517 Framed (1/2)

Bernard brought a team of horse-riding troops to go after Jiang Fei and Hua Mulan's refugees. Although Jiang Fei and the rest had already moved quite far ahead, they were all walking on their feet with loads of baggages. How could they possibly be faster than horse-riding troops?

After approximately an hour, Bernard's horse-riding troops managed to catch up and get a view of the refugees before them.

”Talk to her first. If it doesn't work, I will do it myself!” Sylphy said to Bernard.

Although Sylphy was stronger than Hua Mulan and was also the Moon God's disciple, the two belonged to different organizations. Sylphy was from the Religious Judicatory which belonged to the Pope, while Hua Mulan was the Saint's subordinate.

It might appear that the Luminous Vatican's Pope had all the power whereas the Saint did not. However, the two were rightfully equals. The Pope was in charge of managing the Luminous Vatican's affairs while the Saint was responsible for spreading evangelism.

In other words, the Pope had a complete say in military affairs, whereas the Saint held the responsibility of garnering support from the people. Although her powers were not as great as the Pope, she fronted the common disaster relief and life-saving initiatives. Therefore, in the eyes of the Luminous Vatican's followers, she held a very prominent place.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Due to such relations, Sylphy did not wish to cause trouble with the Saint's subordinate. Moreover, they were in the midst of engaging the Dark Faction in the battle. If there were to be internal strife within the Light Faction, it would be all over for them.

”Alright! I highly suspect that Hua Mulan will not agree with us…” Bernard sighed. However, he did not dare to disobey Sylphy's order.

With that, Sylphy flew into the sky and hid behind layers of clouds. Bernard, on the other hand, led his horse-riding troops to block the refugees' path.

”What's going on?” Jiang Fei realized that the group had stopped moving forward and turned to Hua Mulan with his question.

As there were no more small towns to rob, and Jiang Fei was also too lazy to scout the so-called Nephilim's Assault Unit, he decided to stay with Hua Mulan and the rest in the group.

”Reporting to the commander! Bernard has blocked our pathway!” Right then, a lowly soldier came forward with news for Hua Mulan.

”Eh?!” Hua Mulan frowned. Naturally, she knew that Bernard was a front-line commander and also understood why he had come.

The Saint was in charge of spreading the religion and therefore, prioritized peasants' livelihood. The Pope, on the other hand, focused on protecting the structure of governance and therefore was willing to sacrifice any number of peasants to fight against the Dark Faction. As such, it was impossible to reconcile the differences between the two.

”I'll have a look!” Hua Mulan smiled and nodded at Jiang Fei as she followed the lowly soldier to the front of the group.

”A loghead from the Divine Light Fortress? I want to have a look too!” Jiang Fei's interest was piqued. Hence, he quietly sneaked in front of the group.

”Bernard, why have you come?” Hua Mulan showed no signs of friendliness to the front-line commander.

”Hehe... That… Lieutenant General Hua Mulan, this… that…” Bernard could not form a proper sentence after a long while.