Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

The expeditionary force pushed the front line and advanced.

Louise’s raid was fighting hard, looking for an opportunity from behind, and I passed the time by killing monsters in moderation among the soldiers.

In the first attack, the boss of the monsters could not be seen.

As a result of checking the species distribution of the gathered desert monsters, it is estimated that the boss of this wave is a type of snake or earthworm.

But so far no equivalent has appeared.

“It is very hot.”

“Are you okay?”

“Oops!”

I was startled and stopped drinking the water and spit it out.

I muttered cursing to myself, but it was because Robben jumped out from behind.

No, the knights are all over there, but why are you here alone?

“I’m on my way to report to the superiors.”

Are you reading my mind?

“Ah yes. What do you think this time?”

“Wow, that’s bullsh*t. I didn’t even think that a boss would appear in this attack in the first place. The goal is to wipe out mid-boss level monsters.”

“okay.”

I wondered if I was following you.

Even when I was standing still, I felt like I was sweating and losing my stamina.

Displeasure was at its peak every moment.

“But you’re better at using a sword than I thought?”

Robben looked at me like some kind of strange animal.

It was only natural that he could speak wolves, play the thin rock game of the desert tribe well, and use a sword well… … .

Even if you were like me, you might be wondering what your true identity is.

[Havenberg Swordsmanship – Beginner]

A swordsmanship in which all the essences of Havenberg Argen are concentrated. As your proficiency increases, your understanding of the sword increases.

– Mastery 41.8475%

# Each time you swing the sword, your mastery increases.

The proficiency is already heading towards 50%.

He killed monsters and raised his skill level a lot.

“When I was young, I practiced swordsmanship a lot.”

“Aren’t you doing it now?”

“Sometimes I wield it as a hobby.”

“Sorry. Seeing him wield a sword, he seems quite talented.”

He looked at me with a genuinely sad face.

Are you really trying to make me a knight?

After the break, the expedition moved into the desert again.

The deeper you go, the shorter the cycle of monsters appearing and the more powerful monsters appear.

“Keugh… … !”

A venomous stinger protruded from the ground and grazed my feet.

Kwajik!!

He immediately stabbed the ground with his sword and killed the scorpion hiding in the sand.

It seemed that the soldiers on the front lines had not managed to deal with the monster hiding under the sand.

Is this why the desert tribe asked me to wear hard shoes even if I don’t wear armor?

‘I was careless.’

I thought I was safe because it was in the back, so I seemed to have lost my caution.

Fortunately, this amount of poison was easily cured by the priest.

“thank you.”

“no. I heard that the gravekeeper volunteered to participate in the battlefield. I admired his character.”

The priest who healed me smiled and treated my foot.

I thanked her once more and left the simple barracks.

Just in time, I saw Louise’s raiding party warming up on the other side.

‘what?’

And when I looked around, I knew right away that something was wrong.

There was a commotion.

And hot sand rising upwards was scattered on the soldiers.

‘Mutant black-backed scorpion… … !’

It was a monster of enormous size, as if 10 camels were put together.

The back was black, while the rest was the color of sand.

“let’s go!”

Louise’s powerful voice is heard.

Those who rode on battle camels rushed at the scorpion at high speed.

As soon as I saw it, I ran to where the soldiers were.

Kwajik! Quadduk!! Slow-!

Previously, they participated swinging their swords, but now it is different.

thump- thump- thump- thump-

My heart was beating like crazy.

Even when I encountered a monster twice as big as me in the desert, I didn’t shudder like this.

‘Why the hell are you doing this?’

Obviously, Louise returned safely from this expedition.

This is the unchanging truth, and it had to be true.

But why is my heart beating like it’s out of order?

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Grieving this, I quickly joined the crowd of soldiers.

As the sand embroidered the air and bounced here and there, through the misty sand, Louise could be seen thrusting her sword into the carapace of the black-backed scorpion.

The carapace is thick, but the gap between them is soft.

Louise’s sword, accurately recognizing that, went in between them.

Cheak-!

Yellow water splashed between them.

Also, was I worried for nothing?

Louise’s attack team nimbly avoided the scorpion’s attack and continued to attack.

Louise persistently aimed for a gap in the carapace and landed an effective hit.

‘I need to know one talent.’

He wielded the sword brilliantly.

And there was a reason for that.

[Louise Hertia]

– Attribute: Sword Jae (劍才)

– Skills: Brilliant Kingdom Swordsmanship Intermediate, Hertia Swordsmanship Beginner

– Strength: 10.8

– Agility: 12.1

– Stamina: 13.6

– Sensation: 9.7

– Stamina: 5.1

In terms of his abilities, he was a bit inferior to the level of a knight, but he had a talent for swordsmanship.

[Swordsmith]

He has a knack for handling swords.

# The speed of learning the sword is faster than ordinary people.

Because of this, his swordsmanship proficiency seemed to increase rapidly.

There may be differences in teachers who teach.

‘But Hertia swordsmanship? Did the Hertia royal family even have swordsmanship?’

This was something I had never heard before.

Among those who had the surname of Hertia, the royal family of the Brilliant Kingdom, there was no one other than Louise who handled the sword properly.

I heard that Louise’s great swordsmanship was just a Brilliant Kingdom swordsmanship… … .

‘what?’

First of all, this is not important.

Things were going more smoothly than expected.

It looked like Louise’s raid was going to catch the mutant black-backed scorpion soon.

thump, thump, thump, thump… … .

The sound of the heartbeat becomes faster.

The battlefield began to come into my eyes in detail as if I had looked into it from the sky.

gulp-

I swallowed dry saliva and looked around.

The battlefield is still the same as before.

But my whole body senses were reacting sensitively.

What the hell is it?

Something foreign was caught in my rapidly moving pupil.

From far away, I could see the floor shaking at an instant.

I don’t even know how I looked.

No, I don’t even have time to think about it.

My body was already moving towards Louise.

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-!

The sand of the desert rises.

As if a sandstorm had occurred, sand scattered in the air and the vision became hazy.

Louise, who was about to drive her sword into the scorpion’s throat, looked at me with a puzzled face.

The ground lifts up from under your feet and the sand falls in torrential rain.

Lifted up together, I slipped on something and fell to the ground.

“Keugh!”

I immediately got up and ran in the direction of Louise and looked behind me.

A huge dark-colored earthworm was protruding from the ground, revealing its body.

At that moment, everyone on the battlefield probably felt it.

That guy is the leader of the monsters that caused this wave.

* * *

Scarlett Argen, who participated in this expedition, followed along, looking forward to this expedition.

It was because it seemed like it would be fun to fight the boss of the southern desert monsters.

Prince Louise was a prince who became interested in the brilliant royal family because he seemed to have quite a swordsmanship talent.

So we decided to have a little talk on the way back and have a sparring session later.

Since he was a likable guy, Scarlett took care of him and tried to protect him when he was in danger.

I thought that Louise was the only person interested in this expedition.

But an unexpected person caught my attention.

Len Argen.

He was the son of the head of the family out of wedlock, and he was the one who shamelessly entered the family but could not stand it and left.

I heard that he settled down in Brillant and was doing graveyard work, but I kept hearing his name.

– Do you know my name is Len Argen?

Wouldn’t Prince Louise ask?

– This time, a gravekeeper named Len Argen lured the black wolves to protect the soldiers.

Don’t the knights talk about him with strange bullsh*t?

– What a dog! Are you Len Argen? I won’t let that gravekeeper go. How dare you water us?

The knights of the desired empire were angry at the gravekeeper for being watered down.

Hearing the name repeated over and over again, I became a little interested in the guy named Len Argen.

Nom came to the desert to collect the bodies of the soldiers, and only really moved and buried the bodies over and over again.

As I watched him, I saw something strange.

‘… … what?’

The chief of the tribe, Albay, who did not pay much attention to humans, was giving him an unusual look.

In addition, the knights whose characteristic is to ignore those weaker or lower than themselves also liked him very much.

The mercenaries were already following him.

The more I looked at him, the more strange he was.

Then he suddenly joined the battlefield.

Scarlett observed him with curious eyes.

I didn’t go out on the front line and kill the monsters, but I started to kill the monsters that flowed behind me neatly.

It was different from the Len Argen I knew in the past.

‘It’s Ren… … . Isn’t that a funny guy?’

The attitude of the guy killing the monsters that came out from behind was funny.

As if he was training, he had a bad expression when the sword wasn’t swung cleanly, and he smiled brightly when he swung it well.

‘You know the difference… … .’

The difference between coriander and sewage is noticeable from the eyes.

An eye that can tell if this is proper swordsmanship or not.

That guy named Len Argen had it.

‘Why is that guy… … Did you get kicked out like that?’

Just by looking at his abilities now, he looked better than most idiots in his family.

Even the Argen family, which was called the best swordsman on the continent, had many fools.

Sometimes, to the point where I just want to cut off that arm and kick him out of the family.

At that moment, Ren’s expression hardened.

I looked in the direction he was looking.

Louise’s raid was catching mutants.

There doesn’t seem to be a problem.

I’ll easily catch the scorpion and come back.

But why is Ren making such a face?

Could it be that Louise is in danger?

When Scarlett’s evaluation of Ren is about to drop.

I saw Ren staring blankly at something.

And then he started running.

‘Why are you… … .’

Scarlett’s eyes widened.

An unusual force crawled across the ground and was approaching me.

‘I didn’t notice… … !’

Was I too preoccupied with Ren?

It had already moved towards Louise, and the giant earthworm, felt from under the ground, had crossed between them and the main unit.

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-!

The sand fluttered and scattered.

A giant earthworm blocked the path, obscuring Louise’s raid and Ren’s.

Scarlett kicked off the ground and ran.

He poured energy into his sword and scattered it into the air.

At the same time, its tail thrashed and a wave of sand poured out in its direction.

“Keugh… … !”

The sword slashed through the sand and flew at the worm, but it passed by only leaving a shallow wound on the worm’s body.

The battlefield quickly became a mess.

It was because everyone did not expect that the leader of the monsters would appear.

And the power I felt from that dark earthworm was more threatening than I thought.

Originally, they should have retreated, regrouped, and minimized the damage to the soldiers, but Scarlett didn’t think of that.

‘Funny… … !’

Just the encounter with the strong monster made her heart beat.

The reason I came here was to fight a strong guy.

Contrary to expectations, however, the earthworm, which had rubbed its huge body in the sand several times, dug into the ground and disappeared in the sand and dust fog.

“Tch, the baby worm jumped out.”

She spat on the ground in regret and thought of Louise and Ren.

‘uh… … .’

When I came to my senses, no matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t see them.