I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 45

45. coming (2)

Two mornings later, the knights’ parade ground.

The injuries still remain, but they have healed to a level where there is no great difficulty in moving the body. I warmed up by flicking my wrists and shoulders.

“Even though I told you not to overdo it while injured.”

Archduke Quenore sighed as he gripped his sword in one hand. It was a sparring sword that killed the blade. I asked him to fight with a real sword, but the Grand Duke stood firm, saying that if he was going to fight with a real sword, he would never do it, and he had no choice but to change the blade to a dead sword. I also put down the holy sword and stood facing the Archduke holding a sparring sword.

“There is no guarantee that you will get anything. There is no guarantee that I can teach you anything.”

“I don’t have much time. And I need something more.”

I took a breath and said so. The Archduke nodded heavily, saying he knew.

“Come first. I won’t be foolish that I decided to fight with you.”

The Archduke then changed the momentum. It was the usual posture when fighting monsters together. Just by changing the momentum like that, a weak wind blew through my hair. When he was an ally, there was nothing more reassuring than that, but when he faced an opponent, it felt like he was holding a knife to his bare skin. It’s such a momentum that it’s not strange even if it’s cut off anytime.

“I will do my best to deal with you. As long as you don’t get hurt.”

I didn’t answer and immediately flew the new model. A stab, not a cut. in the fastest and surest way. However, the Archduke’s response, which accurately followed my sword’s point, was astute.

Key Yiing-!!

The sword blade swept across the blade, making a scratching sound. Then, he pushed my blade away with the tip of the hilt and fired a slash that narrowed inwards. Using the power of the anti-aircraft push as momentum, I leaped backwards and let out a sword strike. I was used to landing and balancing in the air.

“It wasn’t over with the first blow.”

The Grand Duke looked at me and muttered.

“I think he intended to end it with the first blow.”

“I’m not ignoring you. It’s because you’re great. I will wield the next attack and the next one with the intention of knocking you down in one blow.”

The Grand Duke then approached me in an instant. I responded by swinging my sword against the one sword wielded by the Archduke. The shock transmitted from the blade made me doubt whether it was a sword wielded by a person. But I couldn’t let go of the sword. I couldn’t even break my posture. If I only defend, I will break first. If you switch to offensive, you will be eaten.

“Kuh-!”

I completely blocked the attack with a defensive posture, and faced the sword of the archduke without looking for an opportunity or counterattacking. In the end, it wasn’t long before I was thrown to the floor, and the archduke’s sword point was aimed at my neck.

“… Can I try again?”

At my words, the Grand Duke silently drew his sword. I get up from my seat, and the sword strikes again. The second time I competed, I was able to last longer. Even the third. However, from the fourth couplet, the time for the Grand Duke to defeat me began to get shorter and shorter. I couldn’t get used to the Archduke’s sword, but the Archduke gradually got used to my sword. The swords I could come up with were limited, and the Archduke responded to them with countless changes.

Quadang.

After I fell to the ground for the tenth time, the Archduke pierced the ground with his sparring sword and let out a short breath. I staggered back to my feet, covered in dust. Damn. I thought I’d come up with a way to respond to that sword while sticking with it, but even though that man’s sword was different, something was different. The Grand Duke looked at me blankly and opened his mouth.

“I want to ask you something, can I ask you?”

I took a deep breath and nodded my head.

“What makes you fight so hard?”

Uncharacteristically, there was hesitation in the archduke’s voice as he asked me why. I lowered my sword and frowned.

“… No reason. I don’t even want to look for it.”

You have to act like a warrior to live?

Maybe. At least I might have thought so before arriving here. I laughed bitterly and raised my sword again. A warm summer breeze was blowing until a week ago, but now a chilly wind blows from the battlefield. If you go up to the wall and look far away, you can see the cloudy clouds of the limit line even in Evernode.

“At least it’s not a loss for Evernode.”

Don’t think too long, I told the grand duke around. Archduke Quenore crossed his arms and looked at me quietly.

“If you applied for sparring because you wanted to become stronger, isn’t there a better way?”

As the Grand Duke said, of course Dalian was only an alternative. The best thing would be to just ask the Archduke to teach you the sword, but no matter how much I do, I’m sure I’ll be refused…

“I’d rather teach you the sword. You don’t feel like you made up your mind too late, but at least it will make you much stronger than you are now.”

I was startled and opened my eyes wide. On the other hand, Archduke Quenore shrugged casually.

“Perhaps, it may be the last key that will surely give you the realization you have been searching for. It was like the sword of someone looking for something.”

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No, how did this guy know I was looking for something like that? When I looked at the Archduke in absurdity and amazement, the Archduke burst into laughter and vigorously drew his sword.

“If you want to refuse, it is okay to refuse. It is not forced.”

what a rejection Even the original protagonist wouldn’t be able to refuse that. I shook my head quickly and opened my mouth. The guidance of the Holy Sword was good, but the difference in effect would be huge compared to receiving instruction directly from sword to sword.

“Nope. Please.”

“I knew it.”

Archduke Quenore walked over to me and suddenly stabbed me in the side with a sparring sword to get me into position. I let out an awkward sound from my mouth and took the sword and took the jockeying ceremony.

“Okay then, let’s get started. I should have used this method a long time ago. You are injured.”

Archduke Quenore looked at me with a twisted corner of his mouth. Damn. I think I chose something wrong.

“Hold your sword straight. I’ll let you know one by one of the problems I’ve felt while sparring with you.”

I swallowed dry saliva and looked at the Archduke with fearful eyes. After all, people have to be careful with their thoughts.

—

“Supplement arrows here!”

“Consider yourself lucky to fight in the summer, you guys. You guys have never been invaded, have you?”

The walls were busy. Soldiers were busy preparing for an invasion on the walls of Evernode’s magnificent outer castle. While no one knows when the monsters will come in, the knights and soldiers who said they ate some jjambab felt that the war was imminent due to the falling temperature.

“You never know when they will come. Keep your eyes open.”

Irregularly, once every few years, demons knocked on the walls of Evernode. Those who experienced him knew that this invasion would proceed in a completely different way from the previous one. Is the Great Invasion of 10 years ago at least similar? The knights were nervous and did not take their eyes off the limit line.

The wizards were busy studying the magic to pour on the demons. Daphne, who spent two full nights tutoring the wizards, encountered Georg running around the castle wall with sunken eyes.

“How is the situation?”

“The days are getting cloudy. The limit line is getting very close. The forest the patrol had already been to was covered with a curtain and could not be seen. The war will start today, or tomorrow at the latest.”

Daphne frowned and nodded. It would have been great if Illroy had been with him, but the Archduke’s order was that no peephole be reflected on the castle walls until he had fully recovered from his wounds. It was also much easier for her to come back healthy than for Illroy to walk around with a damaged body.

“Is Marianne back?”

“yes. They said they’ve been waiting since yesterday. When Illroy returns, the four of us will move together. If the war begins before Illroy fully recovers-.”

Koo Goo Goo.

“… We will fight where we are and wait for Illroy.”

Soldiers and knights alike, people on the wall started running around. The ground was shaking. Unlike the vibration when a giant moves, the vibration that occurs when thousands or tens of thousands of monsters rush at once. Daphne swallowed dryly and turned her head toward the outside of the castle wall.

“The monster is approaching!!”

“All back to their places! Don’t panic! Do as you are trained!”

Along with the fierce voice of Archduke Quenore, who urged the soldiers, the soldiers of Evernode prepared spears and knives. Georg frowned and looked at Daphne.

“I will go where I was. I think you should act together with the wizards.”

Georg then lowered the shield on his back and ran madly somewhere. Daphne caught her breath as she gazed at the sight beyond the castle walls.

The trees were shaking. No, they were falling down one by one. It was a wave of monsters that broke down the trees and advanced. Large monsters like the gray bear led the way, and relatively small monsters followed behind them.

“Send all the kids under the walls up! Wizards prepare for the bombardment!”

The light emitted from wizards preparing magic flashed everywhere on the walls. Daphne also raised her magical power and activated the magic to wipe out the monsters. As soon as the vanguard of the monsters left the forest, Grand Duke Quenore shouted.

“Open fire!”

Do-do-do-do-do.

Magic and arrows rained down. The monsters that were collapsing from the front were stepped on and passed by. Blood and flesh exploded and poured down from the bodies of the monsters being crushed. Far from slowing down, the advance speed increased as more monsters escaped the forest.

“It looks like it will stick to the wall.”

“Prepare to drop. The knights deal with the guys climbing the walls, and the mages continue to hit the main force.”

The Grand Duke drew his sword.

“They will try to cross over here in the pasture. Don’t let even one go over this wall!”

“”Yes, I understand!!””

The monsters clung to the wall. The overgrown monsters first crashed under the wall. They laid the foundation like a scaffolding, and monsters were placed on top of it. Demons don’t take care of themselves. A monster climbed onto the wall of the tall monsters, and another monster climbed on top of them. Towers of meat piled up in front of the wall. When the monsters and stones rained down and killed the monsters, their corpses became a foothold again.

“Use fire magic!! Don’t let them cling to the corpses!”

A fire was set on the corpse of the monster. The walls of the corpses collapsed to form a fire curtain, and the monsters that climbed up the walls either fell down the walls or screamed and burned to death. but-

Quadduk.

There were those who clung to the wall and climbed up. Grand Duke Quenore stood on the wall and looked down at the demons coming up. At that lofty force and presence, the monsters let out a low cry.

“You guys can’t set foot on this land.”

The Archduke’s sword emitted an aura. Dozens of demons who climbed up the castle walls died. The Grand Duke was not rough. As it was, he ‘walked’ all over the castle wall and swung his sword to clean up the monsters. The monster was drawn by the aura and attached itself to the Grand Duke of Quenore, and with one gesture from the Duke, it became a piece of meat and splattered blood.

The other knights and soldiers of Evernode also pulled out their swords and skillfully shot and killed the monsters, knocking them off the wall. The monsters that fell from the wall were thrown into the pit of fire under the wall.

“Isn’t it late?”

The Grand Duke calmly turned his head and saw a knight climbing the wall. Illroy frowned at Evernode’s manpower, which skillfully slaughtered monsters. Archduke Quenore burst into laughter as he looked at the frown on his unfortunate face. Illroy sighed as he looked around at the battle situation with the sound of sarcasm.

“… I came running in a hurry, so there is nothing I can do about it.”