she wields her Shield, even such overwhelming attacks she can fend off, her experience is definitely no less than our instructors!”

“And that one with the black hair, her movents are so fast!

Faster than the strongest 100-ter sprinter in Athens!

I can hardly trace her actions!”

They all expressed their envy unanimously.

Kids always admire the strong, and along with them, Hood felt a sense of vicarious pride and started to get carried away as well.

“Ah, what’s so great about that, you guys just haven’t seen much,” Hood made a scornful expression, “See that man standing on the side of the field?

That’s our Squad Leader of The Azure Longsword rcenary Corps, and that’s the true super-strong warrior.

The three on the field combined wouldn’t even be a match for him.”

“Really?” The Spartan youths’ eyes sparkled.

“Hey, Hood, where would you rank in terms of fighting ability within The Azure Longsword rcenary Corps?” a curious youth asked.

“Cough.

I’m not an adult yet, it’s not the sa,” Hood said awkwardly.

“But that black-haired girl, she’s not an adult either,” another youth pointed out.

“Uh…” Hood hesitated, then slapped his chest confidently, “Not to brag, but our Squad Leader and I are very close, he often teaches so battle skills.

Although I’m not fully mature yet and can’t compete physically with adults, my fighting ability would still rank in the top ten within the group.”

“Ohhhh.” The Spartan youths nodded in amazent, their faces full of admiration.

While Hood continued to boast amidst the youngsters, the battle on the field had co to an end.

Although the “Golden Finger” used to enhance the Stealing Ability had been returned to Quintus after the defense of Olin City concluded, Peggy, with the wealth of combat experience gained during that ti, could now stably create an additional illusion.

With a horizontal swing of her Short Sword, she created an illusion and struck at Sigrdrifa from both sides.

Naturally aware of the power of the Undead Illusion Sword, Sigrdrifa hurriedly unleashed a Tornado Slash, forcing both attackers back.

Taking advantage of the mont Sigrdrifa’s back was turned to her, Eleanor made a sudden Shield rush and smashed Sigrdrifa to the ground from behind.

“Fantastic fight!” The Spartan youths clapped and cheered in unison.

However, the scene that unfolded next left them utterly speechless.

With grunts and groans, Sigrdrifa stubbornly stayed down on the ground, refusing to get up.