[ Episode 353. Red Knight ]
Morheim’s estate, where the heat of the battlefield had not cooled down yet, was diligently cleaning up the gaps that had earned some time.
‘What happened.’
I heard about it, but my head was complicated due to unexpected things.
“hmm?”
The soldiers who happened to see me approaching stood guard against me.
“Who are you!”
“This is Adrias Cromwell.”
The soldiers, who tilted their heads at my calm introduction, slowly backed away with their eyes widening.
“Oh Adrias Cromwell?”
“Go and call the superiors!”
What is it that the fact that I’m coming hasn’t been told yet? why are you so upset
I didn’t want to make a fuss, so I decided to wait here for the superior to come. In the meantime, I was able to find a body with an unusual appearance from afar.
“Vivian, please wait here for a moment instead of me.”
“huh.”
I immediately moved to the place where the body was. Nearby, I saw soldiers who couldn’t help but look at each other.
‘The rider of the black horse.’
It was an article dealing with famine.
I couldn’t understand why the guy with at least two weeks left to come out was dead here and now.
“Be careful, knight! If you go near it, it will dry up!”
As I moved closer to check, someone warned me. I approached the corpse with a rough wave of understanding.
“Right.”
It was a little different from the graphics in the game, but holding the scale was very clear evidence. It’s strange to hold a scale on a battlefield like this.
[Highest level necromancer: Summon the undead.]
[No body detected.]
I tried to use it just in case, but there was no response.
I wondered if I was dead, so I drew my sword and stabbed it deeply.
Fu-wook!
I could only feel the outerwear I was wearing, and nothing caught on, as if I had pierced the air.
“He’s such a strange guy.”
The white knight has a problem with the plague, and he gave it to Berial, so that’s okay, but if I can take this guy, I’ll have to take it.
“Sir Cromwell!”
I was doing this and that for a while with the Black Knight of Famine when I heard a voice calling me from afar.
I can’t have a conversation here, so when I got out of the black knight’s area, the person who greeted me opened his mouth to express his gratitude.
“Thank you for coming all the way here, Mr. Cromwell. My name is Moss, the former butler of the Morheim family.”
“Nice to meet you, Moss.”
I thought Danard, the vice-captain, would appear, but the butler in charge of the Morheim family’s business has appeared.
“Then shall we go right in?”
“yes. Oh, that corpse before that.”
“ah! That’s the monster that the red knight in the castle has defeated. I’ve heard that it has something to do with the monster called the white knight that Sir Cromwell defeated…”
The red knight took it down?
I don’t know how things work.
It’s funny that the red knight had the reason for calling me here in the first place.
“Has confirmed. What are you going to do with that body?”
“There are still a lot of other things going on, so I think the case about that body will be delayed a bit.”
Then I’ll beg Minus to take it.
After answering that I knew, I headed to the castle with Vivian.
The interior of the territory where the Duke of Morhaime was located was also hectic. Among the people running around, I saw some familiar characters I had seen in the game, and Daenerd, who I thought would come to meet me instead of Moss.
“oh my! Aren’t you Sir Adrias!”
It was quite menacing to see the huge muscular body running with a bright smile. Vivian, who was next to me, must have felt that way too, so she reflexively blocked my path.
“Aiko, I was so happy that my body was in a hurry.”
“How are you, Vice-captain Dannard?”
“Every day is far away and I’m out of my mind. If it had been a hit-and-run fight with superhumans, I probably wouldn’t be here. haha!”
Still, thanks to my planning in advance, I was able to afford it. Even if I hadn’t said it, Morheim’s rebellion would have happened, and it would have endured for quite a long time like a duchy.
“Just then, Your Highness is also out in the courtyard. It’s with a strange figure called the Red Knight. Come to think of it, that bizarre person said he wanted to see Your Excellency, do you know him?”
“I do not know. I wonder how you knew and called me.”
“I want to go with you and talk with you, but as you can see, the conditions are not available. We’ll see you again when we’re done.”
“Yes, please. Danard.”
Minus is with the red knight and Daenerd is doing the work for him.
The more I went, the more I became curious about the enemy’s condition. After all, it’s a boss monster, but the highest person in this place is facing such a monster…
‘The red knight was a bit unusual.’
It wasn’t that he was unique for any other reason, but that he was unique because he had no particular personality unlike the other knights of the Apocalypse.
The white knight spreads plague and the black knight spreads famine. The blue knight, who appeared as the final boss, had a unique gimmick as he was in charge of death, but the enemy knight to meet now only had a physical attack.
“There it is.”
said Morse, stepping back slightly.
It was the courtyard Danard had mentioned, but Minus, some escorts, and House Morheim’s only Aura Master, Clusso, and his sister, Greta, could be seen.
‘I’m not afraid.’
It’s probably because you don’t know exactly what your opponent is, so you’re not afraid.
I turned my gaze away from them and looked at the enemy knight I was facing. Coincidentally, the red knight also looked away, perhaps noticing our approach.
Contrary to the name of the knight, he was a man who covered his entire body with a frayed red cloth. The only peculiarity is that the right arm is made of a sword instead of an arm.
“Hey Adrias Cromwell. Aren’t we our heroes who survived the dead?”
Seeing the red knight’s gaze turned around, Minus, noticing my arrival, exclaimed happily.
I lowered my head slightly and pretended to know, then approached him with all my nerves focused on the red knight.
“It’s been a while, Your Highness.”
“I thought he was dead, but it’s nice to see him like this. Sir Vivian, long time no see?”
While we exchanged greetings for a while, we met face to face with the red knight.
what to say
It was an appearance that reminded me of the Immortals I saw in the tower.
It looks like something you would see in a cartoon, but should I say it doesn’t exist in real life?
“Looking at it now, you seem to be more welcoming to the person here than I am? Is it spherical?”
“I see you for the first time.”
It’s actually spherical. It’s a boss mob that I’ve caught over 50 times in the game.
Then someone came up to me and naturally crossed their arms. I barely stopped my frown and looked around to see Greta looking at me with a smile on her eyes.
“I’m glad you’re safe, Lord Cromwell.”
“Sorry for the late greeting, Greta. It was a little unusual situation, so I was out of my mind.”
“are you okay. Is it better than that? looks good.”
Were you originally like this?
I looked into Greta’s eyes without saying a word. Then, as if feeling embarrassed, Greta slightly relaxed her arms and smiled bashfully.
“sorry. Suddenly grabbing my arm…….”
“No, what……”
Startled!
I turned my head involuntarily at the cool energy I felt at the moment. At first, I thought it was the energy of a red knight, but soon I saw Vivian looking at me and Greta coldly.
“Hmmmm.”
This is not the time.
I looked at the red knight silently observing and asked Minus.
“You mean he found me?”
“okay. I was thinking of calling you to see your face, but it just happened like this. But if we don’t know each other, how did I know you?”
“You could ask.”
So how did I not call you and why did you call me?
“Can I call you Red Knight?”
[“Okay.”]
The sound of the red knight’s voice made my muscles tense. I raised my guard a little to that which resembled the voice of a transcendentalist.
“How do I know?”
[“I overheard people talking here. I heard you killed a monster called the White Knight?”]
“That’s right.”
[“I called because I was curious about that. i don’t even know who i am I wonder if you would know.”]
What kind of situation is this?
A boss monster who doesn’t know who he is?
‘Come to think of it, I can’t see the red horse.’
Just as the names of these bosses are jockeys, the horses they ride were like symbols. It was strange that someone so important wasn’t around, but it seemed like something was wrong.
“…….”
I needed time to think.
Judging by his attitude, it seemed that he had no hostile or negative feelings toward us.
[“You said Adrias Cromwell?”]
“Yes.”
[“Can we talk alone?”]
The atmosphere calmed down at the sudden suggestion of the red knight. Even if he didn’t show any hostility, everyone seemed to be somewhat wary because they knew he wasn’t an ordinary human being.
“Do we really need to talk just the two of us?”
Minus stepped out as if to hit the mood.
However, I also wanted to talk with the red knight, so I cautiously stepped forward.
“I am fine.”
“Adrias.”
Minus called my name in a low voice as if warning me, but I said with a smile that I was fine.
“I don’t think so, but it’s okay if he attacks me.”
On the contrary, I didn’t worry about attacking and it was good.
Because I was able to solve it without even thinking about it.
[“Are you wary of me because I look different from other people? I really don’t know.”]
At that time, the red knight muttered lonely.
It’s really something you can’t adapt to.
The red knight I knew was just like the white knight I killed before, with endless hostility and intent on killing all living things.
“I will follow.”
said Vivian as if seeking a compromise.
I thought I didn’t care about Vivian, so I looked at the red knight as if asking for his consent, and he nodded.
[“If you’re really nervous, that’s fine.”]
I really can’t get used to it.
Seeing the red knight thinking and talking like a human being, he was dumbfounded, but Minus waved his hand.
“do whatever you want. I was busy anyway, but I have to turn off the lights first. If anything happens, come up to my office.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
Soon, everyone except Vivian and I moved away. The red knight and we were left in an awkward silence for a moment, choosing what to say.
[“What did the white knight say?”]
“Well. They killed me before we could talk…”
Because it was true, not a bluff, and because the knights of the Apocalypse were the objects to be dealt with in the first place, there was no option to talk.
“I’m curious too, but did you kill the black knight?”
[“I didn’t mean to kill you. It happened while struggling to survive.”]
“Did the black knight try to kill you?”
[“Uh.”]
I wondered if I was really talking to the knight of the Apocalypse at the level of tone and content of the words.
[“What the hell am I? Why did he try to kill me and I was born on such a battlefield? Why is my appearance different from other people?”]
He asked me with a complicated look.
I know the answer, but I couldn’t give you an answer.
‘How can you say that it’s a monster born to destroy the world?’
Moreover, since two of the Knights of the Apocalypse had already died, the Apocalypse could not be realized. Without even one of the four, destruction was almost prevented, so it was ambiguous to deal with a non-hostile enemy knight.
Of course, in the case of the blue knight of death who will appear later, unlike the red knight who seems to be out of order, he will be hostile to all living things.
[“What do I have to do now?”]
The voice of the lonely and frustrated red knight filled with anguish crossed the empty courtyard.
[ Episode 353. The Red Knight ] End
