[{"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-803":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},428560,689,"Chapter 799","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-803",803,"\u003Cp>A Knight Who Eternally Regresses\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke with a smile that revealed a thick forearm and his front teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have never once lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waaaah—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giants, so tall one would have to crane their neck to look up at them even from horseback, stood in rows across from the blond man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one that stepped forward from the group let out a monstrous cry that shook the air and made the fine hairs on one's skin stand on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giants?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, they were similar but different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were beings with yellow or red skin, wielding weapons like studded clubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one that had shrieked was clad head-to-toe in metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was similar to a knight's heavy armor, but its craftsmanship was crude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Separate from the crude armor, the presence emanating from the hulking figure within was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight alone was enough to make one dizzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, the man was unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even snorted before opening his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you, I don't lose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their numbers were few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martial prowess of each individual was lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the man was always confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the leader of a group, he had to possess an unbreaking will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if the heart breaks first, nothing can be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward and fought the mutated giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid didn't know it, but they were one of the giant-type monsters called Jotun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their appearance was similar to giants, but they were a completely different species from the giants who were one of the intelligent races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some scholars occasionally questioned whether giants could be considered an intelligent race, but that was no reason to compare them to giant-type monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike beasts, which were nicknamed for having red blood, these were truly monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man fought fiercely and won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blond hair became soaked in blood and his arm broke as he struck the giant's neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you I don't lose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confidence—no, a hint of the anxiety hidden within it could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He plunged his sword into the giant's heart and roared at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaaaaah—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cry of victory rang through the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're the first one I've seen whose skill improves so quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I'm a genius.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the man possessed outstanding talent, to others his life was a shining star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, that's how it looked to everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how steep the cliff, he could climb it by repeating the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When everyone gave up, he alone swung his sword and turned the tide of battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fought a great wolf beast, fought a lumpy monster formed from a pac\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>k of Draugrs, and fought and fought to seize tomorrow. He endured and endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, one by one, he saw off those who had protected his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the outside, the man looked fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a 'today' he repeated to protect someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were days he achieved his goal, and days he did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid watched it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Let's fight, as if this is the first time.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man repeated his vow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brainwashed himself like that every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, his lover died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made love with her during the day, and she died in the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the man was out fighting, the rear was attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man broke down then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, he decided to remain in that 'today'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He repeated that day, always holding the woman and loving her as if it were the first time, whispering sweet nothings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you have to go to the battlefield?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. What's important to me is this moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you could only live for one day, what would you want to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would give up anything if I could be with this woman, even if I were bound to this 'today' for all of eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the very reason he had tried to move forward, even while bearing the curse of 'today'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't dreamed of saving the world, but of living with this woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elena.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man became trapped within that 'today' with his lover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go forth, as if you have never once broken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the life this man had dreamed of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his attitude toward life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the form he had ultimately wished to become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not regret repeating that day with his lover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what the version of himself on the battlefield had desired was something different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That lingering attachment, regret, remorse, and sorrow gathered and delivered the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid knew that what he had heard during the fight was not an auditory hallucination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fight. As if this is the first time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who had been floundering in the dream was suddenly staring intently at Enkrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything in the city was dyed in gray, and a shade of purple covered the man's blue eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was the exact kind of person I wanted and wished to be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a black robe draped over his shoulders, enveloping his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a part of the Ferryman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will be difficult to meet again, but go forth, Enkrid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A part of the Ferryman cheered for Enkrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the dream, his feelings were keenly felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moth, trapped on the ferry boat now that the repeated 'today' was over, wanted to find a flame and burn its body at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, he too wished to disappear from this world like Elena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she was gone, he too wished to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still, all of him remained trapped on the ferry boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still, let's meet again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those last words, a spray of water rushed in from all sides, filling the surroundings with a black river, and a ferry boat suddenly appeared at his feet, lifting his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On that ferry boat stood the Ferryman, holding a lamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black holes took the place of his two eyes, and the back of his hand, revealed from outside the robe, was like a gray wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid met his gaze with those black pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he understood that the entity known as the Ferryman was not just one being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he had noticed that long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Ferryman was not one, then they were ultimately prisoners and jailers, who had succumbed to their 'today' and become trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid woke from the dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you have a nightmare or something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rem, who had woken up at some point, asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid did not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked to be engrossed in something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you have a dogshit dream?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did a reply come back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the story of the blond knight and his lover struck a chord?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a feeling like the melancholy one feels after waking from a gloomy dream?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That sword style.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid was immersed in the swordsmanship the blond man had shown him in the dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had often fought against opponents larger than himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A historian might have called it the age of colossal beasts, but Enkrid was no historian, so he didn't know that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he knew one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A sword style acquired through fighting opponents several times larger than a normal human.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused on the swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered each and every one of the techniques the blond man had shown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Separate from his talent for using his body, his memory had always been excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, he had now risen to the rank of a knight and was even creating his own sword styles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Enkrid's eyes, the core of the techniques the blond man had displayed and the method of their implementation came to him at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he mulled it over a few times, he could sublimate it into a pretty decent sword style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Ferryman could have read his thoughts thoroughly, especially if the blond Ferryman had known this, he would have felt very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not the story of my love for Elena, but my sword style? In that moment, my sword style? Again, my sword style? Isn't this bastard truly insane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, wouldn't he have said something like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Training is forbidden. No. Stop. Halt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rem chattered from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how crazy one was for training, when one's body was in this state, rest came first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid had no intention of training either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his appearance of being lost in thought seemed to Rem like he was contemplating whether to go out and train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for some reason, the way he tried to stop him was grating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I a dog?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A dog in heat and a captain crazy for training are synonyms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid thought it wouldn't be too difficult to use only his foot to smack Rem in the head, but he didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For one, it was true that he shouldn't overexert himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rem was in a state where he would vomit blood from even a small impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When asked what on earth he had done, Rem had given a strange answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was planning to kill that horned idiot who was said to have a wandering habit. That's all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said it with a smile, but it was a smile trying to hide something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid, for no reason, thought of Elena and the blond man from his dream and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't do anything that would make Ayul sad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, don't meddle in other people's family affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, the party repeated a cycle of sleeping and eating as if they were dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, in the morning—that is, exactly two full days after the fight had ended—a troop of soldiers appeared in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were enemies, this side would have had a very hard time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid still couldn't use his arms, and Audin couldn't use his holy power comfortably either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luagarne, who had only her right arm left and was regenerating the rest, had to be completely counted out, and Roman had also been seriously injured in the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a large gash on his thigh and was undergoing treatment, but if it went slightly wrong, he would be limping for the rest of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just because I have a bit of a limp doesn't mean I can't be a knight, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roman, having realized something, had uttered these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a valid point, so Enkrid had only nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the only ones who could fight were Ropord, Fel, Theresa, and Enkrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Enkrid shouldn't have been involved either, but he was insisting that he could just fight using only his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The approaching group was not one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A subtle dividing line was drawn between two factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunny days continued, and the rising sun shone as if to cut through that boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were approaching with the light at their backs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the group, two people broke away and came closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residents of the Demon Realm, though anxious, now simply trusted the band of mad knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two people who rode their horses toward them with the light at their backs opened their mouths at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were familiar faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a man who had once been under his command and had now revived his fallen family to become a noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name was Andrew Gardener.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was someone he had seen coming and going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Master of the Order of Cultists Annihilation, belonging to the Holy Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Krang sent you to strike me, his head must be broken, so that can't be it. I can assume that Noah didn't order an attack and send you either, correct?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Enkrid's question, the two dismounted and nodded as if it were a matter of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His Majesty the King ordered me to help. He said to tell him if you need anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Legion has always said it stands by your side. And it is half the Pope's command, and half my own heart moving me to come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Master said with a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither was an enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happened that he was worried about leaving all of them, the residents of the Demon Realm, behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After making such a fuss about protecting and saving them, they couldn't just clean up the area and leave, could they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a given that in time, monsters and beasts would rear their heads in this area again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'As long as the Demon Realm does not disappear.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be the case forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His plan to leave Roman here was to have him train while also protecting this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid slowly recited to Andrew what he had said before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That some of the forces from the city of Oara could be moved here, and that he would make this land the Border Guard Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is too far from the Border Guard. And it's not like you're greedy for land. For its protection, His Majesty said he would make it Naurillia Territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My country, my people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the speeches of Krang he had always heard, there was something he sought to protect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The decision to make this place a part of Naurillia's land meant that regardless of their appearance, they would be accepted as part of the nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of that was because Enkrid had wished it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Krang's thoughts were deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strategic point from which he could occupy a part of the Demon Realm and put pressure on the south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is what he desired from this village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he also approved of relocating a part of the city of Oara's forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that process, the Legion intervened, and Andrew displayed his noble side here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, he played politics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By maintaining a reasonably good relationship with the Order of Cultists Annihilation, he had formed something like an alliance with the Legion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Krang and Noah had been cautiously observing each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they weren't entirely without internal problems, they couldn't openly say, 'We are friends now!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inwardly, both felt closer to each other thanks to the focal point that was Enkrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their plan was to start the relationship by protecting this small village together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Andrew, too, had become a full-fledged noble now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He asked if you could stop by on your way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Krang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Andrew's words, Enkrid gave a stoic nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't say anything about having killed Beelrog or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, nowhere on the continent did they know of Beelrog's death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was a different story for the demons living coiled up inside the Demon Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, Beelrog had been performing a certain role on the southern part of the continent, whether he wanted to or not, and that role had now disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, Enkrid didn't bother himself with such matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a problem for later, and besides him, there were plenty of people to use their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was after Andrew and the Grand Master had joined them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How was she?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roman asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a tranquil afternoon, a time dedicated to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She was still smiling well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He once again relayed Oara's end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oara with the smiling face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roman, her last squire, was lost in thought for a moment before nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The resolve etched in layers on his face would not be easily shaken now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, if he did waver, he could just be beaten up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid and his party rested for a fortnight more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before they left, the village chief, Zhoraslav, came to them holding an object wrapped in a clean cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a sign to accept it, he bowed his head and held out the cloth-wrapped bundle.\u003C\u002Fp>",2616,"2026-05-30T08:28:35.159Z","2026-06-01T04:30:45.896Z",1,"novelbin.me","273ad478608f0d9f103de830e17be01d7191545a70824f366806033847d97c8e","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-804","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-802",882,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-knight-who-eternally-regresses-cover.jpg"]