79 – Assault (7)

“Have they resumed their activities again? How long has it been since they fought a holy war in the imperial family…

“That’s something else I don’t know. When did you see these guys move systematically? Still, it doesn’t seem like a few people gathered together and planned to target Her Highness the Prince and Her Highness… By the way, Damian, why did this guy give this to the sir? Are you going? Was Kyung really that worried?”

“Please correct me that I trust you that much. And unlike the head of the household and the young boy who are overflowing with internal power, am I not an ordinary person?”

Gwen, who was collecting William’s body, responded with a bitter face to Arthur’s sarcastic comment.

A dagger with a red jewel in Arthur’s hand.

The dagger that Damian entrusted to Gwen was an item passed down from generation to generation to the Krause family, and the dagger was an unusual item as well as the history of the family.

That would be the case, since the identity of that red jewel embedded in the dagger was a piece of the dragon heart of a dragon killed by the first family head of Krause in the past.

As long as it is a dragon heart that is no different from a permanent organ, it has the ability to help the owner recover internal energy. In addition to that, Arthur was able to run to the exact location of Gwen because it was all possible because of that dagger.

Because of these abilities, like the ring of the family head, it was treated as a sacred object that could only be possessed by the heir of the family, but Damian gave it to someone else, even temporarily, so Arthur reacted that way.

‘It’s too small.’

But it wasn’t that Gwen didn’t know that the truth was different.

Gwen knew that Arthur, though he was sick of it, wasn’t the kind of person to be offended by the slightest touch of a dagger. The sword Gwen was using right now was also given to him by Arthur, and it was one of the famous swords made of dragon bones, not only without a dragon heart.

Giving a sword made of keel means that Arthur and Gwen have a strong relationship of trust, but the reason why Arthur is giving Gwen a facelift is simply because he doesn’t like the sword he gave Damian in Gwen’s hand. .

To put it simply, should I say that the gift I gave to my son after careful selection on his birthday is the same as seeing it in the hands of an uncle close to him the next day. In a word, it was just grumpy.

Arthur laughed at Gwen’s answer.

“The leader of the Black Dragon Knights of the world is an ordinary person? hahahaha! It seems that all ordinary people in this world are dead!”

“These words are only based on the two of you. Don’t misinterpret the words again. It would be nice if the head of the household was stronger than that. No matter where you throw them, they’ll come back alive, so there’s no need to worry, right?”

“Sir Gwen. Didn’t you just say something to the head of the knights as the head of the knights?”

Gwen was no different from Arthur.

As with the words “Yoo-sang-jong”, he said everything from the fact that Arthur is in charge of the Knight Commander, which is almost a lifelong position in the Krause family, where Arthur sits as the head of the family.

The two of them continued their bickering and began to take care of their surroundings. Most of the conversations between the two were like jokes between friends, but that didn’t mean they didn’t work carefully.

Gwen and Arthur took off William’s robe and went through his belongings one by one. Since William was in the position of cardinal within the church, new information that had not been known until now might be discovered.

But unfortunately, contrary to the expectations of the two, William’s belongings contained only a pocket containing some money and a small gold statue carved with what appeared to be an object of faith.

There were no orders received from above or objects that seemed to be clues to the case. Gwen placed items from William’s body in a leather pouch and finished the body by spreading the robe he was wearing wide.

“Your pockets are too light for a cardinal.”

“I’m hiding in the woods and I’m not going to need any money. But there’s really nothing that could lead me to it. I’m guessing they burned them all before putting the plan into action.”

“It’s a pity. What I got was this guy’s head. First of all, he was a well-known guy in his own right as a cardinal. If we take his head and send it to the imperial castle, we will be able to dampen their activities, albeit weakly.”

“Ah, come to think of it, William seemed quite surprised when he met the head of the family. Did something happen?”

“Didn’t I say this guy was a magician? I don’t know how many monsters were in the forest, but he probably sent troops close to his strength to the place where the camp was and invaded. It seems like he was trying to tie it up. He must have been surprised since I suddenly appeared here.”

“…Could you leave the cleanup of the monsters to another family and come right here?”

“I can’t believe that. Of course, it’s the way to come after defeating the monsters that invaded the camp. This guy put a lot of effort into preparing it. There were also many monsters that you wouldn’t see unless you went into the deepest part of the forest. Perhaps that child If it wasn’t…”

Arthur paused as he thought of something while he was talking. Then he let out his usual playful smile and patted Gwen on the shoulder.

“No. No. I think it’s better to go and see it than to talk about it.”

“What… are you talking about?”

“There is such a thing. You’ll probably be surprised to see it in person. Hey…I thought there was no genius like my son in the world.”

that wasn’t it again

***

“Heh… heh heh… Damn it!!! He’s really relentlessly chasing me!!!”

Robin looked at the group of monsters chasing after him with a distorted face.

A monster in the shape of a wolf, but twice as big as him, was closely following Robin with shining yellow eyes. The sight of a huge wolf drooling with its sharp teeth exposed was truly terrifying.

As soon as the distance seemed to close to some extent, one of the guys chasing Robin leaped towards him. The distance was a bit short of hitting Robin’s back, but enough to drive his teeth into his hind heel.

“Go away!!”

However, Robin, who did not stop guarding his rear, jumped into the air just in time for the guy to attack. After that, I rotated my body once and shot my foot straight toward the snout.

sesame-

As if hit by a blunt instrument, the part where the foot was planted was depressed. Its shattered teeth scattered in the air with the sound of flesh exploding. The shock must have been so great that Robin’s foot threw the guy off balance and fell from the crowd.

A skill that no ordinary person could do, no matter how excellent their motor nerves were. Robin’s appearance just now was a look worthy of the word superhuman.

Even though he is now being chased by monsters, Robin was definitely one of the talented people who were recognized as the strongest knights in the south. If he had been able to pull out his sword, he wouldn’t have been running around like he is now.

Robin’s waist still held the sword he had been given by the knights, but if he were single, a boy who had lost his mind was carried on Robin’s back. Originally, he was a boy who was transported comfortably on a cart, but the monsters destroyed the cart and the situation ended up being this way.

Although Robin was a promising rookie within the Knights, he had no talent for swordsmanship. To subdue monsters that approach one’s attack range by stepping on them in a line that does not interfere with movement. That’s the only way he can do it now.

“Ugh… I’m tired, I’m tired… How can monsters be more loyal than humans?”

Robin muttered in a voice that he was tired of seeing the group of monsters that hadn’t diminished at all.

Obviously, since one was knocked out of the group, the remaining monsters must have become six, but the number of monsters behind him exceeded ten before he knew it, as if he had reproduced on his own while running.

Even if it wasn’t, it was the same as moving with a load on it, but in such a situation, the war of attrition caused by the continuous attacks ate away Robin’s stamina little by little.

Robin had already defeated the guys who were after him several times, but rather than being frightened by Robin’s actions, they aimed more persistently at Robin, perhaps seeking revenge.

Every time one guy fell away from the group, the guy who seemed to be the leader continued to call his own people with a cry, and as a result, the number of pursuers rather increased.

Since the situation is so hopeless, can Robin’s face be good? Every time he looked back, Robin’s face grew pale as the number of people changed.

I thought that if I told them the difference in strength, they would fall off on their own, but instead, it ended up increasing the number of pursuers. If I had to say a little hopeful story to Robin, who was driven to the edge of a cliff, would it be that the distance to the camp was not far away, whether it worked because he ran hard without resting?

It was only when he seemed to be able to see the end of the forest not far away that the light began to shine on his face again.

The closer you get to the end, the more you hear the shouts of people and the cries of other monsters.

Apparently, the camp was not a very safe place due to the attack of monsters, but it was Robin’s only rope, so he didn’t care about some trivial facts.

‘Camp, once you get back to camp, throw this guy right away and kill all those guys. Shit, tonight’s dinner is dog meat soup.’

Once I got out of this fucking forest, things would change in one way or another, for sure. And as he expected, things changed dramatically when Robin reached the edge of the forest.

kong!

“Okay. Follow me a little longer…uh…Wait! No, why are you guys going back?!”

With only a short distance left to get out of the forest, the leader suddenly started to leave the group leading the group.

Robin put on an ambiguous expression, not knowing whether he should be happy or sad at the sight of the guys who had just been chasing Robin as if they were going to kill him.

“What the hell…?”

From Robin’s point of view, who was planning a desperate bloody revenge play, it was very disappointing.

Now, when I asked if I could avenge the remorse for the past time, the subjects vacated their seats. However, it was realistically impossible to chase after them. He immediately regained his reason and began to look at the situation objectively.

From their point of view, Robin was almost like prey. They were so obsessed with killing Robin that if you defeated one, two or three more would follow.

‘Is there something in front of me…?’

There was sword master Arthur Krause in the camp. If the leader of the guys felt his presence, then the situation was not absurd.

However, this was only a guess, and the thought that there might be a higher rank monster like the one he saw in the forest made him cautious. Even though he didn’t feel any unsettling energy in his mind, Robin didn’t stop being wary and walked towards the end of the forest.

The trees that were blocking the sky were lifted, and along with the sunlight, the view outside the forest came into Robin’s eyes. As expected from hearing the sound, the place where the camp had been set up had turned into a battlefield.

The green grass at the entrance of the forest was stained red with blood, and bodies that had not yet been cleaned came into view here and there. If I were to say that it was fortunate, it would be that the owner of the visible corpse had a much higher percentage of monsters than humans. Circumstantially, the battle that took place here seemed to be ending with the victory of the Confederates.

“Oh, dear.”

Robin, who was fascinated by the sight of the battlefield he was seeing for the first time in his life, woke up to the sound of the earth shaking his body.

The battle was, by all accounts, a Confederate victory.

However, there were still monsters who survived the battle, and they ran towards the forest to survive according to their instincts.

Towards where Robin is standing right now.

This was bad news for Robin. There are not a few monsters running towards you, so even if you try to avoid them by turning around, you will run into them before you can avoid them. It had just been a while ago that he had struggled against a group of wolf monsters less than twenty years old, but Robin didn’t have the confidence to survive among the army of monsters running towards him like a herd of angry bulls.

I could never have imagined that an ally’s victory would affect me in this way.

Under the circumstances, it seemed the only way to escape was to run back to the forest and climb a tree. At the thought of going back to the forest, Robin twisted his face and turned back. Still, this road looked better than being trampled to death by monsters.

But at that moment,

Just-

The sound of finger snapping reached his ears.

Did that sound contain any magical energy? Following the sound, Robin’s head turned back. And Robin saw it. Seeing the army of monsters running towards him with terrifying momentum turned into handfuls of ashes and scattered them in the blink of an eye.

“Ah, someone said it was Sir Robin?”

Robin was able to wake up in the world that was dyed in gray light at the voice calling him.

The owner of the voice walked among the ashes blown by the wind. The world was still colored with gray, but the woman who made the world that way is pure white as usual.

Robin seemed to know now what made the wolves of the forest run away, why the monsters had just run away towards the forest.