The Undead Knight's

Black Mapple Forest, Part 2.1

[Event before Prince Rainhart entered the Black Mapple Forest. ..]

A knight troop ran up to Prince Rainhart who was observing the Black Mapple Forest from above the watchtower.

"Report Deputy Commander! all the troops are ready to wait for your orders sir!!"

The knight shouted out loudly from under the tower. Seeing his Deputy Commandant nod from above, he immediately returned to the temporary camp.

Rainhart saw the right hand of her army Sera from above, also prepared to wait. . .

more precisely running around chasing butterflies below.

"Neh deputy commander, what exactly are we going to do here?"

Sera asked who had stopped chasing the butterflies seeing Prince Rainhart had already descended from the watchtower.

"I also don't know for sure Sera."

Slightly wrinkled his forehead, not yet knowing the exact purpose of the warrant issued.

"Hee. . . as always Vice Commander is completely useless nyahahaha~. . ."

Rainhart walked up to her commanding daughter who seemed happy to mock her, ruffling the orange hair of the 8-year-old girl.

"nyahaha. .nyahahaAHAHAAH."

Sera did not resist the hand movements on her head, she instead added laughing feeling very amused sensitive earlobes that were right above her head, tickled by Prince Rainhart.

Satisfied with tempting Sera he continued his explanation. . .

"There is no detailed explanation of the warrant issued by the Bishop of the Artemis Religious Sect and Mother-I mean Queen Elizabeth as the Royal Family and the Head of the White Dragon Guard Clan Family other than being on standby around this forest, we just need to wait for further orders from Commander Gerald who is still going to report to Mayor Hensberg and Guild Leader."

Not until half the explanation he heard, Sera lost her focus on seeing the butterfly, now flying behind Prince Rainhart.

Rainhart walked back and forth thinking about what she saw from the top of the tower. . .

"The "Black Mapple Forest with the Forgotten Lands was topographically separated only by the mountain range.

Humans who have the blood of a descendant of a witch or got the Gift of a God can see the black fog from a distance around the foot of the mountain. . .

But it was a common thing known from generation to generation by the locals had even reached the ears of the nobility in the capital. . .

Does this order have anything to do with Master Esthelle's death? moreover, not only knights but adventurers were also deployed. I don't think there's any harm in me entering first without waiting for an order to investigate. "

Rainhart glanced at one of her Valkyrie Elite Troops 30m away from the watchtower where she stood.

"Issabella!"

Rainhart called out the name of the female knight who was a year younger than her.

Her hair was short as a shoulder, with bangs closing her 1 eye. The uniform grip of sunglasses with its hair color gives the impression of being cold and intellectual. But Isabella was actually a caring girl, and only more disciplined than the other knights.

Dust flew from its founding position, it only took 1 time the Lightning Leap Technique, with the instant Isabella was already in front of her Deputy Commander.

"Ready Deputy Commander!"

"Tell all the troops, to remain on standby in rotation wait for the next order. I'm gonna go into the woods to check the perimeter."

"Let me do it, Deputy Commander! such a small task let me do it!!"

Knowing his deputy commander who had not been good at remembering directions, Isabella repeated her words to give the impression of forcing.

"It's okay Isabella, the rest of the squad is still exhausted after a long journey"

"That's exactly what I have to tell you Vice Commander!!"

Isabella sighed after seeing her Vice Commander tilting her gaze.

Isabella Alexander was a childhood friend of Prince Rainhart, born to a distinguished family of noble elites, the descendants of the royal family's guards.

In general, to enter the military enlisting force, required to be 15 years old and above. But of course there are exceptions to families who have proven the contribution of each generation or received recommendations from some royals or instructors who recognize the ability of the registrant.

By proving her abilities even without the influence of her family, Isabella managed to enter at the age of 10 years following in the footsteps of Prince Rainhart who a year earlier entered the army of knights.

Seeing the development of Prince Rainhart who continues to grow at the age of 16 years, increasingly makes him more disciplined himself so that sometimes it looks stiff and a little cold in the eyes of other knights.

Prince Rainhart's slanted gaze was one of his attitudes that had not changed from the past if he was hiding something from him. He also knows how hard he is if he has decided something, anything he will say can rarely change the mind of the man in front of him.

"Then let me accompany the Deputy Commander into the Black Mapple Forest!"

Rather than try to ban him, he thought of accompanying him alone.

"No need Isabella, you are also tired.. . From what I saw earlier from the watchtower, there are many anti-many stones installed in this forest, so the possibility for monsters to come out of the forest is very small. You better rest in the camp, don't force yourself to be on standby like that."

Rainhart circled around looking for an excuse so that she could enter on her own without anyone watching to investigate the forest surroundings, of course her goal was to investigate the black fog she saw from afar.

But it can wait a few days, because the distance to get to the bottom of the foot of the mountain is several tens of kilometers.

Feeling that there was no development from her efforts, Isabella was forced to put her hopes into her Valkyrie Squad Chief, Sera who was preparing. . .

more precisely, chasing the butterfly.

The veins above his eyes came out, seeing the behavior of the chairman running around laughing.

As Sera stopped chasing the butterfly, her ears stood up and stopped swaying, her instincts saying something would pounce on her from behind if she did not stop chasing the cute insect.

"Nyahahaha~ nyahahaha~"

Sera could only laugh, fear hiding from behind Prince Rainhart's back staring at Isabella's cold gaze.

"Then let Chief Valkyrie Sera, who accompanied the Deputy Commander. . . Seeing the condition of the chairman still looks fresh playing like that, certainly not a problem for you right?"

Isabella smiled coldly threatening the two people in front of her.

"Ready ma'am!!!"

The two of them who were running scared entered the forest.

Isabella sighed, returning to the temporary camp located not far from the watchtower around the Temple of Artemis, informing the orders of the Deputy Commander to the other knights.