Main Character Hides His Strength

34. Iron Knights (3)

In the hospitality of the Dwarves, Kim Sung-cheol was able to meet with the commander of the fortress.

Kal Bomba, the defender commander of Kevan Kemal, was one of them.

The dwarf with a loud voice, big hands like a cauldron lid, and flashing eyes like a lamp, whispered about the current situation while sipping a beer in a large glass.

Kal Bomba himself did not know why the Demon Army raided from behind.

However, he had some knowledge of rumors floating on the front lines of the market recently.

“I heard the Iron Knights recently asked for reinforcements from the Change Bag. In fact, the Iron Knights were devastated by the onslaught of the Devil army that followed in the winter. Anyway, the problem was that the Iron Knights had broken their pride and called for backup several times, but all the damn change bags were silenced. Of course, I can't survive as a Blood Knight. ”

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol is somewhat familiar with the man named Martin Bregas.

He may be a decent man, but he is not irresponsible enough to fulfill his duty for no reason.

There must be some kind of lining.

“Perhaps the rumors are true. ”

Another dwarf opens his mouth.

Kim Sung-cheol's attention was towards him.

“It is said that the Iron Knights are used as sacrificial lambs to make the bastard born of Aedyran a successor. ”

“I'd like to hear the story in detail. ”

Kim Sung-cheol showed interest.

Rarely opened his mouth, the Dwarves' gaze was uniquely directed at Kim Sung-cheol.

The dwarf who brought out the story swung a glass of wine, gave a cool beating, and said again.

“Martin Bregas is a human being, but what he has in him is a filthy disposition to sow seeds if he sees a beautiful dog. Thanks to you, a lot of bastards were born. You don't even know how many kids you have. ”

As the dwarf thrashes, the other dwarves burst into laughter as well.

“There are rumors that there are more than twenty. ”

“What are the twenty? I heard there's a hundred more. ”

Kim Sung-cheol listened to the story and remembered the last smile of poor Sophia Bregas.

"Could he have been a bastard, too? ’

After returning from the palace, I saw the family tree of the Martin Bregas family by chance.

From the founder of the family to the current heir, there was Iliya's name, but I did not see Sofia Bregas' name in the genealogy, representing the endless splitting of the family tree line.

The fact that there is no name in the family tree means that it has not been recognized by the family.

“Problem is.”

A talking dwarf calls out in a loud voice to alert you.

The dwarf was a horse when the mood was somewhat orderly.

“The problem is, of all the stillborn children, there is the favourite son of the poisonous Martin Bregas! To make the bastard his heir, he loved enough to throw away the child he had from his wife. ”

“Who's that? ”

Kim Sung-cheol asked.

“Paris Dagoth. Half-Elf. A child from a famous elf named Muhee of Trowin's clan. But there's another interesting rumor going around about him. ”

“Hoho?”

When Kim Sung-cheol showed interest, the dwarf revealed his teeth in a low voice.

“Martin Bregast's favorite bastard might not even be his own son... Kuhahaha! ”

The dwarf bursts into laughter without being able to finish his sentence.

The other dwarves laugh and scoff at Martin Bregas.

The story continues as the chairman's laughter fades away.

This time it wasn't the Dwarf who was always talking, it was Kal Bomba, commander of Kevin Kemel.

“By the way, Martin Bregas is rumored to want to make the bastard his successor. There's nothing to get away from him. Even his wife killed all his sons. However, you will think that it is impossible to make Mu-hee's son an heir without roots. That's why we're making sacrificial lambs. ”

“That's the Iron Knights? ”

When Sung-cheol Kim asked, Kal Bomba nodded.

“You probably know the Iron Knights. It's a famous story. ”

“I don't think the Iron Knights just take notes. ”

“But the Iron Knights are powerless. I couldn't get the commander's son summoned from the Summon Palace. What more can I say? ”

Hearing that, Kim Sung-cheol remembered the face of Park Aram who was like a jackal.

‘I killed him. If I hadn't intervened, Park Aram would have finished his palace and joined the Iron Knights. ’

All causes have consequences.

Some of the results are unintended.

Park Aram's death seems to have blown the crystal in the honor of the Falling Iron Knights.

And a group that loses honor rapidly breaks down.

Kim Sung-cheol poured out a glass of wine and hung his head about the stories he heard today.

*

The Iron Knights are powerless groups created by Summoners, especially those summoned from Korea.

The knights centered on Master Cho, Seong-taek, were initially nothing but mere mercenaries, but settled on the front lines of the most dangerous system and continued to struggle with powerful demons.

The greater the risk, the greater the gain.

Their battle was seemingly reckless, but resulted in tremendous growth for the Knights.

Dozens of knights have swiftly surpassed the superman since Master Cho Sung-taek, and they have begun to call themselves Iron Blood.

That is the origin of the Iron Knights, once in the north of the continent and once in all three rivers of the continent.

But the Iron Knights in question no longer exist.

Cho Seong-taek had some experience in making organizations, but he was below average in maintaining those large organizations.

His organization was thoroughly exploited and consumed in the conspiracy of skilled schemers such as Martin Bregas, Aquila, and the Emperor.

At last, I heard that the last of the burrows were finally delivered to the storm front fortress.

“The Iron Knights have fallen. ”

“The Iron Cross has fallen and only a handful of the Iron Knights have survived. I've entrusted myself to Martin Bregas. ”

“The eastern front of the Mahagye front is now unmanned. ”

“The collapse of the storm front is only a matter of time. ”

Kim Sung-cheol, who was staying in the Dwarf fortress as a slum, could hear the news flying in.

It was just one deadly, sudden, dark news.

As people's worries grew, a non-dragon knight rushed to the fortress.

On the way here, the wounded non-dragon knight, who looks like he was attacked by demons, passed on Martin Bregas' orders to Kal Bomba, who changed the commander of the front line.

- Martin Bregas' headquarters is on its way to meet the Demon army. All preliminary commanders listening to this news should leave minimal force to defend and deploy troops.

‘Did they move themselves? Martin Bregas.’

This is the worst crisis since the Maya frontier was created.

There have been several large and small crises, but this is the first time that a single wire has completely collapsed.

As Martin Bregas, he couldn't help but notice.

I have heard rumors that an army of Elves from the Varanaran Tribe who had already defended the west are marching east through the storm front defenses.

Kal Bomba has also decided to dispatch all troops to the east, with the exception of injured soldiers and minority veterans.

Kim Sung-cheol joined the army of Kal Bomba as a guest wizard.

An army of 300 dwarves emerges from the fortress and marches toward the Eastern Wasteland.

A dwarf army five times its height calls for a mighty army and marches boldly towards the land of the dead.

Among the military members, however, there was something related to Kim Sung-cheol.

“Sung-cheol Kim! Give me back the arm-garraz! You rascal!”

“Seung-cheol Kim! Give me back Arm Garaz! Worldwide poop!”

There are two verses.

Although it is widely known, Kim Sung-cheol is listed first as a Dwarf.

Perhaps if Kim Sung-cheol reveals his identity here now, he will be attacked by all the Dwarves here.

“You've got a lot of enemies. Do you have any friends? ”

Vertelgia, in her pocket, calls out in ridicule.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol didn't say anything about it.

Instead, I grabbed the Vertelgia in my pocket and threw it outside of me.

“Ouch! That's too much! Really!”

The dwarves marveled at the flying Bertelgia.

At first, Bertelkia roams the skies quietly, getting to know the dwarves and talking to them one by one.

A day later, the dwarf army arrives at an unnamed village.

The town has already been destroyed by the Demon army.

Kim Sung-cheol found a sign of a half-burnt village in the rubble.

It was written in Korean language that had never been seen since I came to this world.

[Goddess Paju]

“ ……. ”

As they entered the village, Kim Sung-cheol and the Dwarf were able to take over the whole town with their nasty bloodlines.

Surrounded by burning houses, there were terrible debris left by the demons in the square.

It was a tower built on the corpses of people.

After being tortured beyond sight, both men and women, it was used as an ingredient in the tower, alive, and dead.

It appears that those who died fighting to defend the village were prey to the demons.

The corpse of an empty warrior is rotting on the dining table.

“... cursed demons. ”

Despite their cruel views, these dwarves are familiar with the atrocities the demons have perpetrated against the civilians on a different level than what they have seen.

‘This disaster will befall the entire continent if the frontier is breached. ’

It is Kim Sung-cheol's idea of knowing the demons better than anyone else.

For demons, humans are food, toys, and mortal enemies.

Therefore, no compromise or negotiation is necessary for the demons.

Kal Bomba speeds up the march, perhaps because he saw the miserable villages.

Two days later, Kim Sung-cheol's group is able to see Martin Bregas' strength in the distance.

The embroidered spirit of the winged backbone standing with the sword can be seen from afar.

A total of 30,000 soldiers gathered under the armory, hundreds of armies.

All sorts of troops from different continents, as well as other fronts on the Mahagye front, are gathered in one place.

The most numerous and key unit of all was the Trowin vigilante led by Parim Dagott, known as the bastard of Martin Bregas.

Kim Sung-cheol recognized at a glance that the troops were only named vigilantes, and that they were not inferior to the number of soldiers or vague knights.

Parim Dagoth was a handsome man with a bright and confident figure.

As rumored, there was no corner that resembled Martin Bregas, but he had a huge presence that caught my attention from afar and a charisma that caught everyone around him.

Unlike Ilya, whose face was obedient but shy and lacked leadership.

Kim Sung-cheol seemed to know at a glance why Martin Bregas favored Parim Dagoth more.

Parim Dagoth greeted the commanders from all over the country first, communicating in a concise and powerful voice about the size of the troops and what to do.

“Hmm. Is that the devil's rival? Honestly, it's better that way. ”

Bertelgia was the same opinion as Kim Sung-cheol.

On the other hand, the appearance of the Iron Knights in the corner of the barracks was unbearable.

Cho Sung-taek, a former Iron Knight commander with three continents, was left in a corner of the barracks with the Stragglers without any existence.

No one paid them tribute.

Those who knew the situation on the front lines showed them sympathy, but gave up the front lines to the Iron Knights to sell the current situation as incompetent and powerless groups.

‘Cho Sung-taek.’

Kim Sung-cheol personally knew Cho Sung-taek.

Before the disaster, he was a cheerful, courageous and talented leader.

I used to have a much better cooking ability than Kim Sung-cheol.

However, I could not find the glint of the past in the image of Cho, Seong-taek.

Sitting in front of Kim Sung-cheol was an old man with only a shell left.

"The Iron Knights have fallen like this. ’

There is only one reason the Iron Knights fell.

Against disaster.

Despite the fact that the resistance was passive and tribal, the Iron Knights fell as a result of facing the disaster.

May he never rise again.

That's how Kim Sung-cheol left.

Kim Sung-cheol, who left the Iron Knights, circled around the troops to see if anyone knew him first.

It's rare for people who know Kim Sung-cheol's current face, but even if they meet at this place, they are in a bit of a embarrassment.

Fortunately, I didn't seem to have met anyone from the punishment squad, such as Deckard.

If so, we can live as any Kim for a while.

‘It will be decided in approximately a week. If humans are defeated in this fight, at least a third of the continent will be lured under the horns and claws of demons. ’

A powerful nation like the Human Empire could prevent the invasion of demons, but a small country would be left to chance.

In front of Kim Sung-cheol, the miserable sight of the destroyed village that I had seen before passed by.

A shallow sigh came from Kim Sung-cheol's mouth.

‘Even if it's just one more intuition. ’

When I turned around thinking that way, someone grabbed Sung-cheol Kim's shoulder behind me.

I was appalled by Kim Sung-cheol's eyes.

‘I didn't feel a clue?! ’

This can't be happening.

Piercing Kim Sung-cheol's superhuman senses and approaching it.

But there have been a few similar occasions before.

Kim Sung-cheol stared at the face of the woman holding her shoulders with her cold sunken eyes.

“Oh, really! It was Sung-cheol.”

The identity of the woman smiling brightly with her teeth exposed was no different.