“Who the hell is that? How many soldiers was Lord Palmlea hiding? ”
Manislan has also suffered a lot of damage in combat today, but there are at least 10,000 soldiers left. As I recall.
However, at least a few thousand soldiers stood in the way of the summoning of the commanders if they couldn't come to the fortress.
“… wait a minute. Aren't you a soldier?”
What are you talking about?]
“I don't think those who are fighting the Manyslan soldiers are soldiers...”
Focusing your eyes on the burning city, you can see soldiers fighting in various parts of the city.
The problem was that the opponents they were fighting looked like ordinary people without proper armor and weapons.
“… people. Those are the inhabitants of Palmblia. Why are they stopping the soldiers? ”
Why are the townspeople stopping the soldiers after taking heavy damage?
In addition, they were doing their best to light a fire directly in their own city.
[I think he's trying to help us save Lord Palmlea.]
“So why? I mean, why would a commoner risk his life to save a nobleman? ”
Although not an elite soldier, it takes at least two lives to defeat a properly armed soldier.
The more soldiers gather, the stronger they will be, and the more lives they will need.
But at the cost of such a sacrifice, we stop foreign soldiers from saving Lord Palmlea?
“I just don't get it. ”
[Umm... Maybe Lord Palmlea is worthy of saving them. Not all nobles oppress the commoners.]
“Phew... That's not it, though. Tens of thousands of people are gonna die. ”
Even now, each other's lives are being lost to the sword of the soldiers or to the shoddy weapons wielded by the residents.
Moreover, the battle that is taking place now will not stop unless one side is completely finished.
It's overwhelming.
As you stare at him dazed with a grim face, he climbs up the stairs with Tarien in his arms.
“Kaiyan! Why aren't the soldiers coming in? We've got to save the captain! ”
“… you'd better see for yourself rather than explain in words. ”
“What is it...”
As he pointed his hand at the city, the ovyrian hurriedly approached and saw the city.
“… why. Why is the city on fire? ”
“Looks like the people of Palmlea did it. Well, the objective seems to be to avoid sending foreign soldiers into the fortress. ”
“Oh my... Then there's no reason to open the fortress gate!" Tarien said all you have to do is open the fortress gate...! ”
The blushing ovyrian bites your face, and you raise your hands to him and shrug.
“This is not my fault. Who would have guessed that the people of Palmlea would behave? Tarien made a choice. If you want to ask him wrong, ask him. ”
“Haha... Haha...”
“What are you going to do now? ”
Now there are only two ways to choose.
Rescue a captain who will return to the mansion and endure hard work, or how to escape to the outer perimeter and join the soldiers.
Of course, whatever you choose will be bad for Tarien because you have already disobeyed the commander's orders.
‘You're not going to break your promise now, are you? ’
What worries me most is that the old knight whose eyes have returned to Tarien's injuries has broken his promise.
‘Then we'll have to take you out of the way... and I'll make you pay for breaking your promise. ’
You stare at the old knight laying Tarien on the floor.
Like I said, pick one.
“... Let's go outside. Now that you're back, it won't be much help. Maybe the commander is already in the hands of the enemy...”
“Very well. Then I will do my best to protect Tarien's life, as promised. ”
Escape to outer space is not a bad offer for me.
If the enemy is the villagers, they won't have to worry about their children dying or getting hurt.
Back down the wall stairs with the old knight riding Tarien, all the soldiers were waiting for him.
“O 'virion, why aren't the foreign soldiers coming? ”
“We have a problem. ”
“If it's a problem...”
“You'll see for yourself. We're going to the outer boroughs. Lead the way. ”
“Yes? Oh, yes! I understand.”
The Orion's words surprise the knights, but they acknowledge it.
Well, his choice now is to abandon his command and flee for their own safety.
‘No, House Cheniavin, Tarien must have hit him pretty hard. It's not a matter of majoring, it's a matter of maybe getting kicked out of the position of successor. ’
The Cheniavin family will eventually take full responsibility for what happened today, and Tarien will be the one responsible for the damage.
I smiled at the more satisfying results than I thought, and hurried down the stairs with the knights.
Upon arriving at the bottom, fortunately, the door was wide open to see if I had opened the gate properly.
The old knight points to the door without saying anything, and the knights pass through the fortress gate surrounding Tarien to the outer sanctuary.
Waaaahhhh!!
“Die! I will avenge my brother! Cough!”
“You vile bastards! I can't believe you even brought the people of this city into battle! ”
“Son of a bitch!”
The situation outside the walls was more fierce and brutal than what I had seen.
Manislanders and villagers were battling like crazy for each other's lives between burning buildings, and the entire city was covered in red blood.
“Where can I go? ”
He stares at Obrian and asks, and he sobs.
“Hmmm... We need to find the Central Knights first. But... it doesn't look easy to find. ”
“Central Knights... Got it. Then follow me. ”
“Can you find them? I know where it is.... ”
“I'll get you there in half an hour, so just trust me. ”
Obviously he looked at it as if he didn't understand it, but that's a natural reaction for those who don't know their senses.
Even though it doesn't mean anything to talk to him about the player system.
[Kaiyan, did you find it?]
“Not yet.”
As I expanded to the city, focusing all the nerves on the senses, I felt the energy of various people within the range of the senses that were expanding.
The energy of a healthy person, the energy of an ordinary person, the energy of a dying person, and even the energy of a weak person.
‘... My head hurts from the crowd. ’
If it was a vast field with no people, it wouldn't have been a problem, but I felt dizzy as I had a lot of energy to distinguish between them.
The moment I thought about going a little deeper into my increasingly sick head and trying again.
“... I found it. I'll take the lead. Let's go. ”
You can feel dozens of knight-level energies clumped together in what appears to be the center of the outer perimeter.
“Did you really find them? If we're going somewhere weird...”
“I really found it. Hmm... Some of my artifacts have the ability to find people. So believe me, follow me. ”
“Artifacts... I see. Then I'm sorry, but I'm asking you. ”
You see the knights surrounding Tarien and Oberian with their swords drawn and move quickly toward the place where there is a sense of Central Knight energy.
The problem seems to be crossing the city where the battle is taking place.
“Knights of Manislan! The knights are here! ”
“Don't go near it! Throw the stone! Die, you bastards!"
“Hey, Knight! Help me! I'm from Manislan! ”
Residents in combat around the area sometimes attack or the soldiers call for help.
You look at the Oberyn behind him, and he shakes his head.
I didn't even expect it, but I did.
Tarien's safety is more important than the lives of civilian soldiers.
‘But... if I'm not going to kill them all myself, I'd rather ignore them. ’
They come at each other for a purpose.
Some to avenge and some to live.
But selfish greed is to enter their battles with one regret.
“Grrrgh!! ”
“Joo, die! Die!”
He shakes his head at the sound of an unknown scream and continues across the city.
After about 10 minutes' march, more and more people are battling around you, and you start to see a large square.
That's where the knights' energy comes from.
“Ser Oberion, that's it! ”
“Got it!”
“What are you going to do? ”
“I intend to break through! All knights, form a breach! ”
The problem was that people already occupied a wide road to the square. That's a lot of numbers.
“Ah! The knights are coming from behind! Those vile bastards!! ”
“Throw anything you can throw! Stay close and we'll be in trouble! ”
“Pamphlia is ours to protect! We must never send them to the fortress! ”
They were the inhabitants of Palmblia who were battling soldiers in the city.
Some of them had driven Manislan's soldiers and knights into the Central Plaza and barricaded their way with their bodies. Don't let them get to the Resistance.
“Phew... These won't be easily pierced by Tarien Knights... I can't help it. Hold on tight."
[Yes, don't worry!]
I checked Rika's position in my arms and hit the ground one step ahead of the other knights.
Ta-ah!
‘I hope you don't blame me too much. ’
I think useless thoughts in my head, and I release the sword carved into my instinct toward them as I get closer.
Puhhhhh!
“Khhh!! ”
“You little... Cough! ”
I'd be less sorry if they were knights.
These are ordinary people who haven't even caught the right weapons. Every time my sword moves, I have to knock Pic down.
Phew!
“Ugh...! ”
“Cars, Carlson!! You bastard!”
I feel too different from when I slaughtered those pirates in the Pirate Islands.
Every time a person fell on the cold floor, I felt a strange feeling that I had never felt before, and I was confused about whether or not I was doing well.
But I felt even weirder myself swinging the sword without hesitation, feeling that way.
"Is this the right thing to do to save three people? If only I had just taken them... ’
To make them live a little more comfortably, the lives of the many who had just stood still are lost by my sword.
‘… When Jeff died, I was determined to give up my hesitation. ’
When my sword was red with blood splattered from people's bodies, I suddenly felt pathetic.
If you were willing to help your children, killing them wouldn't have shaken you.
I shouldn't have let it shake like this in the first place.
Phew!
“Huff...! Cough…. Dog…"
The last time I blocked the passageway and put a sword in the ripe one's chest, he looked at me with grumbling eyes.
Their eyes resembled those of those who had fallen by my sword. But these guys are different.
I only slaughtered helpless people because of my greed.
“Kaiyan, well done! ”
Tuk-tuk.
I watched as the Knights of Tarien and the Obrian swooped over my shoulder and rushed to join the soldiers in the square.
[Mr. Kaiyan?]
“Liekah.”
[What's the matter? Are you hurt?]
“No, that's not it. I'm confused in my head... Why am I like this? ”
I looked down at the red bitten sword and my right hand.
Why did you hold the sword in the first place?
Yeah, to make it easier to hunt monsters.
They were my vendetta and my target.
Then why are they using swords now to kill the weak?
Inside my head or inside, someone whispered to me like that.
But I couldn't answer that question. I didn't know the answer to the question.
“I…”
The moment I hold my confused head in my left hand.
Kaiyan, you must always be careful when killing people. It's best not to do it at all.
The sound of Jeff's voice in my head as if it were coming alive in my ears.
Because he's the same person?
No, it's for your own good. When you kill someone, you get used to it without even knowing it.
Does that matter? Rather, if I get used to it, it means I'm strong enough.
Kaiyan, it's not that strong. I mean, literally no hesitation about killing people.
Really? I don't get it.
Yeah, I didn't understand what Jeff was saying back then.
I thought it might be a monster or a person to kill, but I thought it would be a good idea if hesitation didn't go away.
Mark my words. Just because you're not drunk doesn't mean you're not a monster.
So if killing someone becomes numb, it becomes a monster, too?
Rather than a frenzied monster. Especially if he has the strength.
I knew the answer as soon as Jeff's memory was scattered like smoke in my head.
“I was... becoming a monster. ”
I didn't even know I was becoming a monster.
“Who the hell is that? How many soldiers was Lord Palmlea hiding? ”
Manislan has also suffered a lot of damage in combat today, but there are at least 10,000 soldiers left. As I recall.
However, at least a few thousand soldiers stood in the way of the summoning of the commanders if they couldn't come to the fortress.
“… wait a minute. Aren't you a soldier?”
What are you talking about?]
“I don't think those who are fighting the Manyslan soldiers are soldiers...”
Focusing your eyes on the burning city, you can see soldiers fighting in various parts of the city.
The problem was that the opponents they were fighting looked like ordinary people without proper armor and weapons.
“… people. Those are the inhabitants of Palmblia. Why are they stopping the soldiers? ”
Why are the townspeople stopping the soldiers after taking heavy damage?
In addition, they were doing their best to light a fire directly in their own city.
[I think he's trying to help us save Lord Palmlea.]
“So why? I mean, why would a commoner risk his life to save a nobleman? ”
Although not an elite soldier, it takes at least two lives to defeat a properly armed soldier.
The more soldiers gather, the stronger they will be, and the more lives they will need.
But at the cost of such a sacrifice, we stop foreign soldiers from saving Lord Palmlea?
“I just don't get it. ”
[Umm... Maybe Lord Palmlea is worthy of saving them. Not all nobles oppress the commoners.]
“Phew... That's not it, though. Tens of thousands of people are gonna die. ”
Even now, each other's lives are being lost to the sword of the soldiers or to the shoddy weapons wielded by the residents.
Moreover, the battle that is taking place now will not stop unless one side is completely finished.
It's overwhelming.
As you stare at him dazed with a grim face, he climbs up the stairs with Tarien in his arms.
“Kaiyan! Why aren't the soldiers coming in? We've got to save the captain! ”
“… you'd better see for yourself rather than explain in words. ”
“What is it...”
As he pointed his hand at the city, the ovyrian hurriedly approached and saw the city.
“… why. Why is the city on fire? ”
“Looks like the people of Palmlea did it. Well, the objective seems to be to avoid sending foreign soldiers into the fortress. ”
“Oh my... Then there's no reason to open the fortress gate!" Tarien said all you have to do is open the fortress gate...! ”
The blushing ovyrian bites your face, and you raise your hands to him and shrug.
“This is not my fault. Who would have guessed that the people of Palmlea would behave? Tarien made a choice. If you want to ask him wrong, ask him. ”
“Haha... Haha...”
“What are you going to do now? ”
Now there are only two ways to choose.
Rescue a captain who will return to the mansion and endure hard work, or how to escape to the outer perimeter and join the soldiers.
Of course, whatever you choose will be bad for Tarien because you have already disobeyed the commander's orders.
‘You're not going to break your promise now, are you? ’
What worries me most is that the old knight whose eyes have returned to Tarien's injuries has broken his promise.
‘Then we'll have to take you out of the way... and I'll make you pay for breaking your promise. ’
You stare at the old knight laying Tarien on the floor.
Like I said, pick one.
“... Let's go outside. Now that you're back, it won't be much help. Maybe the commander is already in the hands of the enemy...”
“Very well. Then I will do my best to protect Tarien's life, as promised. ”
Escape to outer space is not a bad offer for me.
If the enemy is the villagers, they won't have to worry about their children dying or getting hurt.
Back down the wall stairs with the old knight riding Tarien, all the soldiers were waiting for him.
“O 'virion, why aren't the foreign soldiers coming? ”
“We have a problem. ”
“If it's a problem...”
“You'll see for yourself. We're going to the outer boroughs. Lead the way. ”
“Yes? Oh, yes! I understand.”
The Orion's words surprise the knights, but they acknowledge it.
Well, his choice now is to abandon his command and flee for their own safety.
‘No, House Cheniavin, Tarien must have hit him pretty hard. It's not a matter of majoring, it's a matter of maybe getting kicked out of the position of successor. ’
The Cheniavin family will eventually take full responsibility for what happened today, and Tarien will be the one responsible for the damage.
I smiled at the more satisfying results than I thought, and hurried down the stairs with the knights.
Upon arriving at the bottom, fortunately, the door was wide open to see if I had opened the gate properly.
The old knight points to the door without saying anything, and the knights pass through the fortress gate surrounding Tarien to the outer sanctuary.
Waaaahhhh!!
“Die! I will avenge my brother! Cough!”
“You vile bastards! I can't believe you even brought the people of this city into battle! ”
“Son of a bitch!”
The situation outside the walls was more fierce and brutal than what I had seen.
Manislanders and villagers were battling like crazy for each other's lives between burning buildings, and the entire city was covered in red blood.
“Where can I go? ”
He stares at Obrian and asks, and he sobs.
“Hmmm... We need to find the Central Knights first. But... it doesn't look easy to find. ”
“Central Knights... Got it. Then follow me. ”
“Can you find them? I know where it is.... ”
“I'll get you there in half an hour, so just trust me. ”
Obviously he looked at it as if he didn't understand it, but that's a natural reaction for those who don't know their senses.
Even though it doesn't mean anything to talk to him about the player system.
[Kaiyan, did you find it?]
“Not yet.”
As I expanded to the city, focusing all the nerves on the senses, I felt the energy of various people within the range of the senses that were expanding.
The energy of a healthy person, the energy of an ordinary person, the energy of a dying person, and even the energy of a weak person.
‘... My head hurts from the crowd. ’
If it was a vast field with no people, it wouldn't have been a problem, but I felt dizzy as I had a lot of energy to distinguish between them.
The moment I thought about going a little deeper into my increasingly sick head and trying again.
“... I found it. I'll take the lead. Let's go. ”
You can feel dozens of knight-level energies clumped together in what appears to be the center of the outer perimeter.
“Did you really find them? If we're going somewhere weird...”
“I really found it. Hmm... Some of my artifacts have the ability to find people. So believe me, follow me. ”
“Artifacts... I see. Then I'm sorry, but I'm asking you. ”
You see the knights surrounding Tarien and Oberian with their swords drawn and move quickly toward the place where there is a sense of Central Knight energy.
The problem seems to be crossing the city where the battle is taking place.
“Knights of Manislan! The knights are here! ”
“Don't go near it! Throw the stone! Die, you bastards!"
“Hey, Knight! Help me! I'm from Manislan! ”
Residents in combat around the area sometimes attack or the soldiers call for help.
You look at the Oberyn behind him, and he shakes his head.
I didn't even expect it, but I did.
Tarien's safety is more important than the lives of civilian soldiers.
‘But... if I'm not going to kill them all myself, I'd rather ignore them. ’
They come at each other for a purpose.
Some to avenge and some to live.
But selfish greed is to enter their battles with one regret.
“Grrrgh!! ”
“Joo, die! Die!”
He shakes his head at the sound of an unknown scream and continues across the city.
After about 10 minutes' march, more and more people are battling around you, and you start to see a large square.
That's where the knights' energy comes from.
“Ser Oberion, that's it! ”
“Got it!”
“What are you going to do? ”
“I intend to break through! All knights, form a breach! ”
The problem was that people already occupied a wide road to the square. That's a lot of numbers.
“Ah! The knights are coming from behind! Those vile bastards!! ”
“Throw anything you can throw! Stay close and we'll be in trouble! ”
“Pamphlia is ours to protect! We must never send them to the fortress! ”
They were the inhabitants of Palmblia who were battling soldiers in the city.
Some of them had driven Manislan's soldiers and knights into the Central Plaza and barricaded their way with their bodies. Don't let them get to the Resistance.
“Phew... These won't be easily pierced by Tarien Knights... I can't help it. Hold on tight."
[Yes, don't worry!]
I checked Rika's position in my arms and hit the ground one step ahead of the other knights.
Ta-ah!
‘I hope you don't blame me too much. ’
I think useless thoughts in my head, and I release the sword carved into my instinct toward them as I get closer.
Puhhhhh!
“Khhh!! ”
“You little... Cough! ”
I'd be less sorry if they were knights.
These are ordinary people who haven't even caught the right weapons. Every time my sword moves, I have to knock Pic down.
Phew!
“Ugh...! ”
“Cars, Carlson!! You bastard!”
I feel too different from when I slaughtered those pirates in the Pirate Islands.
Every time a person fell on the cold floor, I felt a strange feeling that I had never felt before, and I was confused about whether or not I was doing well.
But I felt even weirder myself swinging the sword without hesitation, feeling that way.
"Is this the right thing to do to save three people? If only I had just taken them... ’
To make them live a little more comfortably, the lives of the many who had just stood still are lost by my sword.
‘… When Jeff died, I was determined to give up my hesitation. ’
When my sword was red with blood splattered from people's bodies, I suddenly felt pathetic.
If you were willing to help your children, killing them wouldn't have shaken you.
I shouldn't have let it shake like this in the first place.
Phew!
“Huff...! Cough…. Dog…"
The last time I blocked the passageway and put a sword in the ripe one's chest, he looked at me with grumbling eyes.
Their eyes resembled those of those who had fallen by my sword. But these guys are different.
I only slaughtered helpless people because of my greed.
“Kaiyan, well done! ”
Tuk-tuk.
I watched as the Knights of Tarien and the Obrian swooped over my shoulder and rushed to join the soldiers in the square.
[Mr. Kaiyan?]
“Liekah.”
[What's the matter? Are you hurt?]
“No, that's not it. I'm confused in my head... Why am I like this? ”
I looked down at the red bitten sword and my right hand.
Why did you hold the sword in the first place?
Yeah, to make it easier to hunt monsters.
They were my vendetta and my target.
Then why are they using swords now to kill the weak?
Inside my head or inside, someone whispered to me like that.
But I couldn't answer that question. I didn't know the answer to the question.
“I…”
The moment I hold my confused head in my left hand.
Kaiyan, you must always be careful when killing people. It's best not to do it at all.
The sound of Jeff's voice in my head as if it were coming alive in my ears.
Because he's the same person?
No, it's for your own good. When you kill someone, you get used to it without even knowing it.
Does that matter? Rather, if I get used to it, it means I'm strong enough.
Kaiyan, it's not that strong. I mean, literally no hesitation about killing people.
Really? I don't get it.
Yeah, I didn't understand what Jeff was saying back then.
I thought it might be a monster or a person to kill, but I thought it would be a good idea if hesitation didn't go away.
Mark my words. Just because you're not drunk doesn't mean you're not a monster.
So if killing someone becomes numb, it becomes a monster, too?
Rather than a frenzied monster. Especially if he has the strength.
I knew the answer as soon as Jeff's memory was scattered like smoke in my head.
“I was... becoming a monster. ”
I didn't even know I was becoming a monster.
