[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-knight-who-eternally-regresses":3,"chapter-a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-774":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Knight Who Eternally Regresses",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},428481,689,"Chapter 770","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-774",774,"\u003Cp>A Knight Who Eternally Regresses\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willfluctuates wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be because there are few things more exhilarating than this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkridsometimes felt thatWillmoved on its own, outside of his control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of those times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you asked if that was bad, he'd say not at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What one desires unconsciously.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's what was projected ontoWill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you considered its structure or principle, it wouldn't deviate much from this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His prolonged thought created over a dozen ideas, but they soon converged into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Cut.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It brought even the wildly fluctuatingWillinto focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will, responding to his intent, circulated throughout his body, moved through his arm and fingers, traveled along the sword's grip, and surged into the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'An engraved weapon is a part of my hand.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's how it felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was natural forWillto flow towards and reside inDawnforged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped his controlled breathing and half-closed his eyes, looking at the rampart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragna, holding the sunrise, watched his commander from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, he sawWill, infused intoEnkrid's Dawnforged, ceaselessly gather and thicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doing something interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ragnamurmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ShinarwatchedEnkriddash off, then stopped the rough movements of his hands and feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinarwas similar toRagna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was already conscious ofEnkrid, so one could say she looked atEnkrideven faster thanRagna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air of theDemonic Domainwas poison itself to fairies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She endured it because she harbored spiritual energy that had reached the knight level; otherwise, fairies wouldn't even be able to set foot in theDemonic Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was truly filled with unpleasant air, making one's chest instinctively tighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, watchingEnkridgrip his sword now, it felt as if the spiritual energy of the forest wafted from somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That could have been a trace of the power she herself infused when the sword was made, or it could have been because the fairy's keen senses predicted what was about to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever it was, the reason wasn't important toShinar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ordinary person would probably be aghast at whatEnkridwas doing now, butShinarwas filled with nothing but support for what that madman at the forefront was about to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that not the proper attitude towards one's beloved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above all,Shinarbelieved in that man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where he goes, a path opens, and where he heads, there is light, so the sword that will protect the child of the forest and flowers shall harbor spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made her want to hum a fairy song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of singing, she murmured, echoing her heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cut, fiancé.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one heard her murmur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Fel, who was blocking arrows, andRopord, who was fighting monsters, couldn't help but have their gazes drawn toEnkrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is what that guy is trying to do now really what I think he's trying to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FelandRopordsecretly had the same thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even amidst the charging monsters, a part of everyone's consciousness turned towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid, knowing his sword wouldn't break, poured the inexhaustibleWillinto his sword with all his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An intangible power, born of his will, seemed to flow through the blood vessels of his entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it entered the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawnforgedaccepted it readily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he felt a sense of exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted himself to prevent that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ThenEnkridplaced his engraved weapon against the fortress wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade, now horizontal with the ground, embedded itself about a finger's depth into the Thornbriar Fortress Wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripping the hilt with both hands, he steadied his breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no extraneous thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so focused that a blue circle seemed to form within his pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uooooooh, Uoooooh, Aaaaaahk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall erupted in monstrous shrieks, trying to stab at him by extending thorn-like barbs and attempting to ensnare the madman before it with whip-like thorn vines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the sword still stuck in the wall, he took off running—carving a gash across the Thornbriar Fortress Wall as he moved. It was more than just slicing through—it was a cut infused with Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't just be said it was drawing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had imbued the sword withWill, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AsEnkridran, the wall exploded with a deafening roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiaaaak, the wailing vengeful spirits shrieked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagagagagagagak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound continued as he ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AsEnkridran,Dawnforgedcarved a line along the base of the wall in the direction he was running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black blood splattered as the base of the Thornbriar fortress wall was cut, exploded, shattered, broken, and crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A whitish smoke seemed to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whatever it was, everything that begins must end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkridstopped running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steam rose from his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dark green cloak, which had spontaneously lengthened, fluttered in the wind and then wrapped around his shoulders and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long trail marked the Thornbriar Wall as far as he had run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very short time later, the ground vibrated faintly, and the wall swayed before beginning to tilt backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kugggeugeugeu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a rumble, part of the wall toppled backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a spectacular sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scene that made one wonder if such a feat could truly be accomplished by human hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fallen wall looked surreal, but the vibrations and impact proved that this was no dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fallen wall collided with the ground, announcing the considerable weight it carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound and pressure that followed were enough to burst an ordinary person's eardrums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vibrations shook everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like an earthquake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A part of the wall had collapsed backward in the directionEnkridhad swung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stones embedded within the thorn bushes to form the wall cracked and shattered, creating grey dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in theDemonic Domain, dust wasn't black or purple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rocks were just rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the purple earth of theDemonic Domain, in the pitch-black darkness of night where colors could no longer be distinguished, dust billowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something whitish covered everything, like an overlay on the darkness of night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brief silence permeated the roar and dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the charging monsters were about to retreat, reacting to the sound and vibrations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stopped in surprise, their mouths agape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can the one who builds a Steel wall also cut down one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes filled with such astonishment gathered onEnkrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, they were still the madmen knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although surprised, they weren't shocked to the point of losing their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not breaking through, but cutting and toppling?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fel'smurmur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even amidst the flying dust,Felsaw, and at the same time, his pupils continuously trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How is such a thing possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a remark imbued with such meaning, but it wasn't merely surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More accurately, if you asked how he felt after seeing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You asked us if there's even anything we can do about it—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luagarne'sshout would express that feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart pounded, and she felt naturally excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, he can do something like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something like that is possible, you say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such thoughts followed, and she was simply thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A frog croak, resounding everywhere, burst fromFrog'smouth instead of a battle cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The retort fromFrog'svocal cords loudly echoed everywhere for the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audinpaused his punching for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Brother.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an act that elicited admiration and exclamations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cut an entire wall with a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than a competitive spirit,Audinwanted to show something in praise of the feat he had displayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him, he saw a part of the rampart that had just been punched through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He threw himself into the part of the wall the captain had split and broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a place that could rightly be called a thorny jungle, squirming, moving, entangled, and twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crazy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ropordmurmured in surprise upon seeing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes,Audinhad just thrown himself into the squirming, self-restoring thornbriar wall. And as soon asAudinentered, the wall's restoration ability accelerated several times over, as if it was exerting its full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, the thornbriar vines became entangled and twisted, blocking the opening whereAudinhad entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two breaths passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hole whereAudinentered was blocked by thorn vines, and streaks of light began to leak out from between the wall, which was a tangled mess of distorted faces of vengeful spirits, thorn vines, and broken stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light streaks flowing from the crudely blocked hole gradually thickened, and then their number began to increase, until the fragmented lights gathered and burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White light, the holy light itself, was not accompanied by sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the deafening roar of the things scorched by that light collapsing followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kudududu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground rumbled, and another section of the holed wall collapsed, dropping thorn vines and stones onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ballistaes that Jaxen hadn't managed to deal with yet was swept away and fell, spreading black blood everywhere with athud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gazes of those avoiding the collapsing debris now turned toAudin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>IfEnkridhad cut the wall,Audinhad made a large hole in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha, ha, ha! This is delightful, Brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shining armor over his innate physique was his symbol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick thorn vines covering him, and the stones etched with vengeful spirits, solidified in the very act of opening their mouths and screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a grotesque sight, butAudinsmiled broadly, looking at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile of utmost happiness and satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lord awaits you in Heaven.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall's groans, which had been stubbornly cursing and screaming, completely ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the defiant thorn vines sagged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These insane bastards, what the hell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the one who had been provoking them appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corrupted fairy followed him out, andEnkridrealized for the first time that a fairy's eyes could grow that wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ah, is she already too different of a species to be called a fairy as well?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were called fairies because they consumed spiritual energy, and corrupted fairies because they lived in the Demonic Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A longbow in her left hand, a needle-like sword at her left hip, the corrupted fairy's eyes were fixed onEnkrid, but in the meantime,Shinarglared at the corrupted faity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a stranger had seen it, they might have said she was gazing intently, butEnkrid, being somewhat familiar with fairy expressions, knew it was a glare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, who have rotted away and even changed your form.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corrupted fairy glanced atShinarwhen called, but what was happening before her was simply more baffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What insane humans cut walls with swords and smash them with bare fists?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such madmen were here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you really.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who was either the lord of the fortress, or a sorcerer, or an apostle of the Red Toe, or whatever that guy is, couldn't bring himself to finish his sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, what kind of bastards are these?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luagarnelooked at him, puffing out her cheeks. She was satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Frog, with puffed cheeks, opened her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How's that? Good enough answer to your question of what could we possibly ammount to?.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lord surveyed his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the dead monsters lying around and the lack of calls or signals, the three fairies who had been on the wall must also be dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absurd, but that didn't mean he forgot his duties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since the collapse of the wall wasn't his first such experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke, and at the end of his words, black figures surged from behindAudinandEnkrid'sshadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were corrupted fairies specialized in assassination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple skin, a wavy dagger in hand, and astonishing techniques that suppressed sound, smell, and presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jaxenlooked at the two of them and thought they could easily claim a spot amongGeorg'sdaggers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two shadows rose, and one friendly shadow also rose behind the assassins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jaxenslashed the neck of the one reaching out behindAudinwith a stiletto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the crunching sound of a neck being cut, athwackechoed from the head of the one targetingEnkrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sound of theSilent Daggerhe had thrown embedding itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one with the dagger in its head made a motion of thrusting its wavy dagger into the air and then collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Necessary?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkridturned around and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left hand was onPenna, whileDawnforgedremained in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could have blocked it even if he had left it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was focused, and although he had pouredWillinto cutting the rampart, it wasn't a complete depletion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't feel exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need for thanks, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Audinwas similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could have taken a hit, but he still had holy light all over his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he wore wasn't some blade manifested fromWilllikeRagnahad shown, but armor forged from holy light that wouldn't easily be pierced by ordinary metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It felt like my kind of work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jaxenretorted casually, and the lord, resident of the Demonic Domain who worshipped the Red Foot, was no longer surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, so none of you are pushovers, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>",2065,"2026-05-30T08:28:35.107Z","2026-06-01T04:30:45.896Z",1,"novelbin.me","52cac67f5a486966feca7abd6de1ca845b7aae7f3b714f2a0173f4ec1565c7a3","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-775","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-773",882,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-knight-who-eternally-regresses-cover.jpg"]