Record of Wortenia War: Volume 11 by Ryota Hori

Author:Ryota Hori [HORI, RYOTA]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2021-07-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4: The Twin Blades

“Sure is stupid of them, don’t you think?” a knight in red armor said from atop his black horse. He was speaking to an old knight following him. “They could have kept hiding under their rock, but instead they decided to come out and meet me just so I can kill them. The poor saps, really.”

The knight who’d spoken was a massive man with short blond hair and a beard. He was easily taller than two meters, and his arms were as thick as tree logs and his chest stout. He was the very image of a seasoned, virile hero. But in contrast to his burly appearance, his tone and mannerisms seemed frivolous, almost childlike. This dichotomy gave him a certain inexplicable charm.

Far ahead of him stood a group of bandits—the largest group in Rhoadseria’s northern border regions. There were roughly three hundred of them. They had originally been a mercenary group operating on the border of Rhoadseria and Myest, but when a governor had blamed them for losing a war, citing their inadequacy, they’d decided that rebelling was a fine alternative to the death sentence. They’d turned coat and become bandits instead.

The original group had only numbered a few dozen men. Normally, a governor would purge a bandit group before it could grow any larger, but Rhoadseria was currently in a state of political unrest and ever-worsening public order. Due to the heavy taxation, refugees had fled the surrounding villages and ended up joining the group. Because of this, it had eventually grown into the largest bandit group in northern Rhoadseria.

But unlike an ordinary army, which followed the lead of battalion and company commanders, this group had no clear chain of command. They were merely a mob of unorganized vagabonds. Still, they couldn’t be ignored. Three hundred men was a large enough threat, especially considering this knight’s army was a mere fifty men—albeit ones trained by his family. The enemy had six times their numbers. They were at a staggering disadvantage.

There was also a concerning rumor that the leader of the original mercenary group was a knight that had once served some country. The surrounding governors had tried to gather troops and crush this bandit group, but the bandits had beaten back their forces time and again. The fact that a disorderly mob could do this implied that, even if he wasn’t a former knight, their leader was at least very skilled.

But despite the potentially dangerous foe before him, the armored knight didn’t betray any signs of doubt or anxiety. He must have been quite confident. In fact, given that he was about to fight to the death, his attitude seemed too calm—as if he were heading out for a leisurely picnic and not a battle. And to him, there wasn’t much of a difference between the two.

His name was Robert Bertrand. He was the second son of the Bertrand barony and a warrior praised throughout northern Rhoadseria as one of House Salzberg’s Twin Blades.

The old knight shrugged at Robert’s comment.

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