Chapter 2080 – 2080. The Fallen Empire
“Lord, kill! Shoot the poison arrows and cast the chain nets!”
A thief shouted as if writing an evil word. Only then did the frozen bandits begin to respond.
A poisoned arrow?
It’s not even ticklish. It was too weak to pierce a knight’s full body armor. Not to mention, my armor is a masterpiece among the masterpieces made by the Dwarves. It is not pierced by arrows that do not contain mana.
Of course, because they knew that, they sometimes fired poison arrows loaded with mana. All of them caught my senses, so I only hit those arrows with my sword.
The cast net of chains must be avoided. If you ever get tangled up in the chain net, you’ll face the worst.
I moved on.
“Huh uh uh uh!”
The thief I encountered was the flagship. His sword trembles. I could feel mana from him, but it didn’t feel particularly strong. Even though he knows how to use mana, he is a guy who can’t express his sword skills.
“Lord, die!! You freak!!”
Rogue wields a sword.
I didn’t even feel it was worth avoiding.
Kang!
The thief’s sword bounced off. The thief who lost his sword looked at me with devastated eyes. He must feel like I’m a tank.
Squeak.
He swung his sword and cut off the thief’s head. I grabbed the falling head with one hand and threw it at the thief who was about to throw a chain net at me. An accurate headshot causes the thief’s head to explode. It was a rogue wearing a crude helmet, but too weak to block the throws of my power.
Is it because the scene just now is terrible? The thieves around them hesitated. A few watched to escape.
“You fools! Surround! Encircle and cast the net at once!”
A thief shouted in anger. The thieves surrounded me as if they realized it only then. But it’s already too late. I didn’t come alone
“Help Lord Daycourt!”
“You bastards who don’t even know this honor! My spear will judge you!”
“I am Lakgoose! Remember my name as you die!”
The knights on horseback who ran away from the trap rush towards the bandits. The assault of the knights was special. Using mana to strengthen not only weapons, but also horses and armor like a curtain.
The bandits could not stop the knight’s charge. If you block the front, your whole body will explode. Attack from the side? It wasn’t easy because he spoke so fast. In addition, the knights ignored all attacks.
However, the assault of the knights did not last long. It was because the bandits had retreated behind the barricades to block horses. The knights didn’t care. He dismounted and charged at the bandits.
“Die!”
“You guys don’t deserve to live!”
I was at the head of the knights. When a barricade blocked his way, he pushed through with force and killed the thief. Most of the bandits were able to use mana, but they couldn’t stop us.
“Damn. Burn all food and retreat!”
The man at the far end of the bandits shouted. He looked like a boss just by looking at him.
“Even if I miss the others, I can’t miss you, who seems to be the leader!”
Some bandits are trying to set the food on fire.
“Set the food on fire? These guys are no ordinary bandits! However, no way! I’ll show you my secret! Sword of water!”
Every time Rakkus swung his sword, water was created and soaked the floor. Is this secret or magic? I swallowed a laugh and ran towards the leader of the bandits.
The thief leader took out a rolled parchment from his pocket. I feel a strange power.
‘A magic scroll?’
The moment the boss opened the scroll, a thick fog spread. The magic fog begins to obscure not only sight, but also sounds and presence.
“These despicable bastards!”
“One thing you do, one dirty!”
“If you are an Imperial, fight confidently!”
The knights burst into anger.
[I open my eyes.]
Cheonan penetrates the magic fog. The boss’s back was visible. I ran through the fog
[Use acceleration. It stays on for 10 minutes. Stacks Remaining: 11]
[Use time acceleration. Stacks Remaining: 6]
My body quickened In an instant, he caught up with the boss. First, I tried to knock her out by cutting her legs and hitting her on the back of the head. The boss did not faint. My hair was harder than I thought.
Surprisingly, the boss counterattacked me. With a small knife hidden under the wrist, he aimed for an opening in the neck under the helmet. I bowed my head forward. The bastard’s sword touched the helmet and slipped.
‘Are you reacting to my speed now? He must have had skills.’
Yes, let’s see.
As they ran with their backs out, both legs were already cut off. His last counterattack didn’t work either. If I had fought instead of running away, it would have bothered me more.
“Fuck.”
The boss spat out curse words and tried to put a knife to his throat. He swung his foot and shattered the wrist that held his sword. The boss struck him in the head with his fist, knocking him out before making his next suicide attempt. Fortunately, I passed out this time.
The fog dissipated after 5 minutes. Knights came around me.
“Excellent, Sir Daycourt. I never thought I would chase the boss in that fog and subdue him. I’m going to admire your skills again.”
The knights, including Cotton, exclaimed and praised me.
“Haha. You’re lucky. Of course, they say luck is also skill, but that’s true.”
Moderately modest.
“Lord Lakkus did a good job. I didn’t protect the food when the rude guys set it on fire and tried to escape. Without Sir Lakkus, some of the provisions would have been burned.”
“I just did what I had to do.”
The knights were friendly. This battle was a great victory for the knights. The enemies underestimated the knights too much. I also looked down on the Imperial Knights until now.
‘The least armed force of the knights is B-class or higher in terms of hunters. I can’t take it lightly.’
The bandits, on the other hand, were more than half dead.
The scattered servants who had been organizing and examining the surroundings came running and reported.
“Sir Cotton! We don’t have half of our war materiel! It looks like half of them have already been stolen!”
“What?! Damn it! When I said they weren’t ordinary thieves, they bothered me! First of all, you should run to the Count and report to him, then return with your soldiers and take care of this place. Let the other servants protect this place too!”
He told me about the situation of Lakgoose.
“Sir Daycott. I think we should wake up and interrogate the boss captured by Kyung. Leave it to me. I learned some interrogation techniques from torture technicians in the past.”
“Sir Lakkus is versatile. I’ll leave this guy to you.”
Lakgus forcibly woke up the fainting boss using mana. The mana management method was quite unusual. Should I say it’s similar to bloodletting? The other knights also looked at Lakgoose in amazement. However, I did not ask in detail. People in this world were tech savvy.
“Quaaaaagh!
Lak Gus cut off the remaining arms of his boss and then tortured him.
“If you want to die gracefully, answer the question truthfully! If you don’t answer the questions or lie, you will suffer for the rest of your life!”
“No, I will tell you…”
I didn’t even lie to say that I would save him. That’s why it was more effective. The thief leader explained the situation, perhaps knowing that everything was over.
“We are the thorn wing mercenary. I received the witch’s request and robbed the top. I’ve only heard that you can block some articles… I’m the vice-captain of the mercenary corps, and I didn’t even take a direct request.”
“Who is the mercenary leader?”
“Derek Caluan. He is a one-eyed man. He took half of the items he robbed the caravan and left for the witch. I don’t know any other details… He ordered his men to take the goods and leave, so he wouldn’t have been able to erase the traces.”
Elmeyer ordered his servant to search for traces.
“Sir Elmeyer! Found the trail! It leads to the forest!”
The knights clicked their tongues.
“It is a forest. I guess tracking would be annoying. I can’t ride a horse…”
“I have to go after him right now. If we give up here, or miss them, our honor will suffer. I have no face to see my lord.”
“You care more about the witch than that. She wonders what magic the witch will use… It would be a big deal if you put a curse on us.”
Witch.
A title for a born magic user who is rarely born in the Felheim Empire. The only natural magic users are women, so they are called witches. However, outside the Empire, they are simply called wizards.
Strangely, it is said that many witches are born in the Felheim Empire.
“Even if you are cursed, wouldn’t it be okay if you do it later? What’s urgent right now is to catch Derek Kaluan. After that, catch the witch called the client.”
I looked back at the articles and said.
“Let’s leave half the seeds here and move on. You have to move diligently to catch them.”
“Sir Daycott is right. We need to catch them, so let’s move.”
We followed the trail and walked through the woods.
However, because there were no words, the speed was not very good. Still, the trail was not cut off, so I had no choice but to keep going.
After a while, the sun began to set and the traces suddenly disappeared. The knights were perplexed.
“There is no trace. What should I do?”
“In times like this, you need to be calm.”
“Sir Elmeyer. Calm down and whatever, we seem to be ruined…”
“There must be a reason they suddenly erased their tracks.”
“Isn’t it because you noticed our pursuit?”
“It could be. However, it seems to me that it was a trace and he would have focused on running away. Because there is a gap. If they leave the territory, it will be difficult for us to chase them. Because there will be a dispute with another lord.”
“… In other words, the reason they erased their traces is to hide themselves nearby?”
“For now, that’s what I think. So we should look around here.”
According to Elmayer’s opinion, I looked around. The day was over and what I found was a small village.
Cotton called the knights.
“It is hard to find because there is no trace. It’s late, so they should be hiding somewhere and resting. So, why don’t we sleep in that village and visit again tomorrow when the sun rises?”
I immediately agreed.
“It is not good to look for ignorance. Why don’t you go to the village and get some help from the villagers? Let the locals find it. Since it’s for the Count’s sake, the villagers will of course cooperate.”
“Oh, good idea, Lord Daycourt!”
“But what if the villagers don’t cooperate?”
“Not cooperating with us is like rebelling against the Count. Kill a few as examples.”
“Excellent wisdom, Lord Daycourt. But people should be counted in people, not mari.”
“Ah, my mistake. Be careful, Sir Elmeyer.”
“Haha. Until you pay attention.”
We smiled and entered the village.
The village headman came out and greeted us. Cotton stepped forward and claimed knighthood to the village chief.
“We will stay in this village tonight. Have a good bed, good food, cool drinks and pretty women!”
I really liked the Empire.
