Chapter 74: Phantom Thief Dauphin (18). For Order, Against Order
They may have taken a hit from Dauphin, but the Sarnos Knight Order was still one of the strongest, most influential forces in the Birka Kingdom. Whether it was noble heritage, personal strength, or sheer reputation as an organization, there were few who could rival them. Unless you were the son of the lord himself, they rarely showed anyone a hint of humility.
If they could beat and replace the Guard Commander just to vent their frustration, it was obvious how they would treat commoners.
But at this moment, the oppressive, seething atmosphere that hung over all of Lebruk had even these knights glancing nervously around.
“Fine. People can show off. People can make mistakes. But what kind of twisted bastard fucks up and then dumps the blame on someone else? Someone who was doing their job before they showed up? How is that even human?”
“You call yourselves knights? The pride of Sarnos? When the fuck did that become something to brag about?!”
“Hey! You goddamn thugs! Don’t you even know what shame is?!”
The knights' reputation, already not great to begin with, had now plummeted to rock bottom.
Where people used to grumble behind their backs, now they hurled insults to their faces.
Even the other nobles weren’t defending them this time.
“Idiots! If you were going to do it, you should’ve kept it hidden!”
“Ugh! Bunch of muscle-brained morons trying to play mind games—dragging our reputations down with them!”
“Brother! Oh, Brother! How did it come to this?! The knight order took our people for safekeeping, so what the hell were they doing?!”