Future Knight [EN]: Chapter 97

퓨쳐나이트 97화

Jaizen, met with their murderous glares, grumbled.

“Seriously, I don’t even know who the enemy is.”

“Enough complaining. Everyone, focus on the upcoming operation. You’ve all packed your gear, right?”

“Yes!”

“Equipment check, commence!”

“Commence!”

Upon Kang Chan’s order to check equipment, the ten Black Wyvern members, clad in black armor and faces smeared with soot, placed their packs on the ground and began unpacking their gear.

As they were finalizing their equipment check, Urkantha, leading hundreds of Orc warriors, appeared at the Wyvern nest.

Surrounding Orcs trembled in fear and prostrated themselves before him.

“Shhh, Your Majesty…”

“Your Majesty…”

Urkantha paid them no mind and went straight to Kang Chan, asking him from behind.

“Krrr… Was it you who devised this splendid plan? Karrrk.”

“……”

Hearing Urkantha’s voice from behind, a voice he could never forget, Kang Chan unconsciously clenched his fist.

He remembered the day they first met, when he was miserably defeated.

But now, it was different from then.

Now, he was a Sword Master just like Urkantha.

“Kruk! Quite a daring plan for a human. Krrr.”

When Kang Chan remained silent without answering Urkantha, Urkantha became furious.

“Kyarrruk! How dare you ignore me, Urkantha! Show me your face at once!”

‘Ah… The last guy I wanted to run into comes to me on his own. I really have no luck,’ Kang Chan thought.

Kang Chan sighed and reluctantly turned around slowly.

Then, Urkantha’s already ugly face contorted even more grotesquely.

Even though his face was blackened with soot, he recognized Kang Chan’s provocative gaze.

“Kruk? You, you’re that human from the Elf Forest?”

“Long time no see, Urkantha.”

“Kyarrruk! How did you get here?”

“Because it’s my plan.”

“Kyarrruk? What? You planned this?”

“That’s right.”

Urkantha frowned even more at Kang Chan’s words.

He had heard about this operation from Jaxen and was admiring the courage and boldness of the warrior who planned and would lead the operation.

That’s why Urkantha had come to personally see off the warrior, even though he was human.

But to meet someone he never expected, and with such a terrible history.

“Krrr! This operation is canceled!”

Urkantha reversed his decision, and this time Kang Chan frowned.

“What did you say?”

Kang Chan brought his face close to Urkantha’s and asked.

“Why?”

“Krrr, have you forgotten? You’re the one who killed my most beloved Wyvern. There’s no way I can entrust my Wyverns to someone like you.”

“I didn’t kill it because I wanted to. It was an accident! And your subordinate attacked us first.”

“Kyarrruk! I don’t want to hear it! All that matters is that you killed my Cherry!”

As expected of a foolish and hot-tempered Orc, communication was impossible. However, Kang Chan was more shocked by the name of the massive Wyvern than by his ignorant attitude.

“Ch, Cherry?”

“Kruk! Yes, that’s the name of my Wyvern you killed!”

‘Seriously, it’s like a dog’s name. How could he name such a big Wyvern Cherry? He’s really out of his mind,’ Kang Chan thought.

Kang Chan wanted to say something about Urkantha’s terrible naming sense.

But he hid his true feelings, calmed himself, and tried to persuade Urkantha.

In a situation where every second mattered, being tied to the past and delaying things was extremely inefficient.

“Alright… I sincerely apologize once again for what I did to Cherry. So, please, can you allow the takeoff? Please separate public and private matters.”

“Krrr… Public and private? Grrr! I’d love to kill you on the spot right now, but I’ll endure it because of that public and private thing. Take your underlings and disappear from my sight immediately!”

The word ‘underlings’ made the members flinch.

“What, underlings?”

“Hey, watch your mouth!”

The angry members were about to draw their swords, and the hundred or so Orc warriors behind Urkantha drew their weapons in unison.

They were not ordinary Orcs but carefully selected elites, like the King’s Royal Guard among humans.

A faint presence of mana could be felt from them.

“Are you really going to do this?”

However, the Black Wyvern members, not intimidated by that, also drew their swords, and the atmosphere only worsened uncontrollably.

“Hey, Urkantha. Do you really have to go this far?”

At Kang Chan’s words, Urkantha grinned cruelly and drew his Gwangpungdo [a large, curved Orcish sword]. And said.

“Krrr… I’ll count to ten. After that, don’t expect any more mercy. Chweik!”

“Damn it!”

“Krrr, one, two, three…”

As Urkantha began to count, Kang Chan stared at Urkantha without a word, and behind him, the members, wavering, watched Kang Chan’s reaction.

But their 고민 [worries] did not last long.

Kang Chan drew his dagger. And soon, he emitted the Aura Blade, the symbol of a Sword Master.

Due to the fierce battle during the day, it was a bit 부담스러운 [burdensome] to face Urkantha, but there was no other choice.

“Krrr! Aura Blade? Could it be a Sword Master?”

Urkantha instinctively sensed from Kang Chan’s aura that the Kang Chan before him was not the same as before.

‘Kruk? No, to be a Sword Master in less than a few months! What the hell is he?’ Urkantha wondered.

Of course, he was unbelievably strong for his age before, but now he was so much stronger that it couldn’t even be compared to then.

No, the comparison itself was ridiculous.

He felt the same tension from the human in front of him as he had felt from Elladion back then.

While Urkantha was momentarily distracted from counting and staring at Kang Chan, Kang Chan slowly opened his mouth to Urkantha.

“I have always been grateful to you.”

“Kruk? Wh, what?”

Urkantha tilted his head at the unexpected words from Kang Chan.

“After the battle with you, I realized that there was a sky above the sky, and I was able to become who I am now because I gained many insights from you. So, I respected you as a martial artist, Urkantha.”

“Krrr, why are you suddenly saying that?”

Although he didn’t show it, the simple Urkantha felt very good when the other party suddenly praised him.

Because it was not the flattery of 간신배 [sycophants] but the words of a Sword Master of another race.

In particular, the part about the sky above the sky and the fact that he respected him made Urkantha very pleased.

However, the next words made Urkantha’s expression turn cold again.

“But I am very disappointed in your actions today.”

“Krrr, why?”

“Knowing better than anyone how important this operation is, yet abandoning the greater cause for personal feelings, I cannot believe it at all. Aren’t you the king of a race who should be wiser than anyone else?”

“Kyarrruk!”

Urkantha was somewhat angry at Kang Chan’s words, but he couldn’t argue.

Because Kang Chan’s words were true.

He had discussed countless times with Duke Jaxen and the Dark Elves to prepare for their terror, but there was no special solution.

In the meantime, the solution that Jaxen suddenly came up with was the best response among those discussed.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!

That was the method he wanted.

To repay as much as he had been harmed.

But to ruin such an operation because of Kang Chan who suddenly appeared….

Even he felt pathetic.

“Krrr…….”

While Urkantha was thinking for a moment, Kang Chan began to gather all his energy. Then, an enormous murderous aura emanated from his body, and the Orcs surrounding the members were frightened by the force and stepped back one by one.

“I, Kang Chan! Even if you don’t lend me the Wyverns until the end, I will never back down from here!”

Urkantha made a great decision at Kang Chan’s cry, which contained a strong will to fight a bloody battle. The proud Urkantha decided to yield to Kang Chan, even bending his pride.

“Krrr… There’s no need for that. Go, human.”

“What did you say?”

“Kyarrruk! I’ll lend you the Wyverns. So go. And fight.”

“Why did you suddenly change your mind?”

“Kruk, there’s no reason. I’m just curious to see how your confident operation will turn out.”

“Is that the only reason?”

“Krrr, no, there’s another condition.”

“Condition?”

“Kyarrruk! Yes, after the war is over, let’s have another fight!”

“That’s not difficult.”

Kang Chan readily accepted Urkantha’s condition.

Because that’s what he wanted more.

“Kyarrruk! Good. Then leave, human. I look forward to the day we meet again. Chweik!”

Urkantha put away his Gwangpungdo and disappeared like the wind, just as he had come. Kang Chan, watching Urkantha, checked that a lot of time had passed and hurried.

“Alright! Pack your gear! There’s no time! Everyone, get on the prepared Wyverns!”

After a twist, the members, who were allowed to fly, packed their gear and began to climb onto the black-painted Wyverns with the help of the Orcs.

“Why are our leader and that Urkantha so hostile to each other?”

Hollis asked Anais next to him, and she shrugged.

“How would I know? Anyway, our leader is a man with many secrets.”

Anais gave off a strange nuance when she said that he was a man with many secrets.

“Stop talking nonsense and hurry up! Get on quickly!”

“Ah! Yes!”

The members, who had only ridden wooden Wyverns until now, looked very nervous when they got on the real, living Wyverns.

“Ni, ni, nice, right? Stay still…….”

Kyarrururuk!

The huge Wyvern, the size of a house, shook as if there was an earthquake every time it moved, and it was like waves were crashing every time the Wyvern breathed.

“Wo, wo… Stay still, please…….”

Kyaooooooo!

The Wyvern didn’t like the fact that a human, not an Orc, was on its back, and it kept moving its body.

Thanks to that, the members tried to stick close to the Wyvern so as not to fall off.

The five Wyverns, which had been prepared with difficulty, began to fly one after another with powerful flapping.

The night view spread out under the 은은한 [soft] moonlight was truly spectacular.

‘I, I’m flying. I’m flying now…….’

‘Oh… I flew. I flew in the sky!’

The members, who were flying in the sky for the first time in their lives, trembled with excitement, and some closed their eyes tightly after looking down.

‘Oh my gosh! Oh! God!’

They will never forget today’s experience for the rest of their lives. Today, when they flew in the sky for the first time.