Night of the Soulless Heathens – 298



#298. The Avengers of Vengeance 1

Oaken Scott whined about how he didn’t want to put on muscle on his legs.

However it was not possible to allow people to ride a vehicle made by weaving together Bree’s corpse in a place where people lived.

So Azadin decided to have the hippogriff eat Scott’s strange mount and send him on ahead on the hippogriff instead.

“Eww! Oh no this monster! Eating this genius work of art! Boss! This is too much.”

“I like art. And don’t call me a monster. Because you’re supposed to be flying on this thing.”

“No Captain. Climb onto the hippogriff’s back. You never know how much muscle you’ll gain just by hanging on and maintaining your balance.”

“If you starve you’ll lose weight. Stop talking and just ride. Hippogriffs have weak stamina and can’t fly far anyway.”

“What about the captain and Lord Jibek?”

“Let’s walk. Go ahead and wait. If you look at the map there’s a three-way intersection a day’s walk south. Let’s meet up there.”

“What if something happens?”

“Then send a message using magic.”

Azadin took out some dried fish for emergency food.

When Scott cast a necromancy spell on the dried fish it became a telepathic doll.

“Okay then. Ugh please nothing should happen.”

Scott was the first to fly south on his hippogriff.

“Then shall we go too? Are you okay Lord Jibek? You don’t seem to be feeling well. Should I carry you?”

“It’s okay. Even your jokes are a bit harsh.”

He said “I’ll carry a knight in armor.” Jibek smiled bitterly but Azadin wasn’t joking.

Fortunately Jibek was able to walk and was spared the awkward situation of being carried by Azadin.

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If you retrace the path that Celestial Fire took north you will naturally encounter their activities.

Passengers everywhere raised their hands toward Azadin.

“Hello sir. You are not a thief are you?”

“He has a handsome appearance and walks with dignity. He doesn’t look like a thief but rather someone of high status.”

The travelers were afraid of the armed Azadin but they thought he was not a bandit because of his appearance.

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“This is Azadin a trainee knight of the Rescue Knights.”

“Oh you’re a member of the Rescue Knights.”

“Azadin are you Azadin of Chadra? Are you from the Herald Clan?”

“Oh really. You’ve become really famous. I see.”

“This is really…..”

“It’s different from what I heard.”

They showed favor without any basis perhaps because they felt favor towards Azadin just because of his appearance.

‘What on earth are these rumors about me? And why do these people ignore them just because of my appearance?’

Azadin paused for a moment looking dumbfounded. Jibek was getting tired and needed to rest occasionally.

Jibek walked with the hilt of his sword as a cane and sat down on a nearby tree stump. When Azadin handed him a canteen he accepted it without hesitation and drank. Meanwhile a traveler asked Azadin a question.

“Do you know anything about the Celestial Fire Knights?”

“I know. I’m already meeting them on my way back.”

“Oh really? Did you know that they killed the Breedles in the south and rescued the settlement residents? I heard that was great.”

“Even though demons are swarming the flames of justice burn brighter.”

People were really talking about Celestial Fire’s exploits like an evangelist spreading the gospel.

“The Rescue Knights are blessed to have a hero like Sir Azadin join the Celestial Fire. Haha.”

“I barely make a living as a peddler but once I save up some money I’ll call my cousins ​​and move to the Rescue Knights’ territory.”

“Oh my. We’ve been talking too much. This is nothing special but it will help you recover from fatigue.”

The travelers handed Azadin some sugared dried fruit and went on their way.

“Hmm.”

Having spent most of his life as an eyeless monster Azadin was not used to people treating him so kindly.

“Were people this kind?”

Azadin shared with Zibek the dried fruit he had received from the traveler.

“Even when you had no eyes you were elegant and graceful. When you wore a mask you looked like a glamorous actor in a theater. But now that you have eyes… all the parts you lacked have been filled in.”

“It’s a bit embarrassing to say this out loud in front of the person involved. Besides this happened after my sister’s death so I don’t know if I should be happy about it.”

“It is inevitable that people are dazzled by appearances. What matters is how you respond to their kindness. How dare I say such things to Sir Azadin I am in no position to do so.”

Jibek put the dried fruit in his mouth with a bitter smile. As the sour yet sweet taste spread through his mouth his fatigue seemed to go away.

“That’s not the situation?”

“You have lost faith in the King’s Church and your will to protect your people has faded. Whatever the case the Celestial Fires are protecting your people but you are more suspicious and jealous of them than you are of their admiration. Isn’t that right? You set out on a journey to St. Mallory believing that there is great evil behind them with only a slight suspicion. Your jealousy is so overwhelming that it feels like you have swallowed a burning coal in your heart.”

“….”

Azadin also felt a pang of jealousy.

Azadin also felt jealous of Karna and the Celestial Fires.

Celestial Fire was a stumbling block for Azadin as he sought to clear the Chadra Plateau and reform his organization.

‘I need to take credit for innovating the organization but if these guys step forward and take all the credit my existence will be tarnished.’

As a fair knight it was a feeling that he should not have but as Azadin was also human it was natural for him to feel jealousy and regret.

“Let’s not think too deeply about it. It’s true that the Northern Qi Cohen Lioner is annoying. If we investigate and find nothing we can tolerate the annoyingness but if there is something we can take it out on him. Isn’t it simple?”

“I see. Sir Azadin talking to you has really cleared my mind.”

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“Anyone other than me who thinks calmly will know that this is useless talk.”

As I continued on my way I heard a minstrel singing at the entrance to an inn on the way.

“Listen all of you! Tell the tale of how the Celestial Fire Knights defeated the giants! And moisten the poor poet’s throat with sweet mead.”

“Our store doesn’t sell mead. We only sell ale.”

The shop owner grumbled as he poured the mop water onto the street near the entrance.

“Haha. Then ale is welcome too. Please consider mead as just poetic license.”

“…defeat the giant?”

When Azadin who had originally been ignoring the inn and was about to pass it by became curious the bard immediately approached Azadin.

“Are you curious? Then here.”

“…No I’m a member of the Rescue Knights too. I’m not really curious.”

“Hey. Don’t do that. Please come here and support a starving artist with your warm heart.”

“Oh right.”

Azadin saw the weary Zibek sitting on a chair in front of the inn and gave a coin to the minstrel who offered him his hat. The minstrel shook his head at the coin.

“A little more.”

“Are you cheeky? Take whatever is given to you.”

Azadin grumbled but took out an iron flashlight and gave it to him. Then the bard satisfied began to tell his story.

“The Celestial Fire Knights are a beautiful young knight group that was founded by the Salvation Knights in order to restore the passion of the pure angel faith in the current world where corruption is rampant. Their leader Karna is the grandson of the famous Northern Emperor and all of the knights under his command are handsome men and women so beautiful that their eyes will pop out. The sight of them riding their fine horses and walking through this land is like the second coming of angels and in fact all of them have angelic blood flowing through them.”

“If Karna is the grandson of the Northern Emperor then he is a member of the Yaegasu gods. But why does he have angelic blood flowing through him?”

“Perhaps there is some angelic blood mixed in your maternal lineage? If so then Lord Karna is truly the rightful ruler given to us humans by the angels and the Yaegas god kings. Ah I would like to drink to Lord Karna.”

“…..”

“If I raise a toast to Lord Karna this poet’s tongue will turn as smoothly as an oiled millstone.”

“…Here have a drink.”

When Azadin gave the coin to the innkeeper the innkeeper laughed heartily and poured him some ale.

“Oh young warrior Nari. Don’t fall for this trick. Hey you rascal. Why are you holding back on telling me when you’ve already taken a lot?”

“Oh sir. I’m the one who’s increasing sales sir. It’s not that I like ale so much that I’m drinking it. It’s just my way of thinking that since I’m doing business in front of your store you should make a living too.”

“Is it me who has to pay?”

When Azadin said this the bard pretended not to hear sipped his ale and continued his story.

The story was summarized as follows. The Celestial Fire Knights heard the prophecy of Fimbulbert and went to Chadra to request food supplies in order to stock up before the people starved. On the way they encountered three giant brothers who were plundering travelers and they tried to subdue them along the way. However the three giant brothers ran away when the knights charged and the Celestial Fire Knights feeling that they could no longer catch the giants selected the three best members of the knights and challenged them to a duel between equals.

The giants responded to the challenge of humans daring to stand against them so the three members of the Celestial Fire Knights each took turns killing a giant.

“Like lightning splitting a tree when Lord Karna swung his sword the giant’s head split vertically! Wow. What incredible power. The magnates say that the knights of the King’s Church have superior qualities but that is because they have not seen the Celestial Fire! If they were to see the majesty of the Celestial Fire even the knights of the King’s Church would be too ashamed to raise their heads! So people of the world! Lift up the knights of the King’s Church a little! If they meet the Celestial Fire their legs will tremble like reeds in the autumn wind. Let’s save the face of our knights! Hahaha!”

Was it because he was drunk? The minstrel let out a sound that could easily have been considered a blasphemy.

Azadin was listening to the story with a bitter smile when suddenly a jug of beer flew from inside the inn and struck the minstrel on the head.

“You insolent brat! How dare you mock the King’s church now?!”

“Ugh…..”

The bard turned around in surprise. The empty beer jug ​​was a wooden mug so it didn’t hurt that badly but now the surprise was more important than the pain.

Those who appeared to be members of the King’s Church were walking out from inside the inn.

“Which tongue dares to mock the King’s church now? And which ear dares… huh?”

They were about to draw their swords when they spotted Azadin.

“uh?”

Their complexions changed dramatically.

It was clear that he recognized Azadin.