Episode 1023. why? Do you know anyone?
In front of Hirhera Rift.
A giant bear up to 5 meters in size prowled out of the crack.
The Goliath Company (Putokoa Territory Army), which was monitoring the rift at the appearance of the Giant Bear, went into emergency for a moment.
The 1st platoon commander took 10 gunmen and fired magic bullets from the front.
Puff puff puff—!
But Giant Bear didn’t even nod.
The giant bear’s skin is harder than that of an ice ogre, so it’s no wonder.
As the Giant Bear’s eyes turned red, the 1st Platoon Commander pulled back the musketeers and ran out with a longsword.
To his left and right, the centurion and the three decembers quickly followed.
Before long, the Giant Bear and the five warriors confronted each other.
“Hey gomtaeng!”
“Come on! Come on!”
“and! Come!”
While the centurion and the ten chiefs drew the Giant Bear’s attention, the knight clung to him and brandished his longsword.
puck! puck! puck-!
The skin was so strong that there was only a loud noise, but no blood.
Still feeling the pain, the Giant Bear pounced on the knight.
The knight swung his longsword from side to side, struck off the giant bear’s front paw, and quickly retreated.
I raised my hand as if I didn’t want to become a knight.
About 100 soldiers on standby shouted ‘Wow!’ They surrounded the Giant Bear with shouts.
Since elites can’t do it, they’re pushing ahead with numbers.
Most of the soldiers were spearmen, so they kept stabbing the Giant Bear with the tip of their spear.
Even the Giant Bear wasn’t just suffering. The three soldiers were blown backwards as they were caught in the beast’s forepaws.
Still, as the fatigue accumulated, blood began to form on the tips of the soldiers’ spears, as if the magic power that protected the outer shell had fallen.
Only then did the driver send a hand signal again.
The soldiers left behind all at once, and the knights, centurions, and ten tens of commanders filled the place.
While the centurions and tens commanders drew the beast’s attention, the knight clung to him again and swung his longsword.
puck! puck! Poo-!
As if the final blow had landed properly, the Giant Bear’s thighs cracked open, revealing red flesh.
“Kheheheung!”
The Giant Bear let out a ferocious cry, but the morale of the soldiers rose even more.
“Wow!”
“die!”
With the support of his comrades, the knight steadily aimed at the beast’s lower body.
Before long, the Giant Bear’s lower body was stained red.
As his legs became tattered, his movements slowed noticeably.
The knight once again called the soldiers closer.
The soldiers gathered like a swarm of ants began to tear down the huge Giant Bear little by little.
A sigh escaped from the mouth of Baron Rolf Fritz, the new company commander of the Goliath Company, who was watching the scene from afar.
“ha!”
It has been more than 15 days since he was kicked out of the Knights and demoted to the Goliath Company for not following the orders of Count Tobias Putocoa.
Just looking at the Demonic Beast of the Great Snowfield made me vomit.
After a while, the Giant Bear collapsed and the soldiers cheered.
‘Tsk! It would be nice too.’
It is said that a hundred soldiers clung to it and knocked down a large bear.
At that time, the jockey Scone approached with a bored face.
“Squadron commander. How about we scout Tameyon too?”
“There is something there.”
“Haven’t you heard of the ‘Knights of the Rift’ saying that two Knights of Alpha Company have been to Tamion? Haven’t you heard that there will be a great reward at the palace with Marquis Bernardo?”
“prize?”
“It’s the first Tameyon scout, so it’s very upsetting. something that is nothing.”
“It’s nothing.”
Baron Rolf Fritz glanced at the crack.
The cracks between the white ice walls were frightening to look at.
“The rider and the knight went in and out like that. Doesn’t that mean that it should be just that level?”
“is it.”
I heard it and it seems plausible.
It feels easy to be able to do it at the level that a jockey and a knight can do.
But soon the baron shook his head.
“No, maybe I was lucky.”
“Is there a law that says that luck only works for Alpha Company?”
Scone seemed to want to somehow get into the rift.
But Baron Rolf Fritz did not fall for his tricks.
Even if it wasn’t, I was demoted and came all the way here, but if I had an accident after taking an adventure here, it would be the end.
Now, no matter how innocent your intentions are, you will only hear that you are ‘struggling because you want to return to the Knights’.
“done. We only need to stick to the surveillance of the rift. You don’t have to follow the unreasonable behavior of Alpha Company. We go our way.”
However, Baron Rolf Fritz’s determination to avoid danger and walk only the safe path did not last long.
Suddenly, a nine-headed serpent called the ‘Flaming Hydra’ popped out of the crack.
“It’s a demon!”
“A hydra of madness!”
At the appearance of the monster, the Goliath Company was turned upside down.
Until now, monsters had appeared often, but this was the first time.
It is surprising that the infamous Tameion monster came out of the rift.
As soon as the monster came out, flames and petrifying liquid were sprayed from its nine heads.
Aww— Chaaaagh—!
It turned into a ball of fire if it was brushed by flames, and if it was hit by petrification liquid, it turned into a stone pillar on the spot.
The front line of the Goliath company collapsed in the blink of an eye.
Jockey Scone, who was observing the situation, shivered and spoke to Baron Rolf Fritz.
“Lord Squadron Commander! It’s the heat of madness! Our company alone cannot defeat it! I will ask for your support!”
“Nothing to ask for. I have eyes, so I’ll come to support on my own. Follow me!”
Baron Rolf Fritz grabbed his longsword and ran out like the wind.
Scone followed him with a reluctant face.
Three knights and 30 centenarians surrounded the hydra of madness.
However, the soldiers did not rush to approach the monster and only retreated back.
It was not easy to approach because fire and petrifying liquid were constantly spewing from its nine heads.
As Baron Rolf Fritz joined them, he ordered the musketeers to open fire.
Puff puff puff—!
The hydra’s skin was not hard, so blood splattered quickly.
However, it is a monster with as many as nine heads.
The hydra of mad flames advanced towards the musketeers, spewing flames and petrifying fluid.
The distraught musketeers fled without looking back.
Flames and petrifying fluid rained down on the backs of the fleeing musketeers.
“Ah!”
“It’s hot! help me!”
At least the burned soldiers screamed, but those who were directly hit by the petrifying liquid turned into stone statues.
While the hydra of mad flames attacked the gunmen, Baron Rolf Fritz attacked the hydra from behind.
squeak-!
In one blow, a hydra head weighing more than an arm fell off.
“Kyaaaagh!”
“Kyaaak!”
The remaining eight heads all turned toward the baron.
Eight heads surrounded the baron before Baron Rolf Fritz, feeling threatened, could even step back.
“Damn it!”
The moment he thought he was dead, magic bullets rained down on Hydra’s head.
Puff puff puff—!
Puff puff puff—!
The musketeers of the 8th Company Hero Company and the 9th Company Icon Company poured magic bullets.
Hydra, with its weak skin, struggled against the magic bullets of sixty gunmen.
“Kyaaak!”
“Kak!”
Eight heads fluttered and spewed out flames and petrifying liquid at random.
However, the musketeers positioned at a distance did not waver.
The hero company commander and the icon company commander, who were looking for an opening, leaped to the head of the hydra holding a long sword.
Baron Rolf Fritz joined them and wielded a longsword.
Three heads were cut off at once.
Five heads left.
The magic bullets were concentrated on the shrunken head.
The ‘Flame Hydra’ did not attack, but quietly retreated back to live.
It’s not the company commanders who will just send it back.
Three company commanders clung to each other and swung their longswords, and three more heads fell.
Sensing their doom, the two heads rushed towards the nearest Baron Rolf Fritz.
At that time, the magic bullets of the musketeers spewed fire once again.
Hydra couldn’t open its eyes due to the magic bullets concentrated on its two heads.
In the meantime, Baron Rolf Fritz cut off two heads with a series of blows.
Iron flip.
Finally, the monster with all nine heads cut off collapsed on the snowy field.
“Wow!”
“I killed the hydra of madness!”
The wriggling body was swarmed by soldiers and cut into pieces with swords and spears.
Baron Rolf Fritz thanked the Hero Company Commander and Icon Company Commander for their support and trudged back to his place.
However, the jockey Scone, who followed like an assistant, was nowhere to be seen.
As he was looking for a rider, Brent, a knight from the 1st Platoon, approached him.
“Thank you for your effort. The company commander has achieved the highest achievement.”
“Did you see the scones?”
“He… became a fossil.”
“Right. Give me the tally of the wounded and dead on behalf of Sir Scone.”
“All right. And congratulations. There has never been a knight who has cut off four heads of the ‘Flame Hydra’.”
“Congratulations, how lucky you are.”
Baron Rolf Fritz waved his hand, but was proud inside.
It was because he had done a job that was as big as Tameyon’s scouting.
That evening, the rumor that Count Putocoa’s troops killed the ‘Flaming Hydra’, a demon of Tamion, spread widely in the Hirhera Garrison.
Along with that, the name of Baron Rolf Fritz, commander of the Goliath Company – who had decapitated four heads of the Hydra – was talked about.
***
The Knights’ Dining Room.
The topic of dinner time was, of course, ‘Hydra of Light Flame’.
The story of Count Putokoa’s troops came out here and there.
Qunut, who was eating bread by dipping it in soup, shook his head and muttered.
“The monster I least want to meet is ‘Flame Hydra’. When you think of the nine heads spewing flames and petrifying fluid… Ugh…”
Ridley nodded in agreement.
“me too. There were heavy casualties in Count Putocoa’s troops. Over 30 dead people… but isn’t it the first monster since we came here?”
“It’s the first time. There were no monsters around the ice wall… Why did those who should be inside crawl out to the ice wall? Have something to eat?”
Cale, the eldest, also helped.
“Did you say that the new company commander of Goliath Company was Baron Rolf Fritz? There was a rumor that he was demoted, but if he does well, he will return to the Knights.”
At the mention of Baron Rolf Fritz, the younger brother raised his head.
“Who did the Goliath company commander say?”
“Baron Rolf Fritz is a knight who was in the Griffin Knights. There were rumors that he caused controversy and was demoted while in the Knights Templar. why? Do you know someone?”
“If it’s Baron Rolf Fritz of the Griffin Knights… that’s someone I know. Until today, Count Putocoa’s troops are monitoring the rift, and tomorrow, Count Codrantes’ troops will be shifting, right?”
“you’re right. Three days later, it’s our turn.”
The corners of his mouth went up slightly.
Hearing the name of Baron Rolf Fritz in an unexpected place made me feel strange.
Could this be Heaven’s will that it’s time to pay off the debt to Count Putocoa?