How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 3
Only Noblemtl
Episode 3. The Appearance of the Knight (1)
“what.”
The knight muttered like this.
The gangsters unconsciously took a step back at the deep charisma and spirit felt in his voice.
A vein appeared on the gang leader’s forehead when he saw that sight.
“You little shits, what are you doing! Just shoot them!”
“Ha, but I just shot a bullet with a knife… … .”
“Of course it was a coincidence! A coincidence! Are you crazy? Shoot them all at once!”
Only when the leader shouted with the veins in his neck rising did the terrified subordinates change their posture.
I don’t know what the armored knight who suddenly appeared is doing, but he didn’t seem like an ally since he had intervened in this situation.
If that’s the case, then he must be killed. It was the employer’s wish that there be no witnesses in this area.
No matter what, the opponent’s number is only one.
On the other hand, this side has over 40 armed personnel.
It seems that the factory workers hired a troubleshooter, but even with just one person, this side could have easily taken care of it.
The subordinates who were about to retreat at the leader’s order gulped and aimed their guns.
They glared at the knight with murderous eyes, and the knight immediately read that murderous intent.
At that moment, the knight disappeared from the scene like a candle going out.
“What, what? Where did you go!”
“It suddenly disappeared!”
As the gang looked around in confusion, the knight suddenly appeared among the gathered gangsters.
The moment he noticed its appearance, the knight’s sword moved first.
A sharp longsword sliced ??through the air. A silver trail shining under the moonlight passed over the five gangsters.
Almost simultaneously, five people fell down, bleeding profusely, and the knight disappeared again like a goblin.
The gangsters, who realized the situation too late, tried to aim their guns at the knight, but all they saw was empty space.
“wherever…….”
Boom!
A fist flew and landed under the chin of the gangster who was mumbling those words.
The knight quickly approached him, lowering his body to the ground, and struck his chin with his fist.
Even though he was only hit with a bare fist, the person who got hit in the jaw spun around and flew into the air.
In the short time it took for him to fall to the ground, the knights were punching and kicking each and every one of them.
Getting hit by a punch and flying away, getting kicked and bounced off, or getting sprawled on the floor.
Among them, there was a large leader, but they were all a piece of cake.
“Eww!”
The gang, who realized the situation late, fired their guns indiscriminately at the knights.
He was so flustered that he couldn’t even aim properly, but the distance was close, so the bullet flew towards the knight’s forehead.
The knight stared at the sight and then lightly twisted his upper body.
The bullet didn’t even touch the knight, but instead hit another gangster beyond him.
“What… … .”
The gang was speechless at the sight of him dodging a bullet fired right in front of his nose.
And with the fist in his mouth, he was unable to speak even if he wanted to.
“Hey you little shits! Surround them all and shoot them all at once!”
As soon as the leader gave the order, the gang surrounded the knight in a circle.
When the knight saw no way out, he lifted one foot and stamped hard on the floor.
Kuung-!
With just one step of his foot, his body was launched more than 5 meters, leaving a footprint on the ground.
No, it didn’t fly.
It was a simple jump, but it was so high that I thought I was flying in the sky.
The gangsters were astonished at his physical ability to jump over the encirclement with just one stomp, despite being clad in heavy armor all over his body.
His silver-grey armor glowed softly in the moonlight.
The knight who jumped up landed again in the center of the place where the gangsters were gathered.
Boom! As he landed, the knight stepped on the head of the guy who was blankly looking up at him, crushing it. At the same time, he did not stop swinging the sword he was holding in his hand.
The sword light filled with anticipation flashed and burst out one after another.
It was drawn as if silver flashes and red solid lines intersected.
Every single line was given an equal death.
The gang fell, blood spraying everywhere. In the blink of an eye, five people were laid dead.
The knight, seemingly untiring, moved on to find his next prey.
It was ironic.
One side has 40 men with guns, and the other side has one man with a knife.
But the one man holding the sword was overwhelming 40 men.
He was running wild like a tiger in a sheep pasture.
“Ahhh! My arm!”
“What the hell is this!”
“There was no talk about this!”
The gangs screamed and died. Some of the gangs resisted by shooting, but it was a futile effort.
The knight swung his sword like a ghost and cut down all the bullets flying from the air. Sparks flew and the severed bullets rolled on the ground.
Then he ran towards the guy who shot him and swung his sword.
“Eww! Run away! I don’t want to die!”
At that terrifying sight, the gangsters dropped their guns and fled in all directions.
“… … !”
The boss didn’t even think about harassing those subordinates.
Because he was afraid too.
In fact, the one who wanted to run away from here more than anyone else was the boss.
From the moment he saw this crazy knight slicing up his men, he had a feeling something was off.
Even if I received money from the client, it’s not worth risking my life for. So it’s right to run away immediately.
‘I can’t even move!’
The boss soon realized why his body was not listening to him.
The knight who was the cause of all this was now watching himself.
Is this what it feels like to encounter a giant beast in the mountains?
The boss couldn’t move a single finger or eyelid properly.
At that moment the knight moved.
The distance was more than 20 meters, but that distance meant nothing to the knight.
The moment the knight took a step forward, the new model stretched out and appeared within arm’s reach.
Until then, the leader, who had been twisting his body this way and that, barely opened his trembling lips and tried to shout something.
“sleep……!”
Before the leader could even say those words, the sword flashed.
The severed head rolled feebly on the floor.
The workers watching the scene from afar held their breath.
For them, it was difficult to accept the current reality rather than being happy.
The gangs attacked, killing several people and injuring others. What’s worse, the factory they had barely managed to occupy was in danger of being taken over.
Then, a knight suddenly appeared from the ground. And he cut down all the gang members with one sword.
They say that God sends a savior down from heaven to help people.
So what should we call the armored knight that emerges from under the ground?
Angel? Devil?
Of course, it’s impossible not to understand.
At that moment, the knight looked back.
The workers held their breath as they were met with the ominous gaze of the aftermath of the battle.
They were worried that the monster might suddenly swing its sword at them.
Looking at the hands of the man who mercilessly killed the gangsters, that possibility could not be ruled out.
The article opened its mouth as the workers were getting very nervous.
“Where is this place?”
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“Where is this place?”
Even as I was asking the people who appeared to be workers, I was feeling very embarrassed inside.
There are many reasons. I calmly sorted them out in my head.
First of all, my ridiculous physical abilities.
I understand that he broke the stone gate with his bare hands and climbed up through the ground. But he saw the incoming bullets with his own eyes and cut them down with his sword.
There is no way that I, who has never even tried kendo, could perform such clean swordsmanship.
That means that my current body and the wandering knight character I was developing must have had a big influence.
This also leads directly to the second element.
I killed people. I killed dozens of them.
I’m talking about an opponent who is holding a knife and a gun.
Even a serial killer wouldn’t kill like this.
Of course, this was clearly an act of self-defense because they attacked me first.
But even if it is self-defense, killing a person is a separate matter.
But my condition was fine. Without any panic or shock, I was calm as if I had just done what I had to do.
Here I realized one thing.
I was old, but I wasn’t me.
To be exact, I have become one with the wandering knight character I was raising in the game.
And finally, the third and final surprise is this.
“I ask you once again. Where is this place?”
What I originally wanted to say was, Where am I?
But this body was using an arrogant tone of speech that you would only see in old historical dramas.
‘What kind of speech is this!’
I asked again, surprised.
“Can’t you hear me?”
When I tried to force myself to correct my speech, my body reacted negatively.
At that moment, I thought of the characteristics that [the Wandering Knight] possessed.
Every birth has its own characteristics. A thief is [mean], a barbarian is [simplicity], a priest is [faithfulness], etc.
Among them, the wandering knight has [chivalry], [nobility], and [old-fashioned knowledge].
[Chivalry] Of course, it is the same romanticism that knights in the Middle Ages cried out for.
[Nobility] is a background setting that he was born a wandering knight, but generally only nobles could become knights.
And in the case of [old-fashioned knowledge], it meant the personality of this wandering knight.
It was just a basic setting in the game, but now that it has become reality, it applies to me in its entirety.
“That, that… … .”
Among the people watching me from afar, someone approached me slowly and nervously.
He was a man with a face full of dirt. He looked to be in his forties and his complexion was haggard, as if he had been through a lot.
But his eyes were still alive, so I could clearly tell that he was the leader of the group.
The middle-aged man first nodded his head toward me.
“First of all, thank you for helping us. My name is Bill.”
“My name is Ossian.”
Ossian was the nickname of the playable character I was playing as.
“I didn’t mean to help you. I just drew my sword because they attacked me first. It was the right thing to do as a knight.”
“… … ?”
Miss, this guy’s speech is like this again.
I wondered if I was the only one who felt strange, because the middle-aged man was also looking at me as if he was looking at me strange.
I tried to correct my speech a few more times before giving up.
It’s not something that can be changed by forcing it, so it can be fixed slowly over time.
What’s more important now is where we are.
“I’ll ask you a third time. I hope you won’t test my patience any further. Where is this place?”
“… … Is this your first time in Tirna?”
“Tirna?”
No matter how much I think about it, no name comes to mind.
When I asked again because I really didn’t know, the old man made a strange expression.
It’s as if he’s in disbelief, as if to say, ‘You really don’t know this?’
That gaze was quite painful, but since it had come to this, I decided to go out shamelessly.
“Tell me the story.”
When I came out confidently, the old man looked embarrassed but explained everything he knew.
Tirna is the name of the city where I am standing now, and it is said to be called the city of gold.
And it was even said that it was the birthplace of the industrial revolution and the future goal where the most steam machines were developed.
“Wait a minute. The Industrial Revolution? The steam engine?”
“Yes. Is there any problem… …?”
When I saw the old man worker asking questions because he didn’t know, I felt dizzy.
At first, I thought this world was the world of the game I was playing.
In fact, that thought still remains the same. But the world I knew has changed so much.
The place we are now in, after coming up through the stone elevator, is the same.
This place, which should have been a vast expanse of nature, was instead a smoke-filled industrial area.
‘Gangs of guns. Workers covered in grease. Towering factories and chimneys.’
At that moment, I couldn’t help but realize.
I was indeed inside the world of the game I was playing.
There is only one difference.
This world was hundreds of years in the future from the game I was playing.