427. The King’s True Heart
As far as Encred knew, Cryce was not a great man who clung to things that did not work.
“You don’t need it.”
Cryce quickly gave up on sticking to the mercenary king’s words.
“Yes, I see!”
In reality, I don’t think he really had any intention of following along.
Otherwise, the change of position could not have been this quick.
“Since you are a guest, do you have any gifts or anything?”
Instead of giving up what was pleasing to the king, Krais went after his gold.
Encred had also heard rumors from his travels across the continent that there was a warehouse full of gold in the east.
There were also rumors that the thieves’ guild heard about the gold and formed an alliance to enter the area, but not a single one came out alive.
Encrid flowed in.
‘It’s gold.’
There must be a lot.
That’s exactly what I thought.
If you don’t need that much gold, why bother finding out more?
The same goes for Rem, Ragnar, Audin, and Saxony.
The crazy unit was all people who had no regrets about Crona.
But it wasn’t Kreis.
Christ’s eyes flashed with a strange light.
After being betrayed by the person I had sworn to love, and being trapped in a ruined house for a hundred years, I felt like I was possessed by an evil spirit with only persistence remaining.
There was a glimmer of heat in Christ’s eyes as he discussed the gold. Madness was visible.
However, Encred thought that even if the opponent was bad, it was too bad.
“A gift? What, maybe some eastern gold?”
“Please give it to me.”
“hate.”
“They say that the King of the East has a heart as broad as the ocean. How can you be like this?”
“I’m not a very wealthy person.”
“You are the king of the East. Are you saying this meeting has no meaning to you?”
“I can’t hear you.”
Encrid didn’t think the King of the East was very good at talking, but he decided that he had an outstanding talent for putting people through his paces.
Kreis wasn’t angry. He didn’t even bite his molars. He just continued speaking with the same smile and tone of voice as before.
“Is that so? “Then I’ll ask you again tomorrow.”
From a distance, it almost seemed like a friendly conversation. The king smiled and nodded his head.
Encrid was worried, if only for a moment.
If I continued like that and got hit even once, it would be difficult to meet Christ again in this life.
“Are you okay?”
So, I asked Chryce as he came out from meeting the king.
Kreis turned his back to the king and spoke only with his mouth.
‘What a petty brat. Aren’t you going to kick that brat out?’
Not only was he not the type of person to be kicked out, but Encred himself still thought he had a lot to learn. So he was a useful teacher.
“You know who the other person is, right?”
When asked again, Kreis frowned and nodded, answering.
“yes.”
“And you still want to ask for gold?”
“yes.”
When I looked at him with eyes asking why, Kreis said, putting his thumb behind his shoulder.
“He is the king of the East. Would such a person carelessly kill someone? Above all, he came here with a bloodshot eye to capture talented people? He is a person who wants to leave a good impression rather than a bad one, so of course he will not act carelessly. Above all, it is the gold of the East. As you may know, the steel of Levis Mountain is from the East, and the gold of Uber Mountain is from the East. Should I miss this opportunity?”
The first thing he said was why there was no need to worry.
I said that first because I could see the worry in Encred’s eyes.
The conclusion that Christ’s blazing eyes spoke of was only one.
Gold.
Will we be blinded by gold and give in to the threat right before our eyes?
No, Kreis wasn’t that stupid.
A knight does not kill someone who makes a reasonable request. The author is the king of the East and will not use his hands carelessly.
The fact that just the two of them came here without a large escort gave us a glimpse of his down-to-earth nature, and he tried to spar with his captain and teach him.
All of this must have been taken into account to understand the personality of the King of the East.
That’s the kind of guy Christ was.
“By the way, Captain.”
The golden light in Christ’s eyes dimmed as he called out to Encrid.
“why?”
Encred answered after completing one hundred downward slashes and wiping the sweat from the tip of his chin with the back of his hand.
“You’re not going, are you?”
The King of the East did not hide his intentions. However, he was a man full of natural charm, as I could see that he did not seem to be hated.
He wanted to take everyone, including Encred, to the East.
Actually, Encrid had never received such an offer from the king.
Starting with Rem, Ragnar, Dunvakel, Audin, and Teresa also received such offers, but Encred himself did not.
Although he said something similar the first time he saw him, it would be more accurate to say that he never made such a suggestion after that.
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Is your pride hurt? Are you reluctant to bring up the topic again?
That was not the case. The king was a man who diligently repeated the same words.
This didn’t just happen to Encred. Instead, we sparred and only gave simple advice.
What if I ask you to go with me? Encred knew the answer through intuition.
“I’m not going.”
It was said because the answer was predetermined.
Kreis internally sighed with relief, but also felt a hint of anxiety.
‘If the commander leaves right now, will the five walls on this border still be maintained?’
Chrys secretly expanded the city area by encouraging the construction of wall extensions for each city given to Encred ‘General’.
After that, he started spreading rumors secretly through passing peddlers.
Of course, it was aimed at various effects.
By making the five cities recognized as one, everyone clearly recognized the new ruler and lord, and encouraged the lords and mayors of each city to participate in the project to secure trade routes.
‘The scale of Crona’s movement has changed compared to before.’
All of this was possible only with a focal point called Encred.
Kreis was one of the people who knew best what my captain wanted.
He is a person who wants to become a knight, a knight like the one in military honors poems.
What he wants is chivalry.
It’s honor and obedience.
He is a person who keeps those things and moves forward.
‘So, would the East be attractive to him?’
In Christ’s eyes, the King of the East was a man who was so full of charm that it gushed out like a fountain.
Although his interest remained solely within this unit, there were some people who were interested just by looking at his attitude from afar.
Among them were mercenaries who had previously been renowned for their work in the Border Guard.
Several swordsmen who were guarding the nobleman also expressed interest in the king.
Christ also saw the king’s personal letter that had arrived urgently the day before yesterday.
What was contained in it?
It was a sealed letter that only Encred could see. Kreis didn’t even bother to ask about the contents of the letter.
If Krang had known the current situation, he would have naturally received a letter promising many things.
Christ left the training ground with his thoughts wandering around, due to his habit of imagining the worst.
* * *
Rem twirled the axe in his palm as he looked at the table he had carved.
The uniquely light axe passed through his fingers and drew a strange trajectory in the air.
“Are you doing it because it’s fun?”
The King of the East approached from the side and asked. The King’s escort followed behind him.
“It’s the process of getting your hands used to the axe.”
It was the same reason for turning an axe or building a table.
Even though the monster was over a hundred years old, Rem answered without even turning her head.
It didn’t matter to him whether his opponent was the King of the East or not. That was just how Rem was.
“You are a person without greed.”
“What do you mean?”
“Because it seems so.”
“I’m greedy.”
Rem was honest.
The King of the East answered by shaking his head.
“Then why don’t you follow me?”
If you need gold, get gold.
If you need a beauty, go get her.
If you need an opponent, find an opponent worthy of it.
But Rem wanted nothing more than that, as far as the King of the East was concerned.
“Would you like to go hunting together?”
The king said to Rem: It was a proposal whose intention was difficult to guess.
“Well, let’s do that.”
Rem nodded without thinking much.
His body was already aching. While Encred was wasting his time sparring with the crazy old man in front of him, he was also reviewing some of his techniques.
It was based on a small realization.
Rem used the few tools he obtained from killing the madman of the Firelord to cast spells on others.
‘Originally, I thought it would take a toll on my body and I would receive a great curse.’
That didn’t happen. Only a small portion of the expected damage showed up as a side effect. It wasn’t something that happened just because of the difference in the bowl.
‘My body has changed?’
Going to the West meant going, and it was only natural to check what you had.
To confirm this, I used an ax to chop down a chair or table, and now it was my turn to swing the ax in a refreshing manner after encountering a monster or beast.
Until now, I had been controlling my delicate senses, but now I felt the need to express what I had.
“Okay, let’s go!”
At the king’s cheerful shout, Dunbakel, who had been watching from one side, raised her head. She saw the mad axe-man who had joined forces with the king.
‘Is that bastard going to follow?’
I didn’t know it might be so, seeing as he was hanging out with the King of the East.
Then, the person who will beat you in the future will disappear.
‘And it will be difficult to develop that much skill.’
Although I didn’t welcome Rem’s bullying, I had no choice but to admit one thing. He said that the more he tormented him, the more his skills improved.
Dunbakel’s gaze turned to Encred. Encred was as usual, not worried at all.
* * *
The hunting of an ordinary nobleman and the hunting of an eastern king could not be the same.
Above all, isn’t your hunting partner Rem?
Neither of them had any intention of catching a jumping deer or something.
“Have you been to the Pen-Hanil Mountains behind here?”
“When I was active on this continent in the past, it was my playground.”
“I guess that’s fine.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The two chatted. Asaluhi thought that the king was very fond of the man.
Conversely, the man named Rem also did not push the king away.
Seeing them flirting and joking, they seemed like old friends.
The three headed into the Pen-Hanil Mountains.
At the entrance to the mountain range there was an outpost that Christ had purposely built.
It’s like a small city, three times larger than the other outposts.
It was a measure taken solely to block the demons and beasts coming down from the mountains.
In the first place, there was the problem that in order to secure a safe route here, things coming from the Pen-Hanil Mountains had to be dealt with as they came.
If left alone, things like gray ghouls, bloodsucking flies, and the five troll brothers that Encred and his men had previously wiped out would appear.
However, there were also problems arising from the erection of guard posts.
Rem roughly looked at the shape of the mountain range and thought that if they prevented the monsters from appearing in this way, problems would arise later.
The interior of the mountain range was a terrain with many places to hide and gather together to survive.
If you do this, the dots will see the guard post and be on guard, and if they come together, it will naturally turn into a colony.
The number of monsters that would come rushing out later could easily exceed hundreds.
“Look at this. Just setting up a checkpoint isn’t going to solve anything. If we continue like this, a large-scale massacre will occur.”
Even the King of the East recognized it.
He was definitely not a slacker, nor was he only good at fighting.
He was as good at reading terrain and assessing situations as Rem.
“What do you see? “Didn’t I tell you, this was once my playground?”
Half of what I said was bluff.
Rem knew too. Although not as large as the East, the Pen-Hanil Mountains were also a place with many unrevealed secrets.
Isn’t this the land that ruin explorers who are looking for a quick hit first target?
A place like that couldn’t be a playground.
but.
“Oh, you’re doing something.”
It was a talent worth recognizing.
“of course.”
Although he is a king, he is an extremely simple-minded person. Rem liked that too.
The two soon entered the mountain range.
Since the movement of monsters is controlled by the outpost, the monsters inside become more alert, making it easier to form a colony?
Kreis didn’t leave it alone because he didn’t know about it.
This was because they decided that it would be better to let the madmen sweep them away and they prioritized securing a safe area.
Monsters and beasts may pop out at any time, but you won’t get hurt!
And saying this.
You won’t see any monsters or beasts, but there are soldiers who are always on guard in case anything happens!
Saying this will be received completely differently by those who come and go here.
By passing in front of the Pen-Hanil Mountains, it was possible to create a shortcut faster than any other trade route.
Anyway, for this reason, the King and Rem could see a horde of monsters as soon as they entered.
It was a nest with over thirty trolls.
The entrance was covered with tangled tree trunks and leaves.
It smelled like a clumsy spell.
Sometimes, some monsters are born with witchcraft, magic, or supernatural abilities.
There seemed to be someone like that in this group of trolls as well.
“It’s here.”
“Here it is.”
The two spoke and looked at each other.
It seemed like the killing was going well.
Wow.
The troll caught the scent of a human and stuck its head out.
“Hello?”
Rem rushed forward with his horse and swung his axe.
It was an axe that was struck vertically. The blade split the troll’s head as if cutting soft flesh.
The troll swung its left hand wildly as its head split vertically.
Rem cut off the wrist with the ax in his other hand.
Another troll poked its head in right next to it. A humped, dark green monster, its mouth wide open, showing off its size far beyond that of a human.
Sharp, crooked teeth were revealed.
King Anu saw this and said:
“It will be a fun hunt.”
Thirty trolls were a force that even a knight could not ignore, and among them were monsters that used magic, so they could have been a threat, but not to these two.
The king took out his weapon. It was a long spear carried by his adjutant, Asaluhi, not by Zambia.
The king caught the spear thrown by his adjutant, released the cloth covering the spear, and assumed a stance.
As the cloth covering the window blew away with the wind, Asaluhi reached out and caught it.
I had no intention of making any moves to play a joke on the king.
There was something I wanted to show the western warrior right next to me.
Something more powerful than the force shown by my friend Encred.
The King of the East had some sincerity.
It was a depressing story for the troll.
fantasy,
