I Became a Mythical Knight King

Chapter 29: Yoo Seong Castle (1)

The biggest difference between Fantasy Monarch and reality was indeed the post-battle cleanup.

In the game, it ended with seeing the ‘Victory!’ message and battle results, but reality required much more work.

First, Yoo Seong confirmed with Camelot’s forces whether the trolls were definitely dead.

Since they were monsters with regenerative abilities, there was always a possibility of resurrection.

After finishing off all the trolls that were still breathing, it seemed that Sir Simon’s conscripted soldiers had also finished their cleanup to some extent.

Since they fought in front of the city, the wounded were immediately transported back, and the remaining soldiers proceeded with confirming the kills of the goblins.

After dealing with the last troll, Yoo Seong faced Camelot’s forces lined up before him.

Kate smiled benevolently at the regular infantry who fought in separate locations during this battle, and Vanadain gave a bitter smile while supporting Diana who was about to collapse from exhaustion.

After looking over all the regular infantry led by Jimmy, the elite archers, and the elite cavalry, Yoo Seong raised his fist.

“For the glory of Camelot.”

“For the glory of Camelot.”

Camelot’s forces disappeared into light.

Yoo Seong turned to look at Rene, who was also beating her chest with her fist right beside him, and without anyone initiating first, they shared a small laugh before heading towards Sir Simon and the conscripted soldiers.

“It’s a great victory.”

Sir Simon said with an uncharacteristically bright smile.

“It’s all thanks to the lord.”

At Sir Simon’s words, Lord Rant next to him also nodded and said.

“It was truly an amazing battle. To take down that giant- no, that giant troll alone. It was like something out of a heroic legend.”

It was both amusing and endearing to see the bearded Sir Rant speaking with sparkling eyes like a child.

“Well done, Sir Simon and Sir Rant. You did a great job.”

While it was the forces of Yoo Seong and Camelot that defeated the trolls, it was Lothian’s men who faced the goblins.

‘What is this?’

This would not have been possible without the diligent training of the conscripts by Sir Simon and Sir Rant during Yoo Seong’s guerilla warfare in Volano.

At Yoo Seong’s specific praise, Lord Simon smiled again, and Lord Rant chuckled softly, rubbing the bridge of his nose in embarrassment.

“It’s Lord Ruan.”

René, who was laughing along with them, said with a glance.

I turned and sure enough, a heavily armed Lord Ruan was approaching.

I hadn’t gotten a good look at him because we were in the middle of a battle, but I knew that Lord Ruan and the Battle Priests played a big role.

The goblins’ offensive was not merely withstood, but destroyed, thanks to Sir Ruan and the Battle Priests’ disruption of the goblins’ lines.

“A fine performance. Thank you for your assistance.”

Lord Ruan was an outsider, not a vassal of Lothian.

When Yoo Seong thanked him, Lord Ruan did not respond, but looked at Yoo Seong with eyes that were very hot.

What to say?

His gaze was a little different from those of Sir Simon or Sir Rant, it was a gaze that went beyond mere respect.

‘What?’

I was honestly overwhelmed.

It would have been uncomfortable enough for a woman to look at me like that, but it was even more so for a handsome man like Lord Ruan.

But fortunately, Lord Ruan’s heated gaze didn’t last long.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, he looked at Yoo Seong with a much less intimidating gaze than before, and said in a simple voice.

“Congratulations on the victory.”

“It was a victory we shared.”

“Yes, but it was only possible because of the presence of the Black Knight. For now, we must clean up after the battle, and I will come to you later, separately.”

With words that sounded like a promise for a later date, he nodded and walked away.

However, Rene, who was standing next to him, leaned a little closer to Yoo Seong and spoke in a whisper.

“I think Lord Ruan is very impressed with you.”

Ruan was a priest-knight of the Order of Omphalos.

If he had made a good impression on him, it wouldn’t be disadvantageous.

‘I suppose good is good.’

After making the conscripted soldiers cheer once more by waving at them, Yoo Seong led everyone into the castle.

* * *

“Thank you so much. Thank you so much.”

The first person they met upon entering the castle was Iserina.

Iserina bowed with tearful eyes to Yoo Seong, who had avenged Baron Volano and all of Baron Volano’s territory, and Yoo Seong wiped her tears after offering words of deep condolence.

‘The territory is devastated, but there are issues with supplies and refugees to consider.’

The time trolls and goblins spent in Baron Volano’s territory wasn’t very long.

Moreover, since they mainly ate humans during that time, ironically, massive amounts of supplies remained intact in Baron Volano’s territory.

And the refugees.

Just counting those Yoo Seong had liberated, there were over seven hundred, which wasn’t a small number.

“For Lothian’s victory!”

“For our lord!”

“Lothian’s Black Knight!”

“The Black Knight of Flames!”

“Hehehe I survived this battle too! I survived!”

Except for the minimum number of guards, the conscripted soldiers sat around bonfires lit here and there, drinking alcohol and enjoying meat while raising their voices.

It was right after a life-or-death battle.

Many of those who had fought shoulder to shoulder had died or been injured, so spending one night like this intoxicated would be good for mental health.

And Yoo Seong was no exception.

Although he wasn’t drinking straight liquor like the soldiers, as he went around having one drink here and another there, before he knew it, the effects of alcohol had reached his chin.

But whether it was thanks to the cold night wind, or thanks to the superhuman physical abilities of a knight, he was able to maintain his reason relatively well.

On top of Lothian’s castle walls.

Yoo Seong, who was sitting on the stairs looking down at the soldiers and residents below the castle, turned his head.

It was because Rene was climbing up the stairs while struggling.

“Were you here?”

Rene, who usually smiled well, smiled even more than usual today.

If her usual smile was ‘hoohoo,’ today it was more like ‘hehehe’?

With her face red from alcohol, Rene sat right next to Yoo Seong and clutching a wooden cup half-filled with alcohol in both hands, she said.

“Successor.”

“Yes, Rene.”

“We won.”

And after laughing ‘hehehe’ again, Rene opened her lips to say something more but soon bit her lips again.

What was she trying to say?

Although Yoo Seong looked at her curiously, Rene didn’t open her mouth again.

But seeing her eyes that had suddenly become gloomy, he could somewhat guess what she was trying to say.

The nameless boy from Philo Village.

The horrific corpses found in the slash-and-burn farming village.

The woman who had become a plaything for goblins with her hands and feet bound.

“I’m glad we won.”

Rene said while resting her head on Yoo Seong’s shoulder, and Yoo Seong gently embraced her shoulders.

And how much time passed again?

Rene, who had been half-dozing while leaning on Yoo Seong’s shoulder, suddenly raised her head, blinked her eyes, and then blushed.

It was because as the effects of alcohol wore off from her brief doze, she suddenly realized whose shoulder she had been dozing on.

“Uh, um.”

“It’s okay. We’ve had similar situations many times, right?”

At Yoo Seong’s words, Rene blushed even more.

It was because of the various things that happened while roaming Baron Volano’s territory- that is, the nights they spent sleeping while sticking close together kept coming to mind continuously.

“Uh, um, uh, ah!”

Although the effects of alcohol had completely worn off, somehow her face became even redder as Rene suddenly raised her voice and turned to Yoo Seong saying.

“Su, Successor.”

“Yes?”

“Um, sister. Can I see sister Kate and sister Diana? And Camelot’s forces too.”

Rene wasn’t asking for the two to be summoned right now.

What Rene wanted was to observe Yoo Seong Castle through the status window.

Since learning that Rene could see the status window, they had observed Yoo Seong Castle together whenever they camped out, so it had become quite familiar.

“Shall we?”

“Yes, and you must have earned a lot of points from this battle too, right?”

“I did.”

“Then we can add facilities to the castle too, right?”

“We’ll have to check the points, but it should be possible.”

“Then hurry and look!”

When Rene urged with a bit of aegyo, Yoo Seong chuckled and opened the status window.

TLN: aegyo – a normalized gendered performance that involves a cute display of affection often expressed through a cute voice, changes to speech, facial expressions, or gestures

“First, let’s check the level up and points.”

“Yes.”

While Yoo Seong Castle was important, checking the acquired points and level up took priority since the status window was already open.

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Name: Cheon Yoo Seong

Gender: Male

Job: Holy Knight

Level: 13

Position: Mid-level Commander

Special Notes: Successor to the Holy King, Master of the Legion, Successor to the Round Table, Dragon’s Heart

[Chivalry]

[Heir of Light]

[Holy King Skills]

Kingdom Swordsmanship Lv3 / Imperial Swordsmanship Lv3 / Dragon King’s Heart Method Lv3 / Dragon King’s Path Lv2 / King’s Insight Lv2 / War Horse Summon Lv2

[Holy King’s Cross Sword]

Sword of Raging Flames

[Knight Skills]

Aura Blade / Aura Shield / Victory’s Shout

[Commander Orders]

Order of Gale / Order of Protection / Order of Penetration

[Knight Order Commands]

King’s Time

[Legion Management]

[Castle Management]

[Achievement Unlocked: Goblin Slayer]

[Attacks against goblins strengthened by 10% / Acquired 10 skill points]

[Achievement Unlocked: Troll Slayer]

[Attacks against trolls strengthened by 10% / Acquired 20 skill points]

—

“This time I mostly just gained levels.”

While Yoo Seong’s own level increased from 11 to 13, since it wasn’t a multiple of 5, there weren’t many big changes except for increases in stats and levels of some skills.

‘No, wait, getting King’s Insight to level 2 seems like it could be quite beneficial?’

War Horse Summon also reached level 2, and when he checked, Alphonse’s abilities had been enhanced.

“What about points?”

“40 points from battle, 20 points from leveling up, and another 30 points from achieving achievements.”

“Wow, then that’s 90 points?”

When Rene spoke with sparkling eyes, Yoo Seong nodded with a smile.

“Yeah. Seems like it’s the most I’ve had so far.”

At Yoo Seong’s words, Rene stomped her feet excitedly while sitting.

Until now, they had always postponed investing in facilities for Yoo Seong Castle due to lack of points, but today they could finally add proper facilities.

‘Is it kind of like playing with dolls?’

Come to think of it, he seemed to have heard that women prefer observation-type games more than men.

In any case, since Rene was happy, there was nothing bad about it for Yoo Seong himself.

After all, adding facilities was necessary in the first place.

“But today let’s look at adding troops first.”

“Are there new unit types?”

“Yes. They were just added.”

At Yoo Seong’s words, Rene turned her attention back to the status window.

Although she couldn’t read the text, after looking at it for several days, she had roughly figured out what kind of structure it had and what each window meant.

‘Right, just like you can play Japanese games without knowing Japanese.’

The same goes for English games too.

In any case, Yoo Seong activated the status window to meet Rene’s expectations.

Kate, Vanadain, and Diana’s units all leveled up, and there was an indication that all three could be promoted after just one more level increase.

And the anticipated new unit types.

[Heavy Infantry Unit] – Blacksmith upgrade required. / Training grounds required. / Metal refinery required.

[Heavy Cavalry Unit] – Blacksmith upgrade required. / Training grounds required. / Metal refinery required. / Stables required.

[Elite Swordsman Unit] – Blacksmith upgrade required. / Training grounds required. / Sword hall required.

“Wait, hold on.”

“Yes? Why? What does it say?”

At Rene’s question, Yoo Seong furrowed his brow and said,

“Three new unit types appeared.”

“Three? What kind of units are they?”

“Heavy infantry unit, heavy cavalry unit, and elite swordsman unit.”

“Wow!”

They were all units that sounded reliable just from their names.

Moreover, heroes would be added to each unit type, so how reassuring would that be?

“But why? Are the points very expensive?”

“Ah, but that’s not all.”

While it was expensive that each unit type required 40 points to add, which was much more expensive than before, the problem was that they couldn’t be added right away.

“It says we need to add facilities to Yoo Seong Castle before we can add unit types?”

“Yes? Oh, then like a bathhouse or something?”

“No, not that. Blacksmith upgrade and training grounds…seems like we need a lot of different things.”

After saying that, Yoo Seong first invested points to fill Kate, Vanadain, and Diana’s units to maximum capacity before activating Yoo Seong Castle.

Seeing Yoo Seong Castle’s appearance different from usual, Yoo Seong and Rene looked at each other, and without anyone initiating first, they burst into laughter.