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Chapter 73 - 73 58 Raiding the Great Arena

73: Chapter 58: Raiding the Great Arena 73: Chapter 58: Raiding the Great Arena Historical records indicate that when Venice sea ships loaded with Frank knights irrationally broke into Golden Horn Bay, the first reaction of Constantinople’s defenders was stupefaction.

The news reached the Golden Governance Palace, and the expressions of the two reigning monarchs were also stupefied, even involuntarily asking their ministers to confirm whether it was a false alarm.

After all, Constantinople hadn’t experienced an invasion for hundreds of years.

The Franks landed on the unprotected Galata Peninsula opposite the main city district along Golden Horn Bay and quickly occupied the nearby industrial park.

The sparse police force and sheriffs were no match for these knights.

The remaining defenders could only retreat across the Galata Bridge to the main city district, where they joined the rapidly assembled Capital Guard and started setting up machine-gun defenses along the bridge.

Not far off, on the Thrace Plain, the girls had already discovered in terror that black smoke was rising from the skies over Constantinople.

“Always have I taught and trained you in martial arts,” Aske said, leading the way, “however, in real war, strategy is just as important as personal combat strength.”

“When you encounter such sudden events, you must immediately adapt: 1.

Make a swift judgment of the situation; 2.

Decide how to respond; 3.

Execute the countermeasures immediately.”

“Now, let’s discuss these two questions: 1.

What has happened?

2.

How should we respond?” he asked the group of girls leisurely, throwing out two questions for them to ponder.

Seeing Aske’s composed demeanor, everyone else began to calm down.

Mia was the first to speak up:

“What’s there to say?

There’s a fire, there must be unrest in the city!

Perhaps the Seljuk are already at the gates, beginning their siege!”

“Impossible,” Medea immediately countered, “Given our proximity to Constantinople, if Seljuk troops were at the gates, they would surely have sent scout cavalry to roam behind the siege line—but on our journey, we encountered no enemies.”

“So, we can rule out a Seljuk siege,” Aske said with his arms crossed, “Continue.”

“Is it possible there’s civil unrest in the city?” Nora asked.

“That’s the most likely possibility,” Eleanor analyzed, “It is said that when Constantinople was first built, it frequently faced attacks from the mountain giant tribes from the direction of the Thrace Plain, hence the Theodosius Wall was made extremely gigantic.

Over 100 meters tall, consisting of three layers with numerous machine-gun towers, mortar positions, and watchtowers distributed in between.

Any position outside the city walls would be subjected to overlapping fire from at least three machine guns, making an outside invasion nearly impossible.”

“Not necessarily,” Aske said, “No fortress is impregnable.”

“Another saying goes, a fortress is always breached from within,” Eleanor added, “So I think the possibility of civil unrest in Constantinople is the highest.”

“The chance of a foreign enemy isn’t nonexistent,” Medea offered a different opinion, “The world’s largest container port is built along the coast of Golden Horn Bay.

Frequent trade flows in and out, making it impossible for the area to be covered by walls or to have perfect city defense security.”

“If a foreign enemy invaded, they would definitely choose to break through from the direction of Golden Horn Bay.”

“There are locks set up outside the Galata Bridge that can pull up iron chains to block the channel at any time,” Eleanor countered, “Wouldn’t the defenders of Constantinople be alert to this?”

“Please, you’re halfway into the Mysterious Realm yourself; you should know there are too many supernatural methods to deal with such a situation,” Medea scoffed, “Disguising as friendly ships to infiltrate, using mind control on the operators, and so on, I can list a million ways to prevent that navigation lock from closing.”

Noticing the rise of a heated debate, Aske quickly interjected:

“So, it’s evident that unrest has occurred in Constantinople, the question is whether it’s due to civil strife or foreign invaders.”

“Whichever the reason, there must be some level of disorder in the city, so what should we do next to align with our team’s best interests?”

Everyone looked at one another, and both Eleanor and Medea simultaneously thought of the key issue, exclaimed in surprise:

“Magic Potion Materials!”

…

Targeting Constantinople wasn’t just an idea for Aske and his group.

Almost all cities that rely primarily on mercenaries face a similar problem: during strong periods, mercenaries can significantly bolster your military strength; during weak periods, mercenaries turn and bare their savage fangs.

The last Emperor of the West Solomon Empire met his end at the hands of an alien race mercenary leader, causing the entire country to collapse overnight.

With the deterrent of Constantinople’s massive walls, most mercenaries still don’t believe the capital will fall so they stay in line, for the time being.

But a few greedy mercenaries—a total of just over a thousand—began rampaging through the city.

Then basically, all were mercilessly suppressed by the Holy Knight Corps dispatched by the Church.

Being the Orthodox Church’s stronghold, Constantinople indeed stored countless spiritual materials, yet their extraordinary power was also among the strongest.

Even though they could no longer produce power armor, the existing stock was more than enough to crush these few thousand mercenaries hundreds of times over, high-frequency vibration swords and jet-engine warhammers swiftly dispatching these criminals to meet God.

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