Although the Holy City was destroyed, as the world's largest religion, the Holy See still has countless dioceses in countries around the world, and there are still nearly fifty cardinal-level powerhouses and tens of thousands of Holy See knights.
As the location of the Holy City, the power of the Holy See is even more entrenched, and under the premise of countless lives, the Pope fled all the way to the border and entered the territory of the Republic of Austria as quickly as possible.
Austria was one of the great powers of Europe from the Middle Ages until the end of World War I, and after its union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1867, it became the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which ruled Central Europe for 650 years.
Even now that the empire is dissolved, Austria is still a highly developed capitalist country and a world-famous mountain country.
However, most of the world's perception of Austria is due to the capital Vienna, which is regarded as the cradle of classical music in the world.
In fact, in addition to music, Austria is also a country that strongly believes in the Holy See, and more than 60% of its citizens are faithful believers in God.
In addition to these two points, Austria actually has another characteristic that most people don't know, and that is mercenaries When it comes to mercenaries, the first thing that comes to many people's minds is Israel.
Indeed, Israeli mercenaries are so famous that they can now be said to be all over the world, and as long as the employer is willing to pay, there is no task that cannot be accomplished.
But if you compare the historical origins, the Austrian mercenaries are actually the pioneers of all mercenaries, and their predecessors are the world-famous Hessian mercenary regiments during the First World War Although by now, the Hessian mercenary group has long been infamous, but in the underground world, no one dares to despise its existence Zhang Cheng chased all the way from Italy, and within half a day, the number of military and police killed and injured in Zhang Cheng's hands was already thousands, not to mention the scrapped equipment and combat vehicles, and in the face of huge losses, Italy's military strength had begun to retreat.
The Pope had no choice, and after entering Austria, he immediately mobilized the power of the Holy See, but he was reluctant to let his people die, but asked them to mobilize the Hessian mercenaries, not to kill Zhang Cheng, but to be able to block it for a moment and a half, so that he could have time to continue to escape In a valley in the south of Austrian Tyrol, a team of more than 100 mercenaries quickly assembled and prepared to stop Zhang Cheng.
As a mercenary, the first rule is to ask no question of employer's status, as long as you complete the goal and receive money.
Moreover, at this time, the Holy City Incident had just ended, and although the dignitaries and cultivators of various countries had already received the news, it was still unclear what was going on in an underground organization like mercenaries.
So they don't know who hired them, and they don't know what kind of terrifying existence they're dealing with "Boss, our target this time is said to be just one person" A strong white man with a tattooed flower arm looked at a bald man with a cigar next to him while wiping the Gatling 134 in his hand.
The Blood Wolf Squad, a hundred-man squad belonging to the Hessian Mercenary Regiment, specializes in assassination, rescue, and sabotage behind enemy lines.
Although there are not many of them, their equipment is not bad, and all of them are standard US military equipment.
In addition to light weapons, the squad is also equipped with heavy firepower such as insurgents armed with heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and shoulder-mounted Stinger missiles "This is a mission just released by the employer, we don't need to annihilate the enemy, as long as we block the target for more than half an hour, the mission will be completed, and the bonus will be 30 million US dollars" Higuain, the captain of the Blood Wolf Squad, spit out his cigar and said viciously: "Damn, there are 30 million US dollars for one person, if these guys are crazy, if it weren't for the guarantee from above, I doubt that they are playing with us" The hundred-strong man next to "30 million" had bulging eyes and shouted: "The last time we went to Africa to subvert the power of a small country, we fought all the way to the death and took several lives, and we only gave more than 3 million when we were done, and now we are just stopping one person, and there is actually ten times the bounty Who is Godzilla?"
"It doesn't matter who he is, for the sake of these 30 million, even if he desperately wants to stop the target" Higuain said loudly: "The employer is willing to pay such a large price, the target is definitely not simple, it is very likely to be a supernatural or supernatural human, but don't be afraid, we haven't dealt with this kind of guy before, as long as it's made of meat, we can't be afraid of bullets."
Hearing this, everyone around him burst into laughter at the same time.
"The boss is right, these guys just move faster, have more strength, a bullet passes, no matter how powerful he is, he will become a corpse" "Haha, even if we can block bullets, we still have missiles and heavy firepower that we want to pass by, don't even think about it" As a mercenary, he was supposed to play with his head on his trouser belt, who would dare to do this for fear of death As long as there is enough profit, let alone deal with one person, it is no problem for them to sneak up on the White House And although the Blood Wolf Squad is small, it has been on the battlefield for a long time, and when it was assassinating many important people in the past, it has also encountered many supernatural people who have been hired as bodyguards, and they have rich experience, so even if they know that the goal this time will not be simple, they are not afraid at all.
"Boom" Just when everyone was talking about it, a violent explosion suddenly sounded in the distance.
Higuain's face changed instantly, and he shouted: "The laser mine has been triggered, the target is already close, everyone is ready to fight" Without the slightest hesitation, the others quickly looked for a vantage point, set up their weapons, set up their formation, and looked in the direction of the explosion.
"Hehe, these laser mines are all American, you can't find them if you don't look carefully, that guy must have suffered something, maybe now both legs have been scrapped" Looking at the billowing black smoke in the distance, a group of mercenaries couldn't help but laugh again.
In their life experience, even the most powerful supernatural powerhouses could not resist weapons, let alone be hit by landmines, and now the target is definitely crippled if not dead. "$30 million came in like this, it's too easy."
Higuain was also full of joy, and secretly sighed that he had picked up a big bargain this time.
However, before the smile on his face could disappear, the explosions in front of him suddenly rang out one after another.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom Boom" The valley in front of them was like firecrackers, violent explosions rang out one after another, and streaks of gunpowder smoke also flew into the air, approaching their location at an extremely fast speed.
The first explosion was still a few kilometers away, but it was only a breath of time, and a series of fires were already fast approaching.
"How is that possible?"
Everyone's expressions changed at the same time.
On Zhang Cheng's way, the Blood Wolf Squad deployed nearly 100 laser mines.
Even the most experienced mercenaries have to be cautious every step of the way when they encounter this kind of thunderstorm, and it will take at least a few hours to unravel them all.
But what is the situation now, the target that I thought was crippled actually ran over directly like a bulldozer, completely ignoring the mines, which is too unreasonable?