Chapter 119:

Chapter 119

“……… the meeting is finished here.”

Archduke Berard, who rose from his seat, headed somewhere.

A villa in secret, not inside the royal palace.

Even inside the villa, he went down deep underground through a secret passage that no one knew.

Then an amazing place appeared.

It was a huge underground.

A magic camp painted with eerie blood was in the center, and a crystal ball connected to somewhere could be seen.

“Activate.”

With the starting word, the magic jin went up and down.

“Connection.”

The crystal ball shone bright.

He waited, but that was it.

The other party did not receive it.

‘Fuck! Damn it!’

His face was twisted like a devil.

Grand Duke Berard recalled ‘them’.

‘They’ – he doesn’t know what they are, their names, nor what they want.

‘They’ approached Grand Duke Berard, a lowly illegitimate son, and even made him the position of Grand Duke.

Thanks to ‘them’, Grand Duke Berard was able to obtain the exquisite poison to poison his parents and brothers, and to obtain all kinds of vile means.

The ‘Pastin epidemic’ that was intended to spread in the Kingdom of Houston, the ‘juice’ that tried to assassinate the Marquis of Langham, and the ‘Su-eun spray’ that was planned not long ago were all plans handed over by the ‘them’.

These are the ones who helped Berard a lot, but there was one problem.

He had no means to contact them if he wished so.

He can only be in touch with ‘them’ if they wanted to. Grand Duke Berard couldn’t do it even if he wanted to make contact with ‘them’.

‘Shit. There’s nothing I can do about it.’

Grand Duke Berard, who was frowned upon, returned to the court and ordered it.

“Call General Durak back.”

“What do you mean?”

Grand Duke Berard spoke in a cold voice.

“I will entrust the military power to General Durak. He must bring Raymond’s neck to me.’

That’s how,p the best master of the Kingdom of Droughton came to the fore, and the war entered a new phase.

Meanwhile, Raymond.

He was about to have a discussion with Duke Raif.

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“Did you call me?”

Raymond asked Duke Raif with a puzzled face.

It was the first time the two will be having a discussion alone like this.

‘It’s uncomfortable.’

Raymond felt uncomfortable with Duke Raif becuase of his bad relationship with Seytil.

However, Duke Raif only looked at Raymond with a sharp gaze with only silence.

It’s about to get more uncomfortable.

But then, the dukespoke a completely different narrative from what Raymond was expecting.

“You’ve done a great job until now.”

“……what?”

“With your help, I was able to take over Rafald. I thank you as the commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Houston, and as your representative to His Royal Highness.”

“……!”

Raymond was taken aback.

What a compliment to hear from none other than Duke Raif!

“Thank you.”

‘Shouldn’t he hate me because of Seytil?’

“Are you confused that I am saying this to you?” Duke Raif questoned as if he noticed the puzzled look on Raymond’s face.

“…… I thought you didn’t like me.”

“Honestly, I didn’t like you very much at first. But that thought soon changed.”

“Why is that?”

“Because I thought your talent was too wasteful to get rid off just because of your bad relationship with Seytil.”

“……!”

At the moment, Raymond had goosebumps on his back.

Now the Duke used the words ‘get rid off’.

‘He could have killed me if he wanted to. Well, Duke Raif is Seytil’s greatest patron.’

If the commander-in-chief, the Duke Raif, made up his mind, he will be removed in this world no less.

“The 4th queen asked me to kill you. If you were actually a pathetic little fellow, I might have gotten rid of you. She might be my most hated sister, but my own blood is still the one asking.”

“Why are you telling me this?”

“Didn’t I tell you? Your talent would only go to waste, I care about talented people.”

The Duke looked directly into Raymond’s eyes.

And he brought up an unexpected, completely unexpected proposal.

“Do you want to be my disciple, Baron Penin?”

“……!”

Raymond looked as if his face was hit by a hammer.

“What did you say to me just now?”

Duke Raif continued calmly.

“I’ve been watching you over and over again. I don’t know if you know, but you have been blessed with a heavenly mind and body. You can be a sword master- No, maybe you’ll get to more than that.”

“……!”

“It is a sin to rot that talent. Be my disciple and be the best knight. When your talent meets my teaching, you may become a grandmaster, master of swords who is above a sword master.”

Raymond couldn’t get his head around the out-of-the-box story.

Duke Raif’s eyes were too serious to be dismissed as a joke.

It was a look of longing beyond sincerity.

That’s also a dangerous craving.

‘…Duke Raif is really greedy for me! It’s his intention to make me achieve the title he couldn’t get on his behalf!’

The Duke spoke in a heavy voice.

“If you become my disciple, I will protect you from the threat of other princes. Now no one will ignore you. Not only that, but you will gain the highest wealth and honor of the kingdom.”

Raymond put on a troubled face.

Now the Duke was under great illusion.

·… I don’t have any talent. They’re a stat feat.’

The reason for his strength was simple.

It was all because of the player system.

It wasn’t talent.

Raymond shook his head.

“I’m sorry. I have no talent for swords.”

“You don’t have any?”

“Yes, you must have seen it wrong.”

The Duke wriggled his eyebrows.

“You are ignoring a Duke’s judgment?”

“It’s not that, I am just stating a fact.”

“Then let’s check it out again now.”

The Duke’s aura has changed dramatically.

Raymond had goosebumps on his back. An instinctive sense of crisis rose throughout his body.

At that moment.

There was a flash of light.

The Duke drew his sword in a split second!

‘This is crazy!’

Far from avoiding it, it was a difficult speed to react to!

As soon as his mind turned blank, the message of excellent water came to mind.

[You received an unexpected attack! “The therapist’s self-defense skills” is manifested!]

[The enemy is extremely powerful! The dwarf effect that knocked down the giant (2+) is manifested!]

[It’s a war situation! “Survival instinct” is automatically manifested in extreme crisis!]

[The opponent is a “true opponent”! The ‘how to deal with the true opponent’ is manifested! The self-defense technique strengthens some of its effects!]

The Stats popped up!

[Stat]

Physical strength: 52 (+5) → 93.5

Sense: 44(+5) → 81.5

For refere, the stats base has increased a lot due to a lot of leveling up after the previous duel with Seytil.

Instinctively, his body moved, and the sword narrowly passed him by.

‘Oh my gosh. This is crazy. I barely avoided it!’

His heart thumped.

Meanwhile, the Duke Raif looked at him more alarmed than Raymond.

‘Did his body move faster than before?’

Either way, it wasn’t an attack to kill.

An attack just to see Raymond’s reaction.

But the result was much more astonishing than expected.

He was able to avoid it flawlessly!

Previously, the body movements he showed during his duel with Seytil were amazing, but now he has grown even more.

‘……I’ve never heard of any separate physical training. But how did he grow his skills like that?’

Duke Raif gulped.

‘Is he really a heavenly thing?’

Raymond is getting stronger by himself.

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‘…I must take him as my disciple.’

At this moment, the Duke forgot Raymond’s bad relationship with Seytil.

He was too good a man of heaven to miss just because of the pathetic Seytil.

Raymond will fulfill a dream that he wasn’t able to achieve. He could not miss this.

Meanwhile, Raymond retreated with a bemused face.

‘I have no talent. It’s all a misunderstanding, man. And I’m not interested in being a knight.’

‘Let’s concede a hundred times and say I don’t have talent.’

‘But I didn’t like it.’

‘How painful is it to be a knight?’

It was terrible to think about suffering in the scorching sun every day, considering it was training. It was a hundred times better to see a patient.

‘It’s more worth it to treat a patient. I’ll never do anything like being a knight!’

The problem is that the Duke Raif is unlikely to give up easily.

He is a great man

Raymond needed a clever way out.

‘I’m in trouble if that scary man has any ill will.’

‘I shouldn’t pretend to say no prematurely. What should I do? I am in trouble.’

But that was then.

Raymond had an idea.

‘Wait. This isn’t necessarily a bad situation, is it?’

His eyes rolled over.

Look!

The Duke Raif’s longing eyes.

‘If I do this well, isn’t it a chance to catch a pushover?’

Raymond swallowed the lump in his throat..

A good way came into his head.

A genius way to get the Duke to be hisa pushover, rejecting a student offer!

‘I just have to give him hope.’

It was a so-called “protection management operation”!

“Thank you for your proposal, Duke Raif, but as you know I have a thousand patients to treat.”

“I know you are for the patient, but your talent must be honed so that you can become a knight.”

“I’m not saying that I can’t be a knight. It’s a respectful path. Someday, I might change my decision.”

That’s a lie.

He won’t be a sweaty knight ever.

“But not now. For now, I want to focus on the task of treating patients. If I change my mind later on, I will learn the sword then.”

The Duke asked disapprovingly.

“……So you’re going to find me as I was the one who recognized your skills?”

“I do not know about that.”

“What?”

Raymond replied naturally.

“There are many men to learn the sword from. For one there is Marquis Aris…”

“Even if I want to learn the sword, there’s no reason to learn it from you, right?”

Raymond smiled inwardly and examined Duke Raif’s face.

Flames burst out of Duke Raif’s eyes.”I’m much better than that old gisaeng!”

“Your Royal Highness may also show interest in my talent…”

“…… Your Highness is busy with state affairs. So…”

“There are other professional instructors.”

“I’m much better than them…”

Duke Raif groaned.

‘I couldn’t believe Duke Raif would be begging for me like this!

It was a rare sight indeed.

Raymond spoke naturally.

“Anyway, if I plan on learning the sword, I will ask for guidance from the person who worked with me the most .”

“What do you mean?”

“Yes, a teacher and a student are like family. I will learn the sword from those who treat me best like a family,” Raymond said.

Inwardly, Raymond’s meaning was this: ‘If you want to make me your student, please do your best to be nice to me!’