Volume 3, Chapter 59 – A Reunion After Ten Thousand Years

There was no doubt that, in the end, Tianyin’s suggestion was mercilessly rejected.

At this point, all Tianyin could do was grit her teeth and keep her “cute” twin-tail hairstyle.

But, honestly speaking, she did look a lot cuter like this than she had before…

And after the morning farce, Tianyin soon received news that the Kingdom’s army at the Northern Fortress had come under attack.

Of course, it was still Xingyu Muxi who told her about it.

Not only that, from Xingyu Muxi, Tianyin also learned that one hundred thousand reinforcements from the Beastmen had already set out, and this time there seemed to be a Legendary among them as well.

And the most important piece of news was that the Undead, who had originally shown no movement despite the Kingdom and the Stronghold taking the Northern Fortress… had suddenly dispatched an army marching toward the Northern Fortress, and, barring any surprises, the Undead commander leading this force… was none other than the Headless Knight Tianyin had once briefly encountered at the Northern Fortress.

“Sister Xiaomu, in that case, wouldn’t Fisiel be in great danger?”

After hearing all this, Tianyin could not help worrying about the knight girl’s situation.

Attacked by Beastmen and with no reinforcements from the Kingdom, even if Tianyin were completely dense, she could already imagine what would happen next.

Being caught in a pincer attack by Graveyard and the Stronghold, total annihilation was practically set in stone.

“Well, Xiaoyin, you don’t need to worry too much~”

Compared to Tianyin’s anxious questioning, Xingyu Muxi was far calmer.

No matter what came up, she always looked utterly composed and at ease, as if everything was already in the palm of her hand, and perhaps that was exactly the bearing of the eldest daughter of the number one family in the real world.

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“As for the Undead, if my investigation is correct, that Headless Knight’s real name should be Fischerna.”

“Fischerna?”

Hearing the name Sister Xiaomu spoke, Tianyin did not feel anything in particular.

“That’s right, Fischerna. If nothing unexpected happened, Fisiel should actually be Fischerna’s descendant~”

“Eh?”

Tianyin could not help widening her eyes in surprise.

“There’s something like that? Fisiel is that Headless Knight’s descendant?”

“Yes.”

Xingyu Muxi nodded.

“But Xiaoyin, even knowing this, you can’t get your hopes up too much. After all, it’s just information, it might also be wrong.”

“Eh? So, Sister Xiaomu, you can’t be sure either?”

“Well, who knows?”

Smiling, Xingyu Muxi reached out and rubbed Tianyin’s head.

“Xiaoyin, although the Undead will clash with the Kingdom’s army, there’s still a big chance it won’t develop into a large-scale battle.”

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“Of course… as long as nothing unexpected happens.”

At Sister Xiaomu’s words, Tianyin could only nod with a half-understanding expression.

And just as Xingyu Muxi discovered that the Undead were on the move, at that same time, among the remnants of Graveyard’s forces left in the Main World, the Headless Knight Fischerna had already led her Dread Knights and was marching toward the Northern Fortress.

Because the Undead did not need rest and knew no fatigue, a journey that would normally take more than a week was forcibly completed by Fischerna in just two and a half days.

So by now, Fischerna had actually already reached the outskirts of the Northern Fortress.

“Paladins… that’s the presence of Paladins!”

Even without a head, Fischerna still keenly sensed the Paladin aura within the Kingdom’s army in the Northern Fortress.

And the instant she felt the presence of Paladins, because of the boundless hatred for Paladins rooted deep in her heart, the aura surrounding this Headless Knight grew even more terrifying.

Before this, Fischerna had actually taken a coldly detached attitude toward the struggle between the Kingdom and the Stronghold over the Northern Fortress.

The reason she did so was because she wanted to watch the two great factions fight over the Northern Fortress until they both suffered heavy losses, then send out her own troops at the end to clean up the mess.

However, once she unexpectedly learned that a Paladin legion was stationed within the Kingdom’s army at the Northern Fortress, Fischerna immediately abandoned the idea of sitting back to reap the fisherman’s profit.

Of course… after the death of the Undead Grand Duke Sargus, Fischerna had already come to see revenge as something she could let go of.

But the reason Fischerna suddenly sent out her forces this time was actually that the Paladin legion stationed at the Northern Fortress… had as its leader, shockingly, her own descendant…

“Gone astray! To think that as my descendant, she’d still be willing to be a Paladin, when Paladins are nothing good at all!”

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This was what Fischerna thought.

It was precisely because of thoughts like these that, even though she knew someone had deliberately spread this news in secret, Fischerna still resolutely sent out her army.

And this time, Fischerna’s goal was to kill her own descendant Fisiel, then use the Undead’s Soul Summon to resurrect her into a Dread Knight just like herself.

As for confronting her own descendant, Fischerna was very forthright about it and openly exposed herself and her Dread Knights to the Kingdom army’s scouts.

Then, under the personal leadership of the knight girl Fisiel, the ancestral Dread Knight Fischerna and the current Paladin Fisiel met for the first time.

Even without a head, using her unique method of perception, Fischerna was still able to take in Fisiel’s appearance in full.

Brilliant, dazzling golden hair, a delicate yet stern face, a petite body clad in heavy skirt-armor, the knight girl astride her warhorse, and those golden eyes filled with resolve were currently staring at her warily.

“Un… dead…”

The first words at their meeting were spoken by the descendant knight girl, Fisiel.

“Are you also trying to seize the Northern Fortress?”

“The Northern Fortress?”

A long time ago, because she had no head, even speaking had been a luxury for Fischerna, but after living as a Headless Knight for so many years, she had already mastered special methods that allowed her to speak even without a head.

“No, I have no interest in the Northern Fortress.”

Fischerna directly rejected the knight girl’s question.

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“My target is you, Paladin.”

“Me? I’m your target? What do you want to do?”

Fisiel did not know that the Headless Knight before her was her own ancestor, so the tone of her response was not very friendly.

And faced with Fisiel’s attitude, the Headless Knight Fischerna could not help but secretly resent the Paladins standing behind Fisiel.

“As for the Northern Fortress, in my eyes it is not important. Right now I actually have only one goal.”

Suppressing the emotions in her heart, the Headless Knight Fischerna spoke slowly, her tone calm, yet hiding a killing intent.

Then, her words suddenly shifted——

“Self-proclaimed noble Paladin, are you ready to have your life taken by me?”

“What??”

Fisiel was slightly taken aback.

And in that very instant, the spear in the Headless Knight’s hand moved.

“Dread Knights… charge…”