Knights, Let’s Smash Them

63 – The starlight doesn’t come down, it doesn’t come down

“Think carefully. Wouldn’t it be better for you to be the bait?”

“You crazy bastard!”

I raised my middle finger at Bernard, who casually spoke bloody words.

If Lilia Hebron was by her side, she would have said something more calmly, but she said she was fortunate to contact the dukedom and she disappeared.

No one can stop the swearing Lubern, who has awakened a Korean passive skill.

“I knew this would happen. You’ve been tricked by the bald head’s wicked ulterior motive once again!!”

“Why is there a head story here!!”

“Damn!! Can’t you go away! You bald-headed monster!”

I kept my fingers in an L shape and shot the depilatory beam. A powerful curse that causes more hair to fall out if you don’t shout “Grow hair” In 30 seconds.

You dare to use people as food for worms?

But you can’t just be angry.

I let out a blast of profanity and slowly cooled my heated rage.

Pigs, Bogs, Well, new, and all kinds of babies pop out of their mouths, and their minds start to stabilize like ghosts.

Bernard had been insulted like that, but he replied with a calm face as if he couldn’t even nod.

“Think carefully. First of all, the basic premise must be someone who has not awakened mana. Then all of you knights are out, right? It’s not Auror, it’s Mana. Among the knights these days, is there anyone who has not awakened mana? Except for the administrative officers, everyone has their mana awakened, right?”

“… ….”

This bastard secretly chews on me.

Are you ignoring me because I didn’t wake up?

I brought 1,000 gold to a former court mage and gave it to him, but what should I do when he doesn’t wake up!

“Then, all that remains is to mobilize civilians or soldiers. Is there anyone willing to take up the task?”

There should be.

It was true, however, that the painting would look a bit like that.

And if they don’t come forward, there is a way to forcefully mobilize them using the authority of the snow leopard knights’ administrator.

This one looks worse than the picture above.

“What remains as an elimination method in the end?”

“…… Me : yes.”

“Rather, isn’t it an opportunity to raise your reputation by saying that the administrator of the Rupel Knights set an example?”

“That’s right… ….”

It was irrefutable.

“Why did you reject me when I was supposed to accept it anyway?”

“Damn it! If you don’t do this, you will be so miserable! I don’t like sacrificing!!”

While defeating the Knights of the Black Lion, I decided to become a person who pursues an extremely individualistic life.

So I wanted to avoid meaningless sacrifices somehow.

How did you become an administrator at Rupel Manor?

It was just because I wanted to do it.

Did you dare to hold a Rupel Cooking Contest with your own money?

It was because I wanted to eat chicken.

But the current situation isn’t quite right. Become the worm’s bait. I am neither a regressor with just a few lives, nor an immortal.

“No, from my point of view, you are completely destined to have this kind of temperament.”

“f*ck.”

“It was like that during the Grand Expedition. Even among the party, he was unrivaledly weak and had a knack and a head, so he proudly succeeded in a seemingly impossible operation. Was it you who sacrificed even then?”

“That…… I was just trying not to follow through. You look like you’re going to die right now.”

Looking back on memories from three years ago.

When I went to defeat Kiropus, the evil dragon of the West Forest with the expedition, I willingly volunteered for the operation to draw the evil dragon’s aggro.

When I ran away from the evil dragon that fired a red and black breath from behind, I thought I was really looking for it.

As I shivered as I recalled the terrible past, Bernard added one more word.

“If it’s just a worm, it’s not even comparable to the evil dragon, Kirov. It’s easier, dude. Don’t you believe me?”

“Isn’t it because you don’t believe me?”

“Don’t worry. If I kill the magistrate who will work hard for the empire in the future, there are too many people who will aim for my neck.”

Well, it is true that there is really no other way.

In the end, I had no choice but to volunteer to be the bait, and the 2nd Corps and the citizens of Bordovia, who did not know the details, raised me up almost as if they were looking at a hero in a troubled world.

“I will only trust the magistrate…… !”

“Lubern Alroy, is he a god?????”

“The magistrate’s sacrifice will be remembered forever in Bordeaux.”

Please stop!!

My life is already zero!!

And I haven’t searched yet, so who is this bastard who talks as if he has already searched?

Come out when I say something nice.

“Are you really okay?”

Of course, not everyone showed such a burdensome reaction. The blonde knight commander asked in a worried voice.

“Chief Xianne.”

“In that case… Wouldn’t it be better to delay a bit and find volunteers? Bernard-sama also said it would take some time…”

“It’s okay.”

A look in the eyes where you can feel that he is really only concerned about me, without any expectations or emotions.

I felt healed just by looking at it.

“…… Instead, once this is over, the Knights themselves will take some time off.”

“Yes?”

“We even held a delicious chicken contest and selected all the winners, but we couldn’t even eat properly.”

Sanders Fried Chicken.

Crispy Red Pepper Chicken

Wife’s home Chicken.

The essence of modern gastronomy, which I had been searching for for years, flickered in front of my eyes.

Surely the cooking contest was just yesterday, right?

Why does it feel like it’s been almost several months?

The more I realize that fact, the more I lose my strength.

“I want to relax and have fun.”

“Well…… The administrator has been the busiest lately. Because everyone worked hard…… If we solve a case like this, the Count will surely allow it.”

“You have to allow it. Sure.”

What a worm. It is said to be one of the most difficult species to handle among many sub-dragons.

The situation is that such a guy is wandering through the mountains of the county and duchy. Rather, it is just incomprehensible that Bordeaux has never been attacked.

If this kind of case could be solved in one shot.

There were a lot of elements that the count and the dukedom could have received quite well.

“Going…… !! Cheer up, Lubern Administrator!!”

I laughed at the sight of Xian Ne encouraging her by clenching her fists.

“Thank you, Captain.”

“Ehehehe…… What. I have to do something like this. Rather, it’s just that I feel sorry for not doing anything…….”

She’s shyly scratching the back of her head.

“Then, thank you.”

“Of course!”

I got on top of her horse that had been parked on the outskirts of the city, keeping pace with her.

Yes.

Let’s try something small, well.

***

“Never drop or lose this. The margin of error is 1 m. If it gets further away from the coordinates I have fixed, even I can’t help it.”

“Don’t say anything bloody.”

I said as I took the two small wooden sticks Bernard handed me.

One has enchanted remote space conversion magic, and the other has enchanted provocation magic to attract worms.

The operation was like this.

First of all, the current movement path of the worm is traced.

If the route was traced to some extent, Bernard would lure the wurm by activating the beacons that he had installed throughout the Ardaros Mountains.

I at the end become the real bait and make the worm pull itself out of the ground to hunt.

At that time, I activated the enchantment magic at the right time and switched my body with the giant glacier.

A great success if the worm rushing to eat its prey doesn’t even have time to run away before it drops the glacier and pops its head.

“If you look at the teleportation wand here, there is a red mark on it, right?”

“Uh.”

“When it turns green, it means it’s ready for teleportation. Then it should work Otherwise, it won’t activate.”

It is also very difficult.

“I understand everything up to this point. But what if things don’t go according to plan? For example, worms are not attracted properly…….”

“Damn it. Here’s the plan I’ve prepared. There was no problem with the magic itself, but if Yum’s lure fails, the premise will have to be redone.”

Well, the conditions were very irregular.

From noble mtl dot com.

Still, I think it’s good to have all the safety devices in place.

If everything in the world went as planned, all investors, whether stocks or coins, would have become rich.

Because this world is no different.

“You don’t know. Be prepared to change the coordinates in real time.”

I looked straight at Bernard and said.

“How long does it take to change coordinates?”

“…… About two minutes, enough.”

“Cut it down to one minute. Most. Since the size of the glacier is larger than the size of the worm, the margin of error should be within 5m.”

“Okay.”

Bernard accepted my offer without much complaint.

He is so confident in his skills. I don’t know anything else, but I can trust Bernard as a space wizard.

“What will the Princess of Hebron do?”

After the final inspection.

I asked Lilia who was standing behind me.

The snow leopard knights moved to the glacier area in advance, but she didn’t know what to do as much as she did, because she was on standby.

Anyway, since it was a case involving the dukedom, it seemed like I would be in a position where I couldn’t just wait.

“I will stay with the magistrate.”

“Yes? It’s too risky…… !”

“Princess, if there is one more variable, even I cannot know what the outcome will be.”

For those who have to activate the magic of the glacier Meteora on an enormous scale, the very existence of Lilia Hebron is bound to act as a variable.

However, Lilia’s attitude was firm.

“Of course I will be watching from the top of the cliff over there. It’s rather dangerous, so we can’t leave the magistrate alone.”

She pointed to a cliff not far away.

Certainly, it was far from magic range, and it seemed appropriate to intervene immediately when something happened.

“Hmm…… Well, if that’s about it.”

When Bernard nodded her head in agreement, Lilia Hebron leaped swiftly and landed on top of the cliff in an instant.

Agile movements worthy of the nickname gray wolf.

Bernard giggled when he confirmed that everything was now ready.

“If they are eaten, I will retrieve the body.”

Spits out a single boring word and disappears right in front of your eyes.

It was teleport magic.

…… Because even jokes are just boring.

“Whew.”

I stood still and stretched. From now on, all I had to do was wait.

A few tens of minutes like that.

Around the time my legs started to throb, I felt a surge of shaking in the ground.

Deed deed deed.

Vibration that will blow away even the drowsiness that came along with the pleasant early summer wind.

After correcting the balance of my staggering body, I swallowed dry saliva.

In the other side of the field of vision, dust was rising.

I’m not lying, the entire mountain range is shaking.

I couldn’t see Lillia’s expression due to the distance, but I could easily imagine her hardened face.

Deed deed deed—!!!!

The vibration got stronger as it got closer. I thought it would be okay because I already knew it, but the nerves of my whole body that sensed the crisis stood on edge.

“I don’t like this obsession.”

Toryong.

The sub-dragon that rules the land was approaching, aiming only for me.