Open and flat grass ahead.

A small clear river divides the two banks, and the river flows gently and horizontally, and you can see a lot of swimming fish swimming in the clear water.

Kaede's figure appeared on the bank of the river, and walked along the bank calmly.

Straight ahead in the direction he had strided, there was a woods full of trees that looked full of life, with birds singing among the trees, and further on, he could see open flat areas dotted with buildings.

Keep looking.

The gaze has been over a dozen such towns, and finally what can be seen is a huge frozen palace, imposing and majestic.

It is the center of the Invisible Empire, also known as the Silver Frame City!

"What a dereliction of duty it is for you to let the enemy develop under your nose for nearly a thousand years, and to develop to such a scale...... Yamamoto Motoyanagi Shigekoku. ”

Kaede Night strolled along the river, retracting her gaze towards Silverframe City, and opened her mouth with a slight sigh.

The thirteen teams of the court protection team thousands of years ago, led by Yamamoto Motoyanagi Shigekuni, almost most of the captains of the first generation were as powerful as Uno Hanari.

With such a force, they eventually defeated the Exterminator.

But after that, the Exterminator relied on the ability of the Shadow Realm to escape into the shadows of the Silent Spirit Court, and the Thirteen Guardians were almost unaware of it.

In this way, the Exterminator was allowed to be under his nose, in the shadow of the Silent Spirit Court, and it had developed for nearly a thousand years, opening up such a huge world.

The current spatial extent of the Invisible Empire,

It's even bigger than the Spirit King's Palace!

The people who live here are all pure-blooded exterminators, and they had only a small number left thousands of years ago, but by now, the number has become very large.

It's not just the Knights of the Star Cross, who are among the best of the Exterminators, selected and bestowed by Youhabach.

There are countless ordinary exterminators here.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that Youhabach has gradually recovered.

Every once in a while, a large number of Exterminators will select a number of Exterminators to be sacrificed, and their lives and strength will be transformed into nourishment for Youhabach's recovery.

Just as Kaede Night walked forward step by step along the riverbank, thinking as she walked, there was a loud noise from the trees in front of her.

It sounds like a chase.

Sou! Sou!!

I saw a deer rushing out of the woods and fleeing in the direction of the grassland.

And at about this moment, a young girl on a horse came out of the woods, holding a crossbow in her hand, aimed at her prey from a distance, and then shot the arrow.

The glowing Lingzi arrow flew out of the air, slicing a perfect trajectory in the air, accurately focusing the deer that was fleeing in a hurry, and shooting its body through.

"It's worthy of the eldest lady, the manipulation of Lingzi's arrows is already so skillful."

From behind, many attendants on horseback and dressed in uniform followed suit, and when they saw the girl shoot the fleeing deer, the leader immediately spoke with a compliment.

The girl raised her chin slightly, showed a confident smile, and said, "Of course, I am the one who will become a Star Cross Knight in the future!" ”

In the Invisible Empire, everyone is a pure-blooded exterminator, but because of the purity level of the bloodline, and they have different talents and abilities, there are not many people who can become knights, and there are even fewer who are qualified to stand out among many knights, and even fewer who become knights.

And standing at the apex of all knights, the ultimate goal of all exterminators, is the Star Cross Knight!

Every Star Cross Knight is an existence recognized by Youhabach, the king of the Exterminator, and among the Exterminators, it symbolizes the highest glory!

"With the purity and talent of the eldest lady's blood, she will definitely be recognized by His Majesty."

Several attendants in the rear continued to compliment their mouths.

The conditions for becoming a Star Cross Knight are extremely harsh, if the purity of the bloodline is divided according to the level, it can probably be divided into six ranks, and only the highest first rank can directly become a Star Cross Knight.

As for the second class, which is slightly lower, you need to go through a variety of extremely strict assessments, and show a truly superior talent before you have a chance to become a Star Cross Knight.

As for the inferior, it will never be.

Because among the Star Cross Knights, there has never been an existence with a bloodline level lower than the second level.

The Bambietta family is the upper nobles of the Invisible Empire, and the blood talents of the members of the family are generally above the fourth rank, and the marriage of the eldest lady of this generation, Bambietta Bassta, is the second-class bloodline purity that has not appeared for a long time!

There is hope to become a Star Cross Knight!

Because of this, she is also the most valued person in the family, even if she has not yet become an official knight, she has a fairly high status in the family, and is even enough to kill them with a word!

Step, step, step,

Bombiaita rode to the deer she had shot, and was about to jump off her horse to examine her prey, but at that moment she was suddenly surprised.

Looking unnaturally in the direction of the riverbank not far away, I saw a young man in very noble clothes walking along the riverbank in the direction of the other side of the river.

"Huh."

"It's a little handsome."

Bombiaita tilted her head at the figure, then blinked, jumped off her horse, and went straight to the river, ignoring her prey.

Kaede noticed Bombiaita and the others not far away, but she didn't pay much attention to it, and continued to walk forward, and after taking two steps, she heard a voice from the other side of the river.

"Hey, hello!"

Bombiaita looked at Kaede Ye across the riverbank, showed a smile, and said, "I'm Bombiaita Bassta, what's your name?" ”

Kaede Ye stopped and replied calmly:

"Kaede Night."

"Don't be so cold."

Bombi Aita smiled cutely, jumped over, jumped over the river bank lightly, and landed not far from Kaede Night, and said, "Why don't you say your surname, it shouldn't be a civilian family by your appearance." ”

Kaede Ye said casually: "Of course." ”

Bombiaetta looked at Kaede, she could see that the clothes on Kaede's body should be very luxurious and precious, but she hadn't seen it, and she didn't see the knight's medal from Kaede.

Bombietta circled around Kaede for half a circle, came to the front of Kaede, looked at Kaede and asked, "Are you a knight?" ”

"It's not."

Kaede Night also looked at Bombietta.

If I remember correctly, this name and surname, the girl in front of her should be one of the future Star Cross Knights under the command of Yuhabach, and the one who was defeated by Komamura's left camp in the end?

It still looks very young.

"Not a knight?"

Bombiaita was slightly surprised.

Kaede Ye was not surprised or nervous at all when she heard her surname, coupled with her clothing and appearance, she should also be a member of a noble family, and looking at Kaede Ye's age should be older than her, about twenty years old, this age should have become a knight a long time ago.

Moreover, Feng Ye is an aristocratic family, and there is no possibility that the purity of the bloodline is too low, so there will be no resistance to becoming an ordinary knight, so the only explanation is that Feng Ye did not participate in the assessment of knights.

"Didn't you go to the test? Why. ”

Bombiaita asked curiously.

There are very few exterminators who are unwilling to become knights, and become knights to serve their friends Habach, which should be the belief of every exterminator, and they have been educated in this way since childhood.

Kaede Ye glanced at Bombiaita, smiled lightly, and said, "Ask from the beginning, are we very familiar?" ”

"Hey."

Bombiaita snorted, showed a smile, and said: "It's strange that you are not familiar with answering so many questions from me, but there is an exterminator who is unwilling to become a knight and serve His Majesty, this is the first time I have encountered it, and anyone who has this kind of thinking should become a sacrifice to sacrifice his life and soul for His Majesty." ”

In the Invisible Empire, those who are unwilling to become knights and serve Euhabach will be regarded as disloyal to Euhabach, and such existence is often chosen as an annual sacrifice at the first time, using their lives and souls to make Euhabach recover faster.

Without waiting for Kaede to say anything, Bombiaita looked at him again and continued to speak: "But you are so handsome, it's a pity to be a sacrifice, if you choose to obediently become my subordinate, I won't send you as a sacrifice, how about it?" ”

Those who are not loyal to Yuhabach and are unwilling to serve Yuhabach will be punished even if they are nobles, if Kaede Ye is not a nobleman, it will be even simpler, as the eldest lady of the Bombiata family, she can naturally control ordinary civilian exterminators at will.

"Is this a threat?"

Kaede smiled.

Bombiaita stood at a distance of about two meters and watched him, and several of the attendants had already come to the other side of the river to stand, and she smiled lightly and said, "Sort of." ”

"Well, I refuse."

Kaede Ye responded with a faint smile on her face.

The corners of Bombiata's mouth were slightly hooked, her hand was gently lowered, and a little bit of Lingzi gathered into her hand, and she looked at Feng Ye and said, "It's a pity that you made the wrong choice." ”