Chapter 12: The Knight Holding High the Rose!

Su Ya's appearance at this moment is truly shocking and outrageous!

The scout he was disguising himself as was exactly the one he had killed with his Iron Mountain Lean + Rotating Body Turning Sword slash.

The sword blade sank into the opponent's face, from the forehead to the brow, cutting off half the nose, piercing deep into the jawbone, flesh split open, revealing stark white bone.

And under Mei Li's illusion magic disguise, to outsiders Su Ya at this moment was acting while wearing a face that could almost be said to be certainly dead.

So,

Even though the two knights guarding the central army's path are both experienced and knowledgeable, having gone through many battles, they are seasoned knights.

But at this moment, seeing Su Ya wearing such a vivid dead man's face, they couldn't help but be startled, and upon hearing the news Su Ya shouted from afar, which was even more shocking than his face, their shock grew even greater.

"What did you say!? Arthur Pendragon!"

The knight on the left gripped his lance tightly and shouted in a stern voice,

"Where is he!?"

Arthur Pendragon currently has no prominent reputation; his surface identity is merely an adopted son of a knight, so he naturally doesn't know who this person is, but he knows the significance of being the son of King Yuse and the king of all Britannia that Su Ya speaks of!

The horse's hooves kicked off the ground, the whooshing wind brushed past his cheek, lifting Su Ya's golden, radiant hair.

The distance between them quickly closed,

but the two knights ahead had no intention of making way!

Su Ya's eyes twitched slightly, he gripped Mei Li's hair and gave a light tug,

urgently lowering his voice, he shouted:

"Suggestion!"

Mei Li bit her lip, her gaze also trembling with terror,

She turned her head, looking back at Su Ya with a shocked expression, her gaze meaning,

"Are you not sick?!"

She couldn't understand Su Ya's actions, although indeed at this point they had reached a situation where only suggestion magic could be used to escape the predicament—the two knights guarding the central army are peak professionals, infinitely close to hero-level powerful knights.

But what then?

What should they do then?

She had already told Su Ya that she only had this one spell slot left; if they continued approaching the central army, the number of such knights they would see would only increase, all the way until nearing the direction of the Macedonian king's banner, and they would surely encounter a hero-level figure.

If they encountered such a terrifying existence, they wouldn't even need to meet that person; as long as the enemy army had a professional mage of the same level as her, their disguise would be torn apart easily.

But now——

"Five seconds, only five seconds, you have to convince them!"

Mei Li clenched her silver teeth, interlaced her fingers, pressed thumb and index together, rapidly chanted a short incantation, then pulled a gold chain from her sleeve, causing the red gem at its end to dangle and sway before her eyes.

"Asclepius Magnetic Flow Disturbance Technique!"

And to outsiders, it appeared as the ferocious-looking scout knight high‑raising the rose bouquet in his hand!

Following this motion, Su Ya fiercely kicked the horse's belly, making the warhorse accelerate again, while simultaneously roaring at the two knights again:

"I want to see the general!"

"This concerns the son of King Yuse, the future king of all Britannia, Arthur Pendragon's whereabouts!"

"I won't live long!"

"Get out of the way quickly!"

The same words echoed in the ears of the two knights blocking the necessary path,

It rang out suddenly, even drowning out the rumbling marching sounds, startling the light infantry unit not far away, causing many soldiers to glance over!

However, this time,

As the distance closed to within ten meters, upon seeing Su Ya's ferocious, terrifying visage, blood‑gurgling, looking as if he might breathe his last any second,

the two knights' eyes involuntarily twitched, and at that moment they simultaneously realized——

This knight, he really looks like he's about to die.

His current behavior is entirely sustained by his loyalty to the king and the general; he has only a mechanical consciousness left, just enough to carry out the actions he spoke of,

only by seeing the general can he receive the honor he deserves!

But,

this time, it was still the knight on the left,

his inner self had already acknowledged Su Ya's loyalty, but out of duty he still asked one more question:

"Knight, where are your comrades?"

Su Ya felt a lump in his throat, his expression involuntarily changed, but quickly, using the ability of the newly obtained swindler profession, he almost instinctively discerned from the left knight's expression,

that this was not a hostile challenge, but rather a casual question that slipped out naturally out of habit.

The distance between them closed to five meters!

Su Ya forcibly controlled his facial muscles, showing a dazed expression, his gaze becoming disordered, his eyeballs jerking wildly in their sockets,

his eyes widened, his upper and lower teeth clacking against each other, constantly trembling,

"Dead... all dead... only me... me."

The violent trembling and terrified expression blended with Su Ya's genuine feeling when he killed those two scout cavalry,

that immoral pleasure,

that fearful unease,

that all past rules had been shattered, the whole person instantly plunged into a helpless world where only the law of the jungle remained.

"Eh?"

Finally,

he showed a strange expression, somewhat dazedly muttering to himself,

「Why, only I. don't have——」

「——Knight！」

At this moment, a roar mixed with sorrow and anger startled Su Ya,

Pa!

The knight on the right raised his hand, drew his lance, and fiercely whipped it against the left side comrade's warhorse's buttocks, startling the horse to leap several meters to the side, clearing the path.

「Enough! 」

「You still haven't figured it out?! 」

「He has lost consciousness, Laersi—do you really intend to make him lose even the last knight's honor?! 」

「I understand, but we should report the intelligence to us and have us relay it. 」

The knight on the right, almost simultaneously with his action, drove his horse to the left,

He opened up a fairly wide path for Su Ya.

Then,

The two knights silently raised their heads,

They watched Su Ya, holding a white rose, ride his horse like a wild wind sweeping past beside them!

Though weak, he did not yield,

Though near death, he remained loyal!

They simultaneously raised their right hands, striking their chest plates with their gauntlets!

They showed this true knight the highest knightly courtesy!

The knight called Laersi, gazing at Su Ya's back, suddenly shouted as if reminding:

「——Knight! 」

「General Seleucus has already charged alone into the enemy formation! 」

「You should immediately report the intelligence to the Cavalry Regiment Commander Heke tuo, he is just beneath the royal banner! 」

The knight holding aloft the rose bouquet did not turn back.

His eyes blazing with anger, he drove his warhorse close alongside the massive army of ten thousand, galloping!

The military formation around him was like a reverse-flowing sea of people, howling as the gale pulled it away, fading!

All the soldiers of Maqi dun on this day,

saw such a loyal and steadfast knight!

Until, the knight passed through the angle of the winding formation, disappearing onto the necessary path to the royal banner.

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On the warhorse, Mei Li stared in shock at the reversing crowd beside her,

Along the way, there were no cavalry, no scout horses conducting further interrogations,

All the way, smooth sailing,

Moreover, even the nearby light infantry regiment was three meters away, as if such a path should naturally exist within this huge and precise war machine.

They swiftly passed through the formation and drew near the royal banner,

However, at a place not far from the royal banner, Su Ya suddenly turned his horse toward the flank of the formation, which was the escape direction Mei Li had initially indicated, proceeding as a guest.

Although this process attracted some attention, within the overall advancing formation, soon no one paid it any heed.

Mei Li looked back at Su Ya in disbelief,

Then,

she saw Su Ya lower his head, looking back with a lingering fear,

「What are you staring at? Dispel the illusion; we need to change identities and run! 」

Mei Li is still a bit dazed even now,

「Aren't we supposed to go report to that whatever cavalry regiment captain Heke tuo? 」

「No, are you stupid*?! 」

(End of chapter)