How to Live as a Tyrant’s Spoiled Brat Chapter 109

How to live as a tyrant's spoiled brat Episode 109

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A knight is not a swordsman.

Unlike swordsmen, they wear thick armor that covers their entire body, are skilled with swords as well as spears and bows, and ride wyverns and war horses.

They were all human weapons worthy of being called one-man-against-a-thousand-strong, and they received the treatment they deserved for their skills.

The monarch had to feed his knights 'very well', clothe them 'very well', and house them 'very well', and pay them extremely high salaries that were incomparable to those of ordinary civil servants.

Jaylilith was spending enough gold each year to buy a large city to maintain his four knightly orders of 200 men.

So it was natural that the monarchs, including the emperors of the past empires, tried to keep their knights from dying one by one.

Since the research on enchantments began to add strength-enhancing magic circles, elasticity-enhancing magic circles, heat-resistant, discharge-resistant, and fire-resistant magic circles to armor one by one, the possibility of a being other than a knight killing a knight has become increasingly low.

Ultimately, the number one cause of death for knights was drowning.

It's something that happens when you're fighting near a river or in a sea battle and you fall in and sink in an instant.

The thick armor that had normally protected them now became a prison that imprisoned them.

… … That’s what Tentia thought as she stood in the cold water.

He couldn't freeze to death thanks to the homeostasis magic circle engraved on his armor, but the cold of the water seeping through the gaps in his armor was clearly felt.

She opened her red eyes and looked up at the water.

The moonlight and Valencian's flames shattered and shimmered in the distance.

Brrrrrrrrrr-.

The sound of bubbles could be heard from far away.

“Got it!”

The boat capsized and his men died, but the leader of the bandits smiled brightly.

The officers nearby and the captains on other ships also breathed a sigh of relief.

If we could capture the knight who could blow people away like reeds with one ship and fifty men, it would be a huge deal.

There was no fool who asked things like, "Why on earth did the ship break?"

That was an unwise thing to do.

The shouts above the water were not heard by the knights below.

Tentia was of the superhuman level in both lung capacity and stamina, and could hold her breath for over 30 minutes, but the lake was so deep that the bottom could not be seen.

If I sank any deeper, I might slowly choke to death.

She smiled as she remembered her father and mother.

I don't know if they were good parents, but they were both good knights, good husbands, and good wives.

Now that I think about it, it's been a long time since I wrote a letter.

If I ever get a long vacation, if I ever go back to my hometown, I'll have to tell you a long story.

Didn't you say that true desire is what comes to mind when faced with a crisis?

It occurred to me that I had not yet been able to rehabilitate my hopeless Grand Duke Valencianus, that I had not yet taught him the virtues of chivalry.

No matter how urgent it was, kidnapping a saint was not an idea that would come to the mind of a normal person.

'I guess I'll have to tell you again when I get up there.'

Tentia had no intention of just sinking like this.

They didn't know it, but the people who were now sighing in relief and laughing in joy were making a grave mistake.

Emperors, kings, nobles, and wizards had no intention of leaving the situation as it was, with drowning being the number one cause of death for knights.

Given a huge budget and a short time, the wizards worked through the night to find the answer.

Tentia felt the magic circle clearly engraved on the bottom of her breastplate and sent out mana.

Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk!

A layer of ice formed on the outside of the armor, rapidly increasing in size.

In an instant, Tentia's body was surrounded by a small block of ice.

Her body, which had been sinking down and down, began to rise again.

After conducting various researches on everything from water manipulation using wind magic to propulsion using fire magic, the wizards concluded that the most efficient method was to use the basic knowledge that ice is lighter than water.

Oh my god!

A large chunk of ice rose up, cutting through the water.

"what?"

“Isn’t it the season for ice?”

"no way?"

The soldiers rolled their eyes in shock.

A normal person would have been trapped and suffocated to death, but the knight could hold his breath for about 20 minutes and could shatter ice and other things like it was sugar sculpture.

Clang, and then bang!

Tentia jumped up, kicking away the ice shards, and climbed onto another ship.

“If you surrender, I won’t kill you.”

* * *

Tentia sank dozens more of the pirates' ships, boarded the fleeing leader's ship, and captured him alive.

“I am a captain who has obtained permission from the Baron of this place to engage in privateering activities. If you execute me without permission, you are disrespecting the Baron’s authority!”

The boss took out his license and flicked his tongue as best he could.

“You have not suffered any damage, have you? Your Highness the Grand Duke and the knights must guarantee the autonomy of the lords according to the law.”

Valencian looked at the leader with eyes that seemed to be looking at a cheeky yet cute creature.

It was a very good sophistry.

“Your Highness the Archduke Severic. How about we clear out all the surrounding baronies and make them your governorships?”

“I hate to tell you, but wouldn’t the imperial family be on guard?”

“We are already working on a canal project connecting to the north, so this should be no problem. His Majesty the Emperor also said that he would organize the area around this lake.”

It was a crazy thing to say, but if it was Hwang Hyung who said it, it would be a different story.

Only then did the boss realize that he had touched beings he should not dare to step on.

Who would be leading a convoy of that size north at this time?

'… … Northern Grand Duke Septentrios. He is ruined.'

While the leader was inwardly accepting death, Valencianus laughed.

“You. Can you pay the ransom?”

People become most desperate when they have hope.

The chieftain nodded madly and took all the chests full of silver coins from his captured ship.

“From now on, look at the place you are going to lie down and stretch your legs.”

Valencianus did indeed release him, and Lercena looked at him with open displeasure.

“How can someone as old as Hwang Hyung-sik be so blinded by a few silver coins that he makes a deal with a criminal?”

Severic and Tentia didn't look too pleased with the look either.

It could have been taken as a serious insult, as Valencian had let those who had attempted to plunder Severic's grain go free.

But the great sophist answered without any hesitation.

“There were quite a few who escaped.”

“It was like that?”

“If you have a privateer’s permit, you also have obligations to the lord who issued it. You cannot kill prisoners at will, and you cannot collect more than a certain amount of ransom. You cannot raid ports, harbors, or riverside villages.”

“So you’re saying you saved the leader’s life?”

“A privateer’s permit is issued to a person, not a group of people. They’ve been under that boss all this time, so they’ll probably keep what I just said. What if that guy disappears?”

Lucena nodded with a look of dissatisfaction.

“They will scatter in all directions and pillage the riverside villages.”

“Yes. You know that very well. If we were to go on a punitive expedition and pursue him to the end and wipe him out, then that would be the right thing to do. But if not, killing him will only make things worse.”

Of course, Valencian added politely, as he continued to talk.

“If I said that with the intention of getting a fair price from the scoundrel who dared to steal His Royal Highness Severic’s grain, then I was greatly offended. Revenge is the honorable right of knights and nobles.”

Lucena squinted her eyes behind her single-lens glasses.

Severic nodded slightly, and Lucena clicked her tongue and took a step back.

After hearing the story of the riverside villagers, there was no reason for Severic to demand blood money.

Tentia took off her helmet and scattered her thoughts underwater.

Her wet, short-cut red hair hung limply.

“Your words just now were not very chivalrous. Especially now, when I see you smiling brightly while looking at the silver coins.”

Valencian shrugged and answered.

“Is that so?”

He handed Tentia a well-dried towel, and Tentia bowed her head in thanks before easily drying her short hair with a few rubs.

“Yes. But he was a great man and a great prince.”

A person of that caliber could not risk his life and his pride to pursue a knight like that.

Rather, it was more honorable to bend one's pride for the sake of the people.

Tentia continued speaking, her red eyes narrowed.

“It would have been even worse if I hadn’t received the money.”

Valencian answered in a gentle voice.

“That can’t be.”

“Why are you here?”

“If you do that, you’ll look like a prince or a grand duke.”

Tentia said in a voice that was a mixture of laughter and sigh.

“You are amazing.”

Valencian called Rudy and asked as they headed to the rear deck.

“But why did the boat capsize earlier? There’s no way something like a hydra or a crocodile would pass by in this weather.”

“I don’t know. I think I saw a shadow that looked like a big fish, or maybe a horse’s head… … .”

Unusually, Tentia's tail was blurred.

Valencianus was one of those who thought that it was not her who was seeing things in confusion, but that the image was disturbed by the energy of the old things, or that a monster that really looked like that had appeared.

As far as he knew, there was only one being that had the head of a horse and the body of a fish.

He immediately ran to Severic and said:

“Archduke Severic. It seems that an evil spirit has attached itself to the captain’s ship.”

The Northern Duke came straight out onto the deck with an unusually distorted expression on his face.

The North, due to the harsh cold, had relatively few common demons, but was a place where various strange things could be found.

Since they are spirits, they cannot be dealt with in the same way as normal demons, so there were many times when they were a headache.

“Do you think you know what it is?”

“From what I’ve heard, it sounds like a kelpie.”

Severic frowned and drew his sword again.

Kelpie, a spirit monster that usually has the head of a horse and a pair of forelegs, and takes the shape of a fish from the waist down.

The reason why it was classified as an evil spirit and targeted for subjugation even though it did not have a particularly scary appearance is.

“I didn’t know that cannibalistic spirit was here. I wish you would come up here soon.”

This is because they disguise themselves as horses, carry children, drag them into the water, and then eat them.

Tentia put her helmet back on and deliberately leaned toward the railing.

She didn't think it was a coincidence that the boat she was standing on capsized.

'If I am being targeted, I cannot put Your Majesty in danger as well.'

Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling.

As if noticing the thought, bubbles rose from under the railing.

Choaaaak!

A huge monster with a horse's head charged forward, stretching its long body.

* * *

If I am being targeted, I cannot put Your Majesty in danger as well.

It wasn't the same sound, sacrificing this one body.

'Let's kill him quickly.'

A wolfish smile appeared on Tentia's lips.

The kelpie that emerged with the water spray had, as rumored, the upper body of a giant horse.

However, it wasn't a real horse, but rather a horse-shaped thing made out of a translucent, hard, black slime-like substance.

The mane grew long like aquatic plants or hair, giving it a much more gloomy atmosphere.

There were not two pairs of hooved legs, but dozens, and it seemed as if hands were sticking out through the gap in the door, screaming.

“Heee …

The kelpie howled, sounding like something straight out of a nightmare, and slammed its barbed hooves down.

“Haaaaaahhhhhh!”

Tentia roared from deep within her body and raised her sword with a blazing red mana blade.

The sword that came up through the legs, waist, and shoulders shined brilliantly.

bang!

Tentia's sword slashed through Kelpie's legs, cutting off three of his legs and cutting off half of his fourth hoof.

The kelpie howled again, thrusting its huge maw wide open.

Seo-eok!

“I have never seen such an ugly kelpie as you before. Why have you never come before me? If you were in the North, I would have killed you long ago.”

Northern Duke Severic swung his frost-clad sword, piercing through the lower jaw and into the roof of the mouth.

Frost spread like flowers, slowly freezing the kelpie's mouth.

The kelpie twisted its body, striking its huge hooves violently.

The deck made of thick planks was torn and cracked, but Tentia withstood it with her armor, and Severic with his iron-like body.

Severic shouted, grabbing the kelpie's lower jaw with his left hand and pulling it.

Even the spirits could not escape the Sword Master's grasp.

“Archduke Valen! Neck!”

Valencian looked up at the kelpie's neck.

"world!"

A neck as thick as a human torso was growing longer like a snake.