Goblin Knight - Chapter 339



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EP.339 Once Upon a Time (19)

There was one question that immediately filled Blanc’s mind.

It was because of the question that the unknown executor let slip without me knowing.

‘A person who is not in the law?’

There were two implications.

First, this raid was not an accident, but was planned.

It doesn’t mean that they captured and chased after Nellyvia, the princess of the Demon Tribe, but rather that Yul had predicted that Nellyvia would appear at this time and place from the beginning.

But the other one is-

Wedge!!

“My… way!!”

Blanc couldn’t help but curse at the executioner’s swordplay that suddenly appeared right before his eyes.

The luxury of questioning is not something that can be tolerated. If you lose your mind even for a moment, you will be decapitated.

Blanc hastily hugged Nelivia and rolled to the side, firing one of the throwing daggers from his bosom at him.

The dagger was naturally sent flying far away with a single swing, but that was enough. It was a prelude to a follow-up attack.

‘What should I do? Can I deal with it now?’

Push all other distracting thoughts to the side of your mind and focus only on the enemies before you.

There are three enemies visible. Two in plain white robes, and one in blue robes with a blue thread, who is now swinging his sword at him.

I don’t know the exact level of each weapon, but judging by the momentum of the battle, the blue one is far superior to the white two.

It was a good thing. I just now realized that even a single blue one was a formidable opponent, and if all three of them were of similar level, I wouldn’t have been able to hold out.

Of course, it was only ‘something’, the harsh reality of having to face three executors did not change.

So, what should we do… … .

“Ugh, ugh… Let go of this!”

As he was thinking about his first move, aiming his silver sword at the executioner, Nelivia, whom he was holding with his right hand, shook off his arm and roughly escaped.

Only then does the thought occur to me.

I had briefly forgotten about Nelly because she was so naive and pitiful compared to Annelly, but when I think about it, wasn’t Nellyvia the girl who would stand at the top of the demon tribe?

“I will ask you later for the crime of daring to threaten this precious body with your hands, goblin! But more than that, right now, you guys… are the ones to feed!!”

“Goblin?”

Nelivia’s hands shook with rage as she shouted, seemingly forgetting that Blanc was still in human form.

“How dare you… How dare you, you bastards… Come after my neck? I, Nellyvia, the incarnation of the devil who opened the era of a hundred dark dreams!?”

“Nelivia, wait-”

“Shut up! I will give you the most horrible dream! Even if you were thrown into a pigsty with your limbs torn off and your eyes burned out, it would be a hundred times better… …! A nightmare where you will forget even your insignificant existence in eternal pain!!”

As if to say that those words were not an empty promise, a black darkness flowed down Nellyvia’s hands.

Blanc instinctively judged it to be an evil that must be ‘borne’, so he unconsciously tried to stop her, but he didn’t even give her the chance to do so.

“Nightmares will swallow you up!!”

Three streaks of darkness advanced, swallowing up all the light in their path and devouring the heads of the executioners.

As their heads sank into utter emptiness, a strange noise that should not exist in this world burst out from the darkness.

It was a cry of thousands and thousands of people writhing in pain and sorrow, a condemnation that even the strongest warrior could not help but submit to.

The strongest and worst ability that can make you confidently place any monster, including werewolves like Sister Derk, under your feet… … .

Blanc shuddered involuntarily as he recalled the ‘torture’ he had suffered when that power was turned on him.

That’s… that’s not right.

Even though they are enemies now, it is not because they are evil, but because they followed their own beliefs and convictions.

Those who are not evil do not need to suffer so horribly.

To stop Nelivia, Blanc turned his head away, even considering that her anger might spill over onto him.

She was terrified.

“… … Nellyvia?”

“What, what is it… What is that… … ? How, how can something like that, something like that exist? It’s strange. It’s not supposed to exist… … .”

“Nelivia, what are you talking about? Explain something-”

“hmm.”

Just when I was about to ask her a question, I had a gut feeling that something was seriously wrong.

I heard a sound from behind me.

“Is this the ‘dream’? White Executor, how much time do you feel?”

“It took 17,153 days to get out.”

“It took 21,274 days. I am ashamed of my poor performance.”

“Still, weren’t they both faster than they practiced? You can be proud of your growth.”

Blanc couldn’t help but frown now, wondering if he had heard something wrong.

Seven thousand, ten thousand… What? Work?

Even if you count the minutes, it’s a very long time, and you spent that much time just trying to escape from that nightmare? And you’re still fine?

No, before that… faster than what?

practice?

“I, I crazy… crazy monsters… monsters… This, this is not the first time… … .”

Nellyvia said in a terrified voice.

“At least hundreds… hundreds, thousands of years, trapped in the mind world… practicing nothing but knocking on the walls of nightmares… Of course I should come out unharmed! The mind itself that was meant to be devoured has long since crumbled!!”

“How? No, why on earth-”

“Because that was the law.”

The blue-robed executioner spoke, tearing at the darkness that still clung to his head.

“The law says, ‘Prepare for war. Dedicate everything to the law and prepare for the evil schemes of the demons. We are the first weapons, so kill yourself and kill your dreams.’”

“… … .”

“So, it was done like that.”

Blanc was speechless at that calm fanaticism.

The blue enforcer took out a bottle of some unknown water from his bosom and poured it into the darkness he was still holding.

At the same time, Nellyvia writhe in pain.

“Ahhhhhhh!!”

“Nelivia!?”

“After struggling through hundreds of nightmares, we found a loophole. Since nightmares are connected to sleep demons, if we can subdue them, we can also subdue sleep demons.”

The executioner threw darkness onto the ground.

As if there was nothing to see now.

“My dream… My abilities won’t come back. Why? Why!?”

“This is holy water specially blessed by the Archbishop. This dream is sealed. You cannot open a new dream for 77 days. And I also know that your magic has not yet reached its peak, except for that ability… … .”

Three executors looked at him.

“Now you are the only one who goes against the will of the law.”

“… … !!”

Voices echoed from all directions.

It was a spell that destroyed the five senses and overwhelmed the target of execution, which Blanc had experienced when he first met the executioners.

“The law did not prepare your existence, knight.

The law only tells you to execute the evil Nelivia, who will become the leader of the evil demons here, but it doesn’t tell you what to do with you who will be by her side.

So this is the last offer given to you who wanted to momentarily stop the evil Nelivia.

This executor saw in you the conviction to protect the woman behind your back, and for a moment, the justice to prevent evil deeds.

This may serve as a testimony that you are being deceived by the evil one, but it will not be the subject of execution.

If you admit this even now, I will consider the crime of refusing execution and resisting as if it never happened. So… … .

“Put your sword away and leave.”

It was a very different proposal from what I had thought.

Contrary to the image of all enforcers carrying out orders without question, this one shows maximum flexibility even after being hostile once… a ‘merciful’ proposal.

Apart from the fact that he was still in human form, it would have been because he was not written in the law.

I don’t know how it happened, but…

“Go, goble… Blanc… … .”

Behind him, he heard the pitiful voice of the girl who had fallen on the floor.

The villainess and evil leader who had just tried to inflict the most horrific torture in the world on those three.

Now, the girl was in danger of being decapitated by the prey she had always ridiculed, her most powerful ability sealed away.

And all she could rely on was a strange goblin who had no connection to her and had only accompanied her on a whim.

He felt the girl grab the hem of his clothes with trembling hands.

A hand that has lost its full self just a moment ago, and is sure to be thrown out at any moment.

Blanc gently dropped her hand, her right hand reaching behind her.

“ah…….”

“… … .”

The girl’s eyes seemed to fill with despair.

That was truly a pitiful sight.

If she was a girl he knew.

If it was Annelly, no matter what he said or did at this moment… he would have known that Blanc only had one choice to make.

Blanc held an iron sword in his empty right hand.

“For the Lord loves one who brings forth one good thing more than one who cuts down ten thousand evils.”

“Uh, uh… … ?”

“… … Is that so.”

The blue enforcer let out a small sigh.

After a while.

Three executioners drew their swords simultaneously.

“The one who leads all the good is called a knight!!”

“Everything is according to the will of the law.”

In front of Blanc, who was guarding Nelivia, three beams of light flashed.