The Possessor Has No Desire To Be a Protagonist

050. Battle of Arbis (4)

Ethan also slowly turned around.

I was out of breath because I consumed too much physical and mental energy.

The fallen knight was still holding the halberd.

No matter how strong the opponent was, the moment he had already succeeded in a critical hit, victory or defeat was a set procedure.

‘Even at the moment of collapse, they do not lose their pride as knights.’

Ethan saw the fallen black knight’s armor.

The light in his eyes was slowly fading.

Ethan briefly prayed for peace in his heart.

Before long, the knight’s light completely faded.

A moment of silence came.

Tia was the first to break the silence.

“Ethan! it’s okay?”

“Ethan, are you okay?”

Sepia and Tia ran and looked at Ethan.

Anya also approached Ethan belatedly.

Like when playing chess, Ethan made his best moves, one by one.

And as a result, we were able to win.

Ethan returned the black blade to the scabbard.

The right hand, which had been holding the sword until now, trembled.

“thank you. I’m okay. What about you?”

“Thanks to. Are you really okay?”

Sepia looked up at Ethan with worried eyes.

Ethan nodded his head.

Sepia also tried to smile after him.

I was very worried.

I only thought Ethan was really dead.

When I saw the black knight, I naturally thought of Ethan’s death.

There were many things I wanted to say. However, Sepia was unable to express her feelings verbally.

“Look at me. You came out of the fire pit. Are there any burns?”

Ethan, who was walking out of the sea of fire, was majestic like a hero who had returned from hell.

“It’s okay because it has high fire resistance.”

Sepia looked at Edan’s palm.

The flesh had been torn and the blood had dried up.

He would have been enchanted all over, but if his palms were torn like this, he could have guessed how strong the clash between the two warriors was.

Other than that, Ethan seemed fine.

Tia was staring blankly at Edan.

His cheeks felt hot as if the heat of the battle had not gone away.

‘Ethan, you must have been defeated… . Otherwise, there would be no way that only the black knight would have advanced here unharmed.’

However, it was rude to ask the person how he survived.

Tia’s mind was organizing what Edan had experienced.

Ethan was defeated by the Black Knight.

Here, the knight may have turned around without killing Ethan. Obviously, Edan was pushed back by the Black Knight in the second battle as well.

‘no way… , Did you stand up again even though you were defeated?’

After the defeat, Ethan came to his senses and ran straight to this place when he saw the crow. And, using his experience, he subdued the knight.

It was a plausible hypothesis.

Of course, it was wrong from the beginning that Ethan lost in the first match.

At that time, Edan’s question broke Tia’s thoughts.

“But were you the only ones here?”

Arthur’s high luck level led Ethan to this place.

At the right time too. There was a corner where it was not clear to dismiss Edan’s arrival here as a coincidence.

“Arthur and Tesha were there too. I went to catch the necromancer.”

“okay? So, did you catch it?”

During the battle, the black knight lost consciousness for a moment.

As the tension eased, fatigue set in at once.

I felt like I was going to faint like this.

But I couldn’t.

There is still work to be done.

‘If it’s this level of necromancy, I’m sure… , Gamigin… .’

It was only possible with a magician of the level of Gamigin.

I had no choice but to assume the worst and move on.

‘However, the number of undead troops was unexpectedly small for a Gamigin.’

It was unlikely that Gamigin himself would appear to fight the candidate for the hero.

That, with a little exaggeration, was like burning a thatched house to catch fleas.

Ethan always remembered what the writer had said.

―Why don’t the demon lord and higher-ranking demons appear in person? They’re just kids, so you can do it all at once.

―The academy is stronger than you think. And other demons are also busy dealing with other heroes.

So, wouldn’t it be safe to say that Gamigin didn’t appear in person?

“Ethan!”

The call brought Ethan to his senses.

At the epicenter of the sound, there was Arthur, who was smiling generously.

And Tesha was following behind him.

“I was worried because I heard he crashed into a knight, but he was alive.”

“uh? Oh, it was dangerous.”

“We also dealt with the necromancer.”

Arthur handed Edan the Token of Demons.

‘At this point, if Arthur is a necromancer mine that can be defeated, it is too soft.’

“yes! Good work. by the way… .”

Arthur fixed his eyes on the black armor that had collapsed.

If left as it is, Mine might bring him back to life.

‘How do I deal with this armored knight?’

Then something flashed in my head like a spark.

“Arthur, did you get any skill balls?”

Arthur calmly took out the skill ball and the red jewel.

“These are the things I got from holding mines.”

“okay… ?”

If you use the skill ball, you can get necromancy.

As far as Ethan knew, the red jewel was ‘Gamigin’s Ruby’.

‘perhaps… .’

“Arthur, I have something to tell you.”

Ethan dragged Arthur away from the group.

Standing in the clearing, Ethan held his breath.

“Can you see the characteristics of this skill ball and the effect of the artifact?”

Previously, Arthur had talked about the traits he had acquired.

Not only that, but Ethan has seen Arthur figuring out the properties of items several times in the novel.

“Yes, you can get necromancy by using this skill ball. And this red jewel is a consumable item that enhances necromancy by one level.”

Ethan told Arthur roughly what he had been through.

The identity of the knight, two fights, and in the first battle he defeated the knight, but he came back to life. Things I haven’t told anyone else yet.

“So, you’re saying it can be revived with necromancy?”

“perhaps… Maybe.”

However, it seemed that it was not polite to break the armor.

Of course, there were other ways.

It was to reveal the full picture of the case to the faculty and delegate the treatment.

But I didn’t know what kind of treatment would fall.

For example, an order to destroy the armor could fall.

“So maybe we need to talk to his spirit?”

“You want to bring him back?”

Arthur hesitated.

If it was a skill ball and Gamigin’s jewel, it was a story with a possibility.

“No, there is no need to fully revive it. I read it in a book, but as far as I know, if you use that jewel, you can have a conversation with him in the space of your mind for a while.”

“is it. Sounds like a good way? But there’s a problem. I don’t have much magic power left right now… . Do you have enough magic power?”

Having fought a fierce battle once, his mana had run out.

“me? Yeah, I think that’s roughly enough.”

Edan still had 50% of his magic power left.

Arthur laughed once.

“then… . ruler. you talk You’ve knocked it down.”

“Arthur… .”

“I got a skill ball from you the other day. And you agreed to pay off the debt I owed then.”

Ethan accidentally received a red jewel and a skill ball from Arthur.

“Come on, Ethan. you can do it He said he defeated even a knight in armor. Go ahead. Go and talk to the spirit of the armored knight.”

Arthur tapped Ethan on the shoulder.

Ethan nodded.

“Yes, thank you.”

Thank you very much.

The skill ball he got from Murmur was better than the skill ball he got from Jagan.

“Thank you, how much I owe you!”

Ethan looked down at the skill ball in his palm.

I was able to make up my mind quickly.

I lightly held the skill ball with my hand.

“use.”

According to the command, white energy flowed into his body from the broken skill ball.

Intuitively, Edan realized that he had learned the skill ‘Necromancer’.

Bubbly.

Ethan slowly approached the fallen knight.

And I heard a red jewel.

In the novel, it was an artifact that appeared only after the middle part.

Ethan took a deep breath.

And he explained to his colleagues why he had to save the article.

He did not know what kind of treatment would await him if he entrusted the case to the professors now.

And more than anything, Ethan wanted to talk to him again.

“I plan to talk to this guy from now on. Anyone against it?”

No one objected.

According to social norms, necromancy was suppressed, but it was not decided as a ban at all. Of course, there were only a handful of black magicians, and black magic itself was an unknown territory.

Finally, Ethan looked around once more. And I looked down at the black knight.

“Wake up.”

The red jewel on Ethan’s palm shone once.

Ethan’s consciousness sank into darkness.

When I opened my eyes, there was a knight in black armor standing there.

I couldn’t figure out why he could see straight through the dark.

“… It’s Ethan.”

“okay. It’s me. Lien.”

“I was worried that it might be a demon this time too.”

Ethan laughed.

“I will tell you directly. I’m struggling with how to dispose of your armor. If we leave it as it is, the demons can bring it back to life.”

“Did you come to ask for my permission?”

“yes. I felt like I had to ask for your permission.”

Lien laughed heartily.

“Without my soul, it’s just armor. It’s something you have to deal with on your own.”

“It’s still a keepsake of the dead… .”

“There are other ways.”

“other way… ?”

Ethan’s brow narrowed.

“You save me. How about that? Let me fight for you.”

“… … Are you going to fight for me?”

It wasn’t that I hadn’t thought of it that way.

However, I knew that my opponent would need a break.

I didn’t have the desire to take care of the dead without permission.

“The place where I belong is the battlefield. If you need me and call me, I will rise and fight again. Not for the empire, but for you, as your guardian knight.”

“for me… .”

“How to recognize a hero. Ethan, use me. Being with you is a great honor for me.”

Ethan hesitated for a moment.

“Won’t you regret it?”

“Do not take my oath lightly.”

“is it… . great.”

A red jewel shone once in Edan’s hand.

“Wake up.”

snap.

Blue magic was added to the red jewel.

The light reached Rien.

The red jewel seemed to crack slowly, then it turned to powder and ran through my fingers.

The consciousness that had settled in the black space slowly returned.

Ethan slowly opened his eyes.

okay.

The black knight stood in front of Edan.

Against the background of the gray castle wall, the two faced each other.

“My name is Rien Estar. He was a knight who protected the empire 300 years ago. And now I am a guardian knight serving you.”

The knight said in a clear voice.

It was a resonant and mature voice unlike anything I had heard before.

One knee of the knight touched the ground.

From the kneeling knight, neither the murder nor the sense of intimidation that threatened them did not exist.

The knight continued to speak slowly.

“Even if I risk my honor, life, and trust, I… I will stand by Edan’s side until the day Rien Estar dies again. You are my lord.”

The look went beyond sublime and even looked holy. Everyone held their breath at the solemn declaration.

not afraid of death

He protects the weak and serves his lord.

If such a person could be called a knight, even if he had risen from the dead, Rien was a true knight.

A long silence followed.

No one dared to open their mouths.

However, only the vertical halberd’s blade shone once in the bright sunlight.