Eternally Regressing Knight Chapter 549

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Enri set out carrying a few items that were useful and salable, in addition to obsidian and amulets, which were specialties of the West.

I expected it wouldn’t be easy from the start, but it was really hard. To the point where I wondered if this was right.

It’s not that I felt like giving up in the middle, but that doesn’t mean the feeling of anxiety that made my mouth dry didn’t go away.

But I had to keep going. I decided to do that, and I knew better than anyone that this was an opportunity.

‘colon.’

As she held the bow that Encred had given her, Enri thought that she could not be the fool who would miss this opportunity.

He needed a carriage and a vehicle to transport his goods. The Velopter was useless outside the West, so he needed horses.

‘There is not enough Crona.’

Enri, whose pockets were tight, bought a donkey and a cart instead of a horse.

There were ten such carts in total, and they carried a fair amount of luggage, but looking at the faces of the people carrying the donkeys, their appearance was rather shabby.

“Don’t worry.”

“We go together.”

Fortunately, the twins of the Western race had come with them as escorts. They were men of no great weakness in terms of military power. In addition, they had borrowed a few spare hands from the oasis village.

“Will you pay me a generous salary when I arrive?”

“You’ll be responsible for eating and sleeping in between, right?”

The questions everyone asked were similar.

“To be exact, if this business is successful, I plan to provide you with enough food and shelter wherever you settle down, but there is no guarantee that it will be successful.”

Although it is a place where many fugitives come, there were also those who came here with false accusations.

Among them was a man who came with his wife and children. He seemed to be no good at fighting, but he seemed to have good faith.

Enri only picked out people like that. Having been dumped by women and rolling around here and there, he had a talent for seeing people.

What if my vision is wrong?

‘It’ll be okay.’

Even if a few guys hold the sword upside down in the middle, there’s nothing they can do because the Western Twins are there.

It was an adventure for those who participated in Enri’s ascension as well.

There is no compensation right now, and they say they will only provide compensation after the business is finished and there is profit.

As a result, mainly honest and responsible people joined rather than quick-witted people.

The work was hard and tiring, but it seemed cleaner than the oasis village.

This seemed like a more reasonable thing to do than catching a jeweled beast.

That’s how the journey started. It was hard not only with the demons and the devil, but also with the rain.

It was natural that he didn’t have enough krona to stay in the city. He spent all the krona he had on buying donkeys and carts. Naturally, he slept on the streets the entire trip.

Enri used all of the talents she had as a guide that she had developed during her days as a hunter to lead the party along a relatively decent path and determine the location of the campsite, and the western twins stepped forward when force was needed.

On this road, thieves still occasionally pop up.

Living as a thief on this continent meant having the strength to withstand attacks from demons and beasts, so of course there were quite a few of them, and there were quite a few skilled thieves, but they were no match for the twins.

Meanwhile, one of the children who followed his father showed off his talent for throwing stones.

By the time Nauril was visible without a single dead person, Enri was also very tired.

“I need to take care of some things here and then I’ll be on my way.”

As I entered the capital, the first merchant I met started talking nonsense.

“Western stuff? How do you know if it’s really from the West or a fake? Amulets? How do you guarantee their effectiveness?”

Enri knew this was a ploy. They were just creating rumors to bring down the price.

The twins were about to step forward to confront the merchant’s insults, but that would have immediately brought the capital’s police into action.

This person seemed to be a foreigner from the West and his appearance was shabby, so he would be at a disadvantage, Enri thought.

Have you ever seen a case like this before?

“You have to endure it. Be patient.”

Enri was about to give up on sorting things out in the capital and leave, holding back her twins.

Because there were so many fights between the fat pigs and toads that they were like a hybrid life form, it was impossible to sell them for a fair price.

If we just went to the Border Guard, Encred would be there as a guarantor, so there wouldn’t be any problems.

Enri knew all this well, but it wasn’t for nothing that she wanted to deal with the items in Nauril. The road there was so rough.

Does that mean it’s right to stay in the capital without a single silver coin?

If you fall asleep near a slum at night, you’ll probably see a hundred thieves.

Kill them all? The Thieves Guild is a group of people who pick trouble and then rush in to seek revenge if they get hurt.

Outside the city, it might be okay, but inside, there was no way to fight with so much bloodshed.

“under.”

I was about to leave after letting out a couple of sighs, when a kid who I couldn’t tell if he was a pig or a toad or a pig-toad finally started to fight me.

Enri’s hand kept moving towards the bow that Encred had given her.

‘If you look at it from the outside, you really are an arrow to the head.’

Just as he was making up his mind, Encred suddenly appeared, smiled brightly, and called the toad “uncle.”

However, the person who actually heard the name uncle just tilted his head.

* * *

Not all people in the world lived uprightly and correctly.

Among them, there were also people like this. Encred did not necessarily think that these people were evil people.

But this was a slightly different matter.

Because I could see the situation at a glance.

Encred jumped down from his horse. His feet landed on the ground with a thud, and dry dust rose up.

Looking at the stones on the ground, it looked like the road had been recently paved.

I saw a cart and a donkey on the road, and Enri’s sunken face from hard work.

It was a contrast to the greasy face of the merchant named Malton standing on the other side.

“Uncle, why are you pretending not to know?”

As Encred walked and spoke, the captain of the guard stood next to him and asked.

“Did you have an uncle?”

“It happened a while ago.”

“……yes?”

Rem laughed, making a snickering sound as if Encred had caught her eye with his sometimes wicked mischief.

“Why don’t you recognize me?”

Encred himself lifted his wrist to show it. The giant’s leather was now wrapped around Encred’s wrist as a protector.

“Uh, uh, you? That guy?”

Malton said, pointing his finger at Encrid in surprise.

“That guy?”

The captain of the guard responded to those words. His eyes turned to the toad merchant. The merchant’s bulging eyes rolled around.

What is that? Why does the captain of the guard look like he’s bowing? And why is he so confident? Wasn’t he just a swordsman who was trying to force things?

All sorts of thoughts are coming to mind.

“uncle.”

When Encred called him again, Malton remembered the nonsense he had said.

“You’re a friend of Lockfried’s? Foot, then I’m General Encrid’s uncle.”

Friends, uncles, Lord Lockfried, and Encred.

Words mixed, faces came to mind, and conclusions were made. A cautious guess as to why the author called himself uncle emerged.

While asking, I felt like I had no idea, but on the contrary, I felt something similar to certainty.

Something just fell into place.

“The knight of iron wall?”

The nickname that had spread like wildfire came out of Malton’s mouth. It was a question that came out of a mindset of begging for someone to say no, that he was a fraud.

“You know your nephew’s nickname very well.”

Encred said with a smile.

At those words, Malton felt his heart sink.

Why is this real?

Why are you a real ironclad knight?

“uh?”

Malton’s head hardened here. Was that real? Was Encred himself there?

Malton’s survival instinct turned his head back. There was the nobleman who had been watching him.

To be exact, he was a nobleman who had his eye on goods imported from the West.

He was one of the nobles who had formed a faction after the civil war broke out. No, he wasn’t a faction, but he was a noble who had formed a force.

In order to increase one’s power, one would naturally need to spend a lot of gold, so one had one’s eyes set on valuable items.

Of course, Encred didn’t know the noble’s name. Even if he had heard it, he would have forgotten it. He just followed Malton’s gaze and looked at the noble.

“I think there is a misunderstanding.”

The nobles thought that they could mediate appropriately.

The underlying reason was that, whether he was a general or not, this was the capital city and a land where laws were strictly enforced, and he could not ignore his status.

Still, cold sweat was running down my face.

What if I get stabbed to death? His anxiety makes him slightly stick his butt back. He opens his mouth to speak, but his butt is stuck back in a strange posture as if he could run away at any moment.

“What misunderstanding?”

When Encred spoke so abruptly, the nobleman’s eyebrows wavered.

“That merchant was only trying to make a fair deal.”

The funny thing is, Encred hasn’t said anything yet, but the nobleman is already making excuses.

This situation was funny.

Encred steps forward and exchanges a few words.

“You guys, it looks like you’ve had a hard time?”

“Rather than that, that kid… … .”

Behind her, Rem overheard the twins talking.

“Hey, you said the amulets made by Westerners were fake? Witchcraft was a fraud?”

Malton said that. But isn’t it all because of the greed of the nobles behind me?

He looked at the count.

Save me.

The message his eyes sent was clear, and Rem usually had no patience for such situations.

He strode forward, holding an axe in his hand.

“Do you want to apologize or not? I was wrong. If you say these four words, nothing terrible will happen.”

Rem said.

Should I call it constitution or personality?

Or maybe it was because when I first came to the continent, I saw a noble bastard who took pleasure in harassing women and tormenting his people.

Rem hated these kids.

When the axe-wielding man looked ominous, the three guards behind the nobleman frowned and tried to step forward.

Then the captain of the guard opened his mouth.

“Get involved when it’s time to get involved, and get out when it’s time to get out. Don’t you know who your opponent is? Black hair with blue eyes, gray hair with an axe, and a body like a bear. Do you really not know?”

As the lyrics spread, rumors about the person who guarded the border also spread.

Even without Encrid.

“The Noble Slayer.”

A madman who, after losing both his parents to nobles when he was young, splits the heads of any nobles with an axe.

It wasn’t true. It was just a rumor.

“A bear-man who tears people in half for fun.”

One of the escorts muttered.

“… … Is that it?”

Audin couldn’t help but laugh and asked back.

I wasn’t a person of any talent, and I didn’t have any hobbies like that.

“iced coffee.”

The three escorts kept their mouths shut.

As for Rem, she took a step back after seeing Encred’s face. That’s why she urged him to apologize.

If it were my temper, I would have beaten him up first and then told him.

“… … I apologize. I was wrong.”

The count was overwhelmed by the momentum. There was no need to even mobilize Will. Not only was there no escort, but the name of the noble slayer was also clearly ringing in his ears. He had to pee.

The viscount jumped out as it was, and the remaining merchant looked as if he was about to cry.

Encred spoke to his uncle.

“Give me some pocket money.”

“yes?”

“You’re not going to give it to me?”

As Encred was asking, the captain of the guard glared at him from behind. Looking at the situation, he saw what that merchant bastard did. But he was the one who let that bastard in.

But he did something bad to his idol.

Kill me. I will definitely kill you. I will definitely kill you.

It seemed that the will to live would be typified by the strong will to live despite not being able to handle Will.

That is, the captain of the guard showed the intention to kill someone with his eyes.

“I have to give it to you. I will give it to you!”

He pulled out his pocket.

“There are fewer of them.”

Encred said roughly. There were more than twenty silver coins and one gold coin, but if Encred thought it was small, it was small.

Malton immediately sent his attendant to the bank.

In every big city there was always at least one large bank.

It was common for citizens from the trading city to come out and work on business trips, but they had fled during the previous civil war and had recently returned, and the bank had even reopened.

Crunch.

A beautiful sight of pockets going back and forth.

Encred took all of them and gave them to Enri.

“Sell the donkey and exchange it for a horse. Change the cart, feed it well, get some rest, and then set off. The road will be easier from now on.”

“thank you.”

Enri lowered her head. She felt like she was about to cry as she remembered all the hardships she had endured.

The captain of the guard saw it from behind and intervened.

“I will take responsibility for escorting you to Zaltenbuk. Don’t refuse. I want to do it.”

“I was going to say thank you.”

Encred nodded.

“Then please wait a moment.”

The captain took a deep breath, walked over to Malton, placed a hand on his shoulder, and led him aside.

Encred waved goodbye to his uncle.

Among those who came with Enri was a boy about thirteen years old who had followed his father.

In the child’s eyes, Encred and his party seemed infinitely lofty.

More than the king of a country.

There were many children like this. To them, the name Encred was not just a swordsman with a heroic appearance. The king was far away, but Encred himself protected them.

Anyway, it was just a small, accidental incident.

“See you at the border guard.”

Encrid parted ways with Enri, and Rem left the twins to their own devices. They then rode horses along the outer road leading to the palace.

It was the road I had been speeding down on my one-eyed motorcycle the other day.

After arriving at the palace, I stayed for a day, and since I had nothing to do at night, I borrowed a training ground and focused on practicing. People came to me from all over to learn from me.

Among them were some familiar faces and some unknown faces, but Encred treated them without discrimination.

“As much as you want.”

Among them was a past relationship with Learvan, who was now a Royal Guard, and Matthew, who should have been by Krang’s side.

Meanwhile, the captain of the Royal Guard wearing a dark gray helmet also stopped by for a moment.

Instead of engaging in a duel, he just nodded and left. He was a rather reserved man.

Whatever it was, Encrid was familiar with this and found it endearing.

Everyone was so happy to see him discussing his skills that they almost died of joy.

Seeing that, Rem said he was sick again, but he also seemed to be enjoying it.

After just two days of rest, the servants and maids took my measurements and quickly made me clothes to wear in a royal robe.

It was not a shirt that was too tight on the muscles, but rather a loose-fitting garment.

I didn’t take Rem or Audin with me.

“No work.”

“I’m fine.”

They weren’t the kind of people who would come just because they were called. Krang knew that too.

The previous evening, Encrid suddenly asked Audín why he had followed her.

If you think about it, Audin didn’t like being away from the Border Guard.

“I think I’ll try to avoid locking myself up in the prison of widowhood.”

Then that was what Audin said.

Of course, I couldn’t understand a single word he said, but he didn’t seem to want to say anything more, so I just let it go.

Encrid still respected his men.

Audin just smiled, as if he liked that.

“Hero of the Nation, Friend of the King, Demon Slayer, Iron Sword, Encred Janggun of the Border Guard!”

Encred entered the audience room, listening to the servant’s introduction.

And I saw Krang sitting on the throne.

There was an exchange of indifferent greetings.

“Welcome.”

“I have come at your call.”

As soon as the few greetings were over, Marcus brought up the subject of knighthood, drawing objections from the group of nobles.

“Of course it is right to give such a title to Lord Encred, but isn’t it worth reconsidering whether it is right to give it to others as well?”

A nobleman who seemed to have some talent for speaking stepped forward.

After that, there was the toad friend I saw yesterday.

“Have you ever heard of the term ‘noble slayer’?”

The spiral nobleman stroked his mustache with his hand and said.

What do the royal family and nobles, who can be called the privileged class, fear most?

The knights, the disasters themselves were these.

Because if they change their minds, they can overthrow the royal family at any time with a single sword.

Naturally, each royal family took precautions to protect themselves.

The Knight of Restrictions in the former Naurilia royal family also had one such role.

All knights swear allegiance to the crown, a ritual they take before becoming a knight.

But Encred and the Madman Unit never did that.

So can Nauril stop them now?

Even if Encrid is like that, what about the others?

That is why the nobles were asking whether it was right to elevate and acknowledge a person lacking in humanity to the rank of knight.

Encred thought they were all correct.

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t imagine Rem being loyal to the royal family.

Then I immediately lost myself in thought.

‘The snack I ate yesterday was delicious.’

The bread was also great.

The nobleman spoke passionately. To cut out all the useless words, it was something like, how can you trust a murderer of nobles, and that this matter should be reconsidered.

If there had been a village worm in front of me, I might have clapped my hands in admiration.

Of course, that didn’t happen.

“Are you done talking?”

Krangman simply accepted those words with a soft smile that was completely out of place in the situation.