Chapter 71: To the North (2)
Unlike the southwest of the continent, which has three great families, the north—always close to the battlefield—only has one person with the title of duke: Lord Melverot.
He is the head of the ducal house of Rochester and the only six-star battle mage still alive.
He was also the one who personally killed the demonic beast Noir, the main cause of the greatest disaster to ever occur in the north: the Dawn War.
Dereck had heard many times the gruesome scenes of that day told by Jayden, the mercenary leader who directly participated in the Dawn War.
Famous warriors from all over the continent gathered to hunt down the gigantic demon Noir, visible even from the horizon, but the only thing that kept growing was the mountain of corpses.
The sight of the snowy plains turning red with the blood of fallen warriors seemed to have been a lifelong trauma for him.
The six-star mage Kalimford, Lord Melverot’s lifelong friend, also died in the Dawn War.
The story of how Lord Melverot used his friend’s sacrifice as a springboard to land the final blow to Noir’s heart is legendary and the reason why Lord Melverot still reigns as the ruler of the north.
“I’ve heard this story so many times since I was a child, but it seems even a mythical figure can’t raise their children properly.”