《Help! I don't want to NTR the protagonist!》
Chapter 1 01. Meeting With A God
?There''s a saying in life that sometimes reality is often stranger than fiction and right now, a man was experiencing this statement to the fullest extent.
Marcus, a poor regr university student, was currently standing in endless white space with a stupefied expression on his face.
Rubbing his brows in disbelief, Marcus stared at the shockingly handsome man in front of him as he asked his question once again for confirmation.
"So you''re telling me I died?" asked Marcus
"Well to be more specific, it would be acute heart failure due to high blood pressure, but yes, that''s the gist of it." replied the handsome man nonchntly
"And you''re telling me that you are also a God?"
"Correctomundo!" Laughed the God
"Wow, you''re taking this much better than I expected." replied the god in an amused manner.
After hearing this joke, Marcus couldn''t take it anymore and his calm demeanour snapped.
"Fuck! How else am I supposed to take it!" roared Marcus
"You just brought me here from nowhere as if it was some sort of joke, just tough at me and I have no clue as to what''s going on."
As the god heard this, he frowned in displeasure
"Well if you have so much of a problem with it, why don''t you take better care of your health next time? I wouldn''t be able to randomly drag you somewhere if you were still alive."
Hearing this Marcus''s mouth twitched. He wanted to say something in protest but no words managed to leave his mouth.
He had got him! He had no response to counter that but even if he knew all this, there was no way he could just simply ept this situation.
"If I died, so be it, but even if my death wasn''t the most honourable, I don''t think I sinned enough to be brought here."
As the God heard this an incredulous expression appeared on his face as he tilted his head to the side in disbelief.
"Don''t tell me that you actually think you''re innocent? Have you already forgotten?"
As soon as Marcus heard this, his heart sank as he tried to ponder all of his possible misdeeds
''Shit did I truly fuck up this time?'' thought Marcus nervously
''What could it be? My search history? No, although it''s questionable, it''s still not illegal.''
Theck of possible clues didn''t put Marcus''s heart at ease but instead only made him even more nervous
''If it''s not my search history then what could it possibly be? Other than a few fights in high school, I can''t even remember thest time I physically harmed someone?''
Seeing Marcus pondering for such a long time, the god eventually grew impatient.
"Don''t tell me that you''ve truly forgotten your greatest sin!"
"The Book, Light of Heroes, you''ve read it, remember?"
Hearing this, Marcus''s memory was quickly refreshed. It was a book he had been keeping up with that finished just a few days ago.
It was a typical fantasy book with demon kings and heroes, but instead of the heroes being chosen by the gods, powerful noble families descending from the original five heroes made a contract with the gods of light to inherit the power of heroes for their own but have secretly deceived the gods, stealing the power and passing it down from generation to generation. With the uninhibited use of hero power and talents, nobility in the world had long since be uncontroble and corrupt.
The protagonist is the saint of light, the true chosen one of the gods and must be stronger, strengthening the weakened church, overthrowing the corrupt empire and eventually bing king and leading humanity into a new golden age.
Whilst the premise of the story was unique enough the execution was questionable, quickly devolving into a simple power fantasy that left much to be desired in its conclusion
Mediocre at best.
That was the evaluation that Marcus had left the book with but he just couldn''t understand why the book was being brought up here.
"Now do you know you know the sin you have incurred for insulting the work of a god!"
Hearing this Marcus''s legs shook, not out of fear, but out of disbelief!
What kind of bored god goes around writing novels?!
"Hey hold on!" Cried Marcus
"I didn''t insult your work, I only called your work average. I even gave it a three star review."
"What would you know?" Scowled the god.
"Do you know the shame of having your work criticised by mortals!"
After hearing this, Marcus could barely even stand straight
''J¡just for that reason? How¡ How petty.''
If the god he was facing was so petty Marcus didn''t have much hope.
Just as he was about to wallow in despair he suddenly tempered something.
"Why pick me? There were tens of other harsh and 1 star reviews. How could you take me but let them go!"
As soon as Marcus said this, he instantly regretted it, as he felt the air around him freeze
"You think I didn''t want to bring them here?" Said the god, his expression twisting into something that made Marcus hold his breath.
An unbelievable aura radiated from his body that nearly knocked Marcus out just by being in its presence.
It was at that moment that Marcus truly realised what level of entity he was dealing with.
Based on his understanding, it wouldn''t be at all wrong to call such a being a god.
But after the initial shock, there was only one thought left in his mind
''Why! Why was this god so fucking god damn petty!''
The pressure released grew stronger and stronger so much so that Marcus''s vision blurred for a few seconds.
Fortunately, the god seemed to realise his blunder and now slightly embarrassed, snapped his fingers, bringing back Marcus''s mind from the brink of copse in an instant.
"Cough! As you said, there were others I really wanted to bring here ahead of you to teach a lesson but who made the world truly an unjust ce? Why is it that all the evil and wretched people must live a long life?" said the god almost sighing at the injustice of the world.I think you should take a look at
"Remember when I said I couldn''t do anything if you were still alive, well I wasn''t joking." continued the god
"No matter how powerful I am, stealing a living soul from another world is not something that could be done lightly. My desire was always to bring those bastards who dared leave a one star on my work and leave them here to suffer but since none of them were dead, I was forced to move up to two stars and then up to three stars which at least gave me you and your soul after your pathetic death."
Hearing it exined like this, Marcus''s mouth twitched
For some reason, even though this wasn''t a reward by any means, the fact he wasn''t even the first or second choice, nor even backup, left him feeling somewhat defeated.
"But don''t worry! Since you are not aplete sinner, I will still offer you a chance at redemption by helping meplete my next great masterpiece!" Eximed the strange god.
Looking at the haughty look in the god''s eyes, almost as if he was doing him some sort of favour, Marcus was left speechless.
Since when was leaving a three-star review a sin in the first ce? This wasn''t a favour, it was just tant bullying!
But as a mere mortal, even if the gods were shamelessly bullying him, it wasn''t his ce toin. Despite his strange situation, Marcus was still wise enough to stomach his dissatisfaction and let the god continue speaking.
"After doing some self-review I''ve decided to create a masterpiece more exciting than before and what do people like more than novels? It''s games of course! I will not be creating a novel but a gal game and you will be the one toplete it for me!"
"Using my near-perfect story from my novel, you will be the onepleting the game, bringing it to the next level story but it won''t be as the protagonist either. For some reason he could never get higher in the fan favourite rankings so I''d like to see my world from a different perspective." Exined the strange god
"Instead of our protagonist, you will be taking on the role of Humanity''s greatest traitor, Lucius!"
Hearing this Marcus went pale.
"H-Hey there, shouldn''t we think things through before..."
But unfortunately for Marcus, he was brutally shut down before he could even finish
"Nope, I''ve already decided that this would be the most interesting route"
This god was like a petnt child, not listening to even a word Marcus said
Hearing this Marcus nearly coughed up blood in frustration
Lucius had been a fan favourite since he had been introduced into the novel but he had eventually turned into one of the most controversial and hated characters in the novel. A best friend of the protagonist, he was initially a close ally sharing simr goals. but not the same objectives, Like the protagonist he was against the monarchy and noble families but Lucius was aplete radical! He was a revolutionary that sought not just a change in social structure but theplete abolishment of the feudal system! You have to know that even the protagonist, the darling of this world, wasn''t so crazy! He merely wanted reform. In a world where the inheritance of not just the monarchy but noble families bordered on the divine such thoughts were nothing short of utter lunacy.
Of course, the ambitions of such a lunatic would end up in failure. But besides all this, Lucius''s greatest sin would have to be eying one of the protagonists '' women.
He kidnapped her and took her to one of his dungeons.
The whole arc was so borderline NTR I almost dropped the novel right then and there.
It was clear that the author wanted to make Lucius into a big viin, but the whole NTR ordeal was nothing other thanplete character assassination!
His fan rankings dropped to the dirt and no one dared look at it again.
Besides, there was one ring problem he hadn''t addressed
"You know this is a harem novel right? How am I supposed to capture the hearts of heroines when they all end up falling for the mc for no good reason! No wait, even if I do that, won''t I just end up getting killed by the mc?"
The Mc of this novel was no pushover. While he may be naive and innocent at the start he may be a bit naive but in the end, daring to covet his women or even worse, stealing them wouldnd you a death sentence from that utter munchkin character
But despite hearing these well-founded concerns, the god tilted his head and looked at him like he was looking at an idiot.
"If the protagonist already has these girls then all you have to do is steal them, you know NTR"
The second he heard those cursed three letters, Marcus nearly threw up in disgust.
As a man of culture, there were no three words he hated more on this.
He didn''t just hate reading NTR even if the protagonist was the one doing the NTR it would still leave a queasy feeling in his stomach.
Call him weak, call him pathetic, but deep down in his heart Marcus was a wholesome vani kind of guy.
Staring straight at the god, unwilling to break his convictions, Marcus proudly said
"I''m sorry but I can''t do NTR. it''s against my bottom line."
Hearing this, it was the god''s turn to be surprised
"Eh? But if you don''t seed in capturing enough heroines, you will die"
"P-pardon?" Stuttered Marcus, doubting his ears for a second
"You heard me," replied the god.
"If you don''t capture the hearts of enough girls you will die a gruesome and wretched death."
Hearing his ruthless sentence, Marcus''s heart went cold, his fragile resolve to reject N
"Hey! How am I just hearing this now!?" eximed Marcus
"You can''t just decide things like this on a whim, how am I supposed to do this? How am I supposed to survive!"
The amused words of the god echoed in Marcus''s ears
"Not"
"My"
"Problem"
Hearing this, Marcus was outraged!
In just a second a mountain of curses and swears were building up in his heart, ready to pour out at a moment''s notice, but right before Marcus could unleash them, a ck swirl appeared at his feet slowly sucking him inside.
Marcus quickly realised the true severity of his situation
In desperation, Marcus could only stretch out his hands and cry out
"HEY.. wait .., fuck!"
Eventually, his vision turned dark and his angry curses into desperate pleas
"Somebody Help! I don''t want to NTR the protagonist!"
Chapter 2 02. Lucius Vexx
?"Gasp!"
Marcus lurched forward as he sat up out of his bed.
His body was covered in fine beads of sweat, his mind still clearly left shaken from the god''s terrible means of transporting his soul.
Marcus, or more urately Lucius now, didn''t know what to do.
After spending a few seconds adjusting to his surroundings, Lucius realised that this weakness he was feeling was just a mental issue, his actual body was weak and exhausted as his mind was.
Lifting his frail hand Lucius looked at his body in disbelief.
''What the hell happened here?''
From what he remembered about Lucius, although he wasn''t a frontlinebatant, he wasn''t a weakling by any means. It made no sense that his body would be this weak. It was even weaker than his body in the original world!
Lucius wanted to get up out of bed, but after struggling for a while he fell back against the headrest, exhausted.
Just as he was about to wallow in despair he heard the sound of the door opening
-creak.
Lucius looked over to the creaking door to see a refined yet weary looking grey haired man walking inside
"Y-Young Leader..." cried the man in shock.
The tray of food in his hand fell to the floor but the man didn''t seem to care and quickly rushed towards Lucius''s side.
"Thank the gods! Young Leader, you''re awake! How are you feeling, young leader?"
Lucius groaned at the rapid bombardment of words
"I''m not feeling too well" replied Lucius
As Lucius said this, he could see the face of the man twist with both guilt and shame
"Forgive me, Young Leader, it''s all my fault due to my negligence."
Looking at the man by his side, Lucius tried to remember the story and guess who this man could possibly be, it was then a word suddenly escaped his mouth.
"Uncle Albert..."
If there was anyone by his side at this moment it could only be the man that Lucius called Uncle Albert, a man who had followed the original Lucius until the end.
Even as Lucius fell into despair and madness and sold his soul to the devil, that man did not hesitate to enter the pits of hell at his side.
Even if the world around him was copsing, even if the world scorned him as a demonic traitor, there was no way that Albert would ever betray him.
"Young Leader, are you okay?"
Albert''s concerned words quickly snapped him out of his stupor.
Looking at Albert, Lucius spoke grimly.
"Things aren''t looking too good Albert. I''m sick, weak and my memory is scrambled. I barely even remember much about myself."
"You still managed to remember me? " asked Albert surprised
Hearing this a slightly defeated smile appeared on Lucius''s face
"Even if I forget everything else, how could I forget my most loyal helper."
Of course, all this talk about remembering was all utter bullshit. The soul of the original Lucius was long gone, so there was no way Lucius had the memories of the original body. He was just saying these words in an effort to make Albert feel better and erase any suspicion about his missing memories.
But surprisingly, when Albert heard this, he didn''t smile, instead, his face contorted into one of extreme guilt
"Young Leader, if you don''t mind me asking... just how much can you remember?"
Hearing this, Lucius paused for a while, deliberating on how much he should actually say withoutpletely outing himself. and after taking a fair guess, finally started speaking.
"I remember that I am Lucius Vexx, son of Sirius Vexx and the next leader of the revolutionary rebels but that''s just about all I can remember. But don''t worry Albert I can still remember the cause and my mission. Even if I can''t remember everything, I will see the revolution out until the end!"
But as Albert heard the words that Lucius thought would make him feel better, his expression only got worse.
"Young Leader, you say you must see out the revolution but must... must it be so?"
"Young Leader you have lost your memories so you won''t know but the revolutionary forces are in an abysmal state. Our main base was raided by the empire with at least half of our forces scattered and ughtered! Despite the fact that after your father''s assassination, we took extra precautions hiding your identity and location, making you wear a mask when interacting with other members of the revolutionary army, you were still poisoned and ended up in this state. This could only mean that despite our best efforts the force was infiltrated by traitors to a worrying degree."
When Lucius heard all this he was left speechless. He almost couldn''t believe his ears!
Although he knew from the novel that the revolutionary forces did suffer some raids from the empire, he never could have expected their state to be this bad.
It has to be known that in the novel after the Demon King and his forces, the second most powerful and recurring viin would have to be the revolutionary forces. They were a major threat that could not be ignored and nearly took the protagonist''s life on many asions, but now Lucius was being told they were hiding like rats that didn''t even dare to cross the street!
The story was always told from the perspective of the MC so it was understandable that Lucius wouldn''t have a clear view of the internal happenings of the Rebel Forces, it''s just that he never expected it to be this bad...
"Young Leader, you''ve alreadye close to losing your life at such a young age. Maybe... maybe you should abandon the cause."
"What!"
"Young Leader, I know you have done a lot and worked hard but the risk you can lose your life is only increasing. Remember, even your father, a great man who stood near the world''s peak inbat power was still eventually assassinated by the power of the empire. You''ve tried your best but why don''t we just stop here." said Albert showing a resolute expression
"Although you''re deeply involved in the revolution it''s still not toote to wash your hands clean. You could live your life quietly away from nobles and the hatred and conflict of the rebellion. Despite his urge for change and happily giving his life for it, I''m sure your father wouldn''t want you to meet the same fate as him. If abandoning the revolution is what it would take for you to live a safe and happy life then... then I''m sure that this is what your father would have wanted."
''¡Ah¡ this guy¡ he truly cares about Lucius''
Despite how resolute Albert was sounding, Lucius saw the pain in the man''s face.
The decision to abandon the cause and the revolution was one that would have left Albert heartbroken.
He was the first man to join his father and one of the founding members of the Revolutionary Army so his loyalty to the cause was like no other. If it was just him, Albert wouldn''t hesitate to fight to hisst drop of blood, even if it cost him his life.
But even stronger than his loyalty to the cause and desire for a revolution was his loyalty to Sirius and the only surviving son of the Vexx family, Lucius.
Lucius looked at the loyal Albert with a conflicted expression.
To be honest Albert''s idea wasn''t so bad.I think you should take a look at
Hiding away from all the troubles and using the money they have to live as a richndlord. With his future knowledge, he could avoid hectic wars and live a quiet life.
If only the Evil God that brought him here didn''t exist!
He didn''t forget that despicable bastard''s words
''If you don''t capture the hearts of enough heroines you will die a brutal and wretched death.''
Right now Lucius was doing something as ridiculous as living inside a novel. This alone was enough to clearly show the ridiculous powers at the god''s disposal so he didn''t have the guts to take any chances.
If he was to capture the hearts of the heroines he would inevitably entangle himself in the plot and fight against various powers.
In the midst of all this, the revolutionary army would be a vital arm that he couldn''t afford to cut off at this stage.
Even if it was a ticking time bomb filled with crazies and traitors, their benefits still outweighed their negatives
With that Lucius sighed as he spoke.
"Albert, it''s reassuring to know that you care for me, but we can''t abandon the mission, not aftering so far and losing so many lives. We will see this through to the end, no matter the cost!"
As Lucius spoke, his eyes burned with resolve at the true meaning of words only he would understand.
But Albert clearly mistook his resolve for something else.
Seeing the burning conviction behind Lucius''s eyes, showing such resolve you could even guess his very life depended on it, Albert couldn''t help but sigh.
But despite this deep down inside his heart, the me of revolution that had nearly been snuffed out after suffering such a devastating blow, quietly reignited.
Behind those resolute eyes what Albert saw wasn''t Lucius, but the man he had sworn to follow, Sirius Vexx a man whose resolve could even shake a mountain
''Ahh Sirius¡ this boy is truly your son. I can only wonder, would your son also end up suffering the same fate as you?''
shaking these sad thoughts out of his head, Albert quickly got to work
"I had a feeling that you would be like this so even while you were unconscious and sick, we didn''t stop preparing
The revolutionary forces are in chaos right now and we''ve suffered major damage. It''s because of this that we decided that if we are to truly seed in our revolution, we need to be more bold! more daring! more crazy!"
As Albert was speaking a wild light shone in his eyes as if he had been taken back to his days of young revolutionary fervour.
"Our next action is going to be the most daring we will take, and you will be the one to bear the brunt of the risk" Exined Albert
"Lucius, we will need you to infiltrate the heart of the Empire. You will have to infiltrate Sanctuary, the Academy of Heroes."
Lucius already knew this was going to happen, otherwise, how could the original Lucius appear in the story? Because of this Lucius didn''t show much of an expression and just nodded.
Albert took this as Lucius''s confidence so while was impressed with his boldness, he was also worried that Lucius wasn''t taking it seriously enough.
"Lucius, you have to remember that this mission will be extremely dangerous. You will be in the heart of the empire surrounded by nobles and due to the sensitive nature of the mission, contact with the revolutionary army would have to be kept to a minimum. In addition to this, to avoid suspicion, you''ll have to enter as a regrmoner and you better than anyone should know how bad discrimination againstmoners can be. Without your mana and your damaged body, you won''t even have the strength to properly defend yourself. You could very well die."
As Lucius heard this, his heart grew heavy
From the requirements the God gave him, he knew that he would have to enter the Sanctuary and he also knew that his life would be at risk in doing so, but hearing Alberty it out in front of him in such a straightforward manner unnerved him.
He wanted to say some bold words in front of Albert to reassure him like ''he would dly risk his life for the cause'', but the words wouldn''te out, choking up like a piece of food stuck in his throat.
Lucius knew how brutal the empire''s treatment of rebels could be, after all, no matter how strong demons be they could never fracture the empire, only weaken it.
In the long run, demons could actually have the hidden benefit of strengthening the empire. With demons as an overarching threat, the empire could quickly strengthen its control over its subordinate nations with many of them willingly relinquishing some sovereign rights for protection, allowing the empire to centralise its power.
But this was all different with rebels.
Since rebels sought to overthrow society as a whole, they were a threat to the empire''s very existence.
If they were allowed to seed, they could destroy the empire in a way it could never hope to recover from.
Because of this, the Empire''s treatment of rebels was even more ruthless than their treatment of demons.
Lucius now wasn''t that fanatical revolutionary Lucius of the past. Now he was just an ordinary guy.
Even if he knew he had to do it, infiltrating the base of an enemy that would torture him brutally should they ever find out his identity, still scared him.
But at this point, regardless of Lucius''s fears or wishes, he knew that it was impossible for him to back down.
Taking a deep breath, Lucius stared at Albert resolutely before saying,
"I''m ready to do what I have to do."
Looking at Lucius, Albert just sighed.
With you like this, it seems like I don''t have much to worry about. Just focus on establishing yourself inside of the Sanctuary. You don''t have to worry about the reorganisation and purging of the forces, I will handle it. And I will do it more thoroughly this time."
As Albert spoke, the bloody air around him condensed, nearly bing visible.
It was clear that Albert was still furious after Lucius''s poisoning.
"Well Young Leader, your decision has been made and I will be here to support you every step of the way."
As Alfred spoke he pulled out a pile of letters.
"This is the information on your new identity,mon customs and practices in the academy as well as people to watch out for."
As a man from the modern world, Lucius knew the vital importance of having urate information and quickly began to read through the files given to him.
Seeing this Albert nodded silently before getting up.
"Since you are settled, I won''t bother you any longer. I need to start preparations for your entrance into the Sanctuary as soon as possible."
Hearing Albert leave, Lucius looked up from his papers for a brief moment.
"..ah... Thank you, Albert, really."
Hearing this Albert just smiled,
"There''s no need for your thanks Young Leader, I was only doing my duty."
Chapter 3 03. Camila Rose
?Albert quickly left the room and Lucius didn''t waste any more time and turned back to his mission notes.
Suddenly he heard a creak at the door and without even looking up, Lucius spoke
"Ah, Albert-"
But Lucius didn''t even get to finish his sentence before he froze up.
The person who had entered his room at this time, definitely wasn''t Albert
Looking up, Lucius saw what he could only describe forck of better words, a breathtaking beauty.
Clear skin without even the slightest blemish. Raven-ck hair that ran down to her shoulders and perhaps most strikingly of all, a pair of purple eyes that seem to shine like amethysts.
She wore a professional ck suit that hugged her body, entuating her curves and explosive figure to the point it made Lucius''s throat dry.
Despite trying his best to stay focused, Lucius felt himself being drawn towards her more ''prominent'' features.
That''s just how dangerous the body of this woman in front of him was
If Lucius''s guess was correct then this beauty could be none other than his personal maid, Cam.
Although she was called a maid in the book, she never really addressed herself or acted as one. It would be more urate to call her Lucius''s personal secretary.
Originally she was just one of the many orphan children adopted by the revolutionary army. During her training she showed exceptional abilities in infiltration and assassination and was thus promoted on missions and tasks until she rose to the position of personal secretary of Lucius, the head of the revolutionary army.
Her conviction and loyalty to the revolution were never in doubt since she was one of the adopted children of the revolution she had been heavily indoctrinated and brainwashed to hate all nobles and the empire to the core of her being.
You couldn''t forget that although these revolutionary guys are disgusted by the ss divide and constantly scream slogans like ''Free the people'' or ''Equality for all!'' They were definitely not the good guys.
Committing war crimes was as easy as ordering breakfast for these mad men so anyone who thought they were the true heroes of the story was either confused or just as brainwashed as they were!
Eventually, Cam woulde to her senses after Lucius falls into utter lunacy and unleashes swarms of demons on the civilian poption.
With the help of the protagonist, she ovees her prejudice and hatred and is even a vital yer in bringing down and destroying the revolutionary army.
Naturally befitting any beauty in a harem novel, she eventually starts to grow up feelings for the protagonist and is unceremoniously incorporated into his harem.
It was as Lucius was having these thoughts and secretly cursing the protagonist for keeping a collection of beauties all to himself that he suddenly heard a sound
[Ding!]
[Heroin Capture System online!]
Heroine: Cam Rose
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Revolutionary Army
Strength: 10
Agility: 12
Stamina: 10
Mana: 9
Will: 10
Talents & Traits:
Feline agility(Passive effect/ bloodline ability)
Master Assassin (Passive effect)
Stealth Specialist (Passive effect)
Dagger Expert (Passive effect)
Studious
Hardworking
Preferred Type: Talented, leader, revolutionary
Disliked Type: Arrogant, Nobility, Lustful
Affinity: 20 (Loyal)
Surprised by the sudden appearance of the strange system in front of him all of a sudden, Lucius rubbed his eyes.
But after confirming it was still there he knew he definitely wasn''t dreaming.
This¡ such a strange thing could only be the work of that wretched god.
As if reading his mind the second Lucius finished those thoughts, a set of text popped up on the system screen
[ Hello and wee to the Heroine Capture System! A virgin like you will need all the help you can get to even stand a chance in winning over the hearts of the heroines]
Reading this the veins on Lucius''s forehead popped, but what made him even angrier was that the words on the screen weren''t even wrong!
[By interacting with the heroines andpleting important events rted to them, you can gain Love Points(LP). LP can be used in the system store to buy all sorts of items and talents that can help you win the hearts of the heroines so work hard!!!]
After reading this, Lucius couldn''t contain his curiosity and started to really look through the system shop
[ Talents ] [Skills] [Items] [Weapons]
A virgin like you will need god-level assistance, a tool to induce ssical rom scenarios
1000 LP
Allows you to smell like the preferred scent of the heroine on any asion, an all-purpose perfume!
50,000 LPI think you should take a look at
A 1 time use skill card that triples all abilities when used in front of any heroine
Looking at the shop, Lucius felt conflicted.
Although he remained unrepentant about the fact that the god that sent him here was aplete bastard, the system and shop He sent him didn''t seem so bad.
Some of the items almost seemical. If used correctly they should be rather useful.
But these Love Points.... they didn''t seem easy to get..
Just as Lucius was thinking this he heard a slight ding in his head as a set of text appeared before his eyes
[Steal a kiss from the heroine''s lips - 500 LP]
Seeing this, Lucius nearly fell over!
What sort of bastard did this god take him for?! Did he really think he was some type of pervert?
He wasn''t some debaucherous young master and the girl in front of him wasn''t some helpless maid that could only give in either
This cold beauty wasn''t someone to be taken lightly. If he dared to treat her like some maid and pounce on her, it would only be a matter of seconds before she slit his neck.
"Young Leader, is something the matter?"
The sudden words of Cam, quickly snapped Lucius out of his thoughts
"Young Leader, You''ve been staring at my face for a while now so I was wondering if something was the matter?" asked Cam tilting her head to the side
"Cough! No, there''s no problem." Replied Lucius
"As you should know, my memory is a little foggy, so I may seem a bit odd at times"
As Lucius said this another set of text popped up before him,
[Ask the heroine to allow you cop a feel - 700LP]
Seeing this Lucius''s mouth twitched. This bastard! At this point he wasn''t even testing his morals, he was setting a trap for his life!
"Young Leader are you okay?" asked Cam
It was only after hearing Cam''s voice that Lucius came back to his senses. He realised that with his sudden silence and strange expressions, he must look like an utter lunatic.
"...Ah I''m fine Cam, and you don''t have to call me young leader. It''s weird hearing someone my age call me that."
Albert looked like the traditional assistant- butler type, so he didn''t find it weird. But hearing it from someone old enough to be his ssmate was still a little weird.
"Young Leader, I can stop calling you like this if you''d like but you were the one who asked to be called this in the first ce "
"Did I? Howe?" asked Lucius, now a little curious
"You wanted to be called like this because you said calling each other by name would allow us to get too familiar, we are nothing but colleagues working towards the same goal so any interpersonal connection should be kept to a minimum,"
Lucius was a little surprised
He didn''t know much about the original Lucius''s character
Lucius always put up a mask when he was in the academy and interacting with other characters. By the time you found out his real identity, he ended up going crazy shortly after
He didn''t know how Lucius had acted before but he couldn''t continue acting like a stuck up revolutionary, besides, his memory was gone so he had usible deniability to act however he wanted.
Smiling Lucius soon spoke
"Well Cam, even if I said that before since you and uncle Albert are the only people I can remember right now you must have been closer to me than I originally thought, so it doesn''t seem like there''s anything wrong with calling each other by our names right?"
Cam looked at Lucius blinking a few times before a slight smile appeared on her face
"Right... I guess it''s not so bad"
[Affinity with heroine increased +10LP]
Heroine: Cam Rose
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Revolutionary Army
Strength: 10
Agility: 12
Stamina: 10
Mana: 9
Will: 10
Talents & Traits:
Feline agility(Passive effect/ bloodline ability)
Master Assassin (Passive effect)
Stealth Specialist (Passive effect)
Dagger Expert (Passive effect)
Studious
Hardworking
Affinity: 21 (Loyal)
It was a pitiful increase in affinity, rising by just one point but that one point was still a start. At least with this step he could start moving forward in his efforts to survive in this damned world
.....
Chapter 4 04. Changes
?After setting things straight with Albert and Cam, Lucius quickly got to work.
He agreed to Albert''s n to enter the Sanctuary and couldn''t afford to ck off.
The Sanctuary was a ce only for the extremely talented and capable and even if he entered with a rmendation he would still have to undergo an exam.
A week had passed since he first came to this world and Lucius had mostly recovered from his basic weakness.
Standing in front of the mirror, Lucius marvelled at the changes in his body over the past week. Even though he had been in this body for a while now it still took some time getting used to his new appearance.
Ink-ck hair that seemed to swallow the light around it, a devilishly handsome face that seemed to be sculpted by the hand of a master artist and most strikingly a burning pair of blood-red eyes that carried a gaze that seemed to piece through a person.
His looks may be rather deceiving, giving off the image of a charming young man but his eyes were truly befitting of a man that would be called a crazy demon a short while in the future.
Lucius tried a few times to smile warmly in the mirror but with his sharp looks and piercing eyes, any warm smile just ended up looking like an arrogant smirk that made someone want to punch him.
Looking at his reflection that nearly made him want to punch himself, Lucius was left speechless
What should he say... As befitting for a viin I guess.
Say whatever you want about the god, but when it came to creating Lucius he didn''t skimp out in any regard.
Fortunately, he made him handsome as well, If that wretched god had asked him to win the hearts of these stunning heroines inside an ugly body then he may as well have hung up his shoes andmitted suicide on the spot.
Clenching his fist, Lucius was relieved to feel some power in his arms, no matter how little it was
His strength and physical condition right now wouldn''t be much worse than an average healthy high schooler but whenpared with the fact that he couldn''t even move his arm without exhaustion a few days ago, it was an earth-shattering change. After all, this was a supernatural world with the elements and mana in the air passively nourishing the body, the baseline physical qualities of humans here are slightly higher than humans in his past life. In addition to this, the previous Lucius was apletely supernatural individual before.
Even though the vicious poison he consumed had evaporated his physical and magical strength, regaining muscle was always easier than building it. But even after his relentless training and rapid progress, he was still miles away from the previous Lucius.
The original Lucius was an extremely talented magic swordsman with the traits and greatly befitting his characteristics and an end game boss in the novel.
In addition, talents in this world were not just vague figures of speech but instead were real, quantifiable characteristics that could be urately measured and exined
Take the talent for example.
For someone with such a talent, learning anything rted to the sword would be as easy as eating and drinking. What could take other''s years to achieve would take months if not just a few weeks.
It was the type of talent where one could watch a scene and gain inspiration from it or directly copy your opponent''s moves and integrate them into your own in the heat of battle.
If you hear a story of someone seeing a natural disaster or watching a painting and then going on to create a new sword technique, it was without a doubt a person with the talent.I think you should take a look at
Even in the story, there were only a few characters seen with the talent, with the protagonist, of course being one of them.
The Sanctuary was the cradle for which humanity''s brightest and most capable talents would gather.
It was jointly created by all human nations during humanity''s darkest days to nurture and train the most capable warriors and heroes that would fearlessly face the overwhelming enemies of the human race.
Although it had been countless years since its founding and the days when humanity was near extinction were long gone, its tradition of only taking in the best and brightest was never broken.
In the original novel it wasn''t hard for Lucius to get into the top ss since he had both the strength and talent for it but now, forget about top ss, he may not even be able to get into The Sanctuary itself!
For Lucius, this was uneptable.
He must not only enter Sanctuary but he must securely make it into the top ss!
As the ss of the MC, there were naturally many heroines inside of it and if he was to win their hearts he must enter that same ss as well.
It was impossible to develop his strength and abilities to that level in such a short time. If he was to do it then he could only rely on an outstanding trait and he knew just how to get one.
It was impossible to rely on the system store and umte the required Love Points. It wasn''t a matter ofck of effort, it was just unrealistic.
Instead of the system, Lucius would rely on something else to achieve this goal.
After searching his memories in the book for some details, Lucius got rid of tasks that were unrealistic for his time frame or would simply be too far or too tricky for him to get at the current moment in time.
In the end, in order to gain a suitable trait, Lucius would summon a demon!
¡..
In a dark underground room of the revolutionary army''s new hideout,
A group of people could be seen gathered around discussing passionately.
"Young Leader, are you sure you should be doing this?" Asked Albert
"Even if we have dealt with demons many times and often cooperate with them, you should know how terrifying and devious their contracts can be. They were nothing but just one pitfall! You already have a set of exceptional talents so there is no need to make a deal with demons to gain some talents like a desperate lunatic!"
Hearing this, Lucius just shook his head.
"Uncle Albert you should know that we can''t do that. The Empire and by extension, The Sanctuary are our enemy. We have already confirmed that the Empire had nted spies and traitors in our midst. If it was someone like Cam who was sent for the infiltration into The Sanctuary then the risk wouldn''t be high as only a select few in the Revolutionary Army know the full extent of her talents but it would be too dangerous for me to do so. My talents are already widely spread and known throughout the Revolutionary army so I could even be identified. No matter how small the risk is, we can''t afford to take it!"
Chapter 5 05. Djinn (1)
?"My talents are already widely spread and known throughout the Revolutionary Army, so I could even be identified. No matter how small the risk is, we can''t afford to take it!"
Of course, this was all utter bullshit.
Lucius knew from his memory that there would be no risk of him being exposed if he went to the academy in the original story.
It was even safer for him now, after all, how could they discover a talent when he had none to begin with?
Lucius also wanted to tell Albert this ande up with better solutions but as he said, there were traitors in their midst and it wasn''t just the traitors that Lucius had to worry about.
It''s funny to think about it really. Even in a group called the revolutionary army that hated the feudal system and nobles and wanted to change the world, when it came to infighting and schemes, they were not too different from the nobles they so despised.
The one who created the revolutionary army was Lucius''s father, Sirius, not him.
And since Sirius was a revolutionary that hated the ss divide he was never nning to rule over the people, rather than an army, it was more like an alliance of like-minded people.
The only reason that this scattered bunch had managed to rise to the position today was based on Sirius''s unimaginable charisma and reputation along with his overwhelming strength that made all these people willingly submit to him regardless.
Naturally after Sirius''s death, the problem with such an organisational structure showed itself to the fullest.
With each person submitting to Sirius and Sirius alone, most were unwilling to let someone else take the lead.
Eventually, Lucius managed to take the position of head of the revolutionary army by riding on his father''s coattails and using his overwhelming talents to stabilise the hearts of the leaders of the army.
If it was to be known by the higher-ups that his overpowered talents had disappeared the revolutionary army may enter a period of civil war or even worse, fracture directly.
As Lucius''s future power base to survive the uing troubled times, he couldn''t allow this to happen.
Even if he had to lie to his deathbed, he wouldn''t tell a soul in the revolutionary army that his talents had disappeared!
Lucius''s gaze hardened as he looked around the underground room.
Eerie sigils and inscriptions lined the walls and in the centre of the roomy a giant magic circle that radiated an unsettling crimson light.
The revolutionary army was a group that had been in league with demons for several years now so they knew most of the details about summoning demons and as such, Lucius didn''t have to do it himself.
All that remained for Lucius to do wasplete the final step.
Walking up to the centre of the magic circle, Lucius used a small knife to cut his hand, dripping his blood into the centre of the formation.
As this was happening he began to chant a strange set of words he was given beforehand.
An unintelligible string of words flowed out from Lucius''s mouth, each word sounding like the sharp pieces of iron scraping together, causing all the hairs on his back to stand up.
Just momentster, a brilliant sh of deep crimson exploded from the centre of the magic circle causing Lucius to stumble backwards.
''Hot''
Lucius could feel a st of warm rush past him and it didn''t take long for him to figure out why.I think you should take a look at
"Boom!"
There was a small explosion as a carpet of burning mes spread out from the centre of the magic circle and Amongst the mes a daunting figure could be seen.
A giant crimson body over two metres tall, each section bursting with overwhelming muscles. A pair of curved, dark, demonic horns and an unsettling smile that would put even the most hardened mortals on edge,
This was a Djinn!
Djinns were amongst the most powerful species of demons but the mostmon trait known by humans amongst Djinns had to be their scheming nature.
Due to this Djinns were the demon species that interacted with humans the most. Most myths and folktales that were passed around bymon people about demons were actually talking about Djinns.
Djinss weremonly known to be able to fulfil the wishes of warriors longing for power or defeated nobles who needed the power to avenge their fallen families.
The giant Djinn looked down at Lucius below andughed menacingly
"Haha! Well done human, now that you have summoned me I can grant you your-"
But before the Djinn could finish his sentence, Lucius''s cold words sounded in his ears
"Jump his ass!"
Without hesitation, Uncle Albert who was at his side shot out like a cannonball straight towards the Djinn. And as if that wasn''t enough, tens of figures jumped out of the shadows to subdue this demon.
Seeing this the Djinn let off a wild roar as the mes around it swirled field by its rage.
But even with its full power unleashed the demon was ambushed, trapped and outnumbered.
It knew that if it continued to stay here then it would meet its end!
"Damn you, you treacherous human! You may have won this time but one day I will surely have your head!"
After leaving behind a stereotypical monologue the demon tried to use the innate ability of all Djinn''s teleportation but as it tried it quickly realised that something was wrong.
The poor Djinn looked back towards Lucius only to see a twisted smile on his face.
The second the Djinn saw this his heart sank to his stomach.
''Fuck! I''ve been had! This kid was nning to trap me from the very start!''
The Djinn had caught into Lucius''s schemes but it was already toote.
The sigils lining the walls weren''t used to summon the demon, they were instead special symbols each one with demon-binding capabilities.
The second the poor Djinn had epted Lucius''s call to be summoned here its fate was sealed.
Chapter 6 06. Djinn (2)
?Even knowing it was hopeless, the Djinn didn''t give up. A berserk look shed in its eyes as it fought against Albert and the other members of the revolutionary army with reckless abandon.
Unfortunately, some things just couldn''t be ovee with force and ferocity.
In front of Lucius'' shameless ambush and gang tactics, the Djinn couldn''tst and was beaten like a dog!
"Hey.. ahh! Oof! Please stop, not the face!"
The warriors of the revolutionary army didn''t hold back and beat up the now subdued Djinn with everything they had.
Even with the bloody show, Lucius didn''t stop them.
This wretched demon deserved everyst beating!
Maybe it''s because it originally thought that it was destined to die and this had nothing to lose, but as the Demon was ambushed and fighting for its life, its mouth didn''t stop and hurled out insults and curses so vile, it made Lucius, a modern man who had seen the worst ces like Twitter had to offer, gasp in shock.
The demon spared nobody.
Mothers, Fathers, children, everything, even down to the next-door neighbour''s dog was viciously ndered and cursed.
If the Revolutionary warriors weren''t allowed to beat this Djinn ck and blue then their hearts wouldn''t be reconciled!
Lucius may have been despicable for setting up such a shameless ambush but this Djinn was not wronged by the beating it received.
Walking up to the Djinn, Lucius saw its bruised and swollen face and couldn''t help but shake just a head
"Tut tut tut! This is why your parents always tell you to watch what you say."
Seeing Lucius, the mastermind behind this whole ordeal, Djinn''s eyes went red with rage!
"Human, unhand me otherwise your mother is a ****** that ****** a ****
Originally, Lucius wanted to negotiate civilly with the demon but when he heard those foul words he was so angry that he kicked the demon''s head in!
What did he do wrong that he ended up summoning such a wretched demon in the first ce?
Before the Djinn could open up its vile mouth once again, Lucius spoke up directly
"Listen here, demon. I want to form a contract with you, one in which you can grant me a new talent."
As the Djinn heard his words a wide smile appeared ok it''s face it''s only that now with its battered bruised appearance, his smile was utterly revolting looking like a twisted raisin causing Lucius to grimace in disgust.
But this didn''t stop the Djinn''s enthusiasm at all
While the Djinn was all smile on the outside, internally he was sneering
Contracts with demons were all based on the principle of equivalent exchange.
To gain something you must always pay the price.
Naturally, something as ridiculous as gaining or improving a talent woulde at an extremely high price.
With a request like this, it wouldn''t be too hard to turn Lucius into his obedient puppet.
"Haha! It would be a pleasure to form a contract with the young lord." Said the Djinn tteringly
"So now, what would be your desire?"I think you should take a look at
Said the Demon with an eerie smile.
Just by looking at it, Lucius could feel chills down his spine
''Trap! This is just one big trap!''
In his previous life, he had seen one of the students on campus rmend a get-rich crypto scheme and he had the exact same smile on his face. Naturally, the poor individuals that believed him were robbed clean with the man in question going ghost.
Fortunately, Lucius wasn''t naive enough to ce his trust in a crypto scammer and he wasn''t naive enough to do it with a demon either.
After a short while, Lucius decided on the talent he wanted.
There was no need to say the words aloud so Lucius just thought up the conditions in his head
[ Supreme Student ]
Under the ardent guidance and teaching of a qualified tutor, you will show supernatural levels of learning and aptitude. The stronger your desire to learn and the stronger the teacher''s desire to teach the faster you will learn.
A talent that pushes the boundary of learning to the limits
The talent he chose couldn''t be too eye-catching but it still had to be enough tond him in Hero ss.
Besides, The Sanctuary was an academy at the end of the day, a ce of learning.
No matter what teacher they were, everyone could appreciate and love an excellent student.
With this talent it would be easy to gain favour with the teachers in the academy, he was a perfect teacher''s pet!
As soon as Lucius confirmed his request the demon began tough wildly as a ray of fire shot forward before Lucius forming a strange magic circle
"Tsss!"
There was the faint sound of burning as the magic circle burnt a small hole through Lucius''s clothes forming a small mark on his lower waist.
Seeing this the once humble Djinn stood straight up again, his arrogance swiftly returning.
My part of the contract isplete so now you should also pay the price and the price I want- I want your life!"
As the Demon spoke, he lunged forward at blinding speeds his hand reached forward trying to stab straight through Lucius''s chest.
Unfortunately for the Djinn, its fingers could only pierce through Lucius''s skin causing a few drops of blood to fall to the floor
"w..what is this.." muttered the Djinn in disbelief
For a few seconds, there was just an awkward silence as the two parties, one man and one demon looked at each other.
Looking at the Djinn in front of him Lucius just sneered.
Ask for a talent from a demon? How could Lucius be so stupid?
Besides, were talents something a mere Djinn could grant? What a joke!
If Djinns could grant talents like that, wouldn''t the whole concept of talents in this world be redundant?
The whole idea that demons could grant talents was just a scam spread amongst themon people by the very same Djinns in the first ce.
Chapter 7 07. Fraudulent Djinn
?At most Djinns could grant the mid tier talents like or < Martial Arts adept>
But when it came to such basic talents it wasn''t cost effective.
If you wanted truly supreme talents, making deals with Djinns wouldn''t cut it.
It had to at least be in the realms of Greater demons or even the legendary Archdemon himself.
Asking for a great talent from a Djinn was just begging to get scammed.
You would only get a result so watered down you wouldn''t even be able to recognise the thing you asked for
It would be like asking for a Bugatti and then getting a Prius.
Lucius had known this, so he was never expecting to get a good talent in the first ce.
From the very beginning, he had not been asking for a talent, only something that appeared like one.
When someone checked for his talent, they would see the impressive. [Supreme Student] talent but that was all he had no benefits or any abilities from it.
In a way, it was nothing more than a fancy title.
The reason the Djinn couldn''t harm him was that he had asked Lucius to pay the corresponding price.
Naturally, with all things considered the price he would have to pay would be negligible. What Lucius had asked for was just an borate and fancy sticker.
There was no way the Djinn could have expected what happened.
After all, there was no one stupid enough to try something like this.
Even if you managed to gain a powerful sounding talent, people would expect you to eventually start showing results.
If you still can''t show any signs of talent you would brutally be outed as a fraud and the consequences would be dire.
The treatment of someone with high talent that still showed no signs of developing was much harsher than that of someone who had no talent, to begin with.
The reason Lucius dared to y this borate game was that he had something nobody else in this world would have,
A system!
With his system he would be able to earn Love Points and exchange for abination of talents that would be no worse than his fake [Supreme Student] talent.
Besides, Lucius had also left the description of the talent vague enough that he would be given usible deniability should he show some ws.
The poor Djinn couldn''t possibly know all of Lucius''s ns but he did know one thing,
He was fucked!
Hunched over, the Djinn looked towards Lucius with a set of pleading eyes but he was only met with a ruthless smile
"Please my lord, spare me! It was not my fault, I was ignorant-"
But before the Dhin could finish, Lucius cut him off, and just like before spoke the same sentence.I think you should take a look at
"Jump his ass!"
The revolutionary soldiers didn''t need to be told twice and with smiles that made even the pure blooded demon shiver, began their one sided beating.
"Wait... n-no... please! not my jewels!!"
The foul mouthed demon faced its early retribution as its pig-like squeals echoed throughout the room.
The revolutionary soldiers were prepared to kill the annoying Djinn but Lucius quickly orders them to spare its life.
With the new contract formed between them, Lucius had a mark that could allow him to summon the specific demon another time as long as the conditions and timing were right. The ability to summon a specific demon could still be of use if handled correctly.
In its most basic form, the Djinn could even be used as extrabat power, besides even if the Djinn didn''t end up killing his enemies, just sending it into his enemies'' presence would surely disgust them half to death.
Either way, the value of the Djinn to Lucius was much higher alive than dead.
...
Time passed by and now the day hade for Lucius to leave.
Lucius looked in the mirror and took a peek at his reflection he saw a handsome young man with burring crimson eyes staring back at him.
He was dressed in a rather fashionable white academy uniform with faint blue with a bright gold badge showing the fortress symbol that represented Sanctuary.
Lucius nodded.
He was rather pleased with his new appearance and he didn''t know if it was because Lucius was designed to be a character that infiltrated the academy but the school uniform really did look quite good on him.
Before leaving his room Lucius looked at the ce he had spent thest few weeks in and couldn''t help but be ovee with a strange feeling.
This was the first ce he had firste into this world so it was natural for it to cause some strange feelings in Lucius.
It was not that he was overly attached to it or anything, it was just that this room would represent something new for him.
It was the ce and start of his new life.
It was the ce the name Marcus was left behind and all that remained and all that anyone would ever care about would be now on would be the name Lucius Vexx.
There was a faint feeling of mncholy as Lucius stepped out, closing the door on the room and thest attachment he had to his previous world
....
Lucius was walking through the corridors of the bar and picked up his briefcase that Albert had long since prepared for him.
The briefcase had nothing too special inside of it. Just a few sets of clothes and some spare change that he could end up using on his travels.
Lucius originally wanted to bring more money, after all, he was the bonefish head of an organisation, in his previous life wouldn''t that make him the CEO, if not the CEO then at least a rich underground mafia boss?
Since he hade to this world and it was now decided that he was here to stay, Lucius least wanted the ability to spend money arrogantly like a truly rich man. Unfortunately, Lucius''s na?¡¥ve dreams had been quickly shut down by Albert.
Chapter 8 08. Leaving
?Based on the identity prepared by the organisation, he would be a talented orphan rmended by a countryside Baron to join Sanctuary
If this countryside orphan started spending money like water then anyone would be able to guess that there was something wrong with him, so just like that Lucius''s aspirations of ying a rich second generation went up in smoke.
Aside from shutting down his arrogant dreams, Albert kept nagging him about many other things. And then if Albert wasn''t nagging he would soon start panicking asking if I was going to be safe or even asking if I wanted to scrap the idea of infiltrating Sanctuary altogether
With the way things were going, Albert was looking less and less like a helpful uncle and more and more like a nagging mother!
But it really couldn''t be helped, with the way things were, Albert really did care about Lucius like he was his own child.
He had been by his side ever since he was a boy and was even his personal trainer in martial arts. With all things considered it would be harder for him not to feel any affection for Lucius.
Lucius could only acquiesce to Albert''s nagging and promise him that he would look after himself.
"Young Leader, even though I believe your judgement, you really need to be careful. No matter how passionate you are about the revolution, never risk your life!
Although we won''t be able to contact you first, after I''m done cleaning up the headquarters I will personally head over to the capital to ensure things. If something goes wrong I won''t hesitate to lead the army to storm the gates of Sanctuary!"
Listening to Albert, Lucius could only sigh as he shook his head.
"Albert there''s no need to take things so far, I''ll be careful not to make such mistakes so don''t worry."
Walking out of the manor, Lucius brought up his system panel to have a look
Name: Lucius Vexx
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Revolutionary Army
Strength: 7
Agility: 6
Stamina: 6
Mana: 0
Will: 5
Talents & Traits: none
Seeing his greatly increased stats Lucius nodded in satisfaction, he had not been idle this whole time and worked himself to the bone.
The average for physical stats in this world was only around 5 so Lucicus could definitely be regarded as a neighbourhood strong man, but ced in a ce like Sanctuary where talented monsters walked around freely, those stats were a disgrace.
Sighing Lucius turned his head to look at one of such monsters
Heroine: Cam Rose
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Revolutionary Army
Strength: 10
Agility: 12
Stamina: 10
Mana: 9
Will: 10
Talents & Traits:I think you should take a look at
Feline agility(Passive effect/ bloodline ability)
Master Assassin (Passive effect)
Stealth Specialist (Passive effect)
Dagger Expert (Passive effect)
Studious
Hardworking
Favourability: 35 (Like)
Looking at Cami''s status screen it was clear to see another ce where Lucius had not been idle.
Her Favorability had jumped up from 21 to 35.
To be honest it wasn''t easy to increase the favorability by this much.
Between his time spent in desperate training and nning his next move, it was hard to find time to interact with Cami in a way that could brush up his favorability but he had somehow managed to do it.
If it wasn''t for the fact that the previous Lucius had been so cold to her that even some simple kind words and actions could brush up his favorability
In fact, looking at things it was actually shocking that Cami''s favorability for Lucius was so low.
From reading the book, Lucius already knew Cami''s type and the original Lucius ticked all the boxes.
Extremely talented, a leader, Extremely handsome, hell! they had even known each other since childhood yet even with all that Cami''s favorability never went past 20.
It could be seen that the original Lucius must have worked extremely hard in keeping his favorability as low as possible!
But increasing favorability wasn''t Lucius''s only gain. Lucius had actually managed to gain 300 Love points.
This was the reward of all his hard work, the fruits of hisbour.
300 LP was nowhere near the amount needed to buy Powerful items or the mouthwatering talents but it was still enough to let Lucius experiment with the cheaper shop items leaving him rather satisfied.
Lucius was so upied with the status panel and item shop that when he looked up to get a proper look at Cami, he was shocked by what he saw.
"This... Cami, what are you wearing?"
As Lucius looked up he could see Cam dressed in a familiar white academy uniform.
Sadly, the uniform wasn''t as tight fitting as her original 2 piece suit but it still couldn''t hide her hot figure.
He had to admit, after seeing Cam in a suit for so long, that seeing her wearing the uniform definitely had its own unique charm.
Sensing that he was once again being distracted by Cam''s deadly body, Lucius shook the impure thoughts out of his head.
Right now he was confronted with a major problem.
In the original novel, Cam never came to the academy. For the first half of the novel, she would barely even be introduced and would instead be in the Revolutionary Army running around and performing secret missions. It was only when she interacted with the MC in thetter half that her character was really explored.
But now that Cami was going to the academy with him, all those major plot points would be thrown out the window!
"Cami, what are you doing? When did you decide toe to Sanctuary?"
"Young Leader, you might not have known but my decision to enter Sanctuary with you was decided a while back," responded Cami
This time it was Lucius turned to be shocked
"Eh? Howe I''m just hearing about this now?"
"Young Leader, you have lost your powers and are still in the process of recovering them. Albert was the one who ensured I entered the academy to protect you in case anything goes wrong."
Chapter 9 09. Journey
?Hearing this Lucius turned to look at Albert with a slight frown.
Facing Lucius''s gaze, the old man quickly bowed his head.
"Young Leader please forgive me but it had to be done. Usually, when you take on missions you like to do them by yourself to reduce risks faced by other members of the revolutionary army. I knew that if I rmended that Cam enter The Sanctuary along with you, you would have definitely rejected it, that''s why I acted at my own discretion."
"You can punish me however you see fit but no matter what, Cami must apany you to ensure your Safety!"
As Albert said this the old man kneeled down ready to ept Lucius''s punishment not even trying to defend himself
When Lucius heard this he was shocked.
He wasn''t shocked by Albert''s actions but instead by the actions of the original Lucius!
The original Lucius is such a useless guy!
Love taking risks? Always risking his life?
What the hell! Why would he have such a brainless idea?!
This must be the Legendary low IQ of the viin! No wonder he died young in the original story.
Despite having the perfect resources and background to act as a true endgame boss and live his life with minimal risk, this guy goes running around like some low tier thug!
Now that the old Lucius was long gone and he was now in charge he could never do such a thing.
Forget about using a few high-tier thugs, Lucius didn''t have any scruples in shamelessly summoning an entire army to directly smash his enemy to death!
Looking at Albert who was kneeling down, Lucius secretly nodded his head, pleased at Albert''s actions.
Fortunately, Albert was clever enough to find out his mistakes or else wouldn''t he be finished if he ran into some unreasonable high tier monster? If his new life ended just like that, it would be too tragic!
With all this considered, how could Lucius punish Albert?
"Albert, quickly get up."
"Although I don''t find it good that you kept things secret from me. Since it was for my sake I can overlook it, besides, after losing my powers due to the after effects of the poison, I''ve started to realise a new fact. You can''t just rely on yourself for everything!"
"After all, even my father, a powerhouse at the peak of the world, founded the Revolutionary Army because he knew it would be impossible to change the world alone. How could I be so arrogant to think I could take in all the major responsibilities by myself? Trusting my members to take on risks and not trying to shoulder them all by myself is something I must learn to do as a capable leader."
As Albert who was hearing this looked up, he damn near cried!
Finally! Finally, the Young Leader has seen the truth!
In truth, the one who had to suffer the most from the previous Lucius''s crazy antics had to be the old man Albert.I think you should take a look at
He was supposed to be looking after and guarding Lucius but what kind of guard could tolerate it if their Young master kept running around doing life threatening missions that would have him brutally tortured and killed if he even made the slightest slip up?
Even with Albert running after Lucius all the time there had been many asions where thest bloodline of the Vexx family nearly went up in smoke!
Although Lucius'' reckless and risky behaviour lightened up after he became the head of the revolutionary army, what left Albert the most speechless was that there were still a few asions in which Lucius would sneak off to do extremely dangerous missions spouting nonsense like ''I''m the only one who could do this.'' And other such nonsense.
Fortunately for Albert, such days seemed to be nearing the end.
If it wasn''t for the inappropriate asion, Albert would defiantly jump up to celebrate!
"Young Leader¡ I''m just d that you''ve finally started to take your safety seriously. With things like this, I guess there''s not much left for me to worry about."
As Albert said this he turned to Cami, the softened and fondness in his eyespletely evaporating.
After all, Cami and he didn''t have that much affection. She was an assassin trained to live and die for the revolutionary army.
"No matter what happens in Sanctuary, protecting the Young Leader is your top priority. You must ensure his safety at all costs, even if that cost is your life, are you clear."
As Cami heard this a stern appearance appeared inner face as she made a salute.
"You don''t have to worry, I won''t hesitate to shed every drop of blood and give my life to ensure the safety of the Young Leader!"
Looking at the two extremely loyal helpers Lucius just shook his head. By now he knew that when two of them got into a mood like that there was no point in trying to calm them down.
He just waved onest goodbye to Albert as he stepped inside the luxurious carriage shortly followed by Cami.
Sitting in the Luxurious carriage, the feverpleted onest check to make sure that everything was okay before they slowly set off on the road.
Looking at the carriage getting further and further, Albert couldn''t help but get a little emotional.
"Young Leader¡. Please be safe. You are the only hope of your father''s dream, and that of our entire revolutionary army¡"
¡..
Several hourster.
A luxurious new carriage could be seen trudging along an official road towards the capital.
Lucius and Cami had been on the road for at least several hours now.
At first, there was still the initial excitement of exploring the new world and travelling on roads hard to find in his past life but after a while, Lucius quickly became bored with it.
You could only look at a new set of forests before you start getting bored if not just outright annoyed by them.
Chapter 10 10. Alice
?You could only look at a new set of Forests before you start getting bored if not just outright annoyed by them.
Fortunately, he wasn''t taking this journey alone and was taking it with Cami. Even if she was the most sociable and talkative person it was better than being told to be all alone.
After speaking with Cami a bit more he learned a bit more about her fake identity.
Just like Lucius, she was also rmended by a spy they have amongst the empire nobles but unlike the baron that rmended Lucius, the noble that rmended Cami was a viscount.
It made Lucius once again admire the reach the revolutionary forces had throughout the Empire.
Of course, these were just a small fraction of the total number of nobles and if they ever came to light would be swiftly put down, it was still an impressive achievement considering the overwhelming advantage the human race and the empire as a whole was in at the moment
As Lucius was thinking this he heard a sound from the carriage driver at the front
"Young Leader, there''s a problem."
The driver was an ordinary member of the revolutionary forces. He had been handpicked by Albert for the specific task of driving the carriage so both his loyalty and carriage driving skills were never in doubts
"There''s currently a broken carriage stopped at the side of the road and a youngdy and her driver seem to be waving to us for help. In addition... she seems to be wearing the same uniform as the Young Leader and Miss Cami."
As Lucius heard this he frowned slightly.
"Let me take a look first before we decide what to do."
At Lucius''s words, the carriage continued to drive forward until they were quite close to the broken down carriage allowing Lucius to poke his head outside to take a look. The second Lucius took a look outside he was stunned speechless.
''She''s beautiful'' thought Lucius in awe
Lucius looked out to see what he could only describe as an angelic beauty.
She had long blonde hair that fell down to past her shoulders and a set of curious blue eyes that shone like sapphires
Her crystal clear skin was a milky white without even the slightest blemish. Her cherry-red lips parted to reveal a warm smile that could soften the hardest of hearts.
But despite her angelic appearance her body could only be described as devilish! Despite wearing a standard academy uniform, her body was filled with curves and bumps all in the right ces that just by looking made a fire ignite in Lucius''s body.
Yet even with such an enchanting figure, Lucius''s mind found it hard to lust after her as a vague aura surrounded her as if dering her purity.
Ding! New Heroine detected
Heroine: Alice
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Sanctuary
Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Stamina: 8
Mana: 16
Will: 9
Talents & Traits:
Chosen Saintess of Light (Passive effect/ dormant)
Master of Mana (Passive effect)
Support Magic Specialist (passive effect)
Master of Healing Magic (passive effect)
Kind
Charitable
Naive
Favourability: 0 (Neutral)
Lucius looked towards the beautiful woman with tears nearly falling from her gorgeous blue eyesI think you should take a look at
"P..please h..help me!"
Facing the main heroine of the story, Lucius was so shocked he didn''t know what to do for a while.
A conflicted expression appeared on his face as he seemed to be hesitating before he eventually just sighed.
"Sigh! If you don''t mind, you can get in with us. We''re also going to join The Sanctuary"
...
Several minutester,
A luxurious carriage could be seen travelling along the road and inside the carriage, a rather interesting scene was happening.
"Thank you for helping me back there, if it was for the both of you I don''t know what I would be doing right now."
"There''s no need to think too deeply about it" replied Lucius
"We''re both headed to The Sanctuary so we will soon be ssmates after all."
Although Lucius was showing a rather calm and refined appearance outside. When he looked at the blonde-haired beauty he was still a little shocked.
This was a heroine, and not just any old one but the main heroine from the story!
She apanied the MC for most of the story and was a vital addition to the hero''s party whose help couldn''t be understated.
From what Lucius knew about Alice, she was the daughter of a small noble household far away from the centre of the empire. ording to her, the territory was not too different from a small vige.
The role thisdy would y in the future could not be understated. Even if you ignore her overwhelming talents in healing and support magic, she still had the dormant status as the chosen saint of light that was enough to shake the whole empire in the future and now this heroine was chatting happily with him inside his carriage.
Originally this should be a happy experience, after all, what could be more pleasing thanughing and talking with a pair of beauties? unfortunately, the more the conversation went on the more Lucius grew concerned.
Originally Lucius wasn''t supposed to cross paths with Alice at all during his journey to the capital. Even if his journey had been dyed by several weeks because of him taking over Lucius''s body, the one who should have met Alice still should have been the main character. That''s how the two of them originally got to know each other and hit things off.
''Could this be the butterfly effect... but how?''
Lucius couldn''t understand how he messed things up so that such a major scene waspletely erased. What truly scared Lucius was that this would be the start of many changes that would leave his future knowledge useless.
Thinking Like this, Lucius couldn''t help but take another look at Alice and her status screen that was floating up beside her.
Heroine: Alice
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Sanctuary
Strength: 5
Agility: 5
Stamina: 8
Mana: 16
Will: 9
Talents & Traits:
Chosen Saintess of Light (Passive effect/ dormant)
Master of Mana (Passive effect)
Support Magic Specialist (passive effect)
Master of Healing Magic (passive effect)
Kind
Charitable
Naive
Favourability: 10 (Friendly)
Chapter 11 11. Good Nobles
?He had already seen it before but even seeing it again her stats were still enough to impress him.
16 mana was no joke.
If Lucius remembered correctly then at this point Alice hadn''t even started to train her mana with proper techniques yet, but even with that, her reserves were still thatrge. It was almostical!
If it wasn''t for the fact that her traits were specialised in healing and support magic, she would really be a force to be reckoned with.
But just as Lucius had this thought looked towards Alice again and after seeing her sunny smile he could only shake his head.
He knew it from reading the book and he knew it even more after meeting her in person, she was the type of person that couldn''t even hurt a fly!
When they first met she was definitely a bit shy and less talkative but after speaking for a while and making friends with her her true personality started to show.
She was a warm and sunny person that almost seemed to carry a pure infectious aura of happiness around her as she smiled all the time.
Lucius wondered if this was what a golden retriever would look like if they ever turned into a human.
Just a person that was kind and smiling all the time.
Now, if such a person was forced to learn attack magic....
Lucius just shook his head as he thought of the terrible oue.
It would never end well.
As Lucius was having these thoughts he heard Alice''s voice once again, forcing him to pay attention once again.
"You said that you two have been travelling before. How did the two of you meet?" Asked Alice curiously.
Lucius and Cami had already nned for such questions so there were no gaps in their responses.
"We are actually not nobles. We''remoners that were rmended by two separate nobles to join Sanctuary. On my way to join Sanctuary, I happened to pass through the territory of the noble that rmend Cami so we just decided to travel together instead."
As Lucius exined the full story of his and Cami''s fake backstory, Alice just listened attentively, seemingly enraptured by his little story.
"Wow, you guys are so impressive." Said Alice in amazement
"I can''t imagine how talented you would have to be to be rmended by nobles asmoners. I only managed to get into Sanctuary because of the rmendation of my Father. If I wasn''t born a noble there was no way I would get such a chance."
Lucius hearing this quickly shook his head.
What a joke!
If a person like her was a fraud then what would that make someone like him who tricked the entire process?
Wouldn''t that make him scum worse than a fraud!
Besides If someone as talented as Alice was considered a fraud, how were regr people supposed to survive?
"There''s no need to be so humble, Miss Alice." Responded Lucius
"Miss Alice seems to be even more talented than me so I''m sure that even if you weren''t noble you would definitely be rmended a ce in The Sanctuary."
Cami at the side was looking at the conversation going on between Alice and Lucius with a confused and worried expression.
"Doesn''t it bother you that we''remoners?"
As soon as Cami''s voice sounded out the whole carriage froze for a second.
Cami also seemed to have realised her words were a little out of ce but she just carried onI think you should take a look at
"Me and Lucius aremoners, people from apletely different ss from you and you are a noble you know. Shouldn''t breathing the same air much less being in the same carriage make you disgusted if not just a little ufortable."
"No, not really." Said Alice with a confused face.
"Sh..Should I be bothered by it?"
Now it was Alice''s turn to panic.
She looked at both Lucius and Cami a little scared, almost as if she had done something wrong.
"Don''t worry Alice, you''ve not done anything wrong."
As Lucius said this he just patted Cami on the shoulder.
"Remember Cami, even amongst the nobles there are all sorts of people. Whilst there are a lot of bad nobles there are still a few good and kind nobles as well. These nobles don''t care about things like status or noble blood at all. They are good people like the nobles who rmend us."
Despite hearing Lucius''s words Cami was still confused
"Good nobles..." Cami didn''t say much after that and just put her head down in thought.
The concept of good nobles must just bepletely alien to her.
Lucius just shook his head.
She was an orphan that had been with the revolutionary army since her childhood.
Her worldview had been purposely twisted and constructed by the revolutionary army to suit their worldviews.
Although they weren''t so twisted as to use some unscrupulous means like drugs or magic.
Cami and many other children like her had been subjected to the ssic means of indoctrination, propaganda and brainwashing.
All of her thoughts, desires and actions are just what the revolutionary army would want her to believe.
Looking at it like that, Cami and all of the other children like her were really pitiful.
As Lucius thought this he stretched out his hand to stroke her head and console her solely out of instinct.
"Y-Young, no, L-Lucius what is this.."
LP+50
Lucius looked down to see Cami blushing furiously.
Alice who was watching also slightly had her mouth agape as her face also turnedpletely red.
"Are.. are you two...."
But before Alice could finish her sentence Lucius cut her off.
"No, there is no such thing. Me and Cami are only friends, that''s all."
Although Cami already was expecting this and had even been prepared to give the exact same answer, hearing those words directly from Lucius''s mouth inevitably made her feel a little sad."
''In the eyes of the Young Leader... am I just that, a friend?''
''Shit!'' Thought Lucius.
Chapter 12 12. Instance Inducer
?Everything was alright before but now because of his actions there was an overbearing awkward aura in the carriage.
Lucius couldn''t bear to look at either of thedies in front of him anymore and turned to look out of the window. It''s just that, instead of watching the same boring old scenery, Lucius was actually focused on his system panel.
350LP
Not a lot but still a sizable amount.
Lucius was bored now so he thought that it would be a good a time as any to browse the store once again
[Items]
[ Warning although prices try to stay as constant as possible they can be subject to change ]
For a day after ingesting this pill, all sperm will be ineffective so fire away all you want! You won''t hit a home run!
For a period of time greatly increases the sensitivity of anything thates in contact with the potion (the buyer of the potion can toggle his own sensitivity on and off. No one h the buyer can enjoy this option)
A virgin like you will need god-level assistance to win the hearts of the heroines! This is a tool to induce ssical rom scenarios.
These descriptions are really something Huh...
Lucius had a baggie idea of how the first two items probably worked, the only one that had him really stumped was the strange instance inducer.
Looking at the description was an item that made it easier for him to gain favorability with the heroines and now since he was right next to two of them, it was as good a time as any to truly find out what this card could do.
Lucius didn''t hesitate any more and directly bought the Instance Inducer and watched as 100LP vanished from his sight.
Not long after that, Lucius saw a small card suddenly appear in his hand.
[ Thank you for your patronage of the Heroine Capture Store. To use the item you just bought just crush the card in your hand ]
Lucius looked at the card in his hand that was glowing with faint pink light. The card was cool in his hand.
Lucius didn''t dare admire the card for too long out of fear that Cami with excellent senses would notice something amiss, and quickly crushed the card in his hand.
Lucius waited several seconds for the power of the instance inducer toe into effect and... nothing?
He waited for several more seconds and still nothing happened.
''Is this a scam...''
But before Lucius could finish his thoughts there was sudden thud as the carriage was left shaking
Thud!
"Eek!"
"Ahh!"
Lucius''s eyes widened in shock as both Cami and Alice were sent flying out of their seats as two pairs of massive breasts were sent flying into his face
Lucius: !!!
LP+10
LP+20
LP+30
Both Cami and Alice got up from Lucius, their faces as red as a blooming rose!I think you should take a look at
"Sorry! Sorry! I''m so sorry!"
Alice was so embarrassed she didn''t even know what to say. She was just a mess that kept profusely apologising.
Cami wasn''t much better and was equally embarrassed she was just silent instead.
Lucius was still left shocked by the event
''Such overwhelming power...'' thought Lucius in awe
Lucius''s mind wandered to the status screen as he looked as he looked at the Instance Inducer again barely able to contain his desire before he quickly shook such thoughts out of his head.
He was an upstanding citizen. How could he do such a degenerate thing?!
But then again... those soft peaks....
Cough! He Can not be such a vulgar person but buying one more probably won''t hurt, not for his own selfish desires but for more...scientific purposes...
But before Lucius would sumb to his weakness, a panicked cry came from the front.
"Young Master! Young Miss! There is a serious problem at the front!"
"What is it?" Asked Lucius slightly annoyed.
"Bandits!"
Lucius heard this and was instantly shocked into an alert state.
Realising what was going on Lucius pped his head at his own mistake.
He was so surprised and excited to meet the main heroine in person that he forgot about the subsequent events.
Yes, it was the broken down carriage that allowed the orignal Mc to meet Alice but it was only after he dealt with the bandits and saved her life did Alice and the MC really start to hit it off.
After the driver''s warning, the carriage quickly came to a stop and the group stumbled out of the carriage.
As they came out they could see a group of nearly a dozen bandits all blocking the road forwards.
Each bandit was a tall man with a fierce expression on his face and a sharp sword in hand.
Suddenly a bandit nearly a head taller than the others with a terrifying scar across his eyes walked out from the crowd.
As soon as he saw Alice and Cami an excited wolf whistle left his lips
"Wow! Look what we have here
Two excellent beauties for us brothers to enjoy."
Lucius then felt a disgusting gaze sweep over his body
"No, I should make that three."
As the bandits said this he kicked his lips in delight.
The second the bandit''s gaze swept across his body, Lucius''s face turned ugly.
Cami''s face also turns deathly cold.
Although Lucius wanted to tear all the bandits and their leader to pieces, he knew that he had to be cautious.
If he remembers correctly then this wasn''t some ordinary bandit, he should be at least a 3rd ss fighter!
Right now with her stats, Cami could be considered a 3rd ss fighter and although shecked a lot of experience Alice could also be considered a 3rd ss Magician only Lucius was a rather strong regr human.
Only the leader of the Bandits should be a 3rd ss fighter; the rest of them could only be deemed as strong mortal men, but their numbers weren''t small.
Chapter 13 13. Bandits
?If Cami was held up by the leader of the Bandits they could very easily break away andpletely overwhelm him.
Lucius''s mind whirled as he quickly tried toe up with a way to survive this encounter.
That''s when a thought suddenly came to his mind
''Alice has a lot of mana; she doesn''t need to cast attack magic but just interfere by casting some control magic¡''
Lucius looked towards the girl in question that was now shaking like a leaf in the wind and quickly got rid of that thought asking her to fight right now would be the same as signing a death warrant.
What should he do¡
Run? Hide?
As all sorts of thoughts were flying through Lucius''s mind, Lucius soon realised something.
''Of course! How could I be so stupid!''
''Just because she can''t cast any attack magic doesn''t mean she can''t help in a fight!''
Lucius quickly turned towards Alice and held her hand with a desperate look in his eyes
"Alice cast all the support magic you know on me right now!"
Feeling Lucius grab her hand, Alice was a little shocked but hearing hismanding voice was enough to snap her out of her state of fear.
She nodded towards Lucius as a golden-white light shed across her hands
[Cat''s Agility]
[Bull''s Strength]
[Tough Skin]
Lucius could feel a warm current flowing throughout his entire body as dashes of magical light scattered across his skin.
Feeling his strength grow with every second, Lucius''s confidence began to grow as a cold light shed in his eyes
Name: Lucius Vexx
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Revolutionary Army
Strength: 9
Agility: 8
Stamina: 8
Mana: 0
Will: 5
Talents & Traits: none
Lucius looked at his stats and smiled viciously.
His stats had jumped up several times until they reached 9.
9 was the truer limit of the human body.
To progress past 9 in stats, humans would need to gain mana and break past the mortal limiter.
Without mana, no matter how hard a regr human trained they wouldn''t break into the realms of a 3rd ss fighter.I think you should take a look at
Of course, there were always exceptions to every rule but these were exceptions, not the norm.
Now with the strength to be unstoppable below the 3rd ss fighter Lucius didn''t want to spare the bandits for a moment longer
A cold expression appeared on his face as Lucius''s ruthless voice chillingly sounded in the ears of everyone present.
"Cami, Kill them all."
As soon as Cami heard Lucius''s instructions a chilling smile appeared on her face.
"With pleasure, Young Leader."
Cami''s eyes were enough to make a seasoned bandit nearly piss himself
Those disgusting creatures had dared to lust after the body of the Young Leader! Even though she, the most loyal guard and assistant to the young leader, hadn''t managed to touch it yet!
Cami was furious and wanted nothing more than to tear them to shreds!
The bandit''s eyes could just widen in fear as they saw Cami turn into a shadowy blur.
She kept into the crowd of bandits like a punching panther not slowing down in the slightest.
The unfortunate bandits she passed could only see a blur of red and ck before their heads were sent flying into the sky.
Seeing the carnage unfolding amongst his subordinates, the bandit leader knew he couldn''t afford to remain still.
The bandit leader let out a fierce cry as he stepped forward to engage Cami.
The second Cami saw this she just scoffed.
The bandit leader were both 3rd ss fighters but in her opinion, the bandit leader could never be her match.
Even amongst the same ss, there were levels and the bandit leader wasn''t on her level at all!
Although she might not be able to win instantly the victory in her mind was all it assured.
The Bandits leader''s sword shed towards Cami but she didn''t panic.
Stepping forward Cami twirled her daggers, sliding them along the sword of the bandit leader allowing her to slip in closer and sh him in several ces!
Whilst the bandit leader and Cami were engaged in a fierce duel the other bandits didn''t wait to spare Lucius either and all charged towards him.
Although he was slightly intimidated by the scene in front of him, Lucius knew that it wasn''t the time to be cowardly.
When two people meet on a narrow road it is always the boldest person that wins!
Stepping forward a cold light shed in Lucius''s eyes as his sword soared.
At this point, Lucius couldn''t be considered an expert in swordsmanship but with his training the past few days, he was leagues ahead of anything mere bandits could hope topete with and in addition to his superior swordsmanship, with the buffs he had received from Alice, Lucius could now be considered a monster among men.
The sword in his hand crashed down, knocking back the swords of several bandits at once with just his brute strength alone, and Lucius didn''t miss his chance.
His sword shuttled forward like a vicious snake, quickly piercing a hole in the throat of the first bandit.
Lucius don''t even stop to think as his sword shed out, leaving only silver light behind as it cleanly sliced the neck of another bandit
Seeing two bandits dropping to the floor the approaching bandits paused for a second.
They just saw Lucius knock back 5 attacking bandits at the same time and even killing two unlucky ones in the process.
Lucius instantly felt a faint feeling of disgust and dread that anyone would feel taking a life well up inside him but Lucius quickly managed to suppress it by convincing himself that these bandits were subhuman scum and that this wasn''t the time nor ce to be thinking about ethics.
Only after he surged would he have the right to talk about morals.
With the momentum on his side, Lucius didn''t want to let it go for a moment and quickly stepped forward towards the group of stunned bandits.
Chapter 14 14. Bandits (2)
?Since he was alone and outnumbered, Lucius knew he couldn''t afford to appear even the slightest bit weak.
Lucius knew that if he messed up or the group of bandits thought he was weak, he would be finished.
Sensing the terrifying moment Lucius gained from swiftly killing two of theirpanions and now seeing him stepping fearlessly towards them, the remaining bandits were terrified.
But even if they were scared they didn''t dare run away.
Even if they knew that their boss was currently fighting Cami, nobody wanted to take that risk.
If their boss lost then everything would be fine, but if he won then they would definitely be skinned alive and fed to the wolves.
To be a bandit in this day and age could only mean that you were a vicious desperado.
They would rather die in the hands of Lucius than be brutally tortured by their vicious boss!
Although the bandits showed some bravery, it had little effect at the end of the day.
Their morale was at aplete rock bottom, and besides the gap between them and the OP buffed Lucius wasn''t something that could be bridged with just bravery and morale.
Lucius charged into the group of bandits like a wild wolf knocking over many of the slower and more unlucky bandits and Lucius want soft hearted either.
The unlucky bandits on the floor were mercilessly killed as Lucius''s swords stabbed them in the back, throwing any sort of noble etiquette like respect for downed opponents to the dirt.
As Lucius defeated more bandits he grew more and more and more confident he expanded further and further causing the bandits to retreat farther away from him.
Lucius was confident and about to continue his attack when he suddenly turned pale
Feeling all of his abundant strength sap out of his body, Lucius''s heart dropped.
Although he didn''t dare show it in his face Lucius was extremely panicked!
Lucius turned back to look at Alice and his heart dropped even further when he saw that she was even more panicked than him, she couldn''t even hide it!
Alice at this stage should just be a novice magician.
She hasn''t mastered the ability to cast spells at a long range.
The second Lucius stopped chasing them and backed away, the bandits quickly realised something was wrong.
A bandit is a profession where your life is at risk and constantly dancing with death at the edge of a de.
To survive as a bandit you have to have crafty instincts and even if you don''t have them you would gain them after surviving a few years. The ones that didn''t were all dead.
With their sharp instincts, it was impossible for Lucius to hide his situation from them.
Lucius also knew this and just grit his teeth as he lifted his sword in front of him and solidified his stance.
He couldn''t run and even if he did what would happen to Alice that was behind him?
Even if he was going down, he wouldn''t go out without a vicious fight.
His stats were still enough to take at least one more bandit down with him.
The crowd of red-eyes bandits didn''t show any mercy and charged towards Lucius.I think you should take a look at
After Lucius had gone around ughtering them like chickens now was time to have their revenge!
But right before the bandits could arrive at Lucius''s side a furious voice sounded out, each word filled with an unparalleled amount of murderous intent
"Scum like you dares to touch the Young Leader."
As soon as the bandits heard the voice the most primal part of the human brain was stimted to tell them one thing,
They were dead.
Panicked, all the bandits abandoned all thoughts of revenge and tried to flee but unfortunately for them, it was already toote.
A bright red line soon appeared on the necks of every single bandit.
They could only fall to the ground clutching their necks, the overwhelming fear still in their eyes.
Lucius''s eyes didn''t linger on this vicious scene and turned to the one woman behind it.
Cami could be seen walking among the fallen corpses dragging the giant battered body of the bandit leader behind her.
Compared to her from only a few minutes ago, her once organised academy uniform was a mess as she was nowpletely soaked in blood as a pair of ring purple eyes peeked out between her messy bangs.
Ordinarily, no matter how beautiful the girl was, such a sight would be enough to chill anyone''s heart but in the eyes of Lucius, it couldn''t be more beautiful.
This was his personal bodyguard!
As expected of a future heroine, herbat potential was no joke!
Thinking like this, Lucius couldn''t help but look towards Alice.
Although Alice had yed a big role, he wouldn''t have even been able to survive without her buffs but if it waspared with Cam then Alice was a bit...
Seeing the debate look in Lucius''s eyes couldn''t help but feel annoyed.
She didn''t know what he was thinking, but she could instinctively tell from the look alone that it wasn''t something good.
But Lucius wasn''t in the mood to care about Alice''s little grievances and turned to face the bandit leader.
If it was a noble hero he would probably send him on the road to the afterlife after spitting a few self-righteous one liners.
Unfortunately, Lucius was extremely petty and couldn''t let his enemy pass on in peace.
He was in the body of a viin after all, he may as well y the part.
Looking at the battered body of the Bandit Leader a cold sneer hung at the edge of his lip.
"You got the beauties you wanted so how was it? Did you enjoy it?"
Faced with Lucius''s tant taunts the Bandit leader''s lips quivered in rage but the battered state of his bodypletely depleted his power turning his rage into a powerless feeling of helplessness.
"K..kill me.."
Chapter 15 15. Aftermath
?Hearing this Lucius just shook his head.
"We can give you a clean death as long as you do us a little favour. Just tell us the location of your main base." Stated Lucius
As soon as the bandit heard this he just scoffed.
"You think I''m going to betray my brothers because of the threats of a brat like you?"
As soon as Lucius heard this he just shook his head.
The biggest illusion of this poor bandit was thinking that he ever had a choice in this matter.
The bandit leader probably saw the academy uniform and thought they were just some noble academy students, but who were they? They were members of the revolutionary army!
A bunch of lunatics who even demons in which even demons would cry if they fell into their hands much less some no name bandit
Looking at the ignorant guy that was still spitting nonsense about loyalty and betrayal, Lucius just shook his head with a trace of pity as he turned back towards Alice
"Alice, I think you should get back into the carriage for a while. Me and Cami need to go investigate something really quick, we''ll be back in a short while so don''t worry."
Alice was still a little confused when she heard Lucius''s words but she didn''tin.
Besides, she really didn''t like the scene of countless bodies lying around.
Even if she knew that these were a terrible group of men that wanted to make life horrible for them if they ever won she couldn''t help but feel an inexplicable sadness as she saw them.
So without much hesitation, Alice stepped back inside the carriage.
As soon as Lucius saw this he and Cami didn''t wait around dragging the bandit leader a short distance away into the nearby forest
After a short while, a burst of horrifying cries ruptured in the forest making all the small creatures and birds hurry away in fright.
There was some rather decent sound instion inside of the carriage so Alice didn''t hear much but the two drivers sitting outside of the carriage both shivered as they heard a set of traumatic shrieks and wails from the forest.
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Several minutester, Lucius and Cam could be seen walking out of the forest as they wiped off the blood that had stained their hands.
When this wasbined with the tragic wails of only a few seconds ago, it was enough to make the scalps of the two watching carriage drivers go numb!
Although it was quite difficult to watch torture take ce first hand Lucius didn''t feel like what he did was morally wrong
As for pity? How could Lucius feel such a thing for that bandit leader?
If the man had his way he would turn Lucius into his personal boy toy!
Even if the man''s body was smashed to pieces Lucius wouldn''t pity him but only apud the killer for doing such a thorough job in exterminating such a scourge!
As the two of them approached the carriage, Lucius told Cami to inform the two drivers of their next n, while he went to tell Alice.I think you should take a look at
As soon as Lucius entered the carriage he could feel Alice''s curious eyes turned toward him so he just smile as he began to speak
"After our investigation, we''ve managed to track down and find out the location of the bandit camp."
After saying this Lucius paused for a second before he continued.
"I know this mighte as a shock to you but after we found out that there were still people being kept there, me and Cami decided that we can''t just ignore it. We''re going over to free the people! It''s just that I''m not sure if you''d want toe along, it''s a risk after all¡"
As soon as Alice heard Lucius''s words her eyes lit up as she looked towards Lucius with pure admiration.
"Of course I want to go!" Said Alice
"I won''t miss the chance to help anyone in need!"
After saying this she couldn''t help but look at Lucius again.
"It''s so amazing that you want to help people even at your own risk, just like you helped me earlier. Lucius, you really are a kind person!"
LP+10
Seeing the sight of his LP increasing in front of his eyes, a wide smile appeared on Lucius''s face.
"Of course I want to help people. The goal of joining The Sanctuary is to be a hero that can help the whole of humanity, so I won''t hesitate to rush into that bandit camp!"
''Besides, there''s something more important than anything else there'' thought Lucius secretly
''I have to get the protagonist''s first treasure!''
After Lucius spoke with Alice to confirm that she was on board and after Cami cleared things up with the carriage drivers, the group didn''t stay and linger around any longer and quickly left the scene turning down and off the road, heading away from the capital and deeper into the forest.
What Lucius and his group didn''t know was that just an hour after they left another carriage could be seening down the road and stopping at the scene of the battle.
Soon after the carriage stopped, an extremely handsome man with snow white hair and dazzling blue eyes could be seen getting down and stopping in the middle of the battlefield.
Although the battlefield had been cleaned up there was still blood sttered on the floor and several corpses thrown to the side of the road.
Looking at this, the white haired man was a little concerned
''If an unprepared traveller was to meet such arge group of bandits it could be quite problematic. Fortunately, it seems like the bandits were the unlucky ones in this scenario''
The white haired man was a little curious as to what happened there but after looking at the battlefields for a while he quickly grew bored.
''Bandits are boring anyway. It would be best if I could meet the other students at the academy as soon as possible!''
After thinking like this, the man didn''t want to stay on the battlefield a moment longer and hopped in his carriage before continuing on the main road, theplete opposite direction Lucius and his group had travelled earlier¡
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Chapter 16 16. Siege The Stronghold
?A few hours prior,
Lucius and his group were still inside the carriage as it travelled along butpared with the ride before this one was obviously more ufortable.
The mountainous back roads were nowhere near as well maintained as the frequently travelled main roads.
The group didn''t talk much as they prepared for the uing battle ahead and it didn''t take long before they arrived at their destination.
Only a distance away a rather small wooden fort could be seen hiding amongst the forest.
Due to the fact that they had been travelling all day, by the time the group arrived at the fortress, it was already getting dark.
As Lucius looked at this fortress, his red eyes narrowed.
Although he didn''t think highly of the bandits they were still greatly outnumbered.
3rd ss fighters were far above regr humans but they hadn''t reached the point where they could face a whole army ande out unscathed.
But Lucius was only cautious, not fearful.
It was already dark and most importantly, they weren''t here to fight but to sneak in and massacre all the remaining bandits.
Lucius even had a helper that perfectly fit the job description.
As a master assassin, such things shouldn''t be too difficult for someone as capable as Cami.
Lucius turned towards Cami as his red eyes looked into hers with full confidence.
"Cami, if the next n is to seed, you will have to y an essential part. I trust you so I won''t need to exin too much. I''ll leave everything up to you. "
As Cami heard this she gave a light bow.
"I won''t disappoint the young leader''s trust."
After saying this, Cami''s body flickered as she dashed towards the wooden fortress.
Lucius could only see a faint shadow scaling the walls as she disappeared into the night.
The group watched the fortress attentively for several minutes but there was still no sound.
But Lucius wasn''t worried. That''s how it should be.
As a skilled assassin, there was no way the bandits would be alerted to Cami''s presence this quickly. Right now she should be busy silently harvesting lives.
Several more minutes passed as Lucius''s red eyes watched the eerily silent bandit stronghold when suddenly, several loud cries could as a fire began to ignite all over the bandit stronghold.
The chaos could only mean one thing.
Cami had been discovered.
But even with this result, Lucius wasn''t disappointed. He had long been expecting this.
No matter how talented an assassin she was, she was only one person. With the strength of a 3rd ss fighter it was easy for her to kill many bandits but to take all of them waspletely unrealistic.I think you should take a look at
The bandits would have to be utterly ipetent for them to all die at her hand.
But now that Cami had been discovered it was time for Lucius and his group to fulfil their part of the n.
When Lucius had told Cami to infiltrate the fortress and start killing bandits, the first thing he had asked her to do was kill all the bandits guarding the entrance and leave it so they could enter at any time.
Lucius got up and called Alice to his side as he took them straight through the main gates of the bandit''s fortress.
What Lucius and the others saw as they stepped inside could only be described as utter chaos.
Bonfires were raging everywhere as the huts and buildings were being burnt to the ground.
Captured women and children had been freed and were running around everywhere only adding to the chaos.
Some of the bolder women directly picked up a sword and hacked a few unaware bandits to death!
Lucius could see Cami encircled by arge group of bandits.
All he saw was a shadowy ghost flickering amongst the crowd as desperate cries were sounding out one after another.
Although it was clear that this storm of bandits could eventually exhaust Cami to death, she didn''t appear to be looking too bad, on the other hand, it was the bandits that were the ones that seemed to be panicking.
Seeing this sight, Lucius knew what he had to do.
He called out to Alice giving her the signal and with just a light touch several different buffsnded on his body.
Lucius felt the familiar warm sensation run through his body as his strength quickly grew.
Lucius didn''t linger around to admire this feeling and without hesitation charged straight for the group of bandits.
The bandits were so upied trying to contain Cami and deal with the chaos all around them that most of them didn''t even notice Lucius approaching them, and for the ones that did, they noticed it all toote.
With a free uncontested attack from behind, Lucius was like a wolf in a sheep pen. It was utter carnage.
The bandits were low on morale, unprepared and unorganised. There wasn''t any proper resistance.
This wasn''t like the tough battle he faced earlier today, it was an utter ughter!
Thebination of Lucius destroying their back line and Cami tearing them apart from the front left the banditspletely helpless.
Soon several bandits realised just how hopeless their situation was. Now defeat wasn''t just a possibility, it was inevitable.
The more clever ones gave up instantly and desperately tried to flee.
But after the number of bandits had been thinned down to just a handful, Cami could easily spot the one who wanted to run.
All the running bandits could see was a sh of shadows before their neck was cleanly sliced through.
Within just a few minutes, the battle waspletely over leaving only a pile of bodies and two blood stained figures behind.
If you took a random passerby and showed them the scene and told them Cami and Lucius were the good guys responsible for the scenario, they probably wouldn''t believe it even if you beat them to death.
Chapter 17 17. Reina
?The baleful aura generated from the ughter still hadn''t faded from their bodies and the bright glowing eyes didn''t do the two of them any favours either.
In the darkness surrounded by fire and blood, it made them look more like demonic spectres than warriors of justice.
After the remaining bandits were ughtered, it didn''t take long before the surviving captives were calmed down and brought back to order.
A few of them were a little red eyed after killing a few bandits but they soon came back to their senses.
They were all just regr people at the end of the day, it was only the immense hatred for the bandits and fear in their hearts that had turned them into lunatics for a couple of seconds. After the hatred had been satisfied and the bandits killed, the raging survivors even found themselves at a loss for what to do next.
After a few minutes, the group of survivors were all lined up in front of Lucius.
As he looked at their haggard and tired appearances Lucius couldn''t help but feel a little pity for their predicament.
They were all women and children abducted by the bandits.
The unfortunate ones would be used as ythings by the bandits and the even more unlucky ones would be sold and traded as ves to all sorts of ces.
Lucius scanned the crowd. On the outside, it wasn''t too strange. It was as if he was just watching the crowd of people but an experienced eye would easily find something was wrong.
Lucius''s eyes didn''t linger long but the gaze was too inquisitive as if he was trying to find every detail in the person he was looking at.
It was as Lucius was looking around that he locked onto someone.
It was a woman with hair as dark as blood.
Although it was rather difficult to make out her hair colour clearly.
Her hair was in an absolute mess and scruffily put together
Her figure was hunched over and weak and there was even dirt spread all over her face to further mess up her appearance.
With just one look, you wouldn''t be wrong to guess that this was a helpless woman that had been humiliated and tortured by bandits, but the second Luciusid eyes on this woman, a wicked smirk appeared on his face
''Found You.''
As if to confirm Lucius''s thoughts he heard a sound go off in his head
Potential Sub-heroine detected!
Heroine: Reina
Age: 27
Race: Half-barbarian
Affiliation: Mountain Bandits
Strength: 18
Agility: 14
Stamina: 17
Mana: 13
Will: 15
Talents & Traits:
Barbaric Strength(Passive effect/ bloodline ability)
Rage! (Active/ bloodline ability)
Axe Master (Passive effect)I think you should take a look at
Scheming
Hot blooded
Favourability: -30 (hate!)
Like Lucius had said before, being a bandit was a crafty profession. If you drop your guard and underestimate them, you could be caught off guard and swiftly killed on the spot!
This wasn''t just some helpersdy, no, the one pretending to be a victim was actually the leader of this group of vicious mountain bandits!
As befitting of a viin the second she heard the desperate fighting of her subordinates, her first thought wasn''t to join in and save them but to go and hide!
When she was alerted by the fighting outside her first thought was to sit by and asses the situations
After living as a mountain bandit for many years she had long since learned how to cut her losses.
If she stupidly ran out to fight and ran into a full Knight squad of the empire her end would be too tragic!
So with that, she pretended to be a captured woman.
If the enemies were too much, she would sneak out directly but if not, she would sneak attack them when their guard was at its lowest.
Even though he knew about it from the book, Lucius was still left speechless when he saw this 3rd ss fighter shamelessly pretending to be a victim.
Such a scheming and vicious individual was definitely not a good person.
Even the original protagonist with all his hax and heightened senses was still left greatly injured by this vicious woman''s attack.
Fortunately, Lucius had the foresight of further knowledge or if he was sneak attacked with the weak body he wouldn''t even be able to resist and just die on the spot!
This was all just a small afterthought.
Despite finding the person he was looking for Lucius didn''t make it obvious as his eyes quickly skipped over her as if he hadn''t noticed anything special.
He just secretly called Cami to his side and whispered,
"See the hunched woman with the red hair, she''s a strong 3rd ss fighter. I want her taken down, alive."
Cami was a little shocked when she first heard Lucius''s words
''How did the Young leader know that there was a 3rd ss fighter hiding amongst the captives? He was weaker than her so his senses shouldn''t have reached this level yet?''
But even though she was filled with questions, Cami still knew restraint.
Lucius was the Leader and she was the assistant. He would reel information as he sees fit. If Lucius doesn''t tell her then it''s none of her business
She quickly shook the unnecessary thoughts out of her head and silently pulled out a set of poisoned needles from a holster on her thigh.
Before the red haired woman could even notice, a storm of poisoned needles was sent flying towards her!
"Kyahh!"
The woman let off a cry as dozens of poisoned needles sunk into her body
''What the hell is going on?'' thought thedy
''Since when was I discovered''
The woman quickly realised that something went wrong and she had been exposed.
She cursed herself for being so careless but there was nothing else she could do at the moments
At this very same time, Cami had turned into a shadow and was hurtling towards her at blinding speeds.
Chapter 18 18. Reina (2)
?Even though she was scheming, she wasn''t a coward. She knew that the worst thing you could do in a situation like this was run away blindly. Such stupid actions would only be hastening your own death.
The red-haired woman roared as she rushed out to greet Cami''s attack with the knife she had hidden on her body.
"Bang!"
But as the two parties shed she quickly realised something was wrong.
Her vibrant muscles all seemed sluggish and heavy almost as if they had been filled with lead.
Even her mind was being to grow fuzzy as her sight became obscured
''W-what poison¡.how despicable!''
The red haired woman cursed at Cami in her mind but in her current state, that was all she could do.
As the effects of the poison started to kick in, the fight quickly became one sided.
In truth, it was never a fair fight from the start.
One was in peak condition and the other was poisoned and fighting with a conceble weapon she wasn''t used to.
Her fate was all but sealed.
Despite the strength draining from her body at every moment the red haired woman still fought fiercely, but under the gradual encroachment she was eventually subdued by Cam with a swift knock to the back of the head
The woman''s vison grew fuzzy as her world spun but she looked up onest time.
Thest sight she managed to see was a shockingly handsome man with burning red eyes smiling down at her like an ominous devil
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As an experienced bandit, Reina had long been prepared for the situation of her capture.
Bandits were a group constantly dancing with death. She was already fortunate to not die on the spot so seeing that she was captured still brought some joy to Reina''s heart.
The joy onlysted for a moment before a stinging pain shook her head
"Uhh.. what is this."
Reina lifted her head with difficulty and noticed that her surroundings had changed to sight she was familiar with, the main hall of the fortress.
In the main chair of the hall sat a terrifyingly handsome young man that left even her starstruck for a few seconds. The man''s red eyes seemed to burn like magma as they unscrupulously swept across Reina''s body with an arrogant expression on his face.
Reina would not lie, she was slightly intimidated.
Both his authoritative aura and piercing red eyes that seemed to see through all her secrets weighed down on her heart like a boulder
But even with this, her many years of experience as a bandit told her that showing any signs of fear wouldn''t get her anywhere. So with that in mind, Reina mustered up her courage and spoke with the arrogance of a bandit leader that she always had.I think you should take a look at
"Release me now you bastard!" said Reina with a re
"When you saved and freed the captives, I at first thought you were some noble hero but seeing as you killed all the other bandits and left only an innocent littledy like me your intention must be impure ptui! what should I have expected from a group of nobles, rotten and disgusting to the core!"
Cami was holding the chained Reina to prevent any mishaps from happening but as she heard the continuous curses and insults being thrown at Lucius, Cam''s face turned a little scary.
Reina also seemed to feel the chilling gaze piercing into her back like a pair of daggers. As she turned around Reina could see a soft white hand reaching towards her but she could also sense the overwhelming malicious intent inside!
"Cami, stop."
Just before Cami''s hand could reach reins''s face Lucius''s voice sounded out halting her actions.
"Cami, just do what she says. Let her go. The poison should still be in her body for a long time so she should be extremely weak right now. Even if she wants to y some tracks she doesn''t even have the strength to hurt a child so what can she do?
As Cami heard this she frowned. She really wanted to teach this arrogant bandit a lesson for ndering the Young leader. But since it was the leader''s instructions to leave her alone in the first ce, what could she do?
With a cold snort, Cami let go of the chains around the bandit leader before appearing at the side of Lucius in what seemed like an instant.
Lucius took this time to get a proper look at the bandit leader again.
Before bringing her here, Cami had cleaned her up and asked the victims and captive to confirm that she was the true leader and that they had not made mistakes, so Lucius could now see her properly.
As Lucius looked at the woman with burning red hair, he had to admit he was left a little breathless
Her body was definitely mesmerising.
Even Cami who he would have to say was the best figure he had met until now was a little outmatched when up against her.
Burning red hair and a beautiful face that seemed to resemble that of a feirce wildcat.
She had a plump ass that made Lucius a little hot just by looking and a set of breasts that seemed to want to burst out of her shirt.
It was enough to drive any man crazy!
As Lucius scanned her body a devious light shed in his eyes
At this point, he would be the first one to admit.
The banditdy was right, his intentions were definitely impure!
Sinceing to this world what would be his biggest reliance? Of course that would be the heroine capture system!
But other than flirting with a few heroines to farm some Love Points, Lucius would be the first to admit that he has been a little passive.
It was called the heroine capture system, not the heroine flirting system!
He wasn''t there to just sit and watch a few heroines. As a man, it would be a lie to say he hadn''t had some thoughts in this time.
Chapter 19 19. Exposed
?He wasn''t there to just sit and watch a few heroines. As a man, it would be a lie to say he hadn''t had some thoughts in this time.
Besides, even if his means were a little unscrupulous, so what? He was a viin at the end of the day. Even f he used despicable means, it would still be within his character
Of course, as a gentleman and a citizen from the 21st century, Lucius wouldn''t do something as barbaric as forcing himself on a woman.
But some subtle means of seduction and maniption were all fair y.
Lucius may have some points of caution if it were main heroines like Alice and Cami but for a sub-heroine like this, Lucius wasn''t afraid to be more direct.
As Lucius was having some thought Reina was alsoing up with a plot of her own.
Reina wasn''t stupid.
Although she put up a fierce front on the outside she knew her situation well.
She was a captured bandit, a criminal. At this point her rights were absolutely non-existent, no matter what happened to her now nobody would care or seem to me anyone.
Even if she wanted to escape all hope was lost when she realised she had a potent poison flowing in her body.
But as a bandit leader, she naturally wouldn''t be without means
On the contrary, from the performance so far it could be seen that behind her force and reckless appearance, she had a deeply scheming personality.
She looked at Lucius and clearly felt his eyes lingering on her body. As she took a look at Lucius she quickly realised something.
This scary guy was actually wearing an academy uniform!
''A little brat¡''
Seeing this a wide smile appeared on Reina''s face. She seems to have found her point of breakthrough.
It was also perfect that she wanted tough.
She naturally knew that her looks and body were above average and as a person that hade from the bottom of society, she knew about the methods of seduction and maniption.
She had never used them before nor because she was unwilling but because it was unnecessary so she disdained to use them.
Her barbaric strength was always enough to either smash her opponents into meat paste or give her enough time to escape and live to fight another day
Although she was usually focused on her training, Reina was still the leader of a group of unruly bandits. From the bloody fights she''s seen happen over some of the captured women, she knew just how obsessed men could be about sex, especially boys at his age.
When a man gets hooked on such pleasures, it''s easy to control them and from the way Lucius was looking at her she knew that if she made a move he would hardly resist.
From the aura and the way he carried himself, she could guess that Lucius was already somebody of high standing. If she could just seduce this kid then it would be easy to get herself out of this predicament, no, she may even be able to go further than she ever could as a mere bandit leader.
As Reina thought like this, the eyes she used to look at Lucius gradually grew hotter.
If it was some ugly man that cornered her in this situation she might be hesitant, but for a young promising noble, in Reina''s mind, this was only an opportunity!
If only she knew Lucius''s true identity, then maybe she would be second-guessing herself right now.I think you should take a look at
Unfortunately for her, Lucius was too happy to let her thoughts run wild.
Looking up at Lucius a seductive smile appeared on her face as she walked towards him.
She crossed her arms under her chest making her already explosive chest seem even more prominent.
For a second nobody spoke, but sparks could be seen shing between their eyes.
Two people. One willing to sell her body and another willing to taste it.
Naturally, there wouldn''t be any conflict.
If Lucius had to name one problem then it would be with each passing second that Cami watched what was happening her expression only grew more and more ugly.
Due to her professionalism, she naturally wouldn''t speak of Lucius''s actions but her dissatisfaction was palpable.
Fortunately, there was no such thing as minus love points or Lucius would be in a tragic situation right now.
He knew Cami wouldn''t make a move but he didn''t dare look at her.
Out of sight, out of mind.
As long as he didn''t see her expression he could pretend there was no problem.
Besides, he was so excited now he could barely think straight.
He left all those problems for the post-nut rity Lucius to deal with.
Reina could clearly see that Cam wasn''t pleased by the situation but just chuckled thinking that she could get one over the woman that put her in this sorry state to begin with.
She walked closer to Lucius, sitting in hisp before whispering in his ear.
"How about it little boy? Would you like this big sister to show you something new?"
With such seductive words whispered in his ears, Lucius instantly felt his sleeping dragon awaken as soon, Reina could feel something poking in between her legs.
Feeling this Reina was shocked momentarily before a charming smile appeared on her face as her hands quickly became dishonest, worming in between Lucius''s clothes.
"As long as you cure the poison in my body, I can teach you a lot of things you don''t know."
Hearing this a strange light shed in Lucius''s eyes but not wanting her to get too arrogant, Lucius''s hands shot out squeezing her plump ass causing her to cry out in surprise.
"Kyaa!"
Before the bandit leader could recover.
Lucius whispered in her ears.
"There''s no need to teach me because I already know a lot of things¡.. like how you''re teaming up with demons."
Chapter 20 20. A Game (R18)
?As soon as she heard this the Bandit Leader went pale as a shiver ran down her spine.
"W...what do you mean..."
Hearing her trying to deny it, Lucius just scoffed.
"Don''t y games with me. Since I''vee here do you think it was just by chance? Of course I know everything, Reina ."
If Reina was scared before, then she was petrified now.
This was the first time Lucius had called her by her name.
It had to be known that she didn''t even tell the bandits her real name. Before now she had only been operating under aliases. Seeing that he knew even her deepest secret was enough to assure how thorough Lucius''s information was so she didn''t doubt that he knew of her collusion with demons.
Reina had long since been at the peak of 3rd ss fighters and was looking for a way to break through.
It was already strange for a no name bandit like her to have such outrageous strength. The fact she could get this far with no teaching or guidance showed just how terrifying her talent was but it was also because of her talent that she was unwilling to just remain a 3rd ss fighter her entire life. So when a group of demons came offering resources and training methods in reward for her cooperation she didn''t hesitate and took it.
But dealing with demons wasn''t just all benefits.
It was a major sin to even associate with them, much less someone like her who was actively smuggling things for them.
Even If someone killed a noble, they could eventually escape and hide but those who teamed up with demons would be forever hunted down
From the countless aeons of conflicts with demons, the human empire had learned that the best way to deal with demons was to mercilessly punish the traitors!
No matter how far you tried to run or hide there would be no ce for you on the human content.
Even a force like the revolutionary army couldn''t hide, so what could a mere mountain bandit do?
The second her collusion with demons was exposed, she would be as good as dead!
Thinking of the horrific torture awaiting her at the hands of the Inquisition, Reina couldn''t help but go a little pale.
Seeing her pale face, Lucius knew that Reina''s resistance had all but crumbled and now was to push for the final stretch.
"Of course, it''s not like things arepletely hopeless. I can give you a way out as long as you do me a little favour..."
In that moment, Lucius spat out such a viinous line that even he was slightly impressed
He could see the despair in Reina''s eyes turn into subtle hesitation and with that, Lucius knew that he had basically won, all that was left was the finishing touches.
"How about it?" Asked Lucius
"I won''t take advantage of you. We''ll just y a little game."
"I get to touch your body for one minute and long as you keep quiet the entire time you win. I''ll let you go and forget anything that happened here."
As Reina heard this, she frowned for a little.
"Are.. are you being serious."I think you should take a look at
Hearing this Lucius smiled.
"Of course I''m being serious. For me, it''s just a little game. If I win, fair enough, but if I lose, so be it. As long as you can win I promise you I''ll let you go but if I win... hehehe.... we''ll cross that bridge when we get there."
As soon as Reina heard Lucius''s vague words, her body instinctively shivered.
"Of course, you don''t have to agree to my conditions. I can always just deal with you like any other traitor and hand you over to the Empire and the Inquisition. I won''t force you. The choice is all yours''''
As soon as Reina heard this, she wanted to scold Lucius for being so shameless.
What choice was there? If she met the inquisition she would never have a good end.
This boy was quite clearly trying to get her body yet he was still putting on the airs of some noble saint!
So shameless!
What made Reina even more helpless was that she had no choice but to fall into this handsome devil''s palms!
Sighing, Reina just epted it, getting up off Lucius and standing in front of him. But as Reina looked at Lucius expectantly Lucius just looked at her with a strange gaze.
"I told you that I would have to touch your body. You don''t expect me to do this with your clothes on, do you? strip."
As Reina heard this snorted in annoyance, but that didn''t hinder her actions as she slowly removed her clothing.
As Reina''s clothes hit the floor, Lucius forgot to breathe for a second.
Her skin was a charming wheat colour that seemed to further entuate her curves. Befitting of a warrior, Lucius could see the faint scars across her body, highlighting the countless fights she must have been in over the years, but instead of taking away from her charm, it only seemed to add to it.
Her perky breasts and plump as made Lucius''s body heat up just by watching it
Lucius could even see a faint blush start to form on her cheeks as a result of the obvious embarrassment.
Now that things had gotten to this point, Lucius knew he couldn''t hold himself back.
He walked towards Reina and rolled up his sleeves.
As he did so, he just gave one mental instruction.
''System, buy one sensitivity potion.''
For a period of time greatly increases the sensitivity of anything thates in contact with the potion (the buyer of the potion can toggle his own sensitivity on and off. No one except the buyer can toggle this option)
Yes. Lucius was going to cheat.
As for ying fair? That was all utter bullshit.
He was here to test out the limits of his system after all. How could he do that without cheating?
Chapter 21 21. A Game 2 (R18)
?Even if it was shameless, he never even considered ying fair from the start, he was a viin after all.
With just a thought, a strange glowing golden potion appeared in Lucius''s hand.
Although Lucius was a bit intrigued by the wonderful appearance of the golden potion he didn''t want to waste time on irrelevant things and just rubbed the potion on his hands.
As soon as the potion touched his hands, Lucius could instantly feel the effects.
His hands seemed to be stimted to the max. It was as if he could feel everyst particle of air brushing against the palms.
''How dangerous!'' thought Lucius in shock.
Increased sensitivity was no joke! Even though he had just applied the potion on his hands, Lucius knew that the effects of the potion were outstanding. The before and after just simply couldn''t bepared.
It would be like living in a pitch ck basement all your life and then suddenly being transported out into a bright summer''s day!
"What''s that?" asked Reina suspiciously
hearing this a devious smile appeared on Lucius''s face
"This? it''s nothing special" replied Lucius
"It''s just a little lotion, that''s all."
Reina raised an eyebrow, still a little unconvinced by Lucius''s words, but by the time she wanted to say something, Lucius was already a finger away from her.
Lucius just took onest look at Reina to admire her body in all its glory before gently putting his hand on her stomach
''W..what is this?'' thought Reina in horror
Lucius had just ced his hand on her, but it was as if she had countless sparks of lightning shing through her body!
''It can''t be! There''s no way I''d be this weak from just a man''s touch!''
Lucius looked at Reina struggling with just his touch alone and a smirk slowly appeared on his face
''It seems like I''m much more sadistic than I originally thought.''
Seeing the effects happening right in front of his eyes, Lucius''s hands didn''t stay still.
His strong hands snaked all over Reina''s plump body, leaving a trail of what Reina could only describe as electric sparks in their wake.
Lucius slowly caressed all her curves. One hand squeezed her dough like ass whilst the other got lost in her perky breasts.
Each move had a mix of loving tenderness and wild desire as his fingers traced all of Reina''s contours with deliberate intent.
Whilst caressing her Lucius slowly started focusing on her more and more sensitive areas causing the once arrogant Bandit leader, slowly to break down and lose allposure
"mmhh... mhh.."
Reina''s breath became ragged as her whole face flushed furiously, yet even with the mounting pleasure flowing all over her body she was determined to not let a single moan escape her lips.
Lucius looked at this and was impressed.
''Such a strong will. This much is at least necessary to rise from the bottom.''
But even with the strong will, Lucius was just impressed. After all, this was the same will that Lucius was determined to break!
With each skilful stroke and gentle exploration, the intensity of the connection between Lucius and Reina began to deepen. Her eyes glossed over as arrogance faded, only being reced with the wild desire of a woman in heat.
Her body let off a symphony of delightful tremors as she felt herself sinking deeper and deeper into Lucius''s delightful touch.
LP+10I think you should take a look at
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As this was happening Lucius''s hands became bolder and bolder reaching down towards Reina''s precious ce.
Just by hovering his hand over her entrance, Lucius could feel her love juices flowing all over.
Sensing Lucius''s hand, Reina''s muscles all tensed in an effort to suppress the overwhelming pleasure flowing through her body, her eyes locked with Lucius''s in a mix of abundant desire and yet a silent plea.
Seeing the desperate yet aroused state of Reina would have been enough for Lucius to spare her on a normal asion. Unfortunately, Lucius wasn''t here to save her, he was trying to tame her!
His fingers didn''t hold back, seeping deep into her precious ce.
"Mmmhh...mhh." Reina''s suppressed moans could be heard as she tried her hardest to hold on.
''What a stubborn woman.''ined Lucius silently, but he wasn''t about to stop.
Opening his mouth, Lucius brought his face to her chest and sucked on her glorious mommy milkers!
"Ahh! moree!"
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Reina finally couldn''t hold back her voice anymore.
Lucius''s cold tongue wrapping around her already sensitive breasts amplified with the sensitivity potion was enough to make her lose it.
As Lucius was sucking away, his hands never stopped working.
His fingers were stirring up a mess in her soft wet vagina, causing her pleasured moans to get even more wild.
Sensing Reina was at her limit, Lucius''s fingers grew more wild as he bit down directly on her nipples!
"Kyahh!!''"
squirt!
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With that action, Reina''s legs quivered as a fountain of love juice sprayed out onto the floor.
Thebination of pain and pleasure was just too much for Reina to handle
Her eyes just rolled back as she fell onto the floor.
Lucius looked at his soaked hands before looking at Reina on the floor and thought for a while.
''Mind Break? no, although she was extremely stimted she should have still held on.''
Lucius was correct. Although Reina might only be driven by heat and lust right now, at least she still had her sanity. As a 3rd ss fighter approaching 2nd ss, her all round stats were already superhuman but I''m afraid if it was just a mortal woman then she would have directly lost her mind right now.
Lucius took note and reminded himself to be careful using this option if he was to mess with any regr women now, especially those girls in the academy. Although a lot of the heroines would be extremely strong, some of them are no better than regr people in a lot of aspects.
Chapter 22 22. A Barbarian Experience (R18)
?If he yed around with the sensitivity potion and directly turned a heroine into a sex-idiot, the oue would be too tragic!
After all, the end goal was to capture them, not break them!
In this aspect, it could be seen that Lucius''s idea of testing his system on Reina was definitely a sess. After just this little experience, Lucius was already feeling much more confident about the items and abilities of the system, of course, his system still had to be tested....
As Lucius thought this, he looked towards Reina.
Her messy, lustful appearance coupled with her plump, supple body was enough to light a fire in Lucius as he could feel his sleeping dragon slowly rising from its slumber.
It wasn''t long before his little dragon soared, ready to pierce even the heavens!
With her strong barbarian body, Reina quickly recovered and got up but as she looked at Lucius, her eyes were different.
Desire!
Lucius could only see the woman''s mad desire for sex staring right back at him.
Staggering to her feet, Reina slowly approached Lucius with each step.
Her soft naked body melted into Lucius''s embrace as they quickly became entangled.
Reina didn''t even think before locking lips with Lucius, plunging him into a messy, passionate kiss.
Maybe it''s the barbarian blood in her body, but Reina''s kiss was truly amazing.
Her tongue was crazy, filling Lucius mouth with a soft warm sensation as the two tongues constantly rolled over each other.
Slurp! Slurp!
The wild Reina even began to suck, as if she wanted to pull Lucius''s tongue out of his mouth.
It was only when she parted to breathe that Lucius came back to his senses
pant! pant!
"Wh-what do you want?" asked Lucius betweenboured breaths
Hearing this, opened her mouth in disbelief.
After doing all this to her, after filling her up with so much pleasure, did he dare pretend that he didn''t know what she wanted?
Reina, unable to say such humiliating words out loud, just buried her head in his chest as he moaned
"Y-you know what I want."
"Really? I won''t know unless I hear you?"
Reina felt as if her body was on fire.
Her soft breasts pressed into Lucius''s chest as she began rubbing her pussy against Lucius''s leg in an effort to get him to give in but Lucius remained steadfast in his demands.
"I won''t know what you want until I hear you say it."
Helpless, Reina''s face buried in Lucius''s chest, flushedpletely red as she whispered.
"P..please fuck me.."
But Lucius wouldn''t be satisfied with just this
"Say it in more detail."
"P..please f-fuck my wet pussy with your big cock.."
Lucius looked down at the embarrassed Reina, her face almost as red as her crimson hair, and couldn''t contain his desire anymore.I think you should take a look at
Lucius pushed Reina onto the ground, putting her in the position, head down, ass up.
He unsheathed his holy sword from within his pants.
As befitting of a final boss designed to challenge the protagonist, Lucius''s tool was definitely ''Boss-like'' far beyond the average size in both length and girth.
Looking at the beautiful sight of Reina''s wide, plump ass staring in the face, Lucius could feel his dick throb.
Holding his little brother in his hand, Lucius didn''t bother with any more forey. Reina''s pussy was so wet it could easily slide inside.
"~Uhh~~"
As Lucius''s dick entered, Reina couldn''t help but let out a pleasured moan as even Lucius himself let out a gasp.
As his dick drove further inside, he could feel Reina''s hot and sticky insides tightly gripping around him.
"Okay, I''m going to start moving now."
"Mmmuh" hummed Reina as she buried her head deeper in her arms.
Without any hesitation, Lucius wrapped his hands around her waist and hammered her ass against his thighs watching as her cheeks rippled with each stroke.
With each backshot her pussy tightened around Lucius''s dick, the experience was amazing.
"Pah!" "Pah!" "Pah!"
"Ah~~" "Ah~~" "Ah~~"
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Reina''s toes curled as the mix of Lucius''s violent thrusts and sensitivity potion sloshing about in her pussy sent into a near high state.
Lucius didn''t know if it was because of Reina''s extremely athletic build or because of her extremely excited state, but Lucius could feel her wet pussy tightening around his dick as if her lower half was trying to swallow him inside.
With every thrust, the connection between them began to deepen as Reina''s moans grew wilder and wilder as unimaginable pleasure coursed through her body, making it shake.
For Cami, who was watching this on the sidelines, the whole sequence of events waspletely unimaginable.
She was going through what could only be described as a rollercoaster of emotions at this moment.
Her Lucius, the great leader of the revolutionary army, was out there having wild sex right in front of her eyes.
It was too shocking for Cami.
She had grown up serving and idolising the revolutionary army. For her, Lucius, the son of the founder and the current leader, was no less than an idol.
He was noble, refined, hardworking and wouldn''t hesitate to sacrifice himself for his subordinates and the revolutionary cause.
Yet this was the same Lucius that was fucking like an animal right in front of her.
To put it into perspective, it would be like a knight that had grown up watching the and idolising the princess , watching the princess meet some no name mountain bandit and then go on to start having sex with them!
As Cami watched this and saw the joyful face of Reina that seemed to have lost herself in pleasure. She wanted to kill her on the spot!
Such a rude, vulgar woman was actually enjoying the body of the young leader to the fullest.
As she thought about it, her insides nearly turned green.
But as she looked back again, she couldn''t help but gulp as her throat turned dry.
''It... It really seems to feel good...''
Chapter 23 23. A Barbarian Experience 2 (R18)
?She had grown up serving and idolising the revolutionary army. For her, Lucius, the son of the founder and the current leader, was no less than an idol.
He was noble, refined, hardworking and wouldn''t hesitate to sacrifice himself for his subordinates and the revolutionary cause.
Yet this was the same Lucius that was fucking like an animal right in front of her.
To put it into perspective, it would be like a knight that had grown up watching the and idolising the princess , watching the princess meet some no name mountain bandit and then go on to start having sex with them!
As Cami watched this and saw the joyful face of Reina that seemed to have lost herself in pleasure. She wanted to kill her on the spot!
Such a rude, vulgar woman was actually enjoying the body of the young leader to the fullest.
As she thought about, her insides nearly turned green.
But as she looked back again, she couldn''t help but gulp as her throat turned dry.
''It... It really seems to feel good¡''
Regardless of her opinion of Reina, Cami knew she was a strong 3rd level fighter and yet now she had been reduced to a moaning mess.
Watching the wild light in Lucius''s eyes as he continued to thrust his hips, Cami gradually began to feel hot.
At first it was negligible, but soon a warm sensation was starting to gather around her crotch as her face flushed red.
The more she watched, the more she couldn''t look away.
''If... if the young leader did it to me as well, would it also feel as good?''
When that thought came into her mind, she just couldn''t get it out.
The thought of the charismatic and refined Lucius fucking her like a beast was something too stimting for her.
Thebination of her idolisation of the normal refined Lucius and yetplete contrast with his usual noble image was breeding some suppressed desire. Even Cami didn''t know she had before this.
Her hands slowly and subconsciously started wandering underneath the skirt of her academy uniform as her soft fingers started wandering around her secret ce.
"Mmh~~ Young leader~"
As Cami watched the hot scene in front of her and grew more aroused, Lucius and Reina were getting wilder
Lucius''s hands had already grasped around Reina''s crimson hair pulling it back whilst his strong hands seemed to melt into her stic ass.
"p!"
"Ahh~"
His hands crashed down spanking Reina''s giant ass causing it to ripple as Reina let out a soft cry. At the same time, Lucius could feel her soft inside tighten around his cock with each p. The sound of notifications kept ringing as Lucius watched his LP rise with each second.
"System, turn off notifications for a while," said Lucius.
Whilst the sound of his LP increasing was certainly satisfying. How could itpare with the pleasure of fucking this amazing body in front of him? Right now, all he wanted was to enjoy Reina to her fullest!I think you should take a look at
The sound of flesh pping and the smell of hot fluids continued to spread through the air when eventually Lucius started to feel his dick throbbing.
"I''m about toe." spoke Lucius out loud
At the same time, Reina''s eyes widened as she felt Lucius'' alreadyrge dick expand and pulsate wildly inside her
"Uh~~ Juste ~Ah~ inside~"
Reina turned back to look at Lucius with her watery eyes. Her tongue sticking out of her mouth as she moaned and panted with every pounding.
Seeing no need to pull out, Lucius didn''t hesitate and thrusted, pushing his dick in deeper inside her vagina than he ever did before.
"Ohh~~"
Reina moaned out in pleasure as Lucius''s dick seemed to touch her cervix before his dick burst out filling up her deepest regions with a mountain of semen.
At the same time, Reina climaxed, squirting out a shower as she fell onto the floor twitching.
"Phew." Lucius breathed a sigh of relief as he finally caught his breath back.
The crazed sex with Reina took a lot out of him. Whilst her body was weakened, it was still that of a 3rd ss fighter. It was still enough for a regr human like Lucius to have a fierce battle with.
As he looked back to see how Reina was doing, he was quickly shocked.
He could see blood red sparks flowing all over her body as her crimson hair began to dance wildly in the air.
Lucius could feel a terrifying pressure envelop his body as Reina walked towards him.
"No way! How can she enter the rage state! She''s supposed to be poisoned?!"
Lucius looked at the now empowered Reinapletely dumbfounded and confused.
But there was actually more than Lucius could see going on.
A barbarian''s rage wasn''t purely a magical phenomenon. Barbarians could be described as hormonal freaks. Adrenaline, growth hormone and all sorts of other things found in the human body would be dialled up to the eleven when in barbarians.
It''s through the use of these emotions and hormones whenbined with their magic blood that Barbarians can enter their rage state
Although barbarians often enter their rage state based on anger and adrenaline, that was just because it was the easiest way to do so, especially when in a fight. Other states would allow barbarians to enter a rage state if stimted hard enough.
Right now Reina could be said to be extremely horny and whenbined with the effects of the sensitivity potion she had been pushed beyond her limits again and again
''Fuck! No way!'' thought Lucius as he came to the realisation.
''I fucked her so hard that she managed to break through her poison and break through her limits to enter the rage state based on sheer horniness alone!! What sort of nympho bitch was this!"
With the power of her rage state buffing her, it wasn''t hard for Reina to stand up again. Reina looked at Lucius with her lust filled eyes and Lucius could almost swear he started to see pink misting out of her.
Chapter 24 24. Truth
?She approached Lucius and firmly held his arm as she said desperately
"L-lets fuck again! No, let''s fuck a thousand more times!"
''Crazy bitch!'' cursed Lucius.
But in truth, if he wanted to me anyone, he could only me himself!
In that moment, Lucius had an ominous premonition. He wouldn''t be leaving her until he was sucked dry and shooting nks!
Karma was indeed one hell of a bitch!
.....
The next day
"Urggh"
Lucius groaned lightly as he woke up in a bed.
''Soft..'' thought Lucius
Lucius didn''t know what pillow his face was sleeping on, but it wasfy and warm, making him want to doze back off into his sweet dreams.
But that was when Lucius noticed something off.
''When did my pillow have pink spots?''
With that, Lucius suddenly got up
''That''s no pillow, it''s a pair of breasts!''
Getting up he could see the amazing figure of Reina sleeping next to him.
Her hot, plump body was naked and on full disy as shey sprawled out on the bed,
She was sleeping wildly with her messy red hair sprawled out. Lucius could even see a dribble of drool falling out of her mouth as she slept with a smile.
Seeing her greatly satisfied look, Lucius really wanted to kick this shameless bandit out of the bed!
His memories of the rest ofst night were slowlying back to him and he couldn''t help but get annoyed.
After Reina sessfully went even further beyond and broke her limits to enter the rage state, Lucius was unable to resist her.
Fortunately, Reina was still only a 3rd ss Barbarian and her rage state couldn''tst forever or what you would see right now would not be the handsome Lucius we all know and love but a decrepit mummy!
"Mmhh."
Sensing the movement near her, Reina''s eyes slowly opened as she woke up.
Seeing Lucius looking at her, she wasn''t shy and snuggled up into his chest.
"Did you have funst night? You damn nearly killed me!"
Hearing this Reina''s face flushed red as she spoke
"Shameless dog! After what you did to my body, you dare me this on me?"
For the next 30 seconds, Lucius had to listen to Reina''s ramblings as she came up with countless excuses to justify her actions..
She had to.! The image of the sex crazed nympho was just too different from the arrogant and proud bandit leader. If she didn''t me Lucius, then who would she me? Herself? If she did such a thing, where would her face go?
Seeing Reina''s embarrassed state, Lucius just chuckled as he whispered in her ear.I think you should take a look at
"Seeing as you were constantly moaning yesterday, I can take it as you lost. You should know what that means.. hehe.."
As Lucius spoke, Reina felt a little dread, but at the same time, her body couldn''t help but heat up.
Remembering what happened yesterday and the immense amount of pleasure she felt, Reina''s body started to react without her thinking. Her breaths becameboured and quick as her eyes began to sparkle u
''No way. Is this bitch actually horny again!??''
Lucius just wanted to mess with her a bit. Who would have thought that she would start getting aroused out of nowhere?
But he had to admit, seeing such a beautiful woman panting and aroused was enough to get him bricked up. When added to the fact that his morning wood was prepared, it was taking all of Lucius''s willpower to not pounce on the woman.
He was here for serious business, not to fuck like a beast!
But even with that, his hands couldn''t help themselves and started to wander around her body.
"Now that you''ve lost, I''m going to need you to do something for me." Said Lucius into her ear
"Mmh~ what is it?" Moaned Reina
"Don''t worry, I won''t rest you badly. You''re my woman now after all, and it won''t be too dangerous either ."
Lucius didn''t stop wandering around Reina''s body as he spoke, but he soon paused for a whistle as he said the next sentence
"I''m going to need toe clean to you. I''m not part of the church or the empire," said Lucius.
As Reina heard this, she looked up to Lucius, confused, but before she could ask a question, Lucius answered her doubts.
"I''m actually part of the revolutionary army, more specifically, I''m their leader."
As Reina heard this, her entire body shivered as her face went pale.
The revolutionary army! The one that was filled with a bunch of crazy lunatics, the traitors of the human race!
After selling her body to this young nobleman, Reina thought she could finally escape the fate of teaming up with demons; she even thought she could enjoy a rather peaceful and noble life from here on. Who would have thought that it was just out of the frying pan and into the fire!
To make matters worse, this wasn''t just any old revolutionary rebel but their damn boss!
''Wait a second, doesn''t that mean I just slept with a viin on par with the demon king?''
Think like this, Reina felt her legs go weak l.
Seeing Reina''s panicked reaction, Lucius just snickered.
"What now, Scared?" Asked Lucius with a light smile
Hearing this, Reina got herself together
Scared? Maybe a little, but Reina knows that now her overall situation was still a gain.
Compared to her previous situation, it was much better to get in league with this little devil messing around with her breasts!
Be a no name soldier sneakily working for the demons or be the woman of a big boss?
The choice was obvious. So even if Reina was a little scared, she still didn''t regret it.
"I''m already your woman through and through, so what''s there to regret? Besides, after yesterday, I really do think I''ll struggle to live without such an experience ever again."
"Humph! You sure do know how to tter someone."
Chapter 25 25. Love Point Gains
?Although Lucius said this, his hands were clearly somewhat pleased and once again began to explore Reina''s body just like before.
"We''ll since you say you don''t regret it, then I''ll have to put you to work." Said Lucius.
"I can''t tell you much about everything, but I''m going to be going to the capital and joining The Sanctuary. Naturally, as the leader of the revolutionary army I can''t take a big force with me, but at the same time it''s impossible to stay in the capital without having a force to do something for me." Said Lucius
"Although we have forces in the capital, I can''t use any of them. The capital is the home ground of the empire and no matter how secret we try to be, using the revolutionary forces could leave some trails or at least make people investigating seem very suspicious."
This was a vital detail.
Going to The Sanctuary, Lucius would inevitably get involved with the heroines and a lot of them were of extremely high standing.
For that, the people around them would inevitably investigate Lucius''s traces and if he used any force that the revolutionary army had entrenched in the capital, it could be catastrophic.
In addition to this, a few of the heroines were terrifyingly productive when it came to things like investigating the protagonist. If he dared to use the revolutionary forces, then they would easily catch in that something was wrong.
"Reina, what I''m going to need to do is enter the capital and take over some small gangs to form a faction for me. It doesn''t need to be something too big, just a factionrge enough that it would be convenient for me to do a fewrger scale things without too much hassle. Besides, I won''t treat you too badly either. I will help you get stronger."
As soon as Reina heard this, her whole body felt hot.
Strength!
The Barbarian blood inside her body was boiling. Just by her instincts alone, she had a great year inning for strength, and coupled with her life that had grown up front the very bottom her tearing for strength was even more intense.
"Youck systematic training and teaching, yet even with this you still managed to reach 3rd ss fighter of your talent and bloodline alone. Within a few months I''m sure you could break into the rentals of 2nd ss fighter even without my help. But with my help, reaching the ranks of 1st ss fighter would be easy for you. Even ranks such as Master Fighter are not out of reach as long as you work hard."
Now Reina could barely contain the excitement on her face.
Lucius knew not only how to bring her immense pleasure, but was even promising to greatly increase her strength. Even though she chose to give him her body out of desperation. The more she looked at it, the more she thought that her choice was not bad at all.
But before Reina could get too excited, Lucius''s next words came down on her like a bucket of cold water
"But this doesn''te without a cost."
"Right now, I''m not asking you to be my woman. I''m not even asking you to serve the revolutionary army. What I''m asking you is to be loyal to me and me alone."
As Lucius spoke, an imposing aura that made Reina soon understand the weight of his words radiated from Lucius''s body.
"So miss Reina, the choice is all yours. Are you willing to serve me?" Asked Lucius
"I am willing!" Replied Reina without much hesitation.
As if confirming Reina''s decision, Lucius heard a notification go off in his head
Favorability+ 300
Seeing this, Lucius couldn''t help but smile.
Others may not know when to trust someone''s words, but at least with the help of the system, he wouldn''t be easily deceived.
Thinking like this, Lucius took a quick look at Reina''s status panel
Heroine: Reina
Age: 27
Race: Half-barbarian
Affiliation: Revolutionary ArmyI think you should take a look at
Strength: 18
Agility: 14
Stamina: 17
Mana: 13
Will: 15
Talents & Traits:
Barbaric Strength(Passive effect/ bloodline ability)
Rage!(Active/ bloodline ability)
Axe Master (Passive effect)
Scheming
Hot blooded
Favorability: 40 (like)
Last time he saw her status panel, her favorability was at -300pared to that reaching 40 was still a mind boggling jump.
But from the status panel, he could still see that Reina''s scheming mouth shouldn''t bepletely trusted.
She was spouting sweet words saying she was his woman and in love, but the favorability was only 40 she wasn''t truly in love.
In truth, this much wasn''t really a problem.
Her favorability had reached the point at which it was highly unlikely for her to betray him. Besides, even if she betrayed him, who would she go to? The Demons? The Empire?
Strictly speaking, she had already betrayed both forces already so she could never join smoothly.
In addition to this, they had really only spent one night together.
Although it was an extremely amazing night for her, it was still not enough to turn her into a love fool.
Reina wasn''t some naive innocent girl that hadn''t experienced the world.
She was a bandit that ran amongst the lowest rungs of society and had seen the ugliness the world had to offer.
To get her to truly fall in love it would take more than just food, dick and some sweet words. Some time to truly cultivate some feelings was needed.
Still, Lucius was still a bit dissatisfied and lightly pinched her nipples causing her to moan out again.
Besides increasing Reina''s favorability with him was only one gain he got yesterday his true gain would have to always be the ridiculous increase in his love points.
Throughout the entire experience, his love points were constantly soaring.
It goes to show that sec was definitely one of the best ways to increase live points.
Unfortunately, after he had sex with Reina the first time, the next few times he did it, his gain of love points dropped significantly
Chapter 26 26. Luciuss Sacrifice
?It seemed that the first time he had sex with a heroine he would gain a lot of love points like some double XP bonus or something but after that it wouldn''t be all that special.
But that made sense. If all it took to gain Love points was just mindless sex then it wouldn''t be called the Heroine capture system.
Regardless Lucius was still extremely satisfied with the number of Love Points he had gained from the whole ordeal
[Love Points: 1230]
His stock of love points had finally managed to break through the 1000 mark thanks to Reina.
He had actually managed to earn over 900 love points in just one sitting.
Although it could be deemed as a special event with the first time sex bonus it was still arge amount.
This was still enough to hit some low-tier talents or items that could be extremely helpful in the shop.
Although Lucius wanted to search the shop and buy something now that he had earned his fat paycheck, Lucius knew that now was not the time to look for such things.
Lucius could see Reina looking at him with some expectant eyes as if she was waiting for him to do something, but Lucius just snorted.
After nearly draining himst night this vixen still wasn''t satisfied.
Although Lucius secretly also wanted to have some more fun time, he still knew there were definitely a few important things left to do.
If he left them all to Cami whilst he was there fucking it would be too shameless, even for someone as thick skinned as him.
So with that in mind, Lucius could only suppress his desires and get changed into a new uniform.
As for his old one? After such a messy, wild night yesterday, it could only be put out ofmission.
Within just a few minutes, a handsome ck haired man with ruby red eyes was standing in a white academy uniform.
Now that he was dressed and ready, Lucius didn''t waste much time admitting himself and stepped out of the room.
As steepled out he could see Cami waiting attentively at the door like always.
"Good morning, Young Leader."
"Good morning, Cami." Replied Lucius
Although he greeted Cami like he usually did each morning, for some reason he could feel a cold chill hidden within Cami''s eyes as she looked at him
Seeing this Lucius wasn''t dumb, he knew the exact cause and could only just sigh.
''Ahh..'' thought Lucius
''The consequences of my own actions...''
Although Lucius knew the exact reason Cami was like this he still had to y along.
A slightly concerned look appeared on his face as he looked at Cami.
"Cami, for some reason you feel strangely off today, is something the matter?"
The face of the cold beauty made a slight movement before she just shook her head.I think you should take a look at
"No Young Leader, I''m certain that nothing is wrong."
Hearing this Lucius still pressed on.
"Are you sure?" Asked Lucius
"Cami you''re still my closest confidant, if something is wrong you can always speak to me."
As Lucius spoke like this he could finally see the cracks starting to form in her appearance and Lucius knew that he had achieved his goal, all that was left to do was deal with the Young woman''s anger
"Young Leader, you just said I''m your closest confidant so I ask you anything so tell me, tell me why you, with such a vulgar and disgusting woman.. why did you do such a thing!"
Hearing Cami''s words, Lucius just scratched his head awkwardly as he said.
"Originally I was only nning to tease her a little but I''m a man you know I''ve got needs so..."
As these words left Lucius''s mouth Lucius watched in real time as Cami''s gaze got colder and colder in real time.
If it was possible this would definitely be a -LP moment, fortunately his system didn''t have such a harsh requirement or else Lucius would be heartbroken.
"It''s just a joke, Cami. I won''t lie, there was a bit of list and desire in my actions, but who am I? I''m the head of the revolutionary army. How can my vision be so short sighted and myopic? Behind it all was a grander purpose!"
As Cami heard this she was a little doubtful but she still listened on. After all, Lucius was still the charismatic leader she had admired and he had not let her down until now.
"Cami, you know that we are going to the capital and whilst we''re there it would be hard to use the support of the revolutionary army too often in case we get exposed.
The forces and the powers in the capital have just been entrenched there for so long so with their power if they investigate there is a high chance we would be discovered.
But Reina is different.
Although her background is rather grey and murky, it''s not enough to be persecuted like a revolutionary. In addition to her strength, she could be of great use to us.
With a strong talented fighter like her, it would only take a little effort for her to go into the capital and form a small force we could use openly.
But for such a vital position their loyalty must not be in question and Since ancient times the easiest way to tie someone to your boat has always been through the bedroom.
If the price paid for this has to be my body then so be it!"
Hearing this Cami''s eyes widened
"Young leader... you.."
"Yes, I sacrificed my innocence for this!"
As Cami heard this she was stunned.
Although it was shocking, the more Cami thought about it, the more it made sense.
This was the Young Leader she was familiar with!
The one who wouldn''t hesitate for the Revolutionary cause no matter the price he had to pay.
The one who had no scruples in sacrificing his body when needed to!
Chapter 27 27. Burdens Of The Young Leader
?This has to be the truth otherwise if not, how could that wretched vixen ever have a chance to enjoy the magnificent body of the Young Leader!
As Cami thought about it she was nearly moved to tears.
She had really failed the Young Leader this time!
Cami really wanted to curse her ipetence.
Because of her inability her precious and noble young leader actually has to sacrifice his innocence to a vulgar mountain bandit!
Lucius looked at Cami who was now moved to tears and was really starting to doubt life.
He just said whatever he could to get some of Cami''s anger away from him but she was actually starting to believe it!
But Lucius couldn''t be med. In truth, he really underestimated the power that the brainwashing for the Revolutionary army had amongst its members.
The revolutionary army was called a bunch of lunatics by others and it wasn''t without reason.
Their actions could be seen as despicable and wretched by the rest of the world but their members had no hesitation when carrying out their actions so the brainwashing these guys endured could never be light.
For them the Revolution was their truth and the way. Naturally Sirius Vexx, the man who had single handedly built the revolution from the ground up, had a messiah like status under their indoctrination. So for Lucius, the only son of such a messiah like being, his status in the eye of others would also border god like.
For Cami to rise up from the bottom to the position of assistant of the head of the revolutionary army, she had to not only be extremely talented but also be the most fanatical of the bunch, or else how could a normal person believe such nonsense!
"Lucius" said Cami
"Although you are the leader of the revolutionary army I am also your assistant. I should be there to share some of your burden. You no longer have to sacrifice yourself for such things and..."
As Cami was speaking she couldn''t help but blush
"If you need to realise your desires... I can help.."
As Cami spoke her voice trailed off bing as quiet as a whisper
Thinking back to the wild scene she saw yesterday, Cami''s body quickly felt hot as her face flushed.
Seeing this Lucius just chuckled.
"Of course, of course, how could I look at other women when I Have the beautiful Cami at my side?"
Saying this, Lucius wrapped his arm around Cami'' hugging her from behind.
"Y..Young leader!!"
Lucius''s hands quickly became dishonest, slowly worming their way in between Cami''s academy uniform as Lucius breath tickled her ears saying
"Cami, if you want me to stop just say it, I''ll stop at any time."
Hearing this Cami''s body shivered but she didn''t say anything silently acquiescing to Lucius''s actions.
As Lucius hugged her from behind Cami''s plump ass squirmed, grinding against Lucius''s body forcing his sleeping dragon to rise from its slumber one again!
Nobody said anything but their breathing sped up as the temperature in the room seemed to rise by a few degrees, but just before Lucius was about to lose control an innocent voice sounded out.
"Lucius, Cami, I asked around and they said that you guys are over here. What are you..."
Alice didn''t get to finish her words before she was greeted with a strange sight.I think you should take a look at
Cami was fine but she was standing with a strange expression on her face as her cheeks werepletely red.
Lucius on the other hand was even stranger.
His body was curled up in a ball as he stood hunched over.
"Lucius, are you sick?" Asked Alice walking over
"Stay back!" Shouted Lucius.
No way. How could he let Alice approach him in this state?
Besides, it''s not like he''s really sick. Even if Alice was a healing magic prodigy, no amount of healing magic would be able to calm his raging boner!
But even with that, Lucius watched Alice''s face look a little down seemingly hurt by his sudden outburst and said
"I''m feeling a little unwell but it''s not something that healing magic can fix right now. I''m still very grateful that you asked to help. Thank you Alice."
As he said that Alice''s face seemed to go back up as her usual smile returned.
"Well as long as you will be getting better then that''s all that matters."
"Cough! Seeing Alice reminded me that there are still a few things left I fished that I need to attend to." Said Cami.
After quickly excusing herself, Cami took Alice and quickly fled the scene.
Lucius didn''t need to ask why. She was clearly extremely embarrassed by her sudden actions.
Lucius watched them leave for a few seconds with regret in his heart before he got himself together.
Aftering to his senses, Lucius couldn''t help but break out in a cold sweat!
He was finally starting to remember the true horrors of a teenage body.
Uncontroble, raging hormones!
Originally, Lucius was only nning on teasing Cami a little but they nearly ended up doing the deed right there in the hallway.
A horny teenager was truly a force to be feared!
When their hormones start raging they really couldn''t think straight!
Even though Lucius knew that his actions were because of his hormones he county help it sigh silently
It was a shame...
He could still remember the sensation of Cami''s soft ass on his body.
As Lucius had these thoughts his blood began to rush as his little dragon began to rage.
That''s when he heard a coquettish voice ring in his ears as a soft hand fiery grabbed his little dragon by the head causing him to let out a soft moan.
"I guess I''m only there to serve your purpose huh?"
"Reina, you''re not a little girl anymore. You know I don''t mean what I said. I only said it to save my own skin. Of course, you''re important to me. You know the saying, "A man can never forget his first."
Chapter 28 28. Treasure
?But regardless of what he said, Lucius''s slick words didn''t seem to be getting him anywhere as whilst he was speaking he could feel a cold tongue lick his earlobe.
"If you mean what you''d did then prove it!"
As Lucius heard this, he really couldn''t hold back anymore.
"Don''t me me for what happens next, you really forced me this time!"
As Lucius spoke a wild light shed in his eyes as he pounced on Reina right there in the hall way.
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After another long hour, Lucius walked out of the hallway slightly refreshed now that he had extinguished the fire in his lower body.
By the time he left Cami had already sorted the relocation and movement of treasures and had even arranged for the relocation of the captured women and children.
The people with homes would go back to live in their nearby viges and those without would be sent to the nearby revolutionary army outpost for further help and support.
It was times like the is that once again renewed him that besides being an excellent assassin and fighter she was also a superb secretary.
Seeing this Lucius walked up to Cami and patted her on the shoulder.
"Good Job Cami, I can always rely on you."
As he said this Lucius still felt a little embarrassed.
When he first woke up he said that he wouldn''t y around with Reina because he wanted to help Cami s, the mind is willing but the flesh is weak.
All it took was a few taunts and teasings and Lucius fell back into Reina''s amazing body.
After all that, all he could do was congratte her on her hard work.
Looking back on it, it was really quite shameless.
If Lucius was in Cami''s shoes he would definitely give him a good beating to wake him up.
Fortunately, Cami was his assistant through and through. Serving the leader of the revolutionary army was only natural.
"There''s no need for any thanks Young Leader, I''m only doing my job." Said Cami.
"Young Leader, there are also a few things that need to be looked at."
The treasury of these mountain bandits that you asked me to look out for has not been touched and has been prepared.
I''ll be needing you to take a look.
As Lucius hard this a light shed between his eyes.
This was it!
Capturing Reina with his system was never his true intention, only a pleasant surprise.
His first purpose was always to steal one of the protagonist''s strongest treasures.
But as Lucius was going, he suddenly heard a voice behind him
"If you''re going to take my treasures you should bring me along. It''s going to be hard to crack all the locks without my help."
As Lucius heard this he didn''t say anything, just silently agreeing to hering along.
After all, at this stage he wasn''t as broken as the protagonist that would simply st apart any safes to get the treasures inside. If he wanted the reassurance then he could only ask Reina for help.
But whilst Lucius didn''t say much at Reina''s arrival.
When Cami saw Reina her face crumpled turning into a terrifyingly gloomy expression.I think you should take a look at
"Vixen." Cursed Cami
Seeing this Reina raised her eyebrow before putting on a crafty smirk she wrapped her arms around Lucius''s neck
"Jealous? Well I guess you should be. I''m the one who stole your precious limitless prince after all. But theirs nothing you can do, he''s mine now."
Boom!
Lucius could feel an terrifying explosion of killing intent that made his bones cold.
Reina saw the killing intent forced at her but didn''t say anything and just scoffed.
Yesterday she was like a meek mouse in front of Cami but that was only because she was posited and lost her powers.
If it wasn''t for that she wouldn''t fear Cami at all
Furthermore, after the extreme night yesterday, Reina had broken her limit and now her rage state had been ridiculously strengthened
Right now under her rage state she could confidently im the arrogant title of invincible in the 3rd ss so she didn''t care what Cami thought Reina didn''t fear her retaliating against her in the slightest.
In fact, she really wanted to get under her skin.
She was still the one that had poisoned her yesterday, if she didn''t get her back she would be reconciled.
Lucius had to admit, Reina was truly despicable .
Even as she spoke she seemed to sound like such a heinous viin.
Although Lucius was the one who took advantage of her, when Reain spoke why did it seem like he was some helpless heroine in a NTR plot
Seeing that a bloody act fight was about to erupt Lucius just sighed as he split the two up.
"Sigh.. Reina, you should really watch how you talk. Your mountain bandit side is showing up again. And Cami, don''t pay attention to what Reina''s saying she''s clearly trying to get to you."
"Humph!"
Cami just scoffed but as she did she decided to let Reina off the hook for now. But as she did she managed to get a glimpse of Reina''s mocking eyes which only reignited her anger once more.
''Damn vixen!''
Cami was a professional unlike the uncouth bandit so she ignored it and moved on, but deep down inside her heart, she wrote down this grudge.
In the future when she was stronger she would repay it back a hundred fold!
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The trio walked out to the treasury of the mountain bandits.
It was nothing too grand, just a simple small barnyard that was adjacent to the main building.
Inside the treasurey, there was nothing too grand just as few piles of silver and gold as well as a few jems and other things.
Knowing that now was her time to shine, Reina cracked her fingers as she stepped forwards.
Reina walked over to the side of the room and began to tinker with something in the corner when suddenly.
"Click!"
The giant sound of a mechanism being activated as a faint trembling could be felt beneath his feet.
Lucius could only watch in amazement as the floor boards on the floor began to pull apart revealing a metallic surface below.
Chapter 29 29. Treasures (2)
?"Wow Reina." Said Lucius a little amazed
"I have to admit, your way of storing your treasures is a very thorough method. You even invested so much money in turning a simple room into a hidden treasure house."
Hearing this, Reina just shook her head.
"Although I do want your praise, it''s unfortunate that I can''t im the credit this time." Said Reina
"When I took over this old fort, I identally discovered a set of these hidden blueprints in the main hall. It seems like whoever built this fort in the first ce wanted a secure and safe ce to store his treasures away from anyone else. My only regret is that with such a powerful hidden safe, was that it was already empty when I found it. If not, then based on the quality of the treasures stored in the wealth she would gain inside would never be low!
Reina walked up towards the metal frame and started working on the lock to open the doors.
As she did this Lucius walked beside her and took a closer look at the metal made up the doors and couldn''t help but sigh.
The metal was a dark silver colour but still shows faint signs of glowing from time to time. Based on this alone it was clearly some sort of magic metal or magic alloy. It was just that Lucius''s knowledge of such matters was still poor, so there was no way for him to identify them.
But even if he couldn''t identify them, he still knew their strength.
Based on the regr strength of even the most basic magic metals and alloys, it waspletely impossible for a regr 3rd ss fighter to break through such a wall and yet the original MC of the story had managed to break though.
''Tch! It''s not good topare myself to these OP munchkins in the future or else I might get demotivated.'' Thought Lucius
Of course, even if the protagonist is a bit op, with his heroine capture system as he earns Love Points and buys a few good talents, he won''t be too embarrassed in the future right!
Hell, in theory if he earned enlightened Love Points, it was possible to buy enough talents to be so OP even the protagonist could only watch on in admiration.
Of course, that was only in theory.
Just the price of one of these MC level talents was enough to make Lucius feel cold let alone several of them.
"Click!"
As Lucius was having these misceneous thoughts, Reina finished up with the lock, allowing the doors to swing open.
With that, the group didn''t waste any time and entered the basement below.
The rooms weren''t anything fancy, just a small basement cer, but it was still filled with enough treasures to make Lucius''s hands itchy.
There were several potions and other herbs that could be used to aid in a fighters physical training and mana training there was also a magic axe that glowed in a faint red light.
Clearly this was Reina''s original weapon that she hid when she was performing her failed sneak attack yesterday.
In addition to these magic potions, there was a bag of treasures that made even Lucius''s eyes a little hot.
Magic stones!
These were high ranking treasures and a method of solid currency.I think you should take a look at
The value of magic stones was over double their weight in gold!
Various Alchemy constructs and weapons used magic stones as their fuel source.
Magical methods of transport such as airships and mana trains also use magic stones.
Magic stones also have a major use for mages such as beings use In the casting of many spells and creatingrge scale magic circles.
Damn! A bandit like her is actually this rich!
Lucius couldn''t help but give Reina a second nce.
Not only was she strong, but she was bold as well.
Someone who carried magic stones on them could never be an ordinary person, yet she still dared rob them or else there would never even be any magic stones here.
Reina should thank her lucky stars that Lucius didn''t have a storage bag or storage ring on him right now or else this entire ce would bepletely swept clean!
Besides the mana stones there was even a few pieces of magic equipment, but these were nothing too special.
Clearly, they were all failed magic equipment created by magic apprentices that often flowed into the market.
Even amoner could bring these low quality items if he had enough gold coins
Lucius looked around the treasure pile and finally set eyes on the object he was looking for.
Based on its appearance, it was easy to catch Lucius''s attention.
Lucius picked it up and looked at it with keen interest.
It was a strange amulet made with exquisite craftsmanship in the strange irregr shape of a burning me.
The amulet seemed to be forged from a shiny bronze that showed no signs of rusting despite its age. All along the bronze amulet were exquisitely carved symbols of the Barbarian people that represented courage, wisdom and valour and deep in the middle of the amulety arge burning red gemstone that seemed to capture the eyes of anyone thatid eyes on it.
The strange amulety hooked onto a sturdy metal chain that was ordained with small feathers and animal teeth. Giving the rather refined amulet a strong and wild barbaric taste.
Reina saw Lucius was hooked on the amulet and couldn''t help but ask.
"Are you interested in the treasure?"
"Yeah." Replied Lucius nonchntly
"Do you know what it is?" Asked Lucius
Although Lucius knew that this was a big treasure with an important secret, he was curious to see what Reina knew about it.
Chapter 30 30. Amulet Of The High King
?"There''s nothing too special about this from my memory. From what I know it''s just an old ancestral ornament that was passed down to me from my father. Apparently, it''s been passed down from the ancestors of my n for hundreds of years, but all these years I''ve had it, it''s been nothing special. I just keep it as a memento since it''s the only thing I took when I ran away to be a bandit."
Hearing this, Lucius''s attention was drawn to something else
"Oh? So what made you be a bandit in the first ce?"
Lucius was a little interested, after all with Reina''s talent; if she just joined a few legal organisations she would easily have been able to rise through the ranks and advance in realms quickly. She may have even been a first ss fighter right now, seeking the ever elusive path to the master realm.
Remembering those past events Reina just sighed.
"The whole sequence of events was nothing too special. Back when I was still just living in my vige, a young nobleman seemed to have set his eyes on me. Fortunately, my father was a strong fighter at the peak of second ss and in his rage state even first ss fighters would have to show him some respect. Unfortunately, my father had always been sick so after my mother died it didn''t take long before he passed away as well. Back then I had only tuned 16 so my father just started training me as well. Noticing my father''s death, the young noble came to my house and tried to force me."
"So what did you do next?"
"Naturally I didn''t let him off, even though I wasn''t a fighter I could still enter a rage state. I smashed his little brother and cut off his legs, turning him into a paraplegic!"
"Hiss! So ruthless!" Commented Lucius, feeling a slight chill.
Even at 16 this woman was still so merciless!
Hearing Lucius''s remarks, even Reina slightly nodded her head.
"Sigh! I also admit that I may have been a bit too ruthless at that time. Who would have thought that the nobleman was the son of a rather powerful viscount? At that point I had to abandon everything and flee across the empire making a small living as a wandering mercenary, not daring to show my face or stay for too long until I just grew tired of it all and settled in this small mountain as a mountain bandit. I thought I would peacefully waste away the rest of my days. Who would have thought I would be so unlucky as to meet a little devil like you." Lamented Reina
"Humph! You say this, but I know you''re secretly happy. After all, without me, how could you ''break through your limits''"
As she heard this, Reina cursed as a blush appeared on her cheeks
"As if I would be happy about that you little scoundrel!"
LP+20
Regardless of What Reina said, the notification and blush on her cheeks betrayed her true feelings.
Lucius didn''t want to expose her and just chuckled.
"Even though you say this, I''m still a little surprised. With your personality I thought you wouldn''t mind bing the woman of a noble. You jumped into my hands so happily after all."
As Reina heard this she just snorted coldly.
"What sort of woman do you take me for!? Remember this little boy, I only became your woman so easily because my life was on the line normally I''m not so easy. Besides that noble couldn''t bepared to you" exined ReinaI think you should take a look at
"Howe?" Asked Lucius
"He was so fucking ugly!" Cried Reina.
"He looked like the offspring of some mutant or the creation of a crazy dark wizard like some hybrid between frog and pig! He was so ugly I nearly wretched! I don''t know what sins his fathermitted to have such an ugly child. Such an ugly bastard could only be born as a curse for his despicable nature!"
As Lucius heard Reina roll off a list of vicious curses and insults, his mouth nearly dropped to the floor.
It could still be seen that her hatred for that noble family ran deep even after all these years
But that was to be expected. They were the ones that ruined her life and forced her to live as a bandit in the middle of bumfuck nowhere.
Hearing her speak like this, Lucius couldn''t help but sigh.
Even in another world where strength speaks, looks were still everything.
Lucius subconsciously touched his face and felt secretly happy.
Even if he cursed that despicable god behind his back, he still had to thank him for giving him a high ss face.
Even if his whole revolutionary thing failed, at least he could make a living as a gigolo for some rich noblewoman.
Lucius looked at the amulet and even if he knew the abilities of the amulet from the novel, he couldn''t remember them specifically.
It would be great if he had some talent that could identify these items directly and save him all the hassle. It''s just unfortunate...
Lucius quickly pped his head before he could contour that rain of thought.
Who was he? He had a store that was waiting for him and now that he just made a big return he wouldn''t hesitate to spend.
Lucius didn''t waste any time and quickly looked through the panel for anything that would satisfy his requirements and he quickly caught sight of something that got him hooked.
[Eyes of Eros] - 5000 LP
[ As eyes of the God of Love and Charm, these eyes carry a strong charming effect. In addition to the charm as a set of divine eyes they carry the power to see through the mundane and mortal illusions as well as identifying all mortal objects. The longer someone stares into the eyes of the God of Love the more they will be charmed.
Remember kids, when talking to girls, eye contact is key!]
Chapter 31 31. Breaking The Seal
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When Lucius saw the description he was excited but the second he saw the price tag, he deted like a balloon.
Only now did Lucius realise how naive he had been.
With his meagre sum of love points that barely broke through the 1000 mark he actually thought he was rich? Ptui! What a joke!
A broke boy like him could only settle for the cheaper off brand goods.
Scrolling through the store Lucius''s eyesnded on another item.
[Eyes of Appraisal] - 200LP
Basic eyes of appraisal that carry the ability to identify most mundane objects although some divine and high rank treasures can''t be seen through.
P.S. I know you looked at the Eyes of Eros but couldn''t afford them, broke ass, LoL..
Looking at the description, Lucius''s mouth twitched but in the end he couldn''t say anything.
In the grand scheme of things, he really was broke now. He could just grumble as he bought the eyes of appraisal.
Lucius watched the 200LP disappear from his sight a little heartbroken but the feeling didn''tst long as a warm and itchy feeling burst forth from Lucius''s eyes.
Lucius wanted to rub them, but he grit his teeth and held in for fear he could disturb the process.
The strange sensation didn''tst long before things went back to normal. No, he should say things got even better. It would be hard to even say that his overall eyesight improved. Lucius didn''t think that he could see much further than before, but he felt like he could see everything in front of him in higher definition. It was Nothing too grand. Like the difference between 360p and 480p, still low tier but it was an upgrade nheless.
Lucius then turned to look at the amulet in his hand and was happy to see a string of text float up in his eyes
[Amulet of the High King (sealed state)]
Strength+2 (sealed)
Endurance+3(sealed)
Like the description said the amulet was currently sealed so it was impossible for someone to enjoy the magic effects it granted that''s why even after all these years, Reina still regarded it as a rather useless ancestral treasure.
Fortunately from the know how granted to him from reading the novel and knowing the plot, Lucius knew how to unlock this basic seal.
"Reina, Camie over here, I need you to do something important for me"
The two were curious, so didn''t ask much beforeing to Lucius''s side.
Lucius read the novel so that he knew there were two factors in breaking the magic seal on the amulet.
First is the blood of the high king and second is high level mana control to keep the magic of the blood in the internal magic circle.
For the blood of the high king, Lucius didn''t have too many worries.
Although the irritable MC unlocked the amuletter, using the blood of another Barbarian tribe.I think you should take a look at
Since Reina was a descendant of the tribe that the amulet originated from she should still have the blood of the high king flowing through her veins.
The problem came from the high level magic control.
In the novel it was the protagonist that did this step and naturally, since he was the main character of the book, all of his abilities were monstrous. His magic control was no exception.
It was impossible for Reina to have high level magic control.
She grew up as a wild fighter without any period of education. She may be a good fighter, relying only on nothing but pure instinct, but magic wasn''t a thing that could rely solely on instinct.
You needed talent and vigorous practice to truly wield mana to a high level.
Of course, there were god-like talents that ignored this principle but Reina clearly didn''t have them.
The original Lucius may have had the magic talents and required training to meet the requirements.
But since the original Lucius''s soul got sted to god knows where, those mouthwatering talents have had nothing to do with him.
He didn''t even have an ounce of mana flowing in his body right now.
Fortunately, there was still one person who he could rely on in this situation, Cami.
Although she was nowhere near the original Lucius, she was still an exceptional talent, naturally she had gone through rigourous training and showed high levels of mana maniption and control.
This should be enough to clear the requirements and unlock the basics of the amulet if the high king.
From what he could guess and the information fed throughout the novel, the amulet was a simple treasure from the high king that was meant to be given to his descendants
The amulet''s requirements were never meant to be too hard to unlock. Just a requirement to make sure that truly ipetent descendants don''t hold his treasures.
I don''t know if it was because of lost knowledge or simply just several generations of ipetent descended but the information to unlock it simply faded away until it reached this point.
The high king never would have guessed that things would eventually get this bad. If he could see the sorry appearance of his descendants, he would probably roll in his grave.
Lucius brought the two girls over and told them about what he was nning to do.
"This amulet we have is no ordinary object. It''s a sealed magic treasure." said Lucius
"The way to unlock it has already been found out by me, we need the blood of a barbarian which we can naturally get from Reina but the hardest part would be for the mana fused with the blood of the barbarian to flow inside a certain formation.
Right now, neither I nor Reina have the abilities to fulfil this role."
I know that this will be hard to achieve but I''ll be counting on you Cami.
"No worry, young leader, I will achieve the results with excellent sess"
Whilst Cami was ensuring she couldplete the task Lucius assigned, Reina was reeling in shock.
Chapter 32 32. High Expectations
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Whilst Cami was ensuring she couldplete the task Lucius assigned, Reina was reeling in shock!
This¡ how did Lucius know all this?
This was still about her ancestral treasure, and yet he knew more than her.
Reina felt a little cold and couldn''t help but feel a little small in front of Lucius''s seemingly all-knowing knowledge. It''s like she couldn''t hide any secrets in front of him.
But after fearing for a while, Reina quickly calmed down and even became a little joyful.
This was her man!
Thinking about it like this, the more excellent and powerful he seemed, the better for her!
Fortunately, she didn''t hesitate to join Lucius and hop in his pirate ship or with the wealth of knowledge he showed, her ending wouldn''t be a good one.
She wasn''t the only one shocked by this news, even Cami was left a little speechless by this news, but she quickly managed to surpass it.
After all in her mind, Lucius was already a near godlike figure. Thisbined with the fact that he was still the head of a major organisation like the revolutionary army, didn''t make it too hard for him to obtain knowledge that even she as his personal secretary would be oblivious to.
Lucius brought a fine sharp silver needle and pierced it into Reina''s finger, causing a few drops of blood to fall from her finger onto the bronze amulet.
The second this happened, Cami did what Lucius had instructed and filled the amulet with her mana.
Under the induction of the strange amulet, the mana began to blend with the drips of blood. After this happened, the mana was quickly absorbed back into the amulet.
Now came the tricky part.
Cami frowned slightly as her concentration was pushed to the limit.
Under her careful control, the mana inside the treasure flowed smoothly, sticking closely into the guided path, breaking barrier after barrier as the amulet neared its fully unlocked state.
The seconds passed in and Cami''s expression grew more difficult as the sweat started to pile up on her forehead before eventually she
She showed the amulet with a smile on her face
"Done." Said Cami weakly
Looking at this, Lucius was both happy and sad.
It could be seen that this process had greatly exhausted Cami''s mental energy.
Fortunately it was nothing too serious. After some short treatment she should be fine, but it could be seen that this was not as easy a process as Lucius originally thought.
Even With Cami''s expert mana control and training she still cut it close and nearly failed at the end.
For an apprentice mage, it would not be too hard to do this since instead of training their bodies, in addition to mana, they focus on training their mental power to create more and moreplicated spell models in their minds. But this was all for mage, for a fighter this was still extremely difficult to aplish.
At first Lucius had thought that the amulet faded into obscurity because of the inadequacies of the barbarian descendants but now it was clear it was the high king at fault the entire time!I think you should take a look at
There was clearly something wrong with his head!
With a bunch of muscle brains like barbarians, where the hell was he expecting them to get the ability to show such masterful control and mental power?
Only professionals nearing the level mages can show such control and a barbarian Mage was rare as a flying pig!
Their few spellcasters were warlocks who used simple and crude maniption of wild elements through rituals, rather than intricate spell models like traditional mages
This barbarian high king was simply expecting too much from his descendants!
Even a talent like Cami nearly failed. If a barbarian of the same rank tried it, even if they trained their entire life, they still might not be able to do it!
In simpler terms, this was like setting the exam for a fish toplete a 100 metre sprint onnd!
It was just ridiculous!
Lucius just shook his head at the High King''s requirements and patted Cami on the shoulder, thanking her again.
Lucius didn''t hesitate to put the amulet on his body and instantly smiled as he felt the strength of his body gradually increasing.
Lucius even felt like he had passed through a small barrier.
He instantly knew that this was the barrier between regr people and 3rd ss fighters.
Since Lucius relied on magic equipment to move past the barrier, it couldn''t be said that he truly broke it.
Even as he ascended the gap, he could feel a smallyer of restrictions staying on his body like ayer of cling film that threatened to throw him back behind the barrier at any time.
As long as Lucius took off the amulet, he would go back below the realm of 3rd ss instantly.
But even with this, Lucius was still satisfied and couldn''t hide the smile on his face.
Seeing Lucius smiling like that, Reina instinctively knew that Lucius had gotten what he truly came here for so she moved closer to him and couldn''t help hit ask
"Leaving?"
"Yes." Replied Lucius inly, not hiding anything from her.
"Since I''ve gotten what I came for, I can''t stay too long. We still have to go to the academy andplete the entrance process."
Although he knew that Reina would never admit it. When she heard Lucius''s words, there was a small pout on her lips.
Lucius just chuckled lightly, finding it a little cute. Besides, he would never miss an opportunity to farm some love points.
Wrapping his arm around her waist, he slowly brought Reina into his embrace as he whispered in her ears.
"This won''t be thest time we meet anyway. You still have things to do for me in the capital. Once you''ve done a few things andid down the foundations, a few of my people wille down and join you."
Chapter 33 33. Leaving
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After saying this, Lucius brought Reina closer towards him.
"In addition, if you do well, I can even give you a little reward."
As soon as Reina heard this, her body shivered as it began to heat up.
LP+30
She soon thought about the wonderful experience yesterday and deep down inside, she knew she would probably kill to experience such blood again. What''s scarier was that after experiencing such a thing, her rage state became even stronger. It was simply a win-win scenario!
This Lucius had to be her lucky star, otherwise, who else would be able to get stronger simply through sex?!
"Mmmh.. as long as you keep your end of the deal. I will work hard.."
Hearing this, Lucius just chuckled
"Of course I will. I, Lucius Vexx, may be many things, but I am not a scammer!" Lied Lucius without even the slightest bit of hesitation.
Although Lucius may have lied here, he wasn''t nning on going back on his words.
Why would he lie about sleeping with a woman that many people would kill each other over?
If possible, Lucius even wanted to stay for onest experience, but his goal wouldn''t allow it.
If he failed to get into the academy and died because he was too obsessed with sex, it would be too embarrassing.
Thinking like that, Lucius resolutely got up and walked out of the room without looking back, as if not wanting to waver in his determination.
Cami, who had long since recovered by now, didn''t miss a beat and quickly followed after Lucius, but as she was leaving, she did something very uncharacteristic of her.
Turning back, she had a high look on her face as she sneered at Reina mockingly, as if making fun of her.
As Reina saw this, she was instantly annoyed as sparks of red rage fluttered all over her skin but eventually, the rage faded as Reina simply let out a sigh.
Even if she didn''t want to admit it, Cami had her beat.
Following Lucius everywhere he goes, at least in this aspect, there was simply no way for her topete.
But as Reina was feeling down, she remembered that in the end, she was still Lucius''s first woman!
Remembering the furious face Cami made when she saw her with Lucius earlier made Reina instantly feel much better.
She secretly swore that next time she met Cami she would have to rub it in her face even harder! This would have to be her way of getting revenge!
Regardless of what Reina was thinking, Lucius and Cami made their way towards the carriage that had long since been prepared beforehand.
As they approached, they could see the horse ready to go and the two coach drivers from both Lucius and Alice''s original carriage sitting at the front, nodding to them respectfully.
As Lucius took onest look at the fortress, he couldn''t help but hold his head high.
In this small fortress, he had fought bandits, had his way with the leader and even gone so far as to take the most precious treasure!
He had also explored his system more deeply and gotten a stronger understanding of the thing that would allow him to survive in this crazy world.
As Lucius thought about this, he looked down and stroked the strange amulet on his chest.I think you should take a look at
But in addition to the system, he got another major treasure.
Others may not know its importance, but he knew that this simple amulet could transform into something that could probably save his life.
Thinking like this, Lucius turned away from the fortress, his eyes filled with various emotions, and stepped into the carriage.
For him, the journey was beginning!
As Lucius was having his main character moment and internally monologuing, Cami also had a wide smile on her face.
''Finally!'' Thought Cami with tears in her eyes
''We can finally leave this cursed ce!''
The experience of both leader and secretary in this little fortress could be said to be wildly different.
One thought it was a pleasant step forward and the other, aplete and utter nightmare.
For Cami, this was a ce full of dread.
In her mind, in this cursed ce, her leader was forced to sacrifice his innocence for the revolutionary army to some wretched mountain bandit.
What made it even worse was that the bandit didn''t even seem toprehend how much of a privilege she had and constantly swaggered around in front of her.
Just thinking about it made her blood boil!
Fortunately, this cursed moment could all be put behind her.
Thinking like this, Cami couldn''t hide the radiant smile on her face
''So what if you were lucky and enjoyed the body of the young leader? Only I, Cami Rose, am fit to be by the young leader''s side. The next time he meets you, he won''t even remember you at all. I''ll make sure of it hehehe!''
In that moment, Cami swore not only to erase all traces of that vulgar bandit on the young leader but also to be much stronger to ensure that her Leader would never have to make such a tragic sacrifice ever again!
Unfortunately, Cam could never imagine just how strong her leader''s ''sacrificial heart'' was.
In the future, there would be a lot of perilous tasks Lucius had to perform as the leader of the revolution. He would have to step up and face the many women he would have to sacrifice his body for.
Sigh¡ this was all for the revolution¡
If only these soldiers knew how hard their leader was working behind the scenes, they would probably be moved to tears!
Inside of the carriage, Lucius and Cami sat down and were greeted by Alice''s curious gaze.
"You guys took a while back there, is everything finished?"
"Yep, it''s all done."
Said Lucius with a smile.
"You guys disappeared before and you even disappeared yesterday night. What were you doing?" Asked Alice with innocent curiosity.
Chapter 34 34. Capital
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"Yesterday we were interrogating the bandit leader. We didn''t bring you because those scenes¡. They were not something an innocent little girl like you should see."
As Alice heard this, her pretty face balled up into a cute pout.
"You call me a little girl but we''re both going to the academy so we''re the same age." Said Alice
Hearing this, Lucius just shook his head with a smile.
"It''s not simply about age, it''s about experience and maturity. That''s what it takes for someone to go from a little girl into a green woman."
Hearing this, a light seemed to sh in Alice''s eyes
"So then, Lucius do you know what it takes to go from a girl to a woman?" Asked Alice
"I won''t say I know everything but I do at least know a little bit."
"Then Lucius, can you make me a woman?"
''dly!'' Replied Lucius without hesitation.
Looking at Alice''s angelic face and yet devilish body, Lucius had to work hard to suppress his earthly desires.
Unfortunately, Lucius could only say this in his heart.
He couldn''t just rush the process with these heroines.
After all, Alice wasn''t just any only heroine but a true main heroine.
To truly capture the heart of the heroine you had to take things slowly.
She wasn''t some bandit that Lucius could coerce and manipte.
She wasn''t some indoctrinated lunatic that was secretly fascinated by Lucius.
Each heroine was a different person and had to be approached differently.
Looking at this way, capturing a heroine wasn''t simply a task, it was an art!
Seemingly enlightened, Lucius went back to Alice''s question.
"Unfortunately, making you a woman is not something I can just do. A thing like thates from your own experience." Said Lucius.
"But even so, I''m sure that in the academy you will find the experience you''re looking for." Said Lucius with a mysterious glint in his eyes.
Hearing Lucius mention the academy, Alice''s child like curiosity was stimted once again.
"Lucius, do you know a lot about the academy?" Asked Alice
"I don''t know a lot, but I do know¡."
Like that Lucius spoke and Alice listened as the group resumed their slow but gradual journey towards the capital of the empire¡
¡..
The carriage drove them for the better part of half a day before they arrived at the capital. It was already a bit past midday as the summer sun was shining high in the sky.
Soon the carriage could see the huge gate of the capital city and therge traffic of variousmercial and merchant carriages lining up to get inside.
Unfortunately, they were not students of the academy just yet so they had to wait in line like everyone else.I think you should take a look at
Alice was a noble but a backwater noble out in the fringe of the empire may not even be as important as some travelling merchants so she had to wait in line like Lucius and the others.
Fortunately, the infrastructure and administration of the empire was highly developed, so it didn''t take long before Lucius and the others passed by therge steel gates and truly entered the capital city.
As Lucius and the others passed through the gates, they were instantly left amazed.
For the others, this was the first time they hade to a major city like this one. And this was not just any major city but the capital of the empire, the true heart of human civilisation.
In terms of appearance, maybe only the duchy of Mand, nicknamed the heart of magic, may be able to match it in appearance.
Even Lucius, a man from the modern world, was a little awed after seeing the Capital''s novel appearance.
This world wasn''t just mediaeval. It was almost a mix of modern magical devices and mediaeval architecture due to the inventions of things like magic engineering.
So whilst the architecture has some hints of typical medical fantasy it was also strangely yet smoothly blended in with some sleek magical and almost modern design novelty.
The roads were clean and wide and all property well maintained and the entire atmosphere and ce was bright and vibrant.
As Alice saw this, the innocent girl was quickly amazed and even suggested that they should all go out and explore the city but Lucius shot that thought down without hesitation.
Who was she trying to y?
Lucius didn''t forget who she was. She was the main heroine!
They''ve already deviated from the plot so if they go exploring. Now, with the butterfly effect, who knows what will happen?
Some random plot could end up happening, dying them and causing them to miss the registration time for the academy.
If his way forward was cut off for such a bullshit reason, Lucius wouldn''t even have a ce to cry!
So with Alice''s disgruntled mumbles, the group carried on and headed straight for Sanctuary.
It didn''t take long before they moved away from the central hustle and bustle near the city''s main streets to the designated academic district.
Soon the carriage stopped in front of a giant set of golden gates
The Sanctuary.
This was the cradle of humanity!
Although the years of humanity''s crisis have long since faded and humanity even shows signspletely dominating the continent, such slogans like ''the hope of humanity'' and ''heroes of the world'' have never stopped being shouted.
As a result of all this, just graduating from sanctuary was enough to make you seed in life.
Royal knights
Heroes guild
The Magic tower
By graduating from The Sanctuary, you could easily parachute your way into a decent position in any one of these major institutions and never have to worry about your livelihood ever again.
It''s because of factors like this and the amount of fame and resources that were avable for graduates from the sanctuary that necessitated the rigorous entry criteria.
Even now, as the assessments were still going on, Lucius could see countless figures in the white academy uniforms pouring through the golden gates.
Chapter 35 35. Assement
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Even now, as the assessments were still going on, Lucius could see countless figures in the white academy uniforms pouring through the golden gates.
Most were entering with a dazzling flint and anticipation in their eyes, but there were still a few that could be seen leaving these gates with only despair. It was obvious that these people didn''t make the cut.
Looking at this, Lucius couldn''t help but tighten his fist.
Although he had confidence that his schemes would get him in, he was still a little nervous.
Lucius, Alice and Cami all got down off the carriage and averse saying goodbye for the drivers all strode through the golden gates.
Within a few minutes, Lucius and the group had already made their way through reception and registered.
Even though Cami was different from the noble children and got rmended as amoner with outstanding talent, the people in the sanctuary weren''t fools.
They wouldn''t just believe the person that gave the rmendation, these things still had to be tested for themselves for them to be passed through.
Lucius knew that Cami and Alice would pass easily. Their talents were enough to turn heads anywhere they went. He could just hope that his talent that he cheated would be enough to carry his way through the examination.
Within just a few minutes, both Cami and Alice had their names called and entered their respective examination rooms. But before they left, they didn''t forget to give Lucius onest word.
"Good Luck Lucius, I''ll see you inside the academy!" Called Alice
"I''ll also be waiting for you inside the academy." Said Cami calmly.
Of all the people here, Cami obviously had the most confidence in Lucius.
In fact, it wouldn''t be a stretch to say that she had more confidence in Lucius than she did herself.
Lucius could only let off a conflicted smile as he watched the two enter.
Soon it didn''t take long before he also heard his name.
"Lucius, please enter test room 5"
Hearing his name, Lucius didn''t procrastinate and quickly moved up.
As Lucius walked, he confidently pushed open the door and walked inside.
As he looked in, he could see a wide room with a group of 5 examiners sitting down at a desk whilst various sets of equipmenty inside the room
Suddenly, the examiner at the centre of the desk spoke up.
"Lucius, correct?"
"Yes sir, " replied Lucius unhurriedly
"It says here that you were rmended by Baron Moore in a recent talent scouting. Is that true?"
"Yes, that''s all true." Replied Lucius.
"Well, since we''ve confirmed that it''s the right person, then we can proceed with the test. First, start with strength."
Since this was an assessment, naturally there would not be any way to cheat, so it was impossible for Lucius to use the magic equipment he gained from the amulet of the high king in this scenario.
Right now, they slowly wanted to test Lucius''s raw stats.
Obviously, because not everyone was like Lucius with a system panel, they had to use magic equipment to find it out.
Taking a deep breath, Lucius walked over to the strength measuring equipment.
It was not all too dismissed from one of those punching machines you see in an arcade
Just a machine with arge padded punching box in it.I think you should take a look at
Lucius didn''t hold back and gathered all his strength in his limbs and entered a solid stance and punched out with everything he had!
"Boom!"
Beep! Reading detected! Strength- 7 points!
As the examiners saw the number, they all frowned slightly.
In their eyes, this reading really wasn''t all that good for someone who imed to be a fighter student like Lucius, but even with this, they didn''t overreact and just quietly noted it down. Maybe he was an agility based fighter or even an archer, so it wouldn''t be that bad in the end.
But as time went on, their expectations were soon shattered.
Lucius soon came to the agility test strip and sprint across at speeds that would leave college athletes impressed
As the beep went of the reading was sound shown
Beep! Agility 6 points!
Under the stunned gaze of the examiners, Lucius conducted the other the other tests
Beep! Endurance 6 points.
When it came to his magic test, the examiner''s jaw dropped.
As he walked up to the crystal ball and ced his hand on it the examiners and Lucius both waited for a while, but there was simply no reaction.
Staff: ¡.
Lucius: ¡..
It wasn''t until the man at the centre of the examination table let off an awkward cough that they escaped from the embarrassing state.
"Cough! Young student, it seems like you have no magic power. That''s why there was no reaction. No matter how long you stay at the device, there will be no reaction."
As Lucius heard this, even his shameless skin turned a little red in embarrassment.
As The examiners to the side that heard this, their faces tune a little ugly.
What the hell was this?
Was this kid ying some prank?
How did this kid get a rmendation into Sanctuary !''
How can someone join Sanctuary with no mana!
It wasn''t that there had never been such cases before but they were exceptional freakish students with strong physiques or other qualities thatpensated but who was this kid in front of him.
Although his stats weren''t bad, that was only among regr people.
He may be able to stand out amongst them and even be a valiant soldier, but this was Sanctuary!
All Strength under 3rd ss fighters was useless noise!
Although deep down inside, the examiners all wanted to kick out this sub par student, they still held it inside and waited for the most important talent test to bepleted.
Nobody was willing to take the risk!
A few years ago there was a simr situation where they kicked out a student who didn''t meet the basic requirements only to find outter that he had a master grade talent.
Chapter 36 36. Talent
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The examiners that nearly made Sanctuary lose such a talent were still seen as a joke to this day.
Naturally, with such a bad example in front of them, no one wanted to join those ranks and foolishly smear their reputation and get pped in the face.
With the instruction of the examiners, Lucius walked over to the talent testing device.
He knew that all his previous results were mediocre, so he knew the importance of this next test.
This was by far the most important one yet
After all, there''s a saying that hard work beats talent. But what if there''s a genius who also works hard? How can anyonepete?
This was especially true in a world like this, where talents were hard, measurable things.
Simply put, in this world, a person''s talent was everything.
As for stories where a person born with no talent rose up from the bottom and counter-attacked the world? Sorry, but there was simply no such thing!
You were either born with or gained a talent. There were no two ways about it
It was impossible for someone without a talent to beat someone that did.
That''s why talent measuring was the most important aspect of the assessment.
The reason that talents had to be measured again was that in this world, not all talents were made equal.
Sometimes even talents with the same name would have different grades, so checking the quality of each talent was imperative.
Since talents were a core aspect of this world role the ability and devices to detect talents had been wildly developed, but it was still impossible for the extremely fine and detailed talent checkers to be distributed to all viges.
Most viges and low ranking nobles only had the most basic talent checkers that could identify the abilities and names of the talent, but didn''t give a clear example of the quality and strength of the talent.
Of course, some talents could even be identified without specific talent checkers
For example, everyone knows how exceptional and amazing talents like Sword Master and Master of Mana are but that''s not because the basic talent checkers could identify their grades but because the legends passed down about such exp rip all talents were too widespread so that even backwater viges would know the grades of this talent.
Talents in this world could be divided into different grades based on the colour they emit from talent checkers
From lowest to highest the colours were as followed
White
Green
Blue
Purple
Golden
A golden grade talent was enough for anyone to leave a mark in a generation like sword master and the such whilst white grade talents were just average talents that could be found amongst low rank soldiers and hunters.
As Lucius''s hands hovered over the crystal ball, he found that he was a little nervous. He didn''t know when, but his breath became a little shallow and his palms became sweaty.
He had used the power of a demon to forge a fake talent, but he was still nervous after all.
It was like trying to fly with a fake passport
No matter how much the broker reassured you the fake was a full proof and nobody would see through it, it was still a fake at the end of the day.
Still, Lucius knew now wasn''t the time to hesitate. If it failed, it failed. He had tried his best, and that was he could do
"Ahh.. fuck it!"I think you should take a look at
As he said this, Lucius ced his hand on the crystal ball .
As Lucius dropped his hand, the crystal ball began to glow.
The group of examiners watched in awe as the crystal ball lit up in various different colours
White!
Green!
Blue!
Purple!
Golden!
But even after reaching the golden colour, the crystal ball didn''t stop there!
The crystal began to shake as a dazzling wave of golden light poured out our as stream of golden sparks started to burst out
Seeing this shocking sight, the examiners could stay still and directly jumped out of their seats
What is this!
Even the lead examiners in the centre had to adjust his sses to make sure what he was seeing was seeing correctly.
And after blinking a few times and rubbing his eyes he confirmed that what he was seeing was real
This wasn''t just any gold grade talent that they were seeing, it was a talent that shows signs of surpassing golden grade. So if cultivated well, it could directly go and reach the level beyond golden.
It was the level that left everyone in awe.
A level directly reserved for the major noble families and the few select chosen.
Hero Grade!
The grade of talents only those specifically chosen by God could reach.
Knowing this, the examiners couldn''t remain calm.
Hell! Even Lucius himself couldn''t stay calm.
''What on earth was going on?'' thought Lucius
Since he was the wine who designed his fake talents, he knew the standards that he set extremely well.
He just wanted to make a talent that would make himself seem a bit talented and allow for him to join the same ss as the main heroines.. he never wanted to do something so dazzling that would draw too much attention
Even if he had confidence in his system, there was never anything wrong with being a hit low-key. After all, his talent was fake. It was all just a big scam!
It was okay to scam people quietly, but how could youunch such a scam with such great fanfare?
You would only do such a thing if your brain was utterly broken!
If the expectation was too high, he could onlye crashing down when he failed to meet them!
Just what the hell happened to his path of low-key development?
Aggrieved, Lucius turned to look at the panel.
[I did this all for you so you don''t have to thank me!! In order to make you seem more talented in the academy and de some limitless adjustments to make your little fake talent seem more amazing. You''re the big boss, after all. If people think your mediocre it''s won''t be any fun. Love, your one true god ;) ]
Chapter 37 37. Saint Of Light!
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As Lucius read the notification his veins nearly pulsed in his head.
Damn! This false god bastard!
Before Lucius could curse that fake god a few more times under his breath a set of text appeared over the crystal ball
Talent:
[ Supreme Student]
Under the ardent guidance and teaching of a qualified tutor, you will show supernatural levels of learning and aptitude. The stronger your desire to learn and the stronger the teacher''s desire to teach the faster you will learn.
A talent that pushes the boundary of learning to the limits!
As examiners saw the description and name of the talent the already exited air seemed to reach a new zenith.
Remember, these guys may be examiners now but their true job was still that of a teacher.
What any passionate teacher would want most would always be an excellent student that could absorb their teachings. But with a talent like this, he could even go on beyond simply being an excellent student. He could very well be a hero!
In the eyes of the teachers, whilst this may not be the most amazing or powerful talent, it was a talent that made them the most excited. As teachers, there was nothing that they wanted more!
As long as they could get this kid to be their personal student¡
Looking at the strange eyes of these examiners, Lucius felt the hairs on his back stand up and asked
"Erm¡ so did I pass?"
As the examiner heard this his eyes widened a little before he suddenly burst outughing
"Hahaha! Pass! Pass! You passed the test with flying colours!" Laughed the examiners
"Although your original base strength and abilities are definitely low, the potential you have more than makes up for it!" Exined the man in a joyful tone.
Faced with tant praise and favouritism of these examiners, in a situation like this it was normal for a person to feel a little prideful and if it was a normal situation then someone as shameless as Lucius would definitely be filled with pride. But Lucius knew it was all a scam. It was impossible to tell pride over something like this unless he was a deluded lunatic.
But the examiners didn''t know this and saw Lucius''s calm and steady appearance as a sign of humility and control which only made their opinion of him go up even higher!
The examiners wanted Lucius to stay behind and talk to him for a bit so Lucius obliged and gave a few more details about himself that had long since been provided and nned by the revolutionary army before seeing himself out.
As Lucius came into the room he looked around and could see two beauties standing in the corner.
As soon as Lucius stepped out they quickly saw him and he could see their expressions light up but when they saw Lucius''s expressionless face, they soon became nervous.
Before Lucius entered the exam he still told them that it was a possibility that he wouldn''t be able to enter Sanctuary and that possibility for him was much greater than the chance of that happening to the two of them.
So as Lucius walked over towards them, Cami tiled her head up and asked nervously,
"Lucius.. how¡ how did you do?"
Hearing this Lucius''s face looked a little sad as he spoke
"I¡I¡"
Hearing this Cami and Alice''s bodies tended as she waited with bated breathI think you should take a look at
"I¡ passed! Hahaha! Did I scare you a little back there?" Asked Lucius, unable to contain himself fromughing at their nervous yet beautiful expressions.
Alice couldn''t help but pout a little at Lucius prank but deep down inside she was still happy.
"As the first friend I made, I''m happy that we can spend our time together in The Sanctuary as well."
Looking at the resident beauty smiling at him, Lucius subconsciously felt better that was until a weird feeling crept up on him
''Hold up.. what did she say?''
Recalling Alice''s words, Lucius''s mind shuddered almost as if it was hit by thunder.
He could only curse himself for his carelessness and maybe treating her too much like a little kid because of her own innocent nature.
Your boy was deep in the friend zone
''Well shit¡'' thought Lucius.
For an innocent and naive girl like Alice that hadn''t seen the world yet, Lucius was even prepared to use a few shameless means to seduce her but now it seems like that n would have to be on hold.
Now that he was in the friend zone he could only strap in for the long grind.
Sigh¡
Just as Lucius wasmenting his own carelessness, he heard a suddenmotion break out to his side further down the hallway.
Out of curiosity, Lucius couldn''t help but look over and was shocked to see arge crowd of students crowding around and chattering wildly
"Just what on earth is going on?" asked Lucius, a little shocked.
Seeing that it was finally her tune to educate Lucius, Alice couldn''t help h it puff out her chest as she spoke
"Oh that, I heard that a day before we took the assessment there was an amazing person that came before us and broke all records of the entrance exam in every single category!
Strength
Agility
Endurance
Mana
Each one was shattered with ease! But even more shocking than this guy''s physical abilities were his talents
Not only does he have two golden talents, he even has a legendary Heroic Grade talent and not just any talent but the Legendary Saint of Light talent!"
As Cami heard this, she frowned.
The revolutionary army was a bunch of lunatics that made shady deals with devils and demons on a regr basis. With such a depraved group they had long since been branded heretics by the church.
Despite the church being their main enemy secondary only to the empire, the revolutionary army had never once heard of such a monstrous talent existing in the church, much less the shocking nature that this talent was the Saint of Light!
Chapter 38 38. The Saints Problem
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If this was really the case then the information-gathering ability of the revolutionary army could only be said to be severelycking at best.
This was a severe problem that had to be looked into.
In the worst case then someone could lose their life because of this negligence. This was especially true now that Cami and Lucius were so far behind enemy lines.
Looking at Cami''s expression, I''m afraid that if there wasn''t a good enough reason, then soon heads would have to roll!
Thinking like this, Cami pursed her lips before asking,
"With such an amazing background, it''s unbelievable that this guy was never heard of before. Is he some sort of secret talent that was carefully trained in the church or something?"
As Alice heard this question, she thought for a while before shaking her head.
"I''ve asked around, but I''ve never heard such a rumour. Apparently, the talents of Saints of Light are not like most talents. They are often dormant in the body before they are awakened and even the most high grade talent testers won''t be able to intensify them before they awaken. Unfortunately, the way of awakening the dormant Saint of Light talent ispletely random, so nobody ever knows if someone with the Saint of light talent is walking right next to you!"
Hearing this, Lucius nodded his head.
If you wanted evidence, was there any better one than this blonde-haired beauty speaking in front of him?
Lucius couldn''t help but think of theical appearance Alice would make if he told her that she was also one of these legendary Saints of Light herself.
Unaware of Lucius''s thoughts, Alice contained her exnation.
"Apparently, he was just an orphan raised by a small church in an unknown vige before he came to The Sanctuary. Even the person in question didn''t know that he had the Saint of Light talent before he left for Sanctuary, so he must have only awakened the talent recently."
Cami listens and watched with an ever growing grin on her face
Lucius just listened to Alice''s words with rm bells going off in his head
Others may not know much about this guy, but how could the same apply to Lucius?
With such a vivid and overpowered description, there was only one hug that fit the shoe, the original protagonist of the story, Landon!
Looking at the crowd, Lucius could see the faint image of a terrifyingly handsome man emerging from within.
He was dressed in a white academy uniform that seemed to have been perfectly designed for him. Even Lucius, a man that couldpletely match him in terms of handsomeness, was still beaten in that regard.
The Young man''s hair was a pale snowy white and his crystal blue eyes shone with a vibrant vigour that was like dazzling Sapphire''s in the summer sun.
Everywhere he looked, he could see that there was a group of people eagerly walking up to make friends with him.
But even with that, as Lucius looked closer he could still see that there was still a good portion of people that remained unmoved. In fact, it would be more urate to describe them as two separate groups and Lucius could even see that some of them were looking at Landon with a faintly hostile gaze!I think you should take a look at
It was then that Lucius remembered the biggest problem Landon would have to face in the story''s
''That''s right! The nobles!''
Lucius quickly thought back to the story and quickly remembered the true crux of the problem.
This was a world dominated by the nobility where they had the uncontested right to speak and act how they pleased and this was not all without reason.
In the Novel, it was stated that at least 90% of the hero rank talents would only ur and be born from the 5 heroic bloodlines of the ancient heroes.
This may not seem so bad, but you have to remember that Heroic Talents were the peak of the potential sealing in this world.
There were only ever a handful of heroic talents in each generation and every single one came from a noble family
Naturally, with such a system, a hero-rank talent appearing amongst amoner would be a great problem.
This was not to say that the heroic talent, ''Saint of Light'' hadn''t been born amongmoners before. In fact, it was actually quitemon. The problem was that all saints of light had a particr characteristic.
Maybe it was because of excessive favour from the goddess herself or some even say it was a strange curse prepared by the first demon king but all previous saints of light had one characteristic without fail.
They were all like Alice.
They showed exceptional talents in healing and support spells but had absolutely no personalbat capabilities
Of course, such a trait didn''t mean that they were a Saint of light. In fact, Such characteristics were rathermon but any Saint of Light would suffer from this problem without fail.
That was until the appearance of Landon.
For the first time in history, the Saint of Light actually showed personalbat abilities and not just any oldbat abilities but power so strong it would make even other heroic talents of the same rank feel daunted.
For nobles that like to control the status quo this was an immediate cause for concern
To make matters worse, the situation between the church and the noblemen of the empire, especially the royal family, was not so good right now.
In times of trouble, the empire and the church were the greatest allies, working together to solidify and protect humanity regardless of the situation they faced but now the situation was different.
It had been 10 years since the demon king had been killed by the coalition of heroes leaving the current demons as a scattered mob fighting separately amongst themselves
Even the old leader of the revolutionary army had been killed and their spies had infiltrated it pretty deep.
Chapter 39 39. Landon
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Even the old leader of the revolutionary army had been killed and their spies had infiltrated it pretty deeply.
All races on the continent were faintly suppressed by the power of inanity and humans showed obvious signs of bing the number one hegemony on the continent.
But without the binding force of external threats, the once tight alliance had started to fracture as everyonepeted for their own personal interests
Now humanity was showing faint signs of dividing into two sides:
The Empire and its secr power vs. the church and the religious theocracy.
With such a conflict on the horizon, a talent that couldpete with the heroic talents of the noble faction was only a five to be feared.
But looking at the current naive Landon that was smiling and talking withmoners as well as some low ranking nobles that hadn''t even caught onto the situation, Lucius couldn''t help but shake his head.
Since, in terms of the timeline, the novel had just started Landon naturallycked some personal character development so he should still be in his happy go lucky phase. So with this kind of mentality, Landon waspletely clueless as to the schemes floating around him and is still walking around happily.
Suddenly Landon seemed to feel something and briefly turned in Lucius''s direction
All of a sudden a pair of ice blue eyes met with a set of burning crimson pupils.
Faced with the sudden gaze of the protagonist, Lucius was only briefly stunned before he calmly returned a pr smile and Landon even nodded in return.
There was no grievance between the two so it was natural for them to maintain some polite and cordial impressions.
If only Landon knew that the man he just met was breaking his back trying to figure out how to steal all his women¡.
Naturally, if such a thing got out Lucius could never have a good time, but unless his brain was fried Lucius would never say such a damning thing.
Not just Landon, I''m afraid any man would look at Lucius unfavourably if they realised his main purpose in their life was to steal away somebody else''s woman!
As Lucius was having these strange thoughts, Landon too was having some thoughts of his own.
''What a strange guy¡'' Thought Landon
He wasn''t surprised by the attention he was getting from the strange man. After all, ever since he awakened his [Saint of Light] talent, people had been watching him wherever he went. The only strange thing was that instead of the awe, envy and jealousy he had seen all day, this guy had looked at him with a strange expression.
It was almost like¡. Pity?
Landon found the entire event to be rather strange.
''He''s clearly not strong, but I somehow get a strange inexplicable aura from him.''
Landon''s confusion onlysted for a while before it quickly turned to excitement
''It''s just like the old man said! The Sanctuary is filled with all sorts of people and monsters! I really can''t let my guard down in this ce!''
Thinking like this, Landon walked down the corridor even more excited than before.
Now he was eager to walk around and explore Sanctuary even more. He couldn''t wonder what other strong fighters and mages he would meet doing the way!
After all, back in his vige, he was already the strongest.
Be it the chief guards or even those wild man-eating monsters that everyone seemed to fear, they were simply no match for him.I think you should take a look at
At first, it was kind of fun.
Being the number one strong man in the vige was quite satisfying and people were kind to him wherever he went, but not long after it soon became extremely boring.
The small vige was all the same every day and he couldn''t even properly test out his training because there was nobody else he could fight.
His decision to leave was definitely the correct one!
Only in the big capital would he be able to meet other strong people and find all sorts of adventures.
¡.
A lot of time passed since the buzz of the assessment, and Lucius had long since settled down.
Now Lucius found himself in front of a fashionable white hardwood door.
Lucius walked into the room and couldn''t hide his amazement.
He looked at the ID card gagging on his neck and just chuckled
Hero ss 1-17 Lucius
It seemed like the name Hero ss wasn''t just for show.
The Hero ss was the highest ranked in the entirety of The Sanctuary
It was a ce reserved for only geniuses with purple and golden rank talents. These guys were destined to be the leaders for the generation so long as they trained Hard.
The resources and help they could get from Sanctuary would be higher than others. Naturally, such treatment would leak into their living conditions.
His ce was quite luxurious.
As he had said before, although the world was quite backward in some ways, for example those distant viges were still living in conditions not too different from the Middle Ages, Nobles, especially those from the capital would be an exception to such rules.
The quality of life and magic engineering led them to live a life offort not to be behind those from Lucius''s modern day.
With advanced magical engineering and design, Sanctuary can offer its best students top quality facilities
The room Lucius was in right now and we had aparable room in a modern day five star hotel.
Although the room wasn''t toorge, it was of exceptional quality.
A softfortable bed made with excellent fabrics and an elegant designed room that made one feelfortable just by being inside it.
A softfortable bed made with excellent fabrics and an elegant designed room that made one feelfortable just by being inside it.
Thinking like this Lucius couldn''t help buty down on the bed and was pleased to feel the soft cushiony against his body.
"What a day¡" sighed Lucius
Chapter 40 40. [Charming Scent]
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"What a day¡" sighed Lucius
In just a few short hours, a lot had actually happened. From doing the test, getting a shockingly high evaluation, to even meeting the main protagonist of the story.
He wasn''t too sure, but Lucius had the sinking feeling that this would be thest time he got to rest for a long while.
From tomorrow, he would have to start his training at Sanctuary and his system was the only thing he could rely on.
[ Lucius Vexx - Love Points: 1130 ]
Lucius looked at the buyable talents and was shocked to find a suitable talent
[Charming Scent (purple) - 1000 LP]
Allows you to smell like the preferred scent of the heroine on any asion. An all purpose perfume!
When Lucius saw this, he was shocked.
He hadn''t actually paid that much attention to the talents before, after all, before now he was t out broke. If he kept looking at talents back then it would be like a homeless man staring at a jewellery shop, that way of thinking would only end up hurting himself with longing.
But now that Lucius was looking at these talents, he quickly realised something strange.
The price range of 1000 LP could only be said to be getting started with all things considered.
The talents he could buy with 1000 LP were all pretty basic, mainly just around white and green talents, but this charming scent was actually a purple grade talent!
Although Lucius could clearly see from the description that this talent wasn''tbat rted, the purple talent rage alone was enough to make Lucius a little greedy.
If he didn''t buy this now, then with the price of regr purple grade talent who knows when he''ll be able to afford them?
Lucius was a little conflicted.
He could spend the money to buy a basicbat talent or he could go with this strange auxiliary talent.
Lucius was about to buy it when he suddenly paused.
''This talent, wasn''t it a little in?''
The name was called charming scent but from the description, it didn''t seem to have any charming effect. It only said that it could only make him smell how a heroine wanted him to smell, not directly charm them like some magical spell.
Lucius''s mind was filled with countless more thoughts as they started to swirl in his head as he rapidly calcted the possibilities
"Ahh! Fuck it!"
Lucius couldn''t be bothered anymore with all this useless thinking! If he carried on, he might exhaust himself to death.
When it came to the unknown, it was either useful or it wasn''t.
Even if it was a dud, it only meant that he would have to stay low-key for a little while longer.
Besides, with a name like charming scent, Lucius didn''t believe it wouldn''t be able to increase the rate at which he would gather Love Points. If that was the case, then at least he would be able to make up for the loss faster than before.
Without any more hesitation, Lucius decided to buy the charming scent talent and watched with silent tears as a whole 1000LP evaporated into thin air.
After buying the talent, Lucius waited for a while and then¡
Nothing?
There was no itching or any strange sensation like he had felt before when he bought the eyes of appraisal.
''This¡ was I scammed?''
This was the first thought Lucius had after realising nothing happened.I think you should take a look at
His thoughts went unfounded.
Some mere [Eyes of Appraisal]that cost a meagre 200 LP were enough to elicit some small changes, much less a big hitter like [Charming Scent] that not only cost 1000 LP but was bona fide purple grade talent!
Lucius brought his arm to his nose and took a sniff
"Sniff! Sniff!"
Unfortunately, Lucius didn''t find anything different. He smelt just how he usually did. No, in fact, he even smelt a bit worse than he usually did.
He was still a little sweaty after going through the eventful day.
Although Lucius was disappointed that he didn''t find any change in his body, his disappointment wasn''t too much. After all, he wasn''t a heroine and it was specifically stated that the skill only worked in heroines.
If it worked on himself, what would that make him?
Wouldn''t he also be the heroine at that point?
By then he would be able to earn Love points by falling in love with himself! Such a thing was just too narcissistic!
Even if the god wanted to y a prank on Lucius, he wouldn''t do this.
He could not let Lucius be even more narcissistic than himself when he was a literal god!
Realising there was no way to figure out the effects of the Lucius decided to just give up on it for now.
Thinking like this, Lucius just entered the Luxurious shower he had in his room.
Lucius stayed in the shower for quite a while, enjoying the pleasant feeling of the warm water against his skin.
That''s when Lucius heard a strange sound inside his room.
''Hmm? What is that?''
''Someone''s broken in?''
Lucius wasn''t just confused about what happened, he was even a little fearful.
After all, even though he was happily in the academy, he was still a wanted criminal.
His background wasn''t clean, so at just the slightest problem he became suspicious and fearful.
Lucius didn''t dare enjoy the feeling of the shower anymore and quickly wrapped a towel around his waist and cautiously exited the shower.
As Lucius''s heart was beating hard, he looked out and was instantly put at ease.
That''s because the person he saw wasn''t an enemy, but a familiar set of purple eyes.
It was Cami.
The second Lucius breathed a sigh of relief, he was surprised to hear a strange notification.
LP+ 100
Lucius was a little confused.
''I didn''t even do anything, so why did my love points increase?''
What Lucius didn''t know was that right now, his charm could be said to be in its peak state.
Chapter 41 41. Information
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What Lucius didn''t know was that right now, his charm could be said to be in its peak state.
He had just hopped out of the shower so his hair was a little wet and due to the suspected intrusion, his piercing red eyes carried an aura of seriousness and dominance fit for the leader of the revolutionary army that Cam couldn''t get enough of.
In addition to this, since he quickly got out of the shower, He only had a towel around his waist revealing his chiselled and perfect upper body that was still dripping with water.
"Gulp!"
Cami could barely hide the greed in her eyes
To make matters worse for Cami, Lucius''s charming scent had already been activated so although it wasn''t some powerful drug or aphrodisiac that could make someone overwhelmed with lust, it still inevitably added to his charm.
LP+50
Hearing the notification go off again, Lucius was stunned.
Was it so easy to make money these days?
It seems like he had to keep Cami around more often. Although this girl was a bit strange sometimes, she was definitely an excellent way to squeeze out love points!
The burning desire only shed through Cami''s eyes for a short while before she quickly suppressed it.
Although she was charmed by Lucius, Cami prided herself on her professionalism, she would never allow herself to drop to the levels of that barbaric banditdy and be controlled by lust.
She was a professional, and she was not here to y. She was here on serious business.
Seeing that the desire had quickly faded from Cami''s eyes. Lucius knew now was not the time to be flirting, but even with that, he still had one question.
"How did you get into my room?" Asked Lucius a little curious
Hearing Lucius''s question, Cami didn''t bother to hide it.
"You know when you showed me your room key earlier today?"
"Yes.." replied Lucius, a little confused
"Well, I memorised the shape of your room key and perfectly replicated it. Don''t worry, I made several copies so I cane into your room at any time, even if I''ve lost this key."
Hearing this, Lucius felt a chill run up his spine.
Between his confirmed entrance into the academy and getting his room key, it had barely even been a few hours, and this girl had made not just one, but several copies of his room key!
Fuck! Even stalkers wouldn''t be so crazy!
And why was she saying this so matter-of-factly, like this was some obvious thing to do?
This girl was not normal! Not one bit!
Lucius really wanted to talk to Cami about her strange behaviour but, after getting along with her these past few days, he was a bit more familiar with Cami and knew from her expression that she still had something to say so Lucius decided to save the talk forter.
But don''t think he would let it slide!
Even if the other party was a beautiful woman, Lucius wouldn''t be able to sleep if theirs was an unapologetic and brazen stalker that could enter his room at any time!
"You seem to havee for something important, so what is it?" Asked Lucius.
Hearing Lucius''s question, Cami reached behind her and pulled out a stack of papers.
As this was going on, Lucius took the opportunity to cover himself in a clean bathrobe.
From time to time he could see Cami''s glowing eyes wander his body and he was afraid something would happen.
Even though he knew Cami was in control of herself and wouldn''t prince on him like the Lustful Barbarian Reina, Lucius couldn''t help it, that barbaric nympho had given him PTSD!I think you should take a look at
Even if he didn''t mind having a bedtime battle with Cami, he wouldn''t let himself be helplessly pounced on as he did with Reina.
After changing, Lucius sat down at the edge of the bed whilst Cami headed the papers to him and started reading them.
As this was happening, Cami finally spoke
"After hearing that there was a person with the talent [Saint of Light] in the academy, I realised that our information gathering ability was stillcking, so I tried my best to repile and update the data we have. Although I know the data is still not thorough enough. I can only ask the Young Leader to bear with it for now."
Hearing this, Lucius just shook his head.
"There''s no need to feel guilty. If there''s ack of information on the side of the revolutionary army, it can''t be your fault. You''ve already done an excellent job by providing me with this information."
After saying this, Lucius took a look at the information in front of him
Name: Landon
Threat level: Extreme
Potential: Extreme
Talents:
[Saint of Light] (Heroic)
[Sword Master] (Gold)
[Master of Mana] (Gold)
Note: Other talents are suspected, but further details are still unknown
Befitting of the main protagonist this guy was no joke.
Extreme threat level and extreme potential.
With talents like these, whether he decided to be a Mage or fighter, he would be able to reach the peak of each field. That''s just how broken this guy was.
After looking at the protagonist''s data, he didn''t bother to spend too much attention on it.
He had read the entire book, after all.
In this world, there was no other person that knew Landon better than he did. He may even know more about Landon than the very Landon himself.
With things like this, it would be best to get the information to other people. Although he should know a bit about side characters and heroines. There were some minor characters that didn''t get a lot of screen time or weren''t fully borated on.
It would be best to look at such characters instead of the MC, Landon
Name: Xander Caldwell
Threat level: intermediate
Potential: High
Talents:
[Storm Caller](Gold)
[Intermediate magic aptitude](Blue)
Note: Other talents are suspected, but further details are still unknown.
Chapter 42 42. People And Talents
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Name: Xander Caldwell
Threat level: intermediate
Potential: High
Talents:
[Storm Caller](Gold)
[Intermediate magic aptitude](Blue)
Note: Other talents are suspected but further details are still unknown.
If his memory was correct then this guy was an antagonist. Unfortunately, this guy wasn''t too big in his memory so he must have been some low tier guy that was pped to death by the protagonist. But even these low tier mobs are being given golden talents? What is this!
How are little guys like him to survive if things are this dire?
Whilst Lucius humbled underneath his breath he quickly scrolled through the e papers. Even if the guy he just saw was a potential antagonist.
Due to the nature of his system and the task ced on him by the god, his interest was destined to never be on men. His attention could only be saved for those main heroines.
Lucius looked through it and finally saw it.
Name: Veronica Beaumont
Threat level: low
Potential: Extreme
Talents:
[Ultimate Fire Resistance] (Gold)
[Fire Caller] (Gold)
[Advanced Magic Aptitude] (Purple)
This was a main heroine and befitting such a status, there were golden talents everywhere.
Looking at it like this, the current him really wasn''t worthy of any heroine.
He was just an exceptional fraud. A handsome scammer.
But even. He knew that there was nothing he could do other than strap up his boots and charge straight in.
Name: Mel
Race: High Elf
Threat Level: Extreme
Potential: Extreme
Talents:
[Forest Walker](Purple)
[Master of Mana] (Gold)
[Archery Master] (Gold)
[Spirit summoner] (Gold)
Note: Other talents are suspected but further details are still unknown.
Hissss!
Lucius couldn''t help but take in a cold breath as he saw these details.
Apart from the protagonist this was the only other person with both an extreme threat level and extreme potential.
What made Lucius even more fearful weren''t the talents he could see but the ones he couldn''t.
Everyone knew the principle of keeping a back hand hidden in the dark especially so you were a high elf.
After all, this wasn''t the world where elves reigned supreme. The current ruler of the continent was the human race so how could the elevens show off and be too outstanding?
So what were her other talents? Purple? Golden? Or maybe even¡. heroic?I think you should take a look at
Lucius didn''t know too much about this high elf.
Whilst she could be considered a true heroine by all means, her situation was still a bit strange.
After the Academy Arc, she along with most of the elevenpletely faded from the stage. Most of the readers attributed it to the Author''s, that annoying gods'', shitty writing and the effect of introducing too many new heroines that left her irrelevant but maybe that wasn''t the case?
This was the real world, not a novel after all. All things would have to have an exnation.
Faced with these thoughts. Lucius couldn''t help but think about other strange and abnormal urrences that urred in the novel.
If all strange urrences weren''t just the author''s ws but their own separate events then Lucius secretly felt a little worried.
After all, besides his system his biggest gain would be his knowledge about the novel.
Even if his interference would have a butterfly effect and mess up the timeline and events, Lucius still believed that he had the ability to weather out the storm.
But what if during the entire novel, there were still secret events going on? And if these events were mixed with Lucius''s messed up timelines¡. It could all turn into an utter shit show that even the god himself couldn''t predict!
Suddenly the god''s words from when he first arrived rang in his ears.
''I want to see my story from an angle I can''t even predict.''
With that thought Lucius''s face turned a little ugly.
Maybe he had got it all wrong from the start.
Before Lucius could stay on these thoughts too long he quickly shook them out of his head.
All his thoughts now were just abstract theories based on his gut feeling.
Without solid evidence, it was just useless fear mongering.
He could only hope his thoughts were wrong, for his own sake¡
After getting those ominous thoughts out of his head, Lucius scanned through the pages and whilst he saw a few more golden talents most of the rest were just purple grade it wasn''t until he got to beat the end of the pile that a character finally caught his eye.
Name: Nina
Threat level: Low
Potential: Extreme
Talents:
[True Alchemist] (Gold)
[Potion Master] (Gold)
[Tinkerer](Purple)
[Researcher](Blue)
Whilst Her talents were impressive what caught his eye was not her Gold and purple talents but her potential Evaluation of extreme.
Lucius had read the novel and he was a person from the modern day.
He knew just how deadly and terrifying these teasing him and development type talents could be given the finances and resources to reach their full potential. But that was just him using his future knowledge.
He was surprised that Cami could do the same
Nina wasn''t a main heroine but a love interest that didn''t really have much character development after the academy arc but she still yed some useful roles throughout the novel.
From what he knew about Nina she wasn''t valued very highly in The Sanctuary at least during her first few years.
Although this world had started to go down the route of magic engineering and was making impressive progress.
The study of magic engineering whenpared with the study of other magic specialities could only be said to be in its early infancy.
Whilst there were still mages that specialised in magic research they were all mages first and researchers second.
Although Nina''s talent for Magic engineering was dazzling.
Her talent in magic cultivation and casting spells could be said to be so abysmal that it got to the point where people even doubted she was a Mage.
To make matters worse, Nina was only amoner.
Chapter 43 43. Magic Gun
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To make matters worse, Nina was only amoner.
If it wasn''t for detecting two Golden grade Talents that were too exceptional to pass up , then forget about Sanctuary, with her poor talent for training magic Nina she might not even get into the simple magic tower even if she still had her purple grade talents behind her
Of course, what happens in her story can be seen as predictable.
The protagonist has no prejudice against her and values her through her faults and eventually, with the help of the protagonist, she gets out her shell and bes an extremely useful ally for the protagonist and bes extremely useful all throughout the entire story.
Sanctuary''s evaluation of Nina could never be so high so he was a little curious as to why the Revolutionary army could have such a high evaluation of her.
Lucius didn''t bother being discreet about it.
Since he was the leader if he was curious then he could just ask about it directly and that''s just what he did.
"Cami, this girl Nina. Her potential evaluation that you''ve given her is extreme. I''m not saying you did anything wrong, I also would have given her such an evaluation, it''s just that the general consensus about people like her right now would be that their potential is medium or high at best. Nowhere near the level of extreme. I''m curious. why would you think like that?"
Hearing this Cami''s eyes shone.
As expected of the leader! his vision can never have any ws!
"Leader my eyes are not as expect ion all as your own. The reason I''ve given Nina an extreme potential is not because of my own foresight but that of the entire revolutionary army."
"Oh? Please exin." Asked Lucius
"It''s not too difficult to do so."
"Lucius, you are the current Leader so there''s a lot of task you have to do so it may be difficult for you to remember small things but roughly a few years ago a strange device was created in the Magical duchy of Marnd that the Revolutionary Army has been paying attention to, it''s called the Magic gun."
As Lucius heard the word gun his Heart skipped a beat.
The word gun alone was not too shocking for him but when mixed with the words ''revolution'' it could only be a sign that a storm was brewing.
What left Lucius confused however, was that he had read the entire book from start to finish and he had never heard of anything called the magic gun.
Maybe it had been mentioned in the book, but it''s role must have been minuscule because he couldn''t remember it.
But even with that Lucius''s curiosity couldn''t end there
"What about the magic gun?" Asked Lucius
"The gun itself is an intriguing product. It had the ability to be fired by a regr person with no mana damage and even kill fighters. Some models are said to be able to even injure first ss fighters!
The only problem was that the guns themselves were extremely expensive and difficult to manufacture. Each shot fired was also extremely expensive and when the gun is damaged, repairing one was so expensive that it was deemed not worth it," said Cami
"But the revolutionary army had not given up hope on such weapons. Only if themon man can fight back can we truly overturn the rule of the nobles. If every soldier in the revolutionary army had a magic gun, who would be able to stop us on this continent?"I think you should take a look at
As Cami spoke a mad fanatical light shed in her eyes!
Lucius could help but think of a scene of a group of noble knights and fighters, riding in to put down what appeared to be a simple peasant uprising only to be greeted by a firing row of magic guns and ughtered like pigs!.
Thinking like this, Lucius felt his scalp tingle!
Dangerous! Really dangerous!
Lucius knew that the empire saw the revolutionary army as a threat but it was only now that he knew that the threat level they assigned to them was too low!
They had underestimated this band of revolutionaries!
Even Lucius, the leader, had to admit he had underestimated them.
They were at least a threat at the same level of the demon king. No, if given enough time, they could probably even surpass it
Even if the experiment in making a mana gun more efficient we''re doomed and destined to fail. Such progressive and innovative thinking is something to be feared.
After all, it was clearly stated in the novel that the world was only stepping into the doors of magical engineering and alchemy.
Right now, the possibilities for the future were endless
Lucius didn''t overestimate his smartness.
If it was up to him and he was leading the revolution, he would also think of a way to standardise guns and get them in the hands of people.
But that was different. He was a modern man from a modern world.
He was given ess to the inte filled with countless information and stories that made his thinking novel and dynamic
But these people were born in a semi backward world and yet their thinking was so progressive and novel.
I''m afraid that if Lucius was reused in a backward world like this then his thinking would be difficult to match them.
If the revolutionary army wasn''t limited by the rules of the world that made it so that their hopes of standardising and producing guns extremely difficult
Maybe if given 10 or 15 more years, the songs of revolution would sweep across the continent and inside the royal pce of the Empire as burnt to the ground!
After discussing the situation with Nina, Lucius had looked through the entirety of the information that Cami provided.
Even if the information was gatheredst minute and his knowledge about the book meant that he already knew a good part of it, there were still some details that had surprised him.
Chapter 44 44. New Day
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Overall, Lucius was quite satisfied with the information Cami provided.
Her position as the secretary of the Leader of the Revolutionary army was not without reason.
"Cami, the information you provided is pretty good."
Hearing Lucius''s words, the madness in Cami''s eyes from all the revolutionary talk faded.
As he said this Lucius gathered up the stack of papers and handed them to Cami.
"The information we have gathered is good enough for now. From now on you should stop investigating the students and gathering the information less you draw suspicion to yourself."
"Very well then young leader." replied Cami
"That''s good." Said Lucius "Your safety is the most important thing after all."
As Lucius said this a warm smile appeared on his lips causing Cami''s heart to skip a beat
"Ding! LP+ 50"
Cami who was walking over to collect the files from Lucius was so stunned she made a misstep as she walked.
"Ah!"
Lucius was never one to reject a beauty, especially one that was falling into his arms so he just opened his arms and caught the falling Cami.
Instantly he could smell a nice flowery scent as Cami''s soft body practically melted into his arms.
Crimson eyes met a beautiful set of purple eyes and sparks seemed to fly.
As Lucius felt Cami''s soft body rub against his, a fire seemed to burn inside him.
Cami''s face also seemed to blush in a faint pink hue
"Y-Young leader¡ today is the first day. There is still a curfew and if I''m not back in time¡"
Before Lucius could say anything, Cami''s body flickered like a ghost as she disappeared from Lucius''s arms.
Her face seemed to be extremely conflicted before she just ran out of his room embarrassed.
Watching this happen, Lucius''s face was a little ugly.
He had just been blue balled and it was never a good feeling.
If Reina had been ced in the same situation as Cami right now, Lucius was sure that she wouldn''t have cared about any rules and just let things happen.
But unfortunately, Cami couldn''t be so simple.
Even if she was willing to have a ''bedroom battle'' with Lucius, she would not let herself be controlled by lust and break the rules of the academy.
In that regard, she was better than Lucius by far.
Even if Lucius knew that he could get in trouble, In the heat of the moment, with Cami''s plump body pressed against his, he was willing to risk it all!
Thinking back to the flowery smell and soft sensation Lucius couldn''t help hit sigh
For now, Cami wouldn''t be so easy but there will always be a next time¡.
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The next day
Lucius got up in the next morning well rested after the previous day''s ordeals.
After freshening up he got changed into his crisp white Sanctuary uniform.
The uniform had been tailored, so it was a perfect fit in Lucius''s athletic body.
Looking in the mirror Lucius could see a handsome man staring back at him, exuding a faint aura that seemed to be even more charming than yesterdays.
After nodding and confining that he at least looked the part Lucius stepped outside of his room.
As Lucius walked out the room he walked down the hallway into the main gathering hall of the Hero ss dorm.
Like he said before, The Hero ss was an exceptional ce even in Sanctuary where geniuses from all over the empire gathered. As a bonus for such geniuses, they wouldn''t have to live in the dorms as other students.
The hero ss had its own separate dorm building where the current and previous years of the hero ss would be gathered.
The dorm didn''t have many students and because of that wouldn''t have to be divided into many areas.
Other than the dining hall, the main hall. The dorm was simply split into the eastern and western wings
The Eastern wing for the males students and the western wing for the female students
As Lucius walked down the stairs he turned and headed to the main hall.
As he entered he could see that there were already quite a few students gathered ahead of him.
Although Lucius didn''t get there hours before the specified time, he still thought he came rather early but these students in the Hero ss were all the cream of the crop.
Amongst the gathered students Lucius could see some familiar faces.
The most prominent and most dazzling would have to be a handsome young man with white hair and blue eyes.
The Young man was calmly leaning against a standing pole with a radiant smile on his face as people kept ncing in his direction from time to time.
Even amongst a pool of dragons like the Hero ss the famous ''Record Breaker'' still managed to grab a lot of attention.
Besides Landon there were others that still managed to get Lucius'' attention.
The most obvious was a green haired beauty. Her face seemed to be sculpted by the gods. Although she didn''t speak to anyone or even have a smile on her face, her beauty still made anyone that looked at her have a favourable impression.
Although Lucius had never met her before he already knew who she was.
The two pointy ears sticking out of her emerald green hair already gave her away.
The famous rumoured High Elf! Mel!
If Lucius''s information was correct then after Landon, she would have to be the strongest amongst the new students this year. No, even this information may be incorrect. After all she wouldn''t be as naive as Landon she would definitely be hiding some of her strength.
If the two of them were to trulypete then the true winner was still unknown.
And it wasn''t just these two promising figures that Lucius saw. There was still a set of familiar faces amongst them.
Looking to the side, Lucius could see the two charming faces of Alice and Cami, two beauties that could match the high elf in looks, smiling towards him.
Chapter 45 45. Introduction
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Looking to the side, Lucius could see the two charming faces of Alice and Cami, two beauties that could match the high elf in looks, smiling towards him.
Although, even with that, although Cam and Alice could match the high elf blow for blow in terms of looks alone, Lucius had to admit that she had them slightly beat in temperament.
But that was to be expected.
Alice was na?ve and had the personality of an ignorant vige girl which, whilst still managing to add to her charm in her own way, stillcked the wow factor of a noble High Elf.
As for Cami, in her mind, her greatest duty was to act as the secretary for the revolutionary forces. She was morefortable acting as a shadow behind the leader, so wouldn''t want to draw too much attention to herself. Her assassin training and cold attitude didn''t help her much in that regard either.
Lucius wanted to look around more to get a better look at other existing heroines, but before he could do so, a cold voice quickly caught his attention.
It wasn''t just him. The voice seemed to carry an inexplicable sense of authority dragging the attention of all other students towards him.
"First of all, Wee to Sanctuary''s Hero ss."
Hearing this voice, everyone looked up to see a tall daunting brown-haired man with a set of silver-rimmed sses on his face.
The man didn''t seem to be too old , only in histe thirties. If one looked closer they could find out that the man was even quite handsome, it''s just that the seemingly permanent stern frown on his face made it Quite difficult to admire his looks.
"I am ude Hoffman, but you can all call me Mr. Hoffman ."
As soon as Lucius saw this face, he quickly reasoned who it was. He had seen some coach tee fan art and redo his Ned the name so it was easy to put two and two together.
ude Hoffman. A noble.
He was the second son of a viscount, but that alone wasn''t enough to get him to where he was today. In the war against demons 10 years ago he had made countless contributions and distinguished himself but instead of taking the opportunity to be promoted to a noble withnd or at least a high ranking official, he decided to reignite and joined the academy as a teacher.
From what he knew about him, he yed quite an important role throughout the academy arc.
Despite being a noble he didn''t have the arrogance or hubris as many others. In addition to this, he waspletely impartial and honest about his decision allowing for the protagonist to fight against the other nobles that targeted him without getting punished.
After giving the most basic pleasantries and introductions, ude then went on to introduce the rules .
"Many of You applying here would already know this, but inside of Sanctuary the rules are absolute. Those who break them will be met with appropriate punishment whether they are the son of a peasant farmer or the son of a noble duke. All students inside Sanctuary are equal regardless of noble status. Being in the Hero ss may give you some privileges when ites to training but it doesn''t make you above the rules, that must be made clear to you all."
As the students heard this they all nodded.
This was to be expected, looking down on students due to nobility was a thing most people weren''t going to do, especially in the Hero ss.
A lot of people here we''re golden grade talents. If a mere baron looked down on or humiliated a person with a golden gradetalent, that mere peasant may go on to be a high ranking member of the royal guard. By then even if you had your noble baton status such a person would be able to make you cry tears of blood if they wanted to .I think you should take a look at
Besides, when sanctuary was established, humanity was in a position of crisis.
Sanctuary was there to train the best talents regardless of background
If Each person was obsessed with noble heritage and fought against and suppressed talented peasants, humanity could have faced extinction!
Although such a time has long since passed the tradition was hard to remove.
But like with any system there were still ws.
After all, this world was inherently biassed towards the nobility.
The fact that the awakening of the highest grade Heroic ss talents was determined by bloodline meant that the top of the power system in this world was concentrated in the hands of nobles.
With that said even with rules like ''all students were equal'' there were still a few that couldn''t be offended
Namely, those children of the Heroic noble families with heroic ss talents.
If you offended one of those children without a heroic talent, then it was still fine. After all, even in families there were still contradictions and people wouldn''t be able to care about some no name descendant without talent.
But those heroic grade talents were different.
They would grow up to reach the power sealing of the world, plus their rtives would already be a big boss.
So when you get out of the Academy
Your Employer was a noble
Your boss was a noble
Even most of your colleagues would be nobles.
With a situation like that, offending a noble with a heroic ss talent would really leave you with no way out.
Even if they wouldn''t publicly deal with you as to not destroy their reputation and to give face towards Sanctuary, surpassing you secretly would be as easy as raising a hand.
So whilst Sanctuary could make you have the confidence to face most nobles without fear, if you truly let that go to your head believing that none of the nobles could touch you, your future could only be bleak.
After giving the description of the basic rules of sanctuary, he then went on to talk about the diplomatic rtionships
Chapter 46 46. Facilities
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After giving the description of the basic rules of Sanctuary, he then went on to talk about the diplomatic rtionships.
This included the rtionship between Imperial families and various vassal states and kingdoms as well as foreign races like Elves, Barbarians etc but by then Lucius had already started to zone out and wasn''t really paying much more attention.
Right now his identity was a countryside peasant, what did the various diplomatic rtionships have to do with him?
Fortunately it didn''t take long before ude finished exining all the rules and regtions
"Whilst the description was quite lengthy, you should have gotten the gist about the core rules inside of the academy." Said ude
"Since the exnations of the rules are over I won''t hold you back here much longer. Due to the fact that this is the first day, the first half of the day won''t have any lessons. In that time, you will be given the chance to go to the various facilities and departments and inspect the academy. In addition to this you would also be given a chance to reassign your elected sses. Although you chose some on the day of registration, now is the time to make any changes and confirm that there are no shes between the time of your sses."
After staying this ude stood up straight and put a rare faint smile on his face,
"Now that the introductions are all over, I hope that you can all enjoy your stay at Sanctuary."
After saying this, ude got up and left the remaining students to their own choices.
After ude left, a burst of chatter instantly broke out amongst the group.
Every one of them was excited to explore Sanctuary and see it in all its glory.
As the chatter broke out Lucius could see Cami and Alice walking towards him.
"Good morningdies." Said Lucius with a smile
"Good morning." Replied both of them
By now the trip was already familiar enough with each other so Alice didn''t hold back and directly asked.
"So Lucius, what are you nning to do today? If you''ve got nothing to do you coulde with us."
"Oh? What are you nning to do?" Asked Lucius, now curious
"I was nning on going into the magic department. The people in the examination office told me I should go to look around. Cami also promised me to follow along so I was wondering if you would like toe along as well?"
Hearing this Lucius wasn''t surprised.
Alice''s magic power and talents were astounding so it wasn''t a surprise that the examiners tried to secretly recruit her ahead of time. Even Lucius was secretly recruited so not much needed to be said about Alice.
It was just a pity that Alice would be disappointed this time.
"If you''re going to the magic department then I''m afraid I won''t be able to apany you for now." Said Lucius sadly.
"Right now I don''t have the energy to be too interested in magic. Instead I was nning to go to the swordsmanship department and take a look at the physical training areas."
As Alice heard this she showed a look of understanding but as Cami heard this she instantly frowned.
"Lucius, since your going to the swordsmanship department then instead of heading to the magic department I should-"
But before Cami could continue Lucius cut her offI think you should take a look at
"There''s no need Cami. I can take care of myself and besides, you already promised Alice that you would apany her so it wouldn''t be good to back on your word."
As Cami heard this she paused for a while before nodding with a conflicted expression.
Lucius knew what was going through her head. She simply wanted to apany Lucius as his secretary and guard but Lucius didn''t see this as a must.
It wasn''t like he was travelling abroad, he wasn''t even going out of the academy so his need for protection dropped to a minimum.
As long as his secret identity wasn''t discovered, Lucius dared to say that this was one of the safest ces on the continent .
Well, at least for now it was .
The protagonist of any story was a star of cmity, Landon was no different
As soon as the Landon Joined Sanctuary, the prestigious record of Sanctuary''s protection got dragged through the mud
Secret attack after secret attack, disaster after disaster. The problems the academy faced were equally deadly as they were unexpected but that was all in the future.
For now at least, Sanctuary was still very safe.
So After agreeing to meet each otherter in the day, a bubbling Alice and a reluctant Cami both said goodbye and Lucius headed out
Lucius watched the other students leave and looked around to see if he could meet any other heroines .
If he could find one, He wouldn''t mind using an instance inducer but unfortunately they all seemed to have gone their own way.
Since that was the case, Lucius didn''t waste anymore time and headed out to see the training facilities.
As Lucius was walking through Sanctuary he took a moment to truly admire the scenery and was a little amazed .
The facilities of Sanctuary were interesting to stay the least.
The ssrooms looked sleek and yet still had enough taste of the mediaeval magical fantasy to leave Lucius with enough of a novel feeling.
But Lucius didn''t spend long in the ssroom area before he came to the training department.
As Lucius walked into the training hall he was rather impressed.
The ce was nothing too special in itself. It just looked like an extremelyrge gymnasium.
It was massive to say the least.
And this was just one of the few training grounds for the first years.
It was clean and well maintained with enough space to facilitate tens of people training at the same time and even space for mock battles. But if you tikka closer lol you could see that this wasn''t just any regr old school gym.
The first thing that made this obvious was the countless training weapons lining the walls.
Chapter 47 47. Xander Caldwell
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The first thing that made this obvious was the countless training weapons lining the walls.
Swords and Spears were the mostmon type of weapon but there was still an abundance of all sorts of weapons.
Sabers, shields, halberds, hammers. You name it; it was there.
The weapons were training weapons so they were naturally all wooden weapons but by looming closer you could see that several of the wooden weapons had different eights towards them marked above their head.
The purpose of this didn''t even need to be said. The difficulty of wielding a sword that wielded 10kgs and 100kgs was obvious to anybody.
Besides all sorts of training weapons, you could see all sorts of training equipment in the ce.
Looking at it like this, it wasn''t too dissimr from a modern day gym.
There were all sorts of free weights and bench presses spaced out in an orderly fashion.
Whilst there were no such things as treadmills or the borate lifting machines of the modern day, the presence of urate weights was still a pleasant surprise for Lucius.
Lucius was impressed with the facilities for the current mediaeval time period and he knew that this wasn''t the limit of The Sanctuary''s facilities.
They still had a few almost magical facilities that could be used to test and train things like agility and endurance and they even had special gravity training rooms.
Unfortunately, those rooms were all exclusive to the senior years and it would be extremely hard for the juniors to enter them to train.
Even if he could enter those rooms, Lucius wouldn''t dare train in them just yet. His body, whilst having made great progress from his initial state, he was still a few paces behind in being able to train in the gravity room freely.
Seeing the orderly gym, Lucius''s hands became a little itchy and wanted to try out the ce.
Taking off his uniform coat, Lucius walked up to the weapon stand and didn''t pick anything too oundish, he just picked up a regr wooden sword of regr weight and walked to the open space near one of the wooden puppets.
Feeling the sword in his palm Lucius, twirled it around a little hit beforepleting a basic set of military swordsmanship.
The swordsmanship he had practised by now wasn''t anything too refined and could be broken down into three simple stages
Vertical sh, Pierce and horizontal cut.
The few weeks he had spent with Uncle Albert were spent drilling those moves down. In addition to this, whilst he hadn''t been able to inherit the talent of the original Lucius he had managed to get the body so the original muscle memory was still there.
After recovering his body he found that it became increasingly easier toplete the sword moves he learned.
Whilst this didn''t make him a genius by any means he was still ahead of the levels of a basic novice.
The past few days Lucius had to admit that he had been cking on his word training, so with a nice facility like this Lucius didn''t hold back and began training in full earnest.
The feeling of shing a sword was stillpletely novel to Lucius even after several weeks had passed.I think you should take a look at
After all, in hisst life, unless you were invested in specific hobbies, the chance to swing a sword was hard toe by.
Lucius didn''t pay attention to the time and enjoyed the sensation of his word cutting through the air as minutes tired to hours and sweat began to pile on his forehead.
Just as Lucius walked towards the side to get a towel and wipe off his sweat he suddenly heard amotion at the gym door.
Looking over Lucius could see a ratherrge group of students walking inside chatting happily.
As the only person in the gym and one that had obviously been sweating it was easy for Lucius to catch the attention of the group so they just paused for a while and whispered quietly as they took a second to look at the handsome young man with piercing red eyes.
As the group was looking at Lucius, he was also watching them.
Lucius didn''t have much of a change on his face and just looked them up and down.
From his initial assessment, he quickly got an understanding of the group.
Easily the group seemed like a group of friends, on closer look you could see that they were all gathered around one man and all even slightly walking behind this one man.
It wasn''t a group of friends as it was a group ofckeys
Looking at the leading man, he quickly came to understand why this was so.
It was a rather handsome man around the same age as Lucius. He had short turquoise-green hair and even greener eyes. The man had a slight smile on his face, but he couldn''t hide the pride and arrogance radiating from his brows.
The face and description easily aligned with the description he had revived from Cami''s notes yesterday
Xander Caldwell.
Lucius looked at this guy and the group ofckeys around him and tried to remember the reason this guy has so many people around him in the first ce.
''Caldwell¡ Caldwell.. Isn''t this guy the son of Count?''
The relevant information quickly came flowing into Lucius''s mind and he soon understood it all.
This guy was definitely a golden spoon and on top of that, he wasn''t some waste golden spoon but a talented one.
Even in a massive ce like the empire, the status of Count was still quite rare.
It could be said that even if Xander don''t do much in life, and just stay around and leached of his father''s money, as the oldest son of the Count he was destined to inherit the title and as such destined to one day be a big man.
To make matters even better, this guy actually had a golden grade talent
Chapter 48 48. Noble Supremacist
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To make matters even better, this guy actually had a golden grade talent
With both a prominent background and amazing talent the current Xander could only be seen as a high value stock!
His status could only go up and rise from this point onward.
But this potential and talent had little meaning towards Lucius so when he saw Xander he didn''t smile instead he eleven had a faint frown on his face.
Like he said before, this Xander guy really wasn''t a good apple.
It could be said that Anybody that walked around with a group ofckeys wasn''t a serious person but knowing that this guy was a destined small viin for the protagonist inevitably made Lucius''s opinion for him drop Lower.
They were both viins and against the protagonist so in a way Lucius and him should actually get along. Even if Lucius didn''t like him personally it should be more beneficial for him to get along with Xande . But that was all if this guy didn''t have one w.
This guy was a noble supremacist.
It wasn''t hard to understand how Xander ended up that way.
This guy was born near the top of the social pyramid. He had not only the background and resources but even the talent as well.
Young people were alway arrogant and the nobility even more so.
The general trend of the world was still that of the ruling noble ss and noble dominance so such a way of thinking wouldn''t really be criticised or stopped. In a way it could be even said or be faintly encouraged, so from a purely objective outlook, Xander''s current world view was understandable.
Even with all this, what truly made Xander have a conflict with the protagonist was that even with his noble status and background he was raucous and firmly surprised by Landon, a meremoner from bum fuck nowhere.
It was the shattering and breaking of his pride that drove him to hate Landon to the extreme.
What made Lucius a bit apprehensive was that his current stats was the same as Landon''s, amoner from the middle of nowhere. No, it should be even worse.
At Least Landon had the backing of the church as the chosen [Saint of Light]. The current Lucius was aplete peasant with nothing to his name .
Xander of course couldn''t know these facts and approached Lucius with a rather polite tone.
From the way Lucius looked and carried himself he really didn''t look and carry himself like a regr peasant.
His refined looks and confident demeanour were not something a regr peasant in Xander''s should have.
Even if you didn''t count the previous Lucius''s background as the Leader of the revolutionary army, Just the memory of Lucius''s previous life was enough.
He came from a world that preached absolute equality.
In that world nobody was superior to anyone else so how could he feel inferior to these backward nobles?
Even if someone''s reached about the nobility of their blood to him he would just sneer in their faces.
Other than the few families in which their blood carried special abilities, this so-called "noble blood" only meant an increased chance of disabilities and birth defects.
Regardless of Lucius''s thoughts Xander approached him with a smile and stretched out his hand.
"Hello there. I saw your face earlier in the Hero ss lobby. Since we''re ssmates this year I don''t think it''ll do any harm for us to introduce ourselves. My name is Xander Caldwell from the Caldwell Count family, it''s my pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Lucius just looked at the outstretched hand for a while before shaking it and replying
"My name is Lucius¡ nost name. Ie from a simple vige so I don''t feel like there''s any need for a big introduction."
Hearing Lucius''s introduction, Xander''s face twitched as his body flinched for a while.
Lucius could see that it caused him some slight difort knowing the fact that he was so humble and polite in front of a meremoner but he suppressed it.
No matter how arrogant he was Xander wasn''t aplete idiot.
Knowing that Lucius was in the Hero ss, even if he was amoner he would never treat him like the peasants he saw.
Someone in the hero ss was someone destined to do things.
Regardless, he tried to maintain a polite expression on his face as he asked.
"So you''re in the hero ss right? What''s your talent."
Lucius could already hear that the faint politeness and courtesy in his voice had already disappeared and Xander was much more blunt in his speech and questions.
A faint frown appeared on Lucius''s face as he replied
"What does it mean to you? I don''t have to tell you anything."
Xander was faintly annoyed but he still carried on
"Hahaha! If you''re embarrassed about your talent, you don''t have to tell me but at least tell us how strong you are. Mortal, 3rd ss, 2nd ss or even first ss?
After saying that Xander just chuckled but Lucius wasn''t amused.
"Like I said before, What does it matter to you?"
Xander''s face now turned ugly.
It was fine if he didn''t want to be friends but what is this?
How could a meremoner disregard him like this?
Xander didn''t really give a shit about a meremoner.
He knew that as amoner his trading and strength could never be too outstanding, it would be lucky if he was in the 3rd ss.
Naturally asking such a question was just a way to faintly embarrass Lucius. But even if he asked the question with bad intentions, thismoner was not showing him any face at all and just treating him like air!
Xander was boiling but Lucius just didn''t care
Seeing that Xander was already displeased, one of the manyckeys around him jumped out ready to use status his status to scare and humble Lucius.
Chapter 49 49. Veronica Beaumont
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Seeing that Xander was already displeased, one of the manyckeys around him jumped out ready to use status his status to scare and humble Lucius.
Xander wouldn''t do such a thing, it was against academy policy, but if one of his Lackeys could vent the frustration for him, then he would be satisfied.
Even if there was me, Xander could y ignorant and deny it all ande out unscathed
"Humph! Aren''t you just a meremoner?
"And who are you?" Asked for Lucius
"I''m from the regr ss B-11¡"
Before he could even finish, Lucius''s bored, cold voice cut him off
"Regr ss? Not worth my time."
His cold, disregarding voice carried a sense of humiliation that a simple insult couldn''t match.
"You! How dare you!"
But Lucius had already turned a blind eye to this guy and looked around more before he locked onto another person.
In fact, if it wasn''t the fact that Xander was in front of him and walking towards him, his attention would have been on this person the entire time
Dazzling purple hair and purple eyes. She was rather short but had a beautiful face that anyone could get lost in. Unfortunately, that face had a haughty and arrogant expression on it.
[Ding! New heroine detected!]
Heroine: Veronica Beaumont
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Sanctuary/ Beaumont Family
Strength: 5
Agility: 8
Stamina: 6
Mana: 12
Will: 7
Talents & Traits:
[Ultimate Fire Resistance] (Gold)
[Fire Caller] (Gold)
[Advanced Magic Aptitude] (Purple)
Arrogant
Haughty
Na?ve
Insecure
Favourability: -10 (Disdain)
Looking at the panel Lucius was impressed. As one of the first love interests to be charmed by the protagonist, her stats were still top ss amongst her peers and she had a few golden grade talents that came along with that.
Before he could look at the talents too long, Lucius heard a sound in his ear.
"Humph! What are you staring at?"
This was definitely an arrogant heroine. At least for now she was.
Her status was not too dissimr from Xander''s. She was also a golden grade talent, it''s just that unlike Xander, her family wasn''t so noble.
Before she came along, the family was just a mere baron family and even amongst barons they were only in the lowest sses of baronial families and their conditions weren''t anything too spectacr.
As Lucius was thinking this he heard another notification go off
[Ding! Conditions met New mission detected!]
[Charm and win the favour of Heroine, Veronica Beaumont and steal her away from her fianc¨¦.
Reward:
Talent Copy Card - Veronica Beaumont X1
+2000 LP ]
As Lucius heard this he almost started salivating on the spot.
Missions?
He had never gotten them before but regardless, he couldn''t contain his excitement.
A Talent Copy Card!
Although there was no description added, the effects of such a thing would be obvious.
For Lucius, the benefits shouldn''t be understated.
The current Veronica already had two golden grade talents, even the lowest ranking talent was still purple grade. Regardless of what happens, it was still a major profit!
The LP bonus was much morecklustre inparison. With a mere 2000LP, it would be difficult to hit a decent blue grade talent much less a purple one. But for Lucius, Love points were just like money. You couldin that you were missing some but you could never say that there was too much.
As Lucius read the description again he saw something shocking.
''Fianc¨¦? Huh? What is this in the description?''
Searching his memory, Lucius quickly remembered the details.
''No way, she''s that guy''s fianc¨¦?!''
Looking at Xander, Lucius had a strange expression on his face.
In the novel, this guy was really wronged.
Not only was this guy humiliated again and again by the protagonist. His schemes went up in smoke and even his fianc¨¦ was stolen!
Tch! Tch! This guy just couldn''t get a break!
As an aspiring and soon to be viin himself, Lucius couldn''t help but feel pity for the guy.
After all, with the way things were going right now, an eventual confrontation with the protagonist was inevitable.
If in the future he ended up as humiliated as poor Xander he might just vomit blood and die on the spot.
He could never allow himself to end up like the future Xander, so he could only do what he had to do and steal the man''s fianc¨¦.
As for the protagonist?
Such a wretched thing like stealing women shouldn''t be for the protagonist.
Even if he wanted to, Lucius wouldn''t allow it.
He would selflessly carry the burden of stealing women, staining his hands so the protagonist wouldn''t have to walk down this dark road.
Sigh¡
Although he may be a viin with such a selfless and sacrificial mindset, how was he not the hero?
In addition to this, Veronica was also the daughter of a baron, although it wasn''t much. Such a background was still of great use to the revolution¡
Sigh!
It seemed like the leader of the revolutionary army would have to sacrifice himself for the cause once again.
Cough! It''s not that I want to do this, I promise!
It''s just that as a man when duty calls, you must step up to the table.
Cami would definitely have a heart attack if she could hear her Young Leader''s shameless thoughts. Unfortunately for Cami by now Lucius''s skin was too thick.
Even if his thoughts were exposed for all to see, Lucius would still vehemently defend the view that it was all for the Revolutionary cause until his veryst breath!
Whilst Lucius was having these, Veronica also managed to notice Lucius''s lingering gaze and just secretly scoffed.
For her, it wasn''t the first time a man''s gaze had lingered on her. It just made her look down on Lucius even more. Especially after realising that Lucius was amoner.
She didn''t care to chastise Lucius because, even though he seemed a little confident, she didn''t believe he had the courage to look too long.
Chapter 50 50. Confrontation.
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She didn''t care to chastise Lucius because even though he seemed a little confident she didn''t believe he had the courage to look too long.
Besides, even if he did, her fianc¨¦ was here and she was confident that if he didn''t correct himself he would definitely make sure Lucius had a ''good time''
Just as Veronica had expected, Lucius''s gaze only lingered on her for a short while before he moved on
But even if it wasn''t long, Xander had also noticed Lucius''s lingering gaze and was rightfully annoyed.
By this point, Xander couldn''t maintain his indifferent facade not anymore no matter how hard he tried.
Not caring about any rules or etiquette he stepped out in front of Lucius blocking his path.
He did not want to let Lucius off the hook so easily so narrowed his eyes as he spoke out.
"You seem to be a swordsman, why don''t we have a little sword duel? Surely you won''t run away from this. Even if you are amoner with no reputation, surely you have some pride."
But Lucius just sneered.
Pride? How did this have anything to do with pride?
Lucius didn''t have a deep arrogance Like Xander. He wouldn''t get offended over something like this and as such it was impossible to drag him into a fight that he didn''t want to get into.
But seeing that Lucius was still not agreeing, Xander didn''t want to let him go.
"Friend, I think it''s best that you agree. At least you should do it while I''m still asking nicely."
As Xander spoke green sparks of wind and lightning started to crackle across his skin.
Seeing this, Lucius tightened on his hand around his training sword.
He was avoiding a fight with Xander because he knew he simply couldn''t win but that didn''t mean he was a coward.
If Xander made a move, Lucius wouldn''t hesitate to swing
With the boost of the Amulet of the high king his stats had reached the threshold of 3rd ss. If a fight was to break out he would probably lose but at this distance, he was confident to make a spell caster like Xander bear a substantial cost.
The air seemed to grow tense as even theckeys around Xander didn''t dare speak.
They knew that they should stop Xander from breaking the rules but they didn''t dare speak out and earn his annoyance right now
Just as the bnce seemed like the situation was about to crack, a sound was heard to the side as the doors to the gym swung open
"Lucius we''ve been waiting for you all day so we decided toe and see¡"
Alice didn''t even get to finish her sentence before she was shocked speechless by the scene in front of her.
She could see two figures ring at each other.
One wrapped in azure lighting and the other clutching a wooden sword with burning crimson eyes.
"What''s going on here?"
A cold voice sounded out that made everyone feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts.
Xander didn''t know when, but at some point a cold faced beauty had emerged from his side brandishing a set of shing daggers.
Xander''s eyes shook with shock but he managed to contain his surprise and prevent it from showing on his face.
"Humph! You''re lucky today."
As he said that Xander didn''t have the face to stay around anymore and walked out.
As the leader of the group, if he couldn''t stay hisckeys would also have to follow.
Although as his fianc¨¦ she wasn''t apleteckey. Due to the situation of both their families Veronica could still be considered his follower so she also left.
Seeing the group leave the gym l, Lucius finally breathed a sigh of relief but he didn''t get to rest before Cami''s concerned voice appeared.
"Young Leader what''s going on? I left you alone for a few hours and a terrible incident almost happened. This is all a result of my own negligence, I will not leave your side so easily again."
Hearing this Lucius quickly got those thoughts out of Cami''s head.
Cami, there''s no need to panic so much the situation is not so serious.
It was just a small confrontation between ssmates. Things are not so bad that I was truly at risk. Even if Xander is arrogant he won''t break the rules of the Academy too much, at most it will be some flesh wounds that take a bit longer to heal. He wouldn''t dare leave any longsting injuries on me. He''s not a heroic ss talent, just a golden grade one. His Count rank Family wouldn''t be able to defend him if he breaks the rules of the academy ."
Although Cami wasn''t wholly convinced, it still was enough to calm her down.
¡.
After the Xanders group left, they could be seen walking through the hallways of The Sanctuary, it was just that contrary to the scene of the light hearted happiness from before the aura around the group was quite heavy. In this current situation nobody dared to speak up.
Eventually, it was Xander who broke the silence.
"So, what did you think about that guy?"
Seeing the chance to please the boss again, the student who had spoken up against Luciusst time also wanted to again seize the opportunity.
"Humph!" Said the young man
"He''s just an arrogantmoner that doesn''t know the height of the world. Inparison to Lord Xander he''s-"
But before the man could Conroe Xander''s cold voice interrupted
"Shut up."
As he heard Xander''s cold voice the young man instantly wanted to cry!
He had been humiliated by Lucius before when he tried to speak out. Now that his boss was unhappy he wanted toy out some ttering words to make him feel better and earn some favour; he had somehow managed to offend him instead!
"I''m not speaking to you." said Xander coldly making the student shiver like a leaf in the wind
Chapter 51 51. Bottom Line.
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"I''m not speaking to you," said Xander coldly making the student shiver like a leaf in the wind
Hearing this Reba thought about Xander''s question for a little while before she eventually replied,
"He''s quite prideful and he doesn''t show the usual fear or cautionmoners regrly have for nobles. Either he''s ignorant or he''s just that confident in his own talent."
As Xander heard Veronica''s evaluation he just scoffed
"His confidence in his talent can''t be that high, otherwise he would have just stated what talent he had outright."
Hearing this Veronica just shrugged
"Maybe it''s not abat rted talent, who knows?"
Realising that there was no point in continuing this mindless spection, Xander just snorted coldly and continued his way around the academy, his mood now soured.
He hadn''t forgotten about Lucius, what happened today would be paid back.
The Caldwell family would never forget its grudges, no matter how small and insignificant they may seem¡.
¡.
After meeting up with Cami and Alice Lucius counties to explore the rest of Sanctuary and after a full day he had managed to get a good idea of the ce.
At least now he knew where the departments and keg locations were.
Lucius also didn''t make any changes in the sses that he picked.
He briefly considered adding magic to the courses that he would practise but after speaking with a few of the teachers for the magic department he quickly got that thought out of his head.
Magic took a lot of preparation and preliminary education before you could even get started.
Although being a magician had a higher power ceiling than being a fighter or a swordsman, it took much longer to convert the training into actualbat power which was the main thing Lucius needed at the moment.
Without excellent talent, it would be a joke to think you could be a magician capable of fighting within a few months, not to mention the few days Lucius had.
Even if he bought a magic talent with his Love Points, the situation would only be slightly better.
Only the goody talents like [Master of Mana] could ignore the time constraints needed to train magic simply because with talent like that mana simply followed your every will, casting spells was as easy as breathing.
For the Other talents below this, whilst they would definitely improve your magic potential, they wouldn''t outright break the rules.
Simply put, unless Lucius could somehow get enough Love points to buy the [Master of Mana] talent, buying any other magic talent was simply doing loss making business.
There was absolutely no point!
So with the idea of learning magicpletely crossed off for the foreseeable future, Lucius really didn''t have much to do in the academy any longer.
After going to the magic department and being thoroughly disappointed.
Lucius just spent some time with Alice and Cami enjoying the other things outside of sanctuary like going to some nearby cafes and seeing the streets to the capital.
If it wasn''t for the fear of wandering too far and missing curfew, they probably would have gone out to truly explore the capital city, unfortunately they could only go to the ces located near Sanctuary for now.
But as a ce with thousands of students, living in and going to each day, the business savvy people would never miss a chance to make a profit so there were still lots of shops and ces located near Sanctuary.
The two girls enjoyed the new and novel sight, even the usually serious Cami could be seen cracking a few smiles.
As the girls were enjoying themselves, Lucius was also having a good time.
He was farming Love points!
Although his Love Points didn''t go up by a high amount with each action only around 10 points each time, money was still money do Lucius was still very pleased.
If it wasn''t for the fear of utterly embarrassing the two girls in public, Lucius would have shamelessly used a few [Instance Inducers] to get an even greater harvest of Love points. It''s just that Lucius had only used it once until now and didn''t know where the true limits of such power lied.
If it would cause the two heroines to stumble into his arms a few times then that was fine but if it caused their skirts to randomly go flying up or other wardrobe mishaps then Lucius''s conscience would be hit.
He was shameless, he would be the first to admit that, but he still had a bottom line!
As Lucius had this thought he suddenly heard a notification go of in his head
[Ding! Conditions met New mission detected!]
[Buy and use an Instance Inducer
Reward: 200 Love Points ]
The second Lucius saw this he was left speechless.
He just had some thoughts about being a decent person but that god suddenly there a mission to test his bottom line. Just how wretched could this god get?
Lucius looked at the mission with interest but as he saw the amount of Love points rewarded, he just sneered.
200 Love Points to break his bottom line? Just who did he take him for?
Double it and give it to the next person!
Just as Lucius thought this another notification came in.
[Buy and use an Instance Inducer
Reward: 400 Love Points ]
Lucius was surprised to see that the love Points had actually doubled but even with that he still remained unmoved
400 Love points was an increase but it was still not enough!
Sorry, but double it and give it to the next person!
As Lucius thought this, he pretended not to look at the panel and looked away.
But as the seconds turned to minutes he couldn''t help but sigh.
Sure enough, no matter how lousy a god was he wouldn''t be so naive as to fall for such basic tricks.
400 Love points couldn''t move Lucius but if they kept doubling the situation was unknown
Chapter 52 52. The Plan
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400 to 800.
800 to 1600
If 1600 Love Points couldn''t move you, what about 5000? What about 10000?
As for Morals?
Sorry, but in front of such an amount, Morals were temporary, only Love Points were forever!
10,000 Love Points was the realm of purple and golden grade talents.
Unfortunately the god had read him like a book and as such , Lucius''s n to earn some easy money could only go up in smoke.
The god didn''t want to get scammed by Lucius and Lucius alsopletely looked down on the 400 love Points so he could only forget it.
"Lucius, what''s the problem? You just stopped in the middle of the street all of a sudden."
"Ah.. that? It''s nothing. I was just thinking about something."
He realistically considered selling them out so when Lucius saw Alice''s beautiful curious face in front of him he felt a little guilty.
He really wanted to scold himself.
With such a beauty , how could you ever think about selling her out.
Such an innocent girl had to be protected!
But just as Lucius had these morally good thoughts, an ominous sound went off in his head
[Ding! Conditions met New mission detected!]
[Buy and use an Instance Inducer.
Reward: 450 Love Points ]
''Oh piss off!'' Thought Lucius
He really didn''t want to deal with this annoying god any longer!
¡..
"Ahhh¡"
Getting in his room, Lucius lied on his bed and breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Lucius had enjoyed himself a bit today.
It had still confirmed something for him. Shopping withdies was never an easy task.
Fortunately both of the girls he was with weren''t used to spending big.
Alice came from a small noble family that''s Weber even as wealthy as most merchants and Cami was raised as a soldier and and instant for. The revolution that army where she barely even had any money of her own to begin with
If they were reced with another pair of nobledies with more high end tastes then Lucius would definitely shed tears if he wanted to keep ying up the image of a big man.
Of course, besides the enjoyable afternoon, the whole ordeal in the morning wasn''t that pleasant of an experience.
He had run into his fellow viin but instead of bing allies they had instead be hostile.
But then again, it''s not necessarily a bad thing¡
At the end of the day, ever since Lucius was given the task to capture the heart of Veronica, Xander''s fianc¨¦, he and Xander were destined to not get along.
For the potential golden grade talent and Love Points Lucius would work hard to charm the heroine by any means necessary and as the saying goes, ''If ain''t broke, don''t fix it''
For someone like Veronica, the way the protagonist had eventually won her heart was through the initial conflict with Xander.
Lucius didn''t have to reinvent the wheel.
He could just follow in Landon''s footsteps and do the same thing. Albeit with his reduced strength, there would be parts that he couldn''t imitate, the general premise would still be the same.
Regardless if it was today or if it was tomorrow Lucius was destined to get into conflict with and humiliate Xander.
Unless Xander could happily hand over his fianc¨¦ to him the fight was inevitable.
Based on this fact Lucius thought about his situation a little longer.
He made up a n in his mind about how to follow the steps of the protagonist to the best of his abilities.
Lucius brainstormed for several more minutes but it wasn''t long before his eyelids started to get heavy
"Yawn!"
Lucius rubbed his eyes.
He hadn''t created a perfect n but at least now he had something. He would be much more confined inpleting the mission for Veronica Beaumont than he was even only a few seconds ago
I''ve done enough, for now, let''s just get some sleep
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The next day
Lucius could be seen walking on his way towards the ssroom.
He had just finished with the entrance ceremony for the Academy and it was definitely an impressive sight.
As the academy for the human race and more importantly the academy sponsored and funded by the Empire, this wasn''t just about traditions and heritage, it was also a matter of face.
The students attending Sanctuary weren''t just the talented children of the nobles from the empire but also princes and Princess along with all other nobles from the countless vassal states underneath the empire.
It was as much a tradition as it was a way to instil a sense of awe and shock in the kinds of children from other vassal states .
As long as Sanctuary showed its amazing background and power and as long as the Empire itself remained strong, it would be hard for these vassal states to have any funny ideas .
Especially with the daunting image that Sanctuary would leave in the kind of all its graduates which would often be the high ranking members of these vassal states .
The opening ceremony had gathered thousands of students and was a wonderful disy.
The magic tower and magic department of sanctuary coborated to show a grand scene of illusions of magic, disying a fantastical scene of a giant Silver lion, the symbol of the empire, walking along the grounds as beautiful silver roses bloomed with each word spoken by the people on stage.
It was a sight one would never forget.
For Lucius he felt a little awed and even started sweating a little.
For just a little disy the empire didn''t care and disyed such powerful magic.
It was just a disy so there was no malicious intent but what if there was?
Those thousands of stunned would be trapped in an illusion with no way out.
Lucius couldn''t help but scold the Revolutionary Army for their crazy thoughts.
These are the guys you want to destroy?
It''s no wonder that the heads of the revolutionary army had been assassinated several times and even the mighty Sirius Vexx was killed!
Chapter 53 53. Desk Mates
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It''s no wonder that the heads of the revolutionary army had been assassinated several times and even the mighty Sirius Vexx was killed!
Facing a background like Empire, they really were just a group of fireflies dancing in front of a dazzling sun!
Lucius was originally shocked and excited by the disy but after realising these guys weren''t his allies but enemies, he became demotivated.
Fortunately he was in the middle of the academy and could throw away the responsibility of the revolutionary army for now . If he was still stuck there and had toe up with a reasonable way to fight these guys he might end up seriously depressed .
Not wanting to think too much, Lucius opened the door to the ss room and walked inside.
As Lucius walked in he could see that there were already several other students that had arrived before him.
But since he had already seen most of them yesterday in the dormitory he didn''t for us in them too much and instead looked at the ssroom .
To be honest Lucius wasn''t that impressed.
The ssroom was really quite regr.
Lucius even had the faint illusion that he was sent back to his previous life.
Although the ssroom couldn''t have electric lights hanging on the roof or radiators on the side.
Magic engineering meant that the magic devices that could achieve simr effects.
Theyout out the academy was simr to that of a standard ssroom
Each student with their own desk lined up next to each other in several rows.
Lucius didn''t know the exact number of students in the Hero ss but he knew there were around 30+ students and the scary thing about the hero ss was that the students in the ss itself were subject to Change.
Remember, not everyone in the hero ss was a golden grade talent. There were several people with purple grade talents amongst them.
Naturally there would also be people with purple grade talents amongst the other sses.
In order to promotepletion and prevent the students in the Heroic ss from bing too arrogant there were opportunities for the students in the ss to change.
If someone was added to
The hero ss, it could be a moment of joy and celebration for that person and their family but if you were one did the people unlucky enough to be demoted
From the hero ss the shame would simply be too Much to bear.
As this was happening Lucius don''t go up to
Sparks to
Cami be Alice he instead went and looked for his seat.
Lucius found that his seating position was just a little bit past the middle row and he was just one seat away from the window.
Walking up Lucius found his seat and took a look at his desk mates.
As Lucius looked to the seat to his left beside the window.
It was a petite girl with baby pink hair, her pretty face was down buried in a book but it wasn''t as much reading as it was a way to hide.
Seeing that he would be next to this person for rest of the years Lucius thought he should at least introduce himself but that''s when he heard a notification go off
[Ding! New heroine detected!]
Heroine: Nina
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Sanctuary
Strength: 4
Agility: 6
Stamina: 4
Mana: 5
Will: 15
Talents & Traits:
[True Alchemist] (Gold)
[Potion Master] (Gold)
[Tinkerer](Purple)
[Researcher](Blue)
Insecure
Naive
Curious
Studious
Creative
Favourability: 0 (Neutral)
''So that''s Nina Huh¡'' thought Lucius
''She sure does fit the quiet timid image the book had given her.''
In a way Lucius felt like he was liking at a cute but timid mouse
"Hello, I''m Lucius. It''s a pleasure to meet to do let''s get along"
"Ah, tha¡. That''s¡. Ah¡."
Nina just stuttered as she tried to get her words out
"Ah¡ it''s nice to meet you. You smell nice.. no.. I mean..."
Nina''s face just turned red as she was left pletely embarrassed
She was not good with people so panicked when Lucius spoke to her blurting out whatever she had on her mind
''So embarrassing¡ I want to disappear!''
Lucius looked at the blushing girl and the giant impulse to tease her appeared in his heart
"Sonm what do I smell like?" Asked Lucius.
He was a little curious. Each heroine had their own desired smell and since the charming scent was a purple grade talent, it could never be simple.
"That.." murmured Nina
"I don''t know how to put it into words but.. you.. you smell like magic?"
Lucius: !!
What the¡
Lucius was invested now and wanted to ask her more but looking at Nina that waspletely red. He felt that if he pushed her anymore she might just pass out out of embarrassment.
Lucius looked to his right to take a look at his desk mate, but when he looked there he found that the desk was still left empty.
Lucius didn''t think too much about it and just brought the relevant books and stationary out from his bag.
It was then he looked to see that Xander and his entourage entered the ssroom.
It''s just that unlike the day before, the entourage had shrunk greatly and the people around him this time weren''t gathering around him likeckeys.
Lucius could see no disdain in the way they talked to each other. This wasn''t the look of ackey and his boss but the look of pure equals.
Shortly after they entered, Lucius could see a purple haired beauty waking towards him.
It was only when she sat down and pulled out
Hello there miss, we meet again. What a coincidence that after our unpleasant encounter yesterday we now end up as desk mates.``
"Humph!"
Veronica just scoffed, disdaining to even maintain conversation with him.
Faced with a response like this, Lucius could just scratch his head in embarrassment
He thought with his handsome looks and charming scent that he could at least leave a good impression but it looks like he really had overestimated himself.
Chapter 54 54. Lessons
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But it wasn''t all bad.
From the fact that Lucius was sitting next to Veronica, it meant that Lady Luck was still smiling on him.
If they hadn''t even sat near each other, there would be nowhere for them to even interact and if things were like that, then Lucius wouldn''t even know where to start
Before Lucius could be too embarrassed by his fault, His attention was quickly drawn elsewhere
"Now, now, all of you. quiet please."
As the voice rang out, a tall stern faced man walked into the room.
With his presence, no one dared talk any longer.
Even amongst news students, the man''s prestige was terrifyingly high.
Mr. Hoffman!
"I hope you have enjoyed your free days and have grown used to the Academy by now, but now is the time to get serious. From here on out your learning starts in earnest!"
In addition to the elected courses, you picked to specifically study. students of the academy will also study the general course. For the heroic ss, this includes the history of the kingdom, the history and genealogy of demons and monsters, as well as some basic dungeon theory. There will be practical exams at the end of every term in which the cement of sses could be subject to change. But practicals won''t just be limited to the end of term exams they can take ce at any time that the academy would deem appropriate, although you will be notified with a minimum of at least a week before any practical takes ce in order for you to adequately prepare. This is not a game after all.
Although The Sanctuary will try its best to ensure your safety and that of all of its students, if you yourself are reckless and carefree there''s a high chance you will end up dead.
I''ve seen too many geniuses with amazing talents end up dead because of a moment of simple carelessness."
As Mr. Hoffman spoke, the ssroom could feel a slight chill.
Although Mr. Hoffman spoke quite casually, anyone could clearly see that this was a warning for all of them.
No matter how talented you are, don''t be overconfident and don''t let your guard down!
Mr. Hoffman continued briefing the ss on some lesser details about Sanctuary until he finally started with the first lecture of Lucius''s academy life
"For the first lecture, I won''t go into something too heavy. We will begin with the history of The Sanctuary and the modern function of adventurers and aspiring heroes"
"The history of The Sanctuary began¡."
As Mr. Hoffman spoke no one was bold enough to secretly talk.
All that could be heard was the secret scribbling of pens as students were taking notes.
Even if someone was toozy to take notes they still at least looked forward to at least pretend to pay attention.
For 2 more hours Mr. Hoffman''s first lecture continued. There was only a brief break at the end of the first hour before the lecture continued once again. Fortunately, it wasn''t too long before the bell rang signalling it was time for the lecture to end.
"Well then ss. It''s unfortunately time for ss to end but I hope you remember what you learned today. I won''t be so cruel as to give you an assessment so soon I will still be asking questions on this for the next lesson."
After he said this, Mr. Hoffman packed up his stuff and left the ssroom.
Lucius breathed a sigh of relief and rxed but now that the first lesson was over it was time for him to go to his elected courses.
The one he had this time was swordsmanship training.
Unfortunately, this didn''t cross over with either Cami''s or Alice''s courses so he could only quickly say hello to them before he went to the training grounds.
It didn''t take long before Lucius arrived at the training grounds.
When he walked in, he saw several students already there ahead of time waiting.
Swordsmanship was a popr course so he could see quite a few students from his ss there, and it wasn''t just students from his ss.
Swordsmanship was an elective course so people from other sses were there.
But even if people from other sses were there Lucius didn''t think their talents would be too low. Either purple or at the very minimum blue grade talents.
Since they were learning with the monsters from the Hero ss, if they didn''t have these talents they would not be able to keep up and the gap would only get further and further as time passed. Such a thing wasn''t good for anyone.
It wasn''t good for the students for the hero ss that needed good sparring partners and it wasn''t good for the students falling behind, as it could easily affect their mentality and confidence.
But Lucius wasn''t sure if things were going to be normal this year, after all, currently, there was a guy that could knock the confidence of most of these so-called geniuses in the hero ss anyway.
Lucius looked at Landon, the source of this worry and could see the clear anticipation and eagerness flowing from his eyes.
"Tsk!"
Lucius almost wanted to cuss...
This guy was already so strong and yet he was addicted to training, almost as if it was some drug.
It would be fine if this guy was only slightly talented, but the author went and made him aplete and utterly perfect MC with broken talents.
Just how were regr people supposed to survive!?
As Lucius was having these thoughts a man could be seen walking inside of the room.
It was azy looking man with short stubble on his chin and messy brown hair.
He looked at the new batch of students and nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied with the students in front of him.
"Good, good." Commented the man.
"From first looks alone, you guys aren''t half-bad, at least you''re better than the kids I gotst year."
"My name is Mr. Stevens and I will be your teacher of the swordsmanship course for the first year."
Chapter 55 55. Sanctuary Sword Style
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"Now I know a lot of you already have learnt some swordsmanship before you entered academy and whilst I will be here to guide and assist you in swordsmanship the main job I will be taking you will be teaching you the swordsmanship created by the academy, Sanctuary Swordsmanship"
As the man spoke, he quickly brandished his sword, causing a wild wind to rush past the faces of everyone present.
Instantly everyone started paying attention with excited gleams in their eyes. Even Lucius was no different.
Compared with the boring history and code of conduct from earlier today, this was what could bring someone some real excitement.
Swordsmanship and magic were the true essence of a magical fantasy world.
After bringing out his sword, Mr. Stevens began his lesson.
"Sanctuary Swordsmanship is the cornerstone of our Sanctuary academy and the culmination of many geniuses and sages over the years. If I had to describe the Sanctuary Swordsmanship style in one word it would be this:
Stability.
When the swordsmanship style was created, the world was in chaos. Battles raged and the lives of fighters were harvested like the spring wheat .
This was a waste of the sword made to ensure the survival and defence of its wielder.."
As Mr. Stevens spoke, he took a stance, his feet shoulder width apart as he gripped the sword with both hands and slightly bent knees.
If one looked at him you could find that it was as if you were looking at a giant Boulder. No, a mountain!
It was a mountain that didn''t seem to shake no matter what happened!
"But don''t think the sword style is just defensive ." Said Mr. Stevens
With his words, the aura around him and his stance quickly changed.
The gated, defensive posture of the Sanctuary Sword style suddenly opened up as his sword shot out like a storm!
"Boom!"
The air screamed as a line of mana tore through the training ground causing the air to swirl as the uniforms of everyone present fluttered.
"Sanctuary Sword style could never be a solely defensive swords style. After all, no matter how great your defence is, defence will never kill your enemies."
The murderous intent in his voice wasn''t concealed in the slightest brushing against the skin of everyone present causing goosebumps.
"Practitioners of Sanctuary Swordsmanship embody the essence of both serenity and unwaveringposure but at the same time they must be fearless and dauntless incorporating calcted counter attacks as well as swift and precise attacks that can tear through an opponents defence.
In addition to this, due to the extremely stable and yet fluid nature of the Sanctuary Sword style it is the perfect foundational sword style to base your swordsmanship around. Sanctuary swordsmanship can flow into and beyers behind a multitude of other sword styles,
As Mr. Stevens spoke his feet shifted like flowing water as his stance easily transformed.
The aura around his sword changed into that of a ferocious beast and as he swung down his sword one could also swear they heard a terrifying wolf cry."
Gulp.
The group of students collectively stepped back in front of such an overwhelming aura and Mr. Stevens just smiled mischievously.
"Well, I''ve exined the basics, when ites to swordsmanship, theory alone is never enough. It''s always better to see with your eyes."
It was then that Mr. Stevens'' eyes quickly scanned the crowd of students before stopping.
"Student Landon."
"Yes Mr. Stevens."
"You were the one who broke all the previous records of the academy."
"That is correct Mr Stevens, I am indeed the one."
"Haha! Great! If that''s the case then I hope you wouldn''t mind joining me in a quick spar to demonstrate the swordsmanship to the rest of the ss."
"Of course," replied Landon
"I would love to."
As he said this Landon stepped forward the Battle intent practically bursting in his eyes.
Faced with such overwhelming battle intent, even the calm he at t of Mr Stevens stirred slightly.
Landon walked up to Mr Stevens confidently as he ced his hand on his sword and called out
"Mr Stevens I''m about to start."
"Whenever you''re ready." Replied Mr. Stevens confidently.
"Then I''ll begin."
There was the sound of his sword scraping against his sheath as Landon''s sword was drawn in an instant.
Landon''s body flickered forward as his sword wrapped in mana crashed down towards Mr Landon!
Seeing this sight Mr Landon just smiled as he moved his sword.
His sword could only be described like flowing water as it gently touched Landon''s sword causing it to suddenly tilt to the ground at his side
"Boom!"
Feeling his attack miss, Landon''s heart was shocked.
Just now, when the two swords met, he felt like he had just hit nothing. There was some resistance, but it was minuscule as if what he had shed was not a living person but a pool of water.
Yet even with the minimal force his sword was cleanly deflected.
The shock in Landon''s heart onlysted for a while before it was reced with a bright smile!
This is it!
This is the fight he''s been waiting for!
Landon didn''t hold back anymore his sword crashed down like a storm as only the faint afterimage of each attack could be seen
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Each attack came down with devastating force but Mr. Stevens didn''t just deflect anymore.
His stance changed as he lowered his body slightly.
Each attack was soundly blocked by the defence of the Sanctuary sword style.
Mr. Stevens'' sword had changed from a flowing river to an unshakable boulder.
With both hands on the sword, Mr. Stevens'' sword moved at ease in any angle, blocking Landon''s every attack and even sending him back slightly with the terrifying shock of the rebound force.
Mr. Stevens blocked Landon''s every attack with ease, but he couldn''t help but be slightly impressed.
Even faced with no path in, Landon hadn''t stopped attacking and he was constantly changing and showing variation in his sword moves as he tried to find any gap to break in.
Chapter 56 56. A Duel
Even Mr Stevens had to admit that if he wasn''t as experienced in the Sanctuary Sword style the. Landon probably would have found a gap by now.
The students watching the battle were even more impressed.
For them, this was a sight of awe.
Although the two of them intentionally didn''t use much mana to avoid creating a messy scene, the fight was still beyond the limits of many of the people here.
''Well then, I guess I should start attacking then.'' Thought Mr Stevens
''It''s time to show these kids a little ferocity.''
As Mr Steven thought this, his stance changed once again. His sword rushed out like a ferocious animal yet it wasn''t crazed or wild. Each swing was refined and calcted, perfectlyplimenting the Sanctuary Sword style.
But In the next moment, Mr. Steven was so shocked that his heart nearly stopped beating.
''M-monster!''
As Mr Steven started his attacks on Landon he watched wide eyed as the young man''s stance gradually changed.
The attacks that used to send him stumbling backwards were being slightly cushioned and on a few asions, Landon managed to remain steadfast, deflecting some blows and even managing to get a few counter attacks in.
Of course, Mr. Stevens was still able to easily block these counter attacks but the shock didn''t fade
''No way, this¡.''
He couldn''t believe his eyes. Right now, he was seeing the elementary forms of the Sanctuary Sword style.
Without even being taught based on one fight alone, Landon was already capable of copying a bit of the swordsmanship Mr. Stevens showed.
Of course, even if it was copied it was only rudimentary. The sword moves were undeveloped and nowhere near a satisfactory level
But the essence, the main core of the Sanctuary Sword style, had already been understood by Landon.
''¡Really. I don''t get paid enough for this.'' sighed Mr Stevens
''This why I hate dealing with these monsters with [Sword Master] talent, they never let anyone live normally!''
Thinking about the three known monsters with [Sword Master] talent in the empire, even Mr Stevens couldn''t help but shiver.
Landon''s future was still unknown but Mr Stevens knew that at least in terms of swordsmanship, he would be a monster that could perfectly match them.
"Alright, that''s enough."
As Mr Stevens said this he put away his sword.
Causing Landon to be shocked and quicklye out of his focused battle state.
Not only was the battle enough for the students to see the use of the Sanctuary Sword style in actualbat, but Mr. Stevens was also afraid that if he kept on fighting that Landon could very well learn the rest of the Sanctuary Sword Style.
As a teacher, wouldn''t that just make him useless?
Although he was slightly exaggerating here, it would be a lie to say that his confidence wasn''t hit.
It was moments like this that once again reminded him that all people were created equal.
Monsters with master ss talents really had things easier than the rest.
After the spar was over, the fervour of the students had finally reached its peak.
Seeing this, Mr. Stevens just smiled and began to teach in earnest
"The first movement of the Sanctuary Sword Style goes like this¡"
¡..
Half an hourter the training of Mr. Stevens was already in full swing.
Tens of students could be seen swinging their swords as Mr. Stevens walked around the training hall, pointing out the mistakes of students and guiding them in their practice.
Seeing that the students had made some decent progress, Mr Stevens nodded in satisfaction.
He scanned the group of students before saying.
"Well, since most of you have gotten started with the basics of the sword style, you can now begin with some actualbat experience. You guys should pick a partner and have a spar with them to get used to the sword style.
"Excuse me sir, I have a question ."
At that moment a handsome man with turquoise hair and green eyes raised his hand and walked out of the crowd.
Seeing this familiar face, Lucius was stunned.
''The fuck is that guy doing here?''
The guy in question was none other than Xander Caldwell.
From the description of this guy''s talent, Lucius knew that all of them were biassed for him to take the magicians route. It didn''t make any sense for him to have elected to take a Swordsmanship course unless¡
''Well would get a load of this guy.'' Thought Lucius slightly amused
''He actually wants to be a magic swordsman!''
It wasn''t impossible to learn a skill without a talent.
Just because you didn''t have swordsmanship talent didn''t mean you couldn''t learn swordsmanship, it just meant that at best your speed of learning would only be average.
The kind of thinking that you should just learn what you are talented in slowly developed in this world because with the ability to see your own talents people became slightly invaded with maximising their effort and potential.
And to be honest, for someone like Xander bing a magic sword man wasn''t actually all that bad an idea.
With his [Storm Caller] talent lightning and wind spells would be as easy as breathing for him.
He didn''t have to bother learning any attack spells, only getting more familiar with his talent, so with the resources and teaching of The Sanctuary he would be able to make rapid progress in swordsmanship, even if his talent was only average.
"So what do you want to ask?" Questioned Mr Steven
"Well, before a spar I''d like to request permission to challenge someone to a duel." Asked Xander
"Oh? And who would that be?" Asked Mr Stevens, a little amused
Xander didn''t say anything and just turned towards Lucius with a crafty smile on his face.
Faced with that look, Lucius''s heart skipped a beat.
''it can''t be..''
"Mr Stevens, the one I''d like to challenge to a duel, would be that man over there, Lucius."
''Well, Shit.'' Thought Lucius
Chapter 57 57. Mages And Fighters
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As soon as Xander''s words came out, Mr Steven''s gaze instantly turned towards Lucius and it wasn''t just Mr. Stevens. All the other students present couldn''t help but give Lucius a second look.
It couldn''t be helped.
Something so juicy like a duel on the first day was something enough to get the attention of any student.
As this was going on Mr. Stevens took the time to look at Lucius closely.
''That''s him isn''t it? The kid with the particr golden talent. What was it again¡. Ah! [Supreme Student]''
I remember the guys in the office told me I should pay some attention to this kid so I can''t help but wonder what he''s capable of. Surely we won''t have another monster.''
As Mr Stevens thought this he couldn''t help but steal another secret nce in Landon''s direction.
If he had two monster-like geniuses in one ss he really wouldn''t know how to cope!
"Fine." Said Mr Stevens
"You can have your little duel, that is unless the other party disagrees"
"Surely you won''t back down now, right Lucius?"
As Xander said this, Lucius could feel countless gazes in his direction.
''This bastard! No wonder he asked for permission publicly like this, he was trying to force me into this duel all along!''
Although in his heart, Lucius was cursing up a storm he still managed to maintain a calm demeanour on his face.
" I agree to the duel but there has to be some conditions. I can''t use mana so if we''re going to have a duel both mana and magic have to be banned during it."
As Xander hears this condition, his face crumpled.
"This is a bit too unfair don''t you think? You are at least a 3rd ss fighter and until now I mostly focused on magic, without magic and mana, isn''t it just your advantage?"
Hearing this Lucius just rolled his eyes.
Now there''s no magic, this bitch starts crying but before he was just sneering with an ugly smile on his face.
But even with that, Lucius knew he couldn''t push forward with this. After all, banning magic and mana was bullying the guy a bit too much. If things carried ok there was a chance that people would side with him and then he really had no hope.
"How about this?" Said Lucius
"You''re a Mage that wants to be a magic swordsman so you should know some support magic, right?"
"¡That''s right." Replied Xander cautiously
"Well if we allow you to use support magic on yourself your stats should increase to that of a 3rd ss fighter and then we would be equal in terms of physical abilities, at that point the fight would be fair."
"Well¡"
"Huh? You got a problem? This is a swordsmanship ss, not a magic one. We''re here to train swords, not cast spells. Is it because you can cast a few spells that you look down on so called ''simple swordsmanship''."
As Lucius said this Xander could feel the air turn a little tense as the people all around looked at him with unfriendly gazes.
Seeing this Xander groaned internally.
With just a few words, Lucius had touched the reverse scale of all fighters in this world.
If you were to ask a fighter his opinion on Mages he would give you just one sentence.
Too fucking arrogant!
Unlike fighters, which most people had the talent for, Mages were rtively rare.
And not only were Mages rare, but the power ceiling for mages was also many times that of fighters.
The destruction of a sword sh could never match that of a fireball.
With increased rarity andbat power in the same rank it caused mages to be naturally arrogant and haughty. And this was n it to mention the amazing enchanted equipment, magical devices and even spell scrolls they could create.
Mages were also fucking rich!
Put it like this.
If amoner became a fighter in the eyes of most nobles, at most he would only be a strongmoner. But if amoner became a Mage he would instantly make a jump across the ss gap.
Even nobles would show him some respect and some would even go so far as to solicit and hire them.
Although force and brutal fights with closebat were a man''s dream, bing a Mage was a thing of status!
Put it like this, except for those people with special hobbies or talent, as long as most people had the talent to be a Mage they wouldn''t bother to train as a fighter.
As Mr. Stevens heard this, even his look slightly changed.
It was clear to see that even he had suffered from a mage''s arrogance in the past.
Faced with the unfair gazes of everyone present, Xander could just grit his teeth as he said reluctantly
"Sure, that sounds like a great idea."
Seeing the ugly expression on Xander''s face Lucius burst out with a radiant smile as he secretly sneered.
''Humph! You want to y games with me? I''ll make sure you regret it.''
Maybe it was the viin inside of him talking but seeing his opponent shake in fury made his heart feel at ease.
B it after mocking Xander in his heart a little, Lucius sobered up and became serious once again.
He didn''t believe that Xander waspletely stupid, if he agreed to his favourable conditions then he must have some confidence. If he became too arrogant then, he wouldn''t end well.
Looking at Lucius, Xander breathed out to rx himself and cast his spells
¡º Cat''s Agility ¡»
¡º Bull''s Strength ¡»
¡º Tough Skin ¡»
A warm current flowed through Xander''s body as he felt his power soar and break the first limit and enter the 3rd ss!
Clenching his fist, Xander smirked coldly.
As Lucius had guessed, he still had some confidence.
Lucius''s guess before was correct, he was trying to be a magic swordsman.
Although he had put most of his effort into practising and learning magic, that didn''t make him an utter novice when it came to swordsmanship.
Chapter 58 58. Lucius Vs Xander
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Although he had put most of his effort into practising and learning magic, that didn''t make him an utter novice when it came to swordsmanship.
Although it wouldn''t be as good as that of people who had focused on swordsmanship, Xander still believed that the swordsmanship he learned and that had been passed down in his family would be better than that of apletemoner!
The two young men walked to each other and went to the centre of the training hall when Mr. Stevens came to the side to officiate the duel.
Since both parties have agreed to the duel and have both agreed to the trips of conditions set beforehand, the duel can now begin!"
As soon as the duel started, Xander drew his sword and dashed towards Lucius.
Lucius''s eyes narrowed as he solidified his stance to meet his attack
"Bang!"
The two wooden swords shed loudly.
As the two swords met, Xander''s face changed slightly.
From the exchange, he could feel that Lucius had a slight upper hand when it came to physical strength.
But Xander''s heart didn''t have too many waves. From the time he agreed to Lucius''s favourable conditions, he had already been prepared for this.
Stepping to the side, Xander''s sword shot out, causing Lucius to swing out quickly to block it.
But for Xander, this was just the start.
Xander pressed forward, his sword swirling like a storm pressing Lucius backwards slightly.
As the fight was going on, Lucius''s face was a little ugly.
The Sword technique Xander was using obviously wasn''t the Sanctuary sword style. It had to be the one he inherited from the Caldwell family.
It was at this moment that Lucius realised just how arrogant he had been.
The years of sword training and practice and proper teaching were not something that Lucius could make up for with his few weeks of practice.
Xander couldn''t bepared to those no name bandits that he had killed before.
Those were just farmers and peasants or conscripts before they became bandits.
If Xander had this much of an edge on him in swordsmanship, just how terrifying would those people with talents be?
Fortunately, his superior physique and instincts ingrained in the body, Lucius could still hold on without embarrassing himself.
As the sword fight progressed, Lucius managed to hold, but as it went in for longer, Lucius found something strange.
Although he was suppressed in sword technique, he found that somehow, Xander''s sword technique was somehow strangely static.
If he had to put it into words, it would be like Xander''s swordsmanship was a wolf with a wild and ferocious appearance, but itcked the final touch. Simply put, it had no fangs!
It was then that Lucius realised Xander''s w.
''This guy has nobat experience!''
The way Xander was fighting now was topletely suppress his opponent with swordsmanship and overwhelm them.
Although it would take time, this was definitely the safest way to fight.
For nobles this would be the mostmon way they learned the sword and fought amongst themselves.
This was especially true for someone like Xander. He had no sword talent, so he must have learned the sword as a hobby which would naturally cause it to be filled with redundant habits.
In addition to this, even if he had to fight with his life on the line, he could just use magic. How would he be able to develop such abat experience?I think you should take a look at
Such a thing was whether gained from experience or simple talent, and Xander wascking in both
Besides, by now his bad habits were already set in.
Realising this, Lucius''s crimson eyes shed with a cruel light as a smile appeared on his face.
As long as he didn''t conform to the pattern of regr noble sword fights, he could easily catch Xander off guard.
Lucius raised his sword to sh with Xander once again but this time as they backed off, Lucius intentionally stumbled revealing an obvious w.
Xander didn''t even think about and lunged for the gap but it was in that moment that Lucius recovered, dodging the blow.
His wooden sword then shed out, heading straight for Xander''s throat.
Panicked, Xander quickly brought back his sword to protect himself, and that was when a vicious smile appeared on his face .
Whilst Xander was upied on the sword, Lucius''s foot shot out like a whip, kicking Xander straight in the shin!
"Arrrgh!!"
Even Lucius''s foot that had made the kick was aching slightly so the pain Xander was feeling now could only be imagined.
Taking advantage of Xander''s pain Lucius stepped forward and mercilessly elbowed him straight in the nose
Pain was shot through Xander''s body to the point he couldn''t even hold on to his sword anymore
''"Uh.. you!" mumbled Xander
But before he could even say any more Lucius was already at his side and without hesitation, kneed him in the stomach with all he had
Boom!
"Blurgh!"
Xander''s eyes widened as his body curled up like a shrimp as he spit out a mouthful of spittle,pletely winded.
Xander raised his head, hatred burning in his eyes, but before he could open his mouth, Lucius''s sword appeared at his throat.
His crimson eyes looked down at him as a sneer appeared on his face
"It''s my victory." Said Lucius
"¡you!"
Xander gnashes his teeth as he was still left recoiling from the pain
"You don''t even use a sword! How can you use such vulgar methods in a duel!"
"If you''re going to break the rules then I may as well join you!"
As Xander spoke lightning crackled all over his body as a swirl of wind gathered at his feet.
But before Xander could act he was interrupted
Snort!
In that moment Mr. Stevens casually waved his sword.
Instantly the wind around was cut apart as the lightning around his body disappearedpletely.
Xander was left stupefied as he just looked at Mr. Stevens, speechless.
Chapter 59 59. Library
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Xander was left stupefied as he just looked at Mr. Stevens, speechless.
"Mr Stevens, what is the meaning of this?" questioned Xander
"Humph! What do you think? I''m still here and you want to break the rules of the duel just because you lost."
Hearing this Xander exploded
"Lost?! How can you say I lost? He used illegal moves in the middle of a sword duel! He broke the rules!"
Seeing Xander like this, Mr Stevens just shook his head
"Tch! Tch! This is why you lost in the first ce. Who said he couldn''t kick and punch in the middle of a sword fight? The only thing banned in the fuel was the use of magic."
But.."
"But what?" countered Mr Stevens
"You don''t seriously think that every fight and duel you''ll be in will be solely the use of swords. In a fight, anything can be used and this would naturally apply to a duel as well.
I''ve seen people not only kick and punch in the middle of sword fights but even go even further and pull out all sorts of despicable means like throwing sand in their opponent''s eyes or even using poison.
You all need to wake up.
Expecting your enemy to behave predictably and follow the ''rules'' in a fight is simply asking to lose."
As Mr. Stevens said this, he turned away from Xander and looked at the rest of the students.
And this just doesn''t apply to Xander but the rest of you too, especially you noble children.
You grow up too coddled.
Noble honour? ss? etiquette? That nonsense simply doesn''t exist in a fight.
Remember, although the Demon King has been killed, demons still exist and can still make trouble from time to time.
The people you have to fight after leaving Sanctuary won''t just be humans but monsters and demons
Surely you don''t expect a demon to pay attention to these so-called rules and etiquette?"
As Mr Stevens said this, he turned back to look at Xander.
"Hearing this, are you satisfied with my exnation?"
Although deep in his heart, Xander was still indignant he couldn''t argue against Mr Steven''s sane reasoning and just quietly nodded.
After seeing this, Mr. Stevens then turned towards Lucius
"And you Lucius," said Mr. Stevens
"Although tricks are useful duringbat. You can''t let this victory blind you. Xander surprised you for most of the fight. Tricks might help you once, twice, or even three times. But they''lle a time when your tricks fail and on the battlefield, at that point you will die horribly. Only your own strength and techniques are true power."
Hearing this, Lucius noises in agreement and bowed politely
"Thank you for the teaching Mr. Stevens."
Seeing that Lucius was so polite and happily told on his teachings, Mr. Stevens nodded, satisfied.I think you should take a look at
After that, Mr. Stevens used the opportunity to correct both Lucius and Xander on the mistake they had just shown during the sword duel, he even went on to use the duel as a further teaching point for the rest of the students.
After this, the students resumed their sparks. Naturally, with the bad blood between them, Lucius and Xander didn''t partner up and instead found different sparring partners.
Fortunately, there were no more in incidents throughout the rest of the swordsmanship lesson, allowing it to end on time.
"Remember to practise hard for the next lesson at the end of the week. I''ll personally test how far your Sanctuary Swordsmanship has progressed by then."
There was a collective groan from the group of students as they each left the training hall.
After the swordsmanship training, the group of students each went their own way.
A few of them also had other lessons to go and catch up with, fortunately, Lucius didn''t have a lesson at this time.
He had a free period, so he decided to use it to fix one of the major ws he had at the current moment in time and that was..
Mana.
Or more urately, theck of it.
For someone like Lucius, the best ce to go if he wanted to fix his mana would be to go to the school library.
As the best ce for his higher learning on the entire continent, Sanctuary''s library would be second to only the magic towers and in terms of knowledge about fighters, it was even better than the magic tower.
Lucius walked through the hallways quietly, taking a few turns until he came before the library doors.
Lucius didn''t have much to think about it and just walked straight inside.
As Lucius walked inside he could see the many rows of books and bookshelves inside the library making it seem almost like a maze.
Aside from these, in the centre of the library were several tables with students all reading books with extreme focus.
The studious air in this ce was extremely high.
It could be certain that all the students gathered here were a bunch of hard workers.
Lucius took another quick scan of the ce and slowly walked up to the desk with a librarian sitting behind it.
As Lucius got closer, he could get a better look at this librarian.
It was a ck haired woman with a rather pretty face.
She had messy hair with a set of thin sses resting on her nose.
As Lucius walked up to the counter, the Librarian who was focused on her book, eventually looked up. She took a moment to push back her sses that were slightly slipping off her nose before showing a regr business smile.
"Hello! How can I help you today."
Lucius didn''t bother talking too much and just showed him hisnyard
"Hero ss 1-17 Lucius. I would like to register for a library card."
Hearing this, the librarian''s girl stood up straight and quickly started the process of registering Lucius as a member of the Sanctuary Library.
Thanks to him bringing his Sanctuary ID card the entire process was rather quick
Chapter 60 60. Mana Technique
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After registering at the library, Lucius didn''t walk away and instead carried on speaking with the librarian.
"Erm.. excuse me." Called Lucius
"I''m currently looking for books about mana training for fighters and the basics that you need to know about them. Can you tell me where to find these books.
Hearing Lucius''s description of the books he was a looking for, a faint smile appeared on the lips of the librarian girl.
She just quickly flickers through the book in front of her before she found the information Lucius was looking for.
"Based on your requirements, the books you''re looking for would be found in section C, Row 2"
After receiving the news, Lucius wasn''t ungrateful and quickly thanked the librarian before going into the library to retrieve those particr books
After taking the books off the shelf, Lucius found a rather secluded area and began reading.
It didn''t take him too long for him to understand how mana worked in this world.
Mana was a sort of omnipresent energy abundant in everything in this world. From stones and trees to the very air you breathe.
Technically speaking all people in this world had mana.
Even Lucius, whose mana reading was big fat 0, still had mana.
Trace amounts of mana inside him were melted into his body and flesh and blood.
It was the presence of these trace amounts of mana in the human body that allowed regr humans in this world to show Olympic athlete levels of fitness and strength despite being just regr farmers and militia men.
The reason people were deemed as having no mana was that they had not formed a mana core meaning that they couldn''t manipte mana freely.
See, whether it was casting world ending spells or simply strengthening your body, having a mana core was a must.
And to form mana core you must have a mana technique.
These mana techniques coulde in all sorts of variations and with special effects and abilities.
But right now, Lucius didn''t have any special mana technique and even if he did he probably wouldn''t even try it.
Practising a mana technique would take a lot of experience and practice. These special mana techniques can often be dangerous and leave permanent damage if even a slight mistake is made.
Instead of this mana technique, Lucius was nning to use a different one, the most simple and basic mana technique, the Essence Gathering technique.
The Essence gathering technique is a widely circted technique to the point where most viges have it.
Hell, it was even shown and perfectly recorded in the book Lucius was reading,pletely free of charge!
It was unknown who first made the Essence gathering technique but it had been passed down over the years until it could embody two characteristics, mild and simple.
The mild nature meant that even if mistakes were made, no injuries would ur and its simple nature made it so that it would be easy for anyone to get started with it.
Naturally, with such benefits there would also be some downsides, that was, due to its easy mild nature the mana gathered was also particrly mild and not too powerful. It alsocked any special features or abilities of other mana techniques.
This didn''t make it useless though.I think you should take a look at
These qualities made it the best mana technique to get started with and used to familiarise yourself with mana.
Even noble children use this as the technique used to build a solid foundation, as even after practising it you easily switched to another mana technique without much hassle.
Lucius spent several more minutes reading up on the Essence gathering technique when¡
Brrrr!
The bell went off, signalling the end of the period and the beginning of lunch.
Feeling his stomach grumble, Lucius knew that it wasn''t that it was time to listen to it and headed out to lunch but not before signing out of the library and borrowing the book first.
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A few minutester,
Lucius was waiting in the dinner line, looking at the avable menu with his mouth slightly watering .
The lunch menu in the academy could be considered less like a school lunch menu and more like a restaurant.
He didn''t know if it was because the god this world wrote the book with modern knowledge e or simply the vast territory that the Empire managed to control, but on the menu, Lucius could see all kinds of foods from both Western and Eastern cuisines
When it got to Lucius''s turn in the line, he didn''t spend too much scrolling through the menu and picked something he was familiar with
"1 chicken katsu curry please."
It didn''t even take more than 5 minutes before Lucius came to pick up his meal.
Sanctuary assured all its students that all the food was freshly cooked right after the order, so with such fast cooking times he could only chalk it up to the wonderful use of magic.
Lucius came to pick up his meal but when it came to choosing his drinks, he couldn''t help but sigh.
Right now Lucius''s throat was burning for a carbonated drink, but unfortunately such a thing was too far beyond the technology of this world.
It may be possible with magic but no Mage was bored enough to invent magical sodas yet so Lucius could only settle for some freshly squeezed apple juice which in all honesty, wasn''t all that bad.
Holding the tray in his hands, Lucius was looking for a ce to sit when suddenly-
"What are you looking for?"
Suddenly hearing a voice to his side, Lucius nearly jumped out of his skin.
Looking to the side, he could see the calm purple eyes of Cami looking back at him.
''Damn! What is she, a ghost?'' Cursed Lucius
She creeped up on him and he didn''t even feel anything!
Cami''s Assassin talent was a little scary.
Lucius looked at the beautiful Cami and could see that she picked up an exquisitely ted spaghetti dish.
Chapter 61 61. New Friends
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Lucius looked at the beautiful Cami and could see that she picked up an exquisitely ted spaghetti dish.
Regardless of Cami''s jump scare appearance, Lucius put a smile on his face and said,
"The person I was looking for was you. I haven''t seen you all day so I wanted to spend some time to at least eat together."
Hearing this, Cami didn''t say anything and had a calm expression on her face, but Lucius still managed to hear a notification
Ding! LP +30
Hearing this, Lucius just smirked secretly.
''So you''re happy Huh?''
Looking at Cami that still managed to keep a serious expression whilst secretly jumping inside, Lucius chuckled
In a way, it was kind of cute.
Hearing Lucius''sughter, Cami turned around, confused.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, it''s nothing." Replied Lucius with a smile causing Cami to tilt her head in confusion.
Regardless of the little episode, the two of them headed to a rather empty part of the dining hall.
"Young leader, I heard you had an incident earlier today" Said Cami
"Incident?" Questioned Lucius
"Yes, in my ss they said a student with ck hair and red eyes had a duel with another student. After asking around I found the student''s name was Lucius and knew that the person must be you, Young leader."
Hearing this Lucius was a little surprised.
The news had actually spread so quickly.
He remembered it had only been 1 period since his duel with Xander so he was a little shocked to find out that news had spread so fast.
Lucius simply underestimated the boredom of these new students.
In an age where the inte and social media simply didn''t exist. Most people''s life consisted of simply training and work only a few Lucius''s nobles could afford to hold extravagant balls. For most average people, the best sort of entertainment would be local gossip, and what better gossip was there for this group of academy students than a duel on this first day!
"There was indeed an incident." Said Lucius
"Remember the kid with turquoise hair from yesterday? Well, it was him again. Whatever happened yesterday was enough to piss him off enough to the point where he tried to target me again today."
"So he''s personally targeting you young leader?" questioned Cami
"Should I deal with him¡. Permanently¡"
Even though he knew it wasn''t directed at him, Hearing Cami''s chilling voice still made goosebumps appear in his skin.
''As expected of a brainwashed Assassin.'' Thought Lucius
Cam didn''t hesitate to end Xander''s life after hearing this news.I think you should take a look at
Although Lucius himself knew that Xander was a cockroach antagonist that had to be dealt with eventually , Cami couldn''t know that.
For her one little duel was enough for her to end his subscription to life.
Ruthless indeed!
Before Cami could put her radical ideas into action, Lucius knew that he had to shut it down.
"No, Cami there''s no need to end him over just a duel. Besides, he is still the son of a count and a student of the academy. If we really kill him it will be easy to draw suspicion and expose ourselves!"
Hearing Lucius''s words, Cami knew that he was correct, but deep down inside, she still felt dissatisfied.
During her training as the assistant for the leader of revolutionary army, she also knew that one of her duties was quietly eliminating nuisances and problems for the leader.
So leaving Xander alive and walking left her somewhat dissatisfied, but before she could brood too long on her unhappy thoughts, Cami heard a familiar voice
"Cami, Lucius so that''s where you guys are!"
Cami looked back to see Alice, and two other people walking over towards them.
Lucius looked over and was also stunned.
''What the fuck is this guy doing over here?''
The reason for Lucius''s shock was simple.
Apanying Alice was none other than the most broken character in the setting, the main character Landon!
Lucius''s heart was shocked, but he didn''t show it on his face.
He just looked over to the smiling, angelic beauty as he usually did and That was when she tapped her head realising her mistake
"Oh right! I forgot to introduce you guys. These are my first friends Lucius and Cami. Without them I''m not sure I would have even made it to the academy. "
After saying that she pointed to the people beside her
"This is Landon and Holly. These are the people I made friends with in the support magic ss. Despite being experienced with magic they really helped me a lot .
Lucius already knew Landon well so he just took a look at holly.
She was a girl that also had blonde hair like Alice but instead of flowing down her back freely. She ced her hair in a set of cute pigtails. In addition to the difference in hair styles Holly was also a bit shorter than Alice and her figure was nowhere near as ''explosive'' if you know what I mean.
If Lucius remembered correctly, then Alice and Holly were rather close in the original story, it was to the point where they could even be described as best friends and Holly was definitely a good friend to Alice, she sacrificed her life for Alice on several asions and even took a life-threatening blow for her. Holly wasn''t a heroine or even a love interest so she showed no reaction to his heroine system, but it was still heavily implied in the novel that she had feelings for Landon in the novel.
Remember this was the boyfriend of a best friend she would even take a knife for and she still fell for him.
Lucius couldn''t help but curse at Landon once again in his mind.
This bastard-like guy did not spare any females!
As long as they were a female, this guy would end up attracting them like bees to honey.
But soon Lucius quickly realised that instead of cursing Landon he should curse the wretched god that made him that way.
Chapter 62 62. Xanders Flaw
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But soon Lucius quickly realised that instead of cursing Landon he should curse the wretched god that made him that way.
What is he doing here? Is the world trying to correct some key events or something?
Lucius didn''t know what was going on, but he soon calmed down.
He would not lie. When he first saw Alice walk in with Landon he was a little panicked.
It couldn''t be helped, at this point, it was an upational hazard.
Just like a thief would look at people through the lens of a thieving bastard.
An NTRing bastard would also look at people through the eyes of a wife stealer. Not to mention that this was the protagonist and she was actually meant to be his girl.
Lucius panicked a little but after looking at things from a logical perspective, Lucius calmed down.
Things like "love at first sight" were simply a fart.
After all, such things were primarily based on looks and Lucius believed that his looks could match Landon in every regard.
In addition to this when Lucius looked at Landon and Alice he saw no romantic or other feelings, just the pure look of friends.
These past few days, Lucius had been working overtime gathering Love Points and raising the favorability of Alice.
Although her favorability was not to the point of love and like, it was not too far off of it.
If after all that, all it took was one meeting with Landon to wipe her affection for Lucius off the map then, Alice was never the one in his first ce and Lucius would stop wasting his time.
Right now it was a dog eat div world so he could only sacrifice Landon''s happiness for the sake of his own
If he ever had a son, he would name it Landon in honour of the man''s sacrifice
No.
What if the name Landon had magical powers and ended up attracting the heroine all over again
Wouldn''t he just end up getting NTRd by his own son?
Such a fate was too abominable!
On second thought, the name Landon will have to be ouwed for the rest of his life.
Sigh¡
It seemed like he could only remember the names Landon in his heart
''What''s with this guy?'' thought Landon
That same look of pity again?
''Does this guy know me or something?''
Landon felt that someone who could look at someone like that was a good person so his impression of Lucius went up slightly, but if he could read his thoughts, then he would definitely punch Lucius''s teeth in.
But Landon could never know this so instead spoke to Lucius with a smile.
"Your name''s Lucius, right? I watched your fight earlier this morning and it was impressive. Despite not having as advanced technique you still beat Xander pretty badly, showing that yourbat sense is high!"
Hearing this, Lucius just smile
"Hahaha! Beingplemented by the famous ''record breaker'' makes me a little ttered. But I doubt it is worth much in front of someone like you. It''s still amazing how you could go toe to toe with the instructor."
Lucius didn''t care much about what he would have to do in the future, so at least for now he was fine exchangeI think you should take a look at
As the group was chatting and getting closer to each other.
Not too far away, a man with green hair was watching the group with an unpleasant smile on his face.
Eventually, Xander couldn''t take it anymore! He put down his fork with an unpleasant expression on his face.
His appetite waspletely soured.
In front of him was a perfectly cooked steak, one of his favourite meals, yet he simply couldn''t bring himself to eat it.
All around him was the chatter of his failed duel and humiliating defeat.
The shame of gossip and the fact that he lost to amoner made him both sick to his stomach and enraged. It took almost all his mental strength to not bring forth a storm and tear this ce to shreds.
"Such a fucking uglymoner has brought me this much shame. We should obliterate him."
"Sure, we can do that," said Veronica
"but calling him ugly is a bit¡"
"Hm? What do you mean??" Asked Xander
"I mean, he may be amoner, but he certainly wasn''t ugly."
Hearing this, Xander instantly felt furious.
Xander wasn''t ugly at all and could even be considered quite handsome, but the problem was he was beingpared to Landon, the main protagonist, and Lucius, one of the end-game bosses.
It was a losing battle from the get go.
Veronica could quickly sense Xander''s bad mood and interjected
"It was just a joke, besides you''re much better looking, anyway."
Although Veronica knew her words were a lie she was still satisfied with her fianc¨¦''s looks. They could still be considered top notch.
And besides his looks, he still had a top notch background as well as talent.
But this still wasn''t enough to calm down Xander who still had an ugly expression on his face as he red at Veronica.
If Lucius was here he would have jumped up for joy!
Yes! Yes! Keep pushing away the heroine and make it easier for me to steal her away from you!
This was Xander''s horrible character trait and what made it possible for the protagonist to steal his girl in the novel?
This guy was a dirt bag that liked it to take out his frustration in the people around him
It was fine before. He was the son of the count. He could do anything to his servants and they couldn''tin
Even if he farted in their face, they could only say it smelled like roses.
There was no such thing as equal rights!
The crazy was this wasn''t his servant, it was his fianc¨¦!
Fortunately for Lucius, Xander didn''t say anything wrong with that.
As nobles supremacists, He believed that nobles were superior tomoners in every aspect and even nobles had ranks between them.
Chapter 63 63. Essence Gathering Technique
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A Knight was considered a quasi noble by him and a baron was only the lowest ranking of nobles.
He was the son of a count and between him and baron there was still an entire noble rank that could only be made up with generations of hard work and merits
"You may think that your jokes are funny, but they are really distasteful. I''ll excuse your mistake once. Don''t make it happen again."
As Xander said this, he got up from the table and walked straight out of the dining hall, not wanting to spend another second in that humiliating ce
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Hourster Lucius walked into his room with a book in his hand and breathed a sigh.
Today was interesting to say the least.
He had beaten up Xander but he wasn''t the least bit proud.
If Xander had more experience or had been fighting with full power, Lucius would have been easily crushed.
He knew that his strength was inadequate so he could only train and get stronger. For that, Lucius knew he had to do two things:
Practise hard and seduce more women!
The saying that ''behind every sessful man there is a strong woman'' couldn''t be more applicable to Lucius!
Right now these women would be the cornerstone of Lucius''s growth.
Of course, he couldn''t just y around with women. His practice would I''ll d have to be just as, if not even more, vital.
Thinking like this Lucius brought out the book he had taken away from the library
"The Essence absorbing art.." muttered Lucius as he looked at the book.
He observed the several drawings inside of the book about the Essence gathering techniques and was familiar with the process in which he should move the mana inside his body.
Lucius sat down at the edge of his bed and closed his eyes.
Slowly, Lucius began to control his body and entered into a specific breathing pattern.
Several seconds passed and, at first he could feel nothing but he didn''t panic.
He continued in the strange state, following the breathing pattern perfectly when his body suddenly began to feel warm.
In that moment Lucius could feel a warm sensationing from deep within his body. The sensation didn''t just end there as Lucius could feel the sensation alsoing from all around him as if it was in the cry air.
He instantly knew what this feeling was
Mana!
Lucius knew at that moment he was feeling the man flowing all around him but he only let himself feel excited for a little bit before calming down.
Too much excitement could lead him to mess up the mana technique and even if the Essence gathering technique had no major cost for failure. Lucius didn''t want to waste more time getting back into their state.
Concentrating, Lucius slowly guided the ambient mana into his body with each subsequent breath.
Lucius didn''t ck off, concentrating to the max, he slowly guided the mana inside of his body and moved it upwards towards his chest.
His breaths grew deeper and deeper as he tried to take on as much mana as possible whilstpressing it all towards his chest.
The spelling man in his Jody grew more and more as Lucius used his mental strength to condense it.
The mana naturally resisted this method ofpressing and tried to break free, causing Lucius to engage in a little battle over control of the mana.
But the wild ambient mana was no match for Lucius will power and could only be furtherpressed until¡
Pop!
Lucius instinctively felt that limit had been broken as a massive change started taking ce in his body.I think you should take a look at
The man in his chest instantly condensed forming a core as the force he felt from the mana gathered around him changed from repulsion to attraction.
Before, if moving mana felt like he was trying to swim upstream, now with this newly formed core it felt as if he was flying with the wind!
Lucius took time and meditated and he didn''t even realise what was happening as time passed by.
Seconds turned to minutes and minutes turned to hours but Lucius didn''t move;etley immersed in the Essence Gathering technique
When Lucius''s next opened his eyes he didn''t know how much time had passed.
Lucius could feel the warm sensation in his chest.
Clenching his fist Lucius could feel the power coursing through his body.
"This... this is power!"
After feeling the new overwhelming power in his body, Lucius felt like he could move a mountain.
Of course, this was just an illusion caused by suddenly gained newfound power but it still made Lucius feel extremely satisfied
"Congrattions young leader."
"The Fuck!" cursed Lucius
Lucius jumped when he heard this voice suddenly appear beside him.
As Lucius looked over he could see a pair of calm purple eyes looking back at him.
Lucius'' heart quickly calmed down after seeing the familiar face but the sudden jump scare made him want to curse.
''Fuck!this ghost-like woman is at it again! How the fuck did she even get in here!''
"Cami."
"Yes Young Leader."
"How did you get in here? I locked the door and left the key inside."
"Young Leader, I used the window"
Lucius: ???
"The Window?"
"Yes young Leader."
"But this is the 2nd floor?"
"Young leader, is that supposed to make a difference?"
Lucius was left speechless.
He really didn''t know what to say to this crazy woman.
He could only sigh as he rubbed his brows in frustration
"Why were you so desperate to get into the room, anyway?" asked Lucius
"Young leader, you had a duel today. I was worried that something may have happened to you, so I came to see if you were okay."
Hearing this, Lucius''s heart felt a little warm.
Knowing that someone cared about him was nice, but knowing that someone cared about him that much, but it was still unsettling that someone sneaked into his room!
Chapter 64 64. Camillas First Time 1 (R18)
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As Lucius was silently cursing at Cami, she quietly moved towards him and asked,
"Young Leader. Are you ok? Is there any injury?"
"I''m fine" said Lucius
Hearing this, Cami breathed a sigh of relief
But suddenly a devious thought popped into Lucius''s head
"On second thought, Cami, I actually do have an injury"
"Where is it, Young leader? Is it serious?"
Lucius put a grave expression on his face and said,
"Cami, not only is it serious, but right now you''re the only one who can help?"
"Where is it Young leader?"
It''s. ¡ down there.."
Lucius unceremoniously pointed at the massive bulge in his pants, causing Cami''s face to gopletely red.
"Young Leader, this..."
"Cami, today is not the first day. There''s no curfew this time."
A hot light shed in Cami''s eyes as she bit her lips in hesitation.
Lucius saw the hesitation in Cami''s eyes and brought his mouth close to her ears.
"Today is not the first day anymore," whispered Lucius
"There''s no curfew."
As she heard Lucius''s words, Cami''s body began to heat up.
"But young leader...."
"If you don''t want to, I won''t force it."
Of course what he said just now was
Lucius could see that the always cautious Cami was having second thoughts. She was still scared and worried about this and was actually about to blue ball him a second time!
Looking at Cami, who was a little hesitant, Lucius just sighed.
"Since that''s the case, I won''t bother you. I''ll just go see Reina in the capital tomorrow. She should be in the capital and have settled down by now."
Hearing him mention Reina, Cami was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"Reina! Young leader, why would you go near that bitc- I mean brute?"
"Cami, I''m at the age where I have these desires now. If I can''t settle them in the academy, I may have to find a way to deal with it outside."
Following that reasoning, Cami''s mind spun
''Then that means the Young leader¡ again with that barbarian bandit¡''
Suddenly the image of the bandit sneering at her with her arms wrapped around the Young leader propped into her kind again. It was the same kind of smile as that made by a viinous thief,
''If the Young leader is actually charmed by that woman¡''
Thinking about that horrible oue, a shiver ran down Cami''s spine
''No! I can''t let that happen!''
Before Lucius could turn around, Cami grabbed his hands and looked at him with the most serious expression he had ever seen her make.
"Young Leader, I''ll do it and no matter what happens, you must not go back to that mountain bandit!"
''This shit''s too easy.'' thought Lucius secretlyughingI think you should take a look at
Of course Lucius couldn''t disy his thoughts so obviously so fighting to hide his smirk. Lucius put a concerned look on his face as he asked
"Are you sure Cam? As long as you want-"
But before Lucius could finish, Cami''s resolute voice cut him off
"Young Leader, I''m perfectly ready!"
As Cami said this, a bright red blush appeared on her face as a smirk appeared on Lucius''s face as burning eyes watched Cami slowly undress
¡.
"Ah¡"
Lucius let out a soft groan as he looked down between his legs.
Right now he was currently enjoying one of the most pleasurable experiences in his two lives.
*Slurp* *Slurp*
Lucius looked at the beauty that was sucking on his dick that waspletely soaked in her own saliva.
Hisrge cock was too big to fully fit in her mouth but the ever-diligent Cami didn''t give up and stuffed it in her mouth regardless, making her look like a cute greedy hamster as his cock poked against her cheeks.
" Nh~! Young Leader... *slurp* am I... *slurp* doing a good job?"
"You''re doing amazing," said Lucius through aboured gasp.
Cami''s delicate tongue darted around, gently caressing his penis. Her plump lips stroked his shaft as she sucked on Lucius''s tip with a vacuum-like pull as if she wanted to milk Lucius''s for all of his cum right out of him, causing Lucius''s body to curl in pleasure as his dick twitched.
Her tongue tip crawled from the base to the head as she kissed the tip of his dick devouring his precum as the obscenely wet sound of her slobbering on his dick rang throughout the room.
"*Slurp* Young Leader~"
In that moment, Cami''s purple eyes were bursting with lust as she looked up to lock eyes with Lucius, and that was enough for him to reach his limit.
"I''m cumming!"
As Lucius said this, his hands shot out, pressing Cami''s head on his dick going lengths down her throat, that before today, he never thought were possible!
*Spurt* *Spurt*
His dick twitched as his man milk slid straight down her throat.
Cami''s watery, amethyst eyes almost had tears flowing down as she took the entirety of Lucius''s length, but they were still staring at him with a boundless lust as she greedily gulped down his semen without a care in the world.
After taking a breath, Cami opened her mouth wide revealing her pearly teeth and pink tongue.
"Ah! See young leader, I swallowed it all."
''Fuck! She''s too sexy right now!''
Lucius''s drained little brother burst forth with a new surge of energy as he hugged Cami, pressing against her soft body as Lucius ced her onto the bed with Cami still giggling in his ear.
"Cami, I want to do it from the back."
"mmh.. that''s fine."
Like she had done many times before, Cami perfectly executed his orders, turning over onto her front as she arched her back for him.
Seeing this sight, Lucius felt his penis twitch with delight.
He had said it before, but Cami''s most charming feature had to be her ass.
It was plump and full, with a perfectly rounded shape
Lucius knew what had to be done.
"System by me 1 [ Sensitivity potion] and 1 [Baby be gone pill]"
Chapter 65 65. Camillas First Time 2 (R18)
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Ding! -60LP
+1 [Sensitivity potion]
+1 [Baby be gone pill]
Lucius didn''t hesitate and downed the pill.
He doused his hands in the familiar sensitivity potion and soon felt the sense of his body multiply by a shocking degree.
He quickly turned off the multiplication of senses for him, but Cami could never be so lucky.
Lucius''s fingers, now drenched in the strange sensitivity potion, slid into Cami''s Secret ce.
"Ah!"
A loud moan escaped Cami''s lips that she desperately tried to hide
''W-what was this! How can just a touch be so stimting!''
Lucius''s fingers stirred around in Cami''s vagina, causing her love juices to start flowing around Lucius''s hands.
Cami''s body quivered from pleasure as her legs grew weak, causing her thick ass to stick up into the air.
LP+20
LP+30
"Now we''re done with the starter Cami. You better get ready for the main course!"
Before Cami could even mount a coherent response, Lucius''s dick had slid inside her vagina!
"Ahh~" Cami moaned in delight as Lucius inserted his dick and even Lucius had to take a few deep breaths
The feeling was simply heavenly! Cami''s virgin pussy was scarily tight, gripping around his newly inserted dick like a vice, causing Lucius to shiver and the pleasure was clearly on both ends. Lucius watched as Cami''s toes curled, digging into the bed, causing her ass to stick out and invite Lucius to go to work even more.
"Uhhh~~" Cami gently moaned as Lucius''s dick was fully inserted.
The slight pain from Lucius''s first insertion had started to fade, leaving only a dizzying sensation of pleasure.
Even Cami, with all her years of assassin training and powerful will, found her mind going nk as she was lost in pleasure.
"Pah! Pah!"
The sound of flesh pping echoed through the room as Lucius pounded her ass wildly.
With each thrust, Lucius''s hips would smash into Cami''s stic ass, causing it to ripple back and forth like jello, making him even more excited as his cock throbbed and bulged inside of her.
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LP+70
"Pah! Ahh~" Cami''s tongue stuck out of her mouth and her breasts swayed wildly as she struggled to maintain any sense and steady breathing under this wave of unimaginable pleasure.
"Ah~~ Lucius... safe... inside"
Between Lucius''s deep thrusts, her desperate gasps and the overwhelming pleasure, Cami''s words had devolved into near incoherent ramblings, but Lucius managed to her enough to put her words together, or at least he thought he did.
''Is she worried about getting pregnant?''
"Don''t worry Cami, I already used magical contraception, so there is nothing to worry about."
As he said this, Lucius could feel his dick throbbing like it was about to erupt and knew that he had reached his limit.I think you should take a look at
With that in mind, Lucius thrust deep into Cami, squeezing her ass as his dick reached in until it seemed to be pressed against the entrance of her womb and released his load inside her!
*Spurt*
"Gasp! Gasp!"
Cami''s body also shivered as she reached her climax, soaking his stained sheets even more
A tired Cami turned around and looked at Lucius with star filled eyes
"L-lucius that was amazing."
"Was?" questioned Lucius
"This isn''t over yet, not by a long shot."
Hearing this, Cami looked down and could still see Lucius fully erect and throbbing dick as his crimson eyes greedily scanned her body as if he wanted to devour her whole.
But even with such a gaze, Cami didn''t feel disgusted. Instead, a faint heat rose in her body as she felt a small sense of anticipation.
Ding! LP+30
At this point, Lucius didn''t even care about the notifications going off and sunk into Cami''s amazing body for the rest of the night!
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The next day, Lucius woke up refreshed.
The previous night left Lucius satisfied and exhausted.
Despite himpletely ravaging Cami yesterday by the early hour of the next morning, she had made a quick recovery and left for her dorm room.
She even had enough energy to help Lucius clean up the room before she left to hide any traces of their messy night.
Although it wasn''t allowed for students to sneak out of their dorm at night, Lucius wasn''t worried about her getting caught.
She had Master ss assassin talent, for someone like her things like stealth and hiding were as easy as breathing.
If she was caught, then it was less about her inadequacies and more about the catcher''s excellent abilities, and as long as Cami wasn''t so unlucky as to run into one of the more powerful teachers, such a thing was not a big worry.
After shaking these thoughts out of his head, Lucius turned to look at his panel and smiled
[Lucius Vexx: 3650 LP]
Apart from enjoying Cami yesterday, he had made a big time bonus in LP.
Of course, this was the first time bonus from the first time he slept with the heroine Cami, but it was enough for now. If Lucius wanted to, with the amount of Love Points he had, he could buy an average talent, but Lucius''s eyes were set higher than that. His goal, for now, was at minim the blue-grade sword talent
After getting ready and getting changed, Lucius got up and headed to the academy.
As he walked through the slightly busy academy grounds Lucius was nning on how to fill his schedule for the day
His first few periods of the day were all free practice periods, so Lucius did not dy things and headed straight for the gym.
As Lucius entered, he could soon see that the gym was nowhere near as empty as the time that he first came here.
This was the separate gym that was exclusively used by the Hero ss so although it wouldn''t be packed as packed as the other ones, there were still a few students present.
Lucius could see one student using a spear and practising hard as he used an borate yet dizzying style of spearmanship.
Chapter 66 66. Training
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Lucius could see one student using a spear and practising hard as he used an borate yet dizzying style of spearmanship.
Not too far away, he could see another student amongst the weight rack benching and repping a ridiculous amount of weight that would crush a regr mortal with ease.
He could even see two fighters, one with a sword and shield and the other with a simple wooden longsword engaged in a fierce practising spar.
The training hall for the hero ss was still massive so even with all this going on and and a few other people still walking around it didn''t feel packed instead it was even a little empty.
Lucius did spend much more time watching and after doing a few stretches to get his body warmed up and prepared headed to the weight rack to start lifting!
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"Ugh, Ughhh!
It had been quite a bit over an hour since he started his mad training. It was painful and exhausting.
After doing onest deadlift that made his veins all over his body pop, Lucius mmed down the wight
"Hah! Hah,...."
His desperate pants echoed through the nowpletely emptied training room as Lucius walked over to his water bottle but could barely make a few steps before he justid down on the floor
''Fuck! Let me take a break first.
Luciusy on the floorpletely exhausted.
His muscles were so sore He couldn''t even get up but
"Young Leader, a towel."
Cami appeared by his side like a ghost once again, but he was simply too exhausted to even be shocked by her sudden appearance.
Seeing that Lucius couldn''t even move, Cami kindly crouched down to wipe the seat on his forehead and face
It was at that moment that Lucius suddenly felt a warm sensation flow over his body, causing him to open his eyes.
"This... Healing magic?"
Lucius opened his eyes to see a beautiful blonde woman staring at him.
"Yuck! Lucius, you''re so sweaty!"
"Well, sweat is to be expected when you work hard. Don''t worry, when thepulsory physical education lessons start, you''ll be able to work up a sweat as well."
Looking at Lucius''s smile, Alice shivered slightly.
she really was no good when it came to physical activity.
When she thought about the detailed and exhausting training Lucius was going through applied to herself, Alice broke out in a cold sweat
"Hello? Alice?"
It was only after hearing Lucius''s voice did Alice realise that she had been daydreaming this entire time, caught up in her thoughts.
"Tch! It''s all your fault." Mumbled Alice, a little dissatisfied.
''What did I even do?''
Catching a straypletely out of nowhere, Lucius was leftpletely stunned on the floor, too shocked to even say anything anymore.
Alice walked up to apply more powerful healing and recovery magic directly to Lucius''s body when she noticed something
"But that''s strange "
"What''s strange?"
"Howe you don''t stink?"
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"Am I supposed to stink or something?" Asked Lucius, speechless
Lucius did not even know what to say. Was this some sort of advanced IQ insult? Was his brain not big enough to get it?
"My older brothers usuallye to me for healing after their training and they''re all sweaty and stinky! Although you''re sweaty, you smell.. a bit nice."
"Oh? So what do I smell like?"
"Well¡"
As Lucius asked this, Alice subconsciously brought herself closer to him to get a better smell.
It''s just that as Alice brought herself closer, Lucius also sat up, causing them to both fall into an extremely suggestive position.
For a brief moment, Lucius''s crimson eyes locked eyes with Alice and for the first time, she really got to realise and take in how terrifyingly handsome the young man in front of her was.
LP+30
"Is something the matter?"
"Lucius, Cami. We still have a lesson after this, so now is not the time to be flirting"
"F-flirting! No this is -"
Alice''s face instantly flushed redder than it already was, as she could barely get her words out in embarrassment.
Unfortunately, Lucius wasn''t able to enjoy such a beautiful sight as Lucius could feel Cami''s hot eyes on his face and didn''t dare lie around any more.
After all, he just slept with herst night and now he was flirting with another girl right in front of her.
Even for someone as shameless as Lucius, that was a little too much.
"Cough! Since I''ve finished training. There''s no point in staying around." Let''s head over to the next lesson."
As Lucius said this, he got up, but as he was about to walk, he could feel the ufortable sensation of his sweaty clothes against his skin
"Alice"
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Well, my clothes are a little sweaty. Is it alright if you use the clean spell on me?
"Well, what''s the magic word?" Asked Alice
Hearing this question, Lucius''s mouth twitched.
It''s only when he saw the little smirk on Alice''s lips that he trailed something was up
"So she holds a grudge, Huh?"
Lucius chuckled
"Please then, Miss Alice"
As Lucius said this, a magic wave of light brushed over his body, removing the sweat and dirt from his clothes.
''From now on, when I go to practise, I need to bring a separate pair of training clothes. If I have other lessons after training and there is no Alice to help me clean up, I''ll be walking around with sweaty clothes all day.''
With his new resolve to be more organised firmly solidified in his heart, Lucius and the girls headed towards the ssroom.
At this moment, there was still a lot of time before the next lesson, but they still entered into the ssroom regardless
As The trio entered the ssroom, Lucius only stepped away from the two girls for a few moments before they were suddenly blended into another group of girls.
Seeing this, Lucius wasn''t even all that surprised. Unlike him, it seemed like the girls had managed to make many friends.
Chapter 67 67. Freinds
Despite her humble attitude, unlike him, that was a mere peasant, Alice was still the daughter of a Baron. In addition, her beautiful looks and friendly and innocent nature made it so it wasn''t really hard for her to make friends.
Cami naturally wasn''t the type to make friends, but after being dragged around by Alice, she ended up hanging out with them by affiliation.
Seeing them like this, Lucius didn''t want to bother them and just walked up to his seat.
It was after he did this that he saw the group of girls heading out. It seemed like they were going on a walk or something.
Lucius could see Cami look over towards him with a look of worry.
Since the duel yesterday, Cami had been extremely paranoid about leaving him alone in Sanctuary, but Lucius didn''t share the same worry.
How dangerous could it really be?
Besides, they were in a ssroom so Lucius did not believe anything dangerous would happen and just smiled at Cami, indicating she was free to go and didn''t have to worry so much.
As Lucius walked over to his seat, he could see that Nina was still buried in a book.
Curious, Lucius leaned over and asked.
"So, what are you reading?"
"Kyah!"
Nina was so immersed in her own world that Lucius''s voice was aplete jump scare for her.
"Ah L-Lucius... hello."
Seeing Nina''s appearance, Lucius just scratched his head in embarrassment
"Am I really that scary?"
"N-no I''m just not used to speaking to strangers so.."
Hearing this, Lucius smiled.
"Well, if you''re not good at something, you just need to practise on it. You can speak to me anytime you need to practise."
"R-really? w- won''t that make me a bother for you?"
Hearing this, Lucius held his chin, pretending to be in deep thought.
"Hmmm¡ You''re right, this is a problem."
As Lucius said this, a faint, unperceivable sense of sadness shed across Nina''s eyes before disappearing.
"Well, I guess we need to be friends then," said Lucius confidently
Faced with someone as introverted as Nina, the easiest way to get closer to her was to be the stupidly extroverted type.
This is exactly what the protagonist was, and it made sense in a way.
If he acted normally with how introverted Nina was, she wouldn''t even put in any effort into maintaining any conversation, meaning that it would be incredibly hard to even speak with her, much less farm love points.
Although this would mean you would have to hard carry most conversations and interactions with her, it was better than nothing.
"F-friends" muttered Nina
"Are you sure it''s okay?"
"Well, I''m fine with it. And if we''re friends, then it means I can help you practise your conversational skills."
"But won''t that make me a bother then?"
"That''s why we had to be friends. Only friends can bother and ask someone for help without any costs. So it''s official, we''re friends."
As Lucius said this, he heard a notification go off in his headI think you should take a look at
Ding! +20 LP
Lucius could see Nina with her head down in her book with a smile visible on her face
"Hehe! Friend, I made my first friend!"
Seeing the girl like this, even though Lucius came with impure intentions, he actually felt sad for her.
It was one thing to be a loner by choice but she clearly wanted to make friends but she just didn''t have the ability
In that moment Lucius decided, whether it was to farm love points or not, he would help her clear the social anxiety and fear and help her make a few other friends in the process.
Such a cute girl had to be protected!
As Lucius was speaking, he heard a sound and as he looked over, he could see That Xander walked in with his group of friends, but surprisingly, unlike the doom and gloom he showed yesterday. Xander seemed to be surprisingly happy this time.
"What happened to this guy?"
"You don''t know?" asked Nina surprised
"Huh, you know something?"
Faced with Lucius''s gaze, Nina quickly turned back into her shy self
"N-no I just thought that since you and Xander were enemies, you''d pay attention to information about him?"
"Enemies? Me? With that clown?"
Lucius thought about it and then realised that Nina wasn''t all that wrong with such a high profile duel on the first day
He was too focused on se- cough! no, earning Love Points.
"So What happened?" Asked Lucius.
"Whilst I was still in the library, I heard that Xander was involved in another duel. He heard two students mocking him for losing to you a meremoner and challenged not one but two of them to a duel andpletely obliterated them."
Lucius didn''t need to hear the rest, he already understood what happened.
Those two idiots that Xander had heard not only restored his pride, but even his reputation grew more than before he was defeated.
Lucius just shook his head at the thought of these two idiots.
Two people not even talented enough to enter the hero ss looked down on Xander?
What a joke?
Although Lucius embarrassed Xander, it was not a fair fight in the slightest, in a way, it couldn''t even be considered a fight, it was more like a trap.
If he truly fought Xander he would be sted to high heaven.
The talent [Storm Caller] was no joke!
It was something to be feared even amongst the already powerful golden rank talents.
If Xander wasn''t so fucking stupid and annoying, Lucius would never make enemies with this guy.
As Lucius looked at the group, Xander turned around, suddenly feeling Lucius''s gaze, and as he did so, a look of surprise appeared on his face before it turned into a cruel and smug smile.
''So annoying.'' sighed Lucius
It seemed like a problem wasing his way.
With his restored pride also came his restored confidence and arrogance.
Chapter 68 68. Humiliation
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Lucius was finally beginning to understand why the revolutionary army hated these noble children so much.
Most of the noble parents wereplete enablers, allowing them to do as they pleased as long as it didn''t concern other nobles and since most nobles lived in their own territory where they ruled as kings, this kind of thinking and behaviour would only get worse and worse.
Lucius''s previous guess waspletely correct as not long after seeing him, Xander and Veronica walked over to him.
Intimidation.
It was an obvious tactic and Xander wasn''t even trying to hide it.
But Lucius couldn''t lie, it worked.
Seeing countless flickering sparks across Xander''s body, Lucius felt his throat go a little dry.
Looking around, Lucius could see Nina with her head buried in her book like an ostrich with its head in the sand.
For her as long as it was out of sight out of mind.
Seeing this sight Lucius''s mouth twitched. With how she was giving him all this new information and speaking, Lucius almost thought that she was on his side. But as soon as the going got tough, she wentpletely ghost!
But Lucius didn''t take it to heart, her favourability was still neutral, so there was no chance of Nina being on his side. Besides, with Nina''s timid nature, even if the favorability was high up, there was a chance that she would still hide regardless!
And what could she even do? As aplete auxiliary professional, her personalbat power was abysmal.
Lucius was truly on his own this time.
The only person he could rely on was Cami, and she was outside of the ssroom.
Although it didn''t look good, Lucius wasn''t a kid.
With such a tant attempt at bullying, he couldn''t just sit there and let himself be walked over.
If they saw you as weak, they would only grow more unhinged and dreadful
With only a few steps between them, Xander raised his hand towards him and made a finger gun and pointed as lightning gathered on his finger.
''No way... We''re still in the ssroom, no way he wouldn''t¡"
But as he watched Xander he could see the disdainful look in his eyes and instantly realised how wrong he had been
''He''s really serious!''
"Bang."
Instantly, goosebumps appeared all over Lucius''s body and he didn''t care about his appearance and dived out the way.
At the same time, a bolt of lightning shot out, exploding in Lucius''s previous location.
Under the control of Xander, the lightning didn''t do any damage to the ssroom, but Lucius could see that if the lightning attack hadnded on him, he would have been seriously injured.
As Lucius recovered, he got up and red at Xander
"What the fuck are you doing-"
But before Lucius could, a bolt of lightning smashed down in between his legs at a speed that Lucius couldn''t hope to dodge, not even in his dreams.
Lucius instantly froze
"You thought you were clever or even capable of dodging my attack? Lucius, I was never really trying. You''re just a dancing clown."
His heart went cold as his body froze on the spot,pletely unable to move.
Stand up for yourself? Fight back?
What a fucking joke?!I think you should take a look at
In just a moment, Lucius felt all such thoughts evaporate from his mind
Xander looked over and saw Lucius''s stunned and stupefied expression. He felt the frustration of yesterday''s defeat leave his chest.
Xander didn''t hold back and burst outughing
Hahaha! You should have seen the way he dived! You would have thought a bomb was about to go off or something.
All around him, Lucius could see the people in the ssroomughing and snickering at him and the humiliation he felt was unbearable
Xander walked up to him patting him on the shoulder as sparks of lightning shed in his eyes
"Lucius, now do you realise it? Your tricks and schemes, it''s all bullshit. In front of me, you''re nothing.
You should stay in yourne. Your presence is disgusting.
You couldn''t take a finger from me so you should know your ce"
Lucius grit his teeth and just clenched his fists
Humiliation.
Lucius could feel his face burning with shame and embarrassment but yet he didn''t dare move.
It was pathetic. He was a coward.
He was furious and wanted nothing more than to punch Xander''s teeth in but that was all a fantasy.
In his situation what could he do?
Fight?
Fight a man with clear advantage? Fight a man with absolute superiority?
In a way, It was like trying to fight someone with a gun pressed against your head, that was just how deep the gap in firepower was between the two of them right now.
Fighting was utterly stupid.
It was hopeless.
But Xander would never miss the opportunity to rub salt in his wounds
"Now yourdy isn''t there to protect you, you are truly helpless''
The veins on Lucius''s head popped. His angered eyes met Xander''s disdainful sneer
''I need to be calm. I should just wait to buy some talents, just wait for my strength to grow''
Lucius knew what he had to do, it was cowardice but it was what was needed.
If he were to stand his ground the only oue was his tragic and utter defeat and Lucius knew that but¡
"Bang!"
Before Lucius could realise what was happening his fist was already nted deep inside of Xander''s face!
Lucius could feel the adrenaline and the blood in his body surging, his anger wasn''t cated with that blow but only grew even further.
It was a reckless decision but Lucius didn''t regret it for a second!
Now that he had decided to fight there was no going back. If he started it he could only go all the way!
Lucius was never a fighter but in that short moment after the attack, the information of a short video he saw online was shing in his mind.
Chapter 69 69.Rage And Blood
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Lucius was never a fighter but in that short moment after the attack, the information of a short video he saw online was shing in his mind.
''If you''re going to fight someone stronger than you, the best way to win is to simply not fight. But if you must fight, you have tond the first blow, and whilst your opponent is disoriented and drop them onto the floor!''
Whilst Xander was still reeling from Lucius''s full force blow to his unprotected nose, Lucius moved rapidly.
His stance dropped and tackled Xander but he didn''t target his waist but instead wrapped his arms around the back of Xander''s knees
When Lucius first hit Xander it was truly a sneak attack so the damage and pain done was immense, but after the first attack, Xander subconsciously used mana to strengthen his body, equalising their physical differences
But Xander didn''t dare hold back and with the fear and adrenaline pumping through his system, Lucius was working at full capacity if not in overdrive, so Lucius tackled and flipped him, smashing Xander''s back onto the floor.
After this, Lucius remembered thest line
''After your opponent is on the floor, you get on top and do not let them get up. Remember with the difference in abilities, as long as they get up, you will lose.''
With that Lucius didn''t hesitate and jumped onto Xander and started wailing on him
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Lucius''s fists mercilessly smashed into Xander''s face with endless blows as his fist started to grow bloody and his eyes turningpletely bloodshot red.
Even with this bloody sight, Lucius didn''t stop, not just because he was furious but because he didn''t dare!
Lucius didn''t underestimate Xander''s abilities and instead rated them very highly. With just one shock or attack from Xander it would be lights out.
Unless he wanted a gruesome end, he couldn''t stop.
And Lucius''s worries about Xander were not unfounded
Just as Lucius was pushed to his limits in this extreme situation, Xander was as well.
He had been disoriented andpletely stunned by Lucius''s unrelenting blows and attacks.
But even at that time, Xander had grit his teeth and gripping onto his consciousness instinctively raised his arms to block his head.
The block wasn''tplete, in fact, the force contained behind Lucius''s attacks had still managed to hit Xander.
The locking of his head only allowed him to gain but a moment of respite.
But a moment was all Xander needed
Who was he?
He was the storm caller! Lightning and thunder would appear at his side with just a thought.
The moment Xander managed to raise his arms to block, Lucius managed to see his eyes and had a full nce at the murder and rage contained within.
''Ahh shit¡''
"Zap! Zap!"
Lucius Screamed as the electric shock ran all over his body.
it was as if all of the nerves inside him had been set on fire as his mind was blinded by an overwhelming sense of pain.
Lucius''s body spasmed as he frothed at the mouth before just goingpletely limp. as the sick smell of burnt flesh could be smelled as Lucius fell onto the floor, seeminglypletely unconscious.
Xander rose to his feet and covered his messed up and bloodied face.
He struggled to stand still as his head was still spinning from the aftermath of Lucius''s attacks.I think you should take a look at
cing his hand over his nose to stop the relentless bleeding, Xander cursed.
''Just you wait, you bastard! I''ll make you wish you were dead!''
But just shortly after Xander got up he noticed something strange. He could see the other students looking at him with a look of pure horror.
''Huh? What''s going on? Did my show of magic scare them that much?''
After having this thought, Lucius was a little prideful.
''I guess I should tone it down from now on.''
As Xander prepared to start boasting, he suddenly noticed something strange and an ominous feeling appeared in his heart
''No! Those eyes, they are not looking at me!''
Slowly turning around, Xander''s heart skipped.
He saw a pair of eyes that had turnedpletely red, gazing at him with an endless amount of rage that seemed to want to burn the whole world.
This mad figure stood dauntingly with a chair in his hands
"Oh shit.."
That was thest thought Xander had before the full force of a chair smacked him across the face
"Bang!"
Xander''s body was sent flying through the air as his body ragdolled, spinning in the air like the des of a helicopter
"Boom!"
Xanders body crashed on the floor as his bloodied face rolled across the ground leaving a bloodied trail in its wake
Hisss!
The entire ss of students that had been watching the battle with interest all collectively sucked in a cold breath of air.
How ruthless!
How Vicious!
Lucius right now didn''t have time to care about the crowd''s thoughts.
In this state, his mind was blurred and his body was on high alert, scanning for any dangers and enemies and as he looked around, he quickly found one.
A beautiful purple haired woman, in her hand, was a small glowing fireball that, if thrown, would deal considerable damage but her face only contained fear i.
It was Veronica.
But as Lucius''s eyes locked onto her body, she froze.
When Lucius first attacked Xander she had prepared a fireball to help Xander but the two of them were so close that if she used a fireball, it would definitely hurt Xander as well, so she did not act, waiting for her chance to strike.
But when she got the chance to strike, she was so intimidated by Lucius''s bloody and furious appearance that she hesitated for a second, and a second was all he needed
But in his current state, Lucius wasn''t able to show pity just because she was a woman.
He currently couldn''t think straight, but he instinctively knew that if he took that fireball with his currently damaged body, his life would be at risk.
Chapter 70 70. Blood
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He currently couldn''t think straight, but he instinctively knew that if he took that fireball with his currently damaged body, his life would be at risk.
Lucius quickly rushed out like a raging beast.
Seeing the ferocious and bloody Lucius dashing towards her, Veronica''s legs grew weak.
The fireball n her hand fizzled out as she dropped to the floor in fear but Lucius still didn''t stop
His hands shot like a snake grasping around her neck and just as he was about to choke the life out of her Lucius heard a loud shout
"Stop right there!"
It was a chilling voice imbued with such authority it made everyone shiver, including Lucius. The overwhelming mana spread throughout the room as everyone froze in ce.
"What kind of carnage is happening here? This is a ssroom not an arena!"
The sudden voice was enough to snap Lucius out of his trance and back into his senses
Mr. Hoffman waspletely shocked to see that such a brutal fight had happened in his ssroom and his mood was terrifying.
As for the culprits of the fight, he didn''t even need to ask.
Oney within a bloodied trail of blood and a messed up face on the ground. Another hand bloodshot eyes and bloodstained fists wrapped around the neck of another student.
Although he wanted to get to the bottom of this, he still knew what he had to do as a teacher.
What are you guys waiting around for? Someone go to the medic ward and get a healer as soon as possible! Get three healers as quickly as you can! Any healers present quickiee and give first aid!
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Several hourster Lucius was sitting in a chair now fully healed and recovered from his severe injuries.
Several hourster, Lucius was sitting in a chair now fully healed and recovered from his severe injuries.
He was currently standing beside arge set of wooden double doors as he thought about the crazy incidents from earlier that day.
In truth, Lucius didn''t even know what really happened back there.
He initially intended to fight Xander but as he carried on things just got more bloodied and vicious. After receiving the electric shock from Xander, when he got back up Lucius hadpletely lost control of his body. If it wasn''t for the shout from Mr. Hoffman, Lucius would have squeezed Veronica''s throat if not simply killed her outright.
The strange state left Lucius powerful along his body to overdraft itself and go beyond its limits.
But it wasn''t without consequences. His injuries were severe, rivalling that of Xander who had been on the reviewing end of a brutal beating.
And with the uncontroble nature of this ability, Lucius wasn''t too fond of it. In all honesty, with such bloodthirst and ack of control, the losses seemed to outweigh the gains.
But what scared Lucius the most was that this state never appeared in the original novel and Lucius also had suspicions on the cause of this entire thing.
The Amulet of the High King
There was a secret about the amulet he had been hiding from Reina and even Cami.I think you should take a look at
The Amulet was an inheritance passed down by the high king and for such a treasure it only increased a few stats.
Although it was quite decent for beginner equipment, for the High King of the Barbarian race, the strongest barbarian ruler and one who had reached the ceiling of this world, the abilities were too shabby.
And that was because the increased abilities were just a side effect anyway.
The true treasure of the [Amulet of the High King] was the gem in the centre of the amulet, or more correctly, what was contained inside of it.
That was because inside the amulet was a drop of source blood from the High King of Barbarians himself!
The true primrose of the amulet was a glorified container!
The High King of the barbarians had reached the peak of the world, his blood was less like that of a humanoid creature but more like a magical beast.
For barbarians this blood would be enough to stimte their potential and overtime slowly assist and refine their blood into a higher purity.
It seemed that although Lucius didn''t have any Barbarin heritage, the blood of the High King was simply too strong, affecting him and polluting him with some sort of pseudo rage state!
''Hmm in the novel Landon had owned the unlocked amulet for a longer time than me, but yet there was no sign of a pseudo rage state affecting him?''
But as Lucius thought about it for a little while, he quickly realised why this was the case.
Simply put, Landon''s willpower was too fucking strong!
As a standard protagonist, Landon''s willpower was off the charts, allowing him to break out of cursed mind control artefacts on nothing but sheer will power alone.
Although the Blood of the High King seemed to be like a treasure due to allowing him to enter the Pseudo rage state it was really not.
The truest description of the effect of the blood on Lucius''s body would be that of corruption.
The blood of the high king was slowly influencing and changing Lucius''s body.
Landon may have suffered the effects, but Landon''s willpower was simply too strong to be corroded by the blood of the High King and his body had received the blessing of the goddess of light when he became the [Saint of Light]
No matter how powerful the Blood of the High King was, it could neverpare to the full powers blessing of a god!
For those of Barbarian descent, this was definitely a blessing, but for others it could only be a source of worry
As Lucius realised what was happening, he couldn''t help but panic
''Fuck!'' Cursed Lucius
''Doesn''t that mean I have a piece of harmful radiation strapped straight to my chest??''
"Cough! Mr Lucius."
"Huh?"
Chapter 71 71. Judgement
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"Cough! Mr Lucius."
"Huh?"
Looking up Lucius could see a guard in front of arge set of wooden doors speaking to him.
"Cough! Erm sorry." Replied Lucius in embarrassment.
I was lost in my own thoughts and wasn''t paying attention."
"It''s okay Mr Lucius, I was speaking to you to inform you that you don''t have to wait around anymore. The professors are calling for you to enter."
Hearing this, Lucius nodded and didn''t wait around any longer.
Stepping forward, he ced his hand on the wooden double doors and walked inside.
As Lucius walked in, he could see a room with a slightly curved panel table in front of him with several stern faces professor suiting down
The Judicial council for the academy.
Due to the nature of the incident, that being only involving two students and being amongst first years of the Hero ss, there were not too many professors called her today, but Lucius could at least count 7 of them.
As Lucius walked inside, deep down, he was feeling a little nervous.
Although the incident was pretty violent, Lucius knew the rules and knew that punishment wouldn''t be too severe at least, unless he was truly unlucky, expulsion would not be brought up this time. But even with that, the heavy atmosphere created by the stern faces of the numerous professors added some invisible pressure onto Lucius
But as Lucius walked in, he could feel someone sending him a murderous re.
Looking over, he could still see the bruised and bandaged man ring at him like a demon from hell and when heid eyes on such a sight a beautiful smile appeared on his face.
Looking at this, Lucius just nodded like a farmer satisfied with his day''s harvest.
''Mh I really did a good job today''
See, even though some high-ranking healing magic and first aid were applied to Xander''s face, his injuries had still lotpletely healed leaving him with a ck eye and a few bandages wrapped around his head.
Remember, this was AFTER healing magic, for this to be his best state after high end treatment. With things this bad, his original conditions could only be imagined.
Seeing the face wrapped in bandages grimacing, Lucius wanted tough and if it were not for the current disruption, he would haveughed till tears burst out of his eyes.
Unfit tank top, he could just send a haughty sneer in Xander''s directions
''You see you bastard! I told you wouldn''t have a good ending if you mess with me!''
Although Lucius''s and Xander''s rtionship wasn''t so good that they couldmunicate with their eyes, the disdain in Lucius''s eyes was abundantly evident, causing Xander to re up.
But even if his balls were magnified by 10, Xander still didn''t dare make amotion in front of so many professors and could only re a burning hole into the side of Lucius''s face.
Lucius just ignored this and sat downfortably next to his raging enemy.
After all, how could he be angry? He wasn''t the one who got his ass beat.
But as Lucius sat down, his leisure aura disappeared from the man in the centre of the table, Mr. Hoffman.
Soon Mr. Hoffman Started Speaking I think you should take a look at
"First I would like to inform you that due to the urgent nature of the situation, it was impossible to assemble a full council of professors to judge your matter, but I can assure you that the judgement will be fair and just."
After saying this, the polite atmosphere disappeared and was reced with Steel-like sternness.
"Well, let''s begin the discussion then."
Gulp!
Hearing this, both Lucius and Xander gulped nervously.
"First, Lucius, let''s begin with you." Said Mr. Hoffman
"Is it true that you assaulted Xander earlier today and is it also true that you were the one to start and throw the first blow in the conflict."
Faced with Mr. Hoffman''s question, Lucius took a deep breath before responding
"Yes sir, it''s true I attacked Xander and also true I struck the first blow."
As Lucius admitted this, the faces of the few professors on the judgement panel frowned as Xander behind him burst out in a bright smile.
"Ha! You bastard today you will face judgement!''
But as Xander thought Lucius was going to confess and admit his crime, things didn''t go in any direction he predicted.
"Teacher, but the ims I attacked with malicious intent are false. Not only did I
Hearing this, Xander wanted to jump out of his chair.
''Bastard! After beating me up like this, you stills are saying it wasn''t with malicious intent and even went against the rules
"Sir-"
But before Xander could finish speaking, Mr. Hoffman cut him off
"Student Xander is still speaking. Let him finish his pint before you object. Student Lucius, you may continue."
"Thank you Mr. Hoffman. As I was saying, this was all a simple act of self-Defense and not assault."
Saying this Lucius took a deep breath and looked at Mr.Hoffman confidently.
"Sanctuary cadet code Section 3 article 4
In case of an action of a person with magical or supernatural abilities against a much weaker opponent. The person in danger may act first and has the right to employ all non lethal methods of self defence if their life feels threatened." Stated Lucius calmly
"It has only been 2 days since the academy started and my stats are still currently below that of a 3rd ss fighter. In addition to this, before I attacked, Xander came up to me disying his abilities and even attacked me 2 times forcing me to make a move. If I don''t act in self defence I''m afraid I may have lost my life and wouldn''t even be here to give this exnation right now."
Hearing this, Mr. Hoffman''s eyes suddenly narrowed before he turned to look at Xander.
"Student Xander, is this all true?"
Faced with Mr. Hoffman''s question Xander nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
''What the hell? What is this bullshit!''
Chapter 72 72. Punishment
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''What the hell? What is this bullshit?''
But when faced with Mr. Hoffman''s inquisitive gaze. Xander could only meekly raise his head as he replied
"Yes it''s true I used my abilities, but I never threatened Lucius''s life in any way."
In this aspect, Xander was telling the truth. Although he was haughty and arrogant, his brain wasn''t broken enough to try to take the life of someone in the ssroom.
It''s just that he was unfortunate, he hadn''t predicted that Xander would actually be a weak fraud using magic equipment and he could never predict that he would meet someone as shameless as Lucius.
He had clearly given enough time to dodge each attack, but Lucius wouldn''t admit it.
If he says his life was in danger, then his life was in danger!
Even if they beat him to death he wouldn''t admit otherwise!
So when Lucius heard Xander''s words he quickly objected
"Impossible!" Said, Lucius
"Xander clearly threatened me with his abilities. There were countless witnesses you could ask for that would prove that fact. In addition, Mr. Hoffman can testify to the fact that I''m not even a 3rd ss fighter yet m. With such a difference, it''s natural that a few attacks would make me fear for my life.
It''s impossible for Xander to say that he wasn''t posing any threat to me in those conditions. After all, if someone like him, born with golden rank talent and disying high-ranking magic, can''t even threaten someone who''s not even a 3rd ss fighter, what right does such trash have to be in the hero ss?"
As Xander heard Lucius implicitly calling him a piece of trash, hepletely exploded.
"How dare a filthymoner! A patheticmoner like you dare''s run your mouth. If it wasn''t because of a despicable sneak attack, how could someone like me ever lose to trash like you!"
Xander was about to go off on a bloody rant and release all the grief and hatred he had built over these past few days, but before he could¡
"Silence!"
Mr. Hoffman''s roar shook the room, causing Xander to shut uppletely.
"Student Xander, you know the rules of the academy. In front of the rules, all titles are worthless. What we care about is abilities and the fact that you lost to a child you deem as trash can only make you even worse than this piece of trash you do despise"
Hearing the blunt and straight words of Mr. Hoffman, Xander wanted to rage.
How could Mr. Hoffman everpare him to such a bastard?!
It was not just an insult to himself, but to the very family name he possessed!
But even with all his anger, Xander could only stifle his breath
Xander knew his reality.I think you should take a look at
In the past, his father had always been one to indulge and clean up his every action, but before he left for Sanctuary, his father had told him one thing:
''Don''t mess with the professors of the hero ss. A mere Count family is not something they will take into consideration.''
After exchange of words between Mr. Hoffman and his two students, the discussion continued with each teacher investigating a lot of questions but during the entire time Lucius constantly emphasised that he was weaker and he also painted Xander as the aggressor, referring to his past behaviour provoking duels earlier that day and even the duel beforehand to emphasise Xander''s aggressive nature.
During the entire time, Xander also tried to plead his case and prove his innocence, but Lucius could also see that as time went on the teachers were bing less and less on Xander''s side
After a while, the group of professors and teachers finished their discussion.
They used a magic artefact to speak silently so Lucius and Xander couldn''t hear a single word they said and eventually, Mr. Hoffman stepped up to give the verdict
"Thews and rules of The Sanctuary are paramount and infallible. Every student is subject to thew regardless of status and every broken rule must be punished.
Lucius and Xander Caldwell, as a result of your both of you will be fined Academy contribution points due to it being your second day your point count is pitifully low putting both of you in debt. In addition, both of you will have to take up extra lessons to re-educate yourself and repent for your actions."
Hearing this, both Lucius and Xander felt like they had been plunged into a cold pool of water
Fuck! Debt!
It was already the second day and they already had a fat debt in their heads
Unfortunately for Lucius, things weren''t over just yet.
"In addition to this, Lucius was the main assant in this incident even though you acted due to fear and a sense of threat your actions have been deemed excessive."
As he said this Mr. Hoffman couldn''t help but nce at both ck panda eyes of Xander and his mirth twitched.
"Student Lucius, your punishment will be heavier in addition to the previous stated, conditions your punishment will includepulsorymunity service and volunteering during the weekends for the rest of the term."
"Is that understood? Is there any objection?"
"No teacher." Replied Lucius and Xander in unison
By the end of things Xander''s face looked like a pile of tenderised meat and although Lucius suffered some damage due to the electric shock. Most of the true damage. Came from the pseudo-rage state making his most serious injury more self inflicted.
In truth, all Xander did was get beat up and they nearly had the same level of punishment.
Of course Lucius would be satisfied.
But Lucius knew that after recovering this punishment he would have to lie low for a bit.
Although he could kiss his free time good bye, in truth he had got off lightly with this punishment so if he got in trouble again it wouldn''t be a good look and the next punishment would be nowhere near as lenient.
Chapter 73 73. I Want... To Apologise
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Seeing that both of them were fine with the punishments given, Mr. Hoffman didn''t want to keep Lucius any longer.
"Lucius, you may take your leave now. As for Xander, we still need to talk to you about your code of conduct during the first free days in Sanctuary."
Seeing this Lucius got up, but he didn''t forget to run salt in Xander''s wounds and let off a quiet snicker as he passed by causing Xander''s face to turn extremely ugly but as he looked up to see Mr Hoffman''s cold eyes Xander''s face turned into one of fear as she shivered slightly.
Walking out of the room, Lucius breathed a sigh of relief.
''I did it!''
Although he maintained a calm demeanour inside, his nerves were stretched to their limits.
Although he didn''t think he would be expelled or something, a few week''s suspension would be enough time for the original protagonist Landon to work his magic, making his job of winning the hearts of the heroines much harder.
As Lucius thought this he started walking back towards his dormitory but he only walked a few metres down the hallways when he saw a familiar face.
It was a purple haired beauty with dazzling eyes.
A figure that could make any man burn with desire.
Although the young woman''s overall aura was tired and lethargic, it was still enough to make heads turn. Instead, it made one feel pity and want to protect the beautiful young woman.
Of course, this was none other than Veronica Beaumont.
Just as Lucius spotted her, Veronica also spotted him the moment he came into her vision.
The second she spotted Lucius she froze up like a deer in headlights, but unlike other women that froze at the sight of Lucius, this wasn''t due to his handsomeness but instead due to fear!
The scene of Lucius rushing towards her with a set of crazed eyes was enough to make her feel fear even in this moment.
That''s why when she saw Lucius smile and continue walking in her direction, she felt her heart leap out of her mouth.
She wanted to run away but she didn''t want to be likest time and resolved herself to face him.
But with each step she saw Lucius walk up, his blood red eyes emanating with pressure.
When she saw Lucius appear right in front of her again, Veronica thought that this was going to be a repeat of what happened this morning and braced herself for impact when she suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder.
Plucking the courage to open her eyes when Veronica looked up she could see Lucius looking at her with a slightly embarrassed expression.
"Look, things got a bit heated back there and I took things a little too far. I want¡ to apologise."
"W-what?"
"I said I''m sorry. You weren''t even involved and I nearly attacked you out of fear. It''s my fault at the end of the day. If I have a chance I''d like to make it up to you. Fighting you has nothing to do with the promise I made to ''that person'' after all."
After saying this Lucius didn''t want to continue talking much longer.
"..w..wait!"
Veronica was so confused. She didn''t know what was going on and she wanted to ask more about what Lucius meant so as Lucius was leaving she quickly reached out to grab Lucius by the sleeve.I think you should take a look at
"After saying such strange words, you can''t just leave. You should at least exin yourself."
Lucius couldn''t speak because before he could even say a word a cold voice rang out
"You two, what are you doing?"
In that moment Xander had turned the corner seeing the entire scene with his eyes
Hearing that familiar voice, Lucius didn''t turn around but In a ce where no one could see a devious smile appeared on his face
''Perfect'' thought Lucius with delight
It was all falling to create the perfect scene.
As Xander arrived he could see his fianc¨¦ holding onto Lucius''s sleeve with a red and embarrassed expression on her face.
Looking at this sight Xander wanted to explode. All of a sudden the hair on his head seemed less and less turquoise and more and more green!
Veronica couldn''t see Xander''s anger, so as she saw Xander she quickly put a smile on her face, threw away Lucius''s arm and walked up to Xander
Xander''s eyes quickly switched between Lucius and between Lucius Veronica and when he looks towards Lucius sneered at Xander with an obvious mocking look in his eyes
"Xander I-"
But before he listened to Veronica''s words he wanted the answer to the question he previously asked
"What were you two talking about before?" asked Xander his voice slightly chilly
But Before Veronica could ease the situation with an exnation, Lucius just stepped forward and sneered
"Humph! What does it matter? Do I have to tell you everything I do? If me and Veronica have a conversation we have no reason to tell you anything we say."
Faced with Lucius''s burning eyes Xander subconsciously took a step back.
He couldn''t be med the crazed beating Lucius had given had already left a shadow on Xander''s heart
But as a result of Lucius''s confrontational and ambiguous words, a crack had formed in Xander''s trust of Veronica, and for Lucius this was just the beginning.
Naturally, this alone was not enough to break down a rtionship but someone as arrogant and headstrong as Xander wouldn''t humble himself to talk things out.
Although Lucius would be the one to push him on the road, Xander will be the one to walk the road of destruction himself.
As Lucius saw the seeds of doubt had properly been nted, he didn''t see any point in staying around anymore and said,
"Since Xander''s here, there''s no point in me sticking around. I''ll be taking my leave."
Veronica seemed to gain more confidence with Xander''s presence and didn''t want to let Lucius just leave like that.
Chapter 74 74. Planting Seeds
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"Hold on when you"
Hearing this Lucius paused. He purposefully turned around and looked at Xander as he married his eyes.
"Like I said before, we can continue the conversation like I promised when youe to see meter."
"Humph! I''ll see youter then."
"It''ll be my pleasure."
After saying that Lucius smiled charmingly before walking off, ignoring the slight scowl from Veronica.
Originally there was nothing wrong with these sentences exchanged between Lucius and Veronica, but with the seeds of doubt nted in Xander''s heart, each word sounded more and more wrong, and that was exactly what Lucius wanted.
Although he concealed it well, Lucius could clearly see the bubbling furry that was about to burst in Xander''s eyes
''Now to watch as your rtionship falls apart.'' thought Lucius chuckling to himself
Sigh! Breaking rtionships? When did I be so despicable?
This god, no, this world has corrupted me...
As soon as Lucius walked away, Xander was letting out all his fury on Veronica.
"Veronica, tell me what the hell is going on!"
It was only now that Veronica realised Xander was in fact incredibly angry but there was just one problem,
She had absolutely no clue why Xander was behaving like this, after all in her mind she had done nothing wrong
"This.. what do you mean?" Asked Veronica puzzled
"Don''t try to y stupid with me! What were you and Lucius talking about before?"
"Why are you being so confrontational? Don''t you know I''m doing this for your sake? I heard Lucius say he was doing this on somebody''s orders and questioning him to get to the bottom of things."
But instead of the thanks that she had been expecting all Veronica got was his burning rage
"Veronica! If you''re going to lie, at least try and make what you say believable!
Do you know who Lucius is? A COMMONER! Someone that wasn''t even a third rank fighter?
Even if someone wanted to target me they wouldn''t use such incapable trash.
I''ve fought him before and clearly know hisck of skills.
The only reason we''ve reached this point is as a result of his luck and my own negligence.
If you don''t want to tell me what happened in the conversation, at least make it believable! Do you take me for a fool!"
Hearing Xander''s words Veronica waspletely unreconciled
"Why would I lie about my conversation with Lucius? What would I gain from doing such a thing? Remember he attacked me too."
"Oh really?" Said Xander sneering
"So you met with Lucius before and that''s why you were stuttering and blushing?"
The more Xander thought about it, the more angry he became
"Fuck! Whose fianc¨¦ are you? Mine or Lucius''s because to anyone else it would seem like thetter!"
Veronica waspletely stunned. In her mind she had done nothing wrong she just couldn''t understand why Xander would suddenly lose his mind.
"We were supposed to be engaged together and even married after we graduated from the academy but whilst your future husband was being beaten and humiliated you were here flirting with the enemy!"
"No¡.no I.."
p!
Veronica held her now stinging cheek in shock
"Shut up! Ever since you''vee to the academy you''re golden talent has made you forget your true position. You are only a baron''s daughter and your family''s territory is directly within the Caldwells sphere of influence."
"Your Beaumont family will always be subservient and rely on us Caldwells." As he spoke Xander stepped forward with a horrifying look in his eye
"I don''t think you understand the consequences these actions have caused for yourself. No, not just yourself. This will cost your entire family!"
Still holding onto her sore cheek, Veronica''s face went pale.
She desperately tried to beg and calm down Xander but he wasn''t hearing any of it.
He was furious!
He had been humiliated again and again and the shame of his fianc¨¦ flirting with the same man that had embarrassed him to this state had driven him to his limit.
He would never be one to admit that he was incapable and he had been looking for someone to me for his situation, if that person was going to be his finance then so be it!
...¡.
Lucius was unaware of the carnage that his actions had caused and even if he was, he wouldn''t care.
Lucius calmly headed towards his room and opened his door breathing a sigh of relief. To his amusement, just as Lucius entered the room, he could see an unsettled Cami already waiting inside.
By now Lucius was so used to Cami''s sudden and inexplicable appearances that her appearing in his room did not even surprise him in the slightest
But contrary to Lucius''s look of calm Cami''s could be said to be the definition of panic.
"Young Leader, what happened, are you okay?"
The second he entered he was instantly bombarded with Cami''s words of care and panic.
Lucius just sighed as he tried to calm down her worries
"I told you, it''s okay to call me Lucius and there is no need to worry about me too much. What happened is not a big deal. I got off lightly the only punishment was a few weeks of volunteering after school and on weekends but it''s not so serious "
What about your physical condition? After the poisoning, your body has weakened and your mana is gone. I''m afraid that you could be greatly injured."
Lucius sighed once more
"You really don''t have to worry that much. My body received the best healing from the mages and priests so there really is no big problem."
"Young leader¡."
Cami didn''t know what to say.
Although Lucius may have forgiven her she couldn''t bring herself to do the same.
In her mind her mistake was simply inexcusable.
She was there not just to assist the Young Leader but protect him in his weakened state.
If she couldn''t even do the basic job she was assigned by the revolutionary army what was her purpose in even existing?
Chapter 75 75. Lackeys
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If she couldn''t even do the basic job she was assigned by the revolutionary army, what was her purpose in even existing?
To fail the revolution was a fate even worse than death and losing Lucius, the hope of the revolution, could only be described as just that. After all, nothing could be more costly for the revolution than losing its head figure. Especially now in its time of growing factional disputes
Lucius could see that Cami was getting lost in her own guilty thoughts and smiled as he patted her on the head
"You really don''t need to me yourself. I''m fine¡ I''m¡ just fine¡ snore"
Lucius barely finished his sentence before he passed out.
"Lucius!" Cried Cami
Her heart nearly stopped beating! It was only when she realised that Lucius was only sleeping that she finally calmed herself down.
Fortunately, although Lucius passed out, he wasn''t seriously injured or sick.
He was just exhausted.
When Lucius was saying that he was fine before, he was only talking about his physical well-being and not his mental one
Even if his body had healed, it had been pushed to the limit and exhausted. In addition to that, the fight and electrocution had left him exhausted, plus the mental drain of the trial made him fall asleep the instant he felt safe in his room.
"Young Leader¡." sighed Cami
Gazing at the charming sight of Lucius''s sleeping side profile, Cami sighed and picked him up and ced him on the bed
Slight of her shoulder
Tucking him in she stroked the hair on his head
"Continue to fight hard leader"
"Saying that, he does really smell nice."
Timbering the sweet smell of roses on his body.
If Lucius was awake, his smile would be even wider than Cam''s because not too long after a familiar stream of notifications sounded off in his mind
Ding! LP+ 100
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As Lucius was getting some important and well deserved rest, Xander was also doing some important business
In an empty room inside of the academy, Xander had gathered the people who followed him.
Even with his embarrassing record till now the people that followed him went few.
He was still the son of a count after all. Commoners and even lower ranking nobles were all desperate to climb up the social hierarchy and they would willingly submit themselves to him no matter how he appeared in front of others.
Appearing in front of the door, Xander walked in with an ugly expression on his face.
His face and body were still recovering, but even worse than these wounds were the scars in his mind that he couldn''t erase.
He didn''t want to admit it but the fear of Lucius had prated deep down into his bones.
Even now, when he closed his eyes, he could see the crazed red eyes of Lucius looking down on him without even the slightest speck of sanity inside them.
Even if it wasn''t for his own pride, for his own confidence and sanity, Lucius had to be dealt with!
Walking inside, Xander could see a gathering of people in front of him.
They came from all walks of society. Commoners, knight families, baron families but there were two things that remained consistent.
They were students of Sanctuary and they were all hisckeys.
Each one of them were his loyal dogs.
Of course, most of these people would be from the regr ss. With blue talents mostmon and the asional purple talents.
As for golden talents?
Sorry, but Xander didn''t have the ability to draw suchckeys. Why would they submit to someone like him?
The royal family, the magic tower and the other heroic families would be much better people to attach yourself to.
Although It was not impossible for such a thing to happen if Xander showed enough talent and charisma, the only thing Xander had shown until now was getting his ass beat by amoner!
Xander looked at the group of students in front of him and nodded.
"I''m sorry to call you all here on such a short notice, but I called you to discuss the recent despicable acts against myself"
''Despicable? Didn''t you just get your ass beat?''
Although many of the people here had such thoughts, they didn''t say it out loud. This was their boss after all. They still had to show him a little face.
"I was ambushed and sneak attacked by amoner today. Although the rule of the academy does not allow me to deal with him, the name of the Caldwell family can not be tarnished and that''s why I have gathered you today to discuss countermeasures as to deal with him."
It may seem like a big deal to call many people here to discuss how to deal with one man but in actual fact, Xander''s decision was the correct one.
If he was just dealing with Lucius, he could do it alone but he was dealing with Lucius inside of The Sanctuary. What he had to outsmart now wasn''t just Lucius but the sanctuary academy as a whole.
With Xander''s words discussion quickly broke out on what to do when eventually a young man raised his hand.
"Sir, why don''t you hire the assassins of your family to deal with him? Although Lucius may be protected by Sanctuary now, he will have to leave eventually and when he does¡"
Hearing this Xander''s face snapped towards the man who was speaking
"You? What''s your name?"
Seeing Xander''s interest the man thought he had made a good suggestion and became a little excited
"My name is James, Ie from the Knight family-"
But James didn''t even get to make a full introduction before Xander''s cold voice sounded out
"Kneel down and p yourself."
"P-pardon.." stuttered the man
But Xander''s face just grew colder as his eyes narrowed
"Did I stutter?"
James could only cry silent tears as he got down on his knees and gave himself a resounding p!
Paa!!
Chapter 76 76. Plan
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Whilst everyone was still recoiling from the loud sound of the self-inflicted p, Xander just watched the group with a set of cold eyes.
"If I followed this idiot''s idea, then my life would be over. Using assassins against a Sanctuary student would easily get me killed. The only one with any grievances with this kid is me so this tant assassination would only leave me as the prime suspect. The Sanctuary is a ce where even royal families have to show caution and respect, how could it be my turn to run wild? If that boy is assassinated, The Sanctuary won''t let me off."
As Xander was speaking, his face turned ferocious.
"If anyone else has another stupid idea like this guy then don''t me me if I remove your head!"
Gulp!
With Xander''s harsh words, the group suddenly went silent.
No one dared speak.
But the silence didn''tst for long.
The opportunity of gaining the favour of a golden talent, Count''s son was too irresistible for most to turn down.
Eventually, more and more ideas started rolling in as Xander listened carefully.
But soon Xander''s expression turned even uglier than it was before.
The ideas he got given were all ridiculous!
Kidnap one of the girls around Lucius and use it to threaten him
Challenge Lucius to another duel
Some bastard even said that they should bully him by hiding his training equipment and writing insults on his desk. What was this, ducking middle school?!
It was only at this moment in time and after enduring an hour of this ridiculousness that Xander realised the truth.
Hisckeys, every singlest one of them.
They were all brainless fucking idiots!!
Just as Xander was about to pull out his hair, a man suddenly stepped out and twisted his hand
The young man had ck hair and a set of curved green eyes that made one rather unsettled by looking into them. Giving off the feeling that one was looking at a snake.
If Lucius was here he would definitely jump out.
It would be hard not to recognise this guy as he was in a lot of the fan art of the original novel.
This guy was a main antagonist that had bothered the protagonist for a long time in the academy and even made him shed tears of blood.
The young man carefully stepped forward and spoke.
"Sir, I also have an idea."
By this point, Xander was exhausted and just waved his hand indicating for him to speak.
Sir, my suggestion. Is a bit different from others. It won''t be a direct physical attack on Lucius and if you want to deal with himpletely it will take a long time but one thing I can guarantee is that it will be effective and even The Sanctuary won''t be able to stop it.
Hearing this, Xander''s interest was fully stimted
"Oh? Please continue "
The green-eyed young man showed no fear or nervousness in his exnation
"My n is to use your connections and influence to spread bad rumours about Lucius in the academy until his reputation is destroyed
"What? So you mean bullying?" Questioned Xander
"No, my idea is even worse than that, "
As the young man spoke a vicious smile appeared on his face
"Complete character assassination."
The instant he heard this, a sh of anticipation appeared in Xander''s eyes and the young man''s exnation did not disappoint.
"Lucius is amoner like me, so naturally we know the most important thing formoners in The Sanctuary is to make connections with nobles and after Sanctuary use these connections to climb up the social hierarchy.
How you carry yourself and your reputation in The Sanctuary can make or break amoner.
And it''s not just after Sanctuary.
One of the core teachings in The Sanctuary is teamwork. As a result, a lot of assessments and tasks are all team based.
If his reputation can be soured, not only will people refuse to work with him outside of Sanctuary when he graduates, but his time in The Sanctuary will also be extremely tough.
His assessments will be inhibited due to contradictions with other people if not just outright fail, and his rankings will also plummet to the floor.
Noble students with high morality and standing may even go out of their way to trouble Lucius for no reason
With lower rankings and more failures, his evaluations from the teachers will fall
Lucius is also amoner with no background
If the resources he''s granted are reduced, he won''t be able to substitute the loss with resources outside his and his growth rate will slow down significantly, making him suppressing him inside Sanctuary even easier
Sanctuary may care about him now, but when he graduates, they won''t bat a second eye
He would just be nothing, a weakling that could be squashed with a flick of a finger."
Listening to the exnation of the man in front of him, Xander shivered a little at such callous and harsh treatment of a fellow student. He had just orchestrated the downfall of not just a man''s school life but his whole damn career. But even more than this fear was the overwhelming amount of joy"
"Good good!" Said Xander as he got out of his seat
"You? What is your name?"
The green eyed young man smiled, knowing that he had achieved Xander''s favour.
"Oscar, My name is Oscar ."
"Well then Oscar, follow me from now on, I won''t treat you badly
If the n even works outline you said it would, the Caldwell family will sponsor you fully."
As those words came out of Xander''s mouth, countless eyes locked onto the young man with jealousy
Even the nobles weren''t exceptions.
The sponsorship of the count family was something many nobles would die for.
Although it may seem a bit extravagant to propose a sponsorship because of one n, Xander''s reasoning was not based solely on this
The discussion at Xander''s side today had taught him one thing:
His subordinates were too stupid!
Chapter 77 77. reputation
Chapter 77 77. reputation
His subordinates were too stupid!
More urately there were no strategists.
Xander was prideful, arrogant and many other things but he wasn''t a fool.
He knew he had no talent in schemes and strategy and he didn''t need to .
Even his fathers didn''t excel that much in that regard but like his father had learned an important thing, He didn''t need to.
With his standing and background all he needed to do was find and recognise talents. Once he did bring them over to your side and never let them go.
That was the true way of nobility.
Xander then looked at the crowd as a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"You were all here to hear the n when Oscar spoke. Now you know what to do, don''t waste time and get to work!"
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The next day
Lucius suddenly sat up in his bed.
''Where am I? How did I get here?''
Lucius''sst memory was hazy. All he remembers was speaking to Cami a bit before his mind suddenly went nk now he was suddenly in his bed
''Shit. Did I pass out?''
The second he realised this Lucius instantly felt embarrassed .
He was there trying to sound cool resisting her that he was all okay and then he suddenly passed out right in front of her
Suddenly Lucius had a growing thought
''Huh? What''s the time?''
Looking at the clock Lucius breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately he hadn''t overslept but he was definitely cutting it close.
He had to get ready as soon as possible!
¡..
Several minutester a handsome and refreshed Lucius walked outside his room with a slight bounce in his step.
Now he had dealt with Xander everything should be get easier these days now he didn''t have to worry about that idioting after him.
He had even started to form some cracks in the rtionship between Xander and Veronica.
Now he was just like a fisherman with his fighting line.
He just had to wait for the fish to bite the bait and slowly reel it in.
He was heading to the ssroom like he usually did but for some reason he felt something off today. All of a sudden people started Lucius didn''t even realise that his twisted smile was slowly appearing on his face out of habit.
Fortunately his handsome appearance made his every expression appear somewhat charming or else he would definitely look quite ugly right now.
Unknowingly Lucius walked away from free dorms and entered the school grounds. But as he was travelling he eventually noticed something strange.
He was heading to the ssroom like he usually did but for some reason he felt something off today. All of a sudden people started looking at him wherever he went,
"Look, that''s him right? The murderer!"
"Shh! Do you want him to deal with you as well? I heard he was part of a gang before he came to Sanctuary ."
"I heard he killed his first person at 8 years old and now it''s reached the point where he wouldn''t hesitate to kill someone over a slice of white bread."
"So barbaric! This is why we shouldn''t have to deal with these wretchedmoners!"
The conversation that was happening now was too close to Lucius so he heard everything.
As soon as he heard them he looked over towards them to shiver in shock and quickly look away.
"Tch!"
Lucius just clicked his teeth and ignored them.
Although it pushed him off that everyone was staring at Jill and whispering like he was some sort of zoo animal, he didn''t bother acting.
After all, it wasn''t just this group that was talking . A lot of students that saw him in the way here couldn''t help but whisper about his supposed ''hidden past''
Besides, Lucius wasn''t stupid. It didn''t take too long for him to catch on what was going on.
''That Xander, he''s quite crafty. No, it shouldn''t be him. It can only be that guy then.''
Oscar.
That guy had made his operable in the novel and was a well known viin.
If Xander was annoying then this guy was a real cockroach.
What made it worse was that this guy''s favourite way of dealing with things was to scheme and cut in the shadows so it was hard to deal with him directly.
Even after Xander was utterly destroyed this guy just wiped his mouth, packed up and jumped ship to the next viin to continue to scheme against the protagonist.
This scheme of a smear campaign had never happened inside the novel. After all Landon was all round good guy with the title [Saint of Light]
How could you smear his reputation?
B it even if it didn''t happen in the novel, the traces and handiwork were all pointing towards Oscar.
In just one day his temptation and his reputation in the mud. Although his actions yesterday must have yed a part, the signs of hidden hand stimting this were obvious.
But instead of panicking Lucius wanted tough!
It was an obvious attempt at character assassination to ruin his reputation and make him a social outcast.
It may have been effective at unsettling him if he was just a teenager but Lucius was already past the age of needing to fit in the group so he could manage just fine on his own.
If anything it would be even better this way, at least with such a vicious reputation no one woulde to bother him needlessly.
As for the problem of team assessment and resources, Lucius really didn''t care.
With his faked talent he was already guaranteed to have at least one teacher that would train him to the best of their abilities, with that how could heck resources?
Even if he didn''t have that, with his future knowledge he could sweep away the protagonist''s opportunities at that point he would never fear ack of resources.
His true goal in the academy is and would always be the heroines, not some lousy resources.
Thinking about all this Lucius could only shake his head.
If this was the extent of Xander''s and Oscar''s n to ruin him then they should have done better.
Chapter 78 78. True friends
Chapter 78 78. True friends
If this was the extent of Xander''s and Oscar''s n to ruin him then they should have done better.
Lucius just chuckled at the thought as he opened the door to his ssroom.
As soon as he walked in the air in the ssroom seems
To freeze as everyone tried to look away.
The rumours outside and his crazed appearance yesterday had firmly cemented his image in their minds as aplete mad dog.
Nobody wanted to interact with this mad dog less they get bit.
Looking over Lucius identally locked eyes with a pink haired beauty.
It was at that point a crafty smile appeared on Lucius''s face as he quickly waved towards Nina.
The poor girl nearly had a heart attack and quickly buried her head in her books once again like it was some sort of defence mechanism.
Lucius just smiled and walked up to his seat and during the entire time Nina didn''t dare look at him.
Although Lucius was a bit miffed that his progress with a heroine had been reset it was to be expected.
When the timid Nina heard all these crazy rumours yesterday, she nearly passed out from shock!
If it was any other time Lucius could easily have such a naive girl wrapped around his finger and easily deny and defend himself from the crazy rumours.
But yesterday he had just jumped a man and beat him until his fists turned bloody.
With such a disy what was there to deny?
Nina herself was still struggling toe to terms with what happened yesterday herself.
She never could have expected that her first ever friend was a mad lunatic!
She wanted to scold her naive and past self endlessly. Just because she was eager to make friends she had actually gotten in league with a delinquent gangster!
Still, even if Nina had put herself on guard against him she was still too naive.
Lucius was very confident in breaking down the guard of the little girl.
"Nina, I know you can hear me."
As Lucius spoke Nina just shivered timidly and buried her head in her books
Sigh! So you''re going to ignore me too? And just as I thought I had finally made some friends."
As Lucius spoke, the grief and sadness in his voice could be heard clearly.
And each word he spoke caused a song of pain in Nina''s heart
For a moment her memories shed back to the time she had spent in the magic tower.
After detecting her golden talent everyone was so happy to be around her but soon after her poor talent as a mage was exposed she was s quickly ignored
Everywhere she would go she would see and hear the mean whispers and rumours spoken by everyone around her. In a way, her situation was not too dissimr to Lucius''s.
She had also lost the people who she thought would be her friends.
A look of hesitation shed between her beautiful eyes as she asked.
"A-are the rumours about you true?"
Hearing this question Lucius just scoffed.
"Even if the rumours are true, does it matter?"
"Well.."
Lucius didn''t even let Nina finish speaking and counted
"What does it matter if the rumours are true? Aren''t we still friends regardless? I don''t care what other people say about you and I''ll still be your friend so why can''t you do the same."
As Nina heard this her mouth hung open as she tried to speak but no words came out of her mouth.
She remained like that for a while, seemingly undergoing some type of enlightenment
''Yeah! So what if there are bad rumours about him? Didn''t I also have some nasty rumours about myself? I should still be his friend regardless. there''s no problem with that.''
No, In fact, there was definitely a problem.
If Lucius was really a bloodthirsty killer, would it really be safe for a na?ve young girl like her to hang around someone like him?
The answer was obvious to anyone with a brain.
The people you make friends with can affect you in a negative way but with just a few words Lucius had managed to get Nina to ignore this.
She really was too na?ve
If put in terms of the modern day , she was definitely the type of person to get catfished and fall for all sorts of inte scams.
Loneliness was a scary thing.
In order to get rid of it you can selectively ignore all sorts of red gs and this was what was happening to Nina right now.
"L-Lucius, I think you''re right. Even if rumours are being spread it shouldn''t affect our friendship."
Seeing this Lucius wanted tough.
"That''s true! Friends shouldn''t care about things like that ."
Lucius thought that it was best to set this type of thinking as the foundation of their friendship. After all, his real status was way worse than the rumours.
He wasn''t just some neighbourhood gangster but instead a real domestic terrorist and the leader of the crazy bunch too!
If such a revaluation was brought to light then he really may kill this timid little girl.
Hopefully, if the worst case scenario were to happen and his identity was revealed with this foundation he would be able to maintain his rtionship with Nina, or at the very least, not turn her directly hostile against him.
But for Nina''s safety and for his own, it would be best if such a thing were to never be revealed.
So after repairing his friendship Lucius just made some more idle chatter with Nina, trying to slowly but surely increase his favorability until the fierce looking Mr. Hoffman walked in , signalling the start of the new school day
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So just like that, several days passed by since Lucius''s brutal assault on Xander.
Lucius''s life in the meantime really didn''t change much.
The rumours got slightly worse but they were still bearable. The only thing was that people started avoiding him more and more and it was harder to find a sparring partner during his lessons, but those were all minor developments .
Chapter 79 79. Veronicas thoughts
Chapter 79 79. Veronica''s thoughts
But those were all minor developments.
After all, having people be intimidated by you wasn''t all that bad of a feeling.
Even the arrogant Xander would stiffen you the second their eyes met and after enduring his previous arrogant behaviour, such a sight made him feel greatly satisfied.
All in all, the world seemed to move on as the new students began to settle and adjust to their new academy life, all but one person. And this person was none other than Veronica.
Although her days didn''t necessarily get worse per say, the got way more confusing
''Why is he like this?''
Veronica just couldn''t understand what was going on.
She couldn''t understand Lucius in the slightest!
At first she thought he was a terrifying man.
At one point she was so scared of him she couldn''t even think straight in front of him but soon he came towards her and apologised showing a side of humility that she didn''t expect.
To make matters even worse, she kept running into Lucius more and more as she went about her day. It was almost as if the god himself was ying a joke on her.
As if this wasn''t bad enough, any time she met Lucius, it was as if she was cursed by the gods of misfortune. She couldn''t control herself. She would be stumbling and falling over, dropping things at inconvenient times and every time it happened, Lucius, if all people would be there to help her out.
It was through these encounters that she realised that Lucius wasn''t that bad a person after all. No, in fact he was actually rather nice.
Although her first few conversations with Lucius could be seen as rather confrontational and sometimes, even outright hostile, Lucius didn''t take it to heart and continued to deal with her with a smile on his face.
He would talk with her about his likes and interests and it was surprising but they actually shared many of the same interests making conversation between them much easier.
And With Xander''s brutal beating and defeat, the me of this had somehow been solely pinned on her.
Even at a young age Xander was a man known for his pettiness as well as his abilities to divert the me.
He wouldn''t be able to breathe freely if he didn''t punish Veronica for what he thought was her mistake.
With the subtle support of Xander she began to be subtly ostracised amongst her circle as if Xander was silently boasting he could control her at any time
Her Beaumont family was naturally attached to Xander''s as a result her social circle was in a way just an extension of his own
With the instruction of Xander no one would try and befriend her less they offend the true boss showing her just how fake and fickle these noble friends could be
Eventually, as her days got worse and worse, and her rtionship with Xander deteriorated, the small talks with Lucius became her only moment in peace
"¡.veronica ¡ Veronica!"
Suddenly Veronica snapped o her thoughts
"Hum?"
"I''ve been calling you , for thest few seconds, aren''t you paying attention!"
Xander couldn''t help but scowl as he looked at Veronica''s absent minded appearance.
Eventually he just clicked his tongue and decided he to move on now that she was actually paying attention.
His aura changed as the expression on his face became rather serious.
"Veronica, I didn''t just call you here to mess around. I called you head to talk about Lucius"
As Veronica heard him mention Lucius her heart skipped a beat before he quickly calmed down again.
Veronica didn''t fear Xander''s questioning
Why should she? Her heart was clean.
Although she had been getting closer to Lucius these past few days, she had never crossed the line.
"What about Lucius?" Asked Veronica
"You need to stop meeting with him as much as you do know. In fact, I don''t want you merging with him altogether."
Hearing Xander''s words, Veronica was quite annoyed
"Meeting with him? You make it sound like I''m intentionally going to see him, every time we meet it''s just by confidence."
"Coincidence? really? Then tell me Veronica. Why do you go to the library at the same time everyday? Isn''t it just to meet with that bastard!"
Hearing this Veronica was shocked and that what she used she really didn''t think about things like this!
But after hearing Xanders exnation, the more she thought about it, the more it made sense¡.
She might not have done it intentionally but at least subconsciously she was going to the library at the same time everyday to run into Lucius and maybe she was even secretly excited to do this.
If the thoughts in her heart were like this then maybe she¡
Wait! That''s not what was important right now!
How does Xander know such small details about her everyday activities.
It was then the thought hit her
"You¡ you actually put a spy on me!"
As Veronica said this her face turned a little ugly but Xander wasn''t fazed.
He faced her anger and just shrugged it off.
"Yes I ced a spy on you and is there anything wrong about my actions."
Hearing such tant disregard for her privacy, Veronica was annoyed but she knew that there was nothing she could do
Eventually Veronica turned to the side for assistance.
She looked up to the side and could see a rather handsome young man with crimson hair. His face was stern and sharp making one have the illusion that they were facing a valiant Knight .
This wasn''t just any man but instead Louis Beaumont. The oldest don''t of the Beaumont family and her older brother!
No words escaped her mouth but her eyes said everything.
Brother¡
Her older brother,Louis clearly saw her eyes but he just quickly looked away.
Even if he was Veronica''s older brother, first he is the heir of the Beaumont family and as such the servant of the Caldwells and also Xander would be the next heir.
He wasn''t stupid.
Chapter 80 80. A Shameless Philanderer
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He wasn''t stupid.
If Xander had called him and Veronica here and he was still acting like this, then it could only be topletely suppress Veronica showing her that her family couldn''t help her at all and what made it even worse was that it was all true.
For his own and his family''s sake, he could only turn a blind eye.
Besides, isn''t Veronica Xander''s fianc¨¦?
At the end of the day, isn''t this just a domestic incident?
It would be better for him not to interfere and let them solve it themselves.
Whether he truly believed that or whether he was looking for a way tofort himself, that was what he was going to do anyway.
Veronica clearly saw Louis Avoiding her eyes and quickly realised that there was no hope that she would be getting any help from this cheap brother
Knowing this, Veronica just looked away.
Her brother wasn''t the only person there, but Veronica had even less hope of finding any help from him.
After all, that man was Xander''s newckey
Veronica didn''t know when he appeared but she didn''t like him one bit.
He was just amoner bug he was strangely confident and Xander seemed to favour him a lot
In fact, other than being Xander''sckey the man hadn''t done any harm to her and had in fact been quite polite but even with all this she just couldn''t bring herself to like him.
The strange young man with a pair of snake-like eyes. Every time he smiled at her it made her skin crawl.
It was deeply unsettling.
Xander was still watching Veronica''s actions at the side, and he was furious.
Even after confronting her directly like this, Veronica still didn''t want to give in.
Did this girl take his words as a joke?
"Veronica! I am your fianc¨¦, the son of a count! You are just the daughter of a baron!"
Hearing this Veronica finally lost her temper.
"Flirting! You keep saying I''m flirting but I''ve been loyal to you this entire time. Me and Lucius are just friends .. w-when.. when was it your position to determine my friends¡"
As Veronica spoke more the initial anger in her voice faded as she slowly became more timid until thest words only escaped her mouth as a whisper
Veronica''s head looked down as she spoke and she just only asionally ncing up slightly.
But that''s when her heart skipped a beat.
His eyes burned with rage as a horrifying aura emerged around him.
Seeing this Veronica''s heart skipped a beat. She just wanted to make friends with someone that actually understood her, was all this really such a drastic crime
Unfortunately for her, Xander didn''t see it that way. In his mind Veronica was determined to go against his will so he could only be taught a lesson
Sparks of lightning wrapped around his hand as he raised his arm.
"Veronica, remember, you were the one who caused all this!"
Louis frowned, not wanting to look at the scene whilst Oscar just watched at the side apathetically.
But before Xander could bring his hand down, the situation changed rapidly
Boom!
Out of nowhere, a leg wrapped in thin coating of mana appeared kicking Xander onto the floor!
The unprotected Xander could cry out as he helplessly rolled on the floor
Louis and Oscar at the side were instantly rmed, getting on guard in an instant but the culprit behind all this just ignored them.
Standing beside Veronica, he just looked down on the ugly sight of Xander writhing on the floor with a pair of cold red eyes.
"To think you would really raise your hand against your own fianc¨¦. You really are trash!"
Hearing the disdainful words addressed at him, Xander was instantly enraged.
He got up, with a fire burning in his chest ready to curse and attack the person that dared to attack him
But when Xander looked up, all the words he wanted remained stuck in his throat instead all that escaped was a muffled groan
"Ugh!"
Right in front of him was a face that seemed to even gue him in his nightmares.
A feverishly handsome face that seems to be sculpted by the gods themselves and eyes that seemed to burn like an inferno
"L-Lucius what are you doing here?"
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Several minutes ago
By now, Lucius had gotten used to the rumours about him floating around in the academy.
So when he entered the academy and could hear the murmurings of the people around him he didn''t pay much attention to it but suddenly the words nearby caught his ears.
"That''s him? The famous gangster?"
Ady nearby was whispering and questioning what she saw.
"Are you sure it''s him ? He doesn''t look anything like a gangster. In fact, he''s rather handsome¡ even quite noble.."
As thedy said these words a faint blush appeared on her face
Hearing this Lucius''s ears twitched as a faint smile appeared on his face.
Normally he wouldn''t pay attention to these my King''s but his faint vanity caused him to pay attention to thesepliments .
Faced with this, Lucius couldn''t help but sigh
Truly, it is a good thing to be handsome!
But Lucius''s happiness didn''tst long as the next words caused Lucius''s face to drop
Hearing the words of her friend next to her, ady nearby suddenly scolded her.
"Don''t fall for his Handsome, looks it''s all a facade! I heard that this young man is nothing but a shameless phnderer. It was that thanks to his excellent looks he has a messy rtionship with a lot of women. The lives of women he had ruined were not few, even noble women weren''t spared from being yed by that guy''s hand. It''s even said that the guy got a girl pregnant back home and even had a daughter, but he abandoned them and ran away to the academy!"
Hearing this, Lucius was shocked!
He was so shocked he froze on the spot.
Chapter 81 81. Shes My Woman!
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He was like a machine that had just received a system malfunction and needed some time to process what he just heard.
Pregnant? Daughter?
Lucius''s shock onlysted for a few seconds before it was conveyed into a boundless rage!
Damn! Who is trying to nder me like this!
In a way, these girls weren''tpletely wrong.
I mean, from the very start, his goal in the academy was to seduce a bunch of pretty women so they weren''tpletely ¡. But even so!
Even if he was a shameless phnderer, Lucius could never admit it, much less let such damaging rumours about him float all over the ce .
That''s why when he heard these rumours Lucius was so angry that his face changed through a multitude of colours.
nder!
This was nothing but baseless nder!
Today, Lucius''s eyes had really been opened!
He knew that Xander and hisckeys were working hard to destroy his reputation, but this was just too much!
No matter how bad the rumours were about his past they would only elicit the fear and caution of some heroines. But if this rumour was slowed to solidify, every heroine would feel immense disgust for him.
With things like that then he could forget about capturing the hearts of the heroines and with that he could kiss goodbye to all his love points too.
A heroine may not have any problems with falling in love with a Hans''s free but scum who got ady pregnant and abandoned her would be pped to death if he tried to approach her
''No! Things can''t go on like this!''
For Lucius, This waspletely uneptable! Earning such endless disgust from the heroines was the same as cutting off his livelihood, no it was even worse!
Lucius was originally nning to turn a blind eye and ignore the rumours spread by Xander but if this carried on he would truly be finished!
Lucius looked over to the two murmuringdy''s with a vicious glint in his eyes causing the pair to shiver.
But he only silently cursed them before moving on.
There was no point in taking his anger out on them. They weren''t the source of all this so it wouldn''t do him any good.
If he wanted to end this he had to cut things out from the roots
At this point, all Lucius''s thoughts were on dealing with the little bastard called Xander!
''That damn Xander! If I don''t teach you a lesson today then I''m not human!''
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Lucius didn''t dy his actions and quickly rushed through the hallways.
He didn''t care about his reputation and directly threatened a few of the more timid students for Xander''s current location so he found him rather quickly.
Just as Lucius was a about to turn the corner he hear a pair of arguing voices
"Veronica! I am your fianc¨¦, the son of a count! You are just the daughter of a baron!"
Hearing this, Lucius''s footsteps stopped.
He just came to deal with Xander but he identally stumbled upon quite an interesting scene.
Lucius wasn''t shocked or surprised, but what was going on, after all, wasn''t he the lead culprit in fueling the mes from behind the scenes?
If anything, Lucius was regretting that he didn''t bring some popcorn to watch the interesting drama .
But as the conversation between Veronica and Xander went on, Lucius couldn''t help but frown
He could clearly see that Veronica was being pressured by Xander but he didn''t step in to stop it.
He caused all this to reap some benefits, and that''s exactly what he would do.
If Lucius wanted to y a hero saving the beauty the n he had to wait for things to get more fire
A hero is only a hero if he could save the beauty from a crisis
Lucius just watched silently, waiting for the opportune moment to step in
"Veronica, remember, you were the one who caused all this!"
After Xander said this, Lucius saw him raise his hand wrapped in lightning.
Seeing this, Lucius knew that the time to step in was now.
He stepped out in a sh wrapping his leg in a man and sent it straight towards Xander''s back
Boom!
"L-Lucius what are you doing here?" Questioned Xander
"I''m warning you, don''t stick your nose into this. This matter is a matter between the Caldwells and the Beaumont family. It has nothing to do with you!"
Looking at Xander''s pathetic appearance, Lucius just sneered
"If it has something to do with Veronica then it has something to do with me?"
"Why would I believe such bullshit?"
"Why? That''s simple."
As Lucius spoke, he wrapped his arm around Veronica''s waist, drawing her into his embrace as he looked at Xander''s stupefied face
"She''s my woman!"
Ding! LP+ 200
As Lucius said this Veronica blushed furiously as she timidly avoided everyone''s gaze.
She was so shocked and embarrassed she didn''t even know what to say.
''His woman? When did this happen?''
Although Veronica didn''t feel much aversion to Lucius''s sudden statement, she was still shocked.
And it was not just her. Hearing this everyone was shocked and the most shocked of them all had to be Xander.
Although he had criticised Veronica, saying that she was flirting with Lucius, he knew better than anyone else that he was just gaslighting her.
After all, with his dots on her he knew just how far Veronica and Lucius had gone but now things were like this he didn''t know how to react.
"Y-you you adulterous couple! Veronica, don''t forget you''re part of the Beaumont family, if you carry on with this nonsense your family will suffer!"
Hearing this Veronica''s face went pale.
Her head hung down as her body shivered with fear. She looked at Lucius helplessly as she slowly walked towards Xander.
But now that he dered Veronica was his woman, how could he let her just go like that? He was the one doing the NTRing today!
Chapter 82 82. Beaumont Family Honour
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Before Veronica could take another step, Lucius grabbed her arm causing her to turn around in shock.
Lucius didn''t waste time and directly snapped her out of her illusion
"Forget about your family! Think about yourself for once!
Remember who you are? You are Veronica Beaumont, a person with not one but two golden-grade talents!
With a golden-grade talent, Xander doesn''t even dare touch me, amoner.
If you are given time to get stronger and graduate, how could he dare suppress you? Even the Beaumont family would wee you with open arms since by then you would be able to fight against the Caldwells all by yourself!
Lucius wasn''t lying when he said this.
If the Beaumont family wanted to, they could very well fight the Caldwells.
If they invested in their treasured daughter and endured the attacks of the Caldwells until she graduated from Sanctuary, they would definitely be able the Caldwells family and evenunch a counter attack.
But from the novel, Lucius also knew that the Beaumont familycked the pair of balls to do such a thing.
If they were that ambitious, how could they send their precious daughter over to caldwells to be engaged?
Even if they wanted to marry off their daughter it would at least be to a family that was weaker than them or at the very least couldn''t suppress them.
But seeing as they engaged Veronica to a family that was not only stronger than them but even their direct superior, it could be seen that they only had the idea of being submissive for the next few generations.
She looked at Lucius who was smiling at her side encouraging her to pursue her own freedom and then at the scowling Xander that wanted to suppress and control her like a tyrant.
She knew In her heart that her choice was obvious. So after giving onestplicated look to Xander, Veronica clenched her fists and stood behind Lucius
As Xander saw this he was furious.
Green! His head had never been more green. In his life!
He actually had his fianc¨¦ abandon him Right in front of his eyes!
If Xander was a protagonist temte this would definitely be the start of his fortuitous encounter and his counter attack but informally this guy was an early game antagonist.
He had neither the talent nor character to challenge end game bosses like Lucius
He was simply destined to be stepped on.
"Y-you dare! If you two humiliate me like this do you really think I won''t react?"
Lucius wasn''t the same person that just entered Sanctuary. With these days of training, his mana and strength had increased rapidly.
Remember, Lucius wasn''t actually thement every assumed he was
He used his standing in the revolutionary army and Reina as a front to acquire several mana potions that sped up his training of mana
Increasing his mana to 4 points in this short time span
So Lucius really had nothing to fear.
The same couldn''t be said about Xander. The psychological trauma he had from Lucius was even inhibiting his ability to stand in front of him much less fight him.
Seeing Xander being intimidated by Lucius without even putting up a fight, Oscar''s mouth twitched
''Trash!''
Although he secretly cursed Xander in his mind, Oscar didn''t dare say his thoughts out loud.
He didn''t dare curse Xander, and he didn''t dare leave Xander alone either
Looking at Xander''s pathetic appearance, he was sure that if a fight happened again it would end up just like the fabled incident in the ssroom leaving Xander bloodied and disfigured.
At that point with Xander''s terrible personality he was sure that he wouldn''t be able to escape the me.
Realising he couldn''t let his new boss get his ass beat in front of him, Oscar''s mind whirled as he desperately tried to think up a solution when a thought suddenly popped into his mind.
"My lord, don''t be too hasty in fighting them right now!"
"Huh?"
Xander paused when he heard this and waited for Oscar to finish speaking
"My lord, although this matter affects your honour even more than you, the one whose honour is truly at stake is the Beaumont family."
As Veronica and Louis heard this there faces weren''t good but before they could say anything Oscar carried on speaking
"Since this is a matter of the Beaumont family, naturally it would make sense for a member of the Beaumont''s to fight on your behalf."
As Xander heard this it was as if a lightbulb went of in his head
Yes! Yes! Why didn''t I think of this?
Why should I fight that devil when I can have my subordinates clean him up for me!
Both Xander and Oscar were satisfied with this new idea, the only one who was a bit conflicted was the one who had been trying his best to stay as low-key as possible during this entire incident.
Louis.
Although they weren''t close this was a matter that was about his sister''s happiness so it inevitably made him feel awkward. What made it worse was that if he was to fight Lucius wouldn''t he be fighting a first year, one that had only been in the academy for a few years at that .
As a dignified third year student, if went and fought against a freshman it could be seen as nothing other than bullying which really wasn''t good for his reputation.
No matter how loyal the Beaumont family has been to the Caldwells, such tant bullying was a bit¡.
Suddenly Xander''s head snapped towards where he was standing.
He seemed to see the hesitation on Lous face and his expression turned stone cold.
Don''t tell me you''re against this fight? Don''t forget my father is? Don''t forget who you serve. Your Beaumonts will always serve us Caldwells. Am Unfilial bastard like Veronica can not care about the affairs of the Beaumont family but as the next heir of the family, can you afford to be so reckless?"
Chapter 83 83. Your Heart
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As he spoke, Xander went from direct threats to a set of more implicit ones, but that only made his words more terrifying.
Nothing was scarier than your own imagination.
In just a few seconds Louis had already pictured dozens of catastrophic oues for the Beaumont family and his face went a little pale thinking about all of them.
Thinking like this, Lous could only shake his head.
For the future and reputation of the family he could only do this.
His sister and her little lover couldn''t me him for this. If anything they could only me themselves for offending a count this far!
Louis walked up to Lucius and took a good look at him.
"Kid, don''t me me for this but this is on you."
Taking a deep breath, Louis looked Lucius up and down and spoke
"In the name and honour of the Beaumont family, I, Louis Beaumont challenge you to a duel."
Lucius didn''t react much since when he interceded he was expecting something like this.
It would be impossible for Xander and hisckey to randomly fight him in the academy due since the teachers were watching them closely after their past incident, but formal duels were still well within the school rules.
Naturally, using a proxy to fight in duels was also allowed. Lucius wasn''t so na?ve that he expected Xander to fight freely or use someone at simr strength to him to fight.
Lucius calmly looked at Louis and responded without any fear.
"This duel of yours, I ept it."
It was a bit shocking for a first-year to fight a third-year but either way, this duel was unavoidable.
This was a duel pertaining to Veronica''s honour.
Lucius naturally didn''t care much about such things as honour and reputation, but the same couldn''t be said about Veronica.
If he really didn''t ept the duel, Veronica may end up drowning in her own depression. Besides, wasn''t this the perfect opportunity to relearn love points?
And Lucius wasn''t just blinded by the benefits and greed when he epted the duel.
He only epted the duel since he had the confidence to win.
Since with this duel he would just speed up something that was already on his to do list, the gathering of a new power up!
Since the duel had been epted all that was left was to determine the fate and Lucius couldn''t be bothered staying around and arguing with Xander so he just told him that he could pick any time a week from now.
After saying that, he grabbed Veronica''s hand and walked out.
But before he left he took a stop in front of the snake-eyed young man.
Lucius red eye scanned the man causing the hairs in his body to stand on edge
"Oscar right?"
Hearing Lucius''s voice, he didn''t know why but his instincts were telling him that this was definitely someone to guard against.
But Oscar''s mind was still filled with a lot of doubts.
How could Lucius over turn this situation? He had a clear grasp of the young man''s strength. It would simply be impossible to fight against a third year in his current state.
Thinking like this Oscar looked at Lucius once again but he just greeted him with a slight smile which only caused Oscar to feel more and more uneasy
"Although we didn''t get off on the best of terms, Let''s get along. I feel like I''ll be seeing a lot of your from now on"
Oscar''s eyes widened a little but before he could question Lucius on the meaning behind his words, Lucius just grabbed Veronica''s arm and walked away leaving Oscar a little stupefied and disgruntled.
Clearly the two hadn''t had a confrontation in any way but yet somehow, Oscar was still stuck with the faint feeling that he had somehow lost¡
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As Lucius and Veronica walked away they didn''t stop and continued walking until they went down several corridors and were far away from Xander and the others.
As the two of them walked neither of them spoke but right now Veronicas mind was filled all sorts of thoughts
''Duel? Love? His woman? Just what is going on with Lucius! Just what is he nning!''
She had said so many things back there in the heat of the moment and acted so impulsively, so right now her thoughts were aplete mess
Eventually, Veronica couldn''t contain her questions any longer and spoke out. And when the first words left her mouth, it was like the opening of the floodgates.
"Lucius, what happened back there? You came out of nowhere and said so many things. I said so many things and now there''s even a duel. Just what do we-"
But before Veronica could carry on, Lucius just flicked her forehead causing her to cry out in pain
"Oww!"
Veronica covered he forehead with a slightly aggrieved expression as Lucius looked her in the eye and said
"Listen here Veronica. Now you''ve said and done things that you simply can''t take back. You crossed the bridge and there is no return. If things are like this then what''s the point in overthinking all this?
At times like this, when your mind is clouded, you don''t think with your mind but with your heart. Just do whatever your heart tells you because that''s what will make you happy and at the end of the day, your own happiness is the most important thing."
Listening to Lucius''s words, Veronica felt her heart speed up
''My own happiness.. my heart...''
Looking at the handsome young man in front of her, Veronica felt her heart speed up even faster
''Ahh.. really, why is he like this? Why is he so kind to me?''
It was times Like this that left Veronica quite stupefied.
It was as if Lucius knew her own thoughts better than her.
Every time she felt down, he knew just the right words to say to make her feel better again.
Chapter 84 84. Mission Complete
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Every time she felt down, he knew just the right words to say to make her feel better again.
If it was like this, then her thoughts, her heart was¡.
Seeing Veronica lost in thought, Lucius just patted her on the head and said,
"Since you''re like this, it would be best if I took my leave. After all, the one who knows your heart the best would always be you."
After saying that, Lucius just smiled and turned to leave, but he only managed to take a few steps when he felt something hug his back from behind
Lucius was about to turn around when Veronica''s sharp voice sounded out
"Don''t turn around!"
That''s when Lucius realised his back was a little wet
''Wait? Is she crying right now?''
But it didn''t take long before Lucius''s thoughts were answered
"Hick! Thank you. Really, thank you so much."
The sound of faint crying sounded out throughout the silent hallway as Lucius remained perfectly still, allowing Veronica to fully vent her pent up emotions
Even if his intentions weren''t pure, even if they were filled with schemes for his own benefit, at least right now, for this very brief moment Lucius was just happy that he could help this helpless girl in front of him
Lucius remained like that, a little immersed in the moment until he heard a string of notifications
[Ding! Heroine Veronica Beaumont''s favorability has greatly increased!]
Congrattions onpleting your mission!
Mission: Charm and win the favour of Heroine, Veronica Beaumont, and steal her away from her fianc¨¦.
Granting rewards:
Random Talent Copy Card - Veronica Beaumont X1
+2000 LP
Hearing this, it was impossible for Lucius to stay calm
Profit! He had just made a huge profit!
Although Veronica couldn''t tell what Lucius was thinking exactly, it was obvious that there was a change in his mood, making him extremely happy.
It was only then that she realised she had been hugging Lucius extremely tightly.
One misunderstanding led to another, and now Veronica''s thoughts were running wild.
''Is he like this because of me?''
Peeking her head around, Veronica turned to look at Lucius''s face only to see him gazing back at her as if he was looking at the greatest treasure in the world.
Faced with such a hot gaze it was impossible for Veronica to remain calm and her face quickly flushed a deep red.
She quickly backed away from Lucius to hide away her embarrassment.
"I-I think I should be leaving now."
Just like a timing startled rabbit Veronica quickly fled the scene, much to Lucius''s confusement.
But Lucius didn''t think too deeply about it.
With the notification he received, he knew that Veronica still had a very good opinion of him.
Besides, right now, Lucius''s attention was all focused on something else.
A random talent copy card!
Lucius was practically buzzing.
This was his opportunity to get a golden ranked talent!
How could he not be excited?
Lucius couldn''t contain his excitement and quickly rushed to one of the nearby training halls.
As Lucius walked in he brought out the talentfy card
[ Random Talent copy card x1 - Veronica Beaumont]
[Description: allows you to perfectly copy and ept one of the talents of the person named ''Veronica Beaumont'']
Thinking about Veronica''s talents, Lucius felt his heartbeat speed up.
Talents:
[Ultimate Fire Resistance] (Gold)
[Fire Caller] (Gold)
[Advanced Magic Aptitude] (Purple)
Each one was a rare talent that could transform someone from ordinary to extraordinary.
But the most eye-catching one would have to be the talent that made Veronica stand out the most in the novel
[me Caller]
Simr to Xander''s [storm caller] it allowed her to call forth and manipte fire elects with just a thought. As long as her concentration and mastery reached a certain level, she could manipte mesparable to spells performed by an Arch Mage!
Of course, she would also have to have Arch Mage level mana reserves for that to happen, but the fact that she wouldn''t have to spend years mastering such a spell to use it and master it fully was already enough to scare people.
It''s things like this that granted each person with a golden-ranked talent extraordinary status as national treasures.
But seeing as this was all random, Lucius had to hope his luck was online today, but judging from his past records in gacha games¡
Lucius could only pray.
''Dear God, Ah, Buddha, even the bastard who sent me to this world, please smile on me favourably today!''
As Lucius had this thought, he crushed the talent copy card in his hand and his vision was shocked by a bright white light.
Soon a Lucius felt a warm fuzzy feeling over his body
Soon Lucius opened his panel and as he looked at the description of his talent, he won. Lucius almost swore he heard his heart shatter
Talent:
[Ultimate Fire Resistance] (Gold)
[Description: as one favoured by the fire elements, you are granted extreme protection from the fire elements and its effects grant you the pinnacle level of fire resistance applicable to biological creatures. Only pure elemental creatures can surpass you in this regard.]
Damn it!
''I should have known my luck would be shit in this regard!''
Lucius really wanted to curse up a storm as to how bad his luck could be.
Where the hell would I use fire resistance if I can''t even cast fire spells like Veronica?!
There was absolutely nowhere to use this fire resistance¡
Wait? What about that?
As Lucius had this thought, his brain suddenly froze before calcting anding up with a new assortment of palms.
And the more Lucius thought about it, the more excited he became!
This may work, no! It will definitely work!
Hahaha! Maybe my luck isn''t so bad after all!
If Lucius''s n could be implemented, then forget about a mere golden-grade talent. He would definitely be able to earn a heroic grade talent and jump directly to the peak level of potential and talent in this world.
Chapter 85 85. New Talent
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You have to know that heroic talents were something even Lucius would have to kill for one simple reason.
Although the system store sold heroic grade talents with the price tags they put on them, they may not even sell them at all!
By the time he earned enough live points to buy a heroic grade talent, he would be retired with a group of fully down kids!
Now because of this seeminglycklustre [Ultimate fire resistance] talent, Lucius''s ns had changed!
At the very least, before the end of the first year, Lucius wanted to have a heroic grade talent of his own!
But even if his road in the future was nned out, Lucius still had to think about the present.
Since the talent copy card could give him an immediate power boost Lucius could only rely on the system store
Thinking like this, Lucius looked at his count of Love Points and smiled
Name: Lucius Vexx
Love points: 5300
This was the umtion of his constant flirting with heroines.
His first time experience with Cami and the mission reward bonus for Veronica.
Lucius looked up the system store, and he had already nned the talent he would buy
Talent:
[Sword Expert] (Blue) - 5000 LP
[Description- you are considered a little genius in the way of the sword. With enough practice, it won''t be long before you can wield the sword as freely as you would your arms. Although you won''t be considered a once in a generation talent, it is definitely enough to make a name for yourself.]
Lucius had already determined that one of the quickest ways to boost his strength would be to solidify and improve his swordsmanship.
So buying a sword talent was the obvious choice. He didn''t choose a blue-grade talent for any particr reason. Lucius just bought the best he could afford.
As soon as Lucius bought the talent, his body was overwhelmed with the same warm and fuzzy feeling he had when he used the talent copy card, showing that new talent was being installed inside of his body and maybe even going as deep as to reach his soul.
But this time the experience was slightly different since, as the process continued on, Lucius could feel a new sensation building up inside him
At first it was just a slight tickle but now it turned into an unbearable itch
Something in his body, something in his soul was calling out to him!
Lucius didn''t hunk too much and just followed his instincts and before he even realised it, Lucius had picked up a wooden sword and started practising his swordsmanship.
Lucius carefully and gracefully performed the Sanctuary sword style he had practised many times by now.
The sword in his hand flowed smoothly as he performed the sword routine in memory, but Lucius could instantly feel the difference.
Without even realising it, Lucius already had ideas and a faint feeling on new moves to try as his Indy was subconsciously adjusting itself to make the movements more refined and smooth.
Forparison, it would be like trying to do aplicated maths equation by hand and the other one was using a calctor!
The ease and smoothness of the operation between the two were simply iparable.
Lucius remained in this state, desperately practising his sword techniques until he just stopped.
It was at this point Lucius knew he reached his limit.
It wasn''t that he couldn''t practise and improve his sword technique any longer it just meant that it wouldn''t be as magical and as quick as it was now.
For more improvements, he would simply have to practise hardby himself.
But even now, the improvements he had gained could be said to be magical.
''If just a blue grade talent is so magical, then what about purple grade? What about the golden grade? Fuck! What about those heroic grade monsters!"
Lucius even went a little pale thinking about it.
You never realise how ridiculous such a thing like talent can be until you experience it yourself.
Lucius clenched his fist.
After experiencing such a magical thing his desire for stength and even stronger talents was overwhelming at this stage.
Now it seems like his n would have to be implemented sooner rather thanter.
Since he didn''t get the [Fire Caller] Talent and his n for the [Ultimate Fire Resistance] Talent would be some time off, the only thing he could only rely on now was steal the protagonists chance and acquire one of his many broken talents
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A Few days passed since Lucius''s encounter with Xander and the confirmation of the duel between him and Louis and by now the rumours of the duel had spread wildly throughout the academy.
Duels would always be able to arouse the interest of people in the academy, but this one seemed to draw more attention than usual.
Obviously, a fabled green-haired guy was fanning the mes behind the scene.
Since Lucius had humiliated so badly thest few times they met, Xander would not miss his chance to brutally humiliate Lucius in front of as many people as possible.
Lucius didn''t care too much. If anything, things were better this way
At least the rumours of the duel had overwhelmed the oundish rumours about him floating around
The more he thought about those crazy rumours, the more he wanted to rearrange that bastard Xander''s face!
Lucius took a deep breath and adjusted himself.
Right now, he couldn''t be too agitated. He needs to be calm.
Right now, Lucius was standing in front of the academy gates.
He was no longer in his crisp white Sanctuary uniform but instead wore a more in set of clothes not too dissimr to those worn by adventurers.
At his waist hung a refined steel sword.
He bought this using the privileges granted to him for being a student in Sanctuary, and it was definitely worth the money.
Other than the fact that it wascking in the area of magical enchantments and abilities, this was a top grade sword that could get the envy of many adventurers.
Chapter 86 86. Endless Beast Forest
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But Lucius wasn''t on a simple adventure today.
This time, he was doing something that could determine the oue of his future duel.
So after double checking that all his equipment and supplies were in order, Lucius got up and walked confidently away from the front gates.
Little did he know that a pair of ambiguous eyes were closely watching his every move¡.
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The ce Lucius was headed to was called the Endless Beast Forest.
It was just slightly north of Sanctuary Academy and the Imperial capital.
The Endless Beast forest near the capital wasn''t the entire thing and instead, just a small section of forest that spanned across the entire continent.
Normally it wasn''t too dangerous to go into the Endless Beast Forest as long as you stayed on the outskirts and avoided the centre, you wouldn''t run into anything too dangerous.
Unfortunately, to achieve the things that Lucius wanted to do, he would have to go in deep into the forest
Normally for someone as weak as Lucius, this would be utter suicide.
Fortunately, Lucius had a n.
Since he couldn''t beat the beasts, he would simply draw them away!
Although he was roleying as an academy student, Lucius didn''t forget who he truly was.
He was the leader of the revolutionary army, and as such, fully capable of using the revolutionary army for his own purposes
And as such, when it came to solving this problem, Lucius didn''t hesitate to use one of the most important assets of the revolutionary army, beast enticing powder!
Remember, although the revolutionary army called themselves heroes that would bring about a new era, right now they were nothing but domestic terrorists!
And befitting such a terrorist organisation, they would obviously have weapons capable ofrge-scale destruction and beast enticing powder was just that.
It was a substance capable of attracting beats for thousands of miles and in doing so would inevitably set off a beast tide which would destroy anything in its path.
Even cities could be wiped off the map when it was used.
Fortunately, Lucius wasn''t that vicious. Although he was using beast enticing powder. The ce he had ordered people to lure the best tide to was deeper into the Forest, not towards human cities.
So the only thing that would face these mad beasts would be even stinger and more crazy beasts.
As for the fate of the beasts that ran into these territories?
Sorry, but someone had to die for his ns to be achieved and it was better that it be beasts than human beings.
To make sure his n would work properly, Lucius had used his authority as the leader of the revolutionary army to recruit some of the more powerful soldiers yesterday and sent them deep into the forest under the leadership of Cami to scatter the beast enticing powder and attract away all the beasts.
Although Cami was only a 3rd ss fighter, most of the people he sent were 2nd ss and even a few 1st ss fighters were sent.
But even then, the mission wouldn''t be easy. They were going deep into territories filled with powerful beasts.
If they were truly unlucky, they could end up running into a beast with Master levelbat power.
Although a team at the level Lucius sent would be able to survive against a master-level beast, such a fight would definitely be tragic.
Of course, things would have been easier if Lucius just let these strong guards escort him to his desired location, but what he was going to do was something that could greatly increase his power and Lucius didn''t want any mistakes to happen.
Besides, when it came to such a secret, the fewer people that knew about it, the better.
But still, thinking about all the suffering that Cami would have to go through to ensure the sess of this mission, Lucius really felt sorry for his loyal assistant, but it had to be done.
The journey to the endless beast forest wasn''t long and Lucius took a mana train to a vige not too far from the imperial capital and then walked the remaining distance into the forest.
Lucius walked for several minutes into the forest when he suddenly paused as he drew his sword
''Damn it!''
He knew his ears weren''t ying tricks on him! He clearly heard the footsteps of a human being not too far behind him.
Lucius had the faint suspicions that someone had been watching him as early as when he left the academy and even when he got on the mana train, but since those were both ces filled with people, he just took it that he was being overly suspicious because his nerves were on edge.
Now he was getting the feeling of being watched in a forest that was devoid of people. Only a fool would fail to realise that something was wrong.
The sound of footsteps only confirmed his suspicions!
"Come out!" Called Lucius
"There''s no use hiding. Come out and stop ying your pathetic tricks!"
A few seconds after Lucius said this, some rustling could be heard in the forest a short distance away as an embarrassed figure walked out.
"Huh?"
It''s stead of anger or caution Lucius''s face waspletely covered in shock.
"Veronica, what are you doing over here?"
That''s right the suspicious figure following him wasn''t Xander''sckey or even the worst case scenario in which it was an imperial spy that he feared so much, it was instead the heroine Veronica Beaumont!"
Veronica had an embattled expression on her face as she
"I-I wanted to check up on you since the duel could be quite dangerous. But when I came to see you, you were leaving the academy."
''Never got the chance to speak? Girl! You followed me from the Academy gates!''
Although Lucius thought like this, he still didn''t criticise her out loud.
If such a thing caused his favorability to fall, the losses wouldn''t be worth the gains.
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Chapter 87 87. Endless Beast Forest (2)
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But even with that, one thought still remained in his mind
''This girl is not all that normal¡''
Looking at Veronica, Lucius really didn''t know what to say
It would be one thing if she followed him with malicious intentions, but she just came out of goodwill, not to mention that she is also a heroine.
The only problem was that Lucius originally didn''t want to bring people along with him when he went to steal away Landon''s future chance¡
He didn''t know if she should bring her along or just send her back.
Lucius thought about it for a short while before eventually deciding to bring her along.
Even if someone discovered how he got this, it wouldn''t be that big of a deal.
The only reason Lucius wanted to do it by himself in the first ce was solely because of his suspicious and cautious nature which made it so that he didn''t want to trust anyone but himself
Veronicaing along wasn''t that big of a deal. Even if she found out about how he got this secret chance, he didn''t think she would be one to go around speaking everywhere.
Lucius was even less worried about Veronica trying anything whilst he was there, like attacking him, etc.
All of her attacks were fire based and after inheriting her [ultimate fire resistance] this was the thing he feared the least!
"Sigh! You cane along." Said Lucius
"R-really?" Asked Veronica, trying her best to hide her excitement.
"Yes, you cane. But you still need to follow my instructions. As long as you can promise to follow my every word and not do something stupid I can bring you along. Can you do that?"
"Yes! Yes! I promise that I''ll listen to you so you don''t have to worry about anything."
As she spoke, a beautiful smile appeared on her face that left even Lucius stunned for a few seconds
Ding! LP+20
It was also at that moment that Lucius realised another benefit of bringing Veronica along:
It was a great way to earn Love Points!
¡..
With the addition of Veronica, Lucius continued on his journey through the endless beast Forrest.
Even with Veronica here, the journey hasn''t changed much.
Lucius continued to travel as cautiously and as quietly as possible.
Even though he knew that most of the stronger beasts would be attracted away thanks to the beast enticing powder, it never hurt to be extra cautious.
The duo of Veronica and Lucius still ran into a few beasts that hadn''t been attracted but the beast enticing powder.
Fortunately, the beasts that remained were either old or the ones simply too weak and timid to join in the beast tide.
Facing such beasts, they were easily ughtered or turned into barbecue under Veronica''s scorching mes.
It was only after watching Veronica fight to this point that Lucius realised that this timid little girl may not be as helpless as she seemed.
When faced with an opponent that was rushing her down with a fierce aura she would inevitably panic and fail to cast a spell but as long as there was someone in front of her to upy and block the enemy she could summon a fireball to deal a devastating blow to the opponent.
So with their newfound teamwork, the two continued ughtering and devastating any of the few beasts they met along the way.
The journey continued until mid day when the bright sun hung in the sky shining down its rays through the endless canopy of trees.
But as they travelled deeper and deeper, Veronica couldn''t help but get more panicked.
"L-Lucius, are you sure that we should go this far? We''ve already passed the area for 2nd ss beasts and now we may run into 1st grade beasts!"
Veronica wasn''tpletely ignorant.
As a nobledy, she had a full education of various topics and the Endless Beast forest was one of them
Those who overextended into the Endless Beast forest recklessly without knowing their strength, were those who died. It was as simple as that!
The ones that didn''t die could only thank the goddess of light for showing grace to them and allowing them to save their lives!
Veronica had a clear grasp of her and Lucius''s strength. That''s why she couldn''t help but panic when she saw that Lucius was still continuing to walk deeper without showing any signs of stopping.
Lucius also saw Veronica''s panic and calmed her down.
He grabbed her hand and looked into her eyes.
"Trust me Veronica. I wouldn''t take us to a ce that''s dangerous."
"Well... o..okay then.."
After saying this, Veronica just put on a resolute face, prepared to follow Lucius regardless
Lucius was prepared to go and give a deeper exnation but when he saw that Veronica agreed to follow him just like that, he was left speechless!
After all, the endless beast forest was truly a tomb of death for those unprepared
Could you just enter based on a guy who said the equivalent of ''trust me bro'' and then carried on moving?
What Lucius didn''t know was that he had got things slightly confused here
To Veronica, Lucius wasn''t just anyone.
More than the family that was willing to sacrifice her for their own safety and prosperity,
More than that bastard Xander who only sought to dominate and control her
He was the person she trusted most.
If she couldn''t trust Lucius, there was really no one she could trust in the world and at that point, what was the point in living?
If Lucius knew just how dependent the girl had be on him, he would probably be a little worried, but since he didn''t know about these details, he just carried on with a calm expression on his face.
He still decided to exin things to Veronica anyway.
Even if she believed in him wholeheartedly, she still deserved to know the reason he felt they were safe entering this dangerous ce.
Chapter 88 88. The Cliff
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Even if she believed in him wholeheartedly, she still deserved to know the reason he felt they were safe entering this dangerous ce.
"Veronica, I''m not just entering here recklessly. I''ve gotten reliable news that there was a beast tide recently that drove away all of the more powerful beasts away from the area."
After hearing this, Veronica heaved a sigh of relief before a slightly worried expression appeared on her face.
"If there''s a beast tide, shouldn''t we warn the academy and nearby viges? If we don''t do something, those viges will bepletely devastated!"
"There''s no need to worry," said Lucius, calming Veronica down.
"From the news I''ve gotten, the direction of the beast tide isn''t the nearby viges but actually deeper into the Endless Beast forest."
After hearing this, Veronica breathed a sigh of relief but she still had some lingering suspicions.
She still felt something off.
Naturally urring beast tides were caused by an overpoption of monsters in an area and the more powerful monsters would drive beasts out in an effort to control the poption.
Under such circumstances it didn''t make much sense for these more powerful beasts to drive these monsters into their own territory.
But Veronica didn''t pry too deeply into it.
She didn''t believe that Lucius was lying and she could also feel that Lucius was faintly avoiding the topic and didn''t want to talk about it too much.
Obviously Lucius also had his own secrets or else, how would a normalmoner know about a beast tide in the middle of the Endless beast forest?
The duo rested briefly before continuing their journey.
Fortunately Lucius knew about the locations of this secret chance as it was clearly defined in the novel.
Like Most protagonists, Landon had gotten this opportunity by falling off a cliff.
Well, It wouldn''t be urate to call it a cliff, but instead a giant ravine that spawned hundreds of metres in width.
Using the descriptions found in the novel, it wasn''t hard to find the ravine.
Whilst it was a bit more difficult to locate the exact ce Landon fell off in the novel, Lucius was quite confident he found the right ce.
So after double checking once again that he had indeed found the right ce, Lucius brought out the equipment he had prepared a long time ago.
From therge bag on his back Lucius brought out a strong thick rope that was easily hundreds of metres long.
He searched nearby for a particrlyrge and sturdy tree and tied the rope securely around the tree with several knots before tugging it several times to make sure that the rope was secure.
This was a matter that concerned his life, so there was no such thing as ''too careful''.
Satisfied with the security of the rope Lucius went to the edge of the cliff that seemed like a bottomless abyss and dropped down the rope watching it disappear from his sight.
Afterwards, Lucius firmly attached his rappel gear and secured himself to the rope.
Lucius set up the rope and prepared to head down when Veronica suddenly came up to him and asked him a question
"C-can Ie too?"
"Huh?"
Lucius looked at this young woman in front of him, quite confused.
Thi girl secretly followed him from the capital and was now strangely insistent on following him in whatever he did
If he didn''t know any better, he would have definitely thought she was a spy with malicious intentions, but after looking at Veronica''s panel he just shook that thought out of his head
Veronica Beaumont
Favourability: 73
If someone with such high favorability still wanted to betray him, then no one in this world could be trusted.
There really was no other thudded meaning behind Veronica wanting to follow him.
She really was just a bit clingy.
She was lucky she was both pretty and a heroine!
Lucius looked at her beautiful and eager eyes and just sighed.
"Sigh! You cane along as well. I brought a spare harness in my bag, so you can just use that to rappel down as well."
Hearing Lucius''s confirmation, Veronica happily walked up to the bag to get her harness.
She had gone all this way and followed Lucius in hopes of spending more time with him. If Lucius went down and left here by herself, wouldn''t all her efforts have been in vain?
After making sure Veronica had properly attached her harness, Lucius also made sure he brought all the materials he would need when he reached his destination and cliched onto the most important [Amulet of the High King]
Before starting his slow descent down the cliff edge.
Lucius carefully moved down, and he fortunately didn''t run into any problems.
It was just him, the steep rocky walls and the bottomless abyss below him.
Fortunately, Lucius didn''t have to spend too long in this crazy limbo state before a faint protrusion from the cliffside came into his sight.
A tform!
Looking at the distance from her to the cliff edge, he was nearly 50 metres down.
Looking at this crazy distance, Lucius could help but shake his head at the ridiculous ability of the protagonist.
Even after being seriously injured and falling nearly 50 meters, he had still survived, but not only survived, but he even went on to turn this into a tortuous encounter.
Lucius didn''t want to think too much about the protagonist''s luck or else he might end up going green out of jealousy.
Landing on the tform.
Luciusnded on the tform and made sure it was secure before calling Veronica down to join him.
When Veronica firstnded and looked at the gigantic cave standing in front of Lucius, the first thing Lucius saw in her beautiful purple eyes was not fear, but instead awe.
"¡Lucius¡ how did you even know this ce was here?"
Hearing this Lucius just smiled mysteriously as he responded
"I didn''t know. It was just a guess."
Chapter 89 89. Garden
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"I didn''t know. It was just a guess."
Hearing Lucius''s words, Veronica put on a light pout on her face.
A guess?
Veronica wasn''t so na?ve as to believe such an obvious lie. Cleary, Lucius just didn''t want to tell her.
A guess? She wasn''t so naive as to believe such an obvious lie, clearly, Lucius just didn''t want to tell her.
Seeing Veronica about to start sulking Lucius just walked up and patted her on the head slightly ruffling her hair.
"Come on, we''ve got some exploring to do."
Ding! LP+ 10
Despite obediently following after Lucius, Veronica still had a pout on her face as if showing that she still was unhappy but Lucius just secretly snickered as he watched her.
Just a little head pat had been enough to make her happy again, after all, the love points don''t lie.
¡.
The pair soon began to walk through the giant cave and Lucius soon brought out a glow stone from his bag which fully illuminated the cave and it was only at this point in time did Lucius realise just how trulyrge the cave had been.
And it was not just the size of the cave that was rming.
The walls of the caves seemed to be etched with drawings and engravings. By now countless years must have passed since they were first drawn so many of them have be deformed and unintelligible but the few he could consistently see the image of one creature.
A dragon.
The dragon may be soaring freely through the sky. Some were of a dragon being besieged by countless enemies or of a dragon wreaking havoc on a chaotic battlefield.
Lucius already knew a bit about this ce so whilst he was impressed by impressive artworks that seemed tost till this time, he wasn''t too shocked by this disy. But the same could not be said for Veronica.
She was instantly overwhelmed by the amazing disy all around her and just watched with wonder in her eyes.
It was not every day that you managed to explore the ruins of what you could only guess were thousands of years ago.
Eventually, the two of them came in front of a set of giant polished stone doors that could only be said to be made for giants.
Lucius didn''t waste any time and ced his hand on the edge of the door and pushed with all his might!
His muscles quickly tensed up as they exerted the full extent of their force, but even that wasn''t enough to open these humongous stone doors yet.
Pushing the door with all your might in front of your girl and having it not budge was simply too embarrassing! Lucius could allow this to happen!
He just snorted as the man inside his body began to bubble as a faintyer of blue mana wrapped around him strengthening his body.
The veins on Lucius''s arms red and finally, there was a change
"Creak¡"
Therge stone doors groaned open as the two doors opened up and as both Lucius and Veronica looked inside they couldn''t help but gasp
"¡Beautiful."
One word escaped from Veronica''s mouth as she whispered a word in a half-dazed state at the wonderful scene in front of her.
For a second, she truly believed she walked into another world.
It was like paradise.
Even Lucius was a little awed
''Maybe this is what the famous Garden of Eden in the bible would look like.''
In front of them was a wonderful world of nt life.
Beautiful spring flowers and vibrant fresh fruit trees with countless butterflies frolicking happily between the flowers.
The beautiful scent of countless flowers and wonderful fruit trees was enough to send someone into a half-euphoric state.
As Veronica was entranced in the beautiful sight behind she suddenly heard Lucius rummaging in his bag behind her.
As she looked over she could see Looked over she could Lucius bring out a strange piece of parchment paper with a magic circle inscribed on it
"¡What are you doing?" asked Veronica
As Lucius heard this, he looked over the greed in his eyes was ringly obvious
"Oh, this? I''m Burning the forest to the ground."
As Veronica heard Lucius''s words, her eyes shook with horror!
Lucius took one look at this beautiful angelic sight of pure nature in front of him and the first thought of the crazy man in front of her was to burn it to the ground!
"Wait Lucius! Even if we can''t have it, we shouldn''t destroy such a beautiful sight!"
Veronica carried on speaking, desperately trying to go convince Lucius about conserving this natural beauty but Lucius didn''t care at all.
If Lucius regretted anything it was that he was being forced to see this magic scroll tomitrge-scale arson
''Damn it!''
Lucius''s heart really ached right now.
It truly wasn''t easy getting this magic scroll.
As a regrmoner, there was no way someone of his status could get a master level magic scroll.
Even if he had the money for it, the connections simply weren''t there.
So in get this magic scroll, he had to use his connections as the leader of the revolutionary army.
Although he had a few mages under him in the revolutionary army.
There were still no master level mages he could directly control.
Master level fighters themselves were rare resources and mages could only be even harder to acquire.
To make matters worse, it was harder for mages to join the revolutionary army for one other fact, an overwhelming amount of mages were actually nobles themselves or at the very least had some noble blood in them.
It couldn''t be helped. Resources were an essential part of training as a Mage required a ridiculous amount of resources.
A Mage was simply not a poor man''s profession and in this world who could be richer than nobles?
If you weren''t rich enough, just conveniently invent some new tax to shave off ayer of wool off those fat and greedy merchants to fatten up your pockets.
Chapter 90 90. Treants
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If you weren''t rich enough, just conveniently invent some new tax to shave ayer of wool off those fat and greedy merchants to fatten up your pockets.
What? Those pesky merchants dare fight back?
Charge them with treason for attempted murder of a noble and directly exterminate their family, taking all of their hoarded wealth for yourseld .
Even those talented peasants who were epted by the magic tower were often generously sponsored by wealthy nobles, so why would they rebel?
The untalented ones weren''t sponsored, and those vindicated ones would sometimes join the revolutionary army, but this led to another problem.
If they weren''t talented, how could they be a Master level Mage?
It was things like this that madeck of, Master level mages in the Revolutionary Army a reinforcing loop.
It was also as a result of this that the one Master level Mage in the revolutionary army had quite a high status.
Perhaps the only one who could order him was Lucius''s father, Sirius but he had already gone to meet his maker under the sword of the Empire''s Assassin squad.
Lucius had managed to get him to make this scroll for him but in doing so he had used up all the personal favour his father had given the Mage for him.
Unless it was a direct instruction from the Revolutionary Army, Lucius could forget about using the Master Level Mage for his own personal gain
If his life wasn''t in any level of mortal danger then the Master level Mage would no longer move to help him.
Although Lucius was a bit dissatisfied with the mage''s attitude, it was still miles better than those bastards that were still trying to wrestle away the leadership of the revolutionary army away from him.
So although it was a bit wasteful to use a master level mage''s favour on a scroll, Lucius didn''t regret it.
Lucius held the scroll high and as he did so, inserted a sliver of mana into it, causing it to glow in a crimson-red colour
The entire time this happened, Veronica was in his ear trying to convince him otherwise, but Lucius didn''t even hesitate
Master Level Spell - Fire Storm!
The page was torn and all Lucius saw was a dazzling ocean of red mes
Like a scene straight from hell, all the visible floor was quickly reced with a sea of fire as the scalding temperature in the burning area made Lucius''s skin a little flushed.
But even with this, it wasn''t over just yet.
"Aargh!!!"
A group of terrifying screams sounded out from inside the forest as a few of thergest trees within the sea of fire began to shake and transform.
In truth, it wasn''t just these few trees.
Many other trees began to shake and try and transform but once they were caught in the endless mes there only fate was to be turned into arge lump of charcoal
Eventually just a few burning trees could rise up and transform and Veronica could just watch with a gaping mouth as the tree rose up and started to fork legs, arms and even faces.
"Treants!"
Veronica cried in shock and rm when she saw this sight, but whilst Veronica was crying in shock, Lucius had already begun to move.
What? Should he sit and wait for these monstrous trees toplete their transformation? Sorry, but Lucius wasn''t that much of a gentleman.
With the protection of his [Ultimate Fire Resistance], Lucius didn''t fear the mes in the slightest and bravely dashed forward.
Lucius moved forward with shocking speed and jumped forward onto the giant burning treant.
Luciusnded on one of the treant''s massive branches near the treant''s face with a loud thud.
A dazzling blue light shed on Lucius''s sword as Lucius shed down directly on the treant''s twisted wooden face!
"Arrghh!!"
The treant''s deep wooden cries shook the burning forest as the treant raised its giant arm to swat away Lucius.
But how could Lucius allow himself to be hit by such a slow and obvious move?
He quickly jumped over the arm at thest minute, causing the treant to hit itself as it stumbled and groaned.
But Lucius wasn''t done yet.
Landing on the floor, Lucius brandished his sword that waspletely covered in the blue light of mana reinforcement and shed fiercely at the treant''s already damaged legs and the attack didn''t disappoint.
Although Lucius didn''t cut cleanly through the treant''s tree-like leg, the cut was still deep enough to leave a giant cut.
And from there on out, It was just like chopping down a regr tree
All Lucius forgot to do was yell timber as he watched the giant tree man stumble on the floor before being entirely consumed by raging mes
But Lucius didn''t get to admire his work for long before he was suddenly forced to dodge.
"Bang!"
In the exact spot Lucius had been standing a second ago a giant whip like vine smashed down leaving a deep dent into the forest floor.
Before Lucius could think too deeply of another n two more vines shit out but this time it was important to dodge
Lucius just snorted as entered the posture of the famous sanctuary sword style he had practised tirelessly by now.
Lucius remained calm as the vines approached him and perfectly deflected the two bone attacks redirecting most of the force behind the attacks and allowing Lucius to slip past the two attacking vines.
Lucius didn''t slow down and instantly dashed towards the grant but he only managed to take a few more steps before he saw five more vines shoot out of the floor into the air before crashing down towards him
"Shit!" Cursed Lucius
Lucius''s face turned a little ugly but he knew that it was already toote to doge. What he had to do know was power through and break through it all!
But just as Lucius prepared to protect himself with mana, he saw a red streak tear through the sky as two giant fire arrows crashed into the face of the treant.
Boom! Boom!
"Aghhh!"
Chapter 91 91. Treants (2)
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"Aghhh!"
Two explosions went off as the treant let off a terrifying screech, causing the attacking vines to fall limply to the floor.
Lucius paused for a second in disbelief before looking over in the direction of the attack
Looking back Lucius could see a beautiful purple-haired girl smiling back at him haughtily
''This girl¡.''
Unfortunately, Lucius didn''t have the time to admire her heroic appearance. The treant was now injured and revealing an opening, how could Lucius pass it up?
His body flickered forward as he approached the treant at shocking speeds
The treant tried to punch Lucius but he easily jumped over its fist,nding the treant''s arm and using it to run up towards its upper body.
It''s only when he reached what he could only describe as the treant''s ''shoulder'' did Lucius raise his sword to try and cut it
"Bang!"
Lucius''s sword logged deep into the shoulder of the treant but it still wasn''t enough to cut it off.
The treant groaned in pain as vines appeared and shot towards Lucius but even after he failed to cut off the arm Lucius didn''t panic and instead smirked.
The attack was never meant to seed in the first ce.
It was just a distraction!
Lucius easily waved pats the vines and dropped to the floor in front of the treant''s chest as his sword burst with a dazzling blue light.
Lucius stepped forward and viciously shed at the treant''s unprotected front leaving a giant hole cracked in the treant''s bark.
Alone that was nowhere near enough to bring down a creature as tanks as treant, but the thing is, Lucius wasn''t alone.
"Boom! Boom ! Boom!"
Just seconds after Lucius made his attack countless flying me arrows lodged their way inside of the sh Lucius made and Without the protective outeryer proved by the hard tree ba, the treant was just arge piece of firewood and lit up like a giant torch.
Lucius and Veronica watched the novel bonfire disy when the ground suddenly shook
Thud!
Thud!
Looking up Lucius could see a horrifying sight walking through the sea of mes.
Like the monsters before, the thing he saw was definitely a treant, but this one was just too big!
It was easily several circlesrger than all itspatriots
Seeing Lucius standing next to the body of its fellow kin, it could already guess what happened and let of a deafening shriek
Seeing so many vines rushing toward him, Lucius''s scalp tingled!
He didn''t dare stay and face such an attack and instantly turned to retreat.
Unfortunately for Lucius, these vines were like homing missiles, no matter where he ran they somehow managed to track him down.
Eventually, Lucius was unable to dodge any longer and was forced to cut down an attacking vine but the rest of the vines were like sharks that had just smelt blood. As soon as there was a gap in Lucius''s defences they all rushed around.
Soon Lucius was practically surrounded by vines chopping them down like aplete madman but it was clear for anyone to see he was being pushed back.
But just beige Lucius could lose all hope a wave of mes suddenly shot out of the floor. Burning these vines to a crisp.
Lucius didn''t even have to look around to know which lucky angel he had to thank for the clutch save
It was of course Veronica.
Her purple hair was flowing wildly as two balls of mes were gathered in each hand.
Lucius watched as the fireballs smashed down into the giant treant!
But Lucius didn''t just remain there gawking. Using the raging mes as a smokescreen and appeared beside one of the treant''s trunk like legs.
Raising his sword that shone with a blinding blue light, Lucius hacked down at the treant.
But not long after Lucius''s attacknded, his face turned pretty ugly.
Nothing!
Lucius shed with almost all of his might yet it was like his attack had done nothing.
It barely managed to break through the treant''s outeryer of bark and deal any damage!
To make matters worse, the treant had also noticed Lucius''s bug-like attack and smashed its foot down. Even though Lucius quickly dodged, it caused a miniature earthquake which made him stumble for a while.
Just as Lucius recovered, he could see the treant raise its massive arm to punch him.
Seeing this sight, Lucius just sneered.
He had dodged many of the other treant''s punched by now and knew he could doge them easily so he didn''t retreat too far in case he could find another opportunity to get an attack in.
Although Lucius dodged the attack, his heart couldn''t stop beating wildly.
That kind of an attack was too deadly.
If he was hit head on by such a behemoth, he would be seriously injured if not simply die outright!
Lucius saw the Treabt continuing to move towards him but this time he didn''t dare be arrogant and quickly backed off, trying to create some distance.
But for some reason this treant just didn''t want to let him go!
Its fists came crashing down like flying boulders smashing into the ground causing Lucius to have the illusion that he was in the middle of an earthquake. But just as the Treant was about to take another step a set of giant me whips shot out of the surrounding mes and reposed around the treant causing it to freeze up in ce.
The treant screamed as it felt itself wrapped up in the me whip binings.
The Treant roared as it found itself wrapped up and bound in the hateful fire element.;
But Just as a triumphant smile was about to appear on Veronica''s face, her eyes shook.
No matter how talented Veronica was, she had only been in the academy for a few weeks; she couldn''tpletely restrict a monster of such size even if she had an elemental advantage.
With one deafening roar the treant stretched its armspletely breaking free of Veronica''s magic rest it''s causing Veronica to stumble backwards and the sudden bacsh of her magic being shattered.
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Lucius watched as the enraged Treant roared, causing tens of vines to shoot out from the ground into the air.
Lucius watched such a horrifying sight with bated breath as he prepared to reinforce his body with mana and defend himself .
Even Veronica formed a small fire shield in front of him when Lucius felt something was off
It was strange to put it into words, but for some reason. Despite seeing countless vines in the sky soaring in his direction, Lucius didn''t see me to feel any sense of threat
Looking at the approaching vines Lucius wandered what could be the reason for this strange feeling and that''s when he noticed it.
''No! Those vines aren''t aiming for me!''
Lucius figured out the problem but it was already toote.
The vines suddenly sped up flying past Lucius like billets as they smashed into Veronica''s body sending her flying through the forest
"Veronica!"
Lucius called out desperately towards Veronica, but he couldn''t see anything.
Lucius turned around and was about to go and check on Veronica, and that''s where Lucius made his mistake.
See In Sanctuary, Lucius instructors had made sure to drill one basic rule into his head, but after seeing Veronica get yeeted like that, his heart stopped and he had forgotten all his training in this urgent moment.
The rule he had forgotten was simple:
You Never turn your back on the battlefield.
Suddenly, Lucius felt his skin crawl as all his hair stood on edge.
He quickly turned around to see a horrifying sight
''¡Huge.''
All Lucius saw was the giant fist of treant that seemed to block out the sun crashing down towards his face.
"Boom!"
There was a horrifying sound as Lucius''s body was sent ragdolling through the air before he crashed into a half-burnt tree.
"Bang!"
As Luciusnded against the trees, splinters flew everywhere as human shapes impression was left in the tree trunk.
Although Lucius managed to defend his body with mana at thest second, when you were hit with that kind of truck-like force, his mana defence really didn''t do much.
Lucius was left groaning and whimpering as he desperately tried to maintain his consciousness
Right now he was in an extremely concussed state as his mind seemed to be gued by a bell-like ringing that wanted to split his head apart!
His vision waspletely blurred as everything he saw seemed to be swaying like a leaf in the wind.
''Fuck.. I''m so¡ tired¡ maybe I should just take a nap¡''
As Lucius had this thought his eyelids suddenly seemed to be made of lead as they got heavier and heavier until¡.
"Thud!"
The sudden shake was enough to stir Lucius as he pried his eyes open and locked into the source of all this disturbance.
''The giant treant.'' Thought Lucius
Realising what was happening, a wry smile appeared on his face.
''So this is how I go out huh? Killed by a treant after one mishap.''
Lucius just smiled mockingly at his own fate
But that''s when Lucius noticed something wrong
''This¡ why isn''t the Treant heading towards me?''
Suddenly Lucius had a realisation that shook his mind
''No, no¡ it can''t be!''
The Treant was going after Veronica!
Seeing this, Lucius was both shocked and furious, but after he thought about it for a little while, it really made sense
Think about it,pared to the half dead guy that was poking it with what could only be the equivalent of a metal toothpick, the bitch spewing out its one weakness fire would obviously be higher up on the kill list.
Realising what was happening, Lucius was instantly ced on high alert
It was like he had been working on ate-night shift and suddenly chugged three red bulls at once.
If he really did nothing, Veronica would die!
Could he ept this?
Could he ept the fate that would befall Veronica?
The naive girl who had been too shy to introduce herself properly and ended up secretly following him here
The clingy girl that had followed him down a cliff into an secret cave offer now particr reason other than to spend some time together
The girl that had gone against her family and broke her engagement, practically throwing her old life behind.
Even if he was the one who fueled these mes and had been secretly scheming all of this to happen.
Could he really just sit back and watch her die like that?
For Lucius, the answer was obvious,
Of course he fucking couldn''t!
He had to do something.
He had had to get up.
Lucius didn''t dare stay still any longer.
He tried to stand up causing his already bruised and battered body to groan, but even though he was pushing his tired body past its limits, his heartbeat didn''t slow down, on the contrary, it only sped up!
The Adrenaline in his body was being secreted to a shocking degree and was being pumped out all over his body!
As all this was happening the [Amulet of the High King] on his chest seemed to agree with Lucius''s actions as the giant ruby glowed in a red light and Without even realising it, the whites of Lucius''s eyes seemed to be dyed red ink as a familiar madness surfaced from within them.
Now feeling fully energised, Lucius got to his feet and moved towards the treant slowly speeding up from a staggered walk until he broke out into a full sprint.
Arriving behind the giant treant, Lucius leapt up and plunged his sword into the monster''s back, but his face soon turned into a grimace.
Lucius tried to cut through the protective bark of treant, but this one''s bark seemed to be even tougher than thest time he cut it!
His sword only managed to pierce the outeryer of bark, practically dealing no damage to the giant treant''s body
''Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!''
Lucius could only curse viciously at his ineffective move
Chapter 93 93. Fire Element
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Lucius knew that the treant knew that he was on its body but even despite that, it still kept on moving towards Veronica.
Lucius was Furious that the treant was ignoring him and treating him like air, but what could he do?
It was not like he had a way to deal massive amounts of damage to the treant anyway.
Wait¡
A way to deal a massive amount of damage?
At first, Lucius was about to give up hope, but maybe really he did have something like that.
''What m about the [Ultimate Fire Resistance] talent'' thought Lucius
From what he remembered about the talent''s description, It''s said that I have some affinity for the fire element right?
So Whilst it might not be as amazing as Veronica''s, Lucius was hopeful that his fire elements convert his mana to fire elements.
The ability to use the four basic elements in this world, that was, fire, Water, air and earth, wasn''t just limited to those with spherical talents, anyone could do it with enough training.
The easiest way for a fighter with a specific affinity to manipte the elements was to use a special breathing technique that used that particr type of element.
But this didn''t mean that all people were equal. Those with stronger talents would often learn faster and have stronger attacks, and the rare elements still required elemental affinity.
The more Lucius thought about it, the more convinced he became.
[Ultimate Fire resistance] was still a fire-type golden-ranked talent.
Everyone with a golden rank talent was a monster that didn''t work bymon sense and right now Lucius could proudly say he had joined a group of such monsters!
With that, Lucius didn''t think any more and began to act
Plunging his sword deep into the treant''s back, Lucius began to fill his sword with mana as he began to imagine it.
Fire.
From a small campfire to a raging bonfire.
Even the small me from the cooking stove.
Lucius began to picture countless scenes of fires from his memory
From the raging forest fires to the tragic scene of burning holdings buildings. Now all that remained in Lucius''s mind was the concept of fire and the destruction that it could cause
If Lucius could open his eyes right now, he would be shocked!
The sword in his hand began to buzz and shake wildly as theyer of man coating the sword began to flicker and flow, almost resembling the movement of a raging me.
And the transformation didn''t stop there
The colour of the mana surrounding his sword began to darken as it transformed from deep blue to the dazzling red of crimson mes!
"Boom!"
The mes pouring inside of the giant treant exploded, causing the monster to wail tragically in pain.
The monster''s scream was truly harrowing. It was enough to leave goosebumps crawling up the skin of whoever heard it.
But even with that, Lucius didn''t let up, pouring all his mana inside the giant treant and burning it, from the insides
This was the same creature that nearly snuffed out his life and was determined to kill Veronica.
No matter how tragic its screams sounded, Lucius would never show pity.
The Treant dropped to the floor with a loud thud as Lucius got off, watching the giant monster burn to ashes.
Lucius watched the strange sight, still slightly amazed at how easily he had converted his mana into the fire element.
"Am.. am I a genius?"
Said Lucius shamelessly had such an arrogant thought.
Frankly, Lucius wasn''t the one who was a genius, it was Veronica.
If ultimate fire resistance had this much affinity, only god could imagine how scary fire caller was
As for the twobined together?
Lucius shivered as he thought up the future scenes of world-ending carnage.
She was truly deserving of the future name Queen of mes
Just as Lucius had this thought, his body suddenly stumbled
''Fuck!''
As soon as the fight was over, his adrenaline stopped causing Lucius to have to deal with the full consequences of his battered body that he had been putting on hold until now.
Within seconds, Lucius felt his legs weaken as his body started to sway and it wasn''t long before he fell over.
But instead of the feeling of his head hitting the floor, Lucius felt something else
''Soft¡''
Looking up, saw a beautiful pair of purple eyes looking at him with worry as he suddenly realised that this soft feeling he must be feeling was thisdy''s ample chest.
Seeing the perfectly finedy in front of him, Lucius was stunned
''Who was this, and why was she perfectly fine?''
Lucius could have sworn that he saw Veronica take the treant''s attack head-on and get yeeted across the forest, but now she was standing in front of him perfectly fine.
Lucius couldn''t help but curse!
''Damn! You were fine the whole time? Bitch! Give me back my grief!''
Lucius was a little embarrassed. He was here panicking, but Veronica was doing so well she may have been able to handle the treants by herself!
But Lucius didn''t even say that and let off a light groan
"Bag¡ bag .. healing potion ..."
Hearing Lucius''s voice and seeing his pale face, Veronica quickly panicked and rushed towards Lucius''s bag
.....
Several minutester Lucius was standing in a much better state after drinking a recovery potion.
He looked at the horrific sight in front of him and couldn''t help but sigh.
The garden had beenpletely destroyed. It was as if it had been hit by a napalm
The once angelic garden now looked like a scene from hell.
Amongst the endless charred forest was just one ce free from all this destruction
It was a small hill in the middle of the forest. On top of the hill was a beautiful apple tree that seemed to let off an enticing fruity scent.
Hanging off the tree, Lucius could see an emerald green apple that glistened with an almost magical light
Chapter 94 94. Earth Dragon
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With all this added together, it made this look like a scene out of a fairy tale.
And in truth, there was something supernatural about this scene
The giant mystical tree, and the entire hill for that matter, was actually part of a dragon!
Well, it would be more urate to say it used to be part of the dragon.
The dragon it had been had long been dead.
Lucius remembered the interesting details about this strange ce that Landon had uncovered in the novel
This was the resting ce of a dragon and not just any old dragon, it was an Ancient Earth dragon!gt
See, Dragons were a type of creature that grew stronger with age.
Contrary to most other beings that hit their peak strength around middle age and gradually weaken from then on dragons only got stronger with age meaning that the actual strongest point of a dragon''s life was ,literally the moment right before they died
An ancient dragon was the oldest type of dragon and as such also the strongest stage of a dragon as well
An Earth dragon was not like the normal five colour dragons .
It was a special type of dragon in the sense that it was a half-elemental type creature.
Dragons were creatures naturally close to the elements but as a half -elemental creature the ancient earth dragon took it to another level.
This granted strength that was at least a Heroic Saint or Demon King level Threat!
This was the absolute ceiling of strength in this world
Yet even despite having such power and strength, there was one thing that this creature still couldn''t beat and that was time.
Even such a overwhelmingly powerful creature that was fully capable of dominating the maind when nearing the end of its life span grew powerless and weak and could only helplessly bury itself in this distant cave
...or did it?
The Earth dragon was an extremely powerful creature it was unknown if this was a mutated Earth dragon, but unlike other dragons that willingly epted the end of their lifespan, this dragon wa s desperate to find a way to extend it''s life and live forever
That''s when this ancient dragon came to the conclusion for all the asnwers it had been searching for,
reincarnation.
Fortunately, in this regard, the Earth dragon was better off than most.
Using the philosophy of all elements being linked together and one element giving birth to another the Earth dragon nned to reincarnate itself
And what element was born from the Earth? nts of course!
Using its own body and soul as nutrients the Earth dragon had transformed itself into a ce that would eventually give birth to a new body and reincarnate itself.
Although this time it wouldn''t be reborn as an Earth dragon, but instead a nt dragon.
It slowly gathered and formed an area secluded and hidden away, where it wouldn''t be disturbed by the oustide world and started building a wonderful garden conducive to its reincarnation.
This beautiful garden full of treants was as much part of it''s borate magical circle as it was a defence mechanism.
In all honesty, it wasn''t that bad of an idea.
It wasn''t even evil either.
This obsessed dragon would have also probably gotten its wish if it wasn''t for that meddling protagonist
Whilst the protagonist may be the son of luck for others to the unfortunate few this guy was no different from the star of disaster.
After falling off a cliff and miraculously stumbling into this dragon''s cave.
Landon single handedly ruined a n that had been thousands of years in the making.
In a way, Lucius almost felt bad for this dragon.
It was one thing to have your lifelong n destroyed by a vindicated enemy with a deep seated hatred but there was just something so pitifully tragic to have everything you worked for identally destroyed by a lucky yet brainless protagonist.
Yet this was what happened to this poor Ancient dragon.
After single handedly defeating the army of treants with his magic and swordsmanship.
Landon set his eyes on the tree and using the freakish instinct any protagonist would have, Landon walked up to the magical tree and it''s emerald fruit and instinctively knew that this fruit would be of great benefit to him
In the novel, the protagonist had consumed the fruit hanging off the tree and acquiring the soul of an ancient dragon.
But there was a problem. Even if it was half-dead and greatly weakened after trying to reincarnate, how could a weak Sanctuary student be a match for a soul that could rival the demon kings?
In reality such an action should have caused him to simply hand over his perfect meat suit over to this dragon that was desperate to reincarnate.
But you wouldn''t be considered a qualified shounen protagonist if you couldn''t pull something out of your ass to save your life.
And that''s exactly what Landon did.
Remember the [Amulet of the High King]. The object containing the pure blood of the High King. One of the mortals that had basically reached god status?
In the moment of life or death, with his life hanging by a thread, Landon did something crazy and yet at the same time the only thing that could save his life.
He swallowed it!
But Instead of exploding on the spot or being turned into a mindless berserker by the overwhelming blood of the Barbarian High King. The powerful blood and divinity inside it could actually restrain the weakened soul of the Ancient Earth Dragon.
The two powerful forces restrained each other equally and under the blessing Landon had from the [Saint of Light] talent, theybined to form apletely new talent, and this had been Lucius''s goal from the very start.
It was also why he had to get the amulet of the high king before the protagonist otherwise, even if he came to the cave before the Landon it would be meaningless.
Chapter 95 95. The High King!
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If he snuck in beforehand and snatched the emerald dragon soul fruit, all that would happen would be his soul getting annihted and devoured by an ancient dragon as his boy would be possessed.
Now he had finally arrived at this ce after all this nning, how could Lucius hesitate?
He then took off the amulet around his chest that was still glistening with a faint red light.
Lucius looked at the wonderful enchanting ruby in the centre of the amulet and drew his sword without any hesitation, gathering as much mana onto his sword as possible.
sh!
"Crack!"
With one sword strike, there was now a crack in the centre of the glowing gem.
Fiddling around with the cracked gem, Lucius pulled it out of the holding from the brass amulet and brought it near to his face.
The moment Lucius brought it close to his face, he was hit by the strong smell of blood and, without even realising it, Lucius''s body began to react
His crimson eyes went bloodshot as he was ovee by the familiar sensation of adrenaline being secreted like crazy and raging all over his body.
His entire body was soon ovee with the overpowering urge for battle as his body tensed and even twitched slightly.
It took all Lucius had to not rush out and look for something to start a vicious battle with.
Through his bloodshot eyes, Lucius couldn''t help but show a little fear.
He had just smelt this divine blood, and his reaction was strong. Lucius could only imagine how much crazier the reaction would be after directly swallowing it!
Lucius was a little intimidated, but he didn''t hesitate and, bringing the Crystal closer to his mouth, Lucius drank everyst drop of the blood of High King leaving nothing else behind.
For the first few seconds, Lucius braced himself for a violent reaction but then¡
Nothing?
Lucius soon let off a silent sigh
''I guess this is not so bad after all-''
Before Lucius could finish his thoughts, his whole face did a 180 as he hunched over with a terrifying expression on his face
"Badum!"
Lucius felt his heart shake as if it wanted to explode right out of his chest! And the most horrifying part was that things didn''t stop there.
"Badum! Badum! Badum!"
Lucius''s body went red as the veins and arteries on his face and all over his body squirmed as a terrifying amount of blood was being pumped through them, threatening to burst them directly! As this was going on, Lucius was overwhelmed as searing pain shot through every cell in his body.
Lucius was so preupied with the painful transformation that he didn''t notice the blood mist spraying out of his back, slowly forming into the giant phantom of a man behind Lucius.
The face of the giant man was blurred, but you could faintly see that the giant''s hair was cut short.
The giant''s body was what could only be described as a work of art. Its body was filled with a tremendous amount of muscle, yet somehow, despite being filled with enough muscle to beparable to even the greatest bodybuilders, the phantom''s body didn''t feel the slightest bit clunky or slow.
It was as if this wasn''t some human body but that of a perfectly designed machine!
The giant''s bronze body stood there daunting, as if it wanted to overwhelm the entire world
Veronica had been looking at Lucius''s transformation with worry but when she saw the giant phantom that suddenly appeared, she couldn''t help but gasp in shock.
Right in front of her, she saw the phantom of what she could only describe as the image of a battle god!
Despite not wearing even the lightest piece of armour, its bare body seemed to be deadlier than any weapon, as the terrifying fighting intent that suppressed the cave let Veronica know that this was the phantom of a being that was made for violence and war,
This was the phantom of the Barbarian High King!
The giant phantom tilted its head back and let off a war cry that shook the cave.
Lucius felt his mind shake with the terrifying shout, but he didn''t dare let up.
The blood of the High King was now showing its polluting characteristics.
It was just like a virulent virus, constantly multiplying and forcing itself into and transforming Lucius''s cells with a mad fervour.
It was as if it couldn''t stand the weak human cells in front of it and wanted to not only purge them out of its sight, but transform it into something much stronger.
If things continued at this rate it wouldn''t be long before Lucius was transformed into a pure blooded barbarian!
No! If he let such a brutal transformation process continue without restraint, Lucius wouldn''t even survive!
Knowing that it would only lead to his doom if he dyed it any further, Lucius reached for the emerald apple hanging from the magical tree, and for a brief moment, he even stopped to admire it.
All along the emerald apple were the faint intricate drawing of countless scales interlocking in a perfect fashion.
When he looked at it like this, it looked less like a fruit for consumption and more like a famous ornament that would be treasured and directly guarded by kings for generations
Yet even with his admiration for the artistic beauty of the fruit, Lucius didn''t hesitate to bite into it and swallow it whole!
Lucius felt his mouth burst with a refreshing yard of sweet, freshly picked fruit, but Lucius didn''t get to enjoy the taste for long.
As soon as the apple was swallowed, the tree quickly withered away, but this eerie sight was not without any effect
"Roar!"
All of a sudden, a furious dragon roar erupted in Lucius''s mind as he felt his world shake
Lucius suddenly heard a voice ring out in his head
"Is it you? The one who destroyed my n!"
Chapter 96 96. Dragon Berserk! (1)
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Lucius heard this thundering voice, and he was left frozen stiff
The presence and aura of an Ancient Dragon shook his soul to its very core
"Bastard! Since you destroyed everything I worked for, you willpensate me! Hand over your body!"
Lucius grit his teeth and tried to resist the overwhelming aura of the dragon, but he knew he couldn''t do it alone.
Fortunately, things all went ording to n and the second the Ancient Dragon made a move, a furious shout rang out!
"Worm! You dare covet my blood!"
The blood of the high king didn''t contain anything as outrageous as the soul of the High King or else, not only would the dragon''s soul be easily dealt with, but even Lucius would be finished.
He was a pesky human that had stolen the blood of the barbarian high king. He would be considered as just a much as a nuisance as the dragon soul it was going to fight!
What it did contain was the overpowering will of the High King that had kept its blood active for thousands of years.
It was this will that formed the giant phantom behind Lucius, and it was also this will that was trying to transform Lucius''s body and it was also this will that was resisting the attack of the Ancient dragon.
Instantly the dragon was shaken, as the faint image of a giant dragon with both light brown and green coloured scales appeared behind Lucius as its soul was dragged out of Lucius''s body
Enraged, the dragon roared and lunged at the High King like a crazed beast.
But what was even more shocking was thatpared to the dragon, the literal monster, the humanoid was the one that was more Vicious!
A furious warcry sounded out as the High King smashed its fist towards the dragon with what could only be described as a battle frenzy.
Fist, nail and even teeth, this barbaric phantom started to tear the dragon apart.
The Ancient dragon wasn''t vegetarian either. It tore back into the phantom of the High king like a man with nothing else to lose.
Seeing the ferocious battle Veronica was left stupefied, she stumbled backwards and fell on her ass as she watched a scene straight out of a dream.
Lucius may have also shown a simr reaction if he wasn''t working extremely hard in just trying to maintain his sanity!
He wasn''t even in the direction the conflict was aimed at. He was just a bystander in the middle and he was almost finished off
The two phantoms fought crazily until all that was left was the strange image of a pool of blood as both phantoms were leftpletely annihted
Just as Veronica thought the whole ordeal was over and was about to approach the injured Lucius, she quickly realised something was wrong
The pool of blood started to bubble, rising into the air and swirling wildly as it started to form the image of something sinister.
First, it was the countless scales that covered the huge monster, then it was the monster''s huge limbs that were packed with overwhelming amounts of muscles that made it seem like it could crush mountains with ease as well as the dagger-like ws.
Eventually, the image solidified, and what was left behind was enough to scare any grown man.
Dragon!
What was formed was a giant, crimson, raging dragon!
But what was truly scary was the around behind this dragon
The giant crimson eyes of the dragon scanned the area, seeminglycking any sense of reason. All that remained was seemingly endless rage and desire for battle.
It was a dragon that seemed to be dominated by a strange aura of madness that wanted to destroy the world!
Fortunately, before such a horrifying thing could happen, the phantom of the giant dragon behind Lucius flickered and jumped straight into Lucius''s body.
Instantly, Lucius''s body started to twitch as his veins started to bulge and his body suddenly grew a few centimetres.
Thebined amalgamation of blood formed from the mixing of the blood of the high king and the soul of the ancient dragon began to mutate and change Lucius''s body in a strange direction as his cells began another wave of transformation
Suddenly, a familiar crimson lightning exploded all over Lucius''s body, crackling all over his skin!
Rage state!
This was the signature sign of a barbarian entering into its famous Rage state!
It was exactly the same as the sight Lucius had seen from Reina.
No, on second thought, it was even more impressive!
What was shocking was that the lightning continued to pour out of Lucius''s body to an even more ridiculous degree but instead of flowing wildly like crimson lightning before, this lightning started to group up and condense around his skin and slowly but surely these bolts of lightning condescend around Lucius body till they formed the solidified image of dragon scales.
Yes! Right now, Lucius''s body was covered in crimson dragon scalesposed of pure lightning!
"Gulp!"
Veronica looked at Lucius and waspletely horrified!
This Lucius looked more like a demon than any demon she had ever seen in her life!
ckish red horns. Flickering lightning Scales thatpletely covered the body and wed hands. But despite this fearsome appearance, what truly scared Veronica was not these ferocious looks. No, what scared her the most were those eyes.
The two eyes that shone like torches in the night as they radiated an endless crimson light.
Amongst this eerie crimson light was a pair of barely visible pupils and as Veronica looked into the eyes, she did see a pair of sentient eyes, but that was it.
The sentient eyes still seeminglycked all sense of reason and were filled with utter madness and rage.
Lucius may have been able to notice Veronica''s change in mental date if he wasn''t so excited as he looked over his notifications!
As this was happening, Lucius heard a new notification
Chapter 97 95. Dragon Berserk! (2)
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As this was happening, Lucius heard a new notification
Ding! Congrattions on acquiring a new talent
[Dragon Berserk] (Gold/???) (Bloodline)
[Description - aplete mutated talent formed from the mixture of two extremely special bloodlines bad characteristics to form a alien species of dragon that had never been seen in this world before with the blood of a barbarian you use the infamous barbaric rage to enter and begin your transformation into your form as a true dragon.
The form grants you greatly increased strength, speed and whilst alps providing a considerable boost in both physical and magical endurance
This is a species born for only endless battle, madness, and rage!
[Aura of Madness] (Gold/???) (Bloodline)
Due to the overbearing will of the High King fusing with the transcendent aura of a dragon, you gain the ability to radiate an aura of anger and pure rage from your body at will. For your allies, This ability will increase morale and stimte a battle frenzy. But for enemies it will cause them to fall into madness.
Lucius looked at the talents in front of him and the smile on his face couldn''t be concealed. It was just unfortunate that in his current form, his charming smile looked quite horrifying.
But even with his rather traumatic appearance, it still couldn''t contain Lucius''s joy.
But after being excited for a little while, Lucius eventually sobered up and when he looked at the talents, he couldn''t help it raise an eyebrow
(Gold/???)
''What the hell was that supposed to mean?''
Just as Lucius''s curiosity was peaked a notification suddenly went off in his head
Ding! Congrattions!
(Gold/???) represents talents that were supposed to be higher than golden rank but due tock of conditions could only remain as golden ranked talent.
Despite this such talents were still above that of regr golden rank talents
Lucius got a sudden notification in his head showing that the god behind everything had been paying close attention to his recent events but Lucius wasn''t focused on these little details, his attention was on something else.
''Above golden rank? isn''t that heroic?''
Thinking about it Lucius felt a little excited. Heroic rank talents!
He actually made a bigger profit than he thought!
Lucius was excited but he was still concerned about one thing.
Never in the novel did it mention that the talent had the potential to upgrade to heroic. Although Landon as a protagonist, upgraded a few of his talents he just thought it was due to the protagonists bullshit hax, he didn''t know it would be applicable to him aswell
But the more he thought about it actually made sense.
Landon may be the protagonist, but he didn''t have the system.
He don''t know his talents and couldn''t urately judge the ranks of his talents without a talent grade measurer since talent grade measures would be difficult to bring along with you at all times it wasn''t surprising that things would be like this
With himself in a much better mood after acquiring his new talents Lucius looked over to Veronica when he noticed something strange.
The second their eyes met, she flinched.
Although she knew that this was Lucius she couldn''t help it
Just then, when their eyes met for a brief second, Veronic found herself thrown back to that scene where Lucius rushed at her in the ssroom as the madness contained in their eyes was almost identical.
So just likest time Veronica froze on the spot like a deer in headlights.
Lucius also didn''t stop and continued to move towards her slowly with his crazed pair of red eyes on her the entire time.
Lucius raised his scaled hand and Veronica shivered
That hand seemed to ovep with Xander it seemed to ovep with the same hand Lucius raised that was a choking her back then
She closed her eyes and braced for impact when ¡
"Huh?"
Veronica opened her eyes because instead of pain, all she felt was a caring hand stroking her head.
It was¡ warm
Lucius looked at Veronica''s stupefied expression and just chuckled
"You seem surprised? After everything we''ve been through, do you really think I''d hurt you "
"ah.."
Veronica was left speechless
Ding!
LP+10
LP+10
She wanted to say something but the tears built up in her eyes and ger words were caught in her throat.
Seeing this sight, Lucius just smiled, although with his current appearance, it really didn''t look like it.
"Come on? Crying already? Are you moved by your words?"
The moved feeling that Veronica was feeling was quickly reced by her annoyance and pride
"Humph! Like I would cry over the words of a moron like you."
Lucius smiled at Veronica''s clearly embarrassed appearance
"Yes, yes. I''m a moron indeed"
As he said that he just stroked Veronica''s hair as her embarrassed face remained buried in his chest.
Lucius was talking with a lot of macho and nonchnce right now but deep down inside he was a little worried.
Although He didn''t feel like his mind was about to be overwhelmed with mindless rage. He could barely suppress the endless battle lust raging in his heart.
Lucius was sure that if he was in this state and someone challenged him to a batte that was trap he would still agree.
Th fearlessness and batttle lust contained by this new talent was too overwhlemig for him to resist alone.
Thinking about it like this, Lucius was a little dissatisfied.
From what he remembered, Landon''s transformation was a little differnt.
For one, His transfromationw was not cirmson it was described as having golden like the falling rays of sun light from the sky.
Lucius also remembered that Landon was never described as having such a crazy appearance nor did he have such overwhelming Battle lust.
Lucius could guess the reason for all this.
[Saint of Light]
It was clearly said in the novel that this talent had joined in the mix when the dragon soul and blood of the high king were mixing.
Chapter 98 96. A Dragons Ramblings
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With how much he was favoured by the goddess of light, Lucius wouldn''t be surprised if the goddess personally intervened when this talent was being formed
But even though Lucius didn''t have the [Saint of Light] talent and the subsequent benefits that came with it, it wasn''t all bad.
For example theck of the interference of the [Saint of Light] talent led to things that even Landon didn''t have, for example [Aura of Madness ].
Lucius was sure that Landon didn''t have this talent or anything simr to it.
With this Lucius was ced in a much better mood and finally released the transformation returning back to his ssical handsome appearance much to Veronica''s pleasure .
Unfortunately, Lucius didn''t have time to remain there cuddling as his attention was soon drawn away by something else.
In the location in which the previous magical tree had stood Lucius could see a strange metallic shine and then walked over to investigate.
Wiping away the ashes of the withered tree, it fully revealed a strange metal hatch.
Now curious Lucius didn''t hesitate m up h and tried to open the hatch but after several attempts didn''t move the hatch in the slightest, Lucius grew impatient and after wrapping his leg in mana , stamped down on the hatch until¡
"Boom!"
Eventually the hatch loosened and was easily sted off its hinges falling down into the space below.
Lucius looked down the hatch carefully and after seeing that the fall was only a light jump, Lucius didn''t think too much and jumped straight down,nding with a thud.
It wasn''t long before the curious Veronica also jumped down andnded right next to Lucius.
As soon as shended, a fireball was quickly formed her hand which quickly illuminated this underground cave allowing Lucius to finally get a proper look at their ce.
Lucius looked forwards and the first thing to catch his attention would be the strange tform in the centre.
It was an exquisitely crafted tform with a magnificent roaring dragon head crafted into an overhang that covered the table .
But even with this exquisite sculpture that wasn''t what grabbed Lucius attention.
What truly interested him was the strange bookid out in the middle of the table.
Seeing such a sight was a little unsettling.
A perfectlyid out book in the centre of the room. It looked like a trap if Lucius had ever seen it.
But even if it was a trap Lucius didn''t want to ignore the knowledge this could represent.
After all, he wasn''t the protagonist.
He couldn''t get by with pure talent and luck.
His greatest advantage over the protagonist will always be his knowledge and foresight so he would never say no to a chance to acquire more knowledge and what was more knowledgeable than an Ancient Dragon.
Besides, even if it didn''t contain any major secrets, it wouldn''t be a loss if he could just broaden his knowledge about the world.
With his mind settled so after warning Veronica to retreat a few steps, Lucius slowly and cautiously walked over towards the strange dragon table.
Approaching the table, Lucius raised his hand and slowly reached out toward the book.
The second Lucius''s hand reached the book''s hard leather cover, he quickly pulled his hand back just in case he set off some type of twisted trap mechanism.
Fortunately it seemed like he had been over reacting as after several seconds of waiting, nothing changed or happened allowing Lucius to know that it was at least safe enough to take the book and open it
"Dear future reader
I am the overlord of Earth, the Ancient Dragon,
Drazalth Elpys Ordem Erlgrad
Seeing as you are reading this, it could only mean that I had failed in my n of reincarnation and that I have not only failed but I have died as well
Lucius read this a little conflicted.
It wouldn''t be urate to say that poor old Drazalth failed but instead he was sabotaged by Lucius.
But Lucius'' conflicted expression onlysted for a while. After all, if he didn''t do it, then the protagonist eventually would. And the book wasn''t wrong, Drazalth was dead. The way he died didn''t align with his expectations but the destination was still the same, 6ft under.
Thinking like this Lucius tilted his head and continued reading the book
"I am writing this not as a biography nor am I writing this as a way to pass on my knowledge to the future generations.
I write this because I am not reconciled!
This death was not my fault! It was not nned.
The n to reincarnate was not my goal . It was risky, theoretical and deep down in my mind I always had the suspicion it would fail. In truth it was ast ditch attempt.
No, My n had never been to reincarnate but instead to ascend.
My goal was to take the ce of that old tired rock.
My goal was to ascend to the status of the Elemental King of Earth.
And I almost did, after all, how could a mere rock rival, I the Ancient, Earth Dragon.
Even my dominance over the earth element could rival that slow old bastard.
But right as I was about to crush that old bastard.Right as I was about to im the tile as elemental king... ''it'' showed up.
It came and ruined everything!
Why damn it! Why!
Why!
Why!
Why!
Why!
That damn book! Why did it have to show up and ruin everything.
I hate it!
I curse it!
I hate it!
I curse it!
After this, the book continued on quickly devolving into nothing but dragon''s mad ramblings for several pages
Lucius read the dragon''s mad ramblings with a strange expression on his face.
This old dragon had clearly lost it''s mind!
Lucius continued reading but the pages were filled with endless ramblings but just as Lucius was about to close the book for good he suddenly read a stretch of ominous text
''It'' will not allow for any mistakes.
''It'' will correct all errors
It''s will can not be resisted.
It''s will can not be stopped
Chapter 99 99. Rewards
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So future reader if you are reading this if you see the book you must ept your fate as from that moment your free will is seized, and all that remains is to follow your inevitable destiny.
Lucius''s face was not good
Cryptic wording and mad ramblings were not a good sign the fact that it came from an ancient dragon, one of the most intelligent creatures on the and this left Lucius feeling instinctively unsettled.
With this feeling Lucius couldn''t help but call out
"Hey! I know you were here watching all this! Tell me straight up. Does this have anything to do with you"
God: ¡¥\_(¥Ä)_/¡¥
Lucius'' mouth twitched.
''Fuck! So you''re sending emoticons now! I''m being serious, this isn''t the time for games.''
The ridiculous god could clearly sense that Lucius was pretty concerned
[I really have no clue what the old dragon is talking about. Like I said before, I just right the story. ]
Lucius breathed a sigh of relief
[Is there a reason for something to go crazy? Maybe it failed on its own and went mad with despair or maybe the boom it was talking about was cursed? I really don''t know these details but don''t you think it might be interesting to investigate?]
After reading the god''s information Lucius finally calmed down.
There was no need for this god to lie to him so Lucius didn''t suspect that the god was up to any foul y. But thest words of the god still reminded Lucius of one thing.
No matter how helpful or kind this god seemed, at the end of the day, this was all for its own entertainment, if Lucius''s life was at risk it wouldn''t matter as long as he was still entertained.
There was no way he could take things as serious as Lucius who had his own life on the line.
It wants to help Lucius but at the end of the day it is still just for entertainment.
Lucius had gotten the answer form the god that sent him into this world but he was still a little frustrated
He felt like there was still something.
Something that was itching and scratching at the back of his mind that made him feel unsettled.
Lucius eventually just ignored it. There would be doing himself no favour in wrapping himself up in the ramblings of the dragon
And even if it was true.
Lucius definitely didn''t want to run into anything that could drive a creature as strong as a dragon half insane.
As for the strange feeling, Lucius just chalked it up to the memories of the dragon soul that had fused with him that contained the dragon''s madness. If that was the case it was inevitable that he would feel strange when this topic was brought up , which was all the more reason to ignore this and put the entire thing behind him.
As Lucius put the book away, Veronica walked up to his side.
"Lucius, are you ok?"
It was Veronica''s words that truly snapped Lucius out of all these thoughts.
It seemed like his concern was so obvious that even Veronica had noticed it.
Shaking the thoughts out of his head for good, Lucius turns his head to Veronica and smiled.
"I''m good Veronica, thanks for asking."
After saying this and clearing up the underground hole Lucius and Veronica quickly got out and began their journey back home.
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The journey back home was long yet uneventful and so by the time Lucius and Veronica had returned to the Academy the sun was already beginning to set.
Tired after the entire day''s ordeal, Lucius and Veronica saw each other off onest time before each heading towards their room.
Lucius walked to his room and opened the door.
The second he opened the door,he felt another presence in his room but he didn''t panic, at this point there was only one person it could be.
"Young Leader! Fortunately I didn''t mistake your trust and the mission was carried out sessfully. I''m d to see that you are safe."
Hearing this, Lucius smiled
"Thanks Cami , I''m also d to see that you are-"
Before Lucius could finish his words he suddenly froze, that''s because when he looked again he could see that Cami''s arm was wrapped in bandage clearly covering up a wound. She had been subtly trying to hide it before that''s why Lucius only noticed now.
Looking at this, Lucius'' face was not good.
"I''m sorry Cami. Because of me, you got hurt again. I used you for my own benefit which is really quite selfish.
I''m sorry Cami
Sorry ? Why should you be sorry? It is the duty of the assistant to help the leader of the Revolutionary army no matter what it is. Even if you asked me to sacrifice my life I would-"
Before Cami could finish her sentence Lucius just flicked her head
"Ow!"
"Silly girl, when did I say anything about sacrificing your life. Throwing your life away would be thest thing I want you to do, you hear me?"
Sigh! If I was better off I would definitely reward you with one fo the magic treasures we have in the armour but those old farts just won''t let up!
Thinking about the ridiculousness he faced when he tried moving the revolutionary army for himself a few days ago made Lucius''s blood boil.
''That damn bastard! He better not let Lucius catch him or he would really let him know what a revolutionary beating was!
Looking back towards Cami, Lucius just sighed.
Sigh! Unfortunately, I can''t reward you right now.
Seeing Lucius''s regret, Cami just shook her head.
Being by your side is its own reward.
As Lucius heard this, his face turned into aplicated expression, but it wasn''t long before his expression turned a little devious
"On second thought, maybe I do have a reward for you..."
As Lucius said this, He carefully wrapped his arm around Cami''s waist, pulling her soft body into his embrace
"Y-Young leader" Stuttered Cami, her face now beet red
"Now don''t be shy, it''s your reward, you earned it"
"Mmh.."
Cami let off a soft moan as the two bodies fell into the bed leading to another hectic and chaotic night
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Chapter 100 100.The Turnout
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Like that, a week had passed and the time of the arranged duel drew near.
In this past week Lucius wasn''t idle he had trained harshly and what also brought him a pleasant surprise was that with the development of his new talent and the addition of The High king''s blood in his body, his strength and physique had directly entered into that of 3rd ss fighter and his man had also made simr growths.
The blood of the high king plus Alice''s perfect healing at all times made it almost like he was doping.
Alice''s healing meant he could be perfectly healed no matter how hard he pushed his body.
And the blood of the high king and dragon mixed together gave his physical body excellent potential, all he had to do was squeeze it all out.
So after several days of ardent fighting, Lucius could confidently say that he had squeezed out enough potential that the previous him could now be dealt with easily
Name : Lucius Vexx
Age: 18
Race: Human
Affiliation: Revolutionary Army
Strength: 15
Agility: 12
Stamina: 13
Mana: 10
Will: 10
Talents & Traits:
[Sword Expert] (Blue)
[Ultimate Fire Resistance] (Gold)
[Dragon Berserk] (Gold/???) (Bloodline)
[Aura of Madness] (Gold/???) (Bloodline)
As he looked at his status panel the smile on Lucius''s face couldn''t be contained
From the time he left for the academy to now, several weeks had passed and his strength had directly doubled as all of his stats had broken through into 3rd ss at a very minimum. This even included his Mana which was t out zero before all of this.
Such a rate of progress was simply crazy. Although it was all because Lucius could cheat by transforming the blood of some of the strongest beings in this world into his talents it was still impressive regardless.
Clenching his fists, Lucius could feel his new power coursing through his body.
With this newfound power, he was confident that I matter what Lucius could throw at him, he would bury that bastard''s face in the dirt!
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A few secondster, Lucius who had changed into his uniform, could be seen walking through the academy hallways towards the arena.
As he did so he didn''t pay even the slightest bit of attention to all of this and remained focused.
He had already told Veronica, Alice and Cami not to wait for him beforehand and just enter the stands
One of the reasons he did this was because He didn''t want any of them to worry. Even if he resisted them a thousand times already it would soon devolve into their worried ramblings after all, even eight the strength he''d shown, fighting a third year was nothing short of suicide.
The only one who had some inkling of his current strength was Veronica but even she wasn''t optimistic. She was still yet to see his Dragon Berserk in full operation after all.
Lucius didn''t want to deal with such worrying.
After all, no matter how much he had prepared beforehand this was still a fight after all, and unless you were God, you couldn''t confidently say with 100% certainty that you''d predicted everything. To avoid such mistakes he could only maintain his concentration at 100% and treat this enemy with everything that he had!
Taking a deep breath, Lucius paused before therge doors to the arena for a few seconds before walking inside.
As soon as Lucius came to the Academy arena he couldn''t help but gasp.
The indoor auditorium was massive, easily capable of filling thousands of people.
And although thousands of people hadn''t arrived at the scene, at least hundreds off students were present.
As Lucius walked inside the gazes of everyone present gathered onto him.
This was the first time he was the centre of so many people at once and at this point, even the usually confident Lucius couldn''t help but freeze up for a while.
Although he was slightly nervous, Lucius knew he couldn''t appear weak and just took a deep breath and walked up to the stage.
As Lucius walked up he couldn''t help but be a little awed at the amount of people that came to watch this duel.
Because of the rumours at hand and Xander''s influence, He had been expecting a lot of people but this still surpassed all his expectations.
Lucius had greatly underestimated the boredom and curiosity of these people.
Unbeknownst to him, thanks to the crazy rumours about him, Lucius had be somewhat of a celebrity inside of Sanctuary so by now it was easy for any of his affairs to draw attention.
To make things more interesting he wasn''t just fighting anybody but a capable third year fighter who had already made somewhat of a name for himself. To anybody who heard it l. It sounded straight up ridiculous.
so it was not just first years that showed up but second years, and even a few of the usually busy third years showed up to see their fellow ss man crush this arrogant junior.
The rumours of broken engagements, vows of duels and battles against inws and brothers were like something out of a y.
For the people of this world that only have some romantic ys and stories at entertainment, this was like seeing one in real life.
Fighting for your love! Fighting for your romance! Is this not what youth is all about?
So with these mountains of circumstances all out together, even if Xander wasn''t there to fan the mes the turnout would have still been ridiculous.
As Lucius was having these thoughts he quietly scanned the crowd and saw a lot of familiar faces.
A lot of his ssmates were there and of course, Cami, Alice and Veronica were there as well. The three were all sitting next to each other.
Unsurprisingly, Landon was also there and as their eyes met, he just nodded towards Lucius slightly, which Lucius also returned.
Seeing this, Lucius couldn''t help but feel a little weird.
Chapter 101 101. Duel Start!
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Seeing this, Lucius couldn''t help but feel a little weird.
Technically speaking, this should be his ce and his time, but here he was, perfectly stealing everything away from him.
Hell! Even the ones that were supposed to be his women were at the side praying for Lucius''s own victory.
Seeing all three of the heroines present, Lucius couldn''t help but think about the ever shy girl, Nina.
But even after looking for a while, Lucius was unable to see the pink-haired girl, he was somewhat saddened.
Lucius sighed a little
''Sigh! It seems like my favorability is still not enough. I really do have to work hard from now on.''
If people could read his thoughts, he would definitely be hanged up and beaten.
After seeing three beauties on his side waiting for him, he still wasn''t satisfied and wanted someone else.
Unfortunately, this thought never crossed Lucius''s mind and he turned away unsatisfied
Unfortunately, Lucius''s sight couldn''t be constantly blessed by seeing beautiful women.
As he looked through the crowd, he inevitablynded on a snake eyed man, Oscar, who was smiling coldly and even worse, he saw Xander.
Lucius didn''t know what drugs that guy had been taking, but somehow Xander had actually got his confidence back.
The second their eyes met, he just snorted coldly as he looked down on Lucius in a gloating fashion.
This was simply the best Xander had felt in weeks!
With such a massive turn out, the humiliation Lucius would feel when he was brutally defeated would be immense
He would teach that Poor Peasant bastard that there were some people that could t be messed with!
As Lucius saw Xander''s mean gaze, Lucius secretly made a decision in his mind
No matter what the result of the battle was, he swore to secretly find Xander afterwards and beat him harshly.
He knew this cockroach viin very well. If this guy wasn''t properly humbled and broken, this guy would juste back and cause more trouble.
Besides, after beating that bastard ck and blue, seeing him mock him and look down on him after relying on connections to get him back pissed him off.
After all, as the head of the revolutionary army, usingckeys to jump his enemies was his go to.
If word got out that this was happening to him, where would his face as a viin go?
If Xander could read Lucius''s petty thoughts, he would definitely cry tears of blood.
All he wanted to do was gloat at his enemy a little. Was it really such a crime?
He would have never expected that Lucius was so petty
But it wasn''t a good thing, but with such a petty way of thinking, It seemed like Lucius was always meant to be a viin after all.
All of a sudden , Xander suddenly shivered as a cold sensation run down his back making him quite unsettled, but he swiftly ignored it and just relegated to a strange urrence.
After wringing down his grudge, Lucius turned away from the man behind it all and finally gazed at the man who he would be facing today.
Louis stood tall like a drawn sword amongst the gazes of all the people pleasant with a pleasant silence on his face.
He had been told everything about Lucius by Xander and after finding out that Xander wasn''t even a third-ss fighter, even someone as capable as him wouldck some caution.
So it wasn''t a surprise that he radiated an overwhelming aura of confidence despite being in such a public battle.
As Lucius was looking at Louis, he heard a notification go off
[Ding! Conditions met! New mission detected!]
[Defeat Louis in front of a crowd of people and many heroines against all odds
Reward: +700 LP ]
Lucius looked at this and was pleasantly surprised.
Although it wasn''t as ridiculous as the mission with Veronica 700 LP was still a decent amount and not something that should be scoffed at.
As Lucius was lost in thoughts about the new mission, he suddenly heard a voice
"Lucius, are you ready?"
Lucius looked at the man who was calling him and nodded.
"Yes Mr.Hoffman, I am ready."
The teacher overseeing the battle was Mr. Hoffmann.
At first, Lucius was surprised that the usually uninterested professor took an interest in his match, but that''s when he remembered that Mr. Hoffman was the main examiner when he took the test to enter sanctuary.
It seems like I underestimated the interest Sanctuary would show to my fake talent''
Thinking about it, Lucius could only smile at the ridiculousness of the situation.
''Well I better give a good show then'' thought Lucius
As Lucius had this thought, Mr. Hoffman stood in the centre of the arena and raised his hand
"Are Both parties ready?"
Mr. Hoffman looked over to see the nods of both Lucius and Louis and nodded his own head in satisfaction
"Then let the Duel begin."
As soon as Mr. Hoffman''s words dropped, a deafening cheer rang out in the arena as both contestants jumped onto the stage.
Lucius quickly drew his sword and faced Louis whilst his opponent in question just smiled at him without any sense of urgency.
"Lucius, I''m warning you now. Surrender for your own sake."
Lucius just snorted coldly as he charged towards Louis. He didn''t speak a single word, but his intentions were made obvious.
Seeing this, Louis just shook his head
"So be it then."
As Louis spoke, he stretched forth his hand and made a quick chant as a crimson fire arrow quickly formed in his hand before flying out at dizzying speeds.
rm bells in Lucius''s mind started screaming as he suddenly tilted his head, only narrowly siding the me arrow as the scorching mes licked his skin.
"Boom!"
The explosion of the fire arrow shook the floor behind him as a cold sweat formed on Lucius''s forehead.
''Close!''
Lucius recoiled slightly at the narrow dodge of Louis''s attack..
Chapter 102 102. Bombardment
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Lucius recoiled slightly at the narrow dodge of Louis''s attack, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief the sound of Louis''s incantations rang out as ominous as a set of war chants before a sudden fire arrow shot out of his hand.
Before Lucius even realised it, the fire arrow was already in front of his eyes.
Lucius quickly tilted his head in order to dodge once more but as the arrow passed by him, he looked towards Louis only to see a vicious smirk stered on his face
''Ah shit..''
Lucius realised something was up, but it was already toote
"Boom!"
An horrifying explosion of mes went off directly in Lucius''s face as Lucius smoking body was sent rolling through the arena tform under the horrified eyes of all the spectating students.
But as everyone thought the worst, Lucius drove his sword into the stone tform before slowly rising to his feet
"Fuck!" Cursed Lucius
Eating an explosion head-on was never a good feeling.
Lucius had to thank his lucky stars that he had drawn. Veronica''s [Ultimate fire Resistance] talent.
It was because of this talent that Lucius didn''t suffer too badly. Taking on such an attack with the Jody of a 3rd rank fighter would be enough to seriously injure him at best.
But even though Lucius managed to weather the attack because of his talent he wasn''tpletely unscathed
The talent was Fire resistance, not immunity after all. This was not to mention the fact that a lot of the explosion damage didn''te under direct fire damage, so the attack still hurt like a bitch!
Standing to his feet, Lucius red at Louis, but all this got was a light smirk from the young man as he ate he''s out his hand
"See Lucius, I told you already. You don''t stand a chance."
"I''ll do you a favour. As long as you surrender and publicly apologise to Xander I''ll make sure not to beat you too badly. Of course, you won''t be able to see Veronica as well."
Lucius didn''t even bother listening to Louis''s talk and just scoffed.
"Me? Surrender? Sorry, but I''m afraid you think too highly of yourself"
As Lucius said this, Louis chuckled slightly as he raised an eyebrow
"Oh really? Think too highly of myself?"
"It seems that I really need to educate this arrogant junior!"
Snap!
As Louis snapped his fingers, balls of fire appeared around him, each one quickly transforming into arge fire arrow
1.. 2.. 3.. 4¡ it carried on and didn''t stop until 20 ming arrows were floating around in all directions,pletely surrounding Lucius in the centre.
Seeing this sight, Lucius''s heart skipped a beat
Damn Mouth!
He goes ahead to act tough and then Louis goes ahead and pulls out something this ridiculous
It seems like he had underestimated Louis. No, it was not just Louis. He had underestimated the whole of Sanctuary!
This was a ce that only epted the best of the best. Any person that had been here for 3 years already wouldn''t be ordinary.
But now he was faced with such a ridiculous situation, all Lucius could do was grit his teeth and resist!
And so that''s what Lucius did.
Lucius quickly covered his sword in mana as he entered the defensive Sanctuary sword technique and as the first ming arrow came towards him, he struck it down!
Boom!
The second his sword and the me arrow made contact, he lowered his stance and tilted his sword to the side, deflecting much of the st of the attack away from him.
Before Lucius could even breathe, two more fire arrows shot down, causing him to spin his body as his sword swung out in a blur, slicing through and enduring both of the magic attacks with the help of magic reinforcement and the Sanctuary sword style.
But unfortunately, that was just three attacks out of many
In the end, it was all useless
Lucius could only stare helplessly as he was ced in the centre of a bombardment
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Seeing this, the crowd collectively gasped.
Too horrifying!
Even the ones that hade expecting to see a one sided fight couldn''t help but recoil.
This was just hard to watch.
Veronica, who was in the stands watching all this, felt like her heart was bleeding
My fault.
It''s all my fault.
It''s because of me that he''s ignoring all odds and getting beaten to a pulp right now.
Why? Why is he doing this all for me?
Both her hands subconsciously tightened around her skirt, scrunching it up into a ball as her heart filled with worry
She wanted to stand up and scream at the top of her lungs and scream for all this to end.
She wanted all this to stop. She.. she simply didn''t want to see Lucius get hurt anymore.
But before Veronica could do anything a figure burst out of the cloud of smoke at shocking speeds, appearing before Louis in seconds.
Even Louis himself was shocked by this.
He never could have expected that there was a first-year student that could endure such a beating and still continue fighting so hard.
But even though he was surprised, he was still prepared, so as Lucius''s sword came crashing down, he raised his own sword to block the attack
"Bang!"
Sparks flew all around them as both swords met with a shocking amount of force behind them.
"Nice attack and ambush! It''s really not bad even though it failed!"
Lucius didn''t pay attention to any of Louis''s obvious taunting and remained deathly silent
His exquisite Academy uniform had been half burnt off his chest and his hair was dirty and singed, making him look like a hobo.
His skin was now also flushedpletely red from the scalding temperatures of the mes being pushed against his skin, making him not too dissimr from a human prawn.
His apprentice now was truly embarrassing, but Lucius didn''t care and transformed all that embarrassment and fed it directly into his sword attacks.
Chapter 103 103. Bombardment (2)
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Seeing that they were in a stalemate, Lucius suddenly changed his stance, causing his sword to slide across and redirect Louis''s own sword, allowing him to slip in past his guard.
But right as he was about tond a direct attack, Louis showed off a set of exquisite footwork, allowing him to deftly retreat a few steps backwards enough to properly block Lucius''s attack, leading them to exchange another force sword bout.
"Your skills aren''t bad for a first year,"mented Louis
"If you were up against a regr Mage like Veronica, you may have won but she doesn''t seem to have told you. The Beaumont family is not just mages. Traditionally, they have always been magic swordsmen!"
Lucius didn''t care about Louis''s words and continued to fight and soon Louis didn''t have the time to let off any more quipu remarks as his face soon tuned a little grim as he had to try his best to fight back fiercely!
And as all this was going on, Louis''s thoughts were in chaos
''What is this!!! Didn''t Xander say he wasn''t even a third ss fighter yet so why can he still hold his own? Fuck! Even worse, what''s up with this swordsmanship? Didn''t Xander say that he could suppress him purely in swordsmanship so how does he ducking exin this?''
Louis wanted to curse Xander and his nine generations for providing him with some tant misinformation. For a second, he even wonders if his true element was him and not Lucius, otherwise how could he do something so damaging?
This was a serious matter, as much as Louis was concerned.
Louis was a magic swordsman. This was good in the sense that he wouldn''t be helpless in any situation but the magic swordsman was always a jack of all trades Master of none type of build.
The only ones who could escape that kind of curse were people with golden rank talents that progressed as easily as eating and drinking.
Louis didn''t possess a golden rank talent and whilst he did have a very good talent in magic, especially fire magic, it went to the point he could ignore practising magic to just focus instead on swordsmanship.
To avoid a situation where he became a useless fighter tree Louis often split his training 70% magic and 30% swordsmanship.
And this was at the best times, sometimes it was 80 to 20.
As a result of this despite being in the third year his physique was only in the half way to early stages of 2nd ss. He also had a green ss word talent so he wasn''t as helpless as talented people like Xander but even with this, he was still somehow being pushed back by a first year!
Thinking back to how much he talked and looked down on the kid earlier in the duel, Louis already felt his face going red.
No! He couldn''t afford to lose to this kid in front of all the years to watch or else his reputation in Sanctuary would be finished
As swords were flying about in a blur,a resolute expression appeared on Louis''s face as he quietly murmured a chant that even the nearby Lucius couldn''t hear .
But although Lucius couldn''t hear the chant he could still see Louis''s hands starting to glow in a fired light so he was already prepared when he saw the fireball in Louis''s hands flying towards his chest.
''Fire? Two can y at that game!''
As Lucius had this thought his sword began to buzz with a frenzy as mana bubbles before bursting into a crimson swirl of mes.
The fireball flew straight towards Lucius''s face but instead of backing off or defending as Louis had expected a crazy look shed in Lucius eyes as he abandoned all defence to sh down at Louis!
"Boom! Boom!"
Two explosions rang out nearly simultaneously as the arena was covered in giant clouds and smoke.
"Cough! Cough!"
As the smoke cleared up a figure could be seen coughing violently amongst the smoke and unfortunately, it was the figure most people had been expecting.
Louis stood there amongst the clearing smoke with a visible crimson bubble around him.
The magic defence that had obviously protected him from Lucius''s attack.
He confidently strode out before the downed Lucius and looked down at him who was once again struggling to his feet.
To be honest, Louis actually had some admiration for Lucius.
Whatever the situation was and the conflict he had with Xander, right now Lucius wasn''t fighting so desperately for himself but for his sister. How could he not be impressed?
Although he and Veronica Weren''t particrly close, Louis wasn''t a psychopath; he still hoped that Veronica could grow up and live a happy life with someone she loved and who would love her back, but unfortunately, the world wasn''t some romance novel.
The noble family raised and protected you from birth and prevented you having to live the life of amon peasant so as result, when called upon, you must serve the needs of the noble family without question.
Noble life was that simple
If thats sacrifice was an unwanted marriage, then so be it .
Even he, the oldest son and heir of the Beaumont family doesn''t have the right to choose his own fianc¨¦ so how could Veronica have such a privilege?
Despite this, seeing a man be repeatedly beaten up badly and still somehow stand to his feet which once again made Louis feel some admiration for him.
Lucius looked at Louis viciously and stood up with much effort.
He had been hit brutally and even with his fire resistance it still had scaled his skin with painful burns that made him feel like his skin was peeling.
It hurt like fucking crazy!
His fire resistance was the only reason that his injuries were even so mild.
By all ounts, he should be crippled or dead!
Lucius didn''t know if it was panic or frustration, but Louis really didn''t hold back with thatst attack and it was an attack at point nk range.
Chapter 104 104. The Dragon
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It would be even stranger if Lucius walked away from such an attack unscathed.
But although Lucius was stillbat ready thanks to [Ultimate Fire Resistance], the crowd of spectators didn''t know this.
And from the distance they were watching, these scalds may as well be third degree burns. In their opinion, Lucius was already half-dead and such a half dead man just stood up. With each passing second, he was starting to look less like human and more like an undead zombie.
More than admiration, something about such freakish resilience was enough to put fear into the hearts of even the third years.
Veronica the entire time watched and saw Lucius''s desperate appearance.
If before it felt like her heart was bleeding, now it felt like it was being torn apart!
''Stop.''
''Please, just stop.''
She didn''t care anymore.
She didn''t care about her family''s reputation or about her pride or even Lucius''s promise
She couldn''t let Lucius kill himself because of her.
Louis looked at the persistent Lucius with a visible frown and asked.
"Is it really so serious that you would nearly kill yourself over a thankless task? Give up, apologise and swallow your pride. The strength you have shown is clearly not worthy of the Beaumonts, much less to even challenge the Caldwells."
Hearing this, Lucius jus scoffed
Whether I''m worthy of the Caldwells or Beaumont''s not doesn''t mean shit.
As Lucius spoke, he spat out a mouth of bloody phlegm, causing Louis''s face to turn a little scary, but Lucius didn''t care
"I couldn''t care less about your family''s honour. The only reason I''m here is because I made a promise I would do this and I''ll keep it to the end. Listen carefully, Even if you fry me to ashes today, I won''t break my word!"
As Lucius spoke his words of conviction, he stood up straight and by chance managed to lock eyes with Veronica but after seeing her tearful and panicked appearance Lucius changed from his ferocious re back to the nonchnt smile he always showed when he patted her head as if he was silently reassuring her.
It was just that contrary to the desired effect, when Veronica saw Lucius''s battered and bruised body smiling, she couldn''t hold it any more
"Ah... hick..."
Before she even realised it, tears started falling from her eyes.
She quickly tried to wipe them away, but the more she tried, the more tears began to fall until her face was an utter mess
LP+50
LP+50
LP+50
The unending stream of notifications bombarded Lucius''s mind, causing him tough at the ridiculousness of the situation
Seeing Luciusughing wildly, Louis just shook his head. In his eyes, Lucius had just lost his mind in denial. Now he was just a crazed madman.
Lucius couldn''t care about Louis''s thoughts and just shook his head
''I really am a piece of trash,'' thought Lucius to himself.
He didn''t think he was in danger, but right now Veronica was out there balling over him
''But since it''s like this, I think I should end things quickly.''
Louis walked over to the absent minded Lucius with a sword glowing with mana.
He didn''t know what monstrous magic resistance Lucius had, but he would finish him off with closebat to end things for good
He didn''t believe that Lucius could still resist with his battered body that could barely stand.
''I guess it''s over?''
Now Louis thought he had won and because of that, he had inevitably let his guard down and that''s exactly what Lucius had been waiting for.
Lucius knew his Dragon Berserk state couldn''tst long and with its intimidating appearance it would be impossible for Louis to engage him in closebat and if Louis ran away the entire fight and waited for his short Dragon Berserk state to run out, Louis wouldn''t even have to do anymore, the terrifying bacsh would be enough to exhaust him.
To avoid this, Lucius had to y into Louis'' ego, and let him dominate the fight until he could draw him close enough for the final blow, like a poisonous snake hidden in the bushes waiting for its prey toe in so it could pounce.
Seeing Louis'' guard drop, Lucius didn''t wait anymore
Dragon Berserk!
With just a thought, Lucius''s body shook like thunder as countless currents of red electric rage energy exploded around him.
People could only watch on in horror as these raging electric currents suddenly organised forming into countless electric, flickering scales as they finally got a good look at what was happening.
Horns wereposed of pure rage energy on its head, terrifying crimson scales and ws and crimson pupils that seemed to explode, leaving his eyespletely mad with rage.
The spectators were all left speechless!
Whether it was Alice, Cami, Mr Hoffman or even the protagonist, Landon himself! They all showed expressions of extreme shock at Lucius''s appearance.
Only one purple-haired beauty remained looking at the scene without any sense of shock or surprise, but instead a dazzlingly beautiful smile.
The people were all stunned by the sudden transformation, but the most shocked at all would have to be the primary victim of all this, poor old Louis.
He just saw a blinding explosion of crimson lightning before looking into a pair of furious crimson reptilian eyes, leaving him stunned.
But by the time Louis came to his senses, he realised something was wrong
''W-where is this?''
Louis felt his environment change and was left greatly disorientated and when he looked up, his heart stopped.
It wasn''t that he was in darkness, but he was instead inside of the shadow of a monster.
He was right in front of the jaws of a gigantic crimson dragon, but what made it horrifying was that its truck-sized eyes seemed to be filled only with a raging madness as the berserk aura of this overlord-level creature smothered him.
Within seconds, Louis felt like his heart exploded and hunched over, clutching his chest
Chapter 105 105. Victory
Chapter 105 105. Victory
Within seconds, Louis felt like his heart exploded and hunched over, clutching his chest
''I... I can''t ....breathe''
''M-Monster h-help''
Louis desperately clutched his chest and tried to breathe, but he found it difficult to even open his mouth.
It was like all the air in his lungs was being slowly and painfully squeezed out of his body
''Am.. am I going to die''
Faced with this helplessness, Louis was ovee with despair, but before he could truly lose all hope.
He suddenly saw a crimson-scaled fist break through the darkness punching straight for his face.
Out of instinct formed from constant fighting, Louis didn''t think and quickly formed a? fire barrier in front of him
"Boom!"
It was only after being forced to stumble back from the recoil of the attack that Louis broke free from the illusion.
but as Louis got a clear look at what attacked him he couldn''t hide the pure shock on his face.
''What the hell is that! A monster ?"
It was only after looking carefully that he suddenly realised the resemnce between the monster in front and the person he was fighting before
''Lucius?! Fuck! What kind of Monstrous talent does he have to do this?!''
Unfortunately for Louis, Lucius didn''t care even the slightest bit about his shock and attacked again causing the me shield in front of him to shake.
"Tsss!"
As Lucius fist remained on the shield the sickening sound searing flesh could be heard.
It was after Hearing this that Louis finally regained his calm.
''Yes! So what if he looks like a monster, he''s still a human at the end of the day! My magic will protect me!''
Louis''s thoughts weren''t for nought after all,? he was already a 3rd ss fire Mage. cing your hand on The mes eradicated of his fire shield would be like cing your hand directly into a bonfire.
But soon Louis''s sneering look began to fade as when he expected the searing sound to stop it still continued as the mes burned even brighter, fully blocking his view.
Eventually the sound of searing got louder and louder until Louis could just watch in horror as a set of crimson scaled fingers wed their way through the me barriers.
At first it was just the fingers.Then came the palm, then a whole arm broke through then a set of giant horns.
The monster kept crawling through until he saw them,
A pair of giant crimson eyes filled with a madness that seemed to swallow the entire world!
When Louis looked into those dragon eyes all he saw was the primal rage of a creature at the very peak of the food chain.
What he saw was the rage of a dragon!
Almost Instantly his body began to shake and he was ovee with fear.
It was a fear deeply rooted in his biology.
A type of trans-human dread that indicated a threat that simply surpassed his life form? on a biological level.
Louis saw? now hope and wanted to retreat, but aftering so far, how could Lucius just let him?
The second Lucius saw Louis''s movements his hand shot out grabbing him by the throat as he lifted the helpless magic swordsman up into the air!
Louis groaned and kicked his legs in the air but he was just greeted by Lucius''s terrifying smile.
Unwilling to give up just yet, Louis gathered all the mana in his body into his hand? before sting Lucius with a giant? beam of fire? head on.
At this distance it was impossible for Lucius to doge so his entire head waspletely engulfed in a faint streak of fire.
Seeing that his attack was sessful, Louis smiled triumphantly but soon his joy all faded as he noticed something horrifying.
The grip around his neck didn''t loosen in the slightest.
As the smoke cleared up Louis''s greatest fears were only confirmed.
Lucius met him with a pair of mocking eyes as wide smirk appeared on his face
"Is that all?"
As Louis heard Lucius''s words his heart dropped like a rock.
"Not bad, that tickled a little."
These words were like the final nail in the coffin and Louis''s eyes shook as he fell into the pits of despair
But even with this Lucius Warner going to show any mercy.
This bastard had beaten him ck and blue earlier and it all hurt like shit Even the title of Veronica''s brother couldn''t save him now.
"You better clench your teeth right if you don''t want to lose them."
Lucius just gave Louis time to instinctively follow his orders before Lucius''s fist shot out like a cannon st, hitting Louis straight in the centre of his face!
"Boom!"
Louis was a magic swordsman but physique was no match for Lucius in his Dragon Berserk state.
Louis''s body was sent flying as it did backflips in the air before smashing into the wall in one giant crater leaving giant cracks in the wall.
Seeing his enemy helplessly crushed by his strength Lucius could feel the blood in his body roar in pleasure.
The dragon blood and the? barbarian blood in his body were going crazy like they were having some chemical reaction.
The barbarian blood, high on victory, wanted to let out a war cry but his dragon blood cried for something else.
Lucius felt his throat itch as an overwhelming amount of power gathers in his chest as he tilted his head to the sky
"ROAR!"
A terrifying dragon roar erupted from Lucius''s mouth that sent ripples through the very air itself!
The terrifying roar seemed to shake the world, rattling through the bones of everyone present without exception.
It was as if they were facing a giant dragon in the flesh!
Silence!
No one dared speak as they watched the scene of the monster at the centre of the arena raging on the battlefield that was surrounded by mes
Lucius wasn''t intimidated by these horrified and countless faces, instead he loved it!
Chapter 106 106. Treatment
Chapter 106 106. Treatment
Nothing could satisfy the warrior blood in his body more than the vanity of achieving a glorious victory on a stage in front of hundreds.
Lucius wanted to stay there and fight forever, revelling in the glory of endless victory.
But even if there were more enemies for Lucius to fight, there was no way his body could support it.
Maybe it was because Dragon Berserk was something that was specifically designed for the protagonist from its very conception but the side effects of the iplete dragon berserk were no joke
Lucius underestimated the effects of theck of the heroes Saint of Light talent
Without this talent, the dragon breaker talentcked the stabilising factor to make it age
Without it, the two powerful bloodlines were constantly fighting in his body and when he entered the dragon berserk state, it only got worse.
As a result whenever he entered the dragon berserk state the strain on his body would be immense and the drain he felt after would be multiple times higher than that of a barbarian rage state.
His body was that of a mere third ss fighter simply couldn''t support it for that long
Lucius couldn''t bear it anymore and deactivated Dragon berserk, silently watching as his electric scales slowly faded into his body.
With the removal of the berserk state the after effects came rushing towards him all at once and for Lucius it felt like he was hit by a sack of bricks.
To make the matters worse the damage he had received form the earlier bombardment of fire arrows was till around being added onto this. The terrifying drain of his Dragon Berserk state had drained all his physical strength and mana.
Lucius just let off a light groan as his world spun and he suddenly fell over.
"Lucius!"
As he was falling Lucius just heard the desperate cry of several women as Lucius could see Veronica, Cami and Alice all rushing towards him but by now he was so tired he could barely even react and by the time they got to his side there figures were all blurry
As hey on the floor he could see all of their mouths moving but strangely he couldn''t hear a single word as his consciousness grew hazier and hazier
By now Lucius wasn''t even thinking straight.
''In thest moments I''m actually surrounded by three beauties¡
I really am a winner in this life¡''
That was Luciusst thought before his mind faded into unconsciousness.
¡..
After a unknown amount of time
A body in a medical bed suddenly lurched forwards as a shocked pair of crimson eyes stared at the unfamiliar ceiling above him.
"I really ended up passing out in the end."
Lucius moved to got up and groaned
''Fuck! The after effects are still there Huh?''
But before Lucius could even move, he suddenly heard the shocked gasp near him.
"Y-Young leader.."
Looking in the direction of the sound he could see Cami looking at him with a joyful look.
As Cami saw Lucius wake up again tears of relief and joy couldn''t help but fall from her eyes.
"Young Leader, it''s good to have you back."
Looking at the usually stalwart and calm, Cami actually crying Lucius couldn''t help but feel a little bad
''Why is everyone around me crying so often ofte? Well¡ then again, it''s all my fault at the end of the day¡''
Poor old Cami had really not had a good time these past few days of Lucius''s unconsciousness.
Lucius was surprised to see her crying but that was because he didn''t understand the full picture .
Like it had been said many times before, for this mission Cami was not only Lucius''s assistant but his personal guard. She was there to help Lucius in his ''weakened'' state so the fact that she had just stood there and watched their helplessly as a Lucius was brutally beaten
The failure to help the leader of the revolutionary army was the same as her being a useless waste of space.
Remember, Cami was one of the children raised by the revolutionary army that had been brainwashed to the point she was devoted as one would be to a cult! For her, failure to protect the leader was the same as devout believersmitting sphemy!
That was not to mention the chaos that a injury to the Lucius would do to the overall structure of the revolutionary army that was filled with internal strife
She didn''t even dare send a message back to the loyal Albert for fear that the crazy old man would break down the walls of the academy and force his way in.
Don''t Underestimate the ridiculousness and loyalty of that reckless old man.
If he felt like Lucius''s life was in danger, Cami was certain that Albert would break down the imperial gates and be able to rescue him from under the gaze of Grand Master rank fighters.
Hell, he would even fight Heroic and Saint rank fighters for Lucius''s sake.
The joy she felt was not just the joy of seeing a person she loved Looking at it like this, it was understandable how even the usually stern Cami could have a slight breakdown.
e back hit the joy of an assistant that had managed to save her head.
Looking at it like this, it was understandable how even the usually stern Cami could have a slight breakdown.
Lucius just chuckled at Cami''s appearance as hemented.
"Did me passing out really scare you that much?"
Hearing Lucius still speak in a frivolous tone, Cami''s face twitched in annoyance
Before the fight with Louis, Lucius had promised that he could handle Louis and not to worry about everything yet that '' handling'' had still left him bed-bound
"Young Leader, I don''t think you know the extent of your injuries.
The doctor described what happened to your body as if your body was being hit by a hammer constantly until several bones all throughout your body fractured.
They said you should thank the gods that your body showed abnormal resistance to the fire element or if the extra damage was added onto the explosion damage you could have really died."
Chapter 107 107. Recovery.
Chapter 107 107. Recovery.
Lucius was shocked to hear this news. He knew that he had taken a beating but he never thought that it would actually be that bad!
But even though Lucius was shocked to hear how bad his condition had been as Lucius heard Cami''s words chastising him, he was left a little indignant.
Although he had abused the fuck out of his cheat like Ultimate fire resistance, he had still faced Third-ss Mage!
Even Cami who was much more skilled and even slightly stronger than the current Lucius would still be burned into a piece of charcoal if she came up against a third ss fire Mage.
But although Lucius still had valuable points he could argue, in the end, he decided to just keep quiet.
He has nearly scared the life out of this girl so he could at least give her this small victory.
Lucius talked with Cami some more before he eventually calmed her down and Lucius used that time to bring up another topic.
"Cami, have you informed the revolutionary army and Albert about my current state?"
Hearing Lucius question Cami flinched, evidently feeling slightly guilty
"N-no.."
"Good."
Hearing this Cami breathed a sigh of relief.
If Lucius med her for withholding the delivery of information about his poor health she didn''t know what she would do
"Cami, Albert should have finished purging the spies in the revolutionary army by now. Correct?"
"Yes, young leader. When I left to carry out the mission you assigned me, I received a message from Albert that he was headed towards the Imperial Capital and should be here any day now."
"Good," Said Lucius smiling
"Now we can make our next moves
After failing to mobilise the strength of the revolutionary army he was furious!
The tant disregard of the radicals within the army to follow his orders and the fact that they had been fighting him at all times left him with deep worries.
Although it will happen in the future, the protagonist will wholly inherit a powerful organisation and that is the church of light.
The single greatest religion on the continent with countless believers, priests and pdins who would fight to the death for their living saint.
While it might not be essential now, if he wanted to be a major yer in thete game he must wholly grasp the power of the revolutionary army in his hands and to do that he had to eliminate all dissent.
Putting it frankly, Lucius had no use for a devout radical revolutionary if that said revolutionary wasn''t loyal to him first.
These thoughts would have never been had by the previous Lucius. He was a true revolutionary. Even if he lost all control of the revolutionary army as long as the revolution won in the end
But how would that benefit the current Lucius? The old Lucius had been reced by him so why would risk his life and die for something he couldn''t even benefit from? A crazy revolution would only benefit him if it was his organisation.
Even if they wouldn''t let him be a king after the revolution, Lucius would be a dictator!
Sorry, but he didn''t have the masochistic tendency to share his power
With that, Lucius turned towards Cami with a serious expression on his face.
"Cami, I''m going to need you to head into the city and to link up with Reina who has arrived and already formed a small base of operations."
"Reina? That bit- I mean barbarian!"
Lucius saw that Cami''s expression twisted when Reina was mentioned
Lucius was a little helpless. Reina''s personality wasn''t just stubborn but rotten to the core. Unfortunately for Cami, Lucius wasn''t leaving her with any choice.
First and foremost before anything, he was still her boss, so even if she hated Reina''s guts, she could only frown as she carried out his orders.
Just as Cami epted her orders and was about to get up to leave and carry them out.
There was sudden noise at the door as it swung open, but the person at the door only took a few steps in the door before they froze in shock
"L-Lucius¡"
Veronica stood there, looking at the awake Lucius with an expression of shock and joy on her face.
It was only after several seconds that she even managed to realise that there was another person in the room
"Oh, Cami. You''re here again too. I brought some fruits for Lucius this time, would you like to have some as well."
Hearing this Cami just showed a polite smile and declined.
"Unfortunately, I have something important to do so I can''t stay around her for long." As Cami said this she turned around to give Lucius a quick nce.
As She did this, Lucius saw a little resentment appear on her face.
To be honest it was understandable
Cami had been at his side before he awoke and now he just sent her off to work hard whilst another beauty crept into his room.
No matter how you took it, it really was not a good look, but what could he do?
His mission from god was to capture the hearts of several heroines Eventually, Veronica shyly coughed as she spoke out
"Uhh¡ I brought some fruits for you if you would like them."
and now there was simply not enough Lucius to go around.
After seeing Veronica arrive, Cami got up said goodbye and went out to carry out the mission Lucius gave her leaving just
Soon Veronica came and sat down next to Lucius, sitting in a chair that was ced near his sickbed
For a while, there was just an awkward silence between Veronica and Lucius as each one struggled to finally find a way to say a word
Eventually, Veronica shyly coughed as she spoke out
"Uhh¡ I brought some fruits for you if you would like them."
Hearing this Lucius didn''t hold back at all
"I would love to try them out."
As Lucius said this he could see a brilliant smile appear on Veronica''s face
¡.
Several secondster, Veronica had ced a te of peeled apples in front of him
Chapter 108 108. Visitors
Chapter 108 108. Visitors
Several secondster, Veronica had ced a te of peeled apples in front of him.
Seeing this Lucius just weakly raised his arms showing off his helplessness
After seeing this Veronica was left speechless
"You¡ you actually want me to feed you?"
Lucius just shrugged.
"Who wouldn''t want to be fed by a beauty?"
"Humph! So Shameless."
Lucius didn''t say anything to dent Veronica''s words and just watched as she
At the end the day even with her verbal protests, Veronica blushed as she used a fork to feed him
As Lucius crunched the apple, a fresh and sweet vour exploded in his s mouth, causing Lucius to kick his lips in delight as he eximed
"Damn! This is really good"
Seeing Lucius lick his lips in delight
The familiar haughty expression subconsciously appeared on Veronica''s face as she stuck her chest out proudly
"Humph! That''s because these aren''t just any ordinary apples. These are quite apples worth at least 5 gold coins a piece. They are said to have been magically blessed to achieve such a wonderful vour. You don''t know how lucky you are to eat these. If it wasn''t because of my connections, you could have never seen this hard-to-get fruit."
As she was speaking Lucius could see the arrogant expression he hadn''t seen in a while appear once again in all its glory.
Seeing this Lucius just smiled as he shook his head.
''Well, no matter what happens a leopard can''t change its spots''
Although Veronica had changed a lot since the first time Lucius first met her, deep down inside, a part of Veronica would always be that haughty noble girl filled with her own strong pride, and to be honest, Lucius found it kind of cute.
Of course, Lucius didn''t say this out loud or else he''d have a particr annoyed noble girling after him.
Lucius''s mind was filled with these idle thoughts as he ate another juicy apple that Veronica fed him.
As this was going on, Veronica looked at him closely and paused all of a sudden
"You know Lucius, I originally misunderstood you."
Hearing this Lucius raised an eyebrow in confusion and asked
"What do you mean?"
"Originally I thought you were nothing more than a vulgarmoner and after that, I even thought you were a violent gangster and even pretty scary but now I know you''re not that type of person. Instead you are in fact very kind."
Hearing this Lucius didn''t know what to say and just scratched his head in embarrassment.
"You know, it feels great knowing that such a beauty has a high opinion of me but I''m really not as good a guy as you''re making me out to be."
Hearing this Veronica smiled as she shook her head
"That''s a thing I noticed. Every time you do something for me, you always want to y it off nonchntly but at the end of the day regardless of why you did it, it doesn''t change the fact that you did it for me and that''s why I¡ that''s why I¡"
As Veronica was speaking she suddenly paused before her face went red.
Lucius saw Veronica''s eyes closed with a hazy light as she ced her hands on his face and moved forward.
Lucius was instantly alerted and wanted to move away but his body was just so damaged it wouldn''t even respond.
Before Lucius even realised what was happening, Lucius could feel a soft sensation press against his lips.
Lucius''s eyes widened in shock as his mind was left nk for a few seconds.
Before Lucius could even ask a question, Veronica turned around and bolted out of the room like a timid rabbit
"W-what was that."
Still feeling the warm sensation against his lips, Lucius was left stunned at the sudden change but it was soon after that he realised another problem
''Fuck! Now that Veronica''s gone, how am I supposed to eat all those apples!''
Because of this realisation, for some reason even though he had just been kissed by a jaw dropping beauty Lucius really felt like crying .
¡.
Outside of the hospital room
Veronica dashed out the door sprinting down the hallway and turning the corner before slipping down on the floor cing her hand on her chest to calm down her restless beating heart
"Kyaahh!! Veronica you dummy! How could you do something so stupid!"
Veronica wanted to bury herself in a hole. She really wanted to go back in time to punch her past self for doing something so stupid and impulsive.
But after panicking for a little while, Veronica soon calmed down.
The cat was now out of the bag so there
This was the pride of a noble and the pride of a member of the Beaumont family.
Now she had shown her desires openly, she could only push forward and acquire them at all costs!
¡..
A few hours after Veronica had left the room Lucius was left to his own thoughts which were predominantly him thinking on nning on how to deal with the mess in the revolutionary army, when he suddenly heard a sound at the door.
"Knock! Knock!"
"Come in," said Lucius, sitting up from his bed.
Soon he heard the sound of the handle twisting as the door slowly creaked open.
Unfortianley Lucius''s eyes weren''t so lucky as to be blessed another time today, since this time, Lucius wasn''t greeted by this sight of a beautiful girl but instead a stern looking middle aged man.
"Err.. Mr. Hoffman.."
"Nice to see you student Lucius, you just don''t sound too thrilled to see me."
Lucius''s mouth twitched as he heard Mr. Hoffman speak with a straight face.
"Well it doesn''t matter. I brought a gift for you."
As Mr Hoffman spoke he pulled out a glowing vial from behind him and ced it in front of him.
"It''s a recovery potion. It will greatly increase the rate at which your body heals itself."
Seeing this, Lucius groaned as he reached out for the bottle.
"Thank you Mr. Hoffman."
Chapter 109 109. Mr. Hoffmans explanation
Chapter 109 109. Mr. Hoffman''s exnation
Thank you Mr Hoffman ." Said Lucius politely
"You don''t have to thank me. I actually came here to talk about something important today, it''s about your talent."
Hearing this, Lucius''s body flinched a little as his eyes narrowed slightly. But even though he was on guard, he didn''t panic. He had already been expecting this, after all, he had just transformed into what could nearly be considered a monster. It would be strange if the academy didn''t investigate him!
Lucius didn''t panic and said the exnation he had long since nned.
"Actually I''m not too sure how the talent came about myself. I recently went out to polish my skills against the monsters in the endless beast forest but eventually, I ran into a monster with what I could only guess was 2nd ss beast strength.
The two of us fought fiercely but I was seriously injured and on the verge of death when my body was suddenly filled with strength allowing me to transform into this strange state. For some reason after that, I just gained the ability to enter this state at will."
It was a rather nd exnation but as long as it was theoretically possible then the academy would have to ept it.
But what was surprising was that after hearing Lucius''s exnation, Mr Hoffman nodded as if he was slowlying to an understanding of the entire process.
"The state you showed was quite simr to a barbarian''s rage state," said Mr. Hoffman
"Yeah I guess so," said Lucius a little puzzled
"Yes! Although a barbarian''s rage state has many magical characteristics, at its core, it is still primarily a biological process. In fact, it''s quite simr to the state of stimtion and adrenaline you feel in life-threatening situations to push your body beyond the limit
On the verge of death, your blood and body must have reached a simr state to when you secret adrenaline pushing the body past its limits and in doing so your blood returns to its ancestry stimting the barbarian blood in your body and entering the rage state."
Lucius listened to such a thorough exnation, stunned for a few seconds before he furiously nodded his head.
"Yes! Yes! That must be it!"
Looking at Mr.Hoffman Lucius couldn''t help but nod In satisfaction.
The knowledge from his past life was indeed correct. When lying it was better to leave more nks than to try and fill it out. Humans would always try to fill up the gaps in exnation on their own.
"But what surprises me is that you have barbarian blood in you. You never mentioned any such thing in your application or rmendation into Sanctuary. Is there any reason for keeping it a secret?"
Hearing this, Lucius quickly disproved any suspicions of hiding anything
"I really didn''t know that I had any barbarian blood before now. I''m Just an orphan so I didn''t know anything about my heritage. my parents have had a trace of barbarian blood or maybe they were even pure-blooded barbarians themselves, but I know absolutely nothing"
"Well, that masked sense but it still doesn''t exin the Draconic characteristics you show during your rage state. Do you have any exnation for that?"
Lucius just gave a helpless shrug In response to
"Hmmm¡"
"Is this really the truth?"
Lucius looked at Mr Hoffman with no change in expression and nodded to reaffirm his words
It was clear that Mr. Hoffman didn''t believe the entire exnation, he suspected there was something hidden but at the end of the day he chose to suppress his suspicions.
It was never a good idea for a teacher to pry too deep into a student''s private life after all.
Thinking like this Mr.Hoffman just sighed
"Well then, I''ll take your exnation as the truth for now. Besides there''s another thing I want to ask you. Besides the mutated rage talent, was there another talent that you developed during this time?"
Fortunately, Lucius''s response didn''t disappoint Mr Hoffman.
"Through practice and learning, I also developed a sword talent."
Hearing his Mr. Hoffman showed a rare smile
"Haha! I guessed as much. Seeing how much your swordsmanship had improved during the battle. I Knew your supreme student talent must be at work!
So what was the grade of the sword talent You developed?" asked Mr. Hoffman
"Well.. it was a Blue grade talent .." replied Lucius
"What!!!"
This time, it was nearly impossible for Mr. Hoffman to stay calm.
The fact that he could ''develop'' a talent after just some of
The general training he had undergone this past few weeks left Mr.Hoffman bbergasted.
If he could know the truth that these talents actually came from flirting around with girls, the poor old man might have his heart stop.
But because Mr. Hoffman couldn''t know all this, his thoughts were running wild.
"Wouldn''t it be possible to say that you could develop a purple talent by the end of the year? No, maybe you could even develop a golden talent by the end of the year?"
The way Mr.Hoffman looked at Lucius suddenly changed all
of a sudden
''Monster! This kid is a monster! Although it''s different from that Landon kid, this guy could easily tune into a monster of the same calibre as that freak!''
Thinking about this, although Mr.Hoffman was a little excited to have two amazing talents in his ss at the same time he also found it a little exhausting.
Managing the training of geniuses, especially those like the two in his ss would never be easy
''These two¡ maybe they are at the level of the direct descendants of the heroic bloodlines!''
Such a thought and realisation just made Mr. Hoffman sigh in amazement once more.
He had to thank his lucky stars, there were no more direct descendants
Although Mr. Hoffman didn''t have any personal grudges with the Heroic families, their hegemony had just been going on for too long.
He was looking forward to an underdog who could shake things up!
Chapter 110 110. Personal Teacher
Chapter 110 110. Personal Teacher
"Lucius, besidesing to ask about your talent. There was another thing I came here to tell you.It''s time to enter the next phase of your specific training, it''s time for you to pick a personal tutor."
As Mr. Hoffman spoke he handed Lucius a stack of paper filled with all the avable teachers and their strengths and specialities.
There were Mage tutors, fightersand even some magic swordsmen , each teacher in each area was extremely skilled and each one was different with a specialised fighting style carrying uniquecarrying specialities.
"As Lucius was looking throughoutthe papers he noticed something a little strange and asked
"Mr Hoffman you don''t seem to be amongst the list of avable teachers?"
Hearing this, Mr. Hoffman just smiled
"Whywould I want to do that? I''m already your home room teacher so there''s no need. Why? Do you want me to be your personal tutor?
"Eh.. not really. I was just a little curious, that''s all ."
After getting humbled out of nowhere, Mr Hoffman''s mouth twitched as he really didn''t know what to say in response .
Lucius continued looking through the sheets of paper but as he continued looking his frown got deeper.
"Are these all the avable teachers?" Asked Lucius
"Well, these are all of the avable teachers that have stated their unconditional approval to have you as a student. Whilst there are other teachers avable, they have not given their approval and if you Want them as teachers you''ll have to talk with them personally and convince them yourself."
As Mr. Hoffman said this he gave Lucius another stack of papers to look through.
Lucius sifted through the papers until he finally stopped upon the specialisations of a specific teacher
Name: Serena
Specialisation: Assassination, Dagger arts, movement techniques, shadow maniption.
Lucius then handed back the papers before finally handing Mr. Hoffman his final choice.
"This. This is my final choice for my tutor."
As Mr. Hoffman saw who Lucius chose, aplicated expression appeared on his face.
"This¡. Lucius, you really picked a difficult one for yourself this time. I''m going to be honest, if you picked anyone else I would be confident to put in a good word for you but she hasspecialised circumstances to the point even my words aren''t effective and her personality¡ Lucius I advise you to reconsider your choice."
Despite Mr.Hoffman''s warnings a confined smile still remained on Lucius''s face.
"I understand your warnings but this is still my final choice. In my opinion from the descriptions provided, this is the teacher that will improve my strength the most."
Seeing Lucius''s polite yet Steven insurance Mr. Hoffman just sighed.
"Well, it''s your decision t. The end of the day. Just remember, the Academy still ensured the effort to get you a personal tutor so even if you fail this time we still ensurethat you can find another teacher."
Hearing this Lucius thanked Mr. Hoffman for the help but still confidently replied
"Thanks for the help but you don''t have to worry, I''m fully confident in my abilities to have a teacher ept me as a student."
Looking at the pride and confidence twisting from Lucius, Mr. Hoffman justshook his head.
''Is this the so-called piece of a genius you alway hear about? Well, it won''t be bad for the kid to fail once or twice at something.''
Mr. Hoffman didn''t have any confidence in Lucius but he didn''t press his opinions and just smiled and said goodbye to Lucius leaving the Youngmanon his own.
As he watched Mr. Hoffman left the room, Lucius finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though it was just a light investigation it was inevitable for Lucius to feel a little nervous. His guilty heart always kept the possibility of the worst casescenario in his mind. Fortunately, things all went without any major issues and he had even given him a chance to step forward and not just steal another of the protagonists chances but even engage with another sub heroine.
Lucius knew that he had to use this time to power up and learn properly because not too long after the times would really be quite hectic.
But for now before he did all of this, Lucius just wanted to rest.
The meeting with Mr. Hoffman had exhausted his already wounded body. Although he brought him a recovery potion topensate him it still wasn''t enough topletely eliminate the after effects of tiredness. So not long after Luciusid his head back in the pillow he began to helplessly drift off into dreand¡
¡.
Several hours into the dayafter the exhaustedasleep and time was already deep into night time, not toofar away from Lucius''s location in the tinder amodation district and important discussion washappening
"Oscar.. I have treated you well these past few days to the point you''ve already be my right hand man so tell me what do we do know in this situation how can we continue to suppress the may monstrous Lucius!"
As Oscar heard Xander speaking, he really wanted to smack that fool around the head.
"Suppress??? Did you see that fucking monster? Xander, I advise you to pull your head out of your ass!"
Oscar really didn''t want to fight Lucius anymore.
Oscar had chosen smearing Lucius''s reputation by circting rumours about Lucius being a gangster not just because it was effective but because it was something he was familiar With
The real gangster had been Oscar all along!
Oscar was a homeless steerorphan who had just been surviving as a beggar by begging and stealing. But due to his cautiousness and smarts Oscar had been appreciated by the head of the beggar gangs that managed the begging children and brought into the main branch.
It was there that Oscar began to show off his skills. Oscar wasn''t throw intothe violently contested areas as a front line fighter, no what Oscar specialised in were the behind the scenes operations
Chapter 111 111
Chapter 111 111
Over the years, he has worked hard for the gang, scheming against and manipting their enemies until he carefully orchestrated their downfall.
But this fact didn''t make Oscar ignorant of the truth of the world, it just made him more aware of it.
The world of gangsters and criminals was one based on strength and violence and because of that, the ones that often rose up to the top were the most violent and psychotic of the bunch.
That''s why when Oscar saw Lucius transformed, his hair stood on edge
It was an appearance Oscar had seen too much back in his days within the gangs.
It was the look of an absolute crazy man!
The same kind of crazy bastard that would squash all dissidents and enemies, no matter the cost!
He had worked hard to force the weaker noble backers of the gang to get him a rmendation so he could enter Sanctuary.
When Oscar had left the gang and joined Sanctuary, he had thought he had originally left that kind of life behind.
Unfortunately, Oscar didn''t believe in Xander''s ability to handle things and cleanly take care of Lucius and, as a result, he could only get off the sinking ship while he still had the chance.
This was simply the most obvious and logical choice for Oscar, but didn''t care about Oscar''s opinions.
He could barely believe the words he had heard.
Not only did thismoner-born Oscar say he was abandoning him, he even dared to talk to him in such a derogatory and humiliating tone!
It was one thing to be humiliated by a monster like Lucius, but how could Xander let thismoner-born Oscar also walk all over him?
Xander was furious!
"Bang!"
Wind and thunder crackled all around Xander''s body as sparks of lightning gathered around him, making him appear like a furious thunder god!
With a wave of his hand, streaks of lightning all gathered together before quickly rushing out towards Oscar!
Seeing this, Oscar just snorted before quickly reciting a chant as a blue mana shield appeared in front of him.
"Bang!"
The shield in front of Oscar shook and groaned, showing that it was bearing quite a bit of stress, but in the end, the mana shield still held firm.
As soon as he was attacked, Oscar''s green eyes narrowed sharply as he furiously red at Xander, making him have the illusion that they were being watched by countless poisonous snakes.
"Xander Let''s end things here. I may not be as strong as Lucius but I''m not weak either!"
Xander was so shocked that Oscar, who he had always looked down on, was no weakling and actually capable of blocking his attacks that he didn''t even react until Oscar had already walked out of the room.
But soon after he realised what happened, Xander clenched his fists as any enraged roar escaped his mouth.
In his fury he didn''t even bother to control his golden ranked gift, [Storm Caller]
Allowing the terrifying effects of wind and lightning to rage about inside the room turning it into a devastating mess.
Soon Xander calmed down and stopped the raging thunder all around him but after he did this he was quickly overwhelmed with a sense of urgency.
"No! Things can''t stay like this!"
Soon dashing out of the room, Xander quickly realised how big of a problem things could be. The whole ordeal with Lucius had left him with absolutely no respect to the point that even some of his subordinates who were meremoners, had now started to turn on him.
Before Xander didn''t want to deal with Lucius because it would be too obvious but now he couldn''t afford the luxury to care about that anymore.
If he doesn''t do anything the name of the Caldwell family would very well be finished!
Although this may not show any effect now, if he was constantly suppressed by Lucius until his graduation, although the Caldwells would be fine in the immediate future, if nothing changed then the prestigious Caldwell family may actually decline within his generation!
Regardless of the fact that all this began with a petty dispute he had with Lucius, right now things were starting to cross his bottom line!
But Xander wasn''t stupid.
Dealing with Lucius would be a tant vition of the strict rules set by Sanctuary and if he was going to do it then he could only rely on the few people that could afford to vite the academy rules.
As long as these people weren''t obvious enough to leave traces, they could get away with nearly anything as long as they had usible deniability.
These were of course, the heroic families!
Xander at first didn''t want to be forced to grovel beneath and beg the heroic families that''s why he tried to deal with Lucius himself
"Fucking Lucius you can''t me me for this you bastard! Now that it''se to this, you can only pray that those heroic families give you!"
Xander quietly cursed up a storm as he quickly walked towards one of the dorms where he could meet a contact of one of the Heroic families.
But as this was going on, Xander was so engrossed in his n that he failed to notice a pair of cold, purple eyes watching him from nearby shadows.
It was because of this that when Xander walked past these shadows it was already toote.
Xander was left unable to react as a pair of hands shot out perfectly sping his throat pressing against his brutal arteries and nearly paralysing his body.
Xander couldn''t even react and his eyes shed with fear as he quickly tried to gather storm and lightning around him. But before this could happen, a fist wrapped in mana hit the side of his temple, leaving him concussed and unable to properly gather enough concentration tounch an attack.
In this half delirious state, he could always squirm helplessly as he felt the life was slowly choked out of his lungs.
Chapter 112 112.
Chapter 112 112.
Soon it wasn''t long before Xander hung limp and unconscious within the hands of this unknown, purple eyed assant.
Dropping the body of Xander to the floor, the attacker wiped their hands as they looked back at Xander''s body in disgust.
"Such an annoying bastard!" Cursed Cami in annoyance.
"It''s really a good thing that the Young Leader told me to watch this guy"
Cami heard most of what Xander said and it would be a lie to say if she said she wasn''t worried
Although She didn''t know everything about the heroic families, she still knew just how influential and powerful they can be.
Sanctuary always said that nobody was above thew and that all students were treated equally, even those from the great Heroic families, but Veronica knew that was bullshit.
She was from the revolutionary army after all.
Their very existence was based upon the corrupt and twisted process of the noble elite.
Only the truly na?ve would believe that the heroic families didn''t have any way to bend the rules of the academy.
The only thing Cami was uncertain about was just how much they could bend the rules.
She didn''t know whether they could tantly bend the rules and kill Lucius without any repercussions, or whether they would be more cautious and only target him from the dark.
She didn''t even rule out the possibility that the Heroic noble families would disdain Xander, ignoring
It would be fine if they ignored this useless bastard but if they took his words seriously and acted on them the consequences would be too dire.
This guy was a threat
"Should I just kill him?
As she thought this a terrifying amount of murderous intent burst from her body for a moment.
It was enough to make a grown man sick
Cam subconsciously reached out towards Xander''s throat out of instinct before she suddenly stopped herself
No!
Lucius had instructed her to not kill Xander under any circumstances.
If she really did kill Xander in the heart of Sanctuary it would be impossible for her to escape the investigation, even if it was possible to escape the investigation, it would just not be worth the risk.
But Cami really didn''t want to leave Xander alone.
In her mind, for daring to act against Lucius, He deserved to be brutally punished.
Just as Cami was about to settle for half burying Xander in a ditch, she suddenly paused.
All of a sudden a twisted smile appeared on her face as she looked at the now unconscious Xander.
"Yes¡ this would be your punishment for wanting to harm the Young leader¡"
After saying this Cami could be seen dragging his body off into the distance.
The next day there would be screams of horror and shock as an almost fully naked Xander was found tied to the giant fountain in the centre of the Sanctuary with his face beaten into a pig''s head.
As this was going on the boss of the vicious woman behind the whole ordeal was still sleeping and recovering none the wiser to the entire incident.
Like that a week passed by since Lucius first woke up.
During that time he had received a lot of visitors.
Veronica, Cami, Alice and surprisingly even the shy Nina made a visit.
It also had to be noted that, during this time, Lucius was also made aware of the strange Xander incident.
When he heard about it he burst outughing for so long that he nearly couldn''t breathe.
Although Cami didn''t tell him she did it herself, Lucius knew she was the culprit. But he didn''t me her.
He had told her to watch Xander carefully and act if he wanted to do something suspicious or that could potentially threaten him .
Seeing as he had gotten such brutal treatment from Cami , it could only mean that he was up to no good.
It was impossible for Lucius to pity him then.
Lucius was rather happy to hear the news of Xander''s misfortunes which only added on to his good mood and his days kept getting better as not too long after that, the school hospital approved Lucius''s discharge.
It was just unfortunate that due to the forms he had to fill in and further inspections and tests for the medical team, Lucius had to remain in the hospital for the better half of a day.
By the time Lucius was truly discharged and allowed to leave the hospital, it was already turning dark outside.
Stepping outside, Lucius raised his hands out to the sky and took a deep breath.
"Ahh¡ freedom.."
Being cooped up and kept in the hospital ward nearly all times had left Lucius somewhat stifled to the point that just being out in the open like this felt extremely refreshing.
Lucius was about to walk towards his dorm to organise his things and then possibly talk to Cami afterwards when he suddenly paused .
Lucius paused because in this moment he ate his eyes on a nearby bench located just outside the school hospital building doors. On that bench was a familiar beautiful purple haired woman. That kept ncing at Lucius shyly so when he saw her, she quickly tilted her head to the side to avoid his gaze as her entire face turned red.
Seeing this, Lucius smirked as he walked up towards her.
"Veronica, what are you doing here?"
As soon as Lucius asked we this question, Veronica began to stutter
"W-well .. th..this is because I wanted to see you¡"
Hearing this, Lucius was shocked
"If you wanted to see me, why didn''t you juste in and visit?"
Hearing this, Veronica''s face turned into an extremely aggrieved expression
"You think I didn''t try that! I came in earlier to see you but they said that since you''re being dismissed today and undergoing tests they won''t be allowing you to see any visitors! Damn it!! Don''t they know who I am!"
As Lucius watched on he could clearly see Veronica''s frustration to the point where she was even angrily stamping her legs with a slightly red face.
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Chapter 113 113.
As Lucius watched on, he could clearly see Veronica''s frustration to the point where she was even angrily stamping her legs with a slightly red face.
But even though it answered some questions, for Lucius, there was still a discrepancy.
It was only when Lucius looked back at Veronica again that he realised something.
"You¡ you actually waited to see me all this time?"
Realising that Lucius had caught on Veronica''s face quickly flushed red.
Even if what Lucius said was true, her pride simply wouldn''t let her admit it.
"N-no.. I.. was just enjoying the outside, that''s all."
Looking at the proud and arrogant girl who had now turned into an embarrassed mess, Lucius couldn''t help but smile
''How cute''
For Lucius, there was something quite Charming about Veronica''s familiar embarrassed expressions.
But seeing as the girl had actually waited for him for so long, Lucius couldn''t bear to send her back, just like that.
So smiling once again, Lucius asked another question.
"Well, since we''re both outside under the wonderful night sky, would you like to take a walk with me?"
The two of them walked for several minutes through the splendid grounds designed by the Academy architects.
As the two of them walked around, they didn''t say much. Lucius just took the chance to admire the scenery and, as he did so, he even ended up thinking about his old world.
Even in a ce as advanced as his old world, it was still rare to see such a beautiful sight all the time.
That was not to say that there were no ces this beautiful, but with the copious amount of light pollution, it would be hard to simply walk out near your house and gaze at the night sky and see countless twinkling stars.
It was times and scenes like this that made him think that maybe it wasn''t all that bad being sent into this world after all¡.
As Lucius was slowly getting lost in his own mncholic thoughts, he suddenly got a tug at his wrist.
Looking over, he could see Veronica looking back at him with a shy expression on her face.
"Thank you Lucius."
Seeing that Veronica was about to go on thanking him again, Lucius just smiled as he reached out to pat her on the head.
"How many times do I have to tell you? You really don''t have to thank me for any of this."
But before Lucius''s hand could reach her head, Veronica grabbed his hand.
"No Lucius, I don''t think you understand how important what you did for me is."
"This is the first time in my life I''ve ever seen someone fight so hard for me. Just seeing you fight so desperately gave me courage. It gave me the courage to fight my own fight. Whether it was Xander or whether it was my own family, you gave me the courage and the belief that I could achieve things on my own as well!"
Seeing and hearing the stern and resolute look and voice that rarely appeared on the face of this girl, Lucius''s mouth hung open, a little speechless
Veronica had always appeared proud and arrogant, but those with a discerning eye could clearly see that it was a facade, something that was formed topensate for something.
Theplete domination of Xander and her family in her life had left her feeling powerless and as such she had developed her own arrogance and pride as noble in order to feel some eve of power and control she could ever have hoped to have, at the least, that was until she had met Lucius.
As Veronica looked at Lucius''s handsome face which seemed to be glowing under the soft moonlight, Veronica felt her heart skip a beat.
"Every time I think back to what you''ve done for me, I can feel my body tingle all over with a strange feeling."
Is¡ is this what love is?"
Faced with such a direct question, even the usually thick-skinned Lucius was a little embarrassed.
But before Lucius could react, Veronica''s small and soft hand wrapped around his own and brought his hand towards her and ced it on her chest
"Lucius, do you know, right now my heart is beating so fast think-"
But Veronica didn''t even eat to find her words before a soft moan soon escaped her lips
"Ah~"
Shocked by the sudden situation, Lucius looked at his hand, who was the culprit behind all this in disbelief.
''You despicable bastard!'' Cursed Lucius inwardly.
''Even if it feels good , you can''t just go around squeezing anything you want!! Who told you to act like that!''
At this point, his hand practically had a
mind of its own!
Once it was ced on Veronica''s soft and bountiful chest, irrespective of Lucius''s own thoughts, it wanted to cop a feel and that''s exactly what it did without hesitation.
Lucius looked back at Veronica only to see her face flushedpletely red and her head down, with her even seeming to start shaking a little.
''Fuck! You''ve gone and done it now!''
His god damn lecherous hand had now went ahead and fucked things up.
"Look Veronica, I''m sorry. I really didn''t mean to-"
But before Lucius could say anything, Veronica quickly grabbed his head and pressed her lips against his.
Lucius was shocked!
''W-what is going on?''
Soon Veronica''s voice was ringing in his ears loud and clear.
"Lucius, I don''t fully know what this strange feeling is. I don''t know if it''s love or not, but what I do know is that I want to be with you right now."
LP+50
LP+50
Lucius looked at Veronica but he really didn''t know what to say right now
Looking at the girl who was looking at him longingly and starting to grow even more and more dependent on him, Lucius opened his mouth but no words even came out.
A part of Lucius wanted to do nothing and ept her feelings as a smooth and reliable source of Love Points.
Chapter 114 114. Veronicas Special Time (R18)
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A part of Lucius wanted to do nothing and ept her feelings as a smooth and reliable source of Love Points. But when he realised just how fragile this girl was and just how much she was beginning to rely on him. At this point, Lucius was starting to feel guilty.
How would such a fragile person react if she found out that he was a person who had worked with ulterior motives from the very start?
For a second, a look of hesitation appeared on Lucius''s face before Lucius just sighed.
"Veronica¡ I have something to tell you." Said Lucius
"You know¡ from the very start, my intentions weren''t entirely pure. In a way, it wasn''t really to help you to serve my own goals. I feel like you should at least know this."
As Lucius said this, his eyes narrowed as his expression turned a little cold.
"This is the truth I''ve been trying to tell you. I''m really not as good a person as you make me out to be."
As he said this, Lucius looked down, expecting to see a hurt expression on Veronica''s face.
But instead, what he saw was Veronica just smiling at him with a knowing expression.
"Lucius, do you think I''m dumb?"
"Huh?" Said Lucius, now surprised
"I knew your intentions weren''t pure from the start. Girls can sense this kind of thing, you know?"
As Lucius heard this, his mouth hung open, speechless.
"I-Is it really that obvious ?"
"Lucius, the first time we met, I caught you staring intently at my chest."
Cough! Cough!
Damn! When she put it like this, he really was a pig!
"I knew your intentions weren''t entirely pure right from the start, but after seeing how much effort you put in to help me, I no longer cared." Said Veronica.
"Lucius, let me ask you a question. Am I worthless to you?"
"Of course not!" Replied Lucius almost instantly.
"See, that''s all I need. I don''t care if your intentions were pure or impure. As long as your feelings are genuine, as long as you promise there will always be a ce for me in your heart, and as long as you promise that you will never abandon me, I simply couldn''t care what your intentions were at the start.
Lucius watched Veronica speak with awe but just before he could give Veronica an answer, almost as if she was not wanting him to speak, Veronica grabbed his head and kissed him again, but this time it was with an even greater ferocity!
Her tongue slipped into his mouth, wrapping itself and curling around his own.
"Ha¡. Ha¡"
It was only after several intense seconds that the two finally parted withboured gasps
The entire time, Lucius felt tingles run throughout his entire body as his sleeping dragon once again rose into the sky.
Lucius paused for a second to look at Veronica''s seductive and watery eyes and seemed to lose all reason.
Now that it hade to this, Lucius couldn''t let things end here.
So with the look of a man about to go to war, and asked the decisive question.
"Veronica.. Do you want to go to my room?"
Hearing Lucius''s words, Veronica''s eyes shook a little, but it couldn''t conceal the smile that appeared on her face.
"I''d love to."
After getting his confirmation, Lucius didn''t wait around. So after grabbing Veronica''s hand, he quickly dashed towards his dorm room.
¡..
A few minutester, Lucius burst into his room with Veronica wrapped in his arms
Soon an embarrassed Veronicay on Lucius''s bed. Her once perfectlybed hair was now a little messy, and her face flushed red as she slowly removed her clothes
Lucius''s eyes greedily scanned across her body as she removed each piece of clothing
Eventually, Veronicay on the bed, her purple eyes fluttering as her arm wrapped across her chest, trying to cover up her bountiful white peaks.
The beautiful, embarrassed image of Veronica left Lucius with a raging fire inside him.
When Veronica saw Lucius greedily looking at her body, her face went even redder
"S-stop looking. It''s embarrassing."
"Why should I not look? You''re beautiful."
As Lucius said this, he removed his shirt, revealing his perfectly toned body.
"Gulp.."
Seeing Veronica gawking at his body, Lucius smirked .
"You like what you see?"
Veronica clearly saw Lucius''s teasing smile and snorted in annoyance
"Humph! Stop teasing me."
Lucius just chuckled and used the chance to buy some useful items, such as the ''baby be gone pill'' and the sensitivity potion.
Veronica saw Lucius pour some strange potion on his hand and raised an eyebrow as she questioned.
"What was that?"
"Don''t worry about it" said Lucius
"It''s just there to make the experience more fun. I''m sure you''ll like it."
As Lucius said this, he walked closer towards Veronica and ced his hand on her stomach
"Mhhh¡"
Veronica couldn''t believe what was happening.
Lucius just ced his hand on her body and now it was like sparks were flowing through her body.
"Gasping already?"
Veronica covered her mouth and looked at Lucius with a panicked gaze.
*gasp!*
"no¡ I''m not moaning.."
Veronica''s pride wouldn''t allow her to give in so easily, but Lucius wouldn''t let her off.
He had only discovered it recently but one of his favourite things as to be teasing this arrogant little girl
Soon Lucius''s fingers were slowly snaking down her body, approaching her secret ce as soon, Lucius''s fingers were stirring around in her vagina.
With his hand stroking her vagina, Lucius''s other hand was slowly caressing her entire body.
Each move had a delicate touch covering her curves
Eventually, Lucius couldn''t resist the temptation anymore, so tilting his head down a little Lucius began to nibble on her neck, sitting Veronica on hisp as he took a morefortable position on the bed
Lucius traced his lips down Veronica''s neck onto her soft and bountiful chest
"Ahh~"
The sensitivity potion and Lucius''s own saliva mixed together, wrapping around Veronica''s breasts, and sending jolts of pleasure running down her spine.
Chapter 115. Veronicas special time (2) (R18)
115 115. Veronica''s special time (2) (R18)
"Nn!"
Lucius sucked on her breasts breathlessly, licking around her are as her nipples grew hard and erect
Veronic took a gasp as her body shivered,her soft bodyying in Luciuss''s hands like a pile of pudding as Lucius pulled out his finger from her vagina that were now soaking wet
Lucius didn''t hold back andid Veronica on her back slowly separating her thighs.
In response Veronica tried to close her thighs in embarrassment but Lucius this instead madeLucius spread them even more.
Lucius held his rod in his hand as he slowly rubbed it against Veronica''s secret ce.
The mingling of flesh caused a sense of pleasure to start to ripple across Veronica''s back as her vagina became even wetter, as if preparing for a special arrival.
"You''re wet enough now so I''m about to put it in."
Lucius hot andboured words sounded in Veronica''s ears
"O-okay." Stuttered Veronica nervously
Seeing Veronica''s nervous appearance, Lucius just smiled as he slowly eased her in
"Put your legs here."
Lucius calmly instructed Veronica as she let her soft and slender legs wrap around Lucius''s hips.
From there on, Lucius slowly eased his cock into her vagina
"You can hold onto me if you want, just don''t tense your body and rx."
"Nn!"
Veronica groaned slightly as the tip of Lucius''s penis went inside her vagina , slowly spreading it open.
Veronica could feel the sensitive contact between their parts making it feel like they were melting together.
The mixture of pleasure and pain left her heart started thumping in her chest as she wrapped her arm around Lucius neck
Feeling Veronica''s tightening grasp Lucius chuckled a little.
"This will probably hurt a bit at first."
After Lucius said this he moved his hips Forward causing an aching pain to radiate form between her legs as she gasped before letting out a slightly proud smile
"Although it hurt a little, this much is still bearable."
Seeing Veronica''s proud little look, Lucius just chuckled
"You''ve done well so far but I''ve not even started yet."
As soon as she heard this Veronica''s eyes shook
It was only at this moment that Veronica realised that maybe sometimes she really did open her mouth too early
''Ahh¡ so this is the purpose! This is the true purpose of the revolution! To bring down these arrogant nobledies off their high horses and show them the true power of themon man!''
If Lucius''s old man could hear his thoughts and realise just how much his unfilial child had distorted the revolutionary cause, he would definitely not be able to rest in his grave.
His poor old man''s lifelong aspirations had been distorted
But for Lucius, this realisation couldn''t be closer to the truth!
Since he had firste to this world, his heart had never beat with so much revolutionary fervour! At this moment in time, Lucius''s passion was truly unmatched. All that remained in Lucius''s mind was the revolutionary cause!
''Viva Revolution!''
With that one thought, Lucius held nothing back and thrust all the way in!
By now the pain had mostly faded away for Veronica, so it gave her the chance to truly enjoy the experience
Both lost their minds in pleasure Lucius focused on thrusting deeper and Veronica in turn had her insides wrapping around and changing to the shape of Lucius''s tool.
She was so focused on enjoying true pleasure she didn''t even realise as her nails dug deep into Lucius''s back.
The feeling of pleasure left Lucius was as stiff as he possibly could be
The entire time, Veronica''s soft and warm insides were tightly wrapped around him, pulling him in with each thrust as if it was trying to suck him in whole.
Lucius was at a loss for words
It was heavenly.
The kind of feeling one couldpletely get lost into
For Veronica, the feeling was no different. Although there was an unimaginable pain at first, now it had mostly faded and waspletely overwhelmed with the mind-numbing pleasure.
The sensitivity potion was stimting her senses beyond all conceivable limits, causing each thrust to leave her tongue hanging out of her mouth wildly, almost like a panting dog
If Lucius was paying attention, he would be able to hear the endless dings of notifications as love points continually went off.
*Pa* *Pa* *Pa*
The crisp sound of flesh colliding shook the room as Lucius''s hips and Veronica''s insides shook like crazy
*Gasp* *Huff*
Theboured gasps and groans of both of them filled the air as they both looked passionately into each other''s eyes before a crafty smirk quickly shed across Lucius''s face.
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Before Veronica knew what was happening, Lucius stood up, holding her in his arms as her legs remained firmly wrapped around his waist.
"L-Lucius, what are you doing? It''s embarrassing!"
Come on, it''s more fun to switch things up, isn''t it
His strong, firm hands sunk into her soft and squishy ass, kneading it around like a pile of dough.
Lucius spread her vagina even wider by stretching her cheeks, causing his penis to go deeper into her than it had ever been before
"Ah! Ah!"
Blood and a copious amount of love juices flowed out from her stretched hole.
Lucius didn''t just stop at her lower body however, even her upper body wasn''t safe!
As this was happening, Lucius opened his mouth and, once again, sucked on Veronica''s soft and tender breasts.
Shocked by the sudden cold sensation around her chest, Veronica could only exim throughboured breaths
"Be..breasts again? W..eh..what are you, a baby?"
Lucius didn''t bat an eye at Veronica''s words and confidently stated,
"Indeed, I am a big baby."
Lucius''s tongue masterfully wrapped around and caressed each breast culminating in him biting down on her extremely hard and sensitive nipples.
The sudden jolt of both pain and pleasure was enough to send her body into overload.
Veronica''s insides squeezed and started to spasm.
The moment Veronica reached her limit, Lucius also let go of his restraint and released his seed inside of her.
"!!"
Veronica''s body went limp, and even Lucius began to feel a little tired.
The two of them fell on the bed as Lucius suddenly heard a notification go off in his mind
Ding!
[Congrattions on inseminating at least 3 heroines! In response, you have unlocked a new ability of the system- Love Link!]
[Love Link - Through the use of the connections of the system, you gain the ability to share and link mama with each heroine you sessfully inseminate. The degree of sharing of mana is dependent on your favorability with each heroine and if favorability reaches a high enough point it will progress beyond a point where it is just mama that can be shared.
So you have to work hard farmer! Spread your seed as much as possible!]
Lucius looked away from the description of the system as his attention was quickly grabbed by another sight
A strange symbol appeared right above her crotch before quickly fading back away.
Soon, Lucius could feel an inexplicable connection with Veronica. It was like the two of them were now joined by some faint, invisible tether.
The connection was weak and light enough to the point, where if Lucius did not not focus on it, it would be easy to forget
"Mmhh..."
Lucius looked over towards the sound and could see Veronica snuggled up to him, slowly dozing off to sleep and just smiled.
Although Lucius couldst a few more rounds, Veronica appeared to be truly exhausted.
"Well, I guess she worked hard today and it is still her first time."
When Lucius thought about things like this, then he became more understanding.
¡.
The next day.
Lucius groaned up as he woke up in the morning.
He looked over to the side and was surprised to see Veronica had up and vanished!
He didn''t know when, but it was clear that Veronica had woken up before him and had somehow managed to leave without waking him up
After sleeping with Veronica, Lucius was in a good mood so he had let himself go and slept quite deeply, so it wasn''t that big of a surprise that he hadn''t woken up when Veronica had left.
Although it was unfortunate that Lucius couldn''t wake up with a beauty in his arms, his morning wasn''t without any joys.
Lucius looked at his love points and smiled.
No matter how many times he had seen it before, Lucius couldn''t help lo but get excited when he saw the overwhelming amount of live points presented from the first time
bonus of sleeping with a heroine.
The sight of his love points jumping up always put Lucius in a good mood.
Love points: 7530
The love points gained over thest few days. His experience with Veronica had more than made up for the love points he spent buying talents for his battle with Louis
But Surprisingly, the love Love Points weren''t even the only gain fromst night. His newly acquired ''Love Link'' shouldn''t be underestimated.
The ability to share mana with the heroines was very useful and couldn''t be underestimated, but what was shocking was that this was a two-way streak.
Lucius was smiling in bed, feeling good about himself, when he suddenly shot up from the bed.
"Fuck!"
Lucius looked at the clock in his room and felt his scalp go numb
Damn! He was going to bete.
The wild night with Veronica had made him sleep deeply making him almost forget that now it was time for him to go do hismunity service!
Lucius had already been informed beforehand and knew that he was supposed to do his punishment today and that was to help the magic and alchemy department go out into the mountain range owned by the academy and go and pick their grown magic herbs.
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
This was a disciplinary punishment. Lucius didn''t know which teacher would be overseeing hismunity service but he knew that they would never look at him favourably if he camete.
So with that in mind, Lucius got ready as quick as possible, barely even having enough time to shower and get changed before he bolted out of his dorm room.
¡..
Not too long after that, Lucius could be seen bolting through the corridors of the unfamiliar magic department, desperately looking for his designated room, when his eyes suddenly lit up
''Yes! That''s it!''
Lucius didn''t hesitate and quickly opened the room.
It''s just that the suddenmotion at the door quickly attracted the eyes of everyone present.
"Cough! Cough!"
Chapter 117 117. Diana Roffisier
Chapter 117 117. Diana Roffisier
Feeling everyone looking at him, even the usual thick-skinned Lucius, couldn''t help but cough in embarrassment.
But before Lucius could say anything and apologise, a cold voice sounded out throughout the room
"Tch! You''re supposed to be doing this asmunity service as punishment, but you still somehow managed toete to even that. You truly do live up to your disappointing reputation"
Hearing this, Lucius couldn''t just stay silent.
He was unhappy about these snidements and remarks and turned around to speak and give this person a piece of his mind when his voice suddenly caught in his throat.
Lucius tired around and his eyes shook
What Lucius saw wasn''t some grumpy middle-aged man, no, what he saw was a stunning beauty
In the middle of the group, sitting in a chair with amanding aura,
was a beautiful white-haired woman.
Her face was nothing short of angelic, delicately crafted to the point one could have the illusion that they were in the presence of some divine goddess.
Her hair was an ethereal shade of pure, like freshly fallen snow andy in a sleek ponytail that reached her mid back, contrasting with the ink-ck ribbon that held it all together.
She wore a crisp, and white Sanctuary uniform that was tailored to perfection
But despite her appearance, her expression was anything but inviting. Her cherry red lips were pursed into a tight line and her eyes, a dazzling blue, were narrower in annoyance and disdain. The intensity of her emotions was palpable, radiating and silently judging the world with the air of authority around her
''Damn!'' Thought Lucius
''She''s absolutely beautiful!''
Lucius shook his head slightly, trying to shake of the daze this woman''s beauty had left on him
By now, Lucius had been around many beauties. He had even slept with a lot of them.
Logically, by now, Lucius should have built up an immunity or at the very least, some resistance to beautiful women but right now Lucius''s resistance waspletely shattered but the woman in front of him.
She was different in that she carried around her a faintly different aura, one that was simply above all the people around her, When this was added to her heroic temperament, Lucius had to admit that it was enough to ce her above any woman he had seen so far.
It''s just unfortunate for Lucius that this woman didn''t show the same admiration for him
In fact, what Lucius saw was pure and utter disgust.
The disgust shown by thisdy waspletely different from the type shown by Veronica.
If Veronica''s disgust came from her deep-seated arrogance in her nobility, the disgust here was more pure.
It wasn''t any arrogance but instead a deep and personal disgust for Lucius as an individual person!
Although he was a bit surprised by the tant disgust Lucius could kind of understand it based on the woman''s looks and clothing Lucius already knew who this woman was but even with this, he still couldn''t help but I''ve his system to take a peek at her personal stats.
Name: Diana Roffisier
Age: 19
Affiliation: Roffisier family/Sanctuary
Talents: [Descendant of the Hero](Heroic)(Bloodline)
[Blessing of the Bow Hero] (Heroic)(Bloodline)
[Master Archer](Gold)
[Proliferation] (Gold)
[Mark] (Gold)
[Tracking] (purple)
[Eagle Eye] (Purple)
[Birds Eye View](purple)
Fuck!!
Lucius had to rub his eyes. He couldn''t believe what he saw!!
He knew that the descendants of the hero families were ridiculous and heroines would still be deemed as monsters even amongst such a group but seeing it in person was still stupefying
He finally understood how just 5 heroic families had basically maintained a hegemony of the human race and even the entire continent.
With such stats, how were other people supposed topete!
The famous purple grade talents that were enough to make regr people gasp in joy didn''t even need to be mentioned towards her.
The Golden grade talents that could leave were not even that special for her considering she already had multiple of them.
Hell! Even the Mythical Heroic grade talents that confidently leave Someone standing at the peak of the world.
It was ridiculous!
Even if she wasn''t one of the heroines, with the ridiculous talents she had, Lucius wouldn''t want to be opposed to her or at least maintain a good rtionship
But Lucius knew that it was near impossible for Diana to ever like him for one simple reason, she was the head of the disciplinarymittee!
Despite being a second year, her overwhelming strength and talent had allowed her to im the role usually reserved for the third years, bing the head of the student disciplinarymittee in Sanctuary
So For someone in charge of the disciplinarymittee, the presence of Lucius could only be described as a scourge!
ording to the rumours around this guy was a phnderer constantly surrounded by women.
To make matters worse, he had got into a wildly publicised fight with his senior, causing massive amounts of disruption and showing what could be viewed as his tant disregard and disrespect for his seniors.
With such a horrible record, how could such a strict and disciplined person like Diana like Lucius?
Whilst Lucius was wrapped in thought, he suddenly heard a voice
"What are you waiting around for?"
"Huh?"
Before Lucius could respond, Diana started speaking again
"Even someone as horrible as you still deserve a chance to redeem yourself. All students of Sanctuary can be rehabilitated."
"Eerr¡. Yeah..." replied Lucius awkwardly
In response to Diana''s harsh words, Lucius''s mouth twitched.
Although Diana still had a rather harsh and unfavourable opinion, Lucius was just fortunate that she was extremely dedicated to her job as the leader of the disciplinarymittee. As a result, she vehemently believed that each Sanctuary student deserved the chance to and had the ability to change themselves.
Lucius just smiled awkwardly and looked for a seat, but when this happened, Lucius realised another problem.
Chapter 118 118. Obscure Nina
Chapter 118 118. Obscure Nina
When he looked for a ce to sit down, all the students present silently turned away to avoid his eyes. Clearly, nobody present wanted Lucius to sit down next to them.
Seeing this tant ostracisation, Lucius could only snort in annoyance as he secretly cursed them in his mind
''These arrogant mages! Is it really so hard to show some friendliness?''
Although Lucius''s grievances had some basis, he didn''t understand just how crazy he appeared to these mages.
A lot of the people here were present during his fight against Louis and, unfortunately for Lucius, that was not a good thing.
Such a brutal and vicious way of fighting innately managed to disgust a lot of the mages, but more than disgust, it made them feel fear!
Mages were different from regr fighters in the sense that their senses were much sharper and because of that, they could always sense that strange ferocious aura that lingered around Lucius when he entered his draconic form that made their skin crawl even now
The Barbaric history of brutally beating one of his ssmates till one of their faces turned bloody didn''t do him any favours either
In fact, with the terrible reputation Lucius had already built up, these arrogant mages and nobles should have disdained to talk to him or even criticised him and directly protested his presence like they had done withmoners or people they didn''t like before.
The only difference was Lucius wasn''t those people. Put it simply, they didn''t have the balls or the confidence In their strength to fight against Lucius.
Just as Lucius was begging to think there was nowhere to sit he saw someone.
In fact, he was surprised he hadn''t seen her earlier.
But then again, with her timid and reclusive personality that made her sense of presence extremely small, it wasn''t a surprise that Lucius had managed to miss her.
Of course, Lucius only could be talking about the pink haired beauty, Nina.
The second he saw her, Lucius''s face lit up as he walked over with a smile
Nina saw Lucius and quickly became flustered, but Lucius didn''t seem to notice this and sat down with a smile on his face.
"It''s good to see you, Nina. Since I was injured I''ve been piped up in the hospital so I''ve not seen you for a while so it''s good to catch up with you like this"
Hearing this, Nina secretly had a smile on her face but didn''t show it too much
" Y-yeah..it''s good to see you too."
Seeing the girl stutter in embarrassment it was so cute that Lucius wanted to tease her even more
"But I''m a bit sad "
"Huh?" Hearing this, Nina panicked a little.
This was her only friend after all
"Whilst I was fighting my first fight in Sanctuary,one of the first friends I made in Sanctuary didn''t even show up."
Hearing this, Nina felt wronged! She felt extremely wronged!
She clenched her tiny fists as her face went a little red.
"B-but I was there"
"Huh?"
"I said I was there"
"Cough! Cough!"
As heard this, Lucius nearly choked on his saliva!
''What!''
Lucius didn''t believe that Nina would lie about something like this so this meant that Lucius hadpletely missed her.
No matter. How you looked at it just made Lucius look like an asshole.
Lucius looked at this red faced girl and his mouth twitched
''Why can''t you have a stronger sense of presence so I can avoid these types of situations!''
Although Lucius was a bit exasperated, eventually, Lucius just sighed. He didn''t doubt Nina, but he was still curious about one thing.
"If you came to see the match, why didn''t youe to visit when I was injured and in the hospital?"
Now it was Nina''s time to be embarrassed
"I¡I .. wanted toe visit but¡ every time I came somebody else was there so I waited for the next time, but somehow there''s always someone there when I wanted to visit."
Hearing this Lucius was left speechless.
Although it was kind of cute, sometimes this girl was just too timid! It seemed like he had to help this girl ovee her shyness or else even if he was dying she wouldn''te to visit because she was too shy!
As Lucius was having these thoughts, Diana, who had been watching the interaction between Lucius and Nina the whole time, suddenly narrowed her eyes.
Bias was a strong thing sometimes and naturally with her information and Lucius are pursuit she would have a negative bias against him
So when she saw Nina lower her head in embarrassment, she didn''t know the entire situation and suspected foul y.
You have to understand, Lucius had juste into the ssroom and was now whispering to a shy girl making her stutter and look with her head down. It was no surprise that someone could jump to the case of bullying.
"Is everything okay over here?"
"Is everything is okay, we''re both joking and we''re friends-"
But Before Lucius could finish his sentence, Diana cut him off
"I''m not talking to you."
Her blue eyes pierced through him with an unfriendly re before turning ACL towards Nina
"Everything''s alright we''re actually both friends"
Hearing this , Diana was so shocked her mouth hung open
She couldn''t understand why such an innocent young woman would hang around a person like him.
She looked at Lucius once again and this time she properly took a look at him and finally got her answer
An exquisitely crafted face that simply didn''t belong on someone like him with such a horrible reputation.
His sharp aristocratic features were framed sharp jawline and high cheekbones creating an irresistibly masculine visage whilst his burning crimson eyes could leave one entranced by their strange beauty if you looked into them for too long
For a second Diana even felt a hit of regret.
''Just how could such a face be given to this hopeless scoundrel.''
Lucius''s lips bore a perpetual crafty smirk that showed off his yful, roguish nature.
It was a smirk that seemed to be taunting and mocking her, leaving her extremely annoyed.
Chapter 119 120. Dianas broken abilities
Chapter 119 120. Diana''s broken abilities
It was a smirk that seemed to be taunting and mocking her, leaving her extremely annoyed.
But even despite the sour taste it left in her mouth, she had to admit she could understand why such a man still managed to have multiple women around him.
She looked at the shy Nina and secretly shook her head.
It seemed like she was adamant that she and Lucius were ''friends'' and Diana could only imagine it would not be long before she fell into Lucius''s grasp
Lucius saw Diana''s helpless look and put a smug grin on his face
"Humph!"
Seeing that there was no problem, she could only huff as she went back to the front room to continue giving the briefing .
But as soon as she started giving her exnation of what would be happening, Lucius started zoning out.
This was still an expedition that was for the mages. All Lucius had to do was act as the glorifiedbour. The ones doing the investigation and documenting all these magical nts would be the Job and research and mage students so as time passed Lucius''s mind drifted off thinking about other things.
An unknown amount of time passed by with Lucius minding his own business when he suddenly felt someone tugging on his arm
"¡Lucius¡ Lucius.."
"Huh?"
Suddenly Lucius''s eyes snapped open
''Damn! I actually fell asleep.''
It seemed like hisst night with Veronica had tired him out more than he wanted to admit
Lucius wiped off the Derik that was gathering at the edge of his mouth and jumped up under Nina''s exasperated gaze.
"Lucius, the talk is over. We''re heading out to the field now."
Lucius looked around to see the emptying ssroom and couldn''t help but feel a little embarrassed
By now, the only person left in the room was the ring white haired beauty.
Lucius coughed in embarrassment and walked up with Nina towards Diana, where she specifically handed each of them a map.
"This is the task given to you two. It clearly highlights the nts you have to check up on and harvest, as well as the magical beasts that can roam in these areas."
Lucius looked at the map and rxed. Although there were a few dangerous monsters marked out, most of them were nothing to fear and the few dangerous ones could still be handled with a bit of caution and hard work.
Lucius took the map along with Nina and walked out of the ssroom, but not before Diana could let off a cold remark
"I don''t trust you and your character, so you better not cause any trouble because I''ll be watching you."
Lucius saw this and snorted coldly as he responded,
"You can watch all you want, I''ve got nothing to hide"
Even if it was angelic beauty, nobody would like a busybody breathing down their neck giving them no room to think.
Fortunately, Diana didn''t bother to provoke Lucius anymore, and she led the group into the forest surrounding the academy.
This Forrest was considered private property of the academy, but this shouldn''t let you underestimate it. It was absolutely massive!
It was thanks to this vast expanse and varying m habitats and environments that allowed for them to grow all sorts of different magical nts and herbs
In addition to the magical herbs, it was also home to a diverse amount of magical wildlife and beasts, some that were even outright hostile to humans.
The magical beasts were often used as a way to train thebat ability of students and sow were used to assist in the growth of certain magical nts by either protecting them from pests and rodents or even using their waste to fertilise them.
But right now Lucius didn''t have time to worry about the magical beasts.
He was currently walking behind the group with a backpack filled with piles of specialised magical equipment used for testing and collecting magical nts.
Lucius looked around at the mages scurrying around collecting samples and recording data and sighed.
Eventually, Lucius looked towards Diana, who was overseeing this expedition the entire time, and his eyes couldn''t help but show a little caution.
He hasn''t seen Diana act a lot, but the few times he did, he could only describe it as something like a thunder strike.
All of a sudden, a bow suddenly appeared in her hand and there was a sh of light before any attacking monster was instantly annihted!
Lucius finally understood why Diana, an archer, was sent to oversee this group instead of a mage or even a senior professor.
It was simply impossible topete with the range of coverage and attack speed of a powerful archer.
In a way, it was almost overkill.
Lucius looked at her talents in detail and understood just got a better understanding of how she could be so terrifying
[Descendant of the Hero](Heroic)(Bloodline)
You are a descendant of one of the five legendary heroes touted as the saviours of humanity. Their status is so legendary that your blood borders on the divine. You have a heightened physical and magical aptitude that others simply couldn''t hope to match. Individuals of these lineages also show enhanced strength, agility, resilience, and charisma as well as heightened intuition as tactical brilliance, making them natural leaders and champions.
[Blessing of the Bow Hero](Heroic)(Bloodline)
This is a blessing that manifested from your blood legacy passed down by your progenitor. With this blessing, you were chosen to wield the bow as your primary showing of a skill that transcends ordinary archery.
You show pinpoint precision and enhanced perception that surpasses all other heroes. As well as a rare type of unique archery magic.
[Proliferation](Gold)
The ability to endlessly duplicate and copy any item at the cost of mana. The mana cost is proportional, based on the quality of the item replicated.
There were, of course, many other talents on Diana''s talent list; Lucius felt these were the ones that were her most powerful.
Chapter 120 120. Grey wolf
Chapter 120 120. Grey wolf
These were the 2 heroic grade talents that let Diana break the limit of most talented people and secure her ce as one of thetop strong men in the world.
The third talent may not be of as high a grade but in Lucius''s mind it was just as ridiculous!
The ability to copy any item wasn''t something that should be underestimated under any circumstance. It was a legitimate game breakingability that if used correctly could make people feel hopeless.
Lucius was now starting to realise just howserious his situation wasand just how delusional his father was!
This was just a Diana that still hadn''t matured to reach her full potential but somewhere in the kingdom were five people of the heroic families all at the peak of their career!
Even Lucius with cheats and his future knowledge thought it would be hard to fight all of them. It was no wonderthat his father, Sirius, had sold his soul to devil and worked with demon lord . Without the power of the devil how were you ever supposed to deal with such monsters?
No wait, didn''t the protagonist still end up doing it and dealing with all 5 of them in the end?
Fuck! Why is just one monster after another!
Lucius secretly cursed the wretched god that sent him here once again before his train of thought was suddenly interrupted.
"All of you gather here."
Themanding voice of Diana resounded through the Forrest leaving no chance for any of these arrogant mages and nobles to disobey.
Even if they didn''t fear her strength and prowess the very status as the descendant of one of the great heroic families was something they could never hope to match I their lifetime.
"You''ve done good work finding magical ntsand collecting data up till now." Said Diana
"But now you have to all separate andgather the specified magic nts marked o your individual map by separating into the Forrest."
As Diana said this the air in the surrounding forest seemed to freeze.
On the way here they had met no shortage of 3rd ss and even a few 2nd ss magical beasts. Before, There was no need to fear because the overwhelmingly powerful Diana was with them ready to st apartany monsterthat dared attack them.If Diana didn''t follow them and they were to run into a 2nd ss monster of any kind, they could only end up as monster food. This was especially so for this group of mages that were primarily focused on research and creation. If it weren''t for these conditions, how would it be possible for Nina who had absolutely horriblemage potential and was so timid that herbat ability was basically non existent
With this mind, a more timid member of the group couldn''t help but raise his hand as he asked a question
"B-but if we separate we explore on our own, how are we supposed to protect ourselves from the monsters?"
Hearing this, Diana just smiled.
"Well, first of all, you won''t be on your own. You''ll be working in small groups to help each other. In addition to this I''ll still be watching over you the entire time."
Hearing this, although the man who first asked the question was calmed down, he still had a question
"B-but how are you supposed to watch over us when we''re all going to be hundreds of metres apart ?
Hearing this, Diana just buckled in response
"Haha! With me watching over you, 10 metered? 10 meterers? There''s no difference.``
It was an oundish statement but yet Diana didn''t seem to be boasting.
She didn''t speak with arrogance but instead a confidence from deep within her bones!
The aura was so overbearing that the timid mage didn''t even dare question her again and could only nod meekly.
"All you have to do is raise one of the res you have packed the moment you enter danger. After that you don''t have to fear because me and my arrows will be there to save you ."
So, With Diana this confident, nobody could say anything in opposition and begun to separate intotheir groups
...
Several minutester Lucius and Nina could be seen walking through the forest.
It had been a while since just Lucius and Nina had split off from the group and now Lucius has really gotten the chance to see Nina in her element.
Normally the girl appearedpletely helpless and shy but when it and to research she transformed into apletely differentperson.
She moved with a sense of confidence and certainty that made Lucius''s want to double back and make sure his eyes were still working, that''s just how differ she was!
As Lucius was wavy hung and marvellingat Nina''s new disy, his ears suddenly twitched
"Howl!!"
Suddenly, there was a screeching bestial howl as a grey figure shed out for the nearby forest, its salivating jaws snapping towards the helpless Nina!
But although the grey figure was fast, Lucius was even faster!
His sword was unsheathed in an instant, whistling through the air as it snaked its way forwards,nding perfectly on the assants neck
"Howl!!!!"
The wolf let of a horrified screech as it''s crimson blood sttered in the air
wolves head like a burst watermelon.
The tenacity of magic beasts was put o full disy for Lucius to see as even with his sword firmly lodged in the magic beasts neck, It growled and squirmed desperately fighting on.
Unfortunately for this magic beast, Lucius was always one to double tap his monsters, so after wrapping his foot in a deep blue coating on mana, it crashed down like a hammer exploding the wolves head like a burst watermelon.
Lucius''s eyes coldly swept across the butchered wolf corpse but he didn''t lower his guard, instead his eyes narrowed even more.
Suddenly, Lucius foot mmed knot the ground as his figure shed, quickly appearing by set of bushes
"Yelp-"
Before the wolf could even cry out properly Lucius''s sword swung out in a beautiful arc sttering blood everywhere as the the head of the grey wolf was sent soaring knot the sky."
"Conniving and vicious beasts.." cursed Lucius quietly as he looked down on the dead wolf in ambush.
He may have been able to easily react Tj any grey wolf ambush but the same couldn''t be said about Nina, as a result Lucius didn''t even feel the slightest guilt for this tant animal butchery
He walked away from the chaotic battleground, the bloodied grassand his now crimson sword and matching with his glowing crimson eyes to an almost poetic degree.
PerhapsifNina was a bit more militant, she would be able to admire the aesthetic beauty in the sight.
Unfortunately, the sight of mangled corpse and blood flying was still too much for Nina causing her to turn away without hesitation
Besides,currently, Lucius wasn''t even looking for Nina''s admiration, and was instead busy wiping down his sword with a disgruntled growl.
"Damn! These dam grey wolves! What does that make it now, 10? 15?"
Lucius finally understood why this whole expedition could be considered a form of punishment.
Before the group had split up , Lucius had already been relegated to the role of pack mule and was carrying the heavy magical and science equipment used by the entire group during their journey.
Things had gotten better after the group had split up as each person had to carry their own equipment promoting Lucius from his status as mule.
Unfortunately that''s where the hood times ended.
The area they were given seemed to be particrly active when it came to magic beasts and was by far the ce you could encounter these Greg wolves the most frequently.
This wouldn''t be much of a problem if he had some teammates that could contribute to the fighting but since his only teammate was Nina, a pure nonbatant, his time would be best spent confronting the continuous attack go grey wolves.
But if wasn''t just all negatives, The one good thing about being with Nina was that due to her potionist and alchemist nature, there was no such thing as running out of mana potions so Lucius could fight fiercely whilst drinking mana potions like waterwhenever his mana reserves felt low
Chapter 121 121. Cliff
Chapter 121 121. Cliff
"L-Lucius.. are you done now?" Asked Nina, her voice still shaking a little after witnessing the bloody battle
In response, Lucius quickly flicked the blood off of his sword before Re-sheathing it and saying this
"Don''t worry, that was all of the nearby grey wolves. It should be safe to walk around."
Hearing this, Nina quickly breathed a sigh of relief.
With the guarantee of securityNina quickly calmed back down and although she was slightly worried, it wasn''t long before she was once again absorbed by her research forgetting about her violentexperience not too long ago
Lucius diligently walked behind her watching out and guarding over her whilst still carrying all the equipment.
Fortunately, the journey didn''t continue for much longer before Nina came to a stop right below a giant mountain cliff that was at least a hundred metres tall and spanned as wide as Lucius''s eyes could follow
Unfortunately, this didn''t signal the end of the expedition that Lucius had been hoping for.
Nina stared at the map in confusion, flicking it over and turning it but her expression did not get any better.
Eventually, she turned towards Lucius helplessly
"L-Lucius¡I''m sorry, I think I messed up¡"
Lucius didn''t like the sound of things but knew he still had to Reg and help
"What is it, Nina?"
"This¡ I think I took the wrong route. We''re on the wrong side of the mountain but we still need to scale it and the path is on the other side."
Hearing this, Lucius''s face instantly copsed.
He looked up at the end steep mountain cliff and felt an oing headache
"How long would it take to go around?" asked Lucius
"30 to 40 minutes.." said Nina
But just as Lucius thought things couldn''t get any worse Nina still continued.
"Even though this is the stated time, the route would take us through the heart of Grey Wolf territory so the actual time taken to do it may actually be double that."
Hearing this Lucius'' eyes twitched but seeing Nina who looked evenworse than him and was quite literally on the verge of tears, Lucius just sighed.
But it wasn''t long before Lucius''s sigh turned into a wide smirk.
cing his hand on her head, Lucius lightly ruffled Nina''s hair.
"You don''t need to cry anymore. I''ve already figured out how to handle this."
Before Nina could even ask a question Lucius confidently stepped forward
''Dragon Berserk!''
"Roar!"
A light roar emanated from Lucius''s body as deep crimson lightning flickered all over hisbody condensing into beautiful, ruby red, lightning dragon scales as a pair of raging horns appeared on his head.
After the transformation, Lucius''s arm wrapped around Nina''s waist causing her to yelp out in surprise as he pulled her into his embrace.
The girl looked up at Lucius''s handsome face and was left speechless.
Fortunately Lucius wouldn''t leave herpletely clueless.
"Hold on tight, you won''t want to fall off in what happens next."
As Lucius spoke he benthis knees causing the ground to crack as a terrifying amount of force gathered below him in his legs before¡.
"Boom!"
Suddenly Lucius jumped up, setting off like a rocket and leaving an explosion like crater beneath him as the earth literally shattered under the impact.
The wind screeched and whistled past him as Lucius shot up the side of thecliff at dizzying speeds.
Just as Lucius was about to slow down his wed and dragonified hand that was now sharper than steel pierced into the cliff wall like a knife through butterand Lucius used the gripto generate more momentum and flung himself upwardeven faster!
If someone was standing at the top of the cliff all they would hear would be a deafeningboom as the ground shook and a terrifying looking draconic monster wrapped in crimson lightning, crawledover the cliff edge , like a demon escaping from the deepest pits of hell!
"Gasp!"
Nina gasped and shook as finally took in a clean breath after soaring through the air.
She sent Lucius a slightly hateful re.
If he was going to do something so ridiculous the leastshe could do was send her a heads up!
Fear with Nina''s re Lucius could only scratch his head awkwardly as he deactivated his dragon berserk.
Nina also slowly walked towards the edge of the cliff and looked down.
"Gulp."
she looked down and couldn''t help it feel a little cold.
The height she was standing easily surpassed a hundred metres so a fall from Here would be an instant death, yet somehow Lucius had justscaled this cliff with her in just a few seconds despite only being a first grade fighter!
Monster!
Nina was very sure she was with a disguised monsterin its human form!
"Nina¡ Nina!"
"Huh?"
Lucius''s cry quickly snapped Nina out of her ridiculous conspiracy theories and brought her back to reality
"Nina, didn''t you say that we need to gather and assess the magic nts at the top of the cliff? Let''s get it done as quickly as possible so we can leave this forest."
As Lucius spoke he pointed to the easy tofind group of magic nts.
Although Lucius wasn''t an alchemist or potion master by any means, he could easily identify these magic nts e sure they were quite literally glowing!
It was a small field of dazzling blue lilies that seemed to flicker as strange lights hovered around them like small floating fairies .
"The Pixie''s tear Lily¡" murmured Nina in awe..
Before she knew it, the inner scientist and researcher in her had taken over and it wasn''t long before she was unpacking the testing and gathering gear from Lucius''s backpackas she went over to the patch of glowing lilies barely able to contain her excitement.
A simple fighter like Lucius may not know the importance of these flowers it how could that be the same for a researcher and alchemist like Nina
Chapter 122 122. New Discovery
Chapter 122 122. New Discovery
This was a supreme specimen amongst magic nts. It contained a truly terrifying amount of mana inside it to the point that when enough were gathered mana would start condense and be viable to the naked eye, almost like a group of fluttering pixies, hence the name of the flower.
The use of such a powerful nt couldn''t be underestimated. It was mostly used in powerful potions reserved for 1st ss fighters and mages, even some potions for master ss levelbatants still used this magical nt so even for a ce as wealthy as the sites where you can nt the pixie''s tear lily were of keen interest.
In fact, If it wasn''t for the fact these nts needed to be grown out in the wildbined with the fact it was a good experience for new students in Sanctuary, they would grow internally and closely monitored.
It''s because of the treasured and rare nature that Nina couldn''t hold back her curiosity and excitement as she begs toplete the research tasks and as demented given to her by the magic department
As Nina continued her journey experiments her face was clouded with confusion.
She observed and gathered data on the growth of the pixie lilies but for some strange reason Lucius saw that she kept ncing back and forth between him and the pixie''s tear lily.
That was until Nina''s strangely authoritative voice sounded out
"Lucius can youe help me here, I need to check something"
Lucius was slightly confused but still walked over to help her.
He crouched down next to her to get a good look at the flowers but before Lucius could react, Nina grabbed him by his tie pulling him in
Sniff!
Suddenly, Nina ced her head near his neck and took a strong snif
''WTF!''
Lucius was left shocked but this sudden strange development
But although Lucius was confused, Nina was practically jumping with joy.
"That''s it! I knew I was right!"
Right now she was prancing around with the expression of someone that had discovered a major breakthrough!
" Calm down Nina." Said Lucius
"Care to exin what is going on?"
"Lucius, remember when I first met you and I said you had a nice smell, kind of like the smell of magic?"
"Yeah¡" replied puzzle
"Well, I was slightly off, the smell you had wasn''t that off magic but that of Pixie tear lily. It''s just been so long since Ist smelt one that I couldn''t remember it properly. Pixie''s tears can be used in potions but their scent also has the added effect of stimting and activating the body making it easier to gather mana. It''s because of this that powerful mages in the magic tower often decorate theirboratory with pixie''s tear lilies. But the strangest thing is that you don''t just smell like the pixies tear lilies, you also have the same ability to make it mesh easier for me to gather mana! It''s almost like a mini magic potion!"
At first, when Lucius heard this he was left speechless.
How could his body and smell have the same properties of a magic nt?
But it wasn''t long before the realisation suddenly hit him
''Wait, no way.. is this because of the charming scent talent?''
Gradually, the more Lucius thought about it, the more it made sense.
Now Lucius could understand why the charming scent talent was a purple-grade talent despite most of the time realistically just being a glorified perfume!
If the heroine''s favoured smell was actually something that had special effects then the usefulness of [Charming Scent] could be overwhelming.
It was a talent that didn''t show much ability, but when it did it really shined!
Curious, Lucius couldn''t help but ask,
"So Nina, now that you''ve made this groundbreaking discovery,what do you n to do?"
"Of course I still have to research this"
Stated Nina matter of factly
"I have topare your effects to the effects of the genuine Pixie''s Tear Lily and see how they match up."
Hearing this Lucius nodded understanding as he said
"So you want to carry on sniffing me some more."
It was then and only then, did Nina finally snap out of her scientific fervour.
A fierce blush appeared on her face as she realised just how embarrassing her situation was
"Ding!"
"LP+ 30"
But Lucius seemingly didn''t notice Nina''s embarrassment and carried on speaking
"Well then, since you need as much data as possible, it''s best not to waste any time. Come, let''s sit."
As Lucius said this he sat down against a nearby tree and patted hisp
"L-Lucius , w-what are you trying to do!"
Hearing this Lucius put on an innocent face
"What am I trying to do? I''m not trying to do anything. You need to be close to me to get the best effects. Naturally the best effects could only be gained by sitting in myp."
Seeing Lucius say such shameless words without even blushing left Ninapletely bbergasted.
A boy and girl sitting together so close¡ it was so¡ so lewd!
But then Nina began to hesitate.
Was it actually that lewd? Lucius and her were friends after all¡
Friends hug each other all the time so what''s so different about sitting in Lucius''sp
The poor innocent Nina didn''t know that this was how her "friend" would slowly seduce her to fall into his palms
Eventually whether it was from her naivety or boldness, Nina slowly walked forward before sitting in Luciusp
Her small and petite body sat In hisp and Lucius felt as if someone ced a pillow on him.
She was light as a feather and In Lucius''s mind she felt so fragile as if a hug from him too strong would shatter her to pieces.
And it wasn''t just Lucius who was clouded with misceneous thoughts, Nina''s mind was also running wild, her heart was thumping in her chest so loudly she thought an ass drum was going off.
Her mind struggled to concentrate as she constantly squirmed in between Lucius''s legs as she felt his strong body surround hers
Chapter 123 123. Grey Wolf King
Chapter 123 123. Grey Wolf King
It took a while before Nina could calm down but she eventually did.
The feeling of Lucius hugging her didn''t make her flustered or panic, instead it brought with it a strange sense offort? and security.
With this new feeling of calm, Nina slowly entered a meditative state and began using practising her mana gathering technique:
With seconds she felt like she felt a warm sensation as mana flowed Ito her body.
The rate of gathering mana was nothing too special , just slightly faster than average, but for Nina, she may as well have been flying!
Remember, before now , Nina''s magic talent had been piss poor.
For her, gathering man could only be done at snail pace so even slightly above average was rocket? speed.
Lucius like see the clear change on Nina''s face with her face snow showing a clear look of joy and he just smiled.
He continued Quietly watching over her and letting her continue practising in peace.
It wasn''t until nearly 30 minutes?ter that Nina woke up for her meditative trance.
Realising she? didn''t have to stay on Lucius''sp anymore she quickly got up a little flustered much to Lucius''s amusement.
"So how was it?" asked Lucius a little curious
"It was amazing. Compared to a few Pixie Lilies, the effects of your scent were far superior, at least a. Large bath of pixie''s tear lilies would be needed to match these effects!" Said Nina with obvious? excitement .
"I need topare it with the pixie''s tear lilies a few more times? so I have a wider selection of? solid data but the results have all but been confirmed."
With a new discovery looming? the girl couldn''t stay still and moved towards the group of Pixie''s tear lilies
Lucius watched Nina with a smile for a few seconds before his expression quickly copsed.
Lucius didn''t even have time to think, before his body flew forward
"Kyahh!"
Lucius hugged Nina in his arms rolling with her out the way
"Boom!"
The second they left a hint paw crashed down on the floor leaving a giant crater behind!
It was only at this point did Nina realise that Lucius had saved her life.
After making sure Nina was safe, Lucius didn''t have time to worry about the bad? news and paid more attention to the enemy in front of him.
Standing opposite him was giant? feral beast covered? in thick coat of grey fur, staring at them with red, hate-filled eyes
"A grey wolf¡" muttered Lucius
The grey wolf in question was a massive monster with a size? at least? 3 timesrger than its fellow species, standing at the same height as a bus.? Despite being covers in fire it''s terrifying sucked we''re clearly visible, rippling with every movement
"This isn''t a regr grey wolf, it''s a? grey wolf king¡ That''s at least a peak 2nd ss monster."
In fact, this monster actually shows signs of breaking through to be a 1st ss monster.
Thinking about it, that''s probably why it was lurking around this area so much.
Pixie''s tear lilies were a 1st ss magical nt.
If he could consume this batch of lilies the grey wolf king could break its limit and be a 1st ss magical beast but now Lucius and Nina hade,
Someone had now threatened and challenged its perceived treasure.
If they were to take away these magical nts, the wolf king''s? road forward would be cut off!
Lucius could also sense the unconcealed? aggression emitted from the grey wolf king and slowly drew his sword causing Nina to cry out.
"Lucius, what are you doing?! Have you lost your mind! This is a 2nd ss beast that''s about to break though."
Lucius heard Nina''s cries but did not panic .
"Nina, if you''re worried you should go to the back pack and get out the res gang Diana gave us. With her here we''d be able to easily deal with this monster.
Lucius? knew that the fight was based on pure? base Stats were but Lucius didn''t know that he would still be surprised if he entered his berserk state.
The grey wolf king could also sense Lucius''s aggression and bared its teeth whilst tensing its muscles as it released the aura cultivated by ruling over a species as it tried to suppress Lucius
But when Lucius saw this he just sorted in outrage.
A murderous spark of crimson lifting shed in his eyes as the terrifying aura of a mad dragon burst out from his body pressing down, the wolf King''s body? by a few inches.
The wolf King''s ears slumped slightly as it took a few steps back in shock!!
What is this!
The wolf king couldn''t believe its eyes.
But whilst the wolf king was still stunned, Lucius flew forward.
His sword glistens as it thrust straight o for the wolf king''s eyes!
The wolf king only managed to snap out of its stunned state at thest second.? it? quickly tilted? its head to the side avoiding Lucius''s sword skewering it through the eye. But the wolf king wasn''tpletely out too the woods, the sword still managed to catch the side of the wolf king''s face leaving a terrifying gash as a bucket of blood was sttered throughout the air
"HOWL!"
An infuriated howl of the wolf king shook the forests as the wolf king red at Lucius but all it was met with was the cold gaze of a set of eyes even redder than the bloody? mist surrounding him.
The wolf king rushed forward and fought with a ferocity it had not had to show for a while since it became king, but Lucius was already prepared for this.
Using his trained footwork Lucius stepped out of the range of the wolf''s attacks and the ones he couldn''t avoid or he felt like he didn''t need to, Lucius would use his advanced Sanctuary Sword technique to masterfully deflected the force from the massive wolf to the side.
If the? opportunity presented itself Lucius would deflect the attack and use the opportunity to close the distance and a sh away at the wolf''s unprotected underbelly, causing the wolf king''s attacks to be? even more ferocious, but it was all futile
The level of swordsmanship had left the wolf kingpletely helpless
See, Although Lucius had been confined to a bed these past few weeks his mind was fully functional.
Over the past weeks Lucius had been constantly reying the fight against Louis in his mind and used it to further refine and perfect the Sanctuary Sword Style by eliminating the ws he saw? in his memory.
If Lucius was to try such a Thing before it could only end up in a tragic loss, but now he was a person with talent,! it was actually realistic goal
Lucius said it over and over again, but sometimes talent? really was a scary thing.
Those without it just can''tprehend the world of other people.
Lucius was now confident that if he was to face Louis again, even without the dragon berserk the results would be very different.
Lucius slowly circled? around the giant? wolf king like a bloodthirsty shark.
His n was obvious.
Slowly and carefully? wear down the wolf king, giving it a slow and painful death.
The wolf king wasn''t stupid. With its years of fighting experience, it? could sense Lucius''s n? but even so it was still left helpless.
But that was when a vicious light shed in its eyes as it locked onto a littledy fumbling around with a bag.
An ugly twisted smile appeared on the wolf king''s face as it dashed right past Lucius heading straight for the helpless pink haired girl.
Seeing the approaching giant, Nina shivered and froze in fright but before the grey wolf king could get close a furious figure wrapped in red lightning dragon scales crashed into the grey wolf king sending it flying into a nearby tree.
Despite getting? brutally? hit and shaking its head to sober up the wolf king had a purely vicious smile on its face which only made Lucius''s expression more ugly? and it was deserved.
The wolf king? had perfectly grasped Lucius''s weakness, from now on it would be the one with initiative.
Lucius? knew that Nina would be in danger from now and called out.
"Quickly use those res!"
Nina was? the most panicked , she realised just how little she was contributing to Lucius in this fight.
If it was just? Lucius alone, he could easily take care of the grey wolf king, but now? that he had to protect her she was just being a burden.
But as she looked her face became more panicked and desperate
"L-Lucius, I can''t find the res, I think they may have fallen out."
Hearing this Lucius face turned a little ugly
"Fall out? When?"
That''s when Lucius realised it
''Shit! it must be when I jumped up the cliff!''
Lucius made sure he secured the important scientific equipment but he didn''t pay much attention to everything else, after all, in his mind those were all cheap items that could easily be reced.
Now there was no res to call for backup the situation could only get worse
To make matters worse , the grey wolf king suddenly tilted its head back and howled
"HOWL!!"
But what made Lucius''s skin crawl was the symphony of wolf howls that came back in response.
At first nce they seemed to be endless.
Now the grey wolf king was really starting to show its true power. After all, what use was a king without its subjects?
In just mere moments a group of smaller sized grey wolves were gathered? around the feet of the grey wolf king , greedily eyeing Lucius''s body.
Just as the group of wolf was gathered there was a loud explosion
"Bang!"
A bright light suddenly erupted in the sky drawing everyone''s attention.
Lucius didn''t know when but a fireball had now exploded in the sky.
A first Lucius was surprised before his face suddenly rust out with? a bright? smile
''Good job Nina!'' Thought Lucius to himself
Although Nina wasn''t a fighter she was anything but stupid, if there was no re avable she would use the fireball as a way to generate a re herself!
But Lucius''s good mood was destined to notst for long as soon as symphony of howls echoed out as a wave of grey wolves rushed towards him .
Lucius didn''t back down and walked to approach them blocking their path towards Nina like a stalwart wall.
The sword in Lucius''s hands began to buzz as it burst into a storm of red hot mes.
Lucius stepped forward and swung his sword bisecting through five leaping wolves leaving behind the sucking stench of blood burnt flesh.
But even with that two wolves managed to break through relying on sheer numbers and bit down hard on Lucius''s waist.
"Crunch!"
Fortunately, Lucius was wrapped in a set of hard scales so although a terrifying crushing force was applied, Lucius''s skin wasn''t pierced.
But this didn''t mean Lucius was unaffected, no, on the contrary, Lucius was fucking furious!
A terrifying red light shed in his eyes as hair scaled hands sped around the throats of the biting wolves, lifting them high and crushing their throats before crushing their throats throughout their desperate yelps.
Lucius tossed over the dead bodies to the feet of the wolf king in a clear tant taunt.
But the Grey wolf king was destined to be the one with thestugh as right after the bodynded Lucius heard a set of howls from behind him and these howls weren''t just anywhere, they wereing from Nina''s direction.
Lucius''s face instantly copsed as he turned away from the wolf king and rushed towards Nina.
But? the wolf king was already prepared as a wave of wolf was rushed out but did different? formst time , the Grey wolf king was at the front leading them!
Lucius wanted to ignore them and focus on rescuing Nina but he new doing so was simply suicide.
So with a truly enraged expression on his face Lucius''s brandished his sword? and shed out to meet the w swipe of the grey wolf king
"Bang!"
Lucius met the strike of the wolf king''s head in sending shockwaves rippling through the air, but the other grey wolves took this as a chance and began to? snap at his lower body,? but they were instantly met with a terrifying kick shattering their bones.
Lucius decimated the surrounding grey wolves and tried to break through and reach Nina but the second he made a breakthrough the Grey Wolf king would pounce forward with a ferocity that left Lucius stunned.
Lucius fought back brutally tearing apart the wolves all around him but he soon realised that breaking away from the Wolf King would be impossible without sacrifice.
With that Lucius ignored the iing attack of the grey wolf king and and clenched the sword in his hand as the muscles in his back squirmed
At the same time The eyes of the grey wolf? King lit up as she mped down on Lucius arm.
"Crack!"
The sickening sound simr to the sound of popping? popcorn sounded in Lucius ears as the pain caused his face? grimaced but he ignored it and locked onto the wolves that were lunging towards and three his sword forward
"Boom!"
The were was a sonic boom as the sword tore through the air with a deafening screech
The force was so terrifying that as the sword passed through the body of the wolves they exploded in the sky like a burst pi?ata!
The brutal sight was enough to leave the nearby wolves stunned but it onlysted for a short time.
Not too long after the wolves regained their confidence? and started to move towards Nina again.
This time Nina was prepared and made the decision to stop sending fireballs into the sky as res and managed to summon a mana shield to surround herself and protect her.
But although Lucius saw that Nina was safe he didn''t breathe a sigh of relief.
Instead he felt the anger in him begin to surge again
Seeing the greedy eyes of the gang of wolves, that he could crush with a mere finger, continue to stalk and surround Nina, Lucius''s mind was ovee with so much rage it nearly went nk, and as this was going on, a terrifying amount? of anger and hatred built up in his throat.
"ROAR!"
For a few seconds after that , the world seemed to freeze
The sound that reverberated through the air was terrifying!
Like rage incarnate, the sound travelled through the body and mind of every creature? present filling them with the berserk madness that was bubbling? in Lucius''s heart, freezing them
In ce as they struggled to ovee the force of pure madness itself!
The grey wolf king was forced to take steps back in terror and dismay as it struggled to shake off the maddening effects
But although it was bad for the grey wolf king it was even worse for the grey wolves
The approaching swarm froze in ce, they didn''t dare move.
The ones that did move had lost all sense of sanity and plunged into pure hysteria!
The feeling they all felt? was something instinctual to them
It was The warning of an archaic crazed beast not to intrude on its territory.
They instantly felt like they were in the territory of a monster? and taking or more step could only mean death!
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The grey wolf king soon? snapped out of its fearful trance and released a low guttural growl instructing its wolf subordinates to swarm Lucius once again, but after realising that it''s subordinates were? tantly? ignoring his instructions from sheer fear the old king was left furious!
The wolf king let off a roar once more, but after continuing to see no visible change in the attitude of his subordinates the wolf king new he was left with no choice.
The wolf king raised its head high toward the sky as the muscles around its neck swelled.
The grey wolf king then opened his mouth just? as Lucius had been bracing himself for a devastating roar, but he was soon surprised to hear absolutely nothing.
Despite Lucius being unaffected and feeling? no audible change, the same could not be said about the surrounding grey wolves.
As soon as the wolf king opened its mouth the surrounding grey wolves all froze solid creating an eerie sight.
Their frozen state onlysted shortly however as not too long after that they began to twitch and spasm with some of the grey wolves even frothing at the mouth.
A berserk red light rapidly grew? within their eyes? as the wolves seemed to grow more and more furious
"Howl! Howl! Howl!"
All of a sudden the wolves simultaneously let off? a collective howl as they rushed towards Lucius at once!
This was the true power of the Grey Wolf King.
His magical ability wasn''t something too showy or mind blowing but it was something terrifyingly powerful.
It was the psychic power to implement dominate and control the weaker members of his race to the point that they would willingly kill themselves for him.
After all, it was only with such a power bag he could be deemed truly worthy of the title of the Grey wolf king!
The wolves had changedpletely.
If before they could be deemed as a group of individuals, now they had truly be one singr swarm!
The Life? of its subrodinates was not considered by any? metric by king grey wolf instead its only thought was just how to ovee Lucius with sheer numbers.
But even if the wolves had lost all sense of survival instincts, Lucius was no pushover.
He tore apart the wolves like they were pieces of paper.
He had lost his sword a while ago so he used his scaled hands to tear them to shreds.
But Lucius was still human after all, even if he was not defeated there more wolf bodies piling up, faster than he could move his arms.
The wolves seemed to be in endless supply constantly pouring out of the forest just to jump on Lucius even if they were almost instantly Beheaded in the process.
Such a mindless and reckless abdomen of the wolves lives would have a devastating effect on the long time survivability of the grey wolf species as a whole but the king was so blinded by rage and anger he didn''t even care!
The reckless waste of wolf lives Continued until Lucius? was quite literally buried alive under the mountain of feral wolves!
By now the wolves had bit into every avable gap in his body, finally cracking through his scales and spilling so I h blood over Lucius
But they were forgetting one important detail
Just as much as Lucius''s blood was part dragon it was the same as the barbarian high king!
Barbarians, a race forged and born in violence and battle how could they fear bloodshed
The more blood spilled, the more his mind was left? nk? with pain, the more rage that built up in his heart, and the stronger Lucius became!
Glug! Glug! Glug!
The blood in Lucius'' body was pouring from his brutal wounds and was leaving his damaged body as a truly terrifying sight, but all this while,? Lucius''s heart didn''t stop working, pumping blood around his body like a raging river sending it roaring through his veins
Badum! Badum! Badum!
His heart beating hard already started beating even harder to the point it almost jumpers out of Lucius heat.
At first, it was like the sound of a bass but it continued until it was no different than thunder roaring in the sky causing even the mountain of vicious wolves to shake under the heartbeat until...
BOOM!
An explosion of red bio electricity, shook the earth blinding the world in a deep
Crimson red!
If you were paying attention you could see the red electric tendrils snake down his back forming a massive rage? lightning tail
But Lucius''s fury couldn''t just end there!
Woosh!
The air screamed as a set? of giant lightning wings unfurled sending the pile of wolves swirling in a storm fully revealing the monster beneath
A giant figure covered in scales with a long tail and giant wings each oneposed of flicking red lightning.
Suddenly the Grey wolf king rushed over to Lucius and that''s when Grey Wolf King realised he had truly fucked up
The person he was facing was not the same one he had started the fight with
Ignoring the obvious change in physical appearance, the change he felt was deeper, more psychological
The whites in Lucius''s eyes evaporated, leaving thempletely red flickering with the overflowing sparks of rage lightning
The wolf king opened its mouth to bite down, but? that''s when Lucius arms shot out like thunder
"Bang!"
His hand flew out like a hammer shattering the wolf kings? teeth causing it to yell in pain, but before it''s cries couldpletelye out,? Lucius''s other scaled? Hand grabbed the wolf king by the jaw as it helplessly squirmed.
The wolf king was heldpletely in ce by Lucius''s hands almost like a helpless rabbit
But even with this, Lucius wasn''t done yet.
His wings pped as he soared into the sky, with the giant body of the wolf king in tow.
It was only when Lucius was at least hundreds of meters in the air that Lucius twisted and spun his body hurling the giant body of the wolf king back onto the floor.
But as the wolf king crashed down,? Lucius smirked evilly as coating of terrible mes flickered all over his body as flew back? down smashing into the body of the Grey wolf King!
"Boom!"
The giant ming monstrosity crashed into the floor like a raging meteor sending a raging dust wave exploding out as the grass surrounding the greenery burst into mes.
From the ruined hell scape , a giant monster wrapped in crimson lightning slowly crawled out.
With an aura so berserk and crazed it could make even the most ferocious demons shiver. Lucius scanned the surrounding group of wolves as a vicious smile appeared on his face.
With his current strength numbers were useless!
But before Lucius could act he suddenly froze as he looked up into the sky
Suddenly the terrifying shrieking sound erupted in the sky sounding the like needless cries of countless torture ghosts.
It wasn''t long before a terrifying ck swarm of arrows appeared in the sky and blotting out the sun before crashing down.
It was horrific.
The sight seemed almost apocalyptic.
Everyone under the sky was helpless in front of this arrow rain.
Soon the endless shrieks? of wolves sounded out as downs of arrows all pierced through every wolf present
Eyes, nose, head, each weak point was hit, filling up each wolf with enough arrows that they looked more like porcupines.
Even Lucius remained stunned for a while.
Such a disy of power was different from his terrifying and crushing? brute force show by Lucius, it was a Swift and quick death.
Like the kiss of the grim reaper that would send you to the after life cleanly with stunning swiftness
A fire that makes tens of wolves a fall on the floor at the same time dying instantly!
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Lucius didn''t have to think too hard and could instantly figure out who was behind the attacks.
In fact, Lucius didn''t have to even figure out who it was as not too long after the person in question appeared like a ghost standing on top of a tall tree branch, her snow-white hair flowing through the air.
Diana watched the cruel scene of mass ughter with no expression on her face but as she saw something it was impossible for her to remain calm.
Diana was simply left speechless
''Who¡what was this!''
In front of her was what could only be described as a monster!
Flickering scalesposed of crimson lightning, a giant pair of wings and a long, swaying tail.
This didn''t even begin to describe the erratic and maddening aura that radiates from the being.
It was only after getting a closer look with her hawk-like eyes that she made out the man within the monster, but this didn''t lessen her shock in any way
''No way... Is¡ is that Lucius?!''
The truth was in front of her eyes but it was still difficult for Diana to ept it as the aura around him was too unsettling. She even subconsciously began to raise her bow in defence
Lucius had also been watching Diana but when he saw her slowly lift her bow his face instantly copsed
The wings on his back pped causing Lucius''s body to flicker forward at unimaginable speeds
Due to her shock and awe, Daina was still a bit slow to react, only being stunned for a brief second, but with the speeds Lucius was moving at, a second was all he needed!
His giant monstrous physiquended in front of Diana as his draconic bore down on her like a demonic dragon descending from the skies
The red rage burning in Lucius''s eyes didn''t hold back as sparks erupted from them crackling over his body
.The mad aura around Lucius was overbearing. It was like standing at the edge of a massive bonfire, the terrifying aura would sear your skin!
If Diana was any ordinary person she may have just copsed from the aura alone but Diana was anything but ordinary. The blood of a great hero flowed in her veins, so Diana just let off a cold snort.
The bow in her hand began to buzz and shake as a white and saintly glow started to emote from the weapon in her hand.
In just an instant the overbearing aura of Lucius faded away like a patch of melting snow.
She stood confidently in the face of Lucius''s aura, the pride and power in being the descendant of one of the great heroes not letting her take even the slightest step back.
Lucius was perfectly matched!
But even if Diana had easily resisted Lucius''s aura, Lucius was still the one with thestugh.
Seeing Diana standing in front of him, Lucius looked down on her , sneered and just turned away.
He wasn''t there to Fight Diana after all.
He had just been sick and tired of Diana targeting him the entire day he had been able to bear with it til now but raising a bow at him was too much.
This was not a fight but a disy of power, a threat even.
It was to show that, he, Lucius Vexx could still be a threat to even a descendant of heroes.
Diana knew what Lucius was trying to do but what made her even more annoyed was that it had worked!
She was an archer after all.
Any other hero may have snorted at Lucius''s provocation but the same couldn''t be said about her.
At range, she was confident in annihting Lucius but up close she was only stronger than average and it would still take much more than that to take down the monster in front of her.
Diana could only grit her teeth and stamp her feet in hatred as she watched Lucius fly over to Nina.
The second Luciusnded near Nina he quickly put away his berserk aura and retreated his transformation.
But even with this, he could still see that Nina was still shaking.
Lucius didn''t say much and hugged her body tightly.
Sure a little bit of the reason for her shaking was the feat she felt in front of the endless amount of monsters, but if one went past the obvious it was much deeper than that.
Nina was an extremely astute individual
She knew just how much of a burden she was. She had stood there as useless as could be
For someone as kind hearted as Nina it nearly broke her heart to do that to anyone much less Lucius, her first true friend in life!
"Lucius, it''s really like my t teachers said. I''m useless. You should have just left me to die alone. now look at you. You''re covered in blood and terrifying wounds and yet I did nothing but make your situation worse."
Lucius only realised now that he was covered in blood.
The wounds had long since started scanning over
Barbarians were a group of lunatics who fought shirtless, wounds like that were asmon to a barbarian as simply breathing.
Under such circumstances, the scabbing and recovery ability of a barbarian could be deemed supernatural adding the blood of the high king of barbarians and a scientific dragon into the mix only made things more magical.
The wounds were already recovering, and even if they weren''t, Lucius wouldn''t care.
"Nina, you better get these ridiculous thoughts out of your head right now."
"Huh?"
Lucius''s stern and powerful voice was so unexpected, that Nina didn''t even know what to say.
"If someone doesn''t know how to use your talent, how is it your fault? All the words of the people before you are nonsense spouted by fools."
"But Lucius, my magic tutor said this and even the magic tower said¡"
"The magic tower doesn''t know shit!"
This time, Nina''s jaw dropped to the ground.
The magic tower could be said to be the heart of the academic world in today''s era.
The ce was filled with nothing short of the greatest minds of today and yet Lucius had ndered them, And the craziest part of it all was that Lucius didn''t appear to be joking!
"Nina, listen to me, Your talent isn''t in directbat and it will never be.
No, your talent It''s something that surpasses that.
The ability of creation and invention isn''t simply a personal talent, no, it''s universal.
You can create something that surpasses imagination that can revolutionise not just magic, but the entire world as a whole!"
Hearing Lucius thunderous and shocking words, Nina was left in awe as she opened up her now sparkling eyes
"R-really, you think I can do something like that?"
Lucius just smirked
"I don''t think Nina, I know."
The confidence struck Nina speechless, rattling around in her head like a ping-pong ball
''Th..that''s right. If Lucius believes in me
Then maybe I can do this.. he''s never been wrong about anything so far¡''
The thought of her one true friend having almost blind faith in her was something extremely alien for Nina.
She has never experienced something like this before having someone actually bribe in and trust her so it naturally made her want to get up and try her best.
But even more than that, the words of Lucius had rekindled something she thought long lost hidden deep inside her.
Ambition.
The orphan girl who had magically discovered two golden talents
The girl who thought she could rise up to be an amazing heroic person of the next generation.
The ambitious girl who had been crushed by the years of sneering and brutal disparagement from the members of Magic Tower was now reborn again thanks to Lucius''s encouraging words and now she wanted to live up to his aspirations!
¡.
Lucius''s talk with Nina was very effective, almost instantly eliminating her sadness and depression allowing them to begin their journey back rather quickly
The journey back was much calmer.
The Stunt Lucius pulled didn''t affect his result and scoring in any way, in fact when he took into ount that Lucius had to fight and defeat, the Grey wolf King
In that regard, Diana''s character wasmendable. To not let personal emotions affect her evaluations, she was a better person than Lucius for sure.
Lucius was currently walking through the hallway of the magic department and taking some of the equipment to the storage room, one of hisst tasks before he could leave
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Lucius was so focused onpleting his task as quickly as possible he didn''t pay attention as he turned the corner.
Crash!
Lucius''s taller body crashed into a much smaller person sending the contents in both parties'' hands and scattering them across the floor.
Lucius looked down and was about to give the person who crashed into him a piece of his mind when he suddenly froze.
Looking down, Lucius could see a familiar pair of purple eyes ring at him hatefully.
"Cough! Veronica, what are you doing here?" Asked Lucius
Veronica was clearly annoyed as her voice contained a level of ice I was Lucius hadn''t heard in a while.
"What am I doing here? I''m part of the magi department, it''s normal for me to help out from time to time. The real question should be what you''re doing here?"
Lucius''s answer wasn''t one to be proud of.
"Erm¡ it''s my punishment, remember? Community service."
Seeing Lucius''s embarrassed look, Veronica was about to snicker but when she reasoned something she didn''t just snicker, instead she Suddenly burst out into a dazzling smile
"Since things are like this you should help me out"
Lucius sighed but didn''t say much.
He knew that sometimes when someone got like this the best answer was to just shut up and help them out..
¡..
Fortunately for Lucius helping out Veronica didn''t take long and to make things even better it was on the way Lucius was headed to anyway so he managed to help her out in the process regardless
"Haaa! Done!" Said Lucius patting his hands and wiping off some sweat on his brows
Lucius looked at his work with a satisfied smile.
"Veronica, we''re done now! Now we can finally take a break and even go somewhere after."
Lucius was already one foot out of the door but before he couldpletely step out, Veronica dragged him back inside the storage room, barely even closing the door behind her.
Before Lucius could offer a protest
"Mmmh ¡ haa¡ Veronica, are we doing it here?"
"Why not?" Replied Veronica, unceremoniously taking off Lucius'' shirt.
"But are you sure it''s a good idea, aren''t girls supposed to feel sore after their first time?"
"Why would I feel pain? That''s what healing potions are for, dummy. If you are too scared then we can just¡"
"Too scared?"
All of a sudden Lucius snapped
Having his manliness and courage directly challenged stimted Lucius like never before
"I''m not scared, I was just worried for you. But now that you''ve asked for it, You better notin."
As he spoke Lucius''s crimson eyes seemed to burn like bonfires, unscrupulous crawling over
Of course, Lucius couldn''t forget his regrbo.
''System, buy me 1 baby be gone pill and one 1 sensitivity potion.''
There was a faint Flickr rod light as the two items appeared in Lucius''s hands.
Lucius quickly swallowed the pill and applied the sensitivity potion masterfully.
With that Lucius didn''t hold back.
His hands slowly caressed Veronica''s body with a sense of delicateness. His fingers slid across her stic skin sending small jolts rippling across her body every second.
"Mmhh~~"
Lucius''s hands still snaked around Veronica''s body slowly reaching down to her lower body when Lucius was shocked to find a new discovery
"Wow, so wet already I''ve not even done much yet!"
Veronica right now was soaking wet!
The instant she heard this, Veronica''s face turned as red as an apple.
No wonder she wanted to fuck again, this bitch was way hornier than him!
Lucius didn''t say much and bent her over the table, sticking her massive ass up into the sky.
As a man of culture, Lucius had to pause for a few seconds in amazement and admire the magical view in front of him.
Gulping down his saliva,
Lucius held his killer tool in his hand and slowly pushed it into Veronica''s vagina
"Mmh~"
The second Lucius tip entered Veronica''s vagina her whole body shivered.
Lucius could even feel her vagina twitching and contrating as it wanted to pull him inside.
Lucius was never one to go against the flow, so he let things just happen and thrust deeper inside
*pa!*
His waist smacked against, Veronica''s supple flesh sending ripples across her plump ass.
The sight was so mesmerising that Lucius couldn''t hold himself back and slowly raised his hand
Smack!
"L-Lucius!"
A faint red hand mark appeared on Veronica''s soft white cheeks at the same time Veronica''s even redder andpletely embarrassed face turned around.
"What do you think you''re doing!"
But despite being faced with Veronica''s familiar angry face, Lucius didn''t take it to heart.
It was just hard to take any threats seriously from a girl when your dick was quite literally inside her!
So instead of backing down, a sly smirk appeared on Lucius''s lips.
I''m this moment Lucius had awakened the desire of the revolutionary soldier hidden deep within his bones.
Today, for all the helplessmon people suffering within the empire he would punish this arrogant noble girl once again with his dick!
Lucius''s sword of revolution showed no mercy leaving the once arrogant noble girl twitching around his dick as he constantly spanked both of her ample cheeks
The thrill and excitement gained by fucking wildly in broad daylight was something else entirely!
The feeling of doing something immoral and risqu¨¦ brought a sense of pleasure that would be impossible to get inside the bedroom
*Pa!* *Pa!* *Pa!*
The stic ripple From each stroke against Veronica''s cheeks could clearly be seen by Lucius which just stimted him to try harder!
Smack!
Lucius''s hand came down once again smacking her jello-like ass , causing another loud cry to escape from Veronica''s slips
"Ahh~"
Her Pussy twitched tightening around Lucius''s staff but Lucius still managed to maintain enoughposure to carry on
" Shh Veronica, we don''t want to get caught now do we?"
But Lucius'' actions were directly contradictory to his words.
He thrusts himself deeper and more wildly leaving her legs shaking as an electrifying pleasure travelled up her spine leaving her mind nk.
Her tongue was left hanging out her mouth leaving her like a panting dog as an almost pink hue glowed from her dazzling purple eyes.
Lucius was drowning Veronica in pleasure but the man wasn''t done yet.
He lifted her up and turned her around to face him.
Lucius''s hands melded into her marshmallow-like ass, as he was overwhelmed with a soft fluffy sensation.
Veronica''s soft and stic body pressed against Lucius''s body, herrge white peaks against Lucius'' strong and broad chest.
As this happened spread apart her legs and thrust in his dick so far it was hitting her cervix!
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Veronica almost screamed but before a sound came out, Lucius locked lips with her
*Slurp! *Slurp*
Veronica wrapped around and sucked in his tongue like a snake, gunning for his saliva like a desperate and dehydrated woman that had juste out of a desert.
Lucius was thrusting his hips wildly when his body shivered all of a sudden.
He was certain that he briefly saw a pair of shing blue eyes outside his vision!
Lucius didn''t panic, he first pretended he didn''t see them and carried on like usual and slowly turned his head to the side and saw the blue eyes through the corners of his vision
That''s when Lucius had a shocking realisation
''Alice?''
For a second Lucius, felt terrible.
Although Alice had a dynamite body. She was apletely innocent girl at heart, sometimes to the point it was even childlike.
And yet he had shown such a pure innocent girl, something like this.
The pure innocent world of the girl had been living in shattered and would nevere back.
Lucius truly did feel a bit embarrassed and shameful but the shame onlysted for a few moments before a second kind of feeling
It was the kind of twisted feeling you get when you ssh ink all over a piece of pure white paper. It was like smashing and destroying an exquisitely crafted Lego art piece
He had tainted her, and all with his own two hands
His little brother swelled evenrger as he became thirsting faster
An evil smile crept up on his lips as he turned towards her and a different feeling took over his body.
All of a sudden Lucius''s head snapped over towards Alice. His burning crimson eyes locked with her ocean blue ones and
mouthed a few words
''I''
''You''
"Thud!"
All of a sudden Alice dropped onto the floor shocked and stunned!
She was so embarrassed that she was caught in the act she froze on the spot.
Like a deer in headlights, she stood in ce forgetting to even breathe.
It was only when Lucius tilted his head that Alice snapped back into reality andically scrambled to her feet fleeing away!
But after making such amotion it was impossible for Veronica to not notice anything.
Hearing the sound Veronica tried to turn around through herboured breaths
"Ahe~ What¡ what was that..?"
Hearing Veronica''s question, Lucius just chuckled
"There''s nothing to worry about, it was just a chair that fell over ."
Veronica wanted to question Lucius again but before she could Lucius thrust himself inside even deeper leaving her moaning helplessly¡.
¡.
A few minutes ago
Alice''s POV
Alice was simply walking through the hallways of the magic department
As a talented magic student with a golden grade talent, Alice had been closely monitored and assisted but the teachers of the magic dependent so she was called in for some extra work to help her progress on the weekends.
It''s because of that that she was currently walking through the hallway taking the equipment towards the storage room
But as Alice was waking through the hallway and approaching her destination she suddenly paused
All of a sudden she could hear some strange and unfamiliar noises. What''s more, was that these peculiar noises seemed to being from a human.
Alice was a naturally curious person so when she heard these strange noises she liked to resist the urge it go over and investigate and it was what she saw that would forever change her life.
"This¡ what are they doing?"
Alice''s beautiful eyes widened to the size of giant saucers as she stumbled forward
As Alice looked over she could see two figures engaged in something she had never seen before
"S..sex!"
Just as she started watching, Alice felt her body heat up in embarrassment but also some other strange sensation
The two figures she saw were there on top of each other breeding like animals!
Alice hade from a rural barony, so she was used to seeing animals and even seen them do the dirty and breed a few times
It''s just that She just never could have expected for humans to do the same thing!
The actions were so wild and vulgar and yet¡.
They seemed to be having a good time!
They looked like they were feeling so good!
Alice could see the two faces of both Lucius and Veronica that were twisted in pure pleasure
She and Veronica weren''t close at all.
They had only met a few times and their only connection was through Lucius but the few times she had met she could tell that Veronica was quite a proud and arrogant person
But now that same usually haughty Veronica was making such a perverse face
Alice was left stunned
"Does¡ does it really feel so good?"
Alice looked at Veronica''s pussy that seemed to be dripping with an endless amount of juices
"She seems to be cing that big pole in here..."
As Alice spoke, her hand wandered underneath her skirt to her forbidden ce and rubbed it slightly.
Normally she didn''t feel much when she touched there but now that she was watching the scene in front of her her body was heating up abnormally as a burst of pleasure ran up her thighs
Her body shivered and the feeling she had got better and better until eventually, just rubbing herself wasn''t enough and she slipped a finger inside and
"Ah~"
A short moan escaped her lips.
It was quiet and brief, and she was certain that she wouldn''t be heard over Veronica''s continuous moans but much to her dread, Lucius''s head suddenly snapped to her as she saw a pair of shocked and hazy crimson eyes looking back at her
Alice froze for a second, but her face instantly went red. At that moment She wanted to die with embarrassment!
Her mind went nk.
She just froze still, hoping that this was an ident, that it was all a dream and that Lucius didn''t see anything.
But unfortunately, Alice''s wishes couldn''t be met as an evil smirk appeared on Lucius''s lips
He lifted up Veronica her head on his shoulders, spreading her cheeks so that Alice could get a clear view of everything that was happening as he violently fucked her!
The entire time he was doing so he locked eyes with Alice who was watching on in both shock and awe.
And all of a sudden, Lucius mouthed something
''I''
''See''
''You''
Alice fell back in shock!
She barely recovered from such a situation before quickly scrambling to her feet before rushing out and running away from the room
The entire time that Alice was running away her thoughts were in utter chaos
"Oh no! What do I do now? He saw me, he definitely saw me!"
Her thoughts were so scattered that Alice didn''t even know how long she was running for, she just knew that it had been quite a long time
At this point in time, she wasn''t even thinking straight and that''s why she soon bumped into somebody.
"Huh, Alice?"
"Huh, Landon?"
Alice looked at the person she bumped into but she really wasn''t in the mood to speak right now
She quickly pushed Landon out of the way and tried to move on but before she could, Landon reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"Alice, are you sure you''re okay? Your face is abnormally red and you''re breathing heavily. By all means you are not well. Alice, I''m trying to help you."
Normally Alice got along well with Landon and found him nice to be around but right now she was extremely pissed off!
She didn''t think twice before flinging Landon''s arm off her wrists before she snapped
"I''m fine Landon, so just leave me alone, okay? I don''t need your kindness and I don''t need you to interfere in everything."
"Wait, Alice!"
Landon tried to call out to Alice again but by now she had long since run off.
Landon was just left standing in the hallwaypletely stunned.
He really didn''t understand women!
He only wanted to help her and was worried about her but somehow he had now be the bad guy!
Mumbling about the absurdity of the situation Landon walked through the hallways of the magic department when he suddenly saw Veronica and Lucius awkwardly walk out of a nearby storage room.
The naive Landon didn''t suspect a thing.
In fact, he saw this as a good opportunity and walked up to the two of them and eagerly asked
"Do you guys have any idea what could be wrong with Alice? She crashed into me as she was running through the hallway and her face was entirely red and her body was shaking. If I didn''t know any better I would have thought she saw a ghost or something. But what makes it worse
As Veronica heard this her eyes narrowed as she looked over to Lucius with a smile that wasn''t really a smile.
"Well, well, well, I wonder what could have caused that?" Said Veronica
"Maybe it was just a ''chair''"
"A what?" Asked Landon confused
"Oh, nothing replied'' Veronica
But as Lucius heard this, his whole body shivered as he was ovee with an ominous sensation.
And it was rightly so as not too long after Lucius felt a sharp pain at the side of his waist as Veronica twisted and pinched him, but Lucius could only grit his teeth and smile as he suffered in silence
Veronica was a smart woman.
Seeing as she quoted him verbatim, it was obvious that the cat was out of the bag so this was definitely his punishment for trying to pull one over there
Besides, if he was being honest, after his crazy actions today, Lucius felt like he really deserved one ¡..
Chapter 128 128. Meeting the Leaders (1)
128 128. Meeting the Leaders (1)
Many hours had passed since the encounter with Alice and Veronica and by now the sun was beginning to set as night fall came around
Lucius hadn''t been doing much after the eventful afternoon and spent some time resting.
Of course he had to spend some time cating and making it up to Veronica before she let him off the hook but Lucius still had gotten some time to rest.
Unfortunately, time waits for no one and Lucius was destined to be busy today.
When the sky shows its first signs of darkness a sneaky figure could be seen creeping into Lucius''s room, but this time Lucius wasn''t surprised by this littledy''s sudden entrance.
"Ready?" asked Lucius.
"Yes, young leader." Replied Cami promptly
I''ve already contacted them beforehand and ensured that everything will be ready." Said Cami
"Very well then." Said Lucius
"Let''s not waste any more time then."
As Lucius said this he pulled out an ink ck wolf mask that covered the top half of his face. Completely obscuring his face leaving only his burning crimson eyes that seemed to be a portal into hell!
Likewise, Cami pulled out an ink ck cat mask covering her face revealing only her dazzling amethyst pupils.
From this point on they would no longer be students of sanctuary.
They would instead be wanted domestic terrorists whose names would be used to scare noble children to sleep, the head and the assistant of the Revolutionary army!
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Two figures could be seen slipping through the shadows on the dark shadowy streets of the imperial capital.
All that would ur would be a sh of wind and the flicker of a few shadows before everything would return back to normal leaving anyone nearbypletely oblivious to the fact that two people had dashed past.
After several minutes of travel and reaching the shady areas located within the capital the two arrived.
It was a rather obscure building but despite being obscure, it was also obvious that it''s wasn''tpletely empty either.
From time to time a person could be seen leaving the building showing that it was still active despite being in an obscure ce.
Cami took onest check to confirm that this was truly the right ce and then the pair in their simr ink ck wolf and cat masks walked up to the door but it didn''t take long for them to be stopped
"Hold on! Who are you two?"
Lucius just paused and blinked in surprise "Haven''t you been told Iing today? I''m your boss."
But this time it was the guard''s turn to be surprised
"Boss? I only have one boss and that''s Big sis Reina, only she can tell me what to do, not some freak in a mask."
Lucius was fine with the misunderstanding but being called a geek out of nowhere was starting to get on his nerves as his eyebrows twitched in annoyance.
Unfortunately for the guard, when it came to insults there was a person that was even angsty than Lucius himself!
Hearing that a mere street thug dared to insult the young leader nearly made Cami burst a blood vessel! She quickly unsheathed her two daggers as a bloody aura exploded around making the guard shiver in fright
Fortunately, before Cami could act, the front door was kicked open
"Big sis-"
But before the man could speak, Reina''s fist flew out upper cutting him into the sky causing us toe crashing down!
"Bang!"
"Dumbass! What did I tell you before?!"
"Didn''t I tell you that your real boss ising today so don''t mess up and look at what you do? I even told you that he woulde in a mask and be apanied by someone else but your dumbass can''t even do this correctly!"
The guard didn''t dare look up as he looked at the two figures he just stopped and insulted.
His boss Reina was already a terrifying figure but look how much emphasis she ced on this mysterious boss that wasing. this could only mean one thing, they could only be even more terrifying than her!
All of sudden those figures grew to the size of giants as a terrifying shiver ran through his body as he didn''t dare look up.
Lucius just scanned over the poor guard once more before not paying him anymore attention.
Reina didn''t dy any more and quickly grabbed his arm as she wrapped her around his
"Snort!"
Cami''s disgusted and annoyed snort fell on deaf ears as Reina continued to lead Lucius inside
"Well, are you proud of me? Although the quality of men I could get weren''t much better, I still felt I managed to meet expectations."
Hearing this Lucius smiled a little behind his mask.
"Yes, yes you did meet expectations you did well"
As Lucius spoke he lightly patted her hair causing Reina to snuggle oo into his chest a little trying to act cute.
Lucius didn''t mind it too much but Cami on the side Beale blew a fuse her eyelids started twitching she had to rely on heavy breathing and her years of assassin training to remain calm and not lunge at the barbaric vixen.
"Reina, do you know what we''re doing today?" Asked Lucius
"Yeah, I''m finally meeting the people in the revolutionary army."
"I don''t think you need to make a big deal out of all this, I''ve already met the people you''ve sent from the army to assist me over here so I think I can handle them just fine"
Hearing this Lucius just shook his head."
"No you haven''t really met them. The only one you''ve really met is Albert and he shouldn''t be counted.
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"Albert shouldn''t bepared to them and that''s for one simple reason. He''s too loyal. No matter what you do Albert won''t hurt you because that''s my order but that''s not the case for the other old ghosts, Especially that old fox, if he thinks for a second you are a threat to the revolutionary cause your head will go flying. Remember, this is something they''ve been working on their entire lives. If something goes wrong their heads will roll and everything they ever cared about would be burned to the ground. They can''t afford any mistakes. They''d rather kill 1000 innocents than take the chance to ruin anything."
"Gulp."
Lucius spoke in such a serious voice that Reina couldn''t help but gulp nervously.
She hadn''t forgotten for a second that she was now in bed with lunatics.
They were a group that could be deemed as a threat to humanity but the empire and the actions they would have had tomit to earn that title were enough to kill the weak hearted from the sheer shock factor alone.
Reina didn''t speak much after that incident and led Lucius and Veronica into the room to a ce she had deemed off limits for the regr members of her rely recruited gang
Remember this ce was just a front for the Revolutionary Army.
Almost all of the members didn''t even know that they were working for the Revolutionary Army behind the scenes!
Lucius walked into the room and was greeted by the sight of a refined grey haired man.
The man was dressed in a smart ck suit and made a polite bow as soon as Lucius entered the room despite the fact that he was still wearing his mask.
"Greetings young Leader"
Seeing this Lucius just waved his hand.
"Come on now Uncle Albert, there is no need for the formalities between us."
"I''m just paying my respects to the Leader of the organisation, Master Lucius."
Hearing Albert''s new tone of addressing, Lucius''s mouth twitched
"You know what, I prefer young leader."
Hearing Lucius''s words a stare Siri appeared on Alerts face before quickly reverting to his normal professional expression as he continued to speak out.
"As you''ve been focused on attending and blending in at Sanctuary Academy, I inspected the organisation and helped around a bit with the organisation built by Reina and I do have to admit, it has its uses and although the quality of troops is far inferior to the revolutionary army they can still y a part here and there."
"There are still a few more details that j would like to discuss with you but you''re not here for this today."
As Albert spoke he reached into his pocket and brought out a pocket watch to check the time.
"He should be here any time now ."
As soon as Albert''s voice sounded out there was the sh of a small silver circle as a tall robed man suddenly appeared in the room.
The hooded figure held a long staff within his right hand whilst a long ck robe cloaked his entire figure hiding his face leaving only his rather long grey beard visible.
The robed man looked around slightly before raising his arm across his chest and nodding towards Lucius
"Greetings Young Leader."
"It''s nice to see you again too, I haven''t gotten a chance to thank you for the magic scrolls you gave to mest time but they were indeed useful, Agrim."
"It''s my pleasure that I can still be of use to you young leader."
Yes, this was Agrim, the only Master ss Magician in the Revolutionary Army and one of the most influential figures in the politics of the Revolutionary Army!
Agrim then looked around before saying,
"Is this everyone I''m going to bring?"
In response to this Albert just nodded and after getting his confirmation Agrim didn''t waste another second.
With a light tap of his staff the group was wrapped up in a silver light.
Lucius could quite literally feel the space around him twist and contort bury for some strange reason there was no sense of sickening sensation at all, although he could clearly feel his body move through space it read like he was seated in first ss there was no turnce to speak of at all.
It just went ahead and showed Agrim''s masterful control of magic. Not that it mattered much in this case anyway.
The journey was over just as quick as it started.
The teleportation was nearly instantaneous.
Lucius didn''t know exactly where they were but he recognised the interior design and structure.
It was inside one of the revolutionary army''s hideouts near the capital.
Lucius and the group walked up to the giant set of wooden double doors.
Fortunately the embossing situation from earlier today didn''t repeat itself.
For guards loyal enough to guard the door to the meeting room of the heads of the revolutionary army they were familiar enough to recognise their leader and signature wolf mask at first nce.
Besides, it was impossible for anyone to mimic the enigmatic crimson eyes and Raven ck hair held by both Sirius and Lucius, the only two leaders of the revolutionary army.
With a polite nod, the two opened the door allowing the group to walk inside before closing it.
The second the door closed behind him, Lucius reached up and removed his mask, much to Reina''s surprise
"Huh? I thought you wanted to hide your identity from the revolutionary army."
Hearing this Lucius just chuckled.
"I do but there''s no point wearing the mask. Everyone at this meeting are leaders of the army. They''ve known me since I could barely walk, they all know my face already."
Still shocked by the sudden reveal, Reina was too stunned to speak and remained silent for the rest of the journey before the group arrived at the spot.
Lucius walked up and saw a familiar decorated and ornate round table used to hold meetings for the revolutionary army.
The location may change but the tables used are always the exact same .
It was a per toy round table used to highlight and represent the teachings of the Revolutionary Army.
''All men are created equal.''
The idea of rulers and ss disgusts every member of the revolutionary army.
It would be impossible to have a table with a head.
Even Sirius, his father, despite being called the ''leader of the Revolutionary Army'' only saw it as a position of ''first amongst equals'' and not a leader or head in any sort of the word.
Despite being in a position to easily im full control with charisma and influence he didn''t dream of such a thing fighting against such ideals to the day he died.
Perhaps that was why he could have such charisma to form an organisation that could bring down a thousand year empire in the first ce.
He truly was an impressive man. Not that Lucius agreed with his way of doing things at all.
In his mind, what was the point of putting all this effort into an organisation you can''t even control in the first ce?
Shaking these thoughts out of his head Lucius walked up to his seat.
"Haha! Little Lucius it''s good to see you again and that you''re recovering well. But would you look at this, you go off to the famous academy ande back with a beauty in each arm!"
The man who spoke was a fat, round man. Although he tried to not dress extravagantly you could see the fabrics used in his closet he''s were extremely expensive not to mention the fact ghost everyone of his fingers was covered in ornate rings
As the man spoke he startedughing so much all the fat on his body started to ripple.
Lucius didn''t say much , he just sent the man a smile that really wasn''t a smile as a strange light shed in his crimson eyes causing the man to freeze.
Suddenly all the fat all of his body rippled as a terrifying shiver ran down his spine.
All of a sudden he felt like he had just been watched by an archaic beast, like the eyes of a primaeval predator had just passed over him sparing him a near death experience!
''Fuck! What are they feeding those kids over at Sanctuary?!?! He''s only been there a few weeks, how did he turn into such a monster?!''
The state onlysted for a short while before he quickly came to his senses but by then Lucius had moved on.
The confused state onlysted for a short while so nobody else noticed. Now Lucius sat down and looked at everyone else at the table¡.
Chapter 129 129. Meeting The Leaders (2)
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Lucius sat down and looked at the people all around him.
It wasn''t just him that sat down, Albert and Agrim sat down on either side next to him.
Bringing the total of people seated at the table to a grand total of five.
Lucius, Albert, Agrim, that fat chubby man and one other individual.
A well built man with brown haired man with an extremely average-looking face.
The man he''d a warm smile whenever Lucius looked at him but Lucius couldn''t help but feel disgusted every time his eyes looked in his direction.
This was his biggest hurdle in imingplete control within the revolutionary army and the biggest thorn in Lucius''s side.
The leader of the Radical Faction within the revolutionary army, Damien.
Although Lucius, the son of the previous leader and also the current leader, he was in a semi-open power struggle with Damien and his position wasn''t affected in the slightest, this was because if things came down to it Damien had contributed more than Lucius himself.
Although Sirius was known as the leader and founder of the revolutionary army, it couldn''t be deemed as much of a revolution if it was just him by himself.
There were vital founding members that had been with him along every step of the way.
One such member was of course old Albert, the right hand man of Sirius Vexx and would give his life and everything he had to Sirius and his family. But if Albert could be deemed as his father''s right hand then Damien was his left.
He would follow Sirius''s orders with brutal efficiency and ferocity.
Although he didn''t follow orders as absolutely and blindly as Albert and would often challenge Siriusb ut he still wholeheartedly believed that Sirius was the right man to lead the revolution.
His loyalty to the revolutionary cause was unquestionable.
That was the reason he was challenging Lucius for power in the first ce.
Damien simply didn''t believe that the young Lucius was the right man for the job
Although Lucius had been elected as de facto leader, Damien''s opinion still didn''t change.
Damien was the strongest fighter within the Revolutionary Army. Although it didn''t hold a candle to the strength of Sirius in his prime, Damien even openly admitted that Lucius had the potential topletely blow him out of the water when he fully developed. His opinions on Lucius iming leadership never changed
"Little Lucius, it''s good to see you again. It''s just been a few weeks and it seems like you''ve grown even more."
"Well Uncle Damien, people change and grow up. You can just ask Uncle Barton about all that."
Damien''s eyes narrowed as he looked Lucius up and down but in the end he didn''t say anything before turning towards Barton.
" Are you nning to side with Lucius now?"
Hearing this Barton just snorted.
"I''m just agreeing with him a little, is that now some egregious crime"
See, although Lucius managed to scare Barton, he knew most of it came from the sheer shock factor of Lucius''s sudden change in aura.
Barton didn''t really fear Lucius or Damien either. He didn''t get to the ce he was today if that was enough to truly strike fear Into him.
Although his faction wasn''t the strongest by any means they could never be ignored and that''s because they held the lifeline of the Revolution Army, the funds and supplies.
They hadn''t always been around from the start but when they joined the revolutionary army that''s the moment they went global.
Bribes , hidden bases, equipment, training soldiers and members all of it cost an astronomical sum of money and when your n is to overthrow the current institution it was really hard to get
That''s why the sponsorship of Barton, one of the richest businessmen in the empire and the leader of a powerful business consortium that spread across the entire continent, was essential. It said that thebined wealth of the consortium even surpasses some small countries . For a man with such power and wealth it was impossible for him to truly be afraid of Lucius or Damien besides he knew just how much the two needed him.
In truth for someone as powerful and rich as Barton there was no need for them to join the revolutionary army there was only one reason.
Greed.
He had reached the limits a businessman could achieve.
It''s said that a good soldier is one who aims to be a general
The same could be said about merchants. A truly excellent merchant can never be satisfied! Greed and ambition must run through their blood! The only way to earn more and control more would be to be a high ranking noble, But In this world that paid heavy attention to bloodlines and history it was impossible to rise up the ranks to high level noble unless your family had previously had high ranking noble blood in your body.
At best you could get some nominal knight rank orndless baron.
That could never Steele the greed of an ambitious merchant like Barton
If the empire knew that one of the richest businessmen was one of the pirs of the revolutionary army they would probably cough up a litre of blood!
Everyone knew of Barton''s ambitions, even Sirius, his father, had told Lucius not to trust Barton too much and be cautious of him in all circumstances. But beggars can''t be choosers
Lucius sat down at the table with the twodies on either side standing behind him and stretched forth his hands
"I gathered us all here for one reason and that''s to n out our next action. The Revolutionary Army has been dormant for too long. I''m even hearing rumours that without Sirius the so called revolution is dead"
As Lucius said this there was a quite obvious wince from a few members.
The death of Sirius had left the organisation with a gaping wound that still hadn''t properly healed even to this day.
Chapter 130 130. Cult Of The First Flame
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As Lucius said this there was a quite obvious wince from a few members.
The death of Sirius had left the organisation with a gaping wound that still hadn''t properly healed even to this day.
"I can''t let that happen any longer. From now on the revolutionary army will no longer remain dormant. We will show the world that the mes of revolution aren''t over, they are only just beginning!"
Damien didn''t object to Lucius''s passionate speech and just asked curiously.
"So what are you nning to do? Attack the imperial family? One of the heroic families or maybe even sanctuary themselves?"
"It''s none of the above." Said Lucius with a light chuckle.
"This time the Revolutionary Army will be attacking somebody else. Ever heard of the Cult of the First me."
"What, those lunatics?!" Cried out Barton.
It wasn''t just Barton who was shocked Damien, Agrim and even Albert were shocked by Lucius''s words.
For a cult to be called lunatics by even the revolutionary army were openly in bed with demons their actions could only be even more deplorable.
The Cult of the First me were a bunch of lunatics.
They believe that before everything was created the world was just void and emptiness but in this void, there was an endless burning me, the First me.
From this first me, all things were created, it was the thing that gave birth to the spark of life in all creatures.
Tragically the first me withered during the process of creation wearing out from an all-epassing inferno into a small ember.
The teaching of the Cult of the First me is that one day the one to reignite the first me, the Ember Lord will appear once again allowing the first go we to sweep across the world reverting everything into the original me, with no more fighting, no more sadness just eternal peace In the embrace of the first me.
Such a teaching was a problem in itself but what made the Cult of the First me public enemy number one was that they would routinely kidnap people or sacrifice them to the first me in hopes it could give birth to an Ember Lord.
The cult ims that there have been Ember Lords before in ancient times but with none so-called ''Ember Lords'' appearing in the modern records, all view them as a lunatic cult.
If it wasn''t for the abnormal fire affinity and magic the members of the cult have they would have been ignored on the wider stage.
But just like you would expect from a cult that worships fire itself, their temper was explosive.
They would repay any slight or attack with raging fervour making them a problematic cult but one that people try to avoid fighting.
In addition, the cult is extremely secretive more so than even the Revolutionary Army and because they don''t even oppose the empire directly like the Revolutionary Army or the Demonic Kingdom, they always stay on the back burner.
At most, it would be a collection of nobles or smaller kingdoms doing a crackdown.
Hearing this Damien frowned as he stood up.
"Lucius you''re being too impulsive right now. The Cult of the First me isn''t a small organisation and now you want us to get engaged in a full on conflict with them? Instead of finding allies for the revolutionary army you as the head of the army are out here creating enemies."
"I''m not creating enemies for no reason, the first me is real."
For a second everyone here was too stunned to speak.
It wasn''t until Agrim spoke that they came back to reality.
"Lucius, are you talking about the first me from myth?"
"There could only be one first me I''m talking about." chuckled Lucius.
"Haven''t you found it strange that the cult shows an abnormal level of fire maniption? It''s because the blessing of the first me is a real thing.
Think about it like the power of light granted to the priests of the goddess or the power of evil granted to the believers of the demon gods. It''s something simr to that. If we can im the first me for ourselves the power and uses it could grant the revolutionary army would be unrivalled.
Hearing Lucius speak, Agrim became enticed. The limit of a Master Magician has had him tied down for several years now. Maybe this blessing of the first me would be enough to loosen this bottleneck.
But whilst Agrim was enticed, there was still someone with doubts.
"Even if the first me is real, such an object would be more carefully hidden than any base owned by the revolutionary army, it would be impossible to find it-"
"I know where it is ." Said Lucius
Damien''s eyes instantly twitched
"It''s impossible for you to know that, we both have ess to the same information gathering sources from the revolutionary army and I''ve not received a report that the base of the Cult of the First me has been discovered."
This time Lucius just tilted his head as a smug smirk appeared on his face.
"You don''t believe my only information source woulde from the channels of the revolutionary army."
"Oh, so where is the base then?" Asked Damien.
Lucius wasn''t fazed by the question and calmly replied.
"It''s quite shocking really. The location of the first me is within the territory of a pretty big noble within the empire. Count Sterance is a member of the Cult of the First me.
And not just that, the house of Count Sterance has been a loyal member of the cult of the first me for hundreds of years!"
Everyone was left quiet. They didn''t know what to say.
"H-how can that be possible? Count Sterance isn''t some small noble. As a count, he would have to encounter the royal family every so often and you''re telling me a family of that leek of influence has secretly been a loyal untidy for hundreds of years?"
Hearing this Lucius just looked at Damien stupidly.
"You do know I, the head of the Revolutionary Army, am currently in Sanctuary studying as a future hero for the empire?"
All of a sudden Damien became a little embarrassed, his rush to oppose Lucius had left him in quite the embarrassing situation.
Damien took a deep breath and calmed down.
He was a hot head. Damien would be the first to admit that. If he wants a raging hothead it would be impossible for him to be the leader of such a crazy group in the revolutionary army known as the radicals.
Even so, his rage was solely directed at the nobles and their regime.
He wanted them to burn to the ground to sufferplete annihtion as they watched their reality explode and experience the suffering they cast upon regr people for generations.
Damien didn''t fear the Cult of the First me, he just didn''t believe they could afford to fight a war on two fronts.
The second they touch the First me, they would then form an irreparable life and death grudge. It won''t end until either one of them ispletely annihted!
"Lucius, you''re still too immature. As the leader of the revolutionary army, you can''t be too hasty. You still need time to mature fully into your role."
Although this was the first time Lucius had heard this it pissed him off to no end.
Something deep inside his body was bing enraged.
He suddenly had an Illusion that he had heard these words countless times over and over.
It was as if All his efforts and hard work in months of nning would be thrown away by just this simple set of words.
Although this clearly didn''t happen for some reason it was almost as clear as any other memory
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Lucius''s finger tapped along the table with ever increasing speed as his anger began to bubble.
Before the original Lucius may have stifled his breath in an effort to calm the division between the opposing factions but Lucius couldn''t care less. Conflict? He wasn''t afraid! He wanted to control the entirety of the revolutionary army in his hand and that couldn''t happen without a bloody purge!
"Damien."
Lucius called Damien''s voice coldly without any honorifics like he usually did.
Looking at Lucius, Damien could see a pair of infuriated crimson eyes but unlike usual this time they were shaped in sharp serpentine slits.
"I am the head of the revolutionary army, correct?"
Damien was a bit shocked by Lucius''s tone but still ended up replying.
"Yes you are the leader but that means gang you have to be even more cautious so -"
"So what? " snapped Lucius cutting off Damien mid sentence
"My decisions are always with the best interest of the revolutionary army in mind, when was it your position to oppose the best interest of the army!"
As Lucius spoke his words boomed like thunder as a terrifying draconic aura burst from his body covering the entire room like the giant wingspan of an ancient dragon, causing goosebumps to break out across the skin of everyone here.
''Is¡. Is this still the same little Lucius?''
Regardless of their previous thoughts, This was the current thought shared by the adults at the table.
It was like they were in the presence of the old Sirius, no, if it was even more than that.
It could only bepared to that monster.
Unlike Sirius They had only met him once but it was an experience that had been burned into their minds. He was being they could never forget
The Demon King!
The enemy that could face five heroes at once, the being that was the greatest threat to humanity''s existence. And yet they are getting the same kind of trans-human feeling from the little boy that grew up running around their legs!
It was a shocking experience that left the jaws of the upper echelons of the Revolutionary Army hanging for a while.
Seeing that he was being taken seriously Lucius finally spoke up again.
I''m no tyrant, thews of the revolutionary army would still be upheld, we cast the opinions up to a vote."
"All those who abstain raise up your hand."
For a brief second there appeared to be no movement until Agrim hesitatingly raised his hand with a conflicted expression.
Lucius sighed a little but it was to be expected.
All this time during the power struggle, Agrim has been a neutral party. Although it may be possible that the Cult of the First me could benefit from his magic practice it was just a possibility based on Lucius''s unproven ims.
Normally this wouldn''t be a big deal but it was clear as day that this was bing a conflict between Lucius and Damien so for someone in Agrim''s position who was focused on maintaining neutrality, it was best to just abstain altogether.
Fortunately, Lucius had been expecting this so he wasn''t all too disappointed and moved on.
"Next, all those in favour of the attack on the Cult of the First me, raise your hands."
It went without saying Lucius raised his hand followed by Albert.
See, although Albert had moved himself into a near butler-like role for Lucius, this was all voluntary out of his loyalty and dedication to Sirius, his father.
Albert was still a powerhouse fighter that had been with the revolutionary army since its very inception so he had every right to vote at the panel.
In fact, if when Sirius was assassinated, Albert rose up himself topete for power it''s very likely that Lucius''s own loyalist faction wouldn''t even be half as big as it is now!
With the current dynamic Lucius''s vote always counted for two since Albert would unhesitatingly follow his vote.
Even if Albert was opposed to his decision he would always talk to him and advise him in private and with the rtionship between the two, Lucius often listened. But no matter what he would always follow Lucius''s vote.
So with now two votes cast, Lucius looked to the remaining voters.
He skipped right over Damien. He knew no matter what happened he couldn''t get Damien on his side, instead, Lucius seated rested on Barton
Feeling Lucius''s burning gaze, Barton was left a little ufortable
Truth be told, Barton wanted to object.
As a businessman, he knew the truth about having more friends than enemies.
Normally he wouldn''t even consider something as stupid as attacking a powerful cult over a mythical first me that may or may not even exist.
By all logical means, Barton would have objected to this decision.
But now it wasn''t his logical brain that was buzzing now but the instincts he had honed over his many years as a businessman m.
The one setting off his instincts now was none other than Lucius
The aura of the boy was just too shocking
That overpowering confidence and transcendent aura was different from what he had seen from Lucius before.
The Lucius from before could still be ssified as a little kid in his mind.
He was always running around, desperately doing missions for the Revolutionary Army and he was always doing the most to prove himself to him and the other meme ears of the board, but now he was different.
He seemed confident and overbearing in his actions.
If before Lucius was obviously trying deeper to have an aura of leader like his father Sirius now his aura had beenpletely formed but it wasn''t just the aura of leader, no, now it was more simr to that of a king!
Barton only had that thought for a second before quickly shaking out of his head.
He was there when Lucius grew up and he knew just how much Lucius was influenced by the revolutionary philosophy and just how much he hated the nobility and its power structure. The Lucius he knew would rather kill himself than see himself be king!
Barton looked around andughed at himself, he was clearly overthinking things right now.
When it came to a gut feeling all thoughts were useless.
You just have to go with the decision you are most confident in
Barton took a deep breath as alight shed in his eyes.
Raising his head, Barton stared straight into Lucius''s zing crimson eyes and spoke
I¡. I chose to¡
Chapter 131 131. Revolutionary Fervour
Chapter 131 131. Revolutionary Fervour
"I choose to vote in favour of the attack."
As soon as Damien heard Barton''s words, his expression turned ugly.
He couldn''t believe what he was hearing.
See, although Barton was always polite and kind to Lucius and never engaged in open conflict with Lucius, Barton was still a person highly advanced in people politics.
In order to keep Lucius in check who essentially had the power of two votes in check, he usually sided with Damien.
Remember deep down inside, Barton didn''t really care about the aim of the revolution; the primary focus of himself and his faction was to use the revolutionary army and get their best interests.
It was in his best interest to maintain the power struggle to gain the most benefits.
It''s just that his businessman instinct was trekking him; it would be utterly idiotic to go against Lucius''s idea!
Seeing that Barton had agreed in the end Lucius broke out into a magnificent smile that left both Cami and Reina who had been watching him stunned for a few seconds.
"It appears there''s no need to hear the opinions of those who oppose my n. From now on the full focus of the revolutionary army would be to prepare for the attack on the stronghold of the Cult of the First me."
Although Damien was still anointed he didn''t object.
Soon the discussion was in full process. The movement of troops, the amount of soldiers, the overall strength of soldiers and the time and date of the attack.
Everything was being frantically discussed for several hours each one of the people at the table stood up to give equal joust and contribution.
It was only after a further two hours of discussion that the details were finally reached.
Although the n wasn''t fully done it was enough.
Seeing that there was no need to stay anymore, Lucius finally stood up and as he did so he gave a slight bow to all the people at the table today.
"Thank you all for your help today, I surely wouldn''t have been able to n everything so thoroughly without you all. I know you are still nervous about my sudden decision to attack the Cult of the First me, but I can assure you that this will be the most influential decision that the revolutionary army could ever take! You will never regret this day."
After speaking Lucius stood up straight before putting back on his ferocious wolf ck mask revealing only his piercing red eyes.
After saying this Lucius turned around and walked towards the exit of the room, each step full of confidence and certainty in his decision.
The group of men could just watch the very different Lucius walk out of the room.
Eventually, Barton was the first to move as he sighed.
"Maybe¡. Maybe we are getting old ¡."
Soon Albert responded.
"Indeed we are getting old, but Lucius has changed tremendously."
Albert was also feeling the same shock as the others at Lucius''s different nature but more than shock, he felt pride
''Do you see that Sirius? Your son has theplete bearing of a leader, he will surely lead the revolution to achieve the goal we always dreamed of!''
Albert was certain that if Sirius was alive today his pride in Lucius would surely surpass his own!
¡..
After exiting the room Lucius only rested for a brief moment before he went to the gathering room of the members of the revolutionary army.
Although there was nowhere near the full number of the army gathered at this hideout there were still over a hundred soldiers.
Lucius had arranged for a meeting tomence.
It had been a while since he saw the group of revolutionary army soldiers so Lucius insisted on seeing them in person.
Even though soldiers and orphans in the revolutionary army were indoctrinated with the idea of loyalty to the revolutionary cause and the Leader of the Revolution, at the end of the day it would never be as good as meeting with and seeing them in person.
After all, a king can only be considered a king if he has control of loyal soldiers.
A king without those things is not a king but instead a helpless puppet!
Wearing his iconic wolf mask Lucius walked out into the room stepping onto a balcony overlooking the hundreds of soldiers gathered in the room.
As Lucius stepped out he intentionally radiated the terrifying draconic aura all over his body allowing the soldiers to feel a domain sting pressure as soon as he stepped in the room.
Within seconds the group of Revolutionary Soldiers flinched at Lucius''s mere presence.
They looked up towards Lucius with awe in their eyes.
They had been told from young that the new leader was the son of the Revolutionary founder Sirius with enough talent and power to dethrone and destroy the empire and the Heroic families.
Although they never doubted the teaching of the revolutionary army a hint of doubt still remained in their mind.
Such a feat was outstanding, something even a demon king might not be able to do but after seeing such an aura they were starting to believe!
Such an aura couldn''t belong to a regr human.
Seeing and feeling the awe in their eyes Lucius smirked slightly.
He raised his hand slightly signalling for them
To quiet down and it didn''t take long before the room becamepletely silent.
Lucius cleared his throat and spoke up
Ladies and gentlemen,rades and warriors of the revolution.
I''ve gathered you here today to tell you the truth. Over the years the Revolutionary Army hasn''t been in the best shape but those days are gone. Now we stand on the precipice of a new era. We have hidden in the shadows, gued by assignation attempts and sabayon fr but the empire but we remained, biding our time, honing our skills and building our strength. But now the time for hiding is over! The time for action hase!
For too long, The nobles and their forces of oppression and tyranny have held themon people in chains! They have silenced our voices, stolen our dreams and trampled on our dreams, but no more! Today we dere that we will no longer be confined to the edges of society. From now on we will step into the main stage of history and the fire of revolution will sweep across the continent like an unstoppable revolution!"
As Lucius spoke each word his voice became more and more thunderous as the effect of his Berserk Dragon aura was fully stimted but this time it wasn''t the dragon fear doing the most part. Instead, it was the blood of the Barbarian High King.
The Berserk Aura in his blood was being radiated like crazy, driving all of his soldiers into a beast battle frenzy as their blood thirst rose like crazy
"The task ahead of us is not easy at all. The fight we face will be harsh and bloody but we must not forget the reason we fight, the anger, let the anger simmer, let it burn like a bonfire until it reaches the point where we can burn down the noble establishment into nothing but a pile of ashes!
Remember the fire of revolution burns within us and it will not be extinguished. Together we can forge a future where ss is shattered by justice, where freedom soars and where the dreams of all of us can be a reality, but for that future to happen the nobles and their corrupt system must bepletely and utterly purged in the endless fire of revolution!"
As Lucius spoke his aura shook the room driving the soldiers to their limit.
"YEAH!!!!! KILL THEM ALL!!! DEATH TO THE NOBILITY!!"
Crazed roars and battle cries erupted across the room.
The battle intent was fully stimted and the people didn''t hold back
The killing intent was so thick it was almost physical.
A heavy red aura of blood and anger aged across the room.
Lucius looked at this sight and a wide smile appeared on his face.
''Sometimes having a bunch of lunatics as your organisation isn''t a bad thing. With such an army under my control, who can stop me?''
Unfortunately Lucius''s pride an happiness before he suddenly remembered a harrowing fact.
There was indeed another army with the same level of fervour and lunacy
Chapter 132 132. Serena the Assassin
Chapter 132 132. Serena the Assassin
That army was of course the holy knights and fanatics of the church of Light.
Their god instantly manifested themes levels to them and even gave them power.
With the defeat of the demon king many years ago and the presence of the heroes in families, the fanaticism of the believers of the holy light is as high as ever.
The recent unearthing of the new saint of light didn''t make anything better in Lucius''s case.
Once again it seemed like Landon was destined to be his greatest obstacle no matter what he did.
Lucius sighed and looked at the raging group of soldiers beneath him as cold light shed in his eyes.
''No matter what happens, I will have to crush him!''
Like that, Lucius didn''t stay too long after establishing his presence in the mind of the army of soldiers and left.
...
After travelling to the meeting with the higher-ups of the Revolutionary Army, Lucius had long since returned and now quite a while had passed.
Lucius woke up starting the next day and was prepared to act.
Now that he had recovered Lucius had to move on and increase his strength for the next wave of events that would shake sanctuary.
Unfortunately for a certain someone when Lucius spoke about increasing his strength, it would often elevate itself to stealing the protagonist''s chances!
But this time he wouldn''t be stealing an object or power up, no this time, Lucius would be stealing his Master.
See simply put Landon, the protagonist was a genius.
The type of genius that made one despair by just watching them.
He was such a genius in the field of swordsmanship that Landon didn''t even see the point in getting a personal tutor for Swordsmanship specifically for the simple reason that learning swordsmanship came as easy as breathing to him.
So instead of learning swordsmanship Landon had an even more outrageous thought. He decided that he would learn the techniques of other teachers and professors and integrate the techniques to create a supreme swordsmanship technique.
It was as ridiculous as it sounded.
A sword as agile and as fast as a dagger, as piercing as a spear and as heavy as a hammer.
Such a technique would be nothing short of divine!
But this wasn''t something that Lucius could realistically try¡ªnot to mention the difficulty of getting a group of master-level teachers to teach you their best technique, The level of talent needed to learn these techniques alone was ridiculous and the level of swordsmanship mastery needed to learn and integrate these techniques into one sword technique was even more ridiculous.
It waster stated in the story that Landon had some sort of weapon mastery talent allowing him to quickly learn and master weapon techniques. So whilst it wasn''t as outstanding as its swordsmanship talent it was still enough to make him a genius in arge selection of weapons.
Lucius obviously didn''t have this talent and he couldn''t afford to buy it either so he was forced to narrow down his range of a multitude of weapons techniques to integrate into his swordsmanship and narrowed it down to one technique.
Naturally, if he was to do it he would have to take the strongest and most influential technique to integrate into his swordsmanship and that was the dagger technique.
Fortunately for Lucius the teacher of this technique also had another important role to y, she was also a heroine in the story.
Tbh it shouldn''t be that unexpected what was a protagonist''s harem without a milf teacher to help him along the way?
It was just unfortunate for Landon that now that Lucius was here he was destined not to be able to enjoy this privilege.
As Lucius walked to the training room where he would meet the teacher for dagger arts that he had chosen he tried to remember all the information he could remember about her.
Her name was Serena and she had a special status in the academy for some reason she was not obligated to teach any lessons and yet she still held the status of a teacher.
Butter in the story, her situation was exposed.
This wasn''t just any old teacher she was an Assassin and not just any old assassin but an ex-member of an organisation the Bloody Hand!
To put things into perspective the Bloody Hand was a terrifying organisation known for their perfect and ruthless assassinations and known as one of the top three greatest assassin organisations on the continent.
The reason these organisations had the name of the greatest assassin organisations on the continent was that they were the only organisations that had assassinated a member of the heroic families and survived to continue in the business of Assassination. Such a feat alone should be enough to show how terrifying the bloody hand group was.
Serena was an extremely talented assassin showing levels of talent in the organisation that had talent rarely even been seen before.
But what made things tragic for her was despite her talents she was not built to be an Assassin.
She was just topassionate and kind
See, an organisation like the bloody hand would only allow for their Assassins to be the best of the best.
Naturally the only way to ensure that you have the best assists was to raise them yourself!
Hundreds of orphans would be kidnapped at a time and trained to be Assassins through endless years of gruelling exercises and missions.
Serena rose through the ranks with her astronomical talent expertlypleting each assassination without fail but due to herpassion each kill would leave her more and more broken.
After all, the bloody hand was an assassination organisation not heroes of Justice.
Sometimes the task would be to remove utter scum off the surface of the earth and at other times it would be to decimate helpless innocent families.
As long as the price was paid the blood will flow, such was the motto of the bloody hand
Chapter 133 133. The Curse of the Bloody Hand
Chapter 133 133. The Curse of the Bloody Hand
Of course Serena wanted to go against the orders of the Bloody Hand but how could such a thorough organisation not ount for such circumstances?
Through the use of an borate concoction of poisons, secret ws in their mana technique and some other secret techniques they had in effect left a secret back door in every trained assassin that allowed them to control their life and death and in doing so, controlling every action they made.
Because of this twisted fate and Serena''s unfortunate talent in the very thing she hated the most, she was forced to walk a path of endless death and blood.
If it wasn''t for a certain lucky incident she would have been forced to walk the path of death and destruction for the rest of her life.
Unfortunately for Serena or maybe even fortunately for her one of her missions ended up in a disastrous failure for her leaving her near death.
It was at that time she met one of the most influential people on the Continent, the future queen of the Great Empire!
It was unknown what words were exchanged between the two but for some reason, the Queen saw it not just fit to save this poor Assassin''s life but even going so far as to use some vital treasures exclusively by the royal family to save this Assassin from the control of the Bloody Hand!
From that moment on, Serena had be the queen''s shadow and de; the only difference is that this time instead of assassinating humans her sword was directed at the most brutal and bloodthirsty and vicious of demons.
But now with the Demon King dead and the war with demons over there was no need for assassins anymore.
Although there were still some human enemies in light of her past trauma, the Queen decided not to use her to assassinate humans and retire her as an instructor in Sanctuary Academy.
This could have been a happy ending to a once tragic story; it''s just that reality wasn''t a fairy tale.
Such a thing may be possible for other people, but who was the Bloody Hand?
An assassination organisation so old and powerful that the records of their existence were blurry to even the empire, the strongest organisation on the continent.
It was impossible for even the methods of the empire topletely erase the hold of the Bloody hands techniques as their methods contained a particr curse that even the night of the empire failed to beat.
For unknown reasons the particr curse would cause the victims to be gued by the ghosts or at the very least the illusions of the ghosts of the victims they have killed every single night they slept without fail and for someone like Serena who had a distinguished career as an Assassin, it was a horrific thing to experience.
If Serena was a cold-hearted psychopath she may be able to brush it off with ease but the thing that made the Queen save her from the clutches of the Bloody Hand was the same thing that made her suffer tremendously. Ironic really.
Herpassion and kindheartedness caused her to suffer immensely. The bloody wails and tortured screams and mountain of corpses would gue her every night.
It was like PTSD but on steroids. If it wasn''t for some unique herbs that could dum down the effect and In some rare cases grant her some days of respite, Serena would have simply gone crazy.
But even so it was impossible to find aplete cure.
From the days she broke free of the control the words that the Bloody Hand had spoken to her as early as in the days of her training, to resound just in her mind
"From now You can''t wash your hands of the blood you spill. The Bloody Hand will follow you forever."
It''s because of this that regardless of her kind personality, Serena found it hard to teach and take students normally this would be enough to get any teacher kicked out but because of her unique situation with the Queen that was almost an open secret, nobody dared do such a thing.
The protagonist Landon had to go through a series of encounters and situations brushing up favorability before he dared to ask Serena to be his personal teacher but Lucius didn''t have the time to do such a thing.
Her trauma caused by the blood hand is Serena''s biggest weakness and that''s also what Lucius was nning to use to his advantage.
With a shaky smirk on his face, Lucius stopped in front of a set ofrge double doors that led to a private training room and took a deep breath.
Maybe it was a habit from her times as an assassin but Lucius knew from the book that Serena always made time to do some reading every single day without fail.
Not wanting to hesitate anymore, Lucius strode forward and pushed the door open.
As soon as Lucius opens the door his eyes narrowed.
He didn''t see anything particr but he felt a terrifying storm swirl around him, also t as if he was standing at the edge of a tornado!
But soon Lucius was horrified, he realised he did something, a back flicker so fast and insecure he was even having second thoughts that his eyes were ying tricks on him.
His jaw nearly dropped to the floor.
''Can¡ Can a person really move like that?''
But as soon as the thought came into his mind the storm of wind stopped as a figure emerged in the centre.
Suddenly a pair of cold ck eyes as dark as nightnded on Lucius as an equally as cold voice spoke out.
"Excuse me, can I help you?"
This time once again, Lucius''s jaw nearly dropped to the ground but this time it was for apletely different reason!
"Gulp!"
It was uncouth and unexpected for some Lucius as destined to women to make such a blunder but Lucius was forced to do this.
He was afraid that if he did nothing, he might have even begun to drool!
Chapter 134 134. Serena’s disbelief
Chapter 134 134. Serena¡¯s disbelief
Lucius''s heart stopped
In front of him was a dazzling beauty.
Her ebony hair, now tousled from her workout hung in a messy ponytail flowing gracefully down her back
Her facial features were elegantly sculpted. A dazzling face with a taste of maturity in them that could get the body of any healthy young man worked up as a pair of almond-shaped obsidian eyes, deep and knowing peered deep into Lucius body. A single beauty mole, like a punctuation mark, graced her left cheek adding yet again to her silent yet seductive charm almost luring back in anyone who even had the willpower to look away
Lucius''s eyes subconsciously wonder across her body where they were forced to shake again
''H-how heavy!''
He was left in utter disbelief after realising that she had been moving around at such ridiculous speeds with a pair of such heavy ''tools'' attached to her chest!
But it wasn''t just her chest that was ridiculous, no, her entire body was mind-blowing
She had just stopped a work out so there were still a few trickles of sweat that clung to her body but this only seemed to amplify her allure. This was made even more evident in the way her sports bra clung to her body. It entuated the curves and contours in her well-toned physique, emphasising the strength contained in her physique but at the same time giving off a seductive image that seemed to make a fire boil deep inside his body
''Fuck!'' Lucius couldn''t help but secretly curse in his mind
''I know that everyone in the story is described as beautiful but isn''t this too much!''
For a second there he was truly too stunned to speak, it was only when the concerned voice of Serena sounded out again that Lucius came back to his senses
"Hello? I asked you what you are doing here?"
"Cough! Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Lucius I came over here to meet my personal tutor assigned to me by Sanctuary Academy
Hearing the wordse out of Lucius''s mouth Serena''s face twitched as For a second, a scary scowl appeared on Serena''s face
''Those guys, they still haven''t removed me from the teacher list!''
Fortunately, she had caught Lucius quite early when he started looking for her so there was still a way out for Sereena
Although she felt a little bad turning down a student who had gone all the way out here to meet her, Serena''s resolve didn''t waver in the slightest.
Coldly looking at Lucius Serena spoke.
"I''m sorry but there is a mistake. I don''t apply to take students."
Lucius looked at Serena and just smile
"I know this. I was also told this by Mr Hoffman but I specifically chose you."
Hearing this Serena was left speechless
"Huh? So if you know that I don''t teach why the hell did you choose me as hour personal tutor!"
As Serena spoke her voice became more and more annoyed but Lucius barely paid it any attention
"I chose you as my personal tutor because after looking at your skills, I determined you were the only one who could teach me and bring out the best in my talent. Nobody else can match you."
Although Lucius words were filled withpliments, it didn''t make Serena feel any better
"Do you think my dagger techniques are something you can just learn because you have a talent? You have no idea behind the sacrifice and pain needed to reach this level, it''s not for everyone so please leave." as Serena spoke a hint of pain shed in her eyes as she remembered her traumatic days as the Bloody Hand
But even though he could clearly see that Serena was saddened, Lucius''s next words didn''t make the situation any better.
"Dagger techniques? No, I didn''te to learn those, I came for swordsmanship. my goal is to integrate your dagger techniques uh into my sword art and create a truly Supreme sword technique."
Hearing this Serenas was left speechless. Her eyebrows twitched erratically before she burst out intoughter at the sheer ridiculousness of the situation.
"Haha! Integrate my dagger techniques into swordsmanship? You must be joking!"
Boom!
All of a sudden a thick murderous intent exploded suffocating the entire room as Serena''s face twisted into or of raging anger!
How arrogant!
How could a kid who has not seen the world know her struggle?
How could he know the suffering she had been through, the suffering she was forced through just to learn these techniques?
It wasn''t just underestimating her it was a spit in the face of all her suffering
Lucius bore the full brunt of this monster''s murderous intent and Although he was slightly ufortable he didn''t back down.
After all, from the very start, his goal had been to piss off Serena from the very start!
So stepping forward Lucius pushed out his chest as an extremely arrogant expression appeared on his face.
To make matters worse Lucius secretly released the aura of the Berserk Dragon.
Without even realising it, Serena became more and bloodthirsty as the urge to p Lucius and shatter his bones grew more and more.
"Hey, Aren''t you discrediting me too hastily?" said, Lucius
"If you see somebody saying something you think is impossible shouldn''t you test him first?"
"Me? test you ?"
"Yeah how about a little mock battle? isn''t that the best way to see someone''s true potential" said Lucius
Normally, Serena would never agree to do something so ridiculous as to have a mock battle with a student. Not only was it a brutal mismatch but she normally didn''t care enough but for some reason, she couldn''t get that arrogant smirk on Lucius''s face out of her mind
Serena only hesitated for a brief second before she broke out into a sadistic yet strangely somehow just as beautiful of a smile.
Without her even realising the maddening aura of the berserk Dragon was taking hold of her body and to make matters worse, the PTSD she had from the curse of the BloodyHand seemed tohaveinf a chemical reaction along with it!
¡..
Chapter 135 135.
Chapter 135 135.
The bloody scenes of endless bodies, the wails of endless innocentscut down by her dagger were personified and embodied in Lucius at this very moment
Now that he was facing A fully pissed off Serena, Lucius mustered up the courage to look at Serena''s stats and he was left with one thought
Well Fuck¡.
Lucius''s heart nearly stopped!
Heroine: Serena
Age: 38
Race: Human
Affiliation: Sanctuary
Strength: ???
Agility: ???
Stamina: ???
Mana: ???
Will: ???
Talents & Traits:
[Heavenly agility](Golden)
[Master Assassin](Golden)
[Stealth Specialist] (Golden)
[Master Dagger arts] (Golden)
[Master of Shadows] (Golden)
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
Is this the gap between a 2ndss fighter and a master-ss Fighter?!?
Her stats appeared as just question marks!
They truly weren''t in the same league at all!
As if this wasn''t bad enough Serena seemed to have golden-grade talents asmon as air ! So whilst more didn''t necessarily mean stronger as even amongst golden grade talents there were levels and Th the most important thing when it came to talents was also synergy
Having many golden-grade talents is never a bad thing and right now this monstrous individual wasing right at him!
Lucius grit his teeth and didn''t hesitate to go all out.
Boom!
Instantly a terrifying swarm of crimson snake sized electric bolts crackled all over his skin before condescending into a constant flickeringyer of dragon scales.
Roar!
A faint dragon roar could be heard radiating from deep within Lucius''s blood as the berserk aura around his body fully exploded.
If he was facing a person with a weaker will they would be greatly unnerved by just the appearance and aura but all it elicited from Serena was a partially raised eyebrow and soon it became even worse than that!
Maybe it was because Lucius''s transformation made her PTSD even worse but Serena suddenly released a feeling of bloodlust that made even Lucius flinch.
A truly horrifying expression crept into her beautiful face as the seemingly endless ocean of darkness sprung out of her shadow encasing over half of the room!
The scene quickly turnedtraumatic as hundreds of ws and hands crawled out from all directions
The picture of a beautiful mature woman surrounded by an endless swarm of ferocious ws of darkness was something that belonged only in his nightmares!
Lucius only saw Serena slightly tilt her head before she vanished from the spot!
I tantalum all the hairs on Lucius''s back arrows up as his eyes darted around looking for Serena.
Luckily Lucius managed to spot her above falling straight toward him from the sky like a crahsinget!
At that moment, Luciusgrit his teeth as the muscles all over his body twitched and he shed up at Serena!
Lucius grinned satisfied with the strength behind his attack, but his face soon copsed
''Huh?''
Just as Lucius'' sword cut into Serena her body burst into a giant cloud of ck smoke.
Shit!
But before Lucius could do anything he saw Serena magically appear in front of him as if she was teleporting
Lucius looked down and saw the emotionless, abyss-like eyes of Serena ring at him as a dagger headed straight for his chest.
He let out a desperate cry as he brought down his sword with all his might!
BANG!
An explosion went off as a terrifying force hit Lucius'' sword.
The attack was like a power drill, easily shattering Lucius''s sword into countless fragments.
Although he had always expected to be easily overpowered Lucius''s eyes still shook as he quickly wrapped his body with hisrge dragon wings in ast ditch effort to protect himself, but it was all useless.
Serena''s shadow covered dagger result perished through his wings and scales like an unstoppable drill and reached straight for his chest.
At thest second Serena''s clouded eyes quickly shook back to reality as a look of both shock and horror appeared on her face as she just realised the severity of her actions but it was already toote.
Lucius''s body shot back like a rocket smashing into the air wall behind him with full force.
''Oh no! Dear god, what have I done!''
The second the attacknded, Serena seemed toe back to her senses.
She would never have known that this was because of the subtle effect of Lucius''s berserk aura. In her mind, she had just lost her temper and nearly killed a student! She had no clue about Lucius''s secret interference!
She instantly felt horrible and disgusted by her actions as she rushed towards Lucius''s side cradling his body as an appalled expression crept onto her face.
Luciusy down helplessly and just remained silent the entire time.
One part was because he was greatly injured but that wasn''t the whole story.
From the moment Serena''s attacknded, Lucius hadpleted his goal!
So even with the critical condition He was in and his badly wounded body, a slight smirk never left his face and just one thought remained in his mind,
''Got you.''
and that was thest thought Lucius had before his mind was consumed by a wave of darkness
...
After an unknown amount of time, a figure in the medical bed suddenly shot up.
Lucius groaned as he rubbed his stiff neck.
Once again he had woken up to apletely different ceiling.
"Urgh!"
Lucius tried to move a bit quickly and searing pain shot up through his chest.
Lucius remembered the terrifying blow Serena sent to his chest fracturing his sternum.
He didn''t know what the academy had done to him but he had healed quickly.
But even though Lucius was rather injured he knew that now was not the time to be lying around.
His injuries were for a purpose after all.
What was the use of guilt-trapping Serena if he never got to use it in the end?
It was a despicable tactic. One without any shame or pride but it was the one he had the most confidence in working so Lucius''s choir was fixed from the start
Taking a deep breath Lucius Lept out of his sick bed and threw on some Clothes
Chapter 136 136.
Chapter 136 136.
It was a despicable tactic. One without any shame or pride but it was the one he had the most confidence in working so Lucius''s choir was fixed from the start
Taking a deep breath Lucius Lept out of his sick bed and threw on some Clothes
But before Lucius left he made a quick stop at one of his nearby lockers.
Grabbing some red dye he sshed it all over his bandages whilst also putting some in his mouth to useter for dramatic effect.
Shameless? Most definitely, but at this point, Lucius didn''t care.
Game was game.
.....
Shortly after Lucius left the medical ward in a certain office located on Sanctuary''s campus a a stunningly beautiful woman with a guilt-ridden expression all over her face was standing in front of a board of senior teachers and staff and Sanctuary and was getting harshly scolded.
The person at the centre of this panel was a person we were all too familiar with.
Mr. Hoffman pushed back his sses as he tried to contain his exasperation but no matter what he did it was clearly showing through.
"Miss Serena, I hope you are fully aware of the eternity of your actions! Even though you are a person with special status within Sanctuary you are in big trouble now. The matter of knocking out and seriously injuring a student like that is one of the extreme consequences and must be taken seriously. Even if the student was the one to ask for such a duel or challenger in the first ce, as a teacher of the best institute in the continent, you should know better and for that reason, it''s impossible for you to go unpunished."
Hearing this, Serena meekly looked up as she stuttered a few words
"I¡I know. I just don''t know what overcame me at that time, I just couldn''tcontrol my actions."
Serena more than anyone knew that she had gone too far. It was aplete rookie mistake to let her emotions control her. Even if the effect and curse of the bloody hand were taken into ount such actions were still inexcusable. Control of your body and mind were the first basics you would master as an Assassin so letting yourself get riled up by the arrogant words of a student was strange.No matter how she thought about it she couldn''te up with a decent excuse so she could only chalk it up to the fact that she had been retired for several years now.
She really was getting rusty!
But unfortunately for Serena, the board didn''t care if she was rusty or not, by the rules of Sanctuary, such actions must be punished!
"Serena," said Mr. Hoffman
"Due to the isted incident of the crimebined with your special status and past achievements made for Sanctuary, the board has decided to-"
But before Mr. Hoffman could finish his speech there was a loudmotion at the door
"Hey! Wait! You can''t just go in there!"
But regardless of whatever the person at the door was saying, the man in question didn''t pay any attention to him and continued on.
Soon the giant set of double doors leading to the meeting room swung open, travelling a figure nobody was expecting to see.
A pale faced young man wrapped in bandages with faint traces of blood around his wounds and a set of burning eyes as red as the blood on his body.
Teacher! Please take me as your disciple !"
Seeing this sight, Serena was so stunned she just froze on the spot. And it was not just Serena that was left speechless, all the teachers present on the board including Mr. Hoffman remainedpletely speechless and just looked at Lucius with a strange expression on their faces.
"Please take me as your disciple! The moves you showed me in the fight only made me more and more certain that you would be the correct teacher for me!"
It was only after hearing Lucius''s voice again that Serena snapped out of her stupor.
But instead of smiling, Serena''s expression became even more frosty.
Although she felt guilty about her actions, it only made her more certain that she was not fit to be a teacher. There was no way she could be so shameless and continue to teach him after causing him such harm.
"I''m sorry Lucius but regardless of how you feel, I can''t teach you those techniques. Not to mention the difficulty. Do you really think someone who can injure you so severely is fit to be your tutor?"
Hearing this Lucius''s eyebrows secretly twitched.
''How can this woman still be so stubborn?''
But Lucius wasn''t prepared to give up.
Walking closer Lucius carried on
"But teacher how could - cough! Blurgh!"
Before Lucius could finish his sentence he began to cough violently as mouthfuls of blood ejected from his mouth all over the floor leaving all the teachers watching shocked.
Serena in particr was horrified!
The consequences of her rash actions were right in front of her highlighting how much pain she had caused this young student in front of her. Due to herpassionate nature, the guilt was already starting to eat away at her and she didn''t hesitate to rush over to Lucius''s side
"Silly child! Don''t you know that you''re injured! How could you rush over here so recklessly."
But before Serena could continue, Lucius broke away from her grip standing up weakly, his legs still shaking
Seeing the sight of such a reckless and fierce determination. Serena was left a little awed.
Looking at Lucius once again she just couldn''t help but ask
"Just what is it that pushes you so far to learn these techniques?"
"What pushes me? Well, that''s simple. To be stronger!"
Although Serena was a little disappointed with that answer she continued asking.
"And for what reason do you want to be stronger?"
"Well that''s even simpler, why would I evene to Sanctuary to save people(Myself)!" Said Lucius resolutely
Chapter 137 137. New student Lucius
Chapter 137 137. New student Lucius
As she heard Lucius''s words the lightin Serena''s eyes instantly changed but Lucius didn''t stop speaking,
"I grew up as a helplessmoner and an orphan at that but that didn''t change anything for me. I''ve always admired the heroes and soldiers who would risk their lives to protect the things they care about. That''s why for as long as I can rememberthat I''ve been inthis, my only purpose has been to save and protect people(Myself)!"
As Lucius''s powerful speech ended the room was left silent
They just looked at the young man with shaky feet and yet still somehow he managed to speak with a resolute voice that didn''t falter in the slightest, the people watching couldn''t help her feel a little moved.
It seemed like this young man''s resolve to save people( himself) was truly supreme and above everything else!
But the more they thought about it the more approving the meme era of the board became, after all, Isn''t this what sanctuary was about?
Helping and teaching anyone regardless of circumstance to be stronger but it for themselves but for humanity as a whole!
To breed the next generations of heroes!
If someday they found out it was aurally the e leader of thergest terrorist organisation on the continent saying these words they would definitely stone him to death!
Fortunately, for Lucius, such a dark truth will never be exposed allowing all the teachers to look at him with an awe-filled gaze
Serena herself was particrly moved.
Looking at the boy whose will seemed to be as solid as a mountain Serena seemed to see a little bit of herself in him.
The young girl that didn''t want to stain her hands with blood. The girl who didn''t want to live a life of murder and hatred but instead use her gifts and talents to help other people.
It was a desire that had been snuffed out for so long she had almost forgotten she ever had it.
''Is this¡ is this the desire to be a hero?''
Looking at Lucius she seemed to realise something
.Didn''t she endure it all, the curse, the nightmares, the brutal training, all hope to live the life that the young boy in front of her dreamed of right now?
''Maybe¡. Maybe if I didn''t live such a life,if I wasn''t so unfortunate as to encounter the Bloody Hand, WouldI be like that? Would I also dream to be a hero too?''
Faced with such pure desire, Serena''s usually staunch barrier actually shook.
She slowly turned towards Mr. Hoffman secretly looking for some sign or signal on what to do, but all she saw was him helplesslyshrug his shoulders as if saying, ''The choice is all yours''
Now With the decisionpletely up to her, Serena had to look into herself for just a short while to be able toe to her own decision.
No matter how hard she tried to ring up the persona of a cold, aloof teacher who didn''t want to interact with students, deep down, she was just a big softie.
If it wasn''t for her antisocial personality and PTSD from the bloody hand, she would have epted a student.
But besides all that, there was a deeper resin to her epting Lucius as her student
''I want to see it. The future of a hero''s dream that is...''
That dream she had, the desire she always wanted to see.Maybe she could live it through her students?
A person with such strong convictions would never let her down¡
With those thoughts in mind, the cold aura around, Serena quickly retreated but a stern expression still remained on her beautiful face.
"Lucius, correct?"
"Yes." Responded Lucius quickly.
"After seeing your resolve, it''s impossible for me to continue to turn a blind eye to your obvious desire to learn. In other words, I ept you as my student"
Hearing this, Lucius nearly jumped up with joy! But the benefits didn''t just end there.
Soon a familiar notification went off in his mind
"Ding!
[Congrattions for greatly increasing the favorability with the Heroine [Serena ] as well as bing her first student]
[Reward - X1 Random Talent Copy Card ]
With this barrage of notifications, Lucius''s glee went up tenfold!
"Thank you very much, teacher!"
As Lucius spoke he broke out into a rare smile that left the entire room in a daze.
It could be seen by anybody that this was a smile that truly came from the heart.
And in truth, Lucius truly wasn''t just acting this time.
The protagonist had learned some true killer moves from Serena in the timeline of the novel.
And although the protagonist had many teachers, Serena was always the most influential one. If Lucius didn''t end up as Serena''s student he would be in deep trouble!
With such high stakes on the line, it was obvious that he would be grateful that all his nning actually seeded!
Not to mention the unexpected addition of a talent copy card. Even if it wasplexity random, Lucius didn''t care. Anyone of Serena''s talents were to die for and he would dly add any of them into his arsenal.
Seeing Lucius so happy Serena even ended up smiling a little before she remembered that she could afford to just smile.
Whilst Lucius was still happy Serena''s stern voice sounded out again.
"But now that you''ve be my student, know things are going to be far from easy. You can''t just piggyback off your golden-grade talent and get everything easy."
Serena was about to stop there when she suddenly remembered something.
"Oh? And the ridiculous im that you want to learn my techniques to create a new swordsmanship?"
As soon as Lucius heard this he froze slightly.
Although Lucius was not using his berserk aura and Serena was perfectly calm now.
Lucius still remembered the horrific killing intent that had exploded from her earlierand the brief feeling of dread that had apanied it!
Chapter 138 138.
Chapter 138 138.
"I don''t care about your ridiculous ambitions in creating some new sword technique, it''s good for young people to have ambition after all but I just have one requirement.
If at the end of my teaching, you can''t create these new sword techniques you must fully give up the sword and switch to be an assassin.
No matter what the situation is, I won''t have my student be a failure!"
As Serena spoke you could tell she was being deadly serious but when Lucius heard this instead of bing worried he just breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well if that''s the only requirement you have then of course I ept!" Said Lucius emailing
"But teach I''ve something to tell you, it seems like I''m gonna have to burst your bubble of having your first student being an assassin. After all, when I say something, even if it sounds ridiculous to other people, I damn well mean it! "
As Serena heard this her eyebrows twitched yet again
Arrogant!
The famously smug face and confident aura radiated from Lucius yet again.
But for some strange reason, She didn''t find it as annoying this time, instead she even found it a little¡. Cute?
Mr. Hoffman at the side just watched the whole thing, still a little stunned at how the entire situation had just solved itself in an extremely strange way.
Eventually, he just sighed as he helplessly turned towards Lucius.
"Boy, you just can''t stay out of trouble, can you?"
Not knowing what to say Lucius Mr. Hoffman just Scratch his head a little embarrassed.
"Can you try and stay out of trouble from now on?"
"Well.. I can''t make any promises Mr. Hoffman."
Before Lucius could Continue a chopnded on his head!
Looking to his side he didn''t even know when Serena managed to appear at his side.
"Aren''t you insisting that you''re going to get into more trouble?"
Rubbing his head Lucius''s just mumbled
"But what can I do? I don''t know the future so why wouldI lie?"
Looking at Lucius, Mr. Hoffman could already feel his blood pressure rising.
He looked over to Serena with a sense of pleading in his eyes and asked
"Please try and control him, Serena. I''ll be counting on you."
Hearing this Serena just waved her hand
"Don''t worry, if he still has energy to go around and cause trouble after my training then I''m definitely doing somethingwrong."
After Serena finished speaking a familiar dark and sadistic smile appeared on Serena''s beautiful face
Lucius shivered slightly at the familiar sight he could now only associate with a near-death experience but decided not to think too deeply about it.
Soon afterwards the teachers on the board broke out into long conversation again.
Although the incident had been resolved between Serena and Lucius themselves with them even bing students and teachers, things could never truly be that simple.
The incident was officially logged and as such it would have to still go through some moreborious and official processes.
Naturally, Serena had to stay behind to handle all the official work.
Lucius on the other hand was quickly dismissed, not just because he was a student but also due to the unknown state of his injuries.
Walking out of the room Lucius didn''t head back towards the infirmary like the teachers had expected but instead went back to the dorm.
He knew his body best and also knew that there was no point in going back and that he was healed enough to reach peak health as long as he took another healing potion
So Lucius began his journey home, But as Lucius was walking back he happened to run across a familiar face
Walking back he saw a man frozen with shock looking back at him.
The man didn''t look too outstanding but his green eyes were curved and nted almost like a serpent and that was enough to jog Lucius''s memory of who this man was
"Oscar right?"
"Yeah, I''m surprised you would still remember the name of a little man like me"
Hearing this Lucius''s face twitched before it changed into a rather scary smile
"Little man? How is that possible? How could I forget the name of the brainbehind all of Xander''s ns"
"It''s also because that I have a bone to pick with you"
"Gulp!"
Oscar couldn''t help but gulp nervously as Lucius walked towards him but he didn''t want to show much weakness.
Oscar faced Lucius head on, and spoke.
"Although I may not be confident in facing you in a fight I''d be careful about doing anything too drastic. After all, I know more about you than you could expect, I''ve been watching"
As he said this a smug smile appeared on Oscar''s face but he could never have predicted how things would turn out next.
"You¡. You''ve been spying onme?" Asked Lucius in disbelief
"Yes¡I have bu-"
But before Oscar could finish his sentence Lucius grabbed him by the throat as a pair of bloody dragon eyes red at him.
"How much? How much do you know"
With each second that passed Lucius''s grip around Oscar''s neck tightened as if physically counting down the time he had left to answer his answer.
"G-gang¡ I know you''re part of a gang.."
Hearing this Lucius internally breathed a sigh of relief.
For a second he thought his darkest secret was out in the air but now he knew that wasn''t the case he could rx a little.
But even though he knew his deepest secret was still kept Lucius couldn''t feelplexity at ease. The feeling of being spied on left him deeply disgusted.
Especially with the fact that he had a secret that must be kept at all costs
"Tell me one good reason why I shouldn''t deal with you right now?"
"We''re in the middle of Sanctuary, there''s no way you could do anything. Doing something right now is nothing short of lunacy. I''m sure a smart man like you would know that."
Hearing this Lucius just smiled.
"You''re right about that, but look at me. What part of me says I wouldn''t do anything crazy!"
Boom!
Chapter 139 139.Oscars new choice
Chapter 139 139.Oscar''s new choice
With those words, an explosion seemed to pass through Oscar''s body as a crazed and berserker aura exploded from Lucius''s body as his eyes wentpletely red.
All the time this was happening the hand around his throat tightened with each passing second
''How could I be stupid and forget?! This guy isn''t normal, no, he isn''t even human!!''
As the hand around his throat tightened and the bloody light emitting from Lucius''s eyes got deeper and deeper, Oscar managed to croak out a sentence
"I.. I haven''t told him.."
"Hmm?" AsLucius heard thishis grip loosed for a second
"I ¡ I said I haven''t told Xander Any of the information I have about you!"
Hearing this caused Lucius to pause for a second.
He would be lying if he said he wasn''t surprised.
The Oscar he knew from the book was one that wouldn''t hesitate to use anything to climb up the powerdder so he was surprised he hadn''t used and given such vital information about him
"Oh and why is that?"
"I don''t want to work for someone like him, he''s got no potential and is too much of a liability."
"That makes sense but why are you telling me this?"
"I''m telling you this to prove I have nothing against you."
Hearing this Lucius just snorted in disdain.
"Nothing against me, but you''re here spying on me."
I couldn''t help it, it was for my own self-defence and beside this I had another reason. I was interested in you
''Bruh what??''
Hearing this, Lucius'' face morphed into a strange expression but Oscar didn''t seem to notice this and confirmed speaking on.
"My interest is that I''m interested in following you! As in bing your subordinate!"
As he heard this Lucius'' face turned even stranger.
"Me? Are you crazy? You do recognise I''m just amoner right, why follow me when you have the chance to follow nearly any noble you want?"
"Hahahaha!"
"Do you have an idea how most nobles look atmoners? No matter how useful or helpful I am, I''ll never be an equal. The only thing that can make these arrogant nobles treat you as equal is strength but I know I''ll never have the strength to rival those with golden grade talents. If that''s the case I may as well follow someone who treats me as an equal."
what makes you think I would treat you any different, Hell what makes you think I would even need a follower in the first ce?
As he heard this Oscar looked at Lucius as if he was looking at an idiot.
"If you don''t need any followers then what do you call that girl Cami? She has a golden grade talent and yet she follows you around like a shadow."
"Cough! Cough! Is it really that obvious?" asked Lucius, now a little embarrassed
"No, not really," said Oscar
"At first I thought you two had a thing going on together but when I found out about the gang and your connections it wasn''thard to put two and two together."
"That''s the reason I don''t mind following you. Even if it''s by luck anorganisation with two golden grade talents is nothing tough at." Said, Oscar
"I don''t know if you know about me but I originally came from that sort of life
I originallyworked hard to leave the hand thinking it would change my life
That''s why when I got into Sanctuary I didn''t hesitate to attach myself to a noble but now I realise it''s all a lie ."
"Noble or not, the only thing that matters in this world is strength!"
"Besides, don''t youdream of bing a noble?"
"Oh yeah.." mumbled Lucius a little shocked not wanting to sound too suspicious
Truthfully the thought never crossed his mind. As the leader of the revolutionary army, what would bing a noble have to do with him? He was the greatest enemy of the entire noble institution!
But of course, he couldn''t act like that around a particrly astute person like Oscar; it would just be too damn suspicious.
Not noticing anything wrong, Oscar continued
And for someone with your talent, It''s not a matter of if but when you be a noble.
"At that point, it''s better to join your ship earlier thanter, no?"
Looking at Oscar, Lucius''s eyes sparkled for a second.
Wait? Isn''t this Perfect?
Although he hade to Sanctuary to get stronger and capture the hearts of the heroines, what was stopping him from recruiting for the Revolutionary Army?
Hell! He could even recruit for the revolutionary army without these guys even knowing it?!
It was perfect! So perfect in fact,he was surprised that he hadn''t thought of it before!
In fact Lucius wasn''t doing anything special.
This was in truth, exactly what the higher ups of the Revolutionary army thought Lucius was doing all along
Instead of doing his job, he was using their resources to flirt with and seduce women all over the campus of Sanctuary Academy.
Looking down at Oscar, Lucius''s red eyes turned calm and he paused for a short while before finally speaking.
"I don''t mind if you follow me. As long as you can help with the things I want you to do I won''t have a problem. There''s just one condition,"
As Lucius spoke a crimson storm of electricity raged all around him as the mind breaking aura of a berserk dragon raged around him.
"Don''t investigate me any further, clear?"
"Gulp! C-clear."
Hearing those words from Oscar, Lucius didn''t pursue it any longer and turned to leave.
All the time Oscar was still watching with a little apprehension and relief. He just hoped that his decision to Join this strange man would not be the wrong one.
¡.
Shortly after Lucius was done with Oscar he arrived in his room but he didn''t rest either.
Instead, he turned and looked at the reward for bing Serena''s student
The random talent copy card!
Chapter 140 140. Reaction time
Chapter 140 140. Reaction time
Lucius rubbed his hands togetherand a widesmile appeared on his face with him, barely able to contain his excitement
Serena was a monster with loads of excellent talents copying a random talent form here would be worth it no matter what it was
Lucius opened up his system and used the random talent copy card.
All of a sudden a faint card appears in his hand which Lucius quickly crushed causing a rust of white light to radiate from his hand.
Lucius felt a warm supernatural sensation wash over his body as he was covered in a white light. He felt as if there was a strange energy that was trying to force its way into his cells.
Lucius remained in that strange state for an unknown amount of time
It was only when he heard a loud beep that he weakened from his state.
Quickly opening his system Lucius discovered which talent he had managed to copy and as he did so a wide smile
Appeared on his face.
[Master Assassin] (Golden)
Eventually, it couldn''t just stop at a smile and burst out into an uncontrolled bout ofughter.
After all, this was Serena''s main talent. She was a master assassin at the end of the day, even Cami often used this talent to appear behind him like a ghost.
Now he knew it was just a matter of time before he could stand beside such monsters!
Lucius didn''t know if it was because of his wolfughter or even the after effect of his injuries catching up to him but Lucius was starting to feel tired all of a sudden.
''Well, I guess I did have an eventful day after all.'' Thought Lucius
With this feeling gnawing away at him Lucius decided to call it quits for today and get some rest, after all, from tomorrow his training with Serena would truly begin and that woman didn''t want to give him any breaks!
...,
The next day,
Lucius got up and quickly got ready.
Faced with his new tutor, he didn''t dare bete.
Arriving on time, Lucius walked into the faintly familiar training hall and the second he did opened the doors.
He could see ck haired beauty wearing a tight fitting sports uniform staring at him with a pair of Smokey ck eyes that made his body subconsciously heat up. Unfortunately for Lucius he couldn''t be allowed to admire this beauty for too long as soon a cold voice escaped from her cherry red lips.
"I see you finally decided to arrive." Said Serena unamused.
Faced with the sudden cold attitude, Lucius could just scratch his head awkwardly as he replied.
"Well, I arrived just on time, didn''t I?"
Hearing this Serena coldly snorted
"Humph! When I was training it was amon expectation to arrive at least an hour before practice started."
Lucius had a lot he could say about such ridiculous requirements but he mumbled underneath his breath, but right at that moment, Serena''s body flickered.
Before Lucius could even blink, Serena''s body popped right in front of his eyes!
Lucius stepped back slightly but before he could even do that Serena''s arm shot out grabbing him by the arm and pulling him to the centre of the training hall.
Lucius didn''t say anything and let this mature beauty guide him where she wanted.
"Sit." Said Serena pointingto the floor
Lucius obliged and quickly sat down.
"Lucius," asked Serena
"Yes?"Responded Lucius a little confused
"You asked me to teach you dagger techniques correct?"
"Yes that''s right," said Lucius
"If that''s the case then what do you think is the most important aspect of dagger techniques?"
As soon as Serena asked that question, Lucius was caught a little off guard. It was true to say that he had never thought about things so deeply before.
Lucius ced his hand on his chin and pondered for a short while before eventually opening his lips.
"Well, for me, I guess it would be stability and movementthat are the most important aspects of dagger techniques."
As Serena heard this she slightly shook her head.
"The things you said are important but I still wouldn''t call them the most important aspect. After all, what is the greatest weakness and strength of daggers? Their short size. So with that the most important aspect of dagger techniques would have to be your reaction time!"
"Only with lightning-fast reaction time would you be able to move closer in and torment those who use longer range weapons, effectively capitalising on and breaking through their guard!"
As Serena spoke it was as if a lightbulb went off in Lucius''s head. He could clearly see countless situations where when wielding daggers you would need an excellent reaction time that worked not only with yourmovement but also required excellent decision making toplement such swift reaction time.
"Fortunately for you Lucius, my previous teachers discovered a way to train not only reaction time but even movement and decision making."
As Serena spoke an enchantingly beautiful yet equally sadistic smile appeared on her face.
''Fuck!'' Thought Lucius
''Who was her previous teacher? It was the God damn Bloody Hand!''
Before Lucius could audiblyin, the skin all over his body stood up and Lucius didn''t even think before diving out of the way, and it was a good thing too!
"Bang!"
The second Lucius dived out of the way a small dent appeared in the ground.
Looking back Lucius broke out in an old sweat!
Turning towards Serena he could see her looking back at him with a slight pout on Her face
"It seems you have some good senses at least those won''t hold you back when learning my dagger techniques," said Serena
Hearing this Lucius was left speechless!
"Damn! Even if I''m Learning from you, is there a need to make your attacks so lethal!"
Hearing this, Serena just shook her head.
"My previous teacher just said that you could only learn quickly if you truly feared for your life."
As soon as those words left her mouth, Lucius''s face quickly copsed
Chapter 141 141. First test
Chapter 141 141. First test
''Damn it! Your previous teachers were also bloodthirsty killers!!''
Lucius had always wondered how a rtively normal person could walk away from the hands of the Bloody Hand mostly unscathed.
He stands corrected. This woman wasn''t normal, she was aplete sadist!
As Lucius had those thoughts, the shadows around Serena began to bubble again in a familiar fashion.
All of a sudden countless small balls of shadow began to hover up from the ground surrounding her making the entire training hall look more like a scene from the underworld
"Gulp!"
[Master of Shadows] (Golden)
The line of her skills popped up into Lucius''s mind again reminding him just how monstrous golden talents can be, especially ones involving elemental maniption.
Snap!
Serena clicked her fingers together and the balls of shadow began to whizz around.
Lucius''s eyes glowed with a deep crimson light as he reached the shadows that were approaching him at the fastest speed.
Suddenly his legs mmed into the ground as his body ducked past two giant balls of shadows that were flying in his direction!
Bang! Bang!
Lucius ignored the explosions behind him and just continued to stay in the move but not long before balls of shadows suddenly appeared in his left and right once again.
Lucius wanted to curse but before he could he was forced to twist his Body at near inhuman angles as he dived the countless orbs of darkness headed his way.
But right as he opened his eyes Lucius looked forward to see himself nose distance away from a giant orb of darkness!
At that point, Lucius did the only thing he could do and leapt up into the air!
But that was his greatest mistake.
Up in the air, Lucius exposed himself to another angle now within the blink of an eye Lucius was surrounded by orbs of darkness from all directions.
Within seconds, Lucius''s heart sank.
''I''m fucked!!''
Lucius could just curl into a fetal position and cover himself in mana and berserk energy as countless orbs of darkness pelted into his body.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Lucius'' battered body crashed hard into the ground.
Lucius could only groan helplessly as he struggled to open his eyes and stand back to his feet.
It was at that moment that Serena, who had been walking over to Lucius at that time, paused and looked at Lucius wide eyed.
"You''re still awake? I thought you would at least be knocked out?"
Lucius didn''t know what to say and just stared at thisdy wide-eyed with his battered and bruised body.
"It''s tradition that the first time you get caught you should at least get knocked out to let the fear of getting hit sink into your body, but I guess I underestimated your durability."
As Serena said this she suddenly felt horrible.
''If even this force wasn''t enough to knock him out, just how hard did I hit him back then? Maybe¡Maybe I was really trying to kill him..''
As Serena once againmented at herck of control.
Traditionally if the student was knocked out you would have to go again till they were.
But after realising just how hard she had hit him Previously, the soft hearted Serena really didn''t have it in her to go on to hit Lucius any longer. Of course, as a teacher, she couldn''t say this out loud and just kept it to herself.
Coldly looking down at Lucius she just shook her head.
"Truthfully your performance wasn''t bad, but It was nowhere good enough for your level of arrogance."
As Lucius heard this, his mouth twitched but he couldn''t say much, she had got him there.
"For one, the movement of your arms and legs are still stiff, not allowing you to move and dodge at strange angles. But worst of all, the way you dodge is too primitive. You throw all of your strength and power behind each movement without any thought almost like a wild berserker.I don''t know how you thought before but off you are going to learn my dagger techniques I will not allow for such wild and bestowal movements." Said Serena, the disdain evident in her voice.
"So now you hear my requirements and see how far you are, are you still up for it."
Hearing this Lucius shook his arm as the same old confident and smug smile appeared on his face.
"As long as you''re still willing to teach, I''m still willing to learn."
As Lucius said those words a raw smile appeared on Serena''s face before she quickly got herself back into character and returned to her regr cold expression.
"Well since you''re still on board I guess I can start truly teaching you some of my techniques." Said Serena
"As I said before your greatest weakness is your reaction time but before we fix that something even more dreadful needs to be fixed, of course that is your brute-like movement"
"I know it''s bad but calling it brute-like is a bit¡"
Serena just snorted at Lucius'' objection and continued speaking.
"To fix that I''ll be teaching you something that will be the first symbol of our student teacher rtionship, my personal overmen''s technique, wraith walk."
Hearing this Lucius''s ears perked up and he couldn''t help but get a little excited.
Seemingly sensing, Lucius''s excitement, Serena spoke upand said
"Let me show you how it goes."
With that Serena slowly began to walk around Lucius but as she walked she slowly started speeding up but then something happened that made Lucius rub his eyes.
All of sudden there wasn''t just one Serena walking but several clones were walking around Lucius!
All of sudden, these clones all got up and darted towards Lucius at blinding speeds, each oneing in from a different direction!
Lucius was like a deer stuck in headlights and couldn''t even react to someoneing from so many directions.
Fortunately, Serena wasn''t an enemy and just tapped him on his back causing him to turn around the shock still evident in his eyes
Chapter 142 142. Wraith Walk
Chapter 142 142. Wraith Walk
Lucius didn''t know when, but the spectral clones of Serena had all vanished into thin air but he didn''t focus on that and asked the question on his mind
"That¡ that''s just a movement technique alone right? No magic?"
"Of course it is!" Replied Serena confidently
"But although this isn''t magic, it doesn''t mean this is easy. It could still take several months to reach the level of creating the first spectre for even the talented ones, if you have no talent you may have to work on that step for several years. But the reason I''m teaching you this isn''t for that reason anyway, it''s all for you to find a wayto control your movement."
As Serena spoke her body suddenly flickered as she darted all around Lucius flickering and appearing at any angle. But what made Lucius''s eyes truly widen was when she jumped in the air, her movements weren''t even affected as if she was still somehow walking on the ground.
It was aplete mastery of movement in every possible dimension!
Serena appeared instantly in front of Lucius as if she were teleporting
"Even though it isn''tmagic, you are still interested in learning?"
Of course!" Replied Lucius practically unable to contain his excitement
"Well then let''s begin. The core of the Wraith Walk is all about mana maniption and rhythm..."
Like that, Lucius''s long and growling training process would soon begin but first came the long bombardment of theory and principles.
....
Roughly a weekter
In a private training hall in Sanctuary Academy, a chaotic scene was unfolding.
Inside the training hall, it was mind-numbing.
Shadow bullets were flying all over the ce making the scene look something like a heated battlefield.
In the centre of the room stood a jaw-dropping beauty surrounded by the orbs of darkness conducting the scene like a silent general.
A short distance away a man could be seen dodging the countless shadow buckets flying at him.
His figure was constantly shifting around and dodging the bullets that never seemed to stop.
Suddenly shadowy tendrils crawled out of Serena''s shadow and rushed towards Lucius along with the flying shadow bullets.
The shadowy tendrils wrapped around Lucius''s body only for him to copse into thin air!
It was just an afterimage!
Lucius appeared a short distance away, almost as if teleporting.
But he didn''t stop there and went with the constant stream of shroud orbs heading towards him.
Lucius ran towards Serena.
Naturally, such a tant charge was met with a swarm of attacks.
At that moment a red spark shed deep within Lucius''s eyes as two shining silver daggers appeared in his hand
A faintyer of lightning spread across his body as a few familiar flickering crimson scales appeared on his face.
Lucius''s arms moved at lightning speeds cutting through the approaching shadow orbs and continued to charge forward.
A storm of shadow bullets fell from the sky but Lucius was already shed
Boom!
An explosion of red thunder shook the room as monstrous Luciuspletely covered in scales practically teleported forward appearing in front of Serena in just a heartbeat.
The changes were so sudden that even Serena appeared shocked.
But the second Lucius stepped foot on the ground, Serena''s shocked face turned intoa smug smile.
All of a sudden tendrils of darkness erupted from Lucius''s own shadow wrapping around him but right before they truly grasped Lucius he vanished.
Serena felt a sting gust of wind against her neck and quickly turnedaround to see the burning serpentine eyes of Lucius as his shining daggers lunged for her neck!
Seeing this, Serena finallyshook her head andadmitted defeat.
"Well done Lucius, you got me this time."
Before Lucius could speak Serena''s arm shot out swiftly wrapping around Lucius''s limbs and shoulder and before he could even realise what was going on, Lucius was lying down on the floor with a loud thud!
Groaning Lucius rubbed his bow sore shoulder as he got up in the ground mumbling underneath his breath.
"Well, if you treat me like this, it''ll be hard for me to believe that I won anything."
Hearing Lucius''s mumble, Serena chuckled lightly.
Come on, would you still think like that if I told you you could finally begin learning some dagger techniques?
As soon as Lucius heard this his ears finally perked up.
This is what he had endured this gruelling and brutal training this entire past week for!
Lucius didn''t know when but two ink ck daggers with a gleaming silver edge appeared inher hands.
"The technique we learned has a simple name, Vortex."
As she spoke she casually stroked her dagger as aplicated light shed in her eye.
Who would have thought that After all these years of trying to ovee the traumatic experience she lived in that ce, she would be going back to that moment to pass on a technique that inflicted so much hatred and damage?
Is it¡ is it really such a good idea?
Fortunately, Serena didn''t stay in that train of thought long before she shook herself out of it.
She looked towards Lucius who was staring at her with an almost childlike eagernessandjust smiled
This was a child who wanted to be a hero, that wanted to save people. If anyone deserved to gain such techniques capable of such chaos and destruction, it would be him.
Serena then stuck out her hands and brought the daggers in the open for Lucius to see her demonstration
At the same time, blue tendrils of mana began to reach out for her hand and wrap around the daggers.
Normally these tendrils would be so microscopic it would be impossible to see them, they were only made this size so Lucius could clearlysee them and go onto practise the technique.
Slowly these tendrils began to swirl forming a vortex of wind that tightly wrapped around each dagger.
Once this wasplete, Serena lightly stuck out her hand but before Lucius couldeven blink the dagger was already touching his nose
Chapter 143 143. Vortex
Chapter 143 143. Vortex
It as if there were jet engines attached to the back of the daggers!
"Gulp!"
Seeing Lucius''s reaction, Serena just smiled.
"Did You see that? Do you think you can give it a try?" Asked Serena.
Lucius just twisted his neck and stretched out his hand that held the daggers.
Lucius took a deep breath and heightened his concentrationto the limit as he prepared to try out the new technique
But before that, there was still something that needed to be done.
''System, Buy the intermediate Dagger talent''
[Ding!]
[Purchasing for 7000LP, please Confirm]
''Confirm''
As soon as Lucius had this thought a warm tingling sensation swept across his body, prating into every cell.
The dagger he held in his hand felt less and lesslike an object and more like an extension of his body.
Serena, who had been watching from this side, raised a brow.
Although it was subtle, she could clearly sense a change in Lucius''s demeanour.
It wasn''t obvious but just his stance and the way he held the daggers became more refined.
As if he had just endured several hours of training already.
''Is this talent¡''
Serena''s eyes shone with a greedy light.
''I want it! This kid has to be my true disciple. Fuck swords, he should be a true assassin instead!''
[ Ding! LP+ 100]
Lucius ignored the notifications that went off in his head and now focused on his daggers.
Due to the addition of dagger talent, his conduction of mana into his dagger was almost seamless.
It flowed into the dagger sprouting out forming giant tendrils of man that branched out from each dagger.
Lucius''s face hardened as he used his mental strength topress the tendrils of mana into a smaller shape and began to rotate them like propeller des.
Lucius could feel the wind picking up and blowing his hair back.
A small smile crept into his face but it didn''tst long before Lucius''s face hardened.
The dagger in his hand started shaking, bing even more and more violent.
Even Lucius''s draconic strength was not enough and the daggers flew wildly out of his hand mming into the wall.
"Fuck!"
Lucius''s face quickly turned ugly as a vulgar curse escaped his lips.
He was about to release another string of expletives when a sudden smack sounded across the back of his head.
"Tch! So vulgar!"
Serena''s annoyed voice rang out as her ink-ck eyes looked at Lucius.
"There''s no need for such a foul expression and all that cursing."
"I don''t know what kind of god you consider yourself as, but it''s impossible to learn a technique on the first try! Even I, your master, had to struggle for a while before I could get started with it."
"Kids these days really have no patience!"
''She''s right¡'' thought Lucius taking a deep breath
Serena''s ramblings quickly knocked some sense into Lucius again.
The eagerness to learn the techniques was starting to get the better of him, he had to control it.
After all, no matter how great the techie was, it was just strength atthe end of the day and strength he would control to its fullest!
Lucius calmed down and began to start his practice all over again. His movements were cold and calm but if you looked in his eyes you could see a burning endless hunger, a hunger for strength!
¡..
Roughly a weekter,
A stunningly handsome man was left standing in the centre of the training room.
A group of magical training dummies was surrounding the young man, attacking him from all angles and yet he walked casually through the crowd, each attack phasing through his body as if he was a ghost from the underworld.
The man suddenly looked up as deep red light shed in his eyes as a pair of daggers were quickly brandished
The daggers were vibrating with a subtle hum as a visible blue blur surrounded each dagger.
"Vortex!"
With the young man''s cry, a tempest of blue mana seemed to rage as a series of explosion-like thuds were heard all around him.
Suddenly, each training dummy fell to the ground as if it were magic!
Lucius looked at the chaotic scene of copsing dummies and a dazzling smile appeared on his face
Finally!
He had finally mastered enough to use it with his movement technique and use it in groupbat!
Of course, this technique was nowhere near mastery. The truly mastered version showed no blue aura and waspletely invisible which not only increased its strength and speed but stealth as well.
After all, the true purpose of the vortex techniquewas an assassination technique and at certain times stealth can be more important than damage
Although there was still a long way left to go it didn''t change the fact that Lucius had mastered a new technique.
Lucius took a slight break to recover his stamina and fully absorb the details in the Vortex technique that he felt before going right back to practice.
But this time, instead of a pair of daggers what Lucius brought out was instead a sword.
Serena who had been watching this at the side couldn''t help but smile.
"This again Lucius. I''ve told youit''s not gonna work, just ept your fate and be an assassin."
Lucius''s brow twitched at Serena''s tant taunts but he didn''t falter.
He didn''t have faith in himself, but in Landon, the busted original protagonist of the story. This was a technique he created at the end of the day!
Lucius slowly sheathed his sword and got into a sword drawing stance at the same time inside of, the sheath a small vortex formed around the sword.
The sword in his hand began to rattle and shake violently but Lucius didn''t let up. His face hardened as he gathered the vortex in the sheath and startedpressing it, going from less of a vortexand more into a powerful spring.
Lucius could feel it!
The mana gathering at the bottom of his sheath became more powerful andpact causing a bright smile to appear on his face, but right as he started to unsheathe the sword-
"BANG!"
Chapter 144 144. Vending Machine
Chapter 144 144. Vending Machine
A terrifying sound rang out in the hall as the sheath itselfpletely?exploded sending fragments of metal flying all over the ce!
Lucius''s body bore the full brunt of the explosion and was sent flying!
Fortunately, Lucius had instantly covered himself with his berserk scales when he had sensed something wrong and taken no damage.
All he felt was a rough aching sensation all?over his body and justy there on the ground.
While Lucius was lying on the ground he felt a shadow cover his face.
''O-Oppai''
Lucius looked past the peaks that covered his face to see Serena''s?smirking face.
"See I told you. Your tricks are not gonna work, you can only be an assassin in the future."
Lucius pouted a little before suddenly jumping up onto his feet.
"So? Have you epted it yet?"
"When did I say I was quitting? I''m just taking a little break and I''m gonna go grab some snacks."
Hearing the word snacks Serena''s ears perked up a little.
Serena had a real sweet tooth but she was just too embarrassed to be caught buying or eating any sweet snacks during the daytime. In front of everyone, she had to maintain the image of the cold and serious instructor.
Lucius knew this so whilst he was training he would ''identally'' buy too much cake or buy some for Serena even though she apparently disliked it.
Every time Serena would ''reluctantly'' force herself to eat these treats as it was not good to waste food.
Seeing a woman with such a devilishly mature body and cold face behave so immaturely has its own charm that Lucius finds it hard to resist.
He couldn''t help but tease her a little.
"Oh yeah that reminds me. You said you don''t like these snacks I''m buying, I won''t be getting you them anymore so don''t worry."
"I-I¡."
Serena was left speechless; she just didn''t know how to respond.
Lucius was sure that if she was a dog he could see her tail droop and hit the floor.
"On second thought, I changed my mind. If I don''t buy those snacks I get the feeling that Teacher Serena would be rather sad."
"You!"
Serena''s face quickly blushed red as she realised Lucius had been teasing all along!
"It''s not a good thing to tease your teacher you little brat!"
Lucius justughed
He could see the subtle smile at the corner of her mouth. If she was a dog her tail would have started wagging all over again.
Besides-
[Ding! LP+150]
The system never lies!
...
Lucius had left the training room for a while now and was on his walk back through the campus.
He had actually gone off campus in order to get these cakes as there was a bakery in the novel that was often mentioned as the best ce for so he picked them up from there.
He was certain that a sweet tooth like Serena would fall in love with these.
It was a guaranteed source of love points, and besides, a certain part of Lucius just wanted to see the face of the cold and arrogant instructors morph into one of pure delight.
But as Lucius was walking he suddenly paused.
"Fuck! I forgot the milk!"
Realising he had left Serena''s favourite strawberry milk behind Lucius took a detour and stopped off at a vending machine near the student canteen.
Yeah that''s right, a vending machine!
This world was extremely modern in some areas and backwards in others.
A vending machine was one of the rather strange inventions toe out of the famous Duchy of Marnd home to all sorts of wacky and strange magic inventions.
Lucius walked up to the vending machine and was rather surprised.
''That''s strange, I thought there were two vending machines over here''
It was only after getting closer did Lucius realised that he was never mistaken, there were indeed two Vending machines, it''s just that one of those vending machines was obscured by thisplete giant of a man.
Looking at this young?man Lucius couldn''t help but be stunned.
''Fuck! Is it me or him that has the blood of the Barbarian King?''
The young man was a giant fierce fierce-looking man. This guy was built like Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson and yet we were someone supposed to believe this guy was a teenager?!?
His hair was shaved down to have a short buzz cut. He has sharp thick eyebrows and a terrifying scar that runs down the left side of his face even going over his left eye.
He didn''t look like he belonged in school but rather apanying bailiffs and loan sharks!
Lucius was confident in his own strength so he wasn''t intimidated by the man''s physique but he had to acknowledge that he was standing next to an absolute monster of a man.
Lucius didn''t pay much attention to the guy afterwards and bought thest two remaining strawberry milks from the vending machine.
Just as he picked up the milks he could hear some faint mumbling from the man to his right.
"Strawberry milk¡ S-strawberry milk¡"
Despite being a giant man, he had a look of total despair on his face as if he had just lost the world.
Lucius could?swear he even saw tears forming at the side of the guy''s eyes.
Seeing this Lucius just sighed before tapping the guy lightly on the shoulder
"Hey, big guy. Here."
As Lucius spoke he handed over one of the strawberry milks he just bought.
"..this... it''s yours, I-I can''t take it."
Lucius just shook his head.
"Big guy, it seems like you need the strawberry milk more than I do. Besides I like chocte just as much as well."
As he spoke Lucius bought chocte milk shaking it off showing his point.
Having the bottle of strawberry milk shoved in his hand, the big guy was too stunned to speak before a wide smile burst out on his face.
"Thank you very much!"
Chapter 145 145. The Big Guy
Chapter 145 145. The Big Guy
The mana gathering at the bottom of his sheath became more powerful andpact causing a bright smile to appear on his face, but right as he started to unsheathe the sword-
"BANG!"
The big guy bent forward 90 degrees and Lucius could see a wide smile on his face.
"I''ve got to go now friend but I won''t forget this favour!"
Lucius just waved him off as he walked away
''Despite his big and scary appearance, he''s rather childlike on the inside.'' Thought Lucius, almost chuckling.
Looking at the sight Lucius?rubbed his nose and a slight smile crept onto his face.
"Maybe sometimes it''s okay to do some good in the world."
But Lucius''s smile didn''tst long.
Before the big fe could leave the room.
Two tall muscr men entered next. They were nowhere near as big as the big fe but stillrger than average and built like bodybuilders.
As soon as the pair entered the room their cold eyes?scanned the room before quickly locking onto the big guy.
Lucius could see their expression contort into one of annoyance.
Stomping over towards the big fe they arrived in front of him with a ferocious aura.
The big guy quickly froze in ce.
"H-hello, I-I''m sorry-"
p!
Before the big guy could even get some words out of his mouth a fierce p was sent across his face sending him down onto one knee.
Looking at such a sight, Lucius couldn''t help but gasp.
''He really went and hit this Russian Mafia-looking motherfucker?! Has this guy lost his mind?''
It wasn''t just Lucius that was stunned speechless, even other people here couldn''t believe their eyes!
But what made Lucius even more shocked was that instead of transforming into a raging berserker this guy curled up and carried on letting these guys hit him. No, he even started apologising!
"Useless bastard!"
"What use is a bread shuttle that can''t even do things on time!"
"S-sorry.. I-I''m sorry I won''t mess up again I promise!"
But instead of helping the big guys distraction, the apologies seemed to piss off the two attackers even more.
"Ptui! A bastard child like you truly is an insult to the family!"
"Look at you, Ryan? Such a big body and you don''t even dare fight back? Hahaha! What a fucking joke!"
Seeing this sight Lucius couldn''t help but frown.
''A bread shuttle? That guy?'' Lucius almost couldn''t believe it
But the more he thought about it the more it made sense.
Some people were just like that.
Twisted and insecure people who often like to bully and torment those better and bigger than them because of their own inadequacies.
For whatever reason it was, Ryan would never fight back against those bullies and they would continue to attack and harass him. Revelling in a?sick sense of pleasure they can from having such a big strong person utterly helpless in front of them
But just because Lucius figured out their reasoning didn''t mean he approved of it, such behaviour is quite unsightly
And It wasn''t just Lucius that felt so, everyone looked rather disgusted seeing such a one-sided beatdown of such a meek individual.
The two bullies also sensed the disapproving gazes umting everywhere around them which caused one of them to snap.
"What are you guys looking at?! The Montford family is conducting business. If you know what''s good for you, you''ll fucking scram."
When they heard the man''s words the crowd froze a little.
A man near Lucius turned pale
"M-Montford as in, the?family of the Shield Hero!"
Hearing the exmation from the crowd a smirk appeared on the bully''s face.
"Since you know the situation, do yourself a favour and screw off!"
The crowd of people was a little aggrieved but there was nothing they could do but suck it up and walk off.
Well, all but one.
A devilishly handsome man with raven ck hair and eyes as red as ruby, was watching the entire scene with a look of amusement on his face.
"Hey, bastard! Are you slower than the big oaf we have over here? I told you all to scram
The crowd turned back to look at themotion.
Lucius and the subject of it all, tilted his head in confusion.
"You''re really Me? I don''t think you have what it takes to order me a round
For Lucius, this wasn''t a matter of arrogance but in and simple fact.
The first act he did In the academy was brutally beat up a third year.
And besides,?Who was Lucius?
The leader of thergest terrorist organisation on the and disciple of a woman strong enough to serve the queen directly!
If he still lets himself get pushed around by a family name he may as well smash his head in with a brick!
What was the point in trying to gather strength in the first ce?
But the two oblivious bullies couldn''t see it this way
Seeing himself still being ignored the man finally blew his fuse
"You must be a first year, right."
"Yeah, and? What does that have to do with anything?
Hearing this the bully finally smiled
"Only a first year student who hasn''t seen the world would dare ignore us. If you knew what we were truly capable of, I don''t think you''d still be talking like this."
Lucius didn''t care and?picked his ear with a nonchnt
His brow twitched?but the man tried his hardest to remain calm.
But when his next threat was meant with a simple
''Ok''
He couldn''t take it anymore and finally snapped
"Hey, I''m talking to you! Do you really think the academy will protect you? Were descendants of the Shield Hero, You better watch out for the-"
But before the man could finish his sentence-
Bang!
Lucius wrapped in bloody lightning crashed his knee straight into the man''s face!
Boom!
The body was sent flying and crashing into a nearby wall with the sound of echoing thunder.
"Shield Hero this, Shield Hero that. All I can hear from your mouth right now is that you''re one big bitch!"
Chapter 146 146. fight
Chapter 146 146. fight
Lucius rubbed his neck and looked down at the crumpled bully with a look of pure disdain on his face.
How could a bunch of bullies be so shameless to throw their weight around in front of him?
The constant yapping of the hero''s descendants was starting to get on his nerves.
If you were going to act like a viin at least do it with your own strength.
That was the difference between fodder and true threats
As an aspiring Final boss himself, Lucius felt his viinous littlejuniors needed to be taught a lesson.
As Lucius was having these thoughts,Ryan to his side cried out
"Watch out! Behind you!"
But it was already toote,
The other bully had appeared behind and his fist shotout like a rocket crashing into Lucius''s body.
But the bully''s widened as his fist passed straight through Lucius''s body
Lucius didn''t even bother to pay attention to this attacker and turn around but instead casually walked towards the first bully he had left slumped on the ground.
The utter disregard for his presence made the bully infuriated causing him to let out a flurry of blows in Lucius''s direction, but at the end of the day, it was all futile
Each time he attacked, Lucius body would flicker like a glitchy screen and each fist would pass through him
Seeing such an eerie sight happening in front of him the attacker felt his blood go cold.
It was almost like some supernatural spectrehad walked out of the underworld!
He refused to believe he was fighting a ghost!
He pulled back his fist and wrapped it in a raging coat of blue mana.
"Let''s see if your ghost like moves will let you dodge this."
The fist coated in mana flew out, but just before he could hit Lucius, Lucius smiled eerily into the man''s eyes.
"Boom!"
The fistnded on Lucius''s head but the man instantly sensed a problem.
''Shit an after image''
It was at that exact moment the danger sense contained within his heroic blood seemed to go off, no it would be urate to say it went off. It was fucking screaming!
Above him an explosion of crimson lightning could be seen as a sales fist came down from the heavens.
The man didn''t dare y around any longer and desperately cried out
"Aegis!"
Suddenly a blinding white light blossomed in front of the man as an almost heavenlywhite and gold shield appeared in front of him.
The shield itself was a work of art, and pure beauty despite the image formed being quite blurry, those who looked at it couldn''t help but be charmed
Bang!
Unfortunately, Lucius could share the privilegeof being charmed.
His fist fiercely collided with the beautiful shield.
Lucius''s face instantly darkened as it contorted into an ugly grimace.
Lucius didn''t let off a curse but he couldn''t help but let off a light groan.
That shield was just too damn tough!
It felt as if he was hitting obsidian and when they collided the recoil was sent right back through his arm and the rest of his body
Lucius took a few steps back from the bully andshook his arm.
"Despite your unsightly character, it seemed like you really are descendants of the hero, huh?"
The fact he was of heroic lineage couldn''t be denied.
He had done something only the descendants of heroes could do, summon the phantom of the original holy weapon used by their very ancestor!
Lucius had read about it in the story but it was his first time seeing it in real life.
Having his very bloodline insulted pissed the bully off to no end but Lucius didn''t care.
All of a sudden there was a thunderous rumble behind him as the bully that had been first downed charged towards Lucius from behind, trying to m him with the shield.
Fortunately, Lucius''s senses were alert and he easily used wraith dodge out of the way.
Seeing that Lucius had managed to dodge the other bully scowled but deep down inside he had a cold sweat.
He just had a close call. Lucius had really knocked his ass out for a second there.
If it wasn''t for the fact that his brother was there to back him up and the healing potions he kept on him at all times, Lucius would have finished him off cleanly.
The bully that just got up looked towards his brother andmented.
"Don''t underestimate him Tyler. We should go all out."
"Don''t worry Chris, I figured that out myself."
Lucius paused for a second to look at the two descendants of the shield hero in front of him, both of them had strange key simr features.
''Twins?'' Thought Lucius
''2v1 and a descendant of a shield hero on top of that At least it''ll be interesting.''
Lucius could feel the berserk dragon blood in his body bubbling.
Lucius didn''t hesitate and his body shot forward.
The two brothers raised their shields to protect themselves.
But instead of the expected sh Lucius dashed right past them and arrived next to the helpless spectator.
Before the poor student could react, Lucius'' hand reached out, snatching the sword at his waist.
"I''ll be borrowing this for a second."
"Hey wait!"
But before the man could finish his sensitive Lucius had already disappeared.
He appeared on the sky above the two brothers, both swords fully drawn as a blue storm of mana surround each de
[ Vortex ]
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lucius''s des moved like the storm!
His ghost-like movementsbined with the rapid speed of attacks made it feel like both of the brothers were being attacked in every direction.
However, The brothers were no slouch either. Despite being suppressed by Lucius, each one of them showed no expert level of shield fighting techniques and not just on a defensive level but even some surprisingly vicious attacking shield techniques.
It''s just unfortunate for them, that the one in front of them was someone who trainedhis agility by dodging an endless storm of shadow bullets!
None of their attacks couldnd!
Chapter 147 147.
Chapter 147 147.
It''s just unfortunate for them, that the one in front of them was someone who trained his agility by dodging an endless storm of shadow bullets!
None of their attacks couldnd!
To make matters worse for them Lucius wasn''t done yet.
"Roar!!!"
A ferocious cry escaped from Lucius''s blood as all of a sudden, Lucius exploded in a shower of crimson thunder!
It was an iplete transformation, only affecting his arms but still allowing Lucius to attack with a whole new level of power!
Tyler and Chris didn''t take any chances
A deep blue light flowed in their eyes as they channelled mana around them forming a reinforced shield to endure Lucius''s shield.
And yet despite their preparation, Lucius was like a dragon rushing out to sea! Each attack was slowly forcing the pair of brothers back
You would think that as the battle went on, Lucius would be forced back as he became more tired and desperate but that wasn''t the case.
Instead, his storm of attacks became even more brutal!
''What the fuck is wrong with this monster!'' Thought Tyler in horror
As the battle went on Lucius'' movements didn''t lose their ferocity but instead of the attacks of a raging berserker, they were bing more and more refined, he was achieving a greater mastery of the Vortex dagger technique even in the midst ofbat!
Lucius also realised this strange happening.Despite being in a hectic battle that required him to think and act Seconds notice, his mind was somehow bing clearer the entire time.
Even the blue storm of mana surrounding each sword was bing denser and smaller showing his mastery of the [Vortex Technique] was rapidly advancing.
It was strange.
Even in the midst of battle as Lucius thought about it he quickly came up with an answer.
Truthfully, it wasn''t something Lucius didn''t need to think about.
The answer was already deep within inside him, he just had to bring it out
"The blood of the High King¡" muttered Lucius
The more Lucius thought about it, the more it made sense.
Barbarians were called berserkers but before they were berserkers, they were a race of fighters.
And whose blood did Lucius have?
The Damn High King!
The greatest fighter to ever walk out of Barbaric wastnd.
The high kinghad not only united and subjugated all the scattered and ferocious tribes
He was the king of fighters, A being great enough to rumble with ancient dragons, someone great enough to be mentioned in the same breath as the five great heroes who killed a demon king.
If the blood of the Heroes could still grant its descendants multiple strange abilities, who is to say that the Blood of the High King had no more abilities?
[Dragon Berserk] couldn''t be the end of it all!
Whatever the story was, it was an undeniable fact that there was a strange talent affecting his body that allowed him to think and function more clearly In the situation.
After the battle, Lucius would have to dig into this deeper. Not just the blood of the High King but the Blood of the Ancient dragon as well.
But Lucius didn''t think too much about it anymore.
He had to find a way to crack the tortoiseshell of these two descendants of the Shield Hero in front of him and Lucius might have just found a way.
All of a sudden Lucius sheathed one of his swords.
Lucius had tried this many times in practice and came close topleting but every time he had ended up failing at thest stage.
Now with his strange heightened state of his senses in battle, Lucius didn''t think he''d fail anymore.
Lucius only sheathed one sword leaving one more sword to continue using the Vortex technique to fight against the two brothers.
Both brothers instantly felt the pressure in them drop and didn''t hesitate to go on the offence.
Using the ferocious shield fighting technique passed down through their family, they easily forced Lucius into a bad situation.
Yet despite this fact, the entire time Lucius waspressing a burst of mana inside his sword sheath.
Buzz! Buzz!
His sword sheath began to rattle and buzz as the pressure inside continued to build up.
''Now!''
All of a sudden a ferocious light burned in Lucius''s eyes as his body rushed forward
Within seconds, Lucius was right in front of Chris, the k e he had already knocked out briefly before.
The second, Lucius appeared in his sight, all the hairs on Chris''s body stood up.
Every fibre of being was screaming danger!
Chris at this point didn''t even think too much and cried out
"Aegis"
A dazzling golden-white light bloomed on his shield
But Lucius didn''t care and drew his sword.
[ Bullet Sword ]
"SCREECH!"
The world went blue as a dazzling wave of manaexploded from Lucius''s sheath and his words tore through the air
"Boom!"
It was like a bomb had just exploded as a dust cloud formed about d Lucius and Chris''s body was sent flying
Chris instantly coughed up a mouthful of blood but he still held on tight to his shield,.
Although the phantom of Aegis around his shield was flickering and his body battered, Aegis hadn''t broken, his shield was still-
Before he could finish thethought, Chris''s mind froze
He felt like he had just been ced in ice.
He saw them.
Burning dragon eyes that transcended everything!
Screech!
Smash!
Lucius drew his sword painting the world blue and tearing through the shield shattering it into pieces!
The imprable shield!
The symbol of strength and protection that had stood strong throughout the history of the empire, right now it was shattered under Lucius''s sword!
Landing off the floor, Lucius ignored the twitching body of Chris at his side and it was a good thing he did as well!
Right now, An enraged Tyler was charging straight towards him.
The power of the shield hero waspletely activated allowing for the giant hazy image of Aegis to cover his shield
Chapter 148: 148. Shattered shield
Lucius''s eyes narrowed as he quickly sheathed both swords at his side and crouched, getting into a sword-drawing stance. Despite knowing the terrifying force heading his way, Lucius didn''t dodge. Instead, crimson sparks began to rage all over his body, bursting out from his scales like countless raging mes.
"Glug! Glug! Glug!"
At the same time, blood in his body started churning like a raging river as his heart beat like a drum, causing a terrifying momentum to engulf his body. The two swords at his waist shook crazily like a pair of raging beasts. Right before Tyler could crash into him, Lucius''s eyes opened, revealing berserk slits.
[Bullet Sword- Cross sh!]
"Screech!"
The two swords tore through the air like rockets as they crashed into Tyler''s shield, causing an explosion of crimson rage energy and white divine light. Sparks flew as the two weapons collided and even seemed toe to a standstill. But how could that stop Lucius? The power of the raging dragon was superimposed onto each sword, causing his muscles to twist and squirm.
A ferocious roar echoed from deep within his bones! In this state, Lucius felt his sword could cut through anything!
"Crack!"
''Impossible,'' was thest thought Tyler had before he watched the pride of his bloodline shatter before his very eyes.
"Puff!"
Tyler''s bloody body shot out like a cannonball,nding next to his brother in a faint dust cloud as Lucius calmly sheathed his swords.
"Hero family? Their strength is only so-so¡"
As Lucius shook his head slightly, disappointed, the crowd that had been watching was too stunned to speak!
"What is this? Mother! Please tell me I''m still dreaming!"
Yes, many still believed they were in a dream. They had to be; otherwise, how could a first-year student break the defense of a hero family? And not just any hero family, but the descendants of the Shield Hero. The poor students couldn''t be med for their disbelief either. If your symbol of strength and protection was broken in front of your eyes, you would be unable to believe it either!
But Lucius didn''t care about the opinions of the spectators. His eyes were focused on the two descendants of the hero thaty on the floor covered in dust and blood. Forget about descendants of heroes, in their current state, even beggars would be too embarrassed to im them.
The two brothersy on the ground disheveled and in disbelief at their own weakness, but Lucius didn''t n on leaving them alone. He knew that when it came to people as arrogant as this, a true amount of terror needed to be instilled in their minds for them to truly learn their lesson.
Lucius took a step forward, and as he did so, the two brothers felt a shiver run down their spines. They could only watch in horror as the monster and root of all their problems stretched out his hand. Seeing the endless bloodlust radiating from his eyes, the brothers only had one thought:
''He- he really will kill me!''
But right before Lucius''s hand could wrap around their throats, a deafening cry erupted:
"Don''t move, boy!"
Lucius couldn''t give a damn about someone else''s instructions. It''s just that his body wouldn''t listen to him because a terrifying aura seemed to suffocate him, holding his body in ce.
"Master ss¡ it''s a master ss fighter!"
Lucius had felt the aura before, so he was familiar with it, but it was the first time he had it fully directed at his body. But so what? How could Lucius let himself be stopped by mere words! Lucius let out a furious roar! The Barbarian King and Ancient Dragon blood in his body refused to be humiliated like this!
Crimson electricity raged like a storm, and flickering scales emerged all over his skin, transforming the once handsome man into a terrifying demon!
Lucius''s now wed hand broke free of the restriction of the master ss aura and shot out towards the idiotic shield brothers.
"Humph!"
A cold snort echoed as an aura even more terrifying than before emerged, and Lucius''s body was submerged by the shadow of a giant fist. Lucius''s muscles bulged as he tried to resist, but in front of a master, it was just like an ant trying to stop a bus¡ªhopeless!
"Bang!"
Lucius''s body shot into the air, crashing down again like a broken kite. Where Lucius once stood, a burly man with a thick beard and deep eyes stood, looking down on the beaten Lucius coldly.
"Even if they made mistakes and were in the wrong, you went too far, boy. Do you think the hero family can be humiliated by just anyone? An issue with our family members should always be handled by our family members."
After saying this, the burly man''s aura surged, making all the spectators present shiver as the hairs on their skin stood up.
"Besides, you still need to be dealt with for your sphemous words against the Shield Hero."
The man didn''t hold back, and with a gloomy look on his face, stretched forth his hand that seemed to contain boundless power. But just before his fist could reach Lucius, his fist froze as a thought appeared in his mind:
''Wait, why is it nighttime?''
The man didn''t know when, but his surroundings had suddenly turned pitch ck as if time had fast-forwarded to midnight. No, it was even worse than that. It was as if they had been sucked into another world entirely. And right then, as if to confirm the man''s worst fears, a deathly cold voice echoed throughout the room.
"You said some bold words, Magnus, but I can assure you that if you touch my student, heads will roll."
At the same time as the voice, an enchanting figure could be seen descending, like a goddess falling from the sky. Her milky white skin was in perfect contrast to the abyss of darkness that seemed to follow her every step.
Chapter 149: 149. Backup
She stood confidently in front of Lucius, who had now crawled his way out of the crater that Magnus had put him in. Seeing the sorry sight of her student, Serena''s face grimaced, and she asked with a chilling light in her eyes, "So tell me, Magnus, what''s your problem with my student?"
Looking at the pitch-ck eyes that were like abysses, Magnus''s heart inevitably skipped a beat.
But even though Magnus felt some awe, he still had a reputation to maintain¡ªnot his own, but that of the Hero family. His reputation meant nothing, but the Shield family couldn''t be insulted! Whether it was true or not, for the people and the empire, the reputation of the Shield Hero family had to be upheld! His eyes narrowed as he looked at Serena.
"Serena, don''t think you can use the backing of that person to ride on the head of the Shield Hero family."
Hearing this, Serena''s nose just shriveled in disgust. "Snort! Magnus, if I really wanted to deal with you, why would I need to bring out other names? If I alone wanted to deal with you, could the Shield Hero family protect you?"
"Ugh!"
Facing Serena''s eerie smile, Magnus felt like insects were crawling up his spine, but in front of so many people, he couldn''t afford to cower and grit his teeth. "Either way, Serena, your student is clearly in the wrong this time. When I arrived, he was brutally beating up the children of my family for no reason; he was even about to take heavy-handed measures."
Hearing this, Lucius scoffed loudly. He didn''t take Magnus seriously when it was just him alone; now that his big backer was here, how could he allow that old man to continue to run his mouth?
"nder! This is nothing but tant nder!" cried Lucius like a bullied girl.
Hearing this, both Tyler and Chris couldn''t take it anymore. "Fuck! This is taking it too far! After beating us up to this extent, you still deny it as nder!"
Hearing this, even Serena couldn''t help but look at her student with strange eyes. The two of them were covered in blood and bruises and looked like they were just plucked from a war zone. Tell someone that such people weren''t even beaten up? Sorry, but even a child wouldn''t believe it!
Lucius didn''t pay attention to the look and just looked at the two brothers with disdain. "I never said I didn''t beat you up. I said it''s nder that I beat you up for no reason. You guys clearly started it. The only reason you ended up like this is because you were incapable," said Lucius matter-of-factly.
"At first, I wasn''t going to interfere, but when I saw their domineering attitude and tant bullying of a fellow student, how could I just stand by? This is Sanctuary! The training ground of humanity''s future heroes! If I turn a blind eye to such tant bullying, what use are my dreams? Ptui! If I look away, I won''t have the face to call myself a hero in the future!"
As Lucius made his impassioned speech, the faces of the two brothers clearly grew uglier. "You troublesome student, it''s not been long since I started teaching you, and you''re already causing trouble for me!"
Although Serena''s words sounded like they were chastising Lucius, the smile at the edge of her lips betrayed her true feelings. Lucius knew Serena better than anyone else because of her past with the Bloody Hand. Serena had a cold attitude outwardly but longed to be a hero more than anyone else.
Serena might not excuse all of Lucius''s actions, but if he did them in the name of being a true hero, she would be his biggest backer!
Magnus, who had heard Lucius''s exnation, nodded his head but still frowned. "Your belief in upholding heroic deeds is admirable, but the Sanctuary rules state that you can''t attack fellow students first, and you should be punished for it."
Hearing this, Lucius tilted his head innocently and said, "That''s true, Sir Magnus, but I didn''t attack first. That fault would lie with the two brothers."
"What!"
Now Magnus could no longer remain calm! He understood that Lucius defeated the two brothers, but he thought he at least sneak-attacked and struck first. If not, how could he brutally beat up descendants of the Shield Hero, known for their overwhelming defense? Not to mention these guys were still a year older than him.
Magnus''s eyes wandered towards the two brothers, but when he saw them shrink their shoulders and avoid his eyes, he couldn''t help but curse, "Waste!"
With such a look on the faces of the two brothers, he knew that Lucius was telling the truth this time.
"Hiss."
Magnus couldn''t help but take a deep breath as he looked at the handsome young man in front of him. Although the facts were pointing this out, it seemed a bit too ridiculous, no? These guys were descendants of heroes and second years at that. Now that he thought about it, wasn''t there another monster amongst these first years? Some kid that learned the sword and magic as easily as breathing?
Thinking about the appearance of two new monsters, not even from a hero family, Magnus just sighed internally. Maybe he was getting old.
But even if Magnus felt a little admiration for Lucius''s talent, he couldn''t just leave like this.
"Serena, if what your student says is true, then my people are really in the wrong today. But that doesn''t change the fact that this stemmed from a family matter. The Montford family will take care of things internally from now on."
As Magnus said this, he stretched forth his hand towards Ryan. Seeing this, Lucius didn''t stay still. "Teacher, you can''t let that happen. Can''t you see the Montford family is clearly bullying this guy? If we let them take him, we can only imagine the consequences he will suffer."
Chapter 150: 150. Im actually quite the villain myself
As Serena heard this, her expression turned a little ugly. Within seconds, the shadows at her feet churned before surging forward and wrapping around Magnus''s arm. "Serena, what is this?! Are you really going to interfere with the affairs of the Montford family?"
"Humph! Montford family? The ce we are right now is Sanctuary Academy. Right now, I''m just doing my job as an instructor and looking after a student. Surely the Montford family isn''t so tyrannical as to take a student as they like. Even the Emperor''s family couldn''t do such a thing!"
Hearing Serena''s vicious words, Magnus took a deep breath. Serena was really trying to dirty his name with this one! Even amongst the hero families, there were levels, and naturally, the one with the highest rank was the imperial family, the family of the Sword Hero. If he admitted to Serena''s words and continued his actions, he would be showing tant contempt for the imperial family.
Now no matter how much Magnus wanted to take Ryan, all he could do was hold his breath and swallow his grievances.
"This¡ okay¡" Magnus muttered to himself, disgruntled, and turned his head towards Lucius. The second their eyes met, a terrifying aura spread out, engulfing Lucius''s body. How could Magnus not know that the one who caused this situation was this stinking red-eyed brat!
But even with the aura of a Master ss fighter bearing down on him, Lucius didn''t take it seriously. "Snort!" He just scoffed and looked back at Magnus without any fear in his eyes. Lucius wasn''t stupid. He knew that saving Ryan today would inevitably offend the Montford family, but so what?
Just by looking at the vicious eyes of the two beaten brothers, Lucius knew that they would not let him off after this. Since he had already offended them, he should see it to the end! Besides, since he was creating enemies, why not build some good karma at the same time? What''s so wrong with a viin cosying as a hero from time to time?
Magnus took onest look at Lucius before turning away in anger. Now that things had gotten to this point, he didn''t want to say another word. But just because Magnus disdained to say anything more didn''t mean the two bullies wanted to. Although they didn''t dare say any words to Serena, it was impossible for Lucius to enjoy the same treatment.
Before they followed Magnus and left, one of them turned around to Lucius and said, "You''ve crossed the line today, messing with the hero families is not something to be taken lightly. You think you''re some kind of hero or something?"
Ignoring the hypocrisy of such wordsing from the mouth of a prided ''Hero'' family member, Lucius just chuckled. "You think I only know how to y the hero?"
As Magnus spoke, an unsettling light quickly shed in his eyes, causing the pair of brothers to stumble back. Stumbling back for a second, he felt his throat grabbed by a scaly w and life being choked out of him. As he watched the man struggle, a wicked smile crept across Lucius''s face. "In truth, I''m actually quite the viin myself."
The two brothers felt the life slowly leaving them as it became harder and harder to breathe. But just before things got any more serious, Serena scowled and pped Lucius on the back of the head. "Hey, don''t bully the kids."
Hearing this, Lucius just chuckled and released his aura, leaving the two pale-faced brothers behind.
Magnus turned around, but instead of ring at Lucius, most of his anger was directed at the pair of stupid twins. He didn''t have a problem with them throwing around the weight of the hero family, but how could they do that and end up embarrassed?
The children of the Shield Hero family have always been a little arrogant, but this was the first time he had seen them perform so poorly. It seemed like the training of the family''s children had to be applied more strictly in the future!
After this, Magnus didn''t have the face to stay. He reached out, grabbed the giant twins by the neck, and disappeared in an instant with movement only possible for a master fighter.
Seeing the master fighter disappearing in such an embarrassed manner, aplete opposite of when he arrived, Lucius burst outughing. Hisugh didn''tst long before he heard a cold voice.
"Snort! You really love getting into trouble! One noble wasn''t enough; now you provoke a great hero family. Do you want to fight against all nobles or something?"
Hearing this, Lucius''s heart sank. ''Damn, she''s too close to the mark.''
Despite being shaken by the eerily close prediction, Lucius didn''t show it on his face and yed it off. He just put a helpless look on his face and raised his hands powerlessly.
"How could I fight against a hero family willingly? I still value my life! If they weren''t doing something truly disgusting, I wouldn''t have stepped in."
Hearing this, Serena narrowed her eyes. "So if another hero family did this, would you step in again?"
Hearing this, Lucius''s face didn''t even flinch as he replied nearly instantly. "Of course I would. Helping those who need it in the face of any foe is the primary duty of a hero."
Seeing this, Serena''s face didn''t change, but inside, her heart bloomed into a beautiful smile. ''This child¡ maybe he could grow into a true hero.''
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Serena''s hand shed out in a blur, but instead of the smack on the back of the head Lucius expected, he just felt a soft hand ruffling his hair.
"If ites down to it and you''re in a situation like this again, don''t hesitate to act. As long as you''re not in the wrong, I can guarantee nobody cany a hair on your head, even if it''s a hero family."
For a few seconds, Serena''s figure in Lucius''s eyes seemed to grow and stand there,rger and more stable than any mountain he could imagine. For a few seconds, a warm feeling seemed to grow in Lucius''s heart.
Chapter 151: 151. Ryans story
For a few seconds, Serena''s figure in Lucius''s eyes seemed to grow and stand there,rger and more stable than any mountain he could imagine. For a few seconds, a warm feeling seemed to grow in Lucius''s heart.
''Is this what it feels like to have a backer? It''s¡ it''s not so bad¡''
But Lucius''s pleasant thoughts onlysted for a while before he felt a pain in his conscience. ''She ces so much trust in me, but what about me? All I do is lie and manipte those around me¡''
Thinking about his true identity, Lucius wanted to grimace. In this life, he was a terrorist and the leader of the group at that. No matter how they tried to whitewash it, they had done some truly abominable acts that didn''t befit the title of hero.
For the first time since Lucius came to this world, he was feeling¡ guilt?
Despite this, Lucius didn''t dare think too much about it right now and just put a bright smile on his face as he looked at his teacher. "As long as you''re here, teacher, I won''t have anything to fear!"
"Good," said Serena, nodding in satisfaction. She turned to leave, and Lucius stepped to follow her, but before he did, he finally turned around to the towering figure that was hunched over and trying to hide as much as possible.
"Big guy, no, Ryan, aren''t youing along too?"
"W-what," stuttered Ryan in shock, a sight in pure contrast to his bear-like body. "If Ie along, I will be creating even more problems for you. The Montford family is not easy to mess with. I can''t trouble you anymore."
Lucius looked at the young man in front of him, slightly surprised. Despite his shy and timid demeanor, when it came to helping others, he was surprisingly stalwart. He didn''t want to take advantage of Lucius and inconvenience him, even if it meant enduring that harsh bullying and possibly even worse in the future.
All of a sudden, a feeling of admiration bloomed in Lucius''s heart. ''So even weak-hearted people can be strong in their own way.''
Seeing this, Lucius just chuckled. "See, big guy, you can be strong-hearted after all."
Hearing this, the big man rubbed his head a little embarrassed, which only caused Lucius to burst outughing even harder.
"Your idea is admirable, but there''s no need. With my teacher around, you don''t have to fear the Montford family. No matter whoes, she can send them packing!" said Lucius, patting his chest as he bragged shamelessly.
"If you don''t believe me, you can just ask."
Although Serena was a little annoyed at Lucius''s shameless bragging, she still wanted to help the helpless student in front of her. "Although the kid is bragging a bit, don''t worry. I can still afford to protect another student. Sanctuary is a ce where no family can interfere."
"Is this real?" asked Ryan, in equal parts disbelief and hope.
"Of course it is," replied Lucius. "A big man like you should stand straight. You shouldn''t bow down and cower before anybody, even if they''re from that damned Montford family."
Hearing Lucius''s words, Ryan couldn''t hold it back anymore and broke down in tears. "Thank you both.. Thank you really.."
Some timeter, Lucius and Ryan were sitting on a bench near his training ground, drinking and eating the same snacks meant for those damned twins.
After speaking for a while, Lucius and Ryan had gotten to know each other a lot better. Lucius had even sparred with Ryan for a bit, and although it was just light sparring, Lucius had noticed one thing: Ryan''s strength was the real deal.
Because of this, Lucius couldn''t help but finally ask the question that had been on his mind the entire time. "Those guys aren''t stronger than you, are they? Howe you let them boss you around like that?"
Hearing this question, Ryan showed a look of obvious hesitation before opening his mouth. "Normally, I don''t want to talk about this, but since you are my friend, I''ll tell you."
After taking a deep breath, Ryan finally began to speak. "You know about my rtionship with the Montford family, right?"
"Yeah, of course," said Lucius.
"If my guess is correct, you should be a descendant of the Montford family. Those two idiots were children of a branch family of the Montfords."
"Yes," said Ryan, nodding his head. "I''m a descendant of the Montford family, but not just any descendant. I am the son of the current head of the Montford family."
Hearing this, Lucius couldn''t sit still.
What is this?
Who was the head of the Montford family?
He was one of the few Heroic Rank beings in the world
. Just the identity of the son of such a being was enough to have those two stupid brothers smashed to pieces. Even if they had titanium for balls, they shouldn''t dare touch him unless¡
Sensing Lucius''s gaze, Ryan just nodded.
"That''s right, I''m just an illegitimate child. My mother was a helpless maid who took advantage of the Head''s rare circumstances and conceived a child. At least, that''s what I was told."
Ryan told the story inly, but Lucius could see from his tightly squeezed fists that the story still affected him deeply.
"My mother was just a helpless maid, apletemoner. She knew nothing about how to navigate the politicalndscape of the family. Fortunately, they left her a small house to live in and provided daily meals, but that''s it.
Because of this, my mother told me one thing: the real descendants of the shield hero are guardians, protectors. Under no circumstances should I use violence, especially against the descendants of the main family. Even until the day she died, with her veryst breath, she said the same thing."
"If I fight against those guys, what would my mother think? Wouldn''t her dying breaths have been in vain?"
"Even with those two twins?" asked Lucius.
Chapter 152: 152. Ryans story (2)
"Even with those two twins?" asked Lucius.
"Yes," said Ryan, pausing for a second. "Those brothers are horrible. They''d attack and hit me, treating me like a servant and even making me call them young master and follow them around like a butler. Even after I told my mother about it, she still kept insisting that the true shield hero should never use violence on others."
"Do you truly believe that?" asked Lucius suddenly.
Faced with this sudden question, Ryan didn''t know what to say. For a second, he felt like there were a thousand words he wanted to say, but in the end, they all ended up choked in his throat,pletely inaudible. Eventually, he just sighed as he spoke, almost in a whisper.
"It¡ it was my mother''sst wish."
Hearing this, Lucius just shook his head.
"Ryan, I don''t know much about your mother, but I think you''re reading this all wrong. Your mother''sst wish wasn''t for you to not fight back or use violence, but for you to be safe. The reason she made you endure the bullying and beatings was not because she didn''t want you to fight back, but because you couldn''t."
"Then why didn''t she say that?" said Ryan, snapping uncharacteristically.
Lucius didn''t take it to heart as he could kind of understand the emotions Ryan would be feeling at the moment and sighed.
"If your mother''s dying wish wasn''t to fight back, do you think you could have held back till now? Think about it. How many times have you nearly snapped, but the fact is, your mother''s dying wish kept you from doing so."
"Ryan, don''t forget your identity. The identity of the illegitimate son of the head of a family as noble as the Shield Hero family brings too many problems. It''s fine if the son is mediocre, but if the son is talented, it brings uncertainty and a change in the established system, two things nobles hatepletely."
Thinking about it, Lucius sighed. He could kind of understand the thinking of Ryan''s mother. A helpless maid would have no idea how to handle and y around in the dark battleground of politics and conspiracies.
As long as she kept her head down, she and her child could survive and live out ordinary days in peace. But what if her child was talented, and not just with decent talent, but outstandingly so, enough to even threaten the position of sessor?
Even if she warned such a child to give up, would he really? Ambition is a scary thing. It''s fine if never it has a chance to grow, but if there''s just a small spark, it can rapidly grow into an uncontroble and raging prairie fire.
At that point, her child could bepeting with the main family and would just end up losing his head without even knowing.
Lucius had read many books about illegitimate children and unfavored sons going against fate, counterattacking, and sitting on the high throne as the true king, but how many of those are realistic?
Realistically, 99% of those protagonists would be crushed by lurking forces or strongerbatants they couldn''t afford to offend. The only way to break out of such a quagmire was to have such outstanding talent and a growth rate that all obstacles could be blown apart like a house built on sand.
Unfortunately, while Ryan was talented, he wasn''t the son of a god, nor a blessed reincarnator. With this in mind, his mother must have wanted topletely eliminate any unrealistic ambitions.
So what if you were humiliated? So what if you were stepped on and bullied? Pride be damned!
All that mattered was the life of her child. She had probably only been allowed to live after getting pregnant because of such a mentality and Living with such a mentality, her only wish would be for her child to grow up safe and live a full life, ignoring all provocations and attacks of others.
But his mother could have only underestimated the cruelty of the human heart.
It''s true that a lot of nobles would treat illegitimate children like dirt and, if Ryan kept his head down, wouldpletely ignore his existence. But there were also twisted people who found pleasure in tormenting those they may have once perceived as better than them.
The prime example was the pair of twins. Despite being from the branch family, they had a son of the main family groveling at their feet like a servant.
If Ryan had just told them that he was the son of the head of the family, they probably wouldn''t have dared to continue such behavior even if they had an extra pair of lives. But Ryan''s identity was obviously a secret.
Such things wouldn''t match keeping up his secret identity.
As forining to his father? If he had ignored his mother, why would he care about a bastard son who couldn''t even deal with some branch family trash?
Ryan''s mother had the best intentions for him and tried to protect him in the only way she knew. Although it was wed and not perfect, it was the only way she knew, and it must have broken her heart to sentence her son to a life of silent suffering.
But if she told him to fight back and resist, he would only die even more tragically.
Lucius understood why he never even heard of Ryan in the original book. This guy probably died a wretched death at the hands of those twins.
Whether it was idental or intentional, they probably ended the poor boy''s life and swept it under the rug, leaving him to die alone and full of grievances. Lucius understood Ryan''s situation, and Ryan himself was slowly opening his eyes to his own true reality.
"Lucius, w-what do I do now?" Ryan felt helpless, finally understanding what was happening. It was the final piece of the puzzle that changed a scrambled image into a clear picture.
Chapter 153: 153. Ryans Talent
But this picture didn''t bring him any hope; it only made him despair even further. Fight against the family and the heroic rank family head?Ignoring such a disparity, he wasn''t even the most talented in his own generation. There was still that terrifying woman.
Lucius saw Ryan''s panic and calmly asked, "Tell me the talents you have and their ranks."
Ryan didn''t hesitate and told everything truthfully. "I have four talents:
[Descendant of the Hero] (Gold) (Bloodline)
You are a descendant of one of the five legendary heroes touted as the saviors of humanity. Their status is so legendary that your blood borders on the divine. You have a heightened physical and magical aptitude that others simply couldn''t hope to match.
Individuals of these lineages also show enhanced strength, agility, resilience, and charisma, as well as heightened intuition and tactical brilliance, making them natural leaders and champions.
[Blessing of the Shield Hero] (Gold) (Bloodline)
This is a blessing that manifested from your blood legacy passed down by your progenitor. With this blessing, you were chosen to wield the shield as your primary skill, transcending ordinary Shieldmanship. You show enhanced durability that surpasses all other heroes, as well as a rare type of unique Shield magic.
[Golden Bones] (Gold)
You bear Transcendent Golden Bones. Your bones contain elite defensive and regenerative properties that transform the user''s skeletal structure into a radiant, golden alloy, imbuing them with unparalleled resilience and rapid healing capabilities. This transformation not only enhances physical defense but also grants the user the ability to recover from injuries at an elerated rate.
[Rebound] (Purple)
All iing physical or magical attacks are absorbed into a shimmering barrier and stored. This absorbed energy is converted into a forceful counterattack, forcefully knocking back the assant with amplified momentum."
Hearing the talents, their descriptions, and their grades, Lucius sat up as straight as an arrow. Before, Lucius felt Ryan''s mother''s implementation of her n and ideas was too harsh, but Lucius now knew why. Ryan was just too damn talented! It would be too hard for such a talented child to want to be an ordinary person. Lucius could already see the spark in Ryan''s eyes.
After understanding the meaning of his mother''s words, Ryan didn''t want to live such a life being stepped on anymore.
Lucius knew that even if he didn''t help, sooner orter, Ryan would fight back against the Montford family. And truthfully, if given enough time, Ryan could cause a terrifying amount of destruction to them. Ryan''s talents were that terrifying. He had the bloodline talents of all heroes.
Although they weren''t at the heroic level like the ones he had seen in Diana, she was one of the heroines of this world, and it was unfair topare him against such a powerful character.
Put it like this: outside of the main hero and heroines, Ryan was easily the most talented person he had met in this world! It was disgusting behavior to have such a character die as an unknown figure who didn''t even get name-dropped. After seeing this, Lucius''s mind was already whirring. What he wanted now was to recruit a usable talent. It had to be done.
Even with the protagonist''s broken abilities, he still had to rely on teamwork to defeat a number of enemies. Even if he had a system to help, ignoring teamwork and trying to fight his enemies would be nothing more than suicide.
Seeing a number of master talents presented in front of him, Lucius couldn''t help but feel a little greedy. If given enough time, Ryan was abat power that could even overshadow his most trusted aide, Albert. Lucius would be stupid if he didn''t try to recruit him now that he was practically ced in his palm. Of course, this would have to be a gradual process.
Thinking about this, Lucius smiled as he looked towards Ryan.
"Ryan, you don''t want to live like this anymore, do you?"
"Of course not, but what can I do?"
"Have you forgotten what I said earlier? With my teacher around, the Montford family won''t dare touch you in the academy. As long as you''re in the capital, you have nothing to fear."
"We''re not fighting the Montford family head-on either. We''re just not going to bend over for them. You''re free to do what you want. Show off your talents and stand proud, so do just that. Prove to yourself, to the Montford family, and to the world that Ryan Montford is not a piece of trash but instead one of the most talented warriors on the.
Make the Montford family green with regret that they ever ignored such a talent!"
As Ryan listened to Lucius''s words, he couldn''t help but get excited. For the first time, someone had voiced all the frustrations and grievances he had in his heart. But before he could rx, Ryan still had one fear in his heart.
"Lucius, we can''t rx. Just because the Montford family won''t retaliate doesn''t mean those two twins won''t. I''ve known them for a long time; they''re narrow-minded, short-tempered, and unscrupulous.
"Back at the Montford family, there was another subordinate trained by the family who was apletemoner. He only wounded the two brothers during a public tournament. Later, it was known that he died a gruesome death while on a routine mission. It was obviously an assassination, but the family turned aplete blind eye to the whole thing.
Back in the Montford family, the two brothers were affiliated with some shadowy people, and I know a few of them followed them to the capital and are currently mixing in with a few gangs in the outer city. If they meet up with those guys, then maybe even you¡"
Lucius heard this and burst outughing.
"Haha! There''s no need to worry, Ryan. I''ve known those guys were bad news from the start. I already considered something like this." As Lucius spoke he couldn''t ressist breaking out into a smile.
Chapter 154: 154. Speak of the devil
"If those guys are stupid enough to leave Sanctuary and even enter the outer city, something interesting will definitely happen today."
Hearing this, Ryan tilted his head to the side in confusion. Lucius didn''t exinpletely things to him and just spoke cryptically.
"Don''t worry, you won''t miss out. If something interesting happens, I''ll call you beforehand."
Ryan didn''t understand the full thing, but if Lucius was so confident, he didn''t feel like there was a need to worry. After all, despite being just amoner, he had already beaten two second years that were descendants of a famed Heroic Family. It was clear that he was anything but ordinary.
Lucius and Ryan talked for a while longer, no longer about the Montford family and those two twins, but about life at Sanctuary in the 2nd year that Ryan was in and notable people to watch out for.
Their conversation continued pleasantly for a while longer before Ryan decided to leave. Lucius could see the man was too excited to go back and start training in earnest. It was probably like a man who had been forced to drive around at 20 mph his entire life being taken to the autobahn. He would go wild!
Shortly after Ryan left, Lucius also headed back to his dorm. Even though Lucius looked down on the pair of twins, he still had to prepare after all. As Lucius was walking, a shadowy figure quietly manifested to his side. But now that Lucius had acquired the Master Assassin talent, he was no longer surprised and knew who this was straight away and spoke calmly.
"Cami, tell Reina to get ready and prepare to follow me to the outer city tonight. We''re going on a walk."
"Yes, Young Leader," Cami didn''t question or ask about Lucius''s orders, but there was a bright glint in her purple eyes.
...
Time passed by at Sanctuary, and the burning sun in the sky set as night came out to cover the world. By now, most students were in their dorms, but if you looked closely, you could see a pair of burly figures sneaking off campus.
The two figures moved through the dimly illuminated night streets of the capital, passing through the boundaries that separated the inner and outer sections of the capital, walking closer and closer to the section even the imperial guards would cast a blind eye to.
The slums. Home to gangs, crooks, and shadowy factions that even the Imperial family didn''t deem worth messing with. The only people that lived here were people with bad intentions or those that couldn''t afford to leave. As the two figures were walking through the slums, one of them finally couldn''t take it any longer after one of his feet stepped in a pile of unknown ck mush.
"Fuck! It''s so fucking disgusting!"
"Shut up, Chris," scolded Tyler, the more mature of the two twins. "You knew what we would pass by when we came here. It''s gonna be worth it after all. Don''t tell me you''re having second thoughts now?"
"Of course not," replied Chris in a cold voice. "That arrogant red-eyedmoner bastard! If it wasn''t for the restrictions of Sanctuary, we wouldn''t just be hiring assassins but strangle that guy to death with our own hands!"
"It''s good that you still have sense," responded Tyler with a cruel smile on his face. "That bastard humiliated us and even got that piece of trash Ryan to turn against us. If we can''t even deal with amoner, we won''t have the face to stand in the Montford family, much less the Sanctuary or the Empire as a whole!"
Suddenly, as Tyler was speaking, a sound came out from the group of shadows ahead.
"p! p! I really couldn''t have said it better myself."
But Tyler wasn''t pleased as the smile on his face quickly copsed.
"Who is it!" asked Tyler with a gloomy look.
Instead of answering, the voice spoke again with a slight mocking tinge.
"Haven''t you heard? Speak of the devil and¡"
Slowly, a man walked out of the shadows. His tall and full physique looked straight ahead as his devilishly handsome face curled into an evil smile.
"Well, he doth appear."
Seeing the figure in front of them, the eyes of Tyler and Chris almost burst with mes as they called with hatred dripping from their voices,
"Lucius!"
"You bastard, you dare show up here. Do you really think we can''t do anything to you? This isn''t Sanctuary; there are no rules here."
Hearing this, Lucius burst outughing.
"Correct me if I''m wrong, but wasn''t it the two fools in front of me that lost earlier today?"
As Lucius said this, the faces of Chris and Tyler turned gloomier before twisting into vicious smiles.
"You may have won earlier, but like I said, this isn''t Sanctuary."
Tyler just looked toward his brother and nodded before putting a glove on his right hand, while Chris put a glove on his left hand. Slowly, the gloves transformed into purple gauntlets with purple sparks of lightning flowing off them, making even Lucius feel a sense of danger.
Lucius''s smile twitched for a second as his eyes narrowed.
"A magic artifact." An enchanted weapon that can boost the strength of both warriors and mages who wield it, while also granting magical abilities. The power of magic artifacts in this world should never be underestimated. The power of the most powerful families in the world also came from wielding a few very famous magic weapons and artifacts.
These would, of course, be the five holy weapons given by the goddess to the heroes!
Of course, this didn''t mean that all magic weapons were equal, but in such a world, looking down on magic weapons was simply a foolish thing to do. The way Lucius looked at the two twin brothers finally changed.
''I guess even idiots bold enough to deal with criminals would have something that gave them some confidence.''
Chapter 155: 155. A gift
But Lucius''s smile only froze for a moment; after all, he wouldn''te unprepared either.
Seeing Lucius still standing there nonchntly, not even taking up abat stance or reaching for his weapon, the two brothers were enraged!
They looked towards each other and nodded, but just as they were about to step forward, their minds suddenly started screaming as their danger senses went berserk.
The twins wanted to react, but it was already toote.
The shadows to the side of Chris surged as a beautiful and slender figure appeared with enough bloodlust to make a veteran soldier shiver. Her dagger pierced through Chris''s flimsy defense, tearing through his body and leaving a horrifying wound.
If it wasn''t for thest-minute barrier that Chris had managed to deploy with the help of his magic artifact, he would have been incapacitated in one hit, if not outright killed on the spot!
Tyler, seeing the sorry state of his brother, was both terrified and outraged.
What happened to honor?
What happened to chivalry?
This was a shameless person who didn''t respect martial ethics and, despite appearing bold and unfazed, had secretly set an ambush in the dark!
"Damn it, Lucius! You actually set an ambush!"
Tyler roared and turned around to Lucius, but his heart nearly stopped at the next sight. What he saw was a monster wrapped in crimson, lightning scales rushing towards him like a mad beast!
Tyler didn''t dare hold back andpletely activated the power of the magic artifact. Purple lightning quickly snaked around his arm as Tyler let out a loud roar and shot out his fist to meet Lucius''s sword.
"Bang!"
Sparks of purple and crimson lightning shed and tore apart at each other like two raging dragons!
As Lucius took a step back, his face couldn''t help but turn a little ugly. The person he could easily overpower earlier today could now match him with the power of a magic artifact. Just fighting Tyler alone would not be an easy fight that could end quickly, and if you added in his brother who also had a magic artifact¡ Fortunately, he came prepared.
If the two brothers were a pair of pay-to-win yers, then Lucius was an out-and-out crook. He was a cheater; he never nned on ying fair from the start!
Tyler and Lucius looked at each other with murderous intent zing from their eyes as they exchanged a storm of powerful blows that threatened to copse the shabby shanty houses around them. Suddenly, Lucius broke into a vicious smirk as he called towards Tyler mid-fight,
"Watch out behind you."
Suddenly, a burst of killing intent appeared behind Tyler. Tyler quickly remembered his twin''s sorry state and roared out in desperation,
"Aegis!"
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a golden-white shield bloomed, blocking Cami''s vicious attack and sending shockwaves flying. But before he could rx, the shabby shanty house to the side burst apart as a terrifying roar shook the sky.
"Berserk!"
A raging woman with blood-red hair raised her battle axe and charged straight towards Tyler, who was blocked facing attacks from the front and the back. She now targeted hispletely open side! But just as the de was about tond, the injured Chris brought out a magic scroll and threw it towards Tyler! All of a sudden, a faint blue shield appeared around him.
Reina saw this but didn''t even flinch; now that she had gotten this close, how could she let a puny shield stop her?
"Roar!"
She let out a horrifying war cry that excited the barbarian blood in her body as crimson sparks jumped off her skin. Before she brought down her giant axe, Tyler''s body was sent flying, mming into the ground and leaving a faint human-sized crater. Tyler suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked down towards his chest which had sunk in by a few centimeters, and his face turned pale.
Before he lost his mind, his injured brother Chris tore up another scroll, causing a faint green wind to wrap around their bodies
But before they left, they didn''t forget to leave Lucius a vicious and bloody re and rushed out of the street.
But unfortunately for the pair of twins, they didn''t get to take a few steps before a figure suddenly appeared. He could only be described as aplete giant of a man. His figure was broad and burly, making him look like a bear. But what was truly intimidating was the giant shield on his back and the look of pure hatred in his eyes.
Unbuckling the shield from his back, his body burst out with gold and white light that coated his shield and rushed towards the pair of twins like an enraged bull.
"Shield Charge!"
The two brothers were already moving at breakneck speeds and now they encountered a charging giant; it was toote for them to dodge.
"Boom!"
A terrifying shockwave sounded as two figures flew back, coughing up blood in the process.
"R-Ryan, how could it be you..."
Of all the people they expected to stop them, Ryan was thest one on their minds. He had spent his entire life at their feet, groveling and begging, and now he had put them in this state!
When they looked at the giant man, looking down on them like a ruthless war god, the two brothers couldn''t believe that this was the same person from before. Just as the two brothers were frozen in shock, they suddenly heard aughing voice sound out from behind them.
"Haha! Ryan, do you like the surprise I prepared for you?"
Hearing this, the bear-like man finally broke into a smile, but to Tyler and Chris, the same smile couldn''t have appeared more hideous.
"Thanks, boss," said Ryan.
"Your gift is really thoughtful."
Hearing this, Tyler''s face turned pale, but he didn''t give up hope yet. He turned towards Lucius, hiding the fear in his heart, and roared,
"Lucius, are you arrogant or have you gone crazy? You really dare to touch the people of the Montford family outside of school grounds; even Sanctuary can''t protect you!"
Chapter 156: 156. The true advantage of nobility
"Lucius, are you arrogant or have you gone crazy? You really dare to touch the people of the Montford family outside of school grounds; even Sanctuary can''t protect you!"
Lucius heard this and smiled. "Of course, I know this, but you''re forgetting something."
As he spoke, Lucius walked closer, standing over the pair of twins, his eyes glowing with a deep, bloody light.
"You two snuck out here in secret. Right now, nobody knows where you are. Simply put, even if you were to disappear off the, who would suspect me?"
Hearing Lucius''s words and seeing the terrifying smile on his face, the two brothers felt their hearts sink. Tyler opened his mouth to speak again, but Lucius was done talking nonsense. Lifting his foot, he kicked Tyler in the head, brutally knocking him out on the spot.
Chris saw the sorry state of his brother and lurched towards Lucius, asking with a sheepish smile on his face, "Can you please be gentler?"
Lucius looked at him and smiled without saying a word. At the same time, he mercilessly raised his leg. Seeing the leg flying towards him, Chris only had one thought on his mind in hisst moments of consciousness.
''That vicious red-eyed bastard!''
"Bang!"
A brutal sound echoed as Chris was knocked unconscious in an equally brutal manner.
Lucius looked at the two unconscious twins, and his heart chilled. Although he was confident and almost arrogant during the entire encounter, the power of the pair of magic artifacts and magic scrolls shocked him. If he hadn''t prepared properly, he might have let them escape or, even worse, lost the fight outright!
He finally understood the saying ''capsizing in the gutter.''Before, Lucius''s displeasure against the nobles was solely because of their identity as part of the revolutionary army; now, he truly understood it. How was a regr person supposed topete with this?!
All things considered equal, Lucius could have crushed the pair of brothers at the same time, but half a magic artifact let Tylerpete with Lucius for a long time on his own. If Tyler had been allowed to wear a full magic artifact, Lucius would definitely have been the one suppressed. This was not to mention the use of spell scrolls that could have left Lucius in a truly ugly situation.
Lucius now understood the thinking of the ruling nobles. It was not that they despised themoners and peasants because they were arrogant and conceited; they were simply stronger! Even if there were someone simrly talented to them (something already nearly impossible), they could crush that person with a mountain of spell scrolls and magic artifacts.
This was simply no different than smashing someone to death with a mountain of gold coins! It was aplete and utter pay-to-win ystyle!
Despite traveling to another world, Lucius never imagined that he still couldn''t escape the dominance of pay-to-win yers. The more Lucius learned about the nobles, the more he realized how ridiculous the dream of the revolutionary army was. It was really a stupid and idealistic dream.
They had not eliminated the revolutionary army not because they were incapable, but because they couldn''t be bothered.
With an ugly expression on his face, Lucius looked towards the two twins and mercilessly ripped the gauntlets off their hands, wearing them with a look of satisfaction on his face. Although Lucius had been surprised by the true power of these noble sons, he had made sufficient preparations and sessfully captured them.
Thanks to these twins, Lucius had at least acquired a magic artifact; in a way, he had really picked up a bargain for nothing.
While Lucius was lost in his thoughts, Reina came up to his side, her explosive figure still visible through her leather armor, and spoke.
"Now that we''ve looted them, boss, should we put them out of their misery?"
As she spoke, she raised her thumb, drawing it across her neck in a swift motion. Lucius saw this and chuckled.
"There''s no need for that this time. Some people are more useful alive than dead."
"Let''s bring them back for interrogation. Ryan, bring them over."
"Alright, boss, I''m on it."
Hearing this, Lucius couldn''t help but pause with a strange expression on his face and asked, "What''s with the boss title?"
In response to the question, Ryan just rubbed the back of his head with an embarrassed expression that Lucius hadn''t seen in a while. "Well, when other children used to follow around the twins, they either called them boss or young master. I thought young master would be a bit weird, so I used boss. If you want, I could use young master."
Hearing this, Lucius quickly waved his arms. "No! No! Boss is good, let''s stick with that."
Ryan nodded with a big smile on his face and hung his shield on his back before lifting both twins with one hand each. He then slung them over his shoulders like sacks of potatoes and walked behind Lucius and the others.
Despite the fight causing quite a bit of noise and disturbance, neither Lucius nor Cami could detect anybody watching them, but that was to be expected. This was the slums of the outer city that even the imperial guards turned a blind eye to. If someone was too nosy and got involved in a battle, they could be injured or crippled, if not silenced in the aftermath.
Lucius couldn''t speak for others, but the very reason he and Cami were searching was to make sure there were no people who needed to be disappeared. Messing with nobles was too taboo; he couldn''t afford to have any idents.
Luckily for the residents, they all seemed to have their heads screwed on right, and as soon as the sound of fighting was heard, they avoided this ce like the gue, saving them from an unfortunate fate.
Seeing that there were no loose ends, Lucius and the others quickly traveled towards the base of the gang headed by Reina. Although this was only a glorified front filled with rabble, it was still a good ce to do things not fit for the public eye¡
.....
Chapter 157: 157. Torture
Arge bucket of water was poured on the heads of the two people, and ice-cold water seemed to send a shock through their systems, forcing both men awake.
"Phh! What the fuck is happening? What is going on right now?"
"Rise and shine, friends."
The two men looked towards the sound, and all of a sudden, the memories of theirst conscious moments flooded back into their brains.
"LUCIUS!!"
Hearing this, Lucius shook his head with a look of obvious displeasure on his face. "There''s no need to scream; we have soundproof magic. No matter what you say, no matter how loud you call, nobody will hear you."
Hearing Lucius''s eerie words, the hearts of the two men sank. Chris, either unaware or in simple denial, roared back at Lucius.
"Lucius, you''ve lost your mind! The Montford Family will never let you off! Even if you kill us, they will drag you out and crush you to pieces. Everyone you loved and cared about will be put to death along with us."
Lucius frowned. Although he was never nning on killing them, the pair of twins must have thought this was the case and spoke in anger. Although Lucius still wasn''t nning on killing them, their words were still displeasing.
Lucius looked at them and shook his head. "It''s no use talking to you like this."
"Cami."
As Lucius spoke, she walked forward, holding a knife so sharp it seemed to glow in the darkness.
"Help our guests get familiar with their new situation."
Hearing this, she looked at the two young nobles, and a vicious glint emerged in her eyes. "With pleasure."
Seeing Cami walk towards them, their hearts began to panic. "L-Lucius, what are you doing?"
Lucius didn''t seem to hear them and spoke eerily. "You see, I have this friend. Her talent in magic and maniption can be said to be awful, but aspensation from the goddess above, her talent in alchemy and potions is superb, greater than that of many master mages in the magic tower. As a result, I have a lot of high-grade healing potions on hand."
Lucius''s hands moved, cing a bunch of vials containing a beautiful glowing red liquid, almost as if to prove his point. But as he did so, a cruel and bloody smile appeared on his face.
"This means no matter what happens to you right now, if I apply the potion soon enough, you''ll be as good as new. If you''re still not getting it, it means no matter what happens to you now, as long as I apply the potion, it won''t matter. Even if you go to the Montford family, you''ll have no evidence, and with the protection of my teacher and Sanctuary Academy, you''ll never be able to touch me."
The two brothers thought about it for a brief second and soon realized that what Lucius was saying was true. From then on, a new emotion grew rapidly in their hearts. It wasn''t anger, or embarrassment. It wasn''t hatred or inferiority.
It was something that the children of the Montford family, one of the five great heroic families on the continent, thought they would never experience in their lives after the ying of the demon king. That terrifying emotion was fear!
Seeing the horrified looks on the faces of the two brothers, Lucius still kept the eerie smile on his face, but deep down in his heart, he felt satisfied.
Lucius normally didn''t like to talk too much, but he had read somewhere that much of the means behind torture were just as much psychological as they were physical. To truly break someone, you had to try on mental efforts, and as a result, Lucius showed the two brothers early on just how helpless their situation was.
But just putting fear into their hearts wasn''t enough.
It wasn''t enough to just draw a knife; you actually had to show you could draw blood.
This was the part where Lucius had to take a step back.
After all, despite all the bravado Lucius showed, he knew his own limitations. Before he took over the body of Lucius in this world, he was aplete and utter civilian.
He may have had the heart to fight and even kill, but something as immoral and depraved as torture was far from the things Lucius was capable of doing with his own hands at this moment in time.
But just putting fear into their hearts wasn''t enough.
It wasn''t enough to just draw a knife; you actually had to show you could draw blood.
This was the part where Lucius had to take a step back.
After all, despite all the bravado Lucius showed, he knew his own limitations. Before he took over the body of Lucius in this world, he was aplete and utter civilian.
He may have had the heart to fight and even kill, but something as immoral and depraved as torture was far from the things Lucius was capable of doing with his own hands at this moment in time.
Maybe in a few years, when he had assimted into the world and truly merged with his identity. But thinking aboutmitting such a thing made Lucius feel a little queasy.
Lucius was the kind of person who could only watch gore videos that would randomly scroll onto his feed in his past life, so bloody torture was absolutely above his feeble pay grade.
Fortunately, for times when the boss was incapable, it was time for the assistant to step up to the table. Cami had been trained as the assistant andplete right hand of the leader of the revolutionary army from a young age.
She was trained in the art of assassination and espionage, so of course, things like torture would also have to be included.
Because of that, when Cami''s name was called, she didn''t hesitate to act.
Besides, the people she was torturing weren''t some innocent victims either.
Chapter 158: 157. Torture (2)
Ignoring the fact they had nned to hire someone to assassinate Lucius, something enough to condemn them to hell in Cami''s book, the fact that they were nobles was already enough for Cami to act!
Of course, Cami wasn''t a mindless drone; she knew that there were still good people among the nobles. But at the same time, the years of brainwashing by the revolutionary army weren''t in vain. Her perception of all nobles bordered on extreme prejudice.
Now that she had a pair of evil nobles in her hands, descendants of one of the great heroic families no less, Cami felt like she was taking a step closer to her goals. Suddenly, her heart burst with emotion. In just a few short weeks, Lucius had taken down some of the descendants of the epic families.
What could such a person do if given a few more years? Descendants of the main branch, the elders, or maybe even¡.
Cami quickly shook her distracting thoughts out of her head and looked back towards the struggling pair of brothers with a strange glint in her magnificent purple eyes. On any other asion, even Lucius would find himselfpletely enamored and lost in their beauty, but right now Lucius felt a cold feeling that made his spine tingle.
Cami didn''t seem to notice and ced her shining dagger on the exposed arm of Chris. Without warning, her knife started digging into his flesh, causing blood to stter and Chris to thrash around frantically. Cami''s face showed no surprise as she held down Chris tightly, her knife continuing to move around his arm.
Cami was a person with extreme knowledge about the human body; as a result, her knife would not just dig into the flesh but also pass through regions of the body that had a high concentration of nerve bundles. This allowed the horrifying sensation not to numb down as the torture progressed but to be more and more vivid as time passed by.
Blood sttered all around the floor as poor Chris let out a pig-like screech, but each time, Cami''s knife only dug in deeper. It was a gruesome and fiendish sight, enough to make even the strongest man weak.
Although Tyler had a much stronger mind and resolve than his twin, his face quickly turned sickly pale as his legs began to shake.
"L-Lucius, please spare me. As long as you let me go, I promise that my brother and I won''t get the Montford family involved. We''ll disappear from your sight and never bother you or anyone close to you ever again."
Hearing this, Lucius just sighed and shook his head.
"Tyler, you''re usually smart, so you should know by now that this isn''t the answer I am looking for¡"
Hearing this, Tyler''s heart sank.
"Hold on, Lucius, please, let me talk!"
Tyler screamed and begged, but Lucius wasn''t hearing any of it.
"Cami."
"Yes, Lucius, I''m on it."
A satisfied look crept onto her beautiful face as her knife plunged into the twin brother of her previous victim with increased ferocity. It was so vicious that Lucius couldn''t help but wince when he was out of sight of the people present.
Although Lucius talked tough to Tyler, his heart was in his mouth the entire time. If it wasn''t for his expert control over his body, maintaining a soft smile the entire time, Lucius would have blown his own cover. It couldn''t be helped; the sight of Cami was too scary for poor Lucius.
The rtionship between Lucius and Cami had warmed up rapidly over the past few weeks, but even now, Lucius rarely got to see the beautiful and stoic woman smile. Every time he saw it, Lucius would be mesmerized and ced in a trance-like state at her beauty alone. But now that Lucius saw the smile on her face, he waspletely and utterly horrified.
The times he had seen Cami smile could be counted on one hand, so seeing her smile in such a horrific situation meant she was truly enjoying it to an extreme degree.
A stunningly beautiful woman surrounded by pools of blood, with blood sttered on her clothes and across her face, smiling in a way that could enrapture any man. In a sickening yet equally beautiful sense, it was strangely artistic, yet at this moment, Lucius only had one thought in his mind:
''Fuck, this bitch is crazy! As in crazy crazy!''
Soon, Tyler''s simr wails of pain and torture echoed throughout the room as both he and Chris wailed in pain.
When they thought that only death could save them from their tragic fate, their hope was crushed.
Cami was an expert at her craft. Before their lives could be in danger or the torture could leave any longsting injuries, she would quickly apply a high-grade healing potion, preventing them from even seeing the hint of death.
Soon, the torture seemed to be an eternal fate that would engulf them both.
Tyler was a tough man, but this alone was enough topletely break him.
"P-please, Lucius. Please, we have something we can offer you."
Hearing the words that he had been waiting for, Lucius waved for Cami to stop. After applying some healing potion, he waited for them to speak again.
This time, the anger and hatred in Tyler and Chris''s eyes werepletely gone.
Well, it would be wrong to say it was gone.
How could you truly forgive someone who had brutally tortured you?
Instead, it waspletely crushed by fear of the person in front of them.
Tyler took a deep breath before speaking again.
"Since you don''t want to kill us, you''re clearly looking for benefits."
Lucius didn''t speak at Tyler''s words and just smiled.
Knowing he had hit the nail on the head, Tyler wanted to sigh.
He had just wanted to teach an arrogantmoner a lesson; now he had to willingly offer something to satisfy this demon in front of him.
Takinga deep breath Tyler finally spoke
Chapter 159: 158. Black Viper gang
"Well, Lucius, we can''t offer much, but we''ll offer everything we have. We''ll offer all our life savings."
Hearing this, Lucius''s heart was a little excited. He had seen the wealth these two brothers had and couldn''t wait to get his hands on the scrolls and other magic artifacts of the two brothers, not to mention the countless training resources avable.
But despite this, Lucius knew he couldn''t get too excited.
"How am I supposed to believe what you say?"
"The gang we were going to call to ask for help wasn''t just any gang; they were people that followed us from the Montford family estate. In other words, they were..."
"You''re private soldiers," said Lucius with a look of realization.
Even though Lucius was the one saying it, he almost couldn''t believe it himself.
"Are you crazy, or are you just bored?"
But Tyler just responded with a helpless look on his face.
"It''s not because I wanted to, but because I was really forced to! You have no idea how bloody and fierce thepetition of the Heroic families can be. Think about how long the Heroic families have been around. Even if they spread out and became nobles of different surnames, the link still exists. And this is just the nobles withnds and titles.
If you include those without any of these things, the number balloons even further. All these people are relying on andpeting in the main family for magic artifacts and training resources. Although we have Heroic blood, we''re nothingpared to the truly talented children in the family, so there''s no chance for any resources to fall to us."
"All this is good and all, but what does that have to do with you giving me your entire resources?"
"Lucius, think about it. Don''t you find it strange that such an outer city exists in the first ce? The empire has strength that spans across the entire world, but they allow for such shanty towns and slums and even the generally dangerous outer city to exist on their front doorstep?"
"It''s not that they couldn''t do it, but more that they didn''t want to. To be more specific, they were the ones who created it themselves!"
When Lucius heard this, he was truly shocked.
He wasn''t naive; he already knew that these gangs had to have some sort of rtionship with the nobles. If they didn''t, they would be obliterated the second they tried to form. Even in the novel, it was stated that the gangs had ties to nobles.
But Lucius always thought that it was some small nobles or, at the most, some nobles with links to the major families.
Who could have thought that it was descendants of the Heroic families themselves directly behind all of this?
Who would believe it?
Descendants of the five great heroes, the saviours and protectors of all of humanity, would be behind the gangs that were viciously exploiting and taking advantage of the people.
Even Lucius, who was hearing it straight from the horse''s mouth, still had trouble epting it.
But after thinking about it for a while, he realized it was not too surprising.
Maybe they might have been true heroes at one point, but now they were just a bunch of extremely powerful nobles.
A social ss that exists with no threat of change will inevitably be corrupt.
As the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
But Lucius still had one question.
"What was the benefit to even doing such a thing?"
Tyler just shook his head.
"This is the capital of the greatest empire in the world. Siphoning off just a fraction of the trade would be enough to create an enormous profit that could easily provide a lot of training resources, magic scrolls, and even magic artifacts.
Of course, the truly important trade and trade routes would all be concentrated in the hands of the major nobles and Heroic families, but we can get involved in other things. If you wanted to, you could even act as highwaymen and collect tolls on the weaker caravans as they pass through on bothnd trade routes and the waterways."
"The Heroic families don''t eat alone either; children of other major families are also allowed to get involved if they are capable enough."
Lucius heard this and didn''t take it to heart too much.
Although he couldn''t say for sure that there were no talented people outside of the Heroic families, he had already dealt with some branch families of the Heroic families, so he had his confidence. There was just one question on his mind.
"What if the children from the main family want to get involved?"
"There''s no need to worry about that. For the children of the main family with heroic talents, these resources are nothing but chump change. The stuff they have at their disposal is not something you can imagine."
Hearing this, Lucius breathed a sigh of relief. But even though there were no main family descendants, Lucius couldn''t be too arrogant, at least not yet. He was fortunate that he didn''t act too suddenly on his ns to secretly develop a gang to take over the underworld near the capital as a springboard for the revolutionary army.
The fact that Tyler described this almost like a game was an obvious warning sign.
It was impossible for there to be a game without rules, and rules could only be enforced by a more powerful referee. If Lucius acted recklessly, even if he brought Albert or even the entire Revolutionary Army, it wouldn''t be enough to save him!
Lucius decided to put his future ns on hold for now. Right now, the most important thing was to get the benefits.
"So, your gang that you raised privately, how are you going to give it to me?" asked Lucius.
Hearing this, Tyler quickly spoke up.
"The people that followed us here formed a gang called the ck Viper Gang when they followed us here. The strongest amongst them is a man named Van.
Chapter 160: 159. Record stone
"The people that followed us here formed a gang called the ck Viper Gang when they followed us here. The strongest amongst them is a man named Van.
He is a first-grade fighter with a magic artifact sword that has powerful poison properties and is specialized in swift and quick swordsmanship."
"All of our resources that we store long-term are also kept inside their base. It was saved for when we eventually graduate and have to leave the area, but now¡."
Hearing this, Lucius''s eyes seemed to shine, but he quickly realized something. "You told me where it is, but you didn''t tell me how you''re going to hand it over to me?"
Hearing this, Tyler showed a look of fear but eventually spoke up. "I can only help you this much. Those guys are our followers, not our servants. They chose to follow us because they believed that by following us to the capital, they could get more resources and advance as fighters.
If I told them to hand over the resources to you, I''m afraid the first thing they would do would be to gather those very same resources, split them amongst themselves, and disappear off the face of the earth."
Hearing this, Lucius''s face turned a little ugly.
"So you are telling me that I have to solve all these guys and eventually take all these resources for myself? If so, what''s the use in even keeping you two around?"
The second Lucius said these words, the air seemed to chill. Chris, who had barely said a word until now, finally spoke.
"What more do you want? We gave you everything we had. Even now, we can''t offer you anything anymore. Just kill us and get it over with."
As Lucius heard this, he just showed a cruel smile.
"Although it would be possible to end your misery now, it''s unfortunate that I won''t be able to because I still have some uses for the pair of you."
As Lucius spoke, he pulled out a fist-sized crystal sphere, and as he did so, a video started to be yed on the crestfallen ball. Seeing this, Chris''s eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.
"A-a record stone!"
The two brothers watched on stunned as a familiar scene yed out in front of them. It was the scene of the two brothers walking down the streets of the slums as they openly discussed their ns to have Lucius assassinated and killed. The two brothers saw this and instantly went pale.
Seeing this look on their faces, Lucius couldn''t help but smile as he spoke.
"Although your Heroic families are quite crooked, you still seem to value your reputation in the world very much. What do you think would happen to you if I showed this to the board at Sanctuary?"
Neither Chris nor Tyler dared to speak, but Lucius could clearly see thest traces of hope in their eyespletely shatter and disappear. Lucius didn''t need to exin the consequences; they knew it better than anyone else.
Now they had basically sold out all their followers and organizations that they had built in the previous years they had stayed in the Imperial Capital and Sanctuary. They were left with nothing. The only thing they currently had was the status of a Sanctuary student.
If Lucius went public with this piece of evidence, they would really have nothing left. No, it would be even worse than that.
To maintain their perfect image, the Montford family would brutally crackdown and deal with them. Remember, the Heroic families and the church were tending towards what could only be described as a Cold War. They couldn''t afford any screw-ups right now.
Hell, even amongst the Heroic families, they weren''t a homogenous and united group; their fights nearly rivalled those between the Imperial family and the church itself. Those enemies wouldn''t hesitate to take the opportunity to hurt and damage the Montford family. This was truly their lifeline.
If they didn''t want to give up the Montford family name, they would have to listen to exactly what lucius said.
After brutally torturing them to gain all they had, this despicable bastard still wasn''t nning to let them off and still squeeze some use out of them. If Tyler could go back in time, his first action would be to strangle his past self to death for even having the thought to mess with this sick bastard.
What sort of monster was this?!
If Lucius knew Tyler''s thoughts, he wouldn''t know whether tough or cry.
He had sessfully established his image in the paid mind as someone who couldn''t afford to be disobeyed at any cost, but now they saw him as some sort of sick and twisted bastard! Fortunately for them, Lucius couldn''t read minds.
Looking at the two brothers, Lucius slowly spoke.
"You two brothers should know your situation well by now. You have no choice. Follow my wishes and do what I tell you to, and it will be like this video never existed in the first ce."
Tyler and Chris looked at each other, and each saw the contempt in the other''s eyes, knowing they had one bottom line they had to keep.
Regaining some of his backbone, Tyler looked Lucius in the eyes and spoke.
"It''s okay for us to follow your orders, but we tell you this now: If you order us to do anything that will harm the interests of or betray the Montford family, even if you tortured us for eternity, we will never agree!"
Lucius heard this and was a little surprised.
He saw that even Chris, who had a much smaller backbonepared to Tyler, showed a surprising level of integrity in the face of these words.
Lucius was almost impressed!
''Tch! I guess the Montford family didn''t raise these two bastards in vain after all.''
Of course, Lucius didn''t believe these young men truly had iron bones.
If he truly wanted them to turn traitor, Lucius didn''t think they would be able to withstand his, or more urately, Cami''s methods of persuasion.
Chapter 161: 160. Agreement
If he truly wanted them to turn traitor, Lucius didn''t think they would be able to withstand his, or more urately, Cami''s methods of persuasion.
But Lucius didn''t need those guys to betray the Montford family, at least not yet. By the time the moment came for them to betray, they would be so absorbed that Lucius was confident they wouldn''t even know it was a betrayal, but Lucius didn''t need that right now.
Sensing the two men''s unease, Lucius quickly put their worries to rest.
"Calm down, will you? I''m not crazy and still want to keep my head on my neck! I am not so reckless as to fight against or even ask you to betray the Montford family.
I''m only asking you to help me out with a few things and do some things that are inappropriate for me to do with my identity as amoner. Although it''s a bit shady, it''s not like you have never done anything shady before. Besides, do you guys even have a choice?"
Lucius''s voice was calm and spoken in the same tone as every other one, but in the minds of Tyler and Chris, it was no different than that of thunder. It was only then that they remembered who they were talking to.
This was the same man that ordered their brutal torture, aplete demon in human skin. The two poor brothers even felt their legs weakening in real-time.
The two brothers looked at each other for a brief moment, quickly exchanging hundreds of words with just a quick nce, before barely looking Lucius in the eyes.
"We will follow your orders from now on, Lucius."
Seeing both of them submitting like this, Lucius showed a rare smile. "Good! You won''t regret this. If you perform well, I could even set you free and destroy the record stone in the future." Neither Tyler nor Chris believed any of Lucius''s words but still showed a ttering or even touched look on their faces.
Lucius could easily see their true thoughts, but he didn''t care. Like they already guessed, his words were nothing but lies anyway. Even if they knew what Lucius was saying was nothing but bullshit, they could only smile and praise it like it was the first telling of the gospel. In their eyes, Lucius was nothing other than aplete and utter maniac who had no idea just how high the sky was.
Despite being amoner, he dared to kidnap and torture nobles. With such a crazy person, who knew what he would do when he was annoyed or pissed off.
If they ended up losing their lives because of some random bullshit, all the suffering they had endured would have been in vain. I''m afraid they wouldn''t even be able to recover and rest even in the afterlife!
Lucius took a look for a longer time and asked a few questions before he waspletely satisfied. Lucius turned to leave, but before he did so, he made sure the two brothers were properly restrained and gave them another treatment of high-level healing potions to heal their bodies and remove any traces of longsting torture.
The next day came around, and Lucius could be seen waiting at the entrance of the building used for Reina''s new gang with a pair of burly figures on either side.
For some strange reason, the two figures would look back at him from time to time and shiver as if recalling or seeing a terrifying horror, but Lucius paid no mind to their little actions and continued to look ahead.
Lucius''s heart was callous and didn''t care about the sorry twins of the Montford family. He wasn''t as nice as to care about the health or mental conditions of people trying to take his own life.
Thinking like this, Lucius looked up when he suddenly saw a mesmerizing sight.
It was two women. Lucius had seen them before, but no matter what, Lucius couldn''t help but hold his breath.
"Truly breathtaking¡"
Each of the two women had an explosive figure that made Lucius''s body feel hot just by looking at them. And not just their bodies, but they even had the faces to match.
The blonde woman had a face that could only be described as angelic, perfectly sculpted to the point even artists would feel ashamed. Deep blue eyes that shone like sapphires contained a pure, positive innocence that made one subconsciously want to protect this at any cost.
At the same time, a soft smile hung on her plump, cherry-red lips that made one''s heart instantly flutter.
As if this wasn''t enough of a blessing for the eyes, to her right stood a woman equally as beautiful. Her body was equally explosive, but she seemed to take it to an even further level. She had all her fat in the right ces, and at the same time, her shapely behind was enough to make a man lose allposure.
This, when coupled with a face that could only belong to a subus and bright purple eyes that seemed to stir up one''s soul, it was mesmerizing.
If there was one w, it would be that her expression was too cold, like a sharp, ruthless knife that could cut anyone who looked at her for too long, showing this woman wasn''t someone easy to mess with.
Surprisingly enough, the strange juxtaposition of both women''s temperaments didn''t do anything to dampen one another''s charms but seemed to amplify them to a surprising degree.
Who else could these beautiful women be if not Cami and Alice walking side by side?
Lucius was nearly left speechless, and if it were any other day, the two men beside Lucius would be just as charmed as Lucius, if not even more so, but right now, it was impossible no matter how hard they tried.
That was because, no matter how beautiful she looked, their minds could only associate this woman with the devil incarnate.
Chapter 162: 161. Healing
That was because, no matter how beautiful she looked, their minds could only associate this woman with the devil incarnate.
The scene of an unearthly beauty mercilessly carving and slicing their flesh apart could never be erased from their hearts.
It was to the point that, as the two beauties walked closer and closer, the two men began shivering and shaking with greater intensity.
Lucius noticed the movement and came closer, whispering into the ears of the two twins.
"I don''t know what you two are thinking, but don''t mess this up. Don''t spill anything about what happened before to the new woman in front of you, as long as you still want to keep the Montford name and continue to live a good life."
The two brothers gulped nervously but didn''t dare to go against Lucius''s words. Although Cami was the one identified as a demon in their hearts, the man in front of them was the one who could order around such a demon, which made him even more terrifying.
The two approaching girls didn''t seem to notice anything, and when she got close, Alice broke out into an even more beautiful smile.
"Lucius, it feels like it''s been ages since Ist saw you."
"Well, it feels like someone has been deliberately avoiding me."
Hearing this, Alice''s face quickly blushed. She immediately thought back to the embarrassing situation in which she was caught spying on Lucius''s private affairs.
Somehow, Lucius and Alice had reached an almost silent agreement not to bring it up again. Now, with Lucius suddenly bringing it up again, she was so embarrassed she could barely speak.
Fortunately, Lucius didn''t want to push Alice on the matter now and quickly moved on.
"Regardless of all that, I have to thank you foring all the way here early in the morning."
"You don''t have to mention it. After all, you and Cami are the first friends I made in Sanctuary. I''ll help you guys anytime I can!"
Hearing this, Lucius smiled and called her over.
"These two are some of my friends, but during their training, they suffered some injuries. Although they have applied some healing potions, I thought it would be best if someone healed them to make sure there are nosting effects on their bodies. I thought about who I could call to help me out, and my thoughtsnded on you. You were the most reliable person I could think of."
Hearing this, Alice puffed out her already awe-inspiring chest.
"I don''t know much when ites to fighting or other things, but when ites to healing, I''ll put myself against anyone out there!"
After saying this, Alice looked towards the two brothers with a soft smile on her face.
"Don''t resist, okay? I''m trying to help you."
After saying this, she stretched out her hands, and a soft golden-white glow emitted from them.
The two brothers held their breath and quickly felt a strange sensation as a warm, fuzzy trace of energy prated their bodies. It didn''t take long before their faces showed surprised expressions.
As fighters, the two brothers had an extreme understanding of their own bodies. They were even descendants of the Great Shield hero and were used to taking damage and dealing with it, so they had an even greater understanding of injuries.
It was because of this that they couldn''t hold back their shock. They had been brutally tortured just a few hours prior, and although they had been healed by the quick action of high-grade healing potions, there were still hidden dangers left in their bodies.
This was inevitable as they suffered continuous torture without giving their bodies proper time to heal. In many ways, even the use of high-grade healing potions to heal such vicious bodily harm was nothing more than a glorious band-aid treatment.
But this healing was different. It seemed to seep deep into their bones and flesh, repairing their bodies on a cellr level.
As the healing went on, they could feel their bodies bing more and more invigorated and filled with vitality.
As children of heroic families, they had experienced all sorts of healings, be it from experienced mages or priests from the Church of the Goddess of Light, and they could guarantee that they had never received such thorough healing in their lives.
Tyler was afraid that such a level of healing was already simr to that of high-ranking priests within the Church of the Goddess!
How could Lucius even meet someone of such a high level of healing? No! Why was she even an unarmed student in the academy? Surely, if her talent were known, it would have a bigger reputation than this.
But as the two brothers were having such thoughts, they suddenly realized something and turned to look at each other before looking back at themselves.
Although getting healed of such hidden dangers was a good thing, itsplexity wiped out any traces of the horrific torture they had experienced the past night.
If they went to the main family and asked for help, iming they had been brutally tortured and ckmailed, thest thing they would receive wouldn''t be care and help but instead a derisive and terrifying p for daring to discuss such nonsense.
Who would believe that someone in such an excellent state had been terrified?
If they tried to me Lucius after being involved in a fight for him, they would just be used of trying to abuse the power of the main family to settle personal grudges. If it concerned some no-name person, people might have turned a blind eye, but now that it involved someone as high-profile, there was no chance of that happening.
Their usations wouldn''t even be taken seriously; no, they might even be punished for saying something at all!
The main branch wouldn''t forgive a mere branch family child for damaging the family interests and trying to use them as some sort of cheaphitman
Chapter 163: 162. Old acquaintance
The main branch wouldn''t forgive a mere branch family child for damaging the family interests and trying to use them as some sort of cheaphitman
There was now truly nobody they could call for help.
Was this Lucius''s n from the start?
So vicious! So thorough!
Thinking about this, they couldn''t help but feel a chill down their spines as the faces of the two brothers quickly turned ugly.
Alice, who was healing them at this time, also noticed the expressions of the two brothers and couldn''t help but ask, "Is everything okay? If I made any mistakes, just tell me. I''ll do my best to adjust and fix it."
Before they could answer, they saw Lucius''s cold, red eyes ring at them with a deep, menacing light.
They didn''t need words to understand the meaning behind them.
If they dared to say anything at this moment, they would not have a good ending.
Realizing this, the two brothers quickly put on strange smiles and responded to Alice, "No! No! There''s no problem with the treatment. In fact, the treatment was so good that I couldn''t control the expressions on my face and ended up embarrassing myself."
Hearing this, Alice quickly breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Alice smile, they felt their hearts be a little warmer.
It was at this moment they suddenly felt like crying out:
Just how!
How did such an angele to be friends with such a demonic pair of individuals? If the Goddess was truly watching from above, as the priests say, she would strike down this demonic pair with divine thunder and prevent this beautiful angel from falling into corruption.
But no matter how devoutly Tyler and Chris prayed in their hearts, Lucius and Cami still stood proudly, causing the two brothers to nder the Goddess for being blind and partial.
Before their sphemous thoughts could get any worse, they heard a soft, bubbly voice that brought them out of their stupor.
"Alright! All done!" said Alice.
Hearing this, Lucius smiled as he walked over.
"Thanks for helping my friends out this time. Unfortunately, they have an important meeting with their family, so they won''t be able to stay for long and have to go."
Hearing this, poor Chris turned his head to the side, slightly puzzled. "We do?"
"Yes, you do," responded Lucius.
This time, Lucius''s voice was filled with a chill that only the two brothers could sense.
Hearing this, Chris''s body shivered as he quickly came to his senses. Tyler, looking on, wanted to p his brother for being so slow andnding them in more trouble.
He quickly said a few words of thanks to Lucius and Alice, but the entire time, his mind was filled with nder.
Lucius, do you think you''re slick or something? If you just want to kick us out to hang out with a pair of brutes, you can just say that!
Although the pair of brothers had thousands of words to use against Lucius, not one of them came out of their mouths.
They quickly finished their affairs and left, tears of joy beginning to trickle down their eyes.
They sincerely prayed to the Goddess that they would not have to encounter such a demon again for the rest of their lives.
Lucius ignored the sorry sight of the two fleeing brothers.
"Alice, it must have been very inconvenient for you toe all this way just to help me out in the morning. How about we go out for something? My treat, of course."
"Well¡ I wouldn''t want to inconvenience you though¡"
Hearing this, Lucius just smiled.
"Cami and I were nning on going out anyway. It won''t inconvenience us in the slightest if you choose toe along."
As Lucius said this, he heard a soft, cold scoff. If his senses weren''t so sharp, he probably would have missed it and it didn''t take a genius to guess who it wasing from.
But for his own benefit and sanity, Lucius decided to pretend as if he did notice it anyway.
Hearing Lucius''s exnation, Alice''s face showed a brief look of hesitation before eventually agreeing.
"Okay then. If it won''t be too inconvenient for you, I have no problem going along with you."
Just as Lucius was nning to leave, he suddenly remembered something and spoke.
"Ah! I also have another friend staying behind. I''ll ask her if she wants toe along with us as well before we leave."
After saying that, Lucius headed back into the building.
After a short while, Lucius walked back out of the building, but this time he was no longer alone.
As he walked towards Alice, she could see that there was also a beautiful woman clinging to Lucius''s arm, and it was someone she was already familiar with.
The barbarian bandit, Reina.
Reina came out in casual attire, her burning crimson hair streaking down her back like a curtain of mes.
Her eyes were calm and carefree, like those of azy cat, when they suddenlynded on Alice''s face.
Her face showed a look of shock before a rather pleasant smile appeared on her face as she called out.
"Ah! Healerdy! Long time no see. It''s a good thing to see a familiar face in the capital again."
Seeing Reina appearing here, Alice was both baffled and shocked.
"Lucius, she¡ her... how did this happen?"
Seeing Alice''s shocked face, Lucius was really embarrassed this time.
Although Lucius brought out Reina, he really didn''t expect Alice''s reaction to be so strong. Hadn''t she already seen him getting it on with Veronica? He just couldn''t understand why her reaction was so strong.
Seeing Alice''s shocked face, Reina''s face curled up into an arrogant smile.
Suddenly she felt a look of satisfaction.
''Even those nobles from Sanctuary can feel jealousy towards me, amoner, eh?''
Her arm around Lucius''s arm tightened,pletely enveloping his arm in between the enormous mounds of her chest.
Chapter 164: 163. Disapproval
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"Gasp!"
Although Reina''s mood was improving, Alice''s was doing anything but that.
Alice was so shocked at the sight, she let out an audible gasp and eximed with a bright red face, "Lucius, what''s the deal? Why are you still hanging out with this woman even after getting into Sanctuary? She is a bad influence! Lucius, I know you. You are a good person; you shouldn''t be hanging out with this bad woman!"
Alice still remembered the horrible things that Reina had done as the leader of a bandit group and the suffering inflicted on her victims.
Lucius still knew about all those things, but he had actively decided to forget about them. Reina''s potential, abilities, and even her ability to earn him love points were enough for him to ignore all her past actions and sweep them under the rug.
This was the fundamental difference in the ethics and views of the two people.
One was the future Saintess of Light, destined to save people all over the continent.
The other was a vicious and viinous opportunist that would do anything for his own benefit.
Unfortunately for the Church of Light, Alice couldn''t see through Lucius''s true personality and was still deceived by Lucius''s shameless acting.
Lucius, however, still hadn''t determined the reason for Alice''s anger and could only look towards Cami for help, but this time Cami didn''t do much and just shrugged at him, leaving Lucius stunned.
Although Cami didn''t say anything, Lucius had already annoyed Cami by bringing along Alice. Now that he brought Reina along, he actually wanted help from one of his women to help calm down another two that were fighting.
Thinking about it from that direction, it was indeed a little shameless.
Besides Lucius, Cami showed what could only be described as strong displeasure for Reina and her roughness.
In her mind, she shows absolutely no respect for Lucius despite knowing his highly important and dignified role as the leader of the revolutionary army, not to mention she was the vixen that had even taken Lucius''s first time.
In Cami''s mind, what Reina needed wasn''t help; it was the death penalty!
Knowing that even the trusty Cami wouldn''t help him out this time, Lucius turned back towards Alice but was soon quickly met with a barrage of words.
"Lucius, I''ve also been hearing rumors that you''re actually affiliated with some group of thugs and gangsters in the outer city. At first, I didn''t believe it, but now I know it is the influence of this woman on you! Lucius, it''s because I know that you''re a good person that you shouldn''t be going down this path!"
As Reina heard the wordsing out of Alice''s mouth, she almost slipped and fell over!
Reina was a vicious bandit, she would be the first to admit that, but Lucius? A good person?!
What was she missing here?!
Even if you were nning on lying to people, shouldn''t you at least try to make it believable?
This so-called "good person" was out here torturing people from sundown till daybreak.
Although they may have been after his life, a truly good person would have swiftly sent them to the afterlife to end their misery.
Lucius''s subsequent actions truly opened her eyes to what it meant to be a truly ruthless person.
His torture was so terrifying that even her vicious heart couldn''t handle it, and her legs went queasy.
Even if you beat her to death, she would never admit that someone as ruthless as Lucius was a good person!
Lucius could only try and helplessly exin himself. He tried to reassure Alice that he was still a good person and was only dealing with Reina and involved in the messy gangs of the outer city because his circumstances needed it. He even tried convincing Alice that Reina wasn''t a bad person.
But Lucius seemed to underestimate Alice; she was naive, not stupid.
You could trick her on a few things, but to paint someone obviously bad as secretly good was like trying to tell someone the color white was actually ck. As long as you had eyes, you could easily see through such ridiculous levels of gaslighting.
Alice saw Lucius''s reaction and his feeble attempt to defend Reina and was genuinely puzzled.
In her mind, Lucius was a noble hero, someone that everyone should aspire to be like.
What about the possibility that Lucius was just a bad person?
What a joke! Alice would never believe the nder that people were spreading about her good friend!
In her mind, how could someone who would risk his life for strangers be a bad person?
What about the time he got into a fight for his ssmate and didn''t hesitate to fight a senior for her? In addition, didn''t he dare to fight against the descendants of the heroic families just yesterday to stop some bullying he saw?
If someone as noble as Lucius was considered a bad person, then society would not be far from being destroyed.
Lucius could never be a problem; then the me would have to fall on the people around him.
When she looked at Reina once again, it was as if she was struck by a lightning bolt.
''Yes, that''s it!'' thought Alice in a moment of realization.
Now everything was beginning to add up!
Although Alice didn''t want to admit it, the woman Reina was quite beautiful.
In addition to that, she had a well-developed body and a sort of mature charm that even the other girls her age in the academy couldn''t provide.
Her mother had warned her to be careful around good boys her age because no matter how good things were going, they could always be seduced.
When she first heard this, Alice had no clue what her mother was talking about. Now she only wanted to thank her mother for instilling such wisdom into her early on.
The reason for Lucius''s behavior was not because he was a bad person, no, it was because he was being seduced by this bad old woman!
Chapter 165: 165.Seduced!
Realizing this, Alice didn''t hesitate anymore and spoke up.
"Lucius, you have to wake up! Your mind is being clouded into thinking that Reina is a good person when she''s not! You are being shamelessly seduced by the hot and sexy body of that old woman!"
For a few seconds, everyone present was stunned into silence as they looked at Alice''s cute, red, puffy face after all that shouting. Reina''s face crumpled into a mess, and Lucius, hearing such words from the usually innocent Alice, had his jaw drop to the floor. Even the usually stoic Cami had her jaw agape.
Dear God! What sort of nonsense reasoning was this? Amongst everyone here, maybe Alice was the only one who coulde to such a silly conclusion. For the two women present, it was impossible to have such ridiculous thoughts. They had already easily fallen into Lucius''s grasp and knew just how lustful and greedy that man could be. This wasn''t some naive young man but a shameless yboy.
As for Lucius, not much needed to be said¡ªyou can deceive the world, but you can''t deceive yourself. He knew himself best. In his heart, he was definitely not a good man. In his short stay in this world, he had alreadymitted many crimes, and if he wanted to stand at the top, he would onlymit countless more. His hands were destined to be stained with blood. How could he be a good person?
Earlier, it was said that Alice was naive, not stupid, but on second thought, maybe that was said too soon. At first, when he had suffered Alice''s endless questions, Lucius was beginning to panic.
He was even considering whether topletely abandon Reina to satisfy Alice and escape her nagging. He didn''t know how to get out of it if he was forced to make a decision between Alice and Reina. If it came to that, he would pick Alice and abandon Reina without hesitation.
Although it was a bit harsh, it was the obvious decision. One was the main heroine and arguably the main heroine of the story¡ªthe Saintess of Light with master-level talents in buffing and healing. The other was just a sub-heroine bandit you meet at the start of the story. Even the most important item, the [Amulet of the High King], had been taken by him.
Abandoning Reina was the obvious choice to make.
Of course, Lucius wasn''t so callous. He wouldn''t truly kick Reina to the curb and would just secretly meet up with her in the revolutionary army, but now it appeared that wouldn''t even be the case. Alice''s opinion hadn''t changed at all, so there was no need for such drastic measures.
Alice''s belief in the original Landon bordered on the levels of blind faith. Many times when creating oundish and dangerous ns in the book, the other heroines would question and doubt Landon''s ridiculous suggestions. After all, these were people''s lives we were talking about.
Landon could often convince them to agree, but the only one who would instantly agree wholeheartedly, no matter how ridiculous it sounded, was Alice. It just goes to show that Alice''s faith in the original novel was no joke.
Aliceter made many friends and met all sorts of good people, but the faith she had in them could never rival that she had for the original protagonist Landon in the book. That just goes to show how influential the first meeting and subsequent fight with bandits were on Alice''s character.
Now, that setting and feature that should have been exclusive to Landon was shamelessly robbed away by Lucius. At first, such levels of blind trust may seem odd, but if you look closely, it wasn''t so strange. Alice was traveling out of her family home for the first time in her life, and for the first time, she had run into vicious bandits that killed and kidnapped women from everywhere.
For such a naive girl, sheltered and never having experienced any bad people, such a sight must be extremely shocking. It was the first time she realized that the evil people her mother and father had told her about¡ªthe viins in books and stories¡ªactually existed in real life.
Lucius, whom she had just met, was handsome and fearless in the face of danger, not hesitating to risk his life. Such a person was no different from a hero out of a storybook.
The level of writing and plot twists hadn''t reached the level of Lucius''s previous past life. Because of this, how could the hero, Sectelet, be a viin?
Alice wasn''t stupid; she was just coping! She was coping so hard that it started to affect her subconscious thinking, and she believed that her hero could never be some low-level viin.
As Lucius organized these facts, he seemed to have a moment of realization.
"Wait, hold on¡ maybe I can work with this¡"
Putting on a look of pure shock, which wasn''t too hard after hearing Alice''s previous outburst, Lucius cautiously asked, "Alice¡ is this true? Am I really being seduced?"
Seeing Lucius acting like some innocent victim, Reina really wanted to curse out that shameless bastard''s entire family line.
Alice didn''t care about Reina''s exnation and continued to exin her reasoning, telling him about her mother''s words. Lucius yed along expertly, constantly showing expressions of both shock and disbelief as time went on.
Seeing the changes on Lucius''s face as she made her exnation, Alice secretly couldn''t help but feel proud in her heart. ''Fortunately, I knew this information beforehand before that nasty old woman Reina couldpletely seed in her ns!''
She looked towards Reina and sneered, as ifughing at her for breaking apart her nefarious ns. Seeing Alice look at her this way, Reina wasn''t even angry.
Would you be angry when you heard the crazed ramblings of someone from a mental hospital? Of course not! Reina''s feelings were the same. For those words to being out of this poor girl''s mouth, she could only be suffering from a mental illness.
Cami, the only one not involved in the scene, could just hold her head. ''I¡ I am surrounded by idiots.''
Chapter 166: 166. Alices choice
Lucius, who was still ying along with Alice''s words, put on a confused face.
"Alice, if your words are true and I am indeed being seduced, how am I supposed to stop it?"
Hearing this, Alice was stunned. She looked up, scanned Reina''s body, and bit her lip. A mature body that made even her, a woman, sigh in admiration. How could someone as innocent and pure as Lucius fight against such a vixen?
Unless¡ A spark of lightning suddenly shed in Alice''s mind. Her dazzling blue eyes shed as she looked down at her own body. All her life, her mother had told her she was an extremely beautiful woman; even if it was an exaggeration from her parents, it couldn''t be aplete lie after all.
Maybe if¡ Just as Alice had these thoughts, she suddenly shook her head as her face turned as red as a cherry. How could I have such thoughts? Aren''t I just taking advantage of Lucius? As Alice thought this, she looked up to see Lucius''s face. The once confident and proud face from her memory was now downtrodden and confused.
The handsome young man was no different from a puppy left out in the rain. As Alice looked at this sight, her heart hurt. No, she wasn''t taking advantage, but instead helping her good friend. She wanted a hero, not a vixen! Resolving her heart, Alice looked up and spoke with an almost heroic resolve.
"Lucius, you don''t have to worry about it! I won''t let you be seduced by that woman. I''ll use my own body to stand by those words!"
Lucius''s eyes shed with uncertainty, but he quickly pulled himself together before he could do something unsightly; he still had an act to keep up after all. Lucius quickly put on an embarrassed look and raised his hands in fake protest.
"Alice, you shouldn''t have to. I believe that although Reina was a bad person, she''s changed now and won''t seduce me into doing bad things."
Hearing Lucius''s naive answer, Alice almost fell over! How could she let all her hard work go to nothing? She quickly walked towards Lucius and pulled his arm.
"No, Lucius. Insist, let me help you. A future hero can''t be ruined by this old seductress!"
Hearing this, Lucius nearly jumped for joy! This was the main heroine in the story, the first heroine even, and now she was practically jumping into his arms. Lucius was not one to resist an easy meal, especially one that served itself on a tter, so after a symbolic refusal, he pretended to reluctantly agree.
"Well then, if you say so," said Lucius.
In Alice''s eyes, she saw Lucius giving onest reluctant look toward¡ª
Seeing Lucius move quickly, Reina was furious. While they were together, this man would whisper sweet nothings, but as soon as he pulled up his pants, he refused to acknowledge any past rtionships! Reina had never met a more shameless man in her life! But right before she could go berserk, Reina looked at Lucius''s face and realized something.
The young man was desperately winking at her with a helpless look on his face. It was then that Reina realized something.
"Damn it, Lucius, if you''re going to put on an act, at least tell me beforehand! I almost believed it."
Reina didn''t say anything but sent him a scolding look with her eyes. The two had many intimate connections by now and had already formed some form of elementarymunication with just their eyes. After Reina understood what was happening, she wanted to get even madder and just rolled her eyes.
"Such a shameless young man. He was ying around and seducing such an innocent young girl. That poor girl had no idea she just walked into the mouth of a tiger!"
Alice, unaware of this fact, was now holding Lucius''s hands and was clumsily trying to mimic Reina''s previous actions.
''Soft¡''
Lucius felt Alice wrap his arm in between her giant soft mounds and nearly lost hisposure. But it wasn''t just Lucius who was experiencing strange feelings at this moment. The moment Alice pressed herself against Lucius, her body started to heat up strangely. She didn''t know if it was nervousness, embarrassment, or some other strange emotion, but her entire body felt jittery.
She didn''t dare look up at Lucius and buried her head in his arms to avoid eye contact, but that only made things worse.
''H-how can he smell so nice?''
Alice felt like she could stay here forever. Lucius''s body smelled like a mix of a flowery meadow and yet still had the strange feeling of her family home. For a second, Alice felt like she could stay in this position forever.
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Hearing the sound of his system, Lucius snapped out of his stupor. He quickly looked down at Alice to see her buried in his arm.
''Did those love points juste from Alice right now?
Realizing what was happening, a crooked smile appeared on Lucius''s face as he bent down. He brought his lips close to her bright red ears and whispered, "Alice, are you being shy right now?"
The moment Lucius spoke, Alice''s body shivered. His rough breath tickled her ears, sending tingles all down her spine. Such close contact with a handsome man and the soft whispers into her ear were setting off a chain reaction of emotions and feelings that Alice had never experienced before, making it hard to control her body.
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Alice didn''t know what was going on with her emotions and body, but she didn''t want Lucius to think that she was doing a bad job. She quickly spoke up.
"Lucius its not that. I was just bit surprised that''s all. I''m still getting used to things."
As Alice spoke a look of worry appeared on her face
"You wont end up going back to Reina will you?"
In truth Alice was still a bit worried, how could her clumsy imitations rival Reina''s experienced and seductive movements? Even she herself felt like she was outmatched
Chapter 167: 167
Seeing Alice''s nervous look, Lucius just chuckled. His arm lowered and wrapped around her waist as he whispered softly in her ear, "You don''t have to worry about that. I don''t think I could go back to Reina again."
Hearing this, Alice''s body squirmed in Lucius'' arms as her face blushed red. "L-Lucius, what is that supposed to mean?"
Lucius just smirked. "Don''t you know¡ it means your body is addicting, Alice."
Badum! Badum! Badum!
Alice didn''t know what was happening. Her heart started beating so much she felt like it was going to leap out of her chest. She didn''t know what this strange feeling was; she just felt like she wanted to stay like this with Lucius, in this moment forever.
Having Lucius hold her like this and whisper in her ear felt strangely good. Even if there was no Reina to seduce him or any other old vixen, Lucius would have to stay with her now.
For the first time in her life, Alice, the future saintess of light, was feeling greed, and surprisingly, it wasn''t for an object but instead a person! If Alice could look at herself now, she would be shocked to find that her expression and demeanor were eerily simr to Reina''s just a few minutes ago.
The one who ys monsters had be the monster! She had be the very thing she had sworn to defeat.
Alice looked up towards Lucius, and their eyes met. A pair of eyes as red as blood and another pair as blue as the ocean. No words were exchanged, but intense emotions seemed to burn between them. But before such a heated environment could develop any further, Lucius suddenly felt someone pull his arm.
Looking down, Lucius saw Cami holding his arm with a grumpy look on her face. "Weren''t we supposed to be getting something to eat?"
Lucius coughed dramatically to hide his embarrassment. It seemed that he had gotten too carried away with Alice andpletely forgotten that he was supposed to be heading out. Lucius just sighed internally, agreeing with Cami, "Let''s go get something to eat, shall we?"
...
A short whileter, Lucius and the group of girls were sitting inside the renowned pastry and dessert shop near Sanctuary. Lucius had decided to flex a little to let the girls enjoy some breakfast desserts. Although they were a little pricey, Lucius had to be honest and say that they all looked absolutely delicious.
Reina had a te full of fluffy pancakes with a picturesque trail of golden syrup cascading down it. Alice, on the other hand, had apletely different breakfast dessert. Her te was filled with beautiful crepes covered with a beautiful topping of raspberries.
Cami, befitting her personality, had a more refined taste. Her breakfast dessert of choice was a piece of French toast, elegantly garnished with a dusting of powdered sugar that glistened like freshly fallen snow. A pat of butter, slowly melting from the heat of the toast, pooled invitingly, ready to add a rich vor.
As for Lucius, he felt like crying. Although he spent money boldly, it was all just for appearances. Because of the fact that it wouldn''t make sense for him to spend a lot of money since he couldn''t cleanlyunder money from the revolutionary army, Lucius wasn''t rich at all.
He could spend a lot for the girls, but Lucius didn''t see the point in doing the same for himself. He got himself the smallest cup of bubble tea and a in croissant and called it there.
As the girls were eating, Lucius could see his love points rising in real time. Although he burnt a hole in his pockets, it was definitely worth it. This was the real pay-to-win game style!
Although the girls were enjoying the meal, they still didn''t forget to thank Lucius, especially Alice and Reina. Although Cami was amoner, she was still a part of something big. Although the revolutionary army didn''t like to livevishly, she had at least seen the higher side of the world.
Reina, on the other hand, was apletemoner from a vige. The highest position she had attained was that of a bandit chief. For her, it was like the food of the gods! Each mouthful she took, Lucius could see Reina look into his eyes with overwhelming desire and love.
Although it was a little shallow, a major reason Reina dared to join Lucius in the revolutionary army was for the benefits she could bring and the absolute ss jump. In her eyes, Lucius was already fulfilling everything he had promised her. How could she not be delighted?
Alice, on the other hand, was the daughter of a rural barony. She was better off than apletemoner like Reina but only just. Each mouthful Alice took made her eyes sparkle like stars. As she turned towards Lucius, her sparkle didn''t diminish but instead only increased.
"Thank you so much, Lucius," said Alice, her voice soft and melodic was filled with heartfelt gratitude.
"This ce is wonderful. I really enjoyed the meal and the scene. It means a lot to me that you brought me here."
Although it was a simplepliment, anythinging out of the mouth of a beautiful girl was just that much better, causing Lucius to feel a little bit embarrassed. Their eyes met, sending sparks flying, but just as a strange atmosphere was beginning to descend, Alice''s eyes suddenly shook as she looked towards Lucius with a slightly cautious gaze.
"Lucius, I don''t want to say this, but weren''t you supposed to be doingmunity service with the school today?"
The second Lucius heard this, his body froze as his heart sank. Lucius quickly felt like a piece of shit. Not because he was missing something as trivial asmunity service, but because he felt like he was letting down Nina.
After giving a big talk about how he was supposed to be there helping her, he hadpletely forgotten about it and was instead spending time with a group of beautiful girls. If that wasn''t a piece of shit, then Lucius didn''t know what was.
Chapter 168: 168. Annoying
Lucius quickly thanked Alice for reminding him that he had somewhere to be, and his figure flickered like a ghostly glitch before disappearing in an instant. The group of girls could only look at each other, stunned, as they watched Lucius vanish in a blur.
A short whileter, Lucius was rushing through the corridors of Sanctuary, arriving at the door of the building where he was supposed to be helping out today. As he touched the handle and slightly pushed open the door, a deep frown creased his brow.
Inside, he heard a voice dripping with venom. "Nina, what the hell are you even doing right now?" the voice sneered.
It was Frederick, a mage notorious for his harsh demeanor, especially among the circle of young alchemists.
If it wasn''t for his strong family backing and high social standing, such a person would have been jumped in a dark alley and beaten to a pulp.
s, the world was unfair and bore such an individual into a count''s family, allowing him to act this way his whole life rtively unscathed.
"I''ve never seen such a useless mage in my life. How are you even a member of the Mage Tower? This is a sphemy among mages!" Frederick''s words were sharp and cutting.
"I-I am sorry," Nina mumbled, her voice barely audible as she struggled to respond, clearly shaken.
"Sorry this, sorry that. I don''t want to hear another word out of you," Frederick snapped, his frustration mounting. The thought of Nina, whom he considered far beneath him, having somehow secured a spot in the top ss due to her so-called "golden talent" made his blood boil.
He couldn''t ept the existence of such trash at the Mage Tower, and even more so now that he was at the academy.
"If it wasn''t for your golden talent, you would be nothing! You might be the first person in history with a golden-grade talent that ispletely useless."
The poor mage didn''t even get to finish his sentence, as Lucius acted swiftly. In a sh, Lucius appeared in front of Nina. His hand shot out, gripping Frederick''s face like a vice, lifting him into the air effortlessly, leaving him dangling.
Frederick squirmed and struggled, his movements panicked as he tried to free himself.
"Damn peasant! You''re truly the lowest stain on Sanctuary''s history. Do you really think this is the slums where there are nows?" Frederick''s voice was both panicked and desperate, but Lucius didn''t care.
"Of course not," said Lucius, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Hearing this, Frederick''s fear only intensified.
"This doesn''t change the fact that I want to p your head off your skull," Lucius continued, his tone cold and menacing.
Frederick, realizing the danger he was in, knew he couldn''t leave his fate in the hands of such a ruthless adversary and prepared to act. But as lightning crackled along his body, ready to strike, it was met with an even more vicious surge of blood-red bioelectricity¡ªscalding rage lightning appeared all over Lucius''s form.
"M-monster!" one of the poor alchemists gasped, copsing to the floor as they witnessed Lucius''s berserk dragon aura coursing around him.
Lucius''s eyes gleamed with a dangerous light as he taunted, "I want to know if your head is harder than the descendants of the Shield Hero family." A vicious smile spread across his face as he tightened his grip on Frederick.
"Don''t worry, I won''t break your bones¡ªwell, not all of them," Lucius said, his voiceced with cruel amusement. Hearing this, Frederick''s heart sank in despair.
Just as Lucius was about to act, a cold voice cut through the tension from behind him. "Lucius. What on earth are you doing? Release him."
Lucius, still holding the terrified mage in his grasp, turned toward the source of the voice with a displeased expression. "Diana, how can I help you? I''m kind of busy right now."
Diana''s eyes narrowed, her anger barely contained. "Busy?! Youete to your disciplinary work, start a fight, and dare to tell me that you''re busy?!"
If Diana''s bow had been in her hand, she might have shot that cheeky bastard on the spot. Lucius could feel Diana''s fury radiating toward him, but he remained unfazed.
"I''m not starting a fight for no reason. Both times I did it was to defend a fellow student," Lucius said, his voice calm and steady.
"Im starting fights to defend my ssmates but who but who are you? The head of the disciplinarymittee, the one whos supposed to prevent these incidentsand yet you do nothing. Yesterday, it was the sons of the Shield Hero family, and today it''s this trash.
The disciplinarymittee exists, and yet these guys are still running rampant. I guess you only dare to police themoner students."
"Lucius, you know it''s not that simple¡ª" Diana wanted to continue, but she paused, her eyes drifting to the group of alchemists in the room. It wasn''t the time or ce to voice these thoughts. With a sigh, she looked back at Lucius.
"Lucius,e outside. I need to speak with you," Diana said in a low voice, trying to maintain herposure.
Lucius, not wanting topletely humiliate Diana, reluctantly agreed and decided to temporarily walk out.
But as his grip on Frederick loosened and he dropped the mage to the ground, he noticed the man''s face contort into an ugly, smug smile. Frederick looked at Lucius with an almost mocking gaze, as if believing themoner had finally learned his ce before the noble descendant of a heroic lineage.
Lucius saw Frederick''s sneer, and his mouth twitched with irritation. Without a second thought, he sent his hand flying forward.
"Bang!"
The forceful p rocked Frederick''s face, leaving his mouth bloody and twisted in pain.
"Lucius!" Diana scolded, her voice sharp with disapproval. But Lucius ignored her, staring down at the mage on the floor with disgust.
"Don''t look at me like that. It''s so ugly it triggered a subconscious response," Lucius said coldly.
Not wanting to hear any more of Lucius''s nonsense, and eager to regain control of the situation, Diana quickly dragged him outside of the room. Behind them, Nina watched nervously as Lucius was led out of the room.
Chapter 169: 169. Family honour
Leaving the room, Diana dragged Lucius some distance away. Once they were alone, Lucius leaned casually against the wall and smirked.
"So, what did you call me all the way here for, oh noble miss? If it''s a love confession, then I''m afraid I''ll have to reject you. I''m not some frivolous man who can be so easily seduced."
As Lucius''s expression shifted to one of mock caution and trepidation, as if he had just encountered a lustful predator, Diana''s anger surged. She was so infuriated by his audacity that she almost coughed up blood!
When Diana looked at Lucius, she couldn''t help but feel that this young man in front of her had be even more bold and audacious.
If Lucius could read Diana''s thoughts, he would''ve burst outughing because she was absolutely correct. After facing off against the Shield Hero family and having Serena stand up for him, Lucius now had the confidence that came with knowing his teacher, Serena, had his back.
Although Serena alone wasn''t nearly as powerful as the heroic families, she still held a certain level of deterrence. After all, behind her was the queen of the country.
The world may be run by the heroic families, but the royal family still held the title of king. This meant that as long as Lucius wasn''t aplete fool and didn''t pick a fight with the royal family, he could basically walk around the capital city unimpeded.
Of course, this protection only applied within the royal capital. If he behaved like that outside the capital or, worse, within the borders of a heroic family''s territory¡ well, Lucius didn''t need to think about that. He was bold, not stupid; he wouldn''t dare mess around in their territory.
Noticing Diana''s red face, which seemed like it was about to burst from frustration, Lucius finally stopped teasing her. "Okay, Diana, what do you want?"
Diana took a deep breath and began,
"Lucius, although the way you act can be rash and violent, I don''t believe you''re apletely bad person."
Lucius sneered internally at being handed the "good person" card but allowed her to continue.
"I''m not here to criticize you; I''m here to help you."
Hearing this, Lucius couldn''t help but raise an eyebrow. Diana sighed deeply before continuing,
"Lucius, you beat the two sons of the Shield Hero family. Do you have any idea about the consequences of such actions?"
Lucius shook his head. "I don''t know. Their strength wasn''t all that great, so I don''t get why everyone is making such a big deal out of it."
"That''s exactly the problem!" Diana eximed.
"You beat the sons of the Shield Hero family without even struggling. Do you know who they are? They''re descendants of a legendary hero family! Lucius, you''re just amoner. Even if you have talent, you''ve spent far less time training than they have. To them, that''s a disgrace to their name, a stain on their bloodline."
Diana paused, letting her words sink in before continuing.
"Lucius, you''re not a descendant of a heroic family, so you might not understand, but bloodline is everything to us. They will protect their bloodline no matter the cost. The Montford family, descendants of the Shield Hero, will reim their honor¡ªeven if it means they have to do so with bloodshed."
Lucius started to realize the gravity of the situation and frowned. "Surely they won''t y any tricks in the capital."
"Of course not," Diana replied. "They lost their honor in an upfront fight, so they''ll regain it in an upfront fight. But that doesn''t mean they''ll y fair. They will definitely send out their strongest fighter¡ªthe one with heroic-grade talent in the younger generation of the Shield Hero family. And trust me, she''s no joke."
Diana shivered just thinking about her. "She''s aplete monster¡ªa titan in human form. Lucius, you really stand no chance against her. If you two fight, she''ll be heavy-handed to send a message to everyone who''s been looking down on the Montford family name."
"The third years are away from Sanctuary at the moment. In the third year, they have their real heroic duties, traveling around the world to deal with monster outbreaks and dungeons that ur all over the continent."
Lucius pondered for a while. If he were to fight a third-year student, especially one with heroic-grade talent, the oue was obvious¡ªhe would bepletely and utterly crushed. But, as Diana mentioned, the third years were still away on duty, and there was still a decent amount of time before they returned.
As the Montford family child with heroic-grade talent¡ hehehe. Lucius didn''t mind showing her what a cheater who knew the system''s ploys could really do.
Realizing there wasn''t too much to worry about, Lucius finally rxed and smiled at Diana. "Of all people, I never expected you to be so worried about me."
Diana just snorted. "I''m only helping you out because you dealt with those annoying twins. I''ve long wanted to teach them a lesson, but the rules kept me from acting. Since you vented my frustrations for me, I just want to help you out."
"Thanks, I guess," said Lucius, chuckling. "We should head back. I''ve got someone waiting for me, and if she doesn''t see me soon, she might think you killed me or something."
Hearing this, Diana frowned. Thinking about the cute and shy pink-haired alchemist in her ss, she looked at Lucius''s back and warned, "I''ve heard rumors that you''ve been messing around with many girls. Lucius, let me warn you¡ª"
Lucius looked back and raised an eyebrow. "Tch! So jealous. We''re not even in a rtionship yet. Tell me the truth, you''re really trying to seduce me, aren''t you?"
Diana''s face turned red, looking like she was about to explode. But just as she was about to burst, Lucius had already disappeared, heading back to the ssroom and leaving her with nothing to do but stomp her feet in frustration.
"That scoundrel better not break any more academy rules, or else I really will show him hell!"
Chapter 170: 170. coward
Back in the ssroom, the second Lucius walked in, the group of alchemists stopped and looked at him. Seeing Lucius walk in carefree and smiling, looking nothing like someone who had been warned or reprimanded, Frederick''s face turned ugly. He looked like he had been served a pile of dirt.
Lucius, still sensitive to his surroundings, instantly sensed Frederick''s gaze and snapped,
"What are you looking at me like that for? I''ll tell you this now¡ªdon''t let me hear anything bad about you from Nina. In fact, just don''t let me see you outside of the academy grounds, or I''ll make sure you''re eating out of a tube for the rest of your life."
The alchemists werepletely stunned
So barbaric!
So vulgar!
After hearing such harsh and terrifying threats the alchemists quickl quickly moved away out fear Lucius could target them next
Frederick wanted to curse Lucius, but the sharp pain in his mouth from the p earlier was still stinging, a reminder that his actions had consequences. He could only keep his head down like a scared ostrich, not daring to face him.
Seeing that Frederick didn''t even dare speak back, Lucius saw no point in continuing to bully him and just scoffed before walking away with Nina to help her with her experiments.
Soon after, Diana walked in after Lucius, and that was when Frederick''s face finally burst into life.
"Miss Roffisier, about that dirty peasant Lucius, I¡ª"
But Diana didn''t even let him finish and snapped,
"Get out!"
She had just dealt with a scoundrel like Lucius who kept pushing her buttons all day, and now this good-for-nothing wanted toe in and cause problems? He was lucky she didn''t shoot him dead on the spot!
Frederick, seeing Diana''s fierce appearance, didn''t dare stay any longer and quickly ducked to the side, causing Lucius to once again sneer at his feeble appearance.
This was how to treat such spineless cowards!
Frederick could feel proud and arrogant bullying someone as submissive and shy as Nina, but when faced with a fierce opponent, the shameless scum wouldn''t even dare to raise his head.
...¡..
Lucius''s day ofmunity service and helping Nina quickly came to an end.
After assisting her with a few more tasks, he escorted Nina to her amodation and then made his way back. But Lucius wasn''t heading towards his dorm; he had already decided to meet up with the other leaders of the revolutionary army.
Lucius was walking through the streets of the capital toward the outer city, his mind swirling with all sorts of ns for the future when he suddenly felt something¡ªsomeone was following him.
Lucius frowned but didn''t show any obvious reactions. Instead, he casually turned around a corner, navigating through a few alleys, narrowly dodging his pursuer.
When he finally made his move, his body erupted with crimson scales flickering with lightning.
Whoever was following him had beenpletely unprepared. So, when they turned the corner, all they saw was a crimson-scaled hand grabbing them by the face and mming them into the ground.
Boom!
"Arghh!" The cry of pain echoed, but Lucius didn''t care. He flipped off the cloak to take a closer look at who could be so bold as to dare tail him. But when he did, he was met with apletely unexpected face.
"What on earth are you doing?!" cursed Lucius.
It was a beautiful woman with hair as white as snow and dazzling blue eyes like glowing sapphires¡ªit was Diana.
Even though it was Diana, a beautiful woman and even a future heroine, Lucius''s gaze didn''t be any less icy.
After all, being tailed was never a good thing, and it wasn''t like Lucius was a pure person either. He had secrets to hide, he was the leader of the revolutionary army, after all.
While his rtionship with Diana had gotten closer, it wasn''t to the level where he would reveal his rebel status. If by some chance she discovered Lucius''s secret, she would send him off to the gallows, and that was if she wasn''t furious enough to put an arrow in his skull herself.
Caught in the act, Diana looked like a kitten that had just been thrown into water,pletely flustered and embarrassed.
She knew tailing someone was a horrible thing, but she had done it anyway. She just wanted to get a better look at Lucius and his gang activities.
After getting to know Lucius, she had mistakenly convinced herself that he was a good person deep down inside. She believed that it was only because he was attached to the gang that he disyed bad behavior.
As the head of the disciplinarymittee, it was her duty to help students in situations like this and to assist them in turning a new leaf. So, she tailed Lucius to get a closer look at him during his gang activities.
The poor girl had suffered the same fate as Lucius''s teacher, Selena, and had believed all the utter nonsense Lucius had been spouting about being a hero and a warrior for justice. While Lucius wasn''t averse to the idea of doing good deeds, the main reason he had fought was because those bastards had annoyed him first. Lucius knew himself best.
If the two twins of the Montford family had ignored Lucius or even been a little more humble, he might have overlooked them bullying Ryan. But because they ended up mouthing off to him, their fate was sealed.
The poor Diana didn''t know any of this and was believing her own borate hypothesis. But it was because she believed this that she didn''t want to tell Lucius the truth.
In her mind, if she told Lucius her thoughts, he would only get more furious, refuse to listen, and possibly sink even further.
Instead of falling into such a predicament Diana''s mind swirled as she finally found the best answer she coulde up with
She would just y dumb and refuse to answer Lucius''s questions altogether.
Even if he was annoyed, she felt that it would be a better oue than if Lucius found out she was trying to get him out of the gang life
Chapter 171: 171. Record stone
She decided to double down and hide her intentions
Lucius, unaware of her thoughts, fixed his cold red eyes on the beautiful woman before him and demanded,
"Why did you follow me?"
A fierce dragon aura emanated from Lucius, but Diana remained unfazed. Her bloodline, descended from world-conquering heroes, made her fearless even in the face of ancient dragons. Lucius''s threat only drew a cold snort from her.
Knowing he wouldn''t drop the matter, she answered with a firm retort,
"Lucius, you may be bold, but when did it be your ce to question a noble''s affairs?"
When Lucius heard Diana''s words, he was taken aback. He knew Diana well and understood that she wasn''t someone so narrow-minded as to believe in something as foolish as noble birthright.
If she was throwing out her noble status, she was definitely trying to avoid something.
Although Lucius realized Diana was trying to dodge the topic, he wouldn''t let her off so easily. His voice deepened, echoing from his throat almost like a growl, his draconic majesty sting through the surroundings like a siren.
"I''ll ask again, and you''ll answer me truthfully. Why were you spying on me?"
This time, Diana was truly annoyed. Although she knew she was in the wrong, Lucius was really going too far. After pressing her down earlier, he was actually speaking to her in amanding tone.
"Snort!"
A mighty divine aura burst forth from her, causing Lucius to retreat several steps. She looked at Lucius and coldly retorted, "I am Diana Roffisier, daughter of Marquis Roffisier. If I don''t want to talk about something, then you should stop questioning me."
Lucius raised an eyebrow. "Even if you were stalking me?"
As Diana heard this, her heart ached. She felt bad, but since she had made the choice, she could only stick with it to the end. She was sure that when she helped Lucius in the future, he would thank her for her decision today.
"The affairs ofmoners and nobles arn''t the same. You should stop asking about things outside your level"
When Diana said this she braced herself for Lucisus rage
But contrary to Diana''s expectations, Lucius didn''t erupt into one of his short-tempered outbursts as she had anticipated. Instead, a wide smile appeared on his face.
"Okay."
The change was so surprising that Diana nearly fell over.
"Huh? WHAT IS GOING ON?"
"It''s a pity."
As the words came out of Lucius''s mouth, Diana had an ominous feeling, and mere momentster, Lucius proved her feelings correct. Reaching into his pocket, Lucius pulled out a crystal ball that was shing with scenes from just a few seconds ago. As soon as Diana saw this, her heart sank.
"A-a record stone. Lucius, h-how do you have one of those?"
Lucius didn''t respond straight away. Instead, a vicious smirk crept up on his lips.
"It doesn''t matter how I got this; what matters is what I do with it."
Hearing this, Diana couldn''t help but gulp nervously.
"Diana Roffisier, the symbol of justice and integrity at Sanctuary... If I were to show this to the board of directors, how do you think they would react?"
Lucius had simr words to the two twins from the Montford family, butpared to them, Diana''s situation waspletely different.
The Montford children were known as troublemakers, delinquents, if you will. Although their negative actions were a bad look, everyone only saw them as typical, arrogant noble children. Unless they did something that crossed Sanctuary''s bottom line, like assassinating a fellow student, their heroic bloodline gave them the status to walk around unimpeded. But Diana waspletely different.
From birth, she was exceptional. Beautiful and stunning, yet also extremely talented and capable. In a way, she was the PR child of Sanctuary Academy, a descendant of one of the great hero families that also inherited a heroic talent. Yet, at the same time, she was the head of the disciplinarymittee, policing arrogant nobles and fighting to ensure thatmoners were treated equally on campus.
She was the literal perfect ideal representative of what Sanctuary was supposed to be.
At a time when the church was stoking faint fights against the current order, Diana was like an idol.
What would happen if this idol was caughtshing out in an outburst no different from all the other disgusting nobles?
Lucius knew that Diana really wasn''t like that, but the world wouldn''t know this. In their eyes, Diana would have been exposed. Not to mention that the biggest PR machine in the world currently, the Church of Light, was having a cold war with the hero families.
If such a hurtful piece of news was leaked, they would use it like a holy sword and deal a devastating blow to the hero family alliance. Their reputation wouldn''t be able to recover for a while. The bacsh would be brutal.
Diana saw the crystal in Lucius''s hand and was already beginning to sweat. She couldn''t believe that the thing in Lucius''s hand was a real record stone. She was inplete denial. In other words, she was coping hard.
Diana was in denial, but it was also because of that she could also act rashly. She looked at Lucius and then at the record stone in his hand, and a terrifying aura burst out as she was about to act. Lucius''s taunting voice sounded out.
Lucius just shook his head.
"Ah ah ah, I wouldn''t make a move if I were you. This record stone is backed up to a magic cloud system. Even if you destroy this one, the image has already been sent across and stored. By now, I can create endless copies."
"You''re lying!" snapped Diana.
"Try me," said Lucius calmly.
The more calm Lucius appeared, the more despairing Diana became.
She knew Lucius was a fierce person that wouldn''t hesitate to bite back when ced in a corner. For Lucius to be this calm and nonchnt in front of her threats could only mean one thing.
She was royally fucked!
Chapter 172: 172. Blackmail
Nowpletely defeated, Diana''s body deted like a balloon.
Diana thought about the current situation of the Roffisier family and the headache her father had been having with the church, and her heart ached.
bShe was such an unfilial daughter!
She was going to push the Roffisier family into destruction with her own two hands and stupid mouth.
Right now, she could only think of one solution: convince Lucius to destroy the video, no matter the cost!
"What do you want from me? I''ll do anything you want as long as you don''t leak the video."
Lucius watched this scene and was left breathless. Something about having this bold and confident beauty submit made his heart hot as a burning feeling swelled in his lower body.
No way! Although Lucius had brought out the record stone to ckmail her, he didn''t expect this.
How does this stupid NTR-level ckmail work in real life?!
If Lucius were in her position, he wouldn''t give in even if they threatened his life. At most he would send a secret message to her father, the strongest archer on the continent, and get him to st into oblivion.
How could Lucius resist an assassination attempt of such a level? One arrow would be enough to st him into a pile of g.
But this was the problem with characters that were just and good. When threatened and coerced with lowly and despicable means, they still refused to use the same lowly and despicable means to fight back.
Diana''s endless sense of justice was her biggest weakness.
Tsk! Tsk!
What should he say? Befitting a novel heroine, she was really stupid in situations like this.
But it was not like Lucius wasining. He was the biggest beneficiary in this situation anyway.
Diana, lucky Lucius isn''t a typical NTR viin, or else... hehe¡ things would get interesting.
Oh wait! He is an NTR viin!
Chuckling to himself, a devious light shed in Lucius'' eyes as he scanned Diana''s athletic body.
Although Lucius couldn''t say he was an expert when it came to women, he knew he couldn''t just whip out his younger brother and go to town.
To tame a woman of this caliber would take more finesse.
If he acted too soon, he could end up ruining everything.
Diana struggled on her own for a while obviously conflicted in her thoughts before she spoke
"If i¡ If i listen to your instructions,will you delete the videos?"
Lucius heard this and smiled
"Well, if you can satisfy my conditions, then I''ll think about it. But if you don''t even bother to listen to what I have to say, I''ll leak the news immediately, and then your life will be filled with endless problems."
"You¡" Diana gnashed her teeth and scowled, but she knew there was nothing she could do.
Taking a deep breath, Diana finally let out some unwilling words.
"I''ll¡ I''ll listen to what you have to say."
Seeing that Diana had finally given in, even if it was only slightly, Lucius smiled.
"You''re free to leave now. I''ll call you when I need to, and make sure you answer."
Diana kept her head down but still managed to give a numb nod.
Lucius saw this and nodded. But before Diana left, Lucius'' demeanor changed, bing cold and vicious.
"And don''t follow me again. I''ll let you off this time, but if I see you tailing me, I''ll leak the news instantly, without any room for discussion."
Diana might find Lucius'' moves a bit suspicious, but she was currently too busy worrying about herself to care.
And even if she did, it was much better she found Lucius'' gang to be suspicious than to discover he was a rebel.
If caught, they would end up fighting to the death, and even if he did somehow manage to survive, his cover at the sanctuary would be blown and his countless nspletely ruined.
Lucius wouldn''t prevent Diana from interacting with the gang forever. After all, with her noble and just nature, she was bound toe snooping around sooner orter.
But it would only be okay if he was the one who brought her. She couldn''t just snoop around and show up by surprise oran unexpected ident could ur
Lucius wouldn''t look down on such a possibility. That''s the thing with idents, nobody expected them to ur until they actually happened.
Lucius couldn''t afford to lose everything to some flimsy chance.
Diana sensed Lucius'' aura and kept her head down even further.
She wasn''t afraid of Lucius'' power or aura; she was just afraid that this unreasonable guy would get annoyed and do something outrageous!
If Lucius snapped and released the video then her life would be over!
Once Lucius was certain that Diana wouldn''t be bothering him again any time soon, he dismissed her, and Diana quickly vanished away.
As she was leaving, Diana''s heart was full of regret! Why did she have to pretend to be something that she was not!
Now she looked like an ignorant noble, and with video evidence against her, nobody would believe her side of the story even if she swore before the statue of goddess of light.
Fortunately Diana''s depression didn''tst for long s a thought suddenly came into her ,on
''Lucius is still a good person at heart. This is just a misunderstanding. With enough time, things can be cleared up and get better.''
As Diana thought about this, she regained her confidence and was rather cheerful.
The poor girl had no idea that Lucius'' appearance until now was all a facade, and that soon she would be in for the shock of a lifetime.
Seeing Diana leave, Lucius headed to the base of the gang.
This time, when Lucius walked in, he wasn''t stopped by anyone. Reina had already told her underlings who was important and who was not.
If they still dared to stop Lucius, then it would be Reina, not Lucius, who blew off their heads.
After all, if you still couldn''t remember the important news after all that, there was no point in keeping you around.
Soon, Lucius came before a rather luxurious room¡ªwell, at least it could be called luxurious whenpared to the standards of the outer city¡ªand confidently walked inside.
Chapter 173: 173. New managment
Soon, Lucius came before a rather luxurious room¡ªwell, at least it could be called luxurious whenpared to the standards of the outer city¡ªand confidently walked inside.
As Lucius entered the room, he was greeted by the sight of two beautiful women, each meticulously polishing their weapons, and arge man carefully wiping down his shield.
The moment Lucius stepped in, Cami''s eyes lit up with joy.
"Young leader."
Hearing this, Reina nced up and smiled.
"You''re finally here."
Even therge man, who had been focused on his shield, stood up with a rather goofy grin.
"Boss!"
Seeing this, Lucius simply waved his hand.
"There''s no need for formalities. I''m asking now¡ªis everyone ready and prepared for the next task?"
At his question, Reina''s stunning face twisted into a beast-like grin.
"We''ve been preparing ever since you gave the word, and my boys are raring to go."
A cruel smirk curled onto Lucius''s lips as he slipped on a dazzling pair of purple gauntlets.
Clenching his fists, ominous arcs of purple electricity crackled between the gauntlets as Lucius felt his heart race with anticipation.
"Well, since everything''s in order, let''s not wait around any longer. It''s time to take back what''s rightfully ours!"
...
An unknown amount of timeter, under the light of the setting sun, a group of vicious-looking people gathered in a rundown vi on the outskirts of the city. They sat around arge, worn table.
At the head of the table was a sallow-faced man with ckish-green hair and narrow eyes, giving him the appearance of a lurking serpent.
Eventually, a gruff-looking man couldn''t stand the silence any longer and spoke up.
"So, what did you call us here for, Van? I was supposed to lead the boys in raiding a set of cargo being moved by the Iron Lion gang. Now I''m going to miss it."
Hearing this, another man, tall and beanpole-like, with a vicious scar across his face and two thin swords strapped to his back, chimed in.
"I agree with him, Van. If you''ve summoned us without a good reason, especially with the two young masters involved, you won''t get off easy."
As the two men spoke, Van silently cursed them in his mind. He wanted nothing more than to draw his sword and slit their throats.
They were just mere 2nd-ss fighters, yet they dared to jump around in front of him, a 1st-ss fighter, all because the young masters were using them to check and bnce him. In truth, they were useless pawns, too dumb to see it!
Eventually, Van managed to calm himself down and responded.
"You think I called you here for no reason? The actual reason I summoned you is because of the two young masters. They even said they''reing in person. We need to discuss the next instructions. This isn''t just about petty crimes anymore¡ªthese are matters tied directly to the Montford family."
As the group of gang higher-ups heard this, they took a deep breath. The Montford family was a true titan, and their affairs could never be underestimated.
But at the same time, while they felt a twinge of intimidation, they were also thrilled. Wasn''t this the very reason they had joined the gang led by the twin brats of the Montford family in the first ce?
Who knows? Maybe this could be their chance to finally leap across social sses. Even if that wasn''t the case, at the very least, they could be rewarded with treasures that would greatly increase their strength.
But just as the group was beginning to get excited about the newfound opportunity, loud cries and roars echoed from thepound outside.
Everyone seated at the table frowned in unison.
Eventually, the gruff-looking man couldn''t take it any longer. He stood up, his face contorted with berserk rage.
"Which bastard dares to cause trouble at such an important time?"
Before anyone could respond, a body was suddenly hurled through the door, crashing onto the table with a sickening thud.
The victim''s face was twisted in horror and despair. The gang higher-ups could only watch in shock as the man vomited a mouthful of blood before passing out on the spot.
The gang higher-ups, now rmed, turned their gaze toward the door, eager to see the people responsible for such a terrifying presence. They weren''t disappointed.
In the center of the group was a man who instantly captured their attention. He was devilishly handsome, with hair as ck as night and a pair of blood-red eyes that seemed to lead straight into the infernal pits of hell.
He walked with a confident gait, exuding amanding aura reminiscent of an ancient dragon spreading its wings and dering sovereignty over the world.
nking him were two angelic yet deadly women. One had purple eyes that shimmered like dizzying gems, her hands gripping two gleaming daggers. The other was a bold, fearsome fighter, dressed provocatively and wielding a giant war axe already stained with blood.
Behind them all was a man who could only be described as a living mountain. Standing a head taller than everyone else, his fierce face sent chills down their spines, and the muscles of his body bulged like granite boulders, making their scalps go numb at the sight.
"Who are you?" the gruff-looking man demanded, the arrogance and boldness in his voice vanishing as quickly as a gust of wind.
Lucius smirked, his eyes gleaming with cold amusement.
"We''re the new owners of this ce. Your previous bosses have been dealt with, so consider yourselves under new management. Unfortunately for you, there will be some...yoffs."
As Lucius spoke, the gang leaders felt a chill run down their spines. It didn''t take a genius to realize this group was brimming with bad intentions.
But these men were the leaders of the gang, hardened and ruthless individuals who thrived on the edge of danger. If someone dared to intrude on their territory, they were prepared to kill without hesitation.
The beanpole-like man, true to his vicious nature, didn''t waste time on introductions or threats.
With a swift motion, he tore a spell scroll, summoning a massive burning fireball that roared to life and hurtled toward Lucius and his group.
Chapter 174: 174. Snake vs Dragon
But right before the fireball couldnd, a massive shield appeared in front of Lucius.
[Aegis]
BOOM!
The explosion was deafening, causing a sea of fire to erupt all around them, but behind the golden light, Lucius and his team were unfazed. But that didn''t change anything for Ryan.
These bastards dared to attack his friends, and now he was furious.
[Shield Charge]
The gruff-looking man had a vicious look in his eyes, stunning red head encased in crimson bio-electricity, leaped down on him from above.
Berserk!
Reina let off a wild roar as her great axe cleaved through the air like a raging beast.
The beanpole-like man quickly reached for a second scroll, but before he could, his hand curled as he screamed in pain.
Stepping out from the shadows, Camellia''s eyes glowed with an ominous purple light.
"There''s no point in reaching for another scroll. Today is your death day."
Despite being injured, he was still furious. In all his years, this was the first time a brat had dared speak to him like this.
As all his men were fighting, Van had been looking around with his distinctive cold and poisonous eyes. But instead of nning an attack, he was looking for the right moment to escape!
The entire gang had been told to gather here now, and now there was an ambush. Van wouldn''t believe it if there was no hidden conspiracy behind it.
Whoever these guys were, they must be confident enough to take them all down at the same time. Although he didn''t believe he would lose to a bunch of youngsters, he wouldn''t take the chance.
Who knew if there was another ambush just waiting to happen?
Van saw the aftermath of the attack st a hole in the wall, and that''s when his eyes lit up.
His body flickered, shuttling through the battlefield like an elusive serpent when his green eyes suddenly widened.
He didn''t even have time to think and moved on instinct, drawing his poisonous sword and shing behind him with all his might.
"Bang!"
The terrifying ng of metal shook the surroundings as a miniature shockwave emanated from the two des.
Van stepped back in horror as he looked at the monster that was now standing in front of him.
Yes, monster could be the only urate description of what was in front of him.
The handsome young man had faded away, instead, in its ce stood a crazed creature.
Hornsposed of crimson rage lightning flickered with an ominous light as draconic pupils that seemed to contain a boundless amount of hate and rage locked his body in ce.
Van felt aplete and utter suppression at a biological level.
It was as if a small helpless snake had met a raging dragon. There was noparison at all.
Stumbling back, Van quickly circted his mana technique, and then, and only then, did he manage to break out of the horrifying aura.
But even so, Van''s back was steeped in sweat.
He could sense it; the boy in front of him was a lower rank than him. At the very least, he wasn''t a first-grade fighter, and yet his aura alone was nearly enough to bring him to his knees.
''Monster...''
"You... what sort of creature are you?"
Hearing this, Lucius only smiled, revealing his set of now all fang-like teeth.
"All you need to know is that I''m the one who''s going to kill you."
Hearing this, Van coldly snorted. Although the aura around this monster was impressive, he still suppressed him in rank, and besides...
Van looked at his sword and smiled viciously. At the same time, the sword started to shake and screech as its greyish silver de was dyed aplete emerald green. The faint phantom of a greenish-ck viper could be seen swimming across it.
He wasn''t afraid because he had a magic weapon. No matter how beast-like this monstrous young man in front of him was, it didn''t matter. With magic weapons, it was humans who ruled this continent.
Seeing this sight, Lucius wasn''t fazed and only smiled cruelly.
"Magic weapon? I can y that game as well."
As Lucius spoke, the purple gauntlets around his arm clinked as they roared to life with purple thunder.
Thunder and red electricity swam up his arms as Lucius was soon filled with an unprecedented level of strength.
Van obviously recognized the magic weapons of his previous masters, and his eyes shook in horror.
"You... how could you...?"
Lucius ignored his cries and held his sheathed sword, umting mana.
As mana rushed towards his sword sheath, it began to shake and tremble like it contained the force of an earthquake.
Suddenly, Lucius stepped forward, his figure wrapped in purple and red lightning appearing in front of Van in an instant as he coldly spoke.
"Bullet Sword."
Screech!
The sword roared as it tore apart the air, as the purple thunder of Lucius'' gauntlets wrapped around the de, making the attack look like a raging thunder dragon.
Van''s whole body barely managed to react as he cried out in desperation,
"Viper''s Fang!"
His sword quickly arced through the air, mming down to meet with Lucius'' de, but the second the two attacks met, Van regretted it instantly.
His eyes widened as a terrifying force was felt through his de and shook his entire body.
Under the titanic force, his arm twisted ufortably as he was sent flying into the wall under a horrifying barrage of purple and red lightning!
The entire room, filled with fighting, suddenly stilled as they took a second to recognize the horror of the strongest battlefield on the floor.
Before the gang members could mourn for theirleader, a dusty and embarrassed figure wed its way out of the rubble. Not caring for the disappointed looks on his gang members'' faces, he fell out of the hole his own body had been used to create.
Lucius just snorted coldly. How could he let his prey escape from right under his own eyes?
Chapter 175: 175. Shattered Snake
[Wraith Walk]
Lucius''s body flickered on and off the spot, quickly resembling the astral specter that the technique was named after, as he disappeared after the fleeing Van.
Van had just burst out the side of the wall.
He felt a searing pain in his right hand, knowing that it was fractured at best and, if he was unlucky, maybe even broken.
But he didn''t stay. He knew he didn''t have that luxury.
One sh of swords had brought him back to reality; if he met Lucius again, he was finished.
Van forced so much mana into his legs that he secretly felt his muscles starting to tear, but he didn''t care. He just wanted to get as far away from there as possible!
But as Van was running, he suddenly felt his heart sink.
Going against every single instinct, Van looked back, and his face instantly turned pale.
On the roof of the buildings, he could see a figure speeding towards him like a flying bullet.
The figure seemed to be flickering in and out of reality, flying at him like a reaper from the underworlding to im a life.
Within seconds, the figure had already closed the gap and was only a few meters away from him.
Seeing this, Van knew there was no hope of escape and grit his teeth as he roared.
"God damn it! You forced me to do this!"
mming his hand on his chest, Van coughed out a mouthful of blood onto his sword, causing the sword to scream in what could only be described as macabre pleasure.
The sword glowed ominously, turning into a dark reddish-green. Soon, the viper on the sword burst to life, forming an ominous scaly phantom.
"Dark Viper Sword, kill that bastard!"
The magic weapon gleefully obeyed the words of its master, buzzing through the air.
As it approached Lucius, it started to swirl, generating tens of equally lifelike phantoms of emerald-green snakes, each hissing with a poisonous light.
Seeing this sight, Lucius wasn''t afraid.
The blood of the high king and ancient dragon wouldn''t bow down to something as pathetic as a poisonous snake!
His blood roared as he clenched his fist inside the thunder gauntlet.
Purple thunder boomed all around Lucius, making him look like a human thundercloud as he felt his mana rushing towards the gauntlet from everywhere else in his body.
Stepping forward, the world began to shake as Lucius snarled.
"Shatter!"
A giant lightning fist manifested, charging forward and shattering any of the snake phantoms that dared to so much as graze it.
The Dark Viper Sword mmed head-on into Lucius''s terrifying fist.
The phantom of the viper writhed, screamed, and wailed, but it was all futile.
After just one terrifying lightning pulse, it was helplessly thrown to the side.
Seeing this sight, Van felt sick.
Hisst card that he had been clinging onto had failed him.
Lucius walked slowly towards him, his footsteps ringing against the pavement.
But for Van, each footstep seemed to echo like thunder.
As he got closer, the pressure exuded on him got worse and worse.
Van felt his sword spin. It was as if he was being stepped on and crushed by a titanic being hidden in the void.
Forget about moving; he could barely even breathe!
He looked at Lucius, a being he could only view as aplete monster, but even so, he was unwilling to die.
"Please¡ please spare my life."
Hearing this, Lucius tilted his head to the side, mildly intrigued.
"Oh? And why should I?"
"Money, weapons, treasure¡ªI can give you everything I own¡."
Hearing this, Lucius just shook his head as he showed a toothy grin.
"If I kill you, I''ll just take it, and then it''s still mine, no?"
Van''s face went pale.
"It seems like you really don''t want to live," said Lucius coldly.
As he spoke, he stretched forth his hand towards Van''s neck, ready to snuff out the gang boss''s pitiful life, but right before Lucius finished the job, Van let out a whimper.
"Star seed¡ I know the location of a star seed."
When Lucius heard this, his entire body froze.
His face, which had been clouded by rage, energy, and bloodlust, quickly sobered up as he instantly brought his face close to Van''s.
"Are you telling the truth? I''ll warn you now, if I find out you''re lying, even the Goddess of Light herself won''t have enough lives for the torture I''ll put you through."
Faced with such a murderous and draconic aura, Van nearly wet himself.
But then he thought such a reaction would only get Lucius to kill him even sooner, so he managed to regain control and stuttered weakly.
"It''s true¡ While I was escorting a cargo haul to a nearby town, I ran into a magic beast, and while I was chasing it to hunt it down, it ran into a quarantine zone. After careful investigation, I found out that it was done by the Church of Light to protect the blooming of a star seed."
Hearing this, Lucius was excited, but he still managed to regain hisposure and asked coldly.
"Who else knows about this?"
"Nobody, I can swear by it. I didn''t tell my men for fear they would sell me out. I was nning to pass it on to the Montford family when my two young masters came to inspect the gang, but¡"
The rest didn''t need to be said. Lucius messing with the two delinquent twins had actually caused such arge butterfly effect.
As Lucius thought about this, a crafty smile blossomed on his face.
Well, it''s not like he was the oneining.
A star seed! He actually got traces of a legitimate star seed.
To put things into perspective, Landon, the literal protagonist of this world, had only received a star seed a handful of times in the original book.
Do you know how rare something has to be for even the protagonist to barely encounter it?
Chapter 176: 176. A Good Boss
The star seed was extremely rare, but that was because it was just that precious.
Lucius remembered what a star seed was; it was a strange mystical object that fell from the sky and nted itself in the ground before fully maturing.
When matured, a star seed could be used to strengthen and evolve an innate talent. Yes, that''s right¡ªthe one fundamental ability that determined everything in this world. This was one of the objects that could change that, and it simply fell out of the sky.
In the world, there were countless fantasy stories where people imagined themselves magically finding a falling star seed, evolving their innate talent, and then rising up to walk the road to invincibility!
It was said that star seeds were parts of the gods'' realm that had broken off and fallen into the mortal realm.
It was unknown if that was true, but there was one myth that had basically been confirmed.
The legendary holy weapons¡ªthe mystical heavenly objects granted by the goddess that had created the ruling heroic lineages.
Each of those weapons contained the same properties as a star seed.
With such a fact confirmed, the effect of star seeds didn''t really need to be discussed.
The best people in the world were using it; its effect could only be mystical.
Barely even able to contain his greed anymore, Lucius grabbed Van and rushed straight back towards the site of their attack, and when he arrived, he saw a sight of absolute carnage.
Blood soaked the floor, objects were broken and shattered, and people were shouting as theypletely ransacked the ce.
Not too far away, he could see Reina leading her men, roaring andughing with a wide smile on her face.
"Yes, that''s it! Take it all¡ªanything of worth!
You goddamn idiot, can''t you see that''s an exquisite painting? The nobles in the inner circle will pay bars of gold for that! If that''s damaged, I''ll lose your head!"
You can take the girl out of the bandit nest, but you can''t take the bandit out of the girl.
Cami, on the other hand, was silently watching over the entire process.
As Lucius''s most trusted assistant, she already considered all of this as Lucius''s property.
She wouldn''t allow any mistakes to be made.
When she saw Lucius arriving, a smile appeared on her face as she lightly bowed.
"Young Leader, everything you asked for has been done. The lower-tier members have been dispersed, and the upper middle management¡ well, they have been ''dealt with.''"
Lucius smiled.
"I can always count on you to pull through, Cami."
As he said this, he dragged out a body from behind.
"This is?" asked Cami.
"Van, their leader, and more importantly¡"
As Lucius spoke, he leaned in towards her and whispered in her ear.
As Cami listened, her eyes shook wildly as she looked down on Van with a vicious glint in her eyes.
Lucius threw the body down at her feet and spoke coldly.
"Take care of him and confirm anything he knows. I trust you, Cami."
"Of course, young leader, I won''t disappoint your trust."
After saying these words, Cami''s eyes turned icy as she picked up Van and dragged him away like a pig off to the ughter.
Not too long after Cami left, Lucius saw a hulking figure walking in with heavy steps. There was some blood and dust on the man''s body, but seeing how he was unharmed, it obviously wasn''t his.
As soon as the man saw Lucius, a surprised expression appeared on his face as he clumsily tried to salute.
"Greetings, boss! I didn''t know you had already arrived."
Seeing this clumsy sight, Lucius wanted tough.
"Ryan, I already told you that you don''t have to salute, and you know, you don''t have to call me boss all the time. You can just call me Lucius if you want."
As Lucius said this, a surprisingly stern expression appeared on Ryan''s face.
"You''re the one who helped me, so I''ll continue to call you boss."
Hearing this, Lucius just shook his head.
"Well then, since you call me boss, I should at least act like one. You''re currently at the peak of the First Rank Fighter realm, right? Go ahead to the treasury and take as many resources as you need, and prepare yourself to break through to the next rank. If Reina tries to stop you, just tell her that I sent you, and there shouldn''t be any problems."
As soon as Ryan heard this, his eyes shook, and he almost couldn''t believe what he heard.
"B-Boss, are you being for real?"
If Ryan had to pick his biggest struggle aside from the bullying, it would be his utterck of training resources.
Despite being the son of the family head, his existence waspletely ignored. He was lucky they hadn''t killed him¡ªhow could they have assigned any resources to someone like him?
The fact he could even reach First Rank was a result of the key training for being in the Golden Rank ss at Sanctuary.
Normally at this stage, children from big noble families had already broken through to the Adept Fighter Rank.
If he could get adequate training resources with his talent¡
Ryan was extremely excited, and he had a difficult time hiding it.
Lucius saw this and smiled.
"My words are the truth, and I have no intention of taking them back."
Hearing this, Ryan was so excited he nearly burst into tears.
"Thank you, boss! I''ll never forget your help. Anything you need me to do, I''ll be there to help¡ªno questions asked."
Lucius heard this and smiled.
"Yes, yes¡ you''ll have all the time to thank me when you break through and be stronger. Focus on yourself first for now."
As Ryan heard this, he nodded and rushed out of the room, obviously headed towards the treasury to raid itpletely.
Lucius could already imagine Reina''s utterly distraught expression as she could only sit there and watch as this mountain of a man ran away with over half of her treasure haul.
Chapter 177: 177. Execution
Afterwards, time passed, and Lucius and the others hadpletely cleaned up their aftermath and returned to their headquarters.
Lucius dismissed the remaining gang members and walked downstairs to where the dungeon they used to keep their prisoners was.
As Lucius walked down, he felt a chill, but with his physique, it was really nothing, so he just shook his body and brushed it off.
Entering another room, he saw a truly harrowing sight.
Van was tied to a chair, and his condition was much more devastating than the one he left him in.
His flesh was brutallycerated and cut in many ces, with some bones seeming to be pierced and even broken.
Lucius had changed a lot since he first came to this world, so he thought the sight of gore could no longer affect him, but when he saw this, he couldn''t help but wince.
To the side, Cami was paying no attention to the half-dead Van and was cleaning up the tools she had used to leave him in this state.
When Lucius walked in, Cami quickly put down her tools and went to greet him.
"Is everything done?" Lucius asked.
"Yes, the interrogation is done. It basically confirmed everything he said to you. The location of the star seed is true, and so is the fact that he has told nobody about this, and that only the church who found the star seed''snding location is currently aware of it."
But as Cami was speaking, her face still hung in a frown. Obviously, she was still unhappy about something.
"Although he told you the entire truth, he was still withholding some information from us. Although he didn''t tell anybody else, he didn''tpletely trust the Montford family, so he passed a secret letter onto his subordinate.
He had secretly adopted a son many years back and had him hide away. If he didn''t hear anything from him, he would spread the news, detonating a proverbial bomb and causing all the heroic families to scramble for the star seed."
Hearing this, Lucius frowned.
"Have you found out the location of this man?"
Cami nodded her head and smiled.
"Of course, young leader. I have never disappointed you."
Lucius looked back towards the brutally tortured Van and secretly nodded.
No matter how tough a man you thought you were, Cami and her vicious methods would be able to pry some answers out of anyone.
Lucius stretched forth his hand and softly rubbed Cami''s head, causing her to smile even brighter.
"I can always count on you, Cami."
After reassuring Cami for a little while, Lucius''s voice quickly turned cold.
"Pass this news on to Albert. He''ll know what to do with it."
Albert and Cami were the two people Lucius trusted the most, and the two people he knew would give up their lives to save his without any hesitation.
Something like a star seed was enough to make even a father and son fight against and kill each other.
He only trusted these two people to handle things of such magnitude.
Even Reina, who had also raided the gangster hideout with them, was not allowed to know this news.
Although he trusted her, the human heart was always unpredictable, and Lucius decided that now was not the right time to give it a stress test.
Now all that was left to do was to simply tie up the loose ends.
Lucius''s eyes turned frosty as he turned around and slowly walked towards the half-crippled Van.
One Van saw Luciuss again, his half dead eyes lit up in hope that he would save him from his suffering.
He used all of the little energy remaining in his body and croaked,
"Sav¡ save me¡ I already told you everything. You promised I would live¡"
Lucius heard the man''s desperate plea and only shook his head.
"I promised you could live if you told me the truth, and you didn''t. A lie of omission still counts as a lie in my book. Because of your actions, you can only die in regret!"
"No, no, no¡ let me exin¡"
Van pleaded desperately, but it only fell on deaf ears.
"Van, you lived a life of decay and disgust, working like a dog for the nobles and constantly doing evil deeds in their name. For every grievance, someone is responsible; for every debt, there is a debtor. Karma may not punish you, but today I am your bad karma. This is a life of sin which you yourself have indulged in, and now you will have to pay for it!
Go, and face your retribution in the afterlife!"
As Lucius swung his sword, a dazzling sh of silver appeared, cleanly severing the major artery in Van''s neck.
Lucius smiled at the little speech. It was sophistry and hypocrisy of the highest order, and naturally, Lucius didn''t believe in it.
If a small gang member like Van was wrapped in sins, how many sins was Lucius, the leader of the revolutionary army, wrapped in?
In history, there has barely ever been a revolution without bloodshed.
The revolutionary army runs around the empire like crafty rats, creating chaos and destabilizing the regime.
Only God knows how much innocent blood has stained their hands. There was a reason they had a reputation as lunatics.
Despite knowing this, Lucius leaned into the whole noble savior persona because he had his own little fangirl in Cami watching his actions.
In her eyes, Lucius was the peak of what was just. He was the one who would lead the mes of revolution and bring about the end of the tyrannical rule of the nobility.
She was like a believer of the church who had seen their very own messiah.
Lucius looked at Cami and secretly chuckled in his heart.
He secretly understood why many people put on the ''holier-than-thou'' persona.
Acting like judge, jury, and executioner.
Pretending to be superior and judging the masses from above. A part of it was really intoxicating.
Chapter 178: 178
No wonder those in power breed corruption so easily.
If Lucius wasn''t careful, he could find himself sinking into such a feeling.
Lucius leaned in and whispered coldly into Van''s ear,
"If it brings you any peace, I was never nning to let you live anyway. In other words, you were dead from the very start. Your little lie of omission never changed anything, so you can die in peace."
Of course, such a phrase naturally wouldn''t bring Van any peace or sce; it only made him more unwilling, causing him to violently struggle and shake in his chair as blood ceaselessly poured out of his neck. Eventually, he tilted his head to the side and died.
The poor man died tragically, his eyes still wide open, filled with despair and hatred.
It was the look of a man who had died in agony and unwillingly.
Lucius saw the tragic sight and felt not even the slightest bit of pity.
The bomb Van had nted was truly vicious.
If Lucius had not known about it and acted, he would have been caught with his pants down right in the middle of trying to seize the star seed.
By then, his cover would have beenpletely blown, and all that would await him would be the tragic and furious pursuit of the heroic families and even the Church of Light.
Even the mighty Demon King had no choice but to keel over and die in front of such a devastating coalition; Lucius''s ending could only be worse than his.
For such a reason Lucius would show no mercy towards Van.
After dealing with Van, he and Cami returned to their office to discuss the next steps. The Star Seed was extremely important. Lucius remembered that not too long from now, Landon would receive a Star Seed when he went to visit the temple of the Holy Church in their holy city.
Lucius always thought that this was something the church had held in reserve to share when the Saint of Light was born, but from this information, he realized that this might not be the case. If his guess was correct, then this Star Seed should be the one that Landon receives from the Holy Church. So stealing it would not only strengthen him but also weaken Landon¡ªhitting two birds with one stone.
He couldn''t afford to make any mistakes. Lucius and Cami quickly began brainstorming, writing up ns, and bouncing ideas off each other. But although they made progress, it was quite unsatisfactory.
Lucius was a bit frustrated, but he soon calmed down.
Snatching a Star Seed from right under the noses of the church could never be simple. It was a n that demanded high levels of information, nning, and even luck. At the very least, it was something that couldn''t be done in just one day.
Realizing no progress could be made even if he worked himself to death, Lucius leaned back and rxed a little.
Although Lucius was rxing, Cami didn''t even think about doing such a thing. She was already a workaholic by nature, and thisbined with the utmost importance of the task at hand kept her focused.
Lucius looked at Cami, who was locked in a pondering and serious expression, and was soon entranced by her unique charm. Staying with Cami for so long had made him semi-immune to her beauty, but it was times like this that broke down his defenses and charmed Lucius all over again.
He suddenly felt his body growing hot, and an evil desire bloomed in his heart. His greedy eyes scanned Cami''s explosive body, and while she was still trapped in deep thought, Lucius smirked and put his n into motion.
He came close to her, wrapping himself around Cami, his body pressing against her soft, plump curves from behind.
Cami felt this andblushed deeply, murmuring in a voice as soft as a whisper,
"Young leader¡"
As soon as Cami''s body melted into his embrace and her full round ass began to rub against him and Lucius felt a rush of heat growing in between his legs.
Soon Cami quickly felt the firm press of Lucius''s might demonic sword against her, and her face flushed an even deeper shade of red as she stammered,
"Y-young leader¡ Do you want to do it here?"
Ignoring her question, Lucius continued to tease her. Rubbing his massive tool between herrge, inviting buns,He leaned in close, his lips brushing her ear as he whispered in a low, seductive tone,
"Why not? Don''t tell me my faithful Cami can''t handle the pressure."
His breath sent shivers down her spine, each word like a devilish invitation pulling Cami deeper into temptation.
As this was happening, Lucius''s hands roamed freely over her body, exploring and iming every inch with a lustful touch.
He could feel her legs trembling under his teasing, and with a mischievous grin, he blew gently into her ear, causing her shudders to intensify. A faint trickle of warmth ran down from between Cami''s legs, betraying her growing desire.
Turning towards Lucius, her beautiful face flushed, and her wide, watery purple eyes fighting between the struggle for Lucius to take herpletely, and the rationality to do it in a more secure ce
"Young leader, we can''t do it here, what if somebody sees¡"
Cami didn''t care about what the people thought about her but if such a thing caused them to leave a damaging reputation for the young leader she won''t be able to forgive herself till she dies
Lucius heard this and chuckled.
"It doesn''t matter if somebody sees because we already have somebody watching us right now and from the looks of things she''ll be happy to watch us go all the way."
As Cami heard this she frowned slightly
She was too absorbed in the feeling of Lucius''s touch and actually ended up neglecting her surroundings.
Even though this slight slip up happened, Cami was still an expert. After sensing around a little she instantly found the little spy that had peeping at them this entire time
Chapter 179: 179. Camillas turn
"Snort!"
A cold and dissatisfied scoff escaped from Cami''s lips.
"Since you''ve been discovered, why are you still hiding?"
After being called out so tantly, even someone as thick-skinned as Reina was too embarrassed to remain hidden. With an embarrassed cough, she stepped out into the light.
Seeing her like this, Cami''s anger didn''t let up in the slightest and began to cold her.
"How shameless! But what should I expect from a bandit?"
Reina looked at Cami and was greatly annoyed.
Since she was the first person to sleep with Lucius, she had noticed that Cami had always been looking at her with a chip on her shoulder.
She looked at Reina like she was a thieving cat, but in truth, she wasn''t much better.
Although Reina thought this, she still knew the real truth.
Just like she had slowly fallen into Lucius''s hands, she was sure of the same fate as Cami.
She still remembered that little healer who was following Lucius around like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
If Lucius could have his way, she was sure it would not be just the two of them arguing here but three¡ªand these were just the ones she knew about. God knows how many secret women he had on the side.
Maybe it was because Reina was a bandit and therefore quite the evil person herself, as well as being on the slightly older side, but unlike many of the other girls Lucius was messing with, she saw right through all of his bullshit. But she didn''t care.
She was just a simple bandit leader before, and it was Lucius who brought her in to be part of something bigger. Plus, although Lucius might be quite ruthless when actually doing important things, in bed he was an enchanter who would happily whisper sweet nothings into your ears that could leave you buzzing.
This,bined with his expert skill in the bedroom, would be enough to leave any woman addicted to him like he was a walking drug.
The only downside was that if Lucius was in a particrly shameless mood, he could simply pretend that he had said nothing the moment he pulled up his pants!
Lucius was a yboy, and she knew it. So unlike a lot of the other girls, she was knowingly walking into Lucius''s palm.
What could she do? There was just something about the evil charm that made her want to indulge in every one of that wicked little man''s whims.
That''s why she couldn''t understand Cami''s gripe.
Their young leader was clearly a yboy, and weren''t they both sleeping with the young leader?
They were supposed to be sisters, so howe she was allowed to sneak away and eat alone?
Since she didn''t want to y fair, she wouldn''t either.
Reina nced at Cami slightly before ignoring her once again.
She looked at Lucius with a wary pair of eyes.
"Humph! Lucius, it''s your fault!"
"It''s been so long that I can barely control myself. I don''t care where we do it or who we do it in front of¡ªlet''s just do it right now! It''s been so long since west did it that I can barely control myself anymore."
As Reina said this, she pressed herself against Lucius, rubbing against his body like a bitch in heat. Her hands were even more dishonest, reaching into Lucius''s pants and gripping his mighty dragon as if she was ready to be a dragon rider right at this very moment.
Even Lucius couldn''t help but blush slightly at such wild actions. His breathing sped up as he looked at Reina with wild eyes.
Cami saw this and was secretly panicked.
She never expected Reina to be so bold!
She was about to have a good time and keep Lucius all to herself. What was this bitch doing butting in now?
She could ept having to share Lucius with the other girls at the academy; it was all Lucius''s noble sacrifice for the great cause of the revolutionary army. But what did this have to do with Reina?
Right now, she was aplete member of the revolutionary army, and strictly speaking, because Cami had been around in her position for much longer, she was in a senior position to Reina. In other words, she was her boss!
Cami couldn''t just let Reina swoop in like this.
What happened to respecting your superiors?
Let your boss have some fun first, okay?!
Cami quickly moved in a sh and swatted Reina''s hand away, saying confidently,
"Listen up here. I was here first, so if you want to get the body of the young leader, you''re going to have to wait your turn."
Reina heard this and pouted. She didn''t say anything and just looked over at Lucius.
He was the one who really held the decision, and she didn''t believe that this lustful man could refuse the chance to take down both of them at once.
Lucius saw this and stroked his chin as he pondered.
Although taking down these two beautiful women right away was indeed tempting, it was the first time he had seen Cami be so proactive, so he should at least indulge her a little.
"Well, Cami is in the right here, so how about this¡ªyou stand and watch for now. After Cami''s turn is done, it''s going to be your turn next."
Cami heard this and was so excited she felt like she could float to the moon. On the other hand, when Reina heard this, she was so angry her face turned red.
Lucius wanted her to just sit there and watch while she yed with herself. What did he think she was, some sort of cuck?
Lucius saw Reina''s reaction and instantly knew what she was thinking, so he just snorted in disdain.
"Don''t think I didn''t see you touching yourself while you were looking at us in the shadows. If that''s the case, then why bother keeping your proud act up? Just sit there and enjoy yourself for a while."
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