Episode 23
Episode 14. Knight’s War (4)
Duran’s request to the capital for Yuma was not the end of Ogre’s blood.
“My horse has made quite a fortune in my absence.”
Yuma’s white horse was wearing the barding for decoration sent by Asuka Roze. It was a steel barding made of blue steel with dragon patterns.
“Look around.”
When Yuma turned around, Duran started putting on the armor himself.
“This is an item from our family armory. A brigandine that has been called by many names over the years. However, this is the name the ancient Dwarf, the creator, gave it directly. White Dragon.”
“I don’t think it’s a dragon scale drug.”
“yes. However, it is one of the top 10 names of ancient dwarves.”
“It sounds comfortable.”
Yuma also wore a set of gauntlets with the White Dragon. It was comfortable to wear, as if nothing had been added to the hand.
Wearing a white brigandine and carrying an Ascalon around her waist, Yuma mounted the horse.
The soldiers were looking up to Yuma, wondering if this is what the hero described in the songs of bards would look like.
The knight war was no different from a confrontation between nations and national pride. The appearance of a knight before going out was a measure of national prestige.
Looking at the armed Yuma, Duran rubbed his chin in satisfaction.
“Worth a look. You will be the representative of the empire while the knight war is in progress.”
As the honor guards blew their trumpets, the Imperial Army began to move.
In the lead, Duran and Yuma.
Next to him, Randall was riding a horse and hoisting a flag embroidered with the Empire and the Zach family.
Knights and cavalry also formed a line and followed him. The imperial army moved in moderation according to the ceremony. Haseo’s troops were waiting for the imperial army in the center of the Yonir Plain. As the imperial army and Haseo’s army confronted each other, fierce tension raged in the center of the Yonir Plain.
“Hey!”
As Duran started to drive his horse to the center, the enemy commander, Haejichu, followed from the other side.
“It’s only been a week. Did you choose a good friend to come?”
Duran, who received the direct sunlight, frowned and asked.
“Worry about that. Thanks to the orderly you follow, your neck will drop soon.”
“haha. Sir Hae-Chu, you should have chosen me as your opponent before the knight. Then even if you lose, you will have an excuse. It wouldn’t have been too embarrassing.”
It wasn’t a provocation, it was a sincere statement.
Haechichu did not respond with his face flushed.
The two began the ceremony of oath.
No tricks or poisons. No one intrudes on the knights. The loser accepts the result and withdraws.
However, when saying the special clause, ‘Kyle’s side will deliver Duran’s recruits to Haseo in case of defeat, and Duran will absolutely obey Haseo’s disposition’, Hae-Chu gritted his teeth and glared at Duran.
When Duran returned to the friendly camp, Yuma and Randel moved to where Duran was.
Yuma spoke confidently, and Randall held an Ascalon with his head raised.
The flags of the Empire and the Zach family fluttered.
“Yuma, a knight in the Kyle Empire!”
Randall shouted in a booming voice. Yuma didn’t have a nickname yet, so it was a simple introduction.
Imperial soldiers slammed their right feet on the ground in time with the beat and let out cheers.
Randall guided Ascalon to Yuma with both hands. At this moment, Yuma was the representative of the Empire, so he was treated appropriately.
After that, Randall took Yuma’s horse and returned to the allied camp alone.
“Haseo-guk’s longevity! The snow crusher, the immortal Tenchu!”
Tenchu was Hajichu’s younger brother.
As a warrior who wields a giant axe with both hands, he was one of the outstanding generals of Haseo. The difference in physique with Yuma seemed to have doubled.
“Immortality is immortality. If it wasn’t for the knight war, I think I’d go and bend my back.”
Duran laughed as he listened to Tenchu’s introduction.
“I brought a stronger friend than I thought. I heard that the giant’s performance in the Suher Snow Field was tremendous. He is the one who beat Shonan Rollmandy.”
Randell said. Shonan was a famous knight of the Rollmandy family.
“Was he the one who half-killed the Shonan idiot?”
Duran looked at Tenchu again with interest.
Yuma and Tenchu each raised their swords toward the allied commander. The knight war had begun.
“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Tenchu raised both hands to show off his bravery and shouted. It was an aura that resonated throughout the plain.
Tenchu was the one who came running after hearing the news a week ago that the damn Empire had completely trampled on his brother and the pride of his country.
But the opponent is not Duran Zach, but a young blue kid whose name he doesn’t even know.
Tenchu was dumbfounded, but he had no intention of being sloppy.
He had to slaughter the little boy in front of his eyes and take care of the supply of Duran Zak to trample on the pride of the Imperials.
“Your ears will fall. Let’s stop screaming wild boars and hurry up. Is Haseo-guk generals’ only specialty being barking?”
“Zachs, did you send a kid to die instead because you were afraid of me?”
“Why is the tiger afraid of the boar hahaha?”
Tenchu approached Yuma in an instant and crossed a pair of giant axes in an X shape and slashed them down. It was agility that didn’t match the image of a giant at all.
Yuma jumped out with his swift speed to avoid the attack and stabbed Ascalon aiming for the gap between the crossed axes.
Tenchu raised his ax and hit Ascalon.
Ascalon touched by the ax rose into the air. A sigh erupted from the imperial camp.
Yuma dodged the ax once more, dug into Tenchu’s arms and hit the abdomen with his aura-loaded fist.
Cuckoo!
There was a sound of magic shells exploding, and Tenchu was pushed back about a step.
My body was slightly lifted off the ground.
If it wasn’t for the magic-filled armor, the internal organs would surely have been damaged.
While Tenchu was flustered, Yuma snatched Ascalon from the air and threw it back.
Ascalon was surrounded by a blazing aura, it was as if smoke was rising around Yuma. This time, Haseoguk’s camp groaned.
“It’s lighter than it looks Sir Boar.
I thought I could endure this much in place.”
“Big!”
He screamed and glared at Yuma, but Tenchu was very flustered.
Yuma’s aura that burns like a flame. I’ve seen countless Aura users, but it was the first time I’d seen something like that.
Yuma lowered the Ascalon diagonally and corrected his posture.
“right. I will hit the right side.”
“This cheeky…!”
Before Tenchu could finish his answer, Yuma swung his Ascalon. It was an attack aimed at Tenchu’s right side.
One attack was out of reach. From a distance, it looked as if Yuma was swinging his sword at random, unable to catch the distance.
However, the moment Yuma swung the sword, Tenchu instinctively realized. Aurablaird will fly like an arrow.
Tenchu predicted the direction and hit the Aura Blade.
Yuma’s aura hit by Tenchu bounced to the bottom of the plain. The ground where the aura fell was hollowed out.
“Did you say Yuma?”
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Tenchu spoke in a calm voice.
“Now you’re talking like a human.”
“You will surely die to me today.”
After confirming Yuma’s skill, Tenchu decided to put all his energy into this knight fight.
The skill of the boy in front of him was still terrifying. A young boy with infinite potential for growth.
If he couldn’t kill him now, he could become the second Duran Zach one day and invade Haseo.
‘As an unmanned man, he’s a boy whom it would be a shame to kill. But you have to nip it in the bud.’
Tenchu put a new aura on his twin axes. It was intended to cut down Yuma at once.
Tenchu’s ax began to vibrate with an aura.
“I will attack the center this time.”
Yuma prepared to throw an aura.
“hot!”
But this time Tenchu was faster.
Tenchu spun like a top and swung his ax continuously at Yuma. It was a technique that gave him the nickname of the Snow Crusher.
Tenchu’s aura was flying in all directions. It was best to step back and reposition, but Yuma was conscious of the eyes of the onlookers.
‘Shall we go a little fancy?’
Yuma amplified Ascalon’s aura and started offsetting Tenchu’s aura with a speedy quicksword.
Then, Yuma pushed herself into Tenchu’s stormy ax stroke.
After successfully twisting the trajectory of Haejichu’s ax blade using the cross guard, Yuma set Ascalon aside and grabbed the blade with her hand.
The moment Yuma completely dug into Tenchu’s arms, it was as if the right to attack passed to Yuma.
Yuma spun behind Tenchu’s head and jumped up. It was to hang the Ascalon, which was holding both the handle and the blade, around Tenchu’s neck. like a guillotine.
Tenchu, who hadn’t reacted properly before, lowered his head.
Ascalon tore off part of Tenchu’s helmet. Then, pot blood splattered from Tenchu’s head. It was not fatal.
When Yuma landed on the ground, Tenchu and Yuma were close to each other, looking in opposite directions.
Without looking back, Yuma rolled to the right, pommeling Tenchu’s left knee joint.
Ascalon, shining with an aura, cut Tenchu’s right knee.
“Big billion!”
Tenchu knelt down complaining of pain and brandished his axe. The blood flowing from his head wet his eyes and his vision was narrowed.
Even the ax he swung with his mind didn’t hit, and the attacks he wielded at random couldn’t work against Yuma.
Clearly seizing the victory, Yuma hit Tenchu’s ax one by one. The huge ax fell to the floor with a booming sound.
Before long, Yuma caught Tenchu’s back again with his speedboat.
It was not difficult to catch the back of the half-sitting Tenchu. Yuma also severed the tendons in Tenchu’s left knee. It was in preparation for an unexpected counterattack.
Fu-wook!
Yuma slammed Ascalon down.
Ascalon’s sword god, shining blue, pierced Tenchu’s right shoulder and stuck into the ground.
“Aww…
the plains of Yonir were engulfed in silence.
Ascalon was holding Tenchu in place like a stake.
It was a perfect victory for Yuma.
Yuma slowly hovered around the motionless Tenchu on his knees. He took off his gauntlet and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his bare hand.
After a while, cheers erupted from the imperial camp.
All of Haseo-gun lowered their heads and turned their eyes away from the defeated general.
“lost. kill.”
“Do you have anything to say?”
“The age of empire will not last forever.”
“Right, it was. But now it will be forever.”
As Yuma pulled out the Ascalon from Tenchu’s shoulder, he decapitated him.
As Tenchu’s head rolled on the ground, a trumpet sounded in the imperial camp announcing the end of the knight war.
Yuma took the supply of Tenchu and walked towards Haseoguk’s camp.
“It was an honor to be able to fight a strong warrior.”
Yuma offered Haechichu the supply of Tenchu. Haejichu received his brother’s head while riding a horse.
“This noooooum!”
Haejichu suddenly pulled out a sword from his waist and pointed it at Yuma.
Immediately, all the Imperial forces, including Duran and Landel, also drew their weapons.
Yuma’s expression did not change, and he met Haechu’s eyes.
“You bastard…! what kind of trick did you do? There’s no way my sister will ever lose to a kid like you! I mean, I can’t lose!”
“Are you thinking of throwing ashes on your brother’s honorable death? Take up your sword, Sir Haejichu. If you don’t want to see Haseo-guk perish.”
Yuma shrugged and turned around.
Haejichu and Haseoguk’s troops had no choice but to stare at Yuma’s back.
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