Chapter 109: I Am Prisoner Ihan (2)
Jake blinked as he continued to dig with a pickaxe and shovel, sweat dripping from his brow. Despite finding himself in this grueling situation thanks to a bad choice in friends, he showed no complaints. The task had been assigned by the royal family, and for a knight like Jake, who embodied loyalty to the crown, this was just another duty.
“—The Crimson Cross Army? Never heard of them before. But the idea of such a seditious group emerging from the temple... unbelievable.”
Bang! Bang!
“I feel the same way,” muttered Yord, a junior knight who had also found himself dragged into this situation. He looked pitiable, carting dirt around despite being a rookie. Unlike Jake, Yord had no strong allegiance to the royal family and thus had little reason to take on such missions. Yet, he had tagged along simply because his admired seniors were involved.
It was his first assignment as a knight, and it seemed he had some quiet excitement about the experience.
“You don’t have to believe it. I only heard about it secondhand anyway,” interjected Ihan, the very person who had brought both Jake and Yord into this mess.
There he was, digging with his bare hands, somehow accomplishing more than those using actual tools. At one point, Ihan even shattered a boulder the size of two watermelons with his bare hands.
This group of knights had effectively been reduced to prisoners trapped in a [Tunnel].
“...Could you, I don’t know, work normally for once?” Jake groaned, exasperated by how Ihan treated the arduous work as if it were play.
At least for Ihan, that’s what it looked like.
“These tools are too flimsy. If I had my usual equipment, maybe I’d take it more seriously.”
“You’re still doing those side jobs?”