Chapter 7: Death Knight

"Help! A monster!"

The Death Knight slaughtered one knight after another it encountered.

In the center of the village, a group of villagers were being guarded by knights.

"Roar!!" The Death Knight let out a loud roar upon seeing the group of knights.

The soldier closest to the Death Knight was so frightened by the roar that he turned and fled.

But his speed was no match for the Death Knight's. With a swift charge, the Death Knight reached the soldier and cleaved him in two.

"Die, monster!" One of the soldiers, unable to bear the overwhelming fear, gathered his courage and swung his sword at the Death Knight's back. His sword broke, but the Death Knight was unharmed.

The Death Knight used its shield to knock the soldier flying over ten meters, landing on the ground, lifeless.

"Only when the opponent runs away does it swing its sword. Is it just having fun?" The vice captain of the knight squad thought to himself.

Chaos spread among the soldiers, and several of them turned to flee, but they were all slain by the Death Knight.

When one soldier died, his blood splattered across the knight captain's face.

The knight captain desperately wanted to flee, but he clearly saw what happened to those who tried to escape.

"You, stop that monster! I shouldn't be dying in a place like this!" The knight captain shouted in madness.

"You all better buy me some time! Use your bodies as shields for me!"

"Captain Belius..." The vice captain was shocked at the sight of his leader, who was not the kind of person to be so cowardly. In his mind, the captain was always brave.

Seeing the Death Knight closing in, the knight captain shouted:

"I'll give you 100 gold!"

"200 gold!"

"500 gold!"

"1000 gold..."

The knight captain, trembling in fear, backed up until he was next to a slain knight. That knight, who had died earlier, had turned into an undead and grabbed the knight captain's ankle, growling.

The knight captain rolled his eyes and passed out.

Seeing the unconscious knight, the Death Knight didn't show any mercy and immediately stabbed him with a sword.

"Save me!"

"Okay!"

A figure appeared in the air, a slender figure dressed in black.

He did a somersault in mid-air and landed in front of the Death Knight, kicking it back.

The Death Knight looked at the black-clad figure with a hint of grievance.

The black-clad figure was none other than Peroroncino.

"I remember you said a thousand gold, right?" Peroroncino said, looking at the knight captain.

The knight captain immediately took out a bottle of healing potion and drank it.

"What did you say?" The knight captain pretended he didn't hear.

"ROAR!!" The Death Knight let out a furious roar, as if questioning Peroroncino for attacking him.

But to the villagers and knights, the roar sounded more like a declaration of war against Peroroncino.

"I don't have a thousand gold right now, but once you deal with that monster, I'll take you to my house and give it to you," the knight captain said.

"How could a person fight such a monster? Once you start fighting it, that'll be when I run away," the knight captain thought to himself.

"Well, if that's the case, forget it. I just remembered I have something important to do." Peroroncino began to walk away.

"Wait, I have it," the knight captain said. He then started searching through his belongings and pulled out some gold coins. He also took out some financial reports he was carrying with him.

"This should add up to a thousand gold," the knight captain said.

"Good."

"Is there anyone else here that needs my protection?" Peroroncino looked at the other knights.

The knights exchanged looks. They really wanted to latch onto a strong ally, but they had no money.

"ROAR!"

The Death Knight looked at Peroroncino, obediently circled around him, and began attacking the other knights.

"This....." The knight captain was momentarily speechless. The monster they had feared was now avoiding this man.

At that moment, the Death Knight killed two more knights.

"Oh God! Save me!"

Many of the knights began praying.

"Calm down! Prepare to retreat! Signal the mounted archers to bring the horses, and others, buy us some time!" the vice-captain of the knights shouted.

He understood that the captain was unreliable now, and they had to rely on themselves.

"Yes!" The knights followed orders.

One by one, the knights coordinated to attack the Death Knight.

The Death Knight no longer played around and began cutting down one knight after another with his sword. Soon, half of the knights present were dead, but not a single knight had even managed to strike the Death Knight.

The vice-captain mustered his courage and charged forward.

"Ah!!"

However, what greeted him was the Death Knight's massive sword.

"Brave, but futile!"

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of the vice-captain—it was Peroroncino.

As the Death Knight was about to strike Peroroncino from behind, it halted its sword.

With a single hand, he effortlessly caught the death knight's sword.

"Those villagers over there, has this person ever killed any of you?"

The villagers remained silent.

At this moment, the village chief spoke up.

"This lord here," the village chief said, "is the one who ordered us to stay here. He didn't massacre the villagers like the other knights."

"At least you have some conscience! I'll give you a chance to swear loyalty to me... or die!" Peroroncino said, looking at the knight before him.

"I... I... I'm willing to swear loyalty to you, but please stop this monster from killing my comrades," the knight said.

"Alright, I promise you!"

Peroroncino then walked up to the Death Knight and, with a single punch, obliterated it into dust.

The captain gaped, unsure of what to say.

At this moment, Momonga, wearing a mask and gloves, arrived.

"Sorry, the Death Knight you summoned is dead!" Peroroncino said.

"No need to apologize, it was just a Death Knight that can be summoned at any time," Momonga replied.

"You're together!!!" The vice captain clearly couldn't believe it.

"Peroroncino, he is..." Momonga glanced at the captain standing near Peroroncino.

"He is the leader of these people. I just stopped the Death Knight from killing him and left to question him for some intel."

"You're still thoughtful as always."

While Peroroncino and Momonga were talking, the captain attempted to flee, but a shadow appeared before him.

"Where do you think you're going?" Albedo raised her axe and swung it, severing the captain's legs.

"Nice to meet you all! My name is Ainz Ooal Gown!" Momonga declared loudly.

"I'll spare your lives, but tell your superiors... your masters, if you dare cause trouble around here again, I'll destroy your entire nation."

"Now get lost, and don't forget to report my name accurately."

The knights dropped their weapons and turned to flee.

"Lord, who are you?" one of the villager asked.

"We saw the village was attacked and came to help,"

"Alright, you're safe now. You can relax," Momonga said.

However, the villagers still looked at Momonga warily.

Momonga paused for a moment before speaking.

"Of course, this help isn't free. I'll require appropriate compensation."

Upon hearing this, the villagers relaxed and looked at each other with the wide-eyed gaze of those who had survived a disaster.

"I'll take him back now!" Peroroncino said, grabbing the captain, who was bleeding out from his severed legs.

<Message >

"Shalltear, open a portal for me."

"Yes!"

A portal appeared in front of Peroroncino, and he stepped through it, with the vice-captain hesitantly following behind him.

End of chapter

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