Chapter 396: 396
In the Count Felipe estate to the southwest of the Baroque Empire .
A new flag was fluttering on the land, the land which had the strongest military power and largest neutral territory .
The flag with a Dragon crest like the Baroque Imperia family, but the difference was the dragon had its wings wide open .
Many of the guards which were around the flag were orcs, goblins, and monsters .
Monsters armed with steel weapons, such as any human soldiers were faithfully guarding the region without any distractions .
And the human knights and soldiers seemed relatively unconcerned .
In the beginning, the humans seemed rather cautious to see the monsters move around them .
However, after recognizing that the monsters wouldn’t harm them, they began to do their duties .
“It seems more like an elite soldiers than a monster . ”
“They are definitely much better than the new recruits of our troops . ”
“How can they be like that? Did they submit themselves because of some weird magic?”
In front of the knights who were mumbling, an armed orc came ahead .
The orc which seemed incredibly overwhelming when compared to the size of a troll spoke to the knights with a flimsy voice .
“Kuek, not magic . Our king has the power of God Dragon . Orc, submit to the power of the dragons . The power of the God Dragon made the orc strong and clever . ”
“Uhm, that so? Even being a monster, you know how to handle the bows and fire guns . ”
“Woah, the power of a draconian is surely amazing . ”
The knights recalled the first time they had met the ‘king’ .
The man whom Count Felipe had introduced as a new king to take down the tyrant Emperor was a masked man .
The masked man brought in tens of thousands of monsters from the territory, and he was the Orc Hero Shaikan who turned the Navarre duchy upside down .
Shaikan, who appeared with a mask in front of the neutral nobles, gathered all the remnants of the Western Army into the mansion, claimed himself to be the 3rd crown prince, Reichard de Baroque, and a legitimate successor to the Libiya Kingdom .
When the words spread, everyone seemed rather suspicious than surprised .
In the midst of the turmoil with the Empire due to the civil war, he seemed like a fraudster trying to take advantage .
Although Duke Butler stood beside the man to guarantee his claim, the words of a man who lost to the Emperor had no authority .
That was when Shaikan, who had awakened the power of the Draconian transformed into a dragon and roared, and the doubts in the minds of nobles disappeared at once .
Everyone wet their pants and decided to obey the man .
“Then who would win over your king and the Crazy Emperor?”
“Obviously our king will win . No matter how strong Emperor Rudolf was, he was still a human, but our king is half human and half dragon, with the power of the God Dragon . ”
“Right . He can split a Gigant with a single strike . ”
At the knights who were constantly talking, the orc which was near them screamed .
“Knights, stop talking . Get into your position . ”
“Ah, that orc is nagging us… Uh! What are you doing?!!”
The orc grabbed the knight who was mumbling and lifted him into the air .
And spoke with a much colder voice than before .
“I am much stronger than a knight . And my rank is higher too . I’ll have to hit you if you mess around . ”
“Ah, understood! So just stop now…”
“Kuek! Speak with respect!”
“Understood, I was wrong! I won’t ever do that again!”
Upon hearing those words, the Orc released the knight who was full of himself, and the knights went back to patrolling the area .
Count Felipe, who was looking at the scene from a window spoke .
“No matter how important, to keep a monster above a human…”
However, a cold voice from behind entered his ears .
“It was decided by the king . If you have any objections, you can go and ask him yourself . ”
The count turned .
He caught the glimpse of the man who spoke such cold words .
An old knight seated in a chair, and he was the representative of the Western nobles, Duke Butler .
Duke Butler had appeared alongside Shaikan, and he was currently the lieutenant general of the Libiya Kingdom and commander .
“And not all of the monsters are above the humans . ”
“That is true…”
In fact, it was the truth, only a handful of monsters were superior or high ranked than the regular knights .
But for humans like Count Felipe, humans had to be superior, unconditionally .
“The thought is good, but a diligent monster is much better than a lazy human . And a hundred times better to believe a loyal monster than a man without good faith and loyalty . ”
Crack!
The moment Butler said that the pen in his hand broke .
In his mind, the image of Marquis Vanden, the traitor had flashed .
Cough!
Count Felipe choked when the energy coming out of Butler’s body was suffocating him .
“Oh, please calm down, Duke!”
With that plea, Butler immediately came back to reality .
Perhaps the energy he had released was of anger, but all the devices and things inside the office were all smashed .
And Count Felipe was breathing out cold air, drenched in sweat as if he had come out from a steaming room .
“Oh my, I am sorry . I began to have a bad memory when I was talking . ”
“It is alright . I can understand . ”
Maybe it was better to not talk about monsters . It was because it looked like Butler could crush the bones in his body when talked about humans and monsters .
Even if the man was still defeated by the Emperor, Duke Butler was still the Sword Sage of the Baroque Empire .
Felipe, who was determined to live, changed the subject of the conversation .
“That is okay, but there are people talking about the national marriage . ”
“National Marriage?”
“Yes, His Majesty is still unmarried . Some nobles say that he should choose a lady for the nation so His Majesty can be able to focus more on the foreign affairs . ”
Butler chucked at Felipe’s words .
“Uh, those men speak too simple . Thinking, speaking, and wielding power will be much better . ”
“hahaha…”
The words of Butler made Felipe sweat again . And he didn’t want to be wrong, he was actually aiming for the position .
Felipe who only had sons was already willing to adopt a step-daughter from his distant relatives .
However, there was an enemy .
A woman who empowered Shaikan by integrating 15 small and medium estates across the western and southern Empire .
Felipe who recalled ‘her’, went weak .
‘I will never lose to a lustful wench from abroad! No, never!’
Count Felipe decided to make his stepdaughter as a queen .
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