Record of a Thousand Lives

The Kervas Mountains are foggy.

It was a cloudy white mist that had not been cleared all season.

Glug-ug-!

The wheels of the wagon go up the foggy slopes.

A knight frowns.

“Why did you follow the Imperial Knights to the wagon? ”

“A sinner convoy, I hear. ”

“Sinner? Arrest who? ”

“I want to know that. ”

“Shit. His wagon's slowing us down. The fog doesn't even make it look right. ”

Whether you knew the knights' complaints or not, the wagon pushed the wagon slowly.

Lenox, the Third Knight Captain, watches the wagon's movements on horseback.

Then someone spoke to me from behind.

It was Second Knight Leader Seira.

“Lenox. I trust you're prepared for this journey?" ”

Lenox nods.

“Yes, of course. ”

The company laughed.

“Still funny. When you were hurt by those bandits. ”

The Cross Bandits.

Lenox was stabbed in a duel with an Arkan bandit.

“An excuse, but at the time, the entire Knights were exhausted by the vigilantes. Shame on me. I was deceived. ”

“But the level difference would have been huge. You fought on purpose again, didn't you? To make it look like a close fight for the honor of an old colleague who is now a bandit. ”

“You know that. The advantage of a fight can never be settled on a level alone. ”

Lenox recalls what happened in the Hatar Mountains.

A expressionless man who showed extreme swordsmanship, even though Level was poor.

There was no concrete evidence, even though it was pronounced that the man was involved with the Emperor's suicide.

What did he look like?

Unlike the one I had forgotten, I shot Sae's sharp horse.

“As expected, your problem is your discerning nature. That's why we always lose the battle with the other Knight Leaders. ”

The two knight captains stared at the march formation while having a long, poignant conversation.

Then Lenox suddenly lowers his voice.

“Sarah, what do you think? About this trip. ”

I frowned at his long eyebrows.

“Hey, Lenox. Have you forgotten what I said to you in the Imperial Court? Everyone knows something strange is happening in the Imperial Court, but it's a secret. ”

“But...... I'm offended. Especially this trip. ”

“Lenox, close your ears and cut off your tongue. Because that's the way it is for you. ”

Sera said so, turning her head to the other knights.

But Lenox did not hear her advice.

Then Lumiere, riding the horse, raises his hand.

Immediately, a knight shouted.

“The former knights. Take a break!”

The wagon stops and the knights take a break.

Lumiere summoned the commanders of the Knights.

When all five chieftains were assembled, he opened his mouth.

“I have something to tell the Knight Leaders. ”

Lumiere's tone was not arrogant, but respectful.

However, it was dark enough to feel a strange refusal.

The 4th Knight Leader, Katerina, has made a public statement.

“What's going on? ”

“In fact, the purpose of this Imperial Knights journey is not to subdue monsters. ”

Subdue monsters in the Kervas Mountains!

That was the official goal of the Imperial Knights' journey.

The 5th Knight Leader, Sworn, looks puzzled.

“What do you mean? What do you mean," Monster Subjugation is not the goal "? ”

“You can hire mercenaries without having to go to the Imperial Knights to subdue monsters. The reason we're here is more concrete and dangerous. ”

Lumiere said low.

“Your Majesty's Doppelgänger. We need to capture that monster here. ”

“King Kisipran's doppelganger? That's the first I've heard of it. ”

Serra frowns.

I only knew about the Doppelgänger who escaped from the lab, the third knights who were tasked with capturing him in secret.

“I'll explain the details later. We need to catch the Doppelgänger and escort him to the wagon. ”

“How can we just listen to you and judge what your name is? ”

When Katherine snapped at him, Lumiere protested with a simple logic.

“I have command of the expedition. ”

After coming out like that, Katerina had no choice but to keep her mouth shut with a grumpy face.

“I have a question. Lumiere.”

Helkin opens his mouth for the first time.

The first Knight Leader's remarks attracted the attention of the Knight Leaders.

Lumiere was the only one who had not been overwhelmed by the old knight.

“What is your question, Lord Helkins? ”

“If there's a Doppelgänger in the king's image, we should arrest him and investigate. However, it doesn't seem to be the reason the entire Imperial Knights have to go. ”

There's no need for this many knights to make a Doppelgänger move.

However, what the alchemist was trying to recover was something in the Doppelgänger.

Lumiere nods.

“There will be a disturbance. ”

“The Imperial Knights are a great distraction. Who is that? ”

He said in a sinking voice.

“The man who has lived a thousand times. ”

* * *

Now I'm tired of winter law, but I've always found Kang Yoon-soo.

But this time it wasn't a nightmare.

He stood on the continent.

Suddenly, I looked up freely like when I used Hye-in's power.

High altitudes that are difficult to breathe, and a layer overlooking the entire continent.

At last, a circular planet has emerged from the continent.

But I kept looking up.

There were many planets in the distant universe, and a group of shining stars.

Through the galaxy, I realized how small my world was.

There were many worlds on each of those planets, or in many different universes.

An impossible world passed by.

People are living there, too.

Just as he tried to protect his comrades, they cherished his world.

His gaze rises endlessly.

He faced the end of the world.

At last I reached…….

* * *

“…… Kang Yoon-soo? ”

Kang Yoon-soo woke up frowning at the warm touch on his shoulder.

Shanette looks apologetic.

“It's morning. Why didn't you just let him sleep over? ”

“It's okay.”

I fell asleep late like him.

Kang Yoon-soo gets up and finishes a simple meal with the group on dry bread.

“I can see the mountains thanks to the Eye of the Doomed Dragon. There's a lot of fog. ”

“I've already had a cold conversation. ”

“Phew. I'm nervous. ”

Kang Yoon-soo split four pieces of the tower with his colleagues one by one.

Kill the demons in the Kervas Mountains and they will all be transferred to the Horse Tower.

Shanette suddenly asked.

“Aren't you scared of Kang Yoon-soo? ”

“Dude, he's been to the steeple dozens of times in his past life. How can he be scared? ”

“But it's the last life. ”

Shanette looks at him apprehensively, but Kang Yoon-soo doesn't answer.

I just looked at the distant mountains.

Even if it wasn't a thousand times.

Work or 100,000.

Kang Yoon-soo wouldn't give up even if he could come back many times.

“Let's go.”

The group heads for the Kervas Mountains.

When I entered the mountains, the haze was very dark around the trees and mountain trails.

It was hard to discern the shape beyond the fog.

Henry frowns.

“I don't know what kind of mist doesn't work when the sun comes up. ”

“Reminds me of the bloody fog that surrounded the Vampire City. ”

Even in the dark mist, Kang Yoon-soo stepped forward without hesitation.

Every time the leaves piled up on the floor are trampled, the mountain crumbles.

The Devil should be roaming by the lake, at the center of the mountains by now.

Iris suddenly stopped.

“What's the matter, sis? ”

“Suspicious popularity. ”

Her bright ears curl around a haze of gray mist.

“Isn't it just a wild animal? ”

“It's definitely the sound of human footsteps. ”

Kang Yoon-soo stopped.

The Kervas Mountains are a place where even travellers can bypass the harsh mountain tax.

Doppelgänger's ears were less likely to be wrong.

Very occasionally, a lost homeless person or criminal entered the mountains.

‘But I have to check it out. ’

When he exercised his power, his gaze changed to a free point.

As you peer through the cloudy mist, you see unexpected sights.

‘…… Imperial Knights? ’

A perfectly armed knight ambushes you not far from here.

The crest engraved on the sword and armor must have been a token from the Imperial Knights.

Kang Yoon-soo hurriedly revoked Hye-in's power and entered another path.

Shanette makes a curious face.

“Why are you suddenly on your way back? ”

“There's an Imperial Knights ambush over there. We have to go the other way. ”

The colleagues also looked embarrassed.

“Imperial Knights? ”

“They ambushed you on the road ahead? ”

“That's weird. ”

Kang Yoon-soo turned to the other side and thought.

"Why are the Imperial Knights in the Kervas Mountains?" ’

Based on our lives so far, there is no reason for the Knights to be here.

Of course, even the Imperial Knights can be dealt with safely by using the thunder bee.

However, I was reluctant to think that something impossible had happened.

‘Imperial Knights could not have set sail without a name. ’

I don't know what their objective is.

However, the knights were fully armed and ambushed on their way.

It's as if Kang Yun-su's group had anticipated coming to the mountains beforehand.

‘Something's wrong. ’

I felt uneasy.

The air flow of the world seemed to change.

I felt like everything that had been done okay as a god had been twisted again.

And it soon proved that it wasn't just an ominous premonition.

“Danger!”

At Shanette's shout, Kang Yoon-soo rears his sword reflectively.

I lowered my posture to avoid the Knight's Blade leaping out of a pile of shady leaves.

He immediately shoved his sword into the raided knight's neck.

“Cough-!"

A pile of leaves falters behind the fallen knight, spurting blood.

At the same time, dozens of Imperial knights rush out with swords pointed at them.

As soon as the group is combat ready, he narrows his eyes.

‘There were ambushes here, too. ’

Kang Yoon-soo felt threatened.

In deployment, not knives.

The power of Hye-in can be seen right away from the ambush hidden in the fog, but no knight can see the double ambush with a pile of foliage.

Even this seemed like a trick that Kang Yoon-soo predicted would bypass the ambush in front of him.

Is there anyone who reads about their behavior in the thousandth life?

The threat he felt soon turned into a knife's tip.

“You're really here, as he said. ”

It was a voice I had heard before.

The old knight walks slowly through the pile of leaves.

First Knight Captain Helkins.

Helkin's wrinkled eyes are filled with curiosity.

“Henryk? Never thought I'd see you in a place like this. ”

“It's common.”

Henryk said with fierce eyes.

Like all knights, Helkin draws a sharp sword.

Helkins points to Kang Yoon-soo with his blade.

“I can tell by your swordsmanship. Are you the one who broke into the Imperial Palace wearing a mask the day the Emperor died? You're stronger than you were then. ”

Kang Yoon-soo did not answer.

I just grabbed the knife sack harder.

“There's a name for it, Henryk. Capture the Doppelgänger alive and kill the rest. ”

A calm tone.

But Helkins is suddenly gone.

It was a moment.

Pa-bak-!

Helkins approaches Kang Yun-su one day to draw his sword.

A sword struck two men.

Chang-!

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