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“Did I forget already? Andrew! It’s Andrew! The same seven knights! Do you remember cutting off my sword?”
In the middle of a bloody battlefield.
The image of Andrew pointing at himself with a bright smile remained in my memory for quite some time.
by the way.
I didn’t remember.
“Why are you here?”
Andrew responded by spraying heat wave slashes in all directions, befitting his title as a heat wave knight.
“Let’s get this organized and talk about it. There’s a shelter for survivors on the other side of the retreat!”
“Do that!”
It wouldn’t matter if I ran rampant alone, but those knights were also my hands and feet now.
I had no intention of losing any of them.
‘And Andrew is trustworthy.’
“Vincent Knight Commander!”
“Yes! Lord Rohan!”
“I will stand at the very rear and block them! Let the injured troops escape first, and let the intact knights move together with the reinforcements!”
“All right!”
I went to the farthest place from the retreat again and looked at those who had fallen behind.
Then Diaz and Andrew followed me.
pop! Puffup!
Andrew’s swordsmanship, which raged with heatwaves with each blow, slashed the lower-ranking vampires.
Andrew’s basic skill itself was so solid, so every attack was fierce.
In addition, the heat wave attack is added to that cut.
No matter how much they are vampires, they exploded as soon as they were cut, so they could not stand it and died in an instant.
Although they were vampires who would recover even if they received a shallow cut or a fatal attack from a human point of view, as long as their neck or heart was intact.
When Andrew’s power, heat wave, mixed with the sword attack, their survivability plummeted to almost zero.
Awesome! Puff! Shock! pop!
Truly, Andrew’s sword cut him to death.
“Keew!”
“Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
Excited by the smell of blood, unlike the ghouls, those who still had reason started to avoid Andrew.
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Judging by the air flow between Andrew and the vampires, it seemed that they had already fought several battles before.
It was obvious to me that I was afraid of Andrew.
Thanks to that, the attacks began to come towards me and Diaz…
Of course, we weren’t the ones to be taken lightly.
Diaz’s skills have clearly improved thanks to the recent training with me.
“aaap!”
stone embankment! stone embankment!
Although there is no heat wave like Andrew, Diaz also had the power inherited from Leanoa.
It doesn’t have a big impact, so I sometimes forget it, but one effect is certain…
[Mercy Attacker] The power of damage proportional to your physical strength!
“Kiyiyi!”
“Kureuuu…!”
Even Diaz showed overwhelming inaction, and naturally, the rest of the troops rushed to my side…
I grinned at the guys.
‘They’re coming to me avoiding those with unique skills?’
Even if I made a mistake, I was wrong for a long time.
Pajik…… Pajijik! Damn! So-so-so-so-so-so-so! The Kwaaguagaga River!
I sprayed black thunder with full power.
A streak of lightning, reminiscent of a heavenly storm, swept in front of me as if dancing.
After that.
A huge vampire cemetery was created in front of me.
Certainly, there are three named-class humans with unique skills.
The force was beyond imagination.
I didn’t expect that the synergy would be so great.
In the end, the vampires who still had a lot of heads quietly retreated and began to distance themselves.
Andrew muttered softly next to me.
“Wow……Thunder Power…Crazy…”
* * *
Diaz and I ran after Andrew.
Although a few low-class vampires appeared in the middle.
Chew!
The three of us couldn’t be stopped.
That’s where we arrived…
It was like a small shelter on the outskirts of the city.
“Ugh…”
“Here! Help me! I’m bleeding too much! Help me stop the bleeding!”
“Keahhhh”
“Fuuu…
However, this place never felt like a shelter.
It was close to a little hell.
In case the wounded were caught by the vampires, they gnashed their teeth to hold back their screams.
The death toll was increasing every moment.
In case even this place was discovered by vampires, even if someone died, he couldn’t even cry.
Diaz and I continued walking past them.
Because Andrew didn’t stop.
Walk a little longer like that.
Where Andrew stood was in front of a man.
“Sir Andrew? Why are you so late than the main squad? Weren’t you surprised when you thought you were dead?”
savage warrior.
He was a middle-aged man whose name really suited him, a little like a gorilla.
The weapon standing next to it was, of course, an ax the size of a tolerable human torso, which further strengthened the formidable image.
He tilted his head at Diaz and me behind Andrew.
“Whose shoes are these?”
“Ah! This is what I was talking about earlier…”
Before Andrew could finish his sentence, the man slammed his palm with his fist.
“Aha. That Lord Rohan?”
you said before
since when?
And what and how many times did he say it, so that he noticed it before he even finished talking?
There were several doubts, but for now, I just skipped them.
“Hey! Nice to meet you. I’ve heard a lot. I’m Cason, the leader of this place.”
Casson held out a palm the size of a pot lid.
I also reached out and took his hand.
“It’s Rohan.”
Casson’s hand held my hand.
‘Wow. What kind of palm…’
It was like touching a boulder.
It was the first time anyone had so many calluses on the inside of their palms.
It was probably because he wielded that huge ax often.
“And this is Sir Diaz, Lord Rohan’s lieutenant.”
Andrew also introduced Diaz.
“Nice to meet you.”
“Yes. My name is Daaz.”
It seemed that all the key people were gathered, so I asked Andrew.
“What’s going on? I guess I need some explanation.”
“Ah. That’s it. At first, I started chasing after him to have a sparring match with Lord Rohan, right?”
“Follow me? From where?”
“Of course from Straun parish.”
“……”
If it’s Straun Diocese… isn’t it the first time?
You said you chased it from there?
But it took so long?……. Why?
“I did.”
* * *
“I mean, I’m a little long.”
“……”
“And then, no. Why do you move so fast? If you chase it, it’s already started. If you chase it again, it’s like it’s left.
Is that…is it really my fault?
“I took the wrong path from Straun…Anyways, I went round and round, and you know Uncle Kraus at Siphoreo, right? I heard from that uncle that he went to Baltras Kingdom. But… I saw a lot of smoke rising from outside the castle.”
Andrew continued his explanation enthusiastically, describing the billowing smoke with a motion of his hand.
“It’s just surging. Ugh, something happened to me. It must have been a fire! I stepped in with the mindset that I should help too! But what is this?”
Unexpectedly, Andrew continued the story tastefully.
“The fire isn’t the problem, there’s a war going on inside. Mothers holding their children, and grandmothers trying to protect their grandchildren. They’re being slaughtered right in front of their eyes. The seven knights shouldn’t just let it go.”
Should I even hit the ball?
“So, first of all, I started saving people. Then it happened like this. Actually, I’ve only been here for two days.”
To put his worries to shame, Andrew was the type to do everything on his own until he was done talking, even if he didn’t have to argue.
However, even though I listened to it all, there was a feeling that it was not particularly helpful, and there was no substance.
I also didn’t like the handsome guy.
Casson, as if he knew that the exact situation would not be grasped even after Andrew’s words, entered moderately.
“This sadal happened only a week ago. I don’t know, but originally, I felt that this County of Molen didn’t mix well with the Baltras Kingdom.”
I nodded.
“I heard that they were a tribe that had just joined the kingdom.”
“Oh. You know? Yes. We were warriors living in this land with our own king. So, even after becoming a member of the Baltras Kingdom, there was often friction. It was because our basic inclinations themselves were a little different.”
“This can be happen.”
“Of course, it wasn’t actually a bad merger. The kingdom recognized its own autonomy, and there was plenty of support. Thanks to that, the quality of life of the people improved. However, there were always differences of opinion. The side that said, and the side that wanted to maintain the current situation. And that balance was destroyed by Count Soleon.”
When Count Soleon’s name came up, I narrowed my eyes.
“Did he instigate the Independents?”
“No. It’s the opposite. I encouraged the supporters. I was an independent who wanted the independence of the county, and I was an aide to Count Mollen, who was the chief of the tribe.”
I tilted my head.
Why are the supporters not the independents…
“Earl Soleon touched Count Molen, who wanted to maintain the status quo.”
“Has there ever been a case in favor of going over?”
“Earl Molen was aiming for the position of king of Baltras Kingdom in the first place.”
“……!”
“He intended to start a war from the beginning. Civil war! A sea of blood spread like this. I couldn’t stop anything. I barely saved these people. This place might collapse at any moment.”
Casson blamed himself and lowered his head.
Andrew, who was watching from the side, slightly changed the topic.
“How did Lord Rohan know about this place? I couldn’t even ask for help because the vampires completely blocked the castle.”
“The purpose of my coming here was to punish Count Soleon. But when I arrived, I was in this state.
“Aha……”
“Do you know where Count Soleon is?”
“Well. Right now, the situation has not been organized even inside here… More reinforcements will come, and we will have to search after quelling the situation.”
In response, I called Knight Commander Vincent.
“Yes. Did you call, Lord Rohan?”
“How long will it take for the follow-up troops that Count Gargent said he will lead?”
“Probably at that marching speed… it will arrive around sunset tomorrow.”
“Then, I’ll be attacked by a catapult again in the dark.”
“……It seems highly likely.”
It’s our Vanguard Expedition, I stopped it because I was there.
Under normal circumstances, such a catapult attack would annihilate half of the troops and start a battle.
because that wasn’t the case.
I decided to destroy the catapult.
“Before tomorrow night, destroy all catapults.”
To that, Knight Commander Vincent nodded.
“When the sun rises, lesser vampires will certainly be affected.”
By the way.
Casson gave us a desperate answer.
“In this castle, there is no day.”
I frowned.
“What does that mean?”
“Literally. The sun never rises. This castle has become completely independent of the world we know. You can only go in. You can’t go out… It’s like another dimension. North If you go out, oddly, you were supposed to come back through the south.”
Dimensional separation magic?
Something came to mind.
Casson sighed and continued.
“The biggest problem is that we can’t figure out what’s what, or anything at all. Once we figure out the situation, we’ll come up with a countermeasure, no matter what we do or not… Where and how to find out…”
I cut him off
gave the correct answer.
“Witch that splits dimensions. Ledeia.”
At my answer, Knight Commander Bencent and Cason tilted their heads.
“It’s the first I’ve heard of that name.”
“Ledea? Who is that?”
However, Diaz and Andrew, who were at least part of the Holy Knights, had their eyes wide open.
“Certainly. The witch was there.”
“Wow… you figured it out in one shot?”
Soon, Diaz and Andrew’s faces froze.
“If it’s that witch…the method…”
“It’s a big deal. If I do well with this, I won’t be able to go out forever…”
Of course, my face still wasn’t that frozen.
Diaz noticed that and asked.
“No way, Rohan-nim. Do you have a way?”
sh*t.
“There is a way…there is.”
I raised the corner of my mouth.
It was the moment when the knowledge of the deceased person shined.