Goblin Knight - Chapter 341



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EP.341 The Purpose of the Journey

While Blanc was pondering the treatment of the executor.

Nellyvia, who had been covered in his blood and was in a panic, got up and spoke in a very frightened voice.

“Hey, just kill him… … !”

“… … .”

“Look, didn’t you see that!? These monsters… monsters who destroyed their own minds for the sake of their faith! There is no reason to keep them alive any longer!”

“… … .”

“It’s not just because of me! I’ve already become a target, and now you, who got in the way, will become a target too! As long as the laws are entangled, I will never give up!!”

The blue enforcer looked at them with poisonous eyes.

That proved what Nelivia said.

First commandment: Kill the monster before your eyes.

As long as that decree, which is of the utmost importance, exists, they will never give up on killing Nelivia and Blanc.

What meaning can mercy have for those who have destroyed their own spirit for their beliefs and faith?

For the sake of Nellyvia’s safety, or rather Blanc’s safety, it would be better to kill him here and silence him.

“… … .”

Blanc slowly pulled out the sword that had been lodged in his abdomen and aimed the sword at the executioner’s chin.

The blue executioner closed his eyes calmly, as if it was something he should have come to see.

I looked at the sight for a moment.

Blanc swung his sword and buried it in the ground.

“That’s not right.”

“……what?”

The dull voice’s question overlapped.

Nellyvia asked with eyes like she was looking at the most stupid person in the world.

“Don’t you…don’t you understand what I’m saying, goblin…?”

“no.”

“Then why? They are the executors and we are the monsters! Where in this sentence can you find the conclusion that they should be spared!? Even if you show mercy, they absolutely will not!!”

“It’s not a question of mercy, nor is it a question of the cycle of goodness.”

Blanc was about to put down his helmet, but realized that it had been broken in the fierce battle just a moment ago, and spoke with a bitter expression.

“This is not the place for my sword.”

“what.”

“They may be our enemies, but they are not evil. They are miserable, but they chose to do so of their own free will, so it is arrogant to call it a tragedy.

But my silver sword exists to cut down evil, and my iron sword exists to cut down tragedy.

So they are… not the ones my sword can cut down.”

Nellyvia just stood there with her mouth open, staring at something she couldn’t understand.

Therefore, it could only be the blue enforcer, not the girl, who laughed out loud at his remarks.

“I see. I can see your true intentions, mutant goblin.”

“What is it?”

“A bit of a trick.”

The executioner raised one corner of his mouth in a mocking tone.

“Whether you shut my mouth or not, since you are bound by the law, your existence will inevitably be revealed and you will become a target of our execution… I realized that there is only a difference in time.

If you can’t avoid being tracked anyway, then it’s a strategy to confuse us! If you imitate the appearance of a knight and recite the rules of a knight, we might mistake your true nature!

How cunning. The ignorant, the good-believing, are quick to believe. But we will never be fooled. Because we know the true nature of you monsters.

You must have lived for decades before you acquired that much power and cunning. So how many victims must you have killed and devoured in the meantime to survive…?

“You, who wear that noble mask and hide your past that was built on the bones of hundreds and thousands of us humans… …! It’s just disgusting!!”

The blue executioner shouted, his hatred rising above his mask of faith.

Of course, all Blanc could give back was an embarrassed silence.

Because I really had no idea whatsoever.

But even if I said something like that, I didn’t think that person would believe me.

“I, our executors, will never be fooled by you monsters! No matter how plausible your words are or how strange your actions are! Because the words of the law open our eyes!!”

“I see.”

“Don’t waste time with useless tricks… Kill me! Kill me and shut my mouth, then run away wherever you want! But we will find you eventually! We will find you and cut off your head!!”

Blanc approached the blue enforcer who was screaming in frustration and grabbed him by the throat.

And then he said softly.

“I refuse.”

Phew!!

The blue executioner’s body he had thrown crashed hard into a tree and then fell limply to the ground.

My breathing and pulse are faintly continuing, but at this rate, I won’t be able to wake up for a day.

The battle was over. There was no need to clean up.

Now it was time to leave this place… … .

“… … Ugh, ugh.”

“Go, goblin… Lin?”

As I turned away from the executioners and took a few steps, my feet gave out and my body lurched heavily.

This was because the pain was belatedly rising from the pierced abdomen.

‘Damn, this isn’t good… … .’

A dizzying feeling clouded my vision.

Additional injuries on top of previous injuries that hadn’t even fully healed. It was absurd that he had been standing up until now.

Maybe it was because Nellyvia was nearby.

But that’s about the limit.

Blanc looked at Nelivia with wavering eyes.

“T-Tell me about that, blood, blood… what, what should I do? Because of me, but why on earth… …!”

“… …Quiet, Mongma.”

“Hey, Goblin! Are you okay!?”

“As you can see… it’s not okay at all.”

Nellyvia’s eyes grew as big as lanterns and she cried out in anxiety and fear.

Is this a situation where even jokes don’t work? It seems like it wasn’t a very good response.

anyway…….

“… … Sleepy horse. Calm down and listen to me carefully. You are now subject to the law. Do you understand this?”

Nellyvia nodded urgently.

Seeing her quietly listening to what he had to say without saying anything, I couldn’t help but think of her as the original version of Annely. I wish she could just stay like that.

I hope this experience can be an opportunity to do that.

“And as you can see, I am in no condition to protect you from them. I suffered this many injuries from just three of them. If there had been even one more, we would have been the ones killed.”

“That, that… … !”

“It’s a little early, but… I think I should finish my promise.”

The plan to accompany her and teach her about ‘Seon’ during the remaining time could not continue.

Blanc said bitterly.

“Unleash your transformation and spread your wings. Return to the Demon Realm immediately and receive the protection of your family.”

“Ha… but… … .”

“But that’s not it. Can’t you see it? It’s a play, a journey, and it can’t continue any longer. Oh, or is that not the case… Is it because I can’t go with you? Is it because I’m too heavy or the drinks are for one person?”

I was leaving that as one of the possibilities. It was only the worst-case scenario, but… … .

He had an amazing talent for making the ‘worst case scenario’ out of any situation.

Blanc laughed and made fun of himself.

“I can’t help it. But that’s okay. If I had worried about that, I wouldn’t have come to you in the first place.”

“that is…….”

“In fact, this is a satisfactory result. Didn’t you start worrying about my safety after less than three days of being together? That alone is more or less the same as achieving my goal. So don’t worry about me and leave quickly. I’ll find my own way-”

“That’s… that’s not it!”

“uh?”

As Nellyvia cried out in a voice that was almost tearful, Blanc tilted his head and asked back.

So then what the heck is the problem?

“Do you remember what I said…? This appearance right now is not a form of imitation, but a kind of lucid dream.”

“however?”

“The main body, me, is sleeping in a dream, and this figure is an alter ego pulled out of the dream. So, in order for me to spread my wings and return, I have to enter the dream and wake up the main body… That… That… … .”

Nellyvia turned and pointed at the executors.

To be exact, the darkness that the executor had just poured holy water on and thrown away.

Suddenly, Blanc found himself recalling the executors’ words from earlier.

– I struggled through hundreds of nightmares to find a loophole.

– Nightmares are connected to the dream demons, so if you subdue them, you can also subdue the dream demons.

– This dream is sealed. You can’t open a new dream for 77 days.

I can’t open up a new dream.

Even if it is your dream… you can’t open it.

And Nellyvia’s true self is in a dream, so she cannot open the dream…

“I can’t go back. 77 days… 77 days, I was just… a very cute and pitiful human girl who could only use a certain amount of magic and charm… … .”

“… … .”

Blanc was left speechless.

It was also because of Nellyvia’s amazing narcissism that she used adjectives like “cute” and so on, but it was more than that.

It was because I felt that I had overlooked my own abilities too much.

Didn’t you always say you attract the worst possibility?

Taking that into account, Blanc had assumed the worst-case scenario of ‘Nellivia returning to the Demon Realm alone’, but even that wasn’t the worst-case scenario.

Truly the worst possible thing.

And the reason why Agnelli made him jump to this point at this point is.

‘This wasn’t a journey to teach Princess Nellyvia the right way, nor was it a journey to make her fall in love. All of those things were secondary.’

Exposed to the law and pursued by enforcers.

Accompanied by a princess of the Demon Tribe who is hated by all races for her unique arrogance, but who has now lost almost all of her abilities.

Either survive for 77 days or return to the Demon’s territory at the northern end of the continent…

Blanc sighed, looking up at the sky.

‘It was a journey to save Nellyvia.’

My vision is blurred.

No, it got darker.

– Go, Goble… Blanc? Blanc!?

It was unclear whether it was because he had shed so much blood, or whether it was a reaction to the realization that the task he had been given was somewhat unreasonable.

For now… I’ve decided to surrender myself to the darkness.

– Blanc, wake up! Don’t leave me alone! Blanc!!

In order to do all that from now on, you’ll need to get some rest first.