Extra Chapter 111

Around the same time, outside Spirit City, on the Official Road roughly a dozen li from the North City Gate, a strictly disciplined army was marching swiftly toward Spirit City.

Thanks to the fact that every soldier in the army was exceptionally strong, the distance of more than ten li was crossed in less than the time it took to drink half a cup of tea.

"His Highness the Crown Prince?!"

Outside Spirit City, in the camp where five hundred Royal Knights and three thousand Iron Armor Army troops were stationed, Shu Yun, the knight brigade captain temporarily serving as camp supervisor, stared in shock at the person who had suddenly appeared. "You... weren't you in the city, watching the competition?"

"That isn't important."

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe shook his head, raised a hand, and gestured toward the handsome middle-aged man beside him whose temples were streaked with white. "This gentleman needs no introduction from me, does he? Captain Shu Yun, from now on, you will take the five hundred knights and three thousand Iron Armor Army soldiers and act according to Marquis Fei Bai's orders. Understood?"

"Marquis Fei Bai?!"

Shu Yun froze the moment he saw the handsome middle-aged man. This was his direct superior, one of the five commanders of the Heaven Dou Royal Knights, in command of ten thousand Royal Knights, including Shu Yun's own unit.

Although his bearing was slightly different from the last time they had met, as if he were more confident, his presence deeper and steadier, and even his person a tiny bit younger, with His Highness the Crown Prince standing behind him, Shu Yun naturally had no other thoughts. He immediately saluted and answered, "Understood!"

Then he gave Marquis Fei Bai a military salute as well. "Your subordinate Shu Yun greets the