After Sora and the Onmitsukidō dealt with the Quincy patrol, they waited for the technical team to open the passage.
At the same time, they used the surrounding buildings to set up traps.
The only captain-level combatants here were Sora and Yoruichi Shihōin. Mayuri Kurotsuchi was also too busy to help right now.
If too many members of the Sternritter arrived, it would be difficult for them to stop the enemy from destroying the Sun Gate and the shadow passage.
Therefore, they had to set traps in advance to delay as much as possible, waiting for the main Shinigami army to arrive.
"I wasn't even born when the King of the Quincy led the Lichtreich to attack the Soul Society."
Yoruichi Shihōin said as she buried cans of Reishi liquid in the ground. "I only learned about it from history class."
"The textbooks said the King of the Quincy was killed by Captain-Commander Yamamoto."
"I never expected that not only was he not dead, but he even built a Wandenreich here, constantly preparing to invade the Soul Society."
"We're here today to solve that hidden danger," Sora nodded. He used a spell to connect the Reishi liquids.
Thanks to Sora's intervention, the war with the Wandenreich had started much earlier.
The current Wandenreich had not yet invented the Star Medallion that steals Shinigami Bankai.
The captains wouldn't have to worry about their Bankai being stolen by the Sternritter.
Ten minutes later, the Soldat finally noticed the abnormality here.
The Soldat headquarters was located in Silbern. In the patrol duty room, several Quincy on duty were playing cards.
"Frank, it seems the patrol hasn't reported in on time."
An older Quincy raised his chin slightly, motioning for the young team member next to him to handle it.
"Those guys are probably slacking off somewhere again. Why worry so much!" Another bald Quincy sneered, throwing down three cards. "My luck is good today!"
"Lord Ishida took so many people. We're short-staffed now, and they have a lot of ground to cover. It's normal for them to rest for a bit."
The young Quincy chimed in with a supportive comment.
However, the older Quincy was his direct superior, so he didn't dare defy the order. He picked up the communicator and began contacting the patrol.
But, the young Quincy sent several communication requests, and the patrol did not respond.
"These guys!"
The young Quincy cursed under his breath. He suspected they might have found a place to rest and fallen asleep.
He looked helpless and could only try contacting the guards stationed at the 'Sun Gate'.
As a result, the 'Sun Gate' guards didn't respond either.
"I can't reach them!" The young Quincy stood up, saying with some panic.
The card players all looked over.
"They didn't really fall asleep, did they? They should be punished!"
"I can't reach the 'Sun Gate' guards either!"
"What?!"
"That's impossible... Who would dare to mess with our Soldat?"
They didn't even consider the possibility of an external threat, because nothing like this had happened in hundreds of years.
"Could it be someone escaped? Otherwise, why would it be at the 'Sun Gate'..."
The bald Quincy said cautiously.
"Regardless, let's report it up."
The older Quincy stated this wasn't something they had the authority to investigate deeply. They directly reported to a higher-ranking person.
A moment later, an elite team of Quincy left Silbern, heading for the 'Sun Gate'.
These elite Quincy were different from the regular Soldat soldiers.
Every one of them possessed strength comparable to a seated Shinigami officer.
They were the core strength of Silbern and also candidates for the Sternritter.
The three leading them were official members of the Sternritter.
"All of my 'Eyes' were destroyed."
Bruno, The Invisible Eye, looked puzzled. He was an official knight holding the Schrift 'E'.
His ability was to shape Reishi into eyes to gather intelligence, possessing extremely strong reconnaissance capabilities.
He was currently responsible for the mission of monitoring the Soul Society.
His ability was very stealthy. The eyes made of Reishi had Spiritual Pressure fluctuations that were almost undetectable.
Ordinary people couldn't sense them at all.
But the eyes that just flew to the 'Sun Gate' were destroyed.
"Bruno, your ability should be hard to detect!"
Another Quincy, Charles, frowned and whispered, "Could it be... Lord Ishida..."
After Sōken Ishida left, Haschwalth had selected a few people from the candidate pool to supplement the Sternritter's forces.
Bruno, The Invisible Eye, and Charles, The Proclaimer, were both part of this new batch of Sternritter knights.
"Lord Ishida has no reason to do this." BG9, who was covered in armor, shook his head.
As a veteran of the Sternritter, BG9 understood Sōken Ishida's character well. He didn't seem like the type of person to do this.
"What destroyed your 'Eyes'?"
"I didn't see clearly. It was destroyed by a blue light as soon as it flew over..."
"Let's speed up. We'll know what it is when we get there."
The group quickly arrived near the 'Sun Gate'.
"Something's wrong... It's too quiet."
"Oh no! Look over at the 'Sun Gate'!"
The group in the air saw the 'Sun Gate' glowing faintly at its base.
Looking closely, some people in black cloaks were doing something to the 'Sun Gate'.
But no matter how they thought about it, those people were definitely not doing anything good!
The Quincy moved quickly, wanting to rush up and stop them.
Just then, beams of Reishi light suddenly rose from four directions.
These Reishi beams connected, forming four Reishi barriers, trapping the Quincy inside.
"Enemy attack!!!"
"Damn it! This barrier is blocking the communication signal!"
Bruno, The Invisible Eye, cursed loudly. He had just tried to report the situation using his communicator, only to find it was already useless.
A machine gun immediately extended from under BG9's cloak.
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat—
Bullets coated in Reishi poured out.
The power of the Reishi bullets was immense. Even an Adjuchas-level Menos Grande would probably be torn to shreds instantly.
However, when the Reishi bullets hit the Reishi curtain, they only caused ripples and couldn't break it immediately.
Because on the ground, dozens of elite Onmitsukidō Shinigami were crouching outside the barrier, using their own Spiritual Pressure to maintain it.
"Shinigami?!"
The Quincy finally realized the origin of their enemies.
"The Wandenreich has been exposed!"
"This is bad! They must be seizing the 'Sun Gate'. Hurry and destroy this barrier! Get the message out!"
Bruno, The Invisible Eye, was frantic, but he couldn't get the message out because of the Reishi barrier.
"I'll do it!" Charles, The Proclaimer, raised his hand and declared, "The use of Reishi barriers is forbidden in this place!"
Under the influence of some unknown power, the surrounding Reishi barriers quickly collapsed.
The Schrift ability of Charles, The Proclaimer, was to issue a certain prohibition, and make that prohibition a rule that must be obeyed!
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