The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 3
Only Noblemtl
The soldier shouted save (3)
It was a rare sight.
Her younger sister, Croa, had her clothes torn here and there, her wrists were covered in bruises, and her body was covered in cuts from the stab wounds.
And a dagger stuck in her stomach.
Even though she was dead, my sister’s hand did not let go of the hilt of the dagger.
‘Why… … .’
I bit my lip so hard that it bled.
Actually, having examined the body, I know the answer.
My younger sister committed suicide.
Resist anyone who tries to overwhelm you.
I knelt down and stroked my sister’s face.
A face covered in blood and tears.
Even after her death, I could only imagine how much she suffered.
I carefully pulled out the dagger, releasing her fingers one by one, which were holding it with trembling hands.
Although it was stained with my sister’s blood, the dagger was as clean as new from the handle to the blade.
Daggers are not something that belongs in this village.
There was a metal string hanging down near the handle, perhaps for decorative purposes.
It probably isn’t a dagger used in combat.
However, it was not elaborate enough to be considered an ornament used by nobles.
I put the dagger into my bosom.
The dagger that contained my sister’s will still has some use left.
My sister’s corpse was brightly lit.
Her body itself wasn’t glowing.
I turned my gaze to the source of light right next to the corpse.
A flame, a spark rooted in the ground.
Flames are not plants.
It is said that the flame is a blessing that the goddess left to the world.
Rain or shine, the flame never goes out.
That’s why it was common to build a village based on fireworks.
This place with flames is a blacksmith shop.
Even though it was called a blacksmith shop, there wasn’t even a blacksmith in this small village, so it was a place that no one visited except me.
-Knock. Knock.
The water that fell from the eyes soaked the floor.
Even though I said that tears were dry, tears are flowing freely.
My vision is blurred and disturbed.
Even if something like this doesn’t flow from my eyes, I know it.
I didn’t want to see my sister like this.
It’s still hard to watch.
Because he is my last blood relative.
But don’t turn a blind eye.
We must look into it desperately.
My sister’s body, the town, the situation, everything, without exception.
“… … Wait here.”
Leaving his sister behind who wouldn’t give him an answer, he left the blacksmith shop and wandered around the village.
The household is in disarray.
Bloodstains could also be found frequently on the floor.
Weapons such as daggers, swords, and bows were also scattered on the floor.
Swords and bows were not items of this village either.
If the weapon doesn’t belong to this village, then someone has raided the village.
Facts like this could be easily inferred.
but.
‘doesn’t exist.’
There is no body.
Where did the townspeople go?
Did you manage to escape safely from the attackers?
No matter how hard I tried to piece together the situation, it didn’t work out.
There are no bodies, but there are bloodstains and weapons strewn across the floor.
But one thing is certain.
There was something wrong in the village.
Could it be that the reason Lian didn’t come back in her last life was because she was involved in this problem?
No. We probably wouldn’t have even reached the village.
A crossbowman guarding the road between Jinji and the village.
He would have chased and killed Lian as he headed to the village.
… … Okay, let’s summarize.
Goblins heading to the village.
Crossbowman hiding in the grass.
Villagers who disappeared without a body.
And, the corpse of my younger sister, who did not disappear but remained dead.
That’s all I know.
I don’t know what these things meant, but I had to remember them.
I grabbed the dagger that was stuck in my sister’s stomach.
A dagger filled with the will to stab one’s own stomach against an opponent who was trying to insult one’s body.
It’s time for me to show my will.
He grabbed the dagger with his other hand and stabbed it into my stomach.
sick.
The blade swung through my intestines, causing excruciating pain.
If you’re going to stab him, it would have been much easier to just stab him in the heart.
But you can’t do that.
I feel pain.
Consciousness becomes clouded.
No, it won’t work.
I feel pain as my fading consciousness grows.
So that the pain may be remembered.
So that even if I come back to life, I will remember the pain.
So that my little sister never has to feel this pain again.
-Krrrrrrrrrr!
I heard a strange sound.
And a cold feeling covers my whole body.
Is this what it means to die?
I was slowly dying in agony.
* * *
– Died from his own attack. [Confirmed]
-Loaded from last save. [Confirm]
The letters you see as soon as you open your eyes.
and.
“Say… … See? Hyung, what did you just say?”
I felt relieved to hear Lian’s voice sounding the same.
I felt uneasy.
I didn’t know exactly what magic the warrior had taught me.
When you die, you go back to the past.
I only experienced it once.
“You punk… … .”
But I was really relieved to see Lian with a blank expression in front of me.
I went back to the past, where I could turn back the nightmare.
I hugged Lian, ruffling her hair roughly.
“Ha, don’t do that! Why are you doing that?”
It’s too early to like it.
We’re back to square one, but the situation hasn’t changed.
Now, we must do what we must do.
I said, patting Lian’s head.
“Listen carefully, Lian. There’s an enemy behind us.”
He uses force to stop Lian from turning his head.
“Don’t look back. Trust me and when I give you the signal, run towards the village. Can you do it?”
Let go of Lian.
Lian exchanged glances and nodded with an anxious expression.
Pick up the torch.
I have a rough idea of where the crossbow man is hiding.
The place where he stood.
Because there are only a limited number of bushes around it that can completely hide the body.
“Rian.”
Lian looks nervous as she hears my low voice.
“Run!!”
At the signal, Lian runs towards the village at full speed.
-Push, push. Push.
Then the bushes began to sway as if in confusion.
‘Found it!’
Throw a torch at the bushes.
-Whoooosh.
The bushes burn around the torch.
And then a crossbowman in black robes suddenly jumps out.
“Damn it! Did I get caught?”
A man aims his crossbow anxiously.
-Shoot.
The arrow is stuck in the bare ground.
I swung my sword at the man, passing the arrow.
-hook.
The man leans back to dodge the knife.
But I didn’t stop running and bumped into the guy’s body with my shoulder, knocking him over.
“Ugh, ugh!”
The man tries to take a dagger out of his bosom.
-Boom!
Faster than that, he puts a knife to the bastard’s neck.
Blood spurts from his neck like a fountain and his body convulses.
-Swoosh.
He thrust the knife into the guy’s chest once more.
The bastard’s body lies limply on the floor.
Turn your gaze.
This guy isn’t the one that’s urgent right now.
The goal is to head to the village as soon as possible.
In the village I was in last life, there was a ‘weapon’ missing.
A weapon that cannot be seen in the village where I lived.
If so, it is certain that the village was attacked by someone armed with weapons.
I started running towards the village in a hurry.
With each step you run, you push off the ground and accelerate further.
My physical condition is fine at the moment.
There were no bruises, no thorns, and not a drop of blood.
1km. It took me just 10 minutes to walk this distance.
But now, after about four minutes, I arrived in the village.
The town I saw in my last life was quiet and deserted.
But now it’s different.
We had only arrived in the village a few minutes earlier, but it was louder and more chaotic than ever.
‘A gang of thieves…?’
Armed men are seen, accompanied by the screams of people.
But I haven’t heard of any bandits around here.
What would you gain by raiding a rural village that isn’t even wealthy?
The number of thieves did not seem to be that large.
About 20 people in size.
In comparison, there were about 50 adult males in our village.
Although they have the numerical advantage, this is a rural area without even proper weapons.
The townspeople will be unable to resist the bandits’ swordsmanship and will turn into cold corpses.
Fix your grip on the sword.
The moment I was about to jump into the village.
-Push, push. Push.
A human figure was visible through the bushes.
He ran straight in and pulled out the bushes.
“Uh, uh, uh, ah… ah…”
There, 17-year-old blonde Lian was curled up and shaking.
“Tongue, bro…?”
Lian brightened up when she realized that it was me and not the thieves who had found her.
But soon his face turned ashen.
“Tongue, bro! The village!!”
He presses his hand on Lian’s head as she tries to raise her body.
Lian’s body disappears into the bushes again.
“Listen carefully, Lian. When I bring Croa over here, you two can run away.”
“Oh, where to?”
“Tallinn, the town where the castle is located. Do you know the way?”
Lian nodded quietly.
I left Lian behind, who was shaking with anxiety, and headed back into the village.
But my footsteps do not lead to the thieves.
There’s something I have to do first.
The brightest spot in town.
It was easy to find in the dark of the night.
All you have to do is go find the remnants of the goddess, the flames.
I hid between the buildings as much as possible and headed towards the blacksmith shop, avoiding the eyes of the thieves.
As I got closer, I heard a frowning sound.
“Oh, oh, don’t come… yo… …”
“Doesn’t it make you more excited when you beg like that?”
The younger sister was sitting on the ground, backing away, and the man was licking his lips and swinging the dagger in his hand.
-Thump. Thump.
“what?!”
The guy turns his head at the sound of footsteps.
-Boom!
I immediately stabbed the guy in the chest with my knife.
“ah…….”
My sister looked up at me with a surprised face.
I stared quietly at my younger sister’s face.
It feels like a knife is stabbing me in the stomach.
I haven’t forgotten.
What I wanted to remember while stabbing myself in the stomach. And what I had to protect.
I was able to keep it.
I protected my sister.
But it’s still too early to like it.
It’s dangerous inside the village.
I reached out to my sister.
“let’s go.”
Insensitive words.
The hand I held out to my sister was stained with the thief’s blood.
My sister hesitates to take my hand, her body trembling.
“ah….”
I grabbed my sister’s hand and forcibly pulled her up.
And then he ran.
“Haa… haa… haa… .”
My sister’s breathing became ragged as she struggled to keep up with my running, but she tried to pretend not to hear me.
Her village was raided and she almost fell into the hands of an evil man.
Even in that situation, even though I knew full well that my younger sister was anxious, I couldn’t say anything proper to her.
That was the street our siblings were on at the time.
Fortunately, I didn’t encounter any thieves on my way back to the village entrance.
To be exact, he was so busy pillaging the village that he didn’t even notice me.
“… … .”
I could not help but imagine what my sister must have thought as she watched me just pass by without helping the people being looted.
Because my sister’s safety was more important to me than theirs.
“Rian!”
-Push, push. Push.
When I called her name at the entrance to the village, Lian appeared with a relieved look on her face.
I gently push my sister’s back and send her to Lian.
“Please, Lian.”
“Oh, I see! Let’s go, Croa!”
Lian leads the way.
But my sister’s feet don’t move.
“Uh, uh… what about your brother?”
I unconsciously made a bitter expression at the word ‘brother’.
“We have to save the village.”
Even if you go into the village now and kill all the bandits, can you say you’ve saved the village?
Already, countless villagers have died and indelible scars have been left.
But there’s nothing I can do.
I am not a warrior.
I only protect as much as I can.
-Thump. Thump.
As I walk towards the village, I hear Croa’s voice behind me.
But I ignored that voice.
If we delay any longer, we will not be able to keep what we can keep.
There was no more sound from behind.
I stopped walking slowly and looked back, and saw Lian running towards me, holding Croa’s hand.
Now the worries are gone.
He kicks the ground and runs towards the village.
But once I entered the village, I had no choice but to stop again.
“Ugh, ugh, euaaaahh …
Scream. It was the sound I heard as soon as I entered the village.
But the owner of the sound has changed.
The people running away from the center of the village were bandits.
I couldn’t understand why the bandits who had made the attack were running away.
What are you running away from?
Look behind the thief.
There was no one chasing them.
But behind them, there was a darkness that was unusually thick.
“Tongue, bro!!!”
At that moment, the thief at the very back disappeared with a scream.
Starting with that, one by one, the figures of the thieves were swallowed up in darkness.
I didn’t know what the situation was.
However, the instincts that remained in me constantly stimulated my brain to run away.
I move my stiff legs with difficulty.
There was no time to look back.
“Gasp. Gasp. Gasp. Gasp… …”
I just ran and ran.
It became quiet behind me.
There was no sound of voices crying out for help, no sound of footsteps, no sound of breathing.
-Krrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Weird sound.
A cold feeling on the back.
I’m anxious.
And it’s scary.
But I couldn’t help but look back.
Because I wanted to be free from fear.
‘There’s nothing… … There’s nothing… … ‘
The moment when I turned my head while constantly encouraging myself.
My vision was swallowed up in darkness.