Chapter 881 - Sin with Merit
Kwa-a-a-a-a—
The sound of the wind brushing over his head was loud.
Would it make such a sound if a legendary dragon opened its mouth and breathed fire?
The fact that he was eating, sleeping, and resting in such a situation was proof that he was outside the category of an ordinary person.
In that sense, Enkrid had certainly deviated from the category of an ordinary person.
Although he was inclined towards effort rather than talent, looking only at the present, he was more knightly than anyone else.
Didn't they call knights disasters because they walked outside of common sense?
Therefore, in a way, it was natural.
Of course, not all knights could be like this.
Such a man, completely outside common sense, was lost in thought.
'Is the viscounty burning?'
What about the portion of the Border Guard standing army dispatched there?
Hadn't Krais sent twice the usual number of troops, saying he was concerned?
As soon as Krais heard the words "war with the South," he had increased the number of troops dispatched to the Harrison Viscounty.
'He also significantly increased the number of scouts.'
What Finn, who had been patrolling the Pen-Hanil mountain range, said while planning patrol routes and coordinating units for the southern Border Guard and the plains and forest areas including the Harrison Viscounty was impressive.
"Even ants wouldn't bustle around this diligently."
Although half of it was grumbling, she does her job.
That's the kind of person Scout Captain Finn is.
In the meantime, Krais even called Seiki to the city—a former saintess, current Penn-Hanil Ranger, whose dream was to be a Highlander eating and sleeping in the mountains, or a mountain person, with the goal of becoming an independent combatant.
Since then, Krais offered prayers every day to the Goddess governing fate and luck, wishing for Esther to return quickly.
All of this was what Krais did just before leaving the city.
"It's nice to see you praying for another woman."
How tragic Krais had looked when scolded by Nurat for that.
"Look. Captain. My appearance, giving up my well-being for the city's well-being. You can write that on my tombstone. Krais, died by his lover for the city."
Being able to use tragic heroism and banter simultaneously was a skill in itself.
The reason for making a fuss was probably because he was that anxious.
Nurat nodded and placed her hand on the sword grip.
Chiriring- ting, the sound of the blade flowing along the scabbard was cheerful.
Enkrid inwardly admired it.
Nurat's sword-drawing skill had become much cleaner than before.
The action of lifting the latch and drawing looked like one motion.
It meant her skill had improved considerably.
It showed that she hadn't stopped putting in effort, regardless of talent.
It was a skill worthy of being a lover and Krais's escort.
"Can we abandon Viscount Harrison?"
Krais quickly changed the subject.
What would be the reason for asking a question he knew the answer to?
It was just an evasive maneuver to dodge his lover's blade.
To save the one who stuck his neck out over his lover's blade to save the city, Enkrid readily played along.
He expressed his will by shaking his head horizontally.
"Well, that would be the obvious answer."
Krais's complexion turned dull as he spoke.
The corners of his eyes drooped and his face turned increasingly pale.
Various anxieties were tormenting him.
Also, for that reason, he would prepare for all dangers.
Through the recollection with Krais, Enkrid recalled the face of the noble who became the subject of that story.
'Viscount Harrison.'
The person who gifted the holy spring water that Weird Eyes, currently flapping his wings, drank.
Although a middle-aged noble, he was also a man whose eyes resembled a boy of about thirteen.
"I will cultivate the land."
How excited he had looked when saying those words.
In his territory, everyone researches growing and raising crops.
He heard they even made a grape orchard while doing so.
It's fine if that orchard burns and the tents he boasted of are torn and ravaged.
'If it collapses, we just have to raise it again.'
The important thing is to survive without dying.
Does anything change by adding worry here?
No.
Striking Weird Eyes' belly with both feet won't make him fly faster.
Therefore, it wasn't time to worry.
Enkrid changed the flow of his thoughts.
Turning over a thought and bringing up another isn't as easy as diverting a water channel, but after years of effort and habit, this was now easy too.
'There is something to learn in everything experienced.'
A fact he knew well.
Since worrying wouldn't change anything, he entered training in his head.
'Those two.'
They fought well.
Not just well, they calculated and formed tactics even before clashing weapons.
It would be a lie to say it wasn't impressive.
However, while those two learned tactical aspects through over five hundred mock battles within the knightly order, Enkrid rolled on the bottom as a mercenary and guide, learning, experiencing, ruminating, and mastering while staking his life.
Afterwards, he added the teachings of a Frog, who had lived for over two hundred years and specialized in tactics and strategy.
His thoughts continued.
Besides tactics, those two revealed more peculiarities.
That was also impressive.
'Special abilities.'
Both showed special talents.
One handled strength, and the other something like invisible hands.
Enkrid had coughed up blood to acquire his current muscular strength.
It wasn't a metaphorical expression; he really coughed up blood while building his body.
'Brother, do you think all muscles are the same muscles?'
Audin's body wasn't simply large.
The muscles constituting his body had a different density from ordinary people.
Enkrid also reconstructed his body based on his teachings.
Audin's doctrine was that to build a body, one had to not only cough up blood but also train their internal organs.
Even for Enkrid, it was something that would naturally make him frown if told to do it twice.
What's more, even the Ferryman agreed.
"Do not repeat today. Go to tomorrow."
Sometimes appearing in dreams and saying this.
That's how hellish the training was.
Those were the days.
Did the opponents do the same thing?
Did they possess muscles with different density like that?
Did they stuff bundles of beast or animal-like muscles into their bodies?
Did they use a technique of infusing Will while rebuilding their bodies?
What Enkrid did was a secret technique of Valaf-style training and stealing the giant's training method for humans.
The opponents were not like him.
Their bodies were not made with such skills.
Enkrid knew at a glance that the enemy knight's body was different from his own.
It was muscle with too low a density.
Yet, her momentary muscular strength was at a level that couldn't be ignored.
She used strength far superior to her appearance.
'So, monstrous strength.'
The guy using the spear seemed to have grown another invisible hand.
'Will the guys I meet in the future use similar things?'
They said the South, Lihin-Stetten, values special bloodlines, and indeed there were many amazing talented people.
He faced two such knights and killed them.
Was there a crisis in that result?
Danger?
Could such a present be called the peak of skill?
A few thoughts crossed, overturning his mind, and a conclusion emerged.
'Lihin-Stetten's full power has not been revealed yet.'
It was a view seen through intuition or a sixth sense.
Weird Eyes descends towards the ground.
Enkrid looked at the familiar land.
Land cultivated in various forms to grow crops.
Each shape was truly unique.
Some places had furrows dug, and others had large tents set up.
'A secret method to maintain a constant temperature even in winter.'
It is a new farming method born from years of effort and research, truly time and effort.
In the sea, there exists a monster called Siren that charms and eats intelligent beings.
Those Siren scales are thin, sturdy, and transmit light.
Naturally, they are expensive items.
Once, when it was fashionable for noblewomen to make clothes with Siren scales, they were more expensive than gold of the same weight.
Should one call it a fabric more precious than most gems?
'A man crazy about farming.'
Such a thought comes naturally.
Viscount Harrison gathered those precious Siren scales and used them as a roof.
That scale skin would transmit and trap light.
Ordinary people might not know well, but Siren scales also possessed the property of absorbing sunlight and accumulating heat.
At that level, flowers would bloom, not just winter crops.
'It was close. I poured in half of the fortune I possess.'
Viscount Harrison would say proudly, showing a smile all over his face.
He truly seemed to enjoy what he was doing.
Those tents are as they were.
It was peaceful.
The unit lined up next to the heated tents, which were like Viscount Harrison's children, entered Enkrid's eyes.
"Weird Eyes."
Weird Eyes headed downward drawing a long curve.
This winged horse had also become more accustomed to flying than before.
He didn't descend recklessly as if crashing like before.
He stirs his wings, rides the wind, descends drawing a spiral, and steps on the ground.
It's a smooth landing.
Of course, to people watching from below, it was something flustering and surprising.
Hwa-a-a-ang!
As Weird Eyes landed, wind rose and blew dust around.
Enkrid, descending with his back to the sun, turned his gaze.
There were several familiar faces.
Some of them had taken out axes and were holding them in their hands.
One was leaning back greatly, about to throw one abruptly.
"Viscount Harrison."
Enkrid opened his mouth as soon as he landed.
"...Sir Enkrid?"
The Viscount asked back, eyes opening wide enough to pop out.
"Was there no attack?"
A calm question.
The Viscount answered reflexively.
"They passed by. Uh, I mean the enemy army just passed by. What did the enemy army call themselves? Earth Corps?"
"Not that, but the Yellow Soil Corps symbolizing the Mud Knights."
Enkrid didn't know the details, but if Naurillia's tradition was naming units after knights, the South was famous for five corps named corresponding to the knightly orders.
That was also what one of Rem's assault unit members said just now.
Although Enkrid didn't know these facts, he roughly grasped the situation through intuition.
"Lihin-Stetten?"
"That is correct. Commander."
Many of Rem's unit members are willful, but not all of them.
The one who stepped forward now was one of the squad leaders with whom communication was easy.
"Those bastards went towards Border Guard."
"Numbers?"
"At least over three thousand."
More than the unit advancing to the capital.
The difference is roughly three times.
Why?
He couldn't guess at all why there was such a difference in numbers.
Then why did they leave the Harrison Viscounty alone?
There was too little information to know anything here either.
However, his head tingled, and thoughts followed one after another.
'The reason for avoiding unnecessary fights is to preserve power, and if they have a clear goal, they won't waste time.'
An excellent commander knows well what needs to be done.
"They seemed to have no hesitation in advancing."
Said the assault squad leader.
"Let's go."
Enkrid urged Weird Eyes.
Weird Eyes ran and flew again.
It was already the third sprint and flight before the day had fully passed.
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Lihin-Stetten originally had five knightly orders: Ruby, Amethyst, Sapphire, Mud, and Onyx.
Currently, only Ruby, Amethyst, and Mud remain.
Amethyst was a group representing noble families for generations, and Ruby was a group that accepted anyone as long as their skills were excellent.
And the Mud Knights and the Yellow Soil Corps.
"Offset sin with merit."
A group putting forward this banner.
They are descendants of those who committed crimes.
Therefore, it was a group with strict discipline, enough to operate a separate supervising unit.
Retreat meant death, and violating military discipline carried high levels of punishment.
All knightly orders of Lihin-Stetten were originally created before their subordinate units, but the Yellow Soil Corps was the opposite.
The convict corps came first, and knights were born on the battlefield to become the Mud Knights.
"Our destination is Border Guard."
The Commander of the Mud Knights moved with two of his subordinate knights.
The three thousand convict troops were those who would die here at a single charge order.
Truly arrows shot once and done, with no intention of retrieving them.
Excluding the three knights and a part of the supervising unit, it was a force that didn't matter if they didn't return alive.
This was Lihin-Stetten's way.
Are the Madmen Knights of Border Guard troublesome?
Then set fire to their base.
How?
By setting fire to soldiers' bodies and charging.
Which country fights the best in the entire continent?
Where is the most warlike race?
Who is the king with the strongest desire for struggle?
All those answers lie in the South adjacent to the Demon Realm.
They grew up mixing red blood over the black blood of monsters.
A gloomy energy settles in the region adjacent to the Demon Realm.
If a demon expands its territory, a city disappears overnight.
Such a place is the South.
A place where an opera of eternal night and darkness, despair and frustration unfolds.
"Let's go, to gouge out the city's tender flesh."
Said the Commander and leader.
"Sin with merit!"
"Sin with merit!"
Since it's a method of pardoning sins if merits are established, the families of those who die here will no longer be descendants of criminals.
Therefore, they will discard their lives and fight.
If a knight cuts a thousand, fifteen hundred will rush in, and even if all die, they were those who rushed in so that the last survivor could stick a sword in the knight's body.
They leisurely walked and marched on the safety road paved by Border Guard.
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