43. Skirmish (5)
“I think it would be a good idea to put the flares aside for a while.”
I said so after a short thought. Knight Roy nodded calmly and put the flare back in. I was told to fire the flares without delay, but now was not the time for us to fire the flares without thinking. Even though we might be stranded here, we couldn’t make the Grand Duke come all the way here to rescue the other patrols.
And perhaps the grand duke will come to rescue me, a warrior, first. Putting other colleagues in danger like that was never what I wanted.
“[Help me, Illroy.]”
At times like this, the Holy Sword’s support has always been my support. I glared at the wolves, who were closing in on us. The wolf at the forefront, who had been talking to us, opened his mouth again.
“I am the right hand of the corps commander, the leader of all wolves.”
The beast’s saliva dripped down the wolf’s chin. The wolf nodded and moved slowly towards me.
“In this forest, for a very long time, your knights have been chewing it up.”
Some knights of Evernode must have recognized the great white wolf, and their faces were distorted. Roy spoke to me in a hard voice.
“… Robo. That clever bastard has killed several of our knights. It is probably one of the oldest monsters in this forest.”
The white wolf, Robo, sneered and let out a breath.
“yes. You guys would be much better off dying without knowing anything. He is our hope and God, but he will guarantee you nothing but death and destruction.”
I thought back to fighting Aragrid in the ant nest. The monsters with names were strong. I wouldn’t know if it was Illoi in the original work, but a possessor who doesn’t know anything. Even before I opened the holy sword, I couldn’t win no matter how hard I struggled. The years they accumulated gave them the wisdom to overcome the cunning of humans, and gave them the strength to overcome the pitiful power of humans.
-Now, can I beat him?
“I will take charge of that captain alone.”
I said to the knights behind me. If he was to be defeated, how long would it take to defeat him again? Can the knights hold out against so many wolves while taking them down?
“It looks like it could be a long-term battle, so save your magic power and fight.”
The white wolf captain stood in front of me and confronted me. He was still opening his mouth as if mocking me.
“Is the story over? All the knights I killed told me that before they died. How should I knock me down, how should I get out of this place. A meaningless story like that.”
“For a monster, you talk a lot. I guess you wanted to make a lot of noise?”
I cut off Robo’s words, then raised the holy sword and aimed it at the wolf’s head. The holy sword tried to suck my mana little by little, and I gave up my mana without sparing it.
“[I will go without sparing my strength from the beginning. Can you stand it?]”
I’ve been training to withstand your strength. If it’s not okay, it must mean that I have neither the talent nor the qualifications to deal with you. Well, the second stage hasn’t been unlocked yet.
“[I’ll go right away. don’t give him time Illroy, you probably know best.]”
Kwaji Jik.
The mighty power of the Holy Sword began to oppress my body. The holy sword began to pour into my body as it warned me, sparing no strength. I quickly regained control of my stressed body. That much I could bear. A white light of destruction rose from the hilt of the holy sword.
“… !”
The wolf facing the light growled, baring its teeth ferociously. I poured all the mana I had gathered into my legs and threw myself at Robo. The wolf didn’t care and hit the blade of the flying holy sword with its huge mouth.
bang-!!
What teeth did you make of mithril?
The power of the holy sword, which normally cuts monsters like tofu, collided with the monster’s teeth, sparked and was blocked. When I hit it with the blade, it felt like I was hitting a stone with a hammer. I pulled out the blade of the Holy Sword from the closing Robo’s mouth and slashed again.
The guy jumped to the side and dodged it. The attack does not end with one sword. But he didn’t stop at avoiding it either. By smell, by sight, by ear, Robo knew my movements. As if he knew where he was going to throw his sword next, he easily let go of my sword and dodged it.
do not reach I twisted the tip of the holy sword. My inexperienced body twists and creaks along with the orbit of the holy sword. Robo jumped backwards and countered the blade of the holy sword with his fangs. can’t cut I’m sure I could pierce his hide if I hit it properly, but he doesn’t give me a chance to cut or stab me, and he makes fun of me swinging his sword in the air.
“It’s lame, it’s weak. You are no different from all the other knights I have eaten.”
bang-!!
I was in a hurry. They stimulated me little by little by playing with their non-human tongues. The holy sword I wielded flew in a sharper trajectory than usual. Robo moved his feet lightly. His eyes were hard to read. That twitching nose and ears that twitched with my movements read and conveyed more to him than his eyes. His experience accumulated from dealing with countless knights of Evernode saw through the flaws in my sword, which was only a few months old.
“Yeah, they all made that face too. Even a knight stronger than you.”
With a sword swung horizontally. Robo crouched low, his eyes shining. The bright yellow beast’s eyes were catching me. I was pierced by those eyes and my body instantly stiffened.
“Do you know how long they would last with that expression on their face? Can you imagine the look on his face when he finally collapsed and was torn apart by my teeth?”
Saying so, Robo stretched out his crouched body and jumped up. I barely managed to catch his headbutt with the blade of the holy sword. The body floats in the air. Ignoring the pain that pierced my chest and back, I braced my whole body for balance. If I fall, its fangs will pierce my throat. I staggered and glared at Robo.
“All you have now is that strange, ominous white light.”
Robo laughed at me. As he lunged at me with his jaws open, I dodged him with an unsightly roll to the side. The wolf chased after me and threw himself.
right. I stepped, retracted it, and sprinted to the right again. The wolf followed me on a whim.
As the wolf charged, I kept my eyes open and watched its movements until the end. Turning my head to catch the gaping jaw, I put my weight on it and rammed it into the robot. The smell of a nasty beast. I grabbed him and rolled around, trying to aim for his heart with the tip of the holy sword. However, of course, Robo was not a monster that would be treated lightly.
Wow!!
The guy shuddered greatly. Losing my balance for a moment, I jumped out of the wolf’s body and rolled across the floor. My back and stomach hit trees and stones. Fortunately, I didn’t miss the Holy Sword. My subordinates, the white wolves, rushed at me as I was rolling on the floor. I swung the holy sword wide and tore them all apart.
One point was not enough.
This was just an opportunity. A chance to pierce his heart completely. And he won’t be beaten twice by a similar trick. Even if it meant breaking my arm, I should have held on to it until the end. My teeth were grinding to pieces.
I looked around and saw other knights and soldiers. Knights and soldiers were not united. It seemed that several white wolves threw themselves and broke the formation. The knights using auras fought hard and cut down the wolves, but there were too many of them.
“I don’t know what you want and resist so much.”
Robo is coming.
“I don’t think the situation is much different for other humans who are spread out in the forest. It might already be lying around as a miserable corpse.”
His breathing was rough, scratching his neck. It wasn’t the first time I felt it. Even then, when I was fighting the spider in the anthill, this was the situation. The difference is that now I can’t rely on miracles to happen. I had to find it. I had to think.
bang-!!
Finally, as if to put an end to it, Robo pounced on me. I flew backwards and was thrown to the ground. As I stared at the floor, I saw the slowly approaching Robo’s feet. I got up from my knees with my trembling hands on the ground. Robo opened his mouth and let out a beastly laugh.
“Yeah, that suits you guys. Quietly, trembling and spilling blood on the ground-”
At that time, I saw an iron sword stuck in the ground waiting for its owner.
“Salvation won’t come. Even the dark-haired swordsman you boast about will be tied up.”
Salvation does not come, that wolf was saying.
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No, I must be saved. I walked with faltering steps and grabbed the hilt of the iron sword with my left hand.
Hey, Holy Sword.
“[Why is that?]”
It’s an emergency, can you take a look?
“[What the hell are you thinking?]”
Instead of answering, I grabbed the iron sword and pulled it up. I don’t take care of my body and I have to do a lot of work. The holy sword spoke to me in a voice that seemed to be ridiculous.
“[…] Don’t look at me in this situation, your heart may not be able to withstand it, Illroy.]”
Well then, if you hold on like this, you’ll die from being bitten by that guy’s teeth.
I was complacent. Now I was not in a position to save my life. Even when helping Daphne grow, even when trying to open the Holy Sword, I was thinking of preserving my life to the end. no. With that way of thinking- I was thinking of grabbing the holy sword and pretending to be a hero, a hero?
The heart, which had been constantly exchanging mana with the holy sword, beat again. A pang arose. The blood flowed back and leaked out. It feels like splitting your heart in two. I grabbed one side of the split heart and used my left arm to energize it. The right side, well, the holy sword will take care of it.
“[Stupid-.]”
The Holy Sword’s voice was faintly audible. I bit my lip to keep from losing consciousness. The blood vessels in his eyes ruptured and blood flowed out. The body was about to bloom again. I didn’t try to forcefully hold back the vortex of power swirling inside me. Back then, like the first time I put power in my hands.
“What the hell… ?”
I heard Robo’s voice. A whirlwind of magic swirled beneath her feet. The sword took root in my hand, and I willingly poured my mana into it. A silvery aura sprouts from the roots. I got up completely from my seat using the two rampaging powers as support.
“[I don’t really like twin swords. That big wolf guy doesn’t seem to have seen a swordsman using dual swords.]”
The voice of the holy sword seemed to be unstoppable.
“[Since you have withstood the activation of the force, I will help you tune it. For now, just think about defeating those monsters.]”
The Holy Sword’s words pushed my back. I started running and cutting down the wolves blocking my way. Robo was the first to step back, embarrassed. pours mana I opened the way to him, swinging my sword freely without covering my hand.
“-Do something useless!!”
The wolf opened its mouth without backing down further. I twisted my wrist to sharpen the iron sword in my left hand, then fired it with the open mouth of Robo. Of course, my sword couldn’t penetrate the guy and got stuck in his teeth, but there was one crucial difference.
It’s that the guy’s jaws aren’t two.
The blade of the holy sword cut through space and headed for Robo’s body. For the first time, the holy sword’s attack lands on Robo’s body, which had not let go of my blade while biting it as usual.
Kwajijik-!!
The blade of the sword clearly pierced his skin. Robo howled and let out a painful cry. Beast blood gushed into the air. I continue to attack with the sword in my left hand that has been freed by that cry. Upper arm, left foot, chest, neck. Every time the sword cut through the wolf’s body, another stream of blood gushed out.
It felt like my brain was split in half and I was playing separately. The right hand follows the guidance of the holy sword, and the left follows the way I have been taught. The myth of fear that once allowed an intrusion gradually crumbled with each swing of my arm.
“bloke-!!”
I drew my sword straight ahead at Robo, whose mouth was wide open in a fit of fuss. He made the mistake of biting the sword in my left arm again, and this time I definitely didn’t miss that mistake.
Pierce the guy’s neck with the holy sword. The sword in his left arm stabbed straight into the gaping jaw. The tip of the sword penetrates the roof of his mouth. He pulled out the blade and stabbed his tongue, which had been spitting out human words, through the lower jaw. Robo’s head fell straight to the ground. I swung my two swords, pouring out my mana one last time. Countless swords were carved into his body. Robo rattled his tattered mouth and spat out a sigh.
“this… ! Minor things that will disappear once you step on them-!!”
“Noisy, mutt.”
Kwagagagak-!!
My sword finally decapitated the wolf. In the air, Robo’s body was cut into three parts.
coogu palace.
The captain collapsed. I turned my back and looked at the knights fighting hard. squeeze your heart again A vast amount of mana, unknown from where it came from, made the aura even brighter. The fight has stopped. The wolves all backed away from the knights and looked at me, baring their teeth, while the knights stared blankly at me with their battered faces.
“Their leader has fallen.”
boosted momentum Certainly, to imprint defeat on the monsters and proclaim victory to the knights and soldiers. Before I knew it, I climbed onto the horse that came close to me again. As if the horse was elevated by my mana, I raised my front paws and then put them down.
“Here we do not fall.”
The knights nodded. It raises the power with each word. For them, it is the fire that lights the way at the forefront. Those who missed the spear lifted it again. Those who had put their swords in the ground pulled out their swords again.
“Now I’m going to go get the 3rd, 4th, and 5th patrols.”
The soldiers swallowed dry saliva. In the eyes of the soldiers who had cooled down, the will to fight flared up again.
“Would you like to follow me?”
““Even if it’s on fire!”
“In that case, I will be the first to pierce the fire.”
Wolves were coming. I looked at the sky where the remnants of the signal flare remained. I could still hear the voices of my comrades resisting the monsters. I could hear the voices of those who hadn’t let go of their swords waiting for me.
“[You look like a hero.]”
yes. After all, it’s what you said.
“All troops, prepare to charge!!”
Along with my horse, knights and soldiers lined up behind my back. I rode my horse to the monster wall, and the thunderous shouts of the soldiers pushed my back. I thrust forward the holy sword and the iron sword-
White and silver meteors began to shine brighter than the sun on the summer solstice.
Good riddance Robo. Talkative POS
Dual wielding huh 🧐