Late at night, dozens of fully armed knights were galloping across the peaceful grassland, moving in one direction.

The scenery in the field of vision was shaking violently as it moved at a very fast speed. Listening to the whistling wind passing by her ears, Livia's heart began to burn.

This is indeed the romance of men.

He thought with some excitement.

Just then, the rider in front slowed down and came to his side, and the tall figure turned around and looked at him.

"How is it? Is the wound okay?"

"Don't worry, I have a strong recovery ability. Moreover, I have the ointment that Butler Morton asked someone to give me before I left. My injuries will not affect simple combat anymore."

Livia responded to Delon's concern with a smile.

"That's good. I guess we're going to have a fierce battle soon. Based on my understanding of Moore, if he is really the mastermind behind this, there is no way he would let us reach Hogg Manor so safely."

Delong nodded, turned his gaze back to the front, and said lightly.

After Livia was stunned for a moment, she asked with some confusion: "How can you be so sure that this man named Moore is the mastermind behind this? Who is he?"

Hearing his question, Delong's face darkened a little, as if he was thinking of something sad.

Livia looked at Deron, who suddenly became depressed, and quickly changed the subject.

"Delon, it went smoothly this time..." Delon sighed and interrupted him.

"In fact, there is nothing that cannot be said. Moore, my family, and Grandpa Morton's family have served the Coral family for generations."

"Our ancestors were farmers who followed our pioneer knight, Coral, to open up the wilderness."

"Afterwards, our ancestor Coral successfully established Kovager on the Cohen Prairie and was canonized as an earl by the Kingdom of Savoy. The ancestors of our three families also played a significant role in the development and were canonized as family knights by the then Earl Coral, and each of them was given a surname."

Having said that, Delong sighed, raised his head slightly and looked at the starry sky in the distance.

"You understand the meaning of bestowing a surname, right? That means from that moment on, all of us descendants are loyal servants of the Coral family."

"The Kojie family is the steward of the Coral family, my Komui family is the personal guards and trusted knights, and the Hogg family of Moore is the money bag of the Coral family."

"Everything is the same as before. The heads of the three families of this generation were Mochi, Moore and me. The three of us and Lord Marco grew up together and had a very good relationship. However, an accident happened during a combat training, which changed everything."

Delon fell silent after saying this, and Livia lowered his head in thought. He could tell from Delon's words that something very important must have happened, causing the relationship between the three families and the Corral family to no longer be as firm as before.

Thinking that the person serving Count Marco now was not Mochi as Delon mentioned, but the old butler Morton, and the obviously alienated Moore, Livia felt that she seemed to know what accident had happened.

Delon turned his head to look at Livia who was thinking with his head down, and said helplessly when he saw his expression suddenly change.

"You guessed it, right? In that accident, Murta... accidentally killed Mochi..." Just when Livia wanted to comfort the depressed Delon, he suddenly felt a faint smell of blood in the cold air around him.

Livia raised his head alertly. His perception, which was nearly three times that of an ordinary person, allowed him to hear and feel things that ordinary people could not perceive.

The sound of the wind in his ears was mixed with some tiny noises, and he shouted to Delong nervously: "Delong!

Something is wrong around here!"

“Everyone!

Slow down and be aware of your surroundings!"

Before he could remind him, Delon seemed to have sensed something, calmed down, and loudly gave orders to the surrounding knights.

In just a few seconds, the surrounding knights uniformly tightened their reins, stopped their horses, and gathered around Delon.

Livia looked out into the distance through the narrow gaps between the knights' bodies. At the end of the light illuminated by the knights' torches, a few red lights flashed faintly in the darkness.

Before he could remind Delon, Delon also saw the red light flashing in the darkness not far away, raised his right hand, and signaled the knights around him to be quiet.

"Prepare for battle, be alert to the darkness around you, spread out in teams of five to eliminate them, and try to end the battle as quickly as possible."

Livia listened to Delon's decision and felt something was wrong, so she hurriedly spoke to Delon.

"Delon, isn't this a bit inappropriate? We don't know what's hidden in the darkness, and we just..." Delon waved his hand, interrupting Livia and looking at him seriously.

"I am the commander, this is my decision, they just need to execute it."

“Everyone!

Execute the order immediately."

Hearing Delon's resolute tone, Livia fell silent, turned around and watched the knights disperse in groups of five in an orderly manner.

"Do you think I'm a bit stubborn and willful?"

Delon asked in a low voice beside him.

Livia said nothing, but silently watched the knights who were approaching the place where the red light had flashed before.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Delong continued to speak on his own.

"You don't understand. I know Moore's character. He must have known that we were coming. Given his character, he would definitely go all out and risk everything to win."

"They are just cannon fodder he sent out to delay us, so I have to make this decision. I believe in my knights."

Delong's voice suddenly became low.

"If there is a sacrifice, it is for Kovagr. Since joining the Shadow Panther Knights, everyone has been prepared...including me."

Livia nodded, his eyes cast into the darkness in the distance, while his hands reached behind his back... He touched nothing, and then he realized that his steel sword had been lost on the street in the previous battle.

He grasped the hilt of Toharne's sword, pulled it out and held it in his hand, then spoke solemnly to Delon.

"I don't care about these. Since you gave the order, you must have your own decision."

"Then why did you suddenly..." Delong looked at him with some confusion.

"I smell a familiar smell, this strong smell... is the person who intercepted Diego and me!"

As she spoke, Livia suddenly turned her head and looked sharply into the darkness, and then Toharne pointed to a location.

Seeing this, Delon didn't say much. He took the longbow from behind, took an iron arrow from the quiver, and put it on the string.

In the direction Livia pointed.

Pull it full!

let go!

A black light shot out from Delong's hand, and before he could even blink, it disappeared into the night like lightning...