The Knight King Who Returned with Gods : Chapter 54
Translators: Nyx and Ririi Rain
Episode 54 Jeju Island Gate
Jeju Island Gate.
After a red gate, which boasted the highest level of
difficulty with only one exception, opened in Jeju City, the residents
evacuated en masse.
If it had been a yellow or scarlet gate, some people would
have held on anyway, hoping that it would be cleared. But this time it was a
red gate.
If a dungeon break occurs, an entire city can be blown
away in an instant.
"You're not going to intentionally not clear it this
time, are you?"
Hwang Gum-cheol was referring to the dungeon break
attempt at the Honam Plains Gate as a gesture of protest.
Lee Yong-wan nonchalantly retorted that it wasn't a big
deal.
"If the gate's tax-free privileges are granted,
won't you benefit as well, dear junior? I'm the one who's going to be seen
carrying the gun in everyone's eyes, so why are you whining so much?”
"Well, I'm trying to earn money as honestly as
possible."
Recently, the Korean hunter community had been buzzing
about the tax-free privileges.
The first-of-its-kind tax exemption bill, which would
exempt up to 1 trillion won in gate loot sales, was strongly pushed by the Top
Ten Guilds.
"This is a matter also being pushed by the
Cheongseong, Mujin, and Shark Guilds, which are Top 10 Guilds like our Phoenix
guild. It’s just a matter of time.”
Phoenix, Cheongseong, Mujin, and Shark. Bash the
lawmakers with some foreign migration threat and they'll scare the shit out of
them and pass the law. They probably would have, but..........
'The
Association is coming out strangely strong now.'
The problem was the attitude of the Association's
Chairman, Oh Kang-hyuk. As South Korea's first-generation S-class hunter, he
was like a symbol of national defense.
He may be old, but his influence was greater than one
might think, and he was able to convince the frightened Defense Minister and
the government.
"Is Lionheart really that crazy?"
"Oh, yes, he is certainly a crazy man."
Yong-wan asked Hwang Gum-cheol, who had seen him fight.
"What's your assessment of him?"
"Well, he's a rather unhinged fellow. Pious,
chivalrous, and a little inefficient."
Hwang Gum-cheol remembered his time at the Cheongju Gate
with the Yakt Spinner.
The absurdity of challenging it to a duel on horseback
against a heavily armored multi-armored machine. But──
"That power is real. At least stronger than me or
you. Most S-class people are no match for that guy.”
"......."
'Even
that's not quite accurate.'
Even though he was the one who had destroyed the Yakt
Spinner, Gum-cheol somehow felt that he was not at full strength.
'Considering his power of faith, perhaps even his current
strength is not his true power.......'
Thinking about it made him feel terrified. Was it okay
for humans to be so strong?
'Should I seriously consider My Sister's suggestion?'
Hwang Gum-cheol entered the gate while remembering the
proposal of his younger sister.
Jeju City Gate. Upon entering the red gate, the combined
raiding party from the Phoenix Guild and the Golden Lion Guild, who were in a
battle stance were greeted by──
"Oooh, whoahhhhhhhhhhhh......."
The 'red stones' that made anyone marvel.
The most common ore found in the Gate and the resource
that supports modern civilization.
"What's with the amount of magic stones?"
"In a field gate, not a dungeon gate?
This......."
What is a magic stone? This was a new mineral found in
the monster's body as you cleared the gate.
It doesn't just come from monster corpses.
There were also humans and other races called NPCs in the
gates, and they also left behind their own magic stones when they died.
Only certain races and demons at the gate don't leave
them.
It was also a job to mine them from corpses, which was
why D-class mining teams were hired to do corpse farming.......
'Isn't this supposed to be a gate where you don't need a
mining team at all?'
'We can't even go outside the gate and call the on-call
mining team.'
'How can it be that there are so many magic stones all
over the ground like this.......?'
Lee Yong-wan and Hwang Gum-cheol looked at each other and
shared a greedy smile.
""Golden Gate.""
Golden Gate. It was more of a metaphor than an official
name. It meant a gate that poured out gold.
It occasionally appeared. A gate of epic magnitude, but
also a quest of epic magnitude.
To be more precise, it was a gate where monsters were
spawned endlessly, pouring out endless amounts of magic stones.
"Check the quest!"
Lee Yong-wan quickly opened the message window. The
Golden Gate would have a quest that would release an enormous amount of magic
stones. That meant that there were 'resources' of that size inside the gate.
And inevitably, for it to be of this scale...
[Quest: Save the Massacred]
Conditions: Defeat the field boss, 'Majestic Geobrick'.
War.
This gate was a war gate.
And──
"Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! Help me!"
"Please! Please, don't kill me!"
Not too far from the entrance of the gate. A certain
tribe was being attacked there.
* * * *
The tribe being attacked was being slaughtered by knights
and soldiers on horseback.
"Kill, kill──"
"Die, bastards!"
The armored soldiers mercilessly slaughtered the
unresisting tribesmen.
"......What the hell, is this..."
All sorts of events and ugly scenes had happened at the
gate, but this kind of one-sided slaughter was unheard of.
"Hey, since it's a quest to save civilians,
shouldn't we try to rescue them over there?"
"I guess so?"
The joint raiding party immediately entered combat
formation. Though they don't know much, they were not shameless enough to turn
a blind eye to the massacre.
And they have to save them now, if only for the sake of
completing the quest.
"Stop!"
It was then. As they rushed to save the civilians from being
massacred, the dozens of knights and soldiers who had been slaughtering them
moved and quickly formed a defense using their shields and stopped the attack
of the hunters.
"By the looks of their attires, they're not like
those scums. Must be mercenaries."
"S, so what?"
"So what?"
The knight glared at the hunter in the forefront.
"You mere mercenary ruffians are speaking in the
presence of a knight. I am Dallion Emchain, the second son of Viscount Emchain,
Knight of the Kingdom (Royal Knight), Knight of Pilgrimage (Knight Errant) of
Viscount Emchain! Be respectful!"
"......Long."
"So much for being a knight. You've been a tightwad
since the beginning."
Dallion's strange declaration didn't deter the allied
raiders. They had 100 B-class Hunters and 50 A-classes. This was not a force to
be intimidated by a mere knight and his horde.
Rather, it was Dallion and his soldiers who should back
down.
"How dare they point their swords at a knight! I may
not be a true holy knight, but what disrespect!"
Dallion fumed. Then Hwang Yeon-ha shouted at him,
"Bastard, can't you see you're being outnumbered?
Why don't you stop the massacre now!"
"Massacre? What do you mean?"
"Uh...."
He sounded genuinely confused, so Hwang Yeon-ha was taken
aback. Could it be that they belonged to a different group from the
slaughterers who attacked that tribe?
"Ah~ You mean those bastards?"
Sir Knight Errant Dallion made an incredulous face.
"What massacre is it to kill them? They're not
people, they're beasts. It's not a massacre, it's just an execution."
""──?!!""
The inhabitants of the modern world gasped at the
horrifyingly cruel statement.
"Of course... that's the kind of character he
is."
Apparently, there was no room for negotiation. The
hunters were relieved that their opponent was unmistakably evil.
The battle broke out.
It was a battle of only about 50 knights and soldiers
against a raiding party of over 150 people.
"S- shit...!"
"Damn, these guys are strong!"
The knight's initial charge was powerful, but it was
handily blocked by the S-class tank, Hwang Gum-cheol. Hwang Gum-cheol was
surprised by the sheer power, but the battle soon turned in favor of the
hunters.
"Sir Dallion...! We must retreat! We must retreat and
call upon the Knight of the Kingdom for support!"
"That's absurd, Sergeant Zenma! Calling upon the
Knight of the Kingdom for nothing more than a bunch of mercenaries?!"
Dallion was mortified with shame and ready to die. His
whole body burned with fire, casting a strange kind of magic.
"Wha- what ia that, magic?"
"A knight that uses magic?"
"He's a magic swordsman! Prepare!"
But they were the elites of Korea's Top 10 Guilds.
The battle was won easily. But even so, Hwang Gum-cheol
and Lee Yong-wan's expressions were not bright.
'The random mobs at the beginning are at this level?'
'The knight is indeed a knight, but the soldiers are also
of a high level. Aren't they common soldiers? They seem to be able to compete
with B-class hunters, though?'
It wasn't just physical prowess. It was a mastery of
group warfare. The morale of the soldiers was unbreakable, even in the face of
disadvantage.
And then there was──
"Keep holding on!"
"Arianna watches over us!"
"Crazy religious bastards!"
Shouting the names of their gods, they defy death.
Their level was high, and their momentum was strong. It
was frightening.
-What the fuck are these guys?
-Fucking terrifying.
That was when the tired hunters froze.
"???"
"Wha..., t?"
The air was crushing. A pressure that felt like space was
being squeezed. The moment they realized it, something fell from the sky.
-Boom!
It was a giant armor. No, a knight in green dye-painted
armor.
All eyes turn to the green knight.
He wore green armor, had a shield covering half his body,
a huge one-handed hammer, and a searing gaze behind his helmet.
He compressed the air and overwhelmed his surroundings
with his mere presence.
"What, what the, did he just fall out of the
sky?"
A 'living saint' who radiated his own brilliance. One of
the highest-ranking knights in the Kingdom, honored by the Gods for his deeds
and praised by the people. He bellowed,
"It is not yet time, soldiers."
The soldiers cheered at the powerful feeling emanating
from his voice, stamping the ground and singing his name in glory,
"Geobrick...."
"Geobrick...!"
"The Majestic Geobrick!"
"Guardian of Gerhane!"
"Holy Grail Knight of Montreal!"
Holy Grail Knight. The Majestic Geobrick.
Praise him. Chant. Applaud.
A Holy Knight had arrived.
"What is that......."
The hunters were baffled by the sudden appearance of the
knight from the skies. How? But it didn't take long to find out the answer.
"Pe, Pegasus?"
A fantasy species called a celestial horse. Winged horses
have also been rarely seen at numerous gates.
And all those who rode these horses were all
extraordinary people.
"Is that... the Majestic Geobrick?"
"The Field Boss already?"
Although a bit puzzling, it was not all bad.
The Field Boss himself had come to them. And alone.
Considering that boss monsters usually come with tons of
minions, this was a lucky surprise.
"You are... outsiders."
Hwang Gum-cheol stiffened at Geobrick's comment. Not only
him, but all of the hunters dared not approach the hulking knight.
"Why have you harmed the Kingdom's army? Depending
to your answer, my Warhammer will fall upon you."
"What did you say-"
Lee Yong-wan interrupted Hwang Yeon-ha and took the lead
with a friendly smile.
"Well... there must have been a misunderstanding.
Sir Dalion over there preemptively attacked us, forcing us to respond."
“What! These lowly mercenaries——”
Dallion snapped, but Geobrick held up a hand to stop him.
"Dallion Emchain, I warned you that your rashness
could ruin your task. How dare you act rashly in the name of the Goddess!”
"I, I apologize......."
'Oh... he's more reasonable than I thought.'
Maybe this will work.
"Your rashness sent six honorable soldiers to the
paradise of the gods, and if you were not the son of Viscount Emchain, Knight
of the Kingdom, you would not have won their allegiance."
"Ugh......."
"Outsiders. Let me apologize on behalf of Dallion.”
"No, I'm glad we've cleared up our
misunderstanding."
Of course, Lee Yong-wan had no intention of letting
Geobrick go alive. Right now he was in apparent peace mode, which meant that he
was letting his guard down.
Field bosses are powerful, but as long as they're human,
they can easily be dealt with if they're in such a relaxed state....
"However, you lowly mercenaries killed six soldiers
of the Kingdom. As long as you pay for that crime, I'll let you live."
"Yes?"
"Let's see. Six men are dead, so only sixty will
have their heads cut off."
""................""
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