Chapter 258 : Chapter 258
Chapter 258
“Are you asking if I'm going to kill you?”
Ferbias Caseptus shrugged his shoulders.
More than a hundred able-bodied men gathered holding weapons.
Isn't it obvious what is to be done with them.
“Then would they have come to dance or something?”
“You don't even intend to hide it anymore.”
Secundus smirked psh.
A frown formed between his brows.
“Brother, I did my utmost in loyalty.”
Ferbias listened closely.
The fact that Secundus's tone had become arrogant like 7 years ago was unpleasant, but he didn't show it.
“Whether I liked that Brother became Emperor or whatever, since you have already ascended to the seat of Emperor, I also tried to do my utmost in loyalty as a subject.”
“Keep blabbering.”
“However, my loyalty ends here too. I came on my own feet to the place of death Brother prepared, but I have no intention of dying obediently.”
He scanned the faces gathered in the banquet hall.
Two Ten Great Generals.
Five Four-Star Mages.
Among the hundred men holding weapons, there isn't a single one who is laughable.
Only those who are sufficient to be called the elite of the elites anywhere, whether Commanders of a Thousand in the military or Director-level in the Intelligence Bureau.
“Try killing me then, if you can!”
“It doesn't seem like such a difficult task.”
“Mm.”
Secundus laughs.
He chuckled kuk-kuk in a suppressed voice as if it was absurd.
“As expected, you know nothing, Brother.”
“What are you saying I don't know?”
“You must have received numerous victory reports I sent until now? Occasionally you must have received defeat reports too. Since it is such a position.”
“.......”
“Sitting on that throne, didn't you only read text all along? As a result, doesn't it feel like you know everything about the Empire?”
Ferbias narrowed his eyes.
He looked at Secundus with fierce hostility.
Secundus bounced off that gaze with a single snort.
“Is that why, somehow it seems you gained weight too. The beard doesn't suit you quite well either.”
“...What do you want to say?”
“I'm saying you know nothing, Brother.”
Secundus crossed his arms.
Even with two Ten Great Generals, five Four-Star Mages, and a hundred men holding weapons right under his nose, he is overflowing with composure.
Rather, he looked as if he was enjoying this situation.
....... The men holding weapons shrank back in tension.
There was nothing about Secundus Debius that wasn't thick.
Neck, forearms, waist, will, spirit, everything was thick and bold, so it seemed there was no gap for even a single blade to enter.
“What kind of enemies we faced in what kind of battlefields. What kind of blood and what kind of death we had to meet....”
The muscular Prince's eyes head to a distant place.
The eyes that scanned the memories of the past that can no longer return slowly headed to his own body, the scars of life engraved upon it.
Even if covered by clothes, they were not hidden from his eyes.
On the tightly clenched fist, there is a scar from being pierced.
A trace left by the Great Chieftain of the Wilderness.
He stood blocking Secundus holding a single spear to save his tribe.
The spear thrust with a scream desperate enough to give goosebumps had a sharpness that no noble knight of the capital Lutilium could mimic.
There is a bite mark extending from the right shoulder to the left flank.
Evidence that he survived coming out of the maw of the Mountain Dragon guarding Horm.
The Mountain Dragon that lived for a thousand years since the Hotus era lost its life to Secundus's fist strikes.
On both shins, there are saw marks.
Secundus was captured as a prisoner once during the Horm conquest, and was hung upside down and had both legs sawed.
At that time, he really thought he would never walk again.
Even in such a state, he broke through the siege alone and escaped, though.
The long scar on the forehead is what the Horm Warrior Chief left, the hole marks left sparsely on the stomach are from when he was surrounded alone by over three hundred cavalry, the burn mark on the neck is from embracing the berserk Kateka.......
He is full of scars unbefitting a young man.
Terrible pain was engraved in every single scar.
Some make him recall shameful mistakes so they are still hard to face.
However, the clear fact is,
That Secundus is still alive and standing on two legs.
“Yet how did I survive? How did I win and come here.... How dare you, Brother, imagine...?”
“Is it bragging? I wish you would speak simply.”
“Mm, I will speak simply.”
Ferbias still has an arrogant attitude.
Secundus nodded his head.
He clenched his fist tightly.
Trying to give strength makes the scars throb.
The memories of pain tried to plant fear in him.
However, he didn't care.
He just made his sinews even firmer.
He merely clenched his fist, yet the men facing Secundus felt an impulse to run away right now.
“It means Brother has never seen my full power even once.”
“Hmm?”
“If you knew what kind of person this Secundus is.......”
Tough skin, bulging sinews.
Strength dwells in the body firm as if carved from a megalith.
Strength like ten thousand cannonballs dwells, making it seem the firm body would burst.
Secundus Debius resembled a living, moving rocky mountain.
“......You wouldn't be so triumphant gathering only this much.”
***
Ferbias tried to laugh.
He tried to laugh it off giggle giggle telling him to moderate his bluffing, but he couldn't even do that.
“Uh?”
The sound of Kaboom occurred.
Secundus was not visible.
No, he was flying straight towards Ferbias, jumping over the heads of the hundred men.
When he realized, he was already close.
“Uh-uh-uh-uh?!”
He jumped so fiercely that the stone floor he was originally standing on was all shattered.
The hundred men just blankly stared at the giant body flying over their heads.
The sight of him flying right under their noses in an instant was just like a cannonball.
“Your Majesty--!!!”
Director Kentil shouted like a thunderbolt.
He is a Four-Star Mage.
Since Secundus entered the banquet hall, he had been preparing a sturdy protective magic.
Four-Star Magic, ‘Approach Strictly Prohibited’.
Mm. Secundus was blocked by the magic right in front of Ferbias and landed.
Director Kentil continued to cast magic while trembling his hands shiver shiver.
Otherwise, there was no way to stop Secundus.
“Annoying.”
With a single fist strike, the Four-Star Magic shattered.
Director Kentil hurriedly cast the next magic.
“...Y-Y-Your Majesty! Hurry outside...!”
“Director Kentil, I saw your name.”
Secundus pulled up the corners of his mouth.
Several spells block between him and Kentil.
But what can be done?
If one thinks he strikes, he is already hit.
Debius Forged Horn.
Secundus grabbed Kentil's head in an instant.
“I mean I saw it on the list of those who embezzled our military funds.”
“W-W-Wait! Grand General Secundus...! No, Your Highness...! Just a moment...!!!”
“Because of you, my soldiers went hungry. You must pay that price.”
Secundus clenched his fist.
Naturally, Kentil's head, which was caught in that hand, was easily crushed like a rotten tomato.
Skull fragments and dark red blood splattered everywhere.
One eyeball luckily kept its original form and rolled on the floor.
“......Uh.......”
Blink once and Secundus who was over there came here.
Blink once more and Four-Star Mage Kentil's head was smashed.
There was no time to feel futility, so fear followed.
“Brother, come here quickly too.”
Secundus, covered in Kentil's blood, beckoned.
The distance from Ferbias is barely about ten steps.
The hand that squeezed one head dry was covered in blood, making the viewer feel a chill.
“If it is too hard, I will go.”
“You are arrogant to His Majesty, Grand General.”
“Mm. Aren't you the Ten-Vigorous General (Sip-geon-jang-gun).”
Two men who were close to Ferbias stepped forward gripping weapons.
Ferbias only then came to his senses and stepped back.
“I am also here, Grand General.”
“Nine-Blood General?”
“...I am Nine-Lines General.”
“Is that so? I'm sorry. Didn't you steal that position... no, ascend not long ago.”
“......Steal, you say.”
“No. Since it was originally Legion Commander Nana Nereyades's position.”
“Your words are truly too much.”
The Nine-Lines General's weapon was a long halberd.
He pointed the spear tip at Secundus without even hiding his displeased look.
“Demoting the Nine Streams General and seating me in this position is all His Majesty the Emperor's will. Are you saying His Majesty's judgment was wrong?”
“Are you an idiot?”
Secundus scratched his head.
“Anyone can see right now that I'm trying to beat His Majesty to death, right? Is Brother Ferbias making a stupid judgment such a rare occurrence....”
“...Impious...!”
“Impious my foot.”
Secundus smirked pick.
At the same time, he grabbed the halberd tight and pulled the Nine-Lines General.
Since he was also one of the Ten Great Generals, he didn't come over easily, but his balance shook for a moment.
And Secundus was a man who could do too many things in a single moment.
“I told you not to let your guard down.”
“......Uh.”
The emptied body.
The halberd too far to retrieve.
The giant fist rushing into the gap.
The best the Nine-Lines General could do was to squeeze his eyes shut in preparation for the ensuing pain.
Secundus's fist coolly struck the Nine-Lines General's gut.
He was hit in the stomach, but there was an impact enough to make him stretch straight out to his toes.
“......Hii......ik......!”
All the air in his lungs ran away and his windpipe shrank.
Even if he wanted to breathe, he couldn't.
Shocked nerves and muscles contracted, twisting his body. Since he was also human, it couldn't be helped.
With a single punch, the Nine-Lines General knelt with a thud.
But if he had leeway, he would recover soon. Like it or not, he is one of the Ten Great Generals.
Even while collapsing, didn't he not let go of the halberd and looked at Secundus with eyes full of venom.
Therefore, Secundus had no intention of ending it with one punch.
“Here, next punch.”
There is nothing easier than beating a fallen opponent.
Secundus strode and jumped towards the Nine-Lines General.
The Ten-Vigorous General also didn't stay still and thrust his weapon, but he let him stab.
Even if he stabbed with a mere iron sword, not an Ancient Weapon, it would just leave a scratch and end.
As expected, the Ten-Vigorous General who thrust his sword could not suppress his bewilderment at Secundus's body which was not wounded.
Secundus's elbow collided with the Nine-Lines General's head.
He received assurance that he would have certainly become shorter.
Into the side of the head that caved in deeply, this time the heel approached.
The Nine-Lines General wanted to rather faint, and it went as he wished.
The Nine-Lines General was embedded in the wall.
A sound of Koo-oong occurred, and he trembled his body shiver then soon went limp.
Secundus, who knocked out a Ten Great General with two punches and one kick, calmly loosened his neck.
The cracking sound wooduduk gave goosebumps.
“Ten-Vigorous General.”
“......Yes, Grand General.”
“Take care of your sword maintenance well. What do you intend to do when you can't even pierce a flank offered for you to stab?”
“......Is it my problem?”
“Then is it my problem?”
Secundus throws punches.
Against the Ten-Vigorous General's sword, he swung his firm fists bang bang.
The one holding the sword is the Ten-Vigorous General, but strangely he was pushed back steadily.
The Ten-Vigorous General only resented the Nine-Lines General who lost consciousness by letting his guard down.
How was he supposed to block this monster-like man alone....
“You are amazing, Secundus.”
“Why are you suddenly pretending to be calm, Brother Ferbias?”
Secundus sneered.
“Until just now, you were scared and stepping backward. If you were my subordinate, I would have retrained you immediately.”
“...It is shameful, but I admit it. It is undeniable that you were more outstanding than I thought.”
“Again, again, that arrogant attitude! I don't need Brother's acknowledgment or anything.”
“...Arrogant until the end. Fine, in the end, not as Emperor... but as the eldest brother, I will give you a teaching.......”
Ferbias swept back his hair.
Under the blond hair, his pupils are also golden.
“...Even if you go, you should learn what needs to be learned, isn't that so?”
Ferbias Caseptus's Ars,
‘Prince’s Eye princeps oculus’.
Golden light undulates.
Secundus let out a groan, ‘mm’.
Although his mind wasn't stolen, he ended up shaking slightly.
In the 7 years, Ferbias Caseptus's Ars had grown unbelievably.
‘Even so, did I underestimate Brother Ferbias too much.’
Secundus bit his lip tightly.
That Ars is a power that binds and dominates the opponent's spirit.
For Secundus, it didn't work and at most made his movements slightly dull, but for the other hundred men, the story was different.
Golden light dwelled in the eyes of each of the already threatening men.
“My subjects who swore loyalty to me.”
Golden hair and golden eyes, even the Ars is golden.
The name of the man wrapped entirely in brilliant golden light is Ferbias Caseptus Cordis, the 50th Emperor of the Great Millennium Empire.
“I want your loyalty.”
The Emperor asks.
“Is this just?”
“It is so, Your Majesty-!!!”
The Ten-Vigorous General's momentum swelled up.
He stopped the power struggle that continued boringly and shook off Secundus's fist. It was unbelievable monstrous strength.
“Your Majesty is just, and just, and also just! This Ten-Vigorous General will prove Your Majesty's justice!”
He stopped the power struggle and swung his sword.
Until now, he couldn't properly make even a single scratch on Secundus, but this time it was different.
A long sword mark remained on Secundus's forearm.
“...This....”
The Nine-Lines General who was embedded in the wall trembled shiver and regained consciousness.
“...This Nine-Lines General is also the same, Your Majesty-!!! Please let me dedicate my life to Your Majesty!”
The golden light didn't even give him time to feel shame for his mistake.
The Nine-Lines General gripped the halberd again. His momentum is also more intense than before.
“I am also so, Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty is right, Your Majesty!”
“Justice lies with Your Majesty, Your Majesty!!!”
All hundred men holding weapons were like that.
Under the command of ‘Prince’s Eye’, they wrapped themselves in golden light and only became more powerful.
Even, except for Director Kentil who already lost his life, every one of them began to rush in with even more blue-sharp edges.
“Mm.”
Secundus touched his chin.
“As expected, it seems it doesn't go that easily, Brother.”
“Isn't it obvious, Secundus.”
Ferbias sneered and asked.
“Do you have any more hidden secrets?”