Chapter 448 - Secret Wedding 2 (1/2)

The Coronation ceremony of Luke had continued for a week.

Nobles, as well as the people, wished for the prosperity of Symphonia by drinking the beer given by the royal family.

At the end of such a bright festival, all the messengers and ambassadors from the nations were ready to go back.

Wooong!

The long-distance teleport gate in the Rakan estates was opened under the direct orders of their king and a person came from there.

When he appeared, Luke greeted him in his usual cold demeanor.

“Welcome, Arch Duke Gregory.”

“I didn’t expect to meet the King directly.”

The visitor was none other than Arch Duke, Sword Sage, Albero de Gregory of Holy Empire.

At his words, Luke smiled and shook his hands.

“Haha, you don’t have to interpret it like that.”

“No, since you have become the monarch of a nation, you need to be humble. Besides, isn’t the King the fiancé of our Pope?”

“Yes, but…”

Luke who was about to answer felt his body turn stiff.

It wasn’t the attitude and actions of Gregory which made him feel like that, but because he could feel what Gregory intended to say.

‘This is very thorough. In addition, his body seems to have aged.’

Gregory, who looked very much like a young man, wasn’t suitable for the actual age of 120.

As a Sword Sage, he had a powerful aura and divine power, and all thanks to that, his body regeneration and abilities were exceptional.

But now, Arch Duke seemed lean, as if he was seriously ill and held a cane.

In addition, his head had white hair here and there with wrinkles on his face and hand.

It wasn’t just his appearance.

He couldn’t feel the overpowering looks from him anymore.

‘Was it because he lost a huge amount of aura when we fell into the trap of the fairies? But I am fine so how…?’

Looking at Luke who was lost in thought.

Gregory smiled.

“You seem to be very surprised with my appearance.”

“Yes, I haven’t heard anything about Arch Duke’s health.”

Argos would have surely been the first to relay the information if anything happened to Arch Duke Gregory.

Yet, Luke had heard nothing from them.

“Huhu. All this time I had to keep it a secret, so there is no way you could have heard it.”

Gregory had to hide his condition thoroughly.

He couldn’t cause any rift between Luke and Reina, and there was no saying how the opposition would react if his illness came out.

“It was pretty hard. I can’t say that I am alright now… but I won’t retire.”

“…!”

At his words, Luke’s eyes changed and he stepped back without his knowledge.

It was because he felt a much stronger power than he did at the arrival, well, he actually could feel nothing.

‘His body has gone weak! He has no energy left! Did he get infected with something?’

While Luke was thinking so, Gregory spoke.

“By the way, when you went to the Southern Continent, you ended up learning the second half of the Gold Sword?”

“Yes, I told Reina after coming back… let’s move somewhere to sit.”

Luke took Gregory to his Rakan’s personal training room.

On the way there, he explained how he got the second half.

“Physical pain… that is amazing. I never knew that there would be anyone in the world with such ability.”

“It was quite different from the divine power. If divine power was something that you borrow from God and use, then this could be the enlightened power from the body.”

Luke who talked about Nanda’s ability for a while. Lifted the wooden sword and cast the Gold Sword.

“The second half is largely divided into a minimum of 8 parts to 64 parts. Depending on the application of fusions and forms, hundreds to thousands of variations…”

In the beginning, Gregory was curious and watched every single progress.

With excitement, his expression changed.

“Oh my! That was the second half!”

“But there could be some southern skills in here too, or maybe I am not able to understand it rightly…”

“Hmm…”

On hearing Luke’s words, Gregory picked up a wooden sword from the armory and began to visualize it.

When Luke left the spot, he slowly wielded the wooden sword and unfolded the second half of the Gold Sword.

At first, it wasn’t much different from Luke’s.

However, an intense glow began to spark at the sword Gregory was wielding.

Kwang!

‘No!’

As the aura exploded, half of the equipment in the training center got blown away, and Luke was just shocked.

It was a simple motion of wielding the sword with aura, and there was a difference when he began to unfold the second half.

But the difference in power was like heaven and earth.

Though what Gregory did wasn’t as good as his memory, but it felt very close to it.

What was going on in there?

Arch Duke Gregory spoke to Luke who was puzzled.