The 129th Regiment of the Rock Garrison

  After the commotion, we returned to the hotel, but Xianya was left behind at the Pope's Palace!

  After everyone sat down, my father scolded me loudly: "You ignorant and arrogant thing! Who do you think you are? You even dare to smash the Pope's Palace! Do you want to bring bad luck to our whole family?"

  "Alright! We're somewhat related to the Pope too, I wonder if he dares to do anything to himself?" The poor monk retorted disapprovingly.

  "Hey!" My father's words were already incoherent, and after I glared at him, he was left speechless! He was so angry that he didn't even bother to talk to me!

  "Father, if someone dared to slap Mother in the face! Would you care what kind of person he is?" Poor Dao asked.

  "What is he? I'll kill him first and then talk!" Father said angrily!

  "Yes! Xianya was beaten in public, I don't care what kind of thing he is, kill him first and talk later! Am I wrong? If I didn't do it, am I still a man? Am I still worthy to be the son of Long Xiaotian?" The poor Taoist stood up and shouted loudly at him!

  "But you killed him, did you have to destroy the Vatican too?" Father said with a bitter smile.

  "Alas! If I had your skills, of course I'd say kill and it would be done! But I don't, do I? Am I not struggling to kill him? One delay in time, and that guy will have gathered everyone, I'm also forced to defend myself?" The poor Daoist said with feigned grievance.

  "Whatever! No matter how I argue with you, in the end, you're always right!" Father gave up!

  "I said, can't you just bear with it? You were thrilled to kill at the time, but do you know that we're being implicated by you and are being put under house arrest?" The king said gloomily: "Fortunately, they knew about your father's relationship with your grandmother, otherwise we would have been locked up at least!"

  "Isn't this nothing?" The poor Taoist smiled and said.

  "It's strange, it's strange here!" Kara said: "Why didn't the Pope investigate thoroughly? This is completely contrary to the Vatican's usual practice! Even if someone spits in the Pope's palace, it's a capital offense, but with you, nothing happens?"

  "Who is your grandmother? Don't you know?" I asked back!

  "You probably don't know, do you?" Kara sneered: "The Elf Queen is indeed formidable, but not to this extent. Let alone that you're just her grandson, even if you were her own son, what you destroyed was the Pope's Palace! The Church will kill you, and your grandmother can't say anything about it! At most, they'll go to war, and the Church isn't afraid of her!"

  "Not bad! But why? What else are you hiding from us? Speak quickly!" The king asked.

  "Xianya, maybe he's afraid of offending Xianya? After all, he needs a saintess too much, if he kills me, Xianya will hate him to death and definitely won't be his saintess!" I fabricated.

  "Is it possible?" Kara wondered, lowering her head in thought!

  "I'm exhausted after a whole day, I'll take a rest first! See you later!" The poor guy quickly slipped away!

  The same conversation is still going on in the secret chamber of the Vatican!

  The Pope and the Twelve Cardinals, as well as the Commander of the Knights Templar and two other important figures are present! One is the President of the Holy Light Association - Manches. The other is the infamous head of the Heresy Tribunal - Nandesute!

  "Your Majesty! Why did you let him off so easily today!" Machina asked indignantly, "My brother's hands and feet are all broken, he's probably crippled for life!" As she spoke, a few tears rolled out.

  "You're also being unreasonable!" The Pope angrily said: "Does he have a grudge against you? How did he arrive here for only three days, yet your family members were robbed twice! Are you not worth anything? Don't think I don't know everything?"

  He was so frightened that he hastily knelt down. In a panic, "It's all because I didn't discipline him properly! Please, Your Majesty, punish me!"

  "Is it leniency or indulgence?" The Pope asked in a rage, "What have your family members been doing all these years? I spared you because you've followed me for many years and didn't plan to investigate deeply. You're still addicted! Manches! How much debt did his family owe the Chamber of Commerce?"

  "Probably over five hundred million!" Manchester said!

  "You now know why others have good things and would rather secretly give them to someone else than let you know, right?" The Pope angrily said: "You still have the nerve to come here and complain!"

  "Your Majesty, I'm innocent! I really didn't know!" He wailed and cried out! In his heart, he was almost furious with his own useless son.

  "Do you know what? Do you know that your brother dared to rob someone in broad daylight at the Vatican Palace?! Do you take me for a fool?" The Pope grew more and more enraged, striking the ground repeatedly with his staff!

  "Your Majesty, I was wrong!" He was completely stunned and only knew to plead for forgiveness!

  "Your brother has been handed over to Nidh?ggr!" The Pope's words shocked everyone!

  "Your Majesty! Spare him!" Magdalena was so frightened that her soul flew away! If she entered the Inquisition Court, she would definitely not be human when she came out, but a ghost!

  "Your Majesty! Spare him!" The bishops also interceded, especially the other legion commanders.

  The Pope didn't say a word, but anyone with eyes could see he was waiting! Waiting for a key figure to speak up!

  "Auntie! Please spare my brother's life for Father's sake!" Maqina begged on her knees to her grandmother.

  "Alas!" The old lady sighed and said, "Our two families have always been on good terms. How can this be? Your Majesty, please spare him for my sake!"

  "I'm afraid someone won't forgive him. If he goes around proclaiming it, the reputation of our church will be ruined!" The Pope said to his grandmother!

  "I'll make him shut up!" Grandma said! Everyone knows this person is me!

  "That also means removing him from his post and making him stay at home for some good reflection!" The Pope said to Machiavelli!

  "Yes! Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" he exclaimed happily!

  "Arise!" The Pope said!

  "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ma Qi Nuo got up and sat properly!

  "The Pope continued: 'I know you have doubts! Am I reluctant to part with this grandson? Is that why I'm handling it like this? Isn't that right?'"

  "We dare not!" everyone exclaimed in unison!

  "Alas! I am also helpless!" The Pope sighed and said, "His background is harder than you think! We can't afford to offend him!"

  "Your Majesty! Although he is the grandson of the Elf Queen, it's not right to destroy our Papal Palace! Even the Elf Queen herself doesn't have this privilege!" A cardinal indignantly said: "Where can we put the face of our church? It's as if we're really afraid of those Elves?"

  "Yes! This is also too humiliating. Even if we just slightly punish him, it's better than just letting it go!" said another cardinal.

  "Ah! If he would agree to it! Perhaps we could just fine him a little? Or else have him spend some time in the penance chamber?" The Pope asked Grandma lightly.

  "Your Majesty! I didn't know this kid was so mixed up either! He's committed such a serious crime, now even if you send him to the Inquisition, I won't intervene! You don't have to consider my feelings!" The grandmother said sorrowfully: "I'm afraid he'll get into trouble, so I specifically met with him ahead of time. But just as I was discussing some private matters with his father, he went and smashed up my headquarters!"

  "Ah!" The people below exclaimed! Who dares to go to Xue Ruo's place and smash their headquarters? It's probably just this one person who dared to do so.

  "Indeed, he's quite a unique young fellow!" The Pope praised with a bitter smile.

  "I have no choice but to let him off, after all it was my dragon that provoked him! So I couldn't bear to punish him. I had to let it go, but I'm worried he'll cause more trouble today, so I specifically warned him again and again! But in the end, he...!" The grandmother couldn't help but start wiping away tears as she said: "I thought his father was already a handful, but compared to him, his father is like a model student! Oh, how did I end up raising such a bunch of kids?!" Her heartbroken expression was heartbreaking to see.

  "Good, good!" The Pope laughed and said: "Don't play tricks on me! We've been siblings for many years, don't play this trick on me! Even if you didn't pretend to be pitiful, I wouldn't dare touch your precious grandson! You can rest assured!"

  "Haha! Brother is still so fierce!" Grandmother smiled and said: "But does he have any other secrets?"

  "You haven't laughed in decades, have you? Just for that! I'll spare him!" The Pope chuckled.

  "Stop messing around! Tell me quickly!" Grandma asked urgently.

  "There is a hint of the Elf Queen's aura on him, and he also has a very deep connection with the Dragon Clan! Whoever it is, we can't afford to offend him!" The Pope said helplessly.

  "What?!" The crowd exclaimed in surprise: "How is this possible, are you kidding me?"

  "The Dragon Clan's matter, I have already received the Dragon Clan Elder's message! He said that someone holding the divine artifact 'Dragon Clan Friendship' hopes we will take care of him! If anyone dares to move against him, it is equivalent to being an enemy of the entire Dragon Clan!" The Pope said: "I am sure that the divine artifact 'Dragon Clan Friendship' is on this kid's body!"

  "Really?" Grandma asked in surprise: "What about the Elemental Spirit Queen?"

  "My divine technique's greatest feature is insight, I can see that there's an elemental spirit lurking within his body, it should be the one he made a contract with!" The Pope said: "And it's a high-level contract, that spirit is also very strange, on her I sense the fluctuations of magic across the entire system! Do you know what this means?"

  "Is the entire system magical? Isn't that a characteristic unique to the Elemental Spirit Queen?" The crowd exclaimed in surprise!

  "But she doesn't seem to have that much power, now she's just a mage's strength, should be the successor of the Queen!" The Pope said: "Do you understand now? If we kill him, it's equivalent to offending the Elemental Spirit Queen and the Dragon Clan! Can we do such a stupid thing?"

  "Long live Your Majesty!" Everyone hastened to offer a big flattery!

  "And that's Krie! I couldn't see through him at all! How strange!" The Pope said, "With a magician like him, I should be able to tell what he's thinking just by looking at him? But this one...I couldn't even gauge his depth!"

  "I also find it strange, how did that magician defeat a Sword Saint?" The grandmother said: "It's too unbelievable!"

  "Be more careful in observing him, don't provoke him easily!" The Pope said: "Fortunately, he sent Xianya to me, now we are friends with him, not enemies! I don't want anyone else to go and provoke him, okay?"

  "Yes! Your Majesty!" everyone responded in unison.

  It's Christmas in ten days, and then the selection of the Holy Maiden ceremony will begin in over a dozen days, so these are the times when everyone takes turns being corrupt! Go corrupt at night, watch the duel during the day!

  No sooner had we finished breakfast this morning than we were going to watch a gladiator fight again!

  Starting from today, it should be a high-level duel between the legions of various countries, with four matches every day, all of which are packed! I just had a bit of a headache yesterday and suddenly accepted five duels. Let's not mention the three major empires, but the Kingdom of Vana had already made an appointment, so let's not mention it either! But what is this King Kater doing here to join in on the excitement? Did saving him once mean I'd make an enemy out of him?! Today, I must teach them a good lesson!

  Our schedule is in the afternoon, with two matches in the morning. One of them is a match between two small countries, not worth watching, ignore it! But the other one is between the Wana Kingdom and the Kasia Kingdom, those old enemies! I've long heard of the Wolf Riders, today I finally get to see them in action, and their opponent is no ordinary person either! That's Baladon, the Rock General, one of the four great generals on the continent, and his Rock Army! A strong vs strong match is worth watching!

  Sitting in the stands, we first enjoyed an appetizer! However, the battle between these two small countries was really boring! They only knew how to charge and hack at each other, without any technical content at all! The king seemed to be enjoying it, but as one side fell and surrendered, his interest also dissipated!

  "What's going on here? A duel in this setting, and surrendering too? How humiliating!" The king scolded in discontent!

  He was still being polite, the 100,000 spectators in the stands had already exploded, rotten eggs and stinky vegetables were constantly thrown inside! Not to mention, in my humble opinion, it's even more interesting than the warriors' slaughter!

  After the farce ended, it was time for the main course! I first noticed the wolf cavalry! Their knights were all beastmen, about 2.5 meters tall, some close to 3 meters! Compared to the legendary height of beastmen, they are much shorter! They wore leather armor, holding a long knife and a small wooden circular shield! The knife was not thick, and the shield was not heavy, probably because of the weight-bearing reason it looked so shabby!

  Compared to them, their mounts are even more majestic, this fifth-level magical beast is roughly the same size as a horse! Because of the Beastmen's generally excessive weight, they should be stronger than horses! Endurance unknown! Sharp teeth and scarlet tongues occasionally reveal a hint of murderous aura! Their dark grey fur is incredibly smooth and shiny, flashing with a light that somehow makes me want to make a big coat out of it!

  What shocked me the most was that they actually set up a formation like a rhino charge! Although it's still not as good as the regular army's formation, at least it has some attack bonus! I'm dizzy! Weren't beastmen supposed to be tactically stupid? How can they even form an array? The Seventh Princess is really something else, she can actually train beastmen to this level. It seems that I need to pay more attention to her in the future! And this result is also what all the countries bordering Vana do not want to see. I notice that both the king and my father have a heavy expression on their faces!

  Their opponent, General Baladon's Granite Legion, also performed well! This is a unit known for its defensive counterattacks! This time, from their equipment, their tactics are still the same! I think to myself, no matter how powerful the tactics, they can't remain unchanged for decades? This old stone that doesn't know how to adapt will probably be handed over to Princess Seven in the future!

  The knights of the Petra Legion are all heavily armored heavy cavalry! In addition to the indispensable lances and two-handed greatswords, they also carry a large heavy shield! This shield weighs dozens of kilograms, with hardwood inside and iron plating outside! Its defensive capabilities are excellent, usually used by defensive heavy infantry, how come they're carried by cavalry? With such a burden, can the horse still run fast?

  Then I saw their intention! They didn't plan to fight against the wolf cavalry at all. As soon as they entered the arena, the horses became restless! Because the horses smelled the smell of wolves! No matter how well the knights were trained, it was impossible to expect them to charge into a pack of wolves on horseback! And they were demonic wolves! So, they stopped at the entrance of the arena and formed a defensive semi-circular formation, with the other half blocked by the wall! This formation is absolutely advantageous! Unfortunately, whoever understood that no matter how hard they tried, it was impossible to win!

  However, I was surprised to find that these people did not have a single thread of fear, and everyone was so calm and determined! Even some of them were joking with each other, but I could feel that this was not confidence in victory, but rather indifference to death.

  "Do they deserve to be called knights? They're just hiding there waiting for death! It's a shame for the knights!" The king thought he was going to see another one-sided slaughter! The discontented complained.

  "They may die in battle, but this duel will surely be magnificent!"

  "Oh? Why?" The king asked in surprise!

  "Because I saw the unyielding will to fight in the eyes of the Rock Legion!" The poor Taoist sincerely praised: "These are the true warriors, the true knights. Although they know that the hope of victory is extremely slim, they still stand here and fight for a belief!"

  "Cut! That sounds good! There are orders from above, can't they come out?" The king said disapprovingly.

  "It's different if they were forced to, their demeanor wouldn't be so calm!" I explained: "Also, who doesn't know that a battle with no chance of victory is futile? Can the Rock General not know this either? Since he knows, would he send such elite troops to die in vain for nothing? There are indeed many high-level warriors among them."

  "Not bad, there are three golden ones, and dozens of silver ones. Are they crazy?" Father said in dismay, "Unless they are all high-level silver warriors, otherwise it's a hopeless fight! After all, one fifth-level magic wolf is equivalent to a silver-level warrior! 1000 magic wolves plus 1000 beastmen, even my Qinglong Iron Cavalry would be dead for sure!"

  "What made them do so?" The king asked me curiously!

  "It must be related to the rise of Seventh Princess, she made Marshal Panshi feel pressured. We can imagine that if Seventh Princess wins easily in today's duel, what would she think? What would she do?" The poor Taoist consoled them.

  "She will think that the Rockstone Legion is not as strong as she imagined, so if she goes back, she will definitely launch an attack on the Rockstone Fortress immediately! Then the Kingdom of Cassia will fall into war again!" Still, Ishihara Kuma II this old fox knows it clearly!

  "Not bad! Seeing the Rock Legion being defeated so easily, anyone would want to take advantage of him!" The king suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "So General Rock had no choice but to fight with all his might, at least to make the Seventh Princess not dare to underestimate him!"

  "What a pity for these excellent soldiers!" Along with Wudao's sigh, the battle below officially began!