Future Knight

Chapter 145

When he pressed the buttons on both corners of the cockpit, two round handles popped out from the chair.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Kang Chan pulled them.

‘Goodbye, Red Rabbit. Thank you for everything.’

Whiiish! Chiiiing!

With immense pressure, the cockpit where Kang Chan had been sitting ejected into space within a second, entering Zaid’s head. The escape pod, carrying Kang Chan, soared powerfully towards Neo Earth with the thrust of its small ion engine.

Riding the escape pod back to Neo Earth, Kang Chan was very excited.

His mind was filled with joy at surviving, the thrill of defeating the enemy, and a sense of relief.

In such a state, Kang Chan thought of the people he missed.

‘Zikyon, I hope you’re safe…’

While he worried about Zikyon’s well-being, the soul of Zikyon, left alone in space, departed towards her destined place, wishing for Kang Chan’s safe return without any lingering regrets.

The ground battle ended in an instant.

When the Dragons, the strongest beings on the ground, joined forces, even the Green Elves who had conquered the continent were annihilated in an instant.

As their main forces disappeared swiftly, the remaining Green Elves in the city had to flee hastily.

This continent was no longer their land.

However, there was no way the Dragons and other races would let them go peacefully.

They were not benevolent beings.

The continent was stained with the blood of the fleeing Green Elves every day, and the acrid smoke from burning their corpses blackened the skies of the Arkandor Continent.

Among those who watched the burning with sadness was a woman named Green.

Although she had no reason to live after incurring the wrath of the Dragons, she was miraculously alive.

Imprisoned in the stone tower of the Visman Empire, she endlessly watched with unfocused eyes as her descendants were executed and thrown into the fire pit.

She had cried so much that she could no longer shed tears.

Beside her sat Arteon.

She too silently watched Green.

The room was filled with heavy silence.

Breaking the silence, Green spoke.

“Why did you save me?”

Green remembered.

Right before she was killed by the Dragons, Arteon had stood in front of her.

Thanks to Arteon, Green was still breathing.

However, not even Arteon could prevent her death.

Time was merely postponed.

The remaining time was short.

Arteon wanted to have a conversation with her.

But Green was endlessly cold towards her.

“To make me suffer by watching my children die?”

She spoke while witnessing the remaining Green Elves lined up for beheading.

It was a special consideration by Duke Sachsen.

He had built the execution ground in front of the stone tower to show her the end of the Green Elves.

“Lacasa…”

“Don’t call me by that name, it’s disgusting…”

“You know well, even I can’t save you. I only postponed it a little.”

“Why did you postpone it?”

“I wanted to talk with you.”

“I have nothing to say to you. Just kill me.”

As Green coldly refused to talk, Arteon asked cautiously.

“How did Mata die?”

At Arteon’s words, Green’s eyes turned red.

“Are you really curious about how my mother died?”

“…”

As Arteon looked at her desperately, Green mocked her.

“If you’re really curious, I’ll tell you. My mother’s miserable end… After being abandoned by you, my mother raised me alone on the outskirts of the Elven Forest, then was kidnapped by Dwarves and sold to a brothel. She lived as a prostitute for 60 years until her body rotted away from syphilis. Is that enough? Are you satisfied now?”

Arteon was speechless at Green’s words.

To think his beloved daughter was sold to a brothel and died of syphilis… It was an unimaginably tragic death for noble Elves.

“How, how could that happen… how…”

As always calm Arteon shook severely, Green spoke more disgustedly.

“I also sold my body until I was on the brink of death in the same brothel where my mother was, but is that so shocking for Elves?”

Just hearing Mata’s story overwhelmed Arteon, and Green’s words shocked her even more.

“You, you were forced to sell your body too?”
If Mata had been in that horrible place for 60 years, Green before her eyes had not yet even reached the age of coming-of-age ceremonies.

For the Elves, she was still a child who needed care.

The thought that such a girl had become a toy for rough men was too much for Arteon to bear, and he couldn’t help but shed tears.

However, Arteon’s tears only made Green feel even more disgusted.

“Stop it with those pretentious actions.”

“Yes, you’re right, I have no right to cry…”

“It’s a relief you understand. Now, please kill me already.”

“But your grandmother wants to know. She wants to know how you’ve lived until now, and why you started this reckless war against all races… She wants to understand the anger that brought you here.”

“Are you that curious?”

“Yes.”

Green didn’t want to revisit the past she didn’t want to remember. But she wanted Arteon to know the path of suffering that her mother and she had walked.

It was the only revenge she could take now.

“If you want to hear your vile and filthy past, I’ll tell you.”

As Arteon cautiously nodded, Green began to recount her past, from her childhood in the circus to being thrown into the mud.

### Chapter 51: Green’s Birth (3)

From the day she received a new life from Naiad, for a month, Green stained her hands with human blood without a single day’s rest.

She attacked human villages indiscriminately, earning the name “Green Witch,” and spared no one, be they children or adults.

Because of her, all the kingdoms in the south were on high alert.

The Green Witch, accompanied by the Spirit King, was committing indiscriminate slaughter.

Several extermination squads were dispatched, but not a single person returned alive.

No weapon or magic was effective against the Spirit King.

On that day too, the Green Witch, who had been shaking the world, was devastating a small border village.

This village, with a population of about 500, had developed around agriculture and was relatively large for a border village.

A sudden ice storm with knife-like blades blew from the sky upon this peaceful village.

It was the middle of summer.

The weather was far too hot for an ice storm, yet the storm quickly engulfed the village, turning the people working outside into minced meat in an instant.

Houses became beehives in no time, filled with the sounds of shattering glass and screams.

“Aaaaagh!”

“It’s the witch! The witch has appeared!”

At the center of the ice storm, a green woman descended.

By her side was the giant figure of Naiad, made of water.

“It’s the Spirit King! The Spirit King has appeared!”

For those who had never seen even a low-ranking spirit in their lives, the Spirit King was as awe-inspiring as a dragon.

However, at this moment, the awe-inspiring being was nothing but an object of fear.

Because that awe-inspiring being was attacking them.

The underground water surged up, flooding the village.

Even sturdy stone buildings began to crumble, and those hiding in fear inside were crushed by the stones, screaming as they died.

There was no way for them to defend against the Spirit King’s attacks.

They could only die helplessly like ants.

Watching their deaths, Green laughed joyfully.

Although she had witnessed this scene without fail every day for a month, it was a delightful sight that never got old.

“Hehehe.”

Seeing Green’s joyful smile, Naiad asked.

“Are you having fun?”

Without any hesitation, Green answered.

“Yes!”

Even as they leisurely conversed, the massive water streams emerging from underground were destroying dozens of buildings.

The village was collapsing, with what used to be people being torn apart, spewing red liquid as they were swept away.

After about 30 minutes, the village had completely disappeared, turning into a vast plain.

“This seems to have cleared up quite well. Where’s the next village?”

“There are many life forms detected several kilometers to the east.”

As long as there was water, nothing could escape Naiad’s eyes.

“Really? Then let’s go there.”

“Understood.”

Naiad enveloped Green in a transparent water barrier and soared into the sky.

After flying for a while, Green suddenly began to retch.

“Ugh! Ugh!”

“What’s wrong? Are you alright?”

“Suddenly, I feel nauseous…”

“Then let’s take a short break.”

Naiad took Green down from the sky and headed towards a small cabin in the forest.

When Green opened the door, the cabin was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

Two elderly people and a young boy were the source of that smell.

Of course, Naiad had already taken care of them.

They seemed to have been having a meal, as they were seated around the table, dead, with simple but delicious-looking food laid out before them.

Green nonchalantly pushed them aside with her leg, sat down, and began eating the food they had been eating.

Her actions were very natural, indicating she had done this more than once.

“Ah, lately I keep craving sour foods. Like lemons or tangy pickles.”

“You can’t find lemons in a place like this. There might be pickles, though.”

“It’s just a craving, I don’t absolutely need to eat it.”

As Green dipped freshly baked corn bread into the soup, she began retching again.

“Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!”

“Don’t eat so hastily. You’ll get indigestion.”

“It’s not indigestion. I’ve been feeling nauseous for a while now.”

“Is there something wrong with your body?”

Naiad already knew but pretended ignorance.

“No… I don’t think so, but I get sudden cravings and then feel nauseous. Could it be a disease? I haven’t even started my revenge yet.”

“If you’re that worried, let me examine your body.”

“Examine my body? You have that ability?”

“Your body is more than 70% water. There’s nothing about water that I don’t know.”

Naiad was the Spirit King of Water, the ruler of all water in the world.

Green couldn’t help but agree.

“If you can examine me, I’d be grateful.”

“Wait a moment.”

Naiad took Green’s hand.

After a brief silence, he spoke.

“Hmm… interesting.”

“What? Is there a problem?”

“Well, you see…”

“Just tell me. I can handle it. What is it?”

“It’s nothing serious. There’s just a new life growing inside you.”

“A new life? I-I’m pregnant?”

“That’s how you would put it.”

Green couldn’t believe what Naiad was saying.

“With my revenge just ahead, I’m pregnant…?”

“I hate to say this, but with my abilities, I can terminate the life growing inside you. Is that what you want?”

As Naiad offered to kill the life inside her, Green hastily pulled her hand away from his.

“No, I can’t! If I do that, I’m no different from them!”

“But do you have the time and leisure to give birth and raise a child?”

Green couldn’t respond to Naiad’s words immediately. He was right. She didn’t have the time or a safe place to raise a child.

“Give me some time to think.”

“Take your time. There’s no rush.”

Green stayed in that cabin for the next three months.

Naiad disposed of the corpses somewhere, and he quietly dealt with anyone who occasionally came by.

In the quiet and peaceful life, Green’s belly grew noticeably every day. The speed was astonishing. In just three months, she was already full-term.

“Naiad, something seems wrong. Normally, pregnancy, even in the fastest cases, takes about seven months. But I already feel like I’m at full-term.”