Knight's & Magic: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 11] by Hisago Amazake-no

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

Part Two: Monster Attack Arc

Chapter Five: Shadow of a Giant Beast

In the past, humanity had made the western half of Setterlund, separated from the eastern half of the continent by the Auvinier mountain range, their sphere of influence. Everything east of the mountains was the territory of monsters, and was unexplored by humanity.

Once humanity became able to destroy monsters thanks to the power of silhouette knights, they finally started to spread east of the Auvinier mountain range. However, while their advance was both momentous and steady, they were suddenly forced to stop. The massive forest east of the mountains, the Great Bocuse Forest, was in its deepest parts home to monsters so powerful that not even hundreds of silhouette knights could match them. Having taken massive losses, humanity retreated to just outside of the forest.

There were plains at the foot of the Auvinier mountain range which promised to be excellent farming ground after some cultivation, so the humans stopped their advance along the border of the Great Bocuse Forest and formed a country using all the territory they’d taken up to that point. That country over time became the current Fremmevilla kingdom, and even now monsters would sometimes appear from the forest as if they’d just remembered there was an outside.

In order to prevent that, a large defensive structure was erected along the eastern border of the country. Fortresses were built along the verge of the forest, especially near the entrance (called the Monster Highway because it was a huge road for monsters!), and walls stretched between those checkpoints. Because it was physically impossible to surround the entire country with walls, this didn’t stop monster appearances from anywhere other than the Monster Highway and a little beyond, but it had a good effect within its territory, even against large monsters. Thanks to all that effort, the country was fairly stable.

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It happened during a certain quiet night.

Fort Balguerie was one of the fortresses on the border between Fremmevilla kingdom and the Great Bocuse Forest. Because it was a little removed from the Monster Highway, it was rare for it to see even mid-sized monsters, so it only housed a small squad of knight runners numbering ten in total.

That night, the soldiers who were on guard duty noticed how unusually quiet it was and found it creepy. The stars were blinking in the sky, and normally by this time there would at least be a howl or two from far-off animals. However, tonight was unnaturally quiet, with no sign of any animals in the area. It was as if they had all run away. It was definitely strange, but nothing had actually happened yet. The guards felt puzzled, but they simply continued their patrol.

The silence didn’t last long. The sound of trees being snapped and crushed in succession came rolling in. It was clear that something was approaching—but there was no need to ponder what it was. There was only one thing in the world that fit the bill: monsters. The guards didn’t hesitate to sound the alarm.

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