Boiling Beast Bloodline
Chapter 408 - 89: Spear and Shield_3

Chapter 408: Chapter 89: Spear and Shield_3

An even more important point is that, the Shalba family dispatched a total of three thousand people to hunt in the Donau Wasteland, and the ace infantry of the Tornado Mercenary Group —— the two squads of heavy scythe-wielders were also hired by the Shalba family. The fact that such a powerful military force could be swallowed up necessitates Gatuso to take the strength of Bimon Territory seriously.

According to Marquis Capello, his heavy scythe-wielders were knocked down into the glacier by the Bimon River’s hippo warriors. Hence, Gatuso decided to wait until the cold tide arrived in half a month before taking action. Once the ice age arrives, the ice layer of Sanggan River would be two fingers deep, and by then, these hippo warriors of the Bimon Territory will no longer be an asset.

This is just Gatuso being cautious, the Tornado Mercenary Group’s foundation is also very deep.

Although the Danze family is surviving in the Dorott Duchy, they are actually a branch of a declining noble line in the Pompeii Empire, and Gatuso himself had military experience in the Pompeii Empire in his youth.

Ever since the Tornado Mercenary Group sat on the top spot in Dorott after many years of struggle, the royal family of the Pompeii Empire also gradually began to focus on the Danze family.

The Holy San Francisco Empire and Pompeii are two of the legendary military powerhouses in the Aegean continent. The Holy San Francisco Empire occupies most of the Kalimdo plains, the largest grain-producing area in the Aegean continent, while Pompeii, situated in the Thunder Mountain Range, is rich in mineral resources.

Located in the northern region, Pompeii Empire is a standard Viking nation. Many years ago, they were a famous gang of robbers in the continent. Apart from the Berserkers of Tel Aviv at the northern end of the Thunder Mountain Range, who they never dared to provoke, they have indiscriminately pillaged all the other countries on the Aegean continent. Although they have now established a complete nation, they are still ferocious and tend to belittle the Holy San Francisco Empire, which is essentially a nation of southern farmers. The windmills and grain farms on the Kalimdo plains are a constant source of envy for the people of Pompeii, who endure bitter cold and have even banned the brewing of alcohol for fear of wasting grain.

In the countries of the Aegean continent, only when the king is crowned and has received the Pope’s blessing, a "holy" could be added in front of the country’s name. The Holy San Francisco Empire has always considered itself a well-established power and naturally finds it disagreeable that the Pompeii Empire, who doesn’t even have a "holy" in front of its name, occupies the mineral-rich Thunder Mountain Range, so it harbors plans for its annexation.

This is nothing new among the human nations of the Aegean continent, everyone knows what’s going on. However, there is still a marriage alliance between the two countries, with princesses marrying into each other’s families. So the disagreements have not yet been openly acknowledged.

Unfortunately, the Dorott Duchy’s location falls squarely in the buffer zone between these two countries. With the Danze family, who has Pompeii blood, possibly having a shot at the Dorott duchy’s position, how could Pompeii Empire not interfere? In fact, the two units of heavy scythe-wielders in the Tornado Mercenary Group were established under the secret support of the Pompeii Empire. Although they are not as well-equipped as the regular heavy scythe-wielders of Pompeii Empire, they are nonetheless an exceedingly formidable force.

Open support for a coup is certainly not an option, considering the Dorott Duchy is a vassal of the Holy San Francisco Empire. To act openly would be embarrassing, especially when the lascivious prince from the Holy San Francisco Empire is stationed here —— this is precisely why the Danze family did not intervene during the power struggle between the Shalba family. Had not the lascivious prince been there, ten Shalba families would have long been crushed, regardless of whether an old one-century-old vampire was there or not.

This opportunity for power has provided the Pompeii Empire with a great chance to intervene. While open support is inappropriate, some covert meddling is absolutely fine.

With the support of the Pompeii Empire, five hundred Berserkers of Tel Aviv hired mercenaries were immediately leased to Dorott, under the command of the Tornado Mercenary Group and forty Pompeii scouts, along with two court magicians, secretly flew over the hills to assist Danze family.

The combat and destructive power of the Berserkers are famous on the continent, the strength of the berserkers can be compared with the heavy scythe-wielders of the Tornado Mercenary Group who were collectively dismissed after the decisive battle at Fei Lengcui. The Gryphons are flying magical beasts produced by the union of gryphons and female horses. They are much easier to tame compared to wild gryphons. The Pompeii scouts riding on large gryphons can also be considered a secret military force of the Pompeii Empire.

As the Fairy Dragon said, aside from countries like the Bimon Kingdom that lack strategic vision, the military-strong nations on the continent do have the configuration of aerial scouts. Even though formation of air troops hasn’t been massively formed due to their limited effectiveness in actual combat.

The Pompeii Empire only has a total of fifty gryphon knights and ten court mages, they’ve really splurged on this one.

With the support from the Pompeii Empire, Gatuso has great confidence in this expedition; especially since he is joined by half a legion of Berserkers, a hundred Mithril Basest Warriors, and two Grand Court Magicians, which brings great relief to his heart.

Two Grand Court Magicians, including one who is a master of Alchemy and can manipulate two metal magical puppets!

But as a seasoned campaigner, Gatuso didn’t forget to request the Dorott Duchy’s church to dispatch priests and a vicar to accompany the expedition. After all, his son Thomas is serving in the Holy Knight Corps of the Holy Vatican. One would not want to let a resource go to waste, Gatuso didn’t pave the way for his son to enter the Holy Knight Corps just for the laughable notion of fighting against tyranny.