episode_0053

As Debigail stepped to the center, nearly 2,000 knights began to surround him in a large circle.

Duke Diascota, who was watching the scene, watched with interest from afar.

“Sounds fun.”

Since we were already in a somewhat safe zone, there was no need to rush. Duke D’Ascota, who believes that there is nothing more fun than fighting against one another, risking one’s life, began to watch the current situation as if it were a bullfight.

All the knights also looked at me with interest. But they all expected Debigail to win. This is because they were clearly aware of the difference in level between a former knight commander who had fought countless battles and someone who had just fought on the roadside.

Debigail also naturally expected his victory. I was only thinking about how to overpower my opponent.

Bendict, who was watching from behind, began to warm up and spoke.

“It’s been a while since we fought one-on-one.”

After sparring one-on-one with Leo, Bendict rarely fought individually, and even the battle just now was a many-on-many fight. Fighting someone one-on-one. Even though my life was at stake, I felt fear and anticipation at the same time as I thought I could clearly see how strong I had become.

The battle began with Bendict’s charge.

Bendict leapt forward. Debigail laughed at the sight of him not carrying any special weapons or equipment but just charging in with his bare hands.

No matter how familiar you are with bare-handed combat, there is an overwhelming advantage and disadvantage between a person holding a weapon and a bare-handed fighter. Naturally, the side that uses weapons has an overwhelming advantage.

Debigail swung his sword, thinking that it might end more smoothly than expected. First of all, it was a sword that was lightly swung to measure the distance. However, Bendict plunged towards the sword at incredible speed.

“…!”

Contrary to Debigail’s expectations, who expected Bendict to be scared and step back even if it was not an effective strike when he swung his sword, Bendict began to recklessly move forward as if he didn’t care if his body was cut.

‘What kind of idiot is this…!’

No matter how confident you were in close combat, jumping in without even defending yourself against a long sword was tantamount to suicide. Debigail immediately swung his sword towards Bendict’s head. but.

-Whisk!

Bendict strangely bent his body to the side and then slashed the sword diagonally as if he were boxing.

-Quaang!

With a loud sound, the side of the sword hits exactly and falls out of Debigail’s hand. Debigail looked at his sword lying on the ground in disbelief.

It was a split second when I swung the sword. However, it was almost a feat to grasp the brief moment when it was swung and hit the side accurately.

If the timing had been fast, his fist would have been cut off, and if the timing had been slow, he would have been unable to defend himself and his body would have been cut off.

A perfect counter that does not allow an error of 1 second…no, not even 0.1 second.

Debigail, who saw Bendict’s counterattack, smiled bitterly and walked forward.

“The sword is gone, but I am confident in close combat. You didn’t have a sword to begin with, so now you’re fighting under the same conditions.”

“Haha! After swinging the sword in an obscene manner, I hope you don’t now say that you threw away the sword out of consideration for me! It seems like knights have no pride. After being caught off guard, I saw that he couldn’t say he had let down his guard and was talking around in circles.”

As Bendict spoke in a mocking manner, Debigail’s expression suddenly distorted. Debigail lost his composure and rushed towards him, immediately engaging in close combat with Bendict.

After a few punches were exchanged, the winner was quickly determined.

-dump

Debigail fell down after being hit on the chin by Bendict. It was a complete victory for Bendict. Debigail fell to the ground and looked blankly at her legs.

Nearby land. The image of oneself falling down. The fishy taste of blood in your mouth.

The bitter taste of defeat like I’ve never felt before. It began to strike the man’s heart strongly. Anger welled up, and it was immediately expressed.

“Kill! That means death!”

A bright moment for the knights who were watching. In an instant, nearly 2,000 knights began to flock from all directions.

In a space cut off from the outside due to the artifact, Bendict muttered to himself as he saw enemies flocking in from all directions without anyone on his side.

“I didn’t want to die like this. Would you like to hold a funeral for your brother?”

Meanwhile, Bendict thought of Leos. What will Leos think when he sees his own corpse? Bendict thought to himself, thinking of several different cases.

‘Still, I hope you feel a little sad.’

Bendict slowly raised his hand. Even if I die, I have to dispose of at least one more piece of trash here. With that one thought.

But then.

-Quad…

– Quad deuk…

-Pachang!

An intense sound began to sound, and the sound-blocking and vision-blocking shield formed by the artifact was completely shattered. Bendict looked there in surprise and saw Herecia.

“Leos! Destruction is complete! You can go in now!”

Bendict looked at that and laughed.

“lived…”

Even though there were over 2,000 knights around, Bendict was confident that our forces were less than 1/10th of that number. Since Leos came here, dying would be an enemy.

Leos walked slowly and asked Bendict.

“Where you were injured.”

“No.”

“Why do you go out so far without needing to do just reconnaissance?”

“Haha…sorry bro.”

As Leos and Bendict were talking at a distance, one of the knights shouted.

“You bastards! How dare you talk the other way about us?”

A knight templar running towards you with a sword. Leos fired the blood-letting sword that he had previously taken from Artan of the Celestial Society.

-Sreung

A refreshing sound similar to the sound of rolling jade spread throughout the hall, and soon the body of one knight was split in two.

With a crunching sound, the corpse instantly lost its vitality, and its energy was absorbed into the bloodletting sword. Leos looked at that and opened his mouth.

“If you enter someone else’s territory, you have to pay the price.”

Duke D’Ascota recognized that something was going wrong. He walked away and asked Leos a question.

“Are you a guy named Leos?”

“If so.”

“Heh heh…you speak in a very rude way.”

Diascota looked Leos up and down for a moment, then threw about 10 kg of gold from his carriage and spoke.

“It is a down payment. If you betray your comrades and say you will follow me, I will give you 10 times the weight of gold. If you help me with sealing the Red Gate, I will give you an equivalent reward. If you want food, I’ll give you food. If you want status, I’ll give you status.”

Leos walked slowly towards the gold nugget on the ground. Then I lifted it up and checked it closely. The gold was covered in the blood of countless people.

Perhaps this too was looting.

Leos looked at the gold nugget for a while without saying anything, and then asked Duke D’Ascota a question.

“From what I heard, you are the duke of the Peren Empire and have a lot of authority. Why do you go around plundering those who don’t have it when you already have enough power, money, and influence?”

It was truly difficult to understand.

The Duke of Diascota massacred countless people on his way to a safe zone. If he only wanted a safe zone, he should not have killed the innocent people living there.

“Why are you looting? They only killed him because he found it difficult, and while he was killing them, he took the loot. What’s wrong with that?”

“Then change the question. Why did they run away from the current situation where the people are suffering instead of trying to solve something? Red Gates are currently occurring throughout the empire. Above all, the people desperately need your strength and troops in high positions.”

“If useless people are rushing to their deaths, what does that mean? In any case, if only great bloodlines like mine survive, even the most uncivilized people can be replenished. So there is no need to risk my life and waste my precious troops for them.”

Leos nodded expressionlessly. I realized it. They do not call their looting a crime or are ashamed of it, but consider it a natural right enjoyed by those who belong to the upper class. Also, they think that the people are only their means and tools.

Leos slowly walked towards Duke Diascota holding the gold nugget.

The knights tried to stop him, but Diascota instead motioned for the knights to get out of the way.

Leos has already arrived right in front of Diascota.

“How about it, Leos? Have your thoughts changed? After all, no matter how good the friendship is, there is no one who would turn down gold, power, or materials. I will keep my promises unconditionally. It looks like you’ve decided to take my side, so I’ll give you my first order. Kill that bug-like bastard named Bendict over there and all of your colleagues behind you with your own hands.”

After Leos heard those words, he threw the gold nugget towards Diascotta. And at the same time.

-Slap!

Along with the gold nugget, Diascota’s shoulder was cut off. A piece of gold fell to the ground and his arm was cut off.

And Diascota’s terrible scream echoes.

Leos looked at the fallen Diascota and whispered.

“I don’t think you are aware of the situation…”

“It is I, not you, who can suggest something, give orders, or make decisions.”