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nWhen the Orthodox Church’s Holy Knights left, countless people were chasing at the back of them along the city walls of Sapphire City.

nThey only wanted to catch one more glimpse of those holy and brave Holy Knights.

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n“What a pity! They left right after they arrived.”

n“The legendary Pontiff Monn is indeed as handsome, elegant, noble, and holy as the legends in the Imperial City. It’s just a pity that I haven’t had a good look at the Pontiff Monn!”

n“And Her Highness the Saintess and those Holy Knights. They are really as yearning as for the Orthodox Church!”

n“I just want to take another look at that Pontiff Monn!”

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n“I heard that even the royal princess of the kingdom couldn’t resist the charisma of Pontiff Monn. He’s really too handsome! Pontiff Monn who leads tens of thousands of Holy Knights is simply too noble to look straight at!”

n“I wonder when Pontiff Monn will come to our Sapphire City again. I only hope that he won’t leave in a hurry the next time!”

n“Really looking forward to it!”

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nCastellan Komuk and the others looked at the excited people who were chasing after the Holy Knights, they had black look on their faces.

n“Even when the Golden Griffin Army of the kingdom came, I’ve never seen them so excited!”

n“They are all low-level civilians. I can forgive them.”

n“There are many nobles among them! Viscount Luke, I saw your son running, crying, and chasing after those holy and noble Holy Knights just now.”

nViscount Luke, “…”

n“I’ll break his legs when we get back!”

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n“That’s a great idea!”

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nCastellan Komuk asked the president of Mercenary Union beside him, “President Zangger, where do you think Pontiff Monn is planning to take his Holy Knights to?”

nThe president replied, “There aren’t any cities in our kingdom in that direction. There are only some small towns and the territories of the nobles.”

nCastellan Komuk said, “I believe that Pontiff Monn of the Orthodox Church will not harm our Sapphire City.”

n“Then…”

nThe president of the Mercenary Union said, “There is only one possibility. They will go to the Ash Mountain Range, the burial place of that ghost of the giant dragon!”

nCastellan Komuk was puzzled. “What is His Holiness Pontiff Monn doing there? It seems that there isn’t anything in the Ash Mountain Range that is worth the fight of the Orthodox Church.”

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nThe president of the Mage Union by the side suddenly smiled.

n“I think Miss Vivian of the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce should know His Holiness’s purpose.”

nSuddenly, everyone turned their eyes to Vivian who did not follow the pontiff to the Ash Mountain Range.

nVivian said calmly, “Unfortunately, I don’t know. Although I have had contact with Pontiff Monn of the Orthodox Church.”

nWith that, she turned around and left with the people of the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce.

nSuch a move was obviously not the etiquette of the nobles, and it was also disrespectful to the bigwigs present.

nHowever, Castellan Komuk and the others were not angry.

nInstead, they smiled bitterly.

nIt could not be helped. After all, Miss Vivian’s father was a marquis with outstanding military achievements.

nCastellan Komuk, who had the highest rank, was only a count. He had to bow respectfully when he saw the Marquis of Bauhinia.

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nJust as they were about to return to the city…

nOn the other side…

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nMonn was leading his Holy Knight Army towards the Ash Mountain Range.

nAlong the way, they passed by many small towns and the territories of the nobles.

nHowever, no force dared to attack the Orthodox Church.

nAfter all, everyone could clearly see the flag that was raised high in the front.

nIt was the divine religion that the Kingdom of Kate believed in.

nIt was the symbol of the Orthodox Church.

nJust this flag alone was enough to frighten the gangster, thieves and rascals.

nOn the contrary, many humans appeared around them.

nThey looked at the Holy Knights from afar with shocked and amazed gazes.

nSome even closed their eyes and made a praying gesture.

nTheir faces were pure and holy.

nMonn and Ace were walking in front.

nThey accepted these gazes very calmly.

nEven the Holy Knights didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.

nIn the entire continent…

nAs long as the Orthodox Church appeared…

nThis kind of scene would inevitably appear.

nSo even if they felt uncomfortable…

nAfter getting used to it, they would feel nothing.

nAs they had experienced this scene too frequent and they had to get used to it.

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nThe Ash Mountain Range was a mountain range which continuously spanned nearly 100 kilometers.

nOne side was the territory of the Kingdom of Kate Kingdom, which was one of the three great kingdoms of mankind.

nAfter passing through the Ash Mountain Range, further away was the savanna, which was ruled by the orcs.

nOf course, with the area of the Ash Mountain Range, it was still far from crossing the border of the Kingdom of Kate.

nIt could only be said that the Ash Mountain Range was right between the Kingdom of Kate and the orcs.

nMany years ago, the Ash Mountain Range was still the territory of the orcs.

nMany orc tribes settled here.

nWhenever there was a bumper harvest, the orcs of the Ash Mountain Range would form various cavalry and leave the Ash Mountain Range to plunder the food of the human world.

nThis was how the ferocious beast cavalry was born.

nUntil one day…

nAn adult dragon appeared here and burned everything in the Ash Mountain Range with blazing dragon flames. Whether it was the trees or the beast tribes in the mountains, they were all turned into ashes overnight.

nThe Beast Royal Court was very angry.

nThey sent a few golden behemoths to the Ash Mountain Range and finally killed the dragon.

nHowever, from that moment onwards…

nThe Ash Mountain Range also fell silent.

nVery few beasts appeared here.

nPart of the reason was the existence of the dragon’s breath, which caused the Ash Mountain Range to become barren, with bare rocks everywhere.

nWithout the dense forest blocking them, the Golden Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of Kate could easily kill them.

nAnother reason was that after the death of the giant dragon, the dragon’s soul didn’t return to the arms of the Dragon God. Instead, due to resentment, it became the immortal ghost of the giant dragon.

nThe ghost of the giant dragon shuttled through every corner of the Ash mountain Range.

nThis had made neither the beast clan nor the human mercenaries dare to set foot here easily.

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nBut at this time…

nTwo people appeared in the Ash Mountain Range.

nTheir bodies were hidden under the black robes, and their faces couldn’t be seen clearly.

nBut it could be told from their figures.

nOne of them was an old man, and the other was a petite woman.

nIn the old man’s hand, he was holding a bone-made magic staff, and his entire body was emitting the aura of a dead spirit.

nHis steps were staggering, as if he was about to die.

nThe woman followed the old man’s steps and was carefully supporting his arms.

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