[{"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-812":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},428569,689,"Chapter 808","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-812",812,"\u003Cp>A Knight Who Eternally Regresses\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, a knight would not often act as a personal escort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their very idleness was a loss to the nation's strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, it was more beneficial for knights to protect the borders or deal with the numerous dangers across the continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the reason why the Crimson Cloak Knight Order could not easily leave the southern border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it wasn't that there weren't those who lived as they pleased, but in the first place, the number of knights across the entire continent could not be said to be very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the captain of the Royal Guard could not have calculated for this turn of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he had nothing to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he resisted until the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A fortress wall cannot be built with one hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang casually dismissed his resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right. But this is different. Right now, it's over once I'm protected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A person only has two eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid thought the Royal Guard captain was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Separate from the act of sensing danger, preventing such things from happening in the first place required no small amount of effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was not something an individual could do, even a knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first place, it was a matter of course that a close-protection escort could not move beyond a certain radius from the person they were protecting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid had no small amount of experience working as a bodyguard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does that mean an attack that escapes a knight's perception could occur within the capital?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang asked abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his confident tone, the captain of the Royal Guard answered, even knowing he was being drawn in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My job is to be wary of the one-in-ten-thousand chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I must say this. It is my job to rule so that that one-in-ten-thousand chance does not happen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had resolved the public security issues around the capital and had put great effort into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he saying that despite all the work he had done, danger still existed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what one does, not all dangers can be eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the work of men, there can be completion, but not perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is the way of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, with the recent opening of the trade route through Naurillia, weren't the city streets now teeming with people coming and going, from giants, elves, and dwarves to frogs and beastmen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, Westerners and Southerners, and even occasionally dignitaries from the Empire, came and went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's a stretch.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's a stretch.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A stretch.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Enkrid to Marcus, Matthew, and the Royal Guard captain, they all knew he was stretching the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Krang, as he spoke, seemed to shine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it happened, he had his back to the east, so the rising sun cast a long shadow from his back to his front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a demeanor that made even that shadow seem imbued with conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang continued to speak in a confident tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, put your worries aside. Also, even if I die, the nation will not end. The Naurillia of today is not weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain, though half-resigned, said one last thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My job is to protect you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know that, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang, smiling as he spoke, seemed to be asking for a concession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he dismissed the Royal Guard captain, and thus Enkrid was able to leave the inner castle with Krang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them walked out on foot without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid, walking with steady steps, brought up what had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was a stretch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang nodded at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He showed no intention of denying it, nor did he look ashamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, I should probably explain everything now, but I have a feeling you'll understand even if I don't, so I won't.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He's developed a talent for persuading people with sophistry while I haven't seen him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid nodded for him to go on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang added to his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If necessary, a king must also take risks. And what I want to do is an incognito inspection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An incognito inspection meant hiding the king's identity and observing the faces of those living in the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he moved with a large number of escorts, he would stand out, and the meaning of observing in secret would be lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But was there really a need for that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point in time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a general perspective, it was a sudden incognito inspection, but Enkrid knew that Krang would not do something meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it would be difficult to guess the reason if he didn't explain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he felt with his gut and knew with his intuition that there was something Krang desired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still recovering?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Both arms still need rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need rest, and yet you beat up Aishia and the soldiers like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was rehabilitation training.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid was serious, but Krang took it as a joke and laughed cheerfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called it an incognito inspection, but all he had done was pull a hood with a pointed brim down at an angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He showed no real effort to hide his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't have to cover your face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many people living in the capital do you think would recognize the king? You can count them on one hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Enkrid, it looked as if Krang was hoping someone would discover him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he also felt as if Krang was satisfied with the fact that he was not in perfect condition due to his injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What do you want?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he thought about it carefully, he felt he might find the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He calls it incognito, but he reveals his face and doesn't hide his identity.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He looks at the extent of my injuries and nods with satisfaction.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He deliberately shook off his escort.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had also said that some seditious air was circulating within the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he trying to use himself as bait to lure out the enemy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would that even work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would it be politically advantageous if the people knew the king had been attacked?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Seems like a loss.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stability gained from securing the city's safety and wiping out the surrounding monsters, beasts, and bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of that was the reason for Naurillia's current prosperity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was there a need to announce that there was a blade aimed at the king in the midst of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there was, was there a need to reveal it so publicly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not even as a vague rumor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang said in the middle of his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid tossed his thoughts to one side and turned his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him was a road paved with white stone, still sparsely populated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stones formed a certain path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The four roads that cut through the capital. This is the White Road that leads to the inner castle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they walked on it, white sand or the like made a crunching sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was paved by carving white stone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the road of smooth stones, it looked as if the path for carriages and the path for people had been separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of Naurillia's road projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They divided the roads people walked on from the roads carriages used, and carriages that ran at set times would carry people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the meantime, this road would help people not to get lost in the complex city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Similar to the Border Guard.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krais was also undertaking and progressing with a similar project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you see that over there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid followed Krang's finger and turned his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that direction, he saw a warehouse with a round roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was different from an ordinary warehouse was that the texture covering it looked like metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The building, reflecting the sun, glittered with a silver light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silver wave seemed to ripple over the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They say the lower quality ones among the True Silver can't be used properly. We covered the outside with that and installed a spell object inside that injects cold air.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maintaining cold with a spell object cost a lot of Krona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a device to make it last semi-permanently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The True Silver covering the outside was a magic metal, and based on that, they had designed a formula to keep cold air constantly circulating inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Enkrid didn't know the details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like Esther would have looked at this and called it an interesting device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The state provided the money and we lent it out to various businesses. We've had some good fun with the Krona.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a boastful tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just telling him on the way, since they were out in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he looked excited right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't he just showing off what he had done to his friend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang was a king, but he was also a good guide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, there was also a street where many merchants gathered, where carriages were not allowed to pass, and the Outer Road, made for people in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, they were walking, side-by-side, munching on apples coated in sugar water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Enkrid's five senses became incredibly sharp, and with that, he felt his surroundings slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His five senses converged, stimulating a sixth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without knowing the reason, he sensed danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the apple still in his mouth, he extended his hand, opening and closing his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a simple motion, but it was a gesture so fast that an ordinary person's eyes couldn't have seen it properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was caught in that gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thwack! Vibrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow shaft caught in his hand trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not an arrow shot with ordinary strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn't just one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three arrows flew in in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid's two hands moved as if snatching at the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thwack, thwack, thwack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vibrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four arrows had been caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he was still injured, his body had been through a sparring match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This much was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid's gaze spread wide, centering on the buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Skilled assassins.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not, they wouldn't have shot an arrow and immediately changed position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Building rooftops, windows, alleys in the marketplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rats were hiding in the shadows, revealing their killing intent toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were several assassins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid blocked Krang's front with his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could block arrows like this all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he could catch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You blocked all of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krang said from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a surprised tone, but the type of surprise was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he was surprised not by his skill, but because things weren't going the way he had wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are a lot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid's tone was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have been the same whether arrows or javelins flew at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An attack like this could be blocked by even a Junior Knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, not in the way he had just snatched them, as if catching a newborn's wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just this, Enkrid could have broken the assassins' fighting spirit, but the opponents did not know how to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two more arrows flew in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time, the type of arrow was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid's thoughts accelerated as he perceived two lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'One has an acrid smell.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other had a sharp, spicy smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were arrows coated with a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the response?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he cut them in the air, they would explode and the aftermath would reach them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best way to deal with the two arrows was to step forward and cut the arrow shafts with his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, to step a few paces forward, leaving Krang, and neutralize them to block the aftermath in advance, but that was their aim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I dodge, the remaining arrows will fly in.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he just had to block them while protecting this spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid did so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was the arrow with the acrid smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an object with a scroll rolled around it that would explode the moment it stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he just had to not let it stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He treated the tip of the arrowhead as the thrust of a skilled warrior with a sword or spear and tapped its end with the back of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the arrow's trajectory changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow that had been aiming for Krang, spreading its acrid smell, changed its trajectory and flew over his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next arrow was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one would spread a poison cloud the moment it exploded, but at Enkrid's gesture, it flew far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first arrow exploded three stories above a building, and the second went into an alley in the marketplace and created a green fog with abang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the attacking assassins unconsciously opened their mouths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did I just see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catching arrows was surprising enough, but he had deflected arrows wrapped in scrolls with a mere gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked as if he had swung his palm and created a wind to push them aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid nonchalantly dusted off his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrowhead had grazed him, but it had only left a red mark, not even a scratch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because he had momentarily moved his Will to wrap himself in Ironclad, and the tip hadn't directly cut his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sharp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then gave his impression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid did not bother to glare at where the hidden men were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still couldn't leave his spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had to protect Krang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if they shot arrows from a distance, all he could do was block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defending side was always at a disadvantage, so this couldn't be helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of assassins all glared at Enkrid and were about to make their move again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enkrid, sensing this, opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, I didn't come alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiding in the shadows was not their monopoly.\u003C\u002Fp>",2300,"2026-05-30T08:28:35.159Z","2026-06-01T04:30:45.896Z",1,"novelbin.me","acdbdb196fa2e435ef99b416f8cf513d4f69de9c9ab6e594fc800e51231323b4","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-813","a-knight-who-eternally-regresses-chapter-811",882,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-knight-who-eternally-regresses-cover.jpg"]