Chapter 24:

The one that comes from outside

The Legend Of Black Knight


"THAT NOW TELL ME YOUR SECRET!"

Descending to the ground, the magician will reach the height of his madness, his voice no longer seemed to contain, amid the sudden chaos of his mind, he didn't think about anything else, nor did he seem to realize what was to come.

Suddenly his head was grabbed, and his body lifted into the air.

"Do not die."

They were the only two words that came out of that armor, and then the fingers of the black figure's hand turned into tentacles and entered the ears of the wizard who now seemed to be in a trance.

Standing for a few moments, neither of them moved, not even the knights and wizards who watched from afar, no one seemed to want to get involved in this bizarre scene.

Suddenly Satoru's hand returned to its former state and Albert fell to the ground still breathing. One of the wizards nearby saw that he was still alive and approached so cautiously, the black figure didn't seem to move or want to do anything.

"Master Albert, are you all right?"

Hesitantly, the wizard approached and saw that the old man's face was smiling. Unusually, Albert stood up with an unnatural smile, it was like he was happy, but not a nice smile or something that came about for an auspicious moment.

It was a distorted smile as if it were wider than the person's mouth could stretch naturally, something downright bizarre.

And in a sudden movement, Albert grabbed the other mage's head and whispered.

“Don't worry, you're going to the savior's arms! HAHA HA!"

Suddenly Albert began to laugh hysterically as he applied his magic to the mage who began to scream in agony, the old man's hands seemed to apply more and more force and more, with the magic intensifying until the poor man's body mage fell dead to the ground.

Scared, everyone was wide-eyed, no one could digest the situation of what was suddenly happening, everyone just knew that the previously respected wizard Albert was now just a crazy old man who no longer had his sanity.

"DO NOT WORRY, THE CREATORS PRAY FOR US, SOON WE'LL ALL BE IN YOUR ARMS!"

Shouting things being felt, the mage seemed to rage with all the intensity he could, he cried out in a heated way everything that seemed to him to be the truth.

What no one noticed, is that his face seemed to distort more and more, eyes seemed to separate and his mouth wide, putting his hand on his head as if he wanted to crush it so hard, he began to apply his magic to his head.

“LET'S ALL SAVE OURSELVES HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… SAVE HAHAHA… HELP ME…”

Amidst the hysterical laughter, he seemed to say more meaningless things, blood trickling from his nose and even his eyes as if his bloody tears said 'kill me.

No longer withstanding the magic, his body fell limp to the ground, causing fear in the soldiers. In total panic, the soldiers were seized by the dread of witnessing such a scene, now unable to contain themselves any longer, they all started running in different directions as if they had forgotten the mission.

As chaos breaks out in the desperate soldiers, an infernal high-pitched scream spread, the figure in black armor, seemed to scream using it while all the parts that covered its body moved to generate the noise that caught everyone's attention, that covered the ears with so much treble which was the sound emitted.

As if the black-armored enemy screamed in despair, the high-pitched sound represented the pain he must be facing in this desperate situation, no matter how much no one knew what was happening to him.

Still paralyzed, they didn't realize that the dead bodies of Albert and the mage were now dry, and a dense, dark mist like night spread between them, causing those swallowed by the strange mist to find the end of their lives somehow. unexpected.

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Immersed in his mind, Satoru didn't know what had happened when he was hit by the magician's strange magic, he couldn't even feel his body, everything seemed erased as if his mind had gone into a blackout.

Unable to control his mind, Satoru felt the light warming him, it was beautiful as if he wandered through a nebula amid vast and infinite space.

That combination of different colors and that brought a feeling of welcome, peace seemed to be amid the energy of unknown origin.

Along with the calm came the lack of awareness of the surroundings, those feelings made him lower his guard against any kind of danger, making him forget that he wasn't even his mind anymore, since something else lived here.

Emerging more and more, until it was lost in that feeling, the strange energy seemed to dissipate, like a curtain from the cosmos to what dwells outside, guiding everything, the shadowy figures of the ancient gods.

With the truth now exposed, Satoru in a trance suddenly did not know how to react to such a scene, beings of incomprehensible figures reigned in his surroundings, imposing figures that were different from each other, as some do not even seem to be made of matter, having liquid or gaseous.

But suddenly everything shuddered, the figures bowed, not understanding Satoru seemed to embark on something he didn't know why only knew he should fear.

Not wanting to look towards the unknown, the chaos of principle, the one whose creation belonged, thoughts then endlessly emerged, not knowing why to know such information, Satoru suddenly could no longer fight the unusual curiosity of your mind.

Before he was even aware of it, what was left of his mind seemed to crumble into the indescribable being, the darkness beyond darkness itself. Unable to stand such a sight, Satoru started screaming and all that changed began to crumble.

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【Inside the elven city, minutes before】

Without much time to think of all the countermeasures to stop the attack that was on its way, Hilda found herself in front of 50 dark elves, who wore armor that mixed iron and leather, not all of them had bows and arrows, but some had spears others had swords.

Envy, who was on Hilda's side, was apprehensive just to see these warriors, trying to calm down as much as possible, she wanted to believe that her brother had already defeated everyone and was coming back, but not even two minutes ago he had left.

“Listen, amid the everyone, today humans have shown themselves once again to be ruthless enemies when it comes to exterminating us, however, there is still hope, all we have to do is defend this place, so the top 30 archers must hide and shoot through the enemy's blind spot, while the other 10 warriors will escort the rest of the dark elves who will flee the opposite side, the rest will stay here with me and we'll fight to gain as much time as possible!”

Hitting the spear on the ground, Hilda got the focus of everyone who heard her words silently, when she finished speaking some of them still seemed to be in doubt about the plan.

Until the king wearing the armor of iron and leather stood by Hilda's side, at the moment of uncertainty it was the leader's duty to guide the way, and at that moment a human was taking a risk on the battlefield to help them.

“Why are you with these faces? Do you think we are going to die today, or rather, do you want to die today?”

Unsure of what the king was saying, the dark elves began the conversation among themselves.

“If you're that worried, and you can't believe an outsider, then trust your king, we must protect those who are the future of our race, arrogant humans think they can easily exterminate us, but today we'll show you that that's how things are going to be, today we'll give them what defeat means, are you going to fight or die complaining?”

shouted the king making a momentary silence take over the elves who suddenly donned their helmets and drew their weapons.

"Great, now follow General Hilda's plan, and live for the good of our race!"

The king then drew his sword and swung it towards the sky, the soldiers then did the same shouting as much as they could, soon after, the main elf leaders started to divide the troops, now it wasn't too long, everyone had to hurry up.

"So you knew I was a general." Hilda looked at the king.

"I told him, I thought it would help him trust you," said Gileon who also dressed appropriately for combat.

"Fair enough, Envy, go along with the fugitives."

Hilda looked at the girl who looked tense with the situation.

"Eh? But and you?"

Surprised, Envy showed that she didn't want to leave, as much as she was apprehensive about fighting for the first time.

"I'll stay here and help hold them, I need you to go with the rest, you're strong and brave, I know that, and that's why I want you to protect them."

Crouching down in front of Envy, the daemon placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled soothingly at the girl, Hilda's smile stilling the girl's heart for some reason.

"Alright, I can do it!" said Envy excitedly, she trained for three whole years, it was time for her to show what she could do.

“Okay, now go, as soon as Satoru comes back, we'll come to you.” Getting ready to fight, Hilda looked at Gileon who had a determined look, he would finally face the humans he despised so much.

"Well, here we say goodbye, I'll join the archers."

With a bow in hand, the dark elf began to run to his position hidden among the trees, the team of archers would be the true protagonists of this battle.

"Your Majesty, what do you intend to do?"

"I'm going to the field with you, I was a soldier before I became king, my place is on the battlefield, with my brothers." said the king wearing his helmet and drawing his sword.

Hilda nodded and followed the king, in all with the two of them, all twenty-two warriors fought to keep the knights occupied, the truth was that their lives depended on how fast Satoru could be.

"General Hilda, how much do you trust the human?" asked the king in position.

"I bet my life on him, in this world where almost everything is stronger than you, having someone like him who has a good heart and is stronger than a dragon, being against him is a bad idea, and after three years of helping him dealing with life, I'd say I've come to see him as a son, just don't tell him that.”

"Ha, it must have been hard taking care of a boy like him, I should tell him about it." said the king good-humoredly, as if speaking with certain propriety.

"I think he already knows."

Cutting the subject, sounds of horse gallops approached quickly and steadily, their figures were not long in being seen among the trees.

Knowing that they would stand no chance against the speeding horses, the elves gathered as much furniture as they could with spears pointed in the direction they were coming, this barricade would be their guarantee against the relentless advance of the soldiers.

However, when finally the enemy showed itself visible, something seemed to disturb Hilda, who noticed a certain lack in the number of enemies she was informed of, which made her think of the worst possibility, the enemy knew that the elves would try to flee.

"Your Majesty, there's something wrong!"

“I noticed, but if we have to guarantee the fight here first, everyone gets ready!” shouted the king, making everyone raise their swords, and prepare for the confrontation head-on.

Prepared to face the horses and soldiers, what no one there predicted was that among the armored figures, a disguised man pretended to be a knight, but in fact, his specialty was another, the barricade was then set ablaze in an explosion of intense flames.

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