My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Luya, who was riding a horse outside the carriage, immediately perked up and flung open the curtain.

"To the royal city?"

"The royal city is wonderful!!"

"Once we get there, I'll take you to eat something delicious! I know the capital city very well!"

"It's so hot..."

Vera drew the curtains back up.

the other side.

The two night patrol members who were originally responsible for escorting the Hayes family quickly joined Oliver and Mona's group and started chatting enthusiastically.

Along the way, they found the journey too tedious and boring.

These days, being able to run into a colleague halfway through life is definitely considered incredibly lucky.

Weiss, meanwhile, sat quietly inside the carriage, eavesdropping on the conversation of the people outside with Elune and Aunt Bai.

After listening all the way, he had a pretty good grasp of the current situation.

It turns out that all seven members of the Night Patrol, including Oliver and Mona, had been given individual instructions by Adele before leaving.

After the escort mission is completed, you will go directly to the Night Patrol Headquarters in the Royal City to take up your post, without having to return to the Black Realm Borders or Moonlit City.

After all, this was in accordance with the instructions given by the Night Patrol's higher-ups.

The withdrawal of the defensive line is a foregone conclusion.

Any lone superhuman who lingers on will only be throwing their lives away.

Therefore, their escort mission was ostensibly to escort these evacuating nobles.

In reality, it was also a way to protect their own safety.

This achieves two goals at once, making everyone happy.

And so, the two convoys traveled side by side, at a leisurely pace.

They traveled slowly and leisurely for more than ten hours.

Until night fell again.

With the two groups merging, the number of people patrolling and guarding suddenly increased significantly, and there was still room in the carriages belonging to the Selenes family.

After some discussion, the group decided to take turns driving and continue their journey under the cover of night.

Hopefully, we can get out of this dangerous border region as soon as possible.

So, Sebastian, exhausted from a long day's work, went to rest in the carriage at the back.

Another guard from the Selene family took over the reins and continued to drive the car.

Weiss also thought it was a good decision.

After all, when the vehicle is in motion, the period right after falling asleep is quite comfortable, and it's easy to feel sleepy.

Sleeping for too long can cause lower back pain...

It was late at night.

Weiss was awakened by a bumpy stretch of road.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the World Book floating in his line of sight.

They quickly noticed something was wrong.

The page that was originally set on the Moonlit City has now completely dimmed and lost all its luster.

Weiss's heart skipped a beat.

I feel... this distance should be about right!

So, without making a sound, he closed the book of the world and looked at the button for the killing mode.

There was silence for a moment.

Without hesitation, he clicked on it.

"Shh-"

next second.

Weiss's vision suddenly turned into a thick, blinding crimson.

Immediately afterwards, a blood-red radar map seemed to appear out of thin air in his mind.

Looking around—

It was an enormous map, almost encompassing the entire world.

On the edge of that vast map, scattered in various corners, are a few scattered dark red dots.

Even in the distant direction of the royal city, a small, dark red dot was strangely lurking.

And its own original coordinates as a Feathered One, a red dot with an even larger halo.

Then......

Weiss's gaze slowly shifted to the direction where the Black Realm was located on the map.

For a moment, his breath hitched slightly.

In that pitch-black area representing the underworld—

Densely packed, layer upon layer ≥—One∨ｑTen Billion∷∝Eight Thousand Seven Hundred彡≯∧One Ten liu Five±§Six Thousand♀Eight〈Hundred Sixty∷∝Three Groups√→

The clusters of tiny red dots, like swarms of cockroaches, huddled there, wriggling incessantly.

There are hundreds or even thousands, too many to count.

The sheer density of the array was enough to send chills down your spine, creating a suffocating sense of oppression just by looking at it.

I'm afraid you could just scoop a handful out of that area.

That's more than the total number of Feathered Ones in the entire rest of the world combined right now!

Fortunately—

Those dense red dots are still stationary within the black boundary, and none of them have come out.

This means that, at least their convoy, will be able to leave the Black Realm border safely and completely.

After breathing a slight sigh of relief.

Weiss then turned his gaze to the black and red ranking list that was floating to the side.

1. Degeneration (302)

2. Overlord (245)

3. The Dread Knight (198)

4. Shadow (177)

5. Massive decapitation (152)

6. Bloody killing of twins (146)

7. Blade Dancer (133)

8. Meat Mountain (124)

9. Dragon Slayer (103)

10. Beast Demon (89)

Not listed: People with missing arms (0)

At 24:00 at the end of each month, a ranking reward settlement will be conducted.

At this moment, looking at this long and shocking list of names and numbers...

Weiss was slightly lost in thought.

"So strong..."

"These feathered warriors are too strong!?"

He didn't recognize most of the names on the list.

Even so, the two at the very top, "Overlord" and "Fallen," are renowned figures, known even to him, and are undoubtedly part of the 6th-tier killing sequence!

This is what is known as the Tier 6 Feather King.

I wonder if all the Winged Warriors on this list would be able to hold them off with the limited forces of the Night Patrol stationed at the border.

Moreover, what terrified Weiss the most was the ridiculously exaggerated headcount of the top few.

One is 302, the other is 245!

This means that they actually killed and slaughtered hundreds of superhumans in that dark realm!?

You should know that ever since Weiss transmigrated to this world...

All told, I haven't even managed to count the number of extraordinary individuals I've personally witnessed to be a hundred...

However, it's somewhat regrettable.

Aside from the already confirmed Overlord and Fallen One, Weiss, being of commoner origin and without systematic knowledge acquisition, had no way of knowing how many of the Feather Kings on this list were Rank 6.

Moreover, even if he knew how many of them were 6th order and how many were 7th order, he didn't know what their other sequence was.

That's right, including myself, almost all the Feathered Ones are genuine dual-sequence extraordinary beings!

"call......"

After holding his breath for a moment, Weiss exhaled a long breath.

It's no exaggeration to say that with my current meager strength...

Anyone who directly encounters any of the Feathered Warriors on this list would likely be reduced to a bloody mist within a single round.

"It seems..."

"Running away overnight was definitely the right decision..."

Weiss thought to himself, still shaken.

The Birds in a Cage is the only killing system among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

When he first heard about it, he didn't take it too seriously.

But who could have predicted that the winged beings nurtured by the other party would reach such a depraved level...

Thinking of this, Weiss subconsciously glanced at the dimly lit World Book beside him and muttered to himself in annoyance:

"Speaking of which, what's the point of this damn world book sending me these dark realm maps all day long?"

"Could it be that they're thinking of changing the main character...?"

Weiss muttered a few sarcastic remarks, somewhat speechless.

However, the words had barely left his mouth.

His previously relaxed expression suddenly became somewhat stiff.

because--

On that blood-red map, there was a densely packed, dark area teeming with countless Feathered Warriors.

It actually began to slowly and systematically move outwards and advance!

It was about to break free from the invisible boundary of the dark realm, inch by inch—

"and many more......"

"No, really?"

"At this time?"

Weiss's mood instantly plummeted.

..

Six days have passed since Night Patrol officially announced its withdrawal.