Future Knight

Chapter 43

“Haa… Haa… I’m sorry. I’m fine, so just go on without me.”

It was difficult for Kang Chan to leave her behind in a place surrounded by enemies, so he decided to take her to the temple on his air bike.

“Excuse me.”

“Kyaak!”

As Kang Chan lifted the injured woman, her face turned bright red.

In truth, she had feared that he would abandon her.

He had always looked at her with disdain, so there was no reason for him to treat her well.

However, not only had he saved her life, but he was also trying to take her back to her people…

She felt deeply sorry towards the human carrying her. And she was sincerely grateful.

“Kang Chan-nim.”

“Yes.”

Kang Chan felt a bit awkward that she knew his name.

He didn’t know hers.

Although they had encountered each other for nearly three and a half years, he never learned her name.

He had no reason to talk to someone who always looked at him with disapproval, nor any need to know her name.

“I will definitely repay today’s kindness.”

“I didn’t save you expecting anything in return. So, don’t worry too much about it.”

“Um, Kang Chan-nim, do you perhaps know my name?”

She asked, hoping he might know her name.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know your name.”

“Oh, no, you don’t need to apologize. My name is Elika.”

“So, your name is Elika. It’s a nice name.”

Elika’s face turned even redder at Kang Chan’s words.

“Actually, I once took care of you when you were in a coma with Jaina. After you regained consciousness, Jaina took over, though.”

As she suddenly brought up his shameful past, Kang Chan’s face turned as red and hard as a brick.

“I’m sorry, but could we not talk about that…”

“Oh, do you dislike it?”

The story about her and Jaina taking care of him meant they had changed his diapers when he was unconscious.

“Yes…”

“I’m sorry.”

To Kang Chan, the year he spent in a coma was an unforgettable, deeply humiliating part of his life.

Seeing that Kang Chan seemed uncomfortable, Elika tried to explain, but he stopped her.

“Shh!”

She thought he was angry because of his action.

She had brought it up in hopes of improving their relationship, but his sudden anger made her regret it.

However, the reason Kang Chan covered her mouth wasn’t because he didn’t want to hear her speak.

Over a hundred Green Elves had surrounded them without her noticing.

They looked slightly different from the Green Elves he had met in the village.

The ones he had massacred before had a somewhat Orc-like appearance, but these ones had beautiful faces and tall, slender figures like Elves.

As they aimed their bows and swords at Kang Chan, he quickly hid behind the air bike with Elika.

Several arrows flew towards them, embedding into the air bike with a loud noise.

Wearing his helmet, Kang Chan counterattacked with his rail gun.

With a flash and a thunderous roar, the projectiles from the rail gun turned the Green Elves into chunks of meat.

“Elika! Are you okay?”

Elika, stunned by the rail gun’s noise, nodded vigorously.

After checking Elika’s condition, Kang Chan fired at the Green Elves again.

Then, he loaded a grenade launcher and shouted.

Click!

“Cover your ears!”

“What?”

Thump! Boom!

As soon as the thump sound was heard, a massive explosion rocked the ground, sending dust and stones flying everywhere.

Elika, startled by the tremendous noise, stared intently at Kang Chan, who was using such a terrifying weapon.

‘What, what is this? I always thought he was just an insignificant human who only fooled around with Jaina, but to think he has such a formidable weapon…’

“Damn it! Now I’m out of bullets and grenades.”

Kang Chan blamed himself for not bringing enough spare magazines in his haste.

But he had a weapon more reliable than the rail gun.
It was the Aura Sword, his true weapon obtained since coming to this planet.

Kang Chan threw the empty rail gun to the ground.

Elika was startled at the sight of Kang Chan nonchalantly discarding such a powerful weapon.

“Hey! Why are you throwing that away?”

“The bullets are all gone, so it’s useless now.”

“Bul… Bullets?”

“Oh, it’s… like arrows.”

“Arrows? Then, is this a bow?”

Kang Chan vaguely evaded her question.

“Yes? Uh… well, it’s a bow, sort of?”

Technically, it wasn’t incorrect. After all, the ancestor of the gun was the bow.

“So, if you had more arrows, could you use this again?”

“If I had more arrows…”

As Kang Chan spoke regretfully, Elika quickly picked up the rail gun.

As a ranger-in-training who handled bows, she was strongly attracted to this incredibly powerful bow he had shown.

To her, this bow seemed so formidable that she could believe it was a weapon of the gods.

But to discard such an amazing bow just because there were no arrows… she couldn’t understand his actions.

“If you’re really going to throw this away, can I have it…?”

She cautiously asked, but Kang Chan cut her off decisively.

“Let’s discuss that after we deal with them.”

High-frequency blades shot out from Kang Chan’s hands with a menacing sound.

Seeing this, she gasped in surprise.

Then she witnessed something even more unbelievable.

As the high-frequency blades vibrated and glowed red in his hands, the Aura Sword began to emerge.

“A-An Aura Sword!”

She couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

The Kang Chan she knew was a pathetic man who wasted his days loafing around with the village’s top outcast, Jaina, hunting small animals in the forest for food.

She had also heard about how, two years ago, he picked a fight with her idol, Keremion, tried to use dirty tricks to win, and almost died after being stabbed by Keremion’s wooden sword.

But now, he was naturally summoning an Aura Sword right in front of her eyes.

To be able to summon an Aura Sword so naturally meant he was at least a mid-level Sword Expert.

‘He not only has an incredibly powerful bow but now an Aura Sword as well…’

Elika couldn’t believe her eyes.

It felt as though she was looking at a different person.

“Stay hidden here. And if anyone shows up, threaten them with that bow. They’ve had a taste of its power, so they’ll be quite rattled.”

Elika nodded, and Kang Chan also nodded before rushing towards the enemies.

The Green Elves, already tense from Kang Chan’s rail gun attack, slowly surrounded him, intending to attack all at once. But when Kang Chan suddenly charged at them, they were caught off guard.

The unlucky Green Elf who became Kang Chan’s first target had no time to react before his body and head were separated, sending him to the afterlife immediately.

After that, Kang Chan slaughtered the surrounding Elves with movements so fast they were almost invisible.

“S-Sword Expert!”

Seeing the Aura Sword emanating from his hands, the Green Elves shouted in fear.

Their fear stemmed from the fact that on the battlefield, there was only one way for regular soldiers to defeat a Sword Expert.

To physically wear down the expert until he was exhausted and out of mana.

While many knights had met their end using such a brutish method, the number of regular soldiers who lost their lives in the process was too high to count.

Knowing this grim reality, the Green Elves hesitated to approach Kang Chan any further, trembling in fear.

Only the archers occasionally shot arrows at him.

Deciding that he needed to deal with the archers first, Kang Chan sprinted towards them at top speed and beheaded 20 archers in the blink of an eye.

Their blood sprayed like fountains, staining Kang Chan’s black suit. His blood-soaked, demonic appearance caused the Green Elves to lose their will to fight and flee once again.

Wiping off the blood, Kang Chan approached the stunned Elika and spoke to her.

“Are you alright?”

“Yes…”

“Let’s hurry.”

Kang Chan quickly put the wide-eyed Elika on the air bike and flew towards the temple.

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14. A Near-Death Experience

Jaina, whom Kang Chan had been desperately searching for, was with her mother, the mage Jerenis, next to Arteon.

She was crying in extreme fear.

Arteon was held by the neck by the leader of the Green Elves, and behind him, the Fire Spirit King Phoenix was flapping its enormous wings, exuding an overwhelming presence.

Elves who tried to rescue Arteon were torn apart under the whip of Green, who was strangling her.

No one else dared to step forward to save Arteon.

Green’s surroundings were engulfed in flames, and the intense heat had already singed parts of Arteon’s beautiful hair into curls.

Green was losing his sanity.

“Come on! Fight me!”

Unable to control his rage, Green kicked Arteon in the stomach.

He then unleashed a flurry of merciless attacks on the fallen Arteon.

His strikes were devoid of any mercy, as if he was dealing with a lifelong enemy.

Blood flowed from Arteon’s forehead, and her nose, which had been hit, was gushing blood.

Despite this, Green did not cease his brutal assault.

He beat Arteon even more savagely.

Despite the relentless beating, Arteon neither screamed nor resisted.

She just silently endured Green’s attacks.

Thousands of Elves watching this scene wept.

They cursed themselves for being unable to do anything to save their leader from such brutal punishment, paralyzed by their fear of Phoenix.