"We are the Church's Magic Beast Legion. This time, we were sent by the Archbishop to deal with the Onyx Principality's reinforcements!" As he spoke, Ick produced a metal badge.
The badge bore the Church's distinctive runes, which no one on Glory Continent could possibly imitate.
"So it's the Church's legion!" The nobles and guards were stunned at the sight of the numerous Magic Beasts, but once their identities were confirmed, they heaved a great sigh of relief.
"My name is Ick. I am a White Bishop, and under the orders of the Cardinal Archbishop, I am currently pursuing an enemy from the Northern Principality. I need your assistance!" Bishop Ick did not waste words. After revealing his identity, he immediately stated his request.
"May we ask what Bishop Ick requires of us?" Several nobles exchanged glances. Naturally, they did not dare disobey in the slightest.
"The enemy we are pursuing has fled into these mountains. He is a youth of seventeen or eighteen, riding a white Magic Beast mount. I need you to help surround and trap him, ensuring that he cannot escape!"
"Riding a white Magic Beast mount? And he's a youth? Bishop, could he be Nalant of the Onyx Principality?"
"You know him?" Ick was somewhat surprised.
"Bishop Ick, you may not know this, but during the last autumn campaign, the Onyx Principality's army had been on the verge of defeat. Yet this Nalant possessed something that could stir up warhorses, causing our encirclement to come to nothing and allowing the Onyx Principality's army to withdraw in the end," one noble immediately explained.
"So it was him!" Ick had heard of the incident as well.
But he had not expected it to be the same person. Thinking of what he had gone through yesterday morning, he immediately