A rare magical miracle in the world

""Knights of Flowers!"

"Thud thud thud!"

Marching in uniform steps, over two hundred transcendent soldiers unfolded north of the Ancient City.

Each one of them was a transcendent warrior capable of matching over a thousand mortals, and even when compared to Ordinary Level troops, they surpassed at least a hundred units each.

In other words, the knights here possessed the combat strength equivalent to a full 20,000 units of ordinary Miracle Troops!

"Blessing of the Flowers."

The one who spoke was a young man with a stern visage, named Guang Hui, "We are with you."

The Knights of Flowers wore armor, though not uniform.

Moreover, unlike the Fragrant Fairy, all the Knights of Flowers were male, and according to the color of their armor, they were divided into four categories, namely Spring's blue, Summer's red, Autumn's gold, and Winter's white.

Representing the flowers of the four seasons, they donned armor of four different colors.

They excelled in swordsmanship, utilizing Miracle Power to tap into their body's potential and envelop themselves in energy.

Speed, strength, astonishing destructive power – solely in terms of close combat, the Knights of Flowers ranked just below the four transcendental troop types in the Avalon System.

"We cannot afford to lose this battle."

All two hundred and fifty Knights of Flowers drew their swords at the same time, holding them erect in front of their eyes with gazes filled with resolution to fight to the death, "Wishing only to battle until the last flower withers."

"We demonstrate our resolve with death!"

The Knights of Flowers replied in unison, each deeply longing for the coming war.

"The Thorn Army has a commendable spirit."

Bailuo observed all this, and by looking at the Knights of Flowers and the Fragrant Fairies, he had quite a grasp on Count Thorn's military management.

"After making mistakes in the past," Long Guixiang said, "Li Xue intensified ideological education."

"It seems even that person was likely manipulated by others."

"Holy Empire," Bailuo said, "Emperor Candidate, the grudge for the massacre of the village back then will be settled sooner or later."

"Then why attack the Ancient City, Your Majesty?"

Ghost Princess asked, "Since someone is deliberately causing trouble, wanting to provoke hatred between us and Count Thorn and start a war, if we continue to do so, wouldn't we be falling into their trap?"

Ghost Princess and Bailuo were of one mind, and through this connection, she learned the true nature of the events that had happened.

The reason why her elder martial sister and Inya's father died had another person behind it – the Emperor Candidate.

The current head of the Holy Empire, who took control of the central empire after the Holy Emperor retreated, was none other than the Fifth Awakening Miracle Master, who held sway over the world.

"This matter," Long Guixiang said, "Saros should have mentioned it to Your Majesty, right?"

"He has."

After marrying his teacher sister, Bailuo learned the truth of that year from his uncle.

"So, knowing this, Your Majesty," Yellow Spring seemed to understand something, "you launched this war of invasion?"

"Invasion?"

Bailuo replied, "No, this isn't invasion, this is vengeance."

"My uncle was killed by Count Thorn."

"Yatun Village," Bailuo defined what happened back then, "was also slaughtered by the Earl's men!"

"Your Majesty?"

"At least that's how it stands for now," Bailuo said, "do you understand what I mean, Yellow Spring?"

"Going to war requires a reason, Your Majesty, you just want the Ancient City, and aim to conquer Thistle Province, nothing more."

Yellow Spring finally understood: "From the beginning, you defined Count Thorn as the enemy, and no matter what he did, you were determined to be against him."

The Emperor Candidate calculating against Bailuo?

Isn't that perfect?

Count Thorn's men killed my uncle, slaughtered Yatun Village – the perfect excuse for war.

'The real enemy is someone else.'

After learning the truth, his teacher sister did not express any opinion. To her, there was no difference between Count Thorn and the Emperor Candidate, 'Xiao Luo, what do you plan to do?'

'No specific plans.'

Bailuo replied, 'All I know is, we need the Ancient City and Thistle Province.'

Yatun needs this city, a place to stand firm.

That's enough.

Waging war for the sake of interests, could there be a purer reason for war?

"Yatun is ultimately too weak."
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Bailuo said, "If we had the strength, we could fight whoever we wanted, regardless of lack of justification, and who would be able to hold us accountable?"

As for the Emperor Candidate, once Bailuo amassed enough power, he would reveal the truth of that year, giving yet another pretext to take up arms against the Emperor Candidate.

Bailuo would certainly not let go of this true orchestrator behind the scenes.

But he was too powerful, Yatun had to choose to conceal this enmity for the time being, until Bailuo possessed the capital to challenge the Fifth Awakening Miracle – blood for blood, there would be no escape!

"But the Thorn Army is indeed not easy to deal with."

Bailuo remarked, "Those who came in have very high-quality Miracle Powers, and compared to them, our kids are still too naive."

"Is Your Majesty worried?"

Ghost Princess's question was not unfounded, because these kids were indeed too young.

"There are too few people of Yatun, and even fewer we can trust."

Bailuo said, "This generation cannot enjoy the childhood they deserve; this is my fault. I'm not worried about the Yatun clan and the Tree Elves. I'm worried whether Hailbo and the others can withstand the pressures of war."

"No matter how strong they become," Bailuo said, "in the end, they are still children."

Now is not the best time for war, but opportunities are fleeting. Once the Holy Covenant is signed, Bailuo would have no more chance to attack the Ancient City.

Moreover, Yatun Duchy cannot afford to appear weak and incapable.

It must show vitality and aggressiveness!

Defending and waiting for others to strike first – a country like that is destined to perish.

Only by taking the initiative, expanding territories, can a great empire be established to protect the people inside from contempt and humiliation.

This was Bailuo's second reason for the aggressive invasion of the Ancient City – training the troops!