How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 30
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Episode 30. The Blood Brotherhood (2)
“Save me?”
At first, Anna thought she was hallucinating.
Ossian’s answer was equally absurd.
The word ‘seek’ was something she had never heard before in all her years working in this industry.
But the moment she saw Ossian’s expression, Anna realized that he was not joking.
“… … I’m not the type of person who has the right to tell others what to do, but this is not it. Have you forgotten? What happened to you just now?”
“It was a surprise attack and not my strength.”
“So you’re going to go? To where that devil is?”
Ossian nodded.
Anna wasn’t even angry at that light action.
At the moment I was holding the knife and setting it up, I had a vague idea that one of the heads was somehow damaged.
But at the same time, Anna seemed to know what kind of person Ossian was.
When the bullet returned by the intruder was aimed at her forehead, Ossian stepped forward and saved her.
Even though there was no need to do so.
Just looking at the injured Jonathan being brought in from the place he was lying, it was evident.
“Could it be because of pride?”
“It’s not pride.”
“No.”
The Ossian Anna saw was a truly funny person.
In this day and age, it’s strange to use a sword as a weapon, and even the way you speak is strange.
What’s even stranger is the behavior.
In this industry, people only think about beating each other up.
At the very least, if you don’t betray, you’ll be treated as a very good person.
It’s not the person who deceives who gets cursed, but the one who is deceived who gets cursed.
That was the kind of world it was here.
But Ossian was different.
On this stage called Tirna, Ossian was a very heterogeneous actor.
From the way you act to the atmosphere you give off.
It was as if he was someone who didn’t fit the genre at all.
So I had no choice but to ask.
“Then why do you want to go?”
Ossian, who was about to go back to the power plant, thought seriously about Anna’s question.
In fact, rationally speaking, Ossian had no reason to go back there.
It’s not like I was gritting my teeth over a fight that just ended in a draw.
It’s not that there was no intention to intentionally build up karma through fighting, but this wasn’t the decisive reason.
Yeah, just like that.
“I got help.”
“help?”
“okay.”
Ossian recalled the fight just now.
The intruder’s surprise magic dealt a significant blow to Ossian.
Perhaps if he had spent more time there, he might not have died, but he would have been seriously injured.
It was David who helped me at that time.
He entered the fight to support Ossian.
Even though he knew that he was no match for him.
“Then shouldn’t I just step back and be thankful that I’m alive? I barely managed to survive.”
Even if David helped him, that wouldn’t be enough to save him.
Even if you give recognition, you will not receive it in return.
And you can’t regret it.
Because this bleak world has always been like that.
But Ossian saw.
In a situation where everyone is running away, abandoning their comrades to save themselves, David is seen taking care of the injured.
As a veteran in the industry, he would be well aware that his actions were meaningless.
And yet he saved people’s lives.
And on the contrary, the terrorist who had killed countless people until now was trying to kill David.
Just leave it alone and watch.
“That is not honorable.”
Ossian walked towards the power plant.
The survivors, including Anna, just watched his back in silence.
*
“Is everyone okay?”
The interior of the power plant is dark and quiet, with no light coming in.
David, who barely escaped, checked his surroundings and asked that.
But there was no answer in return.
There were quite a few survivors, but they had already been heartbroken for a long time.
David opened his lips to say something, then gave up.
‘That makes sense. In reality, he didn’t run away, he was trapped here.’
It was quiet inside the power plant.
There was no sign of the gang that was said to be building a hideout.
From the beginning, the gangs were just bait to recruit them.
The reason for gathering 40 mercenaries and troubleshooters like this was probably to test the performance of the Tesla Arms.
‘The Brotherhood of Blood. Among them, only one can use fire and gravity magic.’
Daver of the Cremation.
Despite being a wizard, he was known for his vicious nature and merciless, cruel personality.
If I had to name a characteristic, it would be that he is a madman who always burns his opponents to death.
Among the Brotherhood of Blood, he is low in military power, but he is one of the few to be avoided due to his violent methods.
What a coincidence that I ran into that guy in a place like this.
Even though I had no luck, I had no support.
‘There were rumors recently that military supplies were stolen, but I never thought it would be Tesla Arms.’
Daber lost one of his arms in a past incident and replaced it with a prosthetic arm.
At that time, I had not heard any rumors about using Tesla Arms in Daber.
This time, the guy suddenly showed up, he’s wearing Tesla Arms, and the military base was recently attacked and their supplies stolen.
All of this adds up to the conclusion that the Brotherhood stole the Tesla Arms and implanted them into Daber.
‘Can you escape?’
David tried hard to come up with a solution, but nothing came to mind.
I know.
That guy Daber is thinking of cornering them and hunting them slowly.
I ended up entering the power plant without any luck, but it turned out to be a tiger’s den.
‘If you can’t run away, you have to fight.’
David shook his head as he looked at the mercenaries whose morale had hit rock bottom.
‘My automaton is broken too.’
Ronald and Reginald are his beloved automatons, but they could not withstand Daber’s fire magic.
However, David was not the type to take the lead and fight on his own.
‘The only ones who can still fight in this place are the Steel Followers over there.’
In this situation, David laughed inwardly as he watched the middle-aged man sitting still in meditation.
There’s no way a modified human with his entire body made of steel could fight against Tesla Arms.
Isn’t it because he knew that that he didn’t attack Daber?
‘Even without the Tesla Arms, Daber is a strong wizard who can wipe us all out. And he’s wearing the Tesla Arms too.’
The odds of this side winning a fight are virtually zero.
The only thing you can see here is the reinforcements.
There might have been people who escaped safely, so if we contacted Tirnasi and had them summon an executioner, there would be a possibility.
The Blood Brotherhood are designated terrorists by the city of Tirna, and are wanted with a bounty on their head.
‘What about support?’
David laughed at his own thoughts.
Would people who ran away do something like that?
I’ll just think of it as a blessing to be alive and safe and move on.
David had no intention of condemning her actions.
‘I’ve come this far.’
Commander, puppeteer.
He had quite a few titles to describe him. He was a veteran problem solver who had made a name for himself in the industry.
But that was where it ended.
I didn’t feel sad or regretful.
From the moment I started walking through this bladed field, I had a feeling that something like this would happen someday.
The preparations were made a long time ago.
‘Still, I can’t just take it.’
David stood up, pulling his pistol from his waistband.
The mercenaries looked on in silence at that sight, and the steel followers who had been meditating quietly opened their closed eyes and opened their mouths.
“… … What do you plan to do?”
“We have to fight.”
“I’m going to die.”
“I know. But if I just sit there and die, wouldn’t I be so resentful that I won’t be able to even close my eyes properly?”
David’s words were not empty boasts, they were sincere.
The mercenaries were astonished at the sight. It wasn’t for nothing that he was called a veteran.
Perhaps it was possible to survive until now because of such strong mental strength.
“I fight too.”
The steel follower said so and stood up from his seat.
“Are you okay?”
“If the ending is already set, we have no choice but to drag out the time as much as possible.”
The Steel Follower was the strongest man in the room, but he was a terrible match for Daber, who was wearing Tesla Arms.
Since more than half of the body is made of metal, it will be affected by magnetism.
Still, he wanted to fight alongside David.
“This is so solid, I don’t know what to do. So what are other people going to do?”
When David asked, the mercenaries fell silent.
Then someone suddenly jumped up from his seat.
“Okay! Let’s just struggle until the end. How long are we going to live anyway?”
Those courageous words also inspired the other mercenaries.
Even in the ashes that had all burned away, the embers were still alive.
David said in the slowly heating atmosphere.
“Okay. Then let’s try struggling until the end.”
All the mercenaries stared at David.
“Let’s show the people at the bottom that they have teeth to bite.”
*
“The bugs are hiding very well.”
A power plant with no light.
Daber muttered as he looked around.
The power plant, filled with huge pipes and all kinds of metal, had too many places for people to hide.
But it didn’t matter.
There’s no way out, and even if they hide, there’s a way to find them here.
Daber immediately concentrated his mind and extracted mana from his body.
Mana spread out in all directions, drawing waves centered around Daber.
[Color Magic]
If this is the case, mercenaries can never escape his grasp.
Daber immediately figured out the enemy’s location through color.
And then he chuckled.
Kwakwakwang!
An explosion occurred above his head, and a huge structure fell down.
The trap that was set up has been triggered.
“It’s fun.”
Daber raised his right arm and cast his magic.
A solid barrier of magical power was created, blocking the falling structure.
“Now! Shoot!”
At the same time, those who had been lying in ambush fired their guns simultaneously.
Sparks flew in the darkness, and the acrid smell of gunpowder spread.
Some of the mercenaries threw away all the bombs they were carrying.
Even if it’s an armored vehicle, it has enough firepower to turn it into a rag.
But even in that, Daver was fine.
“Is the talent show over?”
The mercenaries’ faces were tinged with despair.
Daber laughed at those mercenaries from inside his gas mask.
“I watched them struggling because it was so funny, but even if the bugs struggle, they are still bugs.”
As Daber regained his magical powers, David shouted,
“Everyone, step back!”
Tata tata tang!
As David said this, he spit out all the bullets from his pistol.
Although still stretched across the magic barrier, David’s magically-charged shot struck the exact same spot five times.
Even that only made a small crack, and was not enough to break through the barrier.
But Daber was quite hurt by the fact that his barrier had been dented, and he became very angry.
“You little bug. I will kill you in the most painful way!”
Phagec!
The current that Daber shot passed by David’s right shoulder.
David gritted his teeth in pain as his skin burned along with his coat.
He silently threw away his empty pistol and took out a military dagger from his waistband.
If I don’t have bullets, I’ll just bite you with this worthless dagger.
Those glaring eyes were clearly saying so.
“… … Ha. This kid.”
Daber’s face was distorted inside the gas mask.
I was really annoyed by David’s refusal to give up even in this situation.
“Let’s see if you can keep that attitude even when your whole body is aching.”
The moment Daber was about to cast a flame spell, something was caught by the color magic he had unleashed.
“what?”
Something is coming.
And at a very fast rate.
Daber’s judgment was quick.
He immediately dispersed the magical power he had gathered in his right hand and instead increased the output of his Tesla Arms to generate magnetic force.
It was a judgment that was almost instinctive.
Kiiing!!
The tip of a sharp sword is fixed in midair, about 10cm away, in front of the gas mask’s nose.
In a chilling sight, Daber saw the man who had stabbed him with a sword.
“you…….”
The black-haired young man spoke to Daber in a solemn voice.
“I came to end the fight.”