47. no need to test
A glass jar the size of yogurt.
I ate the red pill in one bite.
Then, I felt a taste on my tongue, as if I would eat raw red medicine applied to a wound.
‘……’
I almost felt nauseated at the moment, but I took a deep breath and managed to prevent the worst from happening.
‘It’s hard to be strong.’
Of course, even so, it’s a business that makes a lot of money if you eat something like this once.
‘Except for the hard work to get the ingredients.’
gulp.
Eventually all the liquid passed through the throat.
“……”
“……”
“……Beep?”
Everyone’s eyes were on me.
I stood still.
Because I didn’t feel anything changed right away.
Then Marco asked if he was frustrated.
“Um… Rohan-sama? How is it?”
“…I don’t know.”
At my words, he tilted his head.
“You don’t know? Hmm? It can’t be? I hit all the good ones…”
“The combination formula wasn’t bad either, Peep.”
“That’s right. Umm. According to my prediction, I thought it would be at least the super soldier of the ancient kingdom in the literature…”
Hmm. But I really don’t know what to do.
“Then, let’s go outside and test it!”
“test?”
“Yes. Your overall physical ability must have greatly improved. Maybe if you make up your mind and use your strength, won’t you feel something different? You can’t do that indoors, so let’s go out and do something. Like lift a rock or pull out a tree. ?”
“I will.”
I was curious too.
Knowing how much I’ve leveled up will help me plan my future plans.
We came out to the back yard like that.
The first thing that caught my eye as soon as I came out was the high wall.
Marco’s laboratory was located in the outermost corner of the city, so it was almost attached to the wall.
Because of this, there was no view at all.
“Originally, if you go right out of here, you’ll find a large empty lot. Now, this new wall has been built, so you have to turn around and go out. Let’s go out and find something to test!”
I nodded and walked after Marco.
while moving like that.
Something is stuck on my sensor.
Whoa…!
A weak signal of danger flying in from above.
I immediately raised my head.
The soldiers at the top of the wall were screaming in contemplation.
“Up, it’s dangerous! Avoid!”
It was because the huge bricks used to repair the castle walls were falling right over our heads.
“Huh, huh!”
Marco froze.
“Harm!”
Diaz dragged him by the scruff of his neck and threw him.
And this time he threw himself at me.
Pushing me away, I knew without looking long that he was about to make a sacrifice.
However, I put strength in my legs and endured.
It was known through the sensitivity of the third eye.
That this is no big threat to me at all.
Thanks to my perseverance, Diaz became like being held in my arms.
I whispered softly to her.
“Hold your head.”
“Ro, Rohan?”
Before I could answer, a huge boulder fell right on top of me.
Accurately, taking into account the momentary rotation of the stone.
Teoeouk!…….Kuuuk!
“Huh…!”
Received the castle wall bricks with the upper body.
There was a heavy feeling, but it slowed down the huge structure that fell from a great height.
It was enough to hold on and lift.
It was a momentary judgment, but even when I think about it, my power right now is quite amazing.
‘If it was like before, there would have been no other way than avoiding it or breaking it with my left arm…’
Now I just think I can handle it, and didn’t I actually handle it again?
Certainly…it seemed like he had become a super soldier like you would see in any other movie.
‘I don’t know about the ancient Super Soldier… I think it’s worth trying with the serum-treated Super Soldier in the movie?’
When I directly experienced the obvious growth, the tickle in my chest felt pretty good.
I had a hard time controlling the corners of my mouth as much as possible.
I tossed the bricks of the castle wall into an appropriately empty place.
Whoops!
I threw it lightly, but the ground shook because of the weight.
Seeing this, Marco stuttered his mouth open.
“Uh, that…it’s not just a stone, it’s a synthetic brick specially made by the royal alchemists…it must be very heavy, right?…”
I nodded.
Somehow, the soldiers above were also looking very surprised.
“Certainly, heavy is heavy.”
“Uh…let’s just go back to the lab. There’s no need to test it…”
* * *
Let’s go back to Marco’s lab.
Zephron stood at the door with his head bowed.
Marco, who recognized him, raised his voice.
“Mr. Zephron?”
“Ah… Marco-kun.”
Zephron turned his head, saw that I was with him, and bowed his head.
“Sir Rohan. You’re not at the inn, so I’m here to find you.”
“You don’t look good?”
“……haha……”
“Let’s go in and talk.”
“Yes.”
We entered the room with a slightly heavy atmosphere like that.
Me and Jeffron sat opposite each other in appropriate seats.
Marco glanced over.
“I’ll make some tea.”
vacated the seat
Zephron let out a small sigh.
I asked him
“What’s wrong?”
“Actually… I haven’t been able to perfectly carry out the work that Lord Rohan has entrusted to me. I apologize.”
entrusted?
Ah, are you referring to asking me to investigate the mortals?
I didn’t ask for it, I just asked for it…
Anyway, it didn’t seem to work out.
Zephron paused for a moment, then spoke again.
“I also felt the importance of this matter and immediately applied for an interview with the Archdiocese. Of course, the Archdiocese decided that there was a significance to investigate, and a special investigation team was formed to begin the investigation.”
He was tired, so he washed his face dry once.
“Fu…but, that investigation has now been blocked.”
“Can I ask why?”
“That’s it… They said there was a formal request from the royal family to stop the investigation. Directly to the Archbishop.”
“The royal family? Does the royal family need to stop this?”
“It’s because of the seven knights rather than the royal family.”
Suddenly seven knights?
Hearing that, I was stunned and surprised.
Zephron continued with an angry face.
“Mordon, a member of the seven knights of Baltras Kingdom. The archbishop quietly said that he seems to have stopped it.”
Ah… I thought you were talking about me, but you’re talking about someone else.
but.
I hadn’t told Zephron yet that I was a member of the Seven Knights.
By the way, if it’s Mordon…
I glanced at Diaz.
After the death of Leanoa, her close friend and former member of the Seven Knights.
It was Mordon who took over Leanoa’s place.
However, I did not have much information about him.
By the time the original work began, it was already the point after Mordon had died.
Still, I remembered that his evaluation was not very good.
‘I heard he was a person who became the Seven Knights to satisfy his greed, right?…’
It was never a good image even if you listened roughly.
Still, I couldn’t figure out why he did this.
“Why did Mordon stop the investigation?”
All of the seven knights were humankind’s special weapons created to fight the devil.
But why?
Unfortunately, even Zephron did not know the answer to that question.
“I can’t figure out at all. What’s behind the plan!”
He too was frustrated.
“Sir Rohan. First of all, this information is an internal secret. I’ll find out more and let you know again, so please pretend you don’t know. And we’re conducting a separate investigation to select paladins, so something will come out soon.”
“Hmm. Okay. But I have a question.”
“Yes? What is it?”
“Aren’t the original seven knights and churches moving together?”
Even in Siphoreo, the Holy Knights of the Archdiocese of Siphoreo and Kraus, a knight of the Seven Orders, were getting along as if they were close friends.
Even when Krause was injured, he stayed in the Archdiocese’s treatment room.
And like Diaz, the lieutenants of the Seven Knights are also Paladins of the Order.
I didn’t understand a little bit.
In the original work, since the Great Invasion had already been successful, the Seven Knights themselves were almost destroyed.
So I was not able to know the exact relationship between the two groups.
The answer to that was Diaz.
“Basically, the two groups are on the same boat. But the difference is that the Arlem Order fights the devil as a follower, and the Seven Knights fight the devil as a human being. So there are subtle differences, and each country treats them differently. It’s also different. In some places, they’re equal, and in some places, the power of the Order is stronger. And here in the Kingdom of Baltras, the power of the Seven Knights is stronger.”
“Um. I see.”
“However, even if the seven knights from other countries have the same status as the seven knights.”
I liked it quite a bit.
It means that no matter how riotous that guy named Mordon is, he can’t do anything to me.
Diaz probably added the last words to make that known.
‘Should I step forward myself…’
when I was worried
thud! thud! thud!
Someone knocked hard on the door.
Marco, who was preparing tea, rushed out the door.
“The door is breaking! Softly! Softly! Get out now!”
let him open the door
A man came in, pushing Marco on the shoulder.
“Get out of the way! What a lowly fellow…!”
“Who are you to come into someone else’s house like this?”
The man stepped aside and showed the face of the person standing behind him.
“It’s Lord Mordon! Can’t we get out of here right away!”
* * *
Mordon appeared with his adjutant.
He was a man who looked like a general at first glance.
At almost 2 meters tall.
The neck peeking through the armor was at the level of a thigh.
His shaggy brown beard and scars all over his face made his impression more intense.
Even the door was low, he bowed his head and entered.
It just pushed in like a tank.
Sweeping the desk with my hand.
Clink, click!
Dropping all the glass bottles on the table.
Seeing this, Marco was horrified.
“aaa! Mmm, please stop!”
But Mordon did not stop.
At that, Zephron stepped forward.
“What are you doing! What kind of deed is this!”
At Zephron’s exclamation, Mordon finally stood tall.
“Abusive… just messing around with this. Your actions, ignoring my warning, are more like abusive behavior. Did you think I wouldn’t know?”
“……!”
“From now on, he pretended to listen, but behind the scenes, he hid the Paladins and continued to investigate the work of Oldion Forest.”
“Never have I.”
“Never did that before…… Kkeuk. Quite impudent. I captured all of them alive… Would you be able to answer them the same way even if you shaved off their hair?”
Zephron grinded his teeth.
Mordon grinned at Zephron.
“If I say do it, I do it. There are no exceptions.”
Then Mordon’s gaze fell on me.
“What else is this bastard? Did he bring in more flying flies because he wasn’t enough of the paladin? He doesn’t know his face… he even attracts all sorts of miscellaneous things like dog bones that he doesn’t know where they came from.”
Mordon walked over to me where I was sitting.
He raised his index finger and pushed my forehead.
My head was pushed back.
“Do you think things will change if you bring a guy like this?”
After spitting out a word, he said again.
“You’re welcome. Nothing changes. Got it?”
It was obvious that he was trying to scare me and make me back off.
Mordon thrust his finger into my forehead again.
I’ve been beaten twice
It wasn’t meant to be three times.
I reached out my right arm and grabbed his chin.
“Huh? Catch it? What if I catch it? Don’t you know that if I touch it, everything will be crushed?”
Mordon reached out his left arm and grabbed my wrist.
It started giving me strength.
I could see the veins on his forearms.
Whoops!
It certainly wasn’t weak.
I was also the right hand man, so if it was the same as before, I would have been beaten…
Thanks to the potion of the phoenix, it was a big help to evolve one step.
“Huh? Give me strength? In front of me? Hahaha! Are you trying to fight me for strength? Oh, yes, I can tell you what the difference in strength is… Ugh?…!”
Poududeuk!
I just broke his finger.
It wasn’t broken yet, but it was pretty big, but he endured it with blood on his forehead.
So I bent back a bit more
Eventually, his knees fell.
“It’s big…!”
Seeing that he doesn’t scream though, he’s quite patient.
Also, I don’t know how to give up.
His mental strength is good, but unfortunately he chose the wrong opponent to hold on to.
Mordon strained his left arm, struggling to stop me from collapsing.
But to no avail.
It was very funny to see a 2-meter-long figure wriggling around.
“They say everything will be crushed. Is it still far?”
As I, who was much smaller than himself, lost his strength, he put on a puzzled face.
Even so, the muzzle was still fluttering.
“Go, dare! Are you going against me, the Seven Knights?”
“Why? It’s not possible with force, so now you’re pushing with power?”
“Power? Yes! That power is mine too! What does it matter that I use mine?”
“Then I’ll use that power as well.”
With my free hand, I took out the seals of the seven knights from my bosom and held them in front of Mordon’s eyes.
It was clear that his eyes were shaking left and right.
“This, the Seven Knights?…”
I raised the corner of my mouth.
“I heard that the situation won’t change… Has anything changed yet?”