#1117 - Expeditionary Force Meeting

Half an hour later, Verin heard footsteps approaching, knowing that the person he was about to meet had arrived.

Two red-armored knights at the forefront pushed open the gate, then stepped aside, bowing their heads and respectfully welcoming their lord inside.

Third Prince Felice stood at the gate, adjusted his collar, stepped over the threshold, and walked inside.

At the same time, Verin stood up, sizing up the Third Prince walking towards him, his presence majestic and handsome, but the palm print on his face was particularly prominent.

Felice noticed the astonishment on their faces, without the slightest embarrassment, he smiled and gestured, saying to the three, "Earl Verin, hello."

Verin responded politely, "Good afternoon, Your Highness the Third Prince."

Seeing this, Xemia and Kyle bowed to show their respect.

Felice bowed slightly in return, then came to the low table, felt the temperature of the teapot with his hand, and felt a chill, then instructed the low-level gold warrior beside him, "Bastin, go and change the tea for our distinguished guests."

"Yes, my lord."

The low-level gold warrior answered loudly, with a hint of joy in his tone, and turned and strode out of the hall.

Afterwards, the few took their seats.

Looking at Verin directly opposite, Felice apologized, "Earl Verin, I was delayed by some matters, which caused you to wait for me for so long, please forgive me."

"Waiting for a moment is no problem, after all, our rash visit can also be considered as disturbing your business," Verin said with a smile upon hearing this.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Felice got straight to the point, "Earl Verin, I wonder what brings you to visit me this time?"

"Your Highness, I am here for Viscount Klever."

The moment he spoke his purpose, Verin secretly observed Felice's expression, wanting to glimpse the true thoughts in his heart.

"Viscount Klever!" Felice said with some relief, "I didn't expect you to be here for him, which is a bit of a surprise."

Seeing that there was no hatred or ruthlessness in the Third Prince's eyes, and even some relief, Verin felt puzzled, but since that was the case, Verin no longer concealed anything and said, "Your Highness, I won't hide it from you, you must have received the news about the succession to the throne with your intelligence capabilities."

"You're right, I know everything," Felice said with some melancholy, "Since I have no chance for the throne, then there is no need for fighting."

"If he wants to leave, then let him leave, I won't take revenge on anything, after all, he has done a lot for me."

"Uh——"

Hearing Felice's straightforward words, Verin didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"Hahaha, Earl Verin, you must have prepared a lot of rhetoric before coming to see me," Third Prince Felice said with a smile, looking at Verin's somewhat dazed expression.

Under Felice's gaze, Verin nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, as you said, I did think a lot before visiting, the only thing I didn't expect was that Your Highness would be so frank."

"It's not frankness, it's just seeing things clearly," Felice's face showed a relaxed look, "Speaking of which, your visit this time has helped me."

"Helped you?"

Verin was full of doubts, he didn't remember having any dealings with the Third Prince.

"Earl Verin, I have something else to attend to, so I won't keep you."

"Uh——"

"Your Highness the Third Prince, then I will take my leave first."

In a daze, Verin bid farewell to Third Prince Felice and left Baerner Palace.

"Kyle, did you do something?"

Hearing his lord's words, Kyle shook his head and said, "My lord, I have been by your side these past few days, I haven't gone anywhere."

"If it wasn't you, then who could have helped me?" Verin muttered to himself.

Seeing this, Xemia reminded, "Verin, is it possible that multiple coincidences led to an inevitable result?"

"Maybe."

Unable to figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it.

Verin held Xemia's hand and said, "It's been so many years since I've been to the royal capital, today I'll accompany you to take a good stroll."

"My lord, my lady, then I'll go back first."

After saying that, before Verin could respond, Kyle's figure directly disappeared in front of the two.

In the following days, Verin wandered around the royal capital, until Kyle notified him that a high-level military expedition meeting was about to be held, before he returned to the Palano camp with Xemia.

……

On November 4th, 9772 of the Radiant Calendar, early in the morning, inside the central camp of the Palano camp, Verin took Xemia and Kyle to attend the meeting.

All Soul Intent-level professionals participated in this high-level meeting, as for gold-level professionals, the top 500 were qualified to attend the high-level meeting based on a comprehensive score of strength and background.

The high-level meeting was presided over by the Archbishop of the Church of Life, Legendary High-Level Priest, Saint Albo Tasman.

Saintess Anastasia of the Church of Life attended the meeting, and the royal family was represented by Legendary Mid-Level Knight Caesar Miller Silvius.

As for the seven great dukes, none of them attended the high-level military expedition meeting.

Upon entering the central camp tent, a path of light appeared under his feet.

"We'll meet at the entrance after the meeting."

Hearing this, Xemia and Kyle nodded, then followed their exclusive paths of light to their seats.

Seeing this situation, Verin followed the path of light under his feet and walked forward.

Occasionally encountering familiar nobles, Verin would stop and exchange greetings with them, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the front row.

The sixth seat from left to right had his name written on it.

"After working so hard for so long, I can be considered to have earned a front row seat."

Chuckling self-deprecatingly, Verin sat down in the seat.

As time passed, the seats in the first row slowly filled up.

On the left was a high-level Soul Intent life priest.

On the right was a high-level Soul Intent judgment knight.

As for the back, they were also Soul Intent-level professionals belonging to the Church of Life, but their faces were somewhat old, they should be some ascetics.

"I'm surrounded by clergy from the Church of Life," Verin retracted his gaze, and this sentence suddenly popped into his mind.

As the bell rang, the seats slowly rose, stopping at a height of ten meters.

Three legendary figures appeared in the chairman's seat, from left to right, they were Saintess Anastasia, Legendary High-Level Priest Saint Albo Tasman, and Legendary Mid-Level Knight Caesar Miller Silvius.

"Now, I announce that the first high-level military expedition meeting to fight against the Black Orcs, aid the Church of the Morning Light, and maintain the glory of the Order faction, is officially beginning."

As the Legendary High-Level Priest Saint Albo Tasman's voice fell, everyone put away the distractions in their hearts and focused their attention on Albo.