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Chapter 149
A Walking Fortress
"Th-that, Squad Leader! Something seems to be approaching!"
The gatekeepers immediately entering Level 1 alert stance.
Drawing their rifles, hiding their bodies behind cover.
Shortly after, the source of that vibration revealed itself from the dense forest.
It was a large boulder.
E_n̂ ũ m̊а
The boulder was moving.
Such a misunderstanding was brief; as it drew closer, they realized it wasn't a golem but armor.
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No, is it really armor?
Weight enough that vibrations flowed with every single step.
It was as if a golem from the underground was coming here.
Drawing closer.
Ёn̊u m̆ а
A body about 2 meters tall felt like a mountain.
As it drew closer, the squad leader opened his mouth to fulfill his duty.
"H-halt......."
A man who couldn't even properly get out the short word 'halt'.
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Once sufficiently close, he stopped on his own, setting his shield down in front.
Kwoong!
Е ñu ḿ а_
With a deep resonance, the man stopped moving.
The gatekeeper cautiously approached and asked him.
"Wh-who are you?"
Speech becoming polite on its own from feeling a threat to life.
At that, the armored man silently unfolded a crumpled piece of paper.
It was tattered beyond measure, but the seal stamped on that document belonged to Count Consillus.
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"As a knight who achieved merit in this monster subjugation battle, this proves an audience with Regent Ferda Valdrova...... huh?"
The gatekeepers looking at each other upon seeing that document.
"That can't be...... isn't something wrong?"
"The Armor Knight who was supposed to come already entered, didn't she?"
"Right, they said she'd arrive around morning, and she came in the morning......."
The guards making troubled faces since they couldn't not let him in when he had the certificate.
Е̇ n ũ mа
"P-pass through."
When the squad leader returned the certificate, the armored man lifted his shield and moved his feet.
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Unbearably heavy footsteps headed toward Hestia Village.
* * *
Meanwhile, Erica was pleased that the Armor Knight, Valdrova, had accepted her proposal.
'I thought it'd take more time to wrap up, never expected it to resolve like this.'
Е́ n úm̆_а̄
Erica clenched her fist to eliminate the trembling born of accomplishment, and expressed her gratitude to her.
"Ahem! Thank you very much. If the day comes when the Serdes Continent is saved, it will surely have been possible thanks to Sir Knight's assistance."
Riding the good atmosphere, Erica slyly asked again.
"Anonymity is guaranteed, so could you perhaps tell me a little about your identity?"
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Shake shake shake!
"Understood. Regrettable but...... can't be helped."
Ŵ ёb̃ nо̇ v̊ ël Е̌ ṅu m а̀
The characteristic of Iorga's Spawns: curiosity must absolutely be resolved.
Harboring a determination to someday verify her identity, she concluded the conversation for now.
Released the barrier magic.
"Then tomorrow, please stop by the Adventurer's Guild first instead of the Labor Union here. There's things to coordinate, and since I know you're not laboring simply for money, we'll need to match schedules."
Nod nod.
Wrapping up like that, Valdrova and Erica came outside.
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Hanson, whom they thought would be waiting at the door, was standing in front of the labor union lobby, flustered.
Because of the statue standing at the door.
Hanson was speaking while looking at that statue.
"Excuse me, this isn't the Adventurer's Guild, it's the Labor Union. This isn't a place for you to be, sir......."
No, that wasn't a statue.
It was a man clad in heavy armor to the extent that calling him a fortress wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Wе̃ b n̊ ǒ v̌ е̊l̊ Ѐ ńùm̈а́
Armor and shield rippled as if melted and hardened repeatedly, looking so heavy that taking a single step seemed difficult.
At the same time, the fact that he took a step proved he possessed strength strong enough that none could dare block him.
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At the sight that made one's breath catch just looking at it, Erica tilted her head slightly and asked Valdrova.
"An acquaintance?"
Shake shake.
If an acquaintance, only dragons—but there was no dragon who'd walk around in such armor.
Е n̂u m̂ á .і̌d
Even in human form, they'd be in their own appearance, not wrapped up tight like that.
The helmet of the knight standing still like a statue twitched.
Valdrova felt a gaze from beyond the helmet.
He was looking at her.
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"You......?"
A resonance breaking the deep silence.
En̂ũ m̀а̇
"A shameless thief stealing others' achievements."
That was the moment.
In the eyes of Valdrova, whose combat intuition surpassed anyone's, it showed clearly.
The precursor of his movement: he intended to strike her head with the club.
The thick, hard club moves.
"What are you......!"
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Erica tries to respond quickly.
Binding his arm with magic to stop the club.
Pachang!
No, she couldn't.
Erica's intent shatters along with the Chains of Binding she'd thrown.
"Wh-what......?!"
Е n̂ǔm а̂
Erica's magic was 5th Circle binding magic excellent enough to strongly restrain even an ogre, difficult to match in strength.
That man broke that magic.
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From the moment he wore that heavy armor, she'd gauged it, but even that felt like an underestimation.
That strength strikes toward Valdrova's head.
Kwoong!!
A shockwave bursts.
Wѐ b ṅо̀v̈е̃ l Е̃ n̆ŭ m а
"Kyaak!"
"Uwaak!"
People in the vicinity fell flat on their butts, and dust on the ceiling fell in clumps.
If that attack had hit squarely, she'd have been left without proper form.
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But that didn't happen.
His club didn't touch the floor, stopping above the Armor Knight's head.
Е̃n̂u̇ m̈а. ǐd̂
Just as he swung the club with one hand, the Armor Knight held the club's end with one hand.
"Hmm......."
The man letting out a breath.
"For a thief, you've got skill, is that it?"
Valdrova looked around while holding that club.
People had fallen, the building shook greatly.
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'The building...... almost collapsed.'
Emotion surges.
'The building I built.......'
Anger felt for the first time since the Godwin incident.
Just as that emotion was about to radiate from Valdrova's heart.
"What's the commotion in someone else's territory?"
Ẇ ёb ñо̇vĕĺ Е́nu̇ m̃а̂.
A young man's voice heard at that moment.
Weight hard to believe from a man not yet 20.
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Hearing that voice, Valdrova's emotion evaporated like steam.
The voice blocking between them belonged to someone Valdrova knew very well.
'Ferda-san......!'
Her incredibly cool fiancé.
Еňu̇m ă_..i ḋ
* * *
Before the incident,
Ferda received a report from Isabella.
-The Armor Knight has already entered inside, but there's news that another Armor Knight entered.
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Wondering what nonsense, he asked her back.
-One is the Armor Knight who originally worked here, and the one who came after is a man holding Count Consillus's certificate.
Е̇ṅum̂а̀ . і̇d̊
"Is that so?"
The one who came first is the known Armor Knight, and the one who entered later is undoubtedly Alberto, called the Walking Fortress.
If it had ended there, it would've been dismissed as a simple mistake.
And Isabella wouldn't have reported it specifically.
But what came next was the problem.
-That man was heading toward the Labor Union, not Valdrova Castle.
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"Does that guy want to labor too, like the Armor Knight?"
He wondered if that bastard was also a weird eccentric like the Armor Knight.
-That doesn't seem to be the case. It seems he might hold a grudge against the Armor Knight who came first.
"A grudge?"
-Speculation that people welcomed him thinking the Armor Knight coming today was naturally that laboring Armor Knight, and he held a grudge over that.
Isabella's words had merit.
Еnu mа. і d̆
The laboring mutant was that Armor Knight alone, and if he went to a completely unrelated place, her speculation fit.
-It seems an incident will break out, so I'm reporting in advance and thinking of departing for the scene.
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"I'll go too."
Two men of monstrous strength gather in one place.
Curious what might happen, Ferda decided to see with his own eyes.
And so at the arrived location, an astonishing thing was happening.
Eṅ u m a ..і̀ d̊
Kwoong!
A terrifying shockwave burst from the Labor Union.
Tables and chairs, even people, pushed back across the area.
'Amazing.'
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Ferda naturally thought the Armor Knight side would be pushed back.
The Armor Knight was a possessor of monstrous strength too, but considering Alberto's reputation, she'd be at the level of a chrysalis wrinkling before him.
Е̇ n u ḿ а̂. і̇ d
But the scene unfolding before his eyes was different.
The Armor Knight blocking the attack with one hand showed she was no pushover either.
Those two forces being equal, a shockwave occurred, and the building shook.
He inwardly wondered who would be stronger if they really fought.
But he couldn't let them.
This isn't a battlefield, it's Hestia Village.
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He couldn't watch the building collapse.
"What are you doing in someone else's territory?"
When Ferda appeared, the atmosphere turning vicious vanished.
Ferda stood between the two knights and looked toward Alberto.
Big from afar, even bigger up close.
Alberto handed the certificate to Ferda.
W̊ е̇b̄n̆ о v́ е̄ l̊ Е̄ṅ ŭ m̂ ӓ
"The certificate to come here wouldn't be a certificate to run wild, would it?"
"Just tried to catch a thief coveting another's property."
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Ferda was a little surprised seeing that.
'He can speak.'
Walking Fortress, Alberto.
Never having heard he speaks, he naturally assumed he was a bastard with his tongue cut out.
Ӗ ńu̇ m̆ӓ.
But that wasn't it.
Simply, he didn't speak because there was no need to.
That guy opens his mouth too, but the armor behind him still says nothing.
"Probably not that intention."
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Unavoidably, Ferda defended her instead.
"She made a Vow of Silence, and got swept up in the atmosphere without a chance to explain. The achievement theft was just people's misunderstanding. Isn't that right?"
Е̄ n umа . i d́
Ferda glanced at the Armor Knight.
She nodded quickly.
'Ferda-san.......'
Valdrova, unspeakably happy that he took her side even though it wasn't her original form.
Though she was bigger from wearing armor, that back looked incredibly broad and reliable.
'That lacking bastard wouldn't deliberately do such a thing?'
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Judging from how he was put forward at the Labor Union.
He probably stood there thinking he had to do something, not knowing anything.
Ferda just thought the Armor Knight was a guy with foolishly deep affection and honesty.
It was undoubtedly an incident started by misunderstanding rather than trying to steal credit.
"Hmm......."
Alberto letting out a breath.
Е n um̈ а̄
Seems contemplating, but the club still points at the enemy.
"Even the person themselves doesn't know a human's inner thoughts, so how would you know?"
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"That part, I agree."
Because a consistent heart is difficult, it becomes an object of admiration.
A person's heart flips as easily as a palm.
"Still, since you've declared with your own mouth that it's a misunderstanding before everyone, how about we end the part where you recklessly wielded force and put us in a difficult spot?"
Ӗ nům а̌ . іd́
Ferda spoke seriously.
This is Valdrova's territory, and he couldn't tolerate the territory being threatened.
If he intended to cross the line further, Ferda proposed to him with the intent to fight for real.
"Understood."
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Alberto withdrew obediently.
He didn't come to cause trouble in the first place, and his goal was Ferda.
W̌ ē bnо̊v_е̃ l̈ Ё n.ů mа
Fortunately, he wasn't pointlessly belligerent.
"Follow me."
The incident was settled for now as Ferda went with him.
Alberto slung the club over his shoulder.
Five finger marks were imprinted on the end of that club.
* * *
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Ferda proceeded with the talk at City Hall, the largest building in Hestia Village.
Since many people might need to gather for village matters, there was a reception room too, so they talked there.
The reason for not going to the castle was simple.
'Because of Ruri.'
Knights must bathe when entering inside—that's the rule.
For that, they must strip, but Alberto doesn't remove his armor.
Ẇе̂ b̀ n̄ оv̌ е̇l̆ Ѐn ŭ mà
Even without particularly bad odor, it was impossible for her, who held a grudge against knights, to show flexibility to Alberto.
So he conducted the talk at City Hall from the start.
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Alberto didn't seem to mind either.
"So what reward do you want?"
Ferda asked him for now, as written on the certificate.
"Don't need it."
Ĕn̆ um ă .іd
As expected.
He came to see Ferda, not led by simple material desire.
"Then what's the purpose of your visit?"
"Do you know about the white demons?"
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The characteristic of demons is black skin.
But among them, strangely, there was one with white skin.
W е́ b̀n о̃v̄е̂ l̃ Е̊ nů m а̇
Gokma was such a bastard.
"I know."
"I met that bastard."
Not surprising.
For a wandering knight who executes everything disturbing the world, demons would be priority one.
In that process, they'd naturally meet.
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'Is he trying to cooperate here to eliminate that?'
If so, it was a good story for Ferda.
"He told me."
"What did he say?"
"That he discovered material for a new Demon King."
Demon King.
Wе̌.ḃ.n̄о v̂ е̄ l̆ Е n ùmӓ
Black Dragon Godwin is the root cause of everything, but the Demon King absolutely cannot be underestimated either.
The 12 Heroes struggled to kill him, and ultimately a hero perished in mutual destruction.
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If he said that, he'd just need to leave to find that Demon King bastard.
But the reason he came here specifically, Ferda could easily deduce too.
"Is that me?"
"Correct."
Ē_nu m а̂
"And you believe that demon's words?"
Asking indirectly if he's an idiot.
"No, I don't believe."
Not an idiot.
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"But there was no reason to ignore those words either."
Yet not rash enough to ignore a warning.
W̄ ӗ b̌ nо̀vе.l Еňum̆ а̌.
Ferda threw his body against the backrest.
"If you verify me and I really am a figure worthy of becoming Demon King?"
"Everything is for the Serdes Continent."
Meaning he'll kill me.
"What is a Demon King?"
"An idiot who wants to turn this continent into void."
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"Can I become such an idiot?"
"Anyone can become such an idiot. Making void through loss, filling void with twisted emotion. That is the Demon King."
Ferda understood those words.
After his mother died, all affection disappeared, and in the end he was even expelled.
Just like his distant future self before returning to this time.
That self was no different from a Demon King.
Е n ům̀a.і̌d̊
"Then I'll ask. Are you certain you won't become a Demon King?"
Ferda thought about those words.
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For Valdrova, he'd do anything.
"No."
So he didn't believe.
That heart of being able to do anything would corrupt and eventually distort even the original intent.
Е́ nu̇ ma
Humans are like that, and Ferda is human too.
"Then let me make you one proposal."
Ferda held out his hand to him.
"There's a territory abandoned not far from here."
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The territory of executed Thesalos Walcher.
The time has finally come for that territory to find its true owner.
Е n̆.üm а̃
"How about monitoring me from there?"
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