Frenzy Troll

After that, things went surprisingly smoothly.

Giants do not seek revenge for their comrades' deaths. They take their colleague's corpse and disappear somewhere. Just be quiet without even leaving a word of vengeance.

Knights rescued the captives left behind by the giants. Roland silently watches the touching scene.

‘Overly tidy withdrawal beyond not being messy · · · · · ·. ’

It was an unexpected and overwhelming victory. Of course, my heart was filled with joy. But Roland thought that he could not enjoy the feeling purely.

Suddenly I looked around. After the giants disappeared, the camp wasn't very civilized, but it wasn't very barbaric.

As I saw today, giants were smarter than I thought. He was also unnecessarily well-equipped and even well-armed.

It's creepy for pilgrims who must continue to climb the world's numbers. We're gonna have to fight an entire garrison of giants like that from now on. The anticipated list of troops in the update had a legitimate Giant army roaming the world's waters.

After realizing that, Roland's face hardened.

Walnulla, who interpreted it as a warrior's boldness, ran in front of Roland, feeling overwhelmed.

“Ah, Lord Roland, how should I express this emotion?"

Roland turns his head. And he thanked me for returning Valisada.

“Sir Wallace? That's a good knife. Thanks to you, I won. ”

Walnulla trembled with humility, saying that it was nothing. In fact, Lollant smiled very much and Walnut nearly fell asleep.

And the knights reacted almost similarly to Walshna. Lollan's surroundings are now teeming with cheer and praise.

Surrounded by his enthusiastic followers, Roland sets out on a quest. It was a search to even pioneer the fifty layers.

The search was not difficult at all. The fifty floors were clearly open plains.

The herd simply went to the green background if they wanted something blown out. Thus, in just two hours, the herd found two important things.

First, the passageway upstairs.

It was in the form of a staircase, which was not surprising. Some of the floors were explicitly artificial.

Moreover, it was a yard where everyone knew the existence of stairs because it was visible from beyond the river.

After all, it was the other thing that surprised the crowd.

Someone shouted before the discovery.

“Other air! Another air!”

I actually smelled it. The wind is blowing in the middle of the scent that is always felt in the water of the world.

The crowd heads for the wind. And the moment I found it, I forgot what to say, and my eyes just fluttered.

There was a giant hole in everyone's gaze.

It was a hole in the outer wall of the world, a passageway through the outside.

“Shortcut. ”

Where does it go outside the hole? Fifty stories up, is that even air?

The honor of confirming that first came to Roland. With the knights cheering in unison, Roland sets foot in the pit.

A hole in the exterior wall, but not outside the crown. The shell of the world's water was very thick, and the hole there was almost like a tunnel.

After a short walk, Roland is able to see what awaits him.

Outside the hole was a branch.

The Branch of the World Number.

It was a single branch, but it was thick enough, so it was easy to cross. He opens his eyes and looks at the big wooden leg.

And then I ran out. Shouting the name of the hanged god.

“Odin!”

I couldn't worry about falling off this wooden bridge or getting into trouble. I only repeat one thought.

Where is Odin?

Roland steps forward, looking at the branches, even though there is something attached to them.

And finally, I crossed all those big bridges.

Of course, there were no gods hanging anywhere.

Lollan looks up empty-handed. Several of the world's numbers were also rare, but there were no resemblance to the person who was hung.

With a great deal of disappointment, Roland looks at his location.

Above the cliff, the end of the cliff lies a branch of the world watered like a wooden bridge.

“Huh?"

The knights also appeared out of the hole and were flawed. It was high. However, I took courage and began to cross the wooden bridge carefully.

Fortunately, a hundred people settle on the cliff where no one had fallen. As one of them, Vikappa mutters.

“That's how many unauthorized trespassers there are, and there's a back hole. ”

At that moment, Osron shoots.

“You, banker. Why aren't you smiling? I not only found myself able to go higher, but I also found a shortcut. Despite this good news, you don't seem too happy about it, do you? ”

Vikappa glanced at Osron, who frowned and said,

“I'm glad, of course. ”

“Why don't you smile? Can't you laugh? Are you embarrassed that a few years of work you haven't done is over in one day? Are you so jealous that you're messing with your head that you have no money in mind? ”

It was Roland who got in there.

“Enough, Your Eminence. ”

“Oh, would you like to say something? ”

“Stop it. Aren't you happy today? ”

Osron nods, smiling, and Vikappa looks at Lollan with his helpless eyes. Then I opened my mouth.

“Thank you, Lord Roland? And today's. Thank you for many things.”

It was an ungrateful face. I don't know what to say, but as Roland, I nod quietly.

Meanwhile, someone intervened.

“Earl, it's not Roland. ”

He was the fairest of men by the black means all over his body. The priest looks at Lollan and says,

“I am Bishop Bifrost. Today's performance was really impressive. Did they make fun of those big, distracting monsters? It's so amazing, I probably won't forget it until I die. I salute you with all my heart, Mystic Knight. ”

Roland replies.

“Not a mystery knight. Call me Roland, bishop. ”

The bishop laughed.

“Great pseudonym. It looks good on you, but I suggest you stop using that alias. Would you like to continue acting as you did today to raise Lord Roland's reputation? Quit. Lord Roland has already made his point. He won't be needing any more fame.

Or do you want to be great by borrowing the name of the infamous Lord Roland? But stop. You don't have to. Today's performance was legendary. not to be pushed by Roland. Then why turn that legendary feat against others? The knight, whose soul is God's, whose life is the monarchy, but whose honor alone should be his? ”

Now the bishop is trying to expose himself to the public. Roland struggles to calm his beating heart and calmly replies.

“Of course, I wouldn't have been pushed away by Roland today. Not better, of course. Exactly the same level as Roland. That's what Roland did. ”

The bishop still said without a smile.

“You're not Roland. ”

Knights provoked me to it. What's wrong with a corrupt priest who colludes with a moneymaker? Apparently, this bishop was not a very popular figure.

But the bishop just laughed as if he didn't hear any of the swearing at all.

It was only after the tantrums stopped that Roland asked.

“Why?”

“Your dance, your talk, that was amazing. It was just as cool as jumping out of Muhyun. ”

“In the madness of Amadis, exactly?

“Yes, the Moohyun poem. It's a masterpiece, isn't it? I read it again and again. If you read it now, it will beat your heart. But actually, Sir Roland was a little different from Muhyun Shi, or a lot different. in a good way. Take a look.”

The bishop pointed to the number of worlds unfolding endlessly.

“Do you see the end of the world? No, I don't see anything. The number of worlds is terribly high. But Emperor Carr led the army to the end. And what underpinned that great expedition was Lord Roland, who was once the land changeling bag. Can you believe it? There was an army supply run all the way up there? It may seem impossible, but Lord Roland did it.

In the end, when the World Water Expedition failed, Lord Roland defended the retreating army behind him. After the battle against the Giant army that had been raided, Lord Roland met his end. Of course it's a tragedy. It's a military tragedy. because we managed to pull out of that vast world of water with just a little bit of damage. ”

“I don't know why you keep praising me. ”

Ignoring Roland's words, the bishop continued.

“Lord Roland was truly a great monarch. The amazing work was not captured in Muhyun. Muhyun Shi's character is a little more · · · · · · · ·"

“You think I look stupid. And me, too? ”

“Yeah. One word from you is admirable, but I don't really feel the administrative and military genius that Roland would have had there. ”

“Don't patronize me for being a genius. The heart, not the head, but the loyalty to the Emperor. And he was a genius. If he'd fought in Valhalla the whole time, it wouldn't have been too hard. ”

The bishop smiled and replied.

“I admit that a person can be less intelligent every day in Valhalla. But the previous claim is hard to accept. Loyalty? Lord Roland was a lord with vast territories, not just in Bifrost, but elsewhere. The relationship between the lord and the king is not the vertical relationship of top-down clothing, but rather a fairly parallel relationship.

And yet, to Lord Roland, Emperor Carr was so blinded by loyalty? I don't think so! I studied history, so the Emperor was very fond of the individual despite his achievements, and he was constantly struggling with rebellion and trying to put things right. ”

That said, Lollan doesn't need to think about how to refute it.

What the bishop just said was very personal. And I don't know if I have personal thoughts in my mind, but once I take them out, people's reactions are different from what I expected.

At this moment, the wrath of the oppressed and oppressed knights has reached its limit.

A knight shouts out in anger.

“That son of a bitch insults Lord Roland as well as Lord Carr! ”

The knights draw their swords with their crooked faces. And I pointed the end all together at the bishop.

The bishop tried hard to fake a smile, but it only angered the knights.

Knights are closing in on the bishop. Then the relaxation disappeared from the face of the bishop.

“Pause · · · · · · ·"

The bishop tried to say something, but of course the knights were ignored.

However, he could not ignore the next ringing.

Roland roars.

“Th-than-!"

The knights halt their steps and turn their gaze on Lollan.

Roland shouts.

“It's an evil thing to point a weapon at a priest! Shame on you all! ”

“But he..."

“You insulted my master? I felt bad for a moment, but some of it was true. The Emperor wasn't much of a fan. But that doesn't give me any loyalty, so it's none of your business! I want everyone to draw their swords and pray to God for forgiveness! ”

The knights hesitate. Roland shouts.

“Come on!"

Then the knights listened. Prayer for God began to spread everywhere.

Meanwhile, the bishop was holding onto his beating breasts, sweating red. Suddenly, the bishop and Roland's gaze met.

Roland asked.

“Are you all right?”

The bishop nods madly and soon stands behind Bikappa, cowardly.

He looks at her with no joy.

Lollant heard that the bishop's point was reasonable and sharp. But it didn't work for the audience.

These are the people in the audience who love poetry more than anyone else, because they hated that reputable bishop.

Probably the same for those who came out of the water of the world and returned to Bifrost. Bifrost is a land full of adventurers, and they all love ambiguous illusions rather than cold realities.

The people of Bifrost will not like that bishop and his insistence.

So the bishop wasn't a threat. There was no reason to kill him. Then I had to save him. Because it's right.

In the evening, after dinner, the herd began to return. Roland walks out to where he left his horse.

As I was walking, I was still surrounded by knights. With the rest of his enthusiastic followers busy praising him, Roland thinks.

Indeed, the bishop's criticism was right. Do I need to change my character?

And I came to the conclusion.

‘No, you don't have to. Reality doesn't matter. What matters is how heroic you look. ’

The strategy to gain authority over a hero's greatness has already halfway succeeded. Even after what happened earlier. Despite being the lord, Vikappa was unable to actively prevent Roland's followers from trying to kill the bishop of her land. I was afraid to challenge that authority.

Successful strategy is worth sustaining. So it has to go on like this.

As heroes, and as Roland.

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