Future Knight [EN]: Chapter 57

퓨쳐나이트 57

“Answer the question.”

“Ah! I’m sorry! Yes, he went with them.”

“Really? Then let’s go there right away. Lead the way.”

“Well, um, but… we have something important to do here….”

Zekeon could have gone to the dwarves’ kingdom, Mine Kingdom, alone. But she didn’t want to bother searching for Kang Chan again, so she tried to take the elf with her.

But the elf had a crucial mission.

It was the recovery of the Gigantes [giant war machines], which would be the foundation for the race’s revival.

Zekeon already knew what the elf had to do.

So, rather than forcibly dragging her along, she thought it would be better to help them with their work. It would not only look good to others but also save her face.

“The important thing you have to do is move these scattered Gigantes, which you call trash, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. Great one….”

“I’ll help you. So, tell me the coordinates of where you need to move these.”

The elf was so surprised by Zekeon’s offer to help that her eyes widened.

“You’ll help us?”

“Yes, there’s no time, so tell me the coordinates quickly.”

“J-just a moment.”

The elf didn’t know if this situation was a dream or reality.

Not only did the dragon save their lives, but she also offered to help the elves.

If Zekeon helped them, they would surely be able to recover more quickly.

Moving these 49 massive Gigantes, each weighing 60 tons, to the dwarf village using a teleportation magic circle would be a grueling task that could take days.

And the amount of mana required to teleport these giant Gigantes was also enormous.

The elves gathered to pour mana into the magic circle would surely be exhausted for weeks to come.

“Here it is. These are the coordinates.”

Zekeon checked the coordinates on the parchment that came out of the elf’s arms and immediately started working.

A huge magic circle suddenly began to be drawn beneath her feet.

Instead of drawing it by hand, the magic circle just started to appear quickly on its own.

The magic circle that the elves had created with all their might was covered by the huge magic circle and burned black.

Clearly, the magic circle on the other side would have burned in the same way.

As soon as the magic circle was completed, Zekeon slowly flew up and began to move the Gigantes wreckage scattered here and there toward the magic circle in turn.

The giant Gigantes slowly began to fly up, and then disappeared one by one through the magic circle to the other side of the space.

It was truly an amazing sight.

So much so that the watching elf wizards almost fainted.

Their plan was to disassemble the Gigantes’ limbs, cast lightweight magic on them, and then load them one by one with the heavy equipment brought by the dwarves.

Of course, without lightweight magic, it would be absolutely impossible for only 100 people to move the destroyed Gigantes.

However, Zekeon boldly omitted such a process and was moving dozens of Gigantes at the same time with pure magical power alone.

The Gigantes lined up in a long line were being transported somewhere through the magic circle in turn. The elf wizards were dizzy just looking at it.

This was because Zekeon was simultaneously casting three very high-dimensional magics.

Gravity reversal magic and long-range warp magic.

These were high-level magics that elves could only perform with the help of a magic circle.

However, Zekeon was comfortably maintaining three magics, including levitation magic.

After about two hours, all the Gigantes were moved to Mine Kingdom through the magic circle.

The period they had expected was a week. Zekeon finished it alone in just two hours.

It was a sight that could not be helped but be surprising.

However, even the Ancient-class dragon was exhausted from long-range warping 49 giant Gigantes weighing 60 tons.

“Hah, hah, hah, is everything moved now? Right? Hah, hah.”

Zekeon’s appearance with sweat beading on her forehead was very unfamiliar, but her beautiful appearance, soaked in sweat and breathing roughly, looked even sexier.

But unfortunately, the elf in front of her was a woman, so she was unlikely to show any particular reaction to her sexy appearance.

“Well, that’s all done. Now, let’s go to Mine Kingdom.”

“Thank you for your help, great one. This grace we have received from the dragon will be an honor to our elves forever.”

Zekeon didn’t dislike the elf’s flattering words.

Besides, the sweat flowing between her forehead and chest valley felt very cool today, so she even felt a sense of accomplishment.

‘Is the sweat you shed from working so cool?’

Zekeon felt a fresh feeling because she had never done such physical labor in her life.

Feeling a slight thirst, she took out the apple she had packed earlier and took a bite.

Seeing the cold air emanating from her hand, it was clear that it was a chilled apple.

The ice-cold apple was really delicious. Especially after hard labor, it tasted even better.

“Wow, this! It’s really delicious!”

The reason why dragons like Zekeon usually live in the form of races other than dragons is to feel this kind of taste.

Because they could never feel this taste in their true form.

What taste would there be in throwing a bean-sized apple into your mouth?

Zekeon exclaimed deeply while eating the apple, and the watching elf also swallowed her saliva.

To the elf, whose staple food was fruit, the apple that even made the dragon exclaim looked so delicious.

Moreover, she had only been filling her stomach with meager vegetables since the war broke out, so the sweet-smelling apple looked so attractive.

Reading her eyes, Zekeon took out an apple from her arms and handed it to the elf.

“Do you want to try one too?”

Zekeon took out an apple, cooled it in the same way, and offered it to the elf wizard.

She would never have given it away if it were gold and jewels, but the dragon was not very greedy when it came to food.

Because she could get it anytime she needed it.

“Are you really giving it to me?”

“Yes, take it.”

“Thank you.”

The elf received the cold apple with a look that seemed like she was about to shed tears, and then took a big bite as it was.

It was questionable how her small, cherry-like mouth could open so wide, but the elf, who bit off nearly half of the apple at once, enjoyed the cool refreshment of the ice-cold and sweet apple.

Crunch crunch.

“Is it delicious?”

The elf, with her mouth full of apple, nodded her head diligently instead of answering, and Zekeon felt even better.

Because she was eating the apple she made so deliciously.

The sense of accomplishment that Zekeon was feeling now was no different from that of a farmer.

“You have to use fertilizer well.”

“Ptooey!”

The elf wizard spat out the apple she was eating when she heard the fertilizer story.

“Are you okay?”

“Cough! Cough! Yes, yes, I’m fine.”

“You ate too quickly because it was so delicious and got indigestion.”

“Y-yes, that’s right, Zekeon-nim.”

She was so engrossed in the taste of the apple that she had temporarily forgotten where this apple had grown, but Zekeon’s words reminded her of that living hell.

Organically grown apples grown by squeezing hundreds of people like rags and eating their blood… The elf wizard suddenly lost her appetite.

“Eat slowly. I’ll eat slowly too.”

“Yes? Yes….”

Zekeon smiled and took a bite of the apple in front of her, gesturing for her to take a bite as well.

She also had no choice but to reluctantly take another bite of the apple.

But the taste of the apple was not as delicious as before.

It just didn’t taste like anything.

And for some reason, it seemed like she could smell a fishy smell of blood.

That day, the elf ate the apple, realizing deeply that the taste could change so much depending on the thought.

Thanks to Zekeon.

The elf wizard, who had forcibly stuffed the apple into her stomach, hurriedly guided Zekeon to the teleportation magic circle.

It was because she was afraid that Zekeon might offer her another apple.

“We have prepared a magic circle over there. Zekeon-nim, you just have to go up now.”

“Really? Lead the way.”

“Yes.”

* * *

Around the time Zekeon finished everything and headed to Mine Kingdom, Mine Kingdom was in chaos.

This was because the teleportation magic circle they had created suddenly burst into flames.

This was impossible unless someone destroyed the teleportation magic circle on the other side.

In other words, it meant that those who had left to recover the destroyed Gigantes had been attacked by enemies and annihilated.

As everyone shed tears in the face of the death of their departed comrades.

Suddenly, a much larger magic circle than before began to be drawn over the magic circle that had burned and disappeared.

It was a surprisingly high-dimensional magic circle.

“Huh! S-surely?”

The elf wizards looking at the huge magic circle were suddenly frightened.

This was because it was clear that the enemies were trying to reverse-track the transport route and attempt to teleport here.

The 30 elf wizards who had gathered to pour magic power into the teleportation desperately tried to distort the magic circle.

But they were even more shocked.

The magic circle in front of them was a high-dimensional teleportation magic circle created by a wizard of a level they could not even imagine.

In the end, they couldn’t even touch the magic circle.

Now, they could only vaguely cast attack spells at the enemies coming across the space and smash them to pieces at the beginning of the battle.

“Give up on distorting space! Everyone, chant attack spells!”

“Yes!”

The elf wizards hurriedly chanted attack spells.

But they fell into despair again.

The huge silhouette that began to appear in front of them, full of magic power and tense, was clearly a Gigantes to anyone.

Gigantes basically wore thick steel armor that was impervious to most magic.

In addition, depending on the grade, a magic shield was installed, so it had some defense against high-level magic.

As such an opponent slowly revealed its true form in front of them, the wizards’ faces turned as white as paper.

However, the Gigantes that gradually began to reveal its true form was not normal.

All the joints of its body were destroyed, and the cockpit inside the shoulder armor was also destroyed.

In short, it was scrap metal.

They expressed their doubts to each other. But soon they realized that it was the Elven Knight they had created.

“What the heck is going on?”

It was an incomprehensible situation, but the Gigantes recovery operation was a success.

But after that, they had no time to think about anything else.

Because of the Gigantes that were pouring in.

Every two minutes, a Gigantes that had become scrap metal was piled up on the magic circle.

It was definitely a good thing that the Gigantes were being transported so quickly, but it was too fast.

“Damn it! They don’t even think about our situation….”

“What the hell is going on? Who the hell is teleporting Gigantes so ignorantly?”

“How would I know? Maybe a dragon is helping them.”

“Oh, if that’s really true, I’ll cut off my hand and grill it! I’ll grill it!”

“Hahaha! Me too!”

While the dwarves were sweating profusely and exchanging jokes, a bright light was emitted from the teleportation magic circle set up in one corner of the wide open space, and two figures appeared above it.

“We’re here, Zekeon-nim.”

“Yes, it’s been a while. I used to come here often.”

Recalling those days when she came empty-handed and returned with both hands full, Zekeon was briefly immersed in emotion.

But a voice disturbed his emotions.

“Gloria sister!”

The elf wizard turned her gaze to the voice calling her.

There, the elf wizards who had just finished their work were running over, sweating profusely.

“Ah, Adora-nim!”

The elf wizard called Adora bombarded Gloria with questions, and then turned her gaze to the beautiful woman next to her, who looked somehow sulky.