On the Plains of Thrace, several Seljuk Demigods were joining forces to resist the attack from the members of The Azure Longsword.

The black flames of Sin Fire filled the sky, blocking the pursuit of the rear troops; countless words spewed from the sleeves of the Scripture Scroll Blade's robe, stabbing towards the girls like a noose; another demigod, the "Devil Lord," quickly cast an array, summoning a few devils from Purgatory.

From Purgatory came humanoid devils with curved long horns and goat hooves, their arms covered with sulfur scales still burning with flames.

These devils are the genetic prototypes of Medea's "Purgatory Demon" bloodline. Or to trace the bloodline back up, it ultimately leads to some embryonic ancestor who accepted a devil gene transplant.

So when these devils appeared, Medea immediately felt a sense.

Even in Purgatory, the sheep-horned demons are the best subjects for demons' enslavement. Several Mind Lines shot out, quickly controlling these sheep-horn demons.

Then she manipulated these devils, swinging the slaughter knife back towards the demigod Lord who had summoned them.

The Devil Lord hurriedly shot out a flame whip, entangling the suddenly treacherous sheep-horn demons, and began to contend with Medea for dominance over these devils.

In the air, the flower-shaped black flames ejected by Sin Fire were penetrated by Miel's few shots and vanished one after another—transferred to a parallel world.

Countless vines and branches suddenly sprouted from the soil, blocking the word nooses of the Scripture Scroll Blade, and both sides simultaneously turned to powder.

Eleanor and Peggy had already charged forward, attacking the three Seljuk Demigods from two directions, but Mia was even faster, teleporting right into their midst.

Dimension Storm!

The twisted space storm swept around, and for a moment within the perception of the Seljuk Demigods, it seemed like up, down, front, and back were completely flipped.

Eleanor, radiating light, charged to the front of Sin Fire, the long spear in her hand glowing with willpower shining in a straight stab.

Due to the perception reversal by the Dimension Storm, movement was difficult. Sin Fire could only suddenly activate body conceptualization, forcefully taking a long spear penetration, but Eleanor had already attached the flame from the [Judgement] skill to the spear tip, igniting the concept of his body immediately.

Peggy also rushed forward fiercely, stabbing at the Scripture Scroll Blade with a short sword in her right hand, while her left hand drew out a Death Curse Black Light, hurling it towards the Devil Lord.

The Devil Lord quickly pressed his hands in the air, summoning a gigantic lesserdemon lord.

The huge demon lord, several stories high, barely appeared and took Peggy's Death Curse on behalf of the demigod, its massive body instantly exploded, numerous spikes shooting in all directions.

Mia, within the attack range, immediately jumped to escape. Eleanor, who was originally chasing Sin Fire, had to temporarily transform into a stream of light, quickly blocking these spikes, preventing them from hitting the girls behind who were not yet demigods.

The three Seljuk Demigods simultaneously maintained body conceptualization, enduring the densely packed spike shots, and dashed swiftly towards Constantinople in the distance. Peggy's body exploded in the charge, transforming into overwhelming filthy blood to accelerate again, attempting to envelop the fleeing three demigods.

Ultimately, she only caught the arm of the Scripture Scroll Blade, and the opponent was also quite decisive, directly exploding the arm as well, transforming into countless conceptualized words, which were drained by Peggy's Life Drain.

"Is that The Theodosius Wall ahead?" Nora descended from the air, retracting the wings formed by white feathers, gazing at the gigantic wall in the distance, and the three demigods who had crossed over the wall.

She recalled when the Crusaders besieged the city, her group had just returned from a mission chasing Temple Knights, and they saw black smoke rising from behind Constantinople's walls.

Four years later, it's still Constantinople behind the wall, but those living inside…are no longer Solomon's people.

Thira stared blankly at The Theodosius Wall, only hearing Aske say:

"Yes."

"So shall we attack directly?" Eleanor asked.

"Even if we capture it, we couldn't hold it, just a few of us, forget it." Aske responded, "Let's return first."

Suddenly, a certain spiritual insight flooded into Thira's mind.

"Have you comprehended it?" Aske suddenly asked.

"Yes." Thira nodded.

"Let's talk when we get back." Aske said calmly.

............

On the side of The Azure Longsword, they slowly retreated, while on the other side, at the Crusader's position, the mercenaries' morale became extremely high.

After easily capturing Egnatia Fortress, everyone learned that several demigods of The Azure Longsword were pursuing Sin Fire to the east.

Where on earth did these demigods come from!

Of course, no matter how unbelievable it seemed, the facts were always laid bare: if it weren't for The Azure Longsword's extraordinary strength, it wouldn't be possible to force Sin Fire, a demigod, to flee towards Constantinople.

Therefore, everyone subconsciously accepted that The Azure Longsword had at least two demigods and began to calmly take over the defense of Egnatia Fortress.

Even Group Leader Matthews, who initially insisted on involving Apilius, had completely abandoned his previous stance and began to lavishly praise The Azure Longsword—mercenaries are adept at adapting to the winds; at the sight of impending failure, they immediately turn around. One moment they're your nemesis, the next they're calling you brother.

But for a mercenary group with several demigods, he had no choice but to surrender and switch sides.

After controlling Egnatia Fortress, the Steel Cross Mercenary Group sent people eastward to find the trace of The Azure Longsword. Essentially, they were searching for Princess Sofie's trace.

The previous concerns of the Crusaders applied equally to The Azure Longsword. If they ventured forward alone, there was a risk of having their retreat cut off. For example, while chasing one demigod, three might loop around behind them, which would be quite troublesome.

While the Steel Cross sent people to track, the Free Wind pretended to be concerned and also dispatched a scout team. Their only goal was to be the first to welcome back The Azure Longsword and repair the earlier strained relationship...Despite Matthews questioning Eleanor's strength before, even adopting a matter-of-fact attitude was unpleasant for the other party.

About two hours later, the scouts returned with results.

Andrea listened closely, then stood up with a serious expression and said:

"I apologize, everyone, I just received word that my pregnant wife at home is about to give birth. I must hurry back to see her."

"Of course, of course," the other mercenary leaders expressed understanding, reasoning that as a parent, one should. Thus, they bid farewell to Leader Andrea, thinking that one fewer competitor might be expected.

Andrea left the fortress hall with Herman, then left only the necessary personnel, and led the remaining Steel Cross Mercenary Group out of the fortress.

Old Pablo, the Recruitment Officer, was strolling around inspecting the new recruits' injuries in the Bull Mercenary Group, when he noticed the Steel Cross contingent neatly assembling and leaving, seemingly heading...to the east?

Feeling puzzled, he quietly approached the fortress hall and spoke with Great Captain Deslar, who was seated in a chair, for a few moments.

Upon hearing this, Captain Deslar pondered briefly, then his expression suddenly changed, lowering his voice:

"Quickly send a pair of scouts to check the east...no, two pairs of scouts, one to follow the Steel Cross main force, the other to explore the east! Then, have all the mercenaries gear up and await my command, ready to set off at any moment!"

"What happened?" After Old Pablo hurriedly left with Deslar's instructions, another mercenary group leader jokingly asked, "Is your wife in Iberia about to give birth too? If so, hurry back to her!"

"Hahaha, just some family affairs, don't trouble yourselves," Deslar laughed it off noncommittally.

After a while, the Free Wind's scouts also arrived and had a secret conversation with Matthews.

Being somewhat less shrewd, Matthews immediately stood up and started to walk out after hearing.

"What, is Matthews' wife about to give birth, too?" another mercenary leader continued to joke.

"Sister-in-law," Matthews absentmindedly replied, "My sister-in-law is about to give birth, I need to go and see."

Thus, the Free Wind also left the fortress, at which point Hagarral of the Viking Mercenary Group laughed and said:

"Why go to check on your sister-in-law giving birth? Could Matthews have a thing with his sister-in-law? Could it be that his sister-in-law and Andrea's wife are the same person..."

He laughed heartily, then as if realizing something, his boisterous laughter stopped abruptly, hastily calling someone over, instructing them a few words, then sending them off.

"You have a sister-in-law too?" the Gold Coin Mercenary Group leader asked coldly.

"Ahem, who doesn't have a sister-in-law?" Hagarral coughed, "I'm going outside for a walk."

Once Hagarral left, even the slowest-witted mercenary leader sensed something was amiss and quickly instructed his aides to follow Matthews to see what these guys were actually up to.

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