From the Wandenreich's escape to One Piece

The death of the big star shocked and terrified the other two Sternritters, but Haschward's sword still came down as usual.

In the end, the remaining two were also killed by Hasward.

"This time, we lost six Sternritter."

After killing the three, Haschward turned to the holy soldiers below and said calmly:

"Because of their incompetence, the empire has met with its current predicament."

"Three days later, the Empire will select new Sternritter Knights to fill the vacancies of these six people. All members of the Holy Soldier rank are eligible to apply."

"At that time, His Majesty will personally bestow upon the one who reaches the end transcendent power and become the new Sternritter."

Upon hearing this, the holy soldiers below cheered!

They were all ruthless people who didn't care at all that the three people were killed; they were all overjoyed because they had room for advancement.

Beltz, standing in the crowd, also wore a happy expression.

With his current strength, he should have no problem making it to the end; the only question is whether he'll be able to obtain the Holy Script in the end.

"The Holy Weapon is going to prepare for the next selection."

After the cheers subsided, Haschward said, "The Sternritter will remain and accompany me to see His Majesty!"

The holy soldiers below withdrew from the scene in an orderly manner, and Beltz also walked out among the crowd.

He glanced back at Litoto, who happened to look back at him at that moment.

The two exchanged glances.

Beltz asked Litoto if she was confident, and Litoto said she had no problem.

Beltz was quite reassured.

After all, Litoto has the ability of the Mirror-Mirror Fruit. If others are not on guard against this move, even if Litoto is exposed, she should be able to escape through the Mirror World.

So Litoto went with the girl group and the Sternritter to meet Yhwach.

Inside the palace.

Yhwach sat on the throne with his eyes closed, as if he were asleep.

Haschward led the Sternritter into the hall and knelt down first.

The Sternritter behind him also knelt down.

"His Majesty."

Haschward said softly, "All members of the Sternritter are present."

When Hasswald's voice reached Yhwach's ears, he slowly opened his eyes.

Those scarlet pupils swept over the kneeling crowd in front of them.

"The Sternritter has lost six men."

Yhwach's words were cold, devoid of any warmth, causing those below to tense up.

Three people have already been killed. Are you going to punish them further now?

"Hasward, tell them what Lloyd and Loyd are all about."

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Haschward stood up, turned around and looked at everyone, saying, "This time the enemy is aggressive, but they are neither Death nor Hollows, but a third-party force from an unknown region."

"Your defeat is understandable in the face of this new power. But... the Lloyd and Loyd brothers were not killed by these mysterious enemies."

"Um?"

Those kneeling below were surprised to hear this, and Dolisk couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean? Not killed, but did he die on his own?"

Hassward didn't even look at him, and continued, "The deaths of the Lloyd brothers represent the worst possible outcome: there is a traitor within the Empire."

? !

If the previous surprises were merely slight, this is utter shock!

But to be honest, anyone can figure this out with a little thought.

The Lloyd brothers' ability is to mimic other people's memories. Their enemies must have been afraid of their abilities, which is why they targeted them at the beginning of the war and then took the opportunity to kill them.

Moreover, the existence of the Wandenreich has always been a secret, and no one outside the Quincy could possibly know about it.

They have been hiding in the shadows of the Soul Society for hundreds of years without being discovered. How could they suddenly be exposed today?

Actually, it would be somewhat understandable if Death himself discovered them.

But those people weren't the Grim Reaper.

Then there's only one possibility.

One of them became a traitor who betrayed the existence of the Unseen Empire to other forces and brought them into the Empire.

"Damn it! Who has left the Empire recently?"

Catherine roared, "If I find out, I'll make sure she's dead!"

Litoto didn't look at her, but continued to kneel on the ground, staring straight ahead at the ground.

"None of us have left the Empire recently."

There are two ways to leave the empire.

One option is to leave directly using the power of shadow, which would allow you to enter the Soul Society directly.

The second method is to use the Sun Gate for teleportation. The Sun Gate is essentially a large teleportation device that can be used to travel to various places in the Three Realms.

However, whether they left through shadows or through the Sun Gate, there has been no recent news of the Sternritter leaving.

Essentially, the empire also strictly controlled their entry and exit.

Quincy are only sent to be stationed in other areas when absolutely necessary, but such occasions are very rare.

"But this cannot be used as evidence that everyone is innocent."

Haschward's eyes swept over the Sternritter, then he asked, "When the war broke out, who acted alone?"

That's a lot, since most Sternritter are lone wolves who act alone.

But girl groups are different; they happen to be the only small group within Star Cross!

"It was me, Lily, Jadis, Minina, and Gigi—the five of us were together," Bambi said. "Then I faced that spider monster, while Jadis and the others were fighting the sandworms..."

"Yaskin and I observed the situation for a while before we met up with Jadis."

Litoto added to her trail.

This is why she risked having the mirror image travel with Bambi and the others.

Without a mirror image, she wouldn't be able to explain where she was before.

This is different from others.

Since girl groups always act together, if you suddenly stop participating, it's highly likely that something's up.

Although there are some risks involved in using a mirror image to mix in the data, it is the best possible solution.

Now her whereabouts are completely transparent; she's either with a girl group or with Askin, and no one can find fault with that.

After all, no one in the Sternritter has the ability to read minds.

Hasward frowned slightly as he saw that everyone could clearly explain their actions.

He turned slightly to look up at Yhwach.