Future Knight

Chapter 2

The metal dolls were severely damaged, indicating that they had fought a fierce battle with the humans who had died outside and had ended their lives here.

There were a total of ten glass tubes in the room, but the life force in the sole remaining intact glass tube was rapidly fading.

“Hurry, heal him! His life force is diminishing rapidly.”

Elradian’s urgency grew as it seemed there were no longer any living people inside the massive monstrous structure.

Blinding light emanated from the hands of the elven wizards and was directed towards the man inside the glass tube.

The pale face of the man inside the glass tube regained its color, and Elradian sighed heavily in relief.

Without hesitation, Elradian used his saber to cut the glass tube.

Though the glass tube seemed quite solid, it was sliced through effortlessly by his saber, which emitted a bluish light, as if cutting through paper.

After draining the water from the cut glass tube, the elves quickly carried the man outside the monstrous structure.

“We will know everything once he awakens.”

Elradian muttered quietly to himself as he hastened his steps toward the village.

* * *

The man who had descended from the sky, seemingly about to open his eyes after just a few days of lying down, showed no signs of waking up.

Despite the passage of a long time, he remained in bed for an entire year, barely breathing and showing no movement, as if he were a dead man.

Seeing him in such a state, everyone worried, wondering if he had fallen into a state of brain death. However, the elves, being inherently optimistic and disliking haste, did not fret too much.

To those who could live for a thousand years, waiting a year felt like nothing at all.

The task of caring for him, who was almost like a vegetable, always fell to the young elves.

The children took turns feeding him porridge by force and handling the arduous task of cleaning his excrement.

Though handling someone else’s excrement was unpleasant for anyone, the children followed the adults’ orders without complaint.

In elven society, respect for elders was of utmost importance.

This was a bond they had upheld through countless generations over many years.

“Ahh!”

A blond elf with neatly braided hair let out a scream of shock.

“He did it again! He did it again! How long has it been since the last time, and he’s already done it again?”

The young elf’s face twisted in a very un-elf-like grimace.

“Hey! Why do you only do this on my shift? Huh? And not just once, but multiple times. Do I make you that comfortable? Ah, this is driving me crazy.”

The huffing young elf sighed in resignation.

“Sigh, it’s not your fault, is it? It’s all because I’m young.”

With a calm expression, the elf girl skillfully removed the man’s pants and diaper.

A strong stench filled the air as the diaper, full of excrement, was exposed.

The girl’s face contorted even more.

“Ugh! Seriously, you’ve really done a lot this time. How on earth do you manage this much just eating porridge? Huh?”

The elf girl, grumbling nonstop, skillfully cleaned up his waste, bundled it up, lifted his legs with one hand, and began wiping his buttocks with a wet cloth.

‘Ugh, my head…’

This terrible headache was the familiar sensation he always felt when waking up from the mental anesthetics required for long-distance space travel.

‘Is it time to wake up already?’

Now that he was awake, he would soon be thrown back into battle, just as he always had been.

Thinking about how many lives he would take this time made his headache worsen.

‘It felt like a long dream. It was such a strange dream, with children crowding around me, feeding me porridge, and cleaning up after me, a truly embarrassing dream. But what is this bizarre feeling? It feels like someone is touching my embarrassing parts?’

### Chapter 2

He soon recovered his sight and was able to open his eyes, but having kept them closed for so long, he found it too bright to keep them open properly.

His body still lacked sensation, making it difficult to control.

Blinking for a while, he gradually adjusted to the brightness, and the surrounding objects began to come into view. Eventually, he saw the face of a girl who was holding up his legs, grimacing with concentration as she diligently wiped his buttocks.

‘What is this? Is this still a dream?’

He felt as if he was not truly awake yet.

The young elf girl suddenly sensed someone staring at her and stopped what she was doing, lifting her head.

Her eyes met his, and she saw him staring at her with a bewildered expression.

At that moment, the girl saw stars in front of her eyes.

His foot had struck her face without hesitation.

Caught completely off guard by the sudden blow, the young elf girl lost consciousness on the spot.

“Haah! Haah! Where am I?”

He forgot that he wasn’t wearing pants as he looked around, maintaining his guard.

Despite having spent the past year lying down, his movements were incredibly agile.

However, no matter how agile he was, his unsightly member swung just as nimbly with each movement.

“This isn’t a battleship! How can this be?”

Though he couldn’t understand the situation he was in, he tried to remain calm.

“Code number UNA-102A, service number 5425582, Captain Kang Chan ready for connection.”

A subtle light flickered from his wrist, and a three-dimensional image appeared around his wrist.

– Code number UNA-102A, service number 5425582, voice identification confirmed, connection complete. Hello, Captain Kang Chan.

Feeling a bit relieved as the bio-computer embedded in his body activated properly, Kang Chan responded.

“Save the greetings for later. Where am I now?”

– You are currently at Neo Earth, the destination of the Red Mars.

“This is Neo Earth? Connect to the main computer immediately.”

– Understood. Please wait a moment. Apologies, connection is not possible. Unable to communicate with the main computer.

“What’s the reason?”

– It seems the main computer has ceased operation.

“What? Then what is the location of the ship?”

– The ship is 15.513 km southwest of here. Exact coordinates and map details require transmission from the main computer.

‘How could this happen… I need to leave this place quickly and get to the ship.’

Feeling a strong sense of unease at the news of the main computer being down, Kang Chan’s face was filled with anxiety.

He carefully peered out the window to ensure he could safely leave and reach the ship.

The dense trees made the forest very dark despite the high altitude, and the thick fog made it even harder to distinguish anything.

He had never seen such a dense forest in his life.

In fact, the concept of plants itself was a luxury in the universe where he had lived.

But this dark, plant-covered forest confirmed for him that this place was indeed Neo Earth.

‘The thick fog will make it easier to escape. I need to move to the ship quickly!’

After scouting the surroundings and confirming there was no one around, he leaped out of the window.

But that was all he managed to do.

As soon as his body landed, vines rapidly grew and entwined around his legs.

“Ah! What is this?”

He struggled to free himself, but the vines only tightened their grip on his legs.

Before long, elves began to gather one by one around him as he struggled to free himself.

Seeing suspicious figures gathering around him, the stranger felt threatened and desperately struggled to escape.

However, that was only in his mind.

Thanks to his still unbuttoned pants, even his unsightly member flailed about in desperation.

“The outsider has finally awakened.”

“I’ll go inform Lord Artheon of this.”

This marked the first significant meeting between the pantsless human from Earth who had awoken from a long slumber and the forest elves.

### 2. The Earthling Turned Alien

As more elves carrying small lanterns gathered around him, the stranger’s breath grew increasingly ragged, and he struggled even harder to free himself from the vines.

He felt alarmed, realizing that his strength had significantly diminished compared to before.

Having spent a whole year lying in a bed instead of a sleep capsule, his once-strong muscles had weakened considerably.

No matter how much the now-feeble man thrashed, the tough vines showed no sign of breaking. His desperate struggles bordered on hysteria.

‘What’s wrong with my body? Why have I become so weak? This isn’t good.’

The stranger, who had been thrashing wildly, suddenly stopped moving and took a deep breath, clenching his teeth.

His eyes gradually began to calm down.

“I can’t die here like this!”

– Combat mode level 2, applying.

With a powerful shout, the stranger lifted his leg once more.

Thanks to his immense strength, the vines binding his legs began to be uprooted.

The elves watching him were astonished.

“Oh my! What incredible strength!”

“My goodness, he’s breaking free from a trap that even trolls can’t escape!”

Snap! Crack! Snap!

Despite the blood oozing from his bound ankles, the stranger seemed indifferent.

“Just a little more, a little more!”

The elves, watching the nearly broken vines, grew anxious.

“Stay calm, everyone. If we let this continue, the outsider will break free. Let’s all combine our strength to restrain him!”

“Y-yes, let’s do that.”

As the panicked elves began to cast binding spells, more tree vines sprouted from the ground and started to bind the stranger’s entire body.

“Damn it!”

The stranger, startled, struggled even more fiercely.

However, the numerous tree vines wrapped around his body like a mummy, paying no heed to his violent struggles.

Thus, he was once again rendered unable to move a single finger by the binding spells of dozens of elves.

But this was only temporary.

The stranger’s eyes began to glow red.

– Combat mode level 4, applying. Warning! Warning! Current metabolic state is not good.

“Aaaargh! I don’t care!”

The stranger, who had paused momentarily, began to exert his strength again with a bursting roar, now displaying strength on a whole different level.

“Aaaargh!”

His immense power caused the ground to shake, and the roots binding him began to scream in unison.

Snap! Crack! Snap!

“This is impossible!”

His violent shaking caused the surrounding giant trees, whose roots had extended, to sway violently, scattering leaves everywhere.

The elves watching him were filled with disbelief.

“That’s not a human!”

They felt as if they were holding an ogre rather than a human.

– Warning! Warning! Peripheral nervous system malfunction detected!

“Aaaargh! Just a little more!”

Snap… Crack! Snap!

Under the tremendous force, most of the vines began to snap, and he was on the verge of regaining his freedom.

However, the ground began to shake again, and this time, roots as thick as a man’s waist burst from the ground and wrapped around his body.

“Ugh! Kgh!”

As the massive roots slowly tightened around him, he made wheezing sounds as the air was forced from his lungs.

Despite his frenzied struggle, it was all in vain.

No matter how much he thrashed with his tremendous strength, the roots, as thick as a man’s waist, did not budge at all.

The stranger tried a few more violent struggles against the roots but eventually, exhausted, he let his head droop.

His mouth was filled with the taste of blood, and extremely fatigued, he panted heavily.