Roy's brows drew closer as he went through what he knew about this realm in his mind silently.
In the novel, the male protagonist doesn't personally experience it as by the time his journey began, the Far North of the Empire, which included the summer and icy cold lands, as well as Baldwin County and the Northern Frontier, was conquered by Chaos.
But Sunset_Never_Blooms, the author of Ancient Battlefield of Gods, wrote about the Summer Land in detail as it was the birthplace of a heinous man that would go on to become a menace to the entire empire.
That man would shake hands with Chaos during the invasion and speed up the process of destroying the northern region, which would result in the death of millions of people.
He was known as the armored knight.
He would force himself on anyone that caught his eye, be it a man or a woman.
He would kill anyone that he found unpleasant.
Drunk on power, he would commit all sorts of atrocities and believe that the world revolved around him. He would justify his vile actions by believing he was the chosen one and thinking that there's nothing wrong with what he does.
To fortify his beliefs, he would sneak inside a county with a population of ten million, aiming to destroy it.
This county was close to the northern duchy and was believed to be one of its impenetrable walls. His goal was to shatter it and make it crumble apart, and sadly he had the power to do it. His power to control others was so strong that even counts who were known to be Realm Lords would be victimized.
But there was a catch.
He had to meet one of the two following conditions to activate it. The first was to lock eyes with his target for 5 seconds. The second was to be in physical contact with a target for 10 seconds.
It wasn't easy to meet the Count, who was surrounded by mages and knights all day long.
The Count's guards were so dangerous that they could detect any abnormality in a split second.
Their eyes were sharper than a hawk, and they had acute senses.
It wasn't easy to fool them.
Moreover, they were rigid and couldn't be bribed, as they were loyal to the Count to a fault.
The armored knight mage had a "Chance Encounter" with them.
One by one, the Count's forces became loyal to him.
While the armored knight mage was gaining control of the people closest to the Count, he came across the male protagonist, who had long eyelashes and big eyes, and although he didn't have a handsome face, his face was one that could be compared to a kingdom-toppling beauty.
The armored knight mage was the type of person who ate both men and women, and the male protagonist's remarkable beauty aroused a wildfire in his heart.
In the novel, he tries to top the male protagonist, using his mind-control ability to subdue him, but before he can even strip the male protagonist, he is poisoned and dies miserably.
The male protagonist returned to his senses after his death. He realized the true and horrific strength of his poisonous body after he glanced down and saw the armored knight's decomposing body. Just by staying in an enclosed room for less than a minute, he made the air so poisonous that the armored knight died.
Because the armored knight mage breathed in the poisonous air before he could strip the male protagonist, he died a violent and brutal death.
Roy's eyes narrowed.
He looked to be deep in thought, but he didn't slow down and continued running at a speed that made him look like a ray of black light, leaving behind afterimages.
'The most important thing to note is that the author contributed three chapters to show the origin and rise of the heinous and sadistic Armored Knight, causing every reader, including myself, to believe that he would become as villainous as Chaos and be classified as a major antagonist. But the author shattered all expectations in just one chapter. The armored knight's life was cut short after he targeted the male protagonist, and he died a dog's death.'
Roy sighed.
'Truly, in all stallion novels, main characters, especially the male leads, are untouchable characters.'
'If you harm them, you get struck by misfortune, and as they say, misfortune never strikes alone. So it could be said that you will be struck by torrents of misfortune if you nitpick with the protagonist.'
'If you taunt them, your social life is destroyed, and you are at risk of getting punched and losing all your teeth.'
'If you try to kill them, losing your life should be the least of your worries. Your entire clan might be annihilated!'
'The armored knight was reduced to a minor villain because he targeted the male protagonist! So scary!!!'
A thought crossed Roy's mind, and the corners of his lips raised.
'The armored knight is still a nobody stationed at the northern frontier!'
As the army was intact, he was kept under strict supervision. He couldn't use his ability to brainwash his fellow comrades or the commoners; otherwise, he would be strictly punished. He was yet to have the fortuitous encounters that strengthened his mind control ability and granted him the absolute defense soul-herding ability.
There were still several months left before the Armored Knight would be allowed by the military to return to the village to get married.
He wasn't the type to save money. He would use whatever he earned on whoring, drinking, and eating. The village head didn't know that the person he was getting his daughter married to was a male chauvinist and a scumbag. He thought his daughter's life would be set if she married a capable soldier. His only condition was the bride price.
It's only after returning to the village that the armored knight ventures into the wilderness of the summer land to hunt some big game to offer as the bride price. This simple game of hunting turns into a big adventure that strengthens his mind-control magic before throwing him into the Ashen Land, allowing him to become a soul herder with ridiculous defensive capabilities.
Roy knew what the armored knight would experience in the future!
"I should use it to my advantage and make his experience mine!'
'It's time to steal what was supposed to be his!'
'I will not only take the shard of absolute defense but also the Seven Star and Three Blessings Magic Fruit!'
Roy smiled like a hedonistic thief as he marched deeper into the summer land. Following behind was a big, bulky demonic dog who was carrying a gorgeous crimson-eyed beauty.
