The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Episode 36
Lotus Blooming in Regret (6)
A white bed and a rough but functional building.
“… …here.”
Bennett Leafre, a third-year knight of the Order of the Sun, found himself relocated to a temporary residence in the plains.
The circumstances leading up to my fainting… I don’t remember very well.
Except that the monster suddenly rushed at him and his body moved without him knowing it.
“Are you awake?”
At the soft and gentle voice, Bennett Leafre tossed and turned with difficulty.
Then he immediately raised his upper body and looked at the man wearing a white gown.
“… … Congressman?”
“Yes. I’m glad you woke up safely.”
“You woke up… … .”
A royal council member dispatched to the plains with the Knights of the Sun.
That fact alone made him understand the whole situation up to that point.
Even in my hazy memories, I remember myself hastily pushing the vice-captain away.
“That monster?! Where are the other comrades now?”
Bennett Refre looked around with a stiff expression.
The last thing I saw was a black, ominous haze.
And if you think about the power that made him lose consciousness in an instant even though he had somehow focused his aura, there is no way the battle could have ended easily.
But the only one lying on the white bed in the infirmary was himself.
“……no way.”
The expression on his face as he searched for his fellow reporters, almost panicked, seemed urgent, but the congressman simply smiled leisurely and stopped the reporter.
“Don’t worry. Other people are just not here because they were able to get by with simple treatments.”
“… … .”
“So, you don’t have to worry.”
Only then could Bennett Refre sigh in relief.
……I see.
Fortunately, the knights seemed to have managed to escape safely from the guy’s attack.
Even while transporting the injured person.
‘Twin Head Ogre… … .’
Bennett Ripley shuddered quietly as memories began to return.
The fighting power and intelligence of that terrifying power.
Compared to the ogres that the knights had been struggling to fight just before, they were overwhelming.
It was a great feat just to escape alive.
“By the way, that’s really amazing.”
“yes?”
“To subdue the infamous Twin-Headed Ogre known as the Devil.”
At that moment, the knight asked back with a dumbfounded expression.
“You caught him?”
“Yes. Even I, who was watching the corpse from afar, was surprised by its ferocity.”
You caught that twin-headed ogre?
What on earth does that mean?
As the knight was confused by the tangled thoughts in his head, an even more surprising story came to his ears.
“Furthermore, you subjugate such a guy and then continue training without even taking a break. You can truly be called a member of the Knights of the Sun.”
“… … !”
Bennett Refre rose reflexively.
His whole body was quite sore from the shock and he would not listen, but he actually felt nothing.
At least for this moment, that was the case.
“Lord Bennet?!”
“I’ll go see my colleagues.”
“Huh? What on earth are you doing in that state… …!”
The knight quickly ran out the door.
I heard the congressman’s surprised cry from behind me, but I paid no attention to it.
How far did you run like that?
Bennett Ripley arrived at the empty lot set up as a temporary shelter and was greeted by a stunning sight.
“… … !”
Buck-! Buck-!
Those moving in unison and swinging their swords were clearly the Knights of the Sun.
The empty lot was sweltering with the heat they were spewing out, the only noise being the clash of swords and shouts.
But what was incredible was that the training was anything but usual.
“……oh my god.”
* * *
Roder, who had gathered the Sun Knights in the open space, asked in confusion.
“Yes? Are you telling me to attack His Majesty?”
The knights, too, felt embarrassed.
Even if it was a duel, how could you point your sword at the prince of a country?
Even though the difference in skill was overwhelming, it was nothing short of disrespectful to the knights.
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However, the answer that came back was clear.
“Do I have to explain this twice?”
“Oh, no.”
I nodded roughly and picked up the sparring sword that was lying around.
“If this continues, we’ll keep losing to monsters. What will you do when I leave?”
“… … ”
Are you going to die helplessly to monsters?
That’s what I was asking.
“Unfortunately, I don’t have much time left to be here. So I’d better choose the best method.”
The corners of my mouth slowly began to rise.
“I will help you gain strength through actual combat. That is my teaching.”
A terrible sense of defeat from the twin-headed ogre.
With just a little stimulation, those negative emotions will accelerate their growth.
‘To my satisfaction, that is.’
The Knights of the Sun were an essential element to Esteban, so if they were to cultivate their power, there would come a time when they would be of great use.
So, for Esteban’s sake, I needed to grow faster than I was doing now.
At least to me, the pressure from the enemies was starting to become visible.
furthermore…….
‘Roder Calver.’
He is a desirable talent both as a knight and as a vice-captain.
In particular, that keen eye could be said to be an area of innate talent.
Roder looked at the knights with an awkward expression, not knowing whether he knew what I was thinking or not.
“Ugh.”
Faces turned red as if embarrassed.
It was clear that he felt ashamed of his lack of skills, to the point where even the royal family had to step in and train him.
So much so that I forgot the awkwardness that had persisted for a moment.
… … Phew.
Now, it would be meaningless to come here and talk about disrespect with such skills.
Roder sighed and approached, nodding in agreement.
“I’ll keep that in mind. Then how do you plan on proceeding with the sparring?”
“Do as you wish.”
“Okay. Then… … .”
Roder, who was pondering something, raised his head and checked the tilt of the sun.
There is still some leisurely time before darkness falls.
Soon, his gaze turned to the knight standing in the front row.
“There are a lot of Sun Knights, so we will proceed as quickly as possible. First, you… … .”
“Stop.”
“Oh, yeah?”
“If we fight each other one by one, when do you plan on finishing it?”
I pushed aside the flustered Roder and approached the knights.
“There is only one day left until we return to our home country.”
“Ha, but.”
“I thought I clearly said I didn’t have time?”
The short time called a day was short.
To the extent that it can be concluded that it is woefully inadequate to improve one’s skills through sparring.
‘But I don’t intend to leave it like that.’
For every day you waste, you will produce results commensurate with it.
certainly.
In those cold eyes, the tip of the sword in his hand flickered.
“It’s half.”
“yes?”
“Half of them fight against me, and the rest of them watch the duel and learn the moves.”
There were about fifty knights who volunteered to be stationed in the Galder Plains.
If you divide into two groups and repeat rest and battle to maximize the efficiency of training, you will be able to produce sufficient results.
I started to draw my sword with a bitter smile.
“You must swing your sword with murderous intent. The enemy will never show mercy.”
* * *
The eyes of the first prince facing the knights did not miss even the smallest prey.
visor-!
“Huh!”
The knight lowered his posture and grabbed the wrist that was coming down.
And below that, the knight’s beloved sword was thrown pitifully. A new outcast was born.
“Hoo, hoo.”
“… … .”
Now there are three articles left.
The knights, who had already learned through many experiences that frontal attacks were ineffective, began to change positions while winking.
“Whoa!”
Swish-!
A decoy that swings its sword straight ahead.
And two knights escaped to either side, aiming for this.
However, the first prince calmly leaned back within the drawn circle and avoided the knights’ passing.
“Huh!”
“Huh!”
Why does that scene, where the sword’s trajectory is traced with only minimal movement, feel like it’s a scripted play?
Those who came face to face with the prince were also left dumbfounded by the scene that was almost like a miracle.
However.
“If you act unconsciously, you are allowing yourself to be counterattacked.”
“……omg!”
“Don’t act stupid.”
visor!
“Ugh!”
dump-
The knight who had thrown himself head-on rolled on the ground.
Even a knight of the royal family would not be able to handle an attack that aimed for a single point and destroyed the center of gravity.
And that was the case for the articles coming from both sides as well.
Chaeng chaeng-!
“Ugh… … !”
The knights looked at the flying swords with vain faces.
Lost.
Not a single sword strike was made against the Prince, who was only moving within a small circle of about 1 meter.
The first prince, who had shown off his ability to push away the blades coming from both sides with a stab, threw away his admiration as indifferently as he had done until now.
“What are you doing? Your posture is tilted again. That’s why you can’t even defend against such simple attacks from ogres.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
Habits are scary.
He didn’t even realize that his body was tilted.
1 The prince’s gaze turned to the other knight who was holding his wrist.
“You’d better start learning how to hold a sword again. It would be a disgrace to a knight to lose your sword with just a blow to the wrist.”
“……sorry.”
“But I commend you for being flexible with your body. If you minimize your shortcomings and maximize your flexibility, you will be able to achieve better skills than you have now.”
“Go, thank you.”
After that, the first prince’s sharp criticism continued.
The faces of the knights who were watching this had now gone beyond shock to disgust.
Are you amazed at how he accurately diagnoses the problems of the articles?
Of course, that too was a terrifying thing.
“next.”
Four sets of twenty-five people each.
What astonished them was that despite dealing with over a hundred knights, they had yet to leave the circle.
It was natural that he didn’t even have any trouble breathing, and the sword didn’t even brush against his clothes.
Just with movement and swordsmanship.
I was accomplishing something that seemed absolutely impossible.
“That’s… … .”
“… … That’s ridiculous.”
Is that possible just by being a master?
And while I was just blankly staring like that.
visor-!
“100 million……!”
Before we knew it, the next duel was also over.
It was a time that was literally like a flash.
It wasn’t that the time felt short because I was concentrating, it was really short.
This happened because the knights couldn’t even share the work with the first prince.
However, even in such a short period of time, the way he accurately pointed out the knights’ problems was enough to make even Roder, who was proud of his ability to see through his subordinates’ strengths, stick out his tongue.
Training methods and advice that you would never have done yourself.
no.
Things no one but Allen Esteban could do.
‘Really, that person… … !’
That’s why Roder was once again falling for the man known as the First Prince.
It was a lake so deep that I didn’t even realize I was in it.
At that moment, I heard someone running quickly from behind me.
“Vice-captain!”
“… … Lord Bennet?”
Bennett Refre came running in and started to catch his breath.
Then he started to make a fuss at Roder, who was making a puzzled expression.
“Um, what the hell is going on? Oh, no. More importantly, what do you mean by catching a twin-headed ogre?”
“Why are you here instead of in the infirmary?”
“That, that is… … .”
Bennett looked down at his body with a stinging expression at Roder’s sharp remark.
The changed patient gown. The body that was heavy due to the aftereffects of fainting. And finally, the bandages wrapped here and there.
Come to think of it, there was no vice-captain who would tolerate such a scene.
“A knight’s first duty is to look after himself properly. This includes keeping himself healthy.”
“I, I’m fine! I’m almost better now, except for the soreness from lying down… … .”
“For now, please return quietly to the infirmary. I will give you the explanation you want later.”
“……All right.”
In the end, Bennett had no choice but to nod.
Since it was a story about worrying about my physical condition, I couldn’t even complain.
The moment he turned around with such a gloomy face.
“Stop.”
The prince’s indifferent tone rang in my ears.
When he looked back in confusion, he realized that the gaze of the First Prince, who was preparing for the next duel, was fixed on him.
“Hey, what’s your name?”
“Did you call me, me, me?”
Third year knight, Bennett Refre.
Although his career was no longer so sloppy, he couldn’t help but be flustered by the sudden designation.
“He was definitely the knight who saved Lord Roder’s life.”
“Yes? Oh, that’s right!”
“It must have been an urgent situation, but it was a great decision. Good job.”
“Go, thank you!”
Although the designation was disconcerting, Bennett Ripley felt a surge of emotion as if his actions had been rewarded.
It was a compliment from someone I respect so it was only natural.
However, unexpectedly, the cold voice of the first prince descended upon him.
“But that’s only when your skills are backed up. If your skills can’t keep up with your spirit, then your actions at that time could endanger everyone.”
“……yes?”
What the… … all of a sudden.
Bennett Ripley, who felt an inexplicable sense of uneasiness, was met with the cold gaze of the First Prince, who was smiling happily.
“Bring me your sword. I’ll make sure you never get hurt by monsters again.”
