Chapter 132.2
She laughed, her strong, maniacal purple eyes shooting at me with a ferocious grin. Calmly judging, even if I used “Iron Rose”, I would not be able to match Carla’s Gift. Carla’s Gift was so well suited to her abilities, and I was not yet fully proficient with the “Iron Rose”.
We returned to the encampment in silence, without further conversation.
Carla asked for strength to take everything with her to her death.
And I made a mental note to become even stronger to put her out of her misery.
A few days later, Nero, Carla, and I arrived at our destination, the Kendras Estate.
The Kendras Estate faced the Kondo Mine, one of the largest mineral deposits on the continent, was a very active town with many prospectors doing manual labor, not only human but also physically gifted beastmen and rock dwarves digging for iron and copper, and merchants gathering to buy weapons and other crafts made by the dexterous mountain dwarf craftsmen.
We did not stop there, however, but headed straight for a town along the border. Like the former city of the Northern Frontier Division of the Assassins Guild, there was a large church in the mining area to mourn the accidental deaths of those who died there. It used to be an area ruled by a Baron family related to the Kendra’s family, but the family line was severed about ten years ago and the area now fell under the direct control of the Marquis Kendras.
In that castle, where the barons once lived and now no one but the caretaker should be living, that man…Grave was waiting for me.
The dark side people sacrificed a lot to find out where Grave was hiding. But this information gave me a glimpse of Grave’s intention to call me.
I did not understand why Grave was with the Marquis of Kendras, an aristocrat who used to be an enemy of the royal family. Did Grave, who believes that the royal family should be strong for national security, and the nobleman Marquis of Kendras, have something mutually beneficial in mind? Did they think that abolishing the Crown Prince and having Elena as a puppet to do the bidding of the aristocrats would help the royal family? But that was not relevant. If Grave wanted to block the way for me and Elena to advance, I would overcome it and move on.