Future Knight

Chapter 106

“Is that, is that really possible?”

The soldier who had participated in today’s fierce battle could hardly believe the claims that all the severely wounded were being healed.

“Of course, that’s why she’s a priestess!”

“Then, if I get injured in tomorrow’s battle, will she heal me too?”

“Isn’t that obvious? And there’s a rumor going around that she’s incredibly beautiful.”

“Oh! Really? That beautiful?”

“Absolutely! Just a while ago, Walter came back after being treated and bragged to me endlessly. Emerald-green hair, porcelain-like skin, a killer figure…”

At the mention of green hair, Kang Chan’s ears perked up.

“Green hair? It must be Zikyon!”

Kang Chan stopped his mana training and headed towards the field hospital where the priestess was said to have appeared.

As dawn broke, soldiers who had somewhat recovered from their injuries prepared to head back to the front lines.

Their eyes held a solemn resolve.

No one ordered them to return to the battlefield, but they all volunteered to go back.

“Priestess, thank you so much for saving our lives. We will return victorious.”

“Please bless us, Priestess.”

Countless armed soldiers sought out Zikyon, expressing heartfelt gratitude and asking for divine blessings. Zikyon placed her hands on each of their heads, blessing them. As a result, the fear vanished from the soldiers’ eyes, and they all departed for the battlefield with renewed courage.

“I will fight too!”

“I will fight too!”

Even soldiers who hadn’t finished their treatment clamored to join the battle. Seeing this, the priests and healers who were tending to them wore troubled expressions as they tried to dissuade them.

“You’re still not well enough.”

“I’m fine now! Just wrap it tight with bandages!”

“Darn it! Doesn’t my spear have healing words inscribed on it? Hey, lend me your spear.”

“No way! I want to go out too!”

“Where do you think you’re going without a leg? Stay here and help the Priestess!”

Out of the injured soldiers present, less than a thousand had been directly treated by Zikyon, leaving most still gravely wounded.

Despite this, they voluntarily headed to the battlefield.

Just like when they arrived, their departure formed a long line.

To them, this war had already become a holy crusade.

Passing by the soldiers heading to the front, Kang Chan arrived at the field hospital and spotted Zikyon placing her hands on the heads of the departing soldiers, blessing each one. He couldn’t help but laugh.

She truly acted like a priestess now that she had become one.

“Dragons really are masters of performance.”

Kang Chan stood behind Zikyon. However, Zikyon was too busy blessing the soldiers to notice Kang Chan’s arrival.

“May Pioneus’s grace and blessings be with you.”

“Thank you, Priestess.”

Kang Chan gazed at Zikyon, utterly mesmerized.

Her endlessly benevolent smile as she blessed the soldiers was so nauseatingly fake that it made Kang Chan’s stomach churn.

‘Did she eat something wrong?’

Kang Chan quietly spoke to her back.

“Hey… what are you doing?”

G. Zikyon flinched!

Surprised by Kang Chan’s sudden voice, G. Zikyon, who looked like a child caught doing something wrong, asked Kang Chan with wide eyes.

“How did you get here?”

“I came because I heard a rumor about a remarkable priestess.”

G. Zikyon hesitated for a moment before leading Kang Chan away.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

As the priestess suddenly disappeared with a man in tow, the soldiers who had not yet received blessings looked longingly at the retreating figure of the priestess.

“Hey, where are you going?”

“Stop talking and follow me!”

G. Zikyon took Kang Chan to the back hill where she had dragged von Sachsen. She took a breath and asked.

“When did you get here?”

“Just a little while ago. By the way, what are you doing?”

“It’s nothing. I was just playing priestess because I was bored.”

“You’ll get punished for that.”

“I’d like to see that punishment. Besides, let’s be honest, even if the real priestess came, she wouldn’t be as good as me.”

Kang Chan couldn’t hold back his laughter at G. Zikyon’s shameless remark.

“Hahaha! That’s so you, G. Zikyon.”

“Am I funny to you? Try living for 8,000 years! If you don’t do stuff like this, you’ll go crazy from boredom.”

“Pfft! Hahaha!”

As Kang Chan laughed again, G. Zikyon suspiciously glared at him.

“You’re acting weird today. Why do you laugh every time I talk? Is there something going on? Could it be…”

“Could it be?”

“You’re not harboring strange feelings for me, are you? Huh?”

When G. Zikyon poked Kang Chan’s cheek with her finger, Kang Chan frowned and spoke coldly.

“Am I crazy? To like a perverted dragon who is 8,000 years old?”

“Then why are you acting like this suddenly?”

“It’s nothing special. I just came to see you because it’s been hard to see you with all the war going on.”

“Wow, this brings tears to my eyes! Thank you.”

When G. Zikyon extended her hand to Kang Chan, he shook her hand.

Then he got up and prepared to leave.

“Well, I’m off now.”

“Okay, take care of yourself.”

“You too, take care.”

“Taking care isn’t a word that suits me.”

“You’re so arrogant. Just don’t get caught pretending to be a priestess.”

“How can you say that with my 8,000 years of acting experience? I can cry in one second. Look.”

As G. Zikyon made a sad face, tears like jewels rolled down her cheeks.

“See? See?”

“Haha, you’re really something. Alright, I’m really leaving now.”

“Yeah, go on. Have breakfast.”

“Oh, okay.”

With G. Zikyon’s farewell, Kang Chan headed back to the battlefield.

He felt grateful for having come to see her.

Meeting her had completely lifted the gloomy mood caused by Keremion.

* * *

When Keremion returned, Nemitz slapped him.

Then he hugged him tightly.

“I’m glad you came back alive.”

It seemed like a strange mix of punishment and comfort, but it was Nemitz’s way of showing concern for Keremion.

As the leader of the annihilated group, Keremion bore the responsibility, and the slap was Nemitz’s way of acknowledging that.

Nemitz knew why Keremion’s team had been decimated.

The few enemies they faced were all mid-level or higher Sword Experts, and one of them was even a Sword Master.

Sending them without knowing this was essentially sending them to their deaths.

Therefore, Nemitz was truly relieved that Keremion had returned alive.

Among Nemitz’s disciples, Keremion had the highest chance of becoming a Sword Master.

“It’ll be tough, but prepare for battle quickly. Today’s fight will be difficult…”

Keremion knew why Nemitz said this, having lost ten Arc Shadows.

“Yes, Master.”

33. G. Zikyon’s Crisis

On the third day of the all-out war, the Green Elves’ forces had dwindled to less than half of what they were on the first day.

The arrows that rained down like a storm on the first day now only occasionally flew.

Moreover, since their food supply was not yet stable, they appeared very hungry.

The damage inflicted by the Black Wyvern unit was significant.

In contrast, the Continental Allied Forces were full of life.

The soldiers, embittered by the Dark Elves’ guerrilla warfare, were further bolstered by the return of over half the injured soldiers to the front lines, thanks to the help of the pseudo-priestess G. Zikyon. For the first time since the war began, the Allied Forces had the advantage in numbers.

Moreover, seeing their comrades miraculously healed by the priestess boosted the morale of the entire army, making them feel as if they had divine support.

Even G. Zikyon did not expect that her playful priestess act would lead to such a significant turn of events.

Although Duke von Sachsen disliked G. Zikyon, he was actually the happiest about her help.

He hoped she would fend off the Green Elves’ Spirit King.

If she could, they could use their overwhelming ground forces to push them from the Helion Kingdom to the continent’s end.

However, G. Zikyon did not provide much help throughout the war, leaving von Sachsen inwardly sighing in regret.

But G. Zikyon helped the Allied Forces in a way that exceeded his expectations.

Just like today.

Faith was a powerful thing.

The strength of a fanatic was truly incredible.

“Waaaah! We have the divine with us! You evil beings!”

“Come on! Bring it on! You demons!”

Terrified by the unusual state of the enemies, the Green Elves began to falter.

The overwhelming momentum they exuded today was completely different from yesterday.

This made the already weakened Green Elves, who had not eaten properly, shrink even more.

“Centurion! The enemy’s condition is strange! They all seem out of their minds!”

“What? Did they all take drugs? Why are they like that?”

“Glory to Pioness! Charge!”

“Glory! Waaaaah!!”

“This is a holy war!”

“My life for Pioness!”

The Green Elves’ formation began to crumble under the assault of the fanatical enemy.

The soldiers were not the only ones falling back.

Boom!

The Arc Shadows began to fall and scatter as scrap metal all around.

The ten Arc Shadows led by Keremion had been significantly reduced by Kang Chan, who left behind corpses.

The remaining Arc Shadows could not withstand the overwhelming number of the Allied Forces’ Gigantes.

Seeing his disciples’ Gigantes turning into scrap metal one by one, Nemitz felt despair.

Only twelve Arc Shadows remained.

But the enemy still had over seventy Gigantes intact.

And the owners of the enemy Gigantes were all top-level Sword Experts, making the remaining Troll Elves no threat to them.

‘We can’t win…’

As the leader of a race, it was clear to him that the tide had turned against them.

No matter how hard Green fought, it seemed unlikely that the battle would swing back in their favor.

Now, the only option left was to retreat with minimal losses.

However, retreating usually incurred heavier losses than fighting, making even this difficult.

‘If only we could use the Black Centipede in times like this. Damn it!’

The underground monster, Black Centipede, was weak against the sun, making it unusable during the day.

In the end, Nemitz had no choice but to order a retreat.

Without hesitation, he fired the signal flare for retreat.

Beeeep! Boom!

As the signal flare shot from Hellene’s back announced the retreat, the morale of the Green Elves plummeted, and their formation quickly began to collapse.

Seeing the retreat signal suddenly soar, Green, who had been fighting alone against the Allied Forces, shed tears of blood.

“We can’t end it like this, not like this…”