Knights, Let’s Smash Them

65 – All in the North (1)

I was overcome with the urge to punch Bernard in front of me.

The statement that he is a thorough planner is a complete cancellation. This kid just didn’t do anything. At least Plans B and C should be prepared. What is this doing?

When I stare at you, Bernard starts making excuses with his characteristic hoarse voice.

“No…… Listen to me. Since he’s a worm, I had to get him out of the ground first. This is also a difficult success! Do you know how worms attack?”

“It pops out of the ground and grabs its prey.”

“Yes! But how was it? Did you get some distance and get out of the ground? Do you know how hard it was to adjust that?”

“That’s your business! You should have prepared for a detour to the city, you bastard!”

“If I had detoured into the city, wouldn’t I have gone and messed with it?”

“Yes~ Princess Lilia and I did everything~.”

As we were arguing so much, I heard a trembling voice from nearby.

“I, uh…… Administrator…….”

“?”

“This, you can drop it off now… ….”

“Ah.”

After dyeing her face as red as those ruby-like eyes, the princess shrunk her body and said,

Come to think of it, right before she cast her last spell, she transferred with Lilia in her arms.

She was in such a tense situation and her weight was lighter than expected, so she couldn’t even bear to pay attention.

“I’m sorry. Excuse me.”

When I hurriedly put her down, Lilia answered, shaking her lap with effort.

“It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay… …. Thanks to Duck, Duck Duck, I was safe…… Just because… ….”

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Fortunately, considering that she was also in an urgent situation, she didn’t seem to have any plans to say anything out loud.

Anyway, I’m an administrator, not a ‘nobleman’. You could call it gentry or bourgeoisie.

A relationship that can never be equal to Lilia Hebron, who can be seen as almost the highest class among such nobles, in terms of status.

Considering that there were aristocrats who sometimes ‘inevitably’ hated the mere touch of their bodies, her reaction was very compliant, to the point of being cute.

“Anyways, let’s go to the field. You have to check it with your own eyes.”

I nodded at Bernard’s words.

You can’t believe it until you see it with your own eyes. An immutable law that I have felt with my body over the past few years.

“Let’s go.”

Because it’s absolutely unacceptable to be caught off guard and get even bigger.

***

Fortunately, there was no situation where Worm’s body disappeared.

Looking at the tail sticking out of the glacier, it was clear that it had been thrown into the glacier and turned into a rat.

“By the way…… Really, why did wyrms appear in the Ardaros Mountains?”

Sianne looked at the corpse and asked as if possessed. It was a natural question.

In the first place, the northern mountains are not a good environment for creatures like worms.

Its main habitat, the desert and the eastern highlands, are basically flat terrain, so it’s much easier for worms to work.

The most plausible hypothesis right now is that they were pushed out of the territorial battle.

The distance from the highlands and deserts in the east to the mountains in the north wasn’t short either.

No matter how digging the ground, there is no way that a moving worm would not leave a trace.

I’ve never heard of a merchant company or traveling convoy being attacked by worms around here.

If that was the case in the first place, we would have dispatched knights or an army to solve the problem in the imperial line, not our snow leopard knights.

“That’s something I’ll look into now.”

Bernard calmly said to Cianne, who expressed his doubts.

“Soon, an expert on sub-dragons such as worms will arrive from Larva Ecoregion. I will stay in this city for a while and continue my investigation.”

Even though the appearances he has shown so far have been quite unsatisfactory, he is an excellent wizard who can move the location of a glacier of this size at once.

Since it is also in one place in the Larva Ecological District, it is purely Bernard’s domain from now on.

“Please let me know as soon as the results of the investigation come out. It’s our territory, so I’ll have to see it anyway.”

“That will be done by the officials dispatched with you.”

It’s really harsh.

The willpower to never even set foot in the administration is amazing. Being consistent like that is also an ability.

“But I did it all in one day.”

As soon as I went out in the morning, I had a battle with monsters.

Now, even the worm of Ardaros, which was the culprit, has been dealt with.

The tension that had been stiff all day is released, and the feeling of fatigue is rapidly coming. The complexion of the other knights was also not very good.

“Once…… Let’s go back and relax. Everyone has suffered so much.”

No one said that we needed to look further, or that there would be a little more.

Even though we officially subdued Worm, we had to return to Bordeaux looking like defeated soldiers.

***

Right after the worm subjugation.

Apart from the exhaustion of the Snow Leopard Knights, their administrator, and Princess Lilia of Hebron.

The detachment from the Duchy of Hebron, who arrived after receiving the news belatedly, and the infantry of the 4th Corps were at a loss for words at the overwhelming scene unfolding before their eyes.

“You mean you killed Worm alone?”

“Yes, I am.”

“With only six knights, one magistrate, and one mage?”

Detachment leader Jerome Diark, director of the Wolves’ Eastern Region, said in disbelief.

“Yes… ….”

The centurion of the 2nd corps, who responded, also failed to give an additional explanation. Because he was only testifying to the sights he had seen and heard himself.

It was everyone who was confused, so Milo, the centurion of the 4th corps, added an additional word instead.

“I think a correction is needed. Because the wizard is Sir Bernard, one of the few space wizards in the Empire.”

“Well, if it was the space wizard, it would have been possible to subdue worms alone… ….”

Detachment leader Jerome agrees with Milo’s words.

However, the centurion of the 2nd Corps, who had maintained a passive attitude throughout, immediately refuted it.

Because the only thing he clearly witnessed was not a space wizard exterminating worms.

“Not even that. The ones who directly confronted Worm were Luverne Alroy and Princess Lilia Hebron.”

“What?”

“It is true that Sir Bernard’s powerful magic killed the wurm instantly, but it was the two of you who took the time to confront it.”

It was even more difficult to believe for Jerome.

It’s Lilia Hebron. She’s the leader of the 2nd division of the wolf pack, and she has a reputation for being excellent at it, so even that is what she is.

How could one of her magistrates work with her to deal with the worm?

Black fox.

Lubern Alroy.

Rumors about him had been heard quite a bit by Jerome Diark, the regional governor.

On the great expedition three years ago, I had only heard of him as a strategist and strategist who made a remarkable achievement using his unique and outstanding resourcefulness.

It’s the first time I’ve heard about force.

Of course, since he is the chief administrator of the Black Lion Knights, he must have some swordsmanship skills.

It is not an ordinary thing for an ordinary administrator to be able to stand up against a worm.

“Huh… ….”

“First of all, it is true that we subdued the wurm, so it would be better to pass it on to the Duke of Hebron as well.”

“I guess so. But if this…… Only Rupel’s Knights and the Larva Ecological District can share the actual achievement.”

In the first place, Princess Lilia of Hebron, who was on vacation, followed this incident on her own accord.

It is clear that the people who carried out the subjugation for official duties were the Snow Leopard Knights and the Larva Ecological Area.

Although it could be Lilia’s personal achievement of Princess Hebron, it would be too much trouble to consider it as the achievement of a pack of wolves.

That’s what I mean.

Since it was a monster that caused quite a bit of damage in the Duchy of Hebron, it meant that the Duke of Hebron, or a person equivalent to him, should give congratulations for the subjugation.

Besides, isn’t the Duke of Hebron a terrible daughter-in-law?

As she is a person who has been directly aligned with herself, it is clear that Lilia Hebron will treat this with Lubern Ale very favorably.

Jerome had to desperately hope that the black fox in question would not make demands that crossed the line.

It was because the chaos within the territory had increased recently, and the dungeons, which were the main source of income, were suffering financial difficulties as the Imperial Black Lion Knights began to shovel them.

This was also the reason why he hurriedly dispatched a detachment as soon as he heard a report that the existence that caused the earthquakes in Ardaros and Herteiya was the ‘Earth Dragon’.

Anyway, if we put a spoon on the subjugation, we wouldn’t have to pay any special rewards to the Count and his knights.

‘Still, it’s fortunate that the princess is safe and the monsters were subdued. In the end, it’s a good thing.’

Jerome licked his lips bitterly and thought.

Then he raised his eyes and spoke to the two centurions of the county.

“The Count seems very surprised. The guy who caused the commotion the other day was none other than the Toryong, and he subdued it in one day.”

“…… You probably do.”

Milo could easily picture his overlord with her bewildered look on her tongue.

And as expected.

The Count actually reacted that way.

The shocking news from Bordeaux was more than enough to startle not only the lord Diona Count Osrupel, but also his vassals.

A sub-dragon species.

It’s hard to believe that a dragon found in the east or west, not a wyvern, roamed the mountains of the north.

At the same time, I heard that the Snow Leopard Knights under his command had subdued them.

Earl Rupel was so dumbfounded that he burst out laughing.

“Ha ha ha ha… …. Is what I just heard right?”

“Yes, I am.”

The first subjugation achievement made by the Knights, who had been barely surviving after their crushing defeat in the Great Expedition.

It is not a mid-level monster like Goblin or Thunder Bear, but a high-level monster that can only be defeated by mobilizing almost all of the territory’s power.

“Like cooking competitions, there is not a day that goes by that the Lubern Administrator doesn’t surprise me.”

“Yes, Count.”

“How about it, at this point, shouldn’t you all admit it?”

There were no vassals who didn’t know what the count intended by saying such a thing.

In fact, it is a group of retainers who have strangely been in a check structure with the Luvern administrator.

Except for the treasurer, who had become a complete Lubern-holic, Justice Arthur Tarantino, peace officers and consuls didn’t look too well on him.

Although it was also because he, who was always a commoner, pushed forward with his own will in the territory, citing only his connections in the Grand Expedition and his career as a member of the Imperial Knights.

He was thinking that there must be more ulterior motives than that.

But this is far beyond the realm of scheming.

In order to minimize the damage to the local people, he himself took on the role of the dragon’s bait.

No matter how much the Space Wizard helped, in the end, he was the one who subdued the monsters.

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An action I would never do without truly caring for the territory.

“I agree too. The territories towards the Lubern Administrator, especially the citizens of the capital Petaronto, are very fond of it.”

Antonio tribune said.

As he was in the position of representing the common people, everything Luvern has done so far has had a positive impact on the people of the territory.

He didn’t show off in public, but he was a bureaucrat who was as fond of him as Edwin Carlton.

“…… I think there should be a clear reward.”

Judge Arthur Tarantino also agreed with the tribune.

As much as the judicial officer, the de facto head of the vassal, expressed a positive opinion, neither the constable nor the consul could come up with a plausible rebuttal.

What do you mean by refutation in the first place?

After he took office as administrator, it was an open fact that the Rupel estate was returning to normal.

No, it is irrelevant to see that they are running again toward the golden years that bloomed and withered away for a while.

Then, wouldn’t it be much more helpful for them, as well as for their master, Count Rupel, and their territory, to stop the trivial checks and move forward together?

“Your intentions were the same. Now, as the lord of Count Rupel, I intend to give all possible support to Lubern Alroy.”

Count Rupel spoke slowly, rhyming.

“I will accept Luverne Aylroy as the eighth member of my vassal, and at the same time grant him the title of baron.”

Sealing as a vassal and conferring the title of baron.

Even though it was a very unconventional reward, all the retainers had no choice but to accept it.

Luvern Ailroy.

Because he deserved it.

***

“Ah~~ I want to eat chicken!! That’s s*x, s*x!!”

“Don’t say it out loud, you asshole!!”

“We were going to eat together! I was thinking of having a chicken party tonight!!”

“No, so what is that food called Sanders Fried Chicken!”

“Don’t talk about it if you haven’t tried it. Because that’s real s*x!”

Actually, that person had been drinking with his old friend Bernard for the first time in a long time, and he was pouring out all sorts of dirty talk.