Chapter 71
Joshua looked at Derek.
The man who had once been the Knight Captain had turned into a zombie.
“Grrr.”
He approached slowly.
A chill seeped into Joshua's bones.
[Steady Nerves] brushed away the fear.
[Quest - The Fallen Knight Captain]
Clear Objective - Escape from the Knight Captain.
Difficulty - A
Reward - 70 Coins
Another A rank quest.
Every ti he grew stronger, the world threw difficult tasks at him as if to mock him.
This world was that kind of place.
It had no intention of letting the player live.
But it didn't matter.
This was within his expectations.
“It doesn't matter if you show up. We’re escaping. And we’ll survive.”
“Grrr.”
A 5th grade Templar.
Among them, he was a high level powerhouse.
Fortunately, he was an one ard man who had lost one of his arms.
“Can you move?”
He asked Serena.
She shook her head.
Following her gaze, he saw her leg, which was a ss of wounds.
“I’m... fine, but at least… save the child please.”
Joshua looked at the trembling child.
It was a life Serena had tried to save while being prepared to throw away her own.
He had to protect it.
If this child were lost, her mind would be completely broken.
“Right, but I’m taking you with too.”
“......In this state, I’ll only be a burden.”
Joshua leaned down and used [Heal].
Light seeped into the wounds, stopping the blood and repairing the torn skin.
“It’s better now, right?”
Serena tried moving her foot.
The terrible pain she felt whenever she moved had subsided.
There was no discomfort even when standing up.
She looked at the boy with wide eyes.
“Is that healing magic……?”
“Yeah, don't go around talking about it.”
He turned his head and looked at the opponent.
The zombified Derek observed the dragon that appeared before his eyes.
He didn't attack imdiately.
It was an attitude as if observing the strength of his prey.
It was behavior entirely different from an ordinary zombie.
“... If Sir Derek... has beco a variant, we won't be able to... handle him with our strength.”
“Don't worry, I have a plan. More importantly, get moving.”
Serena stood up from her spot.
She knew where to head without asking.
Directing her remaining mana toward the basent, she grabbed the child’s hand.
“That dragon, it’s Luna right? That child’s true identity was a dragon?”
“Yeah.”
Adela asked.
The black dragon was fighting Derek.
“If it’s a dragon, it’s the foremost creature among divine beasts. Why is it helping us?”
“It’s my familiar.”
“You succeeded in taming a dragon?”
Adela swallowed her words.
There are various types of familiars.
Among them, a dragon was the highest grade familiar.
“I didn't ta it, I hatched it.”
“What?”
“I’ll explain later, so focus on the fight.”
“What should I do?”
“I want you to bind his legs with your ice magic.”
Adela swallowed and nodded.
Recalling the spell sequence in her head, she concentrated on the ground Derek was stepping on.
The floor slowly froze over.
Then Derek quickly backed away to widen the distance.
“Why is it dodging when it’s just a zombie!”
“He’s a variant, so he can do at least that much.”
“That was my maximum speed just now.”
“Then look for an opening, Luna will create one.”
Derek adjusted his grip on his sword.
Hunching his body, he put strength into his legs.
the distance between him and Luna closed.
He raised his sword and swung it in a curve.
Bang! The sword didn't reach the black dragon.
A massive [Shield] appeared as if to block the path between them.
If it were an ordinary zombie, the attack would've been blocked by this alone.
But the zombie before them was different.
Dark blue energy swirled around Derek’s sword.
It was the mana of knights, known as Aura.
He swung the sword again.
Then this ti, he charged through while breaking the [Shield].
“Kgh!”
Luna narrowly avoided Derek’s attack.
The fact that she’d seen the zombie’s fight in the forest was helpful.
Admiration flowed out, thinking that her master, Joshua, had foreseen even this.
He rushed forward and spread his hand.
A strong light poured out in front, filling the passage.
[Flash]
However, Derek avoided this by the simple thod of closing his eyes.
“His reactions are good. It won't work unless it's a surprise attack or a combination.”
Joshua was calm.
No matter what actions Derek took or how he broke through his attacks.
There was nothing to be surprised or excited about.
[Cool] kept his head cold.
[Patience] allowed him to have leeway.
“Luna, you must stop his movents.”
Luna charged at the opponent without fear.
There was no fear.
It was because the heart of her master, Joshua, flowed into her.
Even if her shield was broken.
Even if her magic was countered.
His confidence didn't change one bit from before the fight.
“Grrr!”
Derek attacked once again.
He thrust the sword in his hand forward in a series of stabs.
The first strike was blocked by the shield.
The second strike was deflected by Luna swinging her foot.
“Graaaah!”
Derek let out a roar.
Whether the judgnt of a knight remained in him.
As the montum began to tilt, he showed a look as if he were certain of victory.
Swish!
Derek’s sword and Luna’s claws collided.
A dull tallic sound was heard.
Neither side gave way, leading into a contest of strength.
“Luna, she's incredibly strong! She isn't being pushed back against Sir Derek.”
“It’s only for a mont. She can't last long.”
Derek’s sword energy beca increasingly sharper.
He quickly adapted to his zombified body.
“I’m the type who can do it when I put my mind to it too!”
Adela concentrated on her magic once more.
This ti, Derek couldn't avoid it.
His feet froze and were bound to the ground.
“That man is dead now, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Then that ans no one will say anything even if I pour out the things I want to say!”
Adela spoke with an excited tone.
“Hey, Derek! If you’d just done things properly, so many people wouldn't have had to die. You always acted like you were the only smart one, but every ti it mattered, you were useless! Seeing you turn into that state makes feel so refreshed!”
She spat out all the frustration she had toward him.
The ice clinging to his feet rose up as if reacting to her emotions.
“And apologize for telling to use a honey trap at the eting place! I really hated doing that. I entered this academy to prove that I could survive without doing things like that!”
“Grrr!”
“My na is Adela Grace! I’ll make a na for myself as a mage soday!”
The increasingly large ice swallowed Derek’s lower body.
“Well done.”
Joshua ran toward the enemy and pointed his staff at the immobile Derek.
There was magic that could only be used when movents were sealed.
“Lord, have rcy. Have pity on us. I lead this poor soul before to you.”
[Kyrie]
It was a new spell he had mastered through the scriptures obtained from the knight order’s treasury.
Derek’s shoulders and knees sagged down.
It had the effect of binding the body of an unholy life.
Zombies were no exception.
“Ugh!”
His head ached as if it were going to break.
It was the price for exerting power beyond the mana he possessed.
The stronger the opponent, the larger the recoil.
[Patience] liked it, saying there was work to be done.
Even if that fellow helped, the pain had to be endured entirely by him.
“Graaaah!”
“It isn't as easy as I thought, but.”
Derek struggled.
If not for [Patience], he would've staggered while maintaining the spell.
As expected of a Knight Captain.
Rising to that position was impossible without skill.
“I can buy another 10 seconds.”
His hands and feet were bound while maintaining [Kyrie].
He himself couldn't move.
But there was a friend here to help him beat up the enemy.
“Luna!”
Luna ran forward.
For 10 seconds, he was practically a sandbag that just took hits.
Raising her front paws, she attacked continuously.
Her claws pierced the stationary Derek’s abdon.
She struck down on his head in succession.
A dragon possessed incredible destructive power, to the point that its whole body was called a weapon.
When Kyrie ended.
Derek’s body was a complete ss.
“Jo, Jo, Joshu!”
“What are you even saying.”
Luna trampled the fallen Derek.
Bang! Bang!
She beat him up enough to bury him in the ground and then returned to her spot.
Even after falling, Derek’s gaze was directed this way.
For a mont, it felt like human emotions could be sensed in his eyes.
“Is he already at a point where consciousness is forming?”
When a high grade person beca a zombie and awakened as a variant, their evolution was also fast.
A mont ago, he had tried to call Joshua's na.
“Is it dangerous?”
Luna asked.
“If he’d been left like this, he might've beco a zombie that leads other zombies.”
“No shot?”
“I’m saying there’s such a possibility.”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A loud noise was heard from above.
Simultaneously, the ground shook.
Luna looked around.
“This is?”
“The main gate was broken.”
“Then the zombies are invading, aren't they?”
“Yeah.”
“They’ll swarm in here in an instant.”
Joshua looked toward the back.
He saw Serena and the child near the entrance where the pulley was.
The two of them were waiting for him and Luna.
“Luna, transform back into a child. You can't get on the pulley in that form.”
Luna returned to the form of a black haired girl.
Her whole body was covered in wounds.
She had endured it until she beca like this without a single complaint.
Rumble!
Sand and stones fell from the ceiling once again.
The footsteps and screams of zombies were heard.
He looked at Derek just before leaving and spoke.
“Do you know, Sir Derek? I really hated this mine.”
He had experienced failing about three tis while starting with the Moonlight Knights.
And twice among those, he died for the sa reason.
“The facilities were dilapidated and overflowing with places that needed repair work here and there. People died from accidents almost every day, but you didn't do anything.”
“Grrr.”
“Every ti, only innocent people died because of that, but this ti it's your turn.”
He had checked the interior thoroughly after entering the mine.
Sure enough, it was exactly as it was back when he played the ga.
This place could collapse from even a tiny impact.
He threw the bombs he’d asked Gavinu for.
The spell sequences had all been deactivated.
Bang! Bang!
The ceiling collapsed.
Debris blocked the path between him and Derek.
“Hurry up and get on the pulley.”
Joshua boarded the pulley along with the two people nearby.
“Can we last until we reach the top?”
“Don't worry, it won't collapse from just this much.”
Serena hugged the child and closed her eyes tight.
The shrieks of the zombies heard from below.
The roar heard as the mine collapsed.
All of those things were terrifying enough to make her skin crawl.
But at so point, they weren't heard, as if it were a lie.
“It’s light!”
Adela cheered.
The people who had escaped earlier were waiting for them above.
“I’m so glad everyone returned safely.”
Tania approached with teary eyes.
Serena tried to open her mouth to speak, but her voice didn't co out again.
A montary miracle.
The miracle disappeared as if its role was finished.
She picked up her notebook and pen once more.
“You shouldn't do that next ti!”
[I’m sorry.]
“What happened inside?”
[It’s a long story.]
Serena looked at Joshua.
[What’s certain is that I would've died if not for Joshua and Adela.]
“I see.”
When Serena turned her head, the other survivors were all gathered nearby.
He seed to be planning to move without resting after calling the people together.
“You follow too. This place won't be safe if the mine collapses.”
He moved on while leading the survivors, leaving only those words.
“Leo, did you scout the surroundings?”
Leo spoke while proudly squaring his shoulders.
“Of course! I’ve also firmly dealt with the few bastards I found.”
“Well done.”
“Did you solve everything inside?”
“Yeah, and I have so good news too.”
“Good news, what is it?”
“It’s a story that doesn't apply to you.”
Leo looked this way with a curious face.
He wouldn't know even if he were given an answer.
What Joshua had obtained in the mine was an invisible currency.
Coins.
It was the highest inco.
There were many zombies, and he succeeded in burying that many zombies at once.
[You have completed the quest 'The Fallen Knight Captain.']
[You obtained 70 coins.]
[You dealt with 100 zombies at once. Achievent completed.]
[You obtained 30 coins.]
[You dealt with 200 zombies at once. Achievent completed.]
[You obtained 50 coins.]
[You dealt with 300 zombies at once. Achievent completed.]
[You obtained a total of 70 coins.]
[Current coins held: 340]
The first goal was to save Adela and Serena.
The second was coins.
300 coins were needed to overco the scenario that would happen next.
“Leo, did you by any chance see a carrier pigeon flying near here?”
“Are you a ghost or sothing? How do you know in advance what I haven't even reported yet.”
“That ans…….”
“There was one. Talleon will find it and return soon.”
Joshua cald his breathing.
There was only one group that would send a carrier pigeon to the Moonlight Knights right now.
The tower.
The carrier pigeon was sent by Rodwell.
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