The answer, of course, is no.

In fact, Eleanor was also confused about this. After all, she now simultaneously belongs to two families... Emotionally, she leans towards notifying the Weisbach family first, but reason tells her that if she does so, the sensitive Saxony Giant Dragon family will inevitably become hostile to the Weisbach family, as this would mean their Highness values the emotional bond with Weisbach more.

Conversely, notifying the Giant Dragon family first, while more realistic and reasonable, could secretly sadden the Weisbach family, especially her father, the Duke of Bavaria.

So, letting the Steel Cross Mercenary Group spread the news to allow both families time for cognitive buffering cleverly avoids making a decision and taking a stand... It can only be said that Eleanor is no longer the young, naive Knight Girl she once was; she has begun to possess some strategic thinking.

Upon learning that Her Highness has already reached the Demigod rank, Andrea and Herman were overjoyed and quickly sent people to invite the leaders of several other large mercenary groups over—after all, the stronghold on the opposite side is not something a single mercenary group could handle; it would be better to quickly take it down together and then go claim the reward.

Soon, the leaders of many well-known large mercenary groups, such as Free Wind, Bull, Golden Sparrow, Gold Coin, and Viking, also arrived in full force.

"Is this the Highness?" asked the hairy Norman giant man, Hagarral, leader of the Viking Mercenary Group, as he stared at Eleanor.

Although Demigods should not be judged by appearance, a princess can. With Eleanor's current spirited appearance, she looked more like a mercenary who had served as a knight rather than a princess of the Empire Emperor.

Eleanor smiled slightly and once again unfolded the domain of light flames, causing Leader Hagarral to immediately fall silent. Vikings, after all, still respected the strong, and even though this blonde girl did not look strong, they dared not easily question the strength of a Demigod.

However, someone quickly raised an opinion, the voice coming from Matthews, leader of the Southeastern Branch of Free Wind, as he stared at Andrea and said:

"Not that I doubt Her Highness's strength, but honestly, the Demigod stationed in the stronghold ahead is rumored to be 'Sin Fire' from Damascus, known for his large-scale flame attacks with added strange mental damage."

"Though Her Highness, being of Demigod Rank, naturally doesn't fear the damage from the opposite Demigod, we mercenaries are made of flesh; we can't undergo conceptualization. If affected by the aftermath of Demigod battles, we would likely turn to ash immediately."

The implication in his words was that while Eleanor has the strength, she may not be able to shield everyone under the Demigod's attack... To put it bluntly, they still wouldn't want to go to battle.

However, Andrea and Herman were seasoned veterans in the mercenary field, and of course, knew that Matthews was not really concerned about safety issues.

Her Highness, after all, is the Highness of the Holy Solomon Empire. If she single-handedly crushes the stronghold ahead, the discourse power of the Steel Cross Mercenary Group within the Crusader would surely be greatly elevated.

Compared with Eleanor, the Free Wind Mercenary Group would naturally prefer Apilius, this Demigod, to battle; at least he has no motive to support the Steel Cross Mercenary Group. Although other large mercenary groups did not speak up, their stance was evidently similar.

"So how can I prove I have the ability to protect everyone?" Eleanor saw through his intention and asked.

"It's simple." Before Matthews could propose a difficult plan, Andrea had a bright idea and said quickly, "We can let Her Highness lead The Azure Longsword and others to conduct a probing attack on the stronghold, so everyone can see Her Highness's strength."

Matthews smiled coldly inside because everyone knew that once the Unyielding Holy Sword was opened, no matter if the opposite was a Demigod or ten thousand Demigods, they wouldn't be able to get through her. In order to quickly showcase Her Highness's strength, Andrea had indeed made a clever plan.

However, he also knew that the Unyielding Holy Sword had a time limit, so he added, "How about half an hour? If there is no Demigod garrisoned, it would take about that time for us to take the stronghold. If Her Highness can hold on with The Azure Longsword Team amidst the attack from the Demigod and Seljuk Transcendents on the opposite, we'll immediately cover and deploy remaining forces to crush them."

"Certainly." Ignoring Andrea's difficult expression, he bowed slightly to Eleanor and said, "If Her Highness is not confident, you can lead the team back at any time, and we will surely mobilize all our forces to cover your retreat."

"Half an hour is really too long." Andrea immediately objected, "Could your Free Wind Headquarters Demigod Louis hold on under the onslaught of the Demigod and Seljuk forces on the opposite for half an hour?"

"Of course not." Matthews shook his head, "Demigods may match each other in strength, but we and the Seljuk forces are likely to get caught in the aftermath with heavy casualties. So I say, it would be better to wait for the City Lord to also join the battle, then we would have two Demigods on our side, creating an advantage in high-end combat power and making casualty exchanges more favorable."

These words were also true. After all, ordinary people are cannon fodder in front of a Demigod; if the attack powers of the opposing Demigods can be suppressed, casualties would naturally be much lower.

However, the reason our Crusader route is lagging is precisely that Olympia hasn't been ready to dispatch. Matthews, your words are just correct babble!

So the leaders fiercely argued. One side accused the other of being "afraid of battle," while the other side accused them of being "reckless," nearly drawing swords in the meeting room.

Eleanor, as the focus of the argument, kept a look of wanting to speak but hesitating. She actually wanted to say, "Our team has more than just one Demigod," but saying that would feel like deliberately downplaying, which made the straightforward Knight Girl a bit embarrassed.

As for the other girls, the most impatient Mia and Peggy had already been scolded by Aske earlier, so they didn't dare to interrupt again. Since these two did not speak, the others naturally didn't take the initiative to voice their opinions, and only cast inquisitive eyes towards Squad Leader Aske.

"Ahem." Once everyone argued to exhaustion, Aske leisurely spoke up and said, "Why don't we first conduct a probing attack to see the enemy's potential strength before deciding?"

All the leaders: ........

Everyone felt an inexplicable sense of shame hearing this. Although the essence is about seeking to lead and grasp the discourse power of this Crusader route, on the surface, it was still about discussing whether to take more "aggressive" or "conservative" approaches.

However, as Squad Leader Aske pointed out, without even testing the enemy's strength, isn't discussing this a bit too vague and meaningless? At least send troops for a trial fight and then decide, right?

Thus, the meeting quickly reached a consensus: let Eleanor lead The Azure Longsword to conduct a probing attack first to see the Demigod's strength and army's combat ability at the stronghold.

If they were weaker than imagined, a full assault would swiftly dismantle them; if they were about as expected or tougher, then a quick retreat and further discussion would ensue.

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