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35. John’s death. Her rampage.

The knight’s face inside the helmet turned red.

“How dare you!”

“Please save me!”

John’s words and the knight’s words overlapped. However, the people on the ramparts were simply pretending not to notice.

The powerless conscripts turned a blind eye, and the officers were clearly bribed.

John gritted his teeth.

‘Damn it! You guys are individualistic!’

Whether it was modern times or the Middle Ages, the people were just as heartless.

He looked back.

The knight was passing the spot where John had been standing. The very place filled with water droplets.

“From the start, I didn’t even expect help······!”

John wasn’t simply running away. The knight’s center of gravity was at its most precarious, and the timing was the most unpredictable.

Freeze.

Jijijijijeong!

The water droplets stuck to the knight’s body and instantly froze.

Seueueueueu······.

A giant ice mass emitting a chilling cold. Inside, the knight is fossilized like a specimen.

It doesn’t end there.

“Ice Awl.”

Unlike the Freeze magic, this is a spell with excellent lethality, from the two magic books he received from the butler yesterday.

Kwadedeudeuk!

The knight’s body is torn to shreds by transparent awls.

[Acquire 10 Karma.]

“······Oh.”

A blue window pops up in the corner of his vision. John unknowingly opened his mouth wide.

This can be so lucrative······

“Ice Awl!”

Shield.

A double spell performed in an instant, a blue sword strike wedges in between.

Strangely, it was swordsmanship reminiscent of Sir Zakison.

Jeoeoeoeoeong!

Fortunately, it didn’t break this time. Thanks to that, John could leisurely see the identity of the attacker.

“There wasn’t just one······ knight.”

“I heard he was just a spell caster, damn it. The information was wrong. I should have taken that long-nosed guy’s liquor······Ssup!”

The moment the knight’s mouth opened, multiple Magic Missiles were generated inside John’s mouth.

Piiiiiiing─ Teong!

Unfortunately, it was blocked. The knight’s helmet seemed to glow blue, and he blocked it without difficulty.

Different from the previous knight. Much stronger. His spine is getting damp.

“Huh! How rude! You have no honor······.”

Dig.

Ssuk, a pit forms under the knight’s feet. Because it’s a rampart and not land, the depth is shallow.

But it’s enough to create a momentary gap. The knight’s torso falters.

‘Angry Waves won’t work. Too close.’

If John gets caught up in it by mistake, it would be counterproductive. Fortunately, there is newly acquired Karma.

Ice Awl. Lv 2.

At the same time as investing Karma, the ice mass behind John wriggled.

It looked like transparent tentacles were surging. John didn’t miss the momentum he had managed to seize.

Kwadedeudeudeudeuk!

Magic Missile.

Piiiiiiing─ Kwakwakwakwakwang!

A cloud of dust rises thickly. The people around thought simultaneously.

Wow! A mage defeated a knight in close combat? They said.

However, John’s expression was frighteningly hardened.

‘The Karma, didn’t come in?’

Immediately after, the rampart John was standing on shook.

“No way!”

Kwaaaaang!

A jet-black shadow jumps out from under his feet. Suddenly, John’s collar is grabbed.

“Keheek!”

John stuck out his tongue and opened his mouth. At the same time, a mid-bass voice was heard.

‘Ignorant! To dig a hole in the rampart in the meantime!’

“The number of spells is beyond imagination. Well, it was quite fun. Then······.”

Sarak.

Soon, the sound of paper cutting was heard. Something rolled and fell at the knight’s feet.

“Tsk, such a precious talent. He got caught up in a dirty fight.”

The knight smiled bitterly and spat on the ground. Next to the yellowish liquid, John’s head was rolling around.

“I hope this serves as a warning. Young Master Zakison.”

The knight’s heavy shadow slowly left the rampart, leaving the young man’s head behind.

No one dared to stop him.

***

Seogeoeok!

Sara’s sword strike is stuck in the giant zombie’s neck. But it’s shallow. A large fist surges toward Sara.

“Careful!”

Sir Zakison, who appeared from somewhere, fends off the zombie’s attack.

He shouted at the top of his lungs.

“Now’s the time!”

“Yes.”

Sara answered quietly and put strength into her sword. Firmly planting her feet on the wide shoulders, she rotates her entire body!

[Acquire 3 Karma.]

Along with the familiar blue window, this wave came to an end.

Not just Sara alone, but because she teamed up with Sir Zakison, the amount of Karma acquired was small.

Tadat.

Sir Zakison approached Sara, who had already landed. He thumped Sara on the back and said.

“Keuhahahahaha! Good job! Good job!”

“······Cough, yes. Thank you.”

Sara’s head was dizzy from the brutal attack.

“Let’s go back quickly.”

At those words, Sir Zakison smiled slyly.

“Hoo? Looks like you want to see Mage John?”

“······.”

Sara didn’t bother to deny it. Because she has to be faithful to the role of lover right now.

“Let’s go. Quickly.”

“Puhuhu, I understand.”

Sir Zakison chuckled at Sara’s reddened ears.

Their appearance was enough to restore Sir Zakison’s romance, which he had lost as a child.

Of course, he could never go back to those days again.

“······I’m getting old too. Getting old.”

To fall into useless sentimentality.

Sara and Sir Zakison climbed the ramparts with light steps.

───!

Sir Zakison tilted his head.

“Hmm? It’s noisy up there. But what’s······.”

At first, he thought it was the sound of rejoicing in victory, but the words he heard faintly were a bit strange.

Oh my god, it’s screwed up, unfortunately······

The knight frowned. Clearly, something must have happened.

Tadaat!

As Sir Zakison heavily kicked off the stairs, Sara also realized the seriousness and went up.

“Heoeo!”

“······!”

And Sara could see it. Pale, round. An object with familiar features.

Next to it, many heads were rolling around, which appeared to be Sir Zakison’s soldiers.

But right now, Sara couldn’t see those soldiers at all.

Sir Zakison was the same. How much expectation did he have for that mage? This was a huge loss.

“What is this! Hey!”

Sir Zakison called out to the knight who was observing John’s head.

“Hmm? Who dares to······ Oh? Sir Zakison?”

The knight turned around with an unpleasant expression, but soon recognized the face of the caller and loosened his facial muscles.

Sir Zakison, who had some of the best martial prowess even within the castle.

“What in the world happened on the ramparts! Tell me right now!”

“Well, I don’t know much either, since I just arrived. I just rushed over because of the commotion.”

“What! Where did the patrol knights go?”

“Rather, that’s what I’d like to ask······.”

The knight didn’t seem to know much. In the first place, he was just a man who had returned from the wave battle.

The four patrol knights stationed on the ramparts would know better about the current situation.

At that time, a loud voice was heard from somewhere.

“Here! The patrol knight has fainted! Please help!”

A soldier was carrying a man in his underwear from a tent.

His physique was different from that of ordinary soldiers. Sir Zakison knew his face.

“······Huh. Sir James?”

“Do you know him?”

Sara asked from the side. Sir Zakison felt a chill down his spine at her surprisingly cool voice.

‘What! Bloodlust!’

He hurriedly looked at Sara. It had been a long time since he had felt such a concentrated aura.

It wasn’t the kind of energy a woman who had just turned twenty could possess.

Sir Zakison said with a sharp glint in his eyes.

“······He’s a friend who just received his knighthood. He’s still lacking in many ways.”

“I see.”

Sara licked her lips while keeping her gaze fixed on John’s head.

The sight was so bizarre that the people around her were startled.

At that moment, the soldier carrying Sir James approached.

Thud!

“Huk, Huk!”

The soldier put him down and took rough breaths. Sir Zakison said.

“How were you able to find Sir James······ Wait!”

Immediately after, Sir Zakison was startled. Because Sara had rushed towards Sir James in an instant.

Sir Zakison’s hand moved like a snake. A skilled knight’s touch, surely she would be caught.

But the position of Sir James and Sara was too close. She was caught, but she eventually achieved her desired goal.

Tchalssak!

Sara’s long backhand struck Sir James’ cheek.

The surrounding crowd was startled.

“Heoeoeok!”

“To hit a knight!”

“Have you ever seen such a crazy woman······.”

A knight is a quasi-noble. That doesn’t mean their power is weaker than a noble’s.

In the case of knights with outstanding martial prowess like Sir Zakison, they sometimes surpass the status of ordinary lower-class nobles.

In other words, they are beings from beyond the heavens to commoners.

“Hmm? Ughhhhh······.”

Eventually, Sir James woke up. His face had a bright red mark on it, showing how powerfully he had been struck.

Sara said to him.

“What happened?”

A way of speaking that neatly cut out unnecessary words. Sir James was flustered.

Perhaps because he was so surprised, he spoke respectfully to Sara, who was a commoner in the first place.

Fortunately, he only spat out the information needed for the current situation.

“I, I’m sorry. I was suddenly ambushed.”

“An ambush?”

“Uhh······ That’s right. An ambush. A very cowardly guy.”

That was the end. He didn’t seem to want to talk in detail about his defeat.

But Sara didn’t care about that kind of honor.

“Tell me. Quickly.”

Her unique, straightforward way of speaking. The knight’s eyebrows twitched.

Now that he had regained some composure, he finally noticed Sara’s attire.

She clearly looked like she had no money.

“By the way, who in the world are you······.”

“Hey.”

“······.”

“······.”

For a moment, a strange silence permeated the area. Within that stillness, a clear voice rang out.

“Tell me.”