Chapter 155 – The Battle of Yeongji (13)
“Ha!”
Karen’s sword split the ghoul’s head. With her left arm, she knocked off the ghoul that was running beside her and hit the skeleton horse’s stomach with her left foot.
The Skeleton Horse sped her up, cutting through the ghouls in an instant. She turned again and charged at the ghouls.
Karen laid her sword at an angle. When her ghouls got closer she pounced hard. The heads of two ghouls floated in the air.
“Wow…”
The villagers forgot their fears and watched Karen fight.
The sight of the ghoul’s body splitting apart with each flash of the sword was enough to believe that it was a piece of fairy tale.
Of course, I was a bit dumbfounded watching it.
‘Why have you been hiding until now when you have such skills?’
From the point of view of watching both the battles between a knight named Horald and Karen, Karen was better in many ways.
If she had fought in cooperation with Horald from the beginning, things would have been much better than they are now.
‘Did something happen?’
No, then why are you doing that on a whim?
I don’t know if I really know what it means to be aristocrat.
Ping!
Oh yes there was that too
I sighed and raised the dagger. Ting! A clear metallic sound resounds.
Through the window, a skeleton carrying a new arrow caught my eye.
Just looking at it, it was not a distance that a thrown dagger could reach. Even the spirits were too focused on protecting Ariel, so they had no energy to pay attention to.
What about that…
Fortunately, I didn’t have to worry too long. Karen ran over and split the body of the ghoul in that short time.
The moment one skeleton was destroyed, the target of the remaining skeletons changed to Karen.
The skeletons that had been attacking Ariel pulled her bowstring toward Karen.
Karen braced herself against her horse and ran towards the next skeleton.
Ting! Ting!
The arrows made a jaunty sound as they crashed into her armor. Naturally, she suffered no injuries.
The skeleton that got closer to Karen drew his sword. He swung hard at Karen. Karen did not avoid this either.
Kang! The sword struck Karen’s body as it forged her long bone. Karen didn’t get hurt or pushed out of her.
“Is it my turn now?”
Karen raised her sword. Her sword shone brightly in the sunlight. The light fell and cut the skeleton from the top of the head to the silence followed.
Karen turned her head to check the number of remaining skeletons. She and she rushed at the bastards without hesitation.
She climbed into the carriage only after she had dealt with all the skeletons and ghouls around the carriage.
“You worked hard.”
Karen stroked her skeletal horse gently on the back. Have you ever had a crush? Her skeleton demon also tried to rub her face against her to see if she liked the touch.
The villagers looked at it with expressions as if they were seeing a temple.
“Ah… I heard that the young lady’s disposition is warm, but I didn’t expect it to be this much…”
“Yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend. It’s like a scene from a fairy tale…”
They blew their noses and made happy faces.
Did these humans forget that they were in a near-death position just a moment ago?
Well… Honestly, I understand.
The real knight’s battle was very surprising to those who saw it for the first time.
In addition, it was fun to see a noble-looking knight riding a skeleton horse and fighting because there was a gap.
‘But how are you going to dispose of that Skeleton Horse?’
Curious, I watched Karen closely.
She stroked her skull horse vigorously with her left hand. Her right hand gripping her sword moved slowly.
“Then goodbye.”
She slammed down and shattered the Skeleton Horse’s waist. At that, the Skeleton Horse disappeared with an expression like ‘I believed it!’. He didn’t have any muscles on his face, but he just felt that way.
“Whoa, I’ve done everything with this. Hmm? Why do you guys look like that?”
“Oh, no.”
“You did a good job, young lady.”
The villagers made a different forced smile than before. After thanking Karen, I sat down quietly.
Karen tilted her head as if she didn’t understand, then came over to me.
Whispered in my ear
“They are making strange faces. Do you know why?”
“It’s because the delusion is broken, what?”
“Hmm…?”
“It’s not important, don’t worry about it. More than that, you’ve got a lot of blood on her armor.”
I only found it now, but there were many bloodstains on her armor. Thanks to that, she had lost her blue luster.
It must have been natural since he dealt with so many ghouls alone.
I took out a handkerchief from my bosom.
“I will clean it up. Could you sit down for a minute?”
“Hmm? No, you don’t have to.”
“You came here after working hard for us, but can you do that? I’ll clean it for you, so please sit down for a moment.”
She offered one more time, but she shook her hand.
“It’s not completely gone yet. You never know when the Endead will reappear, and when it does, it will be covered in blood again. So there is no point in wiping it now.”
Karen was absolutely right.
She tried to get points because she had to suffer for nothing, but it turned out to be a pity.
“All right. Then…”
Thud!
Just as she was about to insert her handkerchief, her carriage rocked with a loud roar.
“What? Did a new undead appear already?”
“I don’t think so… No, that’s true too.”
I said looking through the window at a rock a little smaller than the carriage. That rock hadn’t been there before. It was created after a roar and the wagon was shaken, but judging from the circumstances, it was correct to assume that someone had thrown it.
And I saw someone in my eyes. A tattered golem made by joining things together. It looked similar to what I had seen in a village invaded by cultists when I escorted Sister Nella before.
However, it looks bigger and more ferocious than the guy at that time.
The tattered golem was picking up a new rock to throw from the thick tree.
If that’s right, it’s a wagon or something, and I just go after it.
I ran straight to the driver’s seat. Ariel and the spirits were in a panic when they saw the huge rock.
“Hey, can you guys stop that thing from flying?”
The spirits violently shook their bodies.
“Damn it, there’s no answer… Hey, Ariel! Turn right!”
“What, what!?”
“Turn right!”
“Ah Okay!”
At my urgent cry, Ariel hurriedly turned. Thud! The carriage shakes with a heavy sound. A rock fell right next to the wagon.
“Hey… Hey, hey. Go fast Move quickly!”
Frightened Ariel urged her words. The horses were already at their limit, so they couldn’t get any faster.
“Left!”
This time a whole tree, uprooted, landed on the right side of the carriage. It was better than a rock, but it was the same as being hit.
‘Damn it, how much more is it a stable distance?’
He turned his head back to confirm his location. The guy wasn’t there before.
The tattered golem was running after the wagon with a tree on its shoulder.
This crazy
“Ariel left!”
“Okay!”
Ariel turned the carriage to the left again. Maybe I’ve gotten used to it, but the change of direction is smoother than before. Kwajik! The tree fell, leaving a faint vibration.
A chase ensued.
“Right!”
“Left.”
“Left.”
I looked at the trajectory of the trees and rocks thrown by the abomination golem and pointed Ariel in the direction to escape.
Thanks to this, the unfortunate accident of getting hit by a projectile and overturning the wagon has never happened.
Villagers were afraid at first. When the wagon safely avoided the projectiles, he relaxed his expression in relief.
But I’m currently nervous.
‘Isn’t that crazy bastard tired? How long are you planning on following me?’
Despite its gigantic body, the tattered golem ran fast. I can’t see the bottom of my stamina because I don’t even see a tired look there.
On the other hand, I was tired.
The fact that everyone here could die if I twisted it once gnawed away at my strength.
It was a time when a little bit of frustration set in.
I heard the faint sound of horses hooves in my ears, whose senses were expanded by the ‘wolf oath’. It’s not our carriage. Let’s focus a little more. Not only the sound of horses’ hooves, but also human voices…
“Hey! Where are you this time?!”
I woke up to Ariel’s shouting. He looked up to point Ariel in his direction. Unlike before, two trees were flying.
“Fuck?”
Why are there two all of a sudden, damn it.
I only rolled my eyes and stared at the pit golem. The tattered golem lifted the corner of her thread-stitched mouth with a smirk.
That bastard, I couldn’t do it even though I could.
“Where are you!”
Have you been disturbed by my silence? Ariel exclaimed urgently. Even so, there were no sharp numbers.
“Go a little bit to the right.”
I said to the place where I could avoid it as much as possible. The tree fell. Fortunately, he avoided being hit directly. However, the fallen tree hit the front wheel of the wagon.
The carriage leaned over and overturned forward.
Anticipating the excruciating pain, he crouched down, covering his head. However, the long-awaited pain did not come. She was delighted with the floating feeling of being in zero gravity.
‘This… Is the work of the water spirit.’
The overturned carriage was immersed in a large drop of water. Thanks to this, he was not shocked and the villagers were also safe.
-Eh..!
The water spirit urged that it was difficult.
‘Okay. Wait a minute.’
As I swam, I pulled Ariel and the others out of the drop. When the last person was taken out, the water drop popped like a balloon.
I turned to the villagers and asked.
“Is anyone hurt?”
“I am fine.”
“We are fine too. Are you okay Alice?”
“Keuheuk… Kek… Mom…”
Fortunately, no one was injured. Even those who were in confusion came to their senses.
I must have made sure that everyone is safe, so I walked over to Karen and crouched down.
“Are you okay?”
“Cool… It’s okay. I just swallowed some water. Rather…”
She turned her gaze towards the road we had traveled. Dirt was rising. The cause of the dust was, of course, the undead running hard.
A ragged golem led the way, followed by dozens of ordinary skinny undead.
Karen clicked her tongue as she watched her undead horde.
“This is going to be a bit difficult. Han Yuseong, I deal with those guys. I want you and the elves to protect the people of the territory.”
She tucked her tousled white blonde hair behind her. She tried to stand up, putting her hands on her hips. I put my hand on her shoulder and stopped her.
She narrowed her brow.
“What are you doing now? It is an urgent situation.”
“Haven’t we done enough? We leave the rest to others and we take a break.”
“What?”
Karen made a face of incomprehension. I pointed over my shoulder with my chin.
“Focus on the sounds behind you.”
“..?”
In her puzzlement, she closed her eyes and pricked her ears. After a while, she opened her eyes wide and looked behind her.
The sound of horses hooves I had heard earlier was near.
– Dear Yurmia!
Even the human voice.
-Kihehehe!
The undead came running vigorously, drooling in their filthy mouths. The distance between us is getting closer and closer.
Karen watched and instead of raising her sword, she smiled and sat on the floor. She picked up her helmet and threw it away, then turned to me.
“The words you said earlier that you would wipe the blood… Are they still valid?”
“Should be valid, but…”
I took out the handkerchief from before in her arms. Unlike then, it was soaked in water
“Are you okay?”
“I’m already wet, so what? I will.”
She had the most beautiful smile Karen had ever shown. I smiled at her and moved a little closer to her.
A golden curtain enveloped us.
