Chapter 378 - Iron Core 3 (2/2)

“Not that… Just a moment… A communication came in showing the Lord’s coordinates, and that came from the Lord!”

“What? Is that really true?”

Surprised, Sebastian got up from his seat.

And that was the same with Belfair who was in hiding. He was so surprised that he almost gave out his identity.

“So, everyone is going to the communication room. Are you also going to go Lord?”

“Of course, I have to.”

Sebastian spoke and followed Anna to the communication room of the Lordship.

After a while, they arrived at the magic communication room.

There was no room in the magic communication room with all the retainers and the knights who were in there.

The first to arrive there was Butler Hans.

When he looked at the blurry crystal image of Luke, he screamed, losing his usual calmness.

“Lord!”

-So loud. I am not deaf, so lower your voice.

“Is there any problem? What the hell happened Lord?!”

Hans’s voice didn’t go down so easily because of all the stress that accumulated.

-There was a situation, I am sorry. I will explain all in detail at a later time, so please understand.

“Phew, understood. Instead, the next time you leave, at least let us know the situation beforehand.”

-I will do that. Rather than that, how is the civil war going?

“It was said that the Emperor led the Knights of Guard and the Eastern Army troops were in war with the Western Forces on Dris Mountain. The Western Army has been declared defeated, but the details are still under investigation.”

-Is that so? First, the civil war is against the noblemen.

“That is right. I am concerned on how to act now.”

From the standpoint of Rakan, the noblemen getting pushed back wasn’t a desirable situation.

Marquis Mayers was still there in the south, but with the Western Army destroyed, it was just a matter of time before the Southern Army was destroyed as well.

The retainers of Rakan needed the Emperor and the noblemen to fight against each other as much as possible.

That would make it easier for them to sweep away the rest of the men.

-Well, we need to make plans before the noblemen turn defensive, but wasn’t Duke Butler killed?

“Well, if he was killed, then they would have made a huge deal out of it, but there was no such thing going on nor anything said by the Emperor. The only thing we know was that the remnants of the Western Army were cleared up, and large amount of bounty was placed for the necks of the noblemen.”

-Nice, which means…

Luke gave detailed instructions to Hans.

Hans, who listened to all the instructions, suddenly asked, “But Lord, where are you right now?”

-Me? I am along with Hwang Bo-sung in the Zegal clan of the Song Empire.

“Song Empire? Hold on, the Southern Continent…?”

-Erwin will let you know how this happened. She said that she will arrive there soon.

“Huh, understood, but when is our Lord coming back?”

-There is something that I need to do here. Once that is done, I will return back as soon as I can.

“Please come back quickly. We still have our estate together, but we don’t know what will happen in the future.”

-I know. I will hurry and don’t bother Reina. I don’t want to make her worry.

In fact, Luke had contacted Reina directly.

However, the magic communication wasn’t perfect, and they were kept being interrupted by static, so they eventually gave up talking to each other.

“Master, stay healthy, and come back! I love you, I respect you, Master!”

Just before the magic communication got ended, Sebastian quickly interrupted and spoke.

It was because he was afraid that Belfair would talk about what he said a while back, but he ended up giving Luke the idea of ‘this guy is up to something fishy’.

-Don’t spew nonsense, and do your best in my position.

“Yep! I will do my very best!”

The communication ended with that.

The retainers, who confirmed that the missing Lord was alive and well, smiled from their hearts with relief.

Butler Hans clapped his hands and ordered everyone.

“Kay then, since we have confirmed that our Lord is safe, let’s get back to our work and focus on it. Chief Commander Rogers, prepare what the Lord has ordered us to do.”

“Understood.”

After that, the Marquis of Rakan went back to normal as if everything had been settled.