Abyssal Chronicles

"You barbarians, after colluding with abyssal demons, are already being shown mercy by His Majesty to have you go to the imperial capital for a fair trial. That’s enough respect for you. What more do you want?"

Not only was the tone full of disdain,

This knight’s expression was even filled with hostility,

It seemed that if she were to say a few more words, the other party would launch an attack on her.

Yumo couldn’t help but frown, and Dora and the other maids nearby hurriedly tried to hold Yumo back, not wanting her to provoke the man before them. Meanwhile, the maids were also incredibly astonished, as their usually timid and fearful mistress was now daring to confront a ferocious royal knight? Moreover, her tone was not at all fearful, even carrying a hint of coldness...

However, the maids’ efforts ultimately failed.

They were even surprised to find that their mistress had an astonishingly powerful strength; they couldn’t stop her at all...

Yumo continued to speak and asked a question she was quite curious about:

"You’ve been talking about our collusion with the abyssal demons so confidently for a while now? But, don’t you lack evidence? The so-called collusion with the abyssal demons still needs investigation and a court trial to reach a conclusion, right? Why are you so sure?"

"Heh! Your sister is an abyssal demon now, isn’t she?"

"I think I’m the one who should be laughing here. Speechless. The Marquis family has been resisting the abyssal demons for nearly a hundred years, and we can say we are mortal enemies with them. How could we possibly collude? Besides, are you a fool? There are many people who have been infected by the abyssal demons and eventually turned into them. As far as I know, some members of the royal family also turned into abyssal demons, right? Why don’t you say the royal family is colluding with the abyssal demons?"

Yumo’s tone gradually became colder.

"You! How dare you insult the royal family!"

"No, I’m just talking about the facts..."

Being countered like this, the knight was momentarily at a loss for words.

However, at this moment,

Another royal knight with a higher status slowly entered Yumo’s and the maids’ field of vision. Upon seeing this man, Yumo raised an eyebrow, because this person was the knight captain who had ’arrested’ her before, the one who seemed to be called Abike...

Abike was slightly surprised by Yumo’s words, astonished that the timid young lady actually dared to confront the knight directly. However, his face still bore an expression of disdain,

"Evidence? We don’t need any."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"The Crown Prince... oh no! His Majesty has already determined that the Marquis family attempted to collude with the abyssal demons and used their power to strengthen their own influence and strength. As for evidence, it can be collected later!"

Saying this,

Abike’s eyes gradually revealed a fanatical demeanor as he spoke the words "His Majesty." The excitement in his tone was hair-raising. It seemed that Abike was not simply loyal to Xue Tianao but regarded him as a faith...

A very fanatical kind at that.

Upon hearing this, a complex expression emerged in Yumo’s azure eyes.

"You, this guy..."

At the same time, Yumo’s gaze slowly shifted toward the other royal knights around them. As a result, they all showed fanatical eyes like Abike when speaking of His Majesty, not at all perturbed by Yumo’s previous words.

After boasting for a while, Abike disdainfully walked to the front of the prison carriage and spoke with a tone full of contempt and hostility:

"Traitors like you who betrayed the empire and humanity are already being shown mercy by His Majesty to be alive! And you still dare to make demands? Hilarious!"

With that,

Abike glanced at the food nearby, which was originally prepared for Yumo and the maids – the bread.

Then, Abike directly kicked over the basket containing the bread,

"Want to eat something? You committed such a betrayal against humanity, you deserve to go hungry!"

Seeing the bread scattered on the ground,

Dora, who had been uneasy beside Yumo for a long time, couldn’t help but plead,

"Please, Sir Knight, our mistress hasn’t eaten for a whole day! This bread, can’t we..."

"What can’t we?"

Abike disdainfully raised his hand and once again slapped Dora, who had rushed toward him, away.

Then, Abike squatted down, picked up a piece of bread covered in dirt, and casually threw it at Yumo’s feet,

"You lot only deserve to eat this kind of thing."

After a cold laugh,

Abike no longer paid attention to the words of these ’criminals.’ If it weren’t for His Majesty’s kindness in having them return for trial, Abike would have probably executed these human ’scum’ who colluded with the abyssal demons long ago...

Now, he

Needed to quickly reorganize the convoy, drive away the nearby monsters, and prepare to set off early tomorrow. For some unknown reason, it seemed that they had lost contact with the main force, so he needed to reestablish contact urgently.

He was too lazy to continue dealing with these criminals at the moment...

With such thoughts, Abike slowly turned his head, preparing to leave.

However,

Just as he turned his head, Abike’s eyes suddenly narrowed, his face showing astonishment as countless exclamation marks rushed into his mind.

Huh??!

"You! Who are you?"

At this moment,

A petite figure clad in a black robe, with an indiscernible face, had appeared behind Abike without anyone noticing when.

It was unclear who the person was, but judging from the huge hammer they were carrying on their back, disproportionate to their body size,

The person in front of them was definitely up to no good!

Noticing that the stranger had no intention of answering his questions and was slowly raising their hand to grip the handle of their hammer, Abike’s heart began to pound wildly.

In the next moment,

Driven by his battle instincts, Abike immediately gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist and assumed a defensive stance, ready to strike back.

However,

Just as he adopted the stance, the petite figure opposite swiftly gripped the hammer handle with a speed that was hard for the naked eye to catch and swung the massive hammer with force. In an instant, a surge of ferocious fighting energy rushed forward. Abike’s protective fighting energy was shattered abruptly, and the hammer struck Abike’s head directly!

’Why... is this happening...’

The stylish knight’s helmet on his head was instantly distorted. Abike’s eyes were seeing stars and he foamed at the mouth. After managing to hold on for a whole three seconds, he staggered and collapsed to the ground, his consciousness sinking into boundless darkness...

"Captain!"

Seeing their captain attacked so treacherously, the nearby royal knights were shocked. None of them had expected anyone to dare attack the royal knights in such a desolate place!

After a brief moment of shock, the knights displayed their anger, unsheathing their weapons and surrounding the attacker menacingly.

"Who are you?!"

However,

Before they could take action, accompanied by a series of eerie winds, dozens of black figures appeared like ghosts under the cover of darkness, stealthily surrounding the royal knights. The speed and suddenness of the attack left the royal knights unable to defend themselves.

In the next moment, daggers coated with a sleeping agent were suddenly plunged into the royal knights, causing them to collapse one after another, unconscious and following in Abike’s footsteps.

Although some of the royal knights managed to react in time and drew their weapons to fight back,

The appearance of another black figure made their resistance futile. Countless monstrous, sinister black energy entities suddenly emerged around the knights, surrounding them. Then, they launched a torrential assault on the knights,

"What... what is this?!! Help... help!!... Call for backup!"

"What the hell is this?! Akaka, call for reinforcements!"

"I did! But nobody’s responding! What... what is this thing?!"

...

...

"Boom!!"

Accompanied by a burst of orange-red magical turbulence and the panicked cries of the knights, the last few resisting royal knights lost consciousness in extreme terror. With the fall of the last royal knight, the area suddenly became eerily silent.

Although the battle ended quickly, the commotion it caused was not to be underestimated.

However,

For some reason,

Reinforcements from the other royal knights had not arrived...

What?!

Were they assassins?! Bandits?! Or what?!

Seeing the royal knights outside being easily and embarrassingly defeated, Dora and the other maids were secretly delighted but also felt uneasy. After all, they were unsure if these people in black were friend or foe...

However, in the next moment, Dora was horrified to discover that the person who had instantly killed Abike was now slowly walking toward the prison carriage.

Then,

Under the terrified gazes of the maids, the iron bars made of mysterious metal, known for their unmatched sturdiness, were effortlessly torn apart by the robed figure using brute force. Watching the robed figure jump onto the prison carriage, Dora’s heart began pounding furiously.

After all, as they got closer, Dora couldn’t help but notice the intense, chilling murderous aura emanating from the figure – it was suffocating. The petite robed figure must have killed many people to accumulate such a terrifying killing intent.

Although her heart was filled with fear, Dora still stood in front of the pink-haired girl.

Trembling, she looked at the robed figure and said, "Please... please, don’t hurt the young lady... She’s just... just a child!"

However,

In response to Dora’s plea, the robed figure tilted their head, seemingly not understanding the maid’s words.

But they didn’t bother to communicate either.

Instead, under the baffled gazes of the maids, the figure directly knelt down in front of the pink-haired girl and performed a standard knight’s salute with utmost respect.

"I’m very sorry, for being late, Lady Yumo."

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Dora:" Huh?!"