How to Live as a Wandering Knight
Chapter 61.2: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ฎ (๐)The knights looked doubtful. They would have listened if it were someone else, but it was hard to accept when Stephen said it.
โLetโs watch the situation a bit more.โ
โWhat if Johan dies in the meantime?โ
โSir Johan is not someone who dies easily. Besides, it seems they are fighting now. . .โ
โThen how about we go support with the soldiers Stephen is leading?โ
Hearing this, Suetlg offered a compromise. The knights couldnโt object to sending the mercenaries Stephen brought.
Returning to their camp, Suetlg spoke to Stephen with surprise in his expression.
โThatโs a decent idea. In this situation, the enemy will be too confused to attack us easily.โ
โAh. . . yes, I thought so too. Of course.โ
Of course, Stephen had not thought that way.Just like when Johan returned from negotiating with Ulrike, Stephen didnโt quite trust Ulrike.
โ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐?
โ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ.
โ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ?
โ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐โ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐โ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ.
โ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐? ๐๐ก๐โ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. . .
โ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง.
โ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ?โ
It was surprising, but Johan seemed to have won Ulrikeโs favor. It was evident from what was heard.
But Stephen still feared Ulrike. If Johan were to die, it wouldnโt be strange for Ulrike to break her promise.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ!โ
โLetโs go! Follow me!โ
Fortunately, the mercenaries followed Stephen.
They went to aid their employer, Johan, without question, though their faces were filled with bewilderment.
โDid that knight know how to fight?โ
โI donโt know. . . I heard heโs like a blind man with open eyes. . .โ
Whispers from behind.
Normally, Stephen would have been furious, but now in a desperate situation, he couldnโt afford to lose his temper. Clenching his teeth, he led the soldiers close to the city walls, his body tense in anticipation of incoming arrows.
โThe fog is too thick to shoot this far. Definitely. . .!โ
He thought this in his head, but the fear did not subside. Moreover, the top of the wall was eerily quiet. That was even more terrifying.
As Stephen wondered what was happening and racked his brain, the mercenaries urged him on.
โYou need to give an order!โ
โDo we stick close to the secret gate to enter? Or do we climb the wall?โ
โKeep it down! Iโm thinking. . .โ
Then, a disturbing noise echoed through the fog. It was the sound of the castle gate being lifted.
โ???โ
โW-What is that?โ
The mercenaries grabbed their weapons first, but something felt off as they did.
Why would those inside open the gates and come out? It was a time when they should be hunkering down inside.
People emerged from the fog. The mercenaries looked only at Stephen, waiting for his command. They were waiting for an order, but Stephen was also at a loss for words.
โHm? Have you come to help?โ
โ??!?!โ
The one who came out of the opened gate was Johan. In Johanโs hand was an unfamiliar man, covered in blood.
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
Johanโs party, Ulrike, and even the guards themselves were unaware that the situation inside the fortress was in chaos.
When it became known that someone had climbed over the wall in the thick fog, the guards, thinking the walls had been taken over, were terrified.
While Johan was busy clearing soldiers in the courtyard, fear spread even more on the walls.
In an already exhausted and starving situation, some quick-witted ones took advantage of the fog to climb down the walls and flee.
Still, the situation could have been managed up to that point.
But the situation worsened when the guard captain, who should have hurriedly come to calm the soldiers, was caught and killed by Johan.
With the guard captainโs communication cut off, the leaders of the soldiers, the ten-man captains, also panicked.
When one of the ten-man captains ran away, it was the end.
Like a dam bursting at its limit, the soldiers each looked for their own way to survive and fled.
At that time, Johan was searching the inner fortress for the castellan, unaware that the outside defense had collapsed.
โThe castellan is on the third floor?โ
โYes! Yes!โ
Apart from the main tower, the inner fortress was a narrow space with no empty areas. Normally, the first floor of a tower was used as a storehouse or kitchen, and living spaces were above it.
โ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ.โ
The castellan would know more about this fortress than Johan. It wouldnโt be strange if there were one or two secret passages. Johan had to rush to catch him before he was discovered.
โIs there a passage to escape outside?โ
โWe donโt know that much. . .โ
The captured swordsmen said with anxious expressions. With the guard captain killed in one stroke, there was no one who could guarantee their lives here.
They had to show they were useful somehow!
โWhere are you from?โ
โFrom Aren, in the central Empire.โ
โThatโs quite far. How did you end up here?โ
โWe were conscripted by the guild. . . Sir Karamaf sent us here.โ
โ!โ
Johan was surprised at the unexpected name. Karamaf sent them?
โKaramaf? Have you seen his face?โ
โOf course not, we are not of the status to meet him directly. Besides, Sir Karamaf is. . . well, itโs a rumor, but there are rumors that heโs seriously ill. . .โ
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