## Chapter 1325 – The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
I appeared on top of a moderately tall building.
It was noisy.
Shouts, screams, the sounds of buildings burning and collapsing, the clash of swords and spears. All sorts of sounds intertwined, creating chaos.
I glanced around.
Allies and enemies, rebels, were mixed together.
The rebels were focused on protecting the citizens who had not been able to evacuate. This was because the rebels’ goal was to seize the new throne. To take the throne smoothly, the support of the citizens was essential. Therefore, they prioritized the safety of the citizens.
The allies were running wild. If they saw an enemy, they killed them, and if they saw a house, they went in and looted. Even in the middle of the war, there were many who couldn’t control their lust and tried to rape.
I frowned at the sight of the allies.
“I told them not to loot or rape during this war…”
With Melissa’s request in mind, I had planned to end the war as peacefully as possible.
“But these worthless bugs ignored my orders.”
Disobeying orders was punishable by immediate execution.
I jumped down from the building. I landed on the ground. A soldier who was trying to rape a woman who was running away saw me and his eyes widened.
“C, Commander!”
“I told you not to rape during this war.”
“I, it’s not rape! I was just trying to capture a prisoner.”
“Bullshit. It seems you’ve been running wild since there are no eyes of a superior.”
I summoned the Hwaryeon Flying Blades and held them in my hand, then swung them towards the ally. The sword energy flew and beheaded the soldier.
I glanced at the woman who was about to be raped. She was an older woman. I pretended not to notice and looked around. The allied soldiers stared at me with stiff bodies.
“You should have stopped your comrade when he went astray. You are all guilty of the same crime.”
“P, please save me…”
I killed the allies I could see. Since the war wasn’t over, I also killed the enemies. I left the rebels alone. If I killed the rebels, there would be all sorts of talk after the war, and Melissa’s position as commander could be shaken. I didn’t want her to get caught up in troublesome matters.
I walked down the main street of the royal city. I executed allied soldiers and slaughtered enemies. My destination was the royal palace.
“My lord!”
A female knight who was clearing the main street on horseback found me and approached. It was the Golden Rose Knights.
“I’m glad things seem to be going well. Did the entire knight order come to the royal capital?”
“Yes. As General Scarlett ordered, we are slowly taking control from the outskirts in cooperation with the rebels.”
“What about Dulibard?”
“He is presumed to be in the royal palace. A magic barrier is protecting the royal palace. It’s not easy to break through.”
“The fact that he hasn’t given up means he’s aiming for something.”
Dulibard couldn’t escape.
There was an invisible wave surrounding the outside of the castle walls. It was a kind of barrier to prepare for teleportation magic. They could only teleport within the castle walls at best. Of course, space-movement scrolls were no exception. If it were magic of an Ancient Dragon level, it could ignore the wave, but… Leosio wasn’t here. He probably had no intention of helping Dulibard either.
“There are quite a few bugs among our allies who are crossing the line.”
“I will take care of it.”
A chilling aura flickered in the female knight’s eyes. She and the rest of the Golden Rose Knights didn’t think well of the allied soldiers. They knew that the soldiers were making lewd remarks about them behind their backs.
The female knight pulled her armored horse and charged towards the allied soldiers. Her sword mercilessly took the lives of the allied soldiers, and the heavy warhorse trampled the allied soldiers into a pulp. Immediately after, she took out a radio and broadcast my orders to the Golden Rose Knights.
I walked towards the royal palace. As the female knight had said, a magic barrier was protecting the royal palace. Magic barriers were not eternal. They were activated using mana as fuel.
‘They’re either squeezing the mages dry or using magic stones.’
It was more likely to be the latter. And if that was the case, it would become troublesome. I didn’t know how many magic stones were stored in the royal palace, but the magic barrier would last at least a week.
‘It would be easy to get rid of the magic barrier with the help of Yuria, Priscilla, and Sharnel, but… I have my pride. Do I have to get help from them for something like this?’
I tightened my grip on the Hwaryeon Flying Blades. Mana moved from my dantian, and a blue aura covered the red blade. The aura was sharpened, becoming a new blade. I stabbed the magic barrier with the aura blade.
Kiiiiiiiiing!
The magic barrier repelled and tried to bounce the Hwaryeon Flying Blades away. I grabbed the hilt with both hands. At the same time, I began to fully utilize the Lightning Sky Style. Red lightning crackled on the blade. The red lightning flowed into the magic barrier.
Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
The magic barrier shook violently. But the blade remained stuck in the magic barrier, not budging. Something was missing.
Watching the red current flowing through the transparent magic barrier, I briefly exclaimed.
“Ah, that’s right.”
I belatedly remembered that there was a suitable technique for this situation.
‘I don’t use it often, so I sometimes forget.’
Lightning Sky Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Sealing Lightning (封雷).
Sealing Lightning, which temporarily suppresses mana by pressing it down. It was a technique that was extremely compatible with magic, which was centered on mana.
The effect was immediate.
The magic barrier fluctuated and then disappeared, unable to maintain its form.
I shook the Hwaryeon Flying Blades in the air and walked towards the large gate of the royal palace. I could feel the presence of dozens of people beyond the steel gate. They weren’t preparing to rush out, but rather, they felt like they would stop the gate from opening no matter what.
I placed the Hwaryeon Flying Blades on the gate. And then I generated lightning. The red current flowed through the gate and into the interior. It didn’t even take 10 seconds for all the presences to disappear.
I kicked the door open and went inside. Dozens of soldiers were lying on the ground. There were also about two knights mixed in.
I entered the royal palace and looked around. The servants working in the mansion were trembling in the corners of the room. As soon as they found me, they prostrated themselves on the floor and begged for their lives.
I didn’t bother to kill them and passed by.
“Where is Dulibard?”
“I, I don’t know. Please save me, please…!”
“Where are the nobles?”
“On the second floor! They’re in the guest rooms on the second floor!”
I passed by the servants. I spared the soldiers and knights if they surrendered. However, I had no intention of sparing the nobles.
‘The nobles currently in the royal palace are all those who follow Dulibard. They’re going to be purged anyway, but… if I follow the procedure, they might drag it out, so let’s deal with them now.’
I entered a room on the second floor. The luxurious room was full of corpses.
‘They died from poison.’
After wandering around, I found Dulibard. He was in the audience chamber. He was sitting proudly on the throne, looking at me. There were corpses below the throne. They seemed to be high-ranking nobles and their children. The unusual thing was that there were no wounds.
“Eugene Prukerus. I knew you would come! I expected that you would come to take my life yourself!”
Dulibard shouted excitedly. He didn’t seem to be struggling in fear. He didn’t seem to think he would lose at all.
I was bothered by the corpses placed below the throne.
“Why did they die? It doesn’t seem like they drank poison.”
At my question, Dulibard’s lips curled up.
“I made a deal with a demon. These are sacrifices. They are the direct descendants of the prime minister, duke, and marquis. The higher their position, the higher their value as sacrifices.”
I wasn’t surprised. I had expected it from the moment he joined hands with Pantheon. If he had the aptitude, he wouldn’t be able to easily resist the power of a demon that could be easily obtained.
“…Not a contract, but a deal?”
“I have no intention of being dragged around by a mere demon.”
“Which demon did you make a deal with?”
“Haha. Guess.”
Pajijijik!
I shot lightning at Dulibard.
“(Block it.)”
One of the corpses got up and took the lightning in place of Dulibard. The corpse fell with a burning smell. I frowned. That was magic, but it wasn’t magic.
“Dragon Words… Even if you inherited the blood of a dragon, it wouldn’t even be half of half… How did you use Dragon Words?”
“Because I am a dragon. (Die.)”
The surrounding mana fluctuated. At the same time, I felt a pain that seemed to constrict my heart. I responded by using the Lightning Sky Style. My heart felt better.
Dulibard clicked his tongue.
“So, direct death doesn’t work after all.”
A question arose. The power that Dulibard was showing now was light-years away from the common sense I knew. It was something that could never happen logically. But if the power of a demon was involved, the story was different.
“You became a dragon through a deal with a demon. I can roughly picture the situation. You made a deal with the Evolution Demon. Right?”
One of the top-tier demons mentioned in the original story. A demon with the power to evolve living things.
Dulibard was a dragonkin, so he would have been able to evolve with the power of that demon.
“As expected of an expert. You’re right. I have evolved into a dragon.”
And he probably didn’t evolve today. It was an event of evolving into a dragon. He would have needed a massive amount of sacrifices, incomparable to the corpses under that throne.
[Using Acceleration. Lasts for 10 minutes. Remaining stacks: 6]
[Using a Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 5]
I used the skills and rushed towards Dulibard. Judging by the way he was using Dragon Words, he must not be used to it yet. So, I would kill him as quickly as possible before it became more troublesome.
Clang!
My attack was blocked by a barrier protecting him and bounced off. I could see the jewel embedded in the throne flashing.
‘Is the throne itself a magical tool?’
I didn’t care and hammered the barrier with the aura blade. I didn’t think that this barrier would last forever.
Dulibard looked at me with arrogant eyes.
“Once, Melissa was everything to me. I had envisioned a future with her. I even thought that I would be willing to give up the throne for her… I was once. After she was taken from me by you, I felt powerless. I realized that power is everything in this world.”
“Your bullshit is a bit too loud. No matter how much you struggle, Melissa is my woman. That fact will never change.”
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Cracks began to appear in the barrier.
“Just as you took Melissa from me, I will take everything from you!”
The barrier shattered.
[Using a Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 4]
I used a Moment at the perfect timing. The tip of my blade aimed for Dulibard’s right eye. The tip of the blade was just about to touch his pupil. Suddenly, everything stopped.
‘Time… no, space has stopped. He seized control of the surrounding mana in an instant.’
All the mana in this area was controlled by Dulibard. This was also a dragon’s ability.
I activated my Protective Aura. A blue flame-like aura rose from my body. The tip of the blade moved again. Just before it touched Dulibard’s eye, he opened his mouth.
“(Get lost.)”
The Dragon Word mercilessly pushed my body back. I barely managed to regain my balance before rolling on the ground.
