Chapter 410: Act 123 I’m Sorry, I’m Not a Knight (4th update)
Whether in his past life or this one, Brand always considered himself an ordinary person. The difference was, when he discovered he had some abilities, on this basis, he naturally had greater ambitions and desires. Although this desire was to alter Erune’s historical progress, to prevent those regrettable endings from happening in this world.
This idea had nothing to do with greatness, even if it might indirectly save many people. But Brand did not think that made him noble; just like any ordinary person, his wishes first stemmed from his own needs and feelings. He was certain of this, as one of his creeds was to repay kindness with kindness and grievances with grievances. He never thought he had the responsibility to restrain himself like a saint. But similarly, he understood the principle of reciprocation, so the moment Ecco moved, Brand reacted.
“Lord Martha, I didn’t offend you, did I——”
He grumbled about the one in the sky in his heart while canceling the Silence Technique, then shouted to Ecco: “Don’t run that way, come back!”
The young man was slightly stunned, but the Earth Envoy had already ‘swished’ and flashed between the two of them. This gigantic monster first glanced at Ecco, but its gaze finally returned to Brand. Although its brain wasn’t very good, its instincts still recognized who had always been its target.
“I say, silently leading away my monster, that’s not something a polite gentleman would do,” Brand said while looking at the Earth Envoy’s numerous compound eyes, feeling as if his intestines were knotted with inner conflict, yet still couldn’t help but speak strongly. Honestly, he was tempted to curse the young man opposite him, but the other’s actions made him feel a certain fondness, causing a truly contradictory feeling.
After struggling for a long time, he finally could only manage a weak sarcastic remark.
“Thank you…” But for Brand’s words, Ecco merely looked at him and gave a grateful smile. In fact, he understood that if Brand hadn’t intervened, he probably wouldn’t have lasted more than a few seconds before being torn to pieces. The gap between Gold Power and Silver Power was simply immeasurable by ordinary standards.
But speaking of it, this whole thing was his fault. He was a mercenary and naturally knew what the other party had. From the gesture Brand made when canceling the spell, he recognized it was a Silence Technique, a spell frequently used in mercenary combat—especially in ambushes and infiltrations, so he wasn’t unfamiliar with it. But the moment he saw that Silence Technique, he knew how big a mistake he had made before.
In other words, now he had dragged the other party into danger. But even so, the severely injured young man still made a move.
He exhaled lightly, internally convinced that the other was undoubtedly a righteous knight. Since childhood, he had been fascinated by knight novels and dreamed of being a chivalrous knight. Of course, becoming a mercenary might be somewhat distant from this dream, but his belief never wavered. In fact, it was precisely for this reason that he was so well liked in the Gray Wolf Mercenaries.
“Sir Knight, let’s defeat this monster together!”
Ecco took a light breath and said excitedly. He knew the two of them together probably couldn’t even match a single finger of this monster, but if they had to die, they would die heroically. To die fighting alongside a truly righteous knight, Ecco felt it wasn’t a misfortune but rather Martha favoring his ideals.
But Brand obviously couldn’t understand this thought, he was slightly stunned: “What?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the terrifying monster opposite him flash red light in its thousands of compound eyes, a sign it was about to attack. Brand instinctively tensed his body. He had already prepared his Charge Skill to the brink of activation, but the next moment he found the anticipated attack didn’t come. Because just as Eckmen turned, Brand saw the young man opposite had already seized the opportunity to slash with his sword—
“Damn! Are you crazy?”
Brand at that moment wanted to cover his eyes, it was truly a sad sight to see. A young man with only mid-to-lower Silver Power, barely level 30, was attacking without hesitation at a level 65 BOSS. He could almost predict what would happen next. Sure enough, before Ecco’s sword could reach within a meter of the Earth Envoy, an invisible stone wall appeared, blocking his attack and preventing him from advancing.