The Light Cavalry: That's What You Call Traveling Light

The first knight commander of the Starrealm Knights of the Galactic Empire, the standard-bearer of the order, and the man commonly known as its deputy commander, Count Seliola, was fifty-eight years old. At that age, ordinary people might already be thinking about retirement, but a psion's physical abilities were still at their peak.

He was a brawny man of nearly two meters, with bronze skin, short, flaxen hair, and a medium-length beard that radiated virility. His blue-green eyes were especially stern, and his solemn, forbidding presence, coupled with his habit of never smiling, made him seem like the very ideal of a knight from some legendary tale.

He wore the standard uniform of an Imperial general, without a single medal or sash, let alone a lavish cloak trimmed with lace and embroidered with heraldic patterns. Of course, his plain attire did nothing to diminish his powerful presence. The famed knight commander need only stand there to resemble a mountain rising between heaven and earth.

Naturally, that impression would have been even stronger if not for the flashy purple ship behind him.

Count Seliola had just strode down the gangway and exchanged a few pleasantries with General Keben and the officers who had come to welcome him. As he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped and turned around, his brow furrowing. In that moment, his gaze shot like an arrow past the crowd surrounding him and through the Empire's newly built defenses. The observation team's camp, several kilometers away, came into view.

At that very same moment, Yu Lian and Tantai Jing walked out of the camp gates. From three or four thousand meters away, the two sides began staring at each other.

The distance exceeded the effective range of most infantry weapons, but it posed no obstacle to the