I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 31

31. Evernode (5)

31. Evernode (5)

The troll’s body collapsed like a cracked rock. I jumped off the troll’s head, which was split in half, and roughly wiped the blood from my face. If it was winter, I’d just spread the snow and rub it. There was nothing but moss all around.

“Whoa.”

“[It was nice to try to somehow find the principle of softness in combat. I will praise you.]”

You’ve tried, but have you made any real progress?

“[Of course, it’s still not enough. And you will find out little by little on your own whether or not you are progressing.]”

yes. You can’t suddenly develop your skills miraculously in a day or two. Unless you get a big realization. As the Holy Sword said, if you hold on to the sword steadily and study it, you will see results. However, it should be completed before the war with the giants that may come at any time… , it seems that it is inevitable that the mind becomes nervous little by little.

“[You can do it, Illroy.]”

The consolation of the Holy Sword, heard from time to time, found stability in the mind to the extent of being strange. It’s just one word. I was amazed at that fact and put the Holy Sword back into the scabbard.

“… You knocked me down.”

When I turned my head to where the voice came from, Archduke Quenore was standing behind me before I knew it. The Archduke was looking at the troll’s corpse with an expression he had never seen before. Looking into the cool blue eyes of the Archduke of Quenore, he seemed to be deep in thought.

“It was not difficult.”

“yes. It actually looked like that. I thought it would be a bit of a struggle, but my expectations turned out to be colorless. It was a very skillful move.”

The Archduke looked at me like that. Then, with a glance, I turned my gaze to the holy sword hanging from my left waist.

“Is it because of the holy sword that I can’t use my aura?”

“Yes. But I don’t find it uncomfortable.”

The Grand Duke narrowed his brows and looked at me for a while. Re-evaluation is good, but it’s a little burdensome to get that stare while standing in an awkward position.

“To defeat a troll without using an aura is something that most knights can’t even begin to do. Especially for those with little or no experience dealing with trolls. It was great.”

I shook my head. I had the knowledge of the original work, and even received the teachings of the holy sword, but I didn’t want to be praised for defeating a troll skillfully.

“Nope. It is still not enough.”

“It’s not good to be too humble, hero.”

Subtly, the knight of Evernode intervened in the conversation between the Archduke of Quenore and me. It’s not like humility, it’s sincere. Anyway, were these people originally the ones who spoke first like this?

“The Grand Duke is not stingy with praise, but he is by no means one who speaks empty words.”

This is it, it was at the level of threatening with a knife to rejoice. Well, it wasn’t that this article was talking to me in a quarrelsome way, but it was an attitude of subtly acknowledging me, so I didn’t feel bad about it.

“All right, Sir Reese. I should have told you to refrain from small talk as much as possible while on patrol.”

“Wasn’t the Archduke also doing it a while ago?”

“As the patrol leader, I was just checking the condition of the patrolmen, but I wouldn’t call that small talk.”

And, the attitude of the two people who were quite solemn also changed. Perhaps this appearance is closer to the usual ones. I smiled bitterly at Grand Duke Quenore accepting a subordinate’s joke without hesitation.

“Illroy, are you hurt anywhere?”

Daphne approached and asked. I smiled and raised my arms. While fighting the troll, he didn’t even touch it in the first place. I’m different from when I was fighting the gray bear.

“at all. You’re perfectly fine.”

“You just dealt well with the warrior. If there were any injuries, I would have been rather surprised.”

When Daphne, the knight Rhys, spoke to her, she was startled and stepped a little closer towards me. It’s only natural that weak-willed Daphne is surprised when the attitudes of people who used to act like they’re about to be eaten start to change. I laughed at Daphne’s purple eyes, which had become surprised rabbit eyes.

“surprised?”

Daphne nodded and whispered.

“… A little bit.”

Still, it will be much better now than the desolate atmosphere. I looked at the Grand Duke of Quenore and Rhys, who started talking to each other again with serious expressions.

“Good work, Illroy.”

Georg looked at me with really different eyes now and patted me on the shoulder. Beyond the unexpectedness, the eyes seemed to contain grandeur and a little bit of trust. Compared to the first day of Bing, I felt really different. I sighed and started walking after the Archduke of Quenore, who was leading the way.

After clearing the trolls, we started riding again. I couldn’t feel it until I defeated the troll, but as I kept going, I felt the temperature drop in real time. The patrol began to enter the sphere of influence of the ‘limit line’.

“I think the weather has suddenly turned cold.”

Daphne said as she tightened her clothes. Daphne’s cheeks, which were being pushed round by the closing collar, were burned by the cold wind.

“It must mean that we are slowly approaching the limit line. From now on, a lot of monsters will attack you, so you should be nervous.”

I was on my nerves. I felt several eyes as if they were watching us from deep in the forest. No, since it’s that of a monster, I guess it’s correct to say it’s an intent to kill. At that time, Archduke Quenore, who was riding next to the formation with a calm expression, drew his sword and looked at me. Following his movement, the two knights following us also drew their swords.

“Hero, as you said, we are now within the sphere of influence of the limit line. Also, the monsters will try to exclude us more aggressively and ferociously. Some of them may be subordinates of intelligent monsters.”

When the sword of the Archduke of Quenore was pulled out of its scabbard, it let out a ferocious cry. It was as if the north wind had been gathered, placed on an anvil, and beaten into the shape of a sword. It was half as big as a normal sword there. The width of the blade was the size of the palm of my hand, and the razor was literally shining blue.

“From now on, let us do our own thing too.”

Saying that, the Grand Duke turned his gaze to the deep forest I was looking at.

Whoops.

A disturbing ringing sound is heard on the wind. There was a shimmering light in the blue eyes of the Archduke of Quenore. Even from a distance, the Archduke’s heart was beating, and he could feel the massive amount of mana being pumped up. The knights also expressed their will to fight as if they would not lose. When my presence clearly caught the approaching monsters, they all took a nosedive ceremony.

Kkong-!!

With the barking of a large dog and the sound of breaking twigs, a group of white wolves appeared, salivating under their chins. About fifteen in number. The moment I aimed the Holy Sword to deal with the one that approached the fastest, I heard the sound of someone’s blade cutting through the air. And-

puck.

The six white wolves that came running were torn to shreds like paper thrown into a shredder, spraying blood into the air. It was a single sword. I opened my eyes wide as I looked at the Grand Duke of Quenore who shook off his overwhelming sword. The knights of Evernode followed the Grand Duke at the front of the ranks.

“Take only those who are about to scatter. I’ll take care of the rest.”

“I will follow your orders.”

The knights scattered left and right like a bird spreading its wings, like one body. The holy sword spoke to me as I watched the series of processes with admiration.

“[Engrave it well in your eyes. Their movements are unusual. Especially that grand duke.]”

The Grand Duke swung his sword and was killing monsters easily. It was a movement that did not feel any sense of spleen or fierceness, but Archduke Quenor’s sword cut through the gaps of the white wolves without an inch of error. It must have been much fiercer and stronger than the white wolf at the beginning of the patrol, but I couldn’t even feel the change as the archduke died two by one every time he swung his sword.

“[You’ve already reached the stage. I don’t know how perfect my skills are, but the momentum I feel is comparable to the heroes of the Age of Mythology.]”

It’s the first time I’ve seen the holy sword praise this much. Well, even in the original work, he showed an unbelievable performance. It would be nice to be able to do only half of the archduke without the aid of a holy sword.

“[This is also the path you must follow, Illroy.]”

Kang-!!

The last white wolf collapsed with a cry of death. It seemed like it took less than three minutes to clear that pack of wolves. The Archduke single-handedly defeated more than ten white wolves, and the knights took on two of the wolves trying to escape. Although not as good as the Grand Duke, the knights also defeated the wolves without difficulty, as if they had won a victory in this fight.

“Keep going. It seems not long.”

Archduke Quenore looked at me and said. I laughed at the horrors the Grand Duke created.

“I thought you were going to leave all the monster handling to us.”

“Evernode has the pride, can we entrust all the work to outsiders? If others see it, they will laugh at it, saying that the North is dead too.”

The Grand Duke looked at the corpses of the wolves and said, Knights approached the Grand Duke’s side. Knight Reese looked at Archduke Quenore with a small smile.

“I also thought that the Grand Duke was stimulated by the hero’s performance. We thought it would be okay for the hero to take charge of all subjugation for this expedition.”

“I told you not to share idle chatter.”

Reese laughed, not caring about the grand duke’s words. The Grand Duke shook his head and turned his horse’s head.

“Once we get to the shore of the lake, let’s take a closer look. Perhaps sooner or later it will be in a position where it can be seen properly.”

The wind that was blowing began to take on a slightly different feeling. The wind, which seems to have blown from all directions in the forest, blows from the front with a clear direction. Conifers also became roadside trees leading to one path in the line maze with Jung-gu Heating.

“This is the ‘Eye of the North’, the final destination for all patrols.”

As we passed the last tree, the view opened up. And, the blue mirror filled the open field of vision so much that the word blue could not be described. The shore of the lake made the same topography as the shore and stretched out its hand far into the distance.

But I couldn’t just stare at the lake and admire it. Beyond. It was because beyond the place where the lake reached out, a chill that pierced through flesh and bones and froze the blood was creeping over. Where the chill lurked, the sky was covered with gray snow clouds.

“Originally, I went around the lake or took a boat to look around the other side of the lake, but now that the limit line is getting closer and closer, that is impossible.”

The Archduke looked across the lake and said. His voice was as cold as ice.

“It’s clearer than the last time I came.”

“The speed has not increased, but the problem is that it is steadily approaching. When winter comes, it seems that the war will begin in earnest.”

I narrowed my brows. Come to think of it, when Arjen reached the north in the original work, it was winter, when the defensive battle was already in full swing. At what point did Illroy start a war against Calamity, and how he was defeated is unknown. Damn. The information I have is useless when I really need it.

“When the limit line reaches the lake, this lake will freeze over. That really means it’s time for us to prepare for war.”

We gazed at the lake in silence for a while. I think everyone probably has the footsteps of the approaching giant in their heads.

On the way back, everyone refrained from talking. I didn’t open my mouth. Rather than trying to be lighthearted, it would be better to let the presence of the coming catastrophe dwell on it. I also didn’t like the heavy atmosphere, but I thought it wasn’t bad that no one tried to turn their eyes away from reality.

“… Is that simply a sign of disaster?”

Daphne opened her mouth. Her cheeks, which had been flushed from the cold, had regained their original color in an instant.

“I felt a very frightening power. Huge magic power, as if it would make all existences come to nothing. We haven’t even met face-to-face yet, but it’s such an atmosphere… .”

Georg, who was walking ahead, looked back and nodded. Georg’s face was stiff as well.

“I remember fighting the Kraken. At the time, I didn’t know that the sea would become such a fearful existence.”

Georg turned his gaze to me.

“Illroy, you look better than I thought.”

It’s okay, baby. I thought my body froze from the soles of my feet. It’s okay because the holy sword is telling me to come to my senses now. I couldn’t bear to say it and frowned.

“It’s just paying attention to being vigilant. I don’t know what kind of accident could happen if I distracted myself on the way back.”

The moment I said that, I felt like the back of my head was standing up. I had a feeling I was missing something.

It’s to be wary of ‘crawlers’. They are as powerful as gray bears, but more cunning than crows and faster than fleeing hares. And they usually follow their prey silently and then ambush them.’

The words he had uttered hit his head. Faster than hares, cunning than crows. When do they like to surprise the most?

The Archduke of Quenore came out and turned his head at the same time.

late.

Even the Archduke of Quenore could not deal with all the ‘crawlers’ attacking from three directions at the same time. And the target the crawlers are aiming for is Daphne, who is the most vulnerable in our party. The body, not the head, reacted first.

Their sickle-like forepaws protrude. In response, I raised the holy sword from below.

At the same time – the first stage of the holy sword was opened, and light like a meteor’s light enveloped the blade.

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  1. huehue huehue says:

    Good job, at least your work has born fruit 🙇

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