The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

85. Lizardman General

85.

The moment he saw the rain of arrows, the Death Knight’s action was immediate. The Death Knight immediately threw the thick bundle of twigs she was holding into the rain of arrows.

-Kwajik! Kwajijik!

The thick bundle of twigs served as an excellent shield against the arrows. However, no matter how thick the tree branches are, they cannot block the space between spaces. The few remaining arrows pierced the gap sharply. However, the targets the arrows are aiming for are the natives of the jungle. The four elves had already avoided blind spots or hit blind arrows with machetes.

Those who fired the arrows seemed to know that the attack would not succeed anyway. They showed up right away. Soon, a sharp sound of ‘Cheereureuk-!’ Resonated throughout the jungle.

“Krüchic…… !”

At the center of the tree where they were gathered, a significant number of Lizardmen appeared. Lizardmen had already encountered it a few times, but the number was extraordinary. They were a group of close to dozens. There were lizardmen with colorful scales around their necks, which they had seen before. Their scales were bristling, and they were talking to the subordinates around them.

Hiding behind a small tree beside her, Perien muttered softly as she caught her breath.

“Damn…… ! She said to be as careful as possible and cut it silently… ! Were you gathered around here… ? But what is so much… ?”

At that time, a sharp sound was heard again along with the rumbling sounds.

“Krahaak…… ! Kahak… ! Card – !”

The chirping sound I heard earlier was the sound of their scales bristling. When several Lizardmen of the commander-in-chief level gave orders at the same time, the subordinates quickly retreated to the side.

-Kooung – ! Kuung – !

The saintess, who was looking at the Lizardmen with a hard expression behind the Death Knight, thought the ground was shaking at the moment. And what she felt was not an illusion. The ground was really shaking. The saintess, who looked around her with a bewildered expression, felt even more bewildered.

The elves also had the same hard expressions as him. The saintess, who was about to ask why, hurriedly moved her gaze back to where she was when she heard the harsh roar in front of her.

“Kwaaaaa!”

There stood a huge lizardman holding an axe. Almost as tall as the Death Knight, he was one head taller than the other Lizardmen.

Every time he moved his feet, the scales bristled and Cerro’s pupils’ eyes shone so clearly that they could see clearly even in the gloomy jungle. Above all, unlike other Lizardmen, the protruding fangs, like those of a snake, seemed to have forged ferocity as part of their body.

Prigit muttered something absurd.

“General level… Lizardman General … ? It’s right under Lizardman Road….”

It was like the impression of someone who saw something that shouldn’t be here. There was no time to be soaked in sentimental afterglow. The general immediately stretched out his hand. At the tip of that finger, there was a Death Knight and a group of elves.

“Kroaaaaa!”

A lizardman with a sword and spear rushed around the tree.

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“Go up! Go up!”

Iserido exclaimed urgently. The elves who were working at the base of the tree hurriedly climbed to the top of the tree. The situation was not good. I was trying to make a raft, so most of the branches were cut off. There were not many branches for them to climb. In particular, there were no tree branches for the huge body called Death Knight to climb.

Zerpied had no choice but to hold onto a suitable tree branch and hang on to it. The Death Knight glanced at Celia as he moved his gaze. Fortunately, Celia was hugged by Bekarin and her eyes were tightly closed. Zerfied moved his gaze downward again.

Iserido’s judgment was correct. The area where they were located was surrounded by Lizardmen, revealing the inner flesh of the tree with their sharp nails. The Lizardmen who jumped up to catch them upstairs soon realized that it was futile, and stared at them silently. As if he was fed up with the frigate, he looked at it and muttered.

“…… Damn, it’s not the end when those scaled cubs come up? Or if you shoot an arrow…….”

“That can’t be.”

Everyone’s eyes moved to that direction at Zerfied’s calm answer.

“This tree is barely hanging on to us right now. I was cutting down the stump of the tree just now. Moreover, most of the branches were cut down. In this situation, if the lizardmen come up, the tree will fall down. If a tree of this height fell, the Lizardmen wouldn’t be safe either.

To shoot the arrows, we have to bite them all around the tree so they don’t get hit, and then we’ll have a chance to escape. I don’t know why the Lizardmen suddenly appeared, but that’s probably not what they wanted.”

It was a reasonable explanation, but Jerpied’s explanation made one fact clear.

“…… So that means we have to stay on top of it….”

Frigit murmured grimly. The women wanted to say something about the gloomy outlook, but nothing else came to their mind except salivation.

A tedious and threatening confrontation lasted for about thirty minutes. Lizardman’s general seemed to be unable to stand it either. He stomped his feet violently, spreading his scales and bristling them. Eventually the general stepped forward and showed off some of his hand movements. Most of them were swear words, but there were a few things worth noting. It was crude, but clearly sign language.

Seeing the sign language, Freight’s eyes went blank.

“What… That… ? You do sign language… ? Even if you have a language system, you can learn sign language… ?”

“Now that’s not important! Prigit, can you interpret what you’re saying?”

“Oh, yes. Hmm… …. Son? Crushed? Plural? Same? Obviously you? What are you talking about? I don’t know what to say by just throwing words…….”

There was a scene that passed through Frigit’s mind. The Lizardmen who let Zerpied experience the flight filled with 10% of his unwillingness. In particular, he recalled the Lizardman, who served as the leader of the group, a little more clearly.

“What? Do you know anything?”

“…… Yes. Oh no? I don’t even know what you’re talking about?”

“Damn, I should have known why all of a sudden… …. The general won’t lead the crowd directly for no reason.”

“…… I don’t think I’ll have time to find out why, Miss Ferien.”

Ferien’s gaze moved urgently at Zerfied’s words. The Lizardman, who was at the base, was at some distance. But I didn’t understand. Even the subordinates are still included within the range to shoot arrows. But why the hell…… ?

She soon understood why. The Lizardmen in the back all made similar hand movements.

“Javelin?!”

As if it were the correct answer, a spear flew past them sharply. Zerfied realized that he could no longer just wait for things to get better. He bent his body back and threw it forward, releasing his hand from his branch. Seeing unusual behavior, the Lizardmen immediately started throwing javelins.

– Huung! Whoo!

Sharp spears glided past the back and front of the Death Knight. Zer Pied threw himself almost to the ground and kicked the trunk of the tree. The trunk of the tree shook violently, and I could hear the others screaming, but it slowed him down a bit.

However, the reason he kicked the tree was to slow him down, but it was something else. As he slowed down, he quickly turned his gaze to find something. Soon what he was looking for was in sight.

He threw himself right at it, shouting without even thinking.

“Hold on – !!!”

-Jjeouk – !

And that was the spot where they were cutting down the trunk of the tree. The trees could not bear the fantastic logging work of cooperation with gravity and huge bodies. The tree groaned wildly and wanted to lay its great body, thirty cubits, on the ground.

Unsurprisingly, the Lizardmen’s will was not important to the tree.

“…… Kiruruk?”

That was the first impression of the lizardman general and the other soldiers, toward the tree lying down.

-Kooung – !

And that was the final impression.