Knight's & Magic: Volume 4 Part 1 by Hisago Amazake-no

Author:Hisago Amazake-no
Language: eng
Format: epub

Part 7: Grand Storm of the West Arc

Chapter 29: Beginning of the Black Storm

The earth was dyed black. A cold black with a dull shine. A hard, heavy, metallic black. The responsible party was giant knights armored in black steel—silhouette knights. It was a massive group of them, large enough to give the impression that they were blanketing the earth, arranged in neat lines.

Here was the capital of one of the greatest countries of the Occidents, known far and wide: the kingdom of Jaloudek. The center of the city was occupied by a massive and magnificent palace, in front of which was a wide outdoor space paved with stone. A balcony jutted out of the front of the palace, from which a person could see the entire space that was currently covered by a carpet of black steel.

There were several figures on the balcony: two men and a woman. They had been imperiously gazing over the the pitch-black knights, but soon enough one of the young men stepped forward. He looked to be in his midtwenties, and he gave off a very masculine impression.

In response to the man stepping forward, the giants’ hearts quieted down a bit from their previous low buzz. This meant their ether reactors’ intakes were being suppressed, and their crystal tissue lay completely still. The space fell silent, as if everything present had died. Looking down at the black knights, frozen like statues, the young man nodded in satisfaction before speaking in a calm voice. There must have been some device at work, as his voice carried easily to every corner of the area.

“Brave men of the Black Knights, the pride of our country, and of the Occidents. I feel moved to be able to witness this day, and this time.”

The speaker, Carlitos Enden Jaloudek, first son of King Bardomelo Bilt Jaloudek, stopped to gaze around the area. Though his eyes were usually nearly closed—long and narrow eyes that belied his clever nature—they were wide-open now, as he made his strong proclamations to the gathered crowd.

“As you all know, our king and my father, His Majesty Bardomelo, is bedridden from disease. Our lands have been split, taken from us by despicable rebels long ago in the time of our ancestors. And now, on the eve of our attempt to reclaim them, he cannot be with us! It is too much for me to imagine how mortified father must have felt at this. We must carry on his will!”

Thunk, thunk! The silhouette knights rapped their weapons on the ground, showing their wordless approval.

Carlitos’s satisfaction flashed across his face before he continued, “In times long past, this western land had only one country, under one king. I’m sure you’ve all heard that the name of that country was Fadar-Abahden. The nations that stand today...our Jaloudek Kingdom, Kuscheperka Kingdom, the Confederation of Lokahl, and the isolated Eleven Flags... All of them are but dregs, split off from that great nation.”

A sense of zeal started to overtake the man’s words, and his gestures were becoming more exaggerated.

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