Episode 285: The understandable (1)
truth.
The moment it was hung up, I laughed as if I was crying. I didn’t know whether the answer sheet finally in my hand made me feel relieved or the fact that I didn’t have to turn away from them.
“sorry.”
“…That wizard. It’s your fault—”
“I have a reason to go.”
But at least the reason for hesitation is gone.
Grumbling. The body with the camouflage skill turned off regained its original color. Since he was wearing gloves and long sleeves, the soldier did not scream when he noticed this. I just focused on the words ‘I have to go’.
“That’s unacceptable…!”
However, I cannot be stopped by a mere soldier. I strengthened my legs.
bang!
Although he was somewhat weakened due to the penalty, his leg strength was superior to that of an ordinary person, and he used the window frame as a stepping stone to lift his body upward. widely. In an instant, my body was on the roof of the building across from me.
“What the—!”
As I stepped on the roof of the building, I could faintly hear the voice of a soldier behind me. I just hope he doesn’t get scolded too much. Maybe that will be difficult.
“Sigh!”
However, I am too lazy to worry about others right now.
I took a few items from my subspace bracelet while enjoying a short glide through the leap. It was an extra long sword with military boots and a chest guard engraved with magic.
Of course, I didn’t stop awkwardly and put on my shoes. This is because when removing an item from the bracelet, you can freely decide where to take it out as long as you meet the condition of ‘removing it with sufficient space’.
In other words, if I calculate well, I can attach equipment to the relevant area like a game character putting on and taking off clothes in an instant.
Through him, I got all the necessary gear without slowing down. Just in case, I did not take off the wig or wear a coat symbolizing the devil knight.
It is clear that this appearance will also cause him to be chased, but he wants to hide as much as possible the fact that the Demon Knight can disguise and act like this.
There will inevitably be suspicion because they are similar in height and handling power, but there is a difference between something that is certain and something that is uncertain.
After making up the last bit of space, I passed the surprised people and reached the castle wall. The penalty that was gradually released while running gave strength to my legs and allowed me to jump several meters in an instant.
widely. A red light spread across my field of vision as I jumped onto the castle wall instead of climbing the stairs that had been made to climb.
“Hani, die.”
It was the red that protruded from the bodies of the fallen soldiers.
“It will be more helpful to the world.”
And through the blood, turquoise hair waved. In front of the jewel thread is a man with dark blue hair, lying on the floor as if he had fallen.
Funny enough, it was a familiar face to both of them.
“Oh no.”
However, there was no need to worry about which of them was the enemy and who needed to be saved. “That person must not die.” A screaming voice designated my target.
“Keep your words.”
Cough!
With my back to the sunlight, I cast a shadow on the castle wall, and my sword blocked the cyan knight’s attack. Her loosely tied brown hair swayed over her shirt.
“…Atya?”
“Yeah, I thought it would come soon… You…?”
The cyan knight’s eyes widened slightly. Whick! At the same time, she reacted like a beam of light and cut down my body with the other dagger. Since the small castle was on the ground, it was difficult to avoid it with a step or respond with a long sword that was already in contact with Mangosh.
Kang!
But I had a divine item called a subspace bracelet.
In an instant, the summoned dagger struck down the dagger, and the wrist holding the long sword rotated to nullify the interference. It was a trick I learned in Mannhafeld.
My legs moved forward and I swung my longsword.
“how?”
As it was swung horizontally, the opponent avoided it with a light backstep. Considering the spacing when retreating and the selection of the landing location considering the surrounding soldiers, it was by no means an urgent evasive maneuver.
“How could you…?”
However, even though he was so good at avoiding it, the face of the person who actually did it was not very relaxed. As if a great confusion had come, even the smile he always maintained was gone and he only gave a cold look.
“How can you be angry? It is said that deception and lies were the first names, but how can they be pure and poor…”
I don’t know what it is, but seeing that the name ‘anger’ comes up right away, I know that it is the arch-devil’s name. Or maybe he’s a member of the 72nd Knight, just below him.
“I knew that the presence I often encountered was yours. I also expected that you might come to ruin the plan. But… But why…”
‘You shady bat bastard made something strange again.’
Even if it is not one of them, it is clearly not an ally at least at the time of the attack on Soseongju.
So I rushed at her before she could get over her embarrassment. He put the dagger back and held the long sword with both hands.
“Wait, no way?”
‘I created something that is neither human nor evil.’
One step. The distance between me and the other person has changed to a situation where I can launch a one-sided attack. The sword I was holding as if draped over my shoulder was quickly turning in a semicircle and heading forward.
What I was aiming for was the opponent’s head. I moved, assuming that even if she struck her with a dagger, she would attack by spinning her bangle with a wrist snap.
visor!
As expected, the dagger blade and the long sword blade bounced off each other.
“under.”
The moment my opponent let out a sharp laugh, my sword formed an inverted U shape and cut into the other side. Cheaeng! The dagger in the opponent’s other hand blocked the attack.
“Okay… it makes sense. Yes, it makes sense like this. “Now all the contradictions in your actions are explained.”
Despite the one-sided sword strike due to the length of the sword he was holding and his physical length, the opponent eventually smiled again. The reflection of my emerald eyes is slightly squinting.
“You weren’t the only one who deceived them.”
Cough! In an instant, the two daggers intertwined with my long sword. The blade and guard of the dagger caught me, and while I was unable to do anything, the opponent who approached me swung his arm. I removed one hand from the hilt of the sword, intending to grab his arm and strike it away.
Cough!
“Even the dish was a deceiver.”
“You traitor!!!”
However, there is no longer a need for that. The dagger that would have cut my throat originally changed direction to block an attack coming from behind.
The other person, who was smiling cleverly, tried to quickly move to the side with a hint of annoyance in his eyes. There was no reason to miss it.
I put aside the longsword that was blocked by the dagger and took half a step back to get out of the dagger’s range. In the meantime, he is twisting his path to grab the other person’s collar with his empty hand.
All I want is to grab her sleeve.
There are two benefits aimed at from this. Prevents swinging a dagger and prevents dodging a long sword by holding the body itself.
But that intention failed. This is because the person who flipped the mangosh and caught it in reverse slit my wrist. I managed to avoid it, but part of my armor was cut off. If I were not careful, my thumb muscle would have been severed.
Cheaeng!
In addition, the longsword, which was swung with the intention of cutting down the opponent regardless of whether he caught it or lost, was stuck between the side ring and the blade and bounced away. The skill of cutting my wrist and blocking the longsword by moving it as if piercing the air was extremely artistic.
“Ugh!”
Even mine wasn’t the only attack the opponent successfully defended. Even the blow delivered by the honey-blonde knight (presumably) did not pass through the dagger.
More precisely, the dagger flew towards the knight’s solar plexus, causing the knight to cancel the attack.
“Forbidden.”
While all of our attacks failed, the opponent who was falling to the side placed his empty hand on his chest.
A blinding light leaked from between her hands and breasts, and soon something began to be pulled out. It was a rapier with a platinum-colored sword body and a sword hilt carved from jade.
Suddenly!
Also, while she was taking out the rapier, she held back the blue-haired knight who was trying to stab her with a mangosh. The fully drawn rapier pierces the eye of the soldier holding the spear with a blade about 1m long.
What happened to your viewing angle? I stuck out my tongue and hurried to catch up. She hit the ground right when all my attacks were destroyed, so the distance between her and me wasn’t that far.
My sword fell towards the woman who had just killed a soldier. Since he is keeping the blue-haired knight in check with the Mangosh, he will have to be blocked only with the rapier.
Kang!
The opponent pulled his left arm holding the mangosh as if crossing his arms in the shape of an X, and quickly blocked my longsword. Sigh. Metal scraped against each other, narrowing the distance between her and me.
As learned from Mannhafeld, the attempt to pull out the sword by snapping the wrist was completely blocked thanks to the opponent twisting the sword in response.
“this!”
Additionally, because she slid to my right, I was unintentionally caught between her and the blue-haired knight. The blue-haired knight was blocked by me and could not attack.
Sigh! The opponent’s rapier, pulled out with a crushed eyeball, is aimed at my head.
Thump.
However, the cutting power of the rapier is not high. In fact, this is true of all swords that are stationary.
So I believed it and grabbed the enemy’s rapier and forced him to change direction. The opponent’s mangosh is holding my longsword in check, so it cannot stab me.
“Do you know anyone who wanted to ascend to heaven?”
What would have happened if I had not learned at least some formal swordsmanship in Mannhafeld? I saw lips quivering as each second felt like 100 seconds.
“Even a bowl that seemed unbendable was in fact a master of deception?”
It seemed like they were convinced that the ‘evil knight’ was me. What? Since there can’t be more than one person carrying anger inside their body, it was an easy fact to understand once you overcome your prejudices.
So, as long as you acknowledge the fact that, as he said now, ‘the devil knight can play a completely different character.’
“I’m curious too. Where does your deception begin? That strength? Or the hatred that was the foundation of strength? Or was everything that described you a lie?”
However, there is no reason to answer for certainty. I yanked my rapier, guessing the identity of the ‘one who wanted to ascend to heaven’ and the other person in that statement.
If she gave up holding the long sword in check, he would cut her back, and if she didn’t give up, he would grab her rapier and break her neck.
Of course, in the latter case, there was a possibility that his throat would be cut. Contrary to popular belief, the rapier is a weapon that can cut as well as stab.
However, she dug too deeply into me. By the time I grab her neck, even if she wanted to cut my head, she would be caught in the guard and wouldn’t be able to cut it. If it were a normal sword, it would have been cut with the edge of the guard, but since it was a round guard, it would not have been effective, so it was safer.
“You and the person you embrace are like ghosts.”
As the rapier was pulled, the face that was closer than personal space raised the corners of its mouth a little more.
“Those who never take off their masks.”
Her hands released her rapier and mangosh and she jumped back. The sword of the blonde knight who was attempting a surprise attack from the other side narrowly passed me by. If the opponent had been a little late in recovering, my side would have been pierced.
Sigh!
Both I and the blonde knight were shocked by that fact. Something popped out from the hand of the person who stepped back.
The black thing splits the air like a snake and grabs the handle of the rapier I was about to throw away. and snatch it up.
Sigh!
The rapier was pulled back and returned to the hands of the person who was standing on the horn. In his other hand, he holds a leather whip that doesn’t even shed its luster. Suddenly! The rapier that had just been recovered accidentally cut out the eye of a soldier nearby.
He moved without wasting a single moment and grinned with blood flowing down his sword body.
“But you who are not angry.”
And behind the emerald knight standing on his horn beneath the blood.
“Can we really save this city?”
The beast of rotten flesh raised its head.
The demons began to advance.