The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

38. The Stormy Sea [1]

38.

“Isn’t that romantic? It means that the captain stays with the ship even after death.”

Cilia shook her body. Tears flowed from the saintess’ eyes and she rolled down her cheeks. Sobbing words fell from her mouth.

“Huh… ! Ugh… ! Knight, knight… Me, that person… Hey, old man… !”

Panbano was motionless. Like a load placed on a ship, he lay there in the rain at the tracking distance. Ecilia stretched out her hand while moving her body. Her white hands rippled with gold. Waves of swaying gold follow the wind and approach Panbano.

She had to reach. She had to confirm. She somehow She couldn’t let it go like this. As long as it touches it, if at least a tiny bit of vitality remains. She repeated those words to herself countless times. And her heart was shattered like the sky split by her lightning.

“Where-!”

One of her stamps flew at her, flicking her cold iron tongue. Her concentration was distracted by the sharp, rapid malice. The undulating gold melted into the air as it was. Ecilia squeezed her eyes shut and let out her screams.

“Kyaaak!”

-Kaang!

When the cold malice she thought would reach didn’t reach her, the saintess opened her eyes. Seungpyo’s blade was protruding from the escort knight’s gauntlet. The blade, forged with malice, was so cold that it instantly froze the escort knight’s presence. Her own attack was blocked, but Shirvane smiled at her rather intriguedly.

“Oh, is it also a knight? You’re doing well this time too.”

The short man next to her clicked his tongue in admiration.

“Tsk, what are you doing? Shirvan… The saintess was almost hurt.”

“I know, I know! She really didn’t mean to hurt! Shall we take our precious saintess with us? Is not it?”

Sirvane answered the man’s words with a chuckle. At the colleague’s smirk, the man clicked his tongue again. Upon hearing the man’s words, the saintess’ face slowly hardened. She had to speak as if she couldn’t understand.

“… Lampide?”

When her name came out of her saintess’ lips, Rampade smiled. His smile was the complete opposite of the attitude he had just shown to Shirvane. The words that came out of his mouth were even mild at first glance.

“Saint. The feeling is inexhaustible. You even remembered the name of this insignificant thing. Was it only half a year? Did you know the saintess? I can’t let you go through hardships in such an insignificant place, so I’ve come to take care of you.”

However, the saintess did not laugh at Lampide’s gentle smile. On the contrary, her face hardened even more. Zerfied, who was glaring at the two men and women standing in front of them, whispered a question to Lady.

“Do you know?”

“… Lampide. When I was healing in the cathedral, I was one of those who protected me. However….”

The saintess bit her lip tightly. Her pink lips turned white in an instant. She said squeezed.

“Rampide. Are you the ‘shadow’?”

“Ah, I always stand by the saintess like a shadow. Isn’t that my duty to protect her saintess?”

In response to his answer, the saintess bit her lips even tighter. Rampade looked at her saintess and twisted her mouth in a fishy way, then she sighed and said,

“By the way, seeing that the saintess is wearing such decrepit and insignificant things and that she is wearing such roughly sewn clothes, I feel like I’m burning up inside. It must be that the stupid person next to her treats her saintess with disrespect and suffers like this. It’s just a pity that she was the one who served the saintess’ ghost by her side.”

Rampade, speaking his words, patted Pan Bano, who had roughly tossed next to him, with his foot. The target of the senile and immature things he was talking about was very clear. The saintess couldn’t stand those words any longer. Ecilia’s eyes were trembling without being able to control her emotions before she knew it.

“Don’t insult the knight-! Also, don’t call old man Panvano that way! Staying by my side like a shadow and protecting me?! A person like that would do that to an elder?!”

“Did you go around like that stupid thing and get dyed? I should have taken care of you better… I am simply sorry.”

Anger flowed from her red eyes, and tears mixed with sadness flowed from her blue eyes. The saintess wiped her tears with the back of her hand and stretched out her arms. An intense golden light shone from her arms. The saintess once again unleashed her divine power to heal her Pan Bano.

Unfortunately, this time I couldn’t reach her heart either. As if guessing the condition her owner had suffered, the boat threw itself into the sea and vented its anger. Her holy power quickly dissipated at the violent shaking.

“Kyaaah!”

The saintess screamed.

The Death Knight held onto her saintess tightly. As the boat rocked loudly, the two men and women took a posture to attack as if they were aiming for that moment. Zerfied bit his teeth. Once again, the escort knight warned Lady.

“Esilia, go into the cabin and never come out.”

“Yes… ?! But… ! But… ! Knight… ! Elder Panvano… !”

“…… Do not come out.”

Jer Pied listened to Lady’s crying words and shook her head heavily. Her tears poured more violently from her saintess’s face.

“Don’t…… !”

Zer Pied almost forcibly shoved her into her cabin as she sat down heavily. Tracked by her sorrow, her body was pushed in with all too ease. The escort driver who let Lady into the cabin blocked her door.

The Living Death immediately swung the Partisan into a bell. No, I was trying to wield it. Still immersed in grief and anger, the ship laid itself haphazardly on the raging waves. His stance was shaken by the raging waves, and his bell slash was twisted. Zer Pied kept her curse to himself.

Sirvane and Rampade, who were charging at the same time, glanced at the bell slash that was about to tear them apart as they flew into the air. Rampade, who was watching this, murmured.

“… Also, a great talent. Be careful, Shirvane. He is the one who killed Tessien and Philed.”

“I just saw it too! Are you a crazy bastard?! That kind of technique is used in a place that is shaking like this!? Aren’t you determined to destroy the ship?!”

What Shirvane said was a fact that Zerfied realized just now. Zerfied had a Partisan on his back. She couldn’t wield the spear at will. Just now, I was lucky and flew into the air, but I will smash the ship with my attacks. And that would rather make Ecilia more dangerous than she is now. Also… ….

Anyway, as long as I can’t wield a spear, there’s only one thing left.

‘I’ll have to go to hand-to-hand combat.’

He switched his kite shield to his right hand. The moment he switched, a dagger flew towards his right waist, scattering sharp light in three directions.

-Kaaang!

Zerpied deflected Turus with his shield. After removing one of his enemy’s weapons, the Death Knight clenched his fist with his left hand. He raised his arm high to crush the head of the rampaging approaching him. An iron rope was wrapped around his raised left arm.

– Kiyiik!

A strange noise was made as the armor and iron met each other. The blades of the Seungpyo attached to the ends of the iron strings gradually dug into the gaps in the armor and were fixed like hooks. For a moment, Zer Pied turned his gaze towards the wire that restricted his movement. Shirvane grinned at him. Rainwater dripped from her long curly hair.

“Hello, knight brother? I’m sorry, but my friend said he had something to say to the saintess. Let’s have a friendly conversation with each other. Are you fine?”

Zerpied didn’t answer that. He tugged at his arm, which was wrapped around him with a nonchalant expression. Shirvane cursed at the wire as it was dragged with a terrible scream and removed the winning ticket.

“Damn it, counting hard!”

Death Knight did not stop her swinging body. Moving at the same speed as he was pulling, he reached out to Lampide. Rampide was able to catch the falling Turus at the critical moment. The place where his arm had been a second before groaned in intense pain.

-Kwajijik!

The wooden plank was smashed with a terrible sound. For a moment, Rampade let out a groan at the thought of what would have happened if it had been his arm. The wooden plank made it difficult to make out his shape. Zer Pied confirmed that Ram Paid was dodging and raised his shield high.

‘…… !’

With the kite shield, I aimed the sharp lower apex at Lampide and charged. Even in the heavy rain, the tip of the shield aimed at Lampide’s neck shone sharply.

-Kuuuuu…… !

The tip of the shield shattered the poor wooden plank, not Lampide’s neck. The boat rocked wildly along the turbulent sea. The dwarf, who had just seen the vicious attack miss, put a fishy smile on his lips. He whispered to his colleague next to him.

“Your strength is relentless. How could a knight of that level travel alone? I don’t know why he’s traveling alone, but that’s enough to kill Philed and Tessien.”

“… Damn, I know that oppa is very strong. What is the conclusion?”

“Did you see the previous attack missed? You’re not very familiar with shipboard combat. Or you’ve never fought in the sea with such rough waves. It’s not that fast there either. Either way, it’s good for us.”

“… What do you want to say?”

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“There is no need to fight that ruthless knight, right?”

Shirvane realized what her colleague was talking about. A mischievous smile crept across her lips.

“Aha? Are you going to run away with only the saintess? It’s a plan I like. But will that oppa gently let you go?”

“If you see that you don’t launch the same terrifying attack as just before, you know that a self-attack can destroy a ship. Moreover, the opponent is not very accustomed to this situation. Just drag the time somehow. It’s not that fast… At first I’ll help you out a bit.

Shirvane laughed wildly and licked her own lips with her tongue. The rain mixed with the smell of the sea, I felt the salty taste. Shirvane raggedly took off her jacket that she was wearing. Her slim, muscular figure glistened in her rain, revealing her short sleeveless dress. In her hand were eight pieces of iron winning tickets. Sir Vane raised the corners of her mouth almost to the limit.

“Hey, big brother. Do you know what our nicknames are?”

Zerpied did not answer that question. He centered himself on top of the wildly tossing boat and immediately charged them. Shirvane laughed once more. She wasn’t asking for an answer either.

“It’s a giant spider!”

The giant spider’s eight legs flew through the air. Even the raindrops that fell roughly cut through in an instant, and the blade forged with malice aimed at the blue knight of death. Zerfied didn’t pay much attention to her remnants. He raised his shield as before.

The sharpened claws of the spider also bounced off the shield without being able to pierce it. But Seung-pyo was limp like the leg of a living spider. The flaccid winning ticket wrapped around Zerpied’s leg. The iron and armor collided and made a strange sound.

It was a turn. The movement of the blue knight of death stopped. It was a fleeting moment, but two Turus flew into the area where his helmet and neck were connected. Seeing that, Shirvane laughed madly.

“And spiders have two fangs.”

It was nailed down exactly. It was the paralysis poison I had brought in case the saintess rebelled, but this was enough. It’s just a pity that I couldn’t bring any items other than the essentials to infiltrate the ship. If I had brought more, I might have been able to kill him right now. They say it’s not fast, but since it moves a little fast, you can’t block it. Shirvane was sarcastically.

“It’s a pity, the body is exactly what I like. I want to make it a little ‘cute’, but I have to go. I’m sorry brother. See you later? If we can survive this storm.”

The rain and waves were getting stronger. If they left her seat with the saintess like this, her boat would sink and no one would know that they were in the open sea. She moved her body to join Rampide. And she screamed at the wildly moving wire of the ticket.

“… How… ?”

It was pouring rain, but the bloody eyes shimmering through the gaps in the helmet were very clear. She wanted to understand, but she couldn’t. Why are you moving Are you exactly stuck in the paralysis poison? Why? Seeing Zer Peed stretch out her arms without even removing the impaled Turus, she didn’t want to understand, but she had to.

It’s not that I couldn’t block it, it’s that I just hit it.

-Keying – !

His movement as he stretched out his arm was limited by the wire. Seeing that, Shirvane laughed stupidly.

“Haha… ! Ha ha ha… ! Well yes! There is a paralyzing poison and a wire, so how do you move?! Hey you listen! If you don’t want your arm cut off, you better not move! It’s plated with adamantium…… !”

-Toduk. Took.

And what was limited was really ‘one moment’.

I really couldn’t understand it anymore. When the knight stood up, she couldn’t understand how half of the adamantium-plated wires snapped lightly. Shirvane, who was staring at it stupidly, came to his senses with a bizarre feeling. Still the other half hung from the knight’s body, and they were connected to her own body for ease of control.

But that knight moves so lightly, why does my body move along…… ?

From her point of view, the movement was really simple. Taking a few steps seemed like a simple action using the whole body. In that simple movement, her left arm and right leg were severed like halves of broken wire.

“Quaaaaa – !”

She screamed and rolled over on her deck. Her rain-soaked wood was covered with her blood. Shirvane glared at the knight in pain. However, the knight indifferently took one look at her writhing in her pain, and her rain ran across her deck as she poured. And leaving her alone, she ran straight into her cabin.