A Knight Who Eternally Regresses - Chapter 422



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422. The Apostle of Curse came to visit

The boatman felt something ominous, but he did not know what it was.

The subject of the ominousness wasn’t necessarily a person, but this time it was a person.

In the Catholic Church of Korea, the person in charge of a small parish was a bishop, and above that was an archbishop who managed several parishes in one place, and above that was an apostle.

That is, even within the church, only a few apostles took the initiative.

His name is Reddit.

‘I will make you food for bugs.’

He calmed his mind as he thought of that guy named Encred.

If I raise my will, my power will be strong, but Reddit has not unleashed its power, but has accumulated it solely to kill one person.

The apostles of the Magical Church were those born with power.

Reddit was born in a village adjacent to the Demon Realm, and before he was ten years old, he had slaughtered the villagers and their livestock.

His natural ability was a curse.

He could make someone’s heart burst or make their skin crawl with just a look.

He wasn’t originally an apostle either.

He became an apostle because of an encounter he had when he was fifteen years old.

As he wandered the continent and was called the incarnation of the devil, Reddit encountered an opponent that his abilities were no match for.

“He’s a funny guy.”

His heart should have burst, but he was fine, and he didn’t even frown, even though bugs were bursting out of his flesh on his arms and swarming all over his limbs.

He smiled even though flies were gnawing at my skin.

“Try more.”

This is an opponent that no matter what you do, nothing works.

“Follow me and I will call your puny strength power.”

Reddit saw a halo from him as he spoke with a smile. He was a man who radiated light. He was his savior.

“Who are you?”

Reddit asked:

The man said with a smile.

“I am the spokesman for those who have been betrayed by false gods, and I am an ascetic who walks the thorny path for my master.”

Reddit was in tears.

I could feel that I had lived for this person all this time.

“Follow your father. I will open a new world for you.”

The person who came to see him was an apostle of the Magical Church.

Reddit took his teachings to heart.

I was also trained to call my abilities power.

In this way he became the apostle of curses.

“Father, I’m going out.”

Bishop Wolf died and the work of the church was repeatedly ruined.

Who knows, now there was no one among the leading figures of society who did not know the name Encred.

So, I can’t just sit by and watch any longer.

The apostle who brought him, the one he now calls father, nodded.

Reddit clenched his teeth and bowed his head in prayer, his hands clasped together as if they were dripping with pus.

The father apostle who saw that said,

“Go and show them that no one should interfere with our work.”

It was a conversation we had on a road bathed in bright sunlight.

By the time the civil war in Naurilia ended, the apostles had already entered the kingdom.

Reddit couldn’t ride a horse because of his natural powers, and he had a hard time keeping people around.

This was because anyone who stayed by his side for more than a week would be visited by bad luck.

If looking at something that made his heart pound or made his skin crawl with bugs were curses he could control, then being struck by lightning or swept away by a landslide just by being nearby was something he couldn’t control.

The curse was so severe that some people died from minor scratches on tree branches.

He could literally be called a walking sorcerer.

He had a special constitution that allowed him to cast curses better than any other sorcerer, even though he had not learned anything separately.

I even trained myself to make sure that it was worthy of being called power.

And so I learned how to strengthen my own strength.

The less people you have around you, the more powerful the heart curses and bug curses you use.

However, when accumulating the power of the curse, it had to be controlled very carefully.

If you accumulate power for too long, bad luck will come back to you.

Reddit has gone to extreme lengths to cursing this one.

To the point where if I get wet, my body will react.

Thanks to this, the skin became more sluggish and began to ooze pus, and the face, covered in scabs like a bear’s paw, seemed to show what ugliness was.

At first glance, they looked like ghouls and brothers.

The opponent is someone of knightly skill level, so this level of preparation is necessary.

For one curse, Reddit wandered the deserted roads, gathering the power of the curse.

He did so as a monk fasts and prays.

After all that process was completed.

Skin that is tangled like a bear’s paw, a body that creaks every time you walk, poor bone density that breaks even with the slightest strain, internal organs that can’t properly digest whatever you eat, and muscles that are so skinny that they can barely perform their function.

It was the natural punishment of those born with a curse.

He arrived at the Border Guard with his large overcoat covering his body and his hood pulled over it.

“Who are you and where are you from?”

“Just a traveler. Knock knock knock.”

Just saying a few words made my throat tickle and my lungs feel like they were burning.

‘I guess I overdid it a bit this time.’

Reddit found that it had amassed an excessive amount of curse power.

But this was over now. It would only be a few days at most, and I would be able to forget the pain for a while.

A body born with a curse will temporarily improve by pouring out curses on its opponent.

For him, realizing this power was the only way to survive.

If not, he would not have killed all the villagers and wandered the continent, and he would not have earned the nickname of a demon who kills people and curses them.

For now, just being an apostle of curses would suffice.

“It looks like you’re in a lot of pain.”

“There’s a treatment center inside, so go and see.”

The Border Guard’s gatekeeper nodded at the sight of Reddit.

It didn’t seem like he had any intention of accepting a bribe.

The Border Guard is a recently emerging trading city. It would be expected for the guards to be on guard, but they are all focused on their own work.

Reddit nodded and passed on.

One of the guards frowned as he saw pus dripping down the bridge of his nose.

“You must get treatment.”

The soldier spoke to him. Reddit nodded once and went inside.

There was no need to look for an inn. He planned to head straight to the barracks.

They say that guy Encred is always crazy about training.

“Lord Encred!”

At that moment, someone’s voice caught his ear.

I turned my head and saw someone with black hair and blue eyes.

It was in front of a blacksmith shop where you could feel the heat.

He was putting on metal gauntlets on both hands.

It was clear evidence that the god of the Demon Realm was looking after him.

‘God took care of it.’

The true God is in the realm of the devil, and he does not reject those who are called devils.

Reddit, which recited the teachings, gathered all the strength I had.

A wave of curse that no one noticed rose and headed towards Encred.

No, waves alone won’t be enough.

Reddit took a step. The cursed body that Cheonhyung gave screamed.

This too was soon to happen.

He approached and extended his hand.

Encred looked at that reddit.

“Oh, it’s an honor.”

Reddit, acting as a citizen, reached out to him, and Encred was not prepared. In the end, Reddit’s hand reached out to Encred.

* * *

“I ask the Apostle of the God of War. Is it true that you let the heretics go without punishing them? You must not have known that this is no different from saying that you yourself are a heretic, right?”

Audin had a dream.

After a scene from the past appears, the face of the person speaking to him becomes distorted.

The distorted face soon transformed into a monster made of clay.

The monster walked with a limp, dragging its two clumps of weight that were too embarrassing to even call feet. Watching it, it felt like it had walked a very long way.

The monster crawled towards him, attached itself to one person, and melted and crushed him.

Looking closely at the crushed person, I saw that it was Brother General.

‘Lord?’

Audyn thought this was some kind of precognitive dream. He didn’t know what the mud monster was, but he felt certain that some kind of danger was approaching.

When Audín opened his eyes, he also realized that he had dozed off for a moment while sitting in broad daylight.

God must have arranged it that way to give us revelations through dreams.

A mad savage appeared in Audín’s eyes.

“Where did General Brother go?”

“I went to the city to meet the blacksmith.”

Rem had just received his axe and was swinging it until he got the hang of it.

After all, it’s different from the weapons I’ve used so far.

But it also feels similar to the weapons he used in the past, so it won’t be difficult to get used to. Rem was repeating that process.

Audin sighed and spoke to Rem.

“If you’re late, it’s because your father is lazy.”

Audin moved his body along with words of resentment toward God, something he would never have imagined under normal circumstances.

Rem wondered why it was suddenly like that.

* * *

What is ominousness?

Encred waited, no, waited for the ominous event the boatman had spoken of to come.

But there was no news.

That doesn’t mean I’m anxious. I just repeat the daily routine.

“Once you get used to it, let’s stick together.”

This was what Rem said as he came in carrying a new axe. The Levis steel gleamed softly in the sunlight.

Anyone who looked at it could tell that it was no ordinary axe.

“How much adaptation is necessary?”

“It’ll only take a day or so, so let’s wait a bit. Why are you so desperate to get beat up?”

It’s the usual boring conversation.

“Oh, and the blacksmith said he had something for you.”

“Didn’t you bring it when you came?”

“He said he wanted to give it to me directly.”

Rem said, recalling the craftsman who had tried to give his axe a strange name.

I thought about taking it by force, but I liked the axe I received too much to do that.

It was a weapon that would not break easily even when combined with Encred’s newly acquired Akeran sword.

Encred nodded.

The blacksmith sent from the palace wants to personally deliver the work he has created.

The biggest difference between myself and Rem is probably being able to understand the other person’s intentions and feelings.

“Yeah, well.”

What’s the big deal about just going out for a bit?

Becoming a general didn’t change my daily life.

Rather, only the attitudes of other commanders changed.

In particular, Battalion Commander Graham maintained a polite attitude.

Or people like Captain Vengeance or Squad Leader Bell.

In addition, there has been an increase in the number of gazes that are more like admiration than respect.

Of course, there were those who did not do so.

There were subordinates, for example, and Shinar was one of them.

They were the same as before.

As Encred walked along with his thoughts, he saw Audyn sleeping while sitting on one side. It was amazing to see that his posture was not disturbed even when he was sleeping.

After seeing that, I went down to the market and looked for the blacksmith.

The weather was hot. It was the season of salamanders.

The salamander, one of the flame-breathing monsters, was also called the spirit of flame and the monster of fire.

The extremely hot season was often described by the name of that monster.

The summer sunlight filtered through the trees and illuminated the ground.

Encred walked and pondered his new skills, how to train them, and how to use them.

If I could receive what I deserve and come back to spar with Rem, today would be a rewarding day just like any other.

As he arrived in front of the blacksmith shop, sweating profusely, the craftsman greeted Encred, sweating profusely.

“The iron of the sword I used before was quite good. The core was broken so I couldn’t make it into a sword again, but this is it.”

The craftsman was a man of great pride. He held out the gauntlet I had made.

The sword I used before was an object made by melting silver.

The metal gauntlets had leather lining on the inside, and then several layers of cotton were added to the leather inside.

Because if it’s made only of metal, it won’t absorb shock.

It seemed like the smooth curves on the outer surface would be good for deflecting or striking even the most powerful weapons.

“Your skills are amazing.”

Encrid was full of praise. He thought it was a good gift.

I was just turning around after receiving the items.

“Lord Encred!”

Someone recognized him and came up to him and shouted. He turned out to be a shoemaker with whom he had a connection before.

There was a wizard hiding under his shop, and Encred then opened the door to his sixth sense.

It was something I couldn’t forget no matter how hard I tried to forget it.

“Oh, that, I’m so happy.”

His speech was more polite than ever. The Encred that had been exploring the basement of his shop and the Encred of now were completely different, starting with their status.

The craftsman was happy to see him, but was worried that his counterpart, now of the same rank as a noble, would scold him.

“How is your daughter?”

“Are you jealous of my daughter?”

“That’s not it.”

As simple greetings were exchanged, someone approached Encred.

“Oh, it’s an honor.”

He spoke and extended his hand. Encred thought nothing of it.

Among those who recognized me, there were quite a few like this.

From the guy who came to spar and looked at my face, to the person who reached out to me like this.

It was impossible to believe that the other person was the main character of the ominous incident the boatman had spoken of.

It would have been difficult for anyone to do that.

Apart from his unattractive appearance, he was clearly a man incapable of wielding force.

From the details to the momentum.

Encred knew that he could beat even a fifteen-year-old boy with his momentum.

His hand touched his arm.

“Who dares to touch me?”

The shoemaker who saw that became furious.

Encred waved his hand and said it was done.

The moment the other person’s hand touched me, I felt something, but it disappeared as quickly as I felt it.

All that remained was an indescribable feeling.

“That, that, this?”

The other person’s voice trembled. He seemed quite surprised.

Encred blinked at the sudden change in his opponent’s emotions.

‘It seems like he’s very sick.’

Encred took his hand. Is it right to criticize someone just because they look bad?

That wouldn’t be the case.

* * *

“This kind of idiot?”

Even the boatman can’t see everything.

If Today Repeats, Most Days Repeat, But This Time, When Ominousness Approaches, I Can’t Tell What It Is.

So, what I meant was, I never thought that idiot would come up with something like a curse.

The boatman felt a rare sense of shame.

I’ve been telling you for days that something bad is coming, and now it’s a curse.

Nothing in the world could put a curse on this madman.

The boatman knew that his opponent’s curse would be meaningless for several reasons.

‘That fucking idiot.’

The boatman cursed at the group that had sent him. He didn’t know who had sent him, but he kept cursing at them.

‘Those little bastards.’