Every knight in that force wore armor, gleaming silver beneath the sunlight.
Clearly, this was an elite cavalry unit. Their strength could be told from their imposing momentum alone.
"Why is there another force coming to the Black Rock Plains?"
Qiesi could not make heads or tails of it. Given the Black Rock Plains' location, unless something unusual had happened, no large cavalry force would come here.
Their own cavalry had been specially dispatched by the six great empires to support the lesser nobles.
So aside from them, there should not have been any other force arriving.
Yet as the cavalry drew closer, the blue banners fluttering among their ranks gradually became clear, and Qiesi's confusion was resolved.
They were actually the Blue Shield Knights of the Blue Shield Empire.
They were the most elite cavalry aside from the Blue Shield Empire's Magic Beast Legion.
"Sir, we are cavalrymen of the Blue Shield Empire. May I ask which commander of the Bach Empire you are?" This Blue Shield cavalry force numbered over five hundred men, led by a middle-aged knight.
When he arrived before Qiesi and the others, he recognized their Bach Empire identity and immediately spoke up to ask Qiesi.
"My father is Commander Qieande. What are you here for?" Qiesi's expression was somewhat unnatural, but the other party represented the Blue Shield Empire after all. Since they had asked politely, he naturally had to answer.
"So you are Commander Qieande's son. Sir, you should be the force dispatched by the alliance to help the nobles of the Black Rock Plains guard against the Beastfolk Empire's regular army. May I ask where the cavalry of the other empires is? Are they ahead?"
"Also, have you heard of Baron Nalant of Storm Territory?"
There happened to be a bend ahead,