Chapter 454 - Counter Use 2 (1/2)

Once they were ready, Luke took a few of his men to the city of Felipe, the capital of the Libiya Kingdom.

Since it was just a few men along with him, all Luke had to do was Teleportation magic and Fly magic, so it took just a couple of days for them to arrive.

“Y-your Majesty of the Symphonia Kingdom!”

As the envoy of Symphonia fell from the sky, the soldiers who were contacted by the guards appeared in front of the royal palace only to be startled.

Luke announced that he was going to visit there just before he departed from the palace.

However, the men of Libiya didn’t expect them to arrive so quickly.

However, he quickly recovered his composure and pointed to the inside of the palace.

“Please follow me. I will guide you, Your Majesty.”

Luke’s party followed the man into the palace.

With human soldiers and monsters like orc and trolls on the borders, Symphonia’s guard knight’s commander, Hwang Bo-sung, exclaimed while looking at it.

“Your Majesty, this Reichard… seems to be doing good.”

Even though he had lived his life in the Southern Continent and only came recently to the Rhodesia Continent, he knew that monsters were incompatible with humans.

It was because of the innate instincts that were deeply embedded in the monster against humans.

Therefore, when a monster meets a human in their path, they would attack unconditionally.

However, to suppress such nature of the monsters and turn them into civil beings alongside humans, surely, Reichard’s ability was commendable.

“In addition to controlling the monsters, King Reichard is also a man with exceptional forces.”

“Forces? How good?”

“Well, at least to the level of a Sword Sage.”

A few years ago, when Reichard was still living as Shaikan, he caused a monster wave in the Navarre Duchy, and Luke was the one that was sent there to subdue the monsters under the orders of the Emperor.

At that time, he was able to cross swords with Reichard. However, Luke wasn’t able to beat the man even after using both dark magic and his demon abilities. His Rune Knight skills seemed to have no effect on the man as well.

Of course, it wasn’t like Reichard could beat Luke either, but his power as a dragon must have changed during the time.

‘How strong did he get by now?’

Without fail, the man must have become very strong.

In the past, Luke witnessed Reichard’s hate toward the army sent by Emperor Rudolf, Sword Emperor, to take down the monsters.

“Sword Sage? I want to fight him once.”

Hwang Bo-sung, who wanted to raise his Fist Master’s level, wanted to fight Reichard if an opportunity was presented to him.

“Huh, Count Hwang Bo-sung, your skills won’t last after 10 strikes.”

Belfair, who had come there as Luke’s attendant, spoke.

“Is he that strong?”

“Yes, due to my rotten luck, I met this man and almost died.”

Belfair had gone against Reichard.

To be more precise, he fought with monsters during his own personal training and got hurt after getting hit by Reichard, who came out suddenly.

And he did try to battle against Hwang Bo-sung a while ago.

That was why Belfair was able to know the difference between the two.

Hwang Bo-sung, who was strong, could never win against Reichard who was a dragonian.

However, Belfair’s words only sparked the desire in Hwang Bo-sung.

“Huhuhu, that made me want to fight him even more now!”

When he was in the Southern Continent, he never knew that there were such strong people in the Rhodesia Continent.

Although he was deceived by his half brother for taking over the clan, he thought that staying in Rhodesia was a good thing.

‘Oh my, this puncher isn’t going to back down.’

Seeing Hwang Bo-sung smile while bumping his fists, Belfair shook his head.

Having such conversations, they passed through the garden then a corridor and entered a building that the King was using as his office.

According to the guard, the main officials and Reichard gathered there to discuss their national affairs.

“Since Your Majesty Luke’s visit is so sudden, we were unable to prepare ahead. Even though this might seem lacking, we hope you understand.”

“Ah, there is no need. We understand.”

When Luke nodded, the guide pointed to the office.

“Your Majesty, the King of Symphonia has come.”

“Bring him in.”

With a thick voice, the door opened.

Luke walked in confidently.

He looked at Shaikan, well, Reichard who got up from his seat.

‘Hmm, so this was the face he was hiding behind the mask? I thought he was a complete savage during that time.’

‘He is the king of Symphonia? The descendant of Rakan?’

Unlike Luke who was in his thoughts, Shaikan was quite surprised.

Someone with the name of Marquis Luke was rumored to be extraordinary, and there was the warlock he fought against in the Navarre Duchy.

Shaikan looked at the man in front of him.

Peculiar energy flowed from Luke, which was very similar to the warlock whom he met.

‘Wasn’t there a rumor that Luke de Rakan was learning dark magic? Well, was this why? But this doesn’t seem like a useless rumor.’

If he could take down the Baroque Empire, Shaikan was willing to hold hands with even the demon or warlocks.

With such thoughts, Reichard welcomed Luke with a happy expression.