It's a new fact, but knights are strong.

  The human body is weak by nature. If you accumute mana in your body through a special trainihod, you overe the limitations of your birth and perform miracles.

  Those who took it upon themselves to beonsters in order to fight against mohat threatehe lives of their own kind.

  That was the beginning of knights.

  Of course, now they point their swords at their own kind when they're bored, but even if their purpose has ged, their strength hasn't disappeared.

  Even ordinary knights fight alone against orcs that would require several human males to attack. They bee stronger as they train and gain experience.

  Ohey learn to emit aura, they are called true superhumans, and if they further develop their mental image, they are almost like disasters in human form.

  Therefore, except for extremely malicious and special situations such as rge-scale wars.

  Even in cases where a force that is difficult for ordinary people to handle, such as the appearanonsters, is required, it ends with deploying a few dozen people.

  However, in the Empire, unless it is a very remote frohere is usually one knight stationed in each ty on average.

  Sihe current ruling system decred by His Majesty the First Emperor has been stably established, the number of times humanity's survival is threatened by fn raonsters has decreased signifitly.

  Uhe order led by the Empire, it be said that humanity has reached its heyday.

  Of course, that is on sense.

  "All at rest! An unusual situation has occurred from the vanguard! Enemy appears!"

  "All at rest, enemy appears!"

  The desperate report of the 2nd Hundred Captain clearly shattered my meager on sense.

  To summarize...

  [There are too many monsters. We 't ha. Request for support. If this tinues, we will all die.]

  They say that mohat I have never seen before are running wild in various types, so it is difficult to prevent civilian casualties, let alone subdue them.

  If that is the case, it has long since passed the point where I could just let it go quietly, and I must do my best to end it on my own.

  If things get worse here, it will bee an emergency situation simir to wartime. How could something like that happehe war has ended? I absolutely had to stop it.

  That is why I personally led the entire force of the Bck Lion Knights a out.

  "ahey are monsters! And they have wings!"

  Judging from the fact that things are already going badly, it would be fortunate if Bartok ty was not in ruins.

  —Kyaaaaah!

  "A bunch of wyverns. Why are they here when they should be in the Rocky Mountains?"

  This is the pins near Bartok ty.

  There was a reason why the 300th corps, which had been marg in the lead, suddenly stood still and looked up at the sky as if they were dogs chasing chis.

  Wyverhe representative flying mohat were the natural enemies of knights.

  No matter how strong they were, knights could only jump a little higher, so they were helpless.

  They even had a vicious habit of sughtering livestock or ordinary people for fun, so they were a nuisahat could not be ignored.

  —Kieeeek, Kieeeek!

  Look. Even now, they are cirg around and looking down at us. They will attack us as soon as they shoening.

  In addition, they were not inferior i css, so it would be difficult for a regur knight or a captain of ten to respond. e to think of it, how oh did the northerame them during the war?

  Anyway, those guys were definitely not the type of people who would live he safe zone of the system.

  Something was definitely wrong, and I had a strong feeling that it was very wrong.

  —Sseueueu…

  Perhaps because he had decided that he could no loand by and watch, the vice-captain, the only one in the Bck Lion Knights who had a vision, began to fill the surroundings with cold air.

  The vice-captain’s cold demeanor made it seem as if ice would freeze in the air at any moment.

  “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen your vision, vice-captain. It’s amazing every time I see it.”

  “Isn’t that a rare maion? By the way, Jimmy. I retly had a dream of being baptized by fire. Maybe soon I too…”

  “Isn’t that just a dream? Just pi Auror first.”

  As the vice-captain stepped forward, the tension eased a little, and the ttains of the ten could be heard talking nonsense.

  It’s a bit funny that the entire Knights’ force was mobilized and tied up by a few wyverns. It couldn’t be helped because the flying monsters were so difficult to attack.

  It ractically a ridiethod to attract attention and then attack from all sides when they approached the ground.

  “Ugh…”

  “Vice-captain, aren’t you overdoing it a bit?”

  However, regardless of the fact that her subordirusted her, the current situation wasn’t so good.

  Her imagery was too ineffit to be used in this way. It looked good, but it also seemed like her proficy was still g.

  Of course, the vice-captain’s talent was quite outstanding, but this was the iable limitation of a person with an imagery of the maion system.

  Before she could master it pletely, the results were ambiguous pared to the effort put in. It was worse than just spraying auras hard.

  Unfortunately, I ’t give you any advice since our types of thoughts are different.

  “It’s okay. With that number, I think we intercept them somehow. Should we try?”

  “No, don’t waste your energy already. There’s probably another pce you go.”

  So I decided to just go myself.

  —Kuung!

  I stomped my feet oh the iion of crushing them, and the noisy buzzing noises in the sky were no longer audible.

  “It’s much better now that it’s quiet.”

  I remembered how annoying the crazy guys riding on top of them were otlefield, so I added more killing i, and it was even more effective than usual.

  And so the group of wyverns turned into pieeat that were wyverns at the moment.

  They all g to the ground, looking much more docile than before, and they looked perfect f into pancakes. Now that I think about it, I’m a little hungry.

  “Uhh…”

  “What the hell just now?”

  I could feel the gazes of my subordinates looking at me.

  An expression that went beyond awe and showed something inprehensible. That must have been the exact face I had when I first met my master.

  I thought this was enough to boost morale and show my authority as a leader, so I decided not to waste any more time.

  “The’s keep moving forward. We already have a long way to go.”

  The most urgent task was to end this situation before the damage got any worse.

  When the Knights of the Bck Lioered the Bartok Visty, the gates opened wide as if they had been waiting.

  The atmosphere ierritory was extremely ominous.

  At least oside, there were no buildings destroyed, and it seemed that things were going peacefully overall, which was fortunate.

  That was just the surface.

  Even though it was supposed to be a bustling time, the streets were extremely deserted, and the faces of the residents who were rarely seen had a deep sense of ay.

  It seemed as if everyone was trying to ighe situation, even though something was about to happen or had already happened.

  After preparing my subordinates, I set off to meet t Bartok.

  “I’ll be back. I have a bad feeling, so if something happens in the meantime, everyone should follow the deputy ander’s orders.”

  “Yes! I’ll be waiting.”

  I hadn’t eve a message to the t’s office yet, but t Bartok himself was running out of the distance, panting.

  Even at first gnce, I could clearly see that he was very restless.

  The face of someone who seemed to have lost everything as he faced the fate of his owory was not so unfamiliar.

  "Oh, you finally came in person! I heard that the current ander of the Bck Lion Knights is an excellent talent, and he certainly lives up to his reputation by looking very imposing!"

  "I am also gd to meet you in person, Vist Bartok. How is your current situation?"

  "Haa, that is…"

  Vist Bartok had a fshy appearance, as if he were a human version of the on idea of nobility, but he was quite cooperative with me.

  He looked pletely different from the information written in the dots. Does his true nature only e out in a crisis?

  "Currently, the situation here be sidered extremely gloomy. The 2nd Huh of the Bck Lion Knights and the soldiers of the territory are doing their best to block the invasion of the monsters, but holy, it wouldn't be strange if they were breached at any time."

  "Hmm…"

  "It's fortuhat there are knights. If there were only soldiers, it would be terrible just to imagine."

  "What caused this situation to suddenly arise?"

  "I don't know. I 't even guess. I suspect that I'm under a curse."

  In short, I have no idea why, and the situation at the front is barely holding on.

  This isn't enough. I needed more information.

  "Since when has the area around the territory bee like this?"

  "Since about 2~3 weeks ago. The monsters' chaos has beeing worse every day." "It seems like I haven't noticed anything unusual then or before."

  "As you know, this is a gateway where many people e and go. If someone had pnned something evil, they would have already achieved their goal and fled."

  Vist Bartok muttered in vain and lowered his head. He must have tried, but it seems he failed to even figure out the cause.

  Judging by the tears welling up on his handsome mustachioed face, it seemed like it would be difficult to tihe versation.

  'There's no ao this?'

  It was sad, but there was no point in talking to him any further. It seemed better to go see the 200-man captain.

  "I 't tell you how thankful I am that the rumor about wyverns flying around my territory wasn't true. If it were true, it would really be..."

  "……."

  … It wasn't a false rumor, but I didn't think it was necessary to correct it.

  "Well, I'll be leaving now. For now, I'll reinforce the defense line a bit more and do my best to figure out the cause of the situation. I hope this will ease your burden a little."

  "Thank you, I really appreciate it... Sir Pietro left after being uncharacteristically evil, but you are truly a true knight."

  Wait.

  Sir Pietro? Are you talking about Pietro de Medici, the author?

  Why are you talking about him? I couldn't just ignore what he said just now.

  An ued person was mentioned in a pletely ued pce, and it was too suspicious to just pass it off as a ce.

  "What? Your predecessor came here? When oh?"

  The Vist, although he was taken aback by my suddeioning, obediently opened his mouth and began to tell me the information.

  "Um, he came to me out of nowhere, saying he was on his way bae after a long term of duty, and demao be treated as a VIP. Since he was from a high-ranking noble family, I had no iion of treating him poorly in the first pce, but his demands were so…"

  "I'd like to hear more about those demands."

  "He asked for the best aodations, the best food, and a small-bodied, big-breasted prostitute. He really had no sense of noble dignity…"

  While I was listening ily to the t's testimony, which sounded quite unusual at first gnce.

  —Wow!

  Suddenly, I heard a tremendous roar, and I quickly jumped up from my seat.

  Vist Bartok, ith me, also followed me, panting.

  "Wh, what?! Oh, no! My territory, my territory!"

  "I'm sorry, ahe existing defense line has colpsed, and the monsters are rushing in like crazy! The t's territory is utack!"

  He was so disheveled that it was hard tnize him, but the one who was now rep to me as if g was her than the Sed Hundred Captain.

  "You've held out well so far. Recover the retreating troops and guard the inside of the castle walls."

  "Keuk... Yes!"

  He was the oh the most calm personality among the Hundred Captains. But he had colpsed halfway.

  Then, we should sider the possibility that there were casualties in his unit.

  Outside, chaos was already unfolding.

  —Gyaaaaah!

  — Raoul, Captain of the Ten, the hobgoblin unit is over there!

  —What the hell!

  The screams of the people of the territory, the noise of the chaotic battle ing from outside the castle walls.

  'I had a bad feeling about this.'

  He had clearly said that it wouldn't be strange if it was breached at any time, but it seemed to be a pin fact without any exaggeration.

  I couldn’t help but wonder why the monsters were attag in su anized manner, but I had to put out the urgent fire first.

  I ran to the vice-captain who was frantically anding the troops on the wall and asked him.

  “Which dire are the enemies ing from?”

  “All dires! Four hundred units that immediately deploy their bat power are ea the east, west, south, and north…”

  The deade by the vice-captain was a respohat was the epitome of standard.

  After looking around a bit from the wall, it seemed that there was no other answer in the current situation than to block everything.

  “Thank you for your hard work.”

  After sending the vice-captain down, I immediately shouted at my subordinates below the wall.

  “We will now engage in individual bat! The primary goal is to maintain the front lihe judgment of the battle situation is left to the discretion of eaander! Only share informatioween units wheering or retreating!”

  The knights, who were made up of superhumans, did not need any more specifiands.

  Even just this much, they will fight well on their own.

  In the current situation, the role of the Knight ander is to respond to the major variables otlefield.

  —Ghhhhhh!

  "Guard the gate, guard the gate!"

  "We're guarding it. It's going to colpse at any moment! That ogre... What kind of mutant is it? It's crazy strong!"

  Yes, that's exactly what it is.

  Aremely chaotic se. It felt familiar to me.

  'It's been about two months now.'

  Lately, I've been hanging out with the cute princess and I was getting too used to the peace.

  I immediately jumped down the wall and ran towards where the ogre appeared.

  —Kkiek? Kkieeeek!!!

  —Kwaang!

  I also crushed a few monsters while I was at it.

  "Captain, the captain is ing this way!"

  "Waaaah!"

  While running.

  As I moved while suppressing the monsters, hoping that my subordinates would feel a little more fortable, a breakthrough opened up along my path.

  This is why subduing monsters is easy. Itlefield, a method that doesn't even work works so well.

  —Wow!

  I came face to face with a mutated ogre that was arrogantly howling in front of me.

  It was quite rge. An ogre is usually about 5 meters tall, but that guy looked over 8 meters tall.

  On top of that, his bluish skin was darkened, so he must have eaten something bad. In that case, I should treat him for food poisoning.

  —Kwak!

  I ched my fist and trated my mana circution on my right arm, shoulder, spine, and both legs.

  —Kwaaah!

  Then, the ogre's fist reached out toward me arrogantly. It was just as I had expected.

  He irength into his entire body's muscles and exploded the flow of mana.

  He didn't need aal images.

  "Chief! It's dangerous! Chief!"

  "Hey, you didn't even pull out your sword!"

  —Kwaang!

  He didn't need a oher. His trained body and mana were enough.

  —Woooosh, Woooooosh…

  With a small scream, the ogre's huge body, its right arm blown away, colpsed helplessly.

  One punch, that was enough.