Hero From The Dark Dimension
Chapter 59: 7 days leading up to the NGB
Silver palace...
"Will you join us?"
Eruna happily extended her hand to Darius on the terms she had spoken, her sparkling eyes and wide smile showing a sense of delight.
It was highly unlikely that Darius would agree to the terms that disposed of the noble name given by his late parents, his lips starting to move about to utter a rejection of the terms.
But just before that, Eruna pulled back her hand...
"Just kidding, how could a knight be willing to throw away the name given by his parents? from the movement of your lips, I already know what you want to answer," Eruna said casually.
Then he ate the cookies available at the table, while his guests were struggling to ask
"He can read my lips in a short time, his vision is very sharp" said Darius.
He paused for a moment before finally opening his voice.
"Then what was the meaning of the terms?" ask Darius
"I'm just testing it, sorry if it offends you," Eruna replied, finishing the cake in her hand.
"The test? isn't the test of a knight a challenge and a physical exercise?" darius was confused.
Then he refocused on Eruna.
"A real knight wouldn't want to throw away his identity, that's what my father said before he died and now that I'm dealing with people who really apply his words, I'm becoming more and more interested in you," eruna explained.
"You keep your marital name even if you're not recognized by your own people, really steel-hearted, it's a pity Hunt doesn't acknowledge you" he continued.
He finished with his explanation and immediately revealed his true intentions to Darius, a handful of letters that had previously been addressed by Nova are now in his hands.
"Nova must have shown you a letter, indeed it contains an agreement to join us but you do not need to throw away your marg name."
Eruna's tone began to drift somewhat.
"Logically you can join us without changing the surname because there is no recognition from the Hunt nobility of yourself, your identity in the Hunt member data does not exist, either, which means your last name won't be considered."
Darius immediately rose in blood.
"What the fuck?!"
He said in a high tone, in the blink of an eye around Darius there were already 12 knights who pointed different weapons at him, out of nowhere they come, there is not even a door or window that opens to be a way for them to enter the room.
The tip of the 12 knights weapon was 2 cm from Darius' throat which immediately made him desperate.
"Where did they come from? I did not hear the sound of their footsteps at all," Inner Darius was shocked.
Eruna's face instantly became furious, her facial veins stiffened.
"Let your weapons down...! he's my guest, how dare you put a gun on him..!" tell Eruna with a loud tone.
12 The knight obeyed and bowed his head.
"I'm sorry for our stupidity" said one of them.
"Hurry out of here!"
"Good."
They came out of the room, the atmosphere was calm again.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
Eruna said very guilty.
"I'm guilty, because too much emotion makes my tone run high."
They go back to talking.
Eruna explained about what the present-day nobles are like, especially in the membership system, each noble has a list of members and a hereditary family history that can be evidence of blood ties to a noble.
For example, Eruna who has a family history of knights Seis who served the King of Xeranos kingdom since hundreds of years ago, her great-grandfather named Chailis Seis who served as a commander in the era of resistance against the Dark Lord.
"Sheylis? I think I've heard that name?" the name sounded familiar in his ears.
Darius tried to recall where he heard the name.
A few moments later...
"!"
He remembered something.
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(flashback).
Kingdom of Xeranos, 1413.
The Xeranos kingdom suffered an impromptu attack right in the capital area, when the Ezius kingdom sent 4000 soldiers to help.
In the midst of the chaos of the capital, there was a little boy who was crying because he was separated from his mother.
"Mother..., mother where...?"
The boy was so frightened when he saw a large group of spooky-faced monster warriors running towards him clasping blood-stained weapons.
"Help me...! mom...!"
he screamed fearfully and desperately, unfortunately all useless, all he could do was close his eyes.
The Dark Lord's army was near and was about to split the two children with their sharp weapons, in that precarious state..
SRING...!
The sound of slashing was so ringing in the ears.
The little boy ventured to open his eyes, instantly he was immediately stunned.
Seen in both of his tiny eyes a golden-armored knight came at the exact timing, he decapitated the Dark Lord's army with the Great Sword he held.
The little boy survived with a splash of blood on his sleeve, the golden knight took off his helmet and looked towards the little boy.
"Are you okay, son?" ask the knight.
The boy could only nod.
"You can move?"
The boy did not answer, his whole body seemed to tremble.
"He must have been terrified from seeing the Dark Lord's army," the inner knight.
Then he took some shabby cloth around and made it a tool that can make it easier for him to carry the little boy on his back.
The knight carried the little boy on his back and prepared to take him to the evacuation site of the capital's people.
Suddenly the surrounding land rises and blocks the way to the evacuation site, at the same time appeared one of the Dark Lord's war generals named Qyusar.
A monstrous creature with four hands clutching a blood-stained axe, he had just slaughtered 400 soldiers of Xeranos alone.
"The leader of the golden knight group, Darius," said General Qyusar, calling the name none other than the name of the golden knight.
"You know me?" ask Darius.
"You are a threat that must be eliminated, by order of the Lord, I will eliminate you" General Qyusar's voice was terrifying.
It makes the little boy scared.
"You'll be cleared up soon, your presence will only frighten this child" Darius said with a sharp look.
He prepared with his sword.
His body slowly grew and the number of hands increased, his facial features were so frightening that they could not be described with words alone.
The little boy was getting scared and crying loudly.
"Mother...! I want mom...!"
his screams.
Darius who heard his cry did not remain silent.
"Hey little whiz, don't cry, as long as you're with me you'll be fine."
The boy's sobs stopped for a moment, the knight turned to him with a confident smile.
"And I planned to take you to a safe place, but the rising ground blocked the way out..."
"... You have nothing to fear, I will definitely bring you back to your mother, which is why you should not cry just because of this ugly monster."
Darius looked at General Qyusar's face unperturbed, his attitude seemed to have an influence on.
The initially frightened little boy now looked in admiration at him, his tears no longer flowing.
"Let's beat him up and meet your mother soon" Darius said excitedly.
The little guy nodded while wiping away his remaining tears.
"HIAHAAAH...!!!"
Darius stepped forward to attack with high courage, fighting while keeping the child he carried on his back, this made the feel of the fight to be very fierce.
4 Hours later...
The army of the Windland kingdom came with 5000 units of warriors and 400 units of archer battalions.
The Dark Lord's forces were repulsed, the general Qyusar who led them had been killed at the hands of the golden knight group leader.
Nearly 90% of the capital's people survived the chaos.
Evacuation places...
There are thousands of people crying out for gratitude for their safety as for the loss of their loved ones.
Amidst the crowd of people who were looking for their family members who were separated due to the invasion of the Dark Lord army, a woman in red was panicked to ask around to find her son.
"Have any of you seen my son? it has a crescent-like birthmark in its hand, have any of you seen it?" ask the woman.
Everyone shook their heads at him.
He asked the Xeranos soldiers to evacuate the capital, but they said they had not found his son in the evacuation.
As the woman grew more panicked and infatuated, she continued to beg the soldiers to search for her missing son.
"Please...! find my son.., he's still in the capital." beg the woman.
But the soldiers could not fulfill it.
"I'm sorry but we can't, we have to bring our wounded colleagues to be treated immediately, it's getting dark, it's going to complicate our evacuation in search of survivors."
"I'll do whatever it takes for my son to be found...! please.. find my son...!"
The soldier tried to calm the hysterical woman, he could not bear to see the cry of a mother who was worried about her missing son.
"Pardon us, but this is our limit as a soldier, once again forgive us."
The soldier could only say "plague" and "patience" to the woman, the woman crying blood over her son who was not found.
"Mother...!"
There was a familiar voice that broke the grief.
The woman in red immediately turned to the source of the voice, seen her son being carried by a knight in good health without injury.
Soon he ran to his son.
"Well, kid whiz, meet your mom."
Darius dropped the boy off.
"Mother...!"
He ran up to his mother, the two of them hugging in gratitude.
The savior knight smiled watching this moment, he was relieved to be able to reunite them.
"Thank God, in this way my task is done well," said Darius, then turned to look.
"Thank God you're okay" said the mother, who could not hold back tears.
"The knight's brother protects me, he takes care of me until I can meet with mom."
The boy pointed at Darius who was about to step away, there was no way his mother would let her son's savior just leave without receiving an expression of gratitude.
"Wait, sir..."
Call her.
A voice was heard by Darius, and he looked back.
"Thank you for saving my son, somehow I was able to repay this debt, I'm really grateful" he said, bowing his head.
"Xeranos and Ezius are close relatives, it is fitting that we help each other."
"So you, from the kingdom of Ezius, are very noble in heart, I will pray every night for the prosperity of the kingdom of Ezius, which is very light-handed."
"Thank you for that."
The saved little boy continued to look at Darius with an amazed look, it was realized by his mother.
"Sir, may I ask you one thing?" ask the woman.
"What wish?" ask Darius.
"I beg you, bless my son with a prayer from you, I wish that when he grows up, he can grow up to be a great knight like you" the woman replied.
"I beg you, sir," he continued.
Darius thought for a moment, for he had never blessed anyone with his prayers.
"I honestly haven't blessed anyone in my entire life, but for this one little whiz, I'll do it" Darius said.
The woman looked very happy, she brought her son closer to Darius.
"My son Chailis, please bless him with your prayers, sir."
Chailis' mother let Darius touch her son's right hand, where on the back of her son's hand which had a crescent-like birthmark, it was frowned upon sincerely by Darius.
After he kissed, he said...
"I pray for you with all the seeds of good I have done in my life, Chailis will be a strong and wise knight with all the drops of sweat and sacrifice."
Then he rubbed Chailis' head a few times before finally peeping his forehead.
Chailis' mother felt very happy after Darius gave her prayer, while Chailis himself could not dampen the happiness and immediately embraced Darius.
"Hey boy champ, you're so excited" said Darius.
"Thank you brother, I'll never forget brother, forever..."
Seriate....