Chapter 72 (2/2)

Shortly after the battle, the opinions began to emerge.

Originally, the plan was to end the war there itself and to get the apology from the Count.

However, because the battle was very easy, everyone wanted to attack the city of Lamer, the heart of the enemy.

Originally, the city of Lamer was part of the Rakan family land, and now it was possible for them to capture it back from the Count Monarch because they felt that they could take down the Count.

“Wait, no damage to the allies? How did you get the Gigants of theirs, that too intact?”

“That, actually…”

Rogers talked about what he had found during the battlefield cleanup.

Luke wasn’t able to hide the absurd expression which was on his face.

“What? The core of the Gigants was missing?”

“Yes, even when we asked the Iron Mages who have been captured, they didn’t seem to have any idea. It was like they were being haunted by ghosts.”

Quickly, the shock was erased from Luke’s eyes.

After hearing the word ‘Ghost’, he came to understand who might have done that.

“How do you plan on using the enemy Gigants with their pivotal part missing?”

“We are going to switch our core engines with theirs, and our Gigant equipment too.”

“Hmm, you plan to disguise that.”

Luke was thinking about something.

“Nice. Get ready to move to Lamer right away.”

“Thank you for your permission, Lord!”

“On the other hand, I’ll be coming there too. I need to catch that pig with my own hands.”

“Hahaha, I understand.”

The communication using the crystal ended with that.

When Luke entered the room, he looked around to make sure no one was there and opened his mouth.

“Sebastian!”

“Yep, you called for me, master?!”

He appeared, and Luke was as cold as ever.

Sebastian crouched with some magic stones held in his hands.

“Master, I did my job perfectly just like my master has told me. And brought treasure that you might like…”

“Where are the remaining ones?”

When Luke asked the unexpected question, Sebastian began to sweat.

“That, that…”

“Right away, return everything back to where they belong. No, just leave them nearby.”

“But master, this was very hard…”

“Do you want to live a tough life and die?”

Shocked with the cold response of Luke’s, Sebastian replied bluntly,

“I will do it right away!”

With those words, Sebastian disappeared like a lightning bolt.

Luke smiled a little, went to the Manor workers, gave them some instructions, armed himself, and headed for the canyon.

When Luke arrived on the back of the horse, it took an overnight, and the knights were preparing for their advance to Lamer.

“Have come, young Lord.”

“You have all done well. By the way the Gigants of the Count? Didn’t you say that they can’t be moved?”

In the eyes of Luke, Gigants with the crest of the Count could perform a basic movement.

Knowing the reason, Luke pretended that he did not know, and Rogers replied to him,

“All the disappeared magic stones and cores were in the supply box in the cart or the parts box. Perhaps the mages forgot to check them.”

“Yeah?”

“Yes, they were very flustered about it… in fact, they couldn’t think properly as there was an epidemic or they had a hard time coming here.”

“Even then, isn’t it strange that all the 42 Gigants core was missing?”

Luke intentionally asked, but Rogers spoke like it wasn’t a big deal.

“It’s often the case that happens when the Gigants are suddenly brought to war. And some of the greedy Iron mages could have taken them out too.”

“In other words, their military was missing.”

“Uh, we should be careful not to let that happen to us.”

Except for the Gigant, whose hatch had been crushed, which couldn’t be used at all, the rest of them were given over to the Rakan Knights.

They are not professional Gigant riders, but they have been training with the Gigants for a while, so they weren’t entirely comfortable with it.

They couldn’t be placed for the front line in the battle, but they could be placed in full-scale support in the back.

“Then, let’s leave. By now, the losers would have told them, so they’ll probably be shaken. We need to finish before they have the time to respond.”

“Understood, young Lord.”

Luke began the march to Lamer, leaving only a few soldiers to watch over the prisoners.

With all the trailers and the wagons taken over from the Count’s army, they were able to move quickly.