Chapter 45 (1/2)
Chapter 45: Guardian Knight Protecting Dreams
Translator: Lei
Proofreader: Iine
Once the night deepened, I began to draw ic circles in the area of the covert I picked out, the dust hissing as it fell froers
'Harder than I thought'
A fewthe countless ones inas weak as Alaric
'Shock ht to see if soht'
A big feast was prepared for those who snuck up the covert walls instead of co booby traps, ic circles were completed at the base of the walls
'If they trigger it, the area 10 meters around should be fucked'
These ic circle I wason top of the walls, but they were perfect for the current situation
“Phew…”
I started froic circles were getting coht think that the God of ic had descended to earth Such speed would be iraved in my head
“They're ic circles made with elemental formulas, so huhu, even I can't predict how they'll perform”
Ssszzzzz
I used ic circles ic crystal dust My task was to ceed by water, wind, or a certain amount of force
“Done”
The low
I covered it with dirt
“I should be able to roughly finish things after a few days of hard work”
We wouldn't be dealing with a forced offensive right away Unless Viscount Lukence was an idiot, he wouldn't co me I had to use that time well
“The problehts”
1 vs 12
That was soirlfriends as a joke while drunk
[TN: So like “We were up 1 vs 12! The enemies outnumbered us!”]
That was exactly the situation I was in now
“One of them is inside a mansion within the city, and the others are holed up in that Gadain Castle place, busymoney”
If I could do as I pleased, I would knock theuys who fell under my hands only lost because they underestiree from three
“Someone will soon take the bait Before that, I should take complete control over those crazy mercenaries”
Ner in fro natives were either formal soldiers or had joined the ranks of Viscount Lukence or Janice The mercenaries were different from those natives They were people I absolutely needed for my plans
'But do I really have to become the lord here…?'
I was still conflicted No ood answer for this place Rather thanmoney, even if you poured in time and effort, it would only result in a deficit I was no Jesus or saint like Buddha; I didn't want to waste uaranteed loss
But things were progressing just as s predicted
'That aside, I need to invent a neord art Is there anything good I can use…?'
My pride didn't peretting treated like a Master thanks to
'Ah! The stars are killer!'
I looked up into the sky while thinking about a neord art then saw the dazzling stars
My conscience wasn't completely clear before God, but it almost wasI felt naked under the thousands…no, hundreds of thousands of stars whose naht stars lined up side by side like the Big Dipper
Schwinng
'Shooting star…'
Just then, a shooting star flashed from one side of the sky to the other within moments It left no traces, as if it had never been there
“Ghost… Meteor!”
Tords suddenly sprang from my lips
“Yeah! Ghost Meteor!”
With the Hyneth family's shadoord art as a base, the shape of a new art was sketched out inwent, imitation is the mother of creation, my sword art, which would be created with the Hyneth family's sword as a base, appeared and disappeared in my head like an illusion
I drew
An unidentifiable excitement enveloped my whole body
This sword art,to be clearly different from the shadoord art
'That's right, if I ht!'
A sword art as fast as a shooting star, which disappeared before you knew it despite having tangible form
I had to give it er would at least end up with a cat
“Ghost Meteor!”
The stance wasn't important I filledwith me
'More destructive power than the shadoord art! Faster speed! More obvious material form!'
At s I controlledheart as I drew in a deep breath
And then h I didn't knohat exactlytechnique that allowed me to almost perfectly recreate the Hyneth fa it once
My ular knights Because of that, I was able to imitate a Master's sword art more easily than others could
“Ghost Meteor!!”
I shouted 'Ghost Meteor' at a great tree next to the wall
Eight shooting stars were drawn inside my head
Wooooooooooosh!+
My wide-open danjeons and every cell in my body treed mana core formed at my waist
They were drawn out instars really did shoot out, just like I iined
Schwing! Schwing! Schwing! Sch-sch-sch-sch-schwing!
A technique that followed the movement of one's sword, a technique only for Masters—Blade Sword!
Po! Po-po-po-po-pow!
Low explosion sounds rang in my ear
'…Guh!'
And then, my heart suddenly felt clamped up as my breath stilled in my chest, and every muscle on my body stiffened as if bitten by a venomous snake
At the sudden paralysis of my muscles, my sword fell from my hand with a clatter
'D-Dammit…'
My whole body was as stiff as if I was caught in a Hold spell; I couldn't even move my lips
'Mana recoil!'
A certain ter I had suffered that one time when I hunted a boar
My teeth began to chatter, and cold air flowed all over my body
'fuck! Of course!'
It was all fun and gaht Blade Swords were definitely overdoing it for me
'Arghh…'
It ached and hurt and even made me cold
Thankfully, it radually loosened
“Phew…”
And a short while later, as the mana filled up my depleted mana core, I was able to escape the mana recoil state
“The hell… Nothing happened”
The girthy tree, which had lived fora blow from me that almost cost me my life
“Weird… Blade Swords did get sent from my sword…”
I approached the tree, which looked coe, I reached out to touch the tree
Crack! Crack! Craaaaack!
Rummmbble
“Uwah!”
The e sound of so from within, and then a ed the falling tree
Craaaaaaaashh
Pooooooooof
The tree crashed to the ground, sending dirt flying up all over the place
“E-Eight pieces?”
As the dust was bloay, I could see the tree—the tree had fallen to the ground in eight pieces, its branches still tre
I heard the sound of rushi+ng footsteps
“Over there!”
Just then, the patrollingnoise The big covert had to be covered by around 50 people doing double shi+fts, so they were a bit late in running over
“HAHA, HAHAHAHAHA!”
I didn't even hear the sound of thelaughter at the result made by me
“Kyre-nion
'Haah… But what happens if they don't die in one hit?'
A point of doubt suddenly occurred to me
If ht or if there were other ene duck in my frozen state
'I need more mana! Mana!'
Moreover, I could not face Masters, ere called the very best, with only this level of destructive power
I simply had to overcoood ol' Master, but in order to survive
The mercenaries stared at me and the tree with curious expressions, but I passed the indifference
It was just one crisis after another
I was a pro to do
“There are already almost over 400 people At this rate, I think ill reach 1,000 after a few days To gather this many e!”
“It's nothing much”
“No, no They didn't come because of Kyre-nim, but because they believed in me, the Mercenary Guildmaster whose heroic name has flown far and wide in the Ner Kyre-ni to oppose Viscount Lukence with just a few coins”
'Holy'
Forgetting he hiiance for just a few coins as well, Ryker disparaged ive him a true mental education one day
“Huhu Viscount Lukence must be feelin' anxious” Happy for whatever reason, there was a satisfied smile on Ryker's handsome face
Just like he said, Viscount Lukence
“My liege, the problem starts now Even if we fill our numbers with mercenaries, it will be difficult for theular training”
The sht on the money
'It's too much to turn mercenaries into loyal soldiers in a short aest problem is the wyverns'
The reed for double the pay With them alone, it was too much to face up with Lukence, the lord of the land here
“Sir Ryker”
“S-Sir Ryker? Who dat?”
Ryker, who had been giggling to himself, went round-eyed at the way I called hi to himself
“From today onwards, with the noble authority vested in hthood”
“Kek!”
As I clearly ehed and turned a vivid shade of yellow
“What, don't like it? Just tella noble”
If it's on the ear, it's an earring, and if it's on the nose, it's a nosering—the situation could change depending on how I painted it I used the alht Ryker
“N-No, that's not it, but what about ht…”
“It's alright It was the same for me, too”
“…”“Alright then, Sir Ryker, display your leadershi+p in order to take charge of the ht of Nerman, ould lead those ht”
“…”Ryker's face twisted into a scowl
'Kuku Serves you right'
He dared to preen his feathers in front of me I was determined to work him to the bone in the future
“Sir Derval, I will bestow a provisional knight title to you as well” “Thank you! My liege!”
Even though Derval couldn't even use a sword properly, I granted hihthood too I just did as I pleased