Salute To The General

If it were someone else who spoke those outrageous words, Milo would have ordered his subordinates to restrain them right away. However, the man before them was Nathan.

Milo dared not do that. He could only regard Nathan with wariness.

In the end, he uttered, "Mr. Cross, things will not be as simple as you think if you insist on visiting the Curia and meeting our pope in a private capacity, not unless you can advance past the hurdles guarded by the Curia's elites. If you successfully pass the three hurdles we've set up, you can meet our pope."

A chuckle escaped Nathan's lips when he heard the condition. "Not even thirty hurdles will pose a challenge to me, let alone three."

He's insane! He's such an arrogant man!

Milo glared at Nathan. "Don't be too sure of yourself, Mr. Cross. Those who think too highly of themselves tend to meet a bad end. I'll repeat myself. If you pass the three hurdles, you'll get to meet our pope for a discussion. If you can't, you won't be able to meet him, and you can stop dreaming of having us change our future Holy Maiden. Just accept reality and go home."

Nathan's tone was callous as he answered, "Are you done with your nonsense yet? If you are, let's begin."

At that, Milo trembled with rage. "You" he snarled but soon choked with fury.

He then stared at the stately Nathan for a while before gritting out, "Fine. It officially starts now. The first hurdle is these fifty thousand Holy Knights before you. If you can get past them and enter the Curia's headquarters, you'll pass the first hurdle."

With that, Nathan looked past the Holy Army to glance at the entrance of the Curia a distance away.

To reach that place, he must get past the Holy Army.

sneered. "Don't worry, Mr. Cross. These Holy Knights will only stop you; they won't kill you.

anything in response, Colin, who was behind him, bellowed, "You're

then hollered, "Elite

Eight instantly responded in unison,

ordered, "Open up a

"Yes, sir!"

eight people stepped

the crowd outside, for a

of the Holy Army abruptly

formed a long steel wall, blocking Nathan and his

lifted their arms and thrust their fists at the Holy

Thump! Thump! Thump!

that the

staggered several steps backward as blood trickled from the corners of

appeared in the steel

swift to rearrange their positions and fill up that

mended, and the indestructible human barricade

Eight was infuriated and