I see emperor stats-Chapter 115
I kept my promise
Quadruped!
Time went back for a while and it was the moment when Jegal Unhyeon sharpened the last remaining knight of the abyss.
“Ouch!”
The man in the golden mask groaned as he staggered. He holds his head with one hand because of the intense headache that seems to be tearing through his brain.
The room the man was in was a place quite far from the capital of the empire, but when all the summons linked to him by holy power were turned to dust, the aftermath reached him.
"owner! Are you okay?”
“… … .”
The man silently waved his hand to prevent his men from helping him. And he grumbled inwardly.
'Either this guy or that guy can't eat even if he's scooped up. Well, this time, from my point of view, it's a bit of an exception.'
The man shook his head to shake off the pain and started observing again.
Even though his summons were pulverized to the point of being incapable of combat, the link was not completely broken. As long as even a small amount of holy power remained, there were many things he could do.
* * *
After the match between Julius and the Archduke was over, the situation of the Great War was also decided.
The faces of the Gladius Knights were dead black. He had completely lost his will to fight.
“How could this happen… … .”
After ordering them to be arrested, the emperor decided to observe the situation for a while. Originally, I was supposed to run right away and restrain the archduke, but Julius gave me a signal to wait a moment with a wink.
The Archduke still had his eyes closed.
'What are you asking?'
Julius had to think a little bit here. Right after he first returned, he actually didn't think much of it. Even if he was in the position of a grand duke, he would have wanted to establish his nephew as emperor.
'But no matter how much I think about it, I can't come up with an answer.'
There were other problems as well. It is a well-known fact that the grand duke's ancestors were the disciples of the great emperor, but how do you use the player's skills?
Numerous questions passed through Julius' mind, but he soon opened his mouth.
“First of all, I want to know why you hate me so much. Did I do anything to put a grudge against you as a child?”
This was a question to ask, including questions about past lives.
There must have been too many eyes to ask about the player right away, and since he rose to prominence after returning to childhood, the hostility the archduke had for him was too suspicious to be seen as simply a desire for power.
The Grand Duke slightly opened his eyes, and his pupils were colored.
“Did you know that too?”
“… … .”
When Julius silently nodded, the Archduke made a condition.
“Before you answer, can you promise me?”
“What conditions do you mean?”
“His Highness the 2nd Prince has nothing to do with this incident. It's something I planned on my own. Can you spare his life?”
“You know that. Leon will not be held guilty in this case. Maybe even Obama knows.”
In the first place, the emperor did not want to remove even Leonhard. I will not punish you for getting involved in this affair. However, Julius added a word to himself.
'Unless he does something stupid first.'
Upon receiving a definite answer from him, the Grand Duke opened his mouth.
“It’s my little lingering attachment to the sword.”
“Lunging?”
When Julius asked, he slightly frowned.
"Didn't you know about my ancestors and Gladius?"
'Come to think of it, I guess I have to ask that too?'
At his question, Julius decided to change the subject.
“Then what is the relationship between the Illuminati and the church?”
"platform? what is that?”
"hmm?"
It was only then that Julius realized that they were not talking to each other. Looking at the state of the archduke, it wasn't a lie. I'm glad he's willing to give me an honest answer.
“Then where did you get those strange monsters from?”
What Julius was pointing at were the shattered fragments of the Knight of the Abyss. The Archduke's reply was brief.
“Black market.”
'As expected from Obama, the forces mobilized by the Illuminati and the grand duke seem to be different.'
“Then let’s change the question! Since when did the black market enter the Illuminati? It looks a bit different from the secret forces that the imperial family talks about, doesn’t it?”
“They contacted me after I inherited the title. Other factions then... … .”
Wheein!
Suddenly, a violent vibration echoed through the battlefield. The Archduke, noticing this, cut him off.
What a profit!
The identity of the vibration sound was a fragment of the knight of the abyss that Julius had pointed out earlier. The remains of the armor, split into hundreds and thousands of pieces, constantly scratched the floor, making a noise, and then floated into the air.
“… … !?”
The fragments that floated flew at the archduke and Julius at the speed of light and began to circle around them.
Blasphemy!
The moment when fine incontinence goes to large and small fragments! Julius recalled a memory from a while ago.
'no way?'
“This is both bad luck, First Prince.”
The moment the fragments cracked, the archduke heard a familiar but very unpleasant man's voice.
“Do you use it if you want to accuse your business partner?”
“… … .”
The man's voice, giggling with delight, declared it one last time.
“Should we at least die together? It was fun during that time.”
At the same time, the Archduke also slowly raised his sword and aimed it at Julius. He had suffered life-threatening injuries, but he could afford it.
“But like the clown said, it’s a good opportunity for me.”
Bassrock.
With the Archduke's words, the fragments were finally completely pulverized. And the room exploded with a dull, deafening sound.
Aaaaaaaang!
The floor of Daejeon shook once more. The power of the explosion that occurred in the center was truly frightening. It wasn't just the power of the explosion itself. The aftermath of the storm swept through the entire Daejeon area.
"your majesty!"
Carlos hastily built a barrier to protect the emperor and his subjects.
“Cuck!”
The explosion was so intense that even the knights vomited blood trying to block the aftermath. Most of the people in the room were excellent knights, so there were no fatalities, but that's not the point!
“Jurius!”
“Lord!”
The aftermath has already destroyed the Great War in half, so what happened to the center of the explosion?
Everyone in the hall had no choice but to fix their eyes on the center of the explosion. Some, including the emperor, who had forgotten his face, flew towards it.
There was no choice but to worry about the life or death of Julius. They made their way to the center, wading through the dust raised high by the explosion.
And when they reached a distance where they could be discerned with the naked eye, they opened their eyes and looked for the figures of Julius and the Archduke.
“Jurius?”
“… … .”
Despite such a powerful explosion, the Archduke and Julius stood still in their initial confrontation. Surprisingly, Julius was not seriously injured.
Of course, there had been a fierce battle before, and it was probably not affected at all, but the messy clothes were almost rags, but compared to the power of the explosion, it was a very good result.
Upon seeing the emperor, Julius began to speak in a calm tone.
“I am unharmed. But the Archduke is dead.”
“… … !?”
As soon as the emperor confirmed that Julius was alive or dead, he cleared his chest and only then looked towards the archduke.
He was still standing with his sword erect and imposing, but if you look closely, he didn't even move.
He died in that position. It couldn't have been a very futile end for an unmanned man who competed for the strongest on the continent.
"hmm… Heck, no matter how great a duke he is, he was caught in an explosion with sword wounds that left his intestines oozing out, so he couldn’t be safe.”
The emperor was also moaning and making a complicated expression. Still, I couldn't believe his death, the most powerful static of his life.
Julius also opened his mouth with a firm expression.
“Actually, I have something to tell you about it.”
* * *
When the Archduke raised his sword, Julius instantly felt threatened for his life. Countless thoughts raced through his mind like a kaleidoscope.
'This explosion is unusual. Will I be able to hold on after being injured? And while blocking the anti-aircraft attack?'
The answer was 'absolutely unstoppable'. Even though he somehow managed to overcome the one-on-one with the Archduke, Julius was in the worst danger.
Julius defended himself by squeezing the remaining force all the way to the floor. However, the power of the explosion broke through his barrier in an instant and hit even the White Tiger self-defense machine.
“Cool!”
In an instant, he was ready to die. Defense alone was impossible. The aftermath of the explosion would soon tear his body apart.
But at that moment! Something no one expected happened.
Chow ah!
“… … !?”
Julius widened his eyes. The moment the aftershock was about to swallow his body, what he saw in his field of vision were the traces of countless swords.
In an instant, the blue trail cut through the space around him countless times, spreading out in the form of a net to protect him from the aftermath. The defense was so strict that not even a single ant could enter.
However, the reason why Julius was surprised was not simply that he saved his life.
"why?"
The Archduke's expression changed every moment at his question. At first it was a puzzled expression, then a complex expression, and finally it returned to the usual calm expression.
“You did a really funny skit. I tried so hard, but it was a place like this that succeeded... … .”
It was the Archduke's sword that protected Julius. It was a technique I had never seen before.
[Good, 80 points.]
Even the Yellow Dragon Sword was highly evaluated this time. Curious about this, Julius asked a question.
“Is it related to the player?”
“… … .”
The Archduke did not answer his question. He just took something out of his bosom and threw it.
widely!
Julius accepted it.
"This?"
“Take it and go to my estate, and you can hear what you want.”
“… … !?”
When Julius gazes at the object in his palm, he puts on an expression of incomprehension. The Grand Duke let out a smile.
It wasn't a cold sneer, as usual, but a smile of a grand duke he had never seen in his previous life and up to the present.
“I kept my promise.”
I didn't even have to listen to the rest. It was said that you should also keep your promise.
"hmm… … .”
Julius realized the archduke's intentions. In any case, both he and himself were dead in the previous explosion. The Archduke was seriously injured, and he could not afford to defend himself.
'This is a matter of promise, but in reality, it's like I owe the grand duke.'
“Okay.”
There was no voice that could answer Julius' agreement. The Grand Duke was dead with his back straight.
But why did he protect Julius in the end? Simply making him go into debt was not an explanation.
'Did I say it was the grand duke's territory?'
Come to think of it, he had never visited a place that could be called the Grand Duke's stronghold.
Even simply visiting the southern part of the empire had to take a lot of risks, but he couldn't jump into the tiger's den.
* * *
After reminiscing, Julius looked at the emperor and opened his mouth.
“Abama, I have a favor.”
“First, treatment comes first. You are seriously injured.”
“It is more urgent than that.”
"hmm?"
Hearing the seriousness of his tone, the Emperor also expressed his doubts again.
“Please send me to Flanders, the archduke's domain, right now. We need to get there as soon as possible.”
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