Goblin Knight - Chapter 374



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EP.374 Operation Decapitation (Part 1)

Quickly scan the surrounding situation.

The number of escort troops was not greatly reduced. Two blue and six white.

But more than half of the faces I saw before entering the fortress were gone. Did the werewolves defeat them?

It’s hard to break through alone, unless you have Yael or Tirasya by your side. You need help from those around you to make a successful raid.

The werewolves that had been holding their feet… 80% of them are gone. Not far away, you can see people being cut by swords or shot to death.

In other words, 20% still remained. The only ones who could help him were the six wolves. He was just glad that the adjutant who had been running wild in the fortress with Blanc was alive.

then…….

“(We need a way to signal them, Nellyvia. Is there any way to tell them to time their attack for me?)”

“(Normally, you could use a technique called salting, but I don’t recommend it here. It’s too crowded and your voice might not reach you, and there’s too much risk of being eavesdropped on.)”

“(How can the wolves know for sure that my presence is not noticed by the executors?)”

“(Well, I guess it’s about using physical superiority.)”

Nellyvia tapped her nose gently.

Was it to use the werewolf’s overwhelming sense of smell? Blanc searched through his pockets, pulled out a few pieces of dried beef jerky, and waved them carefully in the air.

It worked. The werewolves who were in the middle of a fierce battle suddenly turned their attention to the smell of meat that had entered the gap in the battlefield, and soon discovered the hiding Blanc.

While the adjutant looked at him with surprised eyes, Blanc held up five fingers.

He nodded as if he definitely understood, and took a few steps back alongside the other werewolves.

“Ugh, ugh… What, what is it? Are you finally ready to give up now… … ?”

“(Hold on tight, Nellyvia. This is going to be rough.)”

While Ira was panting and panicking at their reaction, Blanc slowly closed his fingers and prepared to jump onto their heads.

Four, three, two, one-

‘now!!’

As the werewolves rushed in from all directions, Blanc jumped off the top of the fortress.

There could not be no sacrifice.

Of the six shots that erupted in an instant, two pierced the werewolf’s hind legs, and one of those who approached also had his chest pierced by the blue executioner’s sword.

But… it definitely had value.

Even if one of the white enforcers was torn to pieces by a pack of werewolves… … .

“Archbishop! It’s above!!”

“what?”

The moment Ira gazed blankly up at the sky, Blanc’s shadow blocking out the moonlight covered his face.

Blanc, who was already holding the silver sword with both hands, swung it toward the neck without hesitation.

The end befitting of the petty evil that brought such a terrible tragedy to the werewolves-

– Phew!

“Ugh!?”

Just before the sword could cut off Ira’s head, one of the blue enforcers nearby slammed into Ira’s body, sending him crashing to the stone floor.

Naturally, the silver sword cut a large part of the shoulder of the executioner, not Ira.

It was the moment when the assassination failed.

“What the heck-”

“Eww, ah! Whoaaaaah!!”

Ira let out a pitiful scream and crawled on the floor using both hands and feet to escape.

Pursuit was impossible right away, because the assassination attempt had failed and he had found himself in the middle of enemy territory.

“Nari! Are you okay!?”

“I’m fine! But I need help shaking these off!!”

Blanc called out for help, barely able to block the blue executioner’s sword swinging in front of him.

The surrounding whites were drawing their swords. Six of them, including the blue ones. If that number of people attacked simultaneously, even Blanc wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

The adjutant, Inrang, made a sound as if he was thinking about it for a moment, then shouted loudly as if he had no other choice.

“Deploy the shield!!”

Although she did not know why, his tactical wisdom had already helped her many times. Nellyvia deployed her barrier without any hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, the heart of the werewolf that had been shot dead moments ago flew towards Blanc.

Crunch!! As his heart hit the shield and burst, contaminated blood sprayed in all directions, and the executioners surrounding him changed their expressions and dodged.

The adjutant, who did not miss the gap, dug in in the form of a giant wolf and lowered his body to allow Blanc and his party to board.

“Thank you… But are you okay? The blood… … .”

“I’m fine, don’t worry. Aren’t there more important things than that?”

The adjutant who had pushed aside the executors glared at Ira as he ran away.

Ira must have been watching the scene too, because he shouted with his teeth clenched.

“You idiots, can’t you even catch one!? Your mission is to protect me! Just get infected with the plague!!”

“I think I know why they abandoned their ego. If you have someone like that as your boss, you won’t be able to survive in your right mind.”

“I agree.”

They chase Ira while exchanging light jokes.

Ira, who was in a state of panic, called the surrounding white enforcers to carry him and run away, and even sent out soldiers as meat shields, but it was not enough.

That was not enough to shake off the wolf that had started hunting. The distance was quickly closing, and once again the bastard’s neck was within range of the silver sword.

“This time─ for real─ I’ll tell you─!!”

“Oh, no! Wait!!”

Whether the bastard extended his hand with a desperate look or not, Blanc swung his silver sword with the intention of cutting off the bastard’s body with that hand.

But this time, there was interference again.

He was not an executor.

From somewhere far away, a huge brown mass was fired at them like a shell.

“Huh!?”

“Caeng!!”

The moment he hurriedly put away his sword and wrapped it around Nellyvia, a heavy impact struck his side.

Even if it was Blanc, it seems that Adjutant Inrang, who was already injured, couldn’t hold out. He was thrown far away with a single scream.

So, let’s check out what on earth has been bothering them, in a bit of a dizzy state.

“… … Yael?”

“Ugh… Ah, uh… … !”

Yael was groaning in pain and coughing up blood.

At the same time, a young voice was heard from far away.

– I have completed the subduing of the monster that appears to be the leader! Let’s continue the execution.

– Up to there. Mephis, hurry up and rescue the wounded from the outskirts of the fortress. That’s my responsibility now.

– Yes? But… … .

– The mission of the executor is not only to execute evildoers, but also to create a world governed by the beneficial principles of law. I hope you will come closer to the latter.

– … … Understood! White Executor Mephis, proceeding with the rescue operation!

Mephis, the monster that literally ‘threw’ Yael away, was seen walking back quickly.

Perhaps they were trying to rescue the soldiers who were trapped under the rubble they had thrown down.

But that wasn’t a reason to feel reassured.

“From here on… I think it’s going to be too stimulating a battlefield for him.”

Thud, thud, thud.

An executioner was seen walking from the direction from which Yael had been thrown.

He was a man with long, flowing silver hair that stood out, and his doctrine stood out even in this chaos, unstained by a speck of dust, and above all… … .

Because you can see the silver decoration engraved on the hem of the clothes.

“Silver… Executor… … ?”

– Click, crack!

“… … !”

The moment Blanc asked the question without realizing it, the man took out a small, square object like a metal can from his pocket.

I was wary, thinking it might be some kind of memory, but he took out something like a rolled leaf with his other hand, lit the end of it, and put it in his mouth.

Phew… Soon thick, acrid smoke began to pour out of his mouth.

It was a time when one could only think of it as a place full of gaps, but even so, Blanc could not move recklessly.

‘No matter how low I set it, it’s on par with the current Mephisto… no, maybe even higher… …!’

“Yeah, I was wondering how the fortress, which was supposed to never fall when facing wolves, ended up like this… Ha. A goblin carrying a girl?”

“… … You talk a lot compared to other executors?”

“When I see this kind of shit enough to have silver thread running down my sleeve, even the temper I thought I had killed off is bound to boil over again. This one in particular is a bit… really disgusting.”

“You think it’s disgusting?”

The silver enforcer shrugged and gestured around.

The nuance is not that it refers to a collapsed fortress or fallen soldiers, but rather… it seems like it refers to werewolves dying from a plague.

“Ha, haa… Stop talking nonsense, Executor!!”

“ah.”

“If only you guys had come sooner, I wouldn’t have had to go through all this trouble… …! Enough is enough! Kill those damned monsters! If not, buy some time! There’s not much time left!!”

As Ira hid behind the silver enforcer’s back and became angry, the enforcer’s eyes glanced at Ira.

It was a look of clear contempt and disgust.

but…….

“… … Let’s do so, Your Majesty.”

The silver executioner blew out another large puff of smoke and tossed the nearly burned dried leaves to the ground as if to say, ‘It can’t be helped, it has come to that.’

Hwarururuk!! A single ray of flame shot up from the ground, transforming the spear into a blazing red spear.

“I wanted to talk more, but it’s too bad. It seems like your rebellion has ended here.”

“K, haa… … ! Who… is doing… what they want… … !”

In response, Yael, who staggered to her feet despite her entire body being a mess, grumbled.

“I will protect you… no matter how hard it may be… …! In order to atone for my sins, I will protect at least one more!!”

“… … .”

The executor, who had been watching the scene for a while,

He closed his eyes tightly as if he was holding something back… … .

“The Silver Executioner, Goethe.”

Swirl the flaming spear with your right hand.

After turning to the group, he said coldly.

“Execute the first decree.”