Surviving as a Knigh Chapter 132 : Chapter 132

Chapter 132

“Hey… Kirk, wake up.”

rcenaries, who appeared to be escorting a rchant caravan, were resting on a mountainside.

Among them, a noticeably large figure was snoring loudly.

The rcenary waking him because the carriage was about to depart wore a troubled expression.

He was worried that if Kirk, startled awake, suddenly moved, he might get hit by that fist.

“What… is it ti to leave already?”

“I told you it is.”

“Ah….”

Kirk looked at his comrades, mbers of the Red Devil rcenary Corps, who had started moving from Viscount Julio’s castle the other day.

“By the way, is it true that this mission is your last?”

“Yeah. It’s true.”

“No, why would a perfectly successful rcenary group suddenly leave the business?”

“Because I found a place I must go.”

“Where is it?”

“Arthur Domain.”

At his words, the rcenary who woke Kirk looked puzzled.

“I heard that place is barren land?”

“It might be for now.”

“Well, will it change later? Is there anything special in this line of work?”

“No, it’s different. Because Commander Karl is there.”

“Commander? No way? Kirk, you know Count Karl?”

“Yeah, I do. We’ve faced life and death together.”

Kirk recalled the mont he survived the demon Dragul with Karl.

Many comrades had died, but for Kirk, it was also a battlefield where he fought alongside the great hero, Karl yer.

“Wow, as expected, you weren’t ordinary.”

Kirk, who exuded overwhelming strength from his massive fra and an unapproachable, mysterious aura, seed a bit different from ordinary rcenaries.

Before eting Karl, he was just a sowhat skilled rcenary, but after being with Karl and receiving his teachings, Kirk had grown remarkably.

[Barbarian Axe Technique]

[Barbarian Qi Cultivation thod]

These were the nas of two books Karl had suddenly approached and tossed to him on the day they parted ways after everything was over.

Kirk wasn't smart, but he read the books until they were worn out, cramming every single word into his head without missing a syllable.

He hadn't even known how to read before, but he learned to read just to morize these books.

Perhaps it was the first ti in his life he had strived for sothing with such mad dedication.

Thanks to this, Kirk had reached the Superior rank, a level he thought he could never achieve.

Udeudeuk.

Kirk, who had risen his massive body and was stretching, turned towards the Arthur Domain after the caravan’s procession ended.

“Let’s go, to et the Commander.”

“Let’s go!”

The rest of the rcenaries had also received teachings from Karl, and having grown remarkably, they set off for the Arthur Domain.

***

“Hmm… what to do.”

“Why are you pretending to ponder again? Isn’t our headquarters going to be wherever Sir Karl is anyway?”

“…That can’t be. We strictly have our own headquarters….”

Anne hesitated for a mont.

Had there been a place recently that could be called a headquarters?

Well, if there was, it seed to be in the County of Collo.

“Sir Karl will likely be in the County of Collo more often anyway. It’s practically his ho there.”

“True, it will take a while for the Arthur Domain to be organized. Still, he’ll be there for the ti being. So, it would be good to set up a branch office for now.”

“Again…?”

“Anyway, we need to withdraw all our agents from the Andersen Domain and reorganize them, don’t we?”

“That… is true.”

Sancho had no desire to argue against a decision that was already made.

What aning would it have for him to oppose what his superior had decided?

He would only get on her bad side.

“So, what I’m saying is, how about we try to build sothing really proper and impressive this ti?”

“The manor we’ve already secured is plenty good enough….”

“Of course, it is. But sothing more than that. You know, like a real mansion, a mansion-like mansion.”

“…What exactly do you want?”

Anne showed a mysterious smile at Sancho’s expression.

And in her hand, she held several books.

Looking at those books, which contained an unprecedented number of mansion blueprints and detailed information about interior spaces, Sancho wondered why he had to look at such things.

‘What choice do I have… If she says jump, I jump.’

He rely continued to react chanically to Anne’s words.

***

“What should we do?”

“Do you think Sir Karl will accept us, given what happened in the past?”

“I believe he will.”

The people of Luton Town, who had been confined to a single village for many long years and had not ventured out into the world, rose up.

They were people who had trained for generations to realize a legend, so each one of them possessed considerable strength.

Duke, the village chief and a master of the highest Superior-grade, stroked his beard and surveyed the village.

He had spent a truly long ti here.

Recently, they had lifted the village’s sealing restrictions, and so villagers had gone out into the world, but ultimately, they were still trapped in this narrow well.

“After gathering the opinions of the villagers, those who wish to leave shall move together with .”

Philip recalled Karl’s face from when they drank together at a pub in the past.

He wondered if his own story was also included in the tales of Karl, who had now beco a great knight whose na resounded throughout the continent.

‘It’s been a long ti, Sir Karl.’

He felt a little excited at the thought of seeing the face of a dear friend after a long ti.

Not long after, the entirety of Luton Town set off towards the Arthur Domain.

***

Deep in a sun-drenched forest, a group of humans surrounded by animals existed.

“Are all preparations complete?”

“Yes, everything has been organized.”

Nana, who had beco the official chief of the Enchin Tribe of Druids, took a long deep breath as she looked at the assembled people, then conveyed her intentions.

“We don’t know how our situation will change by going to the Arthur Domain. However, Sir Karl said in the letter delivered through Condor that he would be with us. Surely, we too will be able to create our own ho.”

“…What if Sir Karl has changed from before?”

“Of course, that possibility isn’t non-existent. Still, we cannot live hidden in the forest forever. We lack food, clothes, and shelter – everything. We won’t survive like this.”

People nodded at Nana’s words.

“Sir Karl is soone who embraced even the followers of Gullveig. So let us trust him once. If we don’t trust the benefactor who risked his life to save the young druids without asking for anything in return, who can we trust?”

At her final words, the look in their eyes changed.

It was a druidic principle to repay kindness several tis over.

They had not yet repaid his kindness.

Yet, to shalessly go seeking help again while harboring doubts was not like them.

Thus, the druids who had received his grace also set their course for the Arthur Domain.

***

“Mommy… if we go there, can we really eat lots of delicious bread? Can we eat at too?”

“Yes, of course. Our Sonya knows the story of the Knight of the Lighthouse, right?”

“Yes, he’s a cool knight who punishes bad people and helps those around him!”

“That’s right, we’re going to where that knight is. So we’ll be able to eat warm bread and delicious at stew too.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

As Karl beca the Lord of Arthur Domain, many people across the continent who heard the rumor that he was gathering domain residents began a desperate migration.

Most people on this continent, which had a worldview similar to the Middle Ages, were often holess or slaves.

Since the Arthur Domain had announced that it would accept people as domain residents regardless of their status, it was worth risking their lives for them.

In this world, freen constituted only about 10% of the total population, so this was a revolutionary announcent that could turn the world upside down.

If there had been an emperor or other administrators, they might have imposed sanctions on Karl’s unconventional actions, but now it was a situation close to anarchy, so no one could step forward to stop Karl.

There was only criticism that his actions were like those of soone from a lowly family because he himself ca from such a background.

“Slave hunters! Everyone scatter! Survive sohow! Good luck!”

The procession, which had been moving smoothly, scattered in all directions in a panic at soone’s shout of “slave hunters.”

Thanks to the ripple effect Karl had created, as the population fleeing to the Arthur Domain from all over the continent increased, lords began to hire people who specialized in capturing slaves.

Initially, rcenaries took on these requests, but as the number of clients increased and the rewards for capturing them beca substantial, people who made it their profession erged, and their scale began to grow.

At so point, people started calling those who made a living capturing slaves “slave hunters.”

“Hahaha, Commander. I’ll go that way!”

“Darn, I was planning to go that way too. Since you’re going, I guess I’ll have to go the opposite way, then.”

They bared their teeth and laughed while watching the people fleeing in panic, as if sothing was incredibly exciting.

“Well then, let’s make a bet on who catches more!”

“Sounds good! A bet for drinks!”

The group of about sixty n led by the two split in half and began to chase the fleeing people.

Before long, quite a number were injured, and quite a number were captured by them.

And a short while later, the slave hunters departed with those they had captured towards their client.

Sasasasak.

About an hour after the slave hunters had left, those among the scattered people who had hidden without being caught resud their journey towards the Arthur Domain.

***

Ever since the news of recruitnt for Arthur Domain residents first spread across the continent, the Arthur Domain had been bustling with a continuous influx of people.

The Order and priests who arrived first were already proceeding with the construction of the Essus Order branch headquarters.

Thanks to the Essus Order, so of the newly arrived people found employnt.

Next to the Essus Order, the rcenary Guild’s second headquarters was being established, and Guild Master Verpin himself had co to supervise the site.

“No, Master, just go back, will you.”

“It’s the construction of the rcenary Guild’s second headquarters, no less. I have to be here.”

“Then do it properly! Does anyone not know you’re busy drinking with Sir Karl every evening?”

“Ahem, is it just drinking? It’s a eting to seek advice on the future direction of the rcenary Guild.”

“Hah, what kind of advice do you get by drinking all night for a week?”

“You fellow, do you know who is present at those gatherings? The Saintess Isabel is there, and oh! Commander Owen of the Alcantara Knights is there, and oh! Sir Daniel Lugetti, the 3rd Holy Knight Commander, is there. Do you call such a gathering rely a drinking party!?”

“…”

The rcenary in front of Verpin fell silent upon hearing the roster of those gathered at the said eting.

However, his eyes did not concede to Verpin’s words.

“Ahem! Your eyes are irreverent!”

The rcenaries shook their heads as they watched Verpin shouting.

“Is Sir Verpin always like that?”

“Hmm, I don’t know for sure either, but well, they seem to get along well, and it’s a good sight, isn’t it?”

The two people looking at Verpin were Owen, who had co to see Karl’s domain after stabilizing Alcantara, and the Saintess Isabel, who had personally co to establish the Order’s branch.

As they calmly observed the Arthur Domain while drinking warm tea, many of the previous terrible mories seed to have faded.

“I didn’t expect so many people to co, but Sir Karl truly seems to be an amazing person.”

“If he had the ambition, he’s soone who could even aim for the emperor’s throne.”

“Sir Karl and the emperor. It’s truly an unfitting picture.”

The two simultaneously nodded at Isabel’s words.

It was when they were busy classifying the newly arrived people and organizing the surroundings.

From afar, a considerably large procession was approaching the gates of Arthur Domain’s castle.

Dududududu.

As a few knights at the head of the procession quickly neared the castle gate, the Lily Emblem engraved on their bodies beca clearly visible.

“Marquis Bastien and Marquis Nigel have visited, bringing support supplies from the central administration.”

Although they were said to have retired from the front lines, the two nobles, who still possessed an imnse presence, had unexpectedly visited the Arthur Domain.