A Knight Who Eternally Regresses - Chapter 450



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450. The unlucky double moon day

“It was nothing. It was just bad luck.”

Oara said. She has already entered the demon realm dozens of times.

And that too alone.

In the beginning, it was just about slicing down monsters at the entrance.

After that, we went a little further and looked for a way to get rid of the demonic realm.

Finally, we go deeper while establishing a hypothesis.

Then, he met a strange monster called Oara.

It was a ghoul with poison at the tip of its fingernails.

The moment he saw that ghoul, the knight’s intuition told him that he was not an easy opponent.

It also served as evidence to establish a hypothesis.

What is a magic mirror?

It could be called another colony.

A colony disappears when its leader is killed.

What about the magic mirror?

“It’s the same principle. This isn’t a very big demonic realm. But it’s been over fifty years since it was established here.”

The story continues with the one about poison. Encrid listened quietly.

Oara was not a scholar, but a knight whose lifelong dream was to eliminate the gray forest magic before his eyes.

Something you can’t figure out even if you think about it? Something you can’t even guess?

I solved that by throwing myself into it.

If you don’t know, why don’t you just go into the magic circle and check for yourself?

It was a method that would have been impossible to conceive without a level of brute force, but she did it.

That’s how I found out.

“It is a time of generational change.”

I don’t know what the principle is, but one thing was certain.

The core of the magic changes.

Oara judged that the ghoul was the core of the next generation’s magic realm.

If you hit the colony, you are the leader.

I found out after crossing swords a few times.

A whole new level of strength, speed, and even intelligence.

I don’t know what the previous nuke was. I don’t want to know.

To Oara, only one fact mattered.

If you catch one evolved ghoul, the magic will lose its power.

There won’t be a more dangerous monster than that guy. The rest can be eliminated one by one over time.

Then there would be no need for an article.

Roman will take care of that.

He was the successor of Oara.

She has already decided on a successor.

If the opportunity comes, I will burn my life to erase the core of the Demon Realm.

It is determination and belief.

Her complexion brightened for a rare moment.

Will’s whole body turns.

It’s a strange thing, though.

Ohara thought as she spoke. It was really strange, but as she spoke to the man in front of her, she found herself filled with motivation.

Some of the sense of omnipotence I had felt when I first became a knight filled me again.

“Are you saying it can’t be deciphered?”

Encred grasped the point and asked. The arrow flew again over the land that had just become dark.

“Oh!”

The soldiers shouted a slogan. With the protection of the walls and the pouring of arrows, four squires and two knights stood just in front of the gate.

If anything happened, they would immediately become a barrier and crush the heads of any approaching monsters.

Oara laughed at Encred’s question and slapped him on the back.

“Hey, do I look like I’m going to die soon? Don’t worry, I’m looking into how to detoxify it right now. And I’ll be fine for at least ten years.”

Time will tell, somehow. That didn’t sound like a lie.

The poison was taken from the ghoul’s claws, but there was no immediate cure.

It was due to a combination of several reasons.

Even with that body, he went in and out of the Demon Realm several times.

Fighting the ghoul twice more and getting poisoned with another poison mixed in.

I tried divine treatment and even a famous alchemist’s potion, but it was still on hold.

Just because it’s divine doesn’t mean it’s omnipotent.

“I knew it after seeing it a few times, but it really kills your back muscles.”

Oara said, looking at the palm of her hand.

The elasticity of Encred’s back muscles lingered faintly in my hand. It felt good.

He continued by saying that there are days like this sometimes.

Today was like that.

It was a day when the little monsters suddenly appeared, causing trouble.

Because you can’t predict all of the movements of the demon.

“Spider cubs.”

Oara muttered. Her eyes glowed white. Will’s gaze pierced through the darkness.

Several giant monster spiders swooped down and attacked the squire and the knight.

I saw a huge body slamming into the human.

“Don’t mess with me!”

I also saw Oliver swinging his hammer in front of him.

Bang.

When the spider’s head broke, a black, thick liquid poured out.

“Dunbakel.”

Encred called out to Dunbakel from afar.

Dunbakel approached, dragging his feet, as if he really didn’t want to be here.

I had been singing for days asking when I would be back, so this kind of reaction might have been expected.

When Rem threatened to cut off his ankle if he dragged his feet one more time, Dunbakel’s pace quickened.

Kka-ak.

The crow cried tirelessly.

Inside the magic room, the owl’s cry of “boooooo” could be heard over and over again.

“Can you see it?”

“right.”

Suin has sharp night vision. Encred himself can see things to some extent through training, but it is not as accurate as hers.

Then Dunbakel’s words were heard.

“They are blocking us in front of the wall.”

Kkaaaak!

The screaming spider’s sound erupted again.

It was a little bit in front of the castle gate.

A couple of torches illuminated the people standing there. Their shadows seemed to stretch out towards the magic realm.

Seeing the spider approaching, four squires and two knights stepped forward.

“You fight well.”

“Dunbakel said. There was no emotion in her voice.

Encred’s gaze did not leave that place either.

It was the same. It would destroy and break any spider monsters that came near. It didn’t seem like it had any intention of being pushed back.

Moreover, Roman, who was in charge of one axis of the wall built by force, seemed to be in full force.

“You guys, laugh and have fun too!”

It was a cheerful shout.

There didn’t seem to be any crowds.

There was no threat. Still, Encrid’s instincts warned him. His skin felt hot.

why?

I don’t know either. Dunbakel asked while watching the fight.

“Can’t we just get out of here?”

“Hey, captain. This is cheap.”

Rem approached and called Encred.

Behind him, Luagarne cast her gaze from afar.

“hmm?”

Oara also tilted her head.

Is it only Encred who has the ability to sense the atmosphere and the air?

No, Encred may have been more sensitive because he had died countless times.

But even Aara felt that something was different than usual.

Oara blinked once and thought. It’s not a large number for a wave.

Spiders are creatures that originally compete with numbers.

So, isn’t it true that some of the soldiers on the wall were firing arrows first?

But why is it ominous? Why is the air so threatening?

“Double moon?”

Although very rare, there have been times when both moons turned red.

It is a day called ‘Darpina’.

The time when the god who rules over death comes down to this land, and the god who rules over demons briefly catches a glimpse of the world.

So, it was a day when unlucky things happened.

“Bring me my armor.”

As Oara spoke, two soldiers came carrying her armor. The chest was covered with iron plates and partly covered with leather.

As she took off her cloak and put on her armor, a commotion from inside the gate beneath the walls reached Encred’s ears.

Between the sound of the protesters bouncing off the fence and the commander’s shouts, it was a strange noise. It sounded like a fight.

“I’ll go first.”

Encred went down the stairs.

As I was going down, I saw people fighting in front of the gate.

It was in front of the gate that was open just enough for one person to pass through. Rowena’s man was a soldier.

“Let me out!”

He shouted.

“Don’t talk nonsense. If you go out now, you’ll die.”

“I don’t know. I’d rather die!”

The soldier shouted, but it was a sound that Milio, who was guarding the gate, could not tolerate.

“You stupid kid.”

“Fuck, Millio, Rowena went out on reconnaissance duty and she’s not back!”

The soldier wasn’t crying, but it sounded like he was.

Millio couldn’t open his mouth. Rowena and the friend in front of him were the most famous couple in the city.

The magic is a flower that blooms in the dark. And he knew.

These two are the kind of guys who would give up their lives in exchange for each other if they were in danger.

So I can’t let you go.

Rowena was a capable person.

In a few years, he will even consider joining the Knights Templar, so he will be alive.

“Trust and wait. Rowena is more savvy than you.”

“It’s already past time to come back.”

Millio couldn’t defeat this man. His loyal friend’s subordinates stood silently behind him.

“Are you all planning to go together?”

“To support the squad leader’s love.”

The soldier standing right behind him spoke. He was the one who had killed two of the lord’s men who were doing thuggery in my territory and had come here.

He is now a full-fledged soldier of the Brick City.

It was crazy. It was clearly crazy, but Millio stepped aside.

“The front is already blocked by the Knights. Go around to the left.”

“know.”

The soldiers slipped out of the gate.

“Oh!”

As soon as Milio shouted, the soldiers on the wall responded by stamping their feet.

“Oh!”

“I’m going to die laughing!”

A cry tore through the night sky.

Screaming spiders were just one type of spider monster.

In addition, armored spiders and web-shooting spiders were seen.

Of course, they could not get past the barrier the Knights had built to guard twenty steps ahead of the castle gate.

Plus one more person was added.

“Hey, let’s play together!”

Oarada. She slid down with her back against the wall, fell to the ground, and joined my knights.

Just coming down the wall like that was a feat in itself.

Ohanada, who quickly dug through the gaps between the monsters.

“Where!”

She stepped forward and drew her sword. It was a long, thin sword. She ran in a straight line and then moved sideways.

And he drew his sword.

It was like a single stream cutting through the darkness.

It is a sword that continues without breaking, drawing a smooth curve.

I drew a line by moving my foot while holding the sword.

Any spiders that touched that line, whether armored or large, were cut down as soon as they touched it.

It didn’t matter whether it was the belly, the head, or the shell.

Her sword would not be blocked. I could tell just by looking at it. If they ran in order, she would be able to kill all of those monsters by herself.

Moreover, just by looking at the monster, its body would suddenly stop.

It must be the effect of the dizzying level of pressure that Encred also experienced.

Oara is a cider that lightly loosens up her body.

The short blonde’s performance was also impressive. Her eyes sparkled white.

“Poison, evasive maneuver.”

She moved her formation, peering through the darkness.

The four squires dispersed two by two to the left and right on their short blond horses.

Bam!

Black mucus flew towards where they were. There was a spider spitting poison.

“joy.”

A short blond hand moved. A throwing knife flew along the hand that was shaken in the air and pierced the head of a venomous spider.

“Those fucking spider babies.”

Roman, the owner of the blunt greatsword, briefly stepped out of the formation. Then he stepped forward and swung his sword.

Boom! Boom!

There was a loud crash and six armored spiders were crushed to pieces by his club strike.

Black fluid splattered on the floor.

Meanwhile, Rowena’s man came out.

“hey!”

Oliver, swinging his hammer at the left end of the large formation, saw it and shouted.

“I will follow.”

Encred followed and spoke. Rem and the others followed. Rowena’s soldier’s face became tearful at those words.

“Are you an angel?”

“If you don’t shut up and leave, I’ll throw you behind the road.”

The soldier kept his mouth shut at the calm warning. He was planning to just scout out a certain area.

Basically, should I just hold out until dawn?

I didn’t know that might be the case.

The twin crescent moon cast an ominous red glow between the clouds.

Encred looked back without thinking.

Millio was seen leading some of his troops out.

A knight may cut a thousand pieces, but his body is one.

While cutting the hundred, the nine hundred could turn around and do other things.

Squires, knights, and troops, they were there to fill the gaps between them.

It was while I was thinking like that that I turned my gaze forward.

Encrid’s fur stood on end.

“Stop it!”

Before I could even figure out what it felt like, I heard Oara’s scream first.

mudfish.

Tiddydiddydiddyding!

I saw things pouring down over my head, accompanied by noise.

Encred sensed the monster’s shot, with its momentum and the sound of the wind cutting through it. It was an arrow.

But I couldn’t see properly. The darkness covered my eyes like a curtain. The double crescent moon hidden between the clouds didn’t help.

Dunbakel’s pupils dilated. The once-elliptical pupils filled his eyes with light.

In her eyes she could see what the bastards had blown.

White arrows, made of tangled thread and different from the ones usually used by humans, decorated the sky.

It seemed as if dozens of meteors were splitting up and falling over our heads.

Dunbakel reflexively pulled out his sword and crossed it over his head.

All you had to do was block, deflect, and dodge.

“head.”

Rem also reacted, grabbing the head of one of the soldiers next to him and swinging his axe. Encred also reflexively pulled out his shield.

An arrow struck the shield he held in his right hand.

Thud! Thud!

It was an arrow that bounced off the target, but it wasn’t sharp. Instead of being sharp, it was heavy. That’s what Encred felt.

Cider gets down on one knee and easily blocks the arrows that fly in.

The barrage of arrows did not stop.

Squires, knights, and sub-knights could not be helped by such attacks.

But they are not ordinary soldiers. Arrows alone are a great threat to them.

Those who are right next to me are Rem, Dunbakel, and Luagarne, so they will be able to block them more than enough, and the troops on the walls can also hold out using the walls as shields.

So what about those who risk their lives to fill the gap?

“Millio!”

Encred shouted with a warning.

In his eyes, he saw a white arrow created by a monster hitting Milio’s head.

Bam!

Instead of taking care of his own body, he sacrificed his body for his subordinates.

The pitch he was hit with dented and Milio’s eye popped out.

His head was cracked and blood gushed out.

Not all arrows were of equal power.

However, some of them were fatal.

The monster was clever.

Instead of targeting those who wouldn’t be eaten anyway, they targeted relatively weaker units.

“These fucking bastards!”

Encred heard someone getting angry.

He felt similarly.

Milio was the person who helped me the most during my stay here.

I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t grown attached to you over the years.

This wasn’t the end.

Suddenly, something like a pole rose from within the group of monsters.

A man was tied to the pole. At the end of the pole was a blue stone, which appeared to be a pyroclastic stone.

White and blue light mixed with the darkness and illuminated those tied to the pole.

“Rowena!”

The soldier who came with them shouted.

It’s a monster that even takes hostages.

Encred instinctively felt that this wave was not like any before.

So should I stop? Should I just sit here and watch stupidly?

“Rem, Dunbakel, left.”

When everyone paused for a moment, Encrid lowered his posture.

The darkness, the ignition, the hostages, everything was shocking, but if you didn’t move, nothing would change.

If it was time to fight, then fight.

“shit.”

Dunbakel muttered and moved.

Rem was already moving forward, lowering his posture.