Orfred walked over to Sargon and Pharis after the tent was raised and preparations were made. He invited Sargon by the will of his lady. Sargon turned to Pharis and they both nodded to each other. No reason to refuse a meal when respectfully invited. The three of them walked over to the lady's tent. Sargon already knew she was Juriel royalty, but not her name since there are five princesses.
They entered the large royal tent and waited to be seated. When the lady walked in, Sargon and Pharis did their bow towards her. The lady sat in her pillowed seat then spoke, "My guests I am 3rd Princess Yeseme Jurial, welcome and please sit." They were then showed their seats and promptly sat. Sargon then introduced himself and Pharis, " Your highness Yeseme, I am Sir Sargon Jupiter and this is my squire, Young Pharis. It is an honor to dine with you tonight and we thank you for the kind invitation.
"Thank you for accepting the invitation, the food will be out shortly. We can chit chat while we wait.", Yeseme said with a smile. Yeseme was a tall red-haired beauty with fair rosy skin. Her height was below Sargon's by around six centimeters, him being 190 centimeters tall. This made her 184 centimeters tall which was a very rare height for human women. Her identity was recognizable to Sargon as well. She is the only warrior princess among her sisters, the only one who took such a path. Her main skill is with the spear and a round shield. She had just turned 20 by his memory and her level should be peak titanium right now. Sargon himself was soon going to become 21 in about 3 weeks according to his body's age. The whole transmigration thing screwed up his age a little bit, so his birthday was no longer accurate.
They continued to talk until the food came. The only thing they had time to talk about was their destinations. Apparently, the princess was heading to Fereldyn to fight against monsters. She wanted to gain some glory to her name and increase her level by fighting the monster lands. He also told her about his destination and a little of his plans. The princess was fascinated by the idea of camping in the central plains that border the monster lands. It gave a sense of freedom and adventure. She knew she couldn't do such a thing because of her status. Which is why she had to settle by staying in Fereldyn. The food started coming into the room at that moment.
They started eating the delicious food. After they were done, the topic of Sargon's home came up. Yeseme inquired, "Where are you from Sir Jupiter?" Sargon responded in a few seconds, "I am from another continent, here to make a name for myself without the aid of my house. This is why I earned myself a new name and have put my old family behind me." The princess had the neccessary understanding of his situation from his words to take the polite hint. Sargon felt that this was the best explanation he should use.They then started talking about merry things, like the Fereldyn new year's festival that will be happening in three months.
They were interrupted by Orfred entering the tent. He made a hasty report, "My lady, we've detected incoming demonic signatures." Everyone then understood that a demon force had infiltrated the borders and are coming to assail the convoy. Outside, it could be heard that the camp had become busy preparing for the uninvited guests. As the princess equipped herself for combat, Sargon offered his aid, "I would be delighted aid in repelling the demons Princess Yeseme." Yeseme grinned, "Then I will have to trouble you, Starry Knight." Sargon was internally baffled behind his grin when he was addressed with that name. It took him a couple of seconds before he realized that he had earned himself a moniker. He chuckled then told Pharis, "Pharis, these demons will much different opponents than the orcs. They are a trained military unit it seems. Stay in the tent and do not engage them." Pharis listened to her master, understanding that she was still too inexperienced to fight this time.
Sargon then walked out to join Yeseme and Orfred. A defense line had been formed with the three of them at the center. A minute later, the demons showed themselves out of the shadows. Orfred said, "Shadow demon unit, this one looks like an elite unit." Sargon used astral sense to gauge their power. Three titanium-level leaders, 4 steel-level demons, and 50 iron-level demons. Everyone realized they were outnumbered and outmatched. Sargon wasn't worried since he was malachite level and he had managed to form some more stars in the past day. Orfred and Yeseme had a worried look on their faces after determining the shadow demon unit's strength.
Sargon knew there would be casualties if he let the two sides clash. He decided to do something a little rash to prevent that. "Princess, Orfred, please allow me to deal with these demons. This way no knights will die today and I can get a good workout.", Sargon said confidently. The two knew Sargon was a malachite-level knight and that there will be a lot of casualties if the knights fought. Yeseme answered, " Okay Sir Jupiter if you could please handle this for us, I would owe you a favor." Sargon then fully equipped himself, his helmet on his head, and sword and shield in his hands. He then stepped outside the defensive line.
The shadow demons started laughing that they sent a single knight to fight them. The only ones not laughing were the titanium-level shadow demons. They nodded knowing what they needed to do. They quickly hushed the unit and ordered in a loud whisper, "Shut up idiots, focus on that lone knight and use everything you got. If we kill him, then we can defeat the others easily. Now go! Kill the lone knight, use everything!!!" Sargon couldn't understand their language, but he didn't need too. He let his astra infuse into his entire being and took his stance. all the demons then charged at him at once using a movement skill that made look like shadows. These demons were already faceless and their pitch black bodies are covered with black smoke and their eyes are faint red lights. They were orderly about it their charge though.
Now with his figure twinkling with starlight, he dashed forward with his shield to break their charge formation. His shield smashed through five demons, tearing their bodies and killing them. He then did a 360 spin to release a slash imbued with astra. A slash was emitted from his sword killing ten demons behind him and to his sides. Now he had much more room and the demon's attack formation was a real mess now. He didn't use any more flashy moves to deal with the small fry. Now he just used his footwork to weave among the demons. He blocked, parried, and counter-attacked every single one of them. The steel-level demons lasted a few seconds longer, but their skill only amounted to that much. After a while, the titanium-level demons decided to attack together before the last of their underlings died. They came at him in four directions. The four leaders attacked, but Sargon just dodged the attack and took a few steps back from the dust that was kicked up from it. The four demons had killed their remaining underlings with their attack. Sargon gave a little laugh.
Sargon was assailed by the four demons again. The first one was blocked and had his sword arm cut off from the elbow. The second one wasn't as hasty but got his sword parried and his wrist was hit by the shield. This shattered the wrist, dropping the weapon. He was then pierced by the sword, Sargon twisted it before violently ripping it out. The demon fell to the ground and died after a few seconds.
The last two decided to attack together. Sargon stepped to his right and blocked the sword with his shield. As the demon was going by him, he tripped the demon with his leg. The other demon did a sword thrust, it was parried by the shield and he got both his arms cut off. Sargon then kicked him in the nuts and he fell to his knees spitting blood. Before he could chop off his head, the enraged demon he tripped raised his sword for an overhead slash. that demon did not watch his distance in his anger and was promptly swatted away by Sargon's shield. Sargon hadn't moved from standing in front of the kneeling demon when he did this. The kneeling demon then had its head chopped off. the swatted demon came to attack again, but now his sword was swatted away from his hands with tremendous force with that same shield. Sargon walked over to the stunned demon and stood kissing distance away from him. Sargon then headbutts the demon to the ground.
Sargon de-equipped his sword and shield and grabbed the demon. Then he headbutts the demon again to the ground. The demon was completely dazed at that point and had no idea what was going on. Sargon then walked over to his head and stomped it into a paste. The Princess, Orfred, and all the knights were very amazed by his show of skill, power, and love of theatrics. For what else could you call the headbutting and head stomping but theatrics so the tale told can be a good tale.
Sargon then walked back and said, "The demons have been taken care of. Now we can all sleep soundly." Everyone started to relax a little after hearing this. The scene of the Starlight Knight fighting the shadow demons with finesse will be staying in everyone's minds for a long while. Pharis had also snuck out of the tent to watch. She quickly snuck back inside when she saw Sargon coming back. Sargon of course knew this, but he did not care, he had overestimated the demons anyways. After a talk and receiving gratitude from Yeseme and Orfred, they went back to their small camp along with Pharis and went to sleep.
Tomorrow they would be reaching the city of Fereldyn.