Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1628. Limitations

“Your forces,” Emhyr went on, “will attack Vilgefortz, our former friend and ally, and capture him. We do not know where he is hiding, but it is likely to be somewhere well hidden and well guarded.”

"As you command, Your Majesty." Huilinhu said expressionlessly, "Then may I assume that the person you are looking for cannot have any mistakes?"

"That's a pretty accurate guess."

"What about Vigfortz?"

"He," said the Emperor, with a cruel smile, "should have suffered a fatal mistake. The same applies to any wizard you find in his lair."

"As you command, Your Majesty. But who is to search for Vilgefortz's hiding place?"

"You again, Gray Swan. I will grant you search warrants as well."

Stephen Skellen and Vatier looked at each other, and the emperor leaned back in his chair.

"Do you understand? If so, Chilaque, what else do you want?"

"Your Majesty," said the butler, choking with sobs, to whom no one had until now paid any attention, "I beg you to have mercy!"

"I have no mercy on traitors."

"But Cahill is my son"

"Your son," the emperor interrupted, "I do not know what his fault is. If it is only stupidity and incompetence, rather than intentional treason, then he will be spared the punishment of beheading instead of being tortured on the wheel."

"Your Majesty! Cahill would never."

"Okay, Chilak. No need to say any more. Vatir, and Skellen, come back in an hour with my signed instructions and authorization. Then you can get to work."

"There's one more thing I don't think I need to emphasize, but just in case."

"The girl who bowed to me in the throne room is still Cirilla, the Queen of Cintra and Duchess of Rowan. Do you understand? I order you to treat this matter as the highest state secret."

"Yes, Your Majesty."
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The waves that arose in the Golden Tower City of Nilfgaard began to spread through their innovative communication system and were reflected in the battle situation on the front line a few days later.

But in Weiren's Lann's eyes, he had not yet begun to collect information about the changes caused by his appearance, let alone analyze them.

After Cassandra received the new equipment she wanted from Berengar and put it on, they walked out of the gate of Gos Velen and headed deeper into the wilderness of Velen.

Cassandra now looks like a female warrior who is still outstandingly heroic, but at least she is dressed normally.

The Greek Aegean-style armor was sandwiched in a set of composite armor with higher coverage.

Cassandra also had a bearskin collar around her neck, with the fur showing through.

This feeling of being covered all over was quite new to Cassandra.

When riding on Qilin with Lan En, she began to engage in a skillful confrontation with the equally active ball of fluff to adapt to the restraint of this full-covering outfit on her movements.

But obviously
"Malaka!"

The Aegean beauty growled in anger.

Her Spear of Leonidas was emitting a faint golden light. In the past, this weapon looked like a spear, but according to Lan En's observation, it was actually a weapon that was the crystallization of Isu technology.

It will give Cassandra a super sense of foresight in battle.

Cassandra called it Athena's Vision.

This made her invincible. Often, before the enemy even made a move, her spear was already waiting in front of the opponent's defensive gap which was still intact at one second but would appear in the next second.

Then wait for this second to pass, then push forward and be done with it.

Of course, this ability is still a long way from being able to see into the future, but it is very similar to [Spider Sense].

But now, on the ball of fluff, Cassandra felt restrained.

"Hey, meow!"

The cat made a meow that was full of energy but still cute.

Although he was unarmed, his skillful control of the fighting skills had already caused the calico kitten's body to be coated with a layer of light red flame.

It was clearly just a layer of flame, and the speed and strength of the flannel ball enhanced by the fighting skills were still within Cassandra's handling range.

But she just felt restrained, which was very different from the smooth fighting feeling before.

Cassandra's technique was neat and efficient, but when her almost prophetic sense failed to work properly, she was dodged several times by the fluffy ball that flashed with fighting spirit like a fish in water, and then counterattacked.

She felt suffocated, but the more she played with the flannel ball, the more comfortable she felt.

Finally, he even did a backflip with his nimble body at the short distance between the Kirin's neck and head, then jumped up on the Kirin's horns, intending to give Cassandra a "kitten kick" in the face.

pity.

"Snapped!"

"Meow?"

The fluffy ball, with its canine teeth showing, had a dull look in its eyes. When it came to its senses, the little paw it had kicked out had been held in a big hand, and the whole cat was lifted upside down and swayed. "You have reached the level where you can use your skills to bully others, fluffy ball."

Lan En put the flannel ball that he was holding upside down in his hand forward and placed it on Qilin's neck, and said with a smile.

"Bullying? I didn't, meow? Isn't this a sparring match?" The flannel ball tucked its two small front paws into its pockets and tilted its head to look at Cassandra. "But... Cassandra, you really don't seem to be in good shape, meow. Are you feeling unwell?"

"Uncomfortable?" Cassandra took the spear that was originally hanging on her back in front of her with a troubled look on her face. "That's not the case. But... what's going on?"

The blade of the spear still emitted golden light in her hand, and showed glowing lines like a circuit board.

This made Cassandra, who had almost thought that her Spear of Leonidas had also run out of power, suddenly feel relieved of her panic and discomfort.

She was indeed a Spartan, a fearless warrior who was not afraid of anything.

However, she would inevitably feel uncomfortable psychologically if the family heirloom, which she had carried with her since childhood and used to survive and make a name for herself, suddenly ran out of power.

But since he wasn’t exhausted, what about that feeling of something being missing during the battle just now?

Data missing.

Behind Cassandra, Lan, who had been watching the whole process, came up with the answer in his mind together with Mentos.

The Spear of Leonidas is the crystallization of Isu technology, although the Isu people's technological performance is almost magical.

But in the end, when it comes to this weapon, cause and effect still apply.

Cassandra used the broken spear to stimulate what she called the [Vision of Athena] when she was a child.

But this should have a lot to do with the combat data originally stored in the broken spear.

Her natural movements and tactical intentions in battle were all guided on the spot by the massive amount of data in the broken spear, which were then accepted and executed by her Isu genes.

This is also the reason why Lan and Mentos thought that this broken spear was simply a supercomputer.

But even if the Isu supercomputer was made into a spear, the data that was not entered would not exist!

A fluff ball, a New World Felyne, belongs to the Werebeast race according to biological classification. Since following Lan on his adventure, he has learned the [Ashina Style], [Lone Shadow Ninja Technique Book], and the New World Fighting Skills.

It seems that the next step is to learn martial arts from the magical Japanese Warring States world that can allow ordinary samurai to slay demons and ghosts.

Race, body type, fighting style, combat skills. No matter which one it was, these were combat data that the Isu had never entered into the system.

The Spear of Leonidas cannot create a corresponding tactical skill plan out of thin air.

In fact, Lan En is pessimistic about whether the Spear of Leonidas still has the ability to update its own data.

After all, the Isu civilization had completely disappeared. Without the support of the civilization's large database, only a fragmented terminal remained.

But I couldn't tell Cassandra this.

It’s not that Lan En is afraid of her psychological and mental problems.

Lan knew Cassandra's tenacity. Even if Broken Spear's strength was really exhausted on the spot, she estimated that he would just be depressed and panic for a while, and then it would be over.

You will definitely be able to pick yourself up again after taking a break.

The main thing is that Lan En felt that even if he told her, she basically wouldn't understand!

What about data updates, supercomputing spears, etc.
Kassandra: What kind of holy book are you talking about to me, a mercenary who traveled the Aegean Sea in ancient Greece?
"Facing different enemies in different worlds, perhaps your Broken Spear will be suppressed."

Looking at Cassandra, who was dancing with the broken spear but still looked puzzled, Lan En carefully considered his words and tried to make indirect comments in a simple and understandable way.

"Um?!"

Cassandra's face was full of a 'Is there such a thing?' expression.

"After all, it's your artifact." Lan En nodded repeatedly with an expression that said 'that's it, no need to ask more questions'.

"But the Spear of Leonidas is mainly used to amplify your own Isu gene bloodline. The senses it can give you are all things that your body can do naturally."

"I think you can take this opportunity to train yourself."

"Get rid of the artifact and train yourself?" Cassandra raised her eyebrows and nodded. "That sounds pretty exciting!"

“But there’s no need to comfort me.” She then waved her hands and rubbed the flannel ball’s head. “My skills seem too simple and straightforward without the [Athena’s Vision]?”

"If you notice a weakness, then practice meow!" Flannel Ball held his head high and put his hands on his hips. "As long as you still want to move forward, then there will be no problem meow!"

"Fluff Ball is right," Lan agreed. "I have been to many different worlds and met many different enemies and friends. We can exchange those skills."

The Qilin was moving at a pace that it felt like it was taking a walk, but the ancient dragon's hooves, after stepping on the soft grass and land for the whole morning, suddenly made a "click" sound on the hard rock.

And on this ground, which should have been land, pools of basalt formed from solidified lava formed the ground.

Looking up, Gaoqiu Castle came into view.

(End of this chapter)