"Then, please get on the carriage," the red-clothed bishop said with a somewhat respectful expression, standing straight next to the carriage, urging Cai to get on with his eyes.
Cai complied, but only stepped with one foot onto the carriage, maintaining a posture as if climbing stairs, keeping her body still.
"Lady Holy Maiden, please do not waste our time any longer!"
Perhaps losing patience, the bishop's attitude deteriorated from before, his voice clearly expressing impatience.
Feeling genuinely apologetic for wasting the bishop's time, Cai couldn't help but tell him, "Rest assured, this will be the last time you waste time, such an experience will not happen again from now on."
After all, for someone with no tomorrow, what is there to waste or not waste?
In this moment, Cai heard the footsteps she had faintly heard before, now becoming more distinct.
"A rare performance is about to begin, let me find a front row seat to sit down," Cai said, stopping, then stepping forward again, entering the carriage carriage at a steady pace, seating herself in the opposite direction.
Her face facing outside the carriage, her eyes shining discreetly, locked onto a specific location, never wavering.
In the unwavering gaze, after not too long a time, that figure finally appeared.
At first, a small black dot appeared at the end of her line of sight;
Soon, the dot bounced up from the ground, leaping quite a distance, entering Cai's view at the center, then slowly extending upward;
To an onlooker, the movement seemed like that of a person bending over from running, slowly standing up to reveal themselves to the viewer.
"Huff, caught up...huff huff!"
After exhaling a few breaths, the person Cai had been waiting for so long, Wang Xiaole, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, rubbing the drops away between his fingertips.
Then, Wang Xiaole cast an admonishing glance towards the front, speaking as if reprimanding a mischievous child, "You were supposed to wait for me, why don't you ever listen? Was I too kind to you before, making you into this lawless figure you are now?"
Cai found this blunt tone quite endearing.
Rather than engaging in a normal conversation or offering kind words, she preferred being sternly scolded by the person in front of her.
Of course, her feelings couldn't be expressed;
At least on the surface, she had to play her role in this drama and the character she had acquired.
"Are you here to stop me? What reasons do you have to make me obey?"
"Hm hm hm hm hm..."
Seemingly expecting Cai's reaction, Wang Xiaole didn't hesitate for a moment and directly stated what he wanted to say, "Don't think too highly of yourself, you incorrigible masochist. I won't allow you to leave; you are not going anywhere!
No reasons needed, I am not speaking to you, I am giving orders!"
Depending on the person he was facing, the present Wang Xiaole could show different attitudes.
It was difficult to say for others, but he knew Cai would respond to this approach;
Rather than wasting time explaining, it was better to be firm and force her to comply, as there was no better way to handle her.
Because they were familiar, he could be tough, and because he was tough, he cared.
No reasons needed anything, it didn't mean anything, but Wang Xiaole thought, just as he was saying, "I'm in a hurry to get back home but tired. Get off and go home to make me something to eat; even if it tastes terrible, I currently have no plans to be picky."
At this point, the bishop felt it necessary to interject, "Wait, wait! Miss with black hair, you've been talking to yourself since just now, I cannot pretend I didn't hear..."
"Get lost! I'm talking to my own people, unrelated outsiders, go as far away as you can!"
For the first time, the bishop experienced the taste of being rudely addressed, feeling somewhat fresh, but this only served to worsen his mood.
"Miss with black hair, do you know what you just said represents? If you intend to provoke trouble within the borders of Dibiles, then I can only assume you are planning to bring war to this empire."
"Let the fight happen, let the war come; I am the emperor of Dibiles, what I say is equivalent to the will of a queen of a nation; now, I declare war on the Holy See!"
Wang Xiaole thought to himself:
If he didn't go looking for trouble, trouble would find him;
Things that could be solved by war, why fight alone?
The bishop had no intention of a fair fight.
The rows of white-armored soldiers standing like a mountain suddenly shouted and drew their long swords from their waists at the same time.
The nearly ten thousand sound of swords being unsheathed exploded at the same moment, as if it were one unified sound.
And from the moment they unsheathed their swords, the surroundings that were bustling just moments ago suddenly fell silent;
It was not by choice that living beings quieted down, but rather they were intimidated by the dense aura exuding from these tens of thousands of soldiers, compelling them to silence.
Now, the Holy See's most powerful troops were officially mobilizing.
The elite troops made up of a thousand soldiers, the legion of ten thousand, all aimed at that single head!
The bishop pointed to the left, and all the archers turned to face the direction indicated by Wang Xiaole.
There was no anger, the bishop's actions were all just to complete the task;
For this purpose, in the next instant, he commanded, "Fire all at once!"
At his command, all the archers simultaneously took down their longbows and drew their arrows.
Their formation instantly shifted into five rows, forming five long dragons.
The first row crouched on the ground, holding their longbows level;
The second row knelt on one knee, their arrows on the longbows just above the heads of the previous row of archers;
In this manner, each row of archers aimed slightly higher than the one in front of them.
The fourth row of archers stood straight, holding their longbows aloft;
As for the last row of archers, they took a large step back, pulled their bows full, and their arrows aimed towards the sky ahead.
All the archers drew their bows slowly, their hands steady without a hint of trembling, as stable as a rock.
"Release!"
Thunderous shouts erupted from the bishop's mouth.
With his command, the archers' arrows flew out of their longbows at the same time, whistling loudly towards the live target ahead.
From Cai's point of view, it was as if a long phantom shape was flying from the archers towards Wang Xiaole.
Clang clang clang clang clang!
The arrows struck forcefully, hitting Wang Xiaole's shield displayed in front of him, producing a dense series of impacts that beat in unison.
Examining the surface of the shield, all the arrows struck it, including those shot by the archers from the fifth row.
The accuracy of these shots made it hard to believe they were done solely by human effort.
"Prepare to fire consecutively, don't give the target a chance to breathe!"
The bishop issued the command again, and this time, all the archers turned in unison to fire from another direction;
While still in five rows, this time they all stood upright;
The archers in the front row had already raised their longbows, arrows cocked on them, strings fully drawn, all aimed at the previous target.
"Fire!"
As the bishop's command rang out, the archers in the first row had already shot their arrows;
Before the arrows hit, this row of archers split into two teams, slinking away on either side past the archers in the next row;
Followed quickly by the second row of archers raising their longbows;
Within just three breaths, their arrows also shot out swiftly;
Followed in order by the third, then the fourth, then the fifth row.
Once the fifth row of archers had fired, the first row of archers had already bent their bows and prepared for the next round, one rotation following another, without stopping.
In front of Wang Xiaole, the arrows pounded on the shield in front of him without pausing, creating a series of dense impacts;
The initial protection couldn’t withstand the assault of these strong arrows, shattering in the next second.
But the arrows from the archers didn't hesitate, continuing their assault on the thick wooden board behind the target.
From the direction of the carriage, this attack seemed like a black carpet was laid between the archers and the target, all filled with arrow marks.
Finally, all the arrows in the quivers of the archers were exhausted;
Looking at the second layer of the shield, one could see it filled with arrows, yet showing no signs of imminent fracture.
"Is that all? I had arranged six layers of protection, and you can't even break the second layer?!"
Knowing the elite of the Holy See performed like this, Wang Xiaole couldn't help but think:
I should have declared war sooner!
"But oh well, in appreciation of your efforts, I shall offer a suitable reward. Receive it."
Wang Xiaole twisted his hand, controlling the shield to extend outwards, keeping the tens of thousands of arrows under control, then swiftly redirecting them.
