The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 87



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The soldier shouted save (87)

The tip of a sharp sword.

As he aims his rapier at me, the air becomes heavy and suffocating.

‘What a unique swordsmanship.’

A unique fighting stance with the feet placed at right angles.

‘If you’re not familiar with your opponent’s weapons, make them defend themselves.’

It’s easier to attack than to defend.

To take control of the battle, quickly kick the ground.

-widely!

As soon as I ran towards him, he started walking away.

The distance between them narrows in an instant as they rush in from both sides.

‘I was faster.’

I tried to avoid the sharp tip of his sword and stab his heart,

-Whew.

Suddenly, the bastard’s body went down below the line of sight.

“NPCs like you probably don’t know swordsmanship.”

As Park Jun-hee said, it was a movement I had never seen before.

In an instant, he stretched out his legs, lowered his posture, and aimed for the chin by extending the sharp rapier from below.

‘A weapon specialized for stabbing.’

Watching the one avoiding the armor and aiming for the soft flesh, you realize the weakness of the rapier.

‘If you avoid the vital points, the killing power is low.’

Twist your body to counter the rapier aimed at your chin.

-Whoosh!

The tip of the sword points towards my collarbone.

If we wound each other’s bodies, I can inflict greater damage by cutting down to the bones.

‘Like this!’

I was prepared to have my collarbone pierced and was about to cut off the bastard’s head.

“stop!”

Prell ran towards Park Jun-hee.

“Oh, don’t come!”

Park Jun-hee throws himself at the sight of Prell jumping in.

“Ugh, ugh!”

He gave up his attack and wrapped himself around the running Prell.

-Phew.

Park Jun-hee kneels with his back cut.

“Hey, Junhee!”

“… … Prel. What if you jump in without even looking?”

Is it because my close friend, Prell, is by my side?

He seemed incomparably weaker than the one I had seen in Cheonghwarim.

“Gi, knight… no, Mr. Lee Hyun-seong! Please, can’t you forgive Jun-hee? I don’t think it’s because you have bad intentions! I think he was just trying to test if you really are Mr. Hyun-seong!”

At Prell’s words, he readies his sword.

“You are mistaken. That guy is working for the palace to find and kill Lee Hyeonseong.”

I had no intention of keeping him alive.

Because he had the ‘mailbox’ privilege that allowed him to convey his situation anytime, anywhere.

“Well, still… … Think about it one more time… … .”

The tip of the sword aimed at Park Jun-hee’s head.

As Prell trembles and blocks the way, an urgent voice is heard.

“… … I’ll die obediently! So, don’t try to use Prell and just let him go!”

“What the hell is going on! That’s Lee Hyeon-seong, the man who saved our lives!”

“Stop talking nonsense, Prel! Lee Hyun-seong… … is not as good a person as you think.”

Park Jun-hee clenches his fist as if to check the condition of his body.

However, his hands were shaking as if he had injured his nerves, and he could not even hold the rapier properly.

“… … I’ll say it again. I’ll die obediently, so give me Prell… … .”

“Negotiation is between people of equal power.”

“… … I’m sorry, but it’s not you who’s watching, it’s me.”

Park Jun-hee, stretching his hands into the air, mutters quietly.

“……mailbox.”

Looks like he’s about to use his perks.

As I quickly tried to thrust my sword in to stop the bastard’s actions, I raised both my hands.

“… … .”

A gesture indicating surrender.

The guy moves his mouth slowly, pronouncing each letter.

“Send mail, Prell.”

The recipient of the item is Prell.

As he withdraws the tip of his sword that was about to pierce Park Jun-hee’s neck, the bastard speaks to Prell.

“Prell, tell them to pick up the mail.”

“… … Okay, I got the mail.”

As Prell mutters like that, something appears before his eyes.

“……gloves?”

The gloves covering Park Jun-hee’s hands.

He looks up at me and says.

“Allen Hower, Commander of the Walker Knights. The palace is already suspicious of you.”

My identity came out of that bastard’s mouth.

He is not shaken by those words and compares the guy to Park Jun-hee from his past life.

‘I didn’t know. I realized it while fighting.’

The guy from my last life seemed completely unaware of my true identity.

In that case, it was highly likely that he would have recognized my identity by seeing my swordsmanship or the red sword.

“… Do you understand what I mean now?”

Park Jun-hee nods at Prell and says.

“If I were to send the gloves symbolizing knighthood to the palace, the palace would immediately suspect you.”

Gloves symbolizing a knight.

I laugh at his words.

“You speak as if I am the only knight the palace suspects. The gloves symbolize the knight, not me.”

“… … You are right, Allen Hower. The palace suspects dozens of people. However, the moment the palace notices my signal, they will prioritize the investigation of the knights.”

If I investigated the article first as the bastard said, there was a risk that my identity would be quickly discovered.

“But that’s only if you can use the privilege.”

Park Jun-hee laughs at my words and shows me his other hand covered with a glove.

“… …Choose, Allen Hower. Either risk sending the gauntlet to the palace in a fit of rage, or release Prell and kill me safely.”

Park Jun-hee’s proposal was meaningless.

Negotiation using the ‘Mailbox’ privilege.

That negotiation loses all power the moment you die.

“I promise. If you die obediently, I will let that woman go.”

I didn’t mean to treat Prell badly.

However, you will have to live your entire life in a walker under surveillance at all times.

“… … Okay, kill him.”

Park Jun-hee puts both hands on the back of his head, indicating that he will not resist.

“Oh, no! Joo, Junhee is a child that Hyunseong Lee really needs!”

Ignoring Prell, who was trying to save Park Jun-hee somehow, he raised his sword.

Then, Prell shouts in anger.

“Okay, flashback!”

Prel raises his voice as he embraces Park Jun-hee.

“In the future I saw! The knight and Junhee were on the same side!”

The future that Prell saw.

He frowns at those words and says,

“Your special ability, ‘Scene Flashback’, is not the ability to see the future.”

“… … Ah, no! I definitely see a future where you and Junhee are together… … .”

He takes his eyes off Prell and asks the other world person who is waiting for death.

“Park Jun-hee. You’re from another world too, so you should know.”

“… … Yes, the article is right. Flashback is the ability to see past experiences.”

At the words of Park Jun-hee, whom he trusts, Prell seems to lose his strength and kneels.

“I, I… definitely… .”

“Whatever it is, I have no intention of letting this guy live. He even knows my real name.”

He swings the sword he had raised without hesitation.

-Whoosh!

A sword aimed at the bastard’s temple.

‘……what?’

But then, black mud surges up and stops the sword.

“Park Jun-hee. Did it happen to you too?”

Black clay that has the shape of a human being.

In the stopped time, he asks the black mud looking at Park Jun-hee about his identity.

“… … Are you Lee Hyeonseong?”

When I ask that, the black mud turns its face towards me and says.

“Take Park Jun-hee to the World Tree.”

-Thud, thud.

Black mud that loses its shape and collapses with a single word.

Shout urgently at the guy.

“Why should we keep this guy alive?! Isn’t he a danger to both of us!”

When I ask that, the black mud stares at me and says.

“Because Park Jun-hee was your close friend.”

A look that almost looks like a smile.

“……for a moment!”

The outstretched hand crumbles into colorless black mud, and a strong headache comes.

‘Ugh, ugh… I lost my strength again.’

It felt clear.

The empty space where Lee Hyun-seong’s power disappeared.

My senses have disappeared, and I can no longer properly remember the swordsmanship I used, as if I was breathing.

―“Ugh, huff huff… I’ve been waiting for this day to come again.”

A red sword that clings to the body as if it had been waiting.

―“Your body is now mine!”

I exhale quietly into the red mud covering my entire body and say:

“Get out.”

Releases condensed mana through the skin.

-Pfft!

The red mud that had been stuck to the skin scattered in all directions and covered the floor.

―“Uh, how…?”

“Because I realized that I am enough even without the power of others.”

I just lost my strength right now.

I gained confidence that I could grow to have the power of Lee Hyun-seong if I just had time.

“So shut up and keep your mouth shut, Tool. If you keep talking like that, I’ll break your sword.”

-Pudduk.

He was killed by stepping on mud shaped like eyeballs.

―“Ugh, ugh!”

He uses force to suppress the resisting man and puts him into the scabbard.

“Hey, Junhee!”

When I turned my gaze, I saw Park Jun-hee lying down as if asleep.

‘Is it black magic?’

Black magic filling the body.

‘… This guy is your close friend?’

He carries him on his shoulders, recalling the words of black mud.

“I will postpone killing this guy as you said.”

“… … Thank you, Hyunseong… … .”

“I’m telling you in advance, never speak thoughtlessly again. If you can’t keep a secret, I’ll shut you and this guy’s mouths forever.”

Prell didn’t keep what I said.

I didn’t try to hide my identity in front of Park Jun-hee, and I even said the name Lee Hyeon-seong in front of him without hesitation.

“I will keep that in mind… … .”

There was no need to believe or doubt Prell’s words.

Because when you return to Walker, you’ll be under strict surveillance.

“Follow me. I’ll go back to my residence.”

As I head towards Cheonghwarim, carrying Park Jun-hee on my back, I see a familiar face.

“Hey, here it is!”

Oh Seo-young and Park Won-cheol, who are waiting for me and the coachman with a familiar face.

I took the carriage back to Walker.

* * *

Black mud believed to be Lee Hyeon-seong’s soul.

He told me to take Park Jun-hee to the World Tree, saying that he was his close friend, but it was too risky to keep him alive.

“Why did you bring a guy like that here? You can’t watch him for 24 hours.”

The leader’s dissatisfaction was natural.

No matter how thorough the surveillance was, if Park Jun-hee wanted to, he could have informed them of his situation through the mailbox.

But for Park Jun-hee, it was worth the risk.

“He’s the guy who worked right next to Kim Yu-chan.”

“… … If you’re talking about Kim Yu-chan, are you talking about the Kim Yu-chan who manages all the warriors in the palace?”

“Yes. If we can get this guy to open his mouth, we’ll be able to find out all the information about the palace we were curious about in one go.”

The chief is thinking while crossing his arms at my words.

Someone gropes his hand toward the chief and speaks.

“I, I’ll convince you! Junhee is hearing the wrong story right now and is misunderstanding something!”

Prell’s persuasion.

I had no intention of investing in something with such low probability.

“Wake up so I can talk.”

The chief extends his hand towards the sleeping Park Jun-hee.

-Pat.

Gold that wraps around the body.

As the black magic cast by Lee Hyun-seong is lifted, Park Jun-hee slowly opens his eyes.

“… … He’s not dead yet?”

As Park Jun-hee examines his body with a bewildered expression, someone runs towards him with both arms outstretched.

“Junhee!”

A tearful Prell.

I relay the situation to Park Jun-hee, who looks bewildered.

“At Prell’s request, Park Jun-hee, I have decided to keep you alive.”

“… …What a stupid choice. What are you going to do if I send a letter to the palace?”

“If you want to try, go ahead. At the cost of your lover’s life.”

He draws his sword so that it cannot be seen by Prell, who is embracing Park Jun-hee.

“… … .”

Park Jun-hee lowers his head as he looks at the sword extended toward Prell.

“… … I cannot betray the palace. He is the one who woke me up from being deceived by Lee Hyeonseong.”

Are you trying to shake me up?

Park Jun-hee looks up at me and says that he was being deceived by Lee Hyun-seong.

“You seem to be mistaken. I am not on Lee Hyun-seong’s side.”

“… … Then, what are you?”

“Those who want to survive the palace. That’s all.”

He sheathes his sword silently and raises his voice towards the waiting knights.

“Take them both to the Druids.”

Druids can use the eyes and ears of animals in the forest.

‘We can monitor them more thoroughly than humans.’

If there was one thing that bothered him, it was that he took the risk after listening to Lee Hyun-seong’s words to take Park Jun-hee to the World Tree.

‘I need to meet the people who use the name Lee Hyeon-seong.’

Mysterious people who control the palace in the name of Lee Hyeonseong on the continent of Gerard.

They would have known what kind of person Lee Hyeonseong was.

“I thought you would object since you said you could not betray the palace, but you decided to allow it?”

What on earth were you thinking about?

The leader sighs softly and slumps down in his chair.

“I have to grab onto even the smallest thing. I’ll interrogate Park Jun-hee as soon as I’m ready.”

The face of the chieftain is full of worry.

When I made a face like I didn’t know what was going on, he handed me something.

“……letter?”

Allen Hower.

Letters addressed to my name.

“The Emperor himself has summoned you. … … You must go to the palace.”

The letter had the royal family’s emblem stamped on it.