Ankoku Kishi Monogatari (WN)

◆Dark Knight; Kuroki

「From now on, I shall become your opponent.」

I pointed my sword towards the wolfman with red fur. He was looking at me with a suspicious gaze.

「GRRRRRRRRRR! WHO ARE YOU?! HOW DID YOU PARRY MY SWORD?!!?」

I had no obligation to answer his question though.

In the first place, I was currently undercover. I wasn’t the Dark Knight, Kuroki, rather I was just Kuroki, the wandering swordsman.

「I’m just a wandering swordsman who wants to give a little assistance to the brave boy who stood up for others.」

I glanced at my back without letting my guard down to the one before me.

Standing behind me were the elves and the boy.

After that, the boy tried his best to protect the elves.

Seeing him clumsily swinging his sword, I waited for a while before revealing my presence at the last moment to save him.

He was really courageous despite his age.

Well since he managed to push back a wolfman with pure, brute force, it means that he wasn't a normal boy either.

Alas, he was still too weak to take on the wolfman as his opponent.

That's why I had to take over his duty.

「GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!」

The wolfman called Yasab swung his barbarian sword.

I changed my stance to prevent my posture from crumbling and dodge his attack.

At a glance, it looked like he was just swinging his sword wildly, but upon a closer look, the trajectory of his swing was superbly delicate.

Contrary to his appearance, he was a really skilled swordsman.

His footwork, the way he moved his upper-body, the rotation of his wrists, he could freely manipulate every little bit of his sword.

Just how much training did he go through to achieve this level of mastery?

It seems he was blessed with great physical abilities since his birth and yet, I tip my hat to his obsession, and for aiming for greater heights.

Alas, that's not enough to defeat me.

I watched the movement of his hands carefully and hit his barbarian sword lightly with my sword, which made the barbarian sword's trajectory change slightly, missing me in the process.

Yasab sent one slash after another with his barbarian sword.

I kept using the same way to change the trajectory of his slashes.

The barbarian sword ended up just creating a gale around me.

「WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING SINCE A WHILE AGO, YASAB?!? STOP PLAYING AROUND AND KILL HIM QUICKLY!!」

The old, female wolfman shouted at Yasab.

The rest of the wolfmen around us were also looking quizzically at us.

It seems they thought that Yasab was toying with me.

That misunderstanding was working nicely for me, alas I guess it was time to end this since I couldn't waste my time here either.

And just like that, I stepped into his range.

「GAH?!?」

Yasab retreated quickly the moment he saw me stepping into his range. And he did so while swinging his sword towards me.

I parried his slash and glided my sword along his blade and slashed at his arm.

Seeing that, those who watched our fight couldn't hide their shock.

Yasab jumped back and took a distance from me.

「YOU LITTLE! WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU?!?」

Yasab shouted at me while trying to press the wound on his arm.

It was a shallow wound. Considering the recovery ability of wolfmen, that kind of wound would be healed immediately.

The people who were watching us fell into silence.

Rather, all of them were left speechless.

「I told you, right?… I’m just a wandering swordsman who happened to pass by.」

I couldn't afford to reveal my name, I needed to hide my identity.

Yasab and I glared at each other.

After glaring at each other for a while, a strange smell suddenly drifted around the area.

It seems they have arrived.

The dwarf rangers always used a smoke bomb containing a specific smell that could deceive the nose of wolfmen. It was this particular scent I was smelling now. RÂＮοʙЁṣ

It was then followed by a loud sound.

Dwarves would use a particular smell to deceive their nose, then use a specific sound to confuse them about the number of reinforcements.

This was the best time to retreat, but if we had failed, I would have definitely gone all out to buy us time.

But, now wasn't the time to go all out, not will all the people watching me. I wanted to avoid anything that could risk revealing my identity.

「Old hag…」

Hearing the loud voice, Yasab shouted at the old, female wolfman.

The old, female wolfman nodded upon hearing Yasab's voice.

「I understand, Yasab… YOU LOT! WE'RE PULLING OUT!」

Hearing that roar, the wolfmen pulled out all at once.

The fact that they retreated without a second thought was admirable.

The general consensus of wolfmen was that they were reckless and bloodthirsty wicked beasts, with strength similar to that of a God.

Alas, their excellent swordsmanship and their knowledge of when to retreat made it obvious that they were quite rational.

In fact, contrary to the rumour about them, the wolfmen were quite smart.

Thus, the wolves retreated, leaving the elves, the boy, and me behind.

「Just who are you really?」

One of the elves cast a suspicious glance at me.

It seems she was really suspicious of me.

Well, that was only natural I guess.

I looked at the elf who called me. Considering her clothing, she must have a high status among the elves.

She might be an Arseid, another name for a high elf, otherwise known as the noblest among the elves.

Yup, this was the first time I met their kind. And they were not that rare compared to Goddesses.

I was just a bit surprised since I had met an even rarer being.

「U~hm…」

Now I was troubled in how to explain this situation.

I mean, this was a troublesome situation indeed.

「HONORED GUEST!!」

The dwarf rangers who were wearing sky grass magic and had equipped themselves with crossbows appeared from the shrub.

They came at the right moment. Let's leave the explanation to them.

They should be able to handle this situation much better since they live in the same forest.

「Dwarves? Does that mean you're a comrade of the dwarves? I never expected that we would get saved by someone related to those dwarves…」

The elf didn't seem to be pleased by that.

「The heck? Just when I was wondering who it was, It turned out to be the nasty Elven Princess. Had I know this, I would’ve rather not saved her at all.」

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