The Death of the Black Knight
Author: Green Knight Laines
Under the blood-red night sky, a Knight in full black armor walked among the ruins. A tall warhorse followed closely behind the Knight like a guard. Faint black smoke could be seen spreading out from the gaps between the horse and the armor.
The surroundings were dead silent. The cries and cries for help that were still echoing in the surroundings could no longer be heard. Only the occasional crackling sound from the houses that had yet to burn down could be heard.
"Laughable humans, do you think you can stop the Dark Knight's assault by lighting a fire? It's not like we're the cannon fodder army led by that bastard Gulob! " The Knight stopped and looked at the results of his battle with satisfaction. Among the corpses, there were men with swords and armor, women with plows, and even old people and children. However, all of the corpses had one thing in common — there was only one wound. "As expected of the Black Knight personally selected and trained by myself and Commander Taze. He's also been selected through a dozen battles. It's a bit of a waste to use Poison Fang in this place!"
"Is it Likulud?" The Knight did not turn around when footsteps sounded behind him. His voice was hoarse and deep.
"Yes, General Laines," A Black Knight with a blood-red rose embroidered on his shoulder armor walked out of the darkness and answered after standing at attention.
"How's the battle?"
"This time, Poison Fang has 30 people participating in the battle. They killed 324 enemies, 37 of which were combatants. Our side suffered zero losses."
"Very good. What about Luxembourg?"
"There are no signs of troops for now."
"Then have the squad in charge of the ambush retreat. As expected of the Valkyrie, you can really keep your composure."
"What about that matter?"
"According to the general's orders, a few from the west and north were released. But general, why did you leave them alive? If Lord Intaron finds out, he will punish you again."
"He won't."
"But …"
"Oh Likulud, what is our goal?" The deep voice revealed a sense of majesty at this moment. Likulud knew that the vice commander was a little angry.
"Take down Luxembourg and cut off Brando's supplies!" In order to offset the pressure he felt, Likulud walked up to the vice commander and said excitedly.
"As long as you understand." After hearing a satisfactory answer, Ryan continued, "Now, the remaining troops of Luxembourg are maintained by the personal prestige of the Valkyrie. As long as she continues to ignore our actions, the humans will lose faith in the glory of the Valkyrie, and it will be easy to take down Luxembourg. "
"But there's no need to intentionally leave them alive. If this continues, our Poison Fang's record and evaluation …" Likulud was still a little confused.
"Battle record and evaluation?" Ryan swept his gaze over the corpses around him. "If annihilating a village with no combat power is considered a battle record, then it's fine if I don't take it. As for the evaluation, as long as we take Luxembourg before the next full moon, what would the other generals say? "
"So fast?" Likulud said with some surprise.
"Is it because someone will help us to poison the Luxembourg?"
"Poison? How is that possible? Besides, isn't poison the one you hate the most, General? "
"The vicious poison known as' panic 'and' rumors'." Ryan looked at the blood moon in the sky and continued, "The intelligence brought by the scouts is often controlled by the higher-ups and can't be well known to the soldiers at the bottom. The narration of the fugitives is easier to spread among the soldiers at the bottom, and it will spread panic and rumors. Once the soldiers of Luxembourg lose their morale and their confidence in the Valkyrie … "
"Morale, humans are amazing. As expected of the vice commander …" Likulud was a little excited at first, but he immediately realized his slip of the tongue.
"Don't worry, Likulud." Ryan's tone was as calm as ever.
Before the title of 'Poison Fang', he was always called a 'defective'. Thinking of this, Ryan laughed self-deprecatingly.
Unlike the other Dark Knights who were completely baptized by the power of darkness and only retained their knowledge and memories, but forgot the other memories of when they were born as a human. After becoming the favorite of the Dragon of Disaster, Ryan still retained some memories of his time as a human, but these memories were still very vague and had no connection with each other.
Perhaps it was the mercy of the Dragon of Disaster, or some higher-ups who were interested in Ryan as a defective product, but he was not disposed of at that time. Instead, he was incorporated into the army of Taze, who was in the same batch as him. He started as a low-level soldier and became part of the great wave of expansion in Madara.
In one battle after another, Ryan was lucky enough to survive. He relied on his own strength to gradually accumulate military achievements, and then he was promoted. Finally, he was recognized by the higher-ups as a Dark Knight and became the vice commander of the 'Night Rattlesnakes'. His identity as a defective product was gradually forgotten. However, there were always some who were not convinced by Ryan's identity as a 'defective product' and provoked him. He also restored these challengers to the original power of darkness in public and private duels.
"When did I start to be called 'Poison Fang'?" Just as Ryan was deep in thought, suddenly countless images and information entered his mind. "Damn it, it's coming again!" Although he was used to the sudden dizziness, he still felt very uncomfortable. Unlike usual, the images were very coherent and the information was very clear.
The pungent smell of rotting flesh and blood woke Ryan who was on the verge of death. Just as he was trying to understand what had happened …
"Lord Gulob, there are two human knights who are still alive!" A hollow voice sounded in his ears.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft. Hmm, not bad, not bad. This one is not bad. Pfft, he has the potential to become a Dark Knight. Hermione, looks like I'll have to reward you when we get back. Where's the other one? Lead the way! "Another piercing voice sounded in the distance.
"Over here, Lord Gulob," the hollow voice said.
"Hmm, this one is not bad either. Bastard, isn't this person dying? "Another piercing voice suddenly yelled.
"Huh? I'm still alive? Am I dying? " Ryan was finally able to sort out the information he had received. "Ugh, my whole body hurts. Where am I? Who am I? Alive? What have I been through? … …. Ah, my head hurts! "
"I'm very sorry, Lord Gulob. This person has suffered too many injuries. The most serious wound is on his chest. If I didn't see this person's flame of life flickering, I would have converted him. Do you want to kill him? "
"Kill? Ah, hurry up and kill me. If I die, I won't feel the piercing pain all over my body, right? "
"No, no, no. Don't kill him first. How can we let such an interesting thing go? "The piercing voice hurriedly said." Hermione, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and prepare the Dark Ritual. The most advanced kind. I want to turn this person into a Dark Knight! "
"But this person's body can't possibly withstand the baptism of the Dark Force. Why don't we convert him into an Undead Knight?"
"I don't need your opinion. You just need to hurry up and prepare! If it succeeds, how will things develop in the future? Pfft, I'm looking forward to it … "
With this last laugh, Ryan's consciousness gradually faded away.
"Damn it, so it's that bastard who likes to play with bones and souls! See if I don't chop him into ashes the next time I see him! "Ryan, who had finally recovered from his memories, couldn't help but curse. "Also, what about before that? Who was I before that? Who was that figure that kept appearing in my consciousness? Damn it, I don't have enough information. "
"General, what's wrong?" Seeing his vice commander suddenly become agitated and even start cursing, Likolud couldn't help but ask. This was the first time he had seen his vice commander curse since he joined Poison Fang. In the past, whenever the vice commander encountered a problem, he would either argue with reason or speak with his sword. He had never cursed like this before.
"It's nothing. I just remembered that the quality of the soldiers Gulob provided to our corps was too low. Go gather your men and prepare to go to the next place. " This sentence made Likolud completely dumbfounded. When was the last time Gulob provided soldiers? Five years ago? But since the order had been given, it had to be carried out. In Night Rattlesnake, disobeying military orders was no joke.
After his subordinates left, Ryan calmed down his chaotic emotions and prepared to leave. However, he heard a faint cry. At first, he thought that he had misheard, but when he sensed the direction of the cry, he could feel a faint flame of life.
"Is it a living human? But it's impossible for my subordinates to make such a mistake. " Ryan thought as he probed in the direction of the flame of life. Sure enough, he found a baby wrapped in cloth under a woman's corpse. Perhaps this woman wanted to protect her child before she died.
"A human baby? No wonder my subordinates didn't discover it. The flame of life emitted by this life is too weak. "Ryan muttered as he drew the sword at his waist.
He raised his sword. The blood-red longsword seemed to have sucked blood, emitting a demonic glow under the half-moon sky.
He stabbed downwards. The tip of the sword should have pierced through the baby's neck, but it stopped in front of the skin that was slightly pale due to the cold!
"What am I hesitating for?" Ryan looked at his hands in surprise. "It's just a weak flame of life."
"Even a stronger flame of life can be easily extinguished by me? But now I can't do it? "Ryan kept asking himself.
"Stop joking! I'm Poison Fang of Rattlesnake! "With this loud roar, Ryan raised the longsword in his hand again. This time, he swung it downwards.
"Damn it!" Seeing his sword cut into the ground next to the baby, he cursed loudly again!
"Isn't it just because I saw some of my past as a human? Why can't I kill a human? " Ryan repeated the process of raising his sword and swinging it down, but every strike missed the baby by a hair's breadth.
"Heh … Heh … Heh … Heh …" "Heh …" Perhaps it was because the baby saw a fun toy dangling beside it, but it actually stopped crying and laughed.
"Even you are laughing at me? That's right, Ryan Javier who is known as Poison Fang can't even kill a baby! "Ryan put away his sword helplessly. He was about to turn around and ride his horse to leave.
"It's not like it's going to be eaten by wild dogs, or it's going to die from the cold or starvation." He turned around and looked at the weak life on the ground again.
"Forget it." He suddenly took the spear from the saddle and stabbed it into the ground. Then, he lifted it up. The cloth bag that wrapped the baby drew a beautiful arc in the air and landed firmly in the hands of the Knight on the horse.
"If Gulob sees this …?" Ryan didn't dare to continue thinking about it. He took a piece of cloth from the cloak behind him and tied the baby in his arms.
"Little guy, I'll let you go this time. I'll send you to the humans and you'll become a Knight in the future. Then, I'll use these two hands of mine to tear your head off." As if he had made up his mind, Ryan tightened his grip on the reins.
"Let's go, old friend. Let's go to Luxembourg!" Ryan jumped off his horse and galloped towards Luxembourg.
The sky in the east was already turning bright. Looking into the distance, one could already see Luxembourg Fortress sitting cross-legged on the banks of the Rhine River like a giant beast. Ryan used his free hand to reach into his arms. The baby seemed to be sleeping soundly. He could feel the baby's weak body temperature through the cold handguard.
"This is really not like me." Just as Ryan was mocking himself, a crisp female voice rang in his ears. "No, this is you, Ryan."
"Who is it?" Although Ryan's mind was disturbed by the incident just now, as a high-grade Dark Knight, he would definitely not let anyone get close without him noticing.
"Hehe, Ryan, have you forgotten about me? I'm very sad. But it's no wonder. After all, it's been forty years! Hey, Ryan, do you still remember the promise we made back then? "Just as Ryan was searching around, the voice rang in his ears again.
"Promise? What are you talking about? "
"Ah, so you've forgotten about that as well. Then come, Ryan. Open your heart. Antti will help you remember."
"Antti... Antti... Antti? Ahh … " Just as Ryan was thinking about this strange yet familiar name, an even more intense pain than before spread from his heart to his entire body. His consciousness started to blur. Black gas could be seen seeping out from the armor and disappearing into the air.
.....
[Ryan, I heard that you've joined the guards. Congratulations!]
[Thank you, Antti. This is one step closer to reviving the Javier Family! The next step is to build a foundation. I heard that Madara …]
[Javier … Family?]
[What's wrong? Antti.]
[No, it's nothing. Oh yeah, come to my house for dinner today …]
.....
[Ryan, what's wrong? Why did Uncle Marden ask everyone to gather?]
[Don't panic. It's just that Madara is invading the borders as usual. Let's just stay in Fortress Riedon for a few days.]
[But … I can't calm down. I just can't calm down.]
[It's alright, Antti. Trust Uncle Marden's judgment. Also, trust me. The Bucce Guards will protect everyone!]
.....
[Ryan, why? Didn't you say that it's alright? Why did everyone die? The bearded uncle next door, the auntie in the bakery, and, and, and why!]
【。。。。。】
.....
[I'm sorry, Ryan. I was too agitated just now.]
[Antti, I'm going to patrol with Taze later. This is for you.]
[Ah, isn't this the Javier Family's short sword? Why did you suddenly give this to me?]
.....
"Ha, haha, hahaha. So that's how it is. "As the intense pain slowly subsided, the memories were cut off. "What have I done all these years? I wanted to become a Knight. I swore to protect everyone. Damn it. "
"At least, this kid …" Ryan who had made up his mind got off the horse and patted its neck. "Let's go, old man! From now on, I'll walk on my own. " The horse that had always obeyed him suddenly disobeyed his master's order and stood there motionlessly. Left with no choice, Ryan could only use his power of darkness to force his old partner to leave.
"Next, it's my turn." Ryan turned and walked towards Luxembourg as he watched the warhorse leave.
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