Overlord (book 1)

A chaotic scream started to fill the air in the square. One of his companions surrounding the

area couldn't stand the terror, cried out desperately and tried to escape.

In this kind of state, it was hard to maintain their encircling formation and with the high tension it could easily collapse. However, not a single knight tried to flee with him. The reason for that

became apparent immediately.

At the corner of Londes' vision appeared a black whirlwind.

Although the Death Knight had a huge body and it's size greatly exceeded the average height of

a human, its agility was unbelieveable.

His escaping companion only managed to get three steps away.

Before he was able to take his fourth step, his shiny silver body was suddenly cut apart. The

separated left and right halves of his body fell apart in different directions. The smell of sour gas spreads immediately to the surrounding and pink innards were scattered from his cross section.

"Goowuuuwuuuwuuu——"

Waving his corrugated swords around, the blood spattered "Death Knight" roared loudly.

It was a cry of joy ——

Even people who couldn't look at its decaying face were able to see its joy. The Death Knight,

with its overwhelming lust for killing, enjoyed human vulnerability, terror and despair.

Even though their hands were holding swords, no one dared to attack at first.

After recovering from their initial shock, they tried to attack, but even when a sword slipped past

the opponents defence with a lucky hit it was unable to cause the slightest damage to the Death

Knight's body armor.

On the contrary, the Death Knight didn't even use his sword, he just used his shield to send

Londes flying. Not only that, the blow wasn't even fatal.

Death Knight would deliberately show openings, wanting to do nothing more than "tease" them.

It was obvious the Death Knight wanted to enjoy this life and death struggle and showed them

faked vulnerability.

Only when a knight tried to run away would the Death Knight become serious and deal a fatal

blow.

The first knight who tried to escape was Rilick. A good-natured man, but after a few drinks he

became a mean drunk. His head and limbs were instantly separated. They only needed to see it

twice to understand that the Death Knight was not willing to let them escape, so no one dared to

try again.

Their attacks were ineffective and trying to run away meant instant death.

There was only one road left to take and that was to be toyed with until they die.

Although they all wore full-cover helmets that were hiding the faces underneath, but by now

everyone should have realized their fate. These adult men started crying like children. They

came to bully the weak but never in their life would they have imagined that they would suffer

the same fate.

"God, please help me ......"

"God ......"

Several people choking back tears could be heard to asking for God's blessing. Feeling

powerless, Londes almost knelt down as well in order to start cursing or beg for a godly

intervention.

"You, you guys, hurry up and block that monster!"

While the Knight who realized their impending fate started to pray, their prayers were suddenly

interrupted by a piercing screech.

The person who said this was the knight currently closest to the death knight. Wanting to avoid

the bodies of his two dead companions next to him, the way he constantly trembled from

tiptoeing around them was quite amusing.

Londes watched everything with a distressed look and started to frown. Because they were

wearing full-cover helmets it was impossible to see their faces and with their voice out of tune

due of fear it was hard to determine who issued this order. But with this kind of attitude, only one person could be responsible.

Captain Belius.

Londes' expression became twisted.

Because of his lechery, Belius tried to rape one of the village girls and clashed with her father

who tried to save her. After they pulled the man away, Belius vented his anger on him by

repeatedly thrusting his sword into the villager —— he was that kind of person. The only reason

he was able to join this force was because of the gold of his family, which was wealthy and

owned many estates in the country.

Having a man like that become captain, this could only be called unlucky.

"I can't just die here, people! You will go and buy me some time! Become a shield to protect

me!"

No one took action. Although he was captain in name, he wasn't respected. Who would sacrifice

their live for this kind of man?

Only the Death Knight showed a reaction to his loud shouting and slowly turned towards Belius.

"Yi ───!"

Standing next to a Death Knight and still being able to scream loudly could be considered as a

remarkable feat. Londes couldn't help but feel admiration considering this strange situation, but

then he heard Belius scream again:

"Money, I'll give you guys money. Two hundred gold coins! No, five hundred gold coins!"

The bounty he proposed was a very high amount, but at this moment it was just like asking