Eternally Regressing Knight Novel - Chapter 866
Chapter 866: Chapter 864 – Commence the Attack
Chapter 864 – Commence the Attack
“Aurelia.”
She said, straightening her back.
“Enkrid.”
Their eyes met.
Enkrid also stated his name calmly, and Shinar continued next to him.
“His fiancée, the Lord of the Elven City Kiraheis, an ally of the Border Guard, the Master of Flame, the Golder Flower, Shinar Kiraheis.”
“…That’s long. I am Aurelia Everhold. Lady Kirhais.”
Somehow, she was a slightly different type from the women Enkrid had met so far.
If he had to compare, it was like Kin Baisar acting even colder than she did.
She had the aura of a swordswoman rather than just etiquette, so her atmosphere was distinctly different from hers.
They had nothing in common.
To add to that, she also exuded the feeling of a spirited Aishia.
Aishia, despite being a semi knight, showed a certain softness and flexibility, but the woman in front of him seemed to have a stricter personality.
Everhold was Cypress’s family name; he was a knight of noble birth.
He had his own territory and had left his relatives there.
His wife and children.
Only his granddaughter remained by his side.
“A granddaughter with outstanding talent.”
Cypress, as he spoke, sounded like a doting grandfather.
His face was thrilled to boast of his own flesh and blood.
“She seems so.”
Enkrid received his words.
Their conversation was ordinary, but the meaning contained within it was not.
Although the woman named Aurelia herself merely twitched an eyebrow, revealing something like dissatisfaction.
It wasn’t just empty words; she really was a talented swordswoman.
Her posture, attitude, manner of speaking—everything spoke for what she had built up.
Enkrid’s eye for talent was now on par with the Frog, the Talent Reader.
Aurelia, as seen through those eyes, was not someone who was here just because her head worked.
She herself felt much regret for her lack of martial strength, but Enkrid had no way of knowing those inner thoughts.
Themares knew but didn’t say, as it was outside his interest, and Enkrid merely noticed from her expression that the woman named Aurelia was bothered by the two words “outstanding talent.”
“What they are aiming for are those who are not knights. In other words, the neutralization of the unit.”
She continued.
Everyone focused on the meeting’s content again.
“Not good to use as bait.”
Luagarne received her words.
“The main force has been fending off attacks by the knightly order staying up all night.”
One of the commanders said.
“Was it a move to wear them down through stamina loss?”
When Luagarne asked again.
“We see it that way.”
Aurelia answered without missing a beat.
Ingis was also quick-witted, but he felt the pace of the meeting was quite fast.
‘There’s no hesitation.’
He understood because the problems he had recognized while holding out on the front lines were coming up; if not for that, it would have been difficult just to follow the contents of the meeting.
“They created a decoy unit from the start.”
Gu-reuk.
A single phrase spat out while puffing her cheeks.
The conclusion was fast.
Luagarne, even among Frogs, had a particularly outstanding intellect.
She just used all of it only to satisfy her curiosity.
And because the subject of that curiosity (Enkrid) wanted her to display her abilities in this very place, she used her head.
Her cheeks puffed up, and her eyes rolled left and right.
A characteristic expression of a Frog, perhaps.
It was familiar to Enkrid.
Because there were two Frogs on the Southern Front, the others also waited for her words.
They would have waited even if that wasn’t the case.
Cypress, while watching the meeting, created that atmosphere.
Should one say it was possible because he was there?
Everyone was watching Luagarne’s face.
Frogs were a strange race.
Their strength was greater than humans’, and they were born with combat sense, so they were called a combat race, yet their use of their abilities was limited.
One might say they moved solely for their own interest.
Their purpose and goal were always limited to curiosity and interest.
They lived to achieve the goals set by that.
Frogs were that kind of race.
A Frog so deeply embedded among humans was not common.
One of the Frogs remaining in this unit had made it his goal to plant trees.
The Frog planting saplings right next to the battlefield was a celebrity in the unit.
He wouldn’t even step up to fight unless someone touched his apple trees.
That was the species known as Frog.
If one were to ask why a Frog, not an elf, was planting trees, that Frog would just say, ‘My goal is to make an orchard here.’
They were not ones to seek understanding from others or other races.
But they were ones who moved for reasons that were convincing if you listened closely—although, of course, they were only understandable by their standards.
“Make a part of the fast-footed scouts visible to the griffon riders. That means, the griffon riders can’t perfectly control the monsters they ride, right?”
She hit the core again.
She saw the phenomenon and uncovered the principle within it.
Frogs were born with the supernatural ability ‘Able Decider,’ talent reading.
Luagarne, among them, was a master of this way of thinking.
She saw the phenomenon and pulled out the cause.
“We see it that way. To be more honest, it seems like they’re doing a test run through this area.”
Aurelia said, looking Luagarne straight in the eyes.
This was one of the reasons they had held out so far.
The griffon riders didn’t just attack the main camp.
They didn’t thrust their spears at gaps; they chased the units sent as decoys.
They bought time with that, and the knights sortied out to keep them in check, allowing them to endure.
This, too, was one of the strategies Aurelia had discovered after watching the griffon packs move.
The fact that they didn’t appear when it rained—wasn’t that because they couldn’t control the griffons’ habit of hating the rain?
Aurelia thought, and judged it to be a highly possible hypothesis.
She repeatedly used her head.
She was also involved in forming the Crimson Cloak Knights’ formations.
A formation is a preparation for battle and a stance taken just before the battle begins.
One must predict the gaps where the enemy will enter.
If one is wrong, people die.
She had been doing her job under that pressure.
Not only had her attitude become stiff, but she had long since given up on exchanges that involved sharing her heart.
She was engrossed all day in predicting the opponent.
If the core of the Southern Front was Cypress, she was the stone that supported that core.
In truth, there must have been more than one or two such stones.
Enkrid listened to the conversation, grasped this much, and kept his mouth shut.
He let Luagarne and Aurelia predict what was ahead.
When he stood up from his seat, all eyes gathered on him.
“It seems there’s no need for me to be here anymore.”
Enkrid said indifferently.
“It doesn’t matter. Shall we leave together?”
Krang also stepped up.
The king who had been like a spectator between the two knightly orders.
Not one of the Royal Guard raised an objection to the king’s attitude.
By now, they too were used to the king’s eccentricity.
The current king lived with his dignity half-set aside, going beyond mere unpretentiousness.
But he was a king who would do anything for his people.
He acts and cares with sincerity.
His dignity comes from there.
He is a person who makes the throne a mere backdrop.
How could one find it a waste to risk one’s life to protect such a person?
“I think I need to spend some time with another friend.”
Enkrid said.
His tone was so light that the two commanders who had been concentrating on the meeting glanced his way, but when no one from the Royal Guard stepped up, they shut their mouths.
“I’ll just watch.”
Krang also replied nonchalantly.
As Enkrid and Krang took a step toward the entrance, the five Royal Guards followed.
Just before leaving, Enkrid sent Luagarne a look.
It was a look of request.
The Frog replied by puffing her cheeks once.
“Then, we’ll use the decoy as is.”
“We will not place restrictions on the knights’ movements.”
The conversation between Luagarne, Aurelia, and the two commanders echoed inside the tent.
Enkrid went outside.
Weird Eyes was waiting in front.
“Are you charging in?”
Rem made a joke.
He himself was good at using his head, but he enjoyed fighting at the forefront the most.
His disposition was a match for it.
Rem’s actions were faster than anyone in the knightly order.
That’s why he was the action leader.
Above all, his split-second judgment was outstanding, and he was innately talented at finding the best path even in a short time.
That’s why he was asking now.
Enkrid found it strange anew.
Now, he could hear the implication contained in a single word without even thinking about it.
“No.”
He shook his head, turned, and looked for his other friend.
The strange thing wasn’t just that he didn’t have to think about the implication.
It was that an individual who had mastered the art of flying had appeared within his knightly order.
That was the key to this operation.
His intuition said so, and the situation unfolding also said so.
“Weird Eyes, no, Indomitable. I need your help.”
Heeigh.
One-Eye now showed a look of absurdity just from hearing the name Indomitable.
“Absurd. Do not change my name.”
It was Themares.
Even without the Dragonkin’s interpretation, Enkrid had roughly understood.
As Enkrid stepped up, he and Shinar naturally followed.
If Krang had the Royal Guard, this side had an elf and a Dragonkin.
Two flying individuals would be even better.
“Can you really not turn into a dragon?”
Enkrid asked.
“I only change into a woman.”
“Do not change. You are fine to look at as you are.”
Shinar cut in and said. Enkrid mounted Weird Eyes’ back.
“Can you fly all day even with me on your back?”
Heeigh.
“As long as you want.”
When Themares answered in its stead, Weird Eyes kicked at him with its hind legs.
Bang!
A kick that tore the air.
The Dragonkin raised his sword, Baek-a, diagonally to block and deflect it.
That deflecting skill was amazing every time he saw it.
It perfectly deflected even the shock and the noise.
Thanks to that, even though the hind kick and Baek-a met, there was only a light thud noise.
“I will interpret that as ‘stop telling my inner thoughts,’ Pegasus.”
The Dragonkin replied to the horse’s heart.
It had used action instead, but sincerity always gets through.
Heeigh.
Weird Eyes bobbed its head up and down.
“That’s right, Dragonkin.”
This time, Enkrid spoke for Weird Eyes’ heart.
Shinar smirked.
It was hard to say it was common, but it was a sight she often showed in front of Enkrid.
Wasn’t there a continental proverb that said the one who stole a smile from an elf was the greatest thief on the continent?
Then Enkrid was truly a thief itself.
He stole smiles not just from an elf’s face, but from a witch’s face as well.
“Let’s fly.”
Enkrid recognized his role.
That he had to seize air superiority from the griffons or whatever.
If so, he had to get used to it first.
That was the reason the soldiers in the camp got to watch a man on a flying horse all day.
“You really are still the same.”
Bunion said in amazement, looking at the sky.
“The God of War is watching over us.”
Rapild expressed that he felt God’s protection once again.
Besides them, many soldiers felt a sense of relief they hadn’t felt even after the rain had stopped.
“He’s an interesting friend, very.”
Cypress also murmured, watching Enkrid.
“I just hope he doesn’t topple on the first strike.”
Usually, Ingis would be at his side, but today, Aurelia was with him.
“I can tell just by looking. He won’t topple. My, this is exciting. It’s really been a long time in my fifty years of life that I’ve felt this way. I want to see the face of the enemy commander.”
He could see the back of the knight facing the griffon riders’ sortie.
Cypress had been surprised by Rem, surprised again by Enkrid, and then a laugh had escaped him as he looked over the entire Madmen Knights.
‘Where did these monsters come from?’
He didn’t know.
The fact that they were allies was just more amazing.
The king remaining on the battlefield was amazing, and the guy who was the king’s friend was also amazing.
“I understand the Master is over seventy, not fifty.”
Cypress was disappointed by his granddaughter’s pedantry.
Was this the time to point that out?
“Possess softness. That is the path you must walk.”
Personality affects the body.
Especially at the squire level.
Her weakness was flexibility.
Cypress knew this, so he spoke as if teaching her.
“I am trying.”
His granddaughter’s answer was still stiff.
Naturally, Enkrid didn’t just ride the horse and play.
That was just a part of his daily life.
His daily life was training and drilling first.
This was the front line blocking the South, and if he were to stay quiet thinking of the danger, he wouldn’t be Enkrid.
He did as he had always done.
And the influence of all those actions he just repeated spread wider through the camp than he thought.
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