Knights, Let’s Smash Them

60 – Northern monsters tear the city apart (3)

Immediately after falling into the fantasy world.

At the time when I was rolling around on the street, what I feared the most was not robbers, wolves, or monsters, but bears.

These mad beasts were practically spread throughout the empire.

Whether it’s plains or mountains, even on roadsides, the bears roam around on fictitious days.

It was strange at first.

In reality, I’ve only seen those who flirt on safari.

But after witnessing right in front of my eyes the traveler I was traveling with being separated into the head/chest/belly.

The image of people clamoring in front of the bus asking to be eaten or thrown away has been completely overturned.

How to fight a bear that has been roaming the Internet bare-handed?

They said it was all bullsh*t.

Let alone fighting, if you just run into them, you lose your fighting spirit in an instant.

Moreover, the thunder bear that became a monster like that is 3 times faster and 3 times stronger, like a red suit somewhere.

“Kuaaa!!!”

The guy closest to me turned the nerdy jackal that was babbling next to me into a mash and jumped at me.

His muscles flinched for a moment, but he quickly recovered and threw his body forward.

Hung, bloody front paws brushing the nape of the neck.

If I was even a little late, I would have become konjac jelly.

However, as the attack range was large, I swung my sword in that instant and succeeded in slicing the thunder bear’s ankle.

“Ku Huong!”

It’s still not enough.

I looked at the guy crying out in pain, took a throwing knife from his bosom, and hit his eyes with precision.

The Thunder Bear, who lost sight in an instant, swung his front paw at random.

A strike that fails to properly target is nothing more than a simple windmill.

Furthermore, the knights who rushed right after followed joined, and the thunder bear, which rushed first, fell limp on the spot without even making a proper attack.

Helpful! Snow Leopard Knights!!

Man-at-arms is strong enough, but for me, a knight with mana awakening feels safer.

“Lubern Magistrate!”

“Luvern Alroy!”

Sianne and Lilia, who stabbed the fallen bear’s vitals almost at the same time and killed them for confirmation, ran up and shouted.

Those who are not at the maximum level for military power, the thought is the same as a ghost.

One for the neck and one for the heart?

The red blood of the Thunder Bear glistened on the blades of the swords held by the two women.

“Why are there so many thunder bears?! It’s definitely a monster that’s hard to see unless it’s a deep snowy mountain…… !!”

“Okay. I guess we’ll have to deal with all the remaining guys first and then figure it out.”

“That’s right, Captain Xianne. Right now, saving the townsfolk is our top priority.”

There are a total of four guys that you can see right away.

Aside from the sound of the 4th Corps cavalry sweeping away the remnants that could not enter through the fence, the noise of battle was vaguely heard from everywhere.

It was clear that the townsfolk were fighting.

I can’t even dare to predict how many monsters will invade the city.

In the end, the best decision I could make in the current situation was to subdue all the monsters I could see.

“Aagh!!”

Soon after, another thunder bear charged.

Kwaaang!!

Step backwards to avoid the slammed forepaw, and similarly cut through the skin with the sword.

Suddenly!

The taste of the hand that is clearly conveyed through the handle of the sword.

Still, Gao of an intermediate level monster didn’t go anywhere, and I couldn’t inflict a fatal wound with my skills. It’s like before, and it’s annoying that I’m still short of 2%.

“Damn it.”

Thunder Bear snorts as if he is laughing even though his blood is flowing.

Because this is the problem.

As against opponents, it’s worth trying somehow, but against monsters and beasts, you have to cover only with basic swordsmanship skills.

I couldn’t gain an overwhelming advantage in the battle against the devil like Xianne and other knights.

A person who cannot awaken to Aura will live with regret?

Kang, step by step—!!

Let’s grumble and catch the claws that glisten right in front of our eyes with the edge of our sword.

“It’s a shift!”

A rapier, unknown when it came from, passed over my shoulder. Keying, the compressed mana explodes and accurately pierces the thunder bear’s heart.

A thunder bear that can’t even scream and falls backwards.

It was also Barbara.

If I were only 8 years younger than I am now, it would have been a title with the feeling of ‘catching a thunder bear at the age of 10’, but it’s a pity.

“Are you okay!?”

“Yes, thanks to you, I am relaxed. If Barbara clears the way in the lead, the other drivers will… ….”

I slightly turned my head to check the condition of the knights and quickly corrected my words.

As each of us is spreading out and arranging monsters, there is no need to change camps here.

“Just let Barbara pierce it and I’ll follow you back.”

“Okay!”

It is not always the answer to just prepare a camp and respond.

For knights whose very existence is a weapon, it is tactically advantageous to respect individual judgment in a melee like this.

Besides, like Barbara, there was also Heinz, who at some point climbed onto the roof of the house and provided long-distance support.

It seemed better to leave the tidying up of this place to Xian Ne and her knights.

Except for one person, Lonz.

“Lons!! What are you doing! Just deal with it quickly and follow me!!”

While the madman was punching one of his jackals with his bare fists, he put another jackal in a headlock and strangled him.

Why are you fighting bare-handedly, leaving your fine sword there?

As I looked at her with a puzzled look, Lonz nodded her head vigorously as if he understood.

“Okay, magistrate!”

Wooddeuk! Shaking the muscles lightly, the jackal, who had struggled hard, drooped.

If you could have killed him in one shot, why were you holding on to him…….

The more you think about him, the more terrifying he is.

Maybe Count Rupel didn’t recruit Lonz because of his skills, but he thought of putting a suppressor on as a knight before he darkly evolved into a warrior only if he put Rupell’s territory in danger?

It was a reasonable doubt.

If this was the world view of the poor neighborhood next door, Lonz would be a Berserker class without asking or arguing.

“Barbara clears the way, Lance assists. If the difference in weight class gets too much, switch right away!”

“Okay!”

The two drivers followed my instructions and started cleaning the streets of the city.

Yes, the word cleaning fits perfectly.

Because the monsters like jackals and bitulas roaming around were turned into corpses by throwing them into the corner like removing garbage bags.

Unless it was a mid-level monster like the Thunder Bear, even a low-level monster couldn’t stop the two of them.

The cavalrymen of the 4th Corps led by Ior, the commander of the decree, were doing their job, because no monsters dared invade beyond the barrier.

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We were able to quickly reach the defense line where the citizens of Bordovia and the remnants of the 2nd Corps were making their last camp.

“Ki, it’s the Knights!! Live!!”

“You said you wiped out all those monsters!?”

Numerous requests for handshakes from citizens poured in.

***

“Thanks to you, I lived. I was really wondering what to do when the 3rd line of defense was breached…….”

Stayle, the mayor of Bordeaux, trembled as if he was getting goosebumps just thinking about it.

He was a younger bureaucrat than expected for a mayor in the northernmost city. It was originally a native of this village, but it is said that the capital returned to the market in recognition of its ability in Petalonto.

In his own way, he is a talented person in a village that has returned home.

“I have been living in Bordeaux for well over 20 years, but this is the first time.”

That’s why Stiyl knew better than anyone how serious the situation was in the northernmost town.

“I dare say…… Perhaps the dragon sleeping in the Ardaros Mountains has awakened…….”

Then the elder Jethro, who had been listening silently, said.

“Are you talking about dragons?”

“Among the verses passed down in our city is the legend of the old dragon knight Orgius. A great hero and dragon slayer who once commanded the era, news of him was completely cut off after he entered the Ardaros Mountains.”

“Eh…… ?”

I didn’t know that the dragon knight Orgius would suddenly come out of here, so I gave out a stupid reaction without even realizing it.

Similarly, Xi’an couldn’t hide her embarrassed expression.

“Don’t you know the story of the dragon knight Orgius?”

“Oh, no. I know. I know it all too well.”

I nodded hurriedly, and Elder Jethro went on.

“Our ancestors thought that the dragon that even subdued the dragon knight was dormant in Ardaros. And I have no doubt that the legend is indeed real.”

Ah, I did subdue.

It has a different meaning, and the end was just a tragedy.

I thought of the image of Pyrhak struggling with being captured by Persuskaron.

There is no guarantee that the famous Orgius wouldn’t have done that.

“If there were so many thunder bears who seldom left their territory, especially if they didn’t cooperate. Surely that kind of monster has appeared?”

However, what Jethro said was quite reasonable.

Apart from the legend of Orgius, there was only one instance of a monster called the Thunder Bear coming down to the city in a ‘group’ like this.

‘When monsters stronger than themselves appear in the habitat.’

In short, they were pushed out of the territorial battle.

Basically, the more beast-type monsters are, the more they have the habits of the base animal.

Even if it’s just the frost jackal that attacked the city right away, it’s actually just harboring demonic energy, but its behavior is no different from that of the common jackals from the south.

And the brown bear’s habit, which is the motif of the thunder bear, is that they “Cooperate” With each other when hunting prey just before sleeping.

“It’s definitely time for the monsters inhabiting the snowfields, including the Thunder Bear, to go to sleep.”

“Yes. It is the wildest, the most powerful, and the most dangerous.”

Generally, they would settle down in a suitable place along a river or in a forest and hunt leisurely, but ‘something’ made that difficult, so they must have raided the city in groups.

From the moment they unilaterally broke through the well-protected wooden fence, it was clear how hungry they were.

“This definitely needs some investigation.”

I roughly grasped the current situation.

Then, the only thing left to do is to find out what the hell appeared in the Ardaros Mountains through the corpses of demons.

“First of all, please prioritize the treatment of the wounded and the burial of the dead. Our Snow Leopard Knights will take care of the monsters in the Ardaros Mountains.

“Yes, I understand. But if it’s really a blue dragon…….”

Elder Jethro muttered in a desperate voice.

Of course, if it was a dragon that even Orgius couldn’t handle, according to the legend, the Snow Leopard Knights would have to report directly to the imperial palace and send a large-scale expedition, including the Black Lion Knights.

Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the dragon knight Orgius.

“That won’t happen. Ardaros is not an environment suitable for blue dragons to inhabit.”

“Is that so…?”

“Besides, earthquakes seem to cause quite a headache not only in Ardalos, but also in the Duchy of Hebron. If it was really the dragon’s fault, they would have done something about it.”

“Indeed, that’s true.”

After trying to reassure the frightened elder and the mayor, I and Cianne made our way out of the town hall-like town hall.

Of course, as much as the story about Orgius, with whom she was deeply involved, came out, she was almost restless.

“Maybe it has nothing to do with bringing Lucy…… ?”

“I can’t deny the possibility of that, but it’s not very likely. I rather like earthquakes.”

Jahed, where the mine was buried, is also a town adjacent to the Ardaros Mountains.

Furthermore, as I just said, earthquakes continue to occur not only in the Rupel Manor, but also in the Duchy of Hebron.

As the main reason for the invasion of monsters this time was the earthquake, it was clear that there was a special ‘reason’ for causing the earthquake in that mountain range.

It is a creature that can climb from mountain range to mountain range and cause earthquakes throughout the Rupel County and the Hebron Duchy…….

“Hmm.”

No matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like a case that could be easily solved.