Chapter 261: The Knight Never Forgets His Grudge (4)

While the twins were dozing off using his back as their backrest, Lee Han thought about the guys he had destroyed with his own hands.

“It’s not like he’s some kind of sickness, so why did he have his trace everywhere?”

The guy Lee Han was chasing was none other than Number 2. Now he’s called the Second Apostle or Hansel or something, but the Number 2 guy Lee Han knew wasn’t something grand like an Apostle, he was just a hopeless pervert. He was a guy who craved love and tried to pounce on a woman or a man if he felt affection for them.

When they finally met again back in Offen, he wasn’t a man at all, but a woman, and if that potential criminal guy had turned into a woman, he would definitely be trying to commit a new perverted act or crime.

However, Lee Han wasn’t really interested in what the vampire was trying to do.

It’s just…

Since he’s the one who hit first, he should be prepared to get beaten up too.

To be clear, Lee Han hated that guy.

He almost got ‘pounced’ by him when he was young, so he hated him even more…!

The guy he hated was the one who started a fight, hit him, and ran away?

That was no different from aiming a gun at someone to decide whether he needed to kill them or not.

Lee Han wasn’t a wise man who could even forgive someone who had pointed a gun at him, and if forgiveness was the virtue of a great man, he didn’t want to be one.

Because of that, Lee Han was wasting his precious winter vacation chasing after that guy.

“It’s not like he’s Gil-dong…”

So why did he have traces everywhere like a virus?

Even the ones Lee Han had destroyed so far had his ‘traces’ all over them.

Thanks to that, he didn’t even have to hesitated to destroy them.

However,

“This won’t work…”

He wanted to catch him before winter ended, but unfortunately, the reality was that there was no hope at the moment. It was truly nothing more than a half-hearted game of hide-and-seek.

“No. You can catch him.”

“That’s right.”

“You guys woke up already?”

“We didn’t sleep!”

“Wipe your drool first if you want to use that excuse.”

“!!?”

The twins who must have woken up because of mumbling, said some encouragement.

Well, even if it’s encouragement…

…My back is all wet.

“I wore this cloth for the first time today…”

With a little grumbling, Lee Han looked at his twin rubbing their eye boogers. It was clear that they were awake, but he could feel their determination to not to fall asleep again.

“O-our drool is not dirty.”

“…It’s clean.”

“You guys speak well.”

“!!”

“More than that, what do you mean we can catch him?”

If it had been the words of ordinary children, Lee han wouldn’t have paid much attention to it. But that encouragement filled with confidence was coming out of the mouth of a child from Mystic Race. Because of that, It wasn’t something to be easily overlooked,

“A rotting smell is lingering around.”

“It’s a bad smell! But the worst smell is still around!”

“…”

“That’s why we can catch it!”

“Catch it!”

“…?”

Lee Han couldn’t understand a single word they were saying. He was too much of an adult who had become entangled in society to understand the language of innocent children.

Squeak!

The blade, drawing a black trajectory, slashed the heads of five rushing goblins all at once.

They flew so easily that others might have thought that dealing with goblins was easy, but in truth…

Bang-!

“Kwaaak!”

“S-spare me!”

“You idiots! Don’t rush at goblins recklessly!!”

Many mercenaries were stabbed by the blades of the goblins or were dragged away by them. Even though they were former mercenaries, they were still defeated by goblins, who were classified as the weakest monsters in the world.

Because of that, people might think that mercenaries were weak, but that’s just a misunderstanding.

On the contrary,

“Don’t look down on goblins. If you’re not careful, you’ll be wiped out!”

Among the monsters, goblins were monsters with the best cooperation next to gnoll. They also knew how to use tactics. In addition, since goblins always used basic spear and sword techniques, the monster scholar gave the goblin an evaluation of how while a single goblin might be nothing, a group of goblins was scarier than a pack of wolves.

As if to prove what those scholars said, the goblins were even fighting on par with the skilled mercenaries, and more than five of the mercenaries were already seriously injured.

If…

Stab-!

“It’s endless!”

“Kunta is tired.”

“Don’t rush in alone!”

If they weren’t there, the battle might have been more difficult.

Although it wasn’t a one-man battle, the three cadets who played the role of one-man army swung their blades diligently, and the goblin group was swept away by their swings every time.

However, the person who made an even more impressive performance than those boys was…

“Everyone, stand back! There’s a trap in front of us! Shield guards, raise your shields! Those behind you, throw the rocks on the ground as high as you can! Higher!!”

Whoosh-!

The presence of the blue-haired girl, who cleanly pierced the forehead of the goblin approaching her while demonstrating a commendable set of commands with her precise orders and upright voice, was the biggest reason why they could fight 8,000 goblins without much damage.

“Female Bear, you’re amazing!”

“I thought she’d become a monster one day, but she’s already a monster.”

“She’s really an amazing girl.”

“Let’s talk later! Garland, join the mercenaries and secure the command line! Arno and Kunta, just defeat them one by one! Do your best to kill the leader or block it together with Young Master Roen!”

They followed her bold order without question. A strong voice that was righteous and full of conviction had the power to move people’s hearts. Those who mercilessly sacrifice the lives of soldiers for their own purposes, like soldiers or politicians, could never have it!

It was as if it was a ‘power’ that only she, who had the stubbornness and nobility to not sacrifice anyone, could have.

It was anything but [Mystic] but it couldn’t help but feel like one. And as he took in this sight, the black-haired prince, the actual leader of this expedition, forgot about all the situation around him and recalled a fond memories.

“…As expected, you are my Idol, Jeanne.”

To witness the dazzling dignity and nobility of the mercenary queen was truly great.

At one point, even the stubborn mercenaries who often ignored women and the dwarves who were famous for not trusting humans followed her. Meanwhile, Roen was just swinging his sword like a mere combatant slaughtering goblins, but he wasn’t dissatisfied at all with losing the position of commander.

After all, he knew that her command ability was a hundred times better than his own.

[Kaaaa!!]

However, wasn’t it a fatal mistake to get emotional during a battle?

A goblin who had approached before he knew it aimed at Roen and thrust a rusty sword in its hand at him.

Whoosh-!

…Not knowing that there was a shadow secretly protecting him.

Blood spurted from the back of the goblin’s neck and it fell down, and the shadow flicked the awl on his hand to clean the blood.

“My lord, I understand that you are touched, but you must concentrate on the battle.”

“Would you believe me if I said that I let my guard down because I trusted you, Jack?”

“Of course I would, My lord.”

“…Do you know that your speech is starting to resemble the instructor’s speech?”

“Do you not want me to be respectful, My Lord? Then, you said it was a light trip, didn’t you!? But look at us! We already encountered four groups of goblins!!”

“I didn’t lie.”

A journey to bring the dwarves back home. He had already told them before that this was a journey for that purpose.

But It’s just that,

“In order to reach the dwarves’ homeland, we needed to enter the mountain range ruled by the goblins. Do you think I hired these people for nothing?”

In order to cross the mountain range, Roen had paid a large sum of money to the first-class mercenaries and the students of the swordsmanship department.

It seemed like an excessive number of people for the trip, but there was a reason for it. Of course, it would have been better if they could bring a knight with them. But,

They need to get stronger.

It could be called a scheme that Roen, who secretly wanted the 108 Arhats of the Swordsmanship Department to get stronger quickly, conceived.

Raise those who have the power that could replace the Combat Technique.

That was part of the picture Roen wanted to draw.

…Well, it must have been an incredibly unfair situation for the cadets who were hired with the idea of ​​making easy money. Still, Roen had no intention of blindly putting them in danger. He knew that the instructor was scary, and he didn’t have any intention to incur unnecessary resentment from him.

That’s why,

“-Everyone, step back.”

He had taken out a big insurance.

Whoosh-!

A strong gust of wind suddenly blew as a girl with a beauty reminiscent of a fairy emitted a powerful burst of magical power.

The girl who had enough talent to be an Archmage or rather, the genius mage who could already be called an Archmage, was ready to use her magic.

“[Wind Blow], [Be Strong and Powerful], [Go Pierce Through Everything], [Be Stronger Than a Spear]!”

Crackle-!

The moment the girl’s magic swept through, the goblins were swept away like dry branches and shattered.

The wind, which seemed to be a small typhoon gathering together, was a disaster in itself. And the girl’s powerful magic had infused the wind with the sharpness and heaviness of blades as well blunt weapons.

That attack alone must have killed hundreds of goblins.

“This is spectacular.”

Irene Windler. The insurance that Roen hired for a large price had done more than what she was paid for, and Roen could only smile with satisfaction.

“M-my Lord. I’ve been wondering for a while, what did you give in return to hire that young lady? It’s not like Galahad is short on money…”

“…”

“Oh, if it’s a secret, you don’t have to tell me.”

“…I just gave her a gift.”

“A gift?”

“You just need to know that.”

“??”

There were so many things in the world that you didn’t need to know in detail.

“…Keheum.”

Jack didn’t see it, but Roen’s expression was stiff as his body was sweating profusely.

“Hehe, I think my magic is working better today because of the bracelet.”

Irene smiled brightly even while crushing the goblin.

Her condition was perfect.

However, the ghost girl who was always together with her could only feel fear as she looked at the girl.

[… Arin, are you that happy?]

“Huh? Of course. I am together with someone I like right now? So how can I not be happy?”

[…]

“What’s wrong?”

[Oh, no, I should stop talking… .]

“??”

The ghost girl felt an indescribable fear towards Irene, but couldn’t bring herself to say anything. The girl hadn’t committed a crime, and she was fine with it, so there was really nothing more for her to say.

However,

[A bracelet made of hair is a bit…]

The bracelet on Irene’s wrist was a bracelet made of the instructor’s hair, and the ghost girl was creeped out because she treasured it like a talisman.

[They say people are scarier than ghosts…]

“What have you been mumbling about?”

[…I just said you’re scary.]

“???”

[Haa…!]

The ghost girl sighed involuntarily, worried about her seriously broken partner.

The irony was that the person in question didn’t even know what was wrong with herself.