The farthest distance in the world is the distance between a fish and a bird, one in the sky and the other deep in the sea.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

From the first team passing by the Knights of Light beside him, to the fourteenth team passing by the Knights of Light beside him, Bai Feng watched the entire seven thousand Knights of Light pass by in front of him, until a small group of people appeared in front of the fifteenth team of Knights of Light.

"Bai Feng, the commander of the Celestial Dragon Empire's army in Besansong Province, has seen His Excellency Cardinal Scora!" Bai Feng, who had already seen the magic portrait of Archbishop Scola, saw the white-bearded old man in front of him wearing a white robe trimmed with gold threads, and gently rode his horse to meet him.

The supreme ruler of the Holy See, the Pope, is nominally the spokesman of the God of Light in the world, and is one level higher than the emperors, kings, and other rulers of ordinary secular countries.

Cardinal archbishops, who have the right to elect the pope, are second only to the pope in status within the Holy See, and are not much more than the emperors and kings of secular countries.

According to the information provided to Bai Feng by the secret guard, Archbishop Scola is not only one of the twelve most powerful cardinal archbishops in the Holy See, but also the most closely related to the Pope among all cardinal archbishops, and even has the right to mobilize the ascetics of the Holy See Ascetic!

What are ascetics? They are all super strong cultivators who have been cultivating for decades by the most devout light believers in the whole continent! According to legend, the ascetics in the Holy See's ascetic group have the lowest strength and are all great sword masters, and the number of saint-level powerhouses is not a few!

Whether this legend is true or not, then the benevolent and the wise will see the wise, anyway, Bai Feng, who originally didn't believe it, after seeing the tens of thousands of high-ranking knights easily taken out by the Holy See, he believed this seemingly absurd legend from the bottom of his heart.

"General Bai Feng, you are the famous Feather Forest God of War of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, and I am just an old man who is about to die, you don't have to be so polite. Archbishop Scola, who was kind-eyed, said in a gentle tone: "Cardinal archbishop or something, it's just a name. ”

"Your Excellency the Archbishop is humble, who does not know that you are the most devout believer in the God of Light. Feeling the aura of a saint-level powerhouse on Archbishop Scola's body, Bai Feng said with a hypocritical expression: "I believe that the God of Light will definitely bestow the blessing of life on you. ”

"General Bai Feng, you are wrong about this. Archbishop Scola, who smiled slightly, shook his head and corrected: "Our great pope is the most devout believer of our god, and the blessing of life given by my god belongs only to the pope." ”

"Yes, yes, your court's pope crown is the most devout believer in the God of Light. Hearing Archbishop Scola say this, Bai Feng shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, don't be surprised, we Tianlong people really don't know much about your court. ”

"It doesn't matter if we don't understand, we will have a long time to get to know each other in the future. Archbishop Scola, who was smiling, pointed out: "As long as General Bai Feng is willing, our Holy See can send someone to answer your questions at any time." ”

"Oh, is it?" Bai Feng, who pretended to be surprised, pretended to be puzzled, "Could it be that your court is spreading doctrines like this now?"

"Hehe, this kind of treatment is not something that everyone can enjoy. Archbishop Scora, whose eyes revealed deep meaning, stared into Bai Feng's eyes and said, "At least in the Heavenly Dragon Empire, only General Bai Feng can enjoy such treatment. ”

"Then I don't dare!" Bai Feng, who raised his eyebrows slightly, excused himself without hesitation: "I'm just a courtier of His Majesty the Emperor, how dare I enjoy unique treatment? If your court has the heart to develop in our country, you can talk about this with our Emperor Majesty." ”

"Archbishop, General Bai Feng, it's almost noon, are we going to the station to talk again?" Just as Bai Feng and Archbishop Scola were testing each other, the Holy Son Charolle on the side interjected: "It's not a matter to stop here like this. ”

"His Royal Highness Charlore is reasonable, this is my negligence!" Bai Feng, who deliberately showed an apologetic expression, turned his horse's head and said, "Your Excellency the Archbishop, Your Highness Charlore, Your Highness Charlotte, please!"

"General Bai Feng, you are the host, we are the guest, please lead the way for us!" Archbishop Scola seemed to have a calm smile on his face forever.

Under Bai Feng's personal leadership, Archbishop Scola, the Holy Son Charolle, and the Holy Maiden Charlotte, with the sword guards and magic guards around them, followed behind Bai Feng, and after that, the next six teams of Knights of Light who kept moving at a constant speed.

The 30,000 recruits from the military headquarters had not yet entered the garrison of the army when they were taken directly to the new barracks 20 miles away by Quintus, who was waiting in front of the garrison barracks, and the corps of the four generals including Basaromu was warmly greeted by Cavani and other generals.

Luis and Di Maria, who ignored the three generals Cavani, Tevez, and Renard, naturally did not care about the generals such as Barsaromu, who were not as good as Cavani and others, so the task of welcoming reinforcements was handed over to Cavani and the other three generals by Bai Feng at the beginning.

The camp of the Holy See reinforcements, Bai Feng had already prepared, but it was not in the garrison of the Great Army, but a new camp was built in the open space adjacent to the garrison of the Great Army; after all, the relationship between the Empire and the Holy See was not so good that the two armies could be stationed in the same camp.

Rashly leaving 10,000 well-equipped and powerful Bright Knights in the camp where two or three hundred thousand imperial troops were stationed, Bai Feng himself was not at ease; no matter what the considerations, the Bright Knights were not suitable for stationing in the camp of the imperial army.

After settling down the garrison of the Holy See reinforcements, the grand welcome banquet in the army garrison began, and Bai Feng prepared endless barbecue meat and wine for the military reinforcements and Holy See reinforcements who came from afar.

The lively banquet lasted from the afternoon to the evening, and all the regiments except for a wing that had not drunk alcohol was left to patrol the camp at night, and the other drunken soldiers went into their tents early to rest.

Bai Feng, who had drunk a lot of wine with the captains, first used the spiritual power in his body to force out the wine he drank, and then took Steve and his soldiers to patrol the barracks one by one;

Here, Bai Feng had just finished patrolling the barracks of the 56th and 57th Legions, and a sword guard wearing a white swordsman uniform walked over under the leadership of two personal soldiers;

"Your Excellency Bai Feng, His Royal Highness the Holy Son of my family has admired you for a long time, and I hope to invite you to our camp tonight. The expressionless sword guard, even if he spoke with honorifics, the words he said were cold, and he didn't seem to have even a trace of human emotion.

"You go back first and tell your Highness the Holy Son, I have only finished patrolling two military camps here, and there are still nine military camps to inspect. Bai Feng, who couldn't see his anger, nodded indifferently and said, "After I finish inspecting the barracks, I will go to the appointment." ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency Bai Feng, for your face. The robot-like sword guard, after saying such a thank you stiffly, turned around and strode away, looking at his departing back, Bai Feng, whose brows had not been stretched for a short time, frowned again.