The night was covered, and the darkness that filled the sky was dispelled by the shining stars.

The cold winds of the night stirred up, sweeping away the heat of the day.

The weather in the desert is always unpredictable.

It's night again.

Mizuki looked up at the starry sky.

The dazzling starlight comes into view, colorful, flickering, and has its own rules.

It's really beautiful.

However, such a brilliant starlight is only a projection of stars thousands of years ago that are many light years away—they are only reflections of the past.

With the light of the starry sky, on the desert, a hideous knife was sticking to Mizuki's neck, as if Mizuki would be cut in two if he was not careful.

Mizuki picked the corners of his mouth, as if smiling.

He had long realized that from the moment he stepped into the desert, he had fallen into a trap that had been set for him by some people.

Next to her, a woman in Japanese armor with peerless beauty stared at Mizuki indifferently.

She suddenly asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Mizuki listened to the woman's voice as cold as ice for ten thousand years, and unexpectedly- don't turn your head and don't bother to pay attention to her......

The woman's face grew even colder.

But she didn't act more excessively, but said with a straight look: "You'd better not move, of course, you can choose to resist, but the sword in my hand will never relax a little." ”

Mizuki smiled: "Are you sure you don't have a knife in your hand?" ”

The woman raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly: "A sword is a sword, how can you talk nonsense!" ”

"Tsk, it's really unpleasant to drag a mouthful of half-baked Chinese......" Mizuki laughed out of tune.

In the distance, Sally, who had run out, turned her head.

The girl's face turned pale, and her eyes were as beautiful as autumn water.

She stared at Mizuki, seemingly a little sad.

The night wind whipped up the dust in all directions, revealing the ruins of the desert city.

Under the starlight, the crumbling stone pavement spread out in potholes, and most of the collapsed high-rise buildings protruded from the edges and corners of broken canine teeth, and piles of gravel sat on the ground like hills, and the whole city was paved with a thick layer of gray and withered yellow.

The ancient kingdom of Loulan has been destroyed for many years.

"Her Royal Highness Princess—"

In the ruins, more than a hundred armed men came out one after another, most of them were men, all of them were carrying swords, guns, swords, halberds, or cold weapons such as sledgehammers, staring at Mizuki who seemed to be trapped by the sand dunes, and then strode up to Sally, and that blatant look suddenly became respectful again.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, Konoha Village has promised that as long as we catch that guy from Mizuki and hand it over to them, they will help us rebuild Loulan...... What are you waiting for? A stout man in armor said to Sally.

Sally turned to the man and said, "He'...... Saved me. ”

The man shook his head in the negative, reminding Sally, "Your Royal Highness, it wasn't that Konoha traitor who saved you, but your teacher. If it weren't for your teacher's generosity, voluntary sacrifice of himself, and the mobilization of the Loulan Forbidden Guardian Light to protect you, I am afraid that you would inevitably die in the sea of fire. ”

Sally's eyes suddenly widened, with a hint of shock, and asked strangely, "How do you know this?" ”

The man explained, "I know this because I've been following you." ”

"You!" The girl pointed at the tall and majestic man and shouted, "Then why don't you save the teacher?!" ”

The man said in a calm tone: "If you want to save your teacher, you must be like your teacher, at the cost of your life, to activate the Guardian Light - and this forbidden technique can only be used on the body of the Loulan royal family - this is the rule set by your ancestors. ”

Sally was stunned.

The man continued: "And, Your Highness Princess, it is naturally gratifying to activate the Guardian Light to save your teacher, but I, as the initiator, will also lose my life at the same time—do you think that the life of a mere guard of mine is not as good as that of your dear teacher?" ”

Sally's tongue was bitter, a little speechless, and a little exhausted.

The girl squirmed her lips and said uncomfortably, "I...... I didn't mean that...... Yes......"

Sally didn't finish her sentence when the man abruptly interrupted her.

He seemed loyal and said, "Don't dare! Her Royal Highness the Princess's apology, I, a villain who has been guarding the Loulan royal family for generations, really can't afford it. ”

Sally listened, pursed her lips, her eyes reddened, and she was extremely aggrieved.

She looked around, expecting someone to stand up and say a word for her, even if it was a trivial word of comfort.

However, no.

The people around them still bowed their heads respectfully and slightly, but if you look closely, you can see that people's faces are completely indifferent.

The girl panicked.

This situation was something she had never imagined.

In her memory, Loulan has always been a united and friendly country, even if there are only more than 300 people left, but since she was a child, she has always enjoyed the praise, love, and submission of these people to her......

The girl thought that these good times would last endlessly.

But finally one day, the people who loved her unconditionally in the past no longer knelt down to her, and the people who used to obey her unconditionally no longer listened to her, and those gentle smiles in the past gradually turned into cold expressionless faces...... It dawned on her that something had changed.

"I ...... It didn't mean that......" The girl muttered incessantly with red eyes.

The stout man who led the group ignored Sally's frustration and instead looked at Mizuki who was trapped in the distance and the woman with the knife against Mizuki.

The man asked, "Your Royal Highness, is the woman with extraordinary skills on the other side your helper?" Or is it one of the hidden forces of the Loulan royal family? ”

Sally brought a crying tone, her delicate and lovely cheeks twisted, and she said in disbelief, "Samey, you...... What the hell are you talking about? ”

"I'm asking Her Highness the Princess—" Samay said softly, "who is the woman on the other side with a knife against our target's neck?" ”

"How do I know!" Sally shouted angrily, "I don't know her!" ”

"What?"

Sameey was visibly stunned.

"And who is she—"

Just when the strong man Samai, who had bad intentions towards his princess, was puzzled, the knife-wielding woman a few hundred meters away had already plunged the katana she was holding into Mizuki—a straight stab with a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

"Ahhh

Mizuki opened his mouth wide and howled, and suddenly seven holes were bleeding, his face was hideous, his tongue was sticking out of his mouth, his head was crooked, and he was not breathing.

"Huh?"

The beautiful woman looked at Mizuki carefully.

"Cut—"

"It's really a guy who is called 'more cunning than any creature' by adults."

The beautiful woman quickly drew her katana.

She tiptoed a little, dodged into the depths of the ruins, and ran out.

Leaving only a corpse with a faint layer of light attached to its body, a horrible death, and a group of swords, guns, swords, halberds somehow good...... Silly x?