The knight came to the three of them, and the emir saw his appearance thoroughly, only to see that the other party was wearing pure white armor, the surface was clean and dusty, judging from the battle situation just now, it seemed to be more tough than ordinary armor, and there were silver stripes on the edge of the armor, which looked shining, thus adding a touch of divine feeling to the whole set of armor.

"It's alright, guys."

After a few seconds of silence, the knight spoke, his voice the lowness of a man and the gentleness of a woman, and the tight helmet made it impossible for the emir to distinguish the gender for a while.

"Ah, no, it's okay, thank you Lord Knight for your help."

Sain was also confused about the knight's gender, but it was proper etiquette to thank the other person for now.

They grew up listening to the stories of knights, and they also yearn for the sacred profession of knights, which is related to the history of the only human country on this land, the Elnos Empire.

It is said that more than 500 years ago, the Elnos Empire was founded by a group of knights, of course, there was no concept of knights at that time, and the term knight appeared later.

In short, based on this historical background, the Knight culture has prevailed in the Elnos Empire since ancient times, and knights not only often appear in storybooks, but their noble spirit has also become the eternal theme of human society, and there is also a world-renowned event, which is called knightly competition.

The emir did not know the specifics, only from the few words he had spoken to the villagers in the storybook, and that it was a festival that belonged to all the knights.

So, although Emir was still jealous of the knight in front of him because of the nightmare, the admiration for the knight from childhood prevailed over fear, and he had to take that dream as a cranky thought after reading the knight's story.

"Hehe, I'll just say I'll move the rescuers for you," Grea's joy overflowed, "I'll have to rely on me when it's critical, Sain, don't you see that Emir just ran out of way?" If I hadn't ......"

"Tsk, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person." Sain couldn't help but choke angrily.

"Okay, since you're all right, let's take a step forward." The knight bowed slightly to the three of them, and his words were full of respect.

Hearing this, the emir admired this knight even more, although the knight served the nobles and the empire, but at least he was nobler than the common people, and there was no reason to grovel to them.

But the knight did, and it seemed that in his eyes, the common people had become part of his service.

"Ah, yes, knight." Sain quickly stopped him.

"Is there anything else?"

"Well, it's not a big deal, it's just that you saved us today, and we must always remember this kindness, so ......" Sain paused, a little nervous, "Uh, if you want, please let us know your name, okay?" ”

The emile praised Sain's words in his heart, even if he had studied dialogue, he couldn't say such a good thing, and Sain deserved to be a leader.

"Well...... knight hesitated unexpectedly.

The emir was slightly surprised, if the knight really paid attention to etiquette, he would definitely tell his name at such a sincere request from Sain, but he hesitated.

"I have no more to say about this." The knight looked embarrassed.

"......" Sain was stunned, his expression gradually lost.

"Haha, it's all right, you don't have to tell us," Grea said abruptly, "since you're leaving, please." ”

The Emile agrees with Grea that judging by the knight's attitude, he must have been quite courteous, but he seems to have something difficult to say, and since that is the case, there is no reason for them to continue to ask.

"Well, thank you for your understanding, then I'm going to take my leave."

However, just as the knight was about to leave, this time the emir suddenly remembered something.

"Wait a minute, Lord Knight, there's one more thing I want to ask."

"Eh, I said Emir, the knight has something important to do, don't delay them." Grea immediately put on a condescending attitude.

"It's okay, please." The knight ignored Grea's words.

"Well, several of us were supposed to join the army, but unfortunately the village chief and the officers who led us were all poisoned by monsters......" The emir was afraid that the knight would lose patience and wanted to omit the process as much as possible, so he thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, we don't know how to get to the town's barracks......"

"Well," said the knight, nodding, "I'm talking about the barracks in a nearby town, but I'd love to help you, but ...... I do have important things to do, and I'm sorry. ”

"Hehe, I'll just say it," Grea interjected again, "I'm glad the knight was able to save us, and he didn't have time to take us to the barracks." ”

"Tsk, Greala, what's the matter with you!" Sean finally got angry, "Emir just asked, and he didn't say that he had to help the knight, what are you excited about?" ”

“…… How can I be excited, is it wrong to tell the truth? ”

"Hey, look at my temper, I want to eat my fist again, right?"

"Haha," said the emile with a quick smile to the knight, "they are so fond of quarrelling, don't be surprised. ”

"It's okay, it looks like you have a really good relationship." The knight sighed.

"Hehe, that's it, knight, I wish you a good journey." Emile smiled goodbye.

"Well, farewell."

However, as soon as he had taken a few steps, as if remembering something important, he suddenly stopped and groped in the bag at his waist.

After a while, he pulled out a yellowed piece of parchment, on which were densely patterned.

The knight returned to the emir and handed him the parchment.

"I almost forgot, I have a map of the neighborhood here, you can follow this map."

"......" the emir was so moved that he was speechless.

"Gee, that's great, I don't even know how to thank you." Sain said excitedly.

"It's okay, since you are all going to join the army to fight against the demons, then we are colleagues, and this little thing is not worth worrying about." The knight still spoke humble words.

Then, under the enthusiastic gaze of the trio, the knight left, and they did not come back to their senses until the other was completely out of sight.

After a while, Sain finally spoke.

"Anyway, when will we become knights?"

"Hehe, we ordinary people still don't want toads to eat swan meat." Grea spoke disdainfully.

"What did you say?" Sain was suddenly unhappy, "You're a toad, your whole family is a toad!" ”

"Hahahaha, seriously, how did the relationship between the two of you suddenly become so good." The emir couldn't help but laugh too.

"What? Who's on good terms with this guy. ”

"That's right, I'm a real commoner, how can I have a good relationship with a leader like Lord Sain?" Grea said in a weird way.

"Okay, okay, shouldn't we be on our way?" The emir reminded them.

"Well, it's not early," Sain nodded, "show me the map." ”

"Hmm."

Emile was about to hand it over, but Grea snatched it away at once, and then respectfully offered Sain both hands, and said with a hippie smile.

"Lord Sain, please take a look."

"Tsk, don't disgust me, okay?" Sain was unhappy with this attitude.

"Grea, Sain didn't say he wanted you to stay, what are you doing here?" The emir also looked at him unpleasantly.

"Ah......h I, didn't I bring in helpers for you? Doesn't that cancel my fault? ”

"Hehe, is that what you invited? People are uneven and draw knives to help, what kind of green onion are you. ”

"I, I'm ......" Grea finally had nothing more to say.

"Well, forget it, Sain, let's get down to business first." The Emile reminded Sain that he feared that such a conversation would continue forever and end up being delayed.

"That's right, don't worry about this guy."

Sain said and began to look at the map seriously.

……

On the other side, the knight, after bidding farewell to the emir and the others, continued on his way.

After a while, he saw a small village in the valley, which was his destination, but when he was about to reach the bottom of the mountain, he suddenly stopped.

A tingling sensation instantly rushed from his feet to the top of his head, and then to his heart, which eventually exploded.

The knight let out a muffled grunt and fell to one knee on the ground, one hand on his chest while panting heavily.

He wasn't hurt, it was an old problem, and this tingling would always come at no time, and although it wasn't fatal, it would make him worse than dead.

However, perhaps it was worse, this time the stinging pain lasted longer than usual, and he had to take off his armor and try to put his hand on his heart to relieve the pain.

The first thing he took off was his helmet, and it was only then that he revealed his true colors, and to his surprise, the knight was actually a woman.

She has long silver hair, a petite face, and extremely delicate facial features, which makes her look extraordinary, and her slightly furrowed brows make people feel even more pity, but even so, it can't cover her heroic temperament.

Strangely, her ears are pointed, and her eyes are dark red pupils, and it seems that she is not human.

It took a lot of work for her to completely remove her armor, but fortunately she was able to use all her energy to fight the tingling, but the feeling was deliberately playing a joke on her, and it quickly disappeared.

"What the hell, deliberately fix me."

In the end, she had to put a lot of effort into putting on the armor, and when the helmet was put on, she was once again the powerful and tough knight she had just been.

She continued on her way, and as she approached the village, her sense of smell far beyond that of a human caught a hint of something unusual, all too familiar, a disgusting smell that belonged only to monsters.

……

In the afternoon, the sky was already slightly yellow, and the emir and the others finally saw the location of the town under the guidance of the map.

Through the identification of the map, it was the first time he learned the name of the nearby town, Heitan Town.

The emir stood on the cliff and looked out over the town at the foot of the hill, which, unlike their village, was far larger than they had imagined, even though it was surrounded by mountains.

If I had to describe it accurately, it would be the size of twenty of their villages.

"Oh my God, it's so big." Sain also stepped forward and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hmph, that's it." Grea disagreed.

"Cut, look at what you can, and if you don't understand, you think you're a noble lord from somewhere." Sain gave him a blank look.

The emir took a closer look at the way down the mountain, and although the town was close at hand, it was not realistic to arrive tonight, so he had to rest for the night.

So he told Sain about the idea, and Sain hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

The emir understood his feelings very well, and among the three of them, the one who wanted to join the army the most must have been Sain, but now that he was almost in town, he had to rest for the night.

Grega gladly accepted this choice, after all, he only wanted to wander in the outside world, and it made no difference to him whether he joined the army or not.

The three of them set up a simple camp, and at this time, the sky was getting darker and darker, and only the campfire in front of them was the only glimmer of light and warmth, after all, it was late autumn, and the temperature had dropped to a chilly level.

Sain looked at the campfire in a daze, thinking back to what had happened today, and he was a little incredulous.

Speaking of which, they were still cheering for being able to join the army yesterday, but in just one day, everything was wrong, and he had to start worrying about a problem, that is, the quota in the army was ten, and the village chief was still worried that if he couldn't find enough people, his superiors would blame him.

But now that the village chief is dead, and there are only three of them left to join the army, what if the head of the army says that they did not strictly follow the order and privately dismissed the other people who joined the army, and then blame it?

"Ugh." The more Sain thought about it, the more melancholy he became.

"What's wrong?" The emir asked, his tone full of concern.

It's true that he's withdrawn and doesn't like to talk to people, but that's the attitude of outsiders, and after today's events, he has long regarded Seon as a close friend.

"Well, I'm a little worried that if we go to the barracks tomorrow, we will probably be held accountable, and maybe we will be put in jail."

"Ah......h

"Hmph, you two are too stupid to worry about such a painless thing." Grea snorted coldly.

"Huh? What did you say? ”

Sain was angry, and he suddenly found that the kid Grea was getting more and more arrogant, and he didn't pay attention to him at all.

"Ouch, our Lord Sain has also learned to be an official, and he likes to lose his temper?" Grea remained sneering.

"Grea, do enough or ......," the emir reminded him earnestly.

"Huh? How else? Are you going to drive me away? ”

"......" Sain didn't speak, and unconsciously clenched his fists.

"Well, now that the town is at the foot of the mountain, I don't need you to join the army," Grea finally said to herself, "With my ability, I don't know who will be the best at that time." ”

"Really? Then while I can still control you, I'll give you a good beating. Sain smirked.

"......" Grea noticed Sain's ill-intentioned expression and froze, "Eh, no, you don't really want to hit me, do you?" Do you really want to do it to me, an ordinary person who has no power to do it? ”

"What do you say?"

Sain clenched his fists loudly, he had already made up his mind to make Grea pay, and it was useless for anyone to persuade him.

Immediately after, only a "snap" was heard, and Sain hit Grea in the chin with a straight punch.

"Whoa-" Grea was knocked to the ground in an instant, spitting out a mouthful of blood and a few teeth.

"This punch was for the village chief, the situation was so tense at that time, but you were in the mood to joke, you simply failed the village chief."

Only then did Emile remember that the village chief knew that he was going to die when he was impaled in the chest by the monster, but he still desperately reminded everyone to run, and when he thought of this, he did not intend to dissuade Thane.

"Don't, don't, I was wrong." Grea struggled to her feet and quickly begged for mercy.

"No, no, no, our grievances haven't been settled yet." Sain smiled wickedly.

His next punch hit Grea in the abdomen, and the other party immediately burst into tears and curled up in a ball.

"This punch is because you offended me and didn't take me seriously." Sain said as he approached Grea.

However, seeing Grea's pitiful appearance, Emir finally decided to stop it.

"Forget it, we'll part ways with this guy tomorrow and spare his life."

“…… Hum. ”

Listening to Emir's words, Sain couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, in fact, he didn't want to make trouble to this point, but if he didn't do something, with Grea's character, he would definitely take people less and less seriously, and the final outcome would inevitably be to harm others and himself.

In short, these two punches can be regarded as giving him a long memory, and Sain is worried that there is no suitable reason to stop, but fortunately, Emir spoke out in time to dissuade him, and it can be regarded as giving him a step down.

"You remember for me, I can't guarantee that I won't kill you if it weren't for the Emir's intercession for you today," said Sain viciously, "so what are you supposed to say at this time?" ”

“…… Yes, I'm sorry. Grea said with difficulty.

"What else?"

“…… Thank you, Emile. ”

"Hmph, that's pretty much it."

Seeing that Sain had finally stopped, Grea was relieved, but suddenly passed out.

"Ah......h It can't be that you shot too hard and killed you, right? ”

The emir was not without concern, and hurried over to look.

"Why, I haven't done my best yet." Sain scratched his head.

Emir reached out to probe his snort, relenting only after confirming that he had really just fainted from the pain, after all, he didn't want Sain to be guilty of murder before he joined the army.