Atticus, is a name that is not much mentioned. After all, the person who holds this name has too many titles other than his name, and there are few people in this kingdom who are qualified to call him by his first name. So even many recruits who join the Knights of the Kingdom will not know the name of their Grand Master after their training. They preferred to call him the Iron Knight than the unmentioned name.

Iron Knight Atticus, Grand Master of the Kingdom Knights of the Greylion Kingdom. This title and the Knights of the Kingdom under his command are terrifying beings that can be feared by neighboring nations and even elves. And the Iron Knight, who is the Grand Master, is almost seventy years old this year. As a pure-blooded human, it is rare to live to this age in this era, and to be able to fight in armor like Atticus, the history books that have traveled all over the continent are probably also exceptional.

It's no wonder that rumors spread that the Iron Knight was a warrior blessed by the gods and was blessed with the blessing of fighting until the end of his life. However, rumors are rumors, and Atticus himself knows very well that his physical condition is not as good as before. The reason why he can still stand on the city wall and wield his sword in this rat war is more because of the weapons in his hands.

Thinking of this, the chief knight couldn't help but look at the sword in his hand again in the gradually lit firelight. This one-handed knight's sword, called "Iron Rule", has been following Atticus for many years. Many people don't understand why someone in a position like Atticus would insist on using this seemingly unadorned weapon, knowing that this cross-shaped knight's sword is completely devoid of ornamentation other than the knight's oath engraved on the spine. It's so simple that even rookies who have just become a knight won't choose it.

But the Iron Knight knew that this sword actually had a power that was completely incomparable to ordinary weapons. To put it simply, when something that dwells in the shadows appears in front of the sword, the knight's oath on the iron glows red, and the wielder is strengthened by it. Although Atticus was unaware of the existence of the Witch Hunting Knife, it did not prevent him from recognizing how extraordinary the one-handed sword of the Great Knight of the Greylion had been passed down for generations.

At this time, the iron rule still shimmered as sharp in the light of the firelight as Atticus had when he first saw it, and the inscription on the sword glowed a dull red glow in the dim environment, but this light was regarded by the passing soldiers as a blood stain from slashing too many nezumi. Sheathing his sword, Atticus propped his hands on the edge of the wall, overlooking the fields beyond the royal capital, where countless pairs of glowing green eyes peered into the city.

"Order the reserves to be ready at all times, rats have no habit of resting at night. Tightening his cloak, the Grand Knight Captain said to the lieutenant beside him.

"Your will, my lord. The young man, who looked to be in his early twenties, gave a nervous salute to Atticus, and turned to inform his officers.

"Wait a minute. As the adjutant turned around, the old knight stopped him, "Still no news from Lyon?"

"Report your Excellency... The whereabouts of the commander of the second regiment and his troops are still unknown. The expression on the young adjutant's face was a little gloomy, for these knights of the kingdom, Atticus was an unattainable legend, and Leon was like a legend that happened around him, in terms of popularity alone, maybe the popularity of the blood lion was still above that of the Iron Knight.

"Got it, you go. He waved his hand and asked the other party to pass the order. After the lieutenant left, Atticus sighed slightly, and then turned his gaze to the north. There is the direction in which Lyon disappeared. His physical weakness made the Iron Knight very eager to hand over the position of Grand Knight Commander to the Blood Lion, and he trained him for decades from Leon to Knighthood. In the eyes of the Grand Master, even his sons and grandsons with the same surname as him were inferior to Leon's place in his heart.

"Don't die, boy. Atticus's gray eyes saw the serious face of the boy who couldn't wipe off his snot back then, and this child from a commoner background asked to become a servant of the Iron Knight, who was already famous in the kingdom at that time, with the most standard knightly etiquette. It's hard to see how he found out this set of etiquette from other people's mouths.

But even so, Atticus did not immediately agree to Leon's request, but gave him some money to fund his basic education. Because the Iron Knight knows that those who only ride on horses with weapons and armor all day long cannot be called knights. In his heart, only those who truly carry out the chivalric doctrine with their lives are qualified to wear the white lion cloak, which symbolizes the glory of the kingdom, and are qualified to accept this iron rule one day.

Therefore, the defeat and disappearance of Leon may be more than the blow to the Iron Knight in old age. Now supporting Atticus, only Leon's corpse has not yet found this faint hope. This pain was then transformed into a monstrous hatred for the rat-man race. Originally, when the Iron Knight knew that these monsters were transformed by the people of the blue lion after being affected by the plague, he still advocated that the Apothecary Guild find an antidote to contact this change, but now, he is an absolute supporter of the extermination doctrine of the nezumi.

"My lord, the third reserve that was not in place in time has been found. The soldier who gave the order quickly ran to Atticus and said.

"Found it?" the Iron Knight keenly grasped the soldier's words, "what is wrong with them?"

"Only seven surviving soldiers of the 3rd Reserve are missing, and the rest are missing from the captain down. The survivors were terrified. The site where they were found had a huge crater that did not exist before, according to those who came to their senses...... The thing that attacked them and made the pit was a demon. The soldier himself seemed to think that his words sounded ridiculous, and he was half-bowed, not daring to look at the face of the Grand Knight.

"Demon?" Atticus was stunned for a moment, he originally thought that this reserve team was just cowardly, but he didn't expect that such information would come back to him. It's not that the Iron Knight doesn't know about the existence of demons, but he also knows how unbelievable it is for demons to appear in the blue lion. But the number of casualties does not lie, and those soldiers who can't even find their bodies have either taken advantage of the chaos to become deserters, or ......

The Iron Knight shook his head, suppressing the thoughts in his head. Now that the war is in full swing, as the commander-in-chief of the army, he must not be chaotic. So to divert his attention, he continued to ask.

"Anything else?"

Originally, Atticus didn't expect this soldier to say anything valuable, who would have thought that what this soldier said next would make the old knight almost faint.

"The Apothecary's Guild was attacked this morning, and multiple assassins and mercenaries were arrested on the spot. His Majesty ordered the Archduke of the Blood Axe to execute the Count of Lothar, but it is said that the Grand Duke of the Blood Axe did not complete his task and is now pleading guilty to His Majesty in the royal palace. In addition, it has been claimed that a lot of cloaked monsters have been seen in the docklands. ”

The Iron Knight held the wall with one hand to prevent him from falling. He looked up, looked at the faintly shining stars in the sky, and muttered.

"Gods, are you kidding?"