The Eastern Branch of the Iron Cross began to collect "Frost" sequence materials, which was not an ordinary team requirement.
It was an emergency order from headquarters.
On the Scandinavian Peninsula at the northernmost tip of the continent, several countries have recently united to form the "Kalmar Union".
Kalma is an alliance in name but an empire in reality, with the real power in the hands of Queen Margaret.
In response, the Hanseatic League, located in the northern part of the Holy Roman Empire, expressed strong concern.
The Hanseatic League was a chamber of commerce formed by big merchants from the northern cities of the Holy Solomon Empire. It was originally a purely commercial organization. Later, in order to prevent increasingly rampant pirate attacks, the Hanseatic League began to build its own navy.
At the end of the Fifth Age, in order to monopolize the trade routes of the northern Baltic Sea, the Hanseatic League defeated the northern countries in a naval battle and successfully signed the Treaty of Stralsund, which restricted the northern countries from interfering in the Baltic trade, ensured the freedom of the port town of Visby, and vetoed the power of the royal heirs of the northern countries.
(To put it simply, the Hanseatic League monopolized trade routes in the North Sea, owned colonial ports and commercial towns, and could even decide who would be the kings of the northern countries.)
Now that the northern countries had been united by Queen Margaret, the Hanseatic League immediately felt a strong military threat.
Regardless of whether the enemy attacks openly (directly attacking) or covertly (increasing the number of pirates), it will seriously affect the trade security and economic interests of the Hanseatic League in this area.
Therefore, the Hanseatic League urgently needed to prepare for this. As the Iron Cross Mercenary Corps, which was solely funded by the Hanseatic League, it was issued a mandatory task of "collecting frost sequence materials".
All groups must collect and hand in the corresponding amount of frost materials within a certain time limit. This is a death order.
These materials will be sent to Lübeck and urgently made into extraordinary items that can resist frost through special channels to resist the attacks of Norman pirates under the Queen of the North.
(The extraordinary people among the Norman pirates basically tend to be in the frost sequence, which can help them resist the cold, freeze the enemy's arms during combat, or not freeze to death when falling into the sea)
Of course, this is just a potential conflict that is expected to happen in a few years, but has not yet occurred. The confrontation between Emperor Otto and the Church is the main theme of the world now. Unless you pay special attention to the political situation in the remote areas north of the Holy Roman Empire, ordinary people should not know about it.
So, how did this guy named Ask know all this
Guessing that they came for the Frost Sequence Materials and being certain that they urgently needed these materials and would not stop until they achieved their goal were two completely different things.
The former is negotiable, while the latter is the bottom line of the transaction. Once the bottom line is seen through, there is no room for bargaining - just lower the price to the bottom line.
Herman stared at Ask's figure with a complicated and gloomy look in his eyes.
After Andrea gave in, the three parties quickly reached an agreement.
Sparta sent out 20 reserve teenagers, who mainly served as guides.
The two mercenary groups, the Blue Sword and the Iron Cross, were responsible for entering the mountains to clear out the rampant snow monsters.
However, disagreements and quarrels arose again over the distribution of the spoils.