I Am a Low-Class Aristocrat of a Perishing Country

25 – The White Knight of the Empire

“How did you get this far in such a short amount of time?”

Today was the fifth day since we tracked down Charles. The sun and moon have already taken time to recharge as they alternate over the horizon over and over again.

“It’s five days… It’s already five days.”

Even if I missed the golden time realistically, it was a period that I missed for a long time. It was a comforting part that it was unknown what they were planning to do with Charles. At least, it wouldn’t be a one-dimensional hostage situation like blackmail with life as collateral.

I never stopped running. Even though he ran without stopping at a speed where the scenery around him changed in an instant, he still couldn’t get a sense of Siegharun’s location.

I was running by relying on another function of my body that Netion Peace had inscribed on me, but my honest feeling was that I was anxious.

“Besides this familiar scenery…”

The scenery that stretches and recedes like an afterimage unconsciously reminds me of a pure white back. I constantly reminded myself of the owner of the pure white back. The clear image of the fruit of her efforts was that of a woman with a familiar yet creepy impression.

‘Irelp!’

I started to remember slowly. Even if the content is different, the figure of the white knight who strode fearlessly backing away from the evil Netion Piece. She asked me to reflect on the past, where afterimages of her melted at every corner and now became memories.

‘This is embarrassing.’

It wasn’t that I was uncomfortable with the journey I had with IrLP. If you see the familiar scenery, the next place you will come out is a village where you learned about the taste of Irlp.

‘Who would have thought that the creepy boss would burst into laughter at an old joke.’

Citris Village.

In a short time, I set foot in the village where I had my first dinner with Ir Elfi. Every time I hopped on the roof to avoid people, I heard an unusual murmur in my ears.

Since it is a movement far beyond human limits, it is inevitable that attention will be drawn to it. After a while, when I came to my senses, the houses in Citris Village became small like toys, and the villagers looked like dots.

As I entered the lush forest road, I felt a handful of uneasiness. The passing geography was familiar, and the direction his sixth sense pointed to was blatant.

The uneasiness I had hoped for only became reality after half a day. An iron gate imitating strangely shaped rocks spread wide like wings is captured in the field of vision.

“The Great Commonwealth? Does this make sense? There’s something special…”

What was even more unexpected was that Ziegharun’s energy was vivid, but no one else’s presence was detected. This meant that even the minimum number of vigilantes had not been deployed.

‘One of the two. Either there is no Charles and there is only Siegharun, or if there is only Siegharun, there is no need for border personnel.’

Attaching an ambiguous force against an asymmetric force such as Sieg Harun is rather an act of reducing efficiency. In particular, Siegharun, the representative skill of wide-area skill, is not suitable for cooperative battles with allies. The IRLP raid in the original work was an extremely exceptional case.

Perhaps the rest of the staff except him are plotting something in another place.

‘Throughout the original work, there are very few people who can compete with Ziegharun, so there’s nothing strange about it.’

But it’s a different story if Charles isn’t there. Siegharun’s feet will be tied up with his feet, and Charles will become a large-scale failure to miss. In fact, the one I can track down is Siegharun, not Charles.

I desperately prayed in my heart that the former was not the case.

“If Charles isn’t there, I’ll grab the main character and I’ll grab him by the hair…!”

No matter what you bring out, I’ll beat you even if you do something unimaginable.

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Three days ago from Neffi’s point of view.

“Ha ha.”

Irlp’s hot breath, mixed with self-deprecation, seeped into the air. She was walking in her garden to calm her troubled mind.

After collapsing in Mirren’s room, a terrible nightmare haunted me. The resentment and hostility, like thousands of needles densely piercing the skin, still tingle like reverberations.

What about hair dragging on the floor? I accidentally stepped on it because it was a clumsy way to secure my sight, but I didn’t feel any pain because the water was cut off without power.

I could see his miserable appearance and appearance even without a mirror.

“Ah! What the heck… It won’t get out of my head, will it?”

Grasping her temples with both hands and shaking them wildly, nothing changed. Unlike the one in the dream, only soft and bouncy hair brushes sharply against the forearm.

Even so, the last thought she had heard in her dream lingered in Ir Elfi’s head.

[Protect.]

“Are you saying keep your daily life? No, there’s no reason to care about dreams in the first place. … I don’t have one, so why am I doing this…?”

Ir Elfi blankly focused on her empty space.

Clear.

It may be that he has become numb because his body has already overcome the cold and heat, but it is probably hot. It was also the season.

Let’s clear her thoughts. When she looks at the clear blue sky without a single cloud, she will surely be able to forget it.

‘Meow…’

Meow…

It is a feeling that the mind, thoughts, and purification are being purified. Let’s stay like this for a little while. Yes, just a little further.

It was a huge accident that put down everything and returned Ir Elfi, who was escaping from reality, to her senses.

She was desperately longing for her empty space, but a sudden roar made her leap from her seat.

Kwaang-!

“Hut!”

Ir Elfi’s hand instinctively moved toward her ceremonial sword. At the same time she stepped on a support and in an instant climbed the spire to see the source of her roar.

Illelpy couldn’t help but be astonished.

Island – Along with red flames, acrid black smoke was rising simultaneously from all sides of Eldrian.

“How!”

That was my first impression.

No matter how stealthy the enemy is, there is a degree. Enemy forces rise up simultaneously in four places in the north, south, east, west, and west of the system that has strengthened the level of alert?

This is impossible. It was an impossible feat for neither Ir Elfi nor Nefi.

“It’s not time to argue about this and that…!”

Irelpi quickly gathered all the power in the imperial palace. In an emergency, she is the only person other than the emperor who can give orders equally regardless of her knight affiliation.

That was the position of the leader of the Nelfrugia Knights. As the captain of the emperor’s escort, she has the power to exercise near-infinite authority if necessary.

The knights gathered in front of the main palace were densely packed. It was a sight that was possible because as much power as possible was gathered in the imperial palace to prepare for emergencies.

They stared at the IrLP with firm expressions without saying a word. Ir Elfi also opened his mouth with a hard tone.

“As of this time, the four knights are under the control of this leader.”

It was a short word, but the aftermath was significant. Shouting sounds flowed from the other knights except for the Nelfrugia Knights, of which Ir Elfi was the leader.

She didn’t care what she said.

“Unfortunately, there is no time to speak grandiosely. From now on, all forces in the imperial palace, regardless of position, must subdue the weightlifters who trample on Eldrian. Also, the field commander will be temporarily appointed as the four generals gathered here. And the Nelphrugian Knights are equally divided among the four leaders and follow the orders.”

“Yes! I see!”

The answer was mainly from the Nelphrugia Knights.

There are four knights excluding Nelphrugia. The other four knights maintained a relatively lukewarm attitude, and passive answers came out like mosquitoes.

Just as Elfi’s eyebrows were about to narrow, one of her leader-level personnel took the initiative to speak up.

“If we all leave, there will be no manpower to protect the palace.”

“There is manpower.”

“The knights gathered here are the full power of the imperial palace.”

“I, myself, will protect the imperial palace.”

“Ha!”

He couldn’t help but snort involuntarily.

The name of the man who snorted was Resette. She was the leader of the Iajis Knights who guarded the imperial palace. Resette thought to herself that Ir Elfi’s mind had collapsed due to panic.

‘Are you sure that woman is crazy? How big is the imperial palace, and you’re in charge of it alone? There’s a level of absurdity.’

For Resette, it was a remark with its own logic. As the general manager of the knights in charge of guarding the palace, he knew better than anyone how vast and complicated the palace was.

You’re in charge of the imperial palace alone?

Are you afraid of dying from a blind sword in Eldrian? Regette inflated all kinds of imagination.

He laughed inwardly as he saw Ir Elfi’s fingertips tremble. Because he seemed to be admitting that his guess was correct.

The point of realizing that was a complete miscalculation came quickly.

“Resette, do you think this leader is funny?”

“No, so far…”

Even though he said it in an intimidating way, Ir Elfi had to admit it. In their eyes, she was no different from a ridiculous clown.

Hwangmyeong has thoroughly concealed his armed forces, and spread false rumors that he was seriously injured during a mission due to rumors. At Duke Peita’s residence, only feet were stomped because of the people who would be swept away by the aftermath of the attack, and Nelfrugia’s vice-captain committed suicide shortly after being detained.

Today, she is a masterpiece of her distrust and disgrace.

“…”

Ir Elfi closed her eyes. She was trying to sort out her thoughts that were running wild.

Eldrion is rapidly sinking into chaos. There are also quite a few aristocrats who have settled in the system. The reason they stay in the system, not the territory, is because of their trust in the imperial family. We cannot let their faith plummet.

More than anything, I was worried about the powerless people. Innocent people without the power and financial resources to defend themselves suffer.

She finished her thoughts in a brief silence.

“…Then, I will prove that it is not funny.”

“Yes? Suddenly, why…”

Are you talking nonsense?

While Rezette swallowed his whispers, Ir Elfi pulled out his ceremonial sword.

Seureung-

The silvery white blade reflected the sunlight and flashed wonderfully. At that moment, Resette unknowingly stretched out her hand toward the bottle.

He must have thought that Irrelpi had opened the sword to set an example for mutiny. However, Ir Elfi’s gaze was fixed on Eldrian, not Resette.

“What… Are you trying to do?”

“Just watch quietly. We’re curious too.”

Someone from the Nelfrugian Knights intervened. Resette looked at him in anger at the arrogant speech of a mere average knight, but soon shut his mouth. The light in the eyes of the Nelfrugia Knights was unusual.

It was the look in the eyes of a child waiting for a long-awaited scene in a play.

“It’s only a vague guess, but we know. Captain’s true worth.”

Everyone in the Nelfrugian Knights knew that.

That she never showed her sincerity in training. That she is the only survivor of the chain reach phenomenon. And… She’s nothing more than a conspiracy theory, but rumors suggest she may have quelled the Chain Reach phenomenon.

But rumors are just rumors. Even within the Knights, there was a lot of controversy. Then, just now, the prelude to revealing her true identity, which was like a silhouette in a shadow play, was approaching.

‘This once. I will violate the imperial decree for the first time, Your Majesty.’

Irelfi jumped up to the top of the imperial palace in an instant. It was an incredible springy move for her. Just that alone made the knights exclaim. But this was just the beginning.

On that day, all the personnel present in the imperial palace witnessed an unforgettable sight.

Remedy.

Elfie’s knees bend slightly and her lower body grips her ground firmly. Her right and left hands handling her design sword crossed each other, raising her blue spirits high into the air.

“One sword star.”

The extreme slash itself becomes a concept of a phenomenon. The offensive beyond recognition is her true value. It is the wonderful power of a woman who embraces the future of the annihilated.

Compressing and condensing the spirits that gathered like mist enveloping the sword. It is internalized to the extreme until the silvery-white decorative sword becomes the color of a lake released in the sky.

Wielding the power of that vast amount of heat is an instant.

Down!

Finally, her single sword drew a trajectory.

Saaa…

It was quiet.

The wind, the bushes, and humans all kept their mouths shut as if practicing silence.

In the empty world, only Ir Elfiman’s designer sword quietly hid her body in a scabbard.

Wedge juice!

The sound of an unexpected gong came slowly.

And not only the imperial palace, but everyone in Jedo also paid attention. A strange phenomenon that defies the laws of nature.

“What is that…!”

“Is this really something that humans can do…?”

“Am I… Seeing something…?”

Whee Oh Oh Oh!

The fiery demon that engulfed the land and sky of the archipelago turned into a huge whirlwind and gushed out as if being sucked into the sky.

Illelpy’s slash left behind an afterimage like incontinence in the clean air. The huge pillar of fire unknowingly disappeared as soon as it touched the afterimage of the slash.

[Irlp-type horizontal cutting – cutting through the sky.] It was a nightmare-like pattern that frustrated many Eldchain players with death return.

The afterimage of the slash left by Irelpi was the result of the concept of ‘Veda’ remaining. The afterimage created a temporary vacuum in the air, and the fire was sucked up there.

Irelfi jumped down from the top of the palace without hesitation and looked down at the knights.

“Are you done now?”

“…Yes?”

“Are you still kidding me?”

“No, that’s…”

“If you understand, go to war. Now!!!”

Resette answered as if possessed by Illelpy’s roar.

“Huh… I see! Ji, the Eazis Knights, sortie to the island right now!”

“Oops, we’re going to Islands too!”

“Send troops!”

Once the tide turned, all the knights scrambled for the system. While most of the knights ran with bewildered expressions, the members of the Nelfrugian Knights had a slightly elated side.

When the vice-captain got into a major accident, he knew he would have to live with his eyes on the ground for the rest of his life. However, the feat of the leader, Ir Elfi, was to turn the vice-captain’s betrayal into a trivial deviation.

In fact, members of other knights were glancing at Nelphrugia as if they were envious.

“Captain Justiha is really crazy… Do the children of Nelfrugia always train under someone like that?”

“It’s a bit scary, but I’m envious…”

Many of them were those who joined the Knights because they longed for strength, regardless of their status. It’s not unusual to be attracted to a strong boss.

At their conversation, the Nelfrugia Knights had the same thoughts.

‘You’d be horrified to find out that our Captain’s sword is literally a decorative decorative sword without a blade.’

It’s just an extremely strong decorative sword forged by a renowned artisan.

It wouldn’t be dignified for a lower rank to brag about a fact that the leader wouldn’t reveal.

It wasn’t something he did, but it was the knights of Nelfrugia who strangely put strength on their shoulders.