14 – Encounters
If someone asked me if I was happy, I would say I was unhappy.
I am the holy sword. It is a sword that destroys evil and is a sword created by the Goddess to save mankind.
Originally, I was an angel. And among the angels, he was an angel who was particularly interested in humans.
My heart ached to see demons slaughtering humans from long ago. I wanted to help, but I couldn’t and it was so sad. Then, a friend told me the good news.
“Lupiel!”
“Why?”
“The Goddess is making a new holy sword this time!”
“Huh? Did the last holy sword already break? Then, the angel to enter the holy sword has been decided?”
“No, I heard you are receiving support this time?”
“Really? No one has gone yet? I need to go quickly.”
“Go now, in case you don’t know if there’s someone else to do it for you.”
“Thank you!”
Rufiel hurriedly ran to the goddess. When he saw the back of the goddess, Luffiel exclaimed excitedly.
“Goddess! I want to use the holy sword!”
That’s how I became a holy sword.
The holy sword is a blessing to humans and a disaster to demons. The holy sword always created miracles with its powerful power and protected humans from demons.
However, the holy sword could not protect the contractor.
Every time the holy sword worked a miracle, the contractors suffered from the recoil of power.
The stronger the power of the holy sword by contracting with the holy sword, the more the contractee suffers. And when these pains accumulate and become unbearable, the mind collapses.
“Sacred Sword, I will become the greatest paladin in history.”
The paladin, overflowing with talent, became a legend by slashing countless demons. Then he became a madman and committed suicide.
Even the swordsmen who were called geniuses, the paladins who were highly religious, the warriors who were brave and those who were armed with a spirit of vengeance, all committed suicide because they could not bear the pain.
How many times did they drive the contractors to their deaths?
“It hurts so much. I don’t want it anymore. Help me.”
The young contractor cried and begged me. However, once a contract has been signed, it cannot be canceled.
A young prodigy prosecutor who was dragged around and abused on the battlefield committed suicide with a holy sword that night.
Do they know? The resentment they spit out is a wound to me. That I should be hated for driving the contractor to death for the rest of my life.
Every time the contractor changed, I whispered hypnotically to myself.
That this time it would be different, that a contractor who would not suffer because of me and who would not hate me would appear.
Since when did I stop talking? To be less hated.
When it was a holy sword that I could communicate with, the contractors, who were weakened by the pain, complained to me with resentment.
But when I didn’t say anything, even if they grumbled at me, the words wouldn’t work, so it was less frequent than before.
“Lupiel… I hope you don’t use the holy sword.”
“I don’t like it.”
Master Uriel said, worried about me.
“It’s really hard to live with a holy sword.”
“It’s okay. No matter how hard it is, I think it will be less difficult than just watching humans die like now.”
I remembered that Uriel-nim was worried about me. It’s been so hard that you dried it…
Realized after becoming a holy sword. The holy sword is never broken by external force. The only time the holy sword is broken is when the heart of the holy sword is broken.
I thought of those who became holy swords before me. They also had such a hard time. So you broke
I persevered because if I was broken, another angel would have to become the holy sword.
Then came the limit. If I was going to die anyway, I wanted to die with the devil.
After several decades, the battle with the demon king began. Even though I put all my energy into fighting the demon king with the thought of committing suicide, I couldn’t die.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been building up my strength for so long.
‘I don’t like it anymore..’
I squeezed my remaining strength and ran away. We arrived at an abandoned temple where no one came.
‘No one will find me here.’
Having lost most of its power, the holy sword fell asleep.
The holy sword woke up to the presence it felt after a long time. I was afraid that the Holy Sword might have come looking for me.
‘What are unicorns and humans?’
It was amazing to be a human who signed a contract with a unicorn that I had only heard about.
The man who came with the unicorn was a handsome man even to the Holy Sword. And even in the eyes of the holy sword that had lost its power, his soul was pure.
‘No, it’s because I’ve spent a few innocent lives… Did I accumulate this much?’
I couldn’t believe that he could be so handsome and innocent. It was worth making a contract with Unicorn.
He lifted me up.
‘Could I have noticed that I am the holy sword?’
I wondered how he knew that he had lost most of his strength and only had an old handle.
He carefully wiped my body with a handkerchief dipped in perfumed oil.
‘It feels good…’
I was hated by the contractors for a long time. It was all the more touching because no one had ever cleaned me so carefully.
That’s why I didn’t want to sign a contract with this man even more.
I want him to be happy.
Time passed just like that.
“Are you Robert of the Marquis of Roanis?”
“Right.”
When I went to the rendezvous point, 3,000 soldiers and 20 knights were waiting for me.
Soldiers and knights groaned as they saw me.
Now I’m a bit used to it.
If I saw someone riding a unicorn, I would look at them in wonder.
It is impossible not to pay attention to the white horse with horns that glows softly from its body.
“All of our knights and soldiers have gathered.”
“Then let’s go.”
Although I had just become a knight, I took on the role of commander because I had the highest status.
By the time the other knights, who were worried that a young knight was the commander, fully acknowledged me, the troops arrived near the battlefield.
The unit we were supposed to go to was in a deep place.
Those who were scouting returned and reported.
“About 200 orcs are stationed on the road we need to go.
On the way, I encountered a few small groups of Orcs and killed them all.
“How far are we left from the unit we need to arrive?”
“I think we’ll arrive soon if we organize those orcs.”
“Really? Then, clean up those orcs and go.”
“Okay.”
As we led our troops, the orcs who spotted us came running.
Me and the knights also rode horses and charged the orcs.
To reduce the impact of the Orcs and foot soldiers colliding, the wires were stirred.
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The orc collided with the unicorn floated into the air. The knight who followed the staggering orc cut by my sword finished it off.
I killed orcs until I got sick of them, so the orcs screamed every time I swung my sword.
In order to reduce the sacrifice of the soldiers, they generously spewed out energy, and within a long time, all the orcs were cleared.
“You worked hard.”
As I tried to answer the knight who approached me and greeted me politely, the ground shook.
Dust rose in the distance.
Orcs came running from the front. If this was the movement of the troops, the unit we were supposed to go to would have noticed it.
“Pick up squares. If one troop like me moves, my allies will soon notice and come to help.”
“The movement of the seven princes orcs has been confirmed.”
“Direction.”
“This is the direction the reinforcements are supposed to come from.
“Really? Did you say that the commander of the reinforcements was Robert of Loanis?”
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“Yes. Do you know someone?”
“I don’t know him. I heard from the instructor that he’s a tactical genius similar to me when I was young.”
“Hmm.. He’s similar to the 7th Prince. I can’t believe it.”
“I’m personally looking forward to it. I heard you just entered the knight training center. You’ll see it a lot sooner than you think.”
“Do you want to go by yourself?”
“That’s right.”
I blocked the sword of the orc who was running from the front. It was heavy.
Looking at the tattoos on his body, he looked like a high-ranking warrior. I had to help others quickly, but the opponent seemed formidable.
“Hoo-wook.. Humans.. Ride strange things… Kill..”
The orc swung his sword and looked at the unicorn with curious eyes. The orc’s swordsmanship and swordsmanship were crude but rough.
Originally, he would have been a difficult opponent for me now, but I was able to afford it because I was with the unicorn.
He swung his sword as one with the unicorn that moved almost like a god. Perhaps the shining unicorn was bothering them, strong-looking orcs gathered at me.
This happened because the Orcs considered it an honor to kill the strong.
“No, be careful of these guys, Robert-sama!”
I heard the screams of the knights behind me and the assassins approached me.
“Crazy…”
I was dumbfounded when I saw the guys who came to assassinate me in the middle of the war. It was difficult even with the cooperation of the orcs, but it was difficult to be an assassin behind it.
At that moment, the light of the holy sword in the scabbard enveloped the battlefield.
I liked him who carefully wiped my body with fragrant balm every day. That’s why I tried to leave him when I got a little more strength.
He was young. And, befitting his age, he was good at leading an army and swordsmanship. So my heart ached.
Because it means that he has lived on the battlefield since childhood. The place children should be is in the arms of their parents, not a battlefield.
‘The world got very confused while I was asleep…’
It seems to be the son of a marquis, but seeing him rolling on the battlefield like this drew a picture of his situation.
‘It must have been difficult’
I wasn’t too worried. That’s because he was strong and made the right decision.
The situation became complicated and when Robert was surrounded by orcs and assassins, the Holy Sword was troubled.
Would he be happy to die now, or would he be happy to live a little longer, even if he had to live in pain?
Still, he wouldn’t want to die like this.
‘I’m sorry.’
The Holy Sword apologized and opened up its power to make a contract with him.