How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 33
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Episode 33. Industry Senior (1)
Ossian, who landed on the ground, raised his head.
The ceiling of the power plant was left with a huge scar, as if it had been cut open by a giant sword.
A smog-filled night sky was visible above the hollow ceiling.
“Was it a bit too much?”
Ossian scratched his cheek.
Even though they had driven out the gang and taken care of the mastermind behind it, it wasn’t a sight the clients would particularly like.
The only good thing is that the core facilities inside the power plant are intact?
Even taking that into account, it will take quite some time to fill that huge footprint.
“Hmm. Did the guy run away in the meantime?”
Ossian looked around, looking for traces of Daber.
But no matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find Daber.
Did he disappear without a trace after being hit by a meteor sword?
That wasn’t it.
Ossian remembers the feeling he felt at the tip of the sword at the end.
The meteor sword aimed at Daber cut him down accurately, but the heated light did not burn his entire body.
It was because at the last moment, Daber squeezed out all his strength and pulled his body back.
‘The bet was definitely made, so there should be a trace left.’
This is where the guy fell, so if you look for it, you’ll find something.
Ossian’s judgment turned out to be correct.
“Here it is.”
Some bloodstains on the floor and a severed arm.
It was clearly Daber’s, with the torn bandages wrapped around it.
The arm was cut off, but the blood stain was not large.
A very slight smell of burning flesh lingered in my nostrils.
‘Did you directly burn the cut-off arm to stop the bleeding?’
In that situation, he stopped the bleeding in one breath and ran away.
Despite the fact that his personality was not very good, his skills and judgment were top-notch.
So, he must have become a terrorist with a red notice issued in Tirna.
It was a bit disappointing.
If you cut off the other arm, you would have a chance to get that thing called Tesla Arms.
‘It’s a shame I couldn’t finish it completely, but I guess I’ll have to be satisfied with this for now.’
One day, Daber will appear before our eyes again to avenge his severed arm.
But Ossian wasn’t worried about that at all.
Because at that time, you would be much stronger than you are now.
‘I finally learned how to use the Holy Light.’
There were things I could know only because I had learned them.
The power of “Star Light” is not something that can be used so easily.
If this were in a game, it would be activated by pressing a single skill shortcut key, but reality wasn’t so easy.
Should I say it’s a matter of mindset?
The usage of the Holy Light was quite vague and abstract.
This is the type of thing that you’ll need to use a few more times to get a feel for it.
So I wasn’t that excited about my first success.
‘Now I’ve only broken through one of the three characteristics.’
There were still two more traits he could use.
Moreover, the special ability called “Starlight” is not limited to just the Star Streaming Sword technique.
The Meteor Sword is the most basic attack skill that you can learn as soon as you break through the Holy Light trait.
Although it was the most widely used and versatile, it was not omnipotent.
This trait sometimes had more effective skills.
‘I don’t know about anything else, but if you learn something like “Seonggwanggapju (????)” or “Seongunbidan (????)”, I don’t think you’ll have much to worry about in the future.’
Of course, that is also the minimum condition.
It was good to use everything that was available.
I don’t know what will happen in the future.
Even just today, didn’t a red notice criminal appear in a general group request?
Ossian knew that his body was not omnipotent.
I didn’t even expect it to happen in the first place, but when I actually faced the reality, I became even more alert.
‘I need to be more careful.’
Ossian thought so and came out of the power plant.
Although it was still dark around him, Ossian could easily see the people waiting for him outside the power plant.
If they are crowded together like that, you can’t help but notice them.
“Didn’t everyone go back?”
Ossian asked, but no one answered.
Even the mercenaries were still in a state of shock at the fact that they had succeeded in completing this mission.
In the end, it was David who stepped forward as the representative.
“What on earth are you?”
“What are you talking about?”
“that…….”
“Didn’t I tell you? I am a knight.”
David looked complicated for a moment at Ossian’s answer, then nodded.
“… … Right. I can’t just reveal my identity. I understand. Among the troubleshooters, there are those who have escaped from their pasts.”
It was the same with other mercenaries.
Even the injured Jonathan and the Steel Follower nodded in agreement.
“But don’t worry. Even though we’re worthless, we still have a minimum of morality. We owe you our lives, but we’re not the kind of people who would do something to disgrace our benefactor.”
Everyone was having a huge misunderstanding, but Ossian didn’t bother to correct it.
Even Ossian was quite tired from today’s battle.
“More than that, was that really starlight?”
David recalled the scene he had just seen.
A ray of light fell from the sky and pierced through all of Daber’s magic.
It was like a miracle.
I still felt like I was dreaming with my eyes open.
“Does it matter if it’s real or fake?”
When Ossian asked that question, David opened his eyes wide and soon burst into laughter.
“Ha ha! Yes. That’s right. What does that matter now? Thanks to you, we survived and completed our mission.”
David looked at the ruined entrance to the power plant with a smile.
“But from the clients’ perspective, it must be quite embarrassing.”
“It’s a cheap price to pay for chasing down a red-letter fugitive.”
“What happened to him? Did you deal with him?”
“Run away.”
That’s too bad.
Ossian added his remarks to David and the mercenaries who were speaking sincerely.
“Instead, he left behind a tail like a lizard.”
“tail?”
“He’ll probably be eating with Tesla Arms from now on. It’ll be the most expensive spoon in the world.”
The mercenaries, who realized the meaning of those words late, burst into laughter.
Only when I heard it directly from Ossian’s mouth did I realize that the fight was over.
They survived.
Of course, there were people who died. Among them, there were quite a few who lost colleagues they had worked with.
But that’s the case in this industry.
In the end, even if someone got shot and died somewhere, there was no need to be overly excited or sad about it.
Because that was a given.
The mercenaries dispersed, leaving Osian with a promise to buy him a big beer the next time they met.
Jonathan also bowed down to greet Ossian, and the Iron Follower left without saying a word.
The only one left was David.
“Do you still have something to say?”
“Do you remember what I said before I started the request?”
Ossian could quickly recall what David was talking about.
“Ah. That automaton.”
“That automaton you fought before. You said its arm exploded. Its performance is definitely a special-grade automaton made by Battle Trench.”
“Whoever handles that must be no ordinary person.”
“Yes. Since the arm exploded, the entire automaton probably has that function.”
“Why?”
“Just in case there’s any trace left. Just blow it up so there’s no evidence left behind. Boom.”
Ossian asked playfully.
“Like your automaton?”
“… … It couldn’t be helped.”
“ah.”
Ossian saw David’s expression darken in an instant and thought, “Oh no.”
Judging from his reaction, he seemed to have been properly hurt.
“That’s okay. What can I do about something that’s already broken? I should be grateful for being alive. And in front of the person who saved my life.”
Ahem. Ossian coughed in vain, feeling awkward for no reason.
David burst into laughter at the sight.
Ossian snickered, realizing belatedly that David had been playing a prank on him just like he had.
“Anyway, be careful. If you’re going to personally handle a special-grade automaton and instigate something behind the scenes, then as far as I know, you’re probably going to be a secretary at a major corporation.”
The word ‘secretary’ that David used here was industry slang.
Powerful people who secretly handle the dirty work of a company behind the scenes.
In the industry, people who are hired separately by large companies are called ‘secretaries.’
“I don’t know exactly where he belongs, but if it’s a large corporation, that alone makes him one of the best, so there’s no need to say anything more.”
David didn’t want to dig any deeper into the matter, given the large corporations involved.
Although he has made a name for himself in the industry, he only gained some notoriety from the bottom.
It was incomparable to the world where those who moved as corporate units stayed.
“Be careful. That’s all I can tell you. Of course, with your level of skill, you’d be fine even if the person you’re dealing with were a corporate secretary, but you never know what’s going on in the world.”
“Listen carefully.”
“Yeah. I’ve been talking too much to someone with such a bright future ahead of them. I think it’s time to retire.”
“Really?”
“I originally planned for this to be the last time. My lifeline, the automaton, was also destroyed.”
You probably have some money saved up by now.
Even if I backed down like this, I didn’t have to worry about living in great difficulty.
“But seeing you fight today changed my mind.”
David remembers the light that Ossian had shown him.
The one carrying that splendid and beautiful light was a young man much younger than himself.
The light took David back to the distant past.
When I was a child, I still had my innocence.
Back to the time when my eyes sparkled at the fairy tales.
Perhaps the dream he had held in his heart that day was not the starlight that had now disappeared.
“I felt like I was just lighting a fire for nothing. I wondered if I could stop here.”
It was a fleeting beauty that was now thought to have disappeared.
But David realized.
It still remains.
In the name of desire.
Deep in his heart.
I was finally able to face what I had known but turned away from.
“So, since it has come to this, I plan on doing a little more.”
“I guess I’ll have to work harder to rebuild the broken automaton.”
“Hahaha! Yeah. I have to work harder. More than I’ve done so far.”
As David spoke, he took off his hat and held it against his chest.
And he bowed his head toward Ossian with awe and respect.
“Thank you. I hope we can meet again someday.”
After leaving those greetings, David left.
Ossian looked up at the sky as he saw David disappearing down the dark alley.
The sky is still full of clouds and not a single ray of light can be seen.
But even so, Ossian felt that the beyond was unusually bright.
*
The next day, Ossian returned to Violet Fox, where he was welcomed by Ronan and Lorraine.
Judging from the way he was looking this way, it seemed like he had been waiting for a long time.
“Come… … .”
“Junior! I heard the story! You said you defeated that guy Daberran from the Blood Brotherhood!”
Lorraine shouted with excitement as if it were her own work.
Her eyes were filled with excitement.
“How on earth did you do that?!”
“Mr. Lorraine, please calm down a little.”
Ronan calmed down Lorraine and greeted Ossian.
“Good morning, Mr. Ossian.”
“okay.”
“I heard the story. There was quite a bit going on.”
“It seems like the rumor has spread.”
“Because it was a story that had to happen that way.”
Ronan must have thought that now was the time, or he would never have another chance, so he brought up the question he had prepared in his mind before Ossian arrived.
“They say he swung light with his hand.”
“Yes. It was starlight.”
“You said you had that ability from the beginning, didn’t you?”
“I couldn’t help it since I started using it recently.”
Ossian spoke truthfully, but Ronan did not take his words at face value.
“I see. Let’s do that.”
“I told you it’s true.”
“That’s also related to the article… … It’s in the past, right? Of course I understand.”
“… … .”
Why don’t people believe me even when I tell them the truth?
As Ossian was getting frustrated with this series of events, a commotion was heard from the second floor.
When I gave him a look asking what he was talking about, Ronan shook his head as if he was troubled.
“By the way, I haven’t met Mr. Ossian yet. There’s another problem solver from our office in my office right now.”
Huh?
Ossian’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.