Chapter 65 – While You’re Gone (8)
The Archduke’s Greatsword and my Holy Sword collided. As the flames flew, a heavy echo spread in all directions. People shuddered at the sound of cutting flesh. I stepped back, loosening my shoulders in the aftermath, which was lighter than I thought. And then I was able to confirm the phrase that popped into my head.
– You are having a confrontation with the [Boss]. Unwavering Loyalty Works.
*Currently, the effect of fair competition continues. If you injure the target, it dies after a certain period of time.
Visor!
And the moment the swords collided for the second time, the archduke’s sword bounced into the air with a refreshing sound. Even in that short moment, I was able to see the confused face of the Grand Duke. Firm Loyalty is an effect that deals 4x additional damage to my acquaintances or related people. In other words, the shock the Archduke is receiving now is about four times the strength of my stats. Since I was ignorant of it and received it head-on, the knife had no choice but to fly.
However, the Grand Duke was an accomplished warrior. Unfazed, he jumped up behind him a bit and took the flying sword back to his stance. The Archduke staggered on the floor for a moment, but the distance was too far to catch the gap. I could see the archduke’s arms trembling. However, the grand duke pretended nothing was wrong.
Anyway, the scope of this holy sword’s ability was wide. Strictly speaking, I am the head priest of the Daecheonsing Church, but since I am also a lord, I was treating a similar lord but higher-ranking grand duke as my superior. The Archduke said as he straightened his sword.
“It’s an ignorant force.”
“You’re a great dignitary.”
The Archduke seemed to have forgotten his hatred and burned with his virtuous spirit. He had the eyes of a beast who had met his adversary for the first time in a while. The Archduke took a step forward and swung his sword wide. He deflected the sword he swung horizontally using the blade of the holy sword.
The blade that slid smoothly cut through the air, and the archduke’s body followed the sword, creating a gap. I jumped towards the Archduke.
“Where!”
The Grand Duke turned his body wide and swung his sword once more. I managed to deflect the blade that was aiming at my face. When defending, it seemed that it could not be applied, and it was slightly pushed back, and a bitter shock came.
As for the Archduke, when I hesitated slightly, he did not miss the opportunity. He started to swing his sword with terrifying momentum as if he was going to rip me off. Fortunately, the Archduke’s sword wasn’t that fast. Maybe the shock just now was severe, and the sword path was not consistent, and I was sweating profusely.
It was the Grand Duke who was nervous. In the first attack, he had to see that the game was actually won. The Grand Duke’s hand was still shaking. He turned his body wide and aimed again at my head. Without dodging, I swung the holy sword and hit the archduke’s sword once again.
Bang!
This time, the Archduke’s sword was completely smashed. Debris soaring into the sky turned into silver star dust and fell into a shower. The glittering ones were very beautiful, but they were really dangerous. I hurriedly ducked away, and the archduke stared blankly at the shower of fragments of his own blade. And.
“Quaaaaagh!”
The Archduke and other bystanders around were hit by shrapnel and started screaming. Each piece of silver star dust with beautiful words was a fragment of a famous sword whose blade had been unharmed even after decades of fighting. There was no way a person would be safe if they were hit by something like that.
The spectators scattered all over the place scratching their bodies. The lord of Amur was also included in the chaos. Watching the battle between the Archduke Rubicon from the nearest place, he was shining like an actor filming a sequel to Hellraiser.
And the Grand Duke.
“Aaaaa!!”
The Archduke, who was staring at the fragments of his broken blade like an idiot, screamed with his face covered in rags. Perhaps he thought a lot. So it was clear that he couldn’t react properly when he saw the blade broken with just one shot. In this chaos, I gently scratched the archduke’s hand with the Holy Sword and grabbed his hair.
“Duke Rubicon!”
“Eyes…! Eyes!!!!”
Archduke Rubicon was screaming, pointing at his eyes. Even I, who had a good stomach, couldn’t bear to take a closer look at the grand duke’s face. It was clear that after the wounds were healed and the scars left, even the parents of the Grand Duke of North Korea would not recognize who this bastard was.
I shouted while shaking the hair of the Archduke Rubicon.
“Admit defeat, Archduke Rubicon!”
“Cure…! Cure!!”
The Archduke of Rubicon had already lost his temper. I clenched my fist and put a cool blow into his stomach. Grand Duke Rubicon, who had been screaming, collapsed and vomited.
“Keep…Keep…Cure…Cure…!”
“Admit defeat, Archduke Rubicon!”
“Quaaaaa!”
“Defeate! Admit it! I mean!”
“I lost! I lost! Aaaaa!”
“Judge! Make your decision quickly!”
Except for Archduke Rubicon, who was already dueling with me, the other members were being treated by the priest. Even if it was treatment, it wasn’t a simple thing that ended with a single heal. Since the fragments were stuck in the body, I had to remove them all and heal them. So, the crowd was already full of screams as the blade fragments were pulled out.
“Save me!”
“Quaaaaagh! Quaaaaagh!”
The feelble-minded judge did not seem to accept this hell. The scene of the trial was already an abyss. One side of the stands was completely covered in blood, and people were lying there moaning. Someone was constantly screaming, and from time to time there was the sound of blades being pulled out on the floor.
“Hurry up…! Kkeaaaaa!”
And Archduke Rubicon was sitting on the floor, screaming like a child.
“Eyes…! Eyes…!”
“Your Judge!”
I pressed the judge again and grabbed the Archduke Rubicon by the hair and shook it. Having lost his will to fight, he was already unable to respond to me. Even the judge seemed insane. He couldn’t answer no matter how many times I yelled at him.
“Quaaaaa!”
“Your Judge!”
“Yes Yes!”
The judge finally gave an answer and jumped up. He was horrified to see that he had turned the Archduke Rubicon into very mush. The presiding judge hurriedly delivered his judgment at my nod.
“Euuuuu…!”
“Yes, then! The Amur Territory and the Grand Duke of Rubicon. And we will judge the trial between Peta Lucius! The result of the trial, Peta Lucius wins! Therefore, the Archduke Rubicon apologizes to Peta Lucius… Ah, to the Amur Territory Peta Lucius can demand a fair price!”
As soon as those words were finished, I let go of Archduke Rubicon. The priests who were watching the duel end came and began to heal the Archduke Rubicon. I didn’t want to do it, so I backed out. It was because a piece of sword had to be removed from the face of the Grand Duke in order to be treated. I hate that.
So the trial was over. Fortunately, the Amur lord said that his life was not affected, and the Archduke Rubicon lost his eyesight, but his life was saved. Now that the trial is over, let’s go back. The simple venue was organized, and people from the Amur Territory secretly began to avoid me and return to the territory. He lost the trial he thought he would win like an idiot, so there was nothing to say.
I didn’t bother to capture the lord of Amur. It was because I was planning to take a few days off and really screw it up. And when the Archduke Rubicon came, he seemed to ride a horse confidently, but when he returned, he had to ride in a medical wagon. He was suffering from an unexplained high fever.
Meanwhile, Archduke Rubicon talked to me through the window of his carriage. Bandages were wrapped around his eyes, and the emaciated face in an instant made me wonder if it was the grand duke who had been majestic just before.
“It was a good match.”
Archduke Rubicon had lost his sight, but he seemed to have no regrets. It was said that warriors are obsessed with a great game even if they lose money. He now blocked my way back to the manor and started making noise.
After fighting in the northern territory, it was the first time I saw a strong person like me, so it was a story. I ignored his words and opened the status window. Archduke Rubicon’s status window was showing how much time he had left until he was poisoned.
* 30 seconds until death.
I looked around. The coachman went to a corner to rest for a while, and there was no attendant in the carriage. The escorts were all resting a little further away at the request of Archduke Rubicon to talk to me alone. I lowered my voice and said.
“But do you know about that, Archduke?”
The Archduke stopped talking about himself and turned his head in the direction of my voice. He had a puzzled expression. I tried to fry my wife to death, and her son insulted me. I thought that the Grand Duke should not die satisfactorily like this. I whispered in an even quieter voice.
“Why are you sick? Do you know?”
“What, what… “
“Because I poisoned the knife.”
“What, what…?”
The Grand Duke had a face that did not understand my words. A dark shadow slowly grew on his face. It seemed that he finally understood what I was saying. I deliberately laughed out loud in front of him. He gritted his teeth and began to frown.
“This…This profit…! This…This filthy bastard!! This celestial wrath…!”
10. 9. 8. 7. 6.
“Hey, hey! Right now…! Hurry up, someone! Come and get rid of this filth…! Gup…!”
5. 4. 3. 2. 1
“It can’t be like this! My final duel…! My duel is like this… Uhhhhh!”
Finally, Archduke Rubicon screamed and died on the spot. The escorts who ran late asked me while checking the state of the Archduke Rubicon.
“No, Priestess! This… What the hell is this…!”
I said with the most bitter expression on my face.
“I just asked for an apology because I lost the duel. But the Archduke seems to have been so angry with me. He cursed and said he couldn’t admit it, and then passed away suddenly. It’s unfortunate.”
“That, like that…”
The soldiers were looking at me and the Archduke alternately with disbelief. What need is there for a bastard who tried to fry and kill someone else’s wife to die gracefully?
However, I am the head priest of the Daecheonsin Church. I needed to be merciful. So I decided to be content with just fabricating that the Archduke Rubicon was a sucker.
