Chapter 190 (2/2)

“It was told to be useless, but it could be like the state when our land wasn’t that well, so…”

“The land is of no use to anyone. If we do research and install things there, we will only end up making people suffer and waste precious money.”

Luke, who hid the warlocks in there, hoped that the retainers wouldn’t be interested in the Jason Manor, but plans about what to do with it were always being asked.

“How far can we manage it properly just because we have the gold? The lords around it will try to occupy it. Maybe the Emperor has handed it over anticipating that such fight would happen.” Said Luke.

“But…”

“If you are feeling so bad about it, would you go there with your sons and look at the issue? How about we do that?”, asked Luke

“Ah, no. I will follow what the Lord says.”

The retainers quickly picked up the white flag.

The other retainers stopped showing any interest in Jason Manor as well.

Luke, who ended the topic about the Jason Manor, quickly changed the topic to something else.

“By the way, what is the situation in the magic world? Were there any signs of improvement?”

Luke was trying to keep track of the trends in the magic world along with the Veritas Magic Tower.

Mute responded with anxiousness, “The level of conflict is increasing. The power of Veritas is so great that the Magic Federation is still on the rise, but the reformers’ magic towers aren’t so small either, so the fight is very tight.”

2 years ago, a few towers withdrew from the Magic Federation by their own will.

At first, simple reports and verbal checks were being done.

But as time went on, violence began to take place as one of Veritas Magic Tower’s branch got burned down by Fiore Magic Tower.

It wasn’t like an assassination attempt on the other wizards or the destruction of the business.

It was like a massive fight between the magic towers as if they were in a war.

The battle didn’t end just between the magic towers; it ended up including mercenaries and nobles.

“In the beginning, the nobility and the heads of the nation were standing aside and then tried to intervene, but instead of reconciliation, they took sides and decided to not sell Gigants to the lords who supported the others.”

“So not just the magic world, but they are involving the entire continent as well?”

“Well, all thanks to that, we have benefitted.”

As of the moment, the ones, which weren’t involved with the fight, were private magic towers built by the nobles.

So the wizards who didn’t want to be caught in the fight entered Katarina Magic Tower, and the stilettos were able to hit the target groups which were left hurt by the conflict.

“Of course, there are difficulties. We are relying on imports for some important parts which we still can’t produce, and it is getting harder and harder to get them.”

While working on the development of the critical parts, the stilettos weren’t 100 percent made by Katarina Magic Tower.

When such critical components were hard to find, the Gigant productivity would fall, which would lead to disruption in the military power of the region.

Mute was worried about it and so was Rogers, but Luke didn’t seem to take it so seriously.

The Warrior class parts could be obtained from Dark Moon Magic Tower.

Of course, they were publicly available, and they had to be brought in through a secret process.

“That problem, even I will try to think of something. While in the army, I came to know a few magic towers.” Said Luke.

At the words of Luke, Mute seemed worried.

“Won’t we be caught up in the battle?”

“It is alright. I know someone who is neutral.”

When Luke said that, Hans opened his mouth thinking about something.

“Ah, there was a strange rumor going around about the magic towers’ war.”

“What is it about?” Inquired Luke.

“The other day, a knight wandering across the continent had come and said that there was a great mercenary on the side of the Magic Federation. It was said that he defeated a dozen war mages with just one stroke.”

“Is that strange?”

If one had good fencing skills, then that much could be done.

If he wasn’t a mercenary but a super knight sent by a nobleman who had a connection with the Magic Federation, it was a more convincing statement.

Hans shook his head at Luke’s question.

“It isn’t so strange… The mercenary is said to resemble your ancestor.”

“The warrior Rakan? Is that who you’re referring to?”

“Yes, I don’t know if it is true or not, but the man said he saw the mercenary build a golded aura…”

Golden.

It was one of the favorite tricks of Rakan, known to be made after learning the Gold Sword.

Anyway, mentioning the Gold Sword was enough to shake the retainers, and Luke’s face changed too.

He resembled his ancestor and used his skills as well.

What could that mean? Did Rakan had more of his kin out there?

Or…

‘Maybe the mercenary has the other part of the Gold Sword which hasn’t been found?’

It wasn’t just Luke who thought that.

Rogers too jumped out from his chair and spoke with a serious expression,

“Lord, I think we need to look into this mercenary.”

“I think so too. Let’s talk to Argos later.”

Luke later talked about some of the agendas and issues they had to deal with and then ended the regular meeting.