After waking up

At dawn the next day, a larger number of badges were transported to the Black Castle. Because of the need to catch up, Mulan called back the students from the camp outside the city to participate in the engraving, and he himself needed to prepare to rush to the Digao Cathedral. .

It's still early in the morning, but today's Digao Cathedral has announced in advance that there will be no hall prayers because a grand canonization ceremony needs to be held today, so now there are nobles and officials everywhere in the church hall and square.

But there were also many civilians around. A large number of people had already gathered outside the square and on the streets, and everyone was waiting to watch the rewards for the advancing legions.

Many respectable nobles and officials in the Digao area were present, and those who could not come would send representatives. Senior officers of the advancing army had also arrived in carriages. They were all nobles, and they were all talking and laughing with their families, describing The cruelty of the battlefield and the interesting anecdotes therein.

During this period, it is difficult for even family members to see their children, who are officers of the advancing corps. Even if they have arrived in Digao, the camp is heavily guarded and no outsiders are allowed to enter. This will be a rare time to chat.

"Father, cousins, look!"

An officer took out an exquisite wooden box from his coat pocket and opened it in front of several relatives like a treasure. There were two thick fangs and several shiny black claws inside, which looked very scary.

"Hiss" "Is this?"

"The fangs and claws of a werewolf. This is the first werewolf I killed with the soldiers in close combat, during the Battle of Crossing the River!"

The officers proudly talked about this experience and clenched their fists. It was the first time they faced a werewolf. The fear and madness at that time are still vivid in their minds.

Some officers nearby also took out their own souvenirs. Almost everyone had werewolf fangs and claws. These were not obtained by exploiting the soldiers, but were actually obtained with their own blood. Almost everyone in the advancing legion Everyone has fought against werewolves. Of course, as a senior officer, he must have the right to choose the spoils first, but this is only the first time.

There are many nobles around each officer, and not only their relatives. Every time they talk about a thrilling and exciting battle, there are frequent exclamations around them.

At this time, Mulan got off the taxi on the road in the center of the main square. The other roads were basically surrounded by people. Only the Central Avenue had guards guarding both sides, because the Queen's car would come from here after a while.

As soon as Mulan got out of the car, some people who paid attention to the situation immediately became excited.

"This is Master Jones!" "It's him, I've seen his face in the newspaper!"

"Lord Jonest—" "Look here, Sir!"

"Lord Jones, I am a Valentine——"

Mulan looked in that direction and didn't know who called him a Valentine. Anyway, he nodded and strode towards the square.

The officers of the advancing legion also discovered Mulan, and they all squeezed out of the encirclement, trotted over, and stood at attention together to salute.

"Legion Commander!"

Mulan responded with the same fist-clenching salute.

"Go ahead and do whatever you have to do. We'll go back to the camp together later."

"yes!"

The officers smiled and followed Mulan to the entrance of the Great Cathedral but did not return to their families, relatives and friends.

A group of people from the advancing legion stood there without saying anything. The nobles around wanted to come forward and talk, but for a while no one dared to approach. Only some respectable people nodded to Mulan, and Mulan also brought Responded one by one with a smile.

Half an hour later, the motorcade from the palace arrived on Central Avenue.

As soon as Nishelir got off the carriage, the people around her began to cheer, and she immediately saw the group of soldiers gathered at the entrance of the cathedral. Of course, Mulan in the middle was the most conspicuous.

More than twenty officers were awarded appropriate honors one after another. Everyone had medals and some were knighted, and finally it was the turn of the main event.

At the end of the red carpet laid out in the church hall, Nishelir stood in the center. Mulan stepped forward from the door of the great church, knelt down on one knee in front of the queen, and raised the staff, sword and fang holder with both hands. The surrounding noise all subsided at this moment.

Nishelil reached out to take the fang and gently pulled out the sword. The mirror-like blade reflected Nishelil's flawless face.

The long sword was gently placed on Mulan's shoulder.

"As the Queen of the Dilga Empire, I grant Mulan Jonest, the commander of the Forward Legion, the status of first-class viscount of the empire, and he will permanently enjoy the honorary position of commander of the Forward Legion!"

Salutes were fired outside the church, and the church priests also poured holy water to bless them. The holy light spilled out of the cathedral and blessed the surrounding people, and the church bells were also rung.

Cheers rang out all around, and many nobles also smiled.

However, the senior officers of the advancing corps who had been in high spirits just now slowly stopped smiling, and they seemed to realize something.

Honorary position?

The officers looked at the queen and the legion commander and saw that Mulan had thanked the queen and took his sword. Various officials and nobles gathered to congratulate him, blocking the officers' view.

A celebration banquet is definitely indispensable. Although the food of the advancing legion during this period is top-notch, the real celebration banquet is the day after the reward is over.

The camp of the advancing legion was arranged into a huge banquet scene, and unlimited drinking and noise were allowed. The soldiers and officers went crazy.

Some nobles also came to the camp to party together, most of them were young people.

But when the banquet lasted from the afternoon to the bright moon, Mulan pulled out his wheel light and fired a shot into the sky.

"boom--"

The sound of gunfire rang out, and the venue suddenly fell silent. Mulan jumped lightly onto the top of a steam tank. Soldiers gathered from all sides, and more than 20,000 people formed a large circle in the camp.

"I have something important to announce."

Mulan scanned the whole place, his eyes moving very slowly, as if he wanted to see everyone clearly, and waited until he looked around before continuing to speak.

"The advancing army has won its own honor, but we are from different armies. After celebrating, we have to go back to the original army."

"what?"

"The Forward Legion is going to be disbanded?"

“This is not true”

"Legion Commander, are you kidding?"

The discussions among the soldiers and officers gradually became noisy. Mulan took a deep breath and suppressed their voices with a roar.

"This is no joke. The Forward Army was originally a temporary army, but -"

Mulan's eyes became sharp, like an unsheathed sword.

"It was a temporary army like us that won the war cleanly. Whether it was the evil dark creatures, the cultists, or the army of Kingspea, they were all destroyed by us. I know that everyone doesn't want to leave. I don’t want to—”

"The Forward Legion has been imprinted in our blood. We obey orders, but we will never forget that we are a member of the Forward Legion. If one day, you receive a signal from the Forward Legion to return, and you guys at that time, maybe No longer a soldier, no longer a low-level officer, no longer even a soldier, what will you choose? Tell me your answer."

"Return to the team!" "I will return to the team!"

"I will!"

The voices were noisy at first, and then gradually became unified, raising their arms and waving to let out a tsunami-like shout.

"Return to the team——" "Return to the team——" "Return to the team——".

"I will remember your promise, just like I believe that no one will forget the Forward Legion, whether it is those who need our protection or those who are uneasy about our existence!"

Mulan's voice contained magic, like thunder, and made the camp quiet again.

Some soldiers brought up small boxes and opened them one by one.

"What's in the box is the badge that I personally supervised the creation of. It is not only a memorial to all of us, but also the emblem of our advancing army. Do you still remember what I said during the march in the Great Forest of Lombardy?"

Mulan looked at everyone and held up a badge in his hand. The badge actually shone brightly at this moment, as if a flame ignited in Mulan's hand.

At this moment, every badge in all the wooden boxes is "burning".

"The Forward Legion is a blazing flame. Although our organization has been disbanded, I believe everyone agrees that they will always be soldiers of the Forward Legion."

After saying this, Mulan took a deep breath, and then burst into an angry roar.

"By the name of Mullan Jonster, the Legion shall live forever——"

Mulan raised his arms and shouted, and all the soldiers responded almost simultaneously.

"The Legion lives on—"

"By the name of Charl Wendy, the Legion will live forever——"

"The Legion lives on—" "By Baronzo Kell the Legion lives on—" "By Handel Linton the Legion lives on—".

Many people shouted that the legion would last forever, and many people, like Mulan, swore by their own names, and in the end, the shouts gradually became unified.

"The legion will live forever -" "The legion will live forever -" "The legion will live forever -".

Mulan drew his sword and pointed it towards the sky, shouting once again.

"Forward Legion——"

Everyone raised their fists to the sky and roared in response as before.

"Unstoppable——"

"Forward Legion——"

"Unstoppable——"

Tsunami, not a real tsunami is better than a real tsunami, a tsunami burning with the light of some kind of flame. Even in Digao City, many people can faintly hear the roaring sound.

In this "tsunami", Mulan stood on the steam tank and smiled. To a certain extent, this was also a kind of oath.

At the top of the Digao Cathedral, the Archbishop looked at the sky outside the city. It seemed to be vaguely reddened by some kind of flame. When he closed his eyes, it seemed like an illusion.

Walton in the Black Castle also felt this way. He could see more clearly than the Archbishop and confirmed the existence of "burning". Many extraordinary people also vaguely sensed it. Some would follow the feeling and look into the distance, while others Keep doing your own thing.

Sabastina stood on the top of the big tree in her tree house, with the brilliance of magic emerging in her eyes. She looked at the fire outside the city, feeling uncontrollably excited. She knew that this flame would burn all over the world.

In the sacred relic storage room, the Book of Dawn was kept alone behind a door. At this moment, the book was like a burning flame.

Rumble, rumble, rumble.

In the entire sacred relic storage room, other sacred relics erupted with light, causing some kind of shock. There was some strong rejection of the Book of Dawn and the relics.