Former General Is Undead Knight - Act 4-15 - Holy City Raid⑨

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「My apologies for the late introduction. My name is 『Knight of Blood Mist』, one of the Eight Wise Men of 『Devil’s Piper』. My apologies for not being able to introduce my real name as I have long since abandoned it.」

The man with black armor pointed his greatsword at Lambert while introducing himself.

His sword was jet-black just like his shiny black armor.

Lambert knew at a glance that both the sword and armor were made of dalrite (enchanted steel) processed with alchemy.

During the Eight Countries Unification War, Regios Kingdom fought against Laurel Kingdom.

Despite being small, Laurel Kingdom had high morale. It could compete with the much larger Regios Kingdom since it developed odd sorcery.

But one might say that they were unlucky, they got besieged by many other nations at the beginning of the war, thus they could only surrender to the other nation.

Since there was a huge discrepancy regarding the knowledge about sorcery during that era, many of Laurel’s Kingdom’s most brilliant sorcerers died, resulting in the loss of knowledge.

Dalrite’s manufacturing method had been passed down in a region of Laurel Kingdom even before the Eight Countries Unification War. Its strength and durability aside, it could transform into the shape wished by its wearer by sucking the wearer’s mana, and its greatest feature was its auto-repair function, which allowed the dalrite to repair the damage inflicted on it.

But then, many warriors were crippled by it since it simply sucked so much of its wearer magical power. In the end, it was deemed a useless cursed tool.

「Don’t bother introducing yourself, ghost of a former Demon General. My above introduction is far more luxurious for the current you.」

「Since you can say these words without reservation, I assume that you already know about me.」

Lambert spoke as he looked at the back of the 『Knight of Blood Mist』, at 『Gu』 who just got bisected by him.

As if dead, he wasn’t moving.

And yet, the 『Knight of Blood Mist』 said that he came to save Gu, it meant the latter had a way to revive himself.

「Then I shall kill both of you right here. 『Ugly Old Man of Corpse』, 『Laughing Clown』, 『Spinner of The Truth』… And both of you. Once both of you died, the 『Eight Wisemen』 have only three members left. If there really is eight of you, that’s it.」

「I won’t allow you to do that, ghost of a former Demon General. I won’t let you hinder more of our plans. You should leave this kingdom without waiting for its destruction—for I have already served under that person for a really long time. Don’t think that I’m as weak as the one who you defeated before.」

The 『Knight of Blood Mist』 brandished his sword at Lambert.

Lambert blocked the incoming sword with his own. The moment the sword bounced back, he let go of his right hand that gripped the hilt of his greatsword, unleashing a shoulder tackle.

『Knight of Blood Mist』’s body floated in the air for a second upon receiving the shoulder tackle.

Lambert’s herculean strength was enough to pressure 『Knight of the Blood Mist』.

However, the black armor was chipped a little bit due their previous clash.

Smoke rose up from the damaged part. The transformed metal wriggling nonstop repaired the damaged part, returning it to normal condition.

「It seems to be the real thing. Good job on finding it. That armor, Charlobe of Makyuras Kingdom, Hudo tribe of Belfis Kingdom, so the true form of the anti-government organization is the grudge of the defeated nations.」

He closed in immediately toward the two.

Lambert’s greatsword clashed against the 『Knight of Blood Mist』’s greatsword again.

「Well, you can take it as something of that manner. But the reason why that person gathered those people was simply that the sorcery from the unification era is needed to accomplish that person’s goal.」

「So every member of the Eight Wise Men, except for you, is mere war potential.」

「…I guess I already said too much. Time to end this.」

The 『Knight of Blood Mist』 repelled Lambert’s downward swing, quickly circling around Lambert, ready to slash at the latter from behind.

But Lambert used the gauntlet of his arm to smash the sword’s blade, reducing the speed of the slash at the initial stage.

The 『Knight of Blood Mist』 switched the hand used to grip the hilt of his sword, unleashing another slash at Lambert from the opposite direction.

Lambert retreated, but that slash managed to graze his leg.

The greatsword was famous for its weight and destructive power, easily pulverizing any normal armor.

And though that graze couldn’t leave even a single scratch on the extremely tough Organ armor, the impact still transmitted through the armor.

「It’s been a really long time since I’ve had this kind of proper sword fight. But… that sword is clearly from Laurel Kingdom.」

「The ghost of the former Demon General, that certainly is a really good sword. But now, I understand. You’ll be at disadvantage the more time pa—」

Suddenly, the part of the 『Knight of Blood Mist』’s right gauntlet slipped down, falling to the ground.

「H-how…! Even faster than my slash…! Does that mean your slashes have reached me since our first clash!」

「You’re way too desperate to land a hit on me.」

「…As expected of the one hailed as the strongest knight of the victorious nation. It seems not even I can match your swordcraft. But I’ve fulfilled my goal. Now, I shall retreat. Oh… And do allow me to give you one piece of advice. You might discover something really amusing if you keep fighting against us.」

「…What?」

The sliced gauntlet of the 『Knight of Blood Mist』  then melted to the ground, exposing the bloodstained arm inside.

The arm popped out, sending a spray of blood in the air which created a bloody mist.

When the bloody mist vanished, the figure of the 『Knight of Blood Mist』 was already gone.

‘…He escaped, huh. He hid his presence with the mana in his blood.’ 

Lambert looking around, trying to sense the presence of the 『Knight of Blood Mist』. Alas, the latter’s presence had already vanished.

‘Attracting my attention with an intriguing remark, obscuring vision to hide one’s presence—all common techniques. And yet, it’s enough to startle me for a moment, allowing them to escape. I guess I still need more training.’

He looked at the corpse of the man called 『Gu』 while pondering that.

The demonic insects started to gather around the bisected body parts to feast on them.

Lambert swung his greatsword at the insects, not leaving any of them to live.

Later on, the demonic insects gathered again at the tragic state of the corpse of 『Gu』.

Seeing the situation, Lambert knew that the corpse wouldn’t resurrect again.

Although he felt something was off when the 『Knight of Blood Mist』 hinted the escape of 『Gu』, there was no need play with the corpse anymore.

Lambert swung down his greatsword toward the skull of 『Gu』 and ran in another direction.

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