Chapter 144 – Adria Battle (5)
Adria Battle (5)
Juno patted Catherine on the back and gave her a light kiss as she smiled brightly with the joy of her victory before handing her over to Eliza.
“Catherine, you worked hard~ Wow~ You were my sister after all. You were truly amazing.”
“Really? Ahem,~! Her older sister’s skills are like this. If she gets her way, even Lihi Tena War will be no match for me?”
“No, no. That’s not it. Her older sister’s level of obscenity is really embarrassing. I don’t think she’ll be able to tell me that she’s going to have the same husband.”
“What?”
Juno stepped forward, leaving the two women bickering behind her, and looked at Count Speyer, who was looking at her.
“Hmm… I was rooting for Master Aragorn just as much as a moment ago. Furthermore, I was hoping she would slit Duke Tiruen’s head, but… Furthermore, I’m a little disappointed with her.”
Haha, well, that famous national treasure ran away without hesitation, so I won’t be able to cross the empire for a while.”
Count Speyer smiled lightly as he looked at Juno shouting confidently.
“I hope so. Now it is our turn. Although it is His Majesty’s order, please forgive us for pointing our sword at His Highness.”
“I will ask you this for the last time. Will you surrender to our forces even now and join us in driving out Henry?”
Despite Juno’s recommendation, Count Speyer only smiled, and Juno sighed deeply and took the lead.
“Come first. The player will give way.”
“Then, I won’t hesitate!”
At Count Speyer’s concession, Juno quickly launched her body and closed the distance between her.
Although he was surprised by Juno’s fast breakthrough speed, Count Speyer calmly swung his sword fiercely at Juno.
Whiing!!
A sharp sword energy flew out with her harsh wind, but Yuno clenched her fists and jumped at the sword energy.
Kwaang!!
With an intense burst of drinking, Yuno’s energy offset his sword energy, and Yuno continued to run toward Speyer without slowing down his breakthrough speed.
A master of Viscount Amin’s level would have tried to widen the distance by pulling back when Yuno broke through, but Speyer was no ordinary master.
“You’re quite good.”
With a heavy voice, Speyer’s sword drew a strange angle.
Easy profit!!
Like a poisonous snake stalking its prey, Speyer’s sword flew in looking for Juno’s gap.
If it was a normal sword, he would have parried it with his body, but his sword was of a different level.
Although it did not contain a lot of mana, it contained enough mana to pierce Yuno’s defense, so Yuno gave up blocking with his body and turned his fist that was reaching towards Speyer to the side to block his sword. Br〉
However, at that moment, Speyer’s sword once again caused a strange change.
Suddenly!
Speyer’s sword rose up Yuno’s fist like flowing water and grazed Yuno’s face, and a stream of blood began to flow from Yuno’s face.
“It’s a shame. I aimed for the neck… I guess the power and speed of your fist was stronger than I thought.”
Speier repeatedly licked his lips in disappointment, and once again took aim at Yuno’s weak spot.
‘Whoa~ He’s not that easy either… Although he didn’t come to the front and stayed behind his teacher, so he was ranked 3rd among the Empire’s masters, but he’s a skill that can’t be compared to Count Kashu or anything like that.’
Yuno took a deep breath again and adjusted his posture, adjusting Speyer’s ability to a level higher than he had been thinking of.
“I will go again. This time it will be different.”
“I look forward to it”
This time, Yuno started to approach Speyer first.
“Hmm?”
However, Juno’s approach was different from before, so Count Speyer frowned.
Juno thrust his arms forward and braced his defenses, slowly approaching Speyer.
No matter how much Speyer tried to find an opening, Juno, who was focused on defense, could not sense any openings, so he had to forcefully swing his sword to create an opening.
“It’s no use. If I only focus on defense, even Lord Liechtenauer won’t be able to penetrate me.”
“But if you do that, you won’t even be able to approach me.”
As if to prove his words, Speyer stepped spectacularly, maintaining his distance from Yuno and throwing sharp sword moves.
The sword he flew couldn’t even pierce Yuno’s skin, but Speyer continued to attack Yuno as if he was trying to force an opening.
Wow!
Yuno, who had been blocking Speyer’s attack for a while, suddenly stumbled. Because he was so focused on defending his sword, it seemed like he didn’t see the rock beneath his feet, and Speyer didn’t miss that glimpse.
“Gap!!”
However, Yuno’s body flew into the air and his left foot drew a beautiful curve.
Whoa!! Wow!!
“Kuhuhuh!!”
Juno’s left foot, swinging in a half-moon pattern, struck Count Speyer in the abdomen, and Speyer received such a strong blow that he had to fall to the plain.
“Would you like to do more?”
“Keuuuuu assessment “You set a trap during a duel… You really learned a lot from Master Aragorn.”
“Is that a compliment? A curse?”
“What? Dude!! Why are you insulting me because you learned well from me!!”
From behind, he could hear Catherine getting angry, but Juno listened with one ear, let it out with the other, and glared at Speyer, who grabbed his sword and got up.
The blow must have been severe, and his legs were trembling as he stood up, but Count Speyer’s fighting spirit did not subside at all.
“Your will is really amazing. I used a spinning trick on my foot, so your abdomen won’t be fine right now. If you don’t get treatment right away, your life could be in danger!!”
“A knight does not back down from a duel… Even if it means death… The lord’s orders are absolute!!”
Yuno cheered as he looked at Speyer, who was showing off his fighting spirit and energy once again.
Speyer, whose abdomen was already battered by Yuno’s continued attacks, was unable to respond properly, and his body became increasingly covered in blood.
However, at the same time, he was clearly blocking Yuno’s fatal attacks and was launching subtle counterattacks from time to time, so Yuno was increasingly feeling that it was impossible to make him surrender.
‘Do we really have to kill a knight like that… How far will Heinrich’s desire ruin this Balkan!!’
Yuno really didn’t want to kill Speyer, but Speyer didn’t seem to stop unless he was killed, and Yuno gritted his teeth because he was a strong person who could have ended up hurting himself even though he was injured while trying to just faint him.
“Forgive me, Lord Speyer. Although we ended up as enemies… I will not forget you.”
“… The same goes for God. Your Majesty.”
Juno, who must have run out of energy, quickly moved his steps to take Speyer’s last breath as he fell to his knees, spewing out fresh blood from his mouth.
Looking at Yuno coming towards him, Speyer mustered up the last of his strength and swung his sword with his right hand, but Yuno grabbed his sword with his left hand, broke it, and tried to slash his right blade towards the nape of his neck.
Easy profit!!
However, Yuno missed Speyer’s left hand, which was lying down with no strength, holding a dagger and digging into his chest.
‘Oh, no!! This is late… Damn it!! Am I going to die here after winning everything? I don’t like Donggwijin…’
Yuria passed before Yuno’s eyes as she sensed her death.
‘Yuno. Are you leaving her mom alone? You said you would get her mother pregnant? She should watch her mother give birth to our son’
Yuno opened her eyes wide as she seemed to hear her mother’s voice in her ears.
‘Okay. I can’t die here. You promised to get her mom pregnant!! Her mother decided to give birth to my baby!!
Yuno’s sexual desire to impregnate Yuria transcended his physical body, and Yuno’s left fist began to move several times faster than his usual maximum speed.
“Haaaaa!!”
Pow!!
“Cough!!”
Juno’s left fist pierced Speyer’s heart. Naturally, his left hand fell to the floor, and a piece of paper fell out of his clenched hand instead of a dagger.
“Huh…? Huh? Lord Speyer? This… Is this?”
Haha, you are truly amazing, Your Majesty. I never thought you could completely defeat God like this… You have grown so wonderfully.”
Even though his heart was pierced, Speyer had a kind smile on his face.
“Ah… No!! You weren’t trying to kill me? Lord Speyer!!”
“How could God kill you? You are the future of this empire. You are the future of Balkan, who will lead the empire well in the future. God believed that you would overcome me.”
Only then did Juno realize that Speyer was referring to himself as God.
“What is this wad of paper?”
“This is the location of Emperor Heinrich’s hiding place and secret passage. I swore allegiance to find out. Anyway, since I swore allegiance, I performed my duty as Emperor Heinrich’s knight until I die. But now, God’s line of duty is over. Even if I give you this information, I won’t be betraying you!!”
Speyer coughed up his blood and told Juno what he knew.
“Really… What a stubborn person you are!!”
“For the last time, I ask you a favor. Your Majesty. Will you accept God’s oath of loyalty?”
“… Of course, Sir Speyer! From now on, you will be my knight until you die!!”
Hot tears suddenly flowed from Yuno’s eyes. Speyer looked at it and shouted with all his might.
“Knights of the Guard!! This is my last command as leader!!”
Looking at Speyer’s final moments from behind, the knights also fell to one knee with tears in their eyes, and Speyer, supported by Juno, stood up and looked at them.
“It was His Highness Yuno who won the decisive battle, so according to the rules of the duel, I entrust the fate of this empire to His Highness the Third Prince!! So from now on, the Guard Knights will follow His Highness the Third Prince!!”
“I will follow the leader’s orders!!”
As soon as the Knights of the Guard finished kneeling in front of Juno and swearing allegiance, Speyer fell to the floor and died in Juno’s arms.
“Damn it!!! If I had been a little stronger!! I could have saved Lord Speyer!!!”
Although the winner was Juno himself, Juno was angry at his weakness and rose up with the thought of becoming stronger and an anger that he would catch and execute Heinrich, who had caused this tragedy.
*Illustration of Count Speyer falling after being attacked by Juno
