Night of the Soulless Heathens – 239



#239. And on a new mission 2

I knew that from the beginning.

A soulless blasphemous murderous god-king.

A stranger among strangers.

Because I am an unwelcome presence to anyone.

“If you join the Rescue Knights they will send you to the Chadra Plateau.”

“Are you talking about the Chadra Plateau?”

“Yes. It is a hellish land where the blood of the ancient gods that spewed forth from Netherstrom in the northern part of the Hybris Peninsula mixes with the rain. It is also the reason why the Knights Templar make a pilgrimage every year gathering prisoners and serfs from all over.”

A land constantly infested with monsters. Because of this many kings abandoned the fertility of the Hybris Peninsula and entrusted this land to the Knights of Salvation.

“If you give up being a rescuer I would offer you the position of Captain of the Guard in the Diocese of Coxhal. It is not a knight but it is a stable and good job. No one will be able to ignore you under my protection. This place is also full of cultists murderers and kidnappers who threaten people so the duty will be rewarding.”

Akenar offered Azadin the position of captain of his personal guard.

“What if I still decide to join the Rescue Knights?”

“Then I will become your guardian… but the Knights Templar have no control over personnel matters. They will assign you to a penal corps and send you to the Chadra Plateau.”

Will he become a rescue knight and act according to the will of those in the upper echelons who despise him and perhaps those under the influence of the Northern Emperor?

Or would he rather become a private soldier of Bishop Acenar who is obviously very kind to him and live in luxury in Coxhall?

It was a no-brainer.

“I have already been appointed so I cannot say now that I am not a hospitalist.”

“Even if they send you to a penal corps and want you to fight until you are practically exhausted and die?”

“yes.”

“Why? The current Knights Templar is honestly not a place that someone like you can devote yourself to.”

It was an outrageous remark one that a bishop of the Knights Templar should not make. But it was also an unvarnished sincerity.

The former queen Acenar who was forced to divorce her husband due to the king’s tyranny and take on the episcopal office has seen the filthy nature of the Knights Templar to the fullest.

These are people who are in collusion with power or rather they are power itself. But why?

“I am a sinner.”

“A sinner?”

“Yes. Because I killed my loved ones with my own hands and destroyed a significant portion of the Herald Clan with my own hands.”

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“….”

Bishop Akenar seemed shocked by Azadin’s words.

You still look young but what on earth have you been through to be able to say something like this with such weight?

Azadin smoothed the shoulder strap of his ceramite longsword.

The emblem of the three-winged wheel the symbol of the Knights Templar was touched.

“If sailors sailing the night sea look to the stars to find their way I destroyed my own guide stars. While I was wandering around having lost my way I remembered that I had dreamed of becoming a member of the Knights of Salvation when I was young. The Knights of Salvation at that time their teachings were definitely my salvation…”

“But the current Rescue Knights cannot become someone’s star. Is that so?”

“Yes. Please don’t worry too much about me. If it gets really hard I’ll run away.”

Azadin smiled bitterly.

He was no fool. He knew that the current Rescue Knights were not such a beautiful organization. Nevertheless he wanted to live up to the expectations of Lord Planck who had appointed him.

“I understand Lord Azadin. If that is what you wish then I cannot help it.”

She said so and then glanced at Azadin.

“Instead have him report to me by letter every week. It’s also to protect you from the officers of other knight orders.”

“I am truly sorry. Thank you Your Excellency.”

Azadin greeted Akenar politely and left the place.

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The annihilated pilgrim group was reorganized but it was so shrunken that the word reorganization was meaningless.

When the pilgrims were attacked those who had escaped and survived along with the vagabonds of Coxhall formed a new pilgrim group and Belins who had arrived at the diocese to ask for help was appointed as the leader of the pilgrim group.

Belinz a middle-aged man in his forties was looking at Azadin with a harsh gaze.

“You are now a member of our pilgrimage group Sir Azadin. And here is your adjutant who will help you acclimate to the Order. It is an exception for the headquarters to assign a squire to a trainee knight… but I see you are that exception.”

“Eww! Damn it! Why! Why me!?”

The person introduced as an adjutant was MacDougal who was Izmila’s herald. It seemed that he had been newly appointed as Azadin’s adjutant.

“I’m the type of person who would have finished being a squire and gradually become a knight in training! I was promised that in the first place…”

“what?”

“No I’m not in a position to say that. Anyway I was promised that if this mission is completed safely I will become a trainee knight! But why do I have to become the adjutant of this soulless blasphemer?”

As MacDougal was jumping around Azadin who was watching said something.

“Because I failed this mission?”

“yes?”

“Isn’t that a success?”

Belins also nodded.

“You’re demoting me because this pilgrimage group was destroyed? That’s ridiculous! This isn’t my fault.”

“Don’t you know that the social order is based on merit?”

“Eww! What the hell!”

MacDougal was clutching his head in agony. Azadin smiled as he watched MacDougal like that.

“Haha. So you’re my adjutant? Hey adjutant. I need to run an errand for you.”

“….”

“Go here and buy some peppermints.”

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Azadin flicked a silver coin to MacDougal.

“Are you serious?”

MacDougal was perplexed by Azadin who was sending him on an errand in this situation. How could he use him as his adjutant even though he showed such obvious dislike for him?

But Azadin smiled and muttered.

“You’d better go and come back quickly.”

“Huh!”

MacDougal bowed to Belinz the most experienced knight in the place rather than to Azadin who had given the order and left to buy some peppermints as instructed.

“So now that we’ve gotten rid of the noisy guys what happens to the pilgrims?”

Azadin who had cleared away the noisy sectarian office asked the new leader of the pilgrimage group.

“We have been ordered to wait for the ship here. The pilgrimage is over. The pilgrims will now return to Fort St. Mallory the headquarters of the Knights Templar.”

“But do you know what Fort St. Mallory is? You’ve become a paladin so you should know that much right?”

“Seffield the survivor who had fled with Belinz and abandoned the pilgrimage group asked jokingly. The man slightly younger than Belinz was ready to mock Azadin openly.

“Isn’t this the holy place and headquarters of the Knights of Salvation? It’s also the place where the Wailing Hill is where the archangels and angels of the Trinity were turned into stone statues after their strength was exhausted.”

“Well you know very well.”

“But you told me to wait for the boat. Is Nisraf coming?”

Azadin’s voice was filled with anticipation.

“Flagship Nisraff. The greatest treasure the Knights Templar possess a battleship of 666 ships an unknown hull that has maintained its body as good as new for a thousand years without a single barnacle attached to it made of self-regenerating materials. It has no sails or oars but it is the only ship that can cross the Netherstrom. Perhaps we should send that? The Knights Templar must show their strength in order to recover the people’s hearts after the shameful annihilation of the pilgrims. There are few things that show the Knights Templar’s ​​strength and mission as well as Nisraff. It is proof of a miracle that can be shown right away. I have dreamed of seeing Nisraff with my own eyes since I was young and if I do this well I might be able to ride that Nisraff. Hehe.”

“….”

“Uh. Hmm.”

The members of the Rescue Knights were perplexed as they watched Azadin recite even Nisraf’s specifications.

“Oh I guess so. But it’s amazing that Nisraf knows about it too.”

Belinz said and cleared his throat.

“Anyway Sir Azadin. You have been appointed as a platoon leader and for now these are the members of your platoon.”

The female thief Camilla her half-orc brother Countach and the blood mage Bernard were assigned to Azadin’s squad.

“And your platoon’s first mission is to take the surviving peasant vagrants and reach the Vermilion fortress on the Chadra Plateau.”

“Hmm. With just one platoon? And even if it’s a platoon it’s not even a squad.”

The number of peasants and vagabonds that need to be moved is at least 50 so it is absurd to move that many people with a small platoon like this.

“Don’t worry. We’ll be with you all the way to St. Mallory.”

“hmm?”

Then suddenly there was a commotion outside the window. The entire city of Coxhal was shaking.

“oh my god!”

“It’s Nisraph! Nisraph has arrived!”

The Salvage Knights’ flagship Nisraf was entering the harbor.

As Azadin had expected the Rescue Knights sent their flagship Nisraf.

When the pilgrimage group was defeated by surprise and lost popularity the Knights Templar sent the real-life legend Nisraph to show the people that the Knights Templar were still alive and well.

Azadin hoped that he might be able to ride Nisraf but that was not the case.

“Hospitaler-Knight Belinz. I appoint you as the captain of the escort company.”

“yes?”

“All the knights on this list are to be transferred to the escort company and transported to Fort Vermilion on the Chadra Plateau along with the peasants and prisoners. From then on they are to serve at Fort Vermilion…”

“What is that word?”

“Aren’t you telling us to go to the Chadra Plateau?”

Azadin had originally known that he would be going to the Chadra Plateau but the other knights were terrified when they were assigned there.

“Are you telling us to go overland without even stopping at Fort St. Mallory?”

“Yes I guess it is because Fort St. Mallory is a sanctuary.”

The knight who brought the order looked at Azadin openly. Since Azadin was included in the pilgrimage group he had no intention of allowing them into Fort St. Mallory. Nor would he have any intention of taking them to Nisraf.

“We’re going to the Chadra Plateau anyway. Why am I so happy to see the other knights’ expressions so devastated?”

Camilla chuckled her hands clasped behind her head.

“Well….”

Azadin also smiled and replied.

“With so many companions and a harmonious atmosphere how could it not be fun?”