My Demons - Chapter 212



Only Krnovel

My Villains Episode 212

46. ​​Master of Dreams (2)

A simple funeral followed after Esanna with braided hair, ‘Casley the Thunderbolt Axe’, and ‘Archibald the White Knight’ were buried in the ground.

Well, actually, it wasn’t something grand enough to be a funeral. All we had to do was gather in front of the tomb and pray for a moment.

“Your Majesty will give the memorial service.”

“••••••I?”

Crossbowman Gidon held out his rosary and nodded.

“Isn’t the prayer of a knight better than that of a wandering mercenary without a home? Esanna would like it better too.”

“I don’t have any particular prayer that comes to mind.”

“You mean not even one?”

“Well, I originally didn’t have much of a connection with the church.”

Gidon opened his mouth as if he was dumbfounded.

“That is not something a knight of the kingdom would say, sir.”

“why? “I’m not even a cathedral knight.”

“It is the duty of every knight to protect the church. “You must have sworn an oath at the investiture ceremony.”

… … Well, now that I think about it, I think he heard that. Was it ‘Defend the church and build this altar’?

I remembered the sentence Prince Ulkar whispered next and shrugged my shoulders.

“The person who made me a knight said that’s enough, just protect the weak and do good deeds. “The church is not weak, right?”

“Yeah? “How blasphemous is that?”

“It’s a joke, a joke.”

When Gidon’s face hardened, I smiled and tapped his shoulder.

“The rosary is fine.”

“… … yes.”

I passed by Gidon, who was wearing a rosary around his neck with a mysterious expression, and stood in front of a clumsy ring cross made of woven tree branches.

The wizard of the palace, the great warrior of the plains, the princess of Baluin, the assassin of the East, a girl with a spirit, a vampire who lost her power, and even ten mercenaries.

Different colored eyes were focused on me.

“Hmm.”

Ugh, I’m not good at this. I have no experience or talent… … .

But I couldn’t just remove it. Not only Gidon but also the other mercenaries seemed to be secretly expecting me to step forward.

Well, it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand why mercenaries did that.

Mercenaries are people who live with death on their feet. It’s only natural that they attach importance to this ‘ritual’ and that they want me, a knight of great repute, to participate in that ceremony.

“Lord, the one who lies here dead is Esanna.”

The prayer started out of nowhere, and there was a bustling crowd.

The sound of putting the helmet on the side, taking off the gloves, adjusting the stiff leg, and then clasping the hands together.

“She is a faithful mercenary, a brave warrior, and a trustworthy companion.”

I wasn’t that close to Esanna. However, since we were colleagues who had been traveling together for a month, we had a lot to say. It was a fortunate thing.

“She is the daughter of a faithful farmer from Unfast, a warrior willing to raise her spear for justice, and a northerner who knows how to drink good wine and sing.”

Hey, it’s difficult as expected.

I wet my dry lips for a moment and chose my words.

“… … I avoid stepping on a solitary flower and share the hem of my long blanket with a colleague. “When I meet a monk on the street, I donate a few coins, and on days when I curse harshly or kill someone, I increase my evening prayers.”

I took a short breath and continued praying.

“My friend Esanna is a good person. So take him to your side, clothe him in soft clothes, feed him good wine and food, and give him a peaceful home.”

I don’t know if it fits the doctrine here, but… … . Well, I guess no one is really arguing.

“My friend Esanna is a good warrior. Use them as warriors when necessary, and reward them when they merit merit. and… … . Anyway, please make me happy.”

After finishing the prayer, I glanced back to see the group still with their heads down and their eyes closed.

As I scratched my eyebrows, Ute Kwai, who was crossing his arms on one side, quietly laughed. I frowned at him and then opened his mouth.

“… … That’s it.”

Hayla quietly added to my foolish ending.

“May Esanna come to the temple.”

“May Esanna come to the temple.”

The short funeral ended like that.

Crossbowman Gidon had a slightly ambiguous face, but the others didn’t look too bad.

I felt embarrassed for no reason, so I opened my mouth with a calm face.

“Now, let’s go quickly.”

While the mercenaries were busy packing up their belongings in the clearing, Steedman the Grumpy Man slowly approached and smiled.

“… … What do you split?”

“If I die too, Phoenix, please pray for me. “Easy to understand is exactly what I like.”

When he said that and laughed, I responded with a strange expression.

“Is that a death flag?”

“What is a death flag?”

“What you said. A bastard who says such ominous things is sure to die first.”

Steedman’s expression fell at my decisive words.

“Is it some kind of superstition?”

“Rather than a superstition… … . It’s an inference from experience. “In fact, it is orthodoxy.”

“It can’t be. “This is my first time hearing this.”

The guy’s expression was funny, so I giggled and said teasingly.

“how is it? Do you want to cancel?

“… … “Can I redeem it?”

“For one silver coin, I’ll pretend you didn’t hear anything.”

Steedman made a groaning sound, then took out a silver coin from his pocket and handed it to him. I flicked the silver coin with my thumb and rubbed his bald head.

“Now, are you soft? “Then you won’t pray even if you die?”

“Eh, where is that?”

“If you are wronged, persevere and survive. “Don’t tell me whether you live or die as a young cub.”

Steedman shook his head and shook off my touch, scrunching up his face and grumbling.

“… … Jegi, I just threw away the silver coins for no reason. “Just wait and see. Even if it’s a waste, I’m telling you to live stubbornly.”

A quiet laugh flowed among the group at his complaint.

The subsequent journey was very peaceful.

Well, how many enemies can there be in this narrow passage? Meeting Soleva was strange enough.

We arrived at our destination after traveling and staying for two days.

“Is this Raven’s Cliff?”

The main castle of the Gistol region stood with its back to a rocky mountain. As befits the name ‘Crow’s Cliff’, the castle wall was sheer and high, and the black rocks piled up closely were bruised here and there, perhaps due to long-term wind and waves.

In addition, it was a unique structure in which the outer castle wall and the inner fortress were in contact with each other, so at first glance it looked like a greatly enlarged stone watchtower or castle tower.

The water in the moat had dried and the bottom was exposed, and it seemed to be about 4 or 5 meters deep. It seemed to be about three times as wide.

The group lined up in front of a thick drawbridge over the moat. On the other side of the drawbridge, where the chain had been broken, a rusty barred door could be seen, and it was dark inside without a single light.

“… … Ha, X arm. “It must be so boring.”

Fritz with the ponytail stuck out his tongue, licked the corner of his mouth, and spit out phlegm on the floor.

“Are my eyes wrong? ‘Welcome. “I think it says, ‘This is hell, you idiots.’”

“He’s a head-over-heels guy who can’t even read.”

“… … “That’s what it says, bitch.”

While Fritz growled at the freckled mummy, I lowered my backpack and pulled out a javelin.

The tip of the spear is a little dull because I’ve been using it so hard, but it doesn’t matter.

Ellen, who was standing next to me and watching the castle closely, looked puzzled when she saw my actions.

“what are you doing?”

“just. “I have something to check for a moment.”

What caught my eye was a pair of large statues placed across the drawbridge.

Black skinned wings, goat horns, a face resembling a monkey, sharp fangs, a squat muscular body, short but sharp claws… … .

The other party members only felt eerie looking at the ugly statues.

I wasn’t.

It’s so obvious just by looking at it, that thing.

“Sigh,”

He took a short breath, stamped his feet, flipped his back, and threw the javelin.

With a loud crack, the neck of the statue sitting on the left broke. The javelin didn’t stop there; it only stopped after digging in for about a span.

“Keuok!”

When the statue with a javelin stuck in its neck suddenly screamed, the mercenaries opened their mouths in horror.

“Hey, what is that?”

“The stone pieces are moving!”

I picked up the second javelin and shouted to my companions.

“Prepare for battle, it’s a gargoyle!”

The gargoyle sitting to my right suddenly opened its eyes, as if it had heard my introduction or the screams of a colleague.

“Spit, particles—!”

It started flapping its wings with a strange, machine-like voice. He threw his second javelin at the bastard, but it was blocked by his thick, filmy wings.

The gargoyle struggling on the left also pulled out the spear stuck in its neck and flew into the sky.

These guys are pretty tough.

“Get out of the moat!”

The mercenaries hurriedly took a step back at the veteran Conwyer’s words, and in the meantime, archer Cole and crossbowman Gidon quickly shot arrows.

“annoying!”

Kol’s composite bow and Gidon’s heavy crossbow were powerful enough to tear through iron plates, but only a couple of fingers could pierce the hard and thick skin of the gargoyle.

The gargoyle shook off the arrow with a flap of its wings and flapped its wings furiously, making a sound that sounded like a knife scraping a stone wall. At the same time, he flew towards the mercenaries as if he was falling.

“Ugh-!”

Utequai jumped up, making a sound that was confusing as to whether it was excitement or laughter.

When a human half its size attacked, the gargoyle bared its fangs and sneered.

But even for a moment,

Kkkwang!

The huge sound of rocks crashing against each other pierced the air and thick fog, and the statue that had just moments before been in the shape of a grotesque monster was shattered into pieces.

“Ugh, damn it! be careful!”

“On the shields”

As large and small stone fragments fell, the mercenaries hurriedly raised their shields to cover their heads.

Meanwhile, the heavy swordsman Umberta and the plump Eson grabbed their heads while catching rocks with their helmets, and Hayla used one red ring to spread the ‘Star Shield’ wide.

Standing beneath that shining silver hemisphere, Ellen spat out the starter word.

“Lumfere!”

The fireball erupted from the wand and was shot in a steep curve.

“Ugh,”

The gargoyle, which flew up late with a javelin stuck in its neck, saw the fireball filled with powerful force and whirled and spun in the air.

Boom, bang/

The fireball, unable to keep up with its own speed, exploded as it struck the black castle wall, leaving only a scorch behind.

“Khaa-”

The gargoyle, which was laughing while its neck was pierced by a spear, was subsequently pierced in the left wing by a silver bullet, and in the right wing by a javelin.

However, it did not fall in the end, and quickly regained its balance by flapping its wings in the air.

At that time, the bundle guarding Ellen’s side shot forward. He jumped nearly 2 meters in one leap,

“Kek! This kind of guy-”

A woman of sturdy physique stepped on the head of a dervish, a heavy soldier, and leaped again.

The guy floating in the air performed a ‘kite’ stunt, a leaping stunt by stepping on his own feet, and jumped up in front of the staggering gargoyle.

And, he swung the cloud sword with jade-colored scales wrapped around the handle like a thunderbolt.

The abnormally sharp blade split the black stone like a piece of wood, and the gargoyle, who lost his head, fell to the ground.

“Wow, wow-”

“Crazy, that’s Bethany.”

Munchi, who landed beautifully among the admiring mercenaries, slowly raised his head and said,

“……Ah, ah.”

He cried and let go of the knife.

“A bunch?”

“Oh, it hurts.”

When I looked again, the guy’s hands were stained red. It seems that the resistance to cut the stone was stronger than expected.

While looking back at the castle while soothing the whining bundle, I ran my hair back as a thought suddenly occurred to me.

“Ellen. Do you see that?”

There was a trace of Ellen’s stray fireball stuck where I pointed.

“what. Are you trying to make fun of me?”

“No, that’s not it.”

I looked back at my group and scratched my eyebrows.

“Everyone look over there.”

w……2”

“Don’t you think that castle wall will break?”

The mercenaries widened their eyes at my question. The veteran Confidant burst into laughter and opened his mouth.

“Nari, no way… …

“Do we really need to go in? Just by looking at it, it looks like you shouldn’t go in.”

Ignoring the strange expressions on the group’s faces, I smiled broadly at Ellen.

“Now, try your best.”

Go, walking catapult!