I see emperor stats-Chapter 129
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"hey! wait for a sec!"
While Julius and the knights were tying up the nobles a moment ago, the masked man at the top of the castle was stomping his feet with his expression distorted.
It was because Suramazon jumped out without consulting himself in order to block the intruder through the back door.
'That ignorant bastard! No matter how confident you are in your skills, this side isn't ready, so what are you going to do?'
I sent down a doll disguised as the Duke of Arsene to buy time, but the opponent cut off its head.
'What about this? It's not even half full yet?'
He had no choice but to put on a serious expression. Originally, it was planned that he would do it after gathering enough holy power in the Shadow Chalice in a few days.
But somehow, the opponent discovered this side much faster than expected!
“Quickly move the offerings in front of the Holy Grail!”
"All right."
“And you too!”
"yes?"
The man in the mask threw all of the ordinary people who were caught for sacrifice into the Holy Grail. However, it was still far short of the number he wanted.
Tarak!
In addition, when he heard the sound of Julius kicking up the stone steps up close, he had no choice but to make a choice.
It was because he had broken up with Julius before, so he couldn't be sure of victory with this level of preparation. The moment he finally made up his mind, the light in his eyes, peeking through the mask, shone sharply.
“Even though the risk is too great, there is nothing we can do about it!”
* * *
'copy?'
Julius looked at the black monster and tilted his head. Why is your name stuck there?
The answer came right away.
Kang!
Instinctively raising his sword to block it, Julius hardened his expression.
'Intangible sword?'
Surprisingly, the black monster had the characteristics of Julius. A habit where each individual wields a sword with superhuman-level skills. Even his 4th stage characteristics are intact.
Squeak.
There wasn't one person there. Feeling the weak presence behind him, Julius hurriedly backed away. It was because two black monsters drove him without a chance to catch his breath.
He managed to block it somehow, but anyone could see that he was clearly inferior to Julius.
Seeing him frantically pushed back, the main body finally appeared as if he was satisfied. Darkness gathered again from the fragments of the broken Holy Grail, and the masked man appeared.
Shuk.
When he raised his hand, the monsters retreated for a moment. However, as if trying to block the retreat, Julius was still surrounded from three directions.
'That guy is real.'
Julius looked closely at the masked man who appeared.
[Giovanni] (advent state)
Occupation: Merchant, Archbishop (Heimdall Church), Puppeteer
Strength: B Quickness: B Intellect: S Spirit: A+ Dark Holy Power: SS+
Alignment: Greed, Fanatic
[characteristic]
Create Burning: Power to turn blood into flame
Marionette: The power to use the alter ego to which one's abilities were granted. If the clone receives a strong shock, the main body will also be damaged.
Advent: A secret skill that increases one's power by fusing with the sacred relic of the tribe. Instead, if you perish, the relic also perishes.
(New) Soul Copy-Summon a subordinate that copies the information of the specified target.
'a copy?'
Only then did Julius realize the identity of these monsters. Giovanni, the masked man, was also staring at him with a confident expression.
The power of the Shadow Chalice was to summon a clone with the same power as the target. Originally, he planned to clone Suramazon, but in his opinion, it wouldn't make much of a difference even if the subject was Julius.
'There are two clones with the same strength as that guy, but no matter how much he flies and crawls, he can't escape from here.'
He was confident of his victory, so he made an offer to Julius to see if he could afford it.
“Wait a minute!”
Julius, who was being pushed back, looked at him with a questioning expression as his opponent defeated the monsters in an advantageous situation.
"hmm?"
“No matter how you look at it, there doesn’t seem to be a chance of winning there, so do you have any intention of cooperating with us?”
“Why should I?”
“If you help me, I'll guarantee you the position of Emperor of the Empire! All you have to do is listen to a few of our requests.”
“Hoo… … .”
Giovanni watched Julius, who took a contemplative posture with a look of conversion. In fact, this time he lost too much power. However, if Julius, the current powerhouse of the empire, cooperated with him, he would more than make up for the damage.
'If that prince had a brain, would he accept my offer?'
However, a strange answer came out of Julius' mouth.
“So did you seduce my sister this way too?”
"hmm?"
Giovanni put on a look of surprise for a moment. How did Julius know that? However, it was not information that he would not be able to reveal if he cooperated with him.
"That's true, but how did you know we contacted the second prince?"
'also!'
Inwardly, Julius felt a piece of the puzzle come together. He thought it was suspicious because he hadn't been active in the meantime, but Leonhardt was not a grand duke, but he was a person related to the church.
'I'll have to dig a little more out of this guy.'
“I can't tell you that. But why did you choose Leonhard? If he wants imperial power, can he convince me?”
In his previous life, he was weak, so that's true, but why did he deliberately only contact Leonhard, leaving him who had outperformed the competition in the beginning?
"that… … .”
Giovanni was touching his mask and making a troubled expression.
“I cannot reveal that now. We'll tell you when you get credit for working with us.”
“Is that such a big secret?”
“… … .”
Even when Julius asked again, Giovanni remained silent. It was certain that there was a secret that could not be revealed.
after a while
"so? Will you cooperate or not? You won't have time?”
"hour?"
shit.
He smiled again suspiciously.
“Your loyal knights downstairs. If you don't want to lose everything, you'd better follow my words, right?"
"her… … .”
Julius let out a deliberate moan. It was clear what he meant. It meant that monsters like that also went downstairs where the knights were waiting.
“… … .”
He stiffened his expression and pointed his sword forward again.
“Then I really don't have time for this. I need to hurry up and get down.”
“… … !?”
Giovanni put on a puzzled expression. The guy who was being pushed around just now is going to organize it quickly?
“What is it?”
Quaang!
Before he could finish his questioning, one of the monsters flew backwards with his whole body in pieces. Unlike just before, he killed one guy with so much ease.
Giovanni looked at Julius in disbelief.
"how? The alter ego created with the authority of the holy object must have the same skills as you?”
Julius smiled and gave a short answer.
“If you use that on me, it seems like a defective product will come out?”
"what?"
* * *
Meanwhile, Beatrice downstairs had no choice but to stare at the monster with a bluish face even though she was distracted by the monster's sword.
“This is definitely Your Highness' swordsmanship?”
“… … .”
The monster didn't respond. However, it was clear that the monster had something to do with Julius when he saw the characteristics and swordsmanship approaching stealthily without any sign.
And, of course, there was a huge difference in skill between her and Julius.
Chew!
The intangible sword grazed her shoulder, creating bloodstains. If she had dug in just a little deeper, she would have lost the use of her shoulder.
“Squad leader! Whoops!”
The knights tried to help him, but the monster was not alone. As many as three monsters attacked the Knights.
“Everyone spread the siege and deal with the enemy!”
But the skills of the monsters were truly amazing. Like a wolf running into a flock of sheep, it moved among the knights.
At least there were few deaths due to Haynes and the knights of the squad leader's camp resisting, but the crisis of desperation was certain.
This was like a miracle that was only possible because Beatrice had stopped one guy by herself.
Kang!
'I'm not telling you. There's no way he'll increase to three.'
Even though she was pushed behind the extension, she returned to her calm expression, befitting her calm personality.
'And most of all, there's no way the other knights or I could have lasted this long if Your Highness dealt with it.'
Even in Dalian, she had never held out against Julius for so long.
Of course, there was a difference in their skills, but the root cause was that Julius had been through so many battles with her, so he knew all of her habits.
'In addition, the strength, speed, and reaction are far below those of the real charge.'
visor! Chae Chaeng!
Beatrice had already lost quite a bit of blood and her face was pale, but rather she was doing much better than before.
As much as Julius knew her sword well, she also had a lot of experience in fighting with him.
It was certain that the opponent was a superhuman level, but if you know what kind of attack will come in advance, it will be easier to defend.
'This is enough to deal with.'
A thought ran through her mind as she frantically blocked the attack. The opponent uses the same swordsmanship as Julius. then?
“Your Highness… can you catch it?”
It was a word he muttered involuntarily.
But at that moment! Her sword slowly began to change.
Falling into a trance in the midst of a fierce confrontation, her thoughts were slowly heading back to the past.
* * *
“How do I get over the wall?”
“All you have to do is achieve the goal you set from the time you grabbed the sword.”
Her father, the Duke of Dios, replied:
“Actually, it was too fleeting to remember, but when I knew what I wanted to change the future, the walls came down.”
This was Julius' answer.
In fact, both can't be the sound of catching floating clouds. target? What do you want? Doesn't everyone have it?
But at this moment! She first realized what she wanted. Didn't Jegal Unhyeon also tell her this?
“Actually, I don’t even know why Sojeo can’t climb over the wall. The basics are solid and the practical experience is rich... Rather than physical training, how about looking back at why you started training?”
'Why did I start sword training?'
The target she grabbed the sword was her father, a great superman. In order to catch up with her father, she wielded her sword diligently, and as a result, her genius was also heard, and she reached a high level at a young age.
While reminiscing in a trance like that, she muttered in a low voice.
“But not now.”
The person who changed her was Julius, whom she met much earlier than planned. Their positions and relationships with each other have changed considerably from before.
Before meeting Julius, her goal was to surpass her superhuman father. She met Julius, however, with little age difference between them.
He was always several moves ahead of Beatrice. Every time she saw Julius, she felt a mixture of longing, jealousy, and liking.
And finally she came to a conclusion.
'My goal now is to be able to stand side by side with Your Highness!'
As soon as she realized that, her sword changed.
* * *
Pod!
The monster's sword, which had always had the upper hand in confrontation with her, was helplessly blocked. And not only that!
“… … .”
There was no sound of the sword being swung, but fine cracks began to appear all over the monster's body.
Quadduk!
Seeing!
Surprisingly, only after the monster's body began to crumble, the belated sound resonated. Her sword shattered the monster faster than sound.
This is her 4th level ability, Swiftness!
It was Beatrice's 4th stage secret, known to be the fastest on the continent in the past. But she didn't even have time to sink in the joy of breaking the wall.
'I have to go get it!'
She ran towards the knights again with terrifying speed.
I don't know the identity of the opponent, but one thing was certain when I saw him shattered helplessly by himself who had just broken through the wall.
'Those monsters are similar to Your Highness, but much weaker!'
* * *
Giovanni muttered with a dumbfounded expression.
“A defective product?”
To those words, Julius gave a cool answer.
"huh! It seems like you only followed the shell?”
"No way!"
He hurriedly drew the power of the Holy Grail and created a copy of Julius again. Three more clones aimed at him and fired at high speed.
However, the result was not different from before.
Kwadeuk! bang! Puffup!
The three of them attacked, but they couldn't hold out in front of Julius' sword for even a moment. However, with Giovanni's common sense, it was absolutely impossible.
“This can’t be… The power of the Shadow Chalice is absolute, right?”
It was so absurd that the number of his spleen was blocked, so he muttered as if possessed, and continued to draw the power of the Holy Grail and create copies incessantly.
'If my skills aren't good enough, I can push myself with the quantity!'
But even that was to no avail.
Dismissed!
A line was drawn in the room centering on Julius.
His severing sword cut Giovanni and Cappy apart with one sword. At the same time, the entire room tilted and roared.
Quarreung!
The top of the castle he was in was a room in a spire. He was cut in two with a steeple.
[You have killed the Archbishop of the Heimdall Church.]
[You have destroyed the artifact.]
Seeing Giovanni widen his eyes in disbelief from behind the mask, Julius said his last words.
"It's definitely an amazing power, but I can't even copy the player's characteristics."
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