episode_0117

There are very few cases of surrendering immediately in a mounted battle.

Once one party fell from his horse, it was common for the opponent to also dismount and continue the duel.

This is not for the sake of fairness, but because knights can only be dealt with in this way.

It wasn’t that common to get hurt on a horse. The damage suffered from falling from the horse was greater than that.

So it was natural to feel a little complacent. No matter how great the lightsaber is, it cannot violate such a proposition.

When a brave knight was blocking him, one of our knights willingly ran forward and ran away.

Just before he was caught and the handle of the sword was struck in the face, the poor knight cried out.

As if this place were his own grave.

“Remember me!!”

“I’ll remember!”

“I remembered!”

-Quad!

I was afraid of his power, which immediately crushed the helmet with a single blow and knocked me unconscious.

However, he swore that he would dedicate the sword to his Majesty Rudolf, the rightful emperor of the Remus Empire, and it was an enemy that he had to defeat with all his might. At the same time, he also wanted to enhance his own reputation.

-Kagagagagak!

And at the same time that a green line was drawn in the corner of my vision, I felt a strong force in my abdomen, as if someone had snatched me with a hook.

If things continue like this, you will be dragged down. I don’t know the cause, but I instinctively twisted my body to shake it off.

I stumbled, but barely managed to keep my balance by placing my hand on the saddle.

After avoiding falling from my horse, I looked down to see what was happening, and saw armor torn like a piece of paper. The tightly connected chain was half broken and tattered.

“Did you miss one guy?”

“… What.”

This is a scam. It was an honest impression that got into my throat.

“The injured should move back!”

“Ah, ugh… Yes.”

At someone’s shout, the two knights holding their ships turned back. Since he was incapable of fighting, he went back and received treatment from a priest.

I stood there for a while waiting for their return, but cold sweat broke out over my hand, which was tightly holding the sword.

The only enemy of a knight was a knight. Spearmen were trampled under horses’ hooves, and bows and magic could not pierce their armor.

So, it’s been a long time since I felt overwhelmed by someone on the battlefield. The confidence that we would be overwhelmed by numbers disappeared in an instant like a sand castle in front of the waves.

I could have protested that it was just because I used a good relic.

However, saving such relics and protecting them from being taken away are also abilities. And that wasn’t the only skill needed.

What he was holding in his hand right now was a sword that had been cut in half. The famous sword, which had been a worthy relic just a moment ago, has faded and lost its function.

The armor was blessed by a famous priest, but wasn’t it torn apart like this? If it had been a little deeper, he would have had to leave the battlefield as well.

When the sword he swung dug into his armor, he lost his bearings and almost slipped off the saddle. And the repulsive force meant the strength of the opponent.

Even though it was sharp and hard, was it ultimately a black sword? It was the knight’s ability to fully bring out such power.

“… What should I do?”

A fellow knight who came to his side asked vaguely.

The scene where the knights were fighting among themselves was slowly being cleared up. The winners and losers were vaguely determined, and those who fell from their horses either ran away or were chased and trampled.

Rather, what are you asking us to do? Fight more?

I couldn’t have done that because I was crazy. Even as he was speaking, two more knights rushed at him, and then he tumbled off his horse, a red line drawn on his chest.

It’s a shame that this was a horseback battle. If the fight had been fought on solid ground, it would have been cut in two.

“This should be enough. Since we are moderately tired, let’s take care of the injured and then head back.”

“I was thinking the same thing. there! Can you get up? If you don’t have it, take care of it for me!”

If a knight fights two knights alone, he is called an expert.

If you can win against three people, you can say that you have outstanding abilities, and if you can survive against four people and escape alive, people will praise you.

Then, no matter how careless you may be.

What should we call a knight like that who cut down seven people in that place alone?

“… He is a knight of knights.”

“What?”

“It’s nothing. Let’s go quickly before the chase catches up with us for no reason.”

*****

There is magic, but there is no swordsman who can cut down a mountain with one blow.

-Kagagagagak!

“Ahh… … !”

But there is a sword.

Usually there isn’t, but since it’s here, it doesn’t matter.

It can cut a distance that an ordinary sword would not have been able to reach, going slightly further.

The faces of the knights, who had been relieved to guess that it was out of range, were distorted with embarrassment rather than pain.

After repeating this for a while, they started talking amongst themselves about what was going on and left on their own.

Slowly, I felt pain in my arm as I continued to exert strength, but it worked out well.

“It’s slowly coming back.”

“For now, should we say we have won?”

“First of all, it is not enough to determine victory or defeat in the battle itself.”

Since they had already inflicted enough damage, I had no intention of pursuing them and risking being isolated in the middle of enemy lines.

In any case, the injuries suffered by the knights were not something that could be healed in an instant, and even if they were healed, they did not carry spare armor with them.

I looked to the side instead of the departing knights. Surprisingly, there were soldiers there with their backs turned.

It was very common for those at the forefront to be overcome by such fears. No matter what rewards were promised, they were things that could only be enjoyed if you lived.

But, even taking that into account.

“… Things are a little strange?”

“I guess I wasn’t the only one who thought that.”

If it were just the front row, I could not only understand but sympathize. Unlike knights, they did not have even the merest armor, so their fear must have been excruciating.

However, if they all turn back and run away, could this be their intention to set up an ambush and lure them in?

“Running away?”

“You haven’t even fought properly, so what are your intentions?”

“It could be an ambush. It must be a plan to lure us in and destroy us individually. So instead of scattering, let’s unite and take care of the remaining enemies first.”

“But there is still a short distance to the forest or valley, so how on earth can they set up an ambush on this wide plain?”

The surrounding knights were talking and guessing the reason.

It’s not like they’re retreating without any reason or without a proper fight.

If you think about it with common sense, there must be some reason. Since I couldn’t guess it, I was cautious about touching it for no reason.

Anyway, there were a lot of problems to solve around me, so I turned my horse’s head in a different direction to survey the battlefield.

From now on it was free time. If you felt you had done enough, you could go back, rest for a while, and then move on to the next assault.

If you’re less tired, it’s okay to run back among the enemies and move around.

“The opposing knights have left, and the army they were targeting is also returning on its own. What will the Lord do now?”

“Well, I guess I’ll have to take a look. I’ll probably run around a bit and not go back… Ah.”

While looking for a place to pass the time, I found something and let out a small exclamation.

In the distance, dust was rising.

The enemy knights who returned earlier were preparing for a new assault. It looked like it was walking without picking up speed yet.

My location was also good. The condition of the horse… It was still worth holding on to.

Sancho saw the direction in which I turned his head and cried softly as if he had guessed my next move. Still, given how many battlefields I had been with him, I knew his limitations well.

“I guess I should go stop them. Are you going to join us?”

“Are you going alone?”

“But it doesn’t really matter.”

“It hurts my pride to say that after coming all this way. Let’s do it together.”

The remaining knights gathered around me. The number gathered was twenty, which was an appropriate number.

One of the prepared knights pointed out a large group of enemies, so I nodded to him once.

Without anyone saying anything, we rode out again.

*****

The army next to us hesitated little by little, and then retreated back in an orderly manner.

The Count of Ravenna, who was watching this, jumped up and sent a messenger. The messenger who returned shortly after was speechless as if he did not know what to say.

“Where are they going!”

“Well, I also… However, the bishop told us to retreat.”

“We haven’t even fought properly yet!”

No matter how hard the other nobles tried to protest, they couldn’t argue since they weren’t even the owners of the army.

All he could do was swear softly, saying, “This is why religious people don’t believe.” The cohesion of the army gathered under Rudolph was ultimately in this state.

Where they left was the scene where the knights had just crashed. It was the fiercest fight between knights on this battlefield.

After wrestling with the unfortunate messenger for a moment, the count’s eyes naturally turned to that direction. The gaze of the harassed messenger also turned there.

Some will return to prepare for the next charge, while others will remain in check.

“He cuts off his weapon! Don’t cross arms!”

“Then how are we supposed to fight?”

“Just… Do it yourself!”

A knight was running wild.

When I counted from a distance, the number was already five. No, now seven.

Those who would have been next followed the timid bishop and left first.

The troops, who were quickly in charge of the far right, knew that it was their turn.

The cavalrymen, who had sorted out the situation in the distance, prepared for a second charge. The situation of having to watch it, unable to avoid or block it, was terrible.

However, the allies also did not do anything. As expected, he was preparing for the next charge.

One of the Count of Ravenna’s soldiers glanced back and confirmed the fact. Although it was a little bit, I felt relieved.

But suddenly, a rumor about him popped into my head.

This was information that could be known because he was deeply absorbed in chivalric literature and used to collect news about knights from regions that were unusually distant even in his surroundings.

‘When thieves appear.’

‘When barbarians appear on the shore.’

‘And when the emperor was attacked while crossing the mountain range.’

It was a heroic story he weaved as a knight.

And at the end of each of these stories, there was a sentence that stuck together. It was so impressive that I remembered it.

But then.

Suddenly, at a moment no one could have imagined, in an unexpected place.

‘A knight appeared.’

When I looked back to see the knight I had missed while looking back, he was rushing towards the friendly knights who were going their own way.

And when I blinked once.

-Kwagwagwagwang!!

With a roar that was hard to believe it was the sound of horses and people colliding, several knights flew into the sky.