Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

# Chapter 348: Old Mc!! Don’t stop!!! The location of the Knight King’s Tomb was a place the Chamber of Commerce would have never imagined.

In the north of Kazimierz, there was a village called Dripsui Village.

This village was small and remote, beyond the protection of the Kazimierz knights. Not far from Dripsui Village was a cemetery dedicated to burying the fallen Campaign Knights. Decades ago, Kazimierz was plagued by constant warfare, and a large number of Campaign Knights sacrificed their lives every day. Only some of them had families who could be found to take their bodies home; the others, whose families couldn’t be located, were collectively interred on a vast plain outside Dripsui Village.

After several decades.

The vast plain outside Dripsui Village had transformed into a veritable knights’ cemetery.

Although, with the end of the wars, fewer and fewer Campaign Knights died, this graveyard, which buried countless unknown Campaign Knights who had served Kazimierz, had long been forgotten by all. No one tended to it, and it was overgrown with weeds. In the past, the villagers of Dripsui Village would come to sweep the graves once a week.

However, as time passed, the frequency lessened, until now, when they might only come to clean once every few months. The younger generation no longer came at all; only the older generation, who had experienced the war, still did.

And the Knight King’s Tomb...

Was right beneath this Campaign Knight cemetery.

Honestly.

You could say the most dangerous place is the safest place. Precisely because of this, the Chamber of Commerce’s search for all these years had yielded nothing. It wasn’t until a few months ago that someone stumbled upon some strange clues by chance. For example, antique objects from the Knight King’s era were found in some of the Dripsui Village homes. The villagers couldn’t explain it, only saying they were heirlooms. Furthermore, in the decades spanning the vicinity of Dripsui Village and the knights’ cemetery, not a single Catastrophe had ever occurred.

On Terra, where Catastrophes are frequent, this phenomenon was quite rare.

Lucas Reeve took the [Stardust] from the Grand Knight Territory to Dripsui Village in the north.

Since they knew the Knight King’s Tomb might be dangerous—after all, even an experienced explorer like Magallan had met with disaster—a smaller group was more convenient. Therefore, Jessica and the others did not go, remaining at the Raythean Industries branch. Coincidentally, Jessica also wanted to chat with this Miss Sona.

So, the only ones accompanying Lucas Reeve were Surtr, Skadi, Laurentina, and Dusk.

The Nine-Colored Deer, as always, had no interest in Lucas Reeve’s or the others’ activities and didn’t want to get involved. According to the Nine-Colored Deer, she frequently and deliberately avoids major causal entanglements.

”Do you get the feeling that, with Nian gone, it’s suddenly a lot quieter? Maybe even miss her a little?”

The [Stardust] arrived at the outskirts of Dripsui Village, and everyone stepped out of the aircraft.

Laurentina said with a slight smile.

It was true.

Without Nian and Mc-Lao-Ba, it felt like cooking without oil and salt. It was edible, but it felt like something was missing.

Along the way.

Aside from Laurentina occasionally chiming in, barely anyone spoke.

Surtr...

Was a bit sullen.

Skadi, slightly the same.

Dusk...

Even more sullen.

Lucas Reeve was contemplating subsequent matters. Only Laurentina was talking to herself out of boredom, and the most crucial part was, no one was paying attention to her, making it somewhat awkward.

”No. When Nian is here, I just find it noisy. This atmosphere is quite nice.”

The cyan dragon tail behind Dusk swished back and forth. She looked around, bored, because this place was too remote, and her phone had no signal.

”Is that so? Your tail seems to be telling me you’re lying, Dusk-bao~ You still miss Nian a lot, don’t you?”

Laurentina flashed a cunning smile, and then...

Boom!!

A loud crash.

Dusk’s tail slammed hard onto the ground, and the power of a god instantly turned the spot behind her into a sizable crater.

”Absolutely not!!”

”She’s at Yumen City hauling bricks and working construction, while I’m perfectly relaxed!”

Dusk retorted forcefully, tsundere-style.

However, everyone could see through her clumsy acting.

Dusk actually missed Nian a lot.