<h4>Chapter 75.1 </h4>
<b>The Siege of the Daemon City (4)</b>
“Hey, you’re looking a lot better than you have in a long time, Abel.”
“Kuh!?”
When Abel, Knight Commander of the First Order of Caenista Kingdom, heard that voice close by, he instinctively turned around and swung his greatsword sideways.
“Oops!”
The owner of the voice easily avoided the blow of the sword, which even caused a whirlwind, and confronted Abel at a distance of several meters.
“You are the ck Knight of the Demon Army, aren’t you?”
Abel aimed the tip of his great sword, which had a faint lustre, at the warrior in all-ck armor.
The Demon Army’s ck Knight. He was thought to be one of the Demon Army’s strongest swordsmen, judging by how he was the first to take the lead on this battlefield, ying 30 knights in the blink of an eye and giving a highugh as if provoking them.
As proof, he was able to repel the Royal Family’s Guardian Spirit several times and was able to stop the invasion of the numerically superior Caenista army.
The figure was dressed in full face and full-body armour thatpletely covered his entire body, including the movable parts, which Caenista, which had eliminated most of the subhuman craftsmen such as dwarves, could never have produced.
ck full-body armor was an oddity, but it was not unheard of among adventurers with entric tastes. Abel’s father, Bert the Sword Saint, also said that he favored ck armor when he was an adventurer with entric tastes.
However, it was not just a mere imitation of ck painted over iron, but a slightly shiny “ck” without irregrities, as if it were not painted but made of ck metal, with precise patterns like scales, shining slightly reddish-ck as if it were breathing, which was truly befitting armor for A Daemon. He could only think of it as “evil”.
Abel drew his sword at him, and the ck knight waved his fingertips left and right as if to deny him, returning in a slightly amused voice, though he couldn’t see his face.
“No, no. I am the ck Knight, but I am not part of the Demon Lord’s Army.”
“Nonsense…”
Nheless, Abel felt a cold sweat run down his entire body as he felt threatened by the alleged Demon Lord, who was being tucked away in the midst of a crowd of higher level demons, any one of which could be a threat.
He was not sure from a distance, but the figure in red dress looked a lot like the adventurer [Witch] who knocked him down ten years ago. However, the intimidating presence was iparable to that time, and he was convinced that whatever that presence was, it was a presence that should not be allowed to go to the back where the Queen and the Duke of Prata were.
“In the name of Abel, the First Knight Commander, I will not allow you to do as you please any longer!”
“Well… the little boy certainly has risen to the asion.”
“Shut up, you fool!”
*nk!
Abel’s greatsword and the ck knight’s greatsword collide and sparks scattered.
“You’ve strengthened your skill, haven’t you!”
“You’re still mocking me!”
Abel strikes again and again with his sword, but the ck knight was able to catch and parry with his rough but steady movements. The ck knight’s jet-ck greatsword was not even nicked by the beating, but on the contrary, the mithril greatsword was worn away little by little.
However, as they shed, Abel felt a sense of déjà vu and difort in the ck knight’s voice, attitude, and, above all, in the ck knight’s swordsmanship, and he involuntarily distanced himself from the ck knight.
“What, are you tired?”
“Who are you? How do you know me? Show yourself, you coward!”
“What, you still don’t get it?”
At Abel’s words, the ck knight lets out a sound of amusement and dismay, then removes his helmet to reveal his true face.
“Hey, it’s me.”
“What? Father!”
When he realized that the ck knight was Bert, the former leader of the First Order who had gone missing, not only Abel but also the knights of the First Order who were watching the battle let out a shriek.