Chapter 23. The night guest appears without warning. (11)
A look of distrust flashed through Mikel’s eyes as he looked at Cain, but that was only for a moment.
“……I wish you good luck.”
Mikel skillfully concealed his emotions and climbed onto the horse.
“Hey!”
“let’s go!”
The Sud Knights led by Cain and Hector took the lead, and the Nord Knights and the Imperial Knights were on either side.
“Hey!”
“Run!”
Behind them were the Knights of Ovest, led by Konrad and I.
Behind us was a wagon loaded with supplies and food, and other knights meticulously surrounded it.
The subjugation team began to run, forming an overall diamond formation.
“Squeak?!”
“Gyeah!?”
The monsters wandering in front of the castle walls were startled. It was as if I had been camped out looking at the castle wall in front of me and was suddenly stabbed in the back.
“Kekkeung!”
“Squeak, squeal!”
They were confused, not knowing what to do. Then, I turned away from the tightly closed walls and prepared to welcome the punitive team.
“Ready for battle!”
Cain shouted loudly,
With tea!
The Sud Knights sharply drew their swords. At the same time, a cadenza stretched out from Cain’s right palm.
“Good.”
Cain smiled and clutched the finished cadenza. But there was something he overlooked.
“Ugh!”
The cadenza, whose blade was twice as wide as a normal sword, was too big to hold with one hand.
“Hee hee hee!”
So much so that the horse was startled by the sudden weight and screamed.
“Ugh!”
Cain’s body instantly tilted to the side.
“young master!”
Hector looked back at him in surprise.
“Ugh!”
Just before Cain’s body fell to the side, he caught Cadenza with his other hand wrapped around the reins.
“Hee hee!”
Cain’s words quickly brought balance. And without slowing down, she continued running towards the monster.
‘What a shame.’
As I was watching it from behind, I secretly clicked my tongue.
Requiem is light enough to be wielded with one hand, so it can be used while riding a horse.
However, this is not possible with the cadenza, which can only be wielded with two hands.
‘Cain in the original did it, but he did it.’
His rise to that level was the result of his experience leading the northern subjugation war while holding the cadenza.
The battle was too much for Cain, who only had yesterday’s experience.
“Master, it’s impossible to fight on horseback with that sword!”
Hector, who was running next to him, said to Cain.
“That doesn’t mean you can get off your horse!”
Cain frowned and responded.
“The key to this battle is to quickly break through the enemies! It’s impossible without riding a horse!”
“But, master,”
“Don’t worry, just run! I’ll do my best!”
Hector looked frustrated, but since there was no other way, he retreated.
“…….”
The eyes of the other knights glanced at the leader of the Sud knights.
‘Is this okay?’
‘Can I really leave it to you?’
People held the reins of their horses tightly with anxious faces.
“Master, is it okay if I leave it like that?”
Conrad also whispered to me while looking at the situation ahead.
‘Of course it shouldn’t be okay.’
I just drove the horse with an expressionless face, hiding my true feelings.
Doo doo doo doo!
The punitive team descended the foot of the mountain at high speed and reached a flat area.
“Keeeeek!”
“Girl!”
The monsters ran towards us, screaming like hell. The time to clash with them was getting closer.
“…….”
Cain frowned and pondered, finally making a decision.
And the method is,
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“Yes, master!”
It was like letting go of the horse’s reins.
Hector was scared and screamed, but it was already too late.
“Goes!”
Cain’s eyes flashed and he shouted loudly. Her hands were tightly gripping the cadenza and held close to her body.
The moment when the leading Sud knights and monsters clashed,
Flutter!
Cadenza cut off the shoulders of several monsters at once.
Grumble!
A flame erupted from the area cut by the sword and burned the men.
“Keeeeek!”
“Sigh!”
They rolled on the floor, writhing in pain.
“Master! You are amazing!”
Hector, seeing the amazing power, widened his eyes.
“I told you so!”
Cain snorted proudly and continued running. Looking at that, I briefly commented.
‘Horses are good at their work.’
Cain’s white horse, Bianca.
That horse is a purebred, very expensive horse. They say Cain was given a gift when he was young and was raised with great care.
Therefore, even if the owner does not hold the reins, the animal understands the owner’s will and moves its body smartly.
‘joy. Even Black Star can do that.’
I secretly snickered and continued to drive the horse.
“Sigh!”
Cain continued to charge, cutting off the monsters’ arms and shoulders. Because of his riding, his striking point was not able to go down.
“Awesome!”
“As expected, Master Cain!”
The Sud Knights cheered as if they were excited.
In the setting dusk, the sight of Cain running with flames wrapped around him was truly the incarnation of the sun.
“Follow the master!”
“Break through the front!”
The Sud Knights fiercely burned their loyalty to Cain and worked hard to break through the monster wall.
But they didn’t know.
puck! Flutter!
Behind them, the Ovest Knights were cutting off or destroying the heads of the surviving monsters.
The knights in the back row had somewhat lower combat power because they ran with carriages.
Out of consideration for them, the front line had to deal with all the monsters.
“Tch. It’s not neat to clean up afterwards.”
“What happens if I just cut off the head?”
The Ovest Knights fought skillfully on horseback and grumbled openly.
Suddenly!
Hector killed monsters without mercy,
Grumble!
Cain retreated too far.
“Great!”
He was intoxicated by the power of the cadenza and the miracles it showed. He was exactly intoxicated by the sight of himself wielding it.
So, I overlooked the most important fact of killing monsters and only focused on making the flames more colorful and hot.
And that complacency held Cain back.
“Kiik!”
With a cadenza stuck in his shoulder, a monster finally rushed at Cain.
Sharp teeth aimed at Cain’s wrist.
“-!”
Normally, I would have quickly twisted my wrist to shake it off. However, the weight of the cadenza restricted Cain’s movements.
Crack!
The monster’s teeth bit into Cain’s forearm armor.
“young master!”
Suddenly!
Hector, who was watching Cain’s movements, cut him down.
“Kruk….”
The monster went limp, but soon it couldn’t keep up with its running speed and fell away from Cain’s body.
“Master, are you okay?”
Hector hurriedly followed closely next to Cain. Cain looked at the teeth marks on his armor with surprised eyes.
“……I let my guard down.”
He muttered and then gritted his teeth.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, master.”
Hector ran with him with a worried look on his face.
‘Hmm, what should I do now?’
My eyes narrowed as I watched that scene.
I kept wondering if Cain was going to keep doing that stupid thing or if he was going to focus on the substance of the fight.
Sigh!
“Gyeong!”
Indeed, Cain’s spirit became sharper and fiercer. Without hesitation, he began to pierce the monster’s head and neck.
Grumble!
Cadenza burned every part of the area touched by the sword, and steadily killed the monsters one by one.
‘Still, the main character is the main character.’
Isn’t it the main character’s trademark to overcome crises and grow?
Cain took advantage of Cadenza’s huge size to add weight to his attack. Moreover, as time passed, the more stable use of the sword stood out.
‘In just two battles.’
I’m getting used to using the cadenza, and I’m even handling horseback combat for the first time.
I could see Cain’s talent blossoming.
So much so that we can understand how he became the strongest man in the empire after finishing the Northern War in the original work.
“Wow, that’s pretty cool!”
“That’s amazing!”
Even the knights on both sides whistled. As expected, the Sud Knights were showing great performance as they had boasted.
“Wow, I can’t believe I just trust a sword and install it….”
“Is that why you decided to take the lead?”
“It would have been much better if Master Abel had been in charge!”
The members of the Ovest Knights grumbled.
Not only was there already a frown in his eye, but he also seemed very dissatisfied with the current situation of cleaning up after the Sud Knights.
“…….”
And Conrad, as always, was quietly waiting for my instructions. He looked as if he vaguely believed that I would take care of it.
Of course, I was planning to cut off the Cain stems before they bloomed.
‘It won’t be long.’
Until Cain’s entire body was soaked in digestive juices.
How much time has passed?
The subjugation team, led by the Sud Knights, succeeded in breaking through half of the monster’s wall. The strong walls of the Nord territory were getting closer.
“oh!”
And as if repaying my waiting, a panic-filled scream was heard from the front.
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Kang!
Hector’s helmet came off and rolled on the floor.
“Ugh!”
Hector staggered back from Cain.
“Hector!”
Cain returned his words with a pale face.
It was such a sudden thing. The cadenza’s flame suddenly grew larger and grazed Hector next to him.
“Captain!”
Screams rose among the Sud knights. Even they turned back their words and surrounded Hector and Cain.
“How did this happen?!”
“Suddenly the flame grew bigger and passed the leader…!”
When the leader stopped, the knights on both sides and in the rear row had no choice but to slow down as well.
“What should I do if it suddenly stops like that?”
“Build a defensive wall first!”
In a hurry, other knights began to block the incoming monsters.
“I’m sorry, Hector!”
Cain hurriedly approached Hector.
“Suddenly a spark appeared,”
Pap-duk!
Cain’s excuses were drowned out by the terrifying sound Hector made as he clenched his teeth together.
“Master! This is not the time!”
“Put out the fire first!”
There was a clamor from those around them.
Cain approached Hector as if being pushed by something, but soon realized there was nothing he could do.
“……I can’t, I can’t.”
“yes?”
“I can’t do it. This flame… I don’t know how to put it out.”
“Yes?”
The members of the Sud Knights looked dumbfounded. There was a moment of breathtaking silence,
“Don’t just stay like this, do something!”
“Just sprinkle some snow!”
One of them hurriedly scooped up snow from the floor and threw it on Hector’s chin.
Good luck!
It was useless.
Cadenza’s flame burned away the pouring snow and then sizzled Hector’s chin.
“Oh my god….”
“It’s terrible….”
The Sud Knights had to hang their hands and watch Hector suffer.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Hector placed his sword on the floor and trembled.
The pain inflicted by the cadenza was so terrible that a knight of that caliber would writhe in pain.
“Ahhh.”
In front of him, Cain looked at Hector blankly, unable to do anything.
Hector, a trustworthy guardian and teacher who protected him since he was young.
“Kuh!”
The fact that he had hurt him and no one else had tied Cain up so that he could not move.
At this moment, he was so helpless.
“What should I do? The fire, the fire won’t go out!”
“Captain’s chin…!”
“No, please!”
The Sud Knights cried out with sorrowful faces.
“Shoot, squeak.”
Hector’s crying subsided.
All that was left at the end was melted skin and black traces. Very cruel.
“Damn, what is that? I’m scared….”
“If we do something wrong, can’t we end up like that too?”
The members’ gaze moved from Hector, who was out of breath, to the cadenza.
“I was suspicious from the beginning. There was something strange about that sword….”
“You already had a record of burning a person…”
“Didn’t you know how to handle it completely…?”
As if human affairs didn’t matter, the cadenza was just burning quietly.
“Oh, no. This is, I mean.”
Cain barely managed to squeeze out his voice.
“It was a mistake. I just-”
As if reflecting his feelings, the flame burning above the cadenza began to gradually become smaller.
“just…….”
The eyes of the members facing the cadenza were colored with fear. Cain felt that and froze while holding the cadenza.
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