Chapter 194

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Translated by Jinmu
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Kang-!

Kkigik-!

The training ground where the knights’ training stopped.

The battle started from Racmos’s offensive filled with rage.

It wasn’t something like a spar, but movements loaded with the resolve to kill the man before his eyes.

However, the battle didn’t flow easily as expected.

Kang-!

Caang-!

The sword swung with all his might was repeatedly blocked by the adventurer’s simple defense.

What was annoying was that the commoner before his eyes didn’t even move a single step.

What’s more.

Puck-!

Ppaak-!

That crazy adventurer exacted counterattacks mixing strikes every time he defended.

Whether it was a fist, a foot, or the sword hilt, they were a speed difficult to react to.

He could know even if he didn’t want to that bruises were forming all over his body.

– LOL

– Bro’s getting beaten the fuck up.

– You came to look for a punching bag huh?

– Hit feedback is crazy. Lol

Han-bit peacefully blocking the attacks picked only the most painful locations.

Since he sometimes hit the places he hit again, Racmos’s reaction was exceptional.

Because he originally wasn’t a human accustomed to pain, the effects were even better.

Kang-!

Ppaak-!

“Keok!”

Once again the moment Racmos’s attack was blocked, an elbow struck his eyebrow.

An extreme pain to the extent of bringing tears.

With this repeating, he started feeling hesitation towards attacking.

Despite this, Racmos could not retreat.

To lose to a mere commoner adventurer as a member of the founding hero’s family.

It was a situation that absolutely must not occur.

“Fucking hell!”

Pat-!

A reddish pattern was engraved on the blade of Racmos who hardened his resolve.

It was an intrinsic technique the first head of Artois carved in blood.

Overpower the enemy and kill them.

It was a primordial technique with only that as its goal.

“Heup!”

Taking a step back, Racmos dashed forward kicking off the ground again.

If he takes this technique, that adventurer will definitely die.

Whatever the commoner’s weapon is, the level is obvious.

He can never endure it.

There was such certainty.

Huuk-!

The sword struck down with all his might cleaved the air and headed for the enemy’s head.

Even while reading that trajectory, Han-bit did not dodge.

Kwang-!

The two sword blades collided letting out a dull noise.

However, the result was completely different from Racmos’s prediction.

“…?”

His weapon could not be seen.

The very sword he made the attack with disappeared.

It flew past over his head and fell on the back side.

On the other hand, the sword with a mysterious hue was still held in the adventurer’s hand.

“Euk!”

At the pain that rushed in momentarily, Racmos dropped his gaze.

Both hands that had gripped the sword hilt.

Those wrists were swollen as if broken.

At the time of the sword blades’ collision, they couldn’t withstand the force and bent sharply backwards.

“Keuaaaak!”

At the pain he suffered for the first time in his life, Racmos let out a scream.

It was to the extent of collapsing to the floor and rolling his body around.

“You really are wimpy.”

Han-bit looking down at that spoke as if finding him pathetic.

Racmos struggling in pain glared as if to kill with red bloodshot eyes.

Eudeuk-

At Han-bit’s sarcasm, the sound of grinding molars was heard.

It was to the extent of wondering if they would break.

“You worthless… bastard! In this Raven! Without even knowing the meaning of touching Artois!”

Squirming, Racmos let out a voice filled with spite.

His gaze reached Leon standing on guard on one side.

“Hey, Vice Commander! Kill this bastard!”

An absurd command issued along with a pointed finger.

It was an arbitrary action deviating from common sense.

“You do not possess the qualification to issue a command.”

“I said kill him! Did you forget the Supreme Commander is our family head?”

“My direct superior is His Majesty the King and the Knight Commander. In a situation not during wartime, the command of the Supreme Commander is meaningless. I do not intend to obey even if it were so.”

“You crazy…….! I’m going to tell the family head that you……!”

“There’s an uninvited guest.”

At that time, someone’s voice was heard from behind.

Turning their heads, a sturdy middle-aged man wearing platinum clothes was approaching.

He took out a potion from his waist and scattered it over Racmos’s wrists.

“Haa.”

A sigh unconsciously let out at the reduced pain.

Whether it was a not so good one, the broken bones were not resolved.

However, he had no choice but to be satisfied just with the pain being reduced.

“…Knight Commander, I heard it was your day off.”

“Because I was minding our Vice Commander.”

[Commander of the Royal Guard Knights Kylo]

– Oh.

– Knight Commander appeared.

– The vibe shudder

– ‘Do it’

Commander Kylo spoke looking at Leon.

He who placed his gaze up to Han-bit and Reventia asked Racmos again.

“But, why are you at the Headquarters?”

“As a strategy staff officer… I came for an inspection.”

“The Royal Guard Knights is an independent organization under the direct command of His Majesty the King. If the unpermitted sightseeing is over, I would appreciate you leaving.”

A bone was planted in the words spat out with a smile on his face.

The person in charge of this Headquarters.

They were words possible because he is the Knight Commander.

“Tsk.”

Racmos frowned his glabella with dissatisfaction.

Examining his own wrists, he glared at the Knight Commander and Vice Commander and said.

“Look forward to it. I’ll thoroughly flip this place over before long.”

Hwik-

Turning his body, Racmos exited the Headquarters.

Han-bit asked Reventia standing beside him in a small voice.

“Are you okay?”

“Huh?”

The young girl who was watching the Incompetent Sword’s back figure turned her head.

Not a single emotion floated on that face.

“I expected you’d at least block him and argue.”

“Ah……. Because he’s far too pathetic of a person I didn’t even have that thought. And oppa beat him up to your heart’s content too.”

Racmos’s fault and her father’s execution.

As thick as the hatred and rage were, unexpected situations wouldn’t be strange no matter how much they occurred.

However, she felt even those emotions were a waste.

The appearance of him getting beaten up by Black Dragon was so pathetic it was even baffling.

“The uninvited guest disappeared.”

The Commander nodding his head walked over to the front of Han-bit and Reventia.

And he said extending his hand.

“I am Commander Kylo. It’s the first time seeing you two like this.”

“I am Black Dragon.”

“Hello.”

A lightly exchanged greeting.

Han-bit skillfully hid his vigilance.

So that the Commander wouldn’t detect any strange signs.

‘Our purposes are different though.’

The nobles gathering with the Incompetent Sword Racmos at the lead.

These are forces of the Artois Family.

However, Commander Kylo stands on the side of the exiled Crown Prince Emether.

The two forces were closer to enemies rather than comrades.

If the royal authority changed, a civil war breaking out again was a truth only Han-bit knew.

“His Majesty ordered to investigate the existence of the Holy State’s helpers. I heard you had some opinions, Black Dragon.”

The inner details of the incident that occurred near Temosha were not conveyed.

Naturally, the exiled Crown Prince and the anti-state forces were also existences that weren’t present yet.

One thing good to use as a reason here.

It was the existence of the Holy State’s forces that surfaced while passing through Edlen and Ifrit.

“I plan to proceed with the investigation using the experienced cases. Since nobles are involved, I think referring to the case of Brooke and Bares caught in Edlen would be good. Even high-ranking nobles like Artois are difficult to exclude from the suspect line.”

“Mmm, an investigation without exceptions would be needed.”

The Commander nodded his head and agreed.

Inside his head, the helpers of the anti-state forces and Artois Family were organized without leaving out a single one.

Pointlessly proceeding with a secret investigation is bound to call forth useless suspicions.

Hiding one true intent amongst several truths.

It was a commonly used strategic option.

“Since there are no clues, let us try investigating the movements of influential nobles first. The sun will set soon, so there will be movements. It would be good to surveil the noble mansions within the Royal Capital.”

“I will need to use troops capable of moving without drawing attention. Let us meet on the 1st floor 30 minutes later.”

The Commander nodding his head left his seat.

He would make proper preparations for the investigation.

“Wouldn’t it have been better sharing the truth with the Commander as well after all?”

Leon brought out the worry that still continued.

The information of the anti-state forces that wasn’t shared following Han-bit’s opinion.

To people who trusted the Commander, it was likely an frustrating matter.

“It is better reducing variables to the maximum. Let us focus on the investigation first.”

Han-bit brought out a plausible reason.

Fortunately, Leon followed that decision without any counterarguments.

“Let’s go down now.”

After 30 minutes had passed, the three people moved to the 1st floor.

The Commander and dozens of knights were waiting in that place.

“Let us begin the investigation.”

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The night of the Royal Capital where darkness fell.

The scattered troops surveilled the noble mansions in their respective sectors.

Han-bit, Reventia, and Leon came to take charge of a few of the Artois Family’s members including Racmos.

“Henry ahjussi is seriously amazing.”

During the few hours the investigation proceeded.

Reventia brought out words close to a gasp.

It was because the relationship chart of the political situation among nobles Henry drafted matched perfectly.

“His movements have certainly become hasty.”

Leon looking at Racmos moving busily from afar asked over.

The Incompetent Sword who suffered indignities in various ways at the Royal Guard Knights Headquarters.

Since he’s a bastard who believes his family’s status as his own value, his pride pierces the sky.

The thickened rage made his actions even more excessive and rapid.

“Let’s check for a bit.”

Seureuk-

Han-bit who used Shadow Stealth approached the mansion first.

Although security was overlapped layer by layer, where what gaps existed was crystal clear inside his head.

Leon and Reventia following the path he carved open.

Reaching the location where the nobles were having a secret meeting took no time at all.

Kwang-!

“What the hell is preparation! Since when is swallowing a single Royal Capital like this difficult!”

Racmos striking the table expressing his rage.

The other nobles sitting on their seats spoke as if catering to him.

“I think so too. It’s an already leaning Kingdom isn’t it. Once the invasion begins, they wouldn’t even be able to react properly.”

“Artois’s powerful knights and soldiers, and the army of the faction nobles that will gather from all over the country are more than enough to wipe out the entire Royal Capital. The likes of the exiled Crown Prince or the Holy State’s troops won’t even have room to intervene. The merit would all belong to the great Artois.”

“Still, there was a report that it is in the concluding stages. The preparations will finish tomorrow, so you only need to wait a little longer.”

As it was a secret talk there was no need to speak round-about.

The invasion that will start from all places in the Kingdom.

Simultaneously with that, the Royal Capital will be dominated by the troops of Artois’s forces.

“Yeah? Then fine.”

At the words saying it will end soon, Racmos’s mood lightened a bit.

Gripping a liquor bottle on the table, he spoke looking at his wrists.

Even though the treatment finished, it still feels throbbing.

“I will personally watch the Royal Guard Knights bastards and that adventurer bastard die with my own eyes. I’m especially curious what kind of expression Leon will make before dying.”

Leaving behind the bastard who began drinking alcohol, the three people escaped from the mansion.

The circumstances were sufficient with just that conversation.

“It seems the rebellion was steadily being prepared. As expected it cannot be tolerated.”

Even hearing the declaration that he would kill her, Leon showed a calm appearance.

Execute sins and enact justice.

There wasn’t any room to have her heart wavered.

“Let’s go back now.”

Han-bit moved to the Knights Headquarters alongside the two people.

All the troops that departed for the investigation had returned.

“Fortunately there were no secret meetings with the Holy State believer. How was your side?”

The Commander who was waiting asked Han-bit’s party.

Leon brought out the promised answer.

“We were identical. It seems we must establish a new direction for the investigation.”

“Very well. Let us discuss this part again. Black Dragon, Reventia. To you two through Leon the progress situation…….”

“Commander!”

At that time, a knight ran in breaking the conversation.

With an urgent expression, unable to even catch his breath, he shouted as if vomiting.

“Reports of unidentified ambushes from all over the Kingdom are coming in simultaneously!”