Five days later.

A well-armed, well-groomed order of knights slowly appeared above the horizon and headed for the Holy See.

The chorus of hooves of five thousand horses on the ground made the whole earth tremble faintly, and at the front of this knight order, a large silk embroidered with a white heart shone in the early morning sun.

Leo stood on the city wall, staring at the neatly organized knights in the distance with some distraction, and only after a long time did he speak: "... It's finally here. ”

Yes, in addition to the two major orders stationed in the Holy See, the Church of Light is the last remaining powerful and formed armed force, the Knights of the Heart of Light.

For a long time, the Knights of the Heart of Light have been stationed next to the Holy Land "Sun Palace", which is about 300 kilometers away from the Holy See, as a guardian force to protect the Sun Palace, which is second only to the Holy Book of the Shining Light Palace for the Church.

Leo also had no choice but to do so, as one of the two Knights originally stationed in the Holy See had been completely wiped out on the night of Bishop Gavin's uprising, while the other Knights of the Lightwings, the victor at the time, had lost their commander General Biedrins and a thousand elites in the battle between Leo and Ambrosi for the Pope after a crushing victory, resulting in a major loss of strength.

Under such circumstances, the Holy See at this moment desperately needs a powerful army with complete combat effectiveness to maintain order and suppress all the sinister and malicious peeps, and the Knights of the Heart of Light is the only choice.

At the same time that Leo saw the Knights of the Heart of Light, the Knights of the Heart of Light obviously appeared in the Holy See in their sights, so the Great Knights moved forward in vain, and the degree of the entire Knights of the Heart of Light suddenly accelerated, and the sound of horses' hooves brought by the galloping of five thousand horses became a dense long drum beat, quickly approaching the Holy See.

Leo was not standing alone on the edge of the city wall, in addition to the guards, there were about twenty high-ranking members of the Holy See, these people were either old people who had survived the previous two wars, or newcomers who had just been promoted, but whether they were old people or newcomers, everyone was gathered around Leo at this moment, like stars holding the moon, around Leo, the new Pope.

About twenty minutes later, the entire phalanx of the Knights of the Heart of Light finally galloped under the Holy See City, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves filled everyone's eardrums, Leo and the others standing on the city wall could even clearly see the knights in the front row with high chests and full of spirit, each of them was fully armed, and the armor on their bodies reflected the golden light in the sun, like the golden armor god of war returning from victory.

Such a military might!

Just when it was about two hundred meters away from the city gate, Da Xu, who was galloping in front, suddenly swayed left and right a few times in the wind, releasing a signal to reduce.

The entire phalanx of 5,000 knights immediately slowed down at the same time, and finally stopped completely when they were a hundred meters away from the city gate, once again forming an incomparably neat phalanx of knights.

This made everyone on the city wall can't help but be amazed again.

Duke Habs, who was standing beside Leo, couldn't help but praise: "Your Majesty Leo, I have long heard of the great name of the Knights of the Heart of Light, and I know that it is indeed worthy of the name when I see it today." ”

Leo smiled slightly, and waved his sleeve: "Lord Duke has won the award." Everyone, come down with me to greet the Knights of the Heart of Light!"

Moments later, Leo and his party appeared at the city gate.

A majestic red horse drove out of the phalanx of the Knights of the Heart of Light, the figure on the horse was extremely burly and majestic like a hill, and the silver general's armor on his body set off his might to the extreme, and the general slowly rode towards Leo and the others.

Although he had never met this general, Leo knew very well in his heart that this person must be the head of the Knights of the Heart of Light, General Manozov, known as the "Russell Brute Bear".

General Manozov rode his horse in front of everyone, and his gaze completely ignored the entourage, but directly projected onto Leo's body.

Leo smiled and looked at General Manozov, waiting for the other party's reaction. Today, Leo has already put on the papal robe that only the Pope is qualified to wear, and with the situation of the stars holding the moon, it is simply too difficult not to notice Leo.

Manozov's gaze merely glanced at Leo, and then the general rolled over and dismounted, making a dull thud as his feet touched the bottom.

General Manozov suddenly spoke, and a neutral voice spread for miles nearby: "All of them, dismount!" ”

A series of armor rubbing sounds sounded, and five thousand knights dismounted at the same time, still maintaining an incomparably neat formation.

General Manozov straightened his legs and gave Leo an incomparably standard military salute: "Master of the Knights of the Wings of Light, Manozov, see His Majesty Leo!" ”

All the knights of the entire Knights of the Heart of Light saluted Leo at the same time: "See Your Majesty Leo!" ”

The unison shouts of five thousand knights shook the earth and resounded through the sky like thunder.

Leo secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the smile on his face became even richer: "General Manozov doesn't have to be polite, please follow me into the city." ”

To be honest, Leo was still a little worried before, after all, this General Manozov had no contact with Leo before, and Leo didn't know what attitude Manozov and the Knights of the Heart of Light had towards Leo, the new pope, in case there was another mutiny, it would be a big trouble.

But what happened just now undoubtedly says a lot about it, at least the mutiny that Leo feared will not be born.

General Manozov and the Knights of the Heart of Light were clearly on Leo's side, at least on the surface.

"Yes." General Manozov did not mount his horse, but walked into the city with Leo, and the five thousand knights also followed the horses into the city, attracting countless surprises, disappointments, and joyful glances.

Half an hour later, all the high-ranking members of the Holy See, including Manozov, gathered in the chamber of the headquarters of the Inquisition, which was temporarily used as the papal palace.

As the new pope, Leo naturally became the presiding officer and the core of the meeting, only to see Leo cough decently and said: "Now that everyone is here, then I will inform everyone of a few things." ”

"First of all, the enthronement ceremony of Her Majesty Theresa I, the Empress of the Spany Empire, is about to take place, and I will go to Ridmar City tomorrow to participate in this celebration, as for the escort this time, General Manozov will work hard and lead a thousand knights of the Heart of Light to accompany me."

General Manozov nodded very solemnly: "The subordinates obey the order." ”

Leo glanced at Manozov with satisfaction, and then spoke: "The second thing, during the time I left, the affairs of the army were temporarily presided over by Foster, the first captain of the Knights of the Wings of Light, and the affairs of government affairs were temporarily presided over by Cardinal Leslie, and Cheeto, the master of the Inquisition, was in charge of all affairs, and Foster and Leslie had to report to Lord Cheedo and unconditionally obey all orders from Cheeto, understand?" ”

Cheetos, Foster, and Leslie, who were in attendance, nodded yes at the same time.

"Very good." Leo looked at these subordinates in the entire hall with considerable satisfaction, although it had only been a few days, Leo himself had already liked and relied on this feeling of commanding.

No wonder so many people are so eager and even crazy to pursue power, this feeling of having power is really - so cool!

Leo took a deep breath, letting the incomparably comfortable feeling swirl around his body with the air, and then slowly stood up: "Dismiss." ”

Power is cool enough, it's time to find your little woman Bella to have a good time again.

After tomorrow, there are even more cool things waiting for Leo in Ridmar City!

(End of chapter)