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160 – Hyde, erect! # 2

The Black Knights were part of the Knights Templar.

They were knights with criminal backgrounds who were led solely by the charisma of the Black Knight Roland.

There was a crisis when Roland, who killed the Pope and occupied Palcea on the side of the kingdom’s army, went crazy at some point and was almost executed as a ‘prisoner’ for rebellion against the kingdom.

Roland fled to the Palcea region and became a great monster, plundering here and there with the Black Knights he led, sowing chaos in the world.

It’s truly a monster.

“Ilya, Ilya.”

I rode the horse.

To a rugged valley.

I was following a winding road in a canyon with two cliffs facing each other.

“Khehehe-. Give me everything you have.”

“If you don’t resist, I’ll spare your life.”

A group of robbers wearing black hoods or black masks appeared.

The number is enough 30.

We felt like we were surrounded.

Sreung-!

Balhazak, a bronze knight, draws his sword.

“Yes, you guys! Are you doing this because you know who we are? The person riding this carriage is Big Johnson, the chief of Agarpe Village! And I am Balhazak, a regular knight of the kingdom!”

Loud roar-.

Balhazak shouted loudly.

However, the group of black masked robbers laughed loudly.

“I’m so scared I’m going to die. But it’s a joke. I guess the news is a bit dark. Don’t you know who we are? We are. They are the Black Knights who steal even the teeth of corpses.”

“Rob the wagon!”

In an instant, a group of bandits approached our carriage.

Soon, Chief Big Johnson came before them and spoke.

“I’ll give you everything if it’s treasure! Take it! But please spare me and my shepherd Henry! I must meet my cousin and tell him something important to Count Aaron of Palcea, whom he serves!”

Although not as good as mine, Vic Johnson’s acting improved day by day.

It was indeed rewarding to be promoted to a bronze medal chair.

Pot-.

I went outside at this timing, as I had planned in advance.

“Elderly! It’s dangerous, so get inside the carriage! And you better not treat our elders rudely!”

Sze-.

I opened my arms to the robbers.

“It would be best for everyone to obey me obediently. Otherwise, you might be punished by heaven. Because my old man, Big Johnson, is a good man who took me in as an orphan. It is natural that if you harass a good person, you will be punished.”

I played a shepherd who was loyal enough to give up his life for the benefactor who saved me.

At least it had to look that way on the surface.

“… … .”

“… … .”

As I told the story, the robbers looked at each other’s faces.

They mulled it over among themselves, and then finally spoke as if they had made a decision.

“You said you had important information to tell Count Aaron, right?”

“I am an ordinary shepherd who cannot read, but my memory is good enough to memorize the names of all 30 sheep. That important information is in my head. Of course I won’t tell anyone. If we had this information, the situation in the Palcea region might turn around─.”

# # #

It was a huge cliff.

The entrance to the cave was gaping like a hole, making it look like a giant with a huge rock face was opening its mouth.

At the entrance to the cave were knights wearing black plate armor.

In front of them, although old, weapons that appeared to be “cannons” were also placed.

It was probably captured from the kingdom’s army.

Because Roland, who leads the Black Knights, has excellent skills, this group of thieves will not be easily defeated and will slowly increase the damage.

“Boss. This guy here says he has important information. But he says he won’t open his mouth no matter what happens.”

Pot-.

I was invited to a room in a cave.

Tiger skins were laid out and many bright lanterns were installed, making the environment unusually pleasant for a cave.

There was a huge man there doing his nails, and he looked at me and said,

“Well, it’s easy to get them to open their mouths.”

Is it a dock tree?

The story would have progressed more easily if I had met Roland from the beginning.

Ssuk seu-.

I looked around.

This is a completely enclosed space.

All that was there was me, the thief who guided me, and the bald head of the dock.

Sze-.

I lifted my index finger in front of my lips.

“You shall be loyal servants of me, Hyde.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

The deputy leader and the thief who guided me trembled.

Then he slightly bowed his head and answered “Yes.” or “my master-.”.

It was very simple.

Things that happened in the world were easily solved like this.

I should have done this a long time ago.

I asked.

“Where is your leader Roland? It must be in this cave.”

Then the bald man spoke.

“Roland is deeper. He rarely shows up, but I can guide you. But my king, you must be careful. He is a strange person with an eccentric temperament and cannot be predicted at all.”

It’s worth it to live in a cave like this for two years.

But for me it was probably a good thing.

I swore to myself that I would no longer use any means necessary.

Just trampling on their will.

Just conquer.

Even Roland was no exception.

Make him my slave-.

With that determination, I went deeper into the cave.

After going in for a while, a dark room with a terrible smell appeared.

It smelled like burned bitter herbs and it made my nose feel crooked.

“Boss. This lowly shepherd says he will never open his mouth unless it is the leader. This guy has important information to tell to Count Aaron Orléans. It seems like I saw and heard something in the clash between the saint and the Great Sin that took place in Agarpe Village some time ago.”

The vice-major was a person with quite a sharp mind.

He did not forget the lines I had once said and spoke naturally.

but-.

There was no answer coming from this dark room.

“… … .”

I listened.

It was to detect the sound of breathing coming from inside.

Originally, I was a person who dreamed of becoming a pastor, and I was a person with good ears who could pick up on conversations between people next to me in a large auditorium with 50,000 people gathered.

Good ears.

Because that is the basic quality of a pastor.

Even with my good ears, I couldn’t pick up the sounds coming from inside this dark room.

It was natural.

In the first place, no one existed in this dark room.

Sereung-.

Soon a sword was pointed at my neck.

Now I see that the black knight who guided me to the dock was pointing his sword at me.

“Wow, king!”

The vice-minister was very afraid.

And when I pulled out the sword, I actually laughed.

“Roland. Didn’t my power work on you? Why? Is this the same reason you were released from Gregory’s power? When I look at it, I think it might be a unique ‘body constitution’. how is it? My reasoning.”

“… … .”

I never would have guessed that the black knight who guided me to the dock was Roland.

In the first place, it was possible because Roland, like Rust, was a person whose identity was hidden.

He really is a careful man.

Who would have thought that he was living by deceiving even his own allies.

So, he must have been alive without being caught until now after escaping from the kingdom.

“Henry. no. Hyde.”

Roland called me.

I vaguely expected that he would remember my name.

“Your name has been erased from the world. It’s probably Gregory’s doing. If they knew that you hadn’t lost your memories, there would be many people who would want to kill you. There are many people who want you.”

“But Roland, on the way here, I brought all the thieves in this cave under my command. If you kill me, they will kill you like a swarm of bees.”

“Do you think I will just barely be killed by the bandits?”

That was it.

Roland was a man who could easily defeat 200 bandits by himself.

In fact, he jumped out of the palace execution site with superhuman strength.

Taking advantage of the confusion Milione and I created.

Roland.

This man was self-destructive and strict.

I already knew that his own death or suffering could not be an important factor in training such men.

“Roland. You can survive. However, Friede, the advisor, and Rehoboam, your son, who are hiding in this cave, will never survive. If I die, kill Rehoboam and Pryde!”

I shouted.

Inside the cave, the story of ‘Kill Rehoboam and Friede’ spread like an echo.

Soon Roland spoke to me.

“Hyde. It’s corrupt. You were a deceiver and trash, but you were not the kind of person who would kill people.”

“… … .”

Sereung-.

Soon Roland put the sword in his waistband.

Only then did I feel a little relieved.

“Roland. I am not your enemy. Rather, he is your ally. We both probably have the same enemies. Gregory That man took everything from you. Aren’t you frustrated?”

“… … .”

“Roland. If you wanted to kill me, you would have had every chance to kill me. But I didn’t. Doesn’t this mean that you also have expectations of me?”

Roland did not respond to my words.

But whether he answered or not, his defeat was certain from the moment I first came to this region of Palcea.

Because I was truly an unreasonable and absurd person.

If Roland doesn’t follow me, we’ll all die together.

Roland, who could not have known that, finally asked me under his helmet.

“What do you want from me?”

“It’s all about Gregory. You all know that he blasphemously twisted the Earth’s axis and the world went crazy. He completely dominates the space.”

There had to be some weakness.

There must be a gap.

Soon Roland spoke.

“Gregory exhausted his powers to the extreme about twenty years ago. As a result, I was unable to use my powers for about a year. I think you know the reason now.”

20 years ago.

The reason Gregory used his power to the extreme was to erase a person from the world.

That’s me.

Did that prevent you from using your powers for a year?

It must be a side effect.

This time, because I erased ‘Hyde’ and ‘sex’ from the world on an even bigger scale, the side effects would have been even greater.

The use of power must have been sealed for at least a year.

I was vaguely expecting it.

At least there is a ‘limit’ to Gregory’s abilities.

Roland said.

“With strong force comes strong recoil. It is spoken under the illusory name of the king’s ‘power’, but it is a curse. There must be a price.”

“Really?”

“In Gregory’s case, he lost sleep. I remember not being able to sleep for a year when he lost his powers. That’s why Gregory refrained from using his power as much as possible.”

I can’t believe I haven’t slept for a year.

What a terrible reaction.

Because he has suffered so much, he must be thinking nonsense like “the world should be euthanized due to low birth rates.”.

Still, it was good news for me.

“Yes. is it. That’s probably why Gregory can’t have any additional influence on the world right now. But since I don’t know when I will recover, I’d better hurry from now on.”

I, Hyde, had stayed quiet until now, but I thought it would be better to hurry from now on so as not to give Gregory time to recover.

Sze-.

At that time, Roland pointed at me.

“It’s not just Gregory I’m talking about. Hyde, your power is stronger and more powerful than anything I have ever seen. Such power did not exist even in all the kings of the Uniger royal family.”

“… … .”

“It is the power of a miracle itself that has never existed before in the world. There will definitely be a huge price to pay in reaction. The price of power is to lose the most precious thing to a human being─.”

Roland asked me.

“Hyde, what do you lose every time you use your power?”