The Strongest Knight's

Ch. 11 - Determination

*Advanced flashback

It took one day and one night for Richard to return from the village located quite far to the center of the royal capital. Richard looked in a hurry, he ran all his might towards the palace.

Up inside the palace, he started looking for his other friends but he did not find them. In the middle of the royal corridor, the soldier on guard told Richard that the holy knights had set out for the labyrinth.

Richard rushed into his room, he started wearing his armor and took his holy weapon Knife, a knife with an Ignis seal that was his title as a holy knight. But.. After he pondered, he finally stored back the Blade and only carried an ordinary blade that he would use for training within the labyrinth.

After preparing, Richard directly walked out of the palace and rushed after the other holy knights. He ran amidst the crowd of people who were staring at him like trash. His armor and face were already well known to the people in the royal capital as perverted knights who spoiled the great names of holy knights.

He ran in the midst of the scolding and the mockery of those who saw him. He confirmed his heart, the most important thing now was to defeat the Demon clan and free the people of this world from misery.

He finally came out of the royal capital, on a bridge with a small river below. It turns out that one of the holy knights, Smits, is seen lying staring at the clear sky while biting on the weeds.

Richard who was looking at Smits awkwardly tried to say hello. "Patty.. What are you doing here?"

"Oh, you've come apparently." Smits wakes up and sees Richard.

"Don't you deliberately wait for me here."

"No.. I'm just resting, they're all going really fast. I'm getting tired." Smits said, turning his eyes away.

Although he did not want to admit it, but Richard knew very well that Smits was waiting for his arrival in this place. Eventually the two of them went on a journey to catch up with their other friends.

On the way out of curiosity Richard again touched on the matter earlier. "I don't know if you believe me or not, but.. Thank you for waiting for me at that place."

"Ah.. I'm not too interested in discussing your problems. Whether it's true or not, I don't care. All I know is.. You are a part of the holy knight, without you maybe in the future I will have a hard time. I just want to quickly leave this world and return to the world I came from."

"But.just keep.. Thank you for waiting for my arrival." Richard raised his voice. She looks emotional over the little things Smits did for her.

"So.. What brings you back to this place?" smits asked, looking at Richard beside him.

Richard pondered for a moment at the question posed by Smits. He then recalled the little boy from the Shed race he had met yesterday.

"I gave up.. Ja.. It hurts to be in the middle of people who don't trust me. But.. Yesterday I met a little boy, he was very small, maybe he was about 5 years old.. He is a slave.

Hearing that, Smits' attention was immediately distracted and carefully watched Richard's words.

"The little boy became a slave because he lived as a child. The little boy lost his parents as the village he lived in was attacked by the Demon clan.. He was the only child who survived the village."

Smits' gaze looked sharp, it seemed like he was getting angry hearing that.

"At the middle of despair.. The little boy meets someone else who then takes care of him but.. That guy sold it to the slave market." Richard explained.

"I understand." Smits.

"interesting.. But before that you have to be strong." said Smits.

"I know that.. From now on.. Please help." insisted Richard while raising his voice to confirm the seriousness of his heart.

Looking at Richard, Smits simply smiled and also felt the spirit spoken by Richard touch his heart.

Not wanting to be left far behind, the two of them used magic to increase their running speed to a forest. Finally they met with a group of knights who headed to the labyrinth.

They joined the party and regrouped as 10 holy knights.

Although very awkward but Richard ventured. "I'm sorry.. I'm late. I'm a lot of trouble for you" he said, shouting.

"Oi.. Brisik." Rinto's people.

"Richard.." Rich Ivy looks sorry.

"you still have guts too yah!" leo said to Richard.

"of course.. I'm also part of the holy knight." once again Richard shouted affirming who he was.

Arthur smiled lightly at Richard's spirit.

"Arthur." said Richard.

"You yourself said no, that you are a holy knight.. I can't block that determination of yours. Let God judge your sin, for now you are a part of us.."

Hearing that Richard smiled and was moved. His spirit rose again as a holy knight.

" All right everyone.. Because it is complete. Let's go." Arthur takes back his role as leader and ignites the spirit of his comrades.

Finally they all return to continue their journey to the labyrinth for their training mission.

"he's'.. Sorry, trash is rubbish. It seems like today is the last day I see you." Rinto looked at Richard.

- Connected

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Visual look uniform/passion of ordinary knights of Inggram kingdom.