98 – The Tale of the Empire’s Lion and Knight
Ryan’s story isn’t over yet.
The life Neros and Rain see now is the second life, but the life Lian experiences in the present progressive is the sixth life.
Can the two people watching Lian know that only 1/3 has come?
“ha… ha… .”
It would not be an exaggeration to say that, of course, Rain and Neros were pouring all of their brain resources just to understand the horrors unfolding in front of them.
Shisan Blood Sea.
There was a word that fit perfectly for the place where Lian was standing.
The corpses were piled up like a mountain, and the dark red blood on the floor completely covered the ground, creating a sea of blood.
And in the image of a blonde man standing with a sword on top of a mountain of corpses, traces of a brutal battle were buried on his body, clothes, armor and even the sword.
Unstoppable drops of blood flowed down the ends of her beautiful blonde hair.
The beautiful silver armor he received at the knight master conferment ceremony in the past turned into scrap metal and had to end its lifespan as armor and return to scrap metal.
Her clothes were more tattered than a few rags, and her body was beyond imagination.
Not only the cuts, but also because the pattern was ripped off when he was chosen as a hero, and because of the characteristic of remaining just a beacon of humanity, he was poisoned by poison and his skin is stained purple.
A quarter of the face that had been healed was blown away with arrow marks left there, and one arm was hanging limp with a loss of function.
“… monster… .”
One of the dying enemies looked at Lian and said so.
called a monster
Even if you want to deny it, Rain and Neros cannot be easily denied.
The number that Lian fought and won is a number.
“10,000 troops… .”
10,000 people.
Even if there were many ragtags who couldn’t use magical powers, and even if there was confusion in the chain of command due to the large number, the number of 10,000 never lost its luster.
Dealing with the Legion alone is not as simple as it sounds.
If you have 100 opponents, you will be praised as a hero of the day.
In the case of 1000 people, that person will be praised as a telegraph or martial god.
So what about 10,000 people?
“… .”
No awe, no respect, no worship.
Are you ignored by people?
Are you saying it can’t be? However, being outside the original standard is always suspicious of people. Especially if it involves force.
“Did you hear about that?”
“Yes, the messenger of the empire said he ate another one… This time, they fought against 10,000 troops and won.”
“10,000?!… Are you human?”
“I don’t know. One thing’s for sure: they’re not human like us.”
no jealousy Just listen to the whispering sound, quietly close your eyes, and calmly finish the work that the empire gives you.
And sometimes… Every once in a while, the day comes when I meet Xenovia.
“Come on.”
“yes.”
no need to talk
They just drink tea, read books, and train in the same space, and sometimes Lian corrects Zenobia’s posture or teaches her skills.
It’s a life that has lost a lot of affection compared to the last time I saw Ceres, but it’s not completely absent.
Lian’s expressionless face smiled as long as he was with Xenovia. Occasionally, he made a haggard expression, blushing and scratching the back of his neck as if embarrassed.
It seemed to prove that there were traces of the past, but Rain and Neros could not bear to feel comfortable watching it.
yeah… Having a falling out with Xenovia means that something big has happened that is comparable to what happened with Ceres.
Time passes.
Lian suffers every day, and Xenovia seems to be doing something, but it is very difficult to see what Xenovia is doing because everything Rain and Neros can see is from Lian’s point of view.
But there are facts to be known.
“It will never be good for Lian.”
“Wouldn’t it be natural?”
Watching the conversation between the two, Lianne let out a big sigh.
No matter how much they knew about the relationship between Rian and Xenovia, there is no way you wouldn’t feel a strange atmosphere in that situation if you had a normal mind.
no. Maybe Rihanna felt it in the past too.
But now I forgot how to doubt.
He shows absolute trust in those he believes in. And in front of people he doesn’t trust, he shows a ruthless appearance like he showed on the battlefield.
psychosis… . should be called
post-traumatic stress disorder.
There are too many traumas to count, maybe physical trauma, but the stress of betrayal won’t end up being normal.
Perhaps because he had lived a long time as a hero and his mental strength was several times that of ordinary people without the help of attributes, he could survive without committing suicide.
“Rian… I have a request.”
And Xenovia’s evil point was that she knew affection and used it.
In the case of Ceres, it was just a feeling of pure evil, but in the case of Zenobia, it was as if the concept of evil was ground and made into a single spear.
“The state of the armor these days… .”
“It looks like the sword blade is missing… .”
And the most important thing.
“I’ll get you.”
The hogu temperament did not disappear.
widely!
Neros and Rain watched Lian’s actions and hit their foreheads hard.
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Just looking at it makes my heart flutter.
“Whoa… After all, catching a dragon is hard.”
caught the dragon The reason was that he had to make Xenovia’s armor.
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Just because he was willing to make armor for the female knight, Lian caught a dragon that even ordinary troops gave up fighting and chose to run away.
“Next is the heart of the demon king.”
And he stopped self-harming on the back of his hand, which he had not forgotten every day, and accepted the warrior’s pattern.
At Xenovia’s request, he became the warrior he hated so much, grabbed the sparkling holy sword, and attacked the castle alone.
“Welcome. dragon… .”
“Noisy. Search quickly.”
“!?”
And catching the demon king was easier than catching the dragon.
Proceeding as if someone who knew all the tricks was doing it, Lian made armor using the dragon’s skin and bones, and made an enchanted sword with the devil’s heart as a catalyst.
and gave it as a gift.
It wasn’t a price, a reward, or even an anniversary.
‘Because Zenobia wanted it.’
With that fact alone, Lian, without hesitation, took on a feat that even an ordinary human could not challenge, and handed over the results of all work to Xenovia without getting anything back for himself.
“ha… It’s like a real tiger.”
At Neros’ words, Rain nodded.
I thought that the present Lian was also a bit of a petulant, but if you look at him now, what Lian did in the past is a bit of a mess.
Wouldn’t it be enough to die just because I love you?
“Treason!! treason!!!”
What happened in front of Lane, who opened her eyes for a moment while thinking absurdly, was so sudden.
“What is this again?”
In the blink of an eye, the empire was driven to the brink of destruction.
The imperial palace burns down, and the people who were alive until now become corpses and are reduced to mere pieces of meat.
The reason, ironically, is treason.
“Imperial female knights rebelled!!!!”
Nor was it an invasion of demons and demons.
It was not destroyed through a surprise attack by the demon lord.
The Imperial Knights, who boast a 400-year-old history called the Imperial Knights, kicked up their pants to destroy their hometown, the Empire.
“Keah!!”
“Hee! Live, live;..!!”
The aristocrats, who screamed and dealt with the empire rather than combatants, died in vain in front of swords and magic.
“… What was the reason?”
Lian, who was looking at this, looked at Xenovia and spoke as if nothing had happened.
In reality, I was biting my lip and trying to break the handle of the sword… Her face was as calm as if nothing really had happened.
“Yeah, if there are Imperial Knights, our female knights won’t be treated properly, right?”
“It sucks.”
A sharp curse came out of Nero’s mouth.
It wasn’t such a long time, but did the discrimination of the Imperial Knights as seen through Lian’s memories exist? No, hardly ever.
The Empire does not discriminate against the knights it chooses.
In a society where the strength of the knights is the national strength, where should the knights with actual fighting power be discriminated against and used for? It’s just that the Imperial Knights with Lian go out to work a lot, so there are a lot of rewards.
It is by no means that the division here is being discriminated against.
“furthermore… Ryan Primal. You are here and I can’t marry our captain, right?”
“Kyaaak, Xenovia is really… . How can I just massage my ass here!”
“Hehe, just kidding. Captain.”
After seeing the scene where Xenovia and the leader of the female knights were talking hahahoho, Lian quietly closed and opened her eyes and said this.
“Wrong.”
What is really wrong?
Was it wrong to choose Xenovia? Or do you think the choice itself to save someone was wrong… . Lane and Nero, unable to understand what Lian was thinking, sighed and looked away.
Because it was obvious what was going to happen from now on.
Pooh!!!
No matter how much I wanted to see everything, I hated seeing the scene of someone I loved dying right in front of my eyes.