The day after the Battle of the Rotunda, the Papal Room in St. Faust's City.

Pope Faust VII was sitting in his meditation room with his head bowed in contemplation, and it was pitch black all around, and the aura of the spirit child emitted by Faust VII was even more permeated in the real papal hall, making people dare not approach.

At this time, he heard the door of the meditation room creak open, and the sunlight shone in from the outside, leaving a long shadow on the wall behind him.

Faust VII opened his eyes slightly, and saw a familiar figure standing in the doorway.

"You're back, Lana. ”

The girl who interrupted the Pope's meditation at an inopportune time was none other than the knightly representative of the Kingdom of Sigwa, Lana Jo.

"Yes, my subordinates came up to present a report on the battle at the round venue. ”

"How's it going, situation?" Faust VII seemed uninterested in reading Lana's submission.

"As the Pope had expected," said Lana, "the knight of war, Grant Collin, defeated Knight Black, but failed to kill or capture Knight Black, leaving him wounded and fleeing. ”

"Yes," said Faustus VII, "then Knight Black will not be active for any time soon, for he is a well-prepared man, though he is arrogant in character. ”

"Then, the subordinates retired. ”

Lana saluted, then turned to walk away.

"Lana," Faust VII stopped her, "you are the best combat power cultivated by the Paladin Project, and you are also a genius in your own right, and your achievements will inevitably reach S level or higher in the future." ”

"Your Holiness the Pope praised him. Lana turned around and said.

"Although you are now assigned to serve in the Kingdom of Zigwa because of your intelligence work, you will definitely return to the church headquarters in the future and become my indispensable right and left hand. I hope you understand this clearly. Faust VII continued, "So, I have left you in the rotunda, so that you can observe the battle between Grant Colin and Nate Black up close. I hope you'll learn more from the battle between the two and reach the heights I want you to be. ”

"Yes, my subordinates should keep it in mind. ”

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Lana closed the door and walked out of the Pope's meditation room, the expression on her face instantly becoming extremely cold.

"It's an old fox, Pope Faustus VII. Lana thought, "Grant Colin, the war knight of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Nate Black, the death knight of the original Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the battle between these two top psicists, coupled with the complete inaction of the church watching the fire from the other side, it is natural that Nate Blake's complete retreat is predictable." However, this battle will definitely spread far and wide in the world, and the threat of the Black Knight will cause panic in the kingdoms. At that time, the Church will expand its power in the name of conquering the Black Knights, and it will be even more popular among the people. ”

"Pope, Faust VII," Lana said inwardly, looking back at the Pope's meditation room, "you are the one who poses the greatest threat to peace." ”

As Lana walked out of the Papal Chamber, the blazing sun outside hit her cheeks, a stark contrast to the gloomy Papal Room behind her.

At the same time, she saw a figure sitting on the stone steps outside the Papal Chamber, with conspicuous orange hair.

"Leo-san?"

"Yo, squad leader!" Kai turned around and gave Lana a sunny smile.

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"How's Mezol's brother's injury?"

The two walked side by side in the streets of the Papal City, and the streets were bustling with people, as if yesterday's fierce battle had never happened.

"Although I can't speak for the time being, the injury is not too serious. The doctor said that after two or three months of recuperation, he could be cured. ”

Kay replied, but thought to himself, "It turns out that in the eyes of Knight Black, Perry is not even qualified to be killed." ”

"Yes, it seems that in the eyes of Knight Black, Perry Metall is not even qualified to be killed. Lana actually repeated Kai's inner thoughts.

"Hey, squad leader, do you know how to read minds?"

"It's not mind reading, it's just simple psychoanalysis. Lana had a slightly hesitant look on her face, "Because I grew up living a life where I had to look at my face to survive, my insight ability will be much higher than that of ordinary people." ”

"Oh, that's it, hehehe. Seeing that the situation was not right, Kai hurriedly looked for a new topic, "Ah, that, that, is the squad leader a royal knight of the Siegwa Kingdom, and that Enit Garenne seems to call you the leader?"

"I am now the Chief Royal Knight of the Kingdom of Zigwa and the Captain of the Praetorian Guard of the Royal City. Lana replied, "It's Init's immediate boss, so she calls me the team leader, even though she graduated a class before me." ”

"Hey, Chief Royal Knight, Legion Commander?!" Kai was shocked, "It's really worthy of being a squad leader, it's only been half a year since I graduated, and I've already become such a powerful character, and I'm still just a lowest-level soldier." ”

"Just call me Lana," Lana laughed, "I'm not your squad leader anymore." ”

"No, no, no," Kay argued, "the class president is the class president after all, whether we graduate or not." Besides, if you ask me to change my words now, I won't be able to change it for a while. ”

"Haha, well, change your words when you want to. Lana said, "Actually, Leo-san has also made great progress, and I can feel it from the aura of the spirit child you exude." It looks like you already have C-rank strength, and if you submit an application to the Knight Guild of the Overlord, it should be approved. By the way, C-rank royal knights have a lot of freedom compared to D-rank, and if you can be promoted to C-rank, you can act as a free man and don't have to stay in Crist. ”

"That's ......"

"Well, that's it, you go and submit the application, you will definitely be able to get through guò. Lana said, "Oh, it's not early, I've been delayed for a day, and now I'm going back to the kingdom of Sigwa." ”

"Oh, see you next time. ”

"Well, see you next time. ”

As Lana hurried away, Kai turned and walked away, his brother Tiger was frantically reading all kinds of ancient books in the library of the Papal City, and he had to be called back quickly.

Kay didn't know what a strange occasion he and Lana Joe would meet here next time after parting ways. And by that time, the identities of both sides had changed dramatically.

"What?!"

That night, in a restaurant in the Papal City, Tiger Leo stuffed two steaks in his mouth, splashed oil and water, and said inarticulately: "That Lana Joe is now the chief royal knight of the Siegwa Kingdom?!"

"Yes," Kai asked, having to reach out to wipe the grease from his face, "do you know that country? ”

"How could I not know. Tiger swallowed the food in his mouth violently and said, "The Sigwa Kingdom is the largest country in the South China Sea, and it is one of the four great kingdoms of the human world along with Obersilis of the Friesian Continent. Although the overall strength is not as good as that of Obesilis, it is also a large country with a total of more than 40 royal knights. ”

"40?!" Kay was shocked, "Isn't that more than twice as many as Christ?"

"By the way, Knight Black was originally a royal knight from the Sigwa Kingdom," Tiger gestured in front of Kai with a fork, "According to the information I found in the church library today, Blake's growth path is really similar to Lana Joe. It was also because of his heavy merits that he graduated from the Royal Knight Academy ahead of schedule, and was promoted all the way to the A rank within half a year of graduation. Then he was transferred to the headquarters of the church, and grew into the top royal knight and assassination master in the world in the church, and the rank also rose to S. ”

"You mean Lana, the leader of our E class will also be promoted to S as quickly as Blake?"

"As it stands, it's very likely. Tiger said, "The Four Knights of the Apocalypse are the supreme titles bestowed on the best royal knights in each of the four regions of the two continents of Fries and Gralund, as well as the two seas of the South China Sea and the North Sea. After the defection of the original Death Knight Black, it has been years since Southsea had a good candidate for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to submit to the Church headquarters. It now seems likely that Lana Joe will be the successor to the title of Death Knight. ”

"So powerful?!" Kai exclaimed, "Speaking of which, the class leader was already terrifyingly strong when I was in the academy, but I really can't imagine that I can grow to S in such a short time." ”

"I don't know if you've noticed," Tiger said, shaking his fork, "when Grant was fighting Knight Black, Lana Joe sat in the front row and wasn't nervous at all. And Nate Black's blue fire, penetration and aggression are so powerful that Lana Joe can block them with her Icarus Wings. It's really not normal. Even Grant's spear of judgment can't be completely defended against tricks. ”

So, it seems that this is indeed the case. Kai muttered to himself, "I don't know anything about the squad leader's Icarus Wings, but it's true that I haven't seen any spiritual or physical arts that Icarus Wings can't resist. ”

"Lana Joe, sooner or later, will become a royal knight who stands at the same point in the world as Knight Black," Tiger forked a steak and put it in his mouth, "I won't judge it for the rest of the matter." ”

"Hey, that's right," Kai changed the topic at this point, "You said that the four horsemen of the apocalypse are from different regions, so in addition to Grant, there are two knights of the apocalypse. ”

"They are Sang Bloust of the North Sea and Engry Hunt of Gladend," Tiger said, "the Plague Knight and the Hunger Knight respectively. Although I didn't have the pleasure of meeting them this time, they are all top royal knights of Grant Colin's level, and I hope I don't meet them on the battlefield in the future. ”