episode_0109

“People. Because it’s a kobold, Millia.”

With some persuasion, I put my armor and weapons back on.

It wasn’t that I didn’t have anxiety. Because Millia was a bit mentally weak.

You might feel hesitant about chasing down and defeating enemies who look like ordinary villagers.

Still, in some ways, it’s a good thing.

Because the first villains we defeat are all weak.

You could call it a tutorial, so to speak.

If you endure a little resistance, you will get used to it in no time.

If they had been proper enemies and not those bastards, they would have died the moment they hesitated. What a relief.

“Be strong. A knight should be able to do this with ease. Eliminating a horde of evil kobolds.”

If you can’t handle this, it will be impossible to live as a knight in the future anyway.

“You’re going to move forward with Damian, right? As a knight.”

“……Yes. Okay.”

Millia nodded with a stern expression.

—-

After completing preparations, I sent Milia down.

I also went back to John and checked on his condition.

John must have regained his strength by now, but as soon as he saw me, he let out a loud scream and burst into tears.

“Our John. Looks like I missed you a lot. I’m crying like crazy.”

I wiped some of my eyes with my gloved thumb.

John, touched by my consideration, started twitching. While shedding tears of joy.

I grabbed him and came downstairs.

Perhaps surprised by John’s appearance, Millia could not take her eyes off him.

“Well, that man was earlier…”

“This is Yohan, my new friend. Greetings, Johan. Nice to meet you, I said.”

I grabbed his fluttering arm and shook it. Like inflatable dolls at an event.

“Uuuu…”

Yohan woke up from a faint and let out a helpless greeting.

“Oh, look at my mind. Is your mouth still covered? I’m sorry, Johan.”

I’m curious about what he’s going to say.

Are you trying to swear? Or maybe he wants to beg to be brought back to life. Either that or…

I took out the piece of cloth that was covering John’s mouth.

“Muk…Kill me…! Please, stop…it hurts…! Kill me……”

“He asked me to save him earlier, but he was capricious.”

It’s not a very unique will.

I sewed the cloth back into the spout.

“It’s so sad that we’re already breaking up! Still, since it’s my friend’s last wish, I should listen to it as much as possible, right?”

He joked and lightly placed John on the central table on the first floor.

“Friede, Hashal’s condition is a bit strange…? Why are you doing that?”

“I don’t know. I was excited from earlier. I guess I smelled alcohol and got drunk.”

Damian and Friede whispered.

What about getting drunk? I’m not drunk.

I’m just releasing some of the stress I’ve built up.

To be honest, I was becoming incredibly frustrated in many ways. Like a cat in heat.

My body keeps whispering to me to kill my enemies, but these days, there is no one I can comfortably touch.

I endured it and endured it.

“Uh…This baptism is a grace to wash away your sins and be born again as a true person…Blessed are those who have received His anointing?”

He poured strong liquor on John’s head while picking up appropriate lines.

“Where did you hear that again? There would be no priests in the plains.”

“From the book. I’m probably much more knowledgeable than you, right?”

“It can’t possibly be like that.”

Friede chuckled.

It’s not a joke.

I threw the empty liquor bottle back and looked back at my companions.

I’ve had enough fun with the pranks, so it’s time to get back to work.

“Friede, have you prepared the carriage? Since there are two horses…save one for yourself.”

I didn’t mean to ride it.

If I run properly, I will be faster than most horses.

Although the language of this world was better than the language of Earth.

“I will roam the village, so you, Millia, ride around on a horse and shoot those who run out of the village.”

“I’ve never shot an arrow while riding a horse…but I understand.”

After hesitating for a moment, Millia nodded.

It would be a good idea to take this opportunity to learn horse archery.

“Friede and Damian go to the chapel in a carriage and rescue the captured women… Just in case, don’t fall for something like a hostage situation like a fool?”

“I’m not going to die for you, and I shouldn’t do that. Let’s go, Damien.”

“Yes, senior Friede.”

Friede answered calmly and headed out of the inn with Damian.

There’s Friede over there, so it’ll be okay.

“Hey, Hashal. What do the kids do? Could it be that those kids are all accomplices too…?”

“They say that’s what hairy guys are like. Shoot them all. Children younger than them…just threaten them so they can’t run away.”

Millia nodded, grabbing her bow.

—-

“Then…bye, John. Your friends will be sent up soon, so don’t worry and wait in heaven.”

As soon as Milia left, she threw the almost burned out cigarette to Johan.

“Wow!” the lit liquor began to burn.

The fire that had spread to the table gradually grew stronger.

John struggles like crazy.

No, my feet can’t even wiggle anymore, so should I just call it struggling instead of struggling?

“Uuuu!! Uuuu!!”

I’m in good spirits too. Did he still have the strength left to shout like that?

All my limbs and eyes were shattered.

“Don’t feel so unfair. You get back what you did, right? I heard it before, they say everything eventually goes the right way.”

The right path has finally come to you too.

Walk hard on the fire road.

He left John, who was in the midst of being baptized by fire, and walked out of the inn.

Damian and Friede were already on the carriage seat.

“It’s finally coming out. This one will leave first. When will we enter the chapel?”

“A signal fire will be raised at the inn in a little while…let’s mark that as the starting signal.”

It will be a startling signal for the whole town.

It would be like their hunting grounds were burning brightly.

“Beacon fire? Ah, I get it roughly.”

“Johan is smoking hard. It’s an amazing self-sacrifice.”

He shrugged his shoulders and let the carriage leave.

—-

A wind mixed with the smell of coal began to blow from behind.

I guess there’s about 5 minutes left for it to burn properly.

“Hashall? I’m ready too.”

Milia, riding a horse, looked down at me.

There was still a bit of hesitation on his face, but looking at his unwavering eyes, it seemed like he had made up his mind.

If this is enough, you can rest assured.

“I will start on the west side of the village, so Millia, you go east. It may not be a big deal, but there might be someone shooting an arrow, so be careful.”

Since the horse is not wearing any barding, if it gets hit by an arrow, it will fall off the horse.

Even Millia’s clothes won’t really block arrows.

You might be able to dodge or block the arrows these guys shoot, but just in case.

“Okay. I’ll try to be careful. See you later then.”

Millia lightly hit the reins.

The startled horse began to run away.

…I guess I should start soon too.

After releasing my ankle, I ran towards the west side of the village.

—-

The village we arrived at was already filled with a strange buzz.

Even though it was almost time for everyone to go to bed, it felt like most of the men were awake.

The cause of the disturbance was not worry or anxiety.

Rather, yes. Anticipation and excitement.

The village men were happy, like children waiting for their turn in front of an amusement ride.

The fact that the nine men who had gone before had not yet returned was not a cause for concern for them, but rather seemed to give them confidence that today’s game was so good that they could savor it without even realizing the passing of time.

If you listen closely, you can hear people talking among themselves inside the building.

A vulgar obscenity. Stories of mean and cruel experiences. All kinds of insults that are extremely unpleasant.

My thoughts on the woman I caught last time.

‘…At first it was annoying because he was so crazy, but I starved him for a month and now…’

A saga in which he subdued adventurers he was in a romantic relationship with and then deliberately woke them up and committed suicide.

‘…I was playing with him by threatening him, and then I killed him in the middle, and it was fun to see him screaming and struggling…’

…okay. That must have been really fun.

Ugly sagas continue endlessly.

I hear sounds that make my ears rot.

A story about killing a merchant and tasting his wife and daughter at the same time.

They complain that the things in the aviary are no different from animals and are no fun.

The beast would rather be you.

As expected, they were also doing something like a breeding farm. It’s a good thing I didn’t send Millia away.

There was also conversation about us.

Just by looking at the silver hair, it looks like he is a nobleman, so he laughs and says it would be nice to tame it.

It’s time for the child you’re raising to have a coming-of-age ceremony, and it’s bullshit that green hair would be perfect.

Black hair…this is my story.

I was stuck inside the carriage with my face covered, and the atmosphere was different, and people were asking me if I was a witch or something.

The joke is that if you are a witch, you should be purified with your own holy water in the chapel.

Disgusting bastards.

Whether it’s Ka’har or the Imperials, in the end, they are the only ones with no difference at the bottom.

These bastards have been messing around for fifty years, and seeing as they are still doing fine, it looks like the gods watching over them from heaven are all asleep?

Or maybe my coming here was guided by the gods?

A mixture of disgust, discomfort, and anger filled my heart.

My body heats up and heat builds up in my mouth.

A violent impulse urges me on, as if I can’t bear the hunger.

No, not yet. You have to hold on just a little longer.

Timing is important in these types of things, so if you want to be sure, you have to start at the same time.

I make my senses more sensitive and scan the village.

We let ugly conversations pass through one ear and only check for signs of non-humans.

The people gathered at the village hall were twenty. There are four or five of them, separated from each other…about thirty.

Fifty people in total?

If what John said is correct, the remaining thirty should be in the chapel.

It doesn’t seem like there are any enemies at semi-knight level, let alone knights, so it won’t take a few minutes.

Laugh your heart out now.

Because there won’t be anything to laugh about from now on.

The inn, which was blinking red, soon begins to burn brightly.

So much so that the flames can be clearly seen even from here.

Friede and Millia must have seen it, too.

There was no need to be patient any longer.

I let loose all the life I had suppressed and rushed towards the building in front of me like a hungry beast.

With a roar that shook the heavens and earth, the wall that touched my shoulder exploded.