Chapter 892 - Just Passing Through
Ragna walked without making any effort to hide his body.
His gait was the same as usual.
Neither fast nor slow, and unconcerned whether anyone was watching or not.
Since the place he walked through was enemy territory, it was natural to catch the eyes of some enemy soldiers.
"Oi, what are you?"
One soldier in formation turned just his head and asked.
They had just finished preparing to charge.
"Just passing through."
A heavily nonchalant answer returned to the soldier's question.
There is no lie.
Also, it was too confident.
The soldier blinked at that momentum.
Ally?
An arrangement prepared by the Great Emperor?
Not a commander though?
Well, such thoughts flashed through his mind.
Since a commander would stand out just by looking at attire and epaulets, he didn't seem to be one.
"Can we just leave him be?"
The soldier asked the colleague next to him.
"Don't know."
Would the soldier next to him have anything to say?
He just had similar thoughts.
Can we leave that be?
Just such thoughts occurred.
In that process, Ragna walked in leisurely.
No one stopped him.
An army already in formation.
Soldiers with strict military discipline just turned their heads and eyeballs in place to watch.
At best, it's just one person.
No one thought a knight would have intruded here abruptly.
Why would a knight be here?
It's hard to imagine.
It was a rational way of thinking.
This was Ragna being strange.
"Hey, what unit are you from? Didn't you hear to form ranks? Why is your armament in that state?"
In the rear of the vanguard.
One officer among them discovered him and asked.
Since he couldn't leave the formation, he just turned his head among the soldiers and shouted.
For Ragna, excluding the cloak, there was nothing revealing the emblem of Naurillia or Border Guard.
That cloak was currently sticking quietly to his back, showing nothing.
The Great Emperor's armies didn't know each other thoroughly either.
There were many among allies wandering around wearing armor or clothes seen for the first time.
Sometimes monsters became allies, and they still live keeping a distance from the Giant Army.
Seeing an ally in unfamiliar attire wasn't an awkward situation for them.
Only, the sight of him leisurely walking in the rear while tension filled the air stood out.
"What is wrong about my armament?"
Walking while answering indifferently.
The mouth of the officer who asked shut.
Ragna, walking, stood in front of a creature that looked like it was carved from grey stone.
'Big.'
Very big.
To the extent even that guy Audin would look small standing next to it.
'Even most giants.'
Three times bigger than an ordinary giant.
Standing close, he had to tilt his head back just to see its face.
A lump of iron was attached to the end of its long drooping nose.
That itself was a siege weapon.
Every time it took a step, it felt like an earthquake was happening.
With this size, it was understandable.
It's a guy heavy in proportion to its size.
"Oi, you'll get hurt. Get out of the way."
A voice heard from above the head.
The elephant rider looked down and threw words.
"Who is that?"
"Isn't he the guy who got lost alone and wandered in?"
"Haha, where in the world would you find such a moron?"
There were a total of five riders.
Three of them held spears, and the remaining two held shields big enough to cover their bodies.
All of them wore a sword at their waist.
Just by looking at the hand stains on the grips visible at a glance, Ragna knew how often they swung those swords usually.
'Those accustomed to fighting.'
They aren't those who just watch quietly from up there.
They are an army executing tactics with years of experience.
Just by what he had seen so far, it wasn't difficult to guess their fighting style.
Two block and three throw javelins.
The swords are armaments to deal with things that might climb up the elephant's legs with agile movements. Of course, Ragna didn't care about such things.
Ignoring what was naturally visible, he grasped the sword in his heart.
'Can I cut the neck in one go?'
It's a considerable height.
Still, if he jumps, he'll reach.
'With just the right hand?'
Or with both hands?
How hard is it?
Is it really as hard as stone as it looks?
How much strength should he apply?
A creature seen for the first time in his life.
Outwardly, that grey leather looked more like a shell than skin.
An appearance looking tougher than most monster hides.
'How many are there?'
Ragna captured only those nearby in his eyes.
Right now, there are three nearby.
He momentarily imagined the infantry facing these.
With just these three, the infantry would be busy running away in confusion.
The future is variable, but some things were clearly visible.
Like now.
'Troublesome if left alone.'
Ragna recognized it as such.
An existence that is troublesome, cumbersome, and causes damage to allies.
While Ragna was watching, two took a step.
Kung, kung.
With every walking step, the ground shakes and soil splashes up to chest height.
If a charge is ordered, it will truly be a rush causing an earthquake.
Ragna made a decision.
'Let's do it with two hands.'
Sunrise's handle is long enough to hold with two hands.
He also thought of a more rational method than cutting the neck in one breath.
Then he just does it as is.
A few soldiers glance at him.
One of the riders narrowed his brow.
"Hey, did you really get lost or something? Get out of here."
Aren't they unable to go because that bastard is blocking the way?
If delayed more, curses will pour from the superior's mouth.
He made up his mind to ignore him and go.
Simultaneous with the guy making up his mind, Ragna spread his feet and took a stance.
The cloak reacting to his will and action fluttered in the wind.
Parararak-
The dark green cloak spread out, blocking some dust and revealing the emblem drawn on the back.
An emblem of stepping stones drawn with a few lines, the symbol of the city symbolizing castle walls.
A few lower officers of Lihin-Stetten recognized that emblem.
The elephant rider had the same rank as those lower officers.
And all of them memorized several emblems through education before this battle.
Although familiar and well aware of the Naurillia Royal Family's emblem or the Crimson Cloak Knights' symbol, it was to recognize enemies with high probability of joining this battlefield.
That emblem they learned and memorized with their eyes then, and saw for the first time before heading to the battlefield.
The steps symbolize castle walls.
The owner of that emblem is Naurillia's fortress city, Border Guard.
"Enemy?"
While the rider muttered, Ragna did the most important and necessary thing among the things drawn in his head.
"I'm not lost, just passing through."
Same answer he spat at the soldier's question the first time around.
Didn't the soldier ask if he was lost earlier?
Ragna genuinely thinks he is just passing through.
Just swinging his sword towards annoying things in the process.
Tung-
Most soldiers couldn't even hear the sound of the greatsword, Sunrise, being drawn.
That's how fast it was.
Ragna drew his sword and slashed horizontally.
The rider saw a small whirlwind above his head. He didn't exhale once or blink once, yet suddenly a dark green whirlwind rages.
Meaning a natural disaster sucking in and throwing out everything around was created instantly right before his eyes.
Ragna felt the cloak riding the wind and pushing his back.
His target was the elephant's leg.
'Cut.'
The harmony of Will of Severance and technique polished for years through talent cut the elephant's leg with a single sword stroke.
Following the blade passing straight with a shik, a line formed on the grey brick of a leg.
The huge biological weapon was hard.
But not as hard as thought.
Ragna swung the sword and resolved the remaining force with a movement pulling the sword smoothly.
A scream rang out subsequently.
Kkueoeoeoeo!
Pain visits everyone fairly.
Meaning it hurts if a leg is cut.
The elephant screamed and tilted to one side.
'Even if I relax strength by half.'
He grasped the hardness with one sword stroke.
The neck will be softer than the leg.
Just as humans or other intelligent beings are, beasts are similar.
Ragna moved his feet aiming for the neck of the falling, that is, tilting elephant.
Jumping forward, he swings the sword vertically.
If someone with an eye for it saw, they would have admired the sword trajectory he drew.
But there was no one to admire his sword right beside him now.
Entering under the collapsing grey bulk, the struck sword cuts the nape.
Slipping out to the side as is with the cutting motion.
All movements were exceedingly swift.
"Uaaak!"
The rider screamed in surprise.
"Shit, hey, this f*ck, hey!"
A few soldiers watching with mouths half open unknowingly shout in surprise.
Just before charging.
Shouldn't they kill that bastard first even if formation collapses?
Several soldiers thought similarly, but people tend to react slowly when too surprised.
Just as these guys are now.
When everyone was surprised, opening mouths, spitting curses, or spitting any words.
"Kill him!"
The reaction of one officer among them was truly fast.
One boasting quick wits alone even when everyone was surprised.
Worthy of being called excellent talent.
He defined Ragna as an enemy whatever his identity.
Should have done so long ago, but that fellow appearing here and walking and answering too nonchalantly, all actions invited carelessness.
Five soldiers under the officer reacted to those words.
Running out of formation and running with swords.
All five were skilled individuals.
All were Horseshoe Infantry members Lihin-Stetten boasts of.
Naturally, no matter how skilled, they were no match for a knight.
Ragna cut the necks of the five while running towards the next target.
The officer felt that process was like a lie.
Nothing was seen?
Furthermore, no sound was heard either.
Just something flashed and five heads floated in the air.
What on earth, what must be done for such a thing to be possible.
A disaster called a knight, and among them, a natural disaster acceptable to be called a monster by other knights, has now fallen in the middle of the unit.
Perhaps it would have been better if a meteorite fell in the middle of the unit.
Kkueoeo!
Another elephant swung its trunk.
Ragna, running after cutting five, perceived a wall blocking the entire front.
Ragna gauged the thickness of that wall and increased speed.
Peong!
The ground he stepped on explodes leaving a deep mark.
If not for boots made by weaving monster leather, the boot sole would have burst with just this one acceleration.
Ragna dodged the blow as is.
Accelerating and digging inside was enough.
Kwang!
The blunt lump of iron attached to the elephant's trunk tip struck the spot where he was.
A crater twice as big and wide as the footprint Ragna made is created.
Is it a force burdensome to block?
It would be for an ordinary soldier, but for Ragna, Audin's punching was more threatening.
Taking the opportunity of increased speed, he lifts and swings the sword.
A sword slashing from top to bottom.
Even recognizing only part of the knack imbued in this simple movement was sufficient to call someone knight.
Bbeong!
As the movement tore through sound and passed, the shell protecting internal organs with grey skin split in half.
Ragna slid under the elephant's feet and slashed long with the sword.
A knack learned from Oara's Connecting Sword, used usefully since learning.
In the process of swinging the sword, feet replace arms, and the sword trajectory draws a much longer and larger line than swinging in place.
That is the gist of the swordsmanship Oara developed.
Like that, the second elephant's belly skin opened left and right.
Intestines pouring out and blood wet the floor between them.
A foul smell started spreading around.
Ragna immediately turned towards the third lump, and the rider riding on that lump waved his hands left and right shouting something.
Ragna didn't bother to listen intently.
Even without doing so, he knew the meaning of what they were saying.
Elephant, the creature like a grey rock flinches and retreats.
The scared rider made a stupid choice to preserve his life.
Looking at the situation just a moment ago, anyone would know.
Ragna is vastly faster than an elephant.
So running away would only be a foolish act.
Just before showing that speed again.
It was right after taking another step.
Ragna did not ignore the warning of his sixth sense.
His whole body tingled, and an ominousness like when that bastard Rem secretly throws an axe from behind ran through his whole body.
Senses awaken and Will reacts.
Before thinking, the body reacted and performed the movement.
Ragna, stopping mid-step, stomped the ground and slashed Sunrise diagonally upwards.
Kwang!
The sound of stomping the ground is loud.
Dust soars up to the chest like when an elephant stomps its foot.
To someone who doesn't know, it's a movement cutting empty air, but to one who reached the realm of knights perceiving an inch ahead, it was a natural movement.
Kwang!
Simultaneous with Sunrise going out.
A hexagonal club hit the greatsword.
Ragna momentarily twisted his torso and arm muscles to flow the force.
If not, his hand would have been quite numb.
The owner of the club that struck Sunrise wasn't satisfied with one attack.
He lowered his stance and swung the club horizontally to the ground.
If staying as is, ankles will break.
Ragna held Sunrise in reverse grip and stabbed it into the ground.
Kkwa-a-ang!
In this blow, he couldn't mix techniques like flowing force.
Therefore, he stabbed it into the floor to share the opponent's force with the ground.
The roar of the club striking Sunrise burst and spread around.
A wave of invisible force sweeps the surroundings.
"Ack!"
A few soldiers standing relatively close clutched their ears.
Blood flowed profusely from their ears.
Some of them even trembled in their limbs.
"What are you? Where did something like this pop out from? How did you enter all the way here?"
The guy who swung the club asks.
Ragna repeated the answer he gave once again.
"Just passing through."
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