The Royal Guard Takes Action

The moonlight, like water, poured over the earth.

Although Hueco Mundo was deathly silent, it possessed a serene beauty under the bright moonlight.

However, a Soul Gate suddenly appeared in mid-air, and a large group of Death Gods rushed out of Soul Gate.

The leader was none other than Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, the Captain Commander of the Gotei 13.

Behind him were the Captain of each squad.

"Did I come at the wrong time?" Obana Danjirou asked somewhat awkwardly.

"You've come at just the right time," Shunshun Shidō jokingly patted his shoulder.

Yamamoto said in a deep voice, "Stop joking around. Now I'm assigning tasks. Two people per group, search for Yamabuki Chidori. Once you find her, don't act rashly. Send a message immediately, and wait until everyone is here before making any further moves."

The team Captain nodded.

Obana Danjirou raised his hand awkwardly. "I'm not a full member yet... does that mean I don't have to participate in this operation?"

"From now on, you are a formal team member. You will be paired with Shihōin. Go now," the Captain Commander said in a deep voice.

Even if Obana Danjirou wanted to object, it was too late; he was already on the wrong path.

Saitō Fubōfu, looking impatient, said, "That kid is really something, always adding to our workload. When we find him, I'll make him treat me to a big meal! Unohana, let's team up."

"Mm." Unohana nodded.

And so, with the Captain Commander in charge, the remaining Captain, in pairs, headed in all directions to search for the whereabouts of Yamabuki Chidori.

As mentioned before, after the Quincy arrived in Hueco Mundo, they immediately utilized the intelligence network built by the lower-level Hollows to be fully aware of any disturbances.

At this moment, the Gotei 13 was mobilized.

Upon receiving this news, Grand Master Mardon of the Sternritter's first reaction was, "Holy crap! They've attacked!"

He immediately assembled all the members of the Sternritter.

He was stabbed by Shijima Chiru and seriously injured. Fortunately, their medical system is very good. Although his wound has not yet healed, he is still capable of fighting back if a real battle breaks out.

"Everyone, the Shinigami have come out in full force. Do you remember those two Shinigami who infiltrated the palace before? According to the information provided by Hollow, at least ten other Shinigami with Reiatsu at the same level as those two have been discovered," Mardon said with a gloomy expression.

Upon hearing this, everyone present turned pale. The fact that Yamabuki Chidori and Saitō Fubōfu had left a psychological scar on them, completely shattering their impression of the Grim Reaper.

Before that incident, all Quincy thought that Shinigami were about as strong as rabbits, and that they could fight and torture them however they wanted.

However, the arrival of Yamabuki Chidori completely shattered this the Visionary.

It's safe to say that, in a one-on-one situation, the members of the Sternritter are no match for their Captain.

Even in a two-on-one situation, the odds of winning are not high.

They originally thought that there weren't many experts like this in the entire Soul Society, but now ten of them have suddenly appeared!

"His Majesty has not yet awakened, and the Sternritter's mission is to protect him and prevent them from being deployed. Furthermore, we lost five members of the Sternritter earlier, and the remaining dozen or so Knight are likely no match for the enemy! What do you all think? Either we hold our ground to the death, defending His Majesty's dignity with our lives and blood, or we awaken His Majesty ahead of time. With His Majesty leading us, we can easily crush the enemy. But the price of awakening His Majesty ahead of time..." Mardon said, glancing around at the surroundings.

The Sternritter members present, recalling their master's ruthlessness, all wore somber expressions.

If His Majesty were to blame someone, he would surely kill them on a whim, and who would die would be entirely a matter of luck.

"Our Sternritter's duty is to protect His Majesty. I believe there is a third way besides the final battle and awakening His Majesty. We can still transfer our accumulated energy once more. Why don't we run?" a member of the Knight suggested.

"Retreat without a fight? Disrupt our morale?" Mardon raised an eyebrow, immediately slapping a heavy accusation on him.

The Knight was so frightened that he immediately fell silent.

"But what you said isn't entirely unreasonable. Knowing you can't win and still charging recklessly is no different from suicide. Summon all the Quincy patrolling outside back. We need to begin the relocation," Mardon said.

You definitely can't win in a fight, so if you can't win, just run away! There's no shame in it!

It's not that our Quincy are inferior to the Shinigami; it's just that His Majesty is still asleep, so we Quincy cannot unleash our true power.

It's really just an excuse for me to run away.

"How long will the transfer take?" Mardon asked.

The Sternritter were doing calculations, and after a moment they said, "We can move to a location two thousand kilometers away; it will take a total of forty minutes to prepare."

"Alright, let's start preparing now."

The order was issued quickly, and a large number of Quincy scattered throughout Hueco Mundo rushed back, unaware of what had happened.

At that moment, someone reported it.

"Commander, several Quincy groups have lost contact. We don't know what happened."

After a moment's thought, Mardon made the decision without hesitation to abandon these Quincy.

The Wandenreich was created to serve Your Majesty.

Do you think we moved because we were afraid of dying?

Actually, we were thinking of His Majesty's safety.

Isn't it perfectly normal to sacrifice a few lowly soldiers for His Majesty's sake?

"Commander, please listen to me first. I feel there's something fishy about this. Look at this map." Knight Sternritter opened a map and pointed to a path. "Commander, those patrols that disappeared all vanished along this path. I suspect something might be hunting our soldiers."

Mardon frowned. "Is it Death?"

"No, only Hollow Reiatsu was detected on this path."

"That's it. This is Hueco Mundo. Isn't it normal to encounter Hollows here? Don't bother me with this little thing anymore. Go down," Mardon said.

During this period, Mardon was in a very bad mood. First, he was stabbed and poisoned, and almost died.

Then his younger sister died inexplicably at the hands of death, leaving him devastated.

He went to work while sick and even postponed his bereavement leave, which shows how dedicated Mardon is to his work.

But it was precisely because of this that he lost his judgment.

Cryst, a mid-level Quincy, was currently burying herself in the desert in a sorry state.

She saw a ghost.

Cryst was on patrol with four Quincy when suddenly all four of her men were beheaded.

When she turned around, the corpse had mysteriously vanished. The Quincy Palace was not far ahead, and she believed that as long as she returned to the palace, she could deal with any enemy!

Chapter 207: The Sternritter Deployed

Time is slipping away, bit by bit.

Cryst covered her mouth and nose tightly with her hands, afraid that making the slightest sound would attract the attention of the monster opposite her.

She didn't see what happened clearly at all; she only felt something flash before her eyes, and then her companions were already corpses.

That's terrifying.

After a long while, there was no sound in the desert except for the sound of the wind. Cryst quietly looked outside, thinking that the strange man might have already left.

However, as she peered through the tiny hole in the sand, she discovered that the monster was also looking in the same way!

Surprised? Unexpected?

Cryst was so frightened she almost screamed. Just as she was about to jump out of the dune, something soft got tangled around her foot.

Looking down, I saw several pale tentacles.

Tentacles and a girl?

Why does this scene feel so familiar?

Yamabuki Chidori tilted her head slightly. She felt like she'd seen this scene somewhere before, like in a movie. What was the name of the movie?

Hmm... it seems to be called something like "Magical Girl"!

Forget it, I can't remember, so I'll stop thinking about it. Eating is more important.

The tentacles pierced through the girl's body, sucking her into an empty shell, while the Quincy power within him increased even further.

As Cryst died, she looked at the palace and kept calling out for His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty would Descent and save her.

Unfortunately, her emperor would not respond to her at all.

At this moment, Yamabuki Chidori also saw the palace in the distance. He could sense that there was a very powerful force in that palace, which belonged to the Quincy. If he consumed that force, he would definitely increase his strength by a lot.

Just thinking about it made my mouth water.

However, the now- Hollowfication Yamabuki Chidori forgot that the strongest Quincy in the Quincy Palace was named Yhwach.

Yhwach was protected by four members of his Sternritter.

They are currently recognized as the strongest quartet in the Sternritter.

However, Yamabuki Chidori has now forgotten all of that. In his eyes, there is no Quincy King, no Yhwach; it's just a meal he had! That's all!

With twenty minutes left to relocate from the Quincy Palace, a massive alarm suddenly blared throughout the entire palace.

Mardon walked out, pale-faced. "What happened? Has death struck? What was the meaning of the alarm?"

A Quincy member whispered, "Commander, it's not a Shinigami. Judging from the Reiatsu, it should be a Hollow."

Mardon relaxed. "It's just a Hollow, why are you making such a fuss? Have you all become like frightened birds? Send two people to kill that Hollow."

However, the Quincy delivered the intelligence wiped the cold sweat from his brow. "Commander, two groups have already been dispatched, but they were wiped out by this Hollow in an instant! I'd conservatively estimate it's Vastolorde. Unless the Sternritter personally intervene, otherwise..."

"Vastolorde?" Mardon's face froze instantly.

Vastolorde is Menos Grande of the highest rank, and its combat power is self-evident.

Even members of the Sternritter might not be a match for Vastolorde in a one-on-one situation.

"And there's something else I don't know if I should tell you! This Void... it's the one that killed Wolian."

Upon hearing this information, Mardon felt his sanity evaporate. He and his sister had a very close relationship, relying on each other since childhood. They joined the Wandenreich together and became members of the Sternritter. But he never imagined that his sister would die while he was carrying out a small mission.

"Crack!!!" Mardon crushed the cup in his hand, his body trembling with the Rage. The culprit who killed his sister was right in front of him; how could he possibly turn and run away?

"Tell me his exact location! I'm going to kill him!!!!" Mardon's eyes were bloodshot.

"Commander, please don't act rashly. Your current duty is to oversee the operation, and you are already seriously injured. You can't defeat him." The Quincy bluntly presented a cold, hard reality.

Mardon grabbed his subordinate by the neck. "The murderer who hurt my sister is right in front of me! You want me to calm down? Calm down, my foot! Give me the knife, I'll kill him even if it means dying with him!"

Seeing that no one could persuade him otherwise, a cool-looking girl spoke from the side, "Get out of the way, if you want to die, go ahead, don't drag us down. You know how critical our situation is right now, death is already creeping over here. If you, the temporary commander, die under these circumstances, the Wandenreich will probably collapse, won't it?"

Mardon glanced at the girl beside him, and his anger instantly vanished.

"Alice, weren't you supposed to be guarding His Majesty? Why did you come out?" Mardon asked with difficulty.

Alice Heinret is a member of the Sternritter's Sternritter and currently the strongest fighting force under Yhwach the Wandenreich.

"I don't want His Majesty to wake up to find that the empire he worked so hard to build has vanished. Everyone get back to your posts. We have twenty minutes to launch the transfer. I don't care what methods you use, hold out for twenty minutes. As for that Void, I'll take care of it," Alice shouted.

Although the Sternritter was nominally a member of the Sternritter, it was not actually under Mardon's command and instead took orders directly from Yhwach.

"Can you manage alone? This one Void killed five members of our Sternritter..." Mardon said with difficulty.

"Please don't compare me to those good-for-nothings," Alice said indifferently.

The Sternritter have extremely high potential and extremely low skill levels.

Alice, on the other hand, is one of those people at the top of the list.

Being called a piece of trash, Mardon gave a bitter smile. Indeed, in terms of strength, the four members of His Majesty's Sternritter were all superior to him.

Moreover, he was indeed too impulsive just now. He bears heavy responsibilities; how could he lose his composure because of personal grudges?

After taking two deep breaths, Mardon Dunying readjusted his mindset.

"Everyone, prepare to evacuate in twenty minutes. Return to your posts!"

After entering the Quincy's palace, Yamabuki Chidori rampaged through the crowd like a rabble, devouring anyone in sight and causing countless deaths at her hands.

As he devoured the Quincy one by one, Yamabuki Chidori's power gradually increased.

Just then, a blonde woman with long, wavy hair walked towards us.

Tall, with a large bust, a slim waist, and long legs, she exudes a powerful, mature aura!

She was wearing high heels and a very short skirt.