Northeast of Egnatia Fortress, Nigrita Fortress had already fallen into large-scale chaos.

The Demigod Scripture Scroll Blade, who was originally stationed here, suddenly fled after being attacked by the opposing side's radiant light, causing the fortress's garrison to lose their composure.

After all, if even a Demigod couldn't withstand the attack, then even the entire fortress's garrison would be nothing more than cannon fodder!

As a result, several commanders could not control their troops, leading to a large-scale desertion.

The Steel Cross Mercenary Group took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack from the outside, quickly capturing Nigrita Fortress.

"Hahahaha." Andrea was ecstatic, "The Azure Longsword Mercenary Corps is really something else. Did they clear out all the fortresses on the way to Constantinople, just waiting for us to take over? Hahahaha!"

"Squad Leader, now that things have come this far, we must expand our battle results as soon as possible." Herman reminded from the side, "It won't be long before the others hear about Egnatia."

"Yes, have the brothers move faster!" Andrea ordered.

Not long after, another message was brought by the scout: the Free Wind Mercenary Group led by Matthews was already attacking the nearby Sohos Town.

Andrea: ???

"How is that possible!" he exclaimed, "Could it be that Matthews actually has brains, knowing to send scouts to investigate?"

"No, I think he's just sending people to follow us." Herman said with a serious expression.

After all, the excuse of his wife giving birth isn't exactly a normal one.

"Damn it!" Andrea punched the wall, "They're actually following us, how treacherous! Have everyone end the battle quickly, no time to count the spoils, head to the next fortress immediately!"

No matter what, as long as they could seize one more fortress, their influence and rewards in the Crusader camp would increase by ten percent, after all, this was a solid achievement.

After a while, the mercenaries outside suddenly became noisy, as if there were enemies coming from the air.

Andrea and Herman quickly headed outside. An airborne enemy was likely a High Rank Transcendent. If it was a Demigod, then they needed to run fast.

Without waiting for them to organize the mercenaries, they saw Aske and others descend from the sky, some gliding down on wings, others teleported down by Mia, appearing directly in front of the two squad leaders.

"Your speed is quite fast." Aske said lightly, seeing that Nigrita Fortress had already been occupied.

For others, it might seem like a sarcastic remark, but Andrea pretended not to hear it, smilingly saying:

"Lord Aske, thanks to you defeating the Demigod stationed here, saving us quite a bit of effort."

"Just happened in passing." Aske said.

In the past, he would certainly haggle with Steel Cross for some benefits. However, given the Azure Longsword's current nearly all Demigod status, it wasn't appropriate to haggle over small profits.

Not to mention the Crusaders were trying to reclaim Constantinople, and who they were ultimately benefiting-by doing this was still uncertain.

Seeing Aske made no demands to split with the Steel Cross Mercenary Group, Andrea also breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew how difficult the mercenary corps commander was, not to mention the group had a Mind Mage skilled in negotiation and an Empire Princess who was not to be offended. If Andrea had really let down his guard and tried to bargain with them, he'd have to grin and bear the significant loss to save face.

After chatting with Andrea for a bit and casually revealing that the route to Constantinople was now clear, the Azure Longsword group set off again, preparing to return to Thessalonica Town.

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Upon returning to the town, Thira couldn't wait to head to Fire Island to start her attempt at reaching the Demigod threshold.

Soon, ominous clouds started appearing over Fire Island, accompanied by a light drizzle, Thira's body began to clearly transform into a vortex, ultimately evaporating into the air.

"How wonderful." Nora sighed while standing by, "Once a Demigod, you can pretty much go anywhere in the world, right?"

"You're still thinking about traveling the world?" Aske said casually. He recalled that this girl initially joined with the desire to travel the world.

"Not so much anymore." Nora stretched and smiled, "After all, we've traveled across so many regions from East to West. Constantinople, Sparta, Divine Luo, plus Iberia and the Atlantis Ocean..."

"Indeed." Aske admitted that they had visited many places over the past four years.

"Just one last skill to go." Nora finally said, sighing, "Looks like I need to put in extra effort, hmm?"

She noticed Aske's expression change because, at the moment Thira entered the Demigod Rank, the cosmic law spectrum began to vibrate as well.

The Heart of Storm.

Thira's title was the Heart of Storm, similar to "the eye of a tornado," making Aske think that if she someday restored her nation, she might earn a nickname like "Storm Empress."

As Thira reappeared in the vortex, Nora hurried over to check her condition.

"Very healthy." Nora said after completing her examination.

"If I weren't healthy, I would activate body conceptualization." Thira said calmly.

"Body conceptualization can indeed negate many negative effects, but it's not omnipotent." Aske reminded her, "One issue is the loss of sanity, body conceptualization accelerates this. And it has to be activated consciously."

"If you're controlled by some force and can't activate body conceptualization, then it's useless. So while this ability is handy, it's not completely invincible."

"Got it." Thira acknowledged Aske's reminder not to become conceited, especially in front of her grandfather, and nodded to indicate her understanding.

"By the way, what's your fifth Law Skill?" Aske asked.

"Releasing intense sunlight." Thira replied.

"Huh?"

"To be precise, it's the electromagnetic storms, high-energy charged particle streams, and plasma clouds brought by solar activity." Thira explained.

Aske: ???

"How effective is it?" he asked.

"Hit directly, it can probably melt a person." Thira answered.

She gave a demonstration by flying into the sky, extending a hand towards the far-off sea from Fire Island.

A beam of light suddenly shot from her hand, like the Positron Cannon from the Gundam series, hitting the distant reef, and they all watched as the reef melted instantly, swallowed by the surrounding seawater.

Medea looked a bit displeased because that was precisely the spot she and Aske had visited last time.

"How amazing!" Sigrdrifa praised, "If this hits the walls of Constantinople, wouldn't it break through in an instant?"

"Probably." Thira humbly said.

"The skill has a problem." Aske said, "The trajectory is linear, needing an aiming action, making it easy for enemies to predict."

"I can try to improve it by removing the aiming action before firing." Thira thought aloud.

"Hmm. But in the meantime," Aske smiled, "let's go see your grandfather first."

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