Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first? Chapter 720 - Capítulo 720: 96: Bull Mercenary Group

Capítulo 720: Chapter 96: Bull rcenary Group

As Aske was deep in thought, the fishern were secretly observing him.

His clothes were tattered, yet his deanor was calm and composed. Besides carrying a longsword, he had nothing else with him (the Dragon Bone Longsword being a special material weapon, its Spirituality consumption through Conceptual Weapon simulation was too large), making him appear like a down-and-out rcenary.

Not to ntion, this guy had actually drifted over on a chunk of floating ice… This inexplicably made the fishern think of incredible witchcraft, reminiscent of rumors about famous rcenary groups that would keep evil witch masters.

They manipulated flas or lightning, could control people’s minds or bodies, and even resurrected the dead from their graves… Southern undead wizards did just that, and to these fishern, a rcenary with extraordinary powers and such wizards were barely different.

As for the fishern’s secret prying, Aske didn’t care at all. He was well aware of how these fishern, or more so almost every player upon arriving in this world, found themselves similarly gawked at.

Besides, in this world, extraordinary power was ultimately not a common thing accessible to the masses, held only by a few.

Of course, extraordinary power had its limitations, the most basic issue being that its activation required the consumption of Spirituality. Once Spirituality neared exhaustion, the Transcendent was in danger of losing control.

This problem was most evident in Law Level Transcendents because Law Skills required a significant consumption of Spirituality from Level 10 to Level 19 Transcendents, especially during long journeys.

Otherwise, empires like the Seljuk Empire, possessing massive amounts of Level 20 and below army Transcendents, could directly form an “Airborne Transcendent Squadron”—even from the perspective of the ga company, such an excessive design would not be allowed.

Thus, along the way, Aske could only remain on the floating ice, occasionally using Thira’s Storm Gravity Abilities to speed up, and sotis using Sigrdrifa’s Frost Abilities to stabilize the “vehicle,” slowly “sailing” along.

Even when compared to the speed of an old diesel engine, it hardly matched up, illustrating that although Transcendents could nearly infinitely draw energy from the Magic Tide, in terms of energy conversion efficiency, they were indeed far behind technological civilizations.

Luckily, this ti he encountered fishern from the Aragon Kingdom out on a long fishing voyage, so Aske could take their fishing boat back, saving a considerable amount of Spirituality and ti.

About half an hour later, the fishing boat finally reached the port of Valencia.

The city, located on the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, was a natural port city. The Turia River, flowing from west to east, divided the city into northern and southern halves, with the northern Inner City being a comrcially prosperous modern area, and the southern Outer City comprised of large plowed farmlands and randomly built fishing villages along the coast.

The city was originally defended by feudal knights from various parts of the Aragon-Castilla Kingdom. However, after the arrival of the Bull rcenary Group in Valencia, these knights had retracted their defenses to the north bank of the Turia River in the Inner City, leaving the defense of the open Outer City on the south bank to the Bull rcenary Group.

The Bull rcenary Group was naturally frustrated, as everyone wanted to be stationed in the lucrative Inner City, not mingling around farmlands and fishing villages all day. However, the higher-ups in the rcenary group had already agreed to the City Lord’s request, so they had to silently patrol the south shore every day.

Soon, Aske, who had disembarked from the port, attracted the attention of a nearby rcenary patrol team.

This guy… sothing’s not quite right.

Many rcenaries had recently co to Valencia City, but most were in groups, ard with swords and guns. After all, with the ranger profession being prevalent in the Iberian Peninsula, encountering an enemy usually ant starting with a barrage of gunfire, then moving in for close-quarters sword slashing. If you didn’t carry a gun, you’d likely be at an imdiate disadvantage.

Yet this unfamiliar male rcenary, with only a bulky broadsword and no firearms (Aske had originally given his handgun to Eleanor), puzzled the people of the Bull rcenary Group.

“rcenary?” the squad leader asked as he stopped him, eyes scanning him up and down.

“Yes,” Aske said with a smile, “just like you.”

This remark sowhat displeased the Bull rcenary Group.

One must realize that the Bull rcenary Group of Iberia, born from the world’s earliest militarized rcenaries, the “Catalonia” rcenary group, remains No. 1 in terms of both scale and strength in the Iberian Peninsula, even though they’ve declined sowhat.

Great Captain Roger Deslar is hailed as a military genius that cos once in a century. Not only is his personal strength formidable, but his experience in strategic command is also vast. He has led the Bull rcenary Group in several tough battles, to the extent that the King of Aragon once proudly referred to this large rcenary group as “the pillar of the kingdom.”

And you, a poor bumpkin from who knows where, dare to say you’re just like our Bull rcenaries?

Are you worthy?

Of course, as mbers of a well-known large rcenary group, the Bull rcenaries would never openly express their disdain—they’d just write it on their faces for you to discern.

“Is Valencia City still recruiting rcenaries?” Aske pointed across the river to the city district.

“They are,” replied a Bull rcenary, “but, because resources in the city are limited, the city lord currently only recruits those wearing exquisite glass knight armor; they disdain to recruit rcenaries like us who dare to lick the blood off our blades… Currently, it seems the only ones willing to hire idle rcenaries are our Bull rcenary Group.”

“Are you recruiting then?” Aske asked.

“We only recruit rcenaries who can fight,” a Bull rcenary replied, his refusal apparent in his tone.

As if afraid Aske didn’t understand, another Bull rcenary nearby added:

“And we don’t cover equipnt expenses. If you want to join us in battling the undead, at least get your gear in order first.”

He patted the gun pouch on his waist, and Aske gazed at his handgun for a mont and chuckled:

“Do firearms bullets work on the undead?”

What is this newbie talking about? The Bull rcenaries grew impatient. Firearms bullets against the undead…

Obviously useless.

Common undead types include: ghosts that completely ignore physical damage; the Blood Clan, which get hit but heal extrely fast, thus almost immune; skeletons are full of gaps, maintained by magic power, and breaking a few bones doesn’t really affect them.

Altogether, it probably only hurts the Corpse Witches. However, within this bloodline race, the average level of Transcendents is the highest…

So strictly speaking, ordinary bullets indeed don’t do much against the undead, unless they are enchanted bullets. Naturally, only large military organizations like the Bull rcenary Group can provide their rcenaries with rare enchanted bullets.

But there’s no need to explain all this, as clearly this newbie doesn’t understand much.

Even if we provided enchanted bullets, you’d still need a gun, wouldn’t you?