Crunch!
The heavily swung Mithra smashed through a skeleton’s lumbar spine.
Two skeleton soldiers blocking the way were knocked backward at once and tumbled across the clearing.
While Masain diligently opened a path from the front, Sungjin followed behind him and struck away the skeletons approaching from the sides.
Crack!
“Aagh!”
Alberto screamed as fragments of bone sprayed all over him.
“Young Lord! Move up front! As long as you stay right behind Sir Masain, you won’t be in danger!”
“Y-yes! Yes, Your Highness!”
After yielding his position to Alberto, Sungjin glanced back and saw that the knights under Captain Bruno’s command had already regained their composure.
They were blocking the route leading toward the cottage and successfully pushing back most of the skeleton soldiers.
Apparently the exorcism tools had proven ineffective, because Sir Robert had also joined the knights and was swinging his curved sword among them.
“This is exactly what I wanted!”
Among them, however, one knight was fighting with particular enthusiasm—
“Hahaha! Yes! This is the kind of adventure I followed His Highness for!”
Sir Kurt, the high-ranking knight who was usually relaxed about everything, was rampaging around with an unusually excited expression.
He employed elegant sword forms bearing traces of an ancient style, but the results left behind by his blade were not nearly so elegant.
Kicking away wreckage shattered as though it had been beaten with a blunt weapon, Sir Kurt burst into hearty laughter.
“Hahaha! Just you wait in the Imperial Capital, Dame Maria! This Kurt is going to have an adventure every bit as incredible as yours! I’ll never have to listen to that damned Glacier Troll story at drinking parties again!”
He could hardly conceal his delight at finally obtaining a heroic exploit of his own to brag…