Chapter 120 – Extraversion. Sonia, the Proud Knight of Rondella

The mercenaries, who were advancing while pushing away the orc’s weapons with their swords and shields, collided with the orcs who rushed forward with their saliva drooling with distorted faces.

“Cheak!”

“Keep it off!”

Under the scorching sunlight beating down on the wide plain, the two groups wielding their swords without fear of getting hurt began to slash each other mercilessly, giving off a bloody smell.

“Keewuuuuuk!”

“Kureuk, kewuk!”

However, the orc’s offensive was short-lived, and with the help of seasoned mercenaries and executives, the mercenaries who were being pushed back cut the heads of the orcs facing each other one by one. The head rolling on the ground and the blood flowing everywhere like a stream of water colored the plain floor.

“Haha…!”

Sonia, who had been swinging her sword diligently wearing her steamer-like armor because no magic had been applied, was busy catching her breath as she mercilessly slashed down the orcs one by one over her helmet.

“Keugh…”

Her restless streams of sweat ran down her eyes and obscured her vision, but it was enough to shake her head. After piercing and slicing the orc’s throat wielding the club, Sonia wiped off the blood on her sword and looked around her.

“Aaaaagh!”

“Kureuk, woah woah woah!”

The corpses of orcs scattered across the floor and the mercenaries bursting into mad laughter with the excitement of the slaughter. Sonia, confident that at least the mercenaries will not be pushed back, grabbed her dangling sword again and raised her head, a familiar figure slammed in front of Sonia. Lost.

“Sir baaal…!”

Cassano, who had been rolling on the grass spatting out low-level curse words, began to stand up with his shaky hands on the ground. The moment Sonia, taken by surprise, jumped in front of Cassano, who stood up with her sword raised, her eardrums were pounded with a cry that was different from the screams she had heard so far.

“Aaaaagh!!!”

Ears whining along with the smelling wind – Sonia, who barely came to her senses from the tingling speculation, blocked the giant orc’s ax that was approaching Cassano as it was.

– Kaaang!

Star-like sparks crackled and throbbing pain pierced her wrist as she rode the sword, but Sonia watched Cassano run after picking up the spilled sword while her eyes trembled, giving strength to her trembling arm. Twisted to the side of

“Crook!”

As she let go of her axe, her arms, which she had been swinging down naturally, fell to her side. The orc immediately strained his muscles and corrected his posture, but Cassano’s action from the floor was a step faster.

– Fu-wook!

“Turn it off!”

The sword was stretched out to pierce his throat, but Cassano’s aim was disturbed by the action of the orc who twisted and strengthened his body. The powerfully extending sword stabbed the orc in the shoulder, and the orc distorted his face in great pain, but the ax he had already collected flew through the air to Cassano.

– Wow!

Cassano, who had pulled out the sword stuck in his green skin, extended it as it was to the huge ax flying towards him. Cassano, who was pushed back with a sound that could hardly be felt as the sound of iron colliding with iron, flew away along with the ever-changing scenery.

-Kooung!

Sonia, watching Cassano strewn across the grass raising her dust, aimed for the gap of the orc who couldn’t give her strength due to her deeply pierced shoulder. Holding her axe, she lightly cut her limp right arm, but she was shallow, so only a long cut remained and her arm was dangling.

“Keep it off!!!”

The orc let out a roaring howl with her yellow fangs exposed.

“Huh…”

Sonia was enveloped in the scorching heat from her armor heated up under the scorching sun. Only the sound of the wind escaping, which could not be controlled due to the gaping teeth, lingered around inside the helmet.

– Kaang! Caang! Caang!

Calculating that if she did her first attack, she would use up her remaining stamina, Sonia waited for the orc’s attack with her arms hanging down. Thinking that she was looking down on her, the orc glared at her with bloodshot eyes, and spattered her all over the place.

“Keugh…!”

She wasn’t unstoppable, but her whole body throbbed with every blow she blocked. Her exhaustion from the sustained battle and as she rushed to save Cassano, she seemed stiff from the sudden movement. Every time she blocked her axe, Sonia, who had been pushed back a little bit, made an absurd mistake the moment she tried to counterattack.

– Iron puck!

Sonia’s vision slanted as she stepped on the arm of her corpse, an orc that she hadn’t noticed. The last thing she saw in the vision twisting along with her body was the giant orc’s ax that was slashed straight ahead. I accepted it blankly.

-Thud! Whoops!

At the same time as she fell on top of her hard body, there was a loud sound, and the gruesome sound of cutting flesh rang in her ears. Is it Bain? Did you get stabbed? As she gazed at the blue sky, Sonia realized that the pain she expected was not coming, and very slowly lifted her head.

“Heh, whoa, whoa…! Seebaal…!”

I saw a huge ax driven between Sonia’s widened legs, a gigantic orc wriggling with bloody foam, and Cassano holding a sword while strangling the log-like orc with his leg behind it.

-Jureuk

The sword that pierced the back of the neck like an awl and protruded beyond the orc’s muzzle looked like a whole pig’s barbecue. Cassano, the cook who made the oak skewers, shouted at Sonia, who was falling over, dripping saliva that looked like honey.

“Sonia-sama, are you okay?!”

Sensing her urgent voice, the worry and anxiety in her eyes, and the warmth of his heart that started worrying about others even though he must have had a hard time, Sonia opened her slightly torn lips and tried to spit out the words she had kept in her heart.

“The orc chief is dead!!!”

But Sonia’s words of thanks never came out of her mouth.

A loud voice resounded in the middle of the battlefield where foul language and all kinds of noisy voices were spreading. The roaring shouts that could not be heard from the front row to the rear caught the attention of both the mercenaries who judged that the battle was over and the mercenaries who cut down even the last orc in the middle of the day.

“What, was there a chieftain?”

“Why is that bastard carrying an ax that raided a slash-and-burn village under the next mountain range?”

“Oh, it’s quite famous. Was the bastard here? Who caught it?”

“I don’t know, I think the driver caught it.”

I did it, I did it…! To say that he was such a famous guy, actually, Sonia, who personally felt his explosive power and size compared to other orcs, felt that he was a fairly large orc while dealing with him. She catches him together with Cassano. Sonia, delighted with her overflowing emotions and accomplishments that she could proudly tell her seniors about, heard her familiar voice behind her and hurried to her feet.

“Oh! It matches the orc I heard from the messenger. He’s the one we should’ve caught, and that’s great.”

“God must have known Sir Ronald’s troubles and sent him to meet him.”

“Haha, isn’t this what happens when everyone meets a competent mercenary?”

Ronald trudging along with a relaxed smile with his hands behind his back, and the mercenary leader clinging to his side like a vassal holding an ax dripping with blood. Sonia, hastily taking off her helmet, approached and greeted Ronald, who looked at the orc with interest.

“Are you here!”

“Oh, my Sir Sonia. You’ve been through a lot.”

“No. It is our duty.”

“Mmmm.”

Ronald passed Sonia casually and approached Cassano, who was still holding on to the back of the orc’s neck to catch his breath. Sonia, who was staring at her with her eyes shining, froze as she heard the words she couldn’t quite hear.

“Assisting an outstanding mercenary is not the duty of a knight, but well, it was a lot of hard work.”

What? As Sonia, shocked, looked at Ronald with her mouth wide open, Cassano, who was dangling from the back of the orc’s neck, was violently dragged down by the hands of the other knights. Cassano, who was staring blankly at Ronald in front of his eyes with his eyes wide open, intoxicated with the heat of battle, asked with his lips twitching.

“Who, who?”

“Haha, it looks very difficult. You worked hard!”

-Tup

Grabbing Cassano’s shoulders, Ronald cleared his throat and announced the end of the battle with a resounding cry across the plain.

“Casano of the Red Hawk Mercenary Corps killed the Chief!”

When the news of the thunderbolt that fell on the plains reached the mercenaries and orcs wielding their swords like crazy, the mercenaries let out deafening cheers and the orcs began to defeat the remaining troops with astonishment. The Orcs who lost their fighting spirit and ran away were easier to organize than the rats caught in the trap and dropped their large heads on the plain, and the battle was over.

While everyone was taking a break from the aftermath of the battle, only one, Sonia, stood blankly in the middle of the plain, watching Cassano being carried on her back while her knights and mercenaries cheered.

“Ah, damn it hurts…”

“Then why is it so hard to be trampled on?”

Waves of mercenaries muttering her displeasure passed Sonia, but her stone-heavy steps steadied. Every time she heard the voices of the mercenaries laughing and chatting while cleaning up, she tried to move her feet saying, “It can’t be like this, hurry up…”

Sonia, who kept her place in the middle of her plain until the bloodstains that splattered all over her body dried up, went into her rest as everyone disarmed her for a meal. Went to the tent of

“Ha…”

Her head was spinning and it was difficult to breathe as if her airways were choked in the aftermath of the battle. The more she breathed in through her open mouth and through her nose in her blankness, the more stuffiness that seemed to be blocked by her plug pounded Sonia’s head.

“I’m dizzy…”

-Cheolguk cheolgreok cheolgreok

The greaves and armor that fell helplessly to the floor were scattered on the floor, and the clothes worn inside the armor were already drenched in sweat due to the fierce battle, emitting hot heat. Biting her lips white, Sonia led her limp legs into the open-air women’s tent and slowly washed her blood-soaked body down.

-Chack!

Sprinkling her bucket full of water to drain her blood, Sonia stroked her toned body with her fingertips and slowly washed her body. Every time she watched her blood flow down with the flowing water, she whined in Ronald’s loud cry.

“Casano is…”

Is that really the end of it? So vain? Will the difficulties he pierced through the actions that can be seen as cooperation and helping him, who seemed dangerous, remain entirely his credit? It seemed that everything he had tried to change the way he was looked down upon by his colleagues was in vain as Cassano became a public figure.

However, the more she was engulfed by her anger and stained with her hatred, the more Cassano became more savage than Ronald’s trembling meanness, Sonia expressed her anger by crushing her innocent palms with her fingernails. If she had only said no there, if only after I had helped her, she would have been able to avoid this injustice…!

Sonia felt ashamed of her cowardice, barking at the weak instead of curling her tail at the strong, as the arrow of anger was directed at Cassano, whom she had been friendly with rather than at Ronald, who had treated her unfairly. Eventually, Sonia, who had spent a lot of time in the running water, was able to get out of the tent she entered before the sun went down.

– Caw! Caw! Aww!

As the orange sun that illuminated the plains set, crows began to fly over the dark blue sky like drawing paper. They must be going to eat the corpses of the plains, just like those who bite me. Sonia, rolling her loathsome thoughts through her head and clutching at her well-dressed cloth, continued her steps towards her tent.

Now that she was exhausted and dizzy, she wanted to quickly throw herself into the sleeping bag and fall asleep, so Sonia, who was in a hurry, closed her eyes tightly and turned her body away from all sorts of miscellaneous thoughts cluttering her head. Arriving under the tree with which Cassano often talked, Sonia, with a limp gait, noticed the figure already perched under the tree and hardened her face.

“Oh, Sonia.”
Did you just wash out? Examining Cassano’s expression as she looked at her with her pensive face, along with her damp hair, Sonia tightened her fist as she saw the rage and hatred that swirled through her body slowly subside. Unraveled and approached him.

“What’s going on here…”

“Because you didn’t look good earlier, and I have something to tell you…”

“What the hero of this subjugation has to say to me…”

“Please don’t joke like that.”

Cassano, who did not joke easily, approached Sonia with a frown on her face. Even as she hated her, the more she watched his guilt-stained expression, the more she felt Sonia’s hatred for him fade. Yes, this man is not at fault…

As Cassano faced the guilt rising on his face and talked with him, the negative emotions within Sonia disappeared one by one. She was embarrassed, but whenever she heard his voice expressing her gratitude, she felt at ease and only the thought that she had done a good job helping him ran through her head.

“Ah, then I’ll leave.”

The two chatted affectionately under the tree until the dark blue night sky was completely dark, and Cassano’s spirits ended. Sonia, who became more happy as the resentment with him was resolved, felt sorry for him as he was about to leave, but eventually let him go when Cassano rattled him saying that he really had to go.

“Ha…!”

Feeling happy as she felt the crisp night air seeping deep into her lungs and the clearing of her head, Sonia threw all her troubles in her heart and walked towards her tent with her smile.

“Yeah, it was something we could talk about.”

I was really grateful for Cassano, who was indignant at Ronald’s atrocities but kept his head down. His attitude of apologizing that it happened because of him while being angry as if it were his own was enough to calm all negative emotions.

Yeah, they’re the bad guys. Grinding her teeth at the atrocities of the knights who used Cassano to mock her, Sonia stepped into the tent and slowly closed her eyes as she felt the weight of the cotton covering her whole body. All.

She was tired, and she soon began to fall asleep, probably because she had been relieved of the burden on her mind. Sonia, who quietly fell asleep in a refreshing mood with her eyelids drooping heavy, fell asleep with an even breathing sound.

“Ah…”

Sonia, waking up in her soft-dazed state, rose from her sleeping bag, stroking her messy hair. Gently biting her lip at the feeling of diuresis in her belly, Sonia put on her jacket, her jacket, and her pants and stepped out of her tent.

– Anger

With the cool night air that she felt after leaving her tent, Sonia slowly moved her steps towards the public toilet. After finishing her errands, she felt refreshed and headed back to the tent.

“It’s late…”

It must be dawn to feel it, but there are still people laughing and chatting? The subjugation in the plains was over, but the subjugation inside the mountain range was still left, so Sonia raised her eyebrows and quietly approached the place where she could feel the light presence.

Haha!!!”

“At that time, Sir Radel suddenly! I cut off the orc’s head, but the head flew off and hit the mercenary’s head. What is it?”

“Haha, that is a masterpiece. Isn’t that right?”

Haha! He even avoids it, which is really fun.”

Ronald, who sips beer from a wooden mug while keeping a distance from the knights who talk and spit with a drunken face, and the bandit-like mercenary leader who clings to him and chatters. The scene of the people who could be seen as the backbone of the punitive force drunk and talking was enough to arouse Sonia’s disgust.

“What…?”

Hiding behind a tree and watching, as she was about to step back, Sonia spotted the person she hadn’t seen because of the size of the knights. Sonia widened her eyes and bit her lip. Cassano, who was sitting next to the little woman who was stalking her, with both hands clutching her glass as if she was intimidated, looked like someone who had been held by force.

“Why is the hero of the day making such an impression?”

The knights who had been making noise at Ronald holding out a glass with a relaxed look on his face despite everyone keeping their mouths shut, started tugging at Cassano.

“Yes, I did a great job today, but it’s only because I fell like this!”

“Hurry up, grab a glass and say a toast. You worked hard today!”
“Oh, I’m sorry… I didn’t know.”

After clinking glasses with a weak smile and swallowing beer in one gulp, Cassano let out a low breath and lowered his head. Even though he looked tired, Ronald silently stroked his beard and watched him, then slowly began to open his mouth.

“Anyway, Sir Sonia is also very sorry. Rather than stepping out alone as a knight, I received help.”

“Ah, what a surprise to a woman who was knighted wearing her father’s halo. Too much, Sir Ronald!”

Good appearance, no, good manners, good manners, the fat knight shook his chin and objected harshly. Sonia, who gritted her teeth at the sight of her absurdity and snort, could not easily calm her rage at the sight of Ronald talking to Tub-Casano on the shoulder.

‘You’re persecuting a powerless mercenary for your position, besides… Are you mocking me?’

It is true that he was favored by his father’s acquaintance, the count. There was no doubt what they said, but while they laughed and chatted while shaking their ugly flesh, it was myself who trained harder than anyone else. Sonia, indignant at their drunken beard waving and chatting even though it wasn’t an effort to be ridiculed like a snack, watched her in silence, feeling the touch of her fingernails digging into her palms.

“Anyway, you’ve worked hard. The Count will pay enough for the credit of defeating the Orc Chief in place of Sir Sonia, who fell helplessly.”

“Yes?”

-Koo Woo-wook

Only the crackling of sparks from burning campfires resounded through the encampment. The knights, who had been talking while drinking alcohol, shut their mouths at once and watched Ronald with rolling eyes. The words he said now had a different weight than the words he had spoken to boost his morale in battle earlier.

Now, Ronald’s intention was to erase Sonia, who had played a major role in defeating the Orc chief, and install Cassano in her place. Sonia, who was glaring at her unreasonable act – not even noticing the blood flowing on her palms and fearing that her eyes would fall out – relaxed at Cassano’s action of grabbing Ronald’s hand on her shoulder and relieved her. Let out a sigh of

Yes, I guess. You don’t have to listen to such nonsense. Even though she was relieved by his behavior, which seemed to protect her loyalty, Sonia could not even close her gaping mouth at the answer that came out of his mouth within a moment, and she just watched.

“Thank you.”

Stop it, if you answer like that… You’re really doing it. You said no earlier. Did you get angry with me? From Sonia’s point of view, who believes that the correct answer is to be upright and stand up against injustice, Cassano’s answer was truly unexpected.

Cassano, who felt intimidated by Ronald’s behavior of looking down at him and pushing his shoulders down, gave up soon after realizing that the drinking party he had been laughing and chatting with until now was tightening it up like it was eating him. I didn’t know what kind of disadvantage would come if I took Sonia’s side or refused, and there was nothing I could do as a mere mercenary.

“By the way, Sir Sonia is also smart, knowing that she couldn’t do it on her own and trying to use a promising mercenary.”

– Kwak!

“That’s right. Thanks to you… I got the credit.”

Cassano, who closed his eyes tightly at his dizzying grip to the extent that he wondered if he was crushing his shoulder, eventually joined Ronald’s mockery. Yes, if you pass this seat, you will be able to do something. Let’s help her after telling her Sonia about her true identity.

It was Sonia who initially stumbled on her mind, but as she spoke on several occasions, her presence quickly grew in her mind. I was so sorry for betraying Sonia, who was like an upright older sister, even leaving her alone, but the most important thing was to get out of this place right now.

Cassano’s choice was inevitable. As a mercenary, he couldn’t easily overcome the pressure of a far superior, so it was clear that it would have been quicker to get out of the situation and seek help from Sonia, who was being treated unfairly. However, the fact that she was watching her right now only served as a factor that disturbed the whole situation.

“Casano…”

I tried to repeat it in my mind, but his name popped out without my knowledge. She believed her, but she watched because she trusted her. Sonia ran to her tent—her own tent—as he succumbed to Ronald and devoured her own merits.

It’s not like she doesn’t know either. It may not be his sincerity, or it may have been a word that Cassano said differently from Ronald’s pressure. However, the signals of gratitude and denial coming out of his mouth, which he believed, could not be easily accepted.

“Huh…”

It’s not, it’s not the truth You talked a lot earlier. Are going to talk Talk to you again and it will work out-

Will talking to Cassano, who succumbed to his power and swallowed his merits, will solve the problem? Sonia, who was organizing her jumbled thoughts while feeling the hot breath lingering in her sleeping bag wrapped up to the top of her head, eventually greeted the morning without coming to an easy conclusion.

The sense of betrayal she felt as much as she believed, the hatred towards Ronald who persecuted him, Cassano’s thoughts that she couldn’t tell if she was sincere or not, and when it was a response to get out of the situation, and if it wasn’t, she couldn’t decide how to accept it.

-Sonia! I brought the wash water!

“Come in…”

Sonia, lost in thought as she felt the hot breath filling her sleeping bag, slipped out of her sleeping bag at the sound of Zeke’s voice pounding on her eardrums, and she greeted him.

-Charleuk

“Excuse me.”

Zeke, who greeted Sonia with a bowl of water, gritted his teeth and opened his mouth at Sonia’s disheveled appearance. She understood that Sonia was heartbroken over what had happened yesterday.

“It’s ridiculous, that mercenary takes credit.”

“Huh…?”

Sonia, who had been sitting idly by, was about to dip her hand in the cold water and splash it on her face when she heard Zeke’s voice and immediately brought her to her senses. Do you occupy? There was such a thing. But is that already decided?

Zeke, who was looking at Sonia’s face with a confused but incomprehensible expression, couldn’t grasp the situation and continued to talk about the story he had picked up in the morning.

“You barely defeated Sonia-sama yesterday, but today you’re being rewarded for killing the chief. The mercenary who would have died long ago if it wasn’t for Sonia-sama didn’t even say thank you…”

“Is that true?”

“Yeah, yes. Uh that’s…”

Wasn’t it something to talk about? Zeke, who dyed her face white because she had made a mistake herself, looked at Sonia restlessly, but Sonia, who was rather refreshed, threw water on her face and thought about her.

The story seemed to go on without interruption while she stayed up all night thinking stupidly. In the end, if the story of Cassano who monopolized her credit spreads, then he must have completely lost his credit. In the end it turns out like this.

It felt like the troubles I had been worrying about all night were futile. She turned away with the excuse that she did not know his true feelings, but the price was devastating. No matter how sincere Cassano was, he had no intention of letting go of this unfair situation.

“Go out for a while.”

“Ah yes!”

– Cheolgeureok Cheolgeureok empty!

Sending her Zeke out, Sonia picked up her armor from the corner of her tent and quickly fitted it. The tightness that gripped her whole body and the heavy weight she felt every time she moved was enough to awaken Sonia’s spirit.

She had to get it back. I wondered what was the use of Ronald’s cunning or Cassano’s sincerity. Sonia’s pupils, determined to regain her own merits stolen by her duel, began to glow with her vicious murder.

Sonia’s eyes, stained with hatred, no longer saw her old uprightness and firearms.