Eternally Regressing Knight Chapter 657

657. I saw the truth

While Encred was adjusting his senses, Crys fulfilled his captain’s promise.
He had already seen where the fairy city would be. It was south of the Border Guard, a little to the south of the land close to the wasteland, and where the water from the river reached. The final destination was a place that went around a small mountain range, and it was a good place for a forest to enter.
In reality, it was also a place where it was difficult to secure ‘safety’ as a safe route.
There was a rock mountain nearby that resembled a tower that a harpy used as a nest, and at the bottom of the mountain range was a small forest where several monsters and beasts often hid.

‘A barrier that blocks evil spirits and beasts coming from the south.’

So that location is perfect. If the fairies have the ability to exorcise monsters on their own, it wouldn’t be bad for them either.
With that thought, Chrys headed directly to the southern outpost.
The fairy Zero followed as a guide, and his lover Nurat was his escort.
The lover, who was armed with a sword, walked right next to Chrys, showing off her thicker arms. She, too, had long since accepted Audin’s physical training methods.

“The tree is walking?”

Nourat asked.

“To be precise, it is a spell from the Woodguard clan tradition called migration.”

The answer came from Zero, who was on the opposite side of Crys. Fairies usually gave off a cold and chilling vibe, but Zero was not like that. He was quite active in expressing his emotions.
Are all fairies the same? No. In other words, there may be differences between individuals, but when I saw Encred beating Zero to get a feel for him, I could roughly understand why. This fairy had learned how to express his emotions involuntarily.
Encred didn’t just use his sword when he beat him. He also used his mouth to repeatedly tear, stab, and cut.

“Is this for real? Is this the best? Well, it was more threatening than sleeping. It was a good stab at killing mosquitoes.”

Well, I heard you say something like that to really scratch the inside of the fairy.
Even the most patient fairy would have learned how to express anger.
After anger, they would naturally learn other ways to express their emotions. Anyway,
when the three of them arrived at the outpost on the safe road, the soldier in charge approached them and saluted them.
At first, there were a few people who ignored Chrys, who had become a mad knight who couldn’t fight, but now it was hard to find such people.
One of the reasons was that the soldiers knew that if they got caught, they wouldn’t just get hit a few times, and Chrys often said and admitted that he wasn’t good at fighting.
Who could say anything if he said that?
Of course, there were still some people who acted like losers, but Chrys was smart.
When Rem’s assault team took over his escort for a few weeks, useless talk disappeared.
Who would dare to open their mouths when a lunatic who pulls out an axe at the mere sound of someone cursing Christ from afar steps forward as his escort?

“What? You want to come into our unit and disappear?”

There were rumors that some soldiers who joined Rem’s assault unit would occasionally go missing.
It was just rumors, but it wasn’t rare for them to die during training. It was only natural that the more intense the training, the greater the risk of getting hurt or dying.
Of course, Rem had never let a single member of his unit die.
After that, no one had openly cursed at him. Other than that, he didn’t care if they were talking to themselves or behind their backs.
Right now, with all the things going on in the Demon Realm, monsters, and war, what would it matter if they cursed at him behind his back?
Chrys was also busy dealing with the immediate matter at hand.
It was time to learn about fairy society.
Zero had been talking about fairy society all along the way, and he had said that his goal was to kill all the demons on the continent.
He was a fairy who often talked about himself. Chrys saw him while talking to Nurat about this and that and listening to the recent training situation of the guards and Encred’s personal guard.

Kuung.

“……It’s a monster.”

The guard soldier who followed along muttered.
I had told him several times that a large tree would walk by, but it was hard not to be surprised when he saw this.
The soldier guarding the guard took up his bow. The soldier next to him even shot an arrow at the bow.
But would it even move if I shot it?
Both of them had such doubts in their eyes.

thud-

The foot made of roots approached, stamping on the ground. Everyone could see a large tree approaching from afar, with its back to the sunlight.
There was something round floating above the branches, and upon closer inspection, fairies were standing on the branches, watching this way. Zero spread out his palm. It was a greeting.
Crys spoke with self-control.

“Don’t shoot.”

I wasn’t surprised when I heard it from Encred, so now it was my turn to be completely surprised.

“It’s a real tree. The tree walks. The tree walks.”

Christ spoke again.

“Yeah, I’m still surprised when I hear that.”

Nourat agreed with me. It was fortunate that I came during the day. If I had come at night, it would have really looked like an attack by a large monster.
The huge tree was walking toward me with a thumping sound, and I felt like my sense of perspective was distorted. It was slow, but fast. It was because it was approaching me while breaking the concept of size.
Everyone must have seen something like this for the first time.
It was a tree that was much bigger than a giant, and I literally had to tilt my head up to see it.

“He is a guest. He is not a monster.”

As Christ spoke again, a soldier muttered behind him.

“I need to pee.”
“You too? Me too?”
“If I stepped on that, I’d turn into a tomato.”
“Hmm. You imagined it, kid. I don’t feel good.”

The three soldiers whispered. It seemed like they were saying what they really thought, but it wasn’t because they were really scared.
If they were really scared, they wouldn’t have said anything.
They said they were guests, not enemies, so it was a joke to ease the tension. But it wasn’t like they weren’t scared at all.

Cackle, cackle.

Then, several human-faced dogs jumped out from one side. This was an area where monsters would occasionally appear.
The south was the place where monsters appeared most frequently among the territory of the Mad Knights.
It was the roughest place among the outpost duty stations, except for the Pen-Hanil Mountains.
The monsters ran fearlessly under the tree. Since they walked on all fours, they couldn’t raise their heads and couldn’t properly see the size of the tree.
Eleven human-faced dogs roared and ran, then simultaneously rolled on the ground.
A long stick flew over their bodies and stuck.
If the first specialty of the human-faced dogs was biting people, then the second specialty was running well.
How could they have tripped and fallen? And all at the same time? Of course it was the work of the fairies.
There was a group of fairies shooting arrows from the tree with great precision.
They exchanged positions while sending a signal.
The dead human-faced dogs’ bodies were stepped on by the tree. Thud.
Their feet left only sticky black marks.
The tree giants approached, some of them taller than the lookout.
Crys, completely surprised, spoke.

“Welcome to the Border Guard.”
“Thank you for your hospitality. However, the air here is not so good. It’s not like I don’t know anything, even though I’m a fairy. I used to work as a mercenary through the Information Guild, and the first place I started was in the city that you can reach by going down the waterway to the southeast from here…….”

The fairy who came forward chattered frantically, but Chrys understood everything without any discomfort. He listened to everything and then took a chance to respond.
The tree giant was not used to it, but this kind of conversation was more than familiar, it was good.

“You’re telling me not to think about cheating? That won’t happen. Yes, monsters often appear here. Armed bandits also occasionally appear to the south. I don’t think that will be a problem, do you? If you settle down here, the captain will be grateful. Even if he doesn’t thank you, it’s natural that you’ll be helpful. If necessary, he’ll send out troops to help. So it would be better if you cleared out this place and settled down. To be exact, I think the best place for you to stay is under the mountain range a little to the west of here.”

Fairies do not know lies, but they distort the truth.

‘But since I idolize the leader, I do not distort it.’

Still, he was anxious, so the first one to come forward would definitely be a fairy familiar with the continent’s culture.
It was a precaution against the possibility that humans would try to eat them. As was always the case with the first meeting between two groups that did not trust each other, it was the same now.
However, Chrys had no intention of deceiving from the beginning.
You had to use the same language to a swindler, but on the contrary, you could approach those who used truth as a weapon with the same truth.
Chrys had no intention of tolerating any interference in this ‘deal’ from the beginning.
He would only deal with everything with sincerity.
And that was enough.
The fairy who came forward smiled in satisfaction. Of course, it was just a slight emotional change that Chrys could not recognize.

“That sounds good, but I think we need to check with Emily, who taught me that Emily was my first lover and she was the receptionist at the Information Guild.”

Chryss just ignored the useless chatter and welcomed the fairies.
There was still a lot of administrative work and other necessary things to do, but nothing bothered him.
After that, the tree giants moved in a line. Everyone was surprised because a large boulder was moved, but no soldiers rushed in.
A few southern nobles asked for reinforcements several times because they were attacked by large monsters, so they just moved their troops out a few times to drink.
Of course, there was no fighting.

* * *

“One more time.”

Rem speaks up. It’s not Encred. Well, the situation has changed a little.
Rem asked to spar once every day or two.
Encred didn’t necessarily refuse. However, he didn’t just nod obediently.

“Hmm. Is that okay?”
“What do you mean okay?”
“I don’t have a hobby of bullying the weak.”
“Ha. Who is the weak, you lunatic?”

Rem fought with composure, pretending to be provoked. He showed enthusiasm and made flashy attacks, but he never made sloppy axe swings. That was the genius that Rem was.
After a few sense adjustments, Encred realized his position.
So, in terms of the established system, they were reaching the upper level knights, and he was intermediate.
However, the system he established was closer to a training method, not a standard for evaluating combat power.

‘Usuke.’

The unyielding Will showed overwhelming efficiency in one-on-one combat. Thanks to this, he was able to hang out with those who entered the concept of higher levels.

‘It’s also thanks to the wave-breaker sword that I swing with all my might.’

Here, by dividing the accidents, the power and sustain are balanced, making it a long-term, high-speed battle. This was Encred’s specialty right now.
Long-term battles are possible, but the time within them is dense. Each and every swing of the sword had a fierce momentum. Lebart and Jamal chose to buy time, but Encred used it differently.
If you look at it only on the surface, Encred did not buy time, but often pushed forward. Of course, Rem was not the only one who attacked.

“Come out, mad knight commander. I’ll fix your head.”

Ragnar also attacked, provoking Encred. Encred also accepted him.

“Yeah, if you don’t have talent, you should at least try hard.”

Encred enjoyed the moment to the fullest. And he felt the time he enjoyed dwindling and disappearing.
The regular soldiers and all available combat personnel were enthusiastic about Encred and the Mad Knights.
And then, Rem and others also showed their enthusiasm about Encred, but in fact, they had never been caught.
They were caught. They really fell behind Encred.
If you don’t enjoy this moment, you’re not human.

“I will definitely win!”
“Lord!”
“I will kill them all.”

That was why Rem, Audin, Ragnar, and Saxon all suddenly became crazy about training.

“Now you plan to kill all the knights in the world?”

Saxony also heard this from his lover:

“There’s someone I absolutely have to catch up with.”
“Exactly?”

The lover knows Saxony. He was not a man who used words like ‘must’ or ‘definitely’ lightly.

“Why does it have to be like that?”

So I asked more.
Saxon hadn’t really thought of a reason, but now that I think about it, the answer is clear.

“It’s disgusting.”
“Huh?”
“It’s disgusting that you’re acting so arrogant.”

I said this on the outside, but inside I thought a little differently.

‘I stayed here to help, but I can’t be a burden.’

So it was training. The results soon paid off.
It was ten days and four days after Encred returned to the Border Guard.
Audin, who had to meet someone, was waiting because someone was out for a while, and Encred was just training as usual.
There was no need to meet Eitri or talk to Estre separately.
Eitri tried to meet Encred after checking his condition, but when he handed him the weapons and items he had collected so far, he said he would meet later, and Estre said that he would live in the body of a leopard for the time being. Since Shinar
didn’t come either, he only saw Lord Graham once, so there wasn’t much to do other than training.
To be honest, it was really fun to enjoy defeating the unit members.

“It’s not enough. It’s not enough stimulation. You guys aren’t enough to stimulate me.”

Encred would often mutter something like this.
There was no one who did not respond to it.

“You met a cult member in the middle, so did you sell your soul to a demon?”

Rem said, pulling off the leaves on her head.
It was a day with a gentle breeze. Winter was almost over, and the goddess called Spring was approaching. It was also the time when Shinar, who had been discussing the spring breeze, came to mind.

“I can hear the whining of the weak.”

Meanwhile, Encred’s skills at mocking them had also increased significantly. When he lowered his sword and spoke as if reciting a poem, Rem’s expression changed. It was a sight that had been seen often in the past few days.

“You’re a failure today. Phew.”

Rem spat on the floor and gripped the axe again.
The atmosphere was such that he would risk half his life to fight right away.
Rem lowered his stance, half-bending his knees. He looked ready to charge straight in.
Encred saw Rem charging in with insight, so he raised his penna and prepared to cut diagonally.
He thought that today would not be much different from before.
If Rem did not wield the axe properly and use all of his magic, the result would not change.
At that moment, Rem’s body shrank. He did not really get smaller; he just made it look that way by increasing the distance for a moment.

‘Step back?’

Rem jumped back, but his speed was extraordinary. He was moving diagonally or backwards while looking at Encred, but he was just as fast as if he was running forward. His feet hit the ground without hesitation, stomping and kicking, leaving an afterimage. At the same time.

Boom, boom, booooooooweeeeeeing!

Rem floated a disc over his head. The bullet, which had been spinning around a few times, began spinning at high speed as it was tied to a leather bag. It was a sling.

“I’m not joking.”

Waaaaaah!

Rem said as she carried Will through the roar of the sling spinning and exploding.

“If you can’t stop it, you’ll die.”

hook.

The sling spat out a bullet. Boom! There was a sound of tearing air.
Between the sounds, Encred saw with insight a point that seemed to burst his head.
Even though he had stretched time with a high-speed accident, it was still a point, and it was also a point that boasted superior speed even in the stretched time.
It was a moment that felt several times more dangerous than when he had caught a flying dagger in the past.
Encred leaned back. The flying bullet grazed Encred’s forehead. A few strands of hair were cut off, and they were sucked into the air layer created by the bullet and mixed together and flew away. Then he had to roll to the side immediately.

pop!

A fountain of dirt spouted from where he had been. Rem’s next bullet had stuck in the ground.
It wasn’t a one-shot kill.

Waaaaa …

Before he knew it, Rem had launched two discs diagonally.
The left disc was almost vertical to the ground, while the right disc was almost horizontal to the ground.
The two circles each showed off their majesty at a distance of two finger spans.

“Die. You crazy person.”

Rem cried out in joy. Encred saw the sincerity in her words.