Chapter 375: 375
“Kuek! I can’t just die… in here!”
An old knight was walking on the unsteady path of the mountain .
His colorful armor and uniform were torn and broken everywhere, and the white hair on his head was ruffled .
His steps stumbled every time he tried to take a step while holding his stomach with one hand and using the other hand to use his sword as a cane .
The old knight was Duke Butler .
Due to the betrayal of Marquis Vanden, he had lost everything . However, he managed to escape with his life at the expense of his men .
“Vanden… Rudolf… I will take your necks! Even if I have to sell my soul to the devil himself!”
With a terrifying goal, he was running away, but the resentment of Butler didn’t die down .
Sniff .
“There are blood marks here!”
“Catch him! He couldn’t have gotten much farther away!”
From behind, he heard the cries of the Emperor’s dogs who were pursuing him .
It took less than an hour for a few knights to spot out the enemy .
His long struggle had failed .
“This way! Butler is here!”
Butler hurried at the shouts of the soldiers who were chasing him .
However, the dog’s under the Emperor ran and caught the leg of Butler .
“Keuk! These hybrid dogs!”
Catch! Catch!
After wielding his sword and slicing the two, the other dogs began to attack him too .
But in the meantime, the chasing men appeared .
“HuHuhu . If we cut the throat of this old man, we can get the title of Marquis and a manor… Keuk!”
The knight, who looked down on Butler, got his neck choked on a spear .
The soldiers, who were scared, didn’t approach the man .
“Tch, I am a dragon inside…”
The leader, who was leading the pursuit, raised his hand .
The archers aimed at Butler .
“Launch!”
When the orders fell, dozens of archers pulled their arrows .
Swosh! Swosh!
The arrow that flew threw the wind poured down like rain on Butler .
Butler wielded his sword to avoid the incoming arrows, but with his injuries, he wasn’t able to block all the arrows .
“Kuek! Kuak!”
Starting from his leg, dozens of arrows hit his entire body .
His armor did prevent him from dying, but the pain he had to bear was too much .
Thud .
Butler, who had no strength, sat down .
The soldiers, who thought that they had neutralized him, began to gather around and narrow the space they had with him .
The leader on the horse had himself got down, but Butler had no strength to even move a finger .
‘It is over! This is my end!’
It was so frustrating that tears of blood flowed from Butler’s eyes .
“Goodbye, Duke Butler . I will keep your manor and title and take your body to His Majesty… Kuak!”
The leader was about to end Duke Butler’s life when he threw up blood and screamed .
Behind him was a masked knight with a mando (wooden practice sword) on his back .
‘Who is he? I have no idea!’
Butler wasn’t the only one with that question running in his head .
The knights and soldiers, who were chasing Butler, were flustered at the sudden interruption .
“Y-you, who are you?”
One of the knights pointed his sword at the masked man and asked with a cold voice .
“Reichard de Baroque . ”
“W-what?”
Listening to the unexpected name, the knights were all shocked .
Maybe their reaction was satisfactory to the masked knight because he laughed a little .
“However, right now, I am Orc Hero Shaikan . ”
At the end of those words, the orcs’ goblin army began to pop out from the forest .
Kikikikiki!
Kaaaak!
The startled knights and soldiers attempted to counterattack, but the monsters were much faster .
With just a few of the monster’s spear wielding, the men died .
The knights fought back, but when they all rushed in, they were slaughtered .
Duke Butler could only stare at Shaikan with shock and amazement .
‘T-this man is the 3rd prince of the past Emperor, Reichard? I am sure that he was declared dead…?’
The 3rd prince, Reichard, was known to have been killed by an unidentified assassin while heading to his home lordship with Empress Magdalene .
However, the same rumored man had appeared there and insisted that he was the 3rd prince, so Butler was forced to think back .
‘Maybe he is an imposter using the 3rd prince identity?’
While Butler was trying to figure out all the possibilities…
He sensed an enormous power emanating from Shaikan’s body .
“T-this is…!”
The energy, which was emanating from his body, was too hard for even a Sword Sage to handle .
“Dragonic aura . It is the power that only those who have awakened the blood of God Dragon Tiamet can perform . ”
“D-Dragonian!”
A legend that was passed down in the family of the Baroque .
Butler was aware of it, but he didn’t find it truthful enough to believe .
Drrr!
When Butler was shocked by Shaikan, he opened up his shirt to give out proof .
On his chest was a dragon scale .
As Shaikan’s Dragonic aura radiated, the scales began to spread over to his neck and shoulder .
“Oh, oh my god!”
The legend about the Dragonian wasn’t a lie!
At the shocked expression of Butler, Shaikan brought out his mando and cut his hand with it, making his blood drip .
He reached out to Butler, who was soaking in blood .
“You are dying . You have a stronger vitality than the others, but you won’t last long . You can live by drinking my blood which is filled with Dragonian aura . But…”
Butler, who was ready to drink the blood, stopped when he heard the following words .
“The souls of the ones who drink the blood of the dragon will regard me as their master . If the owner lives, you live . If the owner dies, you die . ”
“… . ”
“What do you plan on doing? Would you accept it?”
Butler thought for a moment .
“What will I get if I became your subject?”
“Your family will thrive forever with the new nation that I’ll build . ”
“New nation…?” Asked Butler .
“Yes . I will destroy the Baroque Empire and rebuild the Libiya Kingdom . ”
The Countess of Ebra, Reichard’s mother, was a descendant of the people of the fallen kingdom of Libiya .
Butler was aware of it too, but he felt embarrassed and flustered when he said about rebuilding a nation that was destroyed 500 years ago .
Founding such a nation was impossible without considerable preparation and enthusiastic movement .
Although he had seen the power of the God Dragon, did Reichard have the needed political foundation?
“But, first of all, I want to take revenge on that Rudolf . How about that?”
That was the one thing needed .
It didn’t matter if Reichard could build a new kingdom or not .
The most important thing for Butler was revenge .
Butler was determined . He put down the sword in his hand and looked at Shaikan .
“If you can overthrow that crazy Emperor and that traitor, I am willing to be your servant . ”
Butler drank the blood that was dripping from Shaikan’s hand .
The blood of the dragon’s aura that entered his body cooled down his body .
Along with enhanced metabolism, his body recovered several times faster than normal .
“Kuak! Kaaak!”
His wounds began to burn as they healed .
His aura, which wasn’t able to form because of his severely injured body, began to go back to normal .
‘To recover this quick! Is this the power of those who inherit the blood of the God Dragon?’
Duke Butler was amazed, seeing his body recover at an astonishing speed . He looked over when Shaikan’s words interrupted his amazement .
“Get up . If you want to overthrow Rudolf, we have a lot to do in the future . ”
“Yes, Master!”
Butler followed Shaikan who was moving into the group of monsters .
The key to the Western Army, which Rudolf hadn’t completely eradicated, was in the hands of Shaikan, who was secretly building forces within the Empire .
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